A letter first written and sent by Io. Forbes, pastour of the English Church at Middelburgh vnto certen of the companie of marchands adventurers at Stoade, at their earnest desire, for resolving this question: how a Christian man may discerne the testimonie of Gods spirit, from the testimonie of his owne spirit, in witnessing his adoption. And now againe renewed and enlarged by the authour, at the desire of divers good Christians, for the comfort of their troubled co[n]sciences, and published by those of his flocke, to whom he did dedicate it for the publike vse of the Church.
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             A letter first written and sent by Io. Forbes, pastour of the English Church at Middelburgh vnto certen of the companie of marchands adventurers at Stoade, at their earnest desire, for resolving this question: how a Christian man may discerne the testimonie of Gods spirit, from the testimonie of his owne spirit, in witnessing his adoption. And now againe renewed and enlarged by the authour, at the desire of divers good Christians, for the comfort of their troubled co[n]sciences, and published by those of his flocke, to whom he did dedicate it for the publike vse of the Church.
             Forbes, John, 1568?-1634.
          
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           A
           LETTER
           First
           written
           and
           sent
           by
           Io.
           FORBES
           ,
           Pastour
           of
           the
           English
           Church
           at
           MIDDELBVRGH
           ,
           vnto
           certen
           of
           the
           companie
           of
           Marchands
           Adventurers
           at
           STOADE
           ,
           at
           their
           earnest
           desire
           ,
           for
           resolving
           this
           Question
           :
           How
           a
           Christian
           man
           may
           discerne
           the
           
             testimonie
             of
             Gods
             spirit
             ,
             from
             the
             testimonie
             of
             his
             owne
             spirit
             ,
             in
             witnessing
             his
             Adoption
             .
          
        
         
           And
           now
           againe
           renewed
           and
           enlarged
           by
           the
           Authour
           ,
           at
           the
           desire
           of
           divers
           good
           Christians
           ▪
           for
           the
           comfort
           of
           their
           troubled
           cōsciences
           ▪
           and
           published
           by
           those
           of
           his
           flocke
           ,
           to
           whom
           he
           did
           dedicate
           it
           for
           the
           publike
           vse
           of
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           
             Thy
             Rod
             and
             thy
             Staffe
             they
             comfort
             me
             ,
          
           
             Psal
             .
             23.
             4.
             
          
        
         
           AT
           MIDDELBVRGH
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             Richard
             Schilders
          
           ,
           1616.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           Mr
           Edw.
           Bennet
           ,
           Mr.
           Iohn
           Turner
           ,
           and
           Mr
           Ed.
           Kay
           ,
           the
           Authour
           wisheth
           increase
           of
           all
           Spirituall
           blessing
           in
           Christ
           .
        
         
           RECEYVE
           (
           beloved
           in
           the
           Lord
           )
           a
           certen
           Letter
           ,
           which
           above
           eight
           yeeres
           ago
           ,
           I
           first
           did
           write
           at
           the
           desire
           of
           Mr
           Io.
           Scharpuls
           ,
           now
           with
           God
           ,
           and
           others
           of
           the
           companie
           then
           at
           Stoade
           ,
           &
           now
           againe
           have
           revewed
           and
           somewhat
           enlarged
           the
           same
           ,
           vpon
           occasion
           of
           the
           trouble
           of
           cōscience
           wherein
           I
           did
           perceyve
           manie
           good
           Christians
           to
           bee
           cast
           for
           
           want
           of
           sufficiēt
           light
           in
           the
           same
           question
           which
           is
           heere
           handled
           ,
           desiring
           to
           minister
           some
           comfort
           vnto
           them
           ,
           if
           it
           shall
           please
           God
           to
           blesse
           this
           my
           endeavour
           ,
           in
           that
           measure
           of
           light
           which
           he
           hath
           given
           me
           :
           vse
           it
           ,
           and
           if
           yee
           finde
           any
           fruit
           in
           it
           ,
           impart
           it
           to
           such
           as
           have
           need
           .
           The
           spirit
           of
           comfort
           and
           true
           peace
           bee
           with
           you
           to
           the
           end
           .
           Iuli
           20.
           1616.
           
        
         
           
             Yours
             in
             the
             Lord
             Io.
             Forbes
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           short
           Discourse
           ,
           shewing
           how
           a
           Christian
           may
           discerne
           the
           testimonie
           of
           Gods
           spirit
           from
           the
           testimonie
           of
           his
           owne
           spirit
           ,
           in
           witnessing
           his
           Adoption
           .
        
         
           
             The
             same
             spirit
             beareth
             witnesse
             also
             togither
             with
             our
             spirit
             ,
             that
             wee
             are
             the
             sonnes
             of
             God
             ,
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             16.
             
          
        
         
           BELOVED
           in
           the
           Lord
           ,
           you
           desired
           by
           your
           Letter
           at
           my
           departure
           frō
           Stoad
           ,
           that
           I
           would
           resolve
           you
           ,
           in
           that
           saying
           of
           the
           Apostle
           to
           the
           Rom.
           chap.
           8.
           
           
             The
             spirit
             of
             God
             beareth
             witnes
             with
             our
             spirits
             ,
             that
             we
             are
             the
             sonnes
             of
             God.
          
           
           How
           a
           man
           may
           know
           when
           that
           spirit
           ,
           doth
           beare
           witnes
           also
           with
           our
           spirit
           .
           The
           occasion
           moving
           you
           to
           inquire
           this
           ,
           being
           ministred
           by
           some
           speech
           vttered
           by
           me
           in
           preaching
           :
           sayinge
           it
           was
           not
           enough
           for
           a
           man
           ,
           that
           his
           own
           spirit
           do
           beare
           witnes
           alone
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           I
           will
           shewe
           you
           the
           occasion
           wherefore
           I
           did
           say
           so
           :
           and
           next
           ,
           I
           will
           doe
           my
           best
           to
           satisfie
           your
           question
           ,
           as
           the
           Lord
           hath
           given
           me
           to
           vnderstand
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           most
           certaine
           ,
           that
           a
           mans
           owne
           heart
           (
           being
           a
           thing
           ,
           as
           saith
           
             Ieremie
             ,
             Chap.
             17.
             deceitfull
             above
             all
             things
             )
          
           will
           oft
           times
           deceyve
           man
           him self
           ,
           and
           yeeld
           him
           a
           false
           Testimonie
           of
           him selfe
           ,
           as
           also
           of
           his
           actions
           and
           estate
           .
           Is
           it
           not
           said
           of
           the
           Angell
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Laodicea
           :
           that
           he
           said
           of
           him self
           :
           
             I
             am
             ritch
             &
             increased
             with
             goods
             ,
          
           
           
             &
             have
             need
             of
             nothing
          
           .
           This
           doubtles
           was
           
           his
           owne
           testimonie
           of
           him selfe
           .
           But
           what
           doeth
           the
           spirit
           of
           God
           witnes
           of
           him
           :
           
             Thou
             art
             wretched
             ,
             and
             miserable
             ,
             and
             poore
             ,
             and
             blind
             ,
             &
             naked
             .
          
           And
           moreover
           doth
           affirme
           that
           this
           Angell
           did
           not
           know
           he
           was
           so
           .
        
         
           Doth
           not
           Christ
           also
           teach
           vs
           in
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           
           that
           there
           bee
           some
           whose
           hartes
           deceyve
           them
           ,
           making
           them
           trust
           in
           themselves
           that
           they
           are
           iust
           ,
           and
           yet
           are
           not
           ,
           and
           cleares
           it
           by
           the
           example
           of
           the
           Pharisee
           ,
           giving
           thankes
           vnto
           God
           ,
           
             That
             he
             was
             not
             as
             other
             men
             ,
             extortioner
             ,
             vniust
             ,
             &c.
          
           who
           notwithstanding
           is
           accompted
           of
           God
           vniust
           .
           And
           to
           be
           short
           ,
           in
           this
           point
           the
           Lord
           Iesus
           sheweth
           vs
           that
           many
           men
           at
           his
           second
           comming
           ,
           shall
           be
           miserably
           deceived
           by
           the
           foolish
           testimonie
           of
           their
           own
           harts
           :
           some
           being
           confident
           because
           of
           the
           outward
           fellowship
           and
           familiaritie
           
           they
           have
           had
           with
           Christ
           ,
           both
           in
           Word
           &
           Sacraments
           ,
           and
           therefore
           pleading
           thus
           :
           
           
             We
             have
             eaten
             and
             dronke
             in
             thy
             presence
             ,
             and
             thou
             has
             taught
             in
             our
             streetes
             ,
          
           shall
           neverthelesse
           receyve
           this
           answer
           :
           
             I
             tell
             you
             ,
             I
             know
             you
             not
             whence
             you
             are
             ,
             depart
             from
             me
             .
          
           Others
           also
           vpon
           the
           confidence
           of
           giftes
           bestowed
           vpon
           them
           by
           Christ
           for
           the
           good
           of
           his
           Church
           ,
           pleading
           with
           him
           and
           saying
           :
           
           
             Lord
             ,
             Lord
             ,
             have
             we
             not
             by
             thy
             Name
             prophecied
             ,
             and
             by
             thy
             Name
             cast
             out
             Divels
             ,
             and
             by
             thy
             Name
             done
             many
             great
             works
             ?
          
           shall
           receyve
           the
           same
           answere
           .
        
         
           Heereby
           it
           is
           evident
           ,
           that
           the
           testimonie
           of
           a
           mans
           owne
           heart
           being
           alone
           may
           be
           deceitfull
           ,
           evē
           when
           it
           is
           builded
           vpō
           profession
           and
           outward
           participation
           of
           the
           holy
           things
           of
           GOD.
           Yea
           even
           when
           it
           is
           builded
           vpon
           some
           rare
           speciall
           giftes
           of
           the
           holy
           ghost
           ,
           
           which
           although
           they
           bee
           necessarie
           for
           the
           body
           or
           Church
           in
           generall
           ,
           yet
           are
           not
           requisit
           in
           every
           member
           to
           salvation
           ,
           such
           as
           is
           the
           gift
           of
           
             Prophecying
             ,
             &c.
          
           and
           therefore
           may
           both
           be
           wanting
           without
           preiudice
           ,
           and
           also
           had
           without
           enioying
           of
           salvation
           .
        
         
           Thus
           have
           wee
           reason
           not
           to
           trust
           our
           Adoption
           and
           certaintie
           of
           our
           salvation
           ,
           to
           the
           naked
           testimonie
           of
           our
           owne
           hearts
           ,
           least
           we
           be
           found
           like
           the
           foolish
           Virgines
           .
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           the
           testimonie
           of
           our
           owne
           hearts
           is
           needfull
           heerevnto
           ,
           because
           sayeth
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
             If
             our
             heartes
             condempne
             vs
          
           ,
           
           
             God
             is
             greater
             then
             our
             heartes
             :
             and
             if
             our
             hearts
             condempne
             vs
             not
             ,
             then
             have
             we
             boldnes
             towards
             God.
          
           But
           it
           must
           not
           be
           alone
           ,
           for
           so
           it
           shal
           never
           be
           sure
           ,
           but
           having
           the
           spirit
           witnessing
           with
           it
           ,
           then
           it
           is
           sure
           .
        
         
         
           Now
           yet
           before
           I
           speake
           of
           the
           discerning
           of
           the
           spirites
           testimonie
           ,
           I
           must
           forewarne
           you
           of
           this
           one
           thing
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           that
           there
           bee
           many
           effectes
           of
           the
           spirit
           in
           the
           Saints
           oft
           times
           ,
           which
           at
           the
           first
           the
           Saintes
           know
           not
           to
           bee
           from
           the
           spirit
           ,
           and
           that
           both
           in
           their
           first
           calling
           ,
           and
           after
           they
           be
           called
           ▪
           and
           therefore
           wee
           must
           not
           measure
           the
           working
           of
           the
           spirit
           in
           vs
           by
           our
           discerning
           ,
           neyther
           must
           we
           iudge
           our selves
           destitute
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           albeit
           wee
           doe
           not
           discerne
           the
           effectes
           wrought
           in
           vs
           ,
           to
           bee
           from
           the
           spirit
           :
           for
           the
           Saints
           will
           feele
           strange
           effectes
           wrought
           in
           their
           mindes
           ,
           which
           they
           will
           neither
           knowe
           whence
           they
           come
           ,
           nor
           wherevnto
           they
           tend
           .
           This
           is
           verified
           by
           Iesus
           Christ
           him self
           ,
           speaking
           of
           the
           verie
           working
           of
           the
           spirit
           in
           our
           spirituall
           
           birth
           ,
           whereby
           we
           are
           made
           the
           children
           of
           God
           ,
           comparinge
           it
           to
           the
           winde
           :
           
             The
             winde
          
           (
           saieth
           he
           )
           
             bloweth
             where
             it
             listeth
          
           ,
           
           
             and
             thou
             hearest
             the
             sound
             thereof
             ,
             but
             can
             not
             tell
             whence
             it
             commeth
             ,
             nor
             whether
             it
             goeth
             :
          
           so
           is
           every
           mā
           (
           saith
           Christ
           )
           
             that
             is
             borne
             of
             the
             spirit
             .
          
        
         
           This
           shall
           not
           seeme
           strange
           to
           vs
           if
           we
           marke
           what
           is
           saide
           of
           the
           Disciples
           at
           Ephesus
           ,
           who
           were
           baptized
           as
           appeareth
           by
           Apollos
           ,
           
           and
           yet
           they
           confesse
           to
           Paul
           that
           they
           had
           not
           so
           much
           as
           heard
           whether
           there
           were
           an
           H.
           ghost
           .
           It
           may
           bee
           also
           very
           apparantlie
           thought
           ,
           that
           Peter
           when
           hee
           did
           witnesse
           of
           Christ
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           the
           Christ
           
             the
             Sonne
             of
             the
             living
             God
             ,
          
           
           did
           not
           knowe
           that
           testimonie
           to
           have
           bene
           from
           the
           spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           therefore
           Christ
           (
           to
           teach
           him
           that
           that
           testimonie
           was
           not
           the
           testimonie
           of
           his
           owne
           heart
           ,
           
           but
           by
           the
           spirit
           of
           God
           )
           did
           tell
           him
           that
           flesh
           and
           bloud
           had
           not
           reveyled
           that
           to
           him
           ,
           but
           his
           Father
           that
           is
           in
           heaven
           .
        
         
           This
           I
           speake
           not
           to
           make
           men
           carelesse
           in
           trying
           whether
           they
           have
           the
           spirit
           or
           no
           ,
           but
           to
           comfort
           weake
           Christians
           ,
           who
           although
           they
           have
           the
           livelie
           effectes
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           yet
           have
           not
           come
           so
           farre
           as
           to
           bee
           able
           to
           discerne
           them
           to
           be
           from
           the
           spirit
           ,
           as
           sometimes
           they
           will
           bee
           taught
           to
           vnderstande
           ,
           and
           can
           not
           tell
           how
           at
           the
           first
           ,
           and
           to
           repent
           ,
           and
           can
           not
           tell
           how
           ,
           and
           to
           reioyce
           ,
           and
           can
           not
           tell
           how
           ,
           and
           to
           love
           God
           and
           his
           Saints
           ,
           and
           can
           not
           tell
           how
           ,
           and
           to
           beleeve
           ,
           and
           cannot
           tell
           how
           ,
           which
           all
           notwithstanding
           are
           the
           proper
           workes
           of
           the
           spirit
           .
        
         
           Neither
           speake
           I
           this
           to
           shunne
           the
           answering
           of
           your
           question
           
           touching
           the
           discerning
           of
           the
           spirites
           testimonie
           ,
           which
           I
           pray
           the
           Lord
           to
           teach
           vs
           all
           ,
           seeing
           there
           can
           indeed
           no
           solide
           ioy
           possesse
           our
           mindes
           ,
           till
           we
           feele
           the
           spirit
           of
           Adoption
           sealing
           vp
           the
           certaintie
           of
           our
           electiō
           in
           our
           harts
           :
           for
           if
           we
           bee
           sonnes
           (
           as
           saieth
           the
           Apostle
           )
           
             the
             Lord
             hath
             sent
             forth
             the
             spirit
             of
             his
             sonne
             in
             our
             heartes
             ,
          
           
           
             which
             crieth
             Abba
          
           ,
           
           Father
           :
           and
           therefore
           
             if
             any
             mā
             hath
             not
             the
             spirit
             of
             Christ
             ,
             the
             same
             is
             not
             his
             .
          
        
         
           Seeing
           then
           it
           is
           even
           by
           the
           spirit
           which
           he
           hath
           givē
           vs
           ,
           that
           we
           know
           our selves
           to
           bee
           the
           sonnes
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           that
           God
           as
           our
           Father
           abydeth
           in
           vs
           ,
           
           as
           saieth
           Iohn
           :
           It
           is
           a
           most
           necessarie
           studie
           ,
           and
           most
           commendable
           in
           a
           Christian
           ,
           to
           trie
           if
           he
           hath
           the
           spirit
           .
        
         
           Now
           therefore
           to
           come
           to
           your
           question
           ,
           I
           will
           speake
           of
           it
           in
           all
           sobrietie
           accordinge
           to
           that
           measure
           
           of
           faith
           which
           the
           Lord
           hath
           given
           me
           .
        
         
           First
           in
           generall
           ,
           it
           shall
           not
           bee
           amisse
           to
           know
           what
           is
           the
           Testimonie
           of
           the
           spirit
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           after
           what
           maner
           the
           spirit
           doth
           give
           testimonie
           .
        
         
           And
           lastly
           ,
           we
           shall
           cleerlie
           see
           how
           to
           discerne
           it
           from
           the
           testimonie
           of
           our
           owne
           spirit
           .
        
         
           In
           generall
           ,
           the
           whole
           word
           of
           God
           is
           the
           testimonie
           of
           the
           spirit
           .
           For
           whatsoever
           is
           therein
           contayned
           ,
           the
           spirit
           doeth
           witnes
           it
           ,
           and
           nothing
           els
           doeth
           the
           spirit
           witnes
           ,
           but
           that
           which
           is
           contayned
           in
           the
           word
           :
           therefore
           is
           the
           word
           of
           God
           called
           his
           Testimon
           .
           
           
             The
             testimonie
             of
             the
             Lord
             is
             sure
             .
          
           And
           againe
           :
           
             God
             established
             a
             Testimonie
             in
             Iacob
             .
          
           
           And
           oft
           times
           in
           the
           119.
           
           Psalme
           ,
           the
           Lords
           wordes
           are
           called
           
             his
             Testimonies
          
           ,
           because
           everie
           sentence
           of
           the
           word
           ,
           is
           a
           testimonie
           
           of
           Gods
           will
           :
           Therefore
           is
           it
           that
           the
           Prophet
           commands
           vs
           to
           goe
           to
           the
           Lawe
           and
           to
           the
           Testimonie
           .
           
           For
           nothing
           can
           we
           know
           of
           Gods
           minde
           towards
           vs
           ,
           except
           we
           hearken
           what
           the
           spirit
           speakes
           in
           his
           worde
           .
           and
           therefore
           ,
           Christ
           willeth
           vs
           to
           search
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           
           because
           they
           witnes
           of
           him
           .
           So
           ,
           whatsoever
           the
           worde
           doeth
           perswade
           our
           hearts
           touching
           GOD
           and
           his
           love
           in
           Christ
           ,
           that
           is
           the
           Testimonie
           of
           the
           spirit
           :
           and
           therfore
           when
           hearing
           the
           worde
           of
           God
           ,
           our
           hearts
           receyves
           anie
           assurance
           or
           perswasion
           of
           redemption
           ,
           remission
           of
           sinnes
           ,
           &c.
           that
           same
           is
           and
           must
           be
           the
           spirits
           testimonie
           .
           As
           for
           example
           ,
           whē
           by
           the
           word
           a
           man
           is
           made
           to
           knowe
           Christ
           to
           be
           the
           Lord
           ,
           the
           Redeemer
           ,
           &c.
           doubtlesse
           that
           is
           a
           testimonie
           of
           Gods
           spirit
           ,
           by
           the
           word
           witnessing
           to
           the
           heart
           that
           trueth
           
           and
           causing
           the
           heart
           to
           beleve
           it
           .
           But
           heere
           wee
           must
           carefully
           take
           heede
           ,
           that
           our
           hearts
           bee
           not
           deceyved
           touching
           that
           which
           you
           most
           disire
           to
           know
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           touching
           our
           Adoption
           ,
           by
           mistaking
           the
           spirits
           testimonie
           .
           For
           eschewing
           this
           danger
           we
           have
           to
           vnderstande
           that
           the
           spirit
           by
           the
           worde
           perswades
           two
           maner
           of
           wayes
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           generallie
           and
           speciallie
           ,
           generallie
           when
           that
           which
           is
           reveyled
           out
           of
           the
           worde
           is
           generally
           beleeved
           as
           Gods
           truth
           :
           speciallie
           when
           it
           is
           speciallie
           beleeved
           .
           The
           generall
           is
           no
           warrant
           of
           adoptiō
           .
           For
           in
           that
           sort
           the
           very
           Divells
           beleeve
           and
           tremble
           ,
           
           saieth
           Iames
           :
           a
           reprobate
           may
           beleeve
           generally
           all
           to
           be
           true
           which
           is
           in
           the
           word
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           yet
           never
           have
           anie
           testimonie
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           of
           his
           particular
           adoption
           ,
           hee
           may
           beleeve
           that
           Christ
           is
           a
           Saviour
           of
           sinners
           ,
           
           and
           yet
           not
           beleeve
           that
           hee
           is
           a
           Saviour
           vnto
           him
           :
           he
           may
           beleeve
           that
           God
           in
           Christ
           will
           forgive
           sinners
           :
           and
           yet
           no
           wayes
           have
           assurance
           of
           the
           remission
           of
           his
           owne
           sinnes
           :
           yea
           hee
           may
           bee
           a
           Preacher
           ,
           and
           be
           witnes
           of
           all
           the
           promises
           of
           God
           in
           Christ
           to
           others
           ,
           &
           yet
           have
           no
           parte
           in
           them
           him selfe
           .
           Therefore
           leaving
           this
           generall
           testimonie
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           I
           come
           to
           the
           speciall
           testimonie
           ,
           which
           wee
           must
           discerne
           before
           our
           Adoption
           bee
           sealed
           to
           vs.
           And
           in
           discerning
           this
           ,
           there
           is
           also
           great
           wisedome
           required
           :
           for
           therein
           also
           may
           a
           man
           be
           deceyved
           .
           For
           there
           is
           some
           sort
           of
           speciall
           testificatiō
           that
           witnesseth
           not
           adoption
           .
           For
           vnderstanding
           hereof
           ,
           we
           must
           consider
           that
           the
           spirits
           testimonie
           in
           speciall
           maner
           is
           of
           two
           sortes
           .
        
         
         
           The
           first
           is
           ,
           when
           hee
           witnesses
           and
           reveiles
           grace
           particularlie
           to
           a
           man
           ,
           but
           imprints
           not
           the
           thing
           reveiled
           in
           the
           heart
           ,
           neither
           seales
           it
           in
           his
           soule
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           is
           ,
           when
           not
           onely
           he
           reveyles
           and
           witnesses
           the
           promises
           in
           speciall
           manner
           to
           a
           man
           ,
           but
           also
           writeth
           them
           in
           his
           heart
           ,
           and
           seales
           them
           in
           his
           soule
           .
           Now
           to
           make
           this
           more
           plaine
           ,
           we
           must
           consider
           what
           are
           the
           wordes
           of
           Gods
           covenant
           in
           Christ
           with
           the
           elect
           .
           After
           these
           dayes
           (
           saieth
           the
           Lord
           )
           
             I
             will
             put
             my
             Lawes
             in
             their
             minde
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             in
             their
             heart
             I
             will
             write
             them
             .
          
           If
           we
           waye
           these
           wordes
           aright
           ,
           we
           shall
           see
           that
           which
           I
           have
           spoken
           ,
           cleere
           .
           GOD
           in
           giving
           his
           Lawe
           spake
           to
           his
           people
           ,
           and
           by
           his
           spirit
           witnessed
           his
           will
           to
           them
           :
           but
           this
           word
           which
           was
           spoken
           ,
           was
           not
           written
           in
           their
           hearts
           ,
           but
           in
           tables
           of
           stone
           :
           therfore
           
           the
           Iewes
           did
           not
           abyde
           in
           that
           covenant
           .
           The
           peculiar
           promise
           of
           God
           to
           the
           elect
           in
           Christ
           is
           ,
           
           that
           he
           shall
           write
           his
           wordes
           in
           their
           hearts
           .
           When
           thē
           the
           Lords
           spirit
           ,
           witnesseth
           ,
           &
           in
           witnessing
           writes
           the
           thing
           witnessed
           ,
           in
           the
           heart
           ,
           it
           is
           an
           assurance
           of
           Gods
           effectuall
           speaking
           :
           but
           when
           hee
           witnesses
           to
           the
           heart
           ,
           &
           yet
           writes
           not
           that
           testimonie
           in
           the
           heart
           ,
           it
           is
           no
           testimonie
           of
           adoption
           .
           To
           make
           this
           plaine
           :
           it
           is
           certaine
           ,
           there
           can
           be
           no
           true
           faith
           in
           the
           heart
           ,
           where
           the
           worde
           of
           GOD
           abydeth
           not
           .
           Christ
           shewes
           this
           in
           the
           fift
           chap.
           of
           Iohn
           ,
           
           speakinge
           to
           the
           Iewes
           ,
           
             His
             worde
          
           (
           sayeth
           hee
           )
           
             have
             ye
             not
             abyding
             in
             you
             ,
             because
             yee
             beleeve
             not
             in
             him
             whom
             he
             hath
             sent
             :
          
           declaring
           that
           the
           abyding
           of
           the
           worde
           in
           man
           ,
           and
           beleeving
           ,
           doe
           still
           accōpanie
           one
           the
           other
           .
           And
           if
           we
           will
           consider
           his
           speech
           in
           
           the
           sixt
           chap.
           of
           Iohn
           ,
           wee
           shall
           see
           that
           the
           cause
           why
           his
           worde
           did
           not
           abyde
           in
           them
           ,
           
           was
           ,
           because
           they
           were
           not
           taught
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           they
           had
           not
           hard
           nor
           learned
           of
           the
           Father
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           promise
           ,
           I
           will
           put
           my
           lawes
           in
           their
           minde
           ;
           and
           in
           their
           heart
           will
           I
           write
           them
           :
           therefore
           it
           is
           that
           Moses
           speakinge
           of
           the
           estate
           of
           the
           chosen
           children
           of
           God
           vnder
           grace
           ,
           saith
           ,
           that
           this
           cōmandement
           which
           I
           command
           thee
           this
           day
           (
           meaning
           thereby
           the
           worde
           of
           the
           Father
           )
           
             is
             not
             hid
             from
             thee
             ,
             neither
             is
             it
             farre
             from
             thee
             ,
          
           
           
             it
             is
             not
             in
             the
             heaven
             ,
             that
             thou
             shouldest
             say
             ,
             who
             shall
             goe
             vp
             for
             vs
             to
             heaven
             ,
             and
             bring
             it
             vs
             ,
             and
             cause
             vs
             to
             heare
             it
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             do
             it
             :
             neither
             is
             it
             beyond
             the
             sea
             ,
             that
             thou
             shouldest
             say
             ,
             who
             shall
             goe
             over
             the
             sea
             for
             vs
             ,
             and
             bring
             it
             vs
             and
             cause
             vs
             to
             heare
             it
             ,
             that
             wee
             may
             doe
             it
             :
             but
             the
             word
             is
             very
             neare
             vnto
             
             thee
             ,
             even
             in
             thy
             mouth
             ,
             and
             in
             thy
             heart
             for
             to
             doe
             it
             .
          
           
           The
           Apostle
           expounds
           the
           same
           to
           the
           Rom.
           and
           shewes
           that
           this
           is
           the
           word
           of
           the
           Father
           which
           they
           did
           preach
           .
           For
           this
           is
           the
           promise
           of
           God
           to
           his
           Church
           vnder
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           by
           the
           mouth
           of
           his
           Prophet
           :
           
           
             All
             thy
             children
             shal
             be
             taught
             of
             the
             Lord
             :
          
           and
           this
           is
           the
           Lords
           teaching
           ,
           evē
           the
           writing
           of
           his
           word
           in
           the
           hart
           by
           his
           spirit
           .
           
           Of
           the
           first
           sort
           of
           this
           speciall
           receyving
           the
           word
           ,
           you
           may
           read
           in
           Iohn
           :
           it
           is
           said
           of
           the
           Iewes
           ,
           
             many
             beleeved
             in
             Christ
          
           ,
           &
           yet
           these
           same
           doth
           Christ
           declare
           to
           be
           the
           servants
           of
           sinne
           ,
           &
           childrē
           of
           the
           divel
           ,
           &
           murtherers
           .
           and
           in
           the
           37.
           verse
           he
           shewes
           why
           they
           were
           such
           ,
           because
           his
           word
           had
           no
           place
           in
           thē
           :
           therefore
           doth
           he
           warn
           thē
           in
           the
           31.
           ver
           .
           that
           if
           they
           did
           cōtinue
           in
           his
           word
           ,
           they
           were
           verily
           his
           discipl
           .
           teaching
           thereby
           
           that
           it
           is
           not
           the
           receyving
           of
           his
           word
           simplie
           ,
           that
           maketh
           vs
           disciples
           :
           but
           the
           abydiug
           in
           it
           ,
           which
           none
           can
           doe
           that
           hath
           it
           not
           written
           in
           their
           heart
           by
           the
           spirit
           .
           Of
           the
           second
           sorte
           of
           the
           speciall
           receyving
           the
           word
           ,
           you
           may
           read
           in
           the
           17.
           chap.
           of
           Iohn
           ,
           in
           the
           wordes
           of
           Christ
           concerning
           his
           Disciples
           :
           
             I
             have
             given
             them
             the
             wordes
             which
             thou
             gavest
             mee
             ,
          
           
           
             &
             they
             have
             receyved
             them
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Of
           both
           these
           sortes
           of
           receyving
           the
           spirites
           testimonie
           ,
           you
           may
           read
           in
           the
           Gospell
           of
           Saint
           Math.
           in
           the
           Parable
           of
           the
           Sower
           ,
           the
           one
           is
           like
           the
           ground
           which
           receyveth
           seed
           ,
           
           but
           yeeldeth
           no
           fruit
           againe
           :
           the
           other
           is
           like
           the
           ground
           which
           receiveth
           the
           seed
           ,
           and
           bringeth
           forth
           fruit
           in
           aboundance
           :
           because
           God
           the
           Father
           is
           the
           Husbande
           man
           thereof
           :
           as
           Christ
           sayeth
           in
           the
           15.
           chapter
           of
           
           Iohn
           .
           But
           you
           may
           aske
           ,
           how
           I
           can
           call
           this
           sorte
           of
           witnessinge
           which
           is
           fruitlesse
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           spirits
           testimonie
           ?
           Remēber
           I
           pray
           you
           what
           the
           Apostle
           saieth
           to
           the
           Corinthians
           ,
           No
           man
           can
           call
           Iesus
           Lord
           but
           by
           the
           H.
           ghost
           .
           
           Whereby
           it
           is
           plaine
           that
           there
           is
           no
           possibilitie
           in
           man
           of
           receyving
           or
           acknowledging
           any
           part
           of
           that
           mysterie
           of
           godlynes
           ,
           without
           the
           spirits
           working
           .
           And
           yet
           ,
           albeit
           this
           be
           the
           worke
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           yet
           doth
           it
           not
           prove
           him
           in
           whom
           it
           is
           ,
           to
           be
           the
           childe
           of
           God.
           For
           Christ
           saieth
           plainly
           ,
           
           
             Not
             every
             one
             that
             call
             me
             Lord
             ,
             Lorde
             ,
             shall
             enter
             into
             the
             kingdome
             of
             heaven
             .
          
        
         
           And
           because
           this
           same
           effect
           in
           the
           verie
           reprobate
           ,
           
           is
           the
           work
           of
           the
           spirit
           (
           for
           the
           naturall
           man
           can
           not
           perceyve
           the
           things
           of
           the
           spirit
           )
           therefore
           are
           the
           very
           reprobate
           thus
           illuminate
           after
           this
           maner
           
           said
           ,
           to
           have
           bene
           made
           partakers
           of
           the
           H.
           ghost
           ,
           
           not
           that
           ever
           that
           spirit
           of
           Adoptiō
           ,
           which
           God
           sendes
           foorth
           in
           the
           heartes
           of
           his
           sonnes
           to
           seale
           them
           vnto
           the
           day
           of
           redemption
           ,
           was
           ever
           sent
           into
           their
           hearts
           .
           But
           because
           even
           that
           light
           &
           tast
           of
           heavēly
           things
           whiche
           they
           received
           ,
           was
           by
           the
           working
           of
           the
           H.
           ghost
           :
           although
           he
           never
           did
           give
           thē
           ful
           possession
           of
           them
           by
           imprinting
           them
           in
           their
           harts
           ,
           &
           sealing
           thē
           in
           their
           soules
           .
           For
           that
           which
           Christ
           saith
           to
           his
           discip
           .
           (
           whē
           he
           promiseth
           to
           send
           thē
           the
           spirit
           of
           truth
           )
           remayneth
           still
           true
           ,
           that
           the
           world
           can
           not
           receive
           him
           ,
           
           because
           it
           seeth
           him
           not
           neither
           knoweth
           him
           :
           &
           therfore
           wee
           may
           iustly
           say
           ,
           that
           they
           who
           receive
           this
           tast
           of
           Christ
           &
           of
           the
           good
           word
           of
           god
           ,
           do
           not
           discern
           the
           spirit
           to
           worke
           these
           thinges
           ,
           because
           they
           neither
           see
           him
           nor
           know
           him
           ,
           neither
           cā
           they
           receive
           
           him
           ,
           but
           are
           like
           vnto
           natural
           men
           ,
           who
           albeit
           they
           have
           their
           being
           ,
           
           &
           life
           ,
           &
           moving
           in
           God
           ,
           yet
           still
           remain
           without
           God
           in
           this
           world
           .
           
           But
           it
           may
           thē
           be
           demanded
           how
           it
           is
           that
           they
           are
           said
           to
           bee
           made
           partakers
           of
           the
           H.
           ghost
           ?
           and
           what
           difference
           is
           there
           betwixt
           them
           &
           the
           elect
           in
           the
           participatiō
           of
           the
           spirit
           ?
           To
           vnderstand
           this
           ,
           we
           must
           remember
           that
           ther
           must
           be
           a
           certain
           participatiō
           of
           the
           spirit
           whersoever
           any
           effect
           of
           the
           spirit
           is
           foūd
           in
           whatsoever
           measure
           or
           maner
           .
           But
           we
           are
           to
           mark
           a
           differēce
           both
           of
           measure
           &
           maner
           .
           For
           as
           a
           mā
           that
           hath
           an
           excellent
           piece
           of
           wine
           to
           sel
           ,
           wil
           give
           to
           al
           that
           com
           ,
           so
           much
           as
           is
           sufficiēt
           to
           make
           thē
           knowe
           the
           tast
           of
           it
           ,
           yet
           he
           giveth
           not
           to
           every
           one
           such
           a
           quātitie
           as
           is
           sufficiēt
           to
           bring
           nourishment
           &
           refreshment
           to
           their
           bodyes
           &
           spirits
           .
           And
           as
           a
           phisicion
           that
           hath
           prepared
           a
           comfortable
           potiō
           for
           
           the
           health
           of
           a
           beloved
           patient
           ,
           he
           will
           give
           to
           others
           a
           little
           of
           it
           to
           make
           them
           apprehende
           the
           taste
           of
           it
           :
           but
           not
           so
           ,
           as
           to
           have
           anie
           strength
           to
           make
           anie
           operation
           in
           their
           stomacke
           :
           for
           that
           quantitie
           hee
           gives
           onely
           to
           the
           patient
           for
           whose
           health
           it
           is
           prepared
           .
        
         
           Nowe
           they
           who
           tasted
           of
           this
           wine
           or
           potion
           ,
           can
           discerne
           the
           goodnesse
           of
           it
           ,
           albeit
           they
           never
           did
           drinke
           it
           ,
           nor
           ever
           be
           partakers
           of
           the
           refreshing
           power
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           So
           is
           it
           with
           the
           Lorde
           in
           his
           dispensation
           :
           he
           vseth
           sometimes
           onely
           to
           give
           a
           naked
           sight
           and
           knowledge
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           his
           mercie
           in
           him
           ,
           to
           men
           :
           and
           this
           I
           called
           before
           a
           generall
           perswasion
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           when
           men
           are
           made
           to
           know
           Christ
           in
           generall
           ,
           but
           without
           all
           sense
           of
           feelinge
           of
           him
           .
        
         
           Somtimes
           the
           spirit
           comes
           nearer
           ,
           and
           touches
           the
           heart
           with
           Christ
           
           and
           with
           the
           powers
           of
           the
           world
           to
           come
           ,
           even
           so
           farre
           ,
           as
           the
           heart
           receiveth
           a
           tast
           of
           the
           love
           of
           God
           ,
           &
           of
           the
           mercies
           of
           God
           in
           Christ
           ,
           in
           such
           sorte
           ,
           that
           they
           receive
           the
           word
           incontinentlie
           with
           ioy
           :
           
           as
           saith
           Christ
           .
           The
           spirit
           havinge
           in
           that
           measure
           testified
           the
           worde
           to
           them
           ,
           as
           is
           sufficient
           to
           make
           them
           to
           taste
           the
           sweetnes
           of
           it
           :
           albeeit
           hee
           never
           fill
           their
           heart
           with
           it
           ,
           nor
           imprint
           it
           in
           their
           mindes
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           finde
           the
           power
           of
           it
           vnto
           life
           .
           The
           last
           degree
           of
           the
           spirites
           witnessinge
           ,
           is
           ,
           when
           not
           onely
           he
           touches
           the
           lippes
           with
           grace
           to
           make
           the
           tast
           of
           it
           felt
           :
           but
           when
           hee
           poures
           in
           the
           love
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           graces
           reveyled
           in
           the
           worde
           ,
           and
           shedds
           them
           abroad
           in
           the
           heart
           :
           as
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           to
           the
           Romans
           ,
           
           and
           so
           makes
           the
           heart
           to
           enioy
           ,
           receyve
           and
           possesse
           the
           promise
           by
           
           printing
           it
           therein
           .
           So
           that
           the
           working
           and
           witnessing
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           in
           the
           wicked
           ,
           is
           like
           the
           smell
           of
           an
           Apothecaris
           shop
           :
           which
           one
           that
           passeth
           by
           ,
           receyveth
           ,
           although
           hee
           never
           carrie
           anie
           of
           these
           odoriferous
           things
           with
           him
           But
           the
           witnessing
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           to
           the
           elect
           ,
           is
           by
           imparting
           the
           thing
           witnessed
           to
           the
           soule
           ,
           &
           making
           it
           reallie
           to
           possesse
           it
           .
           So
           that
           if
           a
           man
           could
           see
           the
           soule
           of
           a
           true
           child
           of
           God
           ,
           he
           should
           see
           ingraven
           in
           it
           ,
           mercie
           ,
           peace
           ,
           love
           ,
           righteousnes
           ,
           life
           ,
           ioy
           ,
           and
           Christ
           himselfe
           .
           all
           the
           promises
           of
           God
           in
           Christ
           ,
           being
           written
           therein
           ,
           by
           the
           spirit
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           covenant
           of
           God.
           Conforme
           to
           this
           ,
           doth
           the
           Apostle
           speake
           of
           the
           spirits
           witnessing
           to
           the
           hearts
           of
           the
           Corinthians
           ,
           when
           hee
           saieth
           ,
           
             yee
             are
             manifest
             to
             bee
             the
             Epistle
             of
             
             Christ
             ,
             ministred
             by
             vs
             ,
             and
             written
             ,
             not
             with
             inck
             ,
             but
             with
             the
             spirite
             of
             the
             livinge
             GOD
             :
             not
             in
             Tables
             of
             stone
             ,
             but
             in
             fleshly
             tables
             of
             the
             heart
             .
          
        
         
           Nowe
           therefore
           wee
           come
           to
           speake
           of
           this
           witnessinge
           of
           the
           spirit
           which
           is
           proper
           to
           the
           elect
           :
           And
           to
           the
           ende
           wee
           may
           cleerelie
           discerne
           ,
           the
           testimonie
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           which
           witnesseth
           with
           our
           spirits
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           the
           sonnes
           of
           GOD
           :
           wee
           must
           yet
           more
           deepelie
           marke
           and
           consider
           this
           testimonie
           .
        
         
           The
           worke
           of
           the
           spirit
           in
           assuring
           vs
           of
           Adoption
           ,
           is
           twoofolde
           .
        
         
           The
           firste
           ,
           for
           distinction
           ,
           wee
           shall
           call
           this
           first
           writinge
           of
           the
           worde
           reveyled
           ,
           in
           our
           hearts
           ,
           and
           so
           makinge
           vs
           to
           beleeve
           in
           God
           ,
           
           as
           our
           God
           and
           Father
           in
           Christ
           .
        
         
         
           
             The
             second
             ,
             is
             our
             sealling
             ,
             after
             we
             have
             beleeved
             .
             That
             it
             is
             so
             ,
             ye
             may
             see
             in
             the
             wordes
             of
             the
             Apostle
             to
             the
             Ephesians
             .
          
           In
           whom
           also
           
             (
             sayes
             he
          
           )
           ye
           have
           trusted
           after
           that
           yee
           heard
           the
           word
           of
           trueth
           ,
           
           even
           the
           Gospell
           of
           your
           salvation
           ,
           wherein
           also
           after
           yee
           beleeved
           ,
           yee
           were
           sealed
           with
           the
           holy
           spirit
           of
           promise
           .
        
         
           Marke
           first
           this
           worke
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           in
           causing
           vs
           to
           beleeve
           in
           God
           ,
           by
           the
           effectuall
           revelation
           of
           the
           worde
           :
           next
           ,
           marke
           that
           other
           worke
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           after
           we
           have
           beleeved
           ,
           in
           sealing
           vs.
           The
           first
           of
           these
           two
           ,
           although
           it
           bee
           felt
           by
           vs
           ,
           yet
           at
           the
           first
           ,
           wee
           can
           not
           discerne
           it
           to
           be
           the
           worke
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           till
           afterward
           .
           For
           ,
           before
           we
           be
           made
           spirituall
           ,
           we
           can
           discerne
           nothing
           of
           the
           spirit
           :
           because
           the
           things
           of
           the
           spirit
           are
           spiritually
           discerned
           .
           
           But
           when
           we
           receyve
           the
           spirit
           which
           is
           of
           
           God
           ,
           then
           are
           we
           able
           to
           knowe
           the
           things
           which
           are
           given
           to
           vs
           of
           God.
           Therefore
           that
           testimonie
           whereof
           the
           Apostle
           speaketh
           to
           the
           Rom.
           which
           witnesseth
           with
           our
           spirits
           :
           is
           to
           be
           vnderstood
           of
           the
           seconde
           worke
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           which
           is
           our
           sealing
           .
        
         
           That
           we
           may
           vnderstande
           this
           aright
           ,
           we
           must
           consider
           that
           there
           is
           something
           that
           cōmeth
           in
           in
           vs
           betwixt
           the
           first
           worke
           of
           the
           spirit
           and
           the
           second
           .
           And
           that
           is
           the
           testimonie
           of
           our
           owne
           spirit
           ,
           bearing
           witnes
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           the
           sonnes
           of
           God.
           For
           when
           God
           by
           his
           spirit
           ,
           hath
           imprinted
           in
           our
           heartes
           ,
           the
           word
           of
           promise
           ,
           then
           begins
           our
           hearts
           to
           say
           ,
           we
           are
           the
           children
           of
           God
           :
           being
           perswaded
           by
           the
           spirit
           ,
           secretlie
           insinuating
           the
           worde
           in
           our
           hearts
           to
           beleeve
           ,
           
           &
           beleeving
           to
           speak
           :
           
           according
           as
           it
           is
           said
           ,
           
             I
             beleved
             &
             therfore
             did
             speak
             .
          
        
         
         
           Now
           it
           might
           seeme
           there
           needed
           no
           more
           .
           but
           let
           vs
           remember
           what
           Christ
           saith
           to
           Peter
           ,
           
           
             Simon
             ,
             Simon
             ,
             behold
             Sathan
             hath
             desired
             to
             sift
             you
             as
             wheat
             ,
             but
             I
             have
             prayed
             for
             thee
             that
             thy
             faith
             faile
             not
             .
          
           So
           wee
           have
           need
           that
           our
           heartes
           be
           established
           in
           that
           worke
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           otherwayes
           we
           should
           bee
           in
           danger
           to
           make
           shipwracke
           of
           faith
           &
           of
           a
           good
           conscience
           :
           which
           is
           nothing
           els
           but
           this
           testimonie
           of
           our
           owne
           hearts
           .
           Therefore
           doth
           the
           Church
           pray
           in
           the
           Psalme
           :
           
           
             Establish
             O
             God
             that
             which
             thou
             hast
             wrought
             in
             vs.
          
           And
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           after
           hee
           hath
           given
           thankes
           vnto
           God
           for
           the
           Thessalonians
           effectuall
           calling
           ,
           he
           prayes
           to
           GOD
           ,
           
             That
             hee
             who
             had
             given
             them
             this
             good
             hope
             through
             grace
             ,
             would
             also
             establish
             them
             in
             everie
             word
             and
             good
             worke
             .
          
           Therefore
           is
           it
           that
           our
           God
           ,
           for
           stablishing
           vs
           in
           faith
           ,
           &
           
           in
           the
           assurance
           of
           our
           Adoption
           ,
           seales
           vs
           by
           the
           holy
           spirit
           of
           promise
           .
           This
           is
           manifest
           out
           of
           the
           former
           place
           to
           the
           Ephes
           .
           where
           he
           saieth
           ,
           
             That
             after
             they
             beleeved
             ,
             they
             were
             sealed
             with
             the
             holy
             spirit
             of
             promise
             .
          
           This
           same
           doth
           the
           Apostle
           to
           the
           Gallat
           .
           confirme
           ,
           when
           hee
           sheweth
           that
           Christ
           was
           sent
           to
           this
           ende
           ,
           
           to
           redeeme
           vs
           :
           
             That
             we
             might
             receyve
             the
             Adoption
             of
             the
             sonnes
             :
          
           and
           then
           he
           addeth
           ,
           
             and
             because
             yee
             are
             sonnes
             ,
             GOD
             hath
             sent
             foorth
             the
             spirit
             of
             his
             sonne
             into
             your
             hearts
             ,
             that
             crieth
             Abba
             ,
             Father
             .
          
           And
           that
           this
           sealing
           of
           vs
           ,
           by
           sendinge
           forth
           the
           spirit
           of
           Adoptiō
           in
           our
           hearts
           ,
           is
           the
           meane
           whereby
           God
           establisheth
           vs
           ,
           it
           is
           manifest
           by
           the
           Apostle
           to
           the
           Corinthians
           .
           
           For
           when
           first
           hee
           hath
           shewed
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           God
           which
           establisheth
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             It
             is
             God
             which
             establisheth
             vs
             with
             you
             in
             Christ
             :
          
           then
           addeth
           
           he
           the
           meane
           whereby
           God
           did
           stablish
           them
           ,
           saying
           :
           
             and
             hath
             anointed
             vs
             ,
             who
             hath
             also
             sealed
             vs
             ,
             and
             hath
             given
             the
             earnest
             of
             the
             spirit
             in
             our
             hearts
             .
          
           Which
           three
           sayings
           are
           all
           one
           thing
           in
           substance
           .
           Therefore
           doeth
           Iohn
           ,
           from
           this
           anointing
           ,
           confirme
           and
           assure
           these
           to
           whom
           he
           did
           write
           ,
           against
           the
           fearing
           to
           fall
           away
           :
           but
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             The
             anointing
             which
             yee
             receyved
             of
             him
             ,
          
           
           
             dwelleth
             in
             you
          
           :
           and
           as
           it
           taught
           you
           ,
           
             yee
             shall
             abide
             in
             him
          
           .
           And
           the
           Apostle
           to
           the
           Corinthians
           taketh
           the
           Argument
           of
           his
           confidence
           from
           this
           ,
           
           
             that
             God
             hath
             given
             vs
             the
             earnest
             of
             the
             spirit
             .
          
           And
           the
           same
           Apostle
           from
           this
           giving
           of
           vs
           the
           spirit
           of
           libertie
           which
           crieth
           Abba
           Father
           ,
           proveth
           vs
           to
           bee
           the
           sonnes
           of
           God
           in
           that
           eight
           chap.
           to
           the
           Romanes
           .
           
           Whereby
           it
           is
           plaine
           ,
           that
           by
           these
           three
           ,
           the
           self-same
           thing
           is
           meant
           :
           albeit
           diverslie
           
           expressed
           :
           accordinge
           to
           the
           three
           sortes
           of
           confirmation
           ,
           the
           one
           by
           anointing
           ,
           so
           were
           Kings
           ,
           Priestes
           and
           Prophetes
           confirmed
           in
           their
           calling
           :
           the
           other
           by
           an
           earnest
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           cōfirmation
           of
           the
           bargaine
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           payement
           of
           the
           full
           somme
           :
           
           and
           the
           last
           ,
           by
           sealing
           ,
           which
           in
           all
           writes
           ,
           contractes
           ,
           and
           obligations
           ,
           is
           a
           confirmation
           of
           all
           therein
           conteyned
           and
           promised
           .
           Accordinge
           to
           which
           ,
           amongst
           the
           Persians
           ,
           whatsoever
           was
           sealed
           with
           the
           Kinges
           Ring
           ,
           could
           not
           bee
           changed
           nor
           revoked
           .
           Therefore
           ,
           whomsoever
           God
           seales
           vnto
           life
           ,
           as
           his
           child
           :
           he
           is
           made
           most
           sure
           of
           eternall
           life
           .
           For
           this
           cause
           is
           it
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           Revelatiō
           ,
           
           God
           first
           will
           have
           his
           childrē
           sealed
           before
           the
           enemies
           can
           have
           power
           to
           execute
           their
           malice
           ,
           
           and
           of
           these
           thus
           sealed
           ,
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           Christ
           saieth
           ,
           
             that
             the
             gates
             
             of
             hell
             shall
             not
             prevayle
             against
             them
             .
          
           And
           
             that
             they
             shall
             never
             perish
             ,
             neither
             shall
             any
             plucke
             them
             out
             of
             his
             hande
             .
          
           
        
         
           Now
           ,
           this
           same
           sending
           foorth
           of
           the
           spirit
           of
           Adoption
           in
           our
           hearts
           ,
           is
           our
           sealinge
           .
           Therefore
           saieth
           the
           Apost
           .
           to
           the
           Ephesians
           ,
           
             ye
             were
             sealed
             with
             the
             holy
             spirit
             of
             promise
             .
          
           And
           this
           same
           is
           also
           our
           anointing
           ,
           poured
           out
           vpon
           vs
           ,
           as
           that
           oyle
           on
           Aaron
           :
           
           therefore
           are
           we
           saide
           to
           have
           this
           annointing
           from
           him
           which
           is
           holy
           ,
           
           and
           that
           it
           teacheth
           vs
           ,
           
           and
           that
           it
           is
           true
           ,
           &
           not
           lying
           :
           according
           to
           that
           whiche
           is
           said
           by
           Christ
           of
           the
           spirit
           :
           
             I
             will
             pray
             the
             Father
          
           ,
           
           
             &
             he
             will
             give
             you
             another
             comforter
             ,
             that
             hee
             may
             abyde
             with
             you
             for
             ever
             ,
             even
             the
             spirit
             of
             trueth
             ,
             he
             shall
             teach
             you
             all
             things
          
           ;
           And
           the
           same
           also
           is
           our
           earnest
           :
           
           therefore
           it
           is
           called
           the
           earnest
           of
           the
           spirit
           :
           and
           also
           the
           first
           fruites
           
           of
           the
           spirit
           .
           So
           by
           the
           same
           spirit
           ,
           as
           by
           oyle
           ,
           as
           by
           earnest
           ,
           as
           by
           a
           seale
           ,
           doth
           God
           stablish
           our
           harts
           ,
           in
           that
           which
           they
           doe
           witnes
           to
           vs
           ,
           touching
           our
           Adoption
           .
           And
           that
           doth
           the
           Apostle
           signifie
           whē
           he
           saieth
           ,
           
           
             the
             same
             spirit
             beareth
             witnes
             with
             our
             spirits
             ,
             that
             wee
             are
             the
             sonnes
             of
             God.
             
          
        
         
           Marke
           then
           the
           order
           of
           Gods
           working
           .
           First
           he
           speakes
           the
           word
           of
           trueth
           to
           the
           heart
           ,
           and
           in
           speaking
           ,
           writes
           it
           in
           the
           heart
           :
           heerevpon
           the
           heart
           is
           made
           to
           beleeve
           that
           which
           it
           hath
           heard
           &
           receyved
           ,
           from
           the
           spirit
           :
           and
           when
           it
           beleeves
           ,
           it
           speakes
           ,
           and
           the
           thing
           it
           speakes
           ,
           is
           that
           same
           ,
           which
           is
           engravē
           in
           it
           ,
           by
           the
           spirit
           :
           to
           wit
           ,
           that
           God
           is
           his
           God
           ,
           and
           hee
           his
           child
           .
           For
           never
           can
           the
           hart
           of
           a
           man
           speak
           one
           word
           of
           mercie
           to
           him
           ,
           nor
           of
           Adoption
           ,
           till
           the
           spirit
           of
           God
           have
           spoken
           first
           mercie
           
           to
           it
           .
           Nowe
           when
           the
           spirit
           of
           man
           hath
           spoken
           ,
           and
           given
           testimonie
           to
           him
           ,
           of
           his
           election
           ,
           he●
           the
           Lord
           for
           establishing
           the
           heart
           in
           this
           ,
           and
           confirming
           man
           in
           the
           testimonie
           of
           his
           heart
           ,
           he
           addeth
           his
           spirit
           :
           and
           by
           the
           testimonie
           thereof
           ,
           seales
           this
           promise
           in
           the
           heart
           ,
           and
           makes
           Adoption
           and
           eternall
           life
           ,
           most
           certaine
           and
           sure
           to
           the
           soule
           ,
           that
           he
           dare
           be
           bold
           with
           the
           Apostle
           to
           say
           ,
           
           
             Who
             shall
             lay
             any
             thing
             to
             my
             charge
             ?
             who
             shall
             condempne
             me
             ?
             who
             shall
             seperate
             mee
             from
             the
             love
             of
             Christ
             :
             I
             am
             perswaded
             that
             neither
             death
             nor
             life
             ,
             nor
             anguish
             ,
             &c.
             shall
             bee
             able
             to
             seperate
             me
             from
             the
             love
             of
             God
             which
             is
             in
             Iesus
             Christ
             my
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           And
           that
           we
           may
           yet
           more
           evidentlie
           see
           the
           necessitie
           of
           this
           testimonie
           of
           Gods
           spirit
           :
           we
           are
           to
           consider
           that
           albeit
           our
           own
           harts
           have
           in
           them
           a
           power
           to
           witnes
           
           vnto
           vs
           what
           wee
           are
           both
           by
           nature
           and
           by
           grace
           ,
           yet
           the
           testimonie
           of
           our
           heartes
           touching
           our
           estate
           by
           grace
           ,
           is
           not
           so
           fullie
           and
           confidentlie
           to
           bee
           reposed
           vpon
           and
           trusted
           ,
           as
           the
           testimonie
           therof
           touching
           our
           estate
           by
           nature
           .
           For
           wee
           may
           assuredly
           trust
           our
           hearts
           and
           cōsciences
           ,
           
           when
           vpon
           anie
           guiltines
           they
           condemne
           vs
           ,
           seeing
           hee
           is
           cursed
           who
           abydes
           not
           in
           everie
           jo●
           of
           the
           Law
           to
           fulfil
           it
           :
           
           &
           he
           that
           trāsgresseth
           one
           cōmandment
           ,
           
           is
           guiltie
           of
           all
           :
           but
           we
           are
           not
           always
           to
           give
           absolut
           credit
           to
           our
           consciences
           ,
           when
           vpon
           conceit
           of
           innocēcie
           they
           iustifie
           vs.
           For
           although
           our
           consciences
           accuse
           vs
           of
           nothing
           ,
           yet
           thereby
           we
           are
           not
           iustified
           ,
           as
           is
           plaine
           by
           the
           saying
           of
           the
           Apost
           .
           touching
           himself
           1.
           
           Cor.
           4.
           4.
           the
           reason
           hereof
           is
           ,
           because
           our
           consciences
           doe
           not
           so
           cleerlie
           see
           our
           estate
           which
           
           is
           from
           God
           ,
           neither
           can
           they
           of
           them selves
           so
           truely
           iudge
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           they
           may
           do
           of
           their
           estate
           by
           nature
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           illuminate
           by
           God
           :
           for
           then
           they
           are
           made
           to
           know
           and
           cleerly
           to
           see
           that
           in
           vs
           there
           is
           no
           goodnes
           ,
           and
           therefore
           ther
           is
           iust
           reason
           why
           they
           should
           condempne
           vs.
           And
           we
           are
           verily
           to
           beleeve
           our
           harts
           vpō
           this
           sight
           and
           knowledge
           condempning
           vs.
           but
           on
           the
           other
           part
           ,
           although
           we
           see
           the
           minde
           of
           God
           towards
           vs
           in
           Christ
           ,
           yet
           wee
           can
           not
           so
           throughly
           apprehende
           his
           promises
           vpon
           any
           sight
           we
           receive
           ,
           that
           we
           dar
           trust
           our
           felicitie
           absolutly
           to
           the
           testimonie
           of
           our
           owne
           hearts
           .
           First
           ,
           because
           our
           heartes
           may
           be
           deceyved
           ,
           as
           is
           evident
           by
           scripture
           ,
           that
           many
           shall
           bee
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           because
           wee
           may
           mistake
           the
           working
           of
           God
           in
           vs
           ,
           and
           lay
           hold
           on
           a
           wrong
           ground
           .
           Thirdlie
           ,
           
           because
           our
           heartes
           are
           more
           prone
           to
           speake
           good
           nor
           evill
           of
           our selves
           ,
           even
           when
           they
           have
           neuer
           so
           small
           occsion
           to
           doe
           so
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           have
           much
           more
           occasion
           to
           do
           the
           contrarie
           .
           And
           lastlie
           ,
           because
           all
           men
           are
           lyars
           ,
           &
           onely
           God
           is
           true
           ,
           and
           therfore
           we
           must
           never
           give
           so
           much
           credit
           to
           our
           consciences
           ,
           speaking
           good
           of
           vs
           ,
           as
           when
           they
           speake
           evill
           :
           speciallie
           when
           the
           question
           is
           of
           being
           the
           sonnes
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           not
           :
           so
           that
           even
           when
           they
           witnes
           that
           we
           are
           the
           sonnes
           of
           God
           ,
           wee
           are
           not
           to
           rest
           herevpon
           except
           God
           ,
           who
           only
           knoweth
           whom
           he
           hath
           chosen
           ,
           doe
           by
           his
           spirit
           confirme
           the
           testimonie
           of
           our
           spirit
           .
           For
           we
           may
           much
           more
           surely
           trust
           our
           heartes
           in
           that
           which
           is
           in
           our selves
           and
           from
           our selves
           ,
           then
           in
           that
           which
           is
           neither
           from
           our
           selves
           nor
           in
           our selves
           ,
           but
           is
           the
           free
           
           gift
           of
           God
           in
           Christ
           .
           Therefore
           that
           we
           should
           not
           bee
           deceyved
           by
           our
           deceitful
           harts
           ,
           God
           secoūdeth
           our
           owne
           testimonie
           touching
           his
           taking
           of
           vs
           for
           his
           children
           ,
           by
           his
           spirit
           ,
           witnessinge
           the
           same
           :
           even
           as
           by
           his
           owne
           mouth
           cōfirming
           our
           adoptiō
           .
           For
           by
           the
           mouth
           of
           two
           or
           three
           witnesses
           shal
           everie
           word
           be
           stablished
           .
        
         
           Thus
           I
           have
           shewen
           you
           what
           is
           the
           spirits
           testimonie
           ,
           &
           in
           what
           manner
           he
           gives
           it
           ,
           and
           how
           necessarie
           it
           is
           .
           Now
           I
           come
           to
           that
           which
           you
           desired
           to
           know
           :
           that
           is
           ,
           how
           wee
           discerne
           the
           testimonie
           of
           the
           spirit
           which
           seales
           our
           Adoption
           from
           the
           testimonie
           of
           our
           owne
           spirit
           .
           For
           knowledge
           of
           this
           ,
           First
           ,
           let
           vs
           consider
           ,
           that
           there
           be
           three
           things
           ,
           whereby
           wee
           discerne
           our
           Election
           and
           Adoption
           from
           the
           spirit
           of
           God.
           The
           first
           is
           his
           presence
           with
           vs.
           The
           second
           
           is
           his
           worke
           in
           vs.
           The
           third
           is
           his
           voyce
           vnto
           vs.
           
        
         
           Touching
           the
           first
           :
           the
           verie
           presence
           of
           the
           spirit
           of
           Adoptiō
           ,
           is
           a
           witnesse
           of
           our
           Adoption
           .
           For
           the
           spirit
           is
           the
           earnest
           of
           the
           inheritance
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           wee
           have
           shewen
           before
           :
           therefore
           whosoever
           hath
           the
           spirit
           ,
           the
           verie
           having
           of
           him
           ,
           is
           a
           sure
           testimonie
           to
           that
           man
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           the
           sonne
           of
           God
           :
           
             For
             he
             that
             hath
             the
             spirit
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           
           
             he
             is
             Christes
          
           :
           as
           by
           the
           contrarie
           ,
           
             hee
             that
             hath
             not
             the
             spirit
             of
             Christ
             ,
             is
             not
             Christes
             .
          
           Now
           the
           having
           of
           the
           spirit
           is
           discerned
           by
           the
           other
           two
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           by
           the
           work
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           voyce
           :
           therefore
           those
           two
           are
           chiefly
           to
           be
           considered
           :
           first
           his
           worke
           in
           vs
           ,
           which
           must
           go
           before
           his
           voyce
           :
           I
           meane
           this
           voyce
           which
           seales
           Adoptiō
           :
           For
           otherwayes
           his
           voyce
           alwayes
           goeth
           before
           his
           worke
           :
           for
           it
           is
           by
           
           the
           worde
           ,
           that
           hee
           worketh
           ,
           all
           things
           in
           vs.
           
        
         
           For
           vnderstanding
           of
           this
           work
           and
           voyce
           of
           the
           spirit
           which
           sealeth
           adoption
           ,
           marke
           the
           wordes
           of
           the
           Apostle
           in
           that
           same
           eight
           chap.
           of
           the
           Rom
           ,
           touchinge
           the
           spirit
           ,
           
             Yee
             have
             not
             receyved
          
           (
           sayeth
           he
           )
           
             the
             spirit
             of
             bondage
             to
             feare
             againe
             ,
          
           
           
             but
             yee
             have
             receyved
             the
             spirit
             of
             Adoption
             ,
             whereby
             wee
             crye
             ,
             Abba
             Father
             .
          
           Heere
           Adoption
           (
           vnder
           which
           is
           vnderstood
           libertie
           )
           is
           opponed
           to
           bondage
           ,
           as
           the
           effect
           of
           the
           spirit
           .
           Next
           ,
           the
           voyce
           following
           heerevpon
           ,
           is
           manifest
           in
           the
           wordes
           following
           :
           
             (
             whereby
             wee
             crye
             ,
             Abba
             ,
             Father
             )
             .
          
           Which
           crye
           ,
           more
           plainly
           is
           saide
           by
           the
           Apostle
           to
           the
           Galathians
           ,
           to
           bee
           the
           crie
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           saying
           :
           
             and
             because
             yee
             are
             sonnes
          
           ,
           
           
             God
             hath
             sent
             forth
             the
             spirit
             of
             his
             sonne
             in
             your
             harts
             which
             cryeth
             Abba
             ,
             Father
             .
          
           And
           therefore
           
           is
           it
           that
           the
           Apostle
           to
           the
           Romans
           saieth
           ,
           
             that
             the
             same
             spirit
             beareth
             witnesse
             with
             our
             spirit
             ,
             that
             we
             are
             the
             children
             of
             God.
          
           What
           then
           is
           this
           worke
           of
           the
           spirit
           in
           vs
           ,
           that
           witnesseth
           Adoption
           ?
           This
           speciall
           worke
           ,
           is
           ,
           libertie
           ,
           or
           freedome
           :
           accompanied
           ever
           with
           peace
           ,
           boldnes
           ,
           confidence
           ,
           and
           reioycing
           .
           This
           is
           plaine
           by
           these
           places
           of
           scripture
           .
           First
           ,
           the
           Apostle
           to
           the
           Corinthians
           ,
           speaking
           of
           this
           first
           great
           effect
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           
           saith
           :
           
             Now
             the
             Lord
             is
             the
             spirit
             ,
             and
             where
             the
             spirit
             of
             the
             Lord
             is
             ,
             there
             is
             libertie
             :
          
           and
           of
           the
           peace
           that
           accōpanies
           this
           libertie
           ,
           
           the
           Apostle
           speakes
           plainlie
           to
           the
           Ephesians
           ,
           where
           ,
           after
           he
           hath
           shewē
           ,
           that
           by
           Christ
           we
           are
           delivered
           from
           the
           Law
           of
           commandements
           &
           hatred
           ,
           that
           thereby
           did
           lye
           vpon
           vs
           ,
           and
           hath
           spoken
           of
           the
           peace
           followinge
           therevpon
           ,
           hee
           proves
           this
           peace
           
           by
           these
           wordes
           :
           
             for
             through
             him
             wee
             both
             haue
             an
             entrance
             vnto
             the
             Father
             by
             one
             spirit
             .
          
           
           Therefore
           the
           same
           Apostle
           to
           the
           Romans
           ,
           sayeth
           ,
           
           
             That
             being
             iustified
             by
             faith
             ,
             wee
             have
             peace
             towardes
             God.
          
           Of
           this
           boldnes
           and
           confidence
           ,
           the
           Apostle
           speakes
           to
           the
           Ephesians
           ,
           saying
           :
           
           
             By
             whom
             wee
             have
             boldnes
             and
             accesse
             with
             confidence
             by
             faith
             in
             him
             .
          
           Therefore
           is
           it
           that
           the
           Apostle
           to
           the
           Romans
           ,
           sayeth
           :
           
             That
             wee
             have
             not
             receyved
             the
             spirit
             of
             bondage
             vnto
             feare
             ,
             but
             the
             spirit
             that
             is
             without
             feare
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           
             of
             boldnes
             and
             confidence
          
           .
           Touching
           reioycing
           ,
           the
           Apostle
           Peter
           speaketh
           ,
           
           saying
           :
           
             In
             whom
             beleeving
             ,
             yee
             reioyce
             with
             ioye
             vnspeakeable
             and
             glorious
             .
          
           The
           same
           also
           affirmeth
           the
           Apostle
           to
           the
           Rom.
           saying
           
             &
             we
             reioyce
             vnder
             the
             hope
             of
             the
             glorie
             of
             God
             ,
          
           
           
             neither
             so
             onely
             ,
             but
             wee
             reioyce
             also
             in
             tribulations
             ,
          
           and
           he
           addes
           the
           
           reason
           ,
           
             because
             the
             love
             of
             God
             is
             shed
             abroad
             in
             our
             heartes
             by
             the
             holy
             ghost
             which
             is
             given
             vnto
             vs.
          
           This
           I
           call
           the
           speciall
           working
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           for
           sealing
           our
           Adoption
           :
           because
           these
           effectes
           cannot
           possiblie
           bee
           in
           vs
           ,
           except
           the
           spirit
           of
           adoption
           worke
           them
           .
           and
           therefore
           whosoever
           hath
           them
           ,
           hee
           hath
           an
           vndoubted
           testimonie
           of
           his
           adoption
           ,
           from
           the
           verie
           spirit
           of
           adoption
           .
           For
           this
           libertie
           ,
           and
           effectes
           of
           it
           ,
           are
           not
           the
           worke
           of
           a
           mans
           owne
           hart
           :
           but
           the
           work
           of
           Gods
           spirit
           ,
           in
           the
           heart
           :
           making
           it
           free
           ,
           &
           causing
           it
           to
           reioyce
           ,
           &
           making
           it
           cōfident
           towards
           God
           ,
           that
           this
           may
           be
           cleere
           ,
           we
           have
           to
           consider
           the
           estate
           of
           man
           ,
           first
           ,
           in
           ignorāce
           and
           blindnes
           ,
           before
           he
           knewe
           either
           God
           ,
           or
           him selfe
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           his
           estate
           vnder
           the
           Lawe
           .
           And
           lastlie
           ,
           his
           estate
           vnder
           grace
           thorough
           the
           Gospell
           .
        
         
         
           In
           the
           two
           former
           cases
           ,
           there
           is
           nothing
           in
           mans
           heart
           ,
           but
           blindnes
           ,
           or
           the
           spirit
           of
           bondage
           ,
           vnto
           feare
           :
           yea
           even
           in
           the
           verie
           elect
           ,
           before
           they
           receyve
           this
           spirit
           of
           Adoption
           and
           grace
           ,
           by
           the
           Gospell
           .
        
         
           In
           man
           by
           nature
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           borne
           ,
           there
           is
           nothinge
           but
           blindnes
           ,
           I
           say
           nothing
           ,
           not
           that
           I
           exclude
           bondage
           :
           for
           in
           both
           the
           first
           two
           estates
           of
           man
           ,
           blindnes
           and
           bondage
           doe
           accompanie
           each
           other
           :
           but
           in
           the
           first
           estate
           ,
           blindnes
           so
           reigneth
           ,
           that
           bondage
           is
           not
           perceyved
           nor
           felt
           .
           In
           the
           second
           ,
           although
           blindnes
           be
           so
           farre
           taken
           away
           ,
           as
           man
           see
           and
           feele
           his
           bōdage
           :
           yet
           it
           is
           not
           so
           taken
           away
           ,
           that
           it
           hide
           not
           from
           him
           his
           libertie
           and
           freedome
           .
           Therefore
           in
           the
           first
           he
           is
           the
           slave
           of
           blindnes
           and
           darknesse
           :
           because
           the
           power
           thereof
           is
           predominant
           in
           him
           :
           
           holding
           him
           in
           ignorāce
           of
           God
           ,
           of
           him selfe
           ,
           of
           sinne
           ,
           and
           of
           true
           righteousnes
           .
           Therefore
           doth
           the
           scripture
           say
           ,
           
           
             There
             is
             none
             that
             vnderstandeth
             ,
             there
             is
             none
             that
             seeketh
             God.
          
           And
           the
           Apost
           .
           to
           the
           Ephesians
           ,
           shewing
           the
           naturall
           estate
           of
           man
           ,
           
           declareth
           that
           he
           is
           
             without
             Christ
             ,
             an
             aliant
             from
             the
             common
             wealth
             of
             Israel
             ,
             a
             stranger
             from
             the
             covenant
             of
             promise
             ,
             without
             hope
             ,
             and
             without
             God
             in
             the
             worlde
             .
          
           And
           therefore
           speakinge
           of
           the
           vaine
           conversation
           of
           men
           naturall
           ,
           hee
           sheweth
           the
           causes
           of
           it
           to
           be
           this
           ,
           
             because
             they
             have
             their
             vnderstanding
             darkened
             ,
          
           
           
             beeing
             strangers
             from
             the
             life
             of
             God
             ,
             through
             the
             ignorāre
             that
             is
             in
             them
             .
          
           And
           most
           cleerlie
           in
           the
           fift
           chapter
           ,
           
           
             for
             ye
             were
             once
             darknes
          
           ,
           meaning
           by
           nature
           :
           and
           therefore
           they
           who
           are
           effectuallie
           called
           to
           grace
           ,
           are
           in
           that
           same
           place
           saide
           ,
           to
           be
           
             light
             in
             the
             Lord.
          
           And
           by
           the
           
           Apostle
           Peter
           ,
           
           are
           said
           ,
           
             to
             be
             called
             of
             God
             out
             of
             darknes
             to
             his
             marveylous
             light
             .
          
           
           And
           to
           the
           Thessalonians
           ,
           they
           that
           are
           called
           ,
           are
           saide
           ,
           
             to
             be
             of
             the
             day
             and
             of
             the
             light
             .
          
           And
           they
           which
           are
           not
           called
           ,
           are
           saide
           ,
           to
           
             be
             of
             the
             night
             ,
             and
             of
             darknes
             .
          
           And
           the
           Apostle
           to
           the
           Colossians
           (
           willing
           to
           shewe
           the
           force
           of
           darknes
           in
           holding
           men
           in
           bondage
           )
           expresses
           their
           calling
           by
           GOD
           ,
           in
           these
           wordes
           :
           
           
             who
             hath
             drawen
             vs
             out
             vnder
             the
             power
             of
             darknes
             .
          
           So
           it
           is
           manifest
           ,
           that
           in
           our
           estate
           naturall
           ,
           wherein
           (
           as
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           to
           the
           Galathians
           )
           
             wee
             knowe
             not
             God.
          
           
           darknes
           hath
           power
           and
           dominion
           over
           vs
           in
           such
           sorte
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           no
           libertie
           of
           minde
           ,
           nor
           body
           ,
           to
           serve
           God
           :
           the
           minde
           being
           kept
           in
           ignorance
           of
           God
           ,
           of
           righteousnes
           and
           of
           sinne
           .
           And
           so
           consequentlie
           ,
           man
           in
           this
           estate
           ,
           is
           without
           feare
           .
           Not
           because
           
           he
           is
           not
           in
           danger
           ,
           but
           because
           hee
           seeth
           not
           his
           danger
           .
           Therefore
           also
           may
           he
           bee
           secure
           ,
           because
           he
           is
           senselesse
           :
           but
           confident
           hee
           can
           not
           be
           ,
           because
           hee
           hath
           no
           knowledge
           .
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           men
           in
           this
           case
           are
           commonly
           most
           peart
           in
           sinne
           ,
           and
           bolde
           in
           wickednesse
           ,
           against
           GOD
           :
           because
           they
           know
           neither
           him
           ,
           nor
           them selves
           .
           And
           therefore
           ,
           oft
           tymes
           ,
           as
           foolish
           flyes
           ,
           they
           rush
           vpon
           the
           candle
           :
           or
           blinde
           horses
           doe
           runne
           against
           the
           wall
           :
           but
           bolde
           and
           confident
           in
           him
           ,
           they
           can
           not
           be
           ,
           who
           knowes
           him
           not
           in
           Christ
           .
           Therefore
           doth
           the
           Apostle
           declare
           that
           the
           cause
           why
           such
           men
           give
           themselves
           to
           wantonnesse
           ,
           
           is
           ,
           because
           they
           have
           no
           feeling
           .
        
         
           Now
           in
           the
           second
           estate
           ,
           vnder
           the
           Lawe
           ,
           we
           are
           further
           from
           libertie
           ,
           and
           the
           remaynant
           blessings
           
           of
           the
           spirit
           of
           Adoptiō
           .
           For
           albeit
           that
           some
           light
           arise
           in
           the
           heart
           ,
           by
           the
           Lawe
           :
           as
           the
           knowledge
           of
           sinne
           (
           conforme
           to
           that
           of
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
           
             I
             knew
             not
             sinne
             but
             by
             the
             Law
             )
          
           yet
           this
           light
           ,
           doeth
           only
           reveyle
           to
           man
           his
           bondage
           :
           but
           doth
           not
           remove
           nor
           remedie
           it
           :
           because
           that
           was
           impossible
           to
           the
           Lawe
           ,
           
             in
             as
             much
             as
             it
             was
             weak
             because
             of
             the
             flesh
             ,
          
           as
           saieth
           the
           same
           Apostle
           .
           
           Therefore
           this
           light
           of
           the
           Lawe
           ,
           although
           it
           bee
           necessarie
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           comfortlesse
           .
           For
           it
           shewes
           first
           to
           man
           ,
           
           that
           he
           is
           
             solde
             vnder
             sinne
          
           ,
           
           and
           that
           
             no
             good
             dwelleth
             in
             him
          
           .
           
           Heerevpon
           ,
           it
           reveiles
           vnto
           him
           ,
           that
           hee
           is
           vnder
           the
           curse
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           so
           that
           hee
           is
           dead
           .
           Wherevpon
           it
           comes
           to
           passe
           ,
           that
           God
           therein
           is
           so
           terrible
           to
           man
           ,
           that
           hee
           cannot
           abyde
           him
           ,
           nor
           heare
           him
           ,
           but
           is
           compelled
           to
           runne
           from
           him
           :
           as
           is
           
           cleere
           by
           the
           12.
           chapt
           .
           of
           the
           Hebrues
           ,
           verse
           19.
           20.
           21.
           compared
           with
           Exod.
           chapt
           .
           20.
           verse
           18.
           19.
           20.
           21.
           
           Thus
           our
           former
           blindnes
           ,
           is
           turned
           into
           bondage
           ,
           and
           the
           fruit
           of
           blindnes
           ,
           that
           is
           securitie
           :
           is
           turned
           in
           the
           fruit
           of
           bondage
           ,
           which
           is
           feare
           .
           Therefore
           the
           ministerie
           of
           the
           Lawe
           ,
           is
           called
           ,
           the
           ministerie
           of
           death
           and
           condempnatiō
           .
           
           And
           in
           the
           first
           act
           of
           Gods
           calling
           ,
           the
           spirit
           that
           speaketh
           in
           the
           Lawe
           ,
           and
           is
           given
           by
           the
           ministerie
           of
           the
           Lawe
           ,
           is
           called
           the
           spirit
           of
           bondage
           ,
           vnto
           feare
           .
           Because
           the
           sight
           and
           knowledge
           of
           our selves
           ,
           and
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           the
           spirit
           gives
           vs
           by
           the
           Lawe
           ,
           
           workes
           these
           effectes
           .
           And
           therefore
           by
           that
           name
           is
           distinguished
           ,
           from
           the
           spirit
           of
           Adoption
           ,
           which
           is
           given
           by
           the
           Gospell
           .
           and
           this
           will
           the
           Apostle
           signifie
           to
           the
           Galathians
           ,
           when
           he
           (
           comparinge
           the
           
           two
           Testaments
           to
           the
           two
           ,
           by
           whom
           Abraham
           begot
           Ismael
           &
           Isaack
           )
           doeth
           shewe
           ,
           
           that
           the
           one
           ,
           which
           is
           from
           Mount
           Sinai
           ,
           doeth
           beget
           vnto
           bondage
           .
        
         
           This
           being
           the
           estate
           of
           man
           ,
           both
           by
           nature
           and
           by
           the
           Lawe
           :
           it
           is
           manifest
           ,
           that
           these
           effectes
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           which
           witnesse
           adoption
           ,
           are
           not
           in
           man
           ,
           neither
           by
           nature
           ,
           neither
           by
           the
           Lawe
           .
           But
           when
           the
           free
           spirit
           of
           the
           Lorde
           commeth
           ,
           then
           commeth
           libertie
           to
           the
           heart
           .
           And
           this
           spirit
           of
           the
           Lord
           (
           otherwayes
           called
           the
           spirit
           of
           promise
           )
           comes
           to
           vs
           by
           the
           preaching
           of
           faith
           ,
           and
           not
           of
           the
           workes
           of
           the
           Lawe
           :
           as
           witnesseth
           the
           Apostle
           to
           the
           Galathians
           ,
           
           and
           the
           historie
           of
           the
           Actes
           of
           the
           Apostles
           .
           
        
         
           Nowe
           then
           ,
           when
           the
           man
           ,
           (
           who
           first
           by
           nature
           ,
           was
           vnder
           blindnes
           :
           and
           next
           ,
           by
           the
           Lawe
           ,
           
           was
           vnder
           sinne
           and
           death
           ,
           kept
           in
           bondage
           and
           feare
           )
           findes
           him selfe
           ,
           first
           delivered
           frō
           that
           blindnes
           and
           ignorance
           of
           minde
           :
           and
           next
           ,
           from
           that
           bondage
           of
           sinne
           and
           death
           :
           and
           so
           consequentlie
           frō
           his
           feare
           ,
           which
           was
           wrought
           in
           him
           by
           his
           bondage
           ,
           then
           may
           he
           knowe
           ,
           that
           the
           spirit
           of
           adoption
           ,
           grace
           ,
           and
           libertie
           ,
           hath
           spoken
           to
           his
           heart
           ,
           and
           hath
           taken
           possession
           of
           it
           :
           because
           he
           findes
           ,
           that
           promise
           accōplished
           in
           him
           ,
           whereof
           Zacharias
           speaketh
           ,
           in
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           according
           to
           Luke
           :
           to
           wit
           ;
           
             that
             God
             would
             grant
             to
             vs
             ,
             that
             we
             being
             delivered
             out
             of
             the
             handes
             of
             our
             enemies
             ,
          
           
           
             should
             serve
             him
             without
             feare
             ,
             all
             the
             dayes
             of
             our
             life
             ,
             in
             holynes
             and
             righteousnes
             before
             him
             .
          
           For
           this
           was
           the
           ende
           of
           Christes
           death
           ,
           sayeth
           the
           Apostle
           to
           the
           Hebrewes
           ,
           to
           witt
           ,
           
             that
             hee
             might
             deliver
             all
             them
             ,
          
           
           
             who
             for
             feare
             of
             
             death
             ,
          
           
           
             were
             all
             their
             life
             tyme
             subiect
             to
             bondage
             .
          
           Thus
           therefore
           ,
           the
           mā
           ,
           who
           can
           discerne
           in
           his
           hearte
           ,
           which
           once
           was
           filled
           with
           the
           spirit
           of
           bondage
           vnto
           feare
           ,
           the
           ioyfull
           libertie
           of
           the
           sonnes
           of
           God
           :
           whereby
           hee
           that
           was
           the
           bondman
           and
           seruant
           of
           sinne
           ,
           by
           the
           Lawe
           ,
           is
           now
           by
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           made
           the
           free
           man
           of
           Christ
           ,
           (
           the
           bandes
           of
           iniquitie
           being
           broken
           )
           and
           so
           freed
           ,
           both
           from
           the
           guiltines
           ,
           and
           also
           from
           the
           power
           of
           sinne
           :
           (
           being
           iustified
           by
           faith
           in
           Iesus
           Christ
           ,
           and
           having
           grace
           ,
           in
           the
           superabondance
           thereof
           ;
           reigning
           through
           righteousnes
           vnto
           eternall
           life
           through
           Iesus
           Christ
           our
           Lord
           :
           
           even
           in
           the
           soule
           ,
           wherin
           sinne
           in
           the
           aboūdance
           thereof
           ,
           had
           reigned
           through
           vnrighteousnes
           vnto
           death
           )
           :
           this
           mā
           I
           say
           ,
           may
           easilie
           discerne
           ,
           the
           spirit
           ,
           witnessing
           his
           adoption
           ,
           by
           this
           his
           libertie
           
           from
           the
           slauerie
           of
           sinne
           First
           in
           his
           iustification
           ,
           next
           in
           his
           sanctification
           :
           and
           so
           consequentlie
           from
           the
           feare
           of
           death
           following
           thereon
           .
           In
           place
           whereof
           ,
           succeeds
           ,
           a
           ioye
           vnspeakeable
           &
           glorious
           :
           the
           hart
           iustified
           ,
           reioycing
           in
           the
           hope
           of
           the
           glorie
           of
           God.
           For
           this
           cause
           is
           it
           ,
           
           that
           the
           Apostle
           Peter
           ,
           willeth
           vs
           by
           
             ioyning
             vertue
             to
             our
             faith
          
           ,
           
           
             and
             to
             vertue
             knowledge
             ,
             and
             to
             knowledge
             temperance
             ,
          
           
           &c.
           to
           make
           our
           calling
           and
           election
           sure
           .
           Because
           our
           sanctification
           (
           being
           the
           worke
           of
           the
           spirit
           of
           adoption
           )
           is
           a
           sure
           seale
           of
           our
           election
           .
           And
           therefore
           doeth
           the
           Apostle
           Peter
           give
           this
           reason
           of
           his
           threatning
           and
           rebuke
           against
           
             Simon
             Magus
          
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           that
           albeit
           he
           was
           baptised
           ,
           yet
           the
           Apostle
           did
           see
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           in
           the
           gale
           of
           bitternesse
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           band
           of
           iniquitie
           :
           wherein
           ,
           Simon
           being
           still
           
           captive
           ,
           could
           have
           no
           assurance
           of
           adoption
           :
           albeit
           hee
           had
           outwardly
           embraced
           the
           Gospell
           :
           and
           therefore
           is
           said
           ,
           to
           have
           beleeved
           .
           And
           because
           this
           worke
           ,
           is
           the
           great
           worke
           of
           Christ
           ,
           in
           the
           elect
           ,
           and
           chief
           ende
           of
           his
           comming
           :
           Therefore
           doeth
           the
           Prophet
           Esaie
           describe
           the
           worke
           of
           his
           comming
           ,
           and
           effect
           of
           the
           spirit
           of
           the
           Lord
           in
           him
           ,
           in
           these
           wordes
           :
           
           
             The
             spirit
             of
             the
             Lorde
             is
             vpon
             mee
             ,
             the
             Lord
             hath
             annointed
             me
             ,
             that
             I
             should
             preach
             the
             Gospell
             to
             the
             poore
             :
             that
             I
             should
             heale
             the
             broken
             hearted
             :
             that
             I
             should
             preach
             deliverie
             to
             the
             captives
             ,
             and
             receyvinge
             of
             sight
             to
             the
             blinde
             :
             that
             I
             should
             set
             at
             libertie
             them
             that
             are
             brused
             ,
             and
             that
             I
             should
             preach
             the
             acceptable
             yeare
             of
             the
             Lord
             :
             to
             appoint
             vnto
             them
             that
             murne
             in
             Zion
             ,
             and
             to
             give
             vnto
             them
             beautie
             for
             ashes
             ,
             the
             oyle
             of
             ioye
             for
             mourning
             ,
             the
             garmentes
             of
             
             gladnes
             for
             the
             spirit
             of
             heavines
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             be
             called
             trees
             of
             righteousnes
             ,
             the
             planting
             of
             the
             Lord.
          
           Which
           Prophesie
           ,
           Christ
           sheweth
           to
           bee
           fulfilled
           by
           him selfe
           in
           the
           Gospell
           accordinge
           to
           Luc.
           in
           the
           which
           it
           is
           manifest
           ,
           that
           the
           work
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           
           in
           preaching
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           is
           ,
           to
           worke
           knowledge
           and
           libertie
           ,
           in
           making
           vs
           trees
           of
           righteousnes
           ,
           planted
           by
           God
           :
           and
           by
           libertie
           ,
           to
           worke
           ioye
           and
           gladnes
           ,
           in
           place
           of
           mourning
           &
           heavines
           .
        
         
           Therefore
           is
           it
           by
           good
           reason
           ,
           that
           the
           Apostle
           forbiddes
           vs
           ,
           to
           
             let
             sinne
             reigne
             in
             our
             mortall
             bodies
             ,
          
           
           
             that
             we
             should
             obey
             it
             in
             the
             lustes
             therof
             :
          
           in
           respect
           wee
           are
           made
           free
           from
           sinne
           ,
           in
           Christ
           :
           and
           are
           made
           the
           servants
           of
           God
           :
           having
           our
           fruit
           in
           holines
           .
           And
           also
           biddeth
           vs
           
             reioyce
             alwayes
             in
             the
             Lord
          
           :
           
           
             for
             there
             is
             no
             condempnation
             to
             vs
             ,
             
             that
             are
             in
             Christ
             ,
          
           
           
             seeing
             we
             are
             freed
             from
             the
             lawe
             of
             sinne
             and
             death
             ,
             by
             the
             lawe
             of
             the
             spirit
             of
             life
             which
             is
             in
             Christ
             Iesus
             .
          
           This
           is
           then
           that
           great
           effect
           of
           the
           spirit
           of
           Adoption
           ,
           in
           our
           heartes
           ,
           whereby
           ,
           as
           by
           a
           most
           sure
           testimonie
           ,
           wee
           discerne
           ,
           the
           spirit
           sealing
           our
           Adoption
           .
           Because
           this
           spirit
           of
           adoptiō
           ,
           which
           is
           given
           vs
           by
           the
           preaching
           of
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           takes
           away
           ,
           both
           these
           miseries
           :
           to
           witt
           ,
           the
           blindnes
           ,
           wherein
           we
           are
           by
           nature
           ,
           &
           next
           the
           bondage
           ,
           reveiled
           by
           the
           law
           ,
           and
           feare
           caused
           thereby
           .
        
         
           Havinge
           thus
           spoken
           ,
           of
           the
           worke
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           it
           followeth
           that
           we
           consider
           the
           voyce
           of
           the
           spirit
           .
        
         
           This
           voyce
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           is
           of
           two
           sortes
           .
           The
           first
           is
           ,
           when
           the
           spirit
           within
           vs
           ,
           speaketh
           to
           God
           for
           vs.
           The
           second
           is
           ,
           whē
           the
           spirit
           in
           vs
           ,
           speaketh
           from
           God
           vnto
           
           vs.
           The
           voice
           of
           the
           spirit
           to
           God
           ,
           is
           ,
           when
           we
           by
           the
           spirit
           ,
           call
           vpon
           God
           as
           our
           Father
           .
           And
           this
           voice
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           is
           not
           only
           an
           evidēce
           that
           we
           have
           the
           spirit
           ,
           but
           also
           a
           witnes
           of
           our
           Adoption
           :
           making
           manifest
           vnto
           vs
           ,
           that
           the
           spirit
           hath
           wrought
           in
           vs
           ,
           that
           worke
           of
           libertie
           ,
           whereof
           we
           have
           alreadie
           spoken
           .
        
         
           
             Touching
             the
             first
             ,
             it
             is
             manifest
             ,
             in
             that
             ,
             without
             the
             spirit
             ,
             we
             can
             not
             pray
             vnto
             God
             :
             as
             testifieth
             the
             Apostle
             to
             the
             Romans
             ,
          
           
           saying
           :
           The
           spirit
           also
           helpeth
           our
           infirmities
           :
           for
           wee
           knowe
           not
           what
           to
           pray
           as
           we
           cought
           :
           but
           the
           spirit
           it self
           ,
           maketh
           request
           for
           vs
           with
           sighes
           that
           can
           not
           be
           expressed
           .
           
             Conforme
             to
             this
             also
             doth
             the
             same
             Apostle
             say
             in
             that
             same
             place
             ,
          
           
           Wee
           also
           who
           have
           the
           first
           fruites
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           even
           wee
           doe
           sigh
           in
           our selves
           ,
           waitinge
           for
           the
           Adoption
           .
        
         
         
           And
           this
           is
           cleerly
           confirmed
           by
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Prophet
           Zacharie
           :
           
           
             In
             that
             day
             ,
             sayeth
             the
             Lord
             ,
             I
             will
             poure
             vpon
             the
             house
             of
             David
             ,
             and
             vpon
             the
             inhabitanes
             of
             Ierusalem
             ,
             the
             spirit
             of
             grace
             and
             of
             compassion
             ,
             and
             they
             shall
             looke
             vpon
             me
             whō
             they
             have
             pearched
             ,
             and
             they
             shall
             lament
             for
             him
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           The
           veritie
           of
           this
           point
           may
           be
           shewed
           by
           the
           nature
           of
           prayer
           :
           in
           which
           first
           it
           is
           required
           ,
           that
           it
           be
           made
           vnto
           God.
           Secondly
           ,
           that
           it
           bee
           made
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           Christ
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           that
           it
           be
           made
           accordinge
           to
           the
           will
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           Concerning
           the
           first
           ,
           it
           cannot
           be
           without
           the
           spirit
           :
           because
           we
           have
           no
           entrance
           nor
           accesse
           to
           God
           in
           Christ
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           spirit
           .
           This
           is
           manifest
           by
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           saying
           :
           
           
             For
             through
             him
             ,
             wee
             both
             have
             accesse
             to
             tbe
             Father
             ,
             by
             one
             spirit
             .
          
           Secondly
           ,
           we
           can
           not
           pray
           in
           
           the
           Name
           of
           Christ
           ,
           except
           wee
           acknowledge
           God
           his
           Father
           ,
           and
           in
           him
           our
           Father
           :
           which
           we
           can
           never
           doe
           ,
           except
           we
           be
           taught
           by
           the
           spirit
           .
           For
           (
           as
           saieth
           the
           Apostle
           )
           
             The
             spirit
             beareth
             witnesse
             with
             our
             spirit
             ,
          
           
           
             that
             we
             are
             the
             sonnes
             of
             God.
          
           Thirdly
           ,
           no
           prayer
           can
           bee
           made
           accordinge
           to
           the
           will
           of
           God
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           spirit
           :
           because
           ,
           
             None
             knoweth
             the
             mynde
             of
             God
             ,
          
           
           
             but
             the
             spirit
             of
             GOD.
          
           
           According
           to
           which
           the
           same
           Apostle
           sayeth
           :
           
             That
             he
             that
             searceth
             the
             heartes
             ,
             knoweth
             what
             is
             the
             meaning
             of
             the
             spirit
             .
             For
             hee
             maketh
             intercession
             for
             the
             Saincts
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             will
             of
             God.
          
           By
           all
           these
           it
           is
           plaine
           ,
           that
           none
           can
           pray
           which
           have
           not
           the
           spirit
           .
           For
           the
           babling
           of
           hypocrits
           ,
           is
           no
           prayer
           :
           seeing
           it
           proceedes
           not
           from
           the
           spirit
           .
           And
           this
           is
           to
           be
           vnderstoode
           of
           all
           manner
           of
           prayer
           .
           For
           all
           manner
           of
           prayer
           ,
           
           be
           it
           confession
           ,
           petition
           ,
           supplication
           ,
           or
           giving
           of
           thankes
           ,
           must
           still
           be
           by
           the
           spirit
           .
           According
           to
           the
           saying
           of
           the
           Apostle
           .
           
             And
             pray
             alway
             in
             all
             maner
             of
             prayer
             and
             supplication
             in
             the
             spirit
             .
          
           
        
         
           Moreover
           ,
           this
           voyce
           of
           the
           spirit
           is
           the
           witnesse
           of
           our
           adoption
           :
           and
           of
           the
           worke
           of
           our
           freedome
           in
           Christ
           .
           Which
           is
           evident
           by
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           First
           ,
           in
           that
           hee
           sayeth
           ,
           
             That
             by
             this
             spirit
             we
             crye
             Abba
             Father
             .
          
           And
           the
           same
           Apostle
           ,
           to
           witnesse
           the
           same
           trueth
           ,
           sayeth
           in
           another
           place
           :
           
             Because
             yee
             are
             sonnes
             ,
             God
             hath
             sent
             foorth
             the
             spirit
             of
             his
             sonne
             into
             your
             heartes
             ,
          
           
           
             crying
             Abba
             Father
          
           .
           Which
           crie
           of
           the
           spirit
           can
           not
           bee
           in
           vs
           ,
           vntill
           first
           we
           be
           the
           sonnes
           of
           God
           :
           seeing
           this
           crye
           contayneth
           in
           it
           ,
           a
           plaine
           profession
           of
           our
           Adoption
           ,
           while
           the
           spirit
           in
           vs
           ,
           doth
           call
           vpō
           God
           ,
           as
           our
           Father
           :
           and
           maketh
           vs
           call
           
           vpon
           him
           ,
           as
           our
           Father
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           this
           is
           manifest
           by
           the
           description
           ,
           which
           the
           Apostle
           setteth
           downe
           ,
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           whereby
           we
           crye
           Abba
           Father
           :
           
           
             That
             it
             is
             not
             the
             spirit
             of
             bondage
             vnto
             feare
             ,
             but
             the
             spirit
             of
             adoption
             .
          
           Which
           by
           the
           contrarie
           ,
           may
           be
           vnderstood
           ,
           to
           comprehend
           freedome
           and
           libertie
           .
           According
           to
           the
           saying
           of
           of
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
           
             Where
             the
             spirit
             of
             the
             Lord
             is
             ,
             there
             is
             libertie
          
           For
           they
           who
           live
           in
           darknesse
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           bandes
           of
           iniquitie
           ,
           not
           yet
           made
           partakers
           of
           the
           ioyfull
           libertie
           of
           the
           sonnes
           of
           God
           ,
           can
           never
           with
           boldnes
           approch
           to
           the
           throne
           of
           grace
           ,
           to
           call
           vpon
           GOD
           as
           their
           Father
           Heerevpon
           it
           is
           that
           the
           Scriptures
           absolutely
           conclude
           ,
           
           
             That
             whosoever
             shall
             call
             vpon
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Lord
             shall
             be
             saved
             .
          
           
        
         
           Because
           no
           man
           can
           call
           vpō
           God
           ,
           vntill
           hee
           beleeve
           ,
           that
           God
           is
           his
           
           God
           ,
           and
           he
           his
           sonne
           in
           Christ
           :
           according
           to
           the
           saying
           of
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           
           
             How
             shall
             they
             call
             vpon
             him
             ,
             in
             whom
             they
             have
             not
             beleeved
             ?
          
           This
           sheweth
           plainlie
           ,
           that
           the
           spirites
           crie
           ,
           or
           our
           callinge
           vpon
           God
           by
           the
           spirit
           ,
           as
           out
           Father
           ,
           is
           a
           sure
           testimonie
           of
           our
           Adoption
           ,
           and
           seale
           of
           our
           effectuall
           calling
           .
           Therefore
           ,
           vnder
           the
           calling
           vpon
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           is
           oft
           set
           downe
           ,
           the
           true
           and
           infallible
           description
           of
           Gods
           children
           :
           as
           namelie
           ,
           to
           the
           Corinthians
           ,
           
             Vnto
             the
             Church
             of
             GOD
             which
             is
             at
             Corinth
             ,
          
           
           
             with
             all
             that
             call
             vpon
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Lord
             IESVS
             Christ
             in
             every
             place
             .
          
           And
           the
           same
           Apostle
           sheweth
           ,
           that
           the
           foundation
           of
           God
           which
           remayneth
           sure
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           election
           of
           God
           )
           hath
           this
           seale
           ,
           
             Let
             every
             one
             that
             calleth
             vpon
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           
           
             depart
             from
             iniquitie
          
           .
           Declaring
           plainlie
           ,
           
           that
           to
           call
           vpon
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           is
           as
           much
           as
           to
           be
           one
           of
           Gods
           elect
           children
           :
           which
           in
           that
           same
           place
           is
           made
           manifest
           ,
           
           by
           this
           other
           sentence
           ,
           
             Follow
             after
             righteousnes
             faith
             ,
             love
             and
             peace
             with
             them
             that
             call
             vpon
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Lord
             with
             pure
             hearts
             .
          
        
         
           Thus
           wee
           are
           to
           take
           our
           calling
           or
           cryinge
           on
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           Lorde
           ,
           with
           boldnes
           ,
           in
           that
           confidence
           ,
           and
           assruance
           which
           faith
           bringeth
           ,
           for
           a
           sure
           testimonie
           of
           the
           spirit
           of
           Adoption
           ,
           possessing
           our
           heartes
           ,
           and
           so
           of
           our
           Adoption
           .
        
         
           The
           other
           voyce
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           when
           the
           spirit
           speaketh
           from
           God
           to
           vs
           ,
           is
           likewise
           a
           most
           solide
           ,
           firme
           ,
           and
           infallible
           testimonie
           of
           our
           Adoption
           .
           And
           this
           sorte
           of
           voyce
           ,
           is
           that
           whereof
           the
           Prophet
           speaketh
           ,
           
           
             And
             thine
             eare
             shall
             heare
             the
             voyce
             of
             one
             behinde
             
             thee
             ,
             saying
             :
             This
             is
             the
             way
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Of
           the
           same
           doeth
           the
           Lord
           speake
           in
           another
           place
           ,
           saying
           :
           
             I
             will
             allure
             hir
             and
             bring
             hir
             in
             the
             wildernes
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             speake
             kindly
             vnto
             hir
          
           .
           Which
           places
           ,
           are
           not
           onely
           to
           bee
           referred
           ,
           to
           the
           Lords
           speaking
           to
           his
           Church
           ,
           in
           the
           externall
           ministerie
           of
           his
           word
           :
           but
           are
           speciallie
           to
           be
           vnderstoode
           ,
           of
           the
           inwarde
           working
           of
           God
           in
           the
           heart
           ,
           by
           his
           spirit
           .
           Of
           which
           sorte
           of
           voyce
           David
           speaketh
           ,
           when
           hee
           sayeth
           to
           the
           Lord
           ,
           
           
             Let
             mee
             heare
             ioye
             and
             gladnesse
             ,
             that
             the
             bones
             which
             thou
             hast
             broken
             ,
             may
             reioyce
             .
          
           And
           this
           sorte
           of
           voyce
           is
           three
           folde
           ,
           for
           it
           consisteth
           eyther
           in
           Gods
           teaching
           ,
           or
           in
           his
           confirminge
           of
           that
           which
           he
           teacheth
           :
           or
           then
           in
           his
           conforting
           of
           his
           children
           in
           their
           afflictions
           .
           Of
           the
           first
           ,
           that
           is
           his
           teaching
           voyce
           ,
           wee
           have
           spoken
           before
           .
        
         
         
           For
           God
           by
           his
           spirit
           ,
           speakes
           to
           vs
           ,
           when
           inwardlie
           he
           openeth
           our
           heartes
           ,
           and
           maketh
           vs
           heare
           his
           word
           of
           grace
           ,
           and
           to
           vnderstande
           it
           ,
           &
           to
           receyve
           it
           .
           Of
           this
           worke
           Christ
           speaketh
           ,
           when
           hee
           sayeth
           :
           
           
             But
             the
             Comforter
             which
             is
             the
             holy
             spirit
             ,
             whom
             the
             Father
             will
             sende
             in
             my
             Name
             ,
             hee
             shall
             teach
             you
             all
             things
             .
          
           Secondly
           ,
           God
           is
           said
           to
           speake
           vnto
           vs
           ,
           by
           his
           spirit
           ,
           when
           hee
           confirmeth
           to
           vs
           ,
           the
           thinge
           which
           he
           hath
           spoken
           :
           and
           of
           this
           wee
           have
           also
           spoken
           in
           generall
           .
           And
           of
           this
           kinde
           of
           voyce
           speaketh
           the
           Apostle
           in
           that
           place
           to
           the
           Romanes
           ,
           
           sayinge
           :
           
             The
             same
             spirit
             heareth
             witnesse
             with
             our
             spirit
             ,
             that
             wee
             are
             the
             sonnes
             of
             God.
          
           Of
           this
           confirmation
           ,
           the
           same
           Apostle
           ,
           speaketh
           to
           the
           Corinht
           .
           whē
           he
           saieth
           ,
           
           
             As
             the
             testimonie
             of
             Iesus
             Christ
             was
             confirmed
             in
             you
             .
          
           Which
           wordes
           shewe
           the
           cleere
           evidence
           
           of
           that
           two
           fould
           testimonie
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           whereof
           wee
           did
           speake
           before
           :
           The
           one
           ,
           when
           God
           writeth
           his
           word
           in
           our
           hearts
           :
           which
           heere
           is
           vnderstood
           by
           the
           testimonie
           of
           Christ
           .
           The
           other
           ,
           when
           he
           seales
           that
           which
           hee
           hath
           spoken
           ,
           and
           in
           speaking
           hath
           written
           in
           our
           heartes
           :
           and
           that
           is
           here
           vnderstood
           ,
           by
           the
           cōfirming
           of
           the
           testimonie
           of
           Iesus
           in
           vs.
           And
           for
           this
           work
           of
           cōfirmation
           ,
           the
           spirit
           is
           called
           the
           earnest
           &
           seale
           of
           God
        
         
           And
           as
           God
           by
           his
           spirit
           sealeth
           and
           confirmeth
           all
           the
           promises
           in
           Christ
           ,
           and
           also
           all
           what
           hee
           himselfe
           hath
           wrought
           in
           vs
           according
           to
           the
           promise
           .
           So
           among
           other
           things
           ,
           he
           specially
           cōfirmeth
           our
           Adoption
           ,
           whē
           the
           spirit
           beareth
           witnesse
           to
           vs
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           the
           sonnes
           of
           God.
           After
           that
           first
           he
           hath
           effectuallie
           called
           vs
           by
           teaching
           vs
           and
           working
           faith
           in
           our
           
           hearts
           ,
           and
           also
           hath
           made
           our
           hearts
           (
           now
           beleeving
           )
           speake
           to
           vs
           that
           we
           are
           sonnes
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           God
           is
           said
           to
           speake
           vnto
           vs
           by
           his
           spirit
           ,
           whē
           he
           comforted
           vs
           in
           our
           troubles
           :
           removing
           by
           his
           spirit
           ,
           the
           anguish
           and
           grief
           of
           our
           hearts
           ,
           &
           restoring
           vs
           to
           our
           wonted
           ioyes
           in
           him
           again
           .
           Of
           which
           voyce
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           David
           speaketh
           whē
           he
           prayeth
           ,
           
             Make
             me
             heare
             ioy
             and
             gladnesse
             .
          
           
           And
           a●aine
           ,
           
             Restore
             me
             to
             the
             ioye
             of
             thy
             salvation
             ,
             and
             establish
             mee
             with
             thy
             free
             spirit
             .
          
           For
           this
           worke
           the
           spirit
           is
           called
           
             the
             Comforter
          
           .
        
         
           Nowe
           wee
           come
           to
           the
           last
           point
           :
           which
           is
           the
           principal
           thing
           which
           yee
           demaund
           :
           and
           that
           is
           ,
           Howe
           wee
           shall
           discerne
           this
           Testimonie
           of
           the
           Lords
           spirit
           ,
           from
           the
           testimonie
           of
           our
           owne
           spirit
           .
           And
           this
           is
           to
           bee
           done
           ,
           eyther
           in
           the
           time
           of
           peace
           ,
           or
           trouble
           :
           although
           
           it
           is
           more
           difficile
           in
           prosperitie
           ,
           to
           distinguish
           them
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           two
           voyces
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           as
           we
           have
           saide
           ,
           which
           both
           witnesse
           our
           Adoption
           .
           The
           first
           ,
           when
           the
           spirit
           in
           vs
           ,
           speakes
           to
           God.
           
        
         
           This
           testimonie
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           is
           discerned
           three
           wayes
           :
           The
           first
           thing
           whereby
           we
           discerne
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           great
           heavines
           of
           heart
           and
           sorrowe
           which
           the
           conscience
           of
           sinne
           breedeth
           in
           vs
           ,
           whē
           (
           as
           saith
           the
           Prophet
           )
           God
           having
           poured
           vpon
           vs
           the
           spirit
           of
           grace
           and
           cōpassion
           ,
           
             Wee
             looke
             vppon
             him
             whom
             we
             have
             pea●sed
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             lament
             for
             him
             ,
             as
             men
             mourne
             for
             their
             onely
             begotten
             sonne
             :
             and
             are
             sorrie
             for
             him
             ,
             as
             men
             are
             for
             their
             first
             begotten
             childe
             .
          
           Of
           this
           nature
           was
           the
           mourning
           of
           Peter
           ,
           after
           his
           deniall
           ,
           when
           (
           as
           sayeth
           the
           holy
           scripture
           )
           
             hee
             went
             out
             ,
             and
             weeped
             bitterlie
             :
          
           and
           because
           
           this
           is
           a
           sure
           ●oken
           of
           saving
           grace
           ,
           therefore
           they
           that
           mourne
           are
           compted
           blessed
           .
           This
           mourning
           hath
           alwayes
           ioyned
           with
           it
           an
           hunger
           &
           thirst
           for
           righteousnes
           .
           For
           ther
           can
           be
           no
           true
           mourning
           for
           sinne
           ,
           where
           there
           is
           no
           desire
           of
           righteousnes
           .
           And
           because
           this
           is
           the
           proper
           effect
           of
           the
           spirit
           of
           grace
           in
           all
           and
           everie
           one
           of
           those
           who
           receyve
           him
           .
           Therefore
           doeth
           the
           Lord
           by
           his
           Prophet
           declare
           what
           shall
           be
           the
           worke
           of
           the
           spirit
           of
           grace
           and
           compassion
           in
           that
           day
           whē
           God
           shall
           poure
           him
           out
           vpon
           his
           children
           ,
           sayinge
           :
           
           
             Then
             shall
             there
             bee
             great
             mourning
             at
             Ierusalem
             :
             like
             as
             the
             lamentation
             of
             Adadrimmon
             in
             the
             valey
             of
             Megiddon
             ,
          
           
           &c.
           
           In
           which
           place
           mourning
           is
           attributed
           to
           everie
           familie
           ,
           
           to
           everie
           state
           ,
           and
           everie
           person
           ,
           and
           that
           apart
           by
           them selves
           ,
           to
           shewe
           that
           it
           is
           a
           
           common
           effect
           wrought
           by
           the
           spirit
           in
           all
           Gods
           children
           ,
           &
           that
           vnfainedly
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           thing
           whereby
           we
           discerne
           this
           testimonie
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           is
           the
           earnest
           longing
           with
           vehement
           grones
           and
           sighes
           in
           our selves
           for
           to
           be
           with
           Christ
           .
        
         
           Of
           this
           voyce
           of
           the
           spirit
           the
           Apostle
           speaketh
           ,
           when
           he
           sayeth
           ,
           
             Wee
             also
             who
             have
             the
             first
             fruite
             of
             the
             spirit
             ,
          
           
           
             even
             wee
             sigh
             in
             our selves
             ,
             wayting
             for
             the
             adoption
             .
          
           And
           in
           an
           other
           place
           to
           the
           same
           effect
           hee
           sayeth
           ,
           
             That
             wee
             sigh
             ,
             desiring
             to
             bee
             clothed
             vpon
             with
             our
             house
             which
             is
             from
             heaven
             .
          
           
           For
           certainly
           ,
           the
           naturall
           disposition
           of
           a
           man
           ,
           can
           never
           bring
           forth
           this
           stronge
           desire
           of
           heaven
           ,
           neither
           yet
           could
           the
           renewed
           heart
           ,
           beeing
           yet
           burdened
           with
           infirmitie
           and
           love
           of
           this
           life
           ,
           have
           so
           strong
           a
           desire
           of
           removing
           from
           it
           ,
           of
           it selfe
           ,
           if
           the
           
           spirit
           did
           not
           worke
           it
           :
           and
           therefore
           the
           Apostle
           attributes
           these
           sighes
           for
           righteousnes
           &
           heaven
           ,
           to
           the
           spirit
           :
           and
           doth
           shewe
           vs
           ,
           that
           
             the
             spirit
          
           (
           in
           these
           cryes
           and
           sighes
           )
           
             helpeth
             our
             infirmities
          
           .
           
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           this
           testimonie
           of
           the
           spirit
           is
           discerned
           ,
           by
           the
           cōfident
           requestes
           and
           petitions
           it
           maketh
           to
           God
           in
           vs
           ,
           in
           the
           full
           assurance
           of
           faith
           ,
           without
           doubting
           :
           when
           with
           boldnes
           ,
           wee
           drawe
           neare
           vnto
           the
           Throne
           of
           grace
           ,
           crying
           vpon
           God
           ,
           
           
             Abba
             Father
             :
             and
             in
             all
             things
             making
             our
             petitions
             manifest
             to
             God
             ,
          
           as
           sayeth
           the
           Apostle
           .
           For
           this
           confident
           boldnes
           of
           the
           heart
           ,
           towardes
           God
           ,
           still
           accompanied
           with
           reverence
           and
           feare
           ,
           cannot
           be
           in
           the
           heart
           ,
           except
           the
           spirit
           did
           worke
           it
           .
           For
           the
           boldnes
           of
           a
           blind
           heart
           ,
           wanteth
           both
           assurance
           of
           Gods
           love
           ,
           and
           reverence
           of
           his
           maiestie
           .
        
         
         
           But
           leaving
           this
           ,
           wee
           come
           to
           the
           discerning
           of
           the
           other
           voyce
           ,
           which
           more
           properly
           is
           called
           the
           testimonie
           of
           the
           spirit
           :
           speciallie
           in
           that
           place
           to
           the
           Romans
           .
           And
           that
           is
           ,
           when
           God
           in
           vs
           ,
           speaketh
           by
           his
           spirit
           vnto
           vs.
           
        
         
           This
           testimonie
           is
           to
           be
           discerned
           ,
           from
           the
           testimonie
           of
           our
           hearte
           ,
           three
           manner
           of
           wayes
           .
           First
           ,
           in
           our
           first
           beleevinge
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           after
           wee
           have
           beleeved
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           in
           the
           eclipses
           of
           our
           faith
           ,
           and
           in
           our
           troubles
           .
        
         
           In
           our
           first
           beleeving
           ,
           wee
           may
           discerne
           the
           testimonie
           of
           Gods
           spirit
           ,
           from
           our
           owne
           ,
           touchinge
           our
           Adoption
           :
           because
           our
           first
           beleeving
           ,
           is
           ever
           by
           the
           testimonie
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           and
           not
           by
           the
           testimonie
           of
           our
           owne
           heart
           .
           For
           our
           heart
           can
           never
           beare
           witnes
           to
           vs
           ,
           that
           wee
           are
           the
           sonnes
           of
           God
           ,
           vntill
           first
           our
           heartes
           have
           
           beleeved
           ,
           that
           wee
           are
           his
           sonnes
           .
           and
           this
           our
           hearts
           can
           not
           do
           ,
           except
           the
           spirit
           ,
           have
           first
           wrought
           this
           faith
           ,
           by
           the
           worde
           ,
           in
           our
           hearts
           .
           Therefore
           ,
           my
           first
           beliefe
           and
           assurace
           of
           my
           Adoption
           ,
           is
           alwayes
           the
           testimonie
           of
           the
           spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           my
           owne
           hearts
           testimonie
           ,
           must
           still
           followe
           vpon
           this
           :
           so
           that
           in
           mans
           hearte
           ,
           the
           voyce
           that
           maketh
           it
           first
           cōceyve
           Gods
           love
           ,
           and
           beleeve
           it
           ,
           is
           the
           spirits
           testimonie
           :
           which
           ,
           when
           the
           heart
           of
           man
           hath
           receyved
           ,
           then
           it
           speaketh
           .
           For
           till
           it
           beleeve
           ,
           it
           can
           not
           speake
           :
           according
           as
           it
           is
           written
           :
           
           
             I
             have
             beleeved
             ,
             and
             therefore
             I
             have
             spoken
             .
          
           
           Thus
           then
           is
           this
           testimonie
           first
           discerned
           :
           when
           I
           discerne
           ,
           the
           voyce
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           which
           I
           beleeve
           ,
           from
           the
           voyce
           of
           my
           spirit
           ,
           now
           beleving
           ,
           and
           bearing
           witnes
           to
           me
           ,
           of
           that
           ,
           which
           first
           ,
           the
           spirit
           of
           God
           did
           
           witnes
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           Secondlie
           ,
           after
           we
           have
           beleeved
           ,
           wee
           may
           also
           discerne
           the
           testimonie
           of
           Gods
           spirit
           ,
           from
           the
           testimonie
           of
           our
           owne
           spirit
           ,
           by
           a
           plaine
           contrarie
           order
           .
           For
           in
           the
           former
           ,
           the
           spirites
           testimonie
           did
           goe
           before
           ,
           the
           testimonie
           of
           our
           spirit
           :
           but
           heere
           ,
           it
           followeth
           after
           it
           :
           and
           is
           the
           confirmation
           of
           it
           .
           So
           that
           ,
           when
           after
           wee
           have
           beleeved
           the
           spirit
           ,
           speakinge
           the
           word
           vnto
           vs
           ,
           and
           after
           that
           beleeving
           ,
           wee
           have
           spoken
           with
           our
           owne
           spirit
           :
           if
           then
           wee
           heare
           a
           new
           voyce
           ,
           cōfirming
           that
           which
           we
           beleeved
           ,
           and
           which
           our
           spirit
           did
           speake
           :
           that
           cōfirming
           ,
           sealing
           ,
           and
           stablishing
           voyce
           ,
           is
           the
           testimonie
           of
           Gods
           spirit
           .
           Thus
           wee
           must
           learne
           to
           discerne
           ,
           betwixt
           our
           beleeving
           ,
           and
           the
           confirmation
           of
           our
           belief
           :
           and
           so
           shal
           wee
           know
           ,
           the
           testimonie
           of
           Gods
           
           spirit
           ,
           from
           the
           testimonie
           of
           our
           owne
           spirit
           .
           Therefore
           still
           the
           holie
           Scriptures
           of
           God
           ,
           distinguish
           betwixt
           the
           worke
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           making
           vs
           receyve
           the
           testimonie
           of
           his
           spirit
           ,
           and
           his
           worke
           ,
           in
           confirming
           in
           vs
           ,
           that
           testimonie
           nowe
           receyved
           .
           And
           also
           teacheth
           vs
           ,
           to
           knowe
           the
           testimonie
           of
           our
           own
           spirit
           (
           which
           commeth
           in
           betwixt
           these
           two
           )
           to
           bee
           different
           ,
           from
           them
           both
           .
           Accordinge
           to
           this
           working
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           Saincts
           pray
           ,
           
             Stablish
             O
             God
          
           ,
           
           
             that
             which
             thou
             hast
             wrought
             in
             vs.
             
          
        
         
           To
           speake
           more
           plainly
           of
           this
           point
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           three
           folde
           voyce
           in
           the
           heart
           that
           hath
           the
           testimonie
           of
           Iesus
           confirmed
           in
           it
           .
           The
           first
           is
           the
           voyce
           of
           God
           by
           his
           spirit
           in
           the
           worde
           speaking
           vnto
           our
           hearts
           ,
           and
           perswading
           them
           to
           beleeve
           that
           the
           promise
           belongeth
           vnto
           vs.
           
        
         
         
           The
           second
           voyce
           is
           the
           voyce
           of
           our
           hearts
           receyving
           the
           word
           wherby
           it
           speaketh
           that
           which
           the
           spirit
           hath
           perswaded
           ,
           and
           this
           in
           effect
           is
           nothing
           but
           the
           very
           faith
           of
           the
           heart
           now
           actually
           working
           in
           vs.
           Whereas
           the
           first
           was
           the
           worke
           of
           the
           spirit
           working
           this
           faith
           in
           vs
           :
           so
           that
           in
           this
           first
           act
           we
           are
           patients
           ,
           in
           the
           other
           we
           are
           agentes
           :
           in
           the
           first
           we
           are
           spoken
           too
           by
           the
           spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           the
           seconde
           ,
           our
           owne
           heartes
           speaketh
           in
           vs.
           The
           third
           voice
           is
           the
           voyce
           of
           Gods
           spirit
           following
           the
           voyce
           of
           our
           hearts
           ratifying
           it
           :
           and
           this
           is
           nothing
           els
           but
           the
           confirmation
           of
           our
           faith
           .
           So
           wee
           may
           see
           that
           the
           Lord
           performeth
           twoo
           workes
           in
           vs
           for
           our
           comfort
           :
           the
           first
           is
           ,
           the
           working
           of
           faith
           &
           beliefe
           :
           the
           other
           is
           the
           confirmation
           of
           the
           faith
           ,
           which
           he
           him selfe
           did
           work
           .
           But
           before
           his
           last
           work
           ,
           
           our
           hearts
           having
           faith
           wrought
           in
           them
           ,
           doe
           worke
           by
           it
           ,
           or
           wee
           with
           our
           hearts
           worke
           :
           and
           this
           is
           nothing
           but
           beleeving
           with
           the
           heart
           ,
           or
           the
           hearts
           beleevinge
           .
           Wherevpon
           followeth
           the
           sealing
           of
           vs
           in
           that
           which
           it
           beleeveth
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           in
           the
           testimonie
           which
           the
           beleeving
           heart
           giveth
           of
           him
           in
           whom
           it
           is
           .
        
         
           Thirdlie
           ,
           we
           discerne
           this
           testimonie
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           in
           our
           trouble
           :
           when
           we
           find
           any
           cōfort
           ,
           or
           peace
           wrought
           in
           our
           hearts
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           troubled
           :
           or
           anie
           ioye
           ,
           vpon
           the
           assurance
           of
           Gods
           love
           .
           If
           wee
           finde
           a
           quiet
           calmnesse
           of
           minde
           ,
           with
           patience
           ,
           meeknes
           ,
           and
           reioycing
           in
           tribulation
           ,
           vpon
           anie
           sight
           or
           knowledge
           of
           our
           Adoption
           :
           all
           these
           are
           the
           vndoubted
           testimonies
           of
           the
           spirit
           :
           who
           shedding
           abroad
           the
           love
           of
           God
           
           in
           our
           hearts
           ,
           maketh
           vs
           to
           reioyce
           in
           affliction
           :
           as
           the
           Apost
           .
           speaketh
           of
           the
           Hebrues
           ,
           
           
             and
             ye
             suffered
             with
             gladnes
             the
             spoyling
             of
             your
             goods
             ,
             knowing
             in
             your selves
             that
             yee
             have
             in
             heaven
             a
             better
             ,
             and
             an
             enduring
             substance
             .
          
           And
           touching
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           
           it
           is
           saide
           ,
           
             They
             departed
             reioycing
             that
             they
             were
             compted
             worthie
             to
             suffer
             for
             his
             Name
             .
          
           That
           this
           ioy
           ,
           is
           the
           work
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           vpon
           the
           testimonie
           of
           Gods
           love
           ,
           is
           manifest
           by
           the
           Apost
           .
           to
           the
           Romans
           ,
           where
           shewing
           the
           cause
           ,
           why
           we
           reioyce
           in
           afflictions
           ,
           sayth
           ,
           
             Because
             of
             the
             love
             of
             God
             which
             is
             shed
             abroad
             in
             our
             heartes
             ,
             by
             the
             holy
             spirit
             which
             is
             given
             vs.
          
           According
           to
           this
           grounde
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           Saints
           are
           brought
           in
           ,
           wayting
           what
           God
           will
           speake
           to
           them
           in
           trouble
           :
           as
           namely
           in
           the
           Psalme
           85.
           vers
           .
           8.
           
           
             I
             will
             hearken
             what
             the
             Lord
             will
             say
             ,
             
             concerning
             mee
             :
             for
             hee
             shall
             speake
             peace
             vnto
             his
             people
             ,
             and
             to
             his
             saints
             .
          
           And
           the
           Prophet
           Habacuk
           in
           like
           manner
           is
           brought
           in
           saying
           thus
           :
           
             I
             will
             stande
             vpon
             my
             watch
             ,
             and
             set
             mee
             vpon
             the
             Towre
             ,
             and
             will
             looke
             and
             see
             what
             hee
             will
             say
             vnto
             mee
             .
          
           Thus
           whē
           God
           speaketh
           peace
           to
           the
           Saincts
           in
           affliction
           ,
           and
           quieteth
           their
           thoughtes
           ,
           and
           maketh
           them
           heare
           ioye
           and
           gladnes
           ,
           that
           is
           the
           testimonie
           of
           the
           spirit
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           who
           is
           our
           onely
           Comforter
           .
           For
           as
           sayeth
           the
           Prophet
           David
           ,
           
           
             My
             flesh
             and
             my
             heart
             faileth
             :
             but
             God
             is
             the
             strength
             of
             my
             heart
             .
          
           And
           therefore
           Moses
           prayeth
           :
           
             O
             satisfie
             vs
             with
             thy
             mercie
             ,
             so
             shall
             wee
             reioyce
             and
             be
             glad
             all
             our
             dayes
             ,
          
           
           
             comfort
             vs
             againe
             ,
             &c.
          
           
           We
           may
           hold
           it
           for
           a
           most
           certaine
           trueth
           ,
           that
           our
           patient
           enduring
           of
           grievous
           trialls
           ioyfully
           ,
           the
           constant
           peace
           
           of
           God
           in
           our
           hearts
           ,
           in
           the
           tyme
           when
           wee
           endure
           the
           enimitie
           of
           the
           world
           :
           the
           cōsolations
           ,
           wherewith
           we
           are
           comforted
           ,
           in
           all
           our
           afflictions
           ,
           are
           vndoubted
           testimonies
           of
           our
           Adoption
           ,
           proceeding
           all
           from
           Gods
           spirit
           .
        
         
           But
           all
           this
           is
           most
           cleerlie
           discerned
           ,
           when
           the
           testimonie
           of
           Gods
           spirit
           ,
           and
           the
           testimonie
           of
           our
           spirit
           ,
           are
           seperate
           the
           one
           frō
           the
           other
           :
           &
           when
           they
           are
           found
           to
           speake
           one
           against
           the
           other
           :
           and
           to
           give
           two
           contrarie
           testimonies
           .
           For
           while
           these
           two
           goe
           together
           ,
           and
           are
           not
           severed
           or
           disagreeing
           :
           it
           is
           oft
           tymes
           hard
           to
           discerne
           the
           one
           from
           the
           other
           .
           But
           if
           we
           can
           finde
           them
           seperate
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           one
           faile
           vs
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           vphold
           vs
           ,
           then
           may
           they
           cleerly
           bee
           discerned
           .
           And
           this
           commeth
           to
           passe
           ,
           eyther
           when
           
           God
           vpon
           the
           carnall
           presumption
           of
           our
           hearts
           ,
           suffereth
           vs
           to
           fall
           in
           some
           dangerous
           triall
           .
           or
           then
           ,
           when
           God
           him selfe
           seemeth
           to
           become
           our
           enemie
           :
           so
           that
           the
           heart
           hath
           to
           wrestle
           with
           GOD
           him selfe
           ,
           vnder
           the
           sense
           of
           his
           wrath
           ,
           all
           former
           feeling
           of
           his
           mercie
           then
           ceasing
           .
        
         
           Of
           the
           first
           ,
           wee
           have
           example
           in
           Peter
           ,
           whose
           heart
           saide
           vnto
           him
           ,
           that
           no
           danger
           could
           make
           him
           forsake
           Christ
           the
           Lorde
           ,
           to
           make
           him
           know
           ,
           that
           this
           was
           not
           the
           testimonie
           of
           Gods
           spirit
           :
           but
           a
           carnall
           confidence
           of
           his
           owne
           heart
           ,
           suffered
           him
           to
           be
           tried
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           triall
           to
           fall
           :
           and
           so
           to
           finde
           ,
           it
           was
           but
           his
           owne
           carnall
           heart
           ,
           that
           did
           beare
           witnes
           to
           him
           .
           God
           oft
           tymes
           for
           this
           cause
           tryeth
           his
           owne
           children
           :
           to
           make
           them
           discerne
           ,
           betwixt
           the
           confidence
           
           and
           assurance
           which
           their
           owne
           hearts
           giveth
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           confidence
           and
           comfort
           which
           the
           spirit
           of
           God
           worketh
           in
           them
           :
           that
           they
           may
           not
           trust
           in
           them selves
           ,
           or
           in
           their
           owne
           hearts
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           living
           God.
           This
           the
           Apostle
           witnesseth
           to
           the
           Corinthians
           ,
           saying
           :
           
           
             He
             maekth
             vs
             to
             receyve
             the
             sentence
             of
             death
             in
             our selves
             ,
             because
             we
             should
             not
             trust
             in
             our selves
             but
             in
             God
             which
             raiseth
             the
             dead
             .
          
        
         
           Of
           the
           second
           ,
           wee
           have
           example
           in
           David
           and
           Iob.
           And
           this
           discerning
           of
           the
           spirits
           testimonie
           is
           two
           folde
           ,
           one
           is
           by
           the
           voyce
           of
           the
           spirit
           in
           vs
           ,
           vnto
           God
           ,
           when
           our
           hearts
           speake
           the
           contrarie
           .
           The
           other
           is
           ,
           by
           the
           voyce
           of
           the
           spirit
           vnto
           vs
           ,
           whē
           our
           own
           hearts
           saith
           otherwayes
           .
        
         
           Of
           the
           first
           David
           is
           an
           example
           :
           who
           in
           his
           prosperitie
           saide
           ,
           
           
             hee
             should
             never
             bee
             moved
          
           :
           
           Yet
           when
           God
           did
           hyde
           his
           face
           ,
           his
           heart
           fayled
           him
           :
           and
           he
           saide
           in
           his
           haste
           ,
           
             I
             am
             cast
             out
             of
             thy
             sight
             .
          
           and
           yet
           hee
           presently
           addeth
           these
           wordes
           :
           
             neverthelesse
             thou
             heardest
             the
             voyce
             of
             my
             prayer
             .
          
           Heere
           wee
           may
           perceyve
           Davids
           owne
           heart
           ,
           saying
           ,
           hee
           was
           cast
           out
           of
           Gods
           sight
           :
           but
           yet
           the
           spirit
           of
           GOD
           ,
           maketh
           request
           vnto
           God
           for
           him
           ,
           and
           maketh
           him
           pray
           to
           God
           in
           faith
           ,
           as
           not
           reiected
           of
           God
           :
           and
           the
           Lord
           did
           heare
           him
           .
           This
           him selfe
           sheweth
           plainlie
           ,
           in
           an
           other
           place
           ,
           
           when
           he
           sayeth
           :
           
             I
             beleeved
             ,
             and
             therefore
             I
             spake
             :
             but
             I
             was
             sore
             troubled
             ,
             I
             saide
             in
             my
             haste
             ,
             All
             men
             are
             liers
             .
          
           At
           this
           time
           ,
           David
           compassed
           with
           the
           snares
           of
           death
           ,
           &
           holden
           by
           the
           griefes
           of
           the
           grave
           ,
           finding
           trouble
           and
           heavines
           ,
           declares
           the
           estate
           of
           his
           owne
           heart
           :
           
           that
           it
           said
           ,
           that
           all
           men
           are
           liers
           :
           and
           therefore
           he
           gathers
           this
           conclusion
           ,
           that
           albeit
           his
           owne
           heart
           did
           say
           ,
           that
           Gods
           promise
           should
           not
           bee
           accomplished
           :
           yet
           doubtlesse
           he
           behoved
           to
           have
           faith
           :
           because
           he
           prayed
           .
           For
           except
           hee
           had
           beleeved
           ,
           he
           had
           not
           spoken
           .
           And
           what
           can
           bee
           more
           cleere
           ,
           to
           let
           vs
           see
           ,
           Gods
           spirit
           bearing
           witnesse
           ,
           that
           God
           hath
           not
           forsaken
           vs
           ,
           when
           our
           owne
           hearts
           say
           the
           contrarie
           .
           Then
           when
           by
           witnessing
           this
           ,
           the
           spirit
           causeth
           vs
           ,
           against
           the
           distrust
           of
           our
           owne
           hearts
           ,
           to
           pray
           to
           God
           :
           evē
           above
           hope
           ,
           yet
           vnder
           hope
           ,
           trusting
           in
           the
           Lord
           ,
           as
           did
           Abraham
           .
           If
           we
           examine
           our selves
           ,
           what
           hath
           bene
           the
           estate
           of
           our
           hearts
           ,
           in
           the
           like
           (
           or
           at
           least
           in
           our
           greatest
           temptations
           )
           wee
           shall
           finde
           ,
           that
           many
           tymes
           ,
           when
           our
           harts
           hath
           
           spoken
           no
           comfort
           vnto
           vs
           :
           yet
           the
           spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           hath
           drawen
           sighes
           and
           cries
           to
           God
           ,
           out
           of
           our
           hearts
           :
           which
           also
           our
           God
           hath
           heard
           most
           graciouslie
           .
           These
           cries
           are
           testimonies
           of
           the
           spirit
           ,
           witnessing
           to
           vs
           ,
           that
           wee
           are
           the
           sonnes
           of
           God
           :
           when
           as
           they
           proceed
           from
           vs
           ,
           our
           hearts
           saying
           the
           contrarie
           .
        
         
           Of
           the
           second
           kinde
           of
           the
           spirits
           voyce
           ,
           in
           speaking
           from
           God
           vnto
           vs
           :
           wee
           have
           likewise
           example
           in
           David
           ,
           when
           his
           owne
           heart
           said
           vnto
           God
           ,
           
           
             Why
             hast
             thou
             forgotten
             me
          
           ?
           Behold
           an
           other
           voyce
           speakinge
           vnto
           his
           heart
           in
           that
           same
           tyme
           ,
           
             Why
             art
             thou
             vexed
             O
             my
             soule
             ,
             and
             why
             art
             thou
             so
             disquieted
             within
             mee
             ?
             O
             put
             thy
             trust
             in
             God
             ,
             for
             I
             will
             yet
             give
             him
             thankes
             ,
             he
             is
             my
             helpe
             and
             my
             God.
          
           Heere
           the
           heart
           speaking
           no
           comfort
           ,
           but
           
           being
           wholy
           discouraged
           ,
           and
           cast
           downe
           :
           the
           spirit
           of
           God
           in
           that
           same
           heart
           ,
           speaketh
           to
           the
           heart
           ,
           and
           comforteth
           it
           ,
           with
           this
           ,
           that
           God
           was
           his
           God.
           Nowe
           ,
           that
           these
           consolations
           are
           the
           worke
           and
           testimonie
           of
           Gods
           spirit
           ,
           it
           appeareth
           by
           that
           reason
           ,
           which
           David
           giveth
           ,
           when
           hee
           boasteth
           in
           strong
           cōfidence
           ,
           that
           although
           hee
           should
           walke
           through
           the
           valey
           of
           the
           shadowe
           of
           death
           ,
           yet
           would
           hee
           feare
           none
           evill
           ,
           saying
           :
           
           
             For
             thou
             art
             with
             mee
             ,
             thy
             rod
             and
             thy
             staffe
             they
             comfort
             mee
             .
          
           By
           these
           wordes
           declaring
           ,
           that
           the
           experiēce
           he
           had
           of
           the
           comfort
           ,
           which
           Gods
           spirit
           did
           minister
           vnto
           him
           ,
           in
           his
           most
           desperate
           troubles
           past
           ,
           even
           then
           when
           his
           owne
           spirit
           did
           faile
           him
           ,
           was
           the
           ground
           of
           al
           his
           cōfidence
           against
           all
           future
           trialls
           .
        
         
         
           Wee
           have
           an
           example
           also
           of
           this
           in
           Iob.
           Who
           when
           his
           owne
           heart
           reasoned
           ,
           that
           God
           had
           hid
           his
           face
           from
           him
           ,
           and
           taken
           him
           for
           his
           enemie
           :
           yet
           hee
           saith
           ,
           
             Although
             hee
             slaye
             mee
             ,
             yet
             will
             I
             trust
             in
             him
             ,
             hee
             shal
             be
             my
             salvation
             .
          
           Heere
           two
           different
           speeces
           in
           one
           heart
           :
           the
           one
           from
           the
           spirit
           of
           Iob
           :
           the
           other
           from
           the
           spirit
           of
           the
           Lord
           in
           Iob.
           The
           one
           ,
           perswading
           that
           God
           was
           his
           salvation
           ,
           when
           the
           other
           saide
           ,
           God
           had
           hid
           his
           face
           from
           him
           .
        
         
           Thus
           if
           wee
           would
           cleerlie
           discerne
           ,
           the
           testimonie
           of
           Gods
           spirit
           ,
           from
           the
           testimonie
           of
           our
           owne
           spirit
           ,
           let
           vs
           beholde
           our
           selves
           ,
           when
           God
           tryeth
           vs
           ,
           rather
           then
           when
           he
           maketh
           our
           mountaine
           to
           stande
           stronge
           .
           or
           when
           hee
           doeth
           wrestle
           with
           vs
           himselfe
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           with
           Iacob
           :
           and
           in
           
           seeminge
           to
           fight
           against
           vs
           ,
           yet
           doeth
           sustaine
           vs
           ,
           by
           his
           owne
           strength
           in
           vs
           ,
           when
           our
           strength
           faileth
           vs.
           
        
         
           Thus
           I
           have
           as
           distinctlie
           as
           I
           could
           ,
           and
           therefore
           somewhat
           more
           largelie
           ,
           then
           an
           epistle
           perhaps
           requireth
           ,
           given
           you
           such
           satisfaction
           to
           your
           question
           ,
           as
           it
           hath
           pleased
           the
           Lorde
           to
           grant
           me
           light
           .
           If
           you
           finde
           any
           comfort
           thereby
           ,
           you
           shall
           thank
           God
           for
           it
           :
           And
           what
           is
           wanting
           in
           it
           ,
           for
           your
           full
           satisfaction
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           the
           Lord
           shall
           supplie
           it
           by
           his
           owne
           spirit
           :
           or
           by
           that
           sufficiencie
           of
           grace
           ,
           which
           hee
           hath
           given
           vnto
           others
           his
           servants
           ,
           whō
           he
           shall
           raise
           vp
           to
           write
           more
           fullie
           of
           this
           matter
           :
           for
           the
           edification
           of
           his
           Saints
           ,
           in
           this
           and
           all
           other
           thinges
           ,
           I
           pray
           the
           Lord
           to
           
           give
           you
           and
           vs
           all
           ,
           his
           everlasting
           peace
           through
           Christ
           IESVS
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           reveyling
           more
           and
           more
           the
           mysterie
           of
           godlinesse
           in
           your
           hearts
           ,
           and
           makinge
           you
           abound
           in
           all
           knowledge
           with
           faith
           ,
           feeling
           ,
           and
           ioy
           of
           the
           holy
           Ghost
           .
           The
           grace
           of
           the
           Lord
           IESVS
           bee
           with
           you
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Brethren
           ,
           AMEN
           .
        
         
           
             Io.
             Forbes
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A01028-e220
           
             Reve.
             3.
             17
             ▪
             
          
           
             Luke
             .
             18.
             
          
           
             Luc.
             13.
             22
             ▪
             
          
           
             Mat.
             7.
             22.
             
          
           
             1
             Ioh.
             3.
             20
             ▪
             
          
           
             Io.
             3.
             8.
             
          
           
             Acts.
             19.
             2
             
          
           
             Mat.
             16.
             16
             ▪
             
          
           
             Galat
             4.
             6.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             10
             
          
           
             1
             Ioh.
             3.
             24.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             19.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             79.
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             8.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             5.
             39.
             
          
           
             Iam.
             2.
             19.
             
          
           
             Ier.
             31.
             
             Heb.
             8.
             
          
           
             Hebr.
             8.
             9.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             5.
             38.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             6.
             45.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             30.
             12.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             10.
             68.
             
          
           
             Esay
             .
             54.
             13.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             8.
             30.
             
          
           
             Ioh
             17.
             8.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             13.
             18.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             12.
             3.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             7.
             21.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             2.
             14.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             6.
             4.
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             14.
             17
             
          
           
             Act.
             17.
             28
             ▪
             
          
           
             Ephe.
             2.
             12.
             
          
           
             Math.
             13.
             20.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             5.
             5.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             1.
             13.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             1.
             13.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             2.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             116.
             10.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             4.
             13.
             
          
           
             Luc.
             22.
             31.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             68.
             28.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             4.
             6.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             1.
             21.
             
          
           
             1
             Ioh.
             2.
             27.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             5.
             5.
             
          
           
             Rom
             8.
             15
             
             ▪
             16.
             
          
           
             Dan.
             6.
             
             ●
             .
          
           
             Revel
             .
             7.
             3
             
          
           
             Ma.
             16.
             18
             
          
           
             Ioh.
             10.
             28
             
          
           
             Ioel
             2.
             28.
             
          
           
             Act.
             2.
             17.
             
          
           
             1
             Ioh.
             2.
             2.
             
          
           
             Io.
             14.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             5.
             5
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             16.
             
          
           
             Rō
             .
             8.
             33.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             27.
             21.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             3.
             10.
             
          
           
             Iam.
             2.
             10.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             9.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             15
             ▪
             
          
           
             Gal.
             4.
             6.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Cor.
             3.
             17.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             2.
             13.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             2.
             18
             
          
           
             Rom.
             5.
             1.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             3.
             12
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             1.
             8.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             5.
             2.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             3.
             11
             
          
           
             Eph.
             2.
             12.
             
          
           
             Ep.
             4.
             8.
             
          
           
             Cha.
             5.
             8.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Pet.
             2.
             9.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Thes
             .
             5.
             5.
             
          
           
             Colos
             .
             1.
             13.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             4.
             8.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             4.
             19.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             7.
             7
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             3.
             
          
           
             Rō
             .
             7.
             14.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             3.
             10.
             
          
           
             Rō
             .
             7.
             10.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             3.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             15
             
          
           
             Gal.
             4.
             24.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             3.
             2.
             and
             14.
             
          
           
             Act.
             10.
             44.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             1.
             74
             
          
           
             Heb.
             2.
             15
             
          
           
             Heb.
             2.
             15
             
          
           
             Rom.
             5.
             1.
             and
             21.
             
          
           
             Pet.
             1.
             8.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             5.
             2.
             
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             1.
             10
             
          
           
             Esa
             .
             61.
             1.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             4.
             18.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             6.
             12
             
          
           
             Phil.
             4.
             4.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             1.
             2.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             26
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             23
             
          
           
             Zacha.
             12.
             10.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             2
             ▪
             18.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             16.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             2
             1●
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             27.
             
          
           
             Ephe.
             6.
             18.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             4.
             6.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             15
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             3.
             17.
             
          
           
             Ioel.
             2.
             32.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             10.
             13.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             10.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             1.
             2
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Tim.
             2.
             
             ●
             .
             19.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Tim.
             2.
             22.
             
          
           
             Esay
             .
             30.
             21.
             
          
           
             Hos
             .
             2.
             14
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             51.
             8.
             
          
           
             Io.
             14.
             26.
             
          
           
             Rō
             .
             8.
             15.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             Cor.
             1.
             6
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             51.
             8.
             12.
             
          
           
             Zach.
             12.
             10.
             
          
           
             Math.
             26.
             75.
             
          
           
             Math.
             5.
             4
             ▪
             
          
           
             Zach.
             12.
             11.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             23
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Cor.
             5.
             2
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             26
             
          
           
             Phil.
             4.
             6.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             116.
             10.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Cor.
             4.
             13.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             68.
             28
             ▪
             
          
           
             Heb.
             10.
             
          
           
             Act.
             5.
             41.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             73.
             25.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             90.
             14.
             15.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             1.
             9
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             31.
             2.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             116.
             10.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             42.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             23.