Of Sufficient and Eland á'ce. C. "Put they leave him to boafl, that by his better preparation anddif '° pofition, he was a fitter Recipient than another. And fö all boafling is tc not excluded. B. z. In Paul'sCafe (of extraordinaryMinifterial gifts) there is left Zoom for thatmuch ; becaufe they arenot given fo much according to preparations; as favifig Grace is : For even ungodly men may havé them. 2. The boafting which is excluded, is a boaftingofour felvesas againft or without the gloryofGrace, as if we had fome excellency which we had not received. But ourvery Receptive difpofition was received by Gods Grace, even from his common preparing Grace : And that common Grace was freely given. 3. If by bashing, you would mean, an acknowledgment of Gods grace, then all thankfgiving is boafting. Or ifa Rejoycing in theeffeets of that Grace as Received and improved by us , then Paul fo boafted often, yea and to the death rejoycedin this teftimonyof his Confcience that in fimplicity andGodly fncerity, and not in flefhly wifdom he hard had his converfation in the world, 2 Cor. I. 12. And that he tamed his body, and that he fuffered for Chrift, and thathe had fought a good fight, 2 Tim. 4. 7, 8. IfprafngGods gracein his Servants, and that holy ufe of it, in wifdom, faith, love, obedienceand patience, be boafting, God fo boaftethof them and praifeth them, evenat judgment,Baath.25. Well done good and faithful Servant. And Scripture throughout fo boafteth of them. And we that muft honour thofe that fear the Lord, Pfal. 15. 4. mutt fo boaft of them alto. But this is not the forbidden boafting. Andas toRom. 12.6. r Cor. 12. Eph. r. 6, 7, 8. and fuch like itspail queftion that Godfreely diverfifyeth Offices and fuchGifts ashe pleafeth we knowofno prxdifpofition towhich, even ordinarily, he : tyeth himfelf, as to manyof them. But laving Grace is given more under a Law, and ftablifhed courfe of means, in theufeof which we mutt be fit Recipients. The ninth Grimination. C. "They make the Grace of God to be Effeltual, not from the - tbilh`Arminius :cofefféih "of the Giver, nor from the proper force of the Grace it felf, fomuch as Gods infallible opera- : tion,thus, Nihil malt ea- acfrom the willofman concurring: For they think that Gods Grace is but veri peffe ní ¡Deo impe- "univerfal andindiferent, and leaveth it tomans willwhether it(hallpro- mote" :rapddenád; Sed duce the all offaith or not : fo that the poffe Credere &velle is ofGod, rRr : an,ue fit ex omnd- as but the afu credere& velle is ofour felves. This is thegranddeference patents Ori aetione to vo- which i have refirvedto the lall andas Dr. Twiffe oft noteth the ue ion laniat`m madam aunt, f q feeandnm modRm natures, "Unde Gratia fit Efficax ? is it which they are loath to be brought to lade inepeditionis exilie u anfIVeY. Neceffitas i an vero ex tali alGone qne agatinVa- B. I know that this is cryed up as the great difference; And where- lantatem , fecandu ma- ever things are myfterious and hard, there will be variety of Concep- dan .vtl ztariogdonibera tiotisand words; from whence it will be eafie topretend real differences, fallibilieas. a rmin. Ex- and make them kern-great. But becaufe order befriendeth Truth, we am. Perkins pas 5oe: Note, by Neccthry Ar- muft be agreedfirft of the fúbjefl of thequeftion, what Grace is it whole manias doch mean Efficacy you difpute of? I take it for granted, that it is fuch as is to ceíììry eonlequeoe ,vet work, in nere Ca a æ E etentis. But tell me hrtf whether you con- (which ' 8°d ge f JJ` o }' neecefhty cónfagaeetdæ , i here he called, nfallibl Sty). And Dr. Tvaire profeffeth that he and alt the Schoolmen hold no other. And note theRiede that he makgth ehe Infallibility to refult from the operation of God, and not fromhis fore knowledge only. Bb2 fefs
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