-------------~~-~~--=-==-=---=~"-7" -~ I \Match. 7· Sermon in the~oun.f! . 2. 53 i \~~~J· __ , auncicnt people, faith tht: fcwu are cut off A 1 firdlC: for true bclccucrs iOfitnC. Of a!fl.iti,iOQ. chro11gh vnb<leefc, dlfd.thou jfand,ft by faith: findc in thcmfdues much vnbc)cefc and grs3,t, and thereupon makcs_ihis vfe vnto the G.cnproncndfc q> frll away frO God.Yet here tl~ty tiles, B~pot high mind-edb;u.fettre, Rom. 1 I .20. hauc a furc !l~ie~-..vhcrcon to r:eft,rh~y qmfl; goc ! 3 , Hence \H :trcraug.l!t, not to fGoth vp our out of thcm(elpcs,& faHen their faith on {;.f5>ds I [clues (as vfually we doe) on hCipc ofmcrcic in eleCtion, know;ng hence., that thoush th.fiY.)><; • the de•ch ofCbri!t, wit)l_om Come groild herefraile and !tobiect to fall away bfchemfe\ne~ASt of rhrough true gr_a~.e; b,ut rather ;,.vith fe:uc & their faluation_rclll:-.ines fltrc;, grounded on.~lR trcmbli11g, fo long as y.=c hauc time, to labour knovvledgc an~l ~lctl:i6 ofGod.So the Ap9fiLc' in th~ mc;111S of taluati6, \'vhich is Goc\s .... vord, Ptm!comforts'hi:nfclfc and the gocHy, HnmJ.. prayer, S,acraments, to ~ccOme true members 3 2. 33. It is God that iuflifies,whojha/1conde¥nc? of ChWt, bccaufcwe may dccciuc our fclues and vcrfc ~ 5. J-Vbo (halt fl:r:er -:·s .f,mt .. rf:c. with ava)nc profc!lion: for though Gods merLo#~ of Godin.Chrift, whereby bt· Iouqh vs( cic beendleffc in it (elfc, yet it adtnJtS rdhainc And inclccde, ifaman hauc rccciucd true af- 1 to vs-ward;'and indeed it {hall ncuer be cxrcnfurancc of Gods f3uour,though bnt onCc~~l.all dcd to alJ, nay not to many that in their life his Iifc;ycr by that one fig1rc he mayaffurchimtime made full account thereof in their vainc B fclfc of his faluation, vpon this ground,. 1l.1-.1t pcrfV{afions. > Gods louc is vnch:mgcabk, though eu<:r after The Rcpro· A third point here tobe obfcrucd is this; he liuc in temptation; for whomc God!ottrt~,h( .~a1~~-~c:cr I ~~::h~u:;da;c~~&~~~~~ll~~r~~~d~~~~~e~:~l~::; /ou~:;;r~~o::~~J~·I~i! ·i~ Chrifis commi~J~ had true fateh, nor true repentancc;found loue, tncnt to thofe whom he nc_ucr knew, ·~f)ot~.gh nor hopc;thcy might hauc fome kinde offaith, ~heyprofcffcd his name; an~· it is amofi.fcarp. I confefiC, and inany other cxcclleot gifts: but (ull conuriandemcnrJ becit1g :1ll one with that, if they had had true faith, thereby they lhould Matth. '5· 4'. Goeyc~ CP.rfod m to mcrl.-•ftA1!I hauc pleafed 9od, &bin approoued ofChrill, fire. . . . . ... and fo at fomctin1e al(o, haue birl acc:cpted :md Now hence we may gather, that the (cCond acknbwlcdgcdof him for his owne. For this death is pn;:>periy a frparation from the COIJ.!forwcc mufr lcarnc anlj hqld as the truth of God, table fcllowfhip of th'= Father, the SoniH·,and that where true fa.irh, loUe; and hope are trhely the holy Ghofi; and withall,a fcnfc:md feding wrouohc, there they rcmaincfor eucr, at lcafi ofGods wrath in that fcpJ.ration.This appears in the~·oote: they may feeme for a time to be by the conrrarie, for life cucrlailing fi:mdcs loft, but yet neuer can be quite extinct, for the C in fcllowfl1ip with God the father, the S_gnnc, gifts and calling of God are without tep<ntance 1 and the holy Ghofi. Now here a quefiion .may Rom.II.Z9· be asked, concerning the fuffering of Chrill; _ Fourthly, here it is plaine, that thofe whom for ou1· doCtrine is, that he fuffcrcd the fccond Chri!l. will not f2ue, hec neuer knew; hence it dcath:whcthcr then was he fcuercd fi:onl G~d ;.,. followcs, chat whom he knowes tobe his,thC in his fuffering? Anfil'a. ChriH- our Sauiour he wil know r.o be his for cucr.This point muft on;hc crolfe flood in our roomc and fiCid,b.cC be rcmcmbrcd,bccau{C lt is the true foundation btr'e vpon him the finnes of hi.s clctl,..,and for and ground ofthe faluation of mens foules;We fublhncr, the whole punif11mcm due; tp the >re (aide to befaned by fairh, and by the word fame, which was boch rhe fir!t & fecond dea<h: of God, yet onely as by mcat1ts; nor as caufes: but yet concerning the fuffcring of the. fccond butthe oncly caufc of our falu:itiop,a.nd ofthe death, rhere rcmaines fomC diflicultiC. Tourneancs th:l.t brings vs thereto, Ut~i1 k._nowledge ching it therefore \NC mu!t hold this g ... tOtllld, ofGod, whereby he accepcech and apprbbucch that our Sauiour Chri!t fuftered the fecond vs to be his OVI.'ne. · death, fo farrc forth as the fi1tfering thereof I Hence we may gather, that thofe who arc might lland with vnion of his two natures, clcCtvmo faluatio~l, D1all ncuer pcrri!h; for D and with \he holindfc and dignitiC' of his pcr- "'homGod once knowcs to be his, them hcc fon: and h~rc thcfc c:tucats mufi be marked. knows to be his for eucr:and therefore Mat.24 I. Ctmeut, That in his manhood he cndu24· it is made a thi11g impoffiht~ that theef~[f red a very true fcparation fi·om rhe Godhead, foott!d p~rri{h:and the ApolHc takes it for granand from his F:nher; yct-norin regard Of fub.. ! red, that the aeCfion of God U vnchang(ahle, fiCHng and bceing, bur of fenfe ami feeling Rom. g. 1 I. remaining eucr, according to his only:and therefore he cried, M; God, my God, purpofe. This knowledge of God, is thatfounwhy hajfthoufo>fo/z_m mer?hauing for a time no dation which remaineth fm·e, 2.. Tim. ~· t 9.Thc fcnfc of Gods fauour, but oncly the tCcling of firfi grace ofall is Godsfauour)choofing fomc his wrath and di~,Jc~fure. rnen to be his ofhis metre good will; and this I I. Ca11et1t. In his paffion he did endure the firG grace, to "d10mfocuer tt is vouchfafed,rcforrows ofthe fccond de~th;he did not die the maincth for eucr, admitting no change nor a!- fccQJld dc:Hh, for rhen he fl1ould hauc'brenc tcratio:1, nor interruption. This doCtrine mufi ouercome & vctcrly ftparatcd fi·O hi~ f~ther in be rcmcmbrcd, as the {hie of our f.'lith, and a fubfilling and becing: but he fuffercd the fc- ·,)• •..v!u.•rcintl:c f<'~Od ,lc:tth fbndcdt. 11owCiuil1: futf<r(d the !c,Qd d~~tllo ;1" ·•ll•• ~ ,,, l furc foundation ·of found comfort in any dicond death, and in fuffc~·ing oncrroq•e ir : as a '---...!..-----------------------'! 4-=.-.---~-----m'.:::"~---·
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