of Pererveriance, 117 force good meafureof true!Chriftianpeace, thoughmixed,with forne dotùbts and fears :.Becaufe their Probability ,is muéh.gt ^titer than their -caufe of fear. And mach more may they do,fo,thatdeUbronly of. ieirperfeve- ranee. 22. It muff beconfeffed that theDaline tharnone from nftl&ira tion,bath its temptation alfoto difcomfort,asin the two orthreé ore-nwn- tionedparticulars ( which I'll notrepeat.") 23. It is confeffed that If .God fhould condemn thofe Whom he before Jultified, it would argue no change in Him ()this Word ; but inrhem alone. 24. It is confeft that forne Juflified perfons (who live in as much fin, as will ftand with fincerity) are at prefent unfit for affurance ofper- feverance and falvation : For it wouldnot ftand with that humbling torte- ¢lion which they are then moft fit for: 25. Laftly, it is confeft that this point is no Article of our Creed, nor is an agreementin it neceffary to Church-communion or Chriftian Love, but difference in it muff be accounted tolerable, In allthis themoderate arecommonly agreed. On theother fides r. It is commonly granted that all that are eledted to falvation fhall perfevere (though how far that elation is Upon forefight they quar- rel. ) 2. It's granted by all thatnot only filch elelÈion, but fore -knowledge of falvation and perfeverance, maketh it Logically Impofble, quoadionfegeoen- tiam, not to perfevere : that is, ItNecef arily followeth, [God foreknow- eth it : Therefore it will cometo pafs. 3. It is commonly granted that God forfaketh none till they forfake him. 4. And that fogreat is his Göodnefs that no willing foul, that folidly underftandeth the Grounds of the Chriftian faith and hope, and is inLove withGod and Holinefs, and willing to de means and avoid temptations, bath any reafon to vex himfelf withany filch fears, as confift not with a life of greater hope and peace and comfort, And thatliving by faith on Chrift and his Spirit and General promife, they fhould comfortably Trúft himwiththeir fouls. g. It's granted that themore Faith,Love, Holinefs and obedience any bath, thenearer theymay come to fullaffurance of perfevering : and may live the moreconfident and joyful lives. 6. Many withRuffin hold an Antecedent abfolute fpecial Eledtion to faith andperfeverance : and that no fuch eledt ones fall away. 7. Many holdthat befides Eleftion, a degree of {,rare called-cox/rood. tion, doth fettle force in a certainty of perfeverance : and neither the Eleft nor Confirmed fall away: And that theconfirmed may be certain of their own elation, perfeverance and falvation. And this feemeth to be the opinion of origen, Macarius and divers Antients : Even that God doth with Believers as he did with the Angels, and Adam, to whom he would have given confirming Grace, had he atfirft overcome. And where faith hath kindled fo much LOVE to God and Heaven and Holinefs, as that it is become a Divine nature in the foul, and ope- rateth as the Loveof Children to Parents, above meer Iteafon, as a fixed Habit, like a nature, then Grace feemeth to force Confirmedand not lofeable. Cur erg; äi1 rf od Ape¡4blü tunefecitgbri files Bann conces . demos proomnibuspr odefti= natia fetiffe,utpecatiari moo- dofila merita illssapplicareí & perfeeverantiam em obti- neret ? nainnß multifanti pro aliis órantet converfso. rim corms & perfeveranti= am irapetraront, tar dice- meschriftam proomnibut ppreedrea an t oron á tam gloriam & gratiam ills obtinuiffe ? Vafgtteti in i Tho. q. 23. a, 8: d, 94. C 3.
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