A treatise of faith divided into two parts. The first showing the nature, the…A treatise of faith diuided into two parts. The first shewing the nature, the…

yea, even in the agonies of death; the remembrance of the promises sealed in Baptism, will afford comfort. For if men have forsaken, God hath received them; If men scorn and contemn, the Lord will acknowledge them. He hath long ago sealed them for his own, received them into his family, undertaken to provide for them, and adopted them as heirs apparent to the Kingdom of Heaven. If God had given them his word alone for security, it had been sufficient; But having confirmed it by seal in Baptism, ⟨p. 426⟩they have great cause to rest assured. True it is they may be cast out of the visible assembles, but they can never be cut off from the invisible Communion of Saints: they must die, but God hath sealed unto them their rising from the grave to everlasting life, by the power and virtue of Christs Resurrection: which is a comfort of all comforts, able to uphold the soul of man in the hour of death.

yea, euen in the agonies of death; the remembrance of the promises sealed in Baptisme, will afford comfort. For if men haue forsaken, God hath receiu•d them; If men scorne and contemne, the Lord will acknowledge them. Hee hath long agoe sealed them for his owne, receiued them into his family, vndertaken to prouide for them, and adopted them as heires apparant to the Kingdome of Heauen. If God had giuen them his word alone for securitie, it had beene sufficient; But hauing confirmed it by seale in Baptisme, ⟨p. 426⟩they haue great cause to rest assured. True it is they may be cast out of the visible assembles, but they can neuer be cut off from the inuisible Communion of Saints: they must die, but God hath sealed vnto them their rising from the graue to euerlasting life, by the power and vertue of Christs Resurrection: which is a comfort of all comforts, able to vphold the soule of man in the houre of death.

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