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CAP. 1X.
g,ve
InteYCefSlon
of
ChcifbaS afsigned
by
Mr
G.
difproved.
224
falvation
is
nor
in
our
own cuftody;
That
the Father doth not keepe
us,
or
preferve
us, that
the
Sonne
doth
not Intercede,
that
we may
be
fo
prefer-
ved, that the
Spirit
doth not make
us
meete
for,
and keepe
us
unto
the Inheri-
tance
oft
he
Saints in
Light,
but
that
,
in
the
ufe
of
meanes we
are,
as Adam
was,
our
own keepers,
are
fome
of
the
Principles
of
that
new way
of
admini
firing
confolation to
Believers, which
Mr
Goodwin
hath
found out. This then
is
the utmoff,
which
Mr
Goodwin
will
allow
to
be (
for
difputation
fake,
not
that
he really believes
it)
granted,that
Chrift
intercedes
for
his Saints,
as
to
their
continuance and prefervation
in
that
condition
,
viz. That
God would
give them
fuch
meanes,
as
they may
ufe,
or not
ufe ,
at their liberty,
which
may
be effeauall
,
or not
effe
&uall
,
as
their
own
wils
Shall
choofe
to
make
ufe
of
them,
which he alto
takes for
granted,to
be common
to
all
the
World,
and not to
be peculiar unto
Believers.
But
it
is
farther argued
,
If
Chrifi fhould
limply and
abfolutely
Intercede,that
no
finne
or
wickednef
e
whatfoever,
may
def
roy
the Faith
of
any true
Believer,
and
confequently
deprive him
ofsalvation,
fhould
he
not
hereby become
that,whicb
the
Apofile
rejeïls with indignation,
as altogether unworthy
of
him
I
meane,
a
Minifier
offinne?
Is
therefore Chrifi the
Minifier
offinne?
God
forbid;
or
where-
by, or
wherein, can
it
lightly
be
imagined;
that
Ohre,
fi
Should become
a
minifier
of
.finne,
rather
then
by
interceding with his Father
,
that
filch
and
Such
men,
.how
vile and
abominable
foever
they
(ball
become, may
yet
be
precious
in hisfight
, and
receive
a
Croton
of
Righteoufnefe
from
his
hand
Or cloth
notfuc
h
an
Interceifi-
on, asfame
men
put
upon
him,
as
they who make
him to
Intercede
limply and
abfo-
lutely
for
the Perfeverance
of
Believers
in their
Faith,
amount to an
Intercef
ion
of
every
whit
as
vile
and
unworthy Import as
this
?
Anf
That
this
is
the tenor
of
Chrifts Interceffion with
his
Father
,
for
Yuen,
let
them
become as
vile
.4s
they
will
how
vile
and
abominable
foever
,
yet
that
they may
beflill
precious
in
his
fight,
and
that
he
would give them
a
Crowne
of
Righteoufnefe, M. Goodwin
knoweth
full well
,
not to be the
Do&rine
of
them
he
oppofeth;
If
he
1h
all
otherwife
affirme,
it
will
be incumbent on
him
to
produce
fotne one
Author, that hath
wrote about this Doctrine,
in
what
language foever, and
fo
Rated it
If
he
be
ignorant,
that
this
is
not their Do-
&rine, he ought not
to
have ingaged into
an
oppoftion
thereof
:
if
he argue
that
it
is
otherwife
,
this
procedure
is
unworthy
of
him.
That
Chrift Inter
-
cedes for
his Saints;
that
they
maybe
kept
from all
fuch
finnes,
as
would fe-
parate
them
from
the
Love and Favour
of
his
Father
,
for which
there
is
no,_
Remedy
provided
in
the
Covenant
of
Grace,
and
that
their Faith
may
not
faile
or
perifla
under
fuch
finites
,
as
they may
through Temptation
fall
into
,
is
the
Do
&rine,which
he oppofeth, or at
leaft
ought
tooppofe,
to
make good
his
undertaking; Now
if
this
be
fo,
then
(faith
he)
is Chrifi the minifier
of,inne:
why
fo
?
He
fees
and foretells ,
that
Peter Should
deny him thrice, yet
he
prayes,
that
Peters
Faith
may
not
faile
under
that
finne
and
wickedneffe:
is
he
therefore
a
minder
of
finne
?
becaufe
he
Intercedes, that
his Saints
may
not
be
given
up
to the
power
of
finne,
nor
every
time
they-are affaulted,lye con-
quered
by
finne,
is
fie
therefore
a
minifier
of
thine?
or
rather
a
deliverer
from
finne
?That
very
thing,
which M.
Goodwin affirmes
would make
him
a
mini-
,
.fier
offinne,
he
affirmes
himfelfe
to
do
in
the
cafe
of
Peter;
how he will
free
himfelfe from this charge
and imputation,
ipfe
viderit,
.
2.
What it
is
to Intercede
fimply
and
abfolutely
for Believers,
that
they
may
continue believing,
we
are not
fo
cleare
in
Chriff Intercedes ,
that
they
may
be
preferved by
the
power
of
his
Father,
in
and through
the
ufe
ofthofe
meanes,which
he gracioufly
affordsthem,
and
the
Powerfull
prefence
of
the
Spirit
of
God with them
therein;
and
that,
not
on any fuch
abfurd and
foolith
conditions,