1:W-the eon!ftency ofeftettuall Grace, &Gbapell Exhortations. C. X IT ration. Yea as Gods Providentiallconcurrence with men and determination oftheirwills,toall their A&ions as A&ions is the Principleofall their naturali ;,ibertyfohisGreciourConcurrencewith thê,or operations in theas unto Spiri= . tua11Effe&s,working in th towill,isthePrinciple ofall their trueSpirituah berty:when theSon makes usfree then are wefree indeed;theReward thenis pro- pofed to a underfi 'rilenlightned,awill quickned&madefreeby grace to ftirrethê ù anions fuitableto themwhoare in e ationoffo bountiful/ a clofe óf thetr.Oliedience: (which anions are y u ht in them by the Spirit ofGod, whofefruits they are)and this to very g urpofe,in the hearts ofall that know what it is to walke with God and to erve him in the midit ofTemptationsunleffe theyare under the power of fome fuchparticu- lar errour; asturnes away their eyes from believing theTruth. Secondly, Theoppofition herepretended between a Phyficallneee rating, and aMorali inducement,for the producingofthefameeffe&,is in plain teams intended between the Efrcacy.ofGods internal lgraces and the ufe of External/ exhortationsandmotives; IfGod giveanInternall Principle, or Spiritual) Ha- bit, fitting for inclining to fpirituall a&ions and duties if he followes the work fo begunne inus, (who yet ofour felves can doe nothing, nor arefnfci- ent to thinitagood thought ) with continuall fupplies of his Spirit and Grace, working daily in us according to the exceeding greatneife of his power , the things that arewell pleafing inhis fight, then, though he worke upon us , as Creatures enduedwith Reafon, Underftandings, Wills, and Affe&ions, re= ceiving glory fromus according to theNature he hath enduedus withall all Exhortations and Ineouragements toObedience required at our hands, are vaine and foolifh; Now becaufe we think this to be the very Wifdomeof Gods and the oppofition madeunto it, to be a meere invention ofSatan, to mag- nify corrupted nature, anddecry all theEfficacy ofthe Graceofthe new Co- venant, wemutt have fotnethingbetides, and beyond the naked Affertion of our Author, to caufe us once to believe it. Thirdly, The great Execution that is made by Moral! inducements folely, without any internally efficacious grace,in theway ofGofpellObedience isof- ten fuppofed, but not once attempted tobe put upon the proofeor Demon- ftration; It !hall then fuffice to deny that anyperfwafrons, outward motives or inducements whatever, are ableofthemfelves to raife, ingage, and carry out thewill untoA&ion, fo that any good fpirituall A&ionfhould be brought forthon that account, without the effe luall influence, and Phyficall opera- tion ofinternall grace; AndM. Goodwin is left toprove it, together with fuch other Affertionsderogatory to the free GraceofGod , Dogmatically impofed uponhis Reader in this Chapter, whereofCome have been already remarked andothers may in due time. The refidue ofthis Se&ion ( the r 3th ) fpent to prove that Eternal! Life isgiven as aRersard to Perfeverance; having already manifefted the full confiftency ofthe Propofition, in a Gofpell acceptation of the word Reward, with whatever we teach ofthe Perfeveranceofthe Saints, I fuppofe my felfe inconcerned in : And therefore paffingby the triumphant conclufion of thisArgument afl'ertingan Abfolutepower in then toexhibite or decline fromObedience, I !hall goe Oh to that , which in my apprehenfion, is of more importance, and will giveoccafion toa Difconrfe, I hope, not un- ufefull or unprofitable to the Reader;, I fhall therefore of igne it a peculiar placeand Chapter to it felfe. T t 2 CAP.XV. 323 4
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