l< job: x. 19. Explained and vindicated C.XVI. From what bathbeen occafionally fpokenof the intendment and fcope of 397 this place, ofthe defigne which the Apofflehad in hand, ofthe dire& knee of the words themfelves, M. Goodwin: exceptions toour Interpretation of the ¢ 47. words and inferencesfrom it, being wholly removed, and his Expofition, which headvanceth in the roomeof that infifted on, manifefted to bee, as to theoccafion and fcopeoftheplace afliigned; utterly forreigne unto it, and as to Explication of the particulars of it, not of any ftrength or confiftency for the obfcurenig ofthe truefence and meaningof the place, in the eyeof an intelligent Reader, 'tis evidently concluded beyond all colourable contradi- &ion, that thofe who are trueBelievers indeed, having obtained communion with the Father and his Sonne Chrift Jefus , cannot fall into a totali Relin- quifhment ofChrift, or ofthe Faithofthe Gofpell , fo as to have noportion norintereft inthe communion they formerly enjoyed. To returne toM. Goodwin: clofe ofthis i 3. Chap. and nine Arguments(as Q. 48, he calls them) from which he labours toEvince the Apoftafy of Believers, he (huts up the whole with a Declamation againft, and revileing of the Do- &rine he oppofeth, with many opprobrious and reproachful) expreffions, calling it an Impoflor, andan Appearanceof Satan in the lrkenefe ofanAngell of Light, with fuch like termes ofreproach, as his R.hetorick at every turne is ready to furnifh him withall; threatning it farther, with calling it in Qieflibn before I knownot howmanyLearned men ofall forts, and todifprove ft by their Teftimony concerning it and fo all that is required for its deftru&ion is, or(hall be fpeedily difpatched; "Godknows how todefend his Truth, and ashe hathdone this in particular, againft as fierce affaults as any. M. Goodwin bath made, or is like tomake againft it, fo I no waydoubt, he will continue todoe; 'Tisnot the firft time, that it hath been conformeable to its Authors inundergoing the contradictionofmen, andbeing laden with reproaches,and crucified among the theevifhprinciples ofErrour and prophaneneffe. Hither- unto it hath notwanted in due timeits Kefurreúion, and that continually with anewGlory, andan added eflimation towhat before it obtained among the SaintsofGod; and I noway doubt, but that it will grow more and more, un- till the perfect day, when thofe opinions and inventionstifmen, derogatory to the Grace and Covenant ofGod, his Truth, Unchangeableneffe5 and Faith- fulneffe,which now make long their fhades,to eclypfe the beauty and luflreof it, (hall confume andvanifh away before itsbrightnefíe; In which perfwafion I doubt not,but the Reader will be confirmed with mee , upon the farther confideration ofwhat M. Goodwin: endeavours are in an oppofition thereto wherewith now by the graceof God, contrary to my firft.intendment , I fhal1 proceed. tit t *i t 4t 4M x C A P. XVII- 1. Thecaufe ofproceeding in this Chapter. s. M.G's attempt Cap.t a. ofhis Book. 3. Of thePre face to M.G's difcourfe, 4. Whether Dottrine rendersmen proud and prsfumptuous. 5. M. G'sBute ofjudging ofDottrines called to theRule. 6. Dottrine pretending to promoteGod. linefiè, how farreau Argument of the Truth. 7. M. G. pretended advantages in judging of Truths examined. The firft ofhis knowledge ofthe general! courfe of the Scriptures. 8. Of theexperiences ofhisown heart: And hisohfervations ofthe wayes of others. 9. Of his Ra- tionallabilities. ro. E;ek t8. 24,s5.propofedro confideration:M.G'sfence ofthis place:The words opened obfervations for the opening ofthe Text. r T. The words farther weighed, an entrance into theAnfwer to theArgument from hence:the word Hypothericall not abfolutet E e e 3 1s.
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