~---- ---- 1 1. 7o : . An.Expojition vpon 1 verf 4 • 1 .I I m':anz ~'~i' q_~:{e_ fa~ awa; from gr~>tce? _Anfw• . A (' :hey fhould ncuergct the viC1ory or oucrcoiT.~ I I Grac;- n1 S~nrmrc t5,takcn twc;> ~y~n~s:F.1dl,for4 ~t wholly. 1I. Mar. 24 •:!4· Chnll: foretelling ~ I t_\m-t~1our_of Go!) w\•£1<PYJl>~ .oc.ccpr~th •ot '.l•.hadalfc.P{9Pheq_il)o•ll,d·e9m<, fanh: ·Tl·q i , I fon~c .•or lus '*'lc\r.c,t~ 111 ~hnij\,(f);l;_$•(S the fidl jlJouUi fldl(ce ,,if ;t tverepb}fihk, the verj,- deft, 1 I gracc~nd ~\)_~,f<?4~.t~~)~ of aH.gtb~r,:l)tid taking I YVhcr.c h.c~a~'b t;hh for s raumcd, that the e- 1 I gr,;cc:; )\lthl~ lc~lf,c.,l. !~~f't~a.t[t,h\c~tgns qf grace lcCT,albcit they may be a!faultrci gricuoufly,yn · · ~pJ{i~}lt:i~n[c thercq.£~lJ·,~QSi\hqrt~.,r 1:\i!~}'· be loH: ;h,cy cap.-n~~cr be \'>•holly Ql) finally {h:a'-i ne a. l •~WJhe f"JOJI[!If GR<),It (elf~, ~~l1P~t be loll way fr~\nllfir f~ith •. -ll I. Jo.lm 10 , , 7 . 2 3,,_ or ,<\'W' tha<,,t,ru<;j!f, pylceuc. Yifpei)-al: <:anbly ' M; JhtfP!·fo.<1"'"'1 "'~J<'< (faith ChrHl) Avd I fJr~l-~~ ~{ll,rplcafcd _wuh lu~.cJukl.fw fo_m: no;- k.!.to»fti t&em,J~tr.,d thry fol(o.w pze(', and /.,giu~v11~ I t?,.pB~S (;.n~nc,hc }-VI!J._turnc t~c iig~)·cs ofl11s fa., . to th_e'!.'.tur.nn'll life, hn~r_hqj7;a/! nmerje·rrijh. li~u~ mto hgncs,pf. ~~fplea(LJl"S, and ~)ew .t-\lc To_tlhs t~~Y anfwcr, ~t{ts>.uuc they fl 1 alJ ne_uer ~£~-}\~~ pardy by~\~9;r.ds,aJ~d p~a,rrly, _by.flnp·rs;acd pen~_, Jo long as tl~GY_remai-nc the ih~cpc ofj Yt.; 1 t he ll~lt~cont.mucrh h1s ht~bcr,}·n9 holderh I Chnd·. But; th:n: C:IUIIl' JS cut off in _.rh~ next , ~m~.(or ~lif. fonn~ ':1vith9ut any purp~fc t~ dif_ll· woni,s : N,rizhm /]Ja/1-~zn;pl11c~_r:.hem Of!f of·mJ I hsn~c !Ht~: E:n,CJ)Jo.Qod deal~rh :"'lth h1s cn~J .. , ! hand: m; Farherwh_ichgat:e'fhrm 1 '(ee: £9grnlfeJ" dr~.n~r t1~SI_rJm9_C.S and corrul'uoos, he will ~ thenaU_, "'-'4 none H ~t/Jle tg pbJcl?_e them Ofll of. 1 tJ~B¥. ,1;:Y,ay h!.Sloutngcoumcnan;c_t; from them my farherJ httnds: And }hercfore neitl"\CJ;:~he ~1d c~~nge tJ~; C,-t;ncs ofhis flym~r into anger deuil nor the world, nor rhcfielh, c:mby· ~ny_ ~~Hl.d!lplclrme~-.\~hcn as yet the good purpofe tempt:~.riot;~ draw rhc ilifep_ofChritl ffom their ~-(tl1c~ ~f!o~t.ion is nor al~tre~-t. byt r_cmlineth faith) aqd m:.1ke them no fi1ecp.lV. ReafoJJioh. :· I1rn1c ]o__r cue;: at,l,d,:God IS fhll.: thetr father, 3. 36. ]{er tbat b:lenurh in Chrijfh11thefcrnalll t~?tlgh 1P angr'ic father thrpugh.tbeprouocalift. They fay hcc hath it in hope) and _nQ O- :.iqt\4f t~Fi.rfi1u1cs.Sccondly,.gr~~yi1) fcripturc therwife. I anfwc-r, lfthcyhaue it in !~o.pt"s'they is 1*~" ~~~ i'tl< ot.ifi.' ofgra" which ~ri6e/fo• /hall nc:uer perrif11: 'For hopema/:sth nota/ha- , aom.,. wed.mJ:h(m, fh~t.~~lwtc in Chrijl-. The(e gi(ts• medV. R.eafon.Rom, 8,, JO•.Whom h.e-pre,:le/fiof g1~~fc.bc ~twp funs, fomc lliPlC principal, nau, themalfoheecallcd: R'!d whom heccallu_d, o; a,~!ruc Jj,CCcjJit~c ~·nro fa!;upion, t.\'ithou~. tkema(JO_h~rii;;flified,a.n4-p/J!m; heiufl.ifled,th~m which n~n~-C~,l} b~ faucd;asfaith,and alfo hope alfohuglorified.Thofcwhich arc eledcd,callcd and loue;'<"Jiicl) procc:cd from bitb,There be and iullified by faith, l"ullnceds be glorified, others all'olcif~: principall, which be very proand therefore c:wnot fall away fino.!ly: for fuch litable ai)d rcquilite, Yft no~g.j>foluJ~ly nec.d_,. C · lhallncuetbe glori~d, And in the epd ofthe I full vmo !>luarion: As the,f«/ing ofGods fachapter,;v. 38. he ad~leth, That neither death, uouf, <1lacritic ip prayer) and fcufc of ioy and n(}rlift, .An.JJII, priHcipallttin, nor prnP~ri, nor con•fort in thFholy Chofl. The(cJdfc princi4"} tlung e/fuan[epar.tevr, viz. the faithfull, I p~l! gra~~s qlfo llli,Y l?e lo(l. The principal! from I~< loHe of God, whi<h ;, in Clnij!- -.fe[tu ·gi'~ccs alf~)JlJ¥.!?e 9ec3yed)cffened,atld coneoZJr Lord. But i(the fatrhfull might f:Jil -~way · l:~d-itt rcga~d of. qp,eration, cu.e.nin Go~s chilfinally,.the thcymigln be fcuered frotn tl:.1c loue drc9: bur•qujtc qx<inguifl>ed they cannot be, of God. V I. Re.!fi>n.Rom. 1r, 29. The.gi((s.of for pod v.pholdcth lhem by pcrlcucroncc: GodscaOing(thatis,thcp<euliar giftstharpcrwhc~~ faith, lp?pc, and l<;ll~e ,afc once trpcly tainc to faluarion) aro:PithoNn·epcntance. ':fhey wrought,b)l 9~ds (i~irit',thc¥ ::1rc ncucr \vholly fay it is true, God indeeU pcucr repcntethhim o.rfi,ua.ll>J ~akcn a\;':.1)', but 011cly in parrl and in of his gifts: bur )'Ct a l'q~t;l maypcrifu :md fa0 fenfr-:md fCcling for~ time. This anf ..vcr is aa'.vay, b_ccaufc he ~ay.rofyfe atld r~ic0 Gods g~qblc to this t~~.c, ~oc the church ofEphcfus 1 gra.ce &I~Cn ,vn~oh1m. ~~~ts anfwcr 1s fnuoJous ~h~re blam~dt 119,t tor quite!_oofingher loue, j malntatn!ng thls abfurdmc:that the pewerfull but bee>tile 01ebad left her firfllo"e (ulfring it ' D will ofGofl fi><>uld be brought vnder the filly i'O.dccay and waxc Idle then lt was a~ their firfi: will oft~c crcaturc:ifaman could re-pell Gods ~o!~Y:rl19n. . · . . grace giucnvntohim,.th~n fhoulJ moms will ~ndbe.caufc thndoClrme IS oppugned e3.rtakeplace., and Gods will be 01ade fru(tr:ac n~IHy, not ondy hy th<church ofRomc, but & void. V I I. Reafor., I. Joh. ;.9.. whofoelm·i; alfo b,y (omcchurches & fchoolcs ofthe Protehorne~f ~odfinn~thnot, bccaufelmfuJerunatllams: I will fidl,fhcw the nuth th-ereof out ~teth m hJm; nralur eauher fo:ne, /Jec.aufehre ofCods wor<J, q.nd then fcan their chicfe reaU6orneofGod. How is t.hat true/or chap. 2.10. fons rh"J.t arc brought 3g~infl: it.Thar ~race ranHe: th'}t {airh hrebath»ot_fr:nrd, m11/zyth Goda not b 5 e wholly otndfin~lly loft, thefc rcafons !yar,and~s~ r_vordUn()tin_him? .Anf.~hcp!ace proouc: I. M::mh. 1 6. J 8.Th~promifc is_madc muft be vrlferflood ~hus· : Hee that ubornrof t.o Peter' :~nci in him to ,_n the faith filii : That God fim;e!hno,t, th<~t ts, \Ntth full confem, !ind ;pt?1'1 r/;11~ faith which hecprofeJTcd, Chr;_!l would widl ,aU his hcrrt.Sinnc doth not raignc in him build hii C/;u:rch ,ami_theg11teJ of hrlljbiitddnot for thc,rc~~nt'rltC manconfiHeth ~ft~·~ plrtS: pre~~adea([_tt_in_(} it. Which Jafl words mull be flefh ,&fP.Jntjhe finnet)ln?t as he IS fptrtt, that 1 )111.1.rkcd, tOr.,th~y intim:nc, th~t the clcuill with is ~e.g~ncrate; but as h_e~ 1s_~e~1and finne~ul_L ! j his adhercn)s '-"Otdd fhC\-\' much force and \·ioH1s ·w1ll finncth not as 1t lS lpmtu::~ll, but as nu , J jc11CC' ag:1.in!l thd t""ai~h of the clc8, but yet cunall. The Papifis fay, lndccGc he finncth t · -----· not,~ \ ! ----
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