ConfiftzncyofProm. of Perf. &Exhortations to the ufe ofrrmeanes.C.X11a rail or Perfwafive,only which communicates no ftrength or power,I (hall need ?83 no more, but to rejectit with the fame facility, wherewith 'tis impofed on us, The fimilitudeofone walking, and another running, wherewith the inconfiften . cÿ ofaReall efficient work ofGrace, with perfwaGons fo farre as that they Ihould bePaid to.cooperate tothe producing of the fame effeec , cloth-not in the !Gaff, illuftratewhat 'tis intended to let off; for though one ru nne ; and another'goe foftly, as fuppofe one carrying a little loafe, another a greatbur= thenofmeat for a fupper,andbothgoing to the fame place,Wby maynot they be laid tocooperate to the providing ofthe faille fupper Muff all Agents that cooperateto the producing of fame effect; be together in one place ? You may as Toone bring Heaven and Hell together as prove it: And why muff re- all efficiency, be compared tòrunning, and Perfwafion tofoft walking? As though onewere fuppofed to carry on thework faller than the other when we fay only, That in the one there isa diftin& power exerted fromwhat is in theother; which that it may be done, might beproved bya thoufand in- fiances, and illuffratedbyas many fimilitudes, ifany pleafure were taken tó abound in causâfacili; God or man then cooperate in refpe& ofthe tendency oftheir working unto the event,not in refpe& ofthe kinds oftheir efficiency. Of the feventhsection (whereon we than not need long to infift) which in 4: 39, the entrance frames anObje&ion, and pretends an Anfwer to it, there are three parts In the firff he (ayes that we affirme, That though thewill be'necef- f fated byGod,yet 'tisfree inher Eletlion, which how it may be he underfland. not; But if this wereall the inconvenience that Mr G. could not underftand 'how to falve the Operation ofGod inman, with the Libertyofhis will, fee- ing as wife me n as himfelfe, have hereinBeene content toCaptivate their Vn derfiandings to the Obedienceof Faith, it werenot much tobe (tumbled at; but the truth is theChimera whole nature heprofeffeth himfelfe unacquain- tedwithal!, is created in his owne imagination, where 'tiseafy for every man to frame fuch notions as neither himfelfe no any elfe can bring toa confiftency with Reafòn or Truth: Of Neceffitating the Willto Eleellion, wee have hadoccafion more than oncealready to treat,and !hall not burthen the Reader with needlefheRepetitions. In the fecond divifionof theseetion,hegives you hisjudgement ofthe man- 4' 40 nerof the'worke of God upon thefoule unto the doingof that whichis good, and the effe&produced thereby; Whereofthe one, as was Lid'before confifts in perfwafions, which he fayes are thusfarre irrefiflible, that they who areto be perfwaded cannot hinder but that Godmay perfwade them or exhort them, though he prevaile not with them; Which doubtleffe isa notable Exaltation ofhis Grace. Thus Mr Goodwinworkes irrefiffibly with oneor,other, perhaps every day; And theefel ofthisperfwafion is (that is, when it is effe&wall,) that im- preffion which it leaves upon thefoede to the things whereunto it isperfwaded: As the cafe is in the dealingofmen one with another, for my part, I fee no reafon why our Author fhould fo often, fo heedfully,deliver his Judgment concerning this thing, efpecially without the leaft attempt ofany Scriptural! proofe, or endeavourtoanfwer thofe innumerable cleare and expreffe places ofScripture, which heknowes areeveryWhereand on all occafions produced andmulled on prove a real efficient a&ingof God in and witNthe wills of men for the producing, working and accomplishing that which is good ina waydiftin& from that ofperfwafon, which contributes noreal] ftrength to thePerlon perfwaded, concurring only Metaphorically in the producing of the effe&. Let this atlaff then fuffice; we are abundantly cony inced ofhis denial! oftheworkeofGods Grace in thesalvation offoules. In the third place wehave aRhethoricall flowrifli over that which heehath 4.41. beenlaying out his ftrength againftall this while being a metre repetitionof 0 o 2 what,
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