The fallacious &roundof this Argumentof M. G's. C.XV. fappe they are wholly leavened,&tainted throughout, notthemwho through 341 theftrength of temptation, and thefurpriCalls of it, not without the renitency in their wills, unto all fin, anyfn, the fir=wherewith they are overtaken, may poffibly fall intoany fach finne (as did Davidand Peter) .was before de- clared, and in that fence wegrant the Propofition. For the proofe of theMinor Propofition,which fhouldbe,that Believers may perpetrate the ttiorkes oftheflefh, in the fence intended, in the places of Scrip- ture before mentioned, he infifts on two things. Firft , the diredionof thofe Scriptures unto Believers. Secondly, the Experience ofthewages of fuck perfons; that is ofBelievers. The Apoftle tells Believers; that they who commit fuch and fuch things, with fuch, and fuch circumftances in their commitment, cannot be laved; therefore Believers may commit thofe finnes in the mannet intended: What bath been Paid beforeof theufeof threatnings, and denun- dations ofjudgements "on impenitent linnets, in refpeët ofBelievers, will give a fufficient account ( if therebe need ofany ) for our denial! of this conic- quence; and for the Second , that the experience of fuch mens wales and walkingevinceth it ; it is a plaine begging ofthe,thing under debate, and an af- fuming of that, which was propofed to be proved, a thing unjuftly charged byhim onhis Adverfaries, as though they fhould confefte,that Believersmight finne to theextent of the lines drawn out in theplaces ofScripture mentioned, and yet not loofe their faith, when becaufe they cannot loofe.their Faith, they deny that theycan finne, to that compaifeofexceffe and riot intimated. I cannot feethen, to what end and purpofe the wholeenfuing difcourfe .296 from the beginningof this Argument to the end ofthe 21. Sea. is. It is ac- knowledged that all thofeplaces doe concerne Believers 5 The intendment of the HolyGhofl in them, being todifcover tothem; the nature of the finne fpe- cified, and the endofthe committingofthem, in theway intended , and that Godpurpofes to proceed according to the importance of what is threatned to thofe fumes, focommitted, with all that doe them, that fo they may wall¿ watchfully, and carefully avoidingnot only thofe things theinfelves, but all the wayesand meaner leading to them, (though if any oneof them finne, a- nyof thofefüines without the deadly attendants ofthem mentioned in Scrip- ture, they have anAdvocate with the Father jefus Cdri/f the Isighteou.$) but that from thence it maybe inferred, that Believers may, and fome doe fo finn; and that God intends as it is exprefted, todeftroy them if they fo doe, when he bath promifed they fhall never doe fo, is avery weake and ridiculous Ar- gumentation: They are a medium ofacquainting themwith the defert offin, the tenour ofthe Law, to them that are under it, and the riches ofGrace in their deliverance. It is true, unbelievers are (asyou ;fay) in our judgement, (and I wonder 4. 30 what yours is in the cafe) ina ftate of exclufion from the Kingdome ofGod, whether they perpetrate the workes ofthe flefhmentioned or no: UnbeIiefe is in our Judgement, fufficient ofit felfe to exclude any one from the King- domeofGod. But yet withal! inour Judgment (and we delire to knowyours) it is impofiible that Unbelievers (we meane thofe who are Adulti) fhould not perpetrate the fame evills mentioned, or others óf the import, all the thoughts,& imaginations oftheirhearts being evil!, 2:° that continually,& there- upon befarther expofed to the wrath ofGod,which is revealedagainftallthat do evil!. Iftherefore the difcovery ofa mans delperate condition, that he maybe flirted up to labour,& ftrive fora deliverance from it, doth concerne him ,then thete8t the like paffages do properly&primarily concerneUnbelie. vers whole Rate with the iffueof it,is particularly defcribed therein. And to fay (as our Author Both) that it isa vaine thingfor the Spirit ofGod to threaten x 3 wrath
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