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DOCT. VIII. From whence ariseth the certainty of hope.
FOr the hope of us Christian men ariseth not from humane promises, neither is it nourished by humane merits, nor relyeth it thereupon: but being supported and upheld by the onely truth of divine promises confirmed unto us many wayes, and sealed in our hearts; as likewise by the almightie power of God which promiseth, declared in generall to∣wards all believers, but most espe∣cially manifested in Christ, at what time he raised him up from the dead, and exalted him above all heavens to sit at his right hand; and again by the obedience of Christ alone, on whom we believe, and in whom we trust, it doth certainly and constant∣ly expect the complement or ac∣complishment of our salvation, to wit, the resurrection from the dead, the glorious coming of the great God, and our Lord and Saviour Ie∣sus Christ, and a full and plenarie possession of an heavenly inheritance.