C A r.XVII. ,Heb. 6. 4, s, 6. Heb. io. a8,q. what perfons intended. 430 formerly defcribed,to be the onlyconcernemeut ofthe place ofScripture in fitted on, there remaines nothing but only the `confideration of the leverai is ofthe paffages, debated, wherein by the light that bath already broken forth, from theCireumftances, aymes, ends and connexion of theplaces,we may to far receive direction, as,not to beat all (tumbled inour progreflè. 0.39. With the confiderati;ion ofthe feverallexpreflions in thepafla'gesunder de- ) bate, Mr Goodwfn proceedeth Sect. sg. and firft infifteth on that of Cap. 6. where it is Paid that they were zra ¢wIraivies once enlightned ; whence he thus argues. Believers arePaid to beenlightned,andto be children oflight in tbeLord z Cor. 4. 6. FIcb. so. 32. Luke 16. 8. Eph. 5.8. therefore they who here arefaid tobe en -' lightnedwere true Believerss Ant s. I (hall not infiftupon the variousinterpretations of this place,and readingofthe word ,pw7i Mules,, very many, and that not improbably affirming that their participationofthe ordinance of Baptifine is here only intended by it,for which expofition much might be offered, were it needfull, or much conducing toour bufineffe in hand. Nor z. Shall I labour tomanifeft thatperlons maybeenlightned, andyet never come toChriftfavingly by faith,to attainunion with him &juttificatió by him: a thingM. G. will not deny himfelfe,or ifhe fhould,it werea very facile thing tocóvince himofhis miftake,bya foie intreaty(ifhe would be pleafed to give an account ofhis faith in this bufineffeat our intreaty) ofhim to declare,what heintends by illumination,whence it would quickely appeare, how unfuitable it is to his own principles todeny,that it may be in them, who yet never come to be, or at leaft byvertue thereofmay not be faid tobe true Believers: but this only I thall ankle, 3.That M.G.doubtles knowing that this Argument(which withalítheTexts of Scripture, whereby he illuttrates it he borrows ofthe Remon.ilrants)bath been againeand againe excepted againft, as illogical! and unconcluding, and inconfiftent with theprinciples of them that ufe it, ought not crudely againè have impofed it upon his Readerwithout fomne attempt at leaf, to free it from the charge ofimpertinency, weaknefle and folly, wherewith it is bur - thened. Illumination is afcribed toBelievers, illumination is afcribed to thefe men,therefore thefeperfons are Believers: a little confderation will recover toMr Goodwins mindethe forceof this Argument, fo farte as that he will fcarce ufe it any more. 3 Sect. zo. he takes up another expreffion from Chap. s o. v. 12. That they Sl. ate faid to receive i4vw0ry t drnsslas, the acknowledgementofthe Truth, whence he argues in the fame manner and forme, as he had newly done from the termeof Illumination: «yvnQrs árnksas is afcribed to Believers, therefore they areall fo,to whom it is afcribed. Buthe tells you inparticular that(Se&.zo.) In the latter ofthefaid pa/fager theperfonsfpokenof,are faid to have received yvaaiv r drnh has (i- e.)theacknow- ledgement of thetruth; which exprefìon, Both notfignify the bare notionofwhat the Gofpellteacheth, ofwhich they are capable, who are the mo/lprofetedenemies thereof, butfuch a confenting andfsbjeClion thereunto, which voorkethefelJually in men to a feparating ofthemfelvesfrom finne and 'Inners. This is the confiant import ofthe phrafe in theScriptures. . Anf All this may begranted, yet nothing hence concluded, to evince the perfons towhom itis afcribed to be true Believers; men may be fo wrought upon, and convinced by the Word and Spirit, tent forth to convince the world offin,Righteoufnefè and7udgment,as toacknowledge the truthofthe Gofpell, toprofefe fubje&ion to the Gofpell, & toyeild to it fo farceas tofe- parate
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