ContinencyofProm: ofPerf.&Exhortations to the ufe ofrrleanes. C.X11 cious workingof theSpirit ofGod on us, mutt be excluded,or all we do, is good for nothing Awaywith all Fromifes, all Prayers, yea the wholeCovenant ofGrace, they fervefor no other end,but to keepe us from doinggood, Let us heare the Scripture fpeake a little in thiscaufo Deut. 3o. 6. The Lord thy God will circumcife thy heart and the heart ofthyfeed, to Love the Lord thyGod with all thy heart and with all thyfoule, that than waif]' live. Pere. 31.33. & the 32.39. This fball be the Covenant that Iwill make with the Houfe ofIfrael af- ter thefe days faith theLord, Iwilling my Law in their inward parts and write it in their Hearts, and willbe their God and they(hall be mÿ people; Chap. 32.39. Iwill give them one heart andone way that they may f are me for ever, for, the goodof them, and their Children after them. Ezek.36.26. A newheart alfowill t give you, anda newSpirit will ¡put withinyon, and I will take away the flony heart out ofyourflefia, and iwillgiveyou an heart offlea, andIwill put myspirit withinyou, andcaufeyou to walke in my flatutesandye'hailkeepe my Judgements anddo them; Ait. 1644 . God opened theheart ofLydia, that'bee attended to the thingsfpokenofPaul; Phil. i 29. it is given to you in the behalfe ofchriff not only to Believe on him but alto to fuferfor his fake,. and Chap.2. T3. Forit is Godwhichworkethe inyou both to willand to do ofhis awaregoodpleafure; as alfo Ephf i. I g. That ye may knowwhat is the exceeding greatnefeofhis power to na wardwho Believe according to the workingof his mighty powerwhich he wrought inChrif whenheraifedhim from the dead. and 2 Theff. I. i i. Ivë pray alwayes foryou thatour God would fulfill allthegood pleafisre"of his goodneffe e theworke ofFaithwithpower; So alto in 2 Cor. 5.17. Ifany man be in chri 37he is anew Creature: forEphef.2. 4,5. Godwho is rich inMercy, . for his great Love where- with heLoved us, even whenwe were dead in finales bath quickned us together with Chrifl; Caufing us Chap: 4.24. toput on that new man which after God is Created in Righteoufnefe andtrue .Holineffe; with the like Affertions. John 3,3; amen i.18. I Pet .1.2;John 5.21. 2 Cor.3.5. etc: What may bethought ofthefe and the like exprefiìons ? Do they hold aS, out any r e all,effetuall,internallWorke ofthe Spirit and?Grace ofGod,di(tin& from Moral] perfwafìons, or do they not? If theydo how comes any thing fo wrought in us,& by usto beMorallygood?Iftheydonot wemay bid farewell unto all Renewing, Rogenerating,Affifling, Effeetuall Grace ofGod, That God then byhis Spirit and Gracecannot enable' us to a& Morally, and according to aRule, isnot yet proved; VVhat followes ? Saith heSofgrreas Exhortatious are means to produce thefe Atte, they muff ¢:29; be Morall,for Morali caufes are not capable ofproducing Natural] or Phyfscall efet`:. But ifMr Goodwin think that in this Controverfy, Phyficall and Neceffary as applyed toeffe&s are he is heavenly wide. Phyficall denotes only their beingNeceffary, a manner ofbeing as to Come ofthem which have Phyfscally a beefing, The tearme Natural] is ambiguous, and fometimes ufed in the one fence, fometimes in theother; fometimes it denotes that which rs only, fometimes that which is infetch a kind; By a Phyficall effcét, we under- Rand an Effe&with refpe& totis reell exigency, as by a Mora i effeEt; an effe& in refpe&ofits Regularity. And now, why may not a Moralicaufe have an in- fluence in its ovine kind,.tothe produ&ion ofaPhyficall effe& ? T meone an influence fuited to its owneNature and manner ofoperation by the way of motiveand perfwafon ? What would you thinkofhim that Mould perfwade you to lift your hand above your head, to try how high you could reach, or whether yourArme were not out ofjoynt? Secondly, It bath been fufficiently (hewed before, that with thefe 4.36 Exhortations, which worke as appointed meones, Morally God exerteth an effeetu-.. 279
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