28 2 The ,Birth-frìvìledge 4nd CfJvenotPhnlinefe Ch, 8 1 reconciliation. I. 0f :man with God. 2, Of man with his neiihbour. And defining reconciliation according to Mailer Tombes hts fenfe of it, he goes on and faith ; Where we are to confider. Firfl, the name which (faith he) is taleen either property in the fe.efe already ff+oke.n to, or leffe Fro; erly, Rom. r r.t5. Where by reconciliation of the world to God is underflood the converfion of the Gentiles to the faith of Chrifi , or their call to the participati,n a f the favour of God, which alfo is called the Jctivation of the gentiles, verf. II. and the riches of the world, verf 12. Here Mailer Tombes fees Faith taken for a bare dogmatical Faith reaching a vifible Church -date and not jufiifying; Reconciliation to God taken for the grace and favour of Church - priviledges. And the falvation of the Gentiles and riches of the world , interpreted to liignifie the fame thing. Thefe phrafes are Synonyms , and they fignifie a reconciliation not properly fo called ; but fuch a one that is oppoíïte to the Re- conciliation for which Matter Tombes contends. And for the other phrafe that by calling away, and breaking off, is meant a Joffe of vifible priviledges, let him confult the laít Annotations on thofe words,ver.a2.Otherwife thou alfo !halt be cut off, which they interpret, as an unfruitful branch, adding this cautions as though they had forefeen Mailer Tombes his 'Glof e ; But here it is to be noted, that this paffage ought to be underflood of the ootWard incorporation into the Church by profe f eni n hereo f many hypocrites do partake , and not of the inward and efficacious ingraffing into the myflical body of Chri ft by a lively Faith and the communion of the Spirit according to the eleaion: of God, Which is ever accompa- nied With perfeverance. Thefe Divines were iu general approved in the Churches of Proteftants, in particular the Authour of that -piece approved Orthodox againft Arminians, Doctor Featley in his `Pelagic redivivue in anfwer to lWontague, bath theft words which being fo pertinent, I Eihall tranfcribe, Second parallel,pag. 38. To the place alleadged, Rout. ti. 19, 2o. Weanfììer. " Firft, That it is not meant of particular Beleevers, and their " danger of falling away from juftifying Faith ; but of the people " of the Gentiles in general , and their danger of being cut off "from the true Olive into which they were ingraffed, that is, "from the Titward profeffion of Faith, and communion of the " Catholique Church into which they were admitted upon the re- " je }ion. of the Jewes. The Gentiles therefore ought not to be "high-
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