But I say again, how shall they discern they are?  From the devil can be no certainty, for he is a liar from the beginning; if he suggests any such thing, as too frequently he doth, reject him as a deceiver, an enemy of human kind, dispute not with him, give no credit to him, obstinately refuse him, as St. Anthony did in the wilderness, whom the devil set upon in several shapes, or as the collier did, so do thou by him.  For when the devil tempted him with the weakness of his faith, and told him he could not be saved, as being ignorant in the principles of religion, and urged him moreover to know what he believed, what he thought of such and such points and mysteries:  the collier told him, he believed as the church did; but what (said the devil again) doth the church believe? as I do (said the collier); and what’s that thou believest? as the church doth, &c., when the devil could get no other answer, he left him.  If Satan summon thee to answer, send him to Christ:  he is thy liberty, thy protector against cruel death, raging sin, that roaring lion, he is thy righteousness, thy Saviour, and thy life.  Though he say, thou art not of the number of the elect, a reprobate, forsaken of God, hold thine own still, hic murus aheneus esto, let this be as a bulwark, a brazen wall to defend thee, stay thyself in that certainty of faith; let that be thy comfort, Christ will protect thee, vindicate thee, thou art one of his flock, he will triumph over the law, vanquish death, overcome the devil, and destroy hell.  If he say thou art none of the elect, no believer, reject him, defy him, thou hast thought otherwise, and mayst so be resolved again; comfort thyself; this persuasion cannot come from the devil, and much less can it be grounded from thyself? men are liars, and why shouldst thou distrust?  A denying Peter, a persecuting Paul, an adulterous cruel David, have been received; an apostate Solomon may be converted; no sin at all but impenitency, can give testimony of final reprobation.  Why shouldst thou then distrust, misdoubt thyself, upon what ground, what suspicion?  This opinion alone of particularity?  Against that, and for the certainty of election and salvation on the other side, see God’s good will toward men, hear how generally his grace is proposed to him, and him, and them, each man in particular, and to all. 1 Tim. ii. 4.  “God will that all men be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth.”  ’Tis a universal promise, “God sent not his son into the world to condemn the world, but that through him the world might be saved.”  John iii. 17.  “He that acknowledged himself a man in the world, must likewise acknowledge he is of that number that is to be saved.”  Ezek. xxxiii. 11, “I will not the death of a sinner, but that he repent and live:”  But thou art a sinner; therefore he will not thy death.  “This is the will of him that sent me, that every man that believeth in the Son, should have everlasting life.”  John vi. 40.  “He would have no man perish, but all come to repentance,”