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CAP.11I.4:q.4..
lohn 6.38,39,40.
Opened and
Argued=.
84
calls him
his
Servant
Ifa.42.1.
Behold
my
Servant
whom
I
uphold, mine
Elea
in
whom
nay
[Mile
delighteth,
i
have
put
my
jjtirit
upon
him,he
(ball bringforth Judg.
ment
to
the Gentiles;
He
is
the
Servant
of
the
Father,
in
the
Accomplilhment
of
that work,for
which
the
fpirit
was
put upon him; and
v.
19.
W
a
is blind
but
my
fervant,
or deafe as
my
mefénger
that
Ifent,
who
is
blind
as he
that
is per
fed,
and blind
as
the Lords
fervant. God
gives him in
command
to
fulfill
his
will, which
accordingly he performes
to
the
utmoff. Againe,
theWill
of
God
is
taken
for his
Purpofe,
his
defigne,
decree, and good pleafure
,
for the
fulfill-
ing and Accomplifhmentwhereof, the Lord Chrift came
into the
world
:
and
this
appears
to
be the
fence
and importance
of
the
Word
in
this place
,
from
the diffinaion
which
is
put
between the
will
of
the Father,
and
any
fuch
pri-
vateWill ofChriff,
as
the
Jewes
thought
he
went about to
eftablífh
;
it
was
fore
defigne
of
his
own
,
in.oppofition whereunto , he tells
them,
that
he
came
to
doe
the
Will
that
is
to
fulfill
the
Councell
Purpofe, and
Defigne
of
the
Father.
However,fhould it Principally be
taken for the
Command
of
God,
yet
there
is,
and
muff needs
be,
an univerfall coincidence
and
oneneffe in
the
objea of
Gods
Purpofing,
and Commanding Will
in
all
commands
given
unto
Chrift: becaufe
all
of
them
fhall
certainely
and
infallibly
,
by him
be
fulfilled,
and
fo
the thing
certainely accomplifhed,
which
is
commanded.
What
now
is
this
Will,
Purpofe,
Ayme, Defigne
, and Command
of
the
Father whole
Execution & Accomplifhment
is
committed
to
the
Lord Chriff,
and which
he faithfully
undertakes
to
performe, (as he
was
faithfullin
all
things .to him
that
appointed
him)
for
the
clearing
of
this
let thefe
two
things beobferved.
1.
Who the
Perlons are concerning
whom this
Will
of
God
is:
and thofe he defcribes
by
a
double
Charaller.
i.
From
their
Eleaion.
the
Fathers giving them
to
him;
all
which
he
bath given
me,
that
is,
all his
Elea ,
as
our Saviour expounds this very expreífion
Yohn
17.16.7
hine they
were
and
thou
gavel
thereto
me:
Thine
they were
in
Eternall defignation,
thou
having
Chof
en
theta
from
the Foundation
of
the
World,
and
thou
gaveft
them to
me,
for
aauall
Redemption, to deliver them
from every
thing
that
keepes
them at
diftance from thee.
2.
From
their
Faith
or
Believing,
which
he
calles,feeing the
Sonne
and
Believing on
bin:
v.
4a
The
perfons
then here
defigned, are
Elea
Belivers,
Perlons
Chafen,
and
Called
of
God.
What
next
then
is
the Will
of
God, concerning them
?
This
alto
is
let
out
both
in
Gene-
rall
and
in
tome pariiculas;
(1.)
In
General!,
that
none
of
them
be
loft?:
that
by
no
meanes
whatfoever, by no
Temptation
of
Sathan, Deceits
of
finne,
Fury ofoppreffiours,Weakenefe
or
decay
of
Faith, they
perith
and
fall
away
from him.
This
is
the Will, the
defigne
and Purpofe
of
God;
this he gives
to
Jefus
Chrift in command
for
to
accomplifh.
(a.)
In particular,
1.
That
they
might have
Eternal!
Life,
v.4o.
That
they
be
preferved to the Injoy-
ment
ofthat
Glory
whereunto they are
defigned,
2.
That
they may be
raifed
up
at
the !all Day,&
fo
never
be
loft,neither
as
to
their
being , nor well-
being
ofthefetwo,v.4o.
EverlaflingLife,
is
placed before
the
Refurredion or
raze
ng
of
Believers
at
the
lilt
Day,
plainly
intimating, that
the
Spiritual!
Life
whereof
in
this
world they are
partakers,
is
alto
as
to
its certaine unin-
teruptiblecontinuance,
an
Everla
fling Life,
that
fhall
never be intercepted
or cut
off;
That
then
which from this
Portion
of
Scripture I Argue
is
this.
God havingPurpofed
to
give
Eternal!
Life
to
his
Elea
Believers,
and
that
none
of
them lhould ever beloft, and having committed
the
Accomplifh-
ing and perfomance
of
this
his
Goodwill
and
Pleafure unto
the Lord
Jefus,
who
was
Faithful!
unto
him
in
all things, and indued with Power,
(all
Power_
from above)
for
that
end, they
!hall
certainely be Preferved
to
the
end
defigned.
The favour
and Love
of
God ,
in
Chrift,
fhall
never
be