A25470:1248
The Morning exercise [at] Cri[ppleg]ate, or, Several cases of conscience practically resolved
The Morning exercise [at] Cri[ppleg]ate, or, Several cases of conscience practically resolved by sundry ministers, September 1661.
London: printed for Joshua Kirton and Nathaniel Webb, 1661
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Sixthly, His confidence, and he had the Spirit of God, [Greek or Hebrew], I am persuaded, though sometimes it signifies no more than a moral persuasion, or probable conjecture; yet it doth not exclude a certainty of knowledge, Rom. 14 14. I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus Christ, that there is nothing unclean of it self; That is, I certainly know; it must therefore be judged by the circumstances of the text.
Sixthly, His confidence, and hee had the Spirit of God, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, I am perswaded, though sometimes it signifies no more than a moral perswasion, or probable conjecture; yet it doth not exclude a certainty of knowledge, Rom. 14 14. I know, and am perswaded by the Lord Jesus Christ, that there is nothing unclean of it self; That is, I certainly know; it must therefore be judged by the circumstances of the text.
Seventhly, It is not said only, they shall not separate, but that they cannot separate us from the Love of God; whether love be taken actively or passively, for the love wherewith we love God, or the love wherewith we are beloved by God, is not now material; it is true of both. The sum of this might be gathered up in this Syllogism. Those that may certainly know, that they do sincerely believe, and love God, may certainly know that they shall be saved; But a real believer may certainly know that he doth sincerely believe and love God; therefore he may certainly know that he shall be saved.
Seventhly, It is not said only, they shall not separate, but that they cannot separate us from the Love of God; whether love be taken actively or passively, for the love wherewith wee love God, or the love wherewith wee are beloved by God, is not now material; it is true of both. The sum of this might be gathered up in this Syllogism. Those that may certainly know, that they do sincerely beleeve, and love God, may certainly know that they shall be saved; But a real beleever may certainly know that hee doth sincerely beleeve and love God; therefore hee may certainly know that hee shall be saved.