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C.
X.
§,to
Don`t
ofPerfof
Sts
its ufefulnes
to
promote
Golp Obedience.
246
never depart
from
him, what
can ye pitch upon poffibly
to
unfettle
him,
as
to
a perfwafion
of
the
Accomplifhment
of
this Promife,
and
that
it (hall
be
fo
indeed,
as
God hath fpoken,
but
only this: according
as
thou
behaveft thy
felfe,
(which
is
left
unto thee,)
fo fhall
this be made good,
or
come fhort
of
accomplifhment;
If
thou continueto
walke with
God,
(which
that
thou
(halt
do,
he
doth
not promife,
but
upon Condition
thou
walke with
him,)
it
(hall
be well: and
if
thou turne
afide,
which
thou
mayft
do, notwithftanding
any
thing
here fpoken,
or intimated, then theword
fpoken fhall be
of
none
effe&,
the
Promife
(hall
not
be
fulfilled
towards thee
? I
know
not
what
the
moft
malicious
Devill
in
Hell(if
they have degrees
of
malice) can invent more
fui-
table
to
weaken
the
Faith
of
men,as
to the
accomplifhment
of
Gods
Promife,
then
by
affirming,
that it
doth not depend
upon
his
Truth
and
Faithful
-
nefl'e,
but
folely on
their good behaviour,
which
he
doth not
effellu
-.
ally
provide, that it
fhall
be fuch,
as is
required
thereunto;
God
him
-
felfe
bath long
face
determined
this difference
, might he be attended
unto.
What hath
been fpoken
of
the
Promifes
of
the
firm
fort,
might
alfo be
rna-
nifefted concerning thofe
of
the
fecond; And
the like might
alto be
cleared
up,
in
reference
to
thofe
other
weapons
of
Miniflers warfare,
in calling
down
the
f
rong holds
offinne
in
the, hearts
of
men,
to
wit,
Ea
IIortatiéns
and
Threat
-
nings.
But becaufeMr
Goodwin
bath
taken
great
paines,
both
in the generali,
to
prove the
unfuitableneffe
of
our
Doetrine
to
the promotion
of
Obedience,
and
an
Holy Converfationi and
in
particular,
its
inconfiffency
with the Ex-
hortations
and Threatnings
ofthe
Words-managed by
the
Ordinances
of
the
Miniftry.
What
is
needful
farther to
be
added,to the
purpofe in
hand,
will
fall
in
with our vindication
& refcuing
of
the
Truth
from the
falfe
crimina-
tions,
wherewith it
is
affaulted, and reproached,
as
to
this particular: And
therefore
I
(hall
immediately
addreffe myfelfe
to
the
Confideration
of
his
long
¡ndi&ment,
and charge
againft
the
Do&rine
of
the Perfeverance
of
the
Saints,
as
to
this very thing.
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