Of EM1ion. H olinefsis, there mufl be Faith, as where fmonk is, tl1ere mufl be fire; and be-~ ing fo underflood, I do avouch, and W1ll g1ve ) ou an invincible Scnpture for Chap. 'I· it t hat true Holincfs in the leaf\ degree IS a proper frutt and effeCt of the Co- v-v--..1 v~nant of Grace, and a certain evidence that God will perfeCt and fiablith thee: Take I-le6. IO. I4· B; o1u Ojjeriug he bath perfeOedfor eVer thtm that are San[fijifd. The effett of thefe words is the fame With that l arri upon out oi Pet fr. Pmtt fays, Them that are Santl:tfied, are perfeCted for ever; and Peter fays, He hath Called us into Eternal Glory, and you will fee the God of all Grace engaged in it. Thus Taut alfo fpeaks, Them that are SanfJtjied he bath ptrjefJedfor ever, that is, He hath put them out ofall danger ofmifcar. rying as for Salvation. 0/;j. Well, but you will fay, may we build upon this, Thatthofe that are truly SanCl:ified are the Perfons are thus perfected, and in the Covenant of Grace? An(w. Yes, you may buildonit: For it hath a DuplicateofEvidencefor the afcertaining of it, 1. T hat the Holy Ghofi byTaut's Pea hath uttered it, whicn fingle wirnefs were enopj!;h : But, 2, Taut expreily fays, That the Holy Ghofi in another Scripture hath teflified it, whereofthe Holy Ghofi i6 a Witnefs, fays he, (and his proofis mofi pundual, and invincible ) as alfo that it is the commenfurate effect of the Covenant of Grace, Ver]o~ ),I6, 17. Whereof the Hot; Ghoft at(o u a Wit11tfs to ru; for after that he had(aid be– fort, Thi.J is the Cov enant that l wiOmake with them, after thofe df!Ys,fazth the Lord, I wiOput my Laws i11to their hearts, and in their mit~ds witt I write them, a!Jdtheirfins and i111quitit! witt I ~emem6er no more. Obferve the accurarenefs and exadnefs of thisproof, There were two Branches of that his Afferrion inVer f. 14. 1. They that are Sanflified, 2. Are P erfetJedfor ever. · (Even as here, Called into Eternal Glory.) And the Scripture he cites, pundually fpeaks and joyns both thefe together; even as the Apoflle doth. I. Them that art Sat~Oifi•d in thofe words, I will write my Law;, their hearts, and fo true Sanctification is exprefr in Scripture, My people i11 who[t heart n my L aw. 2. Pt>je[fforever, in thofe other words, Theirfins he wilt remember no more : And I hope they whofe iniqllities God remembers no more, are perfe– cted for ever. Unto which I add (that which I intimated afore ) That the God ofall Grace would appear interetied in it, viz, That this I-lotinefs, which this Promife, Thru tobeperfetJed is made unto, proves to be the proper fruit ofthe Cove– nant of Grace, and ofthat alone ; For ofthe Covenant ofGraceit ishe fpeaks; when the Holy Ghofl in the Prophet prefaced unto it, Thu u my Covmant af– ttrthefe days, namely, underrheGofpel, that Covenant whereof the Apb– file had afore faid, Chrifl WtU the Minifler, with difference from that legal Covenant, I-leb. 8. Verj. 6. Btlt 11ow bathHeobtained a mort excdlent Mini– flry, oy how much alfo He u the Mediator of a better Covmant, which wtUe• flabtifbt upon better Promifes; And Vtrf. I o. For this is the Covenant that I wztt make with the houfe of Ifrael; afttr thofe days,faith the Lord, I will put my laws i11to thtir mi11d, and write them in their hearts, and I witt 6e to them a God, &c. There is no other, nor no better: All truly Sandify'd are in that Covenant; and none that are truly Sandify'd, are SanClify'd otherwtfe than by verrue ofir: ., I might add a Third, that l may notleave out the Principal Verb, as we fay ; viz. Saving Faith, and iris found in the fame,Jer. p. 3· The Lord hath ap· pearedofotd unto me, fc'Jing, Tea, I havtloved thee with an everlafling tove, therefore w ith loving kindnefs have I draozm thu. Hath God drawn thy K k 2 heart
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