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CAP.III.
47
r.
The Immutability
of
the Purpofes
of
God propofed
for
a
fecond Demonftration
of
the Truth
in
hand. 2.Somewhat
of
the nature and
properties of the
Purpofes
of
God:
Theobjeft
of
them.3.
Purpofes
how Ads
of
Gods
Underftanding
&
Will.The
only foundation
of
the futurition
of all
things.
4.The
Purpofes
of
God Abfolute.Continuance
of
Divine,Lovetowards Believers
purpo-
fed.
5
Purpofes
of
God fartherconfidered, and
their
nature explained. 6.Their Independency
8a
abfoluteneffeevinced. q,8. Prooved from
lfa:46.9,10,1r. Pfal.33.9,10,11.
Heb.
6.17,18.
&c.
thofe places
explained.
9,to.
The
fame
Truth
by
fnndry
Reafons and Arguments
farthencon
firmed.
1
r.
Purpofes in
God,
of
the continuance
of
his Love and Favour ro
Believers, mani-
felledbyanlnduftionofinftancesout
ofScripture: the fitft
from
Korn.
8.28. propofed. And
12,13,14. Farther
cleared and improved:
M.
G. dealing
with our
Argument from
hence,and
our
Expofition
of
thisplace, confidered.
His
expofition
of
that place propofed
and
difcuffed.
The
defigne
of
the
Apofìle confented on : the fountain
of the
Accomplifhtnent
of
the good
thingsmentioned,omitted
by Mr
G.ln what
fenfe
God intends to
make all things
work together
for
good
to
them
that
Love
him. r
5.
Of
Gods fore
-
knowledge.
Of
the
fenfe
and
ufe
of
the
word .ajytrámca,,alfo ofScifco, and
yfvwotW
in
Clafficall
Authors.
Jnmt
la
Scripture
everywheretaken for Fore
-
knowledge
or
Pre-
determination,no wherefor Pre-approbation,
of
pre. approving,orPre
-
approbation here infifledon byMrG.its inconlftency
with
the
fenfe
of
the
Apoftles difcourfemanifefted.16.The progrelfe
of
MrG.expofition
of
this place confidered. Whe.,
ther
men Love
God antecedently to hisPredeftination and
their
effeftuall calling
:
to
preor-
dain,
and to preordinate
different. 17. No affurance granted
of
the confolation profelfed
to
be intended: The
great
uncertainty
of
the dependance
of
the Afts
of
Gods Grace
mentioned.
on
one another:
the
efficacy
of
every one
of
them refolved finally
into the
wills
of
men.
18. Whether calling according
to
God
s
purpofe,
fuppofeth a faving anfwer given to
that call:
The
affirmative
proved,
and exceptions given
thereto
removed.
19.
WhatObftruftions per-
tons called
may lay
in their owne way
tojuf
fification.
The
iniquity ofimpofhng Conditions
-and
fuppofalls on
the Purpofe
of
God, not in the
leaft
intimated
byhimfelfe.
zo.
The whole ac-
knowledged
defigne
of
the
Apoftle
eyerred,
by the
interpofition of
Cafes
andConditions
by
M.G. 21.
M.G. firftattempt to prove the Decrees
of Godto
be
conditional' confidered:
r
Sam.a.3.
to that
end produced. 22.
1
Sam.
2.3o. farther confidered, and its
unfutableneffe
to
illnftrate Rom.8.32,33 prooved
:
interpretationof
Scripture
by
comparing
of
,places agreeing
neither
in defigne,
word,
nor matter, rejefted. The
places iufifled on
proved
not
to
be paral-
lell,by
fimdry
particular inftances. Someobfervations from
the words rejefted.
23.
What
aft
of
God intended in thofe
words toEli,
I
faid
indeed: no purpofe
or
decree
of
God
in them
decla-
red. Anyfuch purpofe
as
to the
hoofe
of
Eli
by
fundry Arguments difproved.
24.
No purpofe
of
God in the
words
infhfted
on
farther manifefted.They are expreffive
of
the Promifeor Law
concerning the Priefthood
Numb.
25. 11,12 13. 25. More efpecially
relating unto
Exod.
28.
43.
and Ch.29.9. The
import
of
that Promife,Law, or Statute, cleared
:
the example
of
Sonar
Preaching
,
and
Gods commands
to
Abraham
and.
Pharaoh.
26.
The
univerfall
difproportion
between
the Texts
compared by
Mr G.
both
as
to
matter and expreffion farther Manifefled.
27. Inftances or
cafes
of
Saularid
Paalto
proveconditional! Purpofes
in
God confidered.
28.
Conditional)
purpofes argued fromcond itionall
threatnings: the
weakneffe
of
that Argument:
the
nature
of
Divine threatnings
:
what
Will
ofGod
,
orwhat
of
the Will
of
God
is
declared by
them:
no proportion
between Eternal) purpofe,sand Temporali threatnings: the
iffue
of
the
vin-
dication ofour Argument
from
theforegoing exceptions
.
29
.
M.G's indeavour ro
mainiaine
hisExpofition
of
the place under
confideation:
the Text
perverted.
3o. Several' evafions
of
M.G.
from
theforce
of
this Arguaientconfhdered,
31.
His
Arguments
toprove
no certain
or
infallibleconnexion
between
Calling , Juftifification,
andGlorification,weighed
and
anfwered.
His
firítfrom thefcope
of
the Chapter, and the
ufe
of
Exhortations; the
Qneftion begged. 32.His
Second from examples
of
Perfonscalled,and
not
jnftified
:
The
Qpeftion argued', begged; no
proofe
inf,fted
on,but the
interpofition
of
his
own
Hypothefis.
How we are called
irrefhftibly
and
in
what
fenfe.
Whetherbarrs
of
Wickedneffe and Unbeliefe
maybe
laid
in the
way
of
Gods
effeftuallcall. 33. Mr
G.
demurre
to anotherconlideration
of
theText,removed. 34,35,The
Argument
inhand
freed from
other objeftions and
concluded. 36,
Jer.gr.3.
Explained
and improved
forthe
confirmation
of the Truth under Demonflrarion.
37.
2
Tint.
2.
19.
ope-
ned, and the
Truth
from thence confirmed. 38.
The
foregoing Expofition and Argument
vin-
dicated and confirmed.
39,40,4x,42,43. The
fame
matter at large purfued. 44.
loh.6.38,
39,40
.
explained,
and
the
Argument in hand from thence confirmed.
45. M.G.Exceptionsro
our
arguing from
this
place removed. 46.
The
fame
matter farther purfued.
49, 48. The
Exoofition and Argument infifted on
fully
vindicated and eftablifhed. 49. Math.24.24. ope-
ned
and
improved.
50.
The
feveralls
of
that
Text more
particularly handled.
51.
Farther
Obfervationsfor the clearing
the
mind
of
the Holy Choft in this place.
52,
The
fame
farther
Witted