C.XV[: FeareofHeil not the moil EEfeetuali motive to Obedience. 38o one ofthem partakers of that Spirit withwhom is liberty, are all indeed with a living principle of Grace, Faith and Love, and are conítrainedby theLove ofChrift to liveto him, are all under Grace and not under the, Law , have theirfinnes in fome meafure begun tobe mortifyed, and the fleíh with the lutlsthereof, the old man, with all his wayes andwiles crucifyed, by the Death andCroflè ofChrift, brought with their powerand efficacy by the Spirit intotheir hearts,are all delivered from thatbondage wherein they were for feare of DeathandHell all"their dayes, by having Chrifi made Redemption unto them ? I fay that thefe. perfon's Ihould be molt effe&ually ftirred up to Obedience, by the dread and terrourof that Iron rod, of vengtance and Hell,and that they fhould befo, by Godsappointment, is fuch anew, fuch another Gofpell,asifpreached by an Angell from Heaven, wefhould not re- ceive. That indeed no motive canbe taken from hence,or from any thing in the Do&rine by Mr Goodwincontended for,fuited to the.principleofGofpell Obedience in the Saints, that no fin or lufl'whatfoeverwas ever mortifyed by it,that it is a clog,hinderance& burthen to all Saints as far as, they have to dowith it,in the wayes of God, hath bin before demonffrated: And therefore leaving it withal! theConfolation that -it affords, unto thofe whoof God are given up thereunto, we proceed to the Confideration of another Argument his eighth in this cafe which is thuspropòfed Se&.37. 4. 5- That Doc`Irine which evacuates and /times into iveakenefeandfolly,all the gra- cious councellsof the:Holy. Ghoft , which confft partly in the diligent- information which he gives unto thesaintsfront place to place, concerning the hofide, cruel! and bloodymind and intention ofsathanaping them, partly in detef#ing and making known allhis fubtilefiratagems,his plots, methoo.c, and dangerous Ma- chinations againfl them; partly alfä infurnifiing them with fpeciallweapons ofall forts, whereby they enay;be.able fo grapple with him, and to trptmph over him, partly againe in thofefrequent admonitions and Exhortations, to quit themfelver like men inrefi fling him, which are found in the Scripture: And laflly inpro- fe f,'ing hisfeare leaft sathanfhould circumvent anddeceive them, that DolSrineZ fay which refïetisdifparagementand vanity upon. all thofe mollferious andgraci- one applycationsofthe HolyGbolt , midi needs bea"Dolïritte of vanity anderreur, And confequently that which oppofeth it by a like neceffity, a truth: Butfuchis the common Doarine of abfolute and infallible -Perfeverance: Ergo. ss. 6. Anf Not to ingage into anyneedleffe conteft about wayes of Arguing, when the defigne and ftrength ofthe Argument is evident, I (hall only re- marke two things upon this. Firft the Holy Ghoft profeffing his feare leaft Sathan Ihould beguile Belie- vers, is a miftake. It was Paul that was fo afraid, not theHoly Ghoft, though he wrote that feare, by the appointment and. n- ofthe Holy Ghoft. TheApofile was jealous leaft the SaintsIhould by the craft ofSathanbe fedu- ced into errours and mifcarriages; whichyet argues not their finall defe&ion, this indeed he records ofhimfelfe ; but ofthe feares ofthe Holy Ghoftarifing fromhis uncertaintyofthofe iffueofthe things and want ofpower to prevent the cóming on ofthe things feared, I fuppofe there is no mention. And Secondly that theconfequent of the fuppolitionin the inference madeup- on it, is not fo cleare to me as to Mr Goodwin: via. Snppofe any DoíArene to be fafe, whatfoever Dol rive islet up in-.oppoftion to it, is true; I have kuowne and fobath Mr Goodwin al fo, when 'the truth hath layen be- tween oppofite Do&rines, affaulted by both, entertained by neither; with thefeObfervations Ipaflè the Major of this sillagifine the Minorhe thus con- firmes.
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