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impious and his impietie. The places of Scripture therfor which he provideth, are to be understoode, that thoe the electe or predestinated [some?] [himes?] throw human frailty, and the common adversarys deceive, [Sinnes?] Deadly, as holy [David?] and Saint Peter did and consequently [m--?] Gods wrath; and imagination as long as they remaine in Sinne, yet throw Gods greate mercie and grace they arrise again from Sinne and are reconciled by sorow; repentance and such other meance left by Christ unto Him whome they soe ungratfully offended. And soe it is verified, that whom God once loves he loves to the end, [be?] reason he leaves him not finaly in Sinne.

In the seconde part of the Treatise and specially pag.82 and consequently he seems to persuade, that a man [once?] being [ --ified] by fayth may [undeniably?] persuade himself, that he cannot thence forwarde miscarry or louse that fayth which [once?] he had receaved, and consequently that he may be certain of finall perseverance in Gods favoure, and of life everlasting not withstanding how greeveusly soever he offendes God. Heerein [Herein?] he follows his erroneus master Calvins opinion who houldes that fayth once had is never lost, and that it is proper to the elect only; and consequently that noe reprobat never has fayth, and that he whoe has fayth may be certaine of salvation which principles are soe manifestly contrary to holy Scripture as nothing can be more for holy Paul's in his 1 chap of his [first epistle?] to Timothius 19 verse says Having fayth and good conscience which some having put away, as concerning fayth have made shipwracks of whome he Hymneus and Alexander and in the 4 chap. he says: Now the spirit speaketh evidently that in the latter tymes some shall departe from the fayth [genuine?] held unto [Spiritos?] of error and doctrine of devilles. These places are soe plaine and evident that noe man of any understanding, if he be not blinded and wholy forsake of gods grace, as there fayth, they made it of the fayth a [hick?] [illegible] they had and if [illegible] [illegible] fayth, shurly; they departe fromt he fayth they had for noe man departs, but with [illegible] which he has, therefore none can unfallebly persuade himself that thoe once he had the true fayth but he may throw his own frailty the devills deceive and gods permission some tymes fall from it for if he could not the holy Ghost speaking by the Apostle would be a lyer; and allsoe it would follow thence that there never were any heresies, for those are called [heretique?] who fell from the fayth once had, for if they never had any fayth then they should be called Infidelles then heretiques, but according holly Scripture heresies must be and this Calvine himself acknolegeth for Symon Magus, Nicolas, Hymneus, and Alexander whom the scripture macks mention once had the fayth, as the same scripture testifieth, and they fell from it wittnessing the Apostle above cited.

That a man having fayth can firmly beleeve and persuade himself that his sinnes are forgeven him by Christes merite is noe less against scripture for the holy Ghost ecclesiast says, a man knows not whether he be worthy of hatred or love but all are kept uncertain to a future tyme. and ecclesi: 15 of the sinns forgeven be not withoute feare and Paule 1 Cor. 4 says of himself I am nothing guiltie to me selfe yet am I not thereby unified but that [illegible] me is the Lorde. [Illegible] how the Apostle says that he finds not his conscience guilty of any, yet he affirms that [herein?] he is not [justified?] which certainly he would not say if he undoubtedly and firmly beleeved, that all those, whoe has fayth are questionless [justified? unified?] in Christ and that there sinns are forgevin them and nevertheless the Apostle firly beleeved himself to have the fayth of Jesus Christe neither would Calvin or any els dare deny this therefor thoe a man firmly beleeves himself to have the true fayth of Christ, yet he cannot undoubtedly persuade himself that thereby he is [justified?] or that his sinnes are questionless forgevin him, otherwise the Apostle might thus beleeve of himself which he dos not. Hence [Deare?] [illegible] may evidently see, how heresie blindeth a man, and how those who forsaking the unanemous consent of the catholique church and the holy fathers, [illegible] to there own proper particular spirite are led away by the spirite of error and reades the holy scriptures only to impunge the [thruith?][truth?] wher in they find any apparant place or texte convement [convenient?] to there perverse intentions they
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