their feveral parts tod Chriflirun.r Cornfdrt. perfwading men todelay going to the Phyficion till they think they ac? lick. We exhort (inners that are aflecp in fin, ro awake and run die Chriftian race: And they rail at us, as ifwe perfwaded them not to rrìn.if till they are awake. So that the preaching of thefe men according to their Dodrihe lull be thus : [ Come prefently to Chrift ; ftay not to hear the Gofpel, or to confider of it, or ro underftand the meaning of it; before you Trutt Chrift as your Saviour:Prefently call your felvesupon him before you know who he is, or what he hath done for you ; atxl truft him for the pardon of your fin before you perceive that you are linnets , or feel any need of pardon : Stay not for a will, but Take him or Accept. hint for your Sa- viour before you are willing of him, or willing to be. faved.. J Do yod think this is the only Gofpel-preachin? I pray youSir, tell me your felf, Howwould you preach to theindi' ans if you wereMr. Eliots affrllantt or to any other Heathens Would you at the firfl word call them to call thencfelyes upon Ghrrt for faívati' on ? before you taught them to know that thetre is aGod, or a Law, of fin, or punifhment, d c? Lib. The Apoftle called men prefently ti Believe in the Lord 'Tepid` withrut delay, A/is 2. andActs t6. and A/ls 3. 'erc. And fo fhould we. P, s . What talk you of Delay ? Are we for Delay, any more than you The Angel, AEIs s z. that fmote Peter and bid him arifeand go forth, was not for his delay, becaufe lie bid him not go forthbefore he arofe, and be- fore his fetters were off. z. And you forget that the Apoftles fpakc to yews who had the Preparatory. belief ofa God, and of the Law, and of the promife of the Meffiah before. 3. And yet they firfi humbled them' for fin, À£ls z. 37. till they were pricked at'the heart ' And the Jaylor' firfl trembleth, and both fay, What mull we dot Is this your kind of proof? And why did all the ancient Churches from che'Apoftles ¿ayes teach men the Creed or ChrintanDoélrine, and Catectife thetn long be- fore they baptized them t And I think the Anabáptifts will do fo now And I think you would be loth your felves to gather your Churches from among Heathens, Mahometans or Infidels, till you had taught and prepa- red them as much (at leaft) as we require. But let us hear. whether in the fecond point you have anybetter or wirer Do/rive to teach us,: CHAP. II. Lib. II. 7Ou fhould teach men to believe that all our own.kigbteo oufnefs is <ee filthy rags , abominable to God, and to be call away with our fins: And that we are neither to troll to, nor to look at any thing in our felves, for jollification, or acceptance with God, or to procure eternal fife : But that Ghrill loath both fatisfted, for our fns, and fulfilled the Law of Innocency for us. God imputed our fins tohim, andhe was byImputation the greateft inner in all the world; thegreateft mur- derer, thief, fornicator, perjured perfon, rebell and ungodly man: For the .fins of all the Eleci did meet upon him, and were his : Therefore he was forfaken ofGod, and feofered the fameHell that we deferved. And Gob imputeth all his fatisfaciion and righteoufnefs fo to us, as that in Gods account all the Melt (orat lealI All believers I did pile andfulfill all the Law in and by chrili: For he was our Partly; and our LegalPerfon,' though
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