Of Free will. execution, and that humane nature, as it is, is capable of no mare. And a man may have many Obligations toone and the fame punifhment, ashe may to the fame duty ; and fo a man is but hanged or put todeath that bathdeferved death feventimesoveramong men : For the ends of puniffiment let theboundsin allexecutions. A. "Well, bat what fay you to the fecond ; The perifhing fiats of Rea- " then. B. Il. I have faid fo much in the Firft Book , that ï mutt refer you thither, Now only faying, r. That it is fiftt to be confidered what Law they are under ; 2. And next how they keep it ; 3. And then how they are judged by it. r. Undoubtedlyall the World is now under the Law of Grace, as to the eflentials, as it was made with all men in Adam and Noah, though notas to themutable part, which boundmen toexpect a future Meffiah. That Lawwas made withall Mankind, Gen. 3. 15. and 'is never repealed to Mankind. The World was under it ( as to Obligation ) before Chrift's Incarnation; AndChrift took nobenefit from them which they had. Clemens Alexandrinus, and other Fathers, erred not in this fo much as force have charged them to do : Noman is now under the Cove- nant of Innocency alone. 2. But how all men keep or break their proper Conditionsof this Lawof Grace, as they are under it, he that knoweth every man in the World, andall their hearts and deeds cantell, but notI. .Andnodoubt but they are judged as they kept or kept not the Con= ditions ofthatLaw ofGrace which they were under. Whatdifference there is, a. Between the Conditions to the Chriftian-Church now, and the Jewifh of old. 2. And between theConditions to the Jewifh of old, and the rest of theWorld,l have Ihewedpartly, Lib. r. But becaufe many felf -wife perlons are bitterly cenforious againft me, or any man that fpeaketh of any pofiibility of the Salvation of any, fave Jews formerly and Chriftians now : I befeech the lober but to think of this one thing, that Abraham thought therehad been fifty righteous perlons in Sodom, even when God had toldhim how muchworfe it was than other places. Howmany therrproportionably did he think there. was inCanaan and all other Countriesof the World. By which Abra- ham's judgment about theSalvationofothers is manifeft, though he was miftaken in thinkingSodombetter than it was. And I defiretobe a Son of Abraham, andamnot wifer than he. A. " Thisfeemeth plaintruth, however the World take it : And it is a "wonder to me that any good man fhould take itill tohavefo much ofGods " certain Grace acknowledged. But whatfay you to the thirdpoint, The a neceffity hence of finning. B. I have anfwered it to youbefore : I now add, a. It is not aphyfrcal neceffity from theprinciples ofNature, but a moral necellityfrom the pra- vityofNature. 2. It is not caufed by God, but by finful man. 3. It is not aneceffity of committing all fin, orevery particular fin, nor ofomit- ting every duty. q.. It is not an uncurable neceffity. 5. God of his free Grace bath provided the remedyhimfelf, and tenderedit in force de- what cold comfort the grees to all. 6. And heappointeth to all mencertain duties and means Papilla give to Infants, to be ufed to this end,which they can ufe. 7. Therefore it is no neceffity and what mfafhcnent ofbeing damned. grace they have that die unbapttzed , they A. " This anfwereth thefourth eflion as to the Adult. But what remedy commonly declare. See a id' therefor Infants, efpeciallyamong Heathens andFlnbelievers ? Maldcxws in t z. I. is a. 3. dab. 7.14496. B. The
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