Cxar.2.I 3. 484 Cants.cT. To this czpe. nation of Chriri,are re. quired. aknod ground. Lombard 3. fens. dittin .s.6. ACommeartarie vpcJ the that faynot come. Neuer thinke then that thy heart is right aff:éîed,vn- till thou find it in this delire, and breathing after Chrifi thy lift: for this is a fpeciall note of difcerning betweene the godly and the wicked : the one bath the fpiricwhich faithcone, the other fhake at the mention of this comming: the one longeth till thefefbadowesfie away and that day breakeon them; the other can no snore delire his comming, then the guil- tie Felton can the comming andprefence ofthe fudge. But that no man may be deceiued in this triall, examination mull be more particularly made, whether this wayting be filch as the Scripture prefcribeth, leaft by miftaking it, men faileof that comfort they leane veto in their molt need. Be Pure then that thy waytingbe found and true, r. in theground ofit: 2.. in thequalities r 3. in the foundfruitsand etfe&sof it. Thegroundofthisexpeblation, muft be the free promifeof God for all our future welfare, applyed by faith voto our owne hearts:the which promife of God beingmoll certaine,and ourfaith allo as certenly laying hold thereon, giueth Tisch a certentie to our hope,as the Scripturebold- ly fpeakech, it can 'letter make vsafhsmed: yea and afcribeth Altaaffierance unto it, Heb. 6. t r. and calleth is thefore andf eadfaffaucre of the fettle, verf 19. This ground diftinguifheth our Chriliian hope, from thole iogling perfwafionsof thePapilis, which they call hope : for aske them concerning their hope, what it is? they tell vs, that it is a perfwafion a- riling partly from the grace of God, and partly from our own preceding merits. But vrge them,and lay,me thinke there lhould be no great com- fort nor fetlednes, to leane vpon a venue founded vpon merit: they will tell you, that indeede no man canbe lure of his faluation, for that were toomuch prefumption: but doe well , and hope well : hopewell, and haue well. But againli themwe affirme, that Chriflian hope buildeth certaiatie vponfpeciall faith (neither of which they can abide to heart of) without fpeciatl reuclation, and that by this reafon: Looke what was the ground of Abrahams hope, the fame mull be the ground ofthe hope of all beleeuers: but the freeprom:fe ofGod, applyed byfaith infpeciall was the ground of Abrahams hope and wayting, Rom. 4. 2o. 2 r. Nee doubtednot, but wasfirengthenedinfaith, beeíng fully affuredthat he which hadpro.vrifrdwas able to doe it. There is no difficultic here, but that Abra- ham hadafpeciall word, for fpeciall faith tobe grounded, which ( fay they) we want.. But I anfwer, that in the Scripture we haue in fubfiance a particular word, in that Godwho hath giuen the promife, hach alto giuena commandement to euery beleeuer to apply it in fpeciall to him- Ielle: a.loh.3a3.and this isequïualent to a particular word. Obieti. But it is prefunaption to hope without merits. alnfw. It is indeed pre- fumption
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