CtiAp.i.''Sii vi Göwm,entaY:e vpol the 35o ly aft-anvil that all thecouenant of grace is true in it felfe , but altochit iris true vnro him ; who therefore relleth and leanech vpon it for his own faluation,beeing affurcd fovndoubcedly at one time or other ofhis faluation, as ifhe were already gatheredvp among the Saints. And this hand thus hying holdon Chritt vino righteoufnes, ancrapplying Chri(ì with his merits veto ones kite in particular ro faluation is the forme of faith,or rather faith it lèlfe formed , andnot any workes or charitie, as Papitls fondly dreame. And that this certaintie is of the nature of found faith appeareth,becaufe that modelt, but graceles vncertainty & doubting of the Popifh doCtrine,is oppofed veto fahh,and made a fruit ofvnbeleefc :Mattb, r 4.31.Oh thou of lattefaith,whydoubte fl thou?of A- braham is laid, Rom.+ that he doubtednet, nor reasoned with himfelfe, but was,llrengtlmcd in faith,bcecng fullyailàered. And what other reafon is given, why the inheritance was not giucn by the law, whichwas tm- poffrble to be kept:but by the promifes ofgrace, but that the promife might befure to ali she feede? Rol-n.1..16. Or how could our peace with God continue our comtort,or lall withvs,if we had no afucance of it, but (till doubtedofhis loue? Let vs therefore alwaies take noticeof this fpeciall worke of found faith , which maketh the heart able to fay with lob , I knowmy Redeemer liueth: and with Paul, wire died for me ,andQaue himfelfe for mee. Nei- ther mull the godly refufe to fubfcribe to the truth of this doótriue , be- caufe they neuer find fuch contlant and full of urance,which is not moo- nedwith tomedoubting, & lotnetime exceedingly ouercatl with grud- gings ofvnbeleefe, for by this reafon they might atwell conclude that they neuer had faith : and it is no mer"uaile if faith and doubting be in one man, Peeing they rife from two diuerfe , yea contrary principles, which cannot but be found in the bell , eisen fpirit and feth. If thou looketi by theeye of flcfs, thou canti not but doubt of the truthof the promifes, at leali to thy iclfe, inwhom fo little good appeareth : but o- pen theeye ofthy faith, which at length feeds cicarely the faluation of God, chafeth away clouds ofdoubts and diliruft , and giuech glory vn- tQGod.As he therefore that would deem= the orbe of. the lunne ro be greater then the earth, mutt deny his fence and yeeld to reafon: fo ! mull the belecuer renounce both fence and reafon, and hue by his faith. 4 Fourthly,thefruittofa found faith arc, 1. Inward : and chele arc all Pruirs, theparts ofrenewed holines in the foule; whichcannot but accompany it : a.Pet.1.5.6. Ioynewith faith venue ,d-c. for it worketh a through chance in the whole man, bypurifyingthe heart , ialpiring anew fpiritu- a jife,ingfrotndeadworkes, and cauflng to grow vp in holines and
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