291.' 7heTrial and SER 21 5. Faith under fainting and great Straits can fo improve the Promife, as to put an holy and modeft Challenge upon God; fo Pfat. cxix. 49· affiiCl:ed :IJavid faith, Remember the Word umo thy Servant, upon which thou haft caufed me to hope, and the Church, Jer. xiv. z r. :!Jo not abhor us for . th1' Name's Sake, do not ·rgrace . tbe Throne of thy Glory : -Remember, break not thy Covenant with us; and the Lord commaudeth that this Chaltenge be put on him, lfa. >.liii. z6. Put me in Remembrance, let us ptead together; then he giveth Faith leave to plead on the contrary with God ; natural Spirits faint, and cannot fo far own the Promife, as to plead with G?d by their right and juft Claim t~ the ~romtfr: Now the fourth Point concernmg Fatth, · is what Grounds and Warrants the Sinner hath to believe. 4· 'Tis an ordinary Challenge made by Satan, Confcience, and the Arminian, £nee Chrift died not for all and every one 'of Mankind; and all . are not c.hofen to Life' eternal, but only thofe, on .whom the Lord. is plea(ed, according to the .free Decree of .EletEon to confer the Grace of believing. \-Yha t Warrant can the unworthy Sinner ha,·e to believe, and to own the Merits of Chrii1:? For he knoweth pothing of tlx!: EleEtion, or Reprobation that are hidden in God's eternal :Mind. : For-Anfwer. 1. 'Tis no Prefumption in me to believe in Chrifi, before I kvow whether I be chofen to Salvation or not, for nothing can hinder me jn this Cafe to bel ieve, {ave only Prefumption, as the Adverfarjes iay, but it is not Prefumption; be. caufe, P.reft1mption is when the Soul is lifted up, ' and
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