Atwofold fall from theRighteoufnetfe ofSan&if.tcaton CAP. XVII. may flay behind whenhis Holinefe is departed, thatafertionof the Apofilewill 411 .hurdlyStand; without Holineffeno manfballfee theLord: Heb. 12. rq, Andif- they that areChris`Is [i.e. who believe in Chrifl , and thereby arejuftifi'ed ] ; have crucified the flefh with the of feelions and hefts (another affertionof thefame Apo. {Ile) how their relationunto Chriflfliould ¡land, and yet their Holinefefinke and fall, Iunderpaidnot. But hleave hisfriends to be his enemies in this. Anf. How little advantageMr Goodwinhath obtained by attempting a diverfion from theConfideration of the matter infrffed on (which is all he Both in this Paragraph) will quickly appeare, from the Righteoufneffeof Sanctification there is or may be füppofed a twofold fall. Firff from the ex- ercifes ofit, in all or any ofthe fruits thereof, acccording to the will ofGod. Secondly from the Habit andPrincipleofit,in refpe l ofitsrooteand gronnd- worke in the foule; it is the former that the Donor affects; A man faith he, may fall away from the zealous praaite.of the dutyes of holineflè, andwith or under violenceofTemptationas to fruit-bearing decay in dole walking, untill the whole feeme really to dye, fo as through the righteous judgment ofGod, to beexpofed to calamityes,'corrections and punifhments in this Life, yea the great death it (elfe, asit fell out in the cafe ofjell*who fell by the fword inundertaking againli the mindand will of God: but now for the worke andprinciples ofHolineffe, none who have once received it, can ever caff it up, and he come wholly. without, andbetween this, and the righteoufneYfe of juffification, there is that ffri& connexion, that theone cannot, doth not confiíf without the other, ifnow Mr Goodwin underffands not, how a Juftifyed, Sanftifyed perfon, may decline from the wayes, and pretences ofHolineffe for a feafon, foas to provokethe Lord to deale Iharply, . yea and fotnetimes terribly with him, take vengeance of his invention, and yet that perfon not look his relation to Chriff, nor his interefl in the Love and favour ofGod, I fhall not prefume to infirufl him in the know- ledge thereof; but referre him to them who are better able fo todo, where- in upon the account ofhis aptneffe to heare as well as teatch,l prefume their undertakingswill not bedifficult. He adds. 2.. Hefeemes by his word(penitus) wholly, thoroughly, or altogether, to befin. guiar alfo inanotherfiraineof Divinity, andto teach magic and minus in ju_fli.- fication. For inPaying thatfrom a mans apofiatizingfromhis arene righteoufnefe, it cloth.notfollow that therefore he bath wholly:oraltogether fhaken ofthe imputed r`ighteoufnes ofChrifi, cloth he not imply,that a man mayfhake, offfornepart ofthe righteoufnefeofChrififrom him, and yet !¿eepe another partof it upon him ?Or elfe thatbyfinning, hemay come to weare the entiregarment, or clothingofit ro loofely, that it willbe ready to drop orfall offrom him every hour? And con. feyuently:that the, righteoufnefe of Chrififitsfalser, and clofer upon force than upon others; yea upon the fame perfon at one tine than another. Anf: That this, is afecond attempt, for to, lead the ReaderOff front the confiderat'on of the bufineffe;inhand, and to prepare himby a diverfion, to an acceptatióof whathe afterwards tenders,in way ofreply, that hemay not perceive how infufficient, it is for the purpofe, by an immediate comparing ofit, with the anfwerit felfe, is evident. Trulywhen 'in''niy"ybunger ` dayes, I waswont to.beare that Dolor in'his Lettures, and other exercifes, i' did not think then I shouldhaveafterwards foundhim called in "queffion for want of(kill to expreffe himfelfe, and the fenceof his'minde in Latine, hehaving a readinéífeand dexterity in that Language equall to any thatever I knew,nei- ther yet amt convinced that his word penitua, upon which Mr Goodwin cri- ticifeth,(being commonlyas might byinnumerable inffances be madegood) ufed toencreafeandmake emphaticall the; import of theword wherewith it G g g 2 i$
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