Baxter - Houston-Packer Collection BV4526 .B35 1675

tOePoo? fflanz famiïp 'Zook. :69 took not thereby to be made vifible Chriftians : And they took no man for a Chriftian, that took not Chrift prefenely for his Saviour, Prieft and King, as well as for his Teacher ; yea andGod for his God, and the Holy Spirit for his Sanâifier. 5. And fo much as you talk of,make th a man but one of the Catechized, prepared for Chriftianity, whom the Church never took for Cliriftians, till they were baptized. 6. And the few that are ofthe opinion which you mention, yet confefs that you cannot be faved, till you confent fincerely to the Covenant of Grace it felf. S. Quell. XI I. That if it prove that my heart is not fincere ? . Or what ifI;mold fall away again here- after ? P. I. Ifyour heart be not (i) fincere in your con- fect to the Covenant, you Will remain unpardoned in your fin and mifery, till it be fincere. I I. If you fall into a particular fin, I have told you how you mull lie reflored by Renewed Repentance for throngf faith in'Chrifl. But as you Love God and your foul take heed of wilful finning 1 But if ( which God forbid) you fhould fall quite away from Chrift, renouncing him, as ifyou believed him not to be the Àíefliàh ; I fay, If you thus totally and fetledly renounce (brill by unbelief, I cannot fee but You muff either be guiltyof the blafphemy of the Holy Ghoft, or come fo near it, as that according toHeb.6.6,7,8. your recovery will be utterly improbable. S. tam much afraid left when temptation cometh I fhoaldturn again to ry, former folly ( thoughGod for- (:; rfal. bid

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