II. This certainty is not a bare conjectural and probable

suasion, grounded upon a fallible hope*; but an infallible
assurance
el, that we should not be con-
. lined with the world.
I, * Job viii. I.'}. So are the paths all that forget God ; and the 'jcrite's hope shall perish: V. 14. )se hope shall be cut off, and i ah iii. 1 1 . The head;* thereof e for reward, and the priests cof tt-ach for hire, and the pro-
ii'.s tht-reof divii e for money :
yet
ill they lean upon the Lord,
id say, Is not the Lord among us ?
.J evil can come upon us. Deut.
.19. And it come to pass, when
l.eareth the words of this cuise,
.. he bless himself in his heart,
ig, I shall have peace, though
Ik in the imaghiation of mine
t, to add drunkenness to thirst.
John viii. 41. Ye do the deeds of
vniir father. Then said they to
, We be not born of fornica-
; we have one Father, even
\.
Mat. vii. 22. Many shall say to in that day. Lord, Lord, have not prophesied in thy name f a::d in thy name have cast out devils.? aiKl in thy name done many wonder- ful works ? Ver. -23. And then will I profess unto them, I never knew . you : depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
*- 1 John ii. 3. And hereby we kaow that we know him, if we
keep his commandments. 1 Joh.a iii. 14. We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren : he that loveih not his brother, abideth in death. Ver. 18. My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue, but in deed, and in truth. Ver. 19, And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. Ver. 21. Btloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence ttjwards God. Ver. 24. And he that keepeth his commar.dments dwelh^h in him, and he in him : and hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit that he hath given us. 1 John v. IS. These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God ; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
d Rom. V. 2. By w'.iom also we have acteis by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Ver. 5, And hope maketh not ashamed, be- cause the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Moly Ghost, which is given unto us.