0 Obje&ions againft Be- lieving , from the State of the Soul. ObjeCliens againBelieving, &c. Pfa. i 30; may be tenlible ofthe refpect ofAffliction unto fin ; yea unto this or that fin in parti,:ular, and yet have a comfortable pet fwafion of the forgivenefs of fin. Thus it was in general in Gods deal- ing with his people, He forgave them, but he took vengeance on their inventions, Pfal. 99.8. Whatever they fuffered under the vengeance that fell upon their Inventions, (and that is as hard a word as is applied any where uuto Gods dealing with his people) yet at the fame time he aftured them of the pardon of their fin. So youknow was the cafe of David. His greateft Trial and Afliittion, and that which befell him on the account ofa particular fin, and wherein God took vengeance on his in- vention, was ufhered in with a Wordof Grace, that God had done away, or pardoned his fins, and that he fhould not dye. This is expref'ed in the Tenor of the Covenant with the feed cf Chrift, Pfal. 89.31, 32, 33, 34. Objections againft Believing from things internal. The perfcti knows not whether be be Regenerate or no. State of Rege- neration afferted. Difference of Saving andCommon Grace. This difference difcernablc. Minmay know themfelves to be Regenerate. The Objection anfwered. Another head of Objections and Dff7ondencies arifeth from things internal, things that are required in the foul, that it may have an Intereft in the forgivenefs that is with God. Some whereofwe (hall (peak unte ; and thefe refpet4, fiat the floe ofthe foul and fecondly, Come actings in the foul. Firft, As to the State, fay fome, unleffa man be Regenerate, and born again, he is not, he cannot be made partaker of Mercy and Pardon. Now all things here are in the dark unto us. For fitti, we know not well what this Regeneration is, and it is va- rioufly difputed atnongft men. Some would place it only in theoutward figns of our initiation unto Chrift, and force other- wifeexprefs it. Again, it is uncertain, whether thnfe that are Regenerate do or may know that they are fo ; or whether this may be in any meafure :known unto others with whom they may treat aboút it. And if it may not be known we mutt be uncertain
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