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The
Spirit
be&wed
on,&abiding
with
Believers.
182
Paid
him
infuch
a
way,that
if
they were
true
to
their
own
intereft,they might
retain
him,
and
have his
abode
with them
for
ever.7urne
the words
any way,
with
any to-
lerable congruity, either
to
the
fcope
of
the.
place, manner
of
Scripture
expreon,
principles
of
Keafon,
and
the
DoíC
trine
of
Perfeverance
will
be
found
to
have
no-
thing
in
them.
Ant
1.
This
is
the
nJPe
ov
gdetueeov,that
when
all Medicines
will
not
heale,
muff ferve
to
lkinne
the
wound given our Adverfaries
caufe
,
by
the
Sword
ofthe
Word. The
Promife
is
made
unto
Believers
indeed
,
but
on
fuch
and
fuch conditions,
as
on
the
account whereof, it
may
never be
accomplifht to-
wards them.
2.
This no
way
lutes
Mr
Goodwin
interpretation
of
the
place
formerly mentioned and inffted on:
If
it
be,as
was
laid
, only
a
Promile of
fending
his Spirit
into the
World,
for the end by him infinuated, doubtieflè
the
word
Iva,
mutt denote the Event
of
the
thing,
and not
only an
Intention,
that
might
faile
of
Accomplifhment.
For let
all
,
or
any individualls
,
behave
themfelves how they will, it
is
certaine,
as to
the
Accomplifhment
and event,
that
the
Spirit
of
God
than
be
continued
in
the World
,
in
the
fence
pleaded
for.
But
it
is
not what
is
congruous
to
his
own thoughts,
but
what
may oppofe
ours,
(that
is,the
plaine
and obvious
fence
of
the words)
that
he
is
concerned
tomake
ufe
of.
It
being
not the
fence
of
the
place,
but
an efcaping our
Ar-
gument
from
it that
lies in his
defigne, he cares
not
how
many
contrary
and
inconfiftent
Interpretations
he gives
of
it:
heec
non
fuccefflt,aliii
aggredie-
mur via.
The
word
lva
denotes, (as
is
confeffed)
the intention ofChrift
in
fen-
ding the
Spirit:
that
is,that
he intends
to
fend him
to
Believers fo as
that
he
fhould abide with them for ever: Now
betides
the impofìibility
in generali,
that
the intention
of
God,
oi ofthe
Lord Chrift
, as
God and man,
fhould be
fruftrate,
whence
in
particular
fhould
it
come
to
pafle he fhould faile
in this
his
intention?
I
will
fendye the
holy
f
pirit
to
abide with
you
for
ever,t
hat
is,
I
in-
tend
to
fend
you
the
Holy
Spirit,
that
he
may
abide with
you
for
ever;
what
now
fhould hinder this
?
Why,it
is
given
them, upon
condition
that
they
be
true
to
their
own
intereh
, and
take
care
toretaine
him;
what
is
that
I
pray
?
Why that
they
continue
in
Faith, Obedience,Repentance,
and
clofe
walking with Gods
butto
what
end
is
it that
he
is
promifed
unto
them?
Is
it not to
teach them,
to
worke
in
them
Faith,
Obedience,
Repentance,
and
dole
walking
with God,
to
Sam
ifae
them throughout,
and preferve them
blameleile
to
the end,
making
them
meet
for
the inheritance with the
Saints in Light
?
In
cafe
they
Obey;
be-
lieve
&c.
the
Holy Ghoft
is
promifed unto them,
to
abide with them to
caufe
them
to
Obey,
Believe, Repent di-c.
4-
The
Intention ofChrift
for
the
fending
of
the
Spirit, and
his abiding
forever,
with them
to
whom he
is
fent,
is
but
one and
the
latne. And
if
any
fruftration ofhis intention do
fall
out,
it
may
molt probably interpofe,as to
his fending
of
the Spirit, not
to
the
Spirits
continuance with
then
to
whom
he
is
fent; which
is
aflèrted abfolutely upon the account
of
his
fending hits.
He-
fends
him
`t'va
t
tvr
:
his
abode is
the
end
of
his
fending: which,
if
he be
fent,
(hall be
obtained. Upon the whole doubtleffe it
will
be found, that the Do-
trine
of
Perfeverance
findes fo
much
for
its
eftablifhment
in
this place
of
Scripture, and Promife
of
our
Saviour,
that
by no Art
or
cunning
it
will be
prevailed withall,
to
let
goe its
intereft therein.
And
though many
attempts
be made to turne and wreft this Teftimony
of
our
Saviour feverall
wayes,
and
thofe
contrary too, and
inconfiftent with one another, yet it
abides to
leoke
ftraight forwards
to the
proofe
and
confirmationofthe
Truth,that
lyes
not
only
in
the wombe
and
fence
of
it
,
but
in
the
very
mouth and
literal!
expreffion
of
it allo.
I
fuppofe
it
is
evident
to
all,
that
Mr
Goodwin
knowes
not
what
to
fay
to it, nor what
fence
to
fixe
upon. At
firft
it
is
made
to.
the
Apo-
flies