Of EleC!ion, allowed PJrtiJiiry in )"eping Gods commands, Vrrj: 10, , 1, 1 z. Whofoevrr~ jb.t!l kup the ~hale L.rw , ,wd;et offmd m one point , be ugwlty of ,z!/; For C.ap. 4 . het/ut (t:tl , dJ;;otcumm;tAd~tltery ; f•zida!jo , 'Danotlu/1: Nowzj thor:~ curtuJn: 110 Adu!!f;~y , )'el Jjtbo!t k3;J, tbuu :u·t 6tcom~ r.l Tr:m[gre.ffOr of the L.r:v, J:, fpe,zk )f, outd fo do, aJ they tb.tt fb.z/1 be pdgrtl by tbe Lzw of Ltberty : Al,o nfthol;; thJt would pur rhe:1 Rdigion in Fatth, wnhout works; frorn Ver f. '4· ta the Lnd, In the 3(bap. ' 4· he fpeaks of ProftJTors whof~ zt.d, thougH aliout mJrters of Religion, \\·as bitter, Ver{ 14, l), 16. But t/ y b.tve!Httrr mvy:ng a:ulflnfr ;, )'Oar flear/J, glory 110t , aud lye ?Jot a g.;:4/ the Trlllh ; Thu -:znjdorn de{cmdeth 11ot from above, 6ttt is earthly, jtllju 1i, tltvttt/b; For wbere iTJvytugand flrife H, there is coHfujion, and every evtt w""k : Wlrich he difcerns from that wifdom which is Truth ol Grace, whofe charal.ier you frnd , Verf. 17. But the wtfdomthat u f rom above u firfl. p:tre , tbw pe.Jce.z61t, gmtle and wfY to be tutreated,fullof tJt_ercy and good jnJJts, WJthottt partt.tlttJ and Wtthour h)pocr;fie. In the 4' h. Chap. he g1vcs like CharaCters of worldly Profdlors; the vigour and !lrengtn of whofe intentions and contentions was fpcnt upon feek.ng things of this World, Verf. '· and 2, anj who if they prayed for them, yet 'rwas to confume upo~t their lujls, Verf; ·3· which fort of Men he terms in downright terms, Adulterers and .Adu!terrfJeJ , Ver{. 4· for there were or both fexes fuch: Te .Adulterers aud .Ad"!terrffrs, kttoW.)'t not th.tt the frimdjbipofthe Worldis mmity with God? Wbo(urver thtrtfore wilt 6e a (rimd of the world, u the enemy o( God: ,~nd at Ver(. 8he gives them that counfef and direction which alone was proper to their condition, even to beginan initial Repentance and convcrfion from0ut of a ltate of frn, which they yet ily in, Ver f. 8, 9, 10. 'DrcJW mgh to God, a;Jdhewilt drr.zwnigbto y:m; cerz,J(e your htzJJds yejimters~ mulpurifey·ozw flear:s ye double-mwded; Be· riffltEied , twd mount, tmd weep; let )'UtiY t.mgh:er 6e tur11ed to mourw11g , and your joy to hulvi;ujS: Humble your JdveJ i11 the fight of the Lord, cmd htjhtJitltjl you 11p: And it is certain tlut the doubJe.mifldtd thero, was one that was hitherto in his fins, and not hitherto in rhe !\ate of Grace, Now though /Jreti.u feems fir!l to def<rv th's at Verf. 22. of Chap. I ,Vet r hope you will difcern the rni!lery of th1s Difcovery to work from the begin– n.ng of this fir!l Cb,pter, and to have had a good progrefs all along unto Verf '9· If. Hence flow's then the fecond Rivulet, the fore-port of this Chapter runs into,thatJlmesdothinduflri9ufly Jet out two forts of Profeffors , found a!td rm{o1t11d , or Temporaries; and alfo two feveral works upon them, although inrermingledly; fometimes fpeakiogof the one, fometimes of tne orlwr; and all to /hew that the fal!ing away of the one, orifeth from rhe imper(efttolt of t!1at ~;•ft, or work that is upon them; and the enduring of the other from the Ptr{eCf:on or Cood11ejS of that work wrought in them. For the Demonfhation of which, I fhall curforily run over from the Ver(;– to t'le 19:h. and then mainly ccnter in the Perferlio1J of a true work, o"t of Jlerj: 17, •8. which isthe point, for the fake and proofof which, I was indu• ccd to t>rt, Expofttion of th:s fir!l Chapter of] rlmts, I. Bcgro we with his beginning at Ver(, l' 4• which we have a little already opened, IC~towmg this th.zt the tr;•iug of yo11r Flith workuh P•>tteiJce, &c. I. To what fort of Chrifiians doth he fpeak this? Certainly ~o none orher but the found: For it is, L To t!Jem that have fuch Faith as will b· ar the trial , and will, being tried brin,; forth th zt p lflfltce which we hwe been a feuing out 2. They are each as have a.jready had lomckP.ow!dge and experience in fcfl'er trials and skirmifhes, th>t.their Faith bath begun to bnng torth Patience in fome mea– furelt 2. ltmaybefeen , by what aCharaCl:erofPerfe8io11 it is, (•s oppofed toComtterjeu and [mp::rfect, fays Bez:z) that he lets upon tileir Faith and the working' of it. I. The
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