Dod.ofPert:of Sts its u(efulnesto promoteGo /pelt- Obedience. C.X.4: I. is Paidover and over an hundred times , yet I cannot believe it-3 becaufe the 1^ 5s Do&rine openly affirmeth thecontinuance of the Love of God tothem that are Godly, to be effe&ually and eventually preventive ofany fuchprophane- neffe, as is inconfiftent therewithall; and therefore much more vaine is that, which he affirmeth in the third place, 3. Namely, that the Doflrine of the Perfeverance of the Saints, doth notfó much abfolutely promife the LoveofGod to them that are Godly, as it promifeth it conditionally, to them that areprophane, incafe they have been Godly : that is, it teacheth, that Godpromifeth the certain continuance of his Love tohim, that is Godly, on condition he ceafe to befo, and turneprophave; Clauditejam rivoepueri --- we have enoughofthis already. 21Y Headdethyet , Neither is certainty of reward, in every fenceor kind, 4 more encouraging untoAtlion, thenuncertainly infome kind: topromife with all po fible Affitrance, thefame resiardorprize, tohim,that(hall notrinne in the race, which is promifed tohim that(ball runne, it not more encouraging unto men, thus torunne, then topromife it conditionallyupon their running, which is apromifing ofitwith uncertainty in this refpetl, becaufe it is uncertaine,whether men Will runne in thefaidrace, or no andconfeyuently, whether they(hall receive thefail priz.e or no, uponfilch a promife. Vncertainty ofrewardis then, and infilch cafes, more encouraging unto anion, then certainty, When the certainty ofobtaining orreceiving it, isfitfpendedupon theAFí, not when it is affured unto men,whether theyAEI or no. Anf. r. Perfwade your fervants, your labourers if you can, ofthat great encouragement that lyes in the the uncertaintyofa reward, above that which maybe had from an Affurance thereof : We arenot asyet ofthat minder And yet 2. Wedo ndt lay the only motive unto obedience, tendered by theDo, &rivewe conteft for, on the certainty ofreward which it aflèrteth: whichyet is fuch, that without it all other mutt needs beof little purpofe: but it bath altoother advantagious influences into the promotion ofHolinefle, which in part have been infifted on. 3. It feemeth, we'fay that God promifetha Reward to them thatfball not runne aRace, becaufewe maintaine, that he promifeth it tonone, but thofe whodo runne in aRace; promifing withail togive them ftrength, power and will, that they maydo fo to theend. 2. For the dole, which amounteth to this, That the certainty ofreward, . when it is uncertaine (for fo it is made tobe when it is fufpended on A&ions trtexa,ii?) is. more encouraging to A&ion , then certaintyofreward not fo fufpended; I fhall addeonly,(becaufe I know not indeed how this dif courfehangeth on the bufineffeunderConfideration,)that weneither fufpend the certainty ofReward upon our Aftions,in the fence intimated,neither do we fay, that it isaffured to men,whetherthey a& or no but fay, that the Re- ward which is ofGrace,through the Unchangeable LoveofGod,fhall be gi- ven to them that a& in Holineffe,& through the fame Love (hall all Believers be kept tofuch an of ìngofHolineffe, as God thinketh good to carry them- . out unto, for the fulfillingofallthe good pleafureof his Goodnefé in them, and making them meetfor the inheritance ofhis Saints inLight; We do not think, mediums defigned of God for the Accomplifhment ofany End, are filch that conditions of the End, that it is fufpended on them in uncer- tainty, in refpe& ofthe Itfue before its accompliflunent. Neither do we grant,or can it be proved, that God afligneth any medium for the accom- plifhment ofa determinateEnd,(fuch as wehave.proved theSalvation ofall Believers tobe) and leave it in fuck a Condition,as that not only it fhali be K k 2 effe&ed
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