C.X[I.Conf lency ofProm. ofPerf &Exhortations to the ufe ofmeanes, 288 ted, He havingundertaken for thelives ofevery one ofthem,' but fuppoing that ingagement ofhis, hethat (ayes any cne might have fo perifhed, is more carefull doubtlef e todefend his owneHypothefis than the honour of the Truth., and FaithfulnefièofGod. Evident then it is notwithftanding the Tortures, Rackes,andWheeles ap- plÿed by Mr Goodwin to this Text, with the confefiion pretended, (and but pretended) tobeextorted from it, (whichbut that it bath gottenSan&nary under his name& wing, would be counted ridiculous;)thathere isa Promïfe ofGod, making an Event infallible and neceffary in refpe& of its relation thereto, by a.cleareconffiency with Exhortations to the ufe offree, and fui- . table meanes, for the Accompliíhrnent ofthe thing fo promifed. p.48. Sell. io. HeObje&s farther tohimfelfe, That infundry placesofScripture,ar I Cor. I o. I 2,1 3. PhiI.2. I 2,13. Heh. 6.4, 5,9. there are PromfesofPerfeverance, and Exhortations unto itjoyned together, and therefore men who deny a regular anddue confPlenty between them do impute follyandweakeneffe to theHoly Gholl. Whereunto he Anfwers fundry things to the end of the eleventh Sell ion. As, Firfl,they are manydegreesneerer to theguilt ofthecrimefpecifyed,who affirme the conjunction mentioned to befound in the faidScriptures, than they whodeny the Legitimacy offuch a conjuniiion ; the incongruity of the conjuuilion hath beenfufficiently evinced, bat that auyfuch conjunction is to befoundeither in the Sr. riptures quoted or inany others isnn mans vifion,but his who hath darkeneffefor vifion. Anf. Ifour Adverfaryes ipfe dixit may paffe current we (hall quickly have 1mall hopes left of carrying on the'Caufe under confideration. All our Tefli- moniesmu(} be look't upon as cafhired long fince#row attending any longer on the tryal in hand,& all ourArguments as blown away likefiyes in the fum- mer; Thevery things here in Qreflion. viz. That there is an Inconffiencÿ between Promifes ofPerfeverance, & Exhortations to the ufeofthe Meanes whereby it may be effeeted;that God hath madeno fuch Promifes,or appoin- ted nö fuch Exhortations,and that tholewho Apprehend any fuch things have darkeneffefor vifion, are all confirmed by the renewed flampe of tefie meipfo5 to whichproofe , I (hall only fay Ualeat quantum valerepotefi. 0:49, But he addes, That innone ofthe places cited, is there anyPromife ofPerfeve- rance,is evident to him thatfiiall duly confider thew/mar andimport ofthem. ForFir/l, 'tisone thingtofay and teach, that Godwillfò limit a5 welltheforce asthe continuance oftemptations, that the Saints may be able to beare; another to make a Promife ofAbfolvte Perfeverance; yea thofe very words,Thatyee may be able to beare it, clearely import that all that is herepromifed unto the Believing Corinthians is anexhibitingofmeaner to Perfeverance, if they will improvethem accordingly, not an infallible certainty of their Per(<verance : And that caveat Let him that thinketh he }"lands take heed leafs, hefall, plainel) fiippofeth a poffì- bXty of his falling, Who t hinl¿eth(upon thebell gronnds)that heflandethfure;, for that this caveat was not given to Hypocrites or unfound Believers,m tofuch . who pleafe themfelves witha loofe,andgroundleffa conceit oftheGoodne oftheir conditionGodward is evident, bccaufe t'avere betterthatfuch menf1ouldfallfront their prefent (landing ofa groundleffé conceit than continue theirfianding ; nor would the Apofllehave ever cautionedfuch to take heedo ff filinganay,wbofe con-. dition was more like to be madebetter than worfe by theirfalling.; Andbfdes to underfland thefaid caveatofloofe believers overthrows the pertinency ofit to their caufewho iiifít upon it, to prove a due confifiency.between Exhortations toPerfe- veranee , andPromifes to Perfeverance, as is evident; Ifthen it be direiled to trae. andfound Believers, itclearely fuppofeth a pobilityat leafs oftheir falling, ín cafe
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