70 / 504
CAp,I.4
:a
;.
14
3.
That
theholy and bleffed Spirit
which
effotually and
powerfully'
Ioh.4a6,26.
workes
this change
in
them,
is
upon them
as
a
fruit
of
the
purchafe
,5.
26.
and
interceffron
of
Jefus
Chrift
to
dwell in
them,
and abide
in
them forever:
st
16.7,
8,9.
upon
the
account
of
which
inhabitation
of
the
Spirit,c
f
Chrift in them , they
Rom. 8.
1o,
have
union
with him,
i.e.
one and
the
fame fpirit dwelling in him
the
Head,
I Con
6. x9.
and them
the
Members.
Rom.5.
5.
I
Ioh.4.4,13.
2
Tim. 1.14.
1
Cor.6.17.
&
12.12,13:
EpheG
4.4
4.
By
all
which
as
to
their
aauall
Bate
and
condition , they are really
41 Loh.
3.14.
changed
,from
a
death
to
life,
from
b
darkneffe
to
light,
from
r
univerfall
ha-
Eph.
2.
2
bituall
uncleanneffe
to
holineffe,
from
a
a
ftate
of
enmity
f
ubbornneffe, re.
CO,
2.13.
Rom.6.
u,13.
belllon, &c.
into
a
ftate
of
love,
obedience,
delight,
&c.
and
as
to
their rela-
tive condition,
whereas
they
were
a
children
of
wrath
under the curie
and
b
A
@:26.
Y8.
condemning power
of
the
law , they are upon
the
fcore
of
him
,
who was
Eph.5.8.
made
a
curfe for
them,
and
is
made righteoufneffe
to
them,
accepted,
'juftifi-
rhef.
5.4..
ed, adopted and admitted into
that
family
of
heaven and
earth
which
is
call-
,
x
Pet.2.9.
ed
after the
name
of
God.
cEzek.36.z5. Zach.13.1. Ifa.4.3,4
Eph.5.6. 1Cor.6.11.
Tir.3.5
Heb.1o.22.
dRom.6.10. Eph.
2.12,13,íq,
15.
Col.1.2,.Heb.,
z.22.
a
Eph.2.3. Gear.
3.
13.
&
4.4,
5,6,7. Rom.8.1.
2
Cor.5.21.
C01.2.10. Rom.5.
i.
8c8.
32,33.
1Ioh.3.
1,2.
Ephef3.15.
Thefe
alone are
they,ofwhom
we
treat;
of
whore (fate
and condition
Per.
feverance
is
an
infeparable adjunct: wherein
and
in what particulars
they are
differencedfrom,and advanced
above
the
moft glorious Profeffors
whatever,
who are
lyable and obnoxious
to
an
utter
and everlafting feparation from
God,
(hall
be afterwards at
large
infrfted upon:
And
though
M.
Goodwin
bath thought good
to
affrme,
that
that
defcription
which we
have
Heb: 6,
of
fuch(as
is
fuppofed)may
be
Apoftates,is
one
of
the higheft and molt
eminent,
that
is
made
of
believers in
the
whole Scripture;
I
(hall
not doubt
but to make
it
evident,
that
the
Excellency
of
all
the
expreffions
there
ufed , being
extra-
cted
and laid
together, doth
yet come (bort
of
the
meaneft and loweft
thing
that
is
fpoken
of
thofe, concerning whom we
treat;
as
(hall
be
manifeft,
when
through Gods
affiftance we
arrive unto
that part
of
this
conteft.,
5.
s3..
That
the other
terme(to
wit)Perfeverance may
be more briefely explicated,
I
(hall
take the
fhorteft path.For
Perfeverance
in
general!,
he cameneere
the
nature
of
it,who
laid
it
was
in
ratione
bene
fundati
ftabil t
ac
perpetua permanfio.
The
words and termes, whereby
it
is
expreffed in
Scripture, will afterwards
fall
in
to
be
confidered.
The
Holy
Ghoft
reftraines
not
himfelfe
to
any
one
expreffion,in fpirituall things
of
fo
great
importance,
but ifing that
variety
which may
be
lofted
to
the
inftruction,fupportment and confolation ofBelie-
nom.1s
4
vers, this grace(asis
that
ofFaith
it
felfe in
an eminent
manner)
is
by,
him
va-
t
sam.7.
,4,
rioufly expreffed,
To
walke
in
the
name
of
the Lord
for
ever, to walke
with
15
..
Chrifl as
we
have received,
to
be
confirmed
or ftrengthened in the,
faith
as
we
have
Yí2'
1.3'
been
taught,
to
keep
tlj
aies
of
Gods
commandements to
the end,
to
runne
tied.
37.
24.
fáfily
therace
fèt
before
its, to
ride
with
God,
to
be
faithfull with
the Saints,
to
be
52.
1
°
faith
fultto
the death,
to
be
found and
"fledfaft
in
the
precepts
ofGod,
to
abide or
89.31.
125,1,2,3
.
continue firme.
with
Chri$,
in
Chrift,
in
the Lord, in the word
of
Chrift,in the do-
128.
5.
Drive
of
Chrift,
in
the
faith,
in
the
love
andfavour
of
God,
in
What we
have
lean
Ira. 46.
4
necl
and
received from
the
beginning,
to
endure,
to
perflfi
in
the Truth,
to
be
roo-
Ierem.
3
r.3.
ted in
Chrif,
to
retaine
or
keepe
faith
and
a
good confcience,
to
hold fait
our
32.39,4
°
c
and faith
to the
end,
to
follow
God
fully,
to
keep
the word ofChrifts
z
ath.
onfidence
patience,
to
be
built
upon
and in Chrili
to
keep
our
elves
that
the
wicked
one
Math.7.z4,
.
P
.f
k
25.
&
12. 20.
&
16.18.
&
24. 24.
'Lnk. 8. 5.
& 22.
23.
Ioh.6.35,39,56,57
&
8.12, &
30,
27
,
28,29.
&
74.
16,17.
&
17.20,18,28.
Rom,8.7.16.29.34. 36,37.
1
Cor.3.8,9,1o,13._r5.58.
OfSainrs and Perleverance.
tempt,