änd Frée-znill; 115 B, god/. t 8. Arenot the beft,of thefemen, by common Grace, more prepared for Converfion thanfomeothers ? C. " Yes : elfe whatgood did that Grace do them ? and why fhould we " write (asMr. Hooker) of the Soulspreparation for ,Chrift? anddrill 10 told one, Thou art not far from theKingdom of God. B. Quefl. 19. bothGodcommand all thefe men to ufe the means of their full Converfion and Salvationutterly in vain ? r C. No : it is not in vain, if heblefs them to whomhewill. B. güel. 20. "Laftly; Then tell me , if you acknowledge all thefe EC 'INS] or Powers, what is the powerwhichyou deny ? C. 00 A power to things fpiritually good. B. Ambiguous words muft not deftroy Love and Churches: What meanyou by [spiritual? ] C. " That which isdone by Gods spirit, tofpiritualends, andin afpiri- " tual manner. B. Here are three things : TheEfficient, the End, the Manner. e. Is not the Spirit of God theAuthor of common Grace? C. " Tes, that is not denied by any. B. 2. If byafpiritnal end youmean, the forefaid favingof the Soul from Hell, you confefs common Grace may give it. Ifyoumean loving and intending God above all, do not the Arminians fay as well as you, that none but theRegeneratecan do it ? C. " Icones the do. Rue?, alas Me Pei non ff y fit V poteftate hominii B. 3. What meanyouby a fpiritual manner ? If you mean it, ofdo- natarat , carnalis, ant- ingall from thatlove to God, and intentionof that end, the anfwer ís matis , petcatoris, enmgi nemopræftarepalit`nifìper the fame. gratiani nei; Dramsante* C. "Man cando nothing ofhimfelf, without God. Gratia Dei fecnndnm vo- B. Didever man in hiswits thinkotherwife ? Was. it ever a contro- mutate» Det aamint/tre- tur, &votuntatem -quant verfie, whether wehave anypower thatis not both given and Rill main- aped f ab eterno habuits tamed by God ? All the queftion is, buthow God giveth it ? and not 5cc. 4mseft.Pp3y. whether we haveit without him. One thinketh that hegivethmore by Ægid. colum. Qüodsb. theway of Nature than others do : And another thinks that he giveth Ca. mgb us. babeáug. ono, more by the way ofcommon Gracethan others do : Miftakenot your efe, Íd!. Natnrale er fa. Pelf: you afcribe no more to God, than any even Pelagian Both; but pernatur ale : Dicendnmeft only he afcribeth more toGodby the way of natural conveyance than pó mús b d age eabgnoad you do. í only except the Dominican Fredeterminants, that afcribe ef/e natarate e non quad all mans circumftantiated Volitions toGod. Lay therefore the contro- JanUoonrJntentzam du f verfiewhere it is. fine Gratia pogimus facerb " bona nontames bene ; net C. But we can dó nothing without Chr and Grace. mereri per "itlá, &c. B. I ammore for that than youare. I doubt you thinkthat we can do the works ofNature without Chrift 5 For I find thatmany of you will nothave fo much as Magiftracy to depend upon him derivatively. but all things are nowdelivered into his hands, andNature is reprived and continued by formdegreeof Grace, that is, of Mercy contrary to Merit. But tell me, domen do that without chrift, which they do by his common Grace ? C. " The wordsfignige, [oh. í5. Out of me yecan donothing. B. And do you differ about that? Do not you before confefs how far menout of Chrifl as to regenerationmay go'? Come to thepoint,and tell me whereyou differ ? C. "We differ here, that they think that God.hathpromifed favingGrace to to menprepared bycommon Grace, andwefay,No. B. Very good : Is all come but to this ?. Tell me what is this to the quettion of mans poweror impotency ? This is only about Gods Word. (2 kuefl.
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