C.kll.g: z3,Do&- of Sts Pere no hinderance to the work ofthe MiniRry 276 efficacyoftheGraceofGod, and the whole worke ofit , upon the Soules "Of Men. What his Fourth Argument allo is, but a Repetitionof thefame things be- fore crudely Afrertedin other termes , let them apprehend that can ; IfGod works Faith andLgve, in the hearts ofhis Saints, andfapport them, in them, to the end, whatplace is leftfor Exhortations? I fay their own proper place , the placeofmeans; ofmeanes appoynted by God to ftirre up his to Perfeve- rance, and which himfelfe makes by his Spirit; and the immediate efficacy thereof, effe&uall to that endand purppofe; And I know no ufe of that Que- ry, Are exhortations efeí'luall to perfwade men to Perfevere after the end? being built onlyonhis falfeHfpothefis, and begging of the thing in Queffion, viz. That ifGod worke Faith and Love, and continuanceof them in our hearts effeerually byhis Grace, there is no need, no ufe ofexhortations, thoughGod fowork them, by, and with thole exhortations; And thisis his firft Attempt, upon thefirft memberoftheDivifion made by himfelfe, wherein what fuc- ceflè he hath obtained is left to the judgement ofthe Reader; And, but that$ (hall not, havingnow the part ofone that Anfwers incumbenton mee,turn afide untothe proofeofthings denied, I fhould eafilyconfirmewhat hath been given in, for the removall ofhis Objeetions, from the TeftimonyofGod, by innumerable places ofScripture. 4.23. Heproceeds then Seet.6. andfares, Secondly,Neithercan the latterofthefaid confequencesftand, God doth not make aleofthefaidExhortations, to influence or effell the WillsoftheSaints uponany fuck termes, as hereby tomake them Infalli- bly, :Infruftrably, Neceftatingly willing to Perfevere, or to do the things upon which Perfeverance dependeth. Forfirfl, Zffo, then one and thefame all of the Will fhóuldbe both Phyficall andMorali, andfobefpecifically diflinguifhedin, andfrom itfèlfe;forfo farce its tisproducedby the irrefiflibleforce orpower of the spirit of God, it mull needsbe Thy]?call, thefaidirrefiftible workingof the Spirit, being a Phyficallaílion, and fo not proper to producea Moralleffelf; Againe, asfarce as thefaid Exhortations are manes to produce or raife this Act oftheWill, or contributeany thing to- wards it, it mull needs bemoral!, becaufe Exhortations are Morall cau/ es, and fo not capableofproducing Phyficall, Naturall, or Neceffary effects; Now then if it be impoffible that oneand the fame Act the Willfhould be both Phyficall and Mo- rail, that isNeed ary not Neceffary,impoJbleafo it is,that itfhouldbe produ- ced by the irrefiftible workingofGod, andby exhortationsof this joynt effìci- ency. It may beObjected, they who holdor grantfuch an influence, oroperation ofthe Spirit ofGod, upon the Will which isfruflrable,or ref iible, do, or mufffoppofe it to be a Phyficall action, as well as that which is irref ble; Iffo, then the act of the Will,fofame as tis raifed bythe meanerof thisaction, or operation o fGod., mutt according to the tenor oftheformer Arguments be Phyficallalfo, andfo the pretended Impo bility, is no more avoidedby this opinionthen by t%e other. IAnfwer. Thoughfuchan operationofGod upon the Will, as is here mentio- ned, be in refpect ofGod,&ofthe manner ofitsproceedingfrom him Phyfieall,yet in refpect ofthe NatureandSubfiance ofit, tisproperly Morall, 'becaufe it impref- feth, and-afecteth the Will uponwhich Cis acted,after themanner of Moralleau- fes,property' focalled, that is, Perfwadingly , not Ravifingly, or Neceffîtatingly. When aMinifler o f theGofpell in his preachingprefab orperfwadethmen tofiicb& fuch dutyes or alfions, thisall as it proceedethfrom him, Imean as 'tis raifedby his natural/abilityes of underftanding orfpeaking, isPhyficall or Naturali, but in refpect ofthefubllanceor native tendencyofit, 'tis clearely Morall, viz. becaufe it tendeth to incline or move the wills ofmen, to fuch orftech Elections, without necefftating
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