OfSufficient andËffec`lual Grace. '59 domuch on the wicked, fo we know not howfar he ufeth the Angels or fuperior Intelligences in operatingon the Elea : And yet we will not go fofar as Ari.l-lotle did, in afcribing to theprimummobile. But as God isfaid towrite with his ownFinger the Law onthe two Tables, andyet that Law was delivered by Angels; and asGod is laid to appear and fpeak toAdam and manyothers, whenyet it mutt needs be quid creatssm, which Humane fenfes could fee and hear; Even fo we know not when God operateth on the Soul, what fpiritual Miniftry he may ufe. And now tell me again, what it is that you accufe them of, that you think turn Nature into Grace ? C. "According toyour explication Imuff' mean nothing elfe, but that the " nameof Grace is given by them toNature alone, when the natural opera- " tion is notgracious. B. Wherein is it that they thus err? Inftance in particulars. C. r. " When they make Gods common Providences to be Grace : 2. When " they make the preaching of theGofpel to be Grace. 3. When theymake "Reafon and Free-will to be Grace. B.1. Doyou not believethat all Gods merciful Providencesare aâs of Grace? Are they not mercy contrary to merit, which is the definition of Gracein the general? And have theynot anaptitudeand tendency in medelam animarnos to mans Recovery, which is the fpecification of Evan- gelical Grace ? C. " res, Igrant all this : But we take Grace for theinward faving " work of Gods faníïifyingspirit on thesoul. B. I. You do not only ftriveabout words ; but perverfly abufe words, that youmay have matterofftrife. Will you confine the general name of Grace, not only to a species, but to one inferior species, and then ac- cufe your Brethren for giving the name to other Species ? As if you would accufe them for calling any betidesa Philofopher or aSouldier a man ? And 2. Do you know either Jefuite, Lutherans or Arminian, thát holdeth that outward common Providences are inward Sanctification ? C. " Let that pals', andgo to thefecond. B. II. Do you doubt whether the preachingofthe Gofpel be Grace ? either as to the generalor fpecial definition? C. " Ideny not that thedefinitionsagree to it; but I doubt whether it be " afit name, when ufe bath appropriated it to the inward santPification. B. i. Here again you are convinced of ítrivingabout words : 2. And till you are forced, you confefs it not, butmake it feem amaterial diffe- rence. 3. You confefs that your Adverfaries name agreeth with the definition. 4. When youhave abufed thename your felves by errone- ous confinement of it toone fpeciesof Grace, you thenpleadyour own finful nfe as a reafon fùíiicient againft Etymology, Definition, the cuftom of all the Chriftian Churches from the beginning to this day; yea and againft Scripture it felf. 5. For the Scripture foufeth the word, as you may fee ( fometimes for merciful Providences, fometimes for the Gofpel, fometimes for Church-Priviledges, for Gifts, fometimes for .Favour, and oft for recovering mercy in the general) Ezra 9. 8. Zech. 4. 7. yob. 5. 16, 17. 411.4.33.&14.3. 6.. 20.24,32. Rom.1.5. ßr5.2.& 20.6.6. 14. 15. du 11. 5, 7. e 12.3.6. e 55. 55. I Cor. 50. 30. 2 Cor. 8.19. Gal. 1. 6.15. & 5. 4. Eph. 3.8. e 4.8. &4.7. Phi/. 5.7. jud. 4. I Pet. 4. To. & 5.12. Tit. 2.' I I. Eph. 3. 2, 7. Col. l.6ó aCorgi 6. I. C. "Go onto thethird in,iiance,
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