0 (140) to us all° in tiefe times, being the Baptr`,fra.of Reja 7t nce Unto Vie- rn lion of fins, that is, if1m4lake nct,Baptifm obfgring ranifjs- on of fins upon condition of Repentance. pag. qo. j and pg. 41 ., J-Ie faith,, [ that pardon (f fin- and falvat:o,s are propounded and preachedupon condition of Fait6s,Repent, ncc, and, 2 erenefs oflfe, which are the conditions of the Go f pel et d yet may t bey a f1 f be f o termed as conditions of peace upon agreement unto, and perfor- mance _whereof peace may be had, . which otherwife cannot be olF- tainred. j And he evinceth this by anArgument drawn from the dhinition or nature of a condition, thus, [ That which is fo pro; pounded,as that-be: 'ngperformed,life and falvation may undoubted- ly be attained, and without which it cannot 6e had, mas wellbe termeà a condition : but ftech are the tl.i gt before mentioned therefore they may jufly be termed conditions_] vid. ult. and p. 4 . Suppoe a King be content at the fuit either of the parties them- /elves, or anyfriend, togrant his gracious pardon.,to a., company. of notorious Rebels that hadri(en up againfl him, . &C,, upon condition- that they acknowledge their (fence, and their forran' far it, With purhfe andpromife of living loyally for time to come ; whether wouldyou deem this to.befree grace or no ? &c. were he not 4 m3fl ungracious wretch,thas hating his pardon onfuck termtgrant-. edandfignedhi:a, ,Toould in regardof th-fe conditions deny it ,to be offree Grace ? and Itbet her they donot bla/pheme gildsfree Grace, th t deny it to befree grace, if it be propounded on terms of Be- lief, Repentance and Amendment, of life. Sir, whatfoever yan fay tous , take heedho'» you tell Chrift, that he lothnot freely fave.you, ifhe will not fiveyou unlefs you believe, C c. ] In ma- ny more places, and more fully Mr. Gataker thews that Faith, Repentance, Obedience,are jointly conditions of Pardon, &c. Only he gives Faith a peculiar Receptivity, which I never de- nyed : , nd he yields to call it an Inllrumënt, which fo largely taken, I'will n t contend againn. But Dill I fay that this Re- ceptivity is but the aptitude of Faith in a fpecial manner to this workof ¡unifying : and the rat arc apt to be conditions in their' plIce, or -e fe God would not have made them conditions. Even in regard of its natural aptitude and Life [Humiliation, ( as Mr. Vines faith, Serm. on 7arnes 4.8. pag. i a.) though it io not proyerly clean(e the ha.nds,yet it rlrrckr off the /laves, and rrs , kes
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