T; Spiritual'Sonnefhip. 367 much good tohis children,euenoutofSinoe:as,much watchfidneffe,much hu. milky,muc thankfulneffeto God,much charitÿtowardsmen ,&c.Elfe,why fhould7'aidawngladlyreieyceandtakepleafarein nfirmitier"?SecordlyitwasanzCor.n.g. promife to Salomon (andwhy,not in Salomon toall thefemmeofGod?) Iwill bee to. hu Father,andhefhallbe myföxne;lfhefirms,' willchaflenhim witb.tbe rod, ¿tjc, boo my mercyf7otll notdepartawayfrom him., Peter may finse,but hisMiler fhall o s Sam. 7.t4. (Cake basksuponhim,andthat (hall melthim into teams v.Thirdly,God defreth * s. thefaluat ion ofhis Adoptedfonnes:Thinke we,that he will not(being able)re. P Luke zz, sr: moueall impedhatentsro theiréternalfaad(on hispart) intended good? Yes dubtleffe:yet it is not his pleafureto takeawaySin,s : For he fufferethit tobe yet euen inthe holieft,yea,although they be earneftwithhim tobe freedfrom befoughs the Lord threetimes,faich Panl9,and yet he could notbedifcharged. gtCor. raa 5 If thedefire ofour faluation,and the rentçeuer ofall hinderances to it,doyet lease(noebehind,weakenedindeed,but,hotabolifhed ;furelythen,Sincannot overthrow thecertaintyofour future inheritance: Thus haue j,erfited this reafon,towhichit werenot hard tocouple many more:Thereionocondemned ontothem thatare inChr `.To fay,theycannot becondemned, folong as they Rom. Lt. are in Chrill,is nothing,neither was that the queftion,the debatingwhereof the Apoftlevndertooke,Butthis wasthe queilion, asappeareth'by the whole carriageof the former chapter:How itcouldbe,thatfeting Sin feparated be twixt Gotland theSoule; Manbeing Hill a (inner can bee laved? Thisdoubt theApollle thus refolneth;That beingoncefreedfrom thelaw ofSinaad Deertbf,f Verfeaé hecan neuer be againe enthralled:is he once in Chrift ? he cannewer l'scondem. ned,And know thisfor a conclufeonofthe proofeof thispoint. Ifit bepofble for oneof theadoptedfarmerofGod,to lore his efface,it is poffibleforall;forone bath no more priuiledge then another. Nowifall might beedifpoffefîed , it werepoff;ble for Chrift to haue died invaine, which incommon vnderftan. dingwerea moltgroffeabfurdity. I (hut vp thispoint-thereforewith the fay., ing ofthe Pfalme,Tbeywhichwaft in theLord(that is which beleese in the name of theSonneofGod, and are theSonnesanddaughtersof GodbyFaith) area the mount Sion,whi0b/hall neuerl'eremaoaed,bn:plaided!fallforerror ;and thanker he to t pfil,e ;,r. Godfr this vnfpeakeablegift n aCor.g,tg; Iant not ignorant that thisDoftrine ismuch excepted againft: It is the an. chorofaChriftian,anditisSams chiefe deli retopull it op. ButasGod faid to feremy,forny Iof thispoint , 7he,Lordhatb inside itadefencedcity, andanyron pillar ; the Diuell and his Hell-hounds /hall fight againfl it, boot theyfhallnotpre smile. Toenter thelifts again(( all opponents, werea labour pot unworthy, rier r.t8,4. but morefit for a difputation then a Sermon. I willnameyou, and citare to you themolt commonand foule-mouthedobie&ion, andfocome to thevies ofthisdo6trine: Hereis awindow(fáy fome)fetopentoallmanner oflieentioufneffe,aObieU. veryfcbooleoffiefby liberty : Cannot Ilofe myFaith ? can NO fnseat mee offrom Chrift? why then, whetAmid]fetfeel' precife limitsto myfelfe? whyfhoald Ifeared fatisfeemyown lnfis,infaebandfucbdelightfnllfins?My tenureofbeaxen lcannotfor- feh,theeflatcofmy Soule is firmebewfeeueritbe. I anfwer: Firfi, Wicked coule- 11nfw. quences wrung out ofholy principles,doe neither, weaken their truth,nor Ief- fen theconueniency of reuealing them. AsShine hashabounded,fehobgrace el: ver-abounded, faith Pads : Why then, letvsJinnthat gracemay abeund, fay y Ro1n4.24; fornea.ls thetruth ofthis do6trineouerthrowneby thishellifh inference? God tKons.C,t. forbid.HonyisbonythoughaSpiderturneitintopoyfon.OrdidPaulvpon thisrecall himfelfe, as ifit hadbeen better to haue keptin thispoint, then to putfuch a fiose of offencebefore the vngodly ?No.It is better that a thoufand reprobates,ordainedofoldvatocondemnation,/houldturnsthegraceofGod intowan- toaneQ"e,and ftrengehentheir hands to iniquity,by peruerting the do6trineof 4l idevçoC4: Saluarion,then that one humbledfoule,for whomChrift died,fhould beefens away
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