(13') the continuance or confummation of outer -jiftification ? This I hope you will never deny. If medii, then what medium is it ? not a caufe, If not a condition , then tell us what, if you can. econdly, You fay nothing to the purpofe, when you give us Inftances of Natural properties and qualifications. For be- tides that Tome of them are not media ( as Light to burning ) the reft that are media, arc7) hyßcally neceffary adfinem : But Fírft, We atenot difcourhngof Phyficks and Phyfical necef- fides : but ofMorals, and moral neceff ty. Secondly, You can- not here pretend ( or at leaf} prove ) that there is an abfolute Phyfical neceflity adfiner» toevery one of the things in queftion to their end. Thirdly, Much lefs that this is the neareft reafon of their Intereft, and that God bath not morally fu- peradded the necefsity of a Condition by his Confutati- on. I prove that the neceflity is moral. Fait, It is impofed by way of Precept, which caufeth a moral necefïity. Secondly, The Precept hath varied at the pleafure of God , there being more Duties now,then formerly were, and fome ceafed that were then impofed. Yea, That its a condition having neceflity ad,nem, is evi- dent. Firft, peaaure it is the modus promiJjionis impofed onus by God as Promifer in a conditional form of words, as necelíary to our attaining of the benefit promifed. E If thou confe(s With thy mouth the Lord 7efus, and k lieve in thyheart that God rail ed himfrom thedead, thouJhalt be faxed Rom. 10.9. 1 f you forgive men their trefpaf j'es, your heavenly Father willforgiveyou, &c. J Mat. 64. i s. Secondly, And it is not of Phyfical necelsi y; for then God could not fave us without it, but by a Miracle. Whereashe faved men before Chrift by believing in a Mejlah in general,withoutbelieving that this Jefus is be, and without believing that he was ae`tually conceived by the Holy Ghoft, born of the Virgin 44ary, was crucified, buried rofe again, attended, eer. And he faveth Infants, that themfelves believe not at all ; fìß that when you fay it is a gaalificarion of the fubjed , you mean either [ the Jubjevi as jutifsed J and that is nothing to the buuiinef s: for then the question is not what fie S a lation
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