C. XVII. D.P. his fenceoftheRighteous perfon here intended,confidered. 4r is affociated) will evince any fuch meaning in his expreffìon,as is there inten- ded by MrGoodwin Juflification is and it was fo taught by theDoîlor tobe ( Lea. de70. ) in refpe&ofall pectoris that are partakers ofit equall : and equall to every perfon Co partaking ofit, at all times; though in regard of fence, andp?rception, and the peace and comfort,wherewithwhen perceived, and felt, it is attended, it is no lefi'e fubje& to encreafes and wanings than San&ification it felfe. So that this alto might beattendedby the Doaor with- out theleafy firaineofnewDivinity, thatJuftifyed and San&ifyed perlons, though they might fodecline from the courte ofclofe walking withGod, as for a feafon tobe like a tree in Winter, whole fubftance is in his roots, his leaves and fruite fallingoffceaung tobring forth the fruits of Holinefre, in fuch degrees as formerly; and fo loofe their fence of acceptátion with God, through Chrift, and the peace, with confolation, and joy wherewith it is at- tended, yet theycould not nor thould not, wholly be cartout of the favour ofGod; thenature and&fence oftheir Juftification being abiding ; and what ungular firaineofDivinity there is,in thetendencyoffuch adifcourfe I know not; Betides that teaching ofmagi" and minus in Juftification fhould be any fingular thing in Mr Goodwin, I do not well underftandi for ifthe matter of our RighteoulnefCe, or that upon the imputation whereof unto us, we are Juftifyed, may have its degrees, and receive magis andminus as certainely our Faith, may and doth; why our Juftification may not do fo too, I fee no Keaton. But he comes at length to the matter andaddeth. 3. Lafly,were itgranted unto the Dotlor,thatfrom amans turning afidefrom his own Holineffe, it doth not follow, that therefore he bathwholly divertedhim- felfe ofthe Xighteoufneffe ofChrit imputecbyet fromGods determination, orpro- _ 'zincing a man to heinanefifate ofcondemnation,&ofdeatb,itfollowes roundly, that therefore he is divertedofthe liigbteoufneffe ofChrifl imputed (ifever he were inverted with it before) becaufe no man with that HiQhteoufneffe uponhim, canbe infilch an eftate. Now we have upon feverall grounds proved, that the Righteous man under that Apo f acy; wherein Ezechiel defcribes andprefents him, ispronounced by God, achild, not ofa teeaporall,' but eternall deathand condem- nation, This indeed the Dollor deny-es, but givesno reafon ofbisdenyall,far which Iblame him not. Only I muff crave leave to fay, that the Chair weigheth notfo much,as onegood Argument,reitb me;much leffe,ae many.so that all this while,he thatfpake; and .ffillfpeakes unto the world, by Ezekiel, is no friend to thatDo- élrine,which denyethapoffibility ofa righteous mans declining even' unto death. Anf. Ifthis be all that Mr Goodwinbath to fay, for the removall of this Anfwer, that cuts the throat ofhis Argument, Wit be not removed, hehath littleReafon for the confidence wherewith, he clofeth it, concerning Gods fpeaking in this place ofEzechiel, againft that Dòtlrine which. in innumerable places ofhis Word he hath taught us, as a Doctrine enwrapping no finail portion ofthat Grace, which ina Covenant of Mercy he difpenfeth to his chafen, Redeemed; 7uflifyed, sanaifyedones teether is here anyneed to adde, the weight of theChair (wherein yet that perfon fpoke of, behaved himfel£e worthily in'his Generation, andwas in his Exercifes herein, by nomeanesby MrGoodwin to bedefpifed) be laid upon the Reafoningsofthe Dolor in this cafe, they proving finglyofthemfelves, too heavy for Mr GoodwintoBeare. In briefe that the fubftanceofthe reply in hand, is meerely a begging of the thing in Qgeftion, any one that bath but halle aneye in the bufinefCa ofthis nature, mayeafily difcerne; that it is -fuppofed that aman truly Righteous andJuftifyed in the blond ofChrift, may fo fall away, as to bepronounced of God to be in aRateofdamnation, and fo fallen reallyfrom hisformer condi- tion (Korn. 8; t.) is thething that Mr Goodwinbath to prove; Now faith he, this
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