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DoasofPerfpf
Sts
its
ufefulnes
to
promote
Gofp.Obedience.
264
the
Dal
tine he goeth
about
to
efiablifh,
finding
that
as
fomthing
heavy
worke
to
lye
upon
his
hand, and not
much
to
be
laid
in
the
cafe, he tnftant-
ly
turneth about
and falleth upon.
his
Adverfaries,
in
declaiming
againfl
whom,
he
hath
a rich
and overflowing Veine.
There
is
fcarce any
one
of
his
Arguments,
in
the purfuit and improvement
whereof,one fourth
part
of
it,
is
fpoken
to that
head,
is
engaged.
a:
6.
But wherein
istheCommon Doelrine
of
Perfeverance
guilty
of
this
great
crime
?
It
teacheth,
that
He
that
believeth
fluff
be
faved, and
he that
believeth
not,
fiat!
be
damned.
It
teacheth,that God hath allotted
equall
punifhments
to
equall Tranfgreffions,and appointed equal! Rewards
to
equal!
wayes
of0-
bedience.
That.the
Wages
of
every
finne
is death,
and
that
every
(inner
muff
dye,
unlefl'e
it be thofe, concerningwhom God
himfelfe
faith,
Deliver
them,
Job.
33.24.
I
have
found
a Ranfome:
that
he
is
a
like difpleafed
with
finne in
whomfoever
it
is;
and
that
in
a
peculiar, and eminent manner
,
when it
is
found
in
his
owne. Indeed
if
this
be
to impute
Acceptation
of
Perfons
to God,
to
fay, that
he hash Mercy
on whom he
will have Mercy,
and
whom he
will, he.hardeneth,.that
he
is
tender to
his
owne,
as
a
Father
to his only
child
that ferveth
him, and
will recover them (being faithfull
in
his
Promifes)
from
their
finnes, and
heale
their
backeflidings,
though
he
fuffer
others
to
lye
wallowing in their re-
bellions,
and
pollutions
all
their
dayes;
that
he will
not
give pardon
to
any
firmer,
but
upon Faith and Repentance,
but
will give
Faith and Repentance
to
thole
whom he
hath
chofen,
and
given
unto
Jefus Chrifi, to be laved.
If
this
(I
fay) be
acceptance
of
PerfOns,
our
DQ&rine
owneth the imputation
of
afcribing
it
to God,
and glorieth
in
it
:
we being
afcertained
that
God
taketh
all
.
this
to himfelfe,
clearely ,
and plentifully
in
the
Word` of
Truth.
4.
7.
The
fumme
of
what our Author
gives in
,
to
make good
his
charge
upon
the
common
Dollrine
ofrer
everance is,
That
it affrmeth
,
that
though
Saints
and
Believers
fall
into the
f
ame
f
r.
nes
o
f
Adultery
and
Idolatry,
and
the like, with
other men,
yet
they
are
not,
dealt withall
as
other
men,
but continued
in
the
Love
and
Favour ofGod.
To
wave
the
confederation
of
the
falfe impofitions
(by
the
way) on the Doetrine
oppofed
(as it
is
that
it
teacheth the
Saints
to
fall into,
and
to
continue
in
them
to
the
figniócancy
of
that
exprefiìon (neverfo
long)
under Abominations)
and
to
joyne
Iffue
upon
the whole,
of
thematter,
I
fay,
t.
That
in
and
with
thisDo&rine,
-and
in
perfe&
Harmony
,
and
Con
-
Rom.1,3¢.
fiflency
therewith,
we
maintaine,
that
the
judgement ofGod
is
the
fame,
in
re-
fpe&of
every
finne, in
whomfoever
it
is,
and
that
he
that
Mil
it,on
thatàc-
count,
is
worthy
of
death;
and
2.
That
thefentence
of
the
Law,is
the
fame
towards
all, curling every
one
Deus.
27.25.
that
continueth not
in
all things
written.in the
Book
thereof, to doe
them.
3.
That
in, and
under the
Gofpell, wherein
a
remedy
is
provided
in refe-
rence
to the
rigour and feverity
of
both the former
Apprehénfions,
yet the
judge
of
all,
dealeth
with all men
equally,
according
to
the tenor
of
it,
He
that
Behevetb,(hall
be
Saved,
and
he
that
Believeth not,
fiat!
be
damned;
Men
in the,
fame condition',
than
have
the
fame recompence
of
reward:
But you will
fay,
Doe not
the
fame
Tones, put men into the
fame
condition, and deferve the
fame punifhment
in
one
as
in
another?
Anf.
t.
They
doe deferve
the
fame punifhment:God
is
equally provoked,
and had not
Chrift anfwered for the
finnes
of
Believers,
they could not,
they
Ihould
not
have efcaped
thewrath due
to
them.
2.
That
the
fame
finnes
doe not
argue men
alwaies
under the
Gofpell,
to be
in
the
fame Condition,
as
(ball be
afterwards
fully manifefled, for
(t.)
They doe not
find them
in
the
fame