( 2,67) then all this had been true that you fay. But a Promife to Chrift that he than have all things delivered into his hands, and have Authority to forgive fin, together with an Agreement whom he than eventually call and pardon, this gives no man Right. That which is promifed CO another for-our good, is not promifed Tous, though For us ; nor giveth us any Right. For what you fay of prefintino the perfuns for the enjoyment of it I underftand not. I. Did Chrift prefent us to enjoy it before we had a being ? a. Or all the years of our Infidelity ? why thendid we not enjoy it ? Orwhat was that which you call prefenting tu ? 3, But if it were only when we receivedFaith that he fo prefented us for enjoy- ment, then it feems we are Abfolved but in the fame moment as we believe.And then our dying with ('hrifi when he dyed, did not Abfolve us, nor give us 1sight. If the perfon muff be fo prefented for enjoyment firft, flay but a moment longer ( and that not of time but of nature ) and let him believe firft , and we are neerer toagreement.Yet do I know of no prefentment before Faith that gives us Right, but much to the contrary. That all this itfi),fee Ifa.49.2,3,4,5,6,irc, Pfal. 2,. 2,4,5gIfa.5 3. 'oil 1,1z. Joh. r 7. 3. and 2.21.Heb. Reply. Whether any word in any of thefe texts give the leaft countenance to your affertion , I am content the Reader judge whenhe bath perufed them. They prove that Chrifts death than be fuccefsful;but for any word that we have a Right to the bene- fits before we believe I mean, to the benefits following Faith, fuch as are Abfolutionand Pardon, he mull have better or worfe eyes then I, thatcan find it. Much lefs, that we are actually Ab- folved from guilt ofdeath, and Obligation to Punifhment. Bier- feel are they that Jo his Commandments,that they may have Right to the Tree of Life, &c. Rev. 22, 14. So much for that Argument. e,frgtament 5. If we are pardoned or Abfolved from guilt from Eternity, becaufe it was Decreed, or at the time of Chrifts death,becaufe it was then Merited, then all other Relations De- creed or Merited should be fromEternity, or from the time of Chrifts Merits : But the Confequent is fo falfe , that I need not fay any more to manifeft it : therefore God Decreed fromEternity that David fhould be King, and eAross Prieft , and both Types of Chrift : Yet were they not fuch from Eternity : Nor yet from the time ofChriftsundertake- Mm 2, ing
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