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C
A
r.XVII.
Heb
6.4,
f,
6.
Heb.
io.
18,19.
what
perfons intended
.
432 expreffing
his
dedicating
and feparating himfelfe
to
his
objettion;and
more in-
?---
fiances may
be had,ifwe
ftood in any need
of
them.
Thirdly
that
many are
faid
to
be
fan&ifyed
and holy
in
the
latter
fence, as
it
fignifyeth
fpirituall
purity,
in refpe&
of
their
profeffic
n
of
themfelves
fo
to
be, and
fome mens efteem
of
them,
who
yet were never
wholly,
and
truly
purged
from
their
(inne,
nor ever had
received
the
holy
Spirit
of
Prom
fe,
who
alone
is
able
to
purge
their hearts,
doth
not
now,
want
its
demonitration,
that
work hath been
fome whiles lince
performed.
So
that
Mr
G.
makes
not
any progreffe
at
all,in
the
proofe
of
what he
has
undertaken
viz.
that
they
are
true
Believers in
the
fence
of
that
denomination whicirwe affërt,
who in
thefe
places
are defcribed.For
a
clofe,.,
W
;044s..
is
far more properly referred
to
Chrift,than
to
the
perfons fpoken
of
and
that
fence
the
Remonfirants
them
-
felves
do not
oppofe.
4.33
That
they are
Paid
(Cap.
6.
4.)
to
have tufted the
heavenly
guift is urged
in
the
next
place
(
Se&.22.)
to
prove
them
true
Believers
;
both the
ob-
jell
and
the
as
are here
in
queftion, what
is
meant
by
the
Heavenly
guift, and
what by tatting
of
it.
I
shall
not looke
intothe Text
beyond
the
peculiar
con
-
cernement
ofthecaufe
in
hand
:
fomewhat might be
offered for
the farther
clearing
of
the
one and
other.
At prefent it
fufficeth
that
bethe
Heavenly
psi
ft
what it
will,
the
perfons
of
our
comet},
are
faid
only
to
tail
of it
:
which
though abfolutely,
and
in
it
felfe,
it
is
not
an
extenuating
expreflion,
but de-
notes
a
matter of
high
aggravation
of the
finne
of
Apo
Racy,
in
that
they were
admitted to
fome
tuft
and
relifh
of
the
excellency
and
fweetneffe
of
the
Hea-
venly
guift;
yet
comparatively
to
their
feeding on
it,
digefting
it,
growing
thereby,
it clearely denotes
their
coining
(hors
of
filch a
participation
of it,
who
do but
tuft
of
it.
That to
taft,doth not
in
the
firft genuine fignification
in
things
naturall,fignifyto
eat
anddigefi meat,
fo
aswgrow
by
it,
I
fuppofe
needes no
proof; that
in
that
fence
it
is
ufed
ip
the
Scriptures loh.
2.9.
Mat.
27.34.
is
by
Mr
Goodwin
confeffed,
This
he tells you
is
only, when
the taft
or
relifb
of
things
is
defired
to be
known:
but that our
Saviour
tafted
of
the gall
and
vineger
out
of
a defire
to
know
the
relifii
of
it
,
he will hardly perfwade
thofe whoare
accuftomed
to
give
never
fo
eafie a
beliefe
to
his affertions.
By
the
Heavenly
gui
ft
M.G. in
the
firft place intends Jefus
Chrifi:
now
if
by rafting,
eating and drinking
ofChrift be intended
as
is
here pleaded, Chrift
him
-
felfe
will
determine
this
ftrife,telling
us
that
whofoever eateth
his flea]
(hall
be
fáved
John 6.3 5,
49,
50, 51, 54,.
55,56,57.
So
that
either
to
taft,
is
not
to
eate,or
they
that
taft cannot
perifh.
Three
things are urged
by
Mr-
Goodwin
to
give proofe ofhis
interpretation
of
thefe
words
of
the
Holy Ghoft: faith
he,
1.
tvhatfoever
is meant
by
this
Heavenly
guift,certain
is
it
that
by
tafling,
is
not meant
any
light
or
fuperficiall
impreon
made
upon
the hearts
or
foules
of
men,
through
the
fence or apprehenfion
of it
,
but an emphaticall,
inward
and
effeltuous relifh
and
fence
of
the
excellent
and
Heavenlyfweetneffe
and
plea
-
fantneff
e
ofit,
oppofed
to a bare
[peculation or naked
apprehenfion thereof. The
reafon hereof,
is becaufe
thetofling
of
this
Heavenly
guift
here
fpoken of, is not
mentioned
by
the
Apoftle
in
a
may
of
eafing
or
extenuating the
finne
of
thofe
that
fhould
fall
away
from
Chrift, but
by
way
of
aggravation
and
exaggeration
of
the
heinoufneffe
and
unreafonableneffe
thereof,
and withall
more
fully
to declare
and
affert the
equitableneff
é
of
that
feverity in
God,
which is
here denounced
again
if
thofe,
that
¡hallfinne the
great
tune
of
Apoftacy
here fpoken of.
It
mull
needs be
much more unworthy
and
provoking
in thefight ofGod,for a man
to
turne
his backe
upon
and
renounce thofe wayes
,
that
profefon,
wherein God
hath
come home
to him,
and
anfwered the joy
of
his heart abundantly,
then
it
would
be
in
cafe
he
had