( 2 82 ) gp down with Chriftians , that no man may pray for the thing it felf, as not having it ; or that no man may pray for Right to heaven, the jr.t od rem Believers themfelves aredaily to pray, Forgive us our trelpafes. TheConfequence of the Major is apparently found: Fr ifany may pray for fuch Pardons,Abfolution or Right to heaven , it is either the wicked or the Godly, Infidels or Believers : But neither of thefe maydo it if their Doarine be true. Not Infidels or any wicked men ; for they know not but theymay be pardoned and have Right to heaven already, and therefore can pray but for AP ftwance and Continuance ( nor for the laft neither on their grounds.) Not Believers for they have the thing already : nay' they may not pray for any fuch pardon or abfolution , from any one particular fin which they commit after Faith : Nay they are 'bound, according to thefe mens Doftrine, to believe that they were never without fuch abfolution,pardon and Right toheaven, and fo maynot fo much as confefs to God that they were once under this mifery while they were Infidels or unregenerate. Thus you fee what prayers the Antinornian Doftrine doth require. Argument 16. If we are Abfolved from guilt , pardoned or ;uftifietl, and have Right to heaven from eternity, or from Chrifts death, then can no man lawfully either hear the word preached, read it, enquire of others,be baptized, or ufe any other means for that Remiffion,Abfolution or Right to heaven, nor avoid any fin on that account it fhould hinder them from receiving the laid benefits : But the Confequent is purely Antinomian, viz. againif the fcope of Gods Law of Grace , for mans Reftauration therefore fo is the Antecedent. The reafon of the Confequence being the fame with the laft, I need norrepeat it. By this it may appear what kind of endea- vors Antinornianifm direfteth us to, and what kind of Chriftians it would make , and of what converfations. What man fearing God dare fay to all the Infidels, or enemies to Godlinefs and ci- vility that he comes neer , Taxought not to do any thing for the ob- tainingof AbiClution fromguilt, and front the obligation top-uniJ7 n rnent,orfor Right to heaven, or to any benefit ofChrills death, for all thü U either obtained in and by Chrifi already , or dfe is not-to be ob- tained ; you are not required to do Chrifts work: it iJ 6utmanifefla- ;ion, and jus in re that you are totrekfor. Argument
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