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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01725	Foure sermons vpon seuerall partes of scripture, preached by George Gyffard, preacher of the worde, at Maudlin in Essex	Gifford, George, d. 1620.	1598 (1598)	STC 11859; ESTC S117695	68,936	149

may know that they shall haue eternal life Let this stānd firme and vnremoueable vnles wee will gainesay the Apostle Come then to the second point it is deemed great arrogancy and pride by the Papistes for any man to affirme that hee is sure hee shall be saued yea the Iesuites cal it dānable false illusion and presumption I wonder how they will answere here to S. Iohn woulde he of purpose write these things to bring men to a damnable illusion and wicked arrogancy Hee saith hee wrote these things euen to this end purpose for so much his words import that they which beleeue in the name of the sonne of God may know they haue eternall life Why did not the Iesuites in their annotations say somewhat vppon these wordes Is it not translated amisse Surely they translate it euen thus These thinges write I vnto you that you may know that you haue eternall life which beleeue in the name of the sonne of God How then Is there not some figuratiue or mysticall speech in these words They cannot for shame say so Then it must needes follow that the Papists are proud arrogant yea blasphemous in accusing S. Iohn that he leadeth the faithfull into a damnable illusion Is it not some one speech or once vttered by Saint Iohn If it were but one speeche and once vttered it were enough and fully sufficient to confirme the matter being vttered by the spirite of truth but in deede Saint Iohn vseth the like speeche more then once or twise For in the third chapter of this Epistle vers 14. he saith We know we are translated from death to life because wee loue the brethren And in the same Chap. ver 19. And by this we know that wee are of the truth and shall perswade our hearts before him Also Chap. 4. ver 13. By this wee know that we dwell in him and he in vs because he hath giuen vs of his spirite Then let vs proceede vnto the thirde point which is that by what way or by what meanes we may attaine to the assurance of our saluation No man needes to doubt but that S. Iohn hath shewed the onely waye and means seeing he saith These things haue I written vnto you c. that yee may know that ye haue eternall life Hee doth not then send vp men to search in the secret counsel of God to see whether their names be written in the booke of life neyther doth he will them to rely vppon some speciall reuelation but wil haue them to know that they haue eternall life by those thinges which he hath written vnto them Then are we to seeke the way and meanes in that which he hath written But heere it may be demaunded whether these words These things haue I written be to be vnderstoode of that which goeth before in this Chapter of all that he hath writen in this Epistle Indeede almost the whole matter of this Epistle tendeth to that purpose as any that shall aduisedly reade it ouer may easily perceiue but yet it is specially to be referred to that which he hath spoken before in this chap. touching the full victory that wee haue in Christ through faith and touching the six witnesses which faith is supported by Heere wee are first to note how farre they be awry which woulde haue some assurance and hope to bee saued and let go the way and meanes by which they shoulde attayne that assurance When they heare of a certainty of life why shoulde not wee be perswaded say they that God will saue vs as well as others And yet the things which S. Iohn saith he hath written that men may knowe they haue eternall life they neyther know nor care to know they hold this principle that it is God onely which doth saue men and vppon this they rest not considering by what meanes he doth saue them as if a man should say that hath grounds it is God alone that feedeth al flesh he only maketh the corne to growe I care not therefore for plowing or sowing if he will feed me I shall be fed if he will not what can I helpe it Will not all men laugh at such folly Will not euery simple man say if he will haue the Lord God to giue him corn for his sustenance he must vse the means that is he must plowe he must sowe yea reape and carry into his barnes Euen so God alone bringeth men to eternall life and giueth the knowledge and certaintie thereof but he doth it by meanes and he that will come to it must vse those meanes He must come to this that Saint Iohn saith These thinges haue I written vnto you that beleeue c. that yee may knowne yee haue eternall life Will a man knowe it or haue it and yet let passe the thinges which are written by which hee is to knowe it and to haue it Christ willeth the Iewes to search the scriptures affirming that they doe beare witnes of him Iohn 5. He that will knowe Christ the sauiour of the world in whome the father doth giue vs life eternall he must knowe him by the scriptures The true faith is grounded vpon the witnes which the three witnesses from heauen that is the father the worde and the holy ghoste doe witnes If a man doe not knowe what recorde these doe beare how can he tell what to beleeue What maner of faith then haue all they which hearken not to the voice testimonie of God which the holy Apostles Prophets haue deliuered in writing but follow their owne blind imagination These neuer consider why God hath reuealed his counsels or why he sent Prophets and Apostles yea and his owne sonne to publish the testimony let vs take heed that we be not of this company which indeede is a very great company that haue no care to harken what the three which beare record in heauen haue witnessed There is an other sort of men which also are much awrie touching the way and meanes to saluation These doe search the scriptures they reade they heare they labour for knowledge yea they holde that men may and ought to come to the assurance of their saluation and professe that they be sure thereof themselues If you demaunde of them a reason of all matters they can from the worde of God satisfie you with good reasons All this is highly to be commended whye or how are they then awrie They be awrie which separate and put asunder those thinges which God hath coupled together They stand strictlie vpon the written worde of God tell them of putting asunder the thinges which God hath coupled together and they will also denie it Yea they will constantly promise and professe that if you can shewe them any thing which they put asunder from that which God hath coupled it vnto they will be ready to amend their fault I would that were true for wee should not then haue so many carnall gospellers neither would there be so