THE Ninth Days Conference Between a. and B. O F PERSEVERANCE. We are now come to that point, where I confefs that thediffe- rence between you isreal : But I maintain it tobe fo fmall, as that no breachof Chriftian Love or Communion (hould be made for it; but it fhould be taken for a tolerable difference among Brethren. If you think it greater, fay your wont of it. The firs`[ Crimination. A. "By making it. impoffible to fall from Grace , they make fear , " andcare, and endeavour to be folly; or unneceffaryat leafs: For what " ufe is there of fearing an impoffible hurt ? or ofcare and endeavour to "prevent it ? And fo all religious Dutiesand diligence, as means, are made " to bebut vain. ,Ægid: Comm. Rom. B.I. Youwrong them in your fuppofition : Except a few ignorant men vQ,dl iebt 3q od3itá rérit that underftand not the Prate of the Controverte, I meet with few or fat Dein pravidit: fed none that fay, It is impoffible to fin or fall away; but only de eventu non geed non pop eli- ter effe : Propter gaod f that it will never come to pats. For they fay ( as I remember I heard pradedinavit da videt me Mr. Vines once preach) that our falling away is not only poffìble, but falvandnm ; vernm Pb too eafie in refpelt to us, and the habits of Grace which we have re- loot eonoe nielernr :gaodd ceived : But they lay the certainty ofour perfeverance on Gods De- leon pa/et aliter effe: Po- cree and Promife. Now, fay they, God did not decree that it fhould be tep tern ccasee, e non- o sbile but only that it fhould be non. uturum. And fo that he nattier pectme, dr pore[[ p i Y J damnario mania infatti- hath promifed the non-futurity , but not an impofjbility of falling bilitas divine prafcientia non imponit ei necepiatem: away. Attamen finatiter non pet- 2. And yet they fometimes ufe the term impoffible here : But how? cabs[ net damnabtna : mdem I Say they, There is a logical im o zbilitas can a uentire; And fo these is Na[la eft netrtas fmpliciter,no'fi conditionie, on fuppofition ofmeer prefcienceand prediftion. For dobut make this ficat omne good eft guards one of the remifes God fore- knoweth that Paul will erfevere and ebb nece/e fie: It ',aura it P p pox font preefentiaprafci- is impoffible this conclufion fhould be true : [Pan! will not perfevere.] es evenide a næ ñet od le But yet thismay be neverthelefs true, [It is poffible for Paul to fall away.] vidtt: non necr fitate fins But this impoffïbility of confequence in order of arguing, is nothing to" p/ocite", fed gnia iam ¡ato the impoff /ilitas rei, in refpeét to the Caufes. pea entia Divnra p:afa- entia.. 2. And allo they fey, that there is impoffîbilitas hypothetiea; filppó- rtaMalderusinec.Tho.fing that man willfully re)cft not Grace, Gods Power it fell is loen- ti. so;. a. en. dub.:. Pita poi habet dome pie eran ía , ercidere patio r pond fed nnngaam excidet. Yet faith that quodammodo it Puy be laid, rim pot Sabre pi fose- cadO adenum excüere net page: en n aetem poi non babes non peffe non excidere. So Aug. de correp. & grec. c. In. dint, tot poi pr,Jrt eraa:'a donen non habit non po fife le:feerare, So that this rs but a ftrife about equivocal word:. gaged
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