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in its feverallAcceptations.
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32.
that
the carnali unbelieving part
is
apt to
turne
it
into
mantoneffe?
And
whe-
20
ther
Believers walking
after
the
Siprit,
in
which frame
the Truthes
of
God
in
Rotrí.e.t,rç.
the
Gofpell are
favory and
fweet
to
them,doe
experience fuch
attendan-
cies
of
the
Doarine
under confideration,
as
are here intimated;
I
am perfwa-
ded Mr
Goodwin
will one day finde,
that
he bath not
a
little
grieved
the
holy
spirit
of
God,
by thefe
4eproaches cart
upon
the
worke
of
his
Grace.
Further,
Doth
this perfwafion
Ante
men
that
'they
(hall
injoy
the Love
6,
Favour
of
God
under the prablifes
o
fall
manner
of
fanne
?
Or
can this be
wre[ied, by
any
racks
or
wheeles
from this Aflertion,
that
none
indeed
injoy
the
love
andfavour
of
God,
but
only
they,towards whom
it
is
effeauall
to turne
them from
the
pra-
aifes
of
all
manner
of
finne
and wickedneffe;
to
tranflate them
from Dark-
liege
into
marvelous
light, and
from the
power
o
f
Satan into
the
Kingdore
of
rue
chriff;
whom
the
Grace
that
appears
unto
them,teacheth
to
deny all
ungo
ñeffe
and
worldly
lu
s
to
live foberly,righteoufly,and
Godly
in
this prefent wort
:
whom
thatLove
conftraines
not
to
live vnto themfelves,but unto,him
that
dyed
for
them?
Doth it
promife
the
love
and
favour
of
God to
Boggs
turning
to
their vomit,
&fwine
wallowing
in their
mire?
when the very difcriminating
difference
of
it
from
that Doarine
which
advanceth
it
felfe
into Competition
with it,
is,
that
fisch
returning
Boggs
and
wallowing' Swine
did indeed
in
their belt eftate and
Condition,
never
truly
and properly
partake
of
the
Love and favour
of
God:
but
notwithftanding
their
difgorging and wafhing
of
themfelves, they
were
doggs
and
fwine
Bill:
But
to
what
end fhould I longer
infift
on thefe
things?
I
am
fully,
perfwaded, Mr
Goodwin
himfelfe
cannot make roome in
his
under
-
ftanding
to
apprehend
that
this
is
indeed
the true notion
of
the Doarine
which he
doth
oppofe; Something
bath
been fpoken
of
it
already, and
more
the
Lord afíìifling, will be
difcufled
in
the
progrefíe
of
our
Difcourfe,
abun-
dantly
fufficient
to
manìfeft
to the
confciences
of
men,
not
poffeft
with
pre-
judice
againft
the
Truth,
that
it
is
quite
of
another nature,
Sc
continency,
of
anther
Complexion and ufefullnefïe,then what
is
here reprefented;
I
cannot
but adde,that
this
way
of
handling Controverfies in Religion,namely
in
pro
-
pofing
Confequences and Inferences
ofour
owne framing,
(wierdrawne with
violence
and fubtility from
Principles
fart
di
fiant from them, difowned, difa-
vowed,and
difclaimed by
them,on whom they are impofed)
as
the
Judgment
of
our
Adverfaries,
loading them with
all
manner
of
reproaches,
is
fach,
as
(beeing
of
all
mmn
in
theworld
moft walked
in
by
the
Arminianr,)
I
deliire
not to
be Competitor
with any in: hand
de
fen
foribees
ills
&c.
Let
us now
a
little (in the
next place) confider what
Mr
Goodwin
gives
in for
that
Perfwafion, which
in
Oppofition
to the other
before by
him dif-
played, he
contendeth
with all
his
ftrcngth
to
advance;
I
doe
not doubt
but
all
that
are acquainted with
his
way
of
expreffion, '(elato
cothurno);will
(as
they
may
reafonably)
expeet
to
have it
brought forth
rp
,u
s
s
rpaeu4as ,
ador-
ned
with
all
the Gallantry
,
and Ornaments,
that
Words,
can
contribute
thereunto:
for
of
them there
is
with
him'ftore
to
be
ufed on all
occafions:
'maTVS
rheas
The
fumme
ofthe
Doarine
he
is
fo
inamoured on, he
gives us
Chap.
g:
is
SeEl:2I.
Pag.
i
i
5.
Longa
eft
Fabula
longe Ambagis)
this
is
caput rei;
x
It
is
not
'
any
danger
o
f
falling
away
in
them,that
are
Saints and
Believers, or
probability
of
funt,qui
jam
it,
that
he
mainetaines
but
only
po
bility
of
it,
fach
as
there is,
that
fober
and
alignamdi,
tn-
carefull men may
voluntarily
throw themfelves
down from
the
topps
of
Hou-
Le
vtrmaris
colhotrari
fuerunt,cm
in
eius coonitione pietatifque finds,
tantem
prafecerunt,ut
habitat,
tandem credendi
fantldq; 'vivendi
amparaverint:
Hos non
tan-
turn
ad
Om
ufque
vita
perfeverare
poffe,
fedfacile
pore,
ac
libenter&
cum
voluptate perfeverare voile
credimur, adei
ut
non
ni,6 cum
lutfâi
maleftiâ
ac
elifcultate
deficere
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