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The
influence
of
the
Oblation
of
Ch.
into
the
Per(
of
Sts.
CAr.V11.
-acceptable
to God,
being
by
nature dead
in trefpaffes and
firmes,
which
at
i
67
prefent
(the Scripture
affirming
it)
I
take
for
granted;
then aßùredly God
doth
give
his
Holy Spirit
to
the
Saints,
whereby he workes
in
them
both
to
will and
to do
of
his
owne
good
pleafxre,
antecedently
to
any
good thing
in
Phil.
r.13.
them, that
is
well pleating
unto
him. Every thing
that
men do, muft
either
Col. 1.12.
be
brought forth by the ftrength and Ability
of
their
owne
naturali
facul-
eyes,
affifted
and provoked by
motives
and
perfwafions
from
without, or it
mutt be
of
the operation
of
the
Spirit
of
God: there
is
not another princi-
ple to be
fixt
on.
The
firft
(at
prefent
I
take
for
granted)
is
not
the fountaine,
of
any
Spirituali acting
whatfoever:
Neither
can any Gracious
at
be
educed
John
radically
from
thecorrupt
naturals faculty, however
affted,
or
advantaged;
Gen.8.21.
It
mutt be
the
Spirit
then
,that
is
the
foie
principali caufe
and Author,
of
all
Job.14.4.
the
movings
of
our
foules
towards God,
that
are acceptable
to
him in
Chrift:
Mu.r2.33.
Now
the
caufe
is
certainely
beforeel ..ef
ebt;
and
the
Spirit in
order
of
Na-
ture,
is
bellowed upon us,anteccdently
>
to
all
the
Grace
which he
worketh in
us
:whether the
Spirit be beftowed on men, on
the account
of
Chrift's
under-
taking for them,
none
can
queftion,
but
they muft withal!deny him
to
bethe
Mediator
of
the
new
Covenant:
The
Spirit
of
Grace
is
the
principal
l
Pro-
rude
thereof
ifa.
59. 20,2
r.
We
are
bleffèd
with
all cpirituall
gelling./
in
Chrif,
Ephef. s.
3.
Surely
the
holy Spirit himfelfe
fo
often
Promifed
to
us
of
God,
is
a Spirituali
Blefíing:
Gods
bellowing Faith'on
us,
is
antecedent
to
our
Belie-
ving:& this alfo
is
given upon
the
account
of
Chrift.
Phil.I.29.it
is
given
to its,
on
the
behalfeofChrif,to
Believe on
him.
If
then
God
for Chrífis fake,
antece-
dently
to
any
thing
that
is
good,that
is
not enmityto him,that
is
not
iniquity
in
men,do beftow on
them
all
that
ever
is
good in them,as
to
the root &prin.
ciple
of
it,furely
his quarrel].
againft
their
fins
is
put
to
an Iffue.Thence
Chrift
being
faid
to
make
Reconciliation for the
fins
oft-he peopleHeb.2.
r7.God
as
one
pacifyed and
attoned
thereupon,is
faid
to
be
in
him,reconciling theworldunto
himfelfe
2
Cor.
5.
19. And
in
the
difpenfation
of
the Gofpell,
he
is
(till fet
Eph
2.
x3,24
forth,
as
one
carrying on
that
peace, whole foundation
is
laid
in
the blood
of
his
Sonne, by the
Attonement
of
his
Juflice; and we are
Paid
to
accept,
or
re-
ceive the
Attonement
Rom.
5.
so.
We
receive it
by
Faith,
it
being accepted
by
him: Thus
his
death andOblation
is
faid
to
be
a
Sacrifice
of
a
tweet
finelling
favour.
Eph.
5.2.
that
wherein God
is
abundantly delighted, & wherewith
his
foule
is
fully fatisfyed; fo
that
as
when
he
finelt
a Tweet
favour from
the
Sa-
crifice
ofNoah,he fwarehe
would curie the Earth
no more:finelling this fweet
Gen.8.2r:
favour
of
the Oblation
of
Chrift, on
the account
of
them, for
whom it
was
Offered, he will
not
execute
the Curfeon them, whereof they were
guilty.,
JRoon
.17.0.
I might alto
infift
on thofe Teftimónies for
the further proofe
of
the former
Ron6.6.
Affertion, where an
immediate
efficacy
for
the
taking
away
of
finne,
is
afcri-
2cor,5.
21.
bed
to
the death ofChrift:
But
what hath,
been fpoken may
at
prefent
fuf-
e
ph.5.25.26
fice.
Titus 2.14.
The
Premifes confidered,, fome Light may
be brought forth,
to
difcover
ß'
14'
the
various miftakes
ofinen,about the
of
%&s
of
theDeath ofChrift,
as
to the
Heb
90
i4.
taking
away
of
finne,
if
that
were now
the matter before
us. Some
having
,Per.2.24.
truly
fixed
their thoughts
on
the
efficacy
of
the death
of
Chrift, for Abolition
HeveLi.9,6
.
of
fin,doe give
their
Lefts and darkneffe leave
to
make wretched inferences
thereupb:as
that
therefore
becaufewe
are
fo
cotnpleatly juftified,& accepted
before,&without
our believing,orthe
confideration
of
any
thing what ever
in
us;
that
therefore
finne
is
nothing,
nor at
all
to
be accounted
of. And
though
tl
ey fay,
we muff
not
finne,
that
Grace
may
abound, yet too
many by wofull
experience have difcovered,
what
fuch
corrupt
Conclufions
have tended
un-
to. Others
again;
fixing
themfelves on
the
neceílity
of
Obedience
,
and
the
concurrence