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om.8.z8,z9.
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further
Argued.
CA
r.111.4:3;,
be
fo,
becaufe they
are not
fo.
From
the
defigne
and
(cope
of
the
place,
the
73
intendment
of
the Holy Ghoft
in
it, the
meaning
of
the
words, the
Relation
and
Refpe& wherein
the
A
&s
of
God mentioned,
Eland
one
to
an
other, the
difappointment
ofGodsPutpofe &Decree
in cafe
of
any
interruption ofthem,
or non-
producing
of
the
effects,
which
lead
the
fubje&s,
of
whom
they are
fpoken, from
One
to
an
other,
we prove
the infallible
efficacy
of
every
A&
of
Gods Grace
here mentioned,as
to theirtendency unto
the
end aymed
at:&
thefe
he
that
is
called
to
believe,may infallibly doe
fo.
But (ayes
Mr
Goodwin
this
is
otherwife Well let
that
paffe.
He adds
fecondly,Suppofe
it
be
granted,
that
the Calling here
fpoken
o
f
is
that
l¿inde
of
Calling which
is
alwayes accom-
panied with
a
faving
Anfwer
of
Faith;
yetneither
cloth
this
prove, but
that
even
filch called
ones
may
obftruil
and
prevent
by
Wickedneffe
and
Vnbeliefe
their
fr-
nall
fuftification
and
rconfequently
their Glorification;
If
fo
;then
that
Chaîne
of
Divine
Adis
or
Decrees here
framed
by
the Apoftle,is not indiffolveable
in
any
filch
fence, which imports an
Infallibility, and
univerfall
e
xertion
or
execution
of
the
latter,
whenfoever
the former
bath taken
place?
In
this Anfwer Mr
Goodwin
denies
our
conclufion,
to
wit,
that
the
Chaine
of
Divine
A
&s
of
Grace
in
this
place
is
indiffolveable which
that
it
is,we
make
out
and prove from
the
words
of
the
Text,
the Context and
(cope
of
the
place:
and adds
his
reafon;
Eecaufe
they
who
are
fujiifz
ed,
may lay
barrs
in
their
way
from,being finally
fo,
or
being
Glorified;
That
is,
it
is
not fo, becaufe
it
is
not
fo.
For
the
Efficacy
of
the
Grace afferted,
is
for the removeall
of
the
barrs
intimated,
or
wherein may its
efficacy
be
fuppofed
to
confift, efpecially
in
its
Relation
to
the
end defigned.
And
fo
this place
is
Anfwered: Saith
the
Holy Ghoft, thofe whom
God
fufli
-
fleth,
he
Glorifies;
perhaps not,
faith
Mr
Goodwin;
Tome
things may
fall
in,
or
fall
out to
hinder this.
Eligite
cui
credatis.
Were
I
not refolved
to
abflaine from
the
Confideration
of
the Judge-
ments
of
men,when they are
Autoritatively
interpofed
in
the things
of
God,
I could
eafily
manifeft
the
fruitlefneffe
of
the following endeavour
to
prove
the
effeflnall Calling
of
f
udas,
by the Teflimony
of
Chryfoflome
and-Peter
Mar-
tyr:
for
neither hath
the
firft in
the
place alleadged any
fuch
thing;
(leaft
of
all
is
it
included
in
M.G's Marginali
Annotation, excluding
Compulfion,
Ne-
ceffity,
and Violence from
Vocation) and the
latter
in
the
Seçlion
pointed
to,
and that following,
layes
downe
principles
fufciently
deflru&ive
to the
whole defigne, whofe
management
M.,
Goodwin
hath undertaken. Neither
fhall I
contefl about
the
impofing
on
us
in this
difpute, the notion offinall
ju-
ftification, diflin&
from Glorification,
both
name, and
thing
being Forraigne
to
the
Scripture, and fecretly including,
(yea
delivering
to
the advantage
of
its
Author)
the
whole Do&rine
under
confïderation (fated
to
his
hand.
If
there be
a
Gofpell-
juflification in Sinners
or
Believers in
the blood
ofChrift,
not
final!,
or
that
may be cut
off,
he
bath
prevailed.
But
Mr
Goodwin
proceeds
to
obje& againft
himfelfe,
See:
46.
But
fome
it
4.33.
may be
will farther
ohjetl again/I the
interpretation given
,
and
plead
that
the
Contexture
between
thefe
two
linker
of
this Chaine,PredefIination
to
a
conformity
with Chriff,and Calling, is
fimply
and
abfolutely indiffolveable,
fo
that
whoever
is
fo
Pre
eflinated, never
failes
of
being called.
2.
That
it
is
altogether unlüe.
ly
that
in
one
and
the
fame
feries
of
Divine allions,
there
(!.could
not
be
the
fame
fixedneffe or
certainty
of
coherence,
between
all
the parts.
The
firft
of
thefe
be-
ing the bare
Thetis
which he oppofed,
I know not how it came
to
be made an
Obje
&ion. I {hall
only adde
to
the latter Obje&ion,
which includes
Come-
thing
of
Argument,
that
the
Efficacy
of
any one
A&
ofGods
Grace here
men-
tioned,
as
to
the
end
propofed , depending wholly on
the uninterruptible
concatenation
of
them all, and their
effeCtuall
prevalency and certainty,
(as
L
to