Baxter - BT785 B39 1657

t 54 Virealons oroettii and keepiì: çoìiìmonly o` Che Antinomian faich naturally, with Out teaching ) For mint to conclude that they fhali wzerrainly be raved, meerly bécaufe t;od is`Merciful, Or Unit is ter d4°r- hearted to ;Inners, and would net that any floud periCC, but ail fh uld arme to Re- pcntance or 1 caa fe God delights not in the death of him that cie h but rasher that he Repent and live : or becaui Chritt died for them ; or becaufe God haai gives C,lriit an; Life in the Gofpel to all on Condition of believing; thefe are all but meer de- tuuions. Much Comfort, as I have fhewed you, may lde gathered from these Generals : but no Certainty of walvation, or fpec il Comfort can be gathered from them alone. 3. S e.that you reje the Antinom an deiarine pr dotage, which would teach you to reject the trial and judging ofyour flare by figns ofGrace in your (elf, and tell you that it is only the Spirit that mutt Affare,bywtnefsingyour Adoption.I will further explain this caution when I have added the rea. 4. And on the other extream , do not run to Mai-ks un/edfànabl , but in the order here laid down, 5. No, donot tuft to unfafe Marks, 6. nd therefore do not look at too many; for the true ones are but few.1 do but name thefe things to you, becaufe f have fullier handled them in m}y book of ReÍ, whither I mutt refer you. And fo I re- turn to the third Cautioiz. I have in the forementioned Book told you, what the Office of the ` pirit is in Affuring us, and what the tare of Marks tire. The Spirit witneífeth firft Objec iveiy, and fo the Spirit and Marks are all brie. For it is theSpirit dwelling in us that is the wit- nefs

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