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4:34.
Mr
G's Exceptions confidered
,Sc
removed,
210
univerfall want
of
that
water,wherewith
they are refrefhed ; and
that
their
freedome from
this
7hiril,
is
their portion
in
this life, we have
the
Teftimeiny
of
Chrift himfelfe,
he
that
believes
on
mee,fhall thirty
no
more.
Ioh.6.3
g.
And the
reafon
of
their
not
7hirfling,
is
the receiving,anddrinking
in
that
water,which
Chrift
gives
them,
which,
as
him
felfe faies,
is
his
spirit,
which
they receive
who
believe
on
him.
ioh,7. 38,39. neither
is
that Thirft
of
theirs,
which doth re-
rimaine,
troublefome,
as
is
infinuated,
it
being
a
grace
of
the
Spirit,and
fo
quiet-
ing,
and
compofing;Though they are
troubled
for
the want
of
that
in its
ful-
nefe,
which
they
7hirfl
after , yet their
Thirft
is
no
way
troublefome:
That
then
which
is
farther added
by Mr
Goodwin,is
exceeding fophifticall.
ß
34.
Saith he,
by
the
way,
this
fpìrituall
thirft,
which
is
incident
unto the
life
which
is derived
from
Chrift,
and
the watersgiven
by
him
unto
men,
as'tis
enjoyed and
pot
iffed
by
them in
this prefent World,is (according
to
the purport
of
our Saviour's
own
arguing
)
an Argument,
that
for
the prefent
,
and
whilefE
it
is obmoxious
to
filch
a
thirfi,
it
is
diffolveable
and
may
fade;
for
in
the
latterpart
of
the
faid
pat
fage,
he
plainly
implies,
that
the eternallneffè
of
that
life,
which fprings from
the
drinking
of
this
water,
is the reafon or
caufe, why
it
is
exempt
from
thirfi.
Let
the
wholepaffage
be
read and
minded,
andthis
will
clearly appeare:
If
then
the
eter-
nality
of
a
life,
be
the
caufe
or reafon;
why
tis free from
the
inconveniency
of
thirfi,
Evident
it
is, thatfuch
a
life,
which is not
free from
thirfi,
is not, during
this
weakneffè
or imperfetlion
of
it,
eternal!,
or
Priviledged againfl
d
folu-
lion.
Anf.
i.
That
we
cannot thirft
under
the enjoyment
of
the
Life promifed,
proves
this life
not here to beenjoyed,
is
proved,
becaufe
the
eternallneffe
of
this
lift,
is the cauje
of
its
exemptidn
from 3hirjii
But
that
the
plaine contrary
is
the intendment
of
the
Holy
Ghoft,
I
prefume
is
evident
to
all men. The
reafon
ofour
prefervation to-Eternall
Life,
and
being carried on thereunto,
is
apparently
aflìgned
to
thofe
fupplies
ofthe
`pirit,whereby
our
Thirft
is
ta-
ken away;
The
taking
away
of
our Thirft,
is
the
certain
meaner
of
our Eter-
na11
Life,
not
a
confequent
of
the Eternity
of
it.
All
the proofe
of
what
is
here
afferted,
is, Let the
whole
pa
Jage
be
read,
and
minded, in
which
appeale,
I
dare
acquiefce
before the judgement
feat
of
any
Believer
in
the
World,
whole concernment this
is.
It
is
here then fuppofed,
that
the
Eternity
of
the
Life
promifed,
is
the
caufe
of
their
not
thirfling
in
whom it
is,
which
is be-
fides
the Texts
and
that
they may
thirft
againe
(in
the fencefpoken
of)
who
drink
of
that waterof
the
Spirit, which Chrift
gives, which
is
contrary
unto it:
and
of
thefe two
fuppofalls,
is
this
part
of
this
telifeourfe
compofed.
The
enfuing
Difcourfe,rendring
a
reafon,upon
the
account whereof,
Life
maybe
called
eternall, though it be
interrupted
and cut
off
,
we
fhall
have
farther time,
ßod
aflifling,
to
confider;
and
to
declare
its
utter
inconfìfrency
with
the intendment
ofthe
Holy Ghoft
in
the
exprefons
now before
us.
aß
35.
He addes then
in
the
laic
place
Sea.
12. That the intendment
of
Chrifi
is
not,
that
thewater
he
gives,
(ball
alway end
in
the
Ole
ofEternall
Life,
but
that
it
lies
in a
tendency
thereunto.
Anf.
Which,uponthe matter,is
all one,
as
if
he had
Paid,
Chrifl
faith
indeed,
that
the
water which
he
gives,(hall
fpring
op
unto
Everlafiing
Life,
and
wholly
remove
that
7hirff,
which
is
comprehenf
ve
of
all
interveni
races,
that
might hin-
-der
it,
(as
God laid
to
Adam,
In
the
daythou
eateft
of
that
fruit, thou
fhalt
-dye) but
be knew
full well,thatit
might
otherwife
core
to
paffe
: which,whether
it
doth not
amount
to
a
calling
of
his
Truth,
and
credit
in
his
Word
and
Promifes,into queftion,
deferves
(as
Ï-
fuppole)
Mr
Goodwins
ferious confide-
ration.
To
conclude
then,
our
Saviour
bath
allured
us, that
the
Living Wa-
ter
wich
he gives us, fhall
take awayfsrchThirf,
all filch
totali want
of
Grace
and