C H A P.'. gpiffle to the Thefalonisns, VEM o. And his ínfiruments x Authorized to remit 'hones, and to Peale vp to them lite and faluation. What will our fcoffing Catholiques fay, if from the or dinance and vie of the miniaerìe as its exercifed amonga themfelues, wee deriue a particular word for particular Faith to rea on ?generale applicatil ad hunt t hunt, is it not particular? when in their forii panitentiale they pronounce the fentece of abfolution upon the penitent. ego abfoluo te, &c.do they giue him a particular word for faith to rea on? or doe they require diuineFaith, or orrery humane to bee giuen to their teaimonie fo particularized ? Will they fay humane onely ? 'page: for how fettles that the confci- ence? Or where is, qui vos audit ,me audit ? Or how fay they, when they rernit,God remits ? If diuine, then there is a Word ofGod particular for it to rea on : and fo par- ticular Faith is no longer prefumption, Pith it bath a par- ticular Word of God to build on : as apparently it hath, when generali promifes are Regularly applyed,and by au- thority delegate from God. And what's the ods,tell me,betwixt this private abfo- Iution,, and that publique in our preaching, for the matter ofparticularitie ?When Peter tould beleeuing Iewes, that the Y promifes were made to them,was it not all one,as if he had Paid to euery particular of them beleeuing, to thee and thee ? Bu t in Application ofgenerall promifes,or cotrforts,Iet prudence make vs cautionate fo, as fira to difcerne, as far as we may,t ;. eir qualifcation.?oyou ís this Saluation lent: But you muff beware ofthat in the Prophet, z Beholdyee deff fifers and wonder, The charge is to a put difference ; to b take away thepretious from the vile : for will you rgiue life to thefoules of them that lhauld not lime? or wall you flay the foules of them that fhould not dye? To kill the hearts of the Righteous, To fßrengthen the hands of the wac- ted: To condemne the iu, f1, & to iuf ifie the wicked are both equally abominable :To your comfort I fpeake it faith the Apoflle,becasafe our tetimony was beleeued amongfl you. Our rcfiimonie was beleeued.Something pertaining to the x Ioh, zo,zi. yfe. rAEì,z.39. z Aá.13.4r. a lud.ver.zz. b Ier,r5.i9. ° Ezech 1338, 19.21.
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