make a good conclusion; though they haue many rubs in the ••beay, yet at length they come safely to their iourneys end. And though ••hey haue many faults and failings in their liues, yet they are alwayes ble••d in their death; according to that of the Psalmist; Marke the perfect ••n, and be∣hold the vpright, for the end of that man is peace: and that of th•• Preacher, Though a sinner doe ill an hundred times, and his dayes be prolong••d, yet surely I know, it shall be well with them that feare God, which feare befo•••• him. The which their perseuerance in the state of grace vnto the end, •• not groun∣ded vpon themselues, or the strength of the graces which ••ey haue re∣ceiued (for then it were but a poore priuiledge, which woul•• euery day be subiect to losing) but vpon the power and promises of G••d, his Na∣ture and Attributes, the Intercession of Christ, and the vertu•• of his holy Spirit assisting and strengthening them. For, It is God whic•• ••stablisheth vs in Christ. It is his strength, whereby we are inabled to stand ••st against all the tentations of our spirituall enemies: it is his power, ••hereby we are kept through faith vnto saluation. And though wee are able t•• doe nothing of our selues, yet we can (with the Apostle) doe all things, though the power of Christ, which strengtheneth vs: neither is our spirituall lif•• in our owne custody, but it is hid with Christ in God, as the Apostle spe••keth. It stan∣deth not vpon the strength of our owne free will, but of Gods will; and as our Sauiour telleth vs, This is the Fathers will, that of ••ll which hee had giuen him, he should not lose one, but should raise it vp at the l••st Day. It stan∣deth vpon, not our resolution or loue towards God, but vpon his vn∣changeable counsell and decree, which shall stand, who hath not appoynted vs to wrath, but to obtaine saluation by our Lord Iesus Christ; and vpon his loue which is immutable and euerlasting: for whom he lo••eth, to the end hee loueth them. Not vpon our strength, but vpon the power of God, who is more mighty to saue, then all our enemies to hurt and destroy vs; so that though we be weake, and vnable to hold out, yet we shall bee established; for God is able to make vs stand, and to keepe that which wee haue committed vnto him, against that great Day of Christs appearing; for, he is greater then all, and none is able to pull vs out of his hand. Finally, it resteth not vpon the truth of our promises made to God, but of his promises made to vs, who is a faith∣full and true witnesse, and all his promises in Christ, Yea and Amen. For the Lord hath made his couenant with vs, and promised, that hee will put his Law in our inward parts, and write it in our hearts, and will be our God, and wee shall be his people. That he will forgiue our iniquity, and remember our sinnes no more: that he will put his Spirit vpon vs, and that his words which hee hath put into our mouthes, shall not depart out of them, from henceforth euen for euer: and that he will make an euerlasting Couenant with vs, and not turne away from vs to doe vs good, but will put his feare into our hearts, so as we shall not de∣part from him. That though we fall, we shall not be cast off, because the Lord put∣teth vnder his hand. That our righteousnesse shall remaine for euer, and that we shall neuer be moued, but shall be had in euerlasting remembrance. The which Couenant and promises of God are most immutable and vnchangeable. For the Mountaines shall depart, and the Hils shall be remoued, but Gods kind∣nesse shall not depart from vs, neither shall the Couenant of his peace be remoued. Yea, it is easier for heauen and earth to passe, then one tittle of his Word to faile.