T68 ; C H A P.2. An Expofitioas vponthefecond V E a.I 1. °Cal 5.19. IL13. xLuc.t6.23,a5. Y Apoc. t4.13. s rllaltn19. a I kb.ao.14. b GaI.3,13. ° a Reg 18,at. e ALts 26.z8, A lye againff Senfe, Scripture, all found authoritie that Baptif ine takes away all whatfoeuer bath proper reafon and nature of finne.Vtlhen fill in experience remaine " pro - penfaon.c to eui'I ; and Pauli file of Concupifcence is, All thine; fomewhere the f i nn i n g ( i n n e : not onely becaufe pu- nifhment of finne, and caufe of fin; but becaufe it felfe is finne,as Saint rluflins fentence is. A lye that foules pafl'ehence to paines of Purgatorie: when Scripture auoucheth,they are x in Refrigerio; receiue comfort, Y and ref from labours. A lye too derogatorie to the- perf.d}ion and fulnefre of Chrills once offering himfelfe, that thereby mortal! fins Palely are expiated; and commutation onely of eter- nall into temporali punifhment, merited by his paflion ; when the z blond of the tonneof God purçeth from altfumes; that one oblation a perfitsfor euer them that are fantiified: and his being made crirfe for vs, h:+th redeemed vs from the whole curfeofthe Law. I fpare farther lorticularizing. But why haue they taught their tongues to fpeake lyes ? Or why bath Satan filled their hearts to lye unto the holy Jhoft. Me thinkes I may dare fay, In many their Afrèrti- ons, their lying is, as e,fluRin defcribcs it in ffriaelf fenfe, agoinQ againft theirowne mindes, in uttering vntruths : the more abhorrent let it make vs, from their doctrines of Diteels. z Their behauiour towards thefe lyes,is to belieue them. BeIieuing implies two things : t Firmeneffe of Afient. 2 Setledneffe of adherence : de primo,T here are foure de- grees by which the minde proceeds to Affent of Faith. t Doubtfulneffe, when the minde hangs in ncuilibrio, in euen poize,without propenfion CO either part; as in Ifrac lites, c halting betwixt two opinions. a SufpitionorconieE nre, when it begins tremblingly to incline rather to one part then the other; fuppofingper- haps, pof ibilitie of truth in the Article propounded ; as in Agrippa, d efllmoft thou perfwadei mec' to be a Chri- . iian. 3 Opinion, when the Affent is for the time fomewhat felled
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