278 The Birth- friviledge and Covenant- holinef Ch.38 father; which is a full' confirmation of the point in hand, that the childe is in Covenant with the father and the person that actually enters Covenant, is not folely veiled in it. Mailer Tombes' is on the contrary part, and puts it to this iffue for trial!, Whe then this ingraffing be into the vifîb'e Church by pro fe ion ofFaith, or into the inotfble by EltTioa'andFaith ; the grace ofFaith qud credimus, be mull mean and concludes that it k meant of the Church invisible ; which if he can make good, I Mall confeffe all Arguments drawn from hence (as co this point) are loft ; I would to forbear impertinent cavil's and quarrells , each Text were brought to Inch iffue, I thall in the firït place take a view of MaflerTombes his Arguments for ingraffing into the Church invifible by Eledion. S E C T. 2. c Ma.fler Tombes his ten Arguments for ingraffing into the Church invitible,and breaking off from it,largely anfwered. e Arg tment. I. Irft, That ingraffing which is Gods ac`ï by his fo'e polder, is in- to the invifible Church by Elefiion andgiving Fitith. For grafa>srg into the vifsble Church, is admij7on into vifsble Memt erfhip, which if it be by an outward Ordinance, is the eafie aii of the Adminifirator; if by profefon of Faith the eafie af7 of the Profeffor. But the in- graffing meant, Rom. I I. is Gods aa from his foie power as is proved from verf 2 3. where the reason is rendered Why the JeWes Amid be again {rot f fed in, is because God is able togra fe them in again. Ergo the graffing here is into the vifible Church. An%. This ingraffing is by a power of God working the heart to a profeffed fubjedion to the way of God in Ordinances tendered,and aflent of heart unto all that is there promifed; that power that brought 7aphet into ti -:e tents of Sheri', Gen.9. 27. That hand of the Lord that Was with thofe that preached the word, Ads tr. a r. fo that a great number beleeved and turned to the Lord, mutt bring tho 'ewes back into their former Church - condition. How eafie foever_ you take this work to be, to bring apeople who are ,ftrangers to God into a Church - flare; Yet our - n threBre
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