Sufficient andEffec`Wual Grace. as fuffscient Grace. I have oft told you, that r. They confefsitin the inftance of Adam. .2. They confefs it in the cafe of common Grace, enablingmen tocommon preparatory duty, whichmany are able to do, and'donot ; as I haveevinced before in many inftanèes, and the, Synod, and fpecially the Britifh and Brune Divines affert. 3. And as to the point of Faith it felf, whether any unregenerate man have fufficient Grace to believe, which is not effeetual, I find few medling much with it. 4. But they commonly (I think ) agree , that all regenerate men themfelves havefuffcient Grace for many an a& ofFaith, Love, Obedi- ence which they never do. Is it not one oftheOpinions which at Dart and frequently thefe Divinesreje&, as falfly imputed to them, that a man can do nomoregood, andforbear no more evil than he cloth ? And if he cando more,he hathpower todo more : And power toan, is that which' is calledfufficient Grace. Therefore I need not troubleyou any more with this Controverfie, feeing under both the notions of Power and Liberty, it is decided; and confeffedby you to be fo beforé. . Rememberthat allfnfficient Grace is genital 5 butnot drama! to the alb: It doth efficerepotentiam, enableth mento all : but doth not caufe the all it felt, unlefs it be efficax adalbum, aswell as adpotentiam. How ordinarily do they profefs thepoffibility ofdoing more than is done, by godly and ungodly, and that all thepower that men have is not reduced into a&. Yea when Tome affert Predetermination it felf, they fay that it doth not defiroy Libertÿ or Power ad contrarium, but only deter- mine it. A. " It is bad enough that they deny all fufficient Graceto believe that is C0 not eelbual, though not to other ans. B. You wrong them : They do not fo : Have I not told you now, that they commonly grant that even the godly themfelves havefufftcient Grace to believe , which is not effectual as to many an all ofFaith? And as toUnbelievers, a. They fay that all have not Grace fufficient or neceffary to believe: And fo fay the Arminians. 2. But whether any one haveor no, who believe not, they rather leave it to theSearcher or hearts as anunknown thing to them, than deny it. But they feem to inferthat it is molt likely to be fo, in that a. It is fowith the godly themfelves. 2, And . with all other men, as to other aets of common Grace. And they all agree .(as I faid before) that noman is defied power to believe favingly, but for not ufing as he could his antecedent commoner Grace. And I think neither Party knowethmore than this, and in thisboth are agreed. And he that will affert his uncertain Con- je&ures, and then pretend that this is a Church-Controverte , is the maker but not the enderof Controverffes. A. "Some of them flick not to fay that Adam himfelf had not Grace "fufficient to and , or forbear finning: and if fo, then there is none t' fisch. B. We have nothing to do with any odd perlons words. Who is it that never fpeaketh amifs ? I confefs Dr. 7wiffe, Vind. Grat. 1. r.par. 3. de Reprob. felb. a. pg. (Vol. minor) 306. faith, Gratiam ad peccatum vitandumneceffariam duplicem effe dicimur ; aliam adpoffe vitarepeccatum; aliam ad pecatum albs vitandum : illa eft Gratia. Regenerationis----Altera non in eft homini permodum habitus, fedper modem paffionis 5 & eft mo- tio quedam gratiofa involuntatem influent, &adomnemfanlam albionem extimnlans. -- And fo one or two fay that AdamhadGrace neceffary . ad'pofe flare, non astern ad album. But this, is but a few mens odd S a Opinion, I
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