Euseb. According as God hath given me to feel the same so will I show it you. And first of all the dealing of God towards me is a good argument to me. In the first commandment, God hath commanded me to take him to be my God, and in the Lords prayer he teacheth me to call him father: he hath created the world generally and every creature particularly for man & so for me, to serve for my commodity, necessity, and admonition. Also he hath made me after his own image, having a reasonable soul, body, shape, where he might have made me a Toad, a Serpent, a Swine, deformed, frantic. Moreover, he hath wonderfully preserved me in my infancy, childhood, youth, middle age hitherto from manifold dangers & perils: all which do confirm in me a persuasion of Gods fatherly love: & that I should not doubt hereof: where I might have been borne of Turks, lo it was the will of God that I should be borne of Christian Parents, & be brought into Gods Church by Baptism, which is the Sacrament of adoption, & requireth faith, as well of the remission of my sins as of sanctification and holiness to be wrought of God in me by his grace and holy spirit: where I might have ⟨p. 139⟩been borne in an ignorant time and region, God would that I should be borne in these days and in this country where is more knowledge revealed then ever was here or in many places else is. Where I might have been of a corrupt judgement & entangled with many errors of Papistry, & of the family of love, & of that hypocritical Brown, by Gods goodness my judgement is reformed, and he hath lightened mine eyes to see & my heart to embrace his sincere truth. By all which things I do confirm my faith of this that God always hath been, is, and will be for ever my father, & at my departing forth of this world will give me the crown of everlasting glory. Secondly when as man is evermore doubting of the promises of God be they never so certain, God of his infinite mercy to prevent all occasions of doubting, promiseth to give his own spirit as a pledge, pawn, or earnest penny unto his children of their adoption & election to salvation. Now since it pleased God to call me from hypocrisy to be a member of his Church, I feel that in my self which I never felt or heard of before.
Euseb. According as God hath giuen me to feele the same so will I shewe it you. And first of all the dealing of God towards me is a good argument to mee. In the first commandement, God hath commaunded me to take him to bee my God, and in the Lords praier he teacheth me to call him father: he hath created the world generallie and euerie creature particularlie for man & so for me, to serue for my commoditie, necessity, and admonition. Also he hath made me after his owne image, hauing a reasonable soule, body, shape, where he might haue made me a Toad, a Serpent, a Swine, deformed, frantick. Moreouer, he hath wōderfullie preserued me in my infancie, childhood, youth, middle age hitherto from manifold dāgers & perils: all which do confirm in me a perswasion of Gods fatherlie loue: & that I should not doubt hereof: where I might haue beene borne of Turks, lo it was the wil of God that I should be borne of Christian Parēts, & be brought into Gods Church by Baptisme, which is the Sacrament of adoption, & requireth faith, as wel of the remission of my sins as of sanctification and holines to bee wrought of God in mee by his grace and holie spirite: where I might haue ⟨p. 139⟩been borne in an ignorant time and region, God would that I shoulde be borne in these daies and in this countrie where is more knowledge reuealed then euer was here or in manie places els is. Where I might haue beene of a corrupt iudgement & entangled with manie errours of Papistrie, & of the familie of loue, & of that hypocritical Brown, by Gods goodnes my iudgement is reformed, and he hath lightened mine eies to see & my heart to imbrace his sincere truth. By all which things I doe confirme my faith of this that God alwaies hath beene, is, and wil be for euer my father, & at my departing forth of this world will giue me the crowne of euerlasting glorie. Secondlie when as man is euermore doubting of the promises of God be they neuer so certain, God of his infinite mercie to preuent all occasions of doubting, promiseth to giue his owne spirit as a pledge, pawne, or earnest pennie vnto his children of their adoption & election to saluation. Now since it pleased God to call me from hypocrisie to bee a member of his Church, I feel that in my self which I neuer felt or heard of before.
