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ThePromifeto whom
and
when
fulfilled.
CA
r.IV.ß:í6,t7.
will or
may doe otherwife, ( he
affirming
that
he will
doe them
himfelfe)
is
a
109
Do&rine beyond my reach and capacity.
41r
His toying ,
that
in
this fence
the
.----
Promifé was
fulfilled
to
the
People
after
the
Captivity
is
a
laying againíí
his
own
light. He
bath told
us
not
long
(ince,
that
it could
not
be
a
Promife
of
thofe
things
which
were enjoyed before
it
was
ever given,as
in
our
fence
they did
the
Grace
of
Perfeverance.
&c Surely
the
means he
mentioneth(untill at
leaf}
the
coming
of
Chrif} in
the
Flefh
)
were advanced
to
a
farre higher
pitch
and eminency on all hands,
before
theCaptivity,then
after
:
and at the
cow.
ing ofChrif}, it
was
eminently
fulfilled in
our
acceptation
of
it
;
unto
all
to
whom it
was
made. But he adds.
2.
That
if
it
be
not
fo
to
be
underfiood,
and
fo
fetid
to
he
fulfilled
as above,
it
is
impoffible
for
any
one
to affigne
how,
and
when
this
Proraife was fulfilled. For
çrfl
it
was
made to
the
whole
People,
and thefulfilling
of
it
to a few,
will not
con
flog
the Truth
of
it
Secondly, The
Fla
had
no
need
of it
(knowing
themfelves
to
be
fo)
that
they
fhould never
fall
away:
fo that
this
is but
to snake
voyd theglo
rims
Promife
of
God.
And
thirdly,
to
fay
that
it
was
made to the
Eleli, is but to
begge
the thing in
queflion.
Anf
I.
As
farre
as
the
body
ofthe
People
was
concerned
in
it, it
was,
and
shall
be
in
the latter
daies abfolutely accomplifhed
towards them.
It
was,
is
&
Mall
be
fulfilled
to
all
to
whom
it
was
made,
if
fo
be
that God
be
faithful',
and cannot deny
himfelfe.
2.
It
was,
it
is
,
and
(hall
be
accomplifhed
pro-
perly and
direly
to
all
the
Elea
of
that
Nation,
to
whom
it
was
fo
made,
as
it
bath
been cleared
already from
Rom.
g.
io,
5
t.
Where the
Apoille exprefly
and
datâ
operâ
anfwers
the
very
Obje
&ion,
that
Mr
Goodwin
makes
about the
accomplifhing
ofthefe
Promifes, concerning
the
hardening
andreje
&ion
of
the
greatef}
part
of
that
people,
affirming
it
to confit
in this,
that
the
Eled
ion
obtained,
when
the
ref}
were
hardened. Wherein hedid not
begge
the quefli-
on, though he
digged
not
for
it;but
anfwered
by
clear
dif}in
&ions,as
you may
fee Rom.q.
6.
Ch.
i I.
I,
2,
3.
3.
Neither doe
all
the
Ele&
after their call-
ing know themfelves
to
be
fo,nor have they any
other
way
to
come acquain-
ted
with
their Elea
ion,
but
by their faith
in
the
Promifes;
nor
is
it fpoken like
one acquainted with the
courfe
and frame
of
Gods dealing with
his
Saints,
or
with their
Spiritsin
walking with God, who fuppofeth
the
folemne and
clear
Renovation of
Promifes concerning
the
fame
things, with Explanations
and
enlargements
of
the Grace
of
then)
to
confirme and
ef}ablifh
the communion
between the
one and
the other,
to
be
needleffe.
And who make
the promi-
fes
of
God void, and
of
no
effeet?
we who profeffc
the
Lord
to
be faithfull
in
every one
of
them, and
that
not one
Title
of
them
fhall
fall
to
the ground,
or
come fhort
of
accomplifhing
?
or Mr
Goodrein,who
reports theGrace men-
tioned
inthem,
for the moll
part to
come
fhort
of
producing the
effé&,
for
which it
is
bellowed, and the
engagements
of
God
in
them ,
to
depend
fo
upon the lubricity
of
the
wills
of
men,that
moffly
they are not made good in
the
end aimed
at,the
Lord
will
judge.
But
it
is
further
Argued.
3.
That the
Scripture
many
times
afferts
the futurity, cr
coming to
pale
of
4.
i7.
things, not
yet in
being not
only
when the coming
of
them
to
pale
is certainly
-
known,
but
when
it it
probable
upon
the
account
of
the
meanes ufed
for
the bring-
ing
them to
pale; forGod
faith in
the Parable
,
they
will
reverence
my
Sonne,
Mark.52.6.
and yet
the
event
was
contrary.
So
upon
the
executing an offen-
der,
he faith,
the
People
fhall heart and
feare,
and
doe no more
prefumptuoußy,
which
yet
might not have
its
effely
on all.So
God
faith,
I
will give
them
one
heart,
not
out
of
any
certainty
o
f
knowledge or
determination
in
himfelfe ,
that
any
fuch
heart
or
way
Amid
ae1ually
be
given them,
which would infallibly producethe
e
f
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