of Faáthe If againO the Lord, (which Mr. Shepherd acs knowledgeth he doth in many) that fuch through preventing Grace, not fiandit g ink Need of pofirive humbling Grace, may pro- bably not difcover much of this Frame, ,fd exprefy and diifinèily as others, to whom the Pride of their Heart hath been lush an Exercife. Obj. 5 . '7s crofs to the iture of a Mani ad of a Man, and to the Nature of a Chrifii ; an, aß a Chriflian, to bewithout Chri(l, and dam- ned in Hell: Theref ;'e to be contented with this with never required in Order to our believing. Anf. Neither loth Mr. Shepherd fay it is required in Order to our believing, but, that which' i8 deftra ive to Man's Happi- nefs ought, yet notwithilanding, to be flab- mitred to, and humbly reverenced, which is, I èonceive, undenyable.. For the Dam- ''ned in Heil fhould adore, and ly in the Dull and be fatisfied, and contented with their Chains of - Darknefs, and humbly and . hearti- ly to fubmit to what fövereign fuffice i pleafed to lay upon them in Hell, 'thougl what is impofed on them be def$rueive t their Happinefs, both as they are Met", and as they are Chrifians Obj. 6. This Contentednefi with'' . 7a nnuui-; on muff be either an Aid (f Volition ors .,refire, or Nolition, Teeing it is an Ac`s of the lition it it not ; Volition, then it mu; be') and z h
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