III. Nevertheless they may, through the temptations of

Satan and of the world, the prevalency of corruption re- mainiiit; iu thcni, and tfie neglect of the means of their pre- servation, fall into grievous sins*^; and for a time continue therein'': whereby they incur God's displeasure', and grieve
his
abide with you for ever; Ver. 17.
Even the Spirit of truth, whom
the world cannot receive, becau»c
it weth him not, neither knowcth
him : but ye know him, for he
dwelleth with you, and bhall be
in you. 1 John ii. 27. But the
anointing which ye have received
of him abidcth in you ; and ye
need rot thit any man teach you :
hut, a» tiie soiaie anointing teuch-
eth you of all things, and is truth,
i^Jgd 13 no lie ; and even as it hath
^^B||ht you, ye shall abide iti Wnu,
^^^^Mn iii. 9. Whosoever is born of
^^^H doth not conmiit sin ; for his
^^^H remaineth in him : and he can-
^^^■kin, because he is bom of God.
^^^Hler. xxxii. 40. And I will make
^Pl^verlasting covenant with them,
that I will not turn away f;om
them to do them good ; but I will
put my fear in tlieir hearts, tlmt
they sli'all not depart from me.
■ John X. 28. And I give un-
them eternal life, and they
shall never perish, neither shall
any pluck them out of my hand.
2 Thess. iii. X But the Lord is
faithful, who shall stablish you, and
keep you from evil. 1 John ii. 19.
They went out from us, but they
■were not of us: for if they had
been of us, they would no doubt
have continued with us ; but they
went out, that they might be
made manifest that they were net
all of us.
in. SAiatth. xxvi. 70. But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou gayest. Ver. 72. And again he .denied with an oath, I do not know the man. Ver. 74. Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediut«(iy the cock crew.
h Psal. Ii. [t/ie iitU.] 'I"o the chief musician, A psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came un- to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Ver. H. Deliver me fic.".i bl;>uiipi,r«:l:iae8s, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
i Isa. Ixiv. 5. Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and workcth righ- teousness, those that remember thee in thy ways : beheld, thou art wrotlj, for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we sliall be saved. Ver. 7. And there is none that calleth upon tliy name, that Biirreth up himself to take hold of thee : for thou hast hid thy face from us, and h;'.st co::su3-:ed U5, because of our imqulties. Ver. 9. Be not wroth very sore, O Lcrd, neither remember uiiijuity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all tliy people. 2 S.mi. xi. 27. And when ilie mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son : but the thing that David had done di^pleaied the Lord.
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)jis Holy Spirit^; come to be deprived of some measure of their graces and comforts ' ; have their liearts hardened "*, «nd their consciences v/ounded " ; hurt and scandalize others '\ and bring temporal judgments upon themselves p.
CHAP. Xyill. Of J.'isurance of Grace and Salvation.
A LTHOUGH hypocrites, and other unregenerate men, -^•^ may vainly deceive themselves with false hopes and carnal presumptions of bting in the favour of God and
estate
k Eph. iy, 30. And erieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are eealed unto the day of redemption.
^ Psul. li. 8. Make nie to hear joy and gladness : that the hones vy'hich thou hast broken may re- joice. Ver, 10. Create in me a clean heart, O God ; and renew a right spirit -v/ithin me, Ver. 12. Hestore unto me the joy of thy sal- vation; and upliold n::e with thy free Spirit. Rev. ii, 4. Nevertheless, I have somewhat against thee, bc- cunse thou hast left thy first love. Cant. V. 2. I sleep, but my heart waketh : it is the voice of my be- loved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, Miy undeliled : for my head is fill- ied with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night. Ver. :5. I have put off my coat ; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet ; how shall I detile them ? Ver. 4. My beloved put in hi'; hand by the liole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him. Ver. 6. I opened to my beloved ; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone ; my soul failed when he spake : I sought him, but T could not find him ; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
'-^ Isa.lxiii. 17. O Lord, why hast thou made Ui to err from thy way*,
and hardened our heart from thy fear .'' Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance. A-Iark vi. 52, For they considered not the miracle of the loaves, for their heart was hardened. Mark xvi. 14. Afterv/ard he appeared un- to the eleven, as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their un- belief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which hud seen him after he was risen.
" Psal. xxxii. 3. When I kept silence my bones waxed old, through my roaring all the day long: Vtr. 4. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me : my moisture is turned into the drought of sum- mer. Psal. li, 8. Make me to hear joy and gladness : that the bones which thou hast broken may- rejoice.
" 2 Sam. xii. 14. Howbeit, he- cause by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.
I'Psal. hxxix. VA. If they break my statutes, and keep not my com- mandments : Ver. 32. Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. 1 Cor. xi. 32. But when we are judged we are chastened of the Lord,
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c^iate of salvation''; which hope of theirs shall perish^;/ yet such as truly believe in the Lord Jesus, and love himl in sincerity, endeavouring to walk i?i all good conscience \ before him, may in this life be certainly assured that they j are in the state of grace % and may rejoice in th^ hope ! of the glory of God ; which hope shall never make theiu ^ asliamed ''.