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dieb.6.4,5,6.
ch:
io.a8.29.confidercd.
CAP.
XVII.
defcribed
in
innumerable other
pláces
of
Scripture:
that
the
Perlons defcribed 427
are,called
according to
the
purpofe
of
God,quickened,borne
againe or regenerated,
:uilifyed,
united
to
Chrift,
sanelifyed
by
the
spirit,
adopted, madefonnes
of
God,
and the
like,which
are
the ufuallexpreffons
of
Believers
pointing out their
difcriminating forme
as
fuch,
is
not
in
the
leaft
intimated
in
the Text,
Con
-
text
or
any
concernement
of
it.
That
they are
ele
Jed
of
God,
Redeemed
of
Chrift,
SanCtifyed
by
the
Spirit,
that
they are made
Holy, is
not at
all
affir-
med.
3.
The
perfons
intended are
v.
8.
ch.
6.
compared
to the
ground
upon
which the
raine
falls,
and
beareth
thorns
and
briers.
True
Believers whilft
they
are
fo,
are not
filch as
do bring forth nothing but
thornes
and
briers;
Faith it
felfe
being an
Herbe meet
for
him
by whom they
are
dreffed.
4.
Things
that
accompany
Salvation,
are
better things,
than
any
in
the per-
Ions
mentioned
were
to be
found.
This the
Apoftle afferts
v
9.
we
are
perfora,.
ded better things
of
you,
and
things
that
accompany
Salvation.
Now neither
of
theCe,either
better
things,or
things
that
accompanySalvation were upon
them
wvhofe
Apoftacy
the
Apoftle fuppofeth.
The
exceptiveparticle at the
ent-
rance, with
the
Apologeticall
defigne
of
the
whole verfe, afcribes fuch things
to
the Saints,towhom the
Apoftle fpeakes,as they were
not partakers
of
con-
cerning whom he had immediately before difcourfed.TheFaith
ofGodsEl.e&,
whereby
we
are
Juftifyed,
is
doubtleffe
of
the
things
that
accompany
salva-
tion.
5.
The
perfons
intended by the
Apoftle, were fuch,
as
hadneed to
be
taught
againethe
frfi
principles
of
the oracles
of
God, Chap.
5.
v.
1
a,
that
were
nnsl¿illfull
in
a word
of
Righteoufneffe
v./
5.that had not their
fences exereifedto
difcerne
good
and evill
v. 14.
and are
plainely diftinguifhed from
them,
to
whom
the
Promi
a
made
to
Abraham
doth properly
belong. Chap.
6.
9,1o,
II,Ia,13,14,
&c.
6.
True
Believers
are
oppofed in
the
Difcourfe
of
the
Apoftle
(Chap.6.)
unto
thefe perfons
lying
under
a
poílìbility of
Apoftacy,
fo
farre
as
they are
caft under it, by the conditionall Difcourfe
of
it,
upon fundry accounts.
As
1.
Oftheir
workes
and
labour
of
Love
fbew'd
to
the name
of
God v.
to:
of
their prefervation,from
theRighteoufnes or Fazthfulnes
o
fGod
in his
Promifes,
o.
r
1.
Of
the mutability
of
the
counfels
of
God,
and
his
Oath for the preferva-
tion
of
them v
13,17,18.Oftheir hire and
fteedfá
ft
anchor
of
hope,
v.
19.
&e;
Upon
all
which Confiderations
it
is
abundantly evident,
that
they
are
not
Believers,the
Children
ofGod,
Juftifyed,Sanî#ifyed, Adopted
Saints
of
whom
the
Apoftle
treates
in
the
paffages infifted on.
Se&.
28,
M.
Goodwin
urges
fundry
reafons
to
prove
that
they
arenot
Hy-
4.29s
pocrites,
or
outfide
profeffors only,
but true
Believers
that
are defcribed.
If
by
Hypocrites
and
outfide Pro
fefors
he intends thofe
who
are groffely
fo,
pretending
to
be what they are not, and what
they
know
themfelves
not to be
,
we
contend not about
it:
if by
thofe
expreffions
he
comprifeth alto thofe whom we charallerized
in
the
entrance
of
this
Dif-
coùrfe, who
unto their
profeffion
of' the
Faith,
have
alto
added
thofe guifts
and endowments,with the like,
which we
mentioned
;
notwithftanding
all
their Advancement
in
light,
convi&ion, joy, ufefulneffe,
converfation, do
.yet
come
(bort
of
union with Chrift,
I (hall
joyne
iffue
with him,
in
the
conG-
Aeration
of
his reafons
offered
to
be pregnant
of
proofe for
the
confirmation
of
hisAffertion.
He tells you,
Se&.
28.
Pag.288.
I.
There is no Claufe,
Phrafe,
or Word
in
either
of
the
places,
any waies
cha-
railerifticall
or
Defcriptive
of
Hypocrify,
or Hypocrites,there
are
none
ofthofe
co-
I
1
i
lours