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A Preface
to
the Reader,
quofdam
nimia voluntatia fun fiducia
extulit
infuperbiam
,
Cr quofdam
nimia
volunta
tirfun
dif-
fidentsa
dejecit
in negligentiam
:
Illi
dictent
quid
rogamea `Deum
ne
vincanaur
t
entatione quod in
no(lrit eft poteflate
?
l
fti
dicunt,
at
gnid canamur beni vivere
,
quod
in `Dei
efl
Tot:flare
?
ô
Do-
mine
,
ô
Pater
qui
es
in
Cal
is,
ne
not
infer&
in quarnlibct
iflarum Tentationum
,
Jed
Nara
nos
d
malo.
Audiamru Dcminum
dièentem
rogavi
pro
Te
`Petre ,
ne
fides
defciat
tua
;
ne
fic éxiJli-
memus fidem
noflram
elfe
in
Libero
Arbitrio
nt
Divin°
non
egeat adjutorio.
&c. That,
with
both
of
there forts
of
men,the
way and
work
of
the Grace
of
God
, is
at
this day perverted,
and obfcured,
is
fo
known to all
that
it needs no Exemplification. Some
repaire
no
more
to
the
Conqueft
of
Temptations
,
but
men's own rational
confederation
of
their
Eternal flare
and condition ,
with the
tendency
of
That
,
whereto they
are tempted
:
Others torniro
the
Grace of
God
into wantonnefs, &
fupinely
calling
away all
heedful regard
of
walking with
God,
being
en(laved
to their
lofs
and corruptions
,
under a
pretence
of
God's working
all in
The latter
denying
themfelves
to
be men
the
former to
be men
corrupted
;
And
in
plaine
terms the
Milevimne
Councel tells
es
,
fiquis
ftnxerit
ideo
Gratiameffe
nectf
oiarn
ad
eitanda
peccata,goìalotit
hominem cognofcere
peccata,&
difcernere
inter
Pcccata,&
can
peccara,quîi
Dif=
cretione per
gratiam
habitll,
per
libertina
Arbitrium
poteft
vitare;is
prociel,
&c.The light ofGrace
to
difcerne
the
(late
of
things the nature
of
Canne,
and
to confider
theft aright,thePelagian
allowed which
is
all
the
1
ottome
of
that
perfeverance
of
Saints which
we have
offered by
Mr.
Goodwin:
but upon that
lupplie
ofthefe
meanes
to
abide and perfevere
in
faith,
to
fly
and avoid
fnne,
is
a thing
of
our
own performance.
This
the Dodlors
of
that
Councel Anno
420.
condemned
asa
Pelagianfininn,As
Profper al-
fo prefents
it
at Iarge,C:zS:againfl
Calame
the
Semi
-
Pelagian,& further cleares
&
confirmes
it:
fo
Auflin againe:
De Bono
Per/ev
:c:
3:cur iflaperfeverantia peritar d
Deo
fi
non
dotter
si
Der?
an
ci-iJla
irriforia
Petitio
eft,cum 'Nod ab
ee
petitur,quodfcitur
non
ipfum
Dare,cd
ipfo
can
dante,
e9e
in
haminis pote!late?
finer
irriforia
eft
etiam ilia Gratiarum
Ac`lio;
fi
ex
hoc
gratin
agentur
Deo
quod
non
donavit ipfe,
nec
fecit:And.the
fame
Argument
he
ufeth againe,Cap
:6,9:much refting
on
Cyprian's
Interpretation
of
the Lord's Prayer: and
Cap:
z6:
he
further
preflech
it,
as
to the
root
and
foundation
of
this
Gift
of
God:
Si
ad Liberum Arbitrium
Hominis,gnod
can
fecun-
dun
gratiam,fed
contra
tam
defendis
pertinere dicis,ut
perfeveret
in
Bono
quifquis,
vel
non
perfe-
veret,non
Deodance
fic perfeverat , fed
l'amana voluntatefaciente. One
or two
inflances
more
in
this kind,
amongft hundreds
that
offer themfelves may
fuifice.
De
Correptione
& gratid,
Cap:
14. Apoftolsu
f
ud&,cum dicit,ei autem qui
potens
efl,t
c:
nonne
apertifmé
oftendit
DonumDei
efe Perfeverare in
Bona
nfgr
ad Finem? quidtaira aliad
fa-
nat qui
poteft con(ervare not
fine
ofenf
one,
&
con
flituere
ante
con!peftum
gloria
foe
,
immaculate!
in Latitiá,nifi
Perfeverantiam
Banana
?
più
mm
infinie dedpiat,ut
negre
Perf
verantiam efe Do-
nom Dei,
cime
dicit
Sanflif
mua
7eremiaa
,
timorem
meum
dabo
in
cordeeorano
sat
non
recedant
sale
,
N
c.
I !hall
adde
only that
one placemore
out
of
the
fame Book
,
(C:59.
)where both
the matter,&
manner
of
the thing
in
hand,isfully
delivered:in
hoc loco
miferiarum,
nbi tentario
eft
vita
haminum
Toper
terram,virtus
inftrntitate perficitur;qun
virtue?nil gnigloriator,eat
in
do-
mino
glori
etat,
per
hoc de
ipfo
perfeveraneiti Boni volait
Dew
Saab
Os
foot
in
viribus foia,fed
in ip-
fo gloriari,qui
eis non Tolima
dot Adjntarium
quod
Primo
homini dedit
fine
goo now
peer
perfevera-
re
f
velit
,
fed in
its
edam
operator
6-
velle:
C4"
quoniam
non
perfeverabunt nifi G'
pont
,
(r
ve-
lint,
perfeverandi
eis
(J
pofbilitaa,&
valant&Divina Gratin largitale donator: ta
mum quip
-.
pe
Spirita
Sanflo accenditurvolunta!
carom
,
ut
ideó pofTnt
quia
fic
valant
, ideó
fic veline,grtia
Deus
operator
ut
velint. 2Vamfi
tantá
in
firmitate
hoped
vita
ip/is
relicque:or
velum&
/tie
,
ut.
fin
Adjurons Dei,fine
goo
perfeverare
non
poffent,manerent
d vellent
, ne
Dette
is:
rit
operaretor
tie
velint, intertot
Co-
tart&
tentationes,1nfirmitate
fassi
fuccomberet
volant&,&
idc
pcefeeverare non
poffent,
quia
deficientes
infirmitate voluntatis
non
vellent,
act
non
ira
yeller:: ,rd
po
Cent.
Subvert.
turn
eft
igiturinfirmitativoluntatiohumana,
tit
divinligratisiindeclinabiliter
,t,
injuperav`iiiahr
ageretur,
&
ideò
quamvisinfirma
non
tarnen deficiat
:
it
as
not
poflible
that
any one fhoaid
dei
laver
his
ferife
more clearly
to
the whole
of
out prefent
Conteft, than
this holy and learned,
man harp done,in
the words nowrepeatedfrom
him
:
Agift
ofGod
he
affects
it to
be,
(and
.
not
an
Aft
or courre
of
our
own
,
whereto
we
are prompted by certaine
Con
Verso
ions ,
and
aflifledwith firthoutward
meanes
as
arealfo
added
to
us
)
to the
real prodne?ion
cf
that
nf-
felt
by the
efficiency
of
the Grace
of
God.
And
for the manner
of
this work
,
it
is
faith
he,
by the
effeélual
working
,
the
Actual will of perfeverance
(in
the
continuance
of
our obedi-
ence)
in
a
Difpenfation
of
Grace
, different from
,
and be
and what
was
given
to
him
,
who
had
a
Power
of
Perfevering
if
he
would;
but
received
not
the
will.
thereof, Now
to
fida,ns
Perfeverance
there
was
nothing wanting, but
his
Willsconfirmation
in obedience
and
his
Adtu.
all