VIII.
So then it is not by their merits, nor strength, but by the
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So then it is not by their merits, nor strength, but by the
free mercy of God, that they doe not wholy loose faith and grace, nor continue and perish finally in their fals: which not only might easily come to passe, but would also doubtlesse in respect of themselues: but in respect of God, it cannot possi∣bly be, forasmuch as his counsaile cannot change, nor his pro∣mise faile, nor the calling according to purpose be revoked, nor the merit, intercession and preservation of Iesus Christ be annulled, nor the seale of the holy spirit be made vaine or a∣bolished.