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CA P. I
1í.ß
:48.
Our
Expofition
of
John 8.37,38.
Vindicated.
88
any CompuIfion
or
neceffitation inconfiftent with
the molt
abfolute
free-
Ephef,
a.s.
dome,
that
a
Creature
is
capable
of.
He
that
workes Faith in
Believers, can
continue
it
and increafe it in
them, without
Compulfion. And
this
is
the
fumme
of
Mr
Goodwin Anfwer
to
an
Argument
that
notwithftanding
all
which he
bath fpoken, bath yet ftrength
enough left,
to
caft
his
whole buil-
ding
downe
to the
ground. What
he
further
fpeakes
to the particular
place,
which gaveoccafion
to
this Difcourfe,may breifely
be
confidered.
He fpeakes
fomething
to
0.37.
which
I infifted
not
on.
As
to
the
purpofe
in
hand,
he tells
you
that
Chrifi
will
in
no
wife
can
out
,ñv
ioc6Evevov,
him
that
is
coming;
but
yet
he
that
is. coming on
his
way may
turne
hack
and
never
come
ftally
up
to
him.
2
Cor.a.ry.
Anf
But
if
this be
not
Huck
fl
ering,
of
theWord
of
God,
I
know
net
what
is.
The
words before
in
the
fame
verle are,
All that the Fathergiveth
me,
(hall
come to me.
Saith
Mr
Goodwin,
they
may
come
but
halfe
way,
and fo
turne
back
again,
not
coming
fully
home
to
him. Saith Chrift,theyfhall
come
to
mee.
Saith
Mr
Goodwin,
they may perhaps come
but
halfe way.
Nunc
fatis
eft dixi,ffé,
ego
mira
poemata pango
.
But
why fo
?
Why,
;?x6r-tivoy
is coming , a
coming
it
feemes in
fieri, but not
in
pelt)
of
e;
that
is,
it
denotes
a
traer
of
time
,
whileft
the
man
is
travelling
his
journey.
As
though believing,were
a fuccef
ivé
mo-
tion;
as
to
the
A&
oflaying
hold on Chrift. But
is
he that
is
on
his
way
,
that
Chrift receiveth;
a Believer
or
not?
Hath
he Faith
or
not?
If
hebath
no
Faith,
the
Faith whereof
we fpeake
, how can he be laid
to be
coming
,
feeing the
loh.3.
34
wrath ofGod
abideth
on
him
?
If
hebath Faith , how
is
it, that
he
is
not
come
to
Chrift
?
Hath
any
one
true
Faithat
a
diftance from
him?
God
gives
ano-
ther
Teftimony
/oh.
I.
11,12. But
(faith he)
there
is
nothing
in
the
words,
that
they are under
no
pofìbility
of
falling
away,who
come to
Cbrifl.
But
t.
there
is
in
thofe
that
follow,
that
(as
to
the
event,)
they are under
an impoffrbility
of
fo
doing,
in
refpe6t
of
the Will and Purpofe
of
god; (
which
fufliceth
me)
as
fhall
be made
to
appeare.
2.
That
Emphaticall expreffion
i
will
in
no wife ca
fl
them out, expreffes fo
much
Care and Tenderneffe
in
Chrift
towards them,
that
we
are very apt
to hope,
and
believe
,
that
he will
not
loofe them any mores
but that
he
will
not
only
not
caft
them
out , but
al
fo
according
to
his
Fathers appointment,
that
he will keep them
,
and preferve
them in fafety, until] he
bring them
to
glory,
as
is
fully afferted
v,39,40.
as
bath
been declared. Againe Mr
Goódwin
tells you,
it
is
not fpoken
of
loofng
Believers
by
de
fetlion
of
Faith
, but
by
Death
:
And
to affare
Believers
of
this,
Chrill
tells
them,
It
is hisFathers Will,
that
he
fhould raifè them
up
at
the
laß
day
:.
Betides
if
any
.be
loft
by
defellion
from Faith, this
cannot
be
imputed
to
Chrill,who
did
his Fathers pleafure
to
the utmofi
for
their
prefervation
:
but
to them=
felves,
Anf.
For
the perverting
of
v.37. the
beginning
of
it
was
left
out
;
and
far
the
accomplifhing
of
the
like
defignes
upon v.39.4o (which farther
clears
the
Math
:4.6,
mind
and intendment
of
Chrift
in
the words,)
is
omitted:
He tells you,that
it
is
the
Will
of
the
Father, that
every one
that
comes
to
him,
that
is
,
that
Be-
lieves
on him, have
Everlafting
life:
What
is
Everlafting
life
in
the
Go/pelf, is
well known from roh:17.3. and unto this
bellowing on
them everlxfting
Life,
his railing
of
them
atthe
laft
Day (as
was
mentioned)
is
a
neceffary
confe-
quent:
namely,
that
they may be
brought to the
full and compleat fruition
of
that
life, which
here
in
Come
meafure they
aremadepartakers
of.
Even
in
the
words
of
v:
39.
that
pafï'age
('
I
Auld
loofe
nothing) extends
it
l'elfe
t
o the
whole Compaffe
of
our
Saviours
Duty,
in reference
to
his
Fathers
Will, for the
fafe-
garding
of
Believers:
and
is
it only death, and the ftate
of
difl'olution
of
Body and
Soul;
that
it
is
the Will
of
God
that
he fhould deliver them
from
?
and