Spiritual Peace andComfort. i 65 may be confequentially and accidentallyneceffary But in its own nature alas our Apoftacy is more thenPofiible. And indeed whenwe fay that it is Poffible or Im- poffible for aman to finor fall away, there isfore degree of Impropriety in theTerms;becaufe Poffible and impoffible are terms properly relating to fome power apportioned to a work :but finning and fal- ling away thereby , are the confequents of impo- tency , and not the effeâs of Power: except we fpeakof the natural aá, wherein the fin abideth. But this mutt be bornwith, for want ofa fitter word to cxprefs our meaning by. But l will leave thefe things which are not fit for vou, and delire you to leave them and overpafs them,ifyou underitand them not. 2. I here told you alfo, that you mutt not look to be above all apprehenfion ofdanger of your mil carrying. The grounds of this are thefe : 1. Be- caufe as is laid, our mifcarrying remaineth í1i11 Pof- fible. z,. Becaufe the perfe& certain knowledge of our Elehion, and that weMall not fall away., is pro- per toGod only : We have our felves but g De- fcctiye interrupted Affurance ofit. 3. The Cove- nant gives us falvation but on condtion of our per- feverance, and pefeverance on condition that we quench not the Spirit, which we (hall do , if we lofe the apprehenlion of our danger. 4. A ccord- dingly there is a connexion in our A(furance between all the feveral caufes of our Salvati- on, and necefiaries thereto ; whereof the ap- prehenfion ofdanger is one. We arç lure we (hall be Paved, if we be lure to Perfevere : elfenot. We are lure to Perfevere, if we be lure faithfully to 0 3 refit
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