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CAP.
XI.
1.
The Entrance into
an Anfwer
to
Mr G's Arguments againft the
Doftrine
of
theSaints
Perfeverance:
His
fixt Argument about
the
ufefulnelle
ofthe Doftrine under coniderarion to the worke
of
the
Miniftrypropofed.
2. His
proofeof the
minor Propofition.
g.
Confidered and Anfwered.
Many
pretenders to promote
Godlineffe by
falfe
Doftrines.
M.G's common inrereft in
this
Argu-
ment.
4.
His proofes
of
the
nlefulnelfe
of
his
Doftrine unto
the promotion
of
Godlineffe.
,.
Confideredand Anfwered. The inconfequence
of
his Arguing difcovered.
6.
The Doftrine
by
him oppofed,miftaken, ignorantly or wilfully. 9.
Obje:ions
propofed
by
Mr G.
to
himfelfe
to
be
Anfwered. 8.
The Objeftion,as propofed,difowned. Certainty
of
the
Love
of
God,
in
what
fence
a
motive
to
Obedience. 9.
The Doftrine
of
Apoftafy
denies the unchangeableneffe
of
Gods Love
to
Believers: placeth Qualifications in
the Roome
of
perlons. so- How
the Doftrine
of
Perfeverance promifeth the
continuance
of
the Love
of
God to
Believers.
r 1.
Certainty
of
Reward, inconraging
to
regular
A
fiions.
Promifes made
to
Perlons
qualified,
not
fufpended up-
on thofeQualifications.
Meanes
appointed
of
God for
the
accompli fitment
of
a
determined
end,
certaine.
sa.
Meanes
not
alwaies
conditions. 13,
M.
G's Grange
inference concerning
the
Scripture,
0.
Confidered:
The word
of
God by him undervalued, and fubjefted
to the
judgementof
vaine men,
as
to
its
Truth
and
Authority.
r 5.
The
pretended
reafon
of
the for
-
merproceeding,difcufted: TheScripture the folejudge
of
what
is
to be
afcribed
to
God, and be-
lievedconcerning him.
16.
The Doftrine
of
the Saints
Perfeverance, falfely imposed
on, and
vindicated.
17. Mr
G's
next Objeftion
made
to
himfelfe, againft
his
Dodd
ne
:
its unteafona-
bleneffe,as
to the Argument
in
hand,demonftrated.
18.
No
Affurance
of
the Love
of
God, nor
Peace left
the
Saints
by
the Doftrine
of
Apoftafy.
The ground
of
Peace, and Affruance
by
it ta-
ken
away. 19.
Ground
of
PeaLs
Cenlolation:
s
Cor.
9.27.
the meaning
of
the word
ädgx,pte
20. Another Plea againft
the Doftrine attempted to
be
proved
by
M.G.
That attemptconfidered..
Not
the weaknelfe of the Fleih naturally, but the ftrength
of
Luft spiritually
pretended. 2s.The
caufe
of Sinne in the Saints farther
dilcuffed. 22.
The Power
afcribed
by
M. G.
to
men, for
the
ftrengthning
and making
willing the Spirit
in
them,confidered. 23. The
Aptneffe
of
the
Saints
to
performe,what
, and
whence. The oppofition they
have in
them thereunto.
24. Gofpeil
o-
bedience
how
eafy.
25. The Conclufion. 26. Anfwer
to
Chap.
s
3.
ofhis Book propofed,
H E Argument, wherein Mr
Goodwin
expofeth
theo
&rive
un-
der
conteft
to
the triall, concerning
its
afefulneffeW
to
the pro-
motion ofGodlineffè,
in
the
hearts and
wayes
of
them,by whom
it
is
received,
he
thus'propofeth
.
Cap.13. Seef.32.
Pag.333. That
438E1rine,
which
is
according
to Godlineffe
and
whore
naturali
and
proper
tendencie, is,
to promote Godlineffi
in
the
hearts and
lives
of
men,
is
Evangelicals,
and
of
unqueflionable comportante
with
the
Truth;
fuch
is
the Do-
ílrine,which
teacheth the
pofbility
of
the
Saints
declining, both
totally,
and
ft-
nally:
Ergo,
Ofthis
Argument
he goeth
about
to
eftablifh
the
refpeé}ive
propofitions,
Ø.
z:
fo
as
to
make
them
ferviceable
to
the
enforcement
of
the
Conclufion
heai-
meth
at,
for
the
exaltation
of
the
Helena ,
whereon he
is
enamored: and for
the
major
Pro
pof
tion
(about
which, rightly underflood,
we
are remote from
conteftingwith him, or
any elfe,
and will willingly and cheerefully at any
time drive
the
caufe in difference
to
Iffue,upon
the ungularTeflimony
of
the
Truth
wrapped up
in
it)
he
thus confirmeth it.
The Reafon
of
the major Propoftion,
though the
truth
of
it
needeth
no
light
but
its
ozone
to be Peen by,
is,
becaufe
the
Gofpell
it
/elfe
is
a DoEirine,which
is
accor-
ding
unto
Godlineffe,
a
miniflry
of
Godlineffe;
is
a Dobirine,
Truth,
and
Mi-
fiery?,
calculated,
contrived,
andframed
by
God
with
a
fingular
aptneffe,
and
choifeneffe