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take
them from thence
?On
what account
is
it
that
they
(hall
not
be prefer
-.
21.9
ved?
To
fay
they
(hall
be
thus
preferved,in
cafe
themflves
depart not wilfúlty
from
God,
is
to
fay,
they
fhall
be
preferved,in
cafe they
prefervethemfelves, as
wilt
afterwards be
farther
manifefted.
This Argument
is
propofed
by the Apoffle
,
in
the
molt
triumphant
affu-
4.
&
rance
of
the
Truth
and
Certainty
of
the inference contained
in
it
that
he any
where ufeth,
in any cafe
whatfoever.
Rom:
8.33,
34,
Who
fhall
lay any
thing
to
the
charge
of
Gods
Bled
?
It
is
God
that juflifieth:
Who
is
he
that
conderaneth
It
is
Chri
fl
that
died,
yen
rather that
is
rifen againe,
who
is
even
at
the
right hand
.of
God,who,
alfo maketh.
Intercefsion
for
us:
he laies
the immunity
of
the Elect
&
juffified Perlons,
from ju(t crimination,or Condemnation,
on
the foundation
of
the Oblation and
Intercefsion
ofChrift; The
fill
part
of
this Argument,
from the Oblation
of
Chrift,
(
who(hallcondemn
?
it
is
Chris`s
that
died)
al-.
ferting
the immunit
y
of
Believers
from
Condemnation
,
upon
the account
of
the puni(hing
of
all
their
finnes
in
Chrift,
and the
perfef
fatista&ion
made
by
his
death
for
them,
whence the juftice
of
God,in the
iflùe, will
not
have
any
thing to
lay
to
their charge,
we
have formerly
inf
*.tied
on
The other,
which
the
Apoftle induces emphatically
and comparatively, though
not
in refpe&
of
procurement and
purchafe made,
yet
of
affurance
to
be given
,
with
tAV'oe
ì,
in
refpe&
of
his
Oblation,is
that
now before
us.
To
make
the
Afl
srance
Of
Believers
plentiful!,
that
they
may
know
both the
Truth of
his firft
,generals
A(hertion,
that all
things
fhall
worktogether
for
good
to
them
; and
this
particu-
lar
conclufìon,now laid downe by way
of
interrogation
,
rejeting
all
evill
oppofed to
their former
enjoyments,
who
fball
lay
any
thing
to
their
charge?
who
(hall
condemne?
He gives
them
a
threefoldconfideration
of
the
Rate, and
aftings
of
the Lord Chrift, after the Expiation
of
their
finnes
by
this
bloud,in
reference
to
them;
t.
He is
Rifen.
2. He
is
at
the
Right hand
of
God.
3.Ma!¿e.
eth Intercefsion
for
them;
the
Firft denoting
his
Acquitment,
and
theirs
in
him, (for hedied
in
their
ftead)from
all
the
finnes
that
were
charged
on
him;
For
he
was
declared
to
be the Sonne
of
God accepted with him, and
juftified
from
all
thatdebt,which
he
undertook,
in
his
1&efu
rre
&ion
;and,
i
f
he
be
ri
f
en,
.
who
(ball
lay any
thing
to
the charge
of
them
whom
he
died
for,
and for all
whole finnes,in their ftead,
he
was
acquitted
?
The
Second
is his
Exaltation
and Power; for,
having purged
ourfnnes,
he
is
fate
downe
at
the
right hand
of
the Maie/ly onHigh.Heb.t.3. receiving
thereby
a
molt plenary demonfttation
of
his
Fathers good
will
to
him
and
his, in refpe&
of
the work
that
he
had un-
dertaken and gone through for them;
For, if
he
had not
made
an
end
of
fìnne,
when he
was
obedient unto
death,
the
death
of
the
Cro!7è,
he could
not
exile&
that
Godfbould give
him
a
name
above every
name, with
fulneffe
of
power,,
to
give Eternall
Life
to
all
that
the Father
gave
him;
This to
affure
us
that
he
will
doe, having power
in his
own
hand, the
Apoftle addes,who
alfo Intercedes.
for
us;
hereby
(t
hirdly)teflifying abundantly
his
good
will
and care for
our
Salvation
;Upon
there confideratious
the
Apoftle
leads
the Faith
of
the
Saints
of
God,
to
make
a
conclufìon, which
is
to
be
believed ash Divine
Truth,that
tenders
to
us
the
Do&rine we have under
Demonftration,triumphant
againft
all
Obje
&ions
and oppofitions
that
can
be made againft
it:
And hence
we
thus
argue: Thole
againft whom no
Charge
can
be laid, who cannot
by any means
be
feparated
from
the
love
of
God
in Chriff;
cannot totally
and
finally fall
away
from Faith, and
fall
out ofGods Favour
:
but
that
this
is
the
condition
of
all
true
Believers
,
is
evident
from
the Context. It
is
of
all
that are
called ancor-
ding
to
the
Purgo
¡'e
of
Cod, fané'tilved
and
jufl:ified,
the proper
delcriotion
Of
all
and
only Believers,
that
the
Apoftle
affirmes
thefe things, and
to
whom he
afcribes
the
condition mentioned: Now
that
this
is
the fiate and condition
of
Ff2
thofe