38 Mr. Lye's Summary lebtarial 1. A Chripian may know his realConver(ion,andrranflation toeter- nal life. Such agreat and real change is there wrought in every Be- liever as his Converfion, and this wrought by fuch a great efficient and infinite caufe, the Spirit of God, and-this caufe working by filch real and powerful means and initrurnents, thegreat Word of God ; and this done notwithitanding the great opposition that is made by a poor !inner against the word, andwhen wrought it bath fuch real and grand effeCts upon a Believer, that 'tis impoifible but a Believer muft needs know this his tranfition from death to life. Secondly, Love to the Brethren is thegreat fymptome of mens rege- neration. Love to the Brethren , not taken flely , Tingly , as if this was the only Chataaer , but concomitantly taken with others , but beyond, and above all others ; this is the privy feal of God on the foul , if ye have enflamed it with love he may know he is payed from n death to life. The life is of Confutation of the Papifis , thofe enemies to Gofpel-truths and believers peace. They abhor this Doctrine of Affurance, by it their Purgatory would fall down, their Popes Kitchin would grow cold. They tell us , believers cannot at- tain Affurance in this World : No. z. Why hash God commanded us to make our calling and eleCti- on fure ? and will God command impoffibilities fuch as cannot be -wrought byour, or his own power ? 2. Other Saints have attained this Affurance, this New Name,and WhiteStone within them. Obj. That's by extraordinary Revelation. e/fnf. This is not upon proof: was not the Afurance of Gods people in Scripture groundedupon general promifes ? Ha they (ma- ny of them ) either exrrinfical figns or marks toaffure them of it? did it not fpring from principles common to all believers ? Obj. But fuppofe they have Aperance to day they may lofe it to morrow : man is a mutable creature, he may be a Child ot God in the morning, anda Brat ofHell in the evening. Anfw.° ris true, man Isla mutable creature,yea he is preferved by an immutable God : man is a weak creature , yet is preferved by the power of God unto falvation: man,as a 'reature,is no leis muta- ble in Heaven, than uponEarth, there preferved by God, therefore why not here ? Obj. This is a Marine that tends to loofnefs. Anfw. Not fo , it didnot work loofenefs in Paul, rob, &c. I la- bur more than they all. Nothing under Heaven fo foveraign to ftave off, and preferve from luft, as tue affuranceof Gods love to the Soul. Such alfurance comes from the higheft at of faith ; and one of the great
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