God and Sathan enterchangenot Childrenmutually. C. XV. :fromfinneye became thefervantsofKighteorsfnefe.&c. 2.-That there is no re= 353 all efficacy ofGrace that will certainely fulfill in Believers the good pleafure ofGods Goodneffe, and bring forth the fruits ofan abiding 1-lolineffe, but what mutt needs deprive them in whom it is oftheir liberty : and fuitably hereunto, 3.That God having through Chrifl made his SaintsSpiritually free; frô fin uutoRighteoufnes,fo that with the.utmoff liberty that theyare capable ofasCreatures,they (hall furely.do good,cann'ot by hisSpirit continue them in that condition, infallibly without the deflruE1ion of their liberty. 4.That the Sp rituali operation ofGod in,& with the willsofmen,induceth a necefitati- on as to theirmanner ofoperation ,that they mull at on that account, as ne- ceffary, ¬ as free Agents: with fuchother the like-fuppofals,which are fo many grog figments whereofM.G. shall beable to .prove noone to Eternity; For the removeall thenofall the fine words here tendered out ofour way, it may fuffice to tell theirAuthor, that hewho is niade Redempi ion to his Saints, that lets them free from their bondage to finne, byhisSpirit, which is allwayes accompanied with Liberty,and makesthem willing, ready, and free to Righteoufneffe,andHolineffe in the dayofhis, power towards them,whole effe&uall Grace enlargeth and improves all their facultyes, in their operati- ons,with the choicefl attendences as to the mannertheir of working,can,and doth, by, in, and with the perfe& exercife of their liberty, keepe them to himfelfe, in their union, and communion with him for ever. That thispre- tended libertyunto finne, isabondage, from whichChrifi frees his Saints, neither is any thing that can be imagined more derogatory to the glory of hisGrace, than to affirme, that he cannot keepe thofe committed to him, in- fallibly, to the end, without depriving themof the libertywhich theyhave alone through him. Of Phyficallnecejfztation enough hath been a fpoken be- fore; Judas was never a memberofthe Body ofChriff,. r of f in the ac- ceptation whereofwe fpeake. By the body of the.Apoffles, is intended only their numher,ofwhich 7udm (thoughhe was never ofihat body whereof they were members)was one. Farther the wickedneffeofthis Apprehenfion, that Chrifl fhould loofe any Q: q4, ofthofe who are true,and living members ofhisMyfticall body,is aggravated upon theaccovnt of that {late and condition, whereintohe parts with them. Theybeing thereby made members ofSathan, and his Kingdome; God and the Divell fo interchanging Children to the great difhonour and reproach of ,his name : to this M. Goodwin replyes, in the28. Se&ion. For the interchange ofmembers between Chrifi and Sathan,theScripture prefen- teth it ,as a thingpolble, yea as frequent and ordinary , knowye not ( faith the Apo ile) thatyour Bodyes are the members ofchrifl? Shall I then take the mem- bers o fChris`], and make them the membersofan harlot; in the originali it is , 'Aga; 6-3 xe,sx aere,, &c. i. e. taking away the members ofchrifi,frall r make them, 6.c. meaning that true Believers who only are the members ofChrifl di(relate themfelves to hint, ceafe tobe members ofhis body, who/fl they live in a courfe ofwhoredome and Adultery, andmake themfelves members ofanotherfar different relation , viz. of thofe harlots with whom they willfully commit finne; and confequently, in fuch. afence ofthe Divell. Anf. Firft, for the fence ofthat place ofthe Apoflle, t Cor. 6. r 5: As fare as it relates to the merit of thecaufe inhand, I fhall haveoccafion.to fpeake unto it, at large hereafter,& fo{hall not anticipate my Idle, or Reader; For the prefent i deny that there is the leaff mention made ofany interchange of members betweendrift and the Devill,much leffe ofatiy -fuch thing as frequent and ordinary; 'Tis true theApoftle layes that he that is joyned to an harlot makes his members themembers ofanharlot, and on that contideration, and 7 z conelufion,
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