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C.IX
g:
7
R.
The
lttterceflìon
ofChill,
as
220
thole
periòns, the Apoftle manifefteth from
the
caufes
of
it,
viz-..
the
Oblation
and
Intercefion
of
Chrift
in
their behalte
:
For thefe
for
whom he Lied.
and
cloth
Intercede,,
are on
that
account
,
exempted from any
fuch
charge,
as
might be ofprevalency
to
feparate them from God.
M.
Goodwin'
attempts
indeed once more
to
reinforce
the
triumphed
over
§.
7. Enemies
of
the
Saints,
and
to
call
them ence more
to
make head
againft
the
Interceffion
of
Chrift,
but,with
what
ill fucceflè,the
confideration
of
what
Arguments
he ufeth with
them,
and for
them,
will
deníonftrate: thus then he
addreffeth
hrrnfelfe
to
his
taske
Ch.
r
t.
Se
&:
33.
pag.
agg..
I
anfzver,
it
is
no
inhere
affirmed,
that
Chrift
intercedes
for
the
PerJ
everánce
of
the
saints
in
their
Faith,
or,
they
who once
believed,
fhould never
ceafe
Believing,
how
finial
and
roickedfoever
they
fhoiddprdve
afterwards;
But Chrift Intercedes
tor
his Saints,
ee
fuch, and
fo
continuing
fuch, that
no accufation
front
any
hand
w
be
heard
again.fl
them,
that
no
offliEEions
or fufferings,
which
they meet
with
in
the
World, may caafe
any
alienation,
or abatement
in the
Love
of
God towards
them:
but
that
God
will proteg, and prefervethemunder
them;
and
confeyuendy
that
they
may
be
maintained at
an
excellent
rate
of
Cottfolatìote
in
every
fiate
and
con-
dation,
and againfi
allinterpoliires
of
any
Creatureto the contrary.
4.:gß
This
Anfwer
hath long
fine
ceafed
to be
new
to
us:
It
is
that
indeed
which
is
the
fhield,behinde
which
Mr
Goodwin
lyes,
to avoide
the
force
of
all
manner
of
Arguments pointed againft himfelfe, though it
be the.moft
weake
and frivolous,that ever,
I
fuppofe,
was ufed in
fo
weighty
a
matter;
It
is
here
caft (as he
hath
many moulds and
fhapes
to
caft it
in
)
into
a
denyall
of the
Affumption
ofour
syllag
fine, and
a
Reafon
of
that
denial!
;
Firft
he
denies,
that
Chrift intercedes for
Believers
,
that
they may Perfevere in
their
Faiths
Le
prayes
not
for
their
Perfeverance.
2.
HisReafon
of
this
is
two
fold;
s. A
luppofall
,
that
they
may
prove
fo
wicked,
as
not
to
continue Believing.
2.
A
defcription
of
what Chrift
Inter.
cedes
for,
in
the
behalfe
of
Believers,
viz.
that
they maycontinue
in
Cods Love,
if
they doe
continue
to
Believe,
notwithflanding all their
of
l,aions
;
homo homini
quid interefl?
Whether
men will
or
no,
thefe mutt
paffe
for
Oracular
Di-
&ates.
i.
Firft, for
the
firft: Let what
bath
been fpoken already
be
weighed,
and
fee
if
there
be not yet hope left for poore
foules,
that
Chrift prayer for them,
that
their
Faith
falle
not;
And,by
the way,
who
will
not embrace
this
com-
fortable
Do&rine,
that
will aflüre him in
his Agonies
,Temptations,
and
Fail
ings,
that
all
help and
fupplies
are made
out
to
him
, from and by
the
Lord
Jefus, in whom
is
all his
hope; and
that
he receives
of
his
Father,upon
his
In
-.
tercefsion,
all
the
fruits
of
his
Death,
and Bloudfhedding
in his
behalfe
s
But
that
he
fhould
Believe,
or being
tempted
fhould be preferved
in
Believing,
of
that
Chrift takes no
thought,
not
did ever intercede with
his
Father for'a-
ny fuch
end or purpofe;
Such
confolation might
befit:
jobs
friends, mferable
Comforters, Phyfitians
ofno value.(But
of
this
before)
2.
For
that
fuppofall
of
his,
of
their
proving
wicked
afterwards
to
an
in-
2.
confiftency
with believing, it hath often
been corre&ed for
a
fturdy
Begger
and
Pent
away
grumbling and hungry
,
and,were
it
not
for
pure
neceffity,
would never once be owned any more
by its
Matter
i
Chrift Intercedes not
for
Believers,
that
they
may Perfevere
in
the
Faith upon
Inch foolifh
firppo-
falls,
whole oppofite
is
Continuance
in
the
Faith , and
fo
is
coincident with
the thing
it
felfe
interceded for;
To
Intercede
that
they may continue
Belie-
ving,
is,
to
Intercede
that they
may never
be
fo
wicked,
as
Mr
Goodwin
fup-
pofeth they
may
be.
The
end
ofChrifts
Interceffion for the Saints afferted,is,
that
they
may never wickedly
depart from God;
Doth
Mr
Goodwin
indeed
take