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C.
XVI.CounielI
of
the H.Q.
to
Believers confitl:ent
with
the
D.
of
S.P.
382
bout like a roaring
Lyon, Peeking whom he maydevoure
Who
will
fit
himfelfe
with all
his
might,
to
thruft
you
headlong into
all
manner
of
finnes,
and
fo
to
fepa-
rate'tweeneyou andyour
God
for
ever; And truly
i
am
afraid,
leafy
as
the
Serpent
by
hisfubtilty
deceived
Live,
foyour
minds fhould
be
corrupted
from the
Simplicity
which
is
in
yefus Chri
ft,
leafy
the
tempterfhould
any way tempt
you,
and
my
labour
aboutyou
be
in vaine
5
Therefore
Watch, Pray,
Refift
him
ftedfaft in the
Faith;
Take unto
you the
whole
armour ofGod,
that
you
may
be
able to
rep
in an evifl
day,
and
having
done
all
things
Pfand
faft5 Stand having your
Mines
girt
with
the
girdle
of
truth,
and
the breflplate
of
Righteoufneffe
uponyou: Would
fuch
an
o-
ration
orfpeech as
this
be
any
way
worthy
the
Infinite
wifedome
of
the
Holy Oho
fi?
Or
is
it
not
the
part
of
a very weake
and
fmple
perfon
to
admonijb
a
man
and
that
in
a moft
ferious
andfolemne manner
of
a
danger threatning
hint, or hanging over
his
head,and
withall
to
inffrutf
him with great variety
of
direffion and caution
how to efcape
this danger,when
as both himfelfe knows,
and
the
perfon admonifbed
knowes
likewife
that
it
is a thing altogether
impoffible
that
ever the danger fhould
befall him, or the evillagain!" which
he
isfofolemnely cautioned
come
Upon
him.?
Therefore thole
who
make
the
Holy
Ghog
to
have
part and
fellowpip
in
filch weak
nefe
as
this
are molt
infuferably injurious
unto
him.
4.
9.
An
f.
To
rapport the
Stage
for
to
a&
this
part
of
the pageant
in
hand upon,
there
are many
fuppofalls
fixed
by our Author ,
that are to
beare up the
weight
of
the
whole,
which upon
tryall
will
appeare
to
be
arrant
falle preten
ces, painted anticks,
that
have not
the
leaft
ftrength or
efficacy
for the end
4.
to.
and purpofe whereunto they are applied.
Firft, 'Tis
fuppofed,
that
the end
of
all
there admonitions,
is
ineerely and
folely
to
prevent the
Saints
from
final! Apoftafys
and
that
they
are
to
beware
of
the
wiles
and affaults
of
Satan, only leaft he prevaile over
them
,
tocaufe
.
them to depart utterly
from Gods
That
this
is
fuppofed
in
this difcourfe
is
.
evident,becaufe
upon
the granting
of
a
promife,that
they
shall
not be
fo
pre-
vailed againft, they are judged all ufeleffe and ridiculous : Now who knows
not but
that
Satan may winnow , and
in
tome
meafisre
prevaile
againft
the
Saints,
to
the Difhonour
of
God,
the
Reproach
of
the
Got-pelf ,
Grieving
of
the
Spirit,
and
Scandali
of
the Church, although they
fall
not totally
and fi-
.
nally from Gods And
that
many
of
thofeAdmonitions, tend
to the
preferva-
tion
of
Believers, from fuch
falls
andfailings,
is
more
evident
than
to
need a-
ny
Demonftratiorrby
confideration
of
theparticular
inftances.
4.
I
I.
Secondly,
It
fuppofeth
as
is
expreft,
that
Believers may
fall
into all
manner
of
horrid
f
nnes
and
Abominations
,
which
is
the thing
in Queftion
,
and by
us
pun&ually
denied:
What
ever their furprizalls
may
be,
yet there are
finnes
which they
cannot
fall
into:
and the great abomination
of
every
finne ,
that
'tis
committed
with the whole
heart,
and
with
full
confent, they are not at all
expofed
or
liable
unto,
as
hath been proved.
4 12,
Thirdly, That
there
is
an
inconfiftency
between Promifes and Precepts,
in
reference
to the fameObje&
5
that
God
should promife
to
worke
any
thing
effe
&ually in us,
and
yet
require it
of
us,
is
thought
ridiculous, and on
this
ac-
count
the great
folly
here imputed
to the
difcourfe
framed
for
the
Holy
Ghoft,
is
propofed
to
confift in
this,
that
God
fhould
exhort
us, to
watch
a-
gainft
the
affaults
of
the Divell,and yet
promife
that
by
his
Grace,
he will ef-
fe&ually
work
in
us,& for us,
the
very fame things
A
fuppofall deftru&ive
to
the
wholenature
of
theNew-Covenant,
eafily
difproved by innumerable
in-
ftances.
4.13.
Fourthly,
That
Believers
are
to
be
wrought
upon to obedience
alwaies,
whatever the frame
of
their
fpirits be ,
by
-the fame
wales
and
meaness
Thence
'tis
that
promifes,
promifes
of
higheft and greateft
affurance,are
in