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affigned
by
M`
G.
difproved
CAPiX.g:g,
take
this
to
be
the tenor
of
the
Do&rine he oppofeth
,
and
of
the
Argument
221
which he undertakes
to
Anfwer
?
viz,.
That
the Faith
of
Believers
,
ànd
the
continuance
ofthat,
is
interceded
for,
without
any reference
to
the worke
of
Faith
in
Gofpell Obedience, and communion
With
Gad
in
Chrift
?
Or
if
he
thinks not
fo, why
doth
he
fo often
infft
on this calumnious
evafion
?
3.
In giving
the
aime
ofChriff
in his Intercefsion
for believers , we have
3
this new
cogent
Argument againft our
'Pofìtion; ChriftIntercedes
for
the things
here
by rite
mentioned; therefore
he
doth
not Intercede
for
the
Perfeverance
of
the
Saints; But why
fo
?
Is
there
any inconuiftency
in
thefe things,
any
repugnan-
cy
in tetmes,
or contrariety
of
the things themfetvesc Chrift
Intercedes,
that
Believers may
enjoy
the
Love
of
God; therefore he doth not Intercede
,
that
they maybe eftablifhedin
Believing
?
,
2.
The
femme
ofall that
is
here aferibed
to
the
Intercefsion
of
Chrift,
at
the
belt,
is,
that
God
will confirme
and ratify
that
everlafting Law,
that
Be-
lievers, continuingfo
to the end,
fballbefaved,
which
whether
it
be the fuínme
of
Chrifts
Intercefsion
for
his
Church
or
no,
that'
church
will
judge
;If
therebe
any
thing farther, or
of
more importance
to them,
in
what
is
afligned
to
it
by
M.
Goodwin,
it
is
wrapt
up in
the knot
of
&c.
which
I
am
notable
to un-
tye
Ele1Thofe
words oft1
e
Apoftle[who
fhalllay
any thing
to
the
charge
of
Gods
]
do not denote,this
is
that the
Intercef
f
on
of
Chrift
for them,that
no ac-
eufation
be admitted
againft
thé,whilft they
belive5
which
is
no more,
but the
confirmation
of
that
generali Propofition
of
theGofpell before mentioned.
But
it
is
the
Conclufron which they
make
upon.
the
Account
of
the Intercefii-
on
of
Chrift
in
the
Application
of
the
Promife
of
the Gofpell
to
their owne
foules:
Neither
is
there
any
more weight
in
that
which followes,
that
there
be no
abatement, or alienation
of
the Love
of
God froira
them,
upon
the account
of
their
fulferings
and
afiliions,
which
for the moft
part,
are for
his
fake;.
what
Saints
ofGod
were almoft
fo
much
as
once
tempted
with
a
conceit,
that
Gods Love
(
hould be
abated,or
alienated from them,becaufe they
fuffe-
redforhim?
And this
is
the
Foundation
of
that
excellent
rate
o
fConfolation
at
which the
Saint
s,upon
the
account
of
the
Interceffon
ofchrifl,
may
be
maintained.
Into
Affli&ions,
Temptations, Tryalls,they
may
fall:
but
if
they
continue
in
Faith,
Viand
Love,
they
(hall
not be
reje&ed.
No Creature
(hall
be heard
againft
them;
that
Chrift takes care for;
But
for the worft
enemies
they have
,
their
owne
Lufts,
Corruptions,and Unbeliefe,the
fiery
Darts
of
Sathan fighting
a-
gainft
their
foules,
their
continuance
in Believing,
the
falling,from whence
is
indeed all
the danger they are
expofed
to, (for
whilft they
continue
fo
do-
ing,
all
other
things are
lighter then vanity
)
that
Chrift takes no care
about,
(though
he pray,
that
God
would
fan
&ify
them and
keepe
them,) but
they
muff (hilt for themfelves
as
well
as
they
can, he will
not,doth
not Intercede
for them,
that
from thefe they may be
preferved; Doubtleffe, he
that
(hall
think
to
be
maintained long
at
any high
rate
of
Conrolation,and laves
in
no
o-
ther,
nor
no
better
provifion
to
live
on,
then this mentioned, will quickly
be
reduced to
a
dry
morfell.
But
yet
foine Reafons
of
the foregoing
interpretation
of
this
place
of
the
Apoftle
Rem.
8: are offered
unto
us.
4:
9
This
to
be
the tenon,
and
effeli
o
f
Chrilá's
Interceff
on
for
his Saints
(faith
he)
is evident
from
the
firfi
of
the three
pa/fages
cited: And for
that
demand [who
Jhallfeparate
as
from the
love
o
fchri
fi
]
It
is
net meant
from
the Love,wherewith
we
love
Chrif,
but
from
the Love
wherewith.
Chrifi loveth us;as
we
are
Saints,and
abide in
his love,
and
keepe
his
commands
:
neither
is
it
fo
to
be
conceived, as
if
F
f
3
finne