Of Sufficient and EffeElual Grace. Law ofNature and of Innocency indeedcondemneth the difobedient ; but the Law or Covenant of Chrilt or of Grace doth condemn them to muchforer punifltment, Luke 19. 27. Thole mine enemies that would not Tfhould reign , &c. Mark 26. 26. He that believeth not faall be damned, Heb. ro. 29. Mat. 25. throughout. But this confounding of the Cove- nants I mutt not here re&ifie. But yeti hopehe meant only that men fuffer not for want ofGods Re- generating, Infufrng Aia, butfor wantof their own a&of Faith. The fifth Crimination. C. " /findDr. Twiffe (ibid. & alibi fape) charging it on them, as c` holding that Grace is givenaccording to Works (which is Pelagianifne) " For they think thatGod lookethat fame preparation in the Receiver, and COgioeth'-it to farne becaufe they are prepared for it, anddenieth it to' others " becaufe they are unprepared : whereas it is not in him thatwilleth nor in "him that runneth , but in him that (of_his meer goodpleafnre) Jheweth .emercy., , :. B: There is enough laid of this after, about differencing,and effetáual Grace. But If we"muftfay more; I askyou, Audi. I.` Doyou by thisphrafe [according to Works] Paean to urge theScripture that fpeaketh in that phrafe, in its properfenfe, or do you. onlyule the phrafe infomeother fenfe . of your own. C. "i ufescripturephrafe in scripturefenfe,becaufe TreII on its Authority. B. Quell. 2. Are we not alfofaved without Works in Scripture fenf? And would it becontrary toPaulto' fay wethat we arefind. by Works; yea, or according to them in that fenfe that he fpeaketh of them. See games 2.24, &c. Tit. 3. 5. Ephef. 2. 5, 8, 9. Gal. 3. 2. 5. Io. Aiiís 15: s r. Sec. and"26.3r. Rom. 5. so, And yet Paved according to Works in another fenfe, lames 2. 14, Sec. Phil. 2. 22. Gal. 6. 4. Rom. 20. 12, 13. 2 Cor. 5. Io... C. " Infeveral fenfsof Works we deny it not.. , E. weft. 3. At lealt you will grant that we are not juftified by Works, ánd+yet that we are juftified by Faith : ,ea in another fenfe by Works. ,uefi. 4. Is notbelieving and repenting inorder to Juflification, and all holyobedience in order toSalvation ; as truly opus a work, and in a far nobler fenfethan preparation for Faith is ? C. "That canitotbe denied. B. Then you cànnot'aftìxm that the phrafe [not according to Works] nvhich excludetli not Faith, Repentance , holy obedience to juftification and falvation , doth intend the .exclufion of all preparation in order to ConverfionorFaith iii,Chrift; when by Works excluded, it meaneth the fame thing, or fort, in all. C. " But faith Dr. Twifle, ibid. page 2S4. [Pardon and Salvation "God Both confirmonlyon conditionofFaith and Repentance : But as "for Faith and Repentance, Both God confer them conditionally alfa : Tf "fo, whatfoever be the condition let them look to it how they can avoid the "making ofGrace, to wit, the Grace of Faith andRepentance, to be given "according to Works.] B. I know he frequently faith the fame. But i. I fpeak now onlyof the fenfeof that Scripture, and fay, that this goeth upon a molt falle and dangerous fitppofitiop, that Juftification , and Salvation are given Z accord- 9 Pulganal illudfarien0 quod in fe eft Deus non de- oteat Gratiam intelligi. tar de (atiene ex gratia: auxilia, Pet. a S.Jofeph; Thef. üniverf de auxit pag" 83. Idem. pag. go. Ne quidem ipfin Chrifti ope- ra fuerunt atto meritoria cifra promifonemDei etja ex fe eJfent valori, ti (which needech ex- plication.)
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