296 Heb. to. z6. f He6.F.ç.b. r 1042.1. B zPet.z.am. x Dcut. s9. m 9, so. F. x z Cor.y.r. z m lohn S. IS. ,ueff. a rer.32.4o. lv ; loba (.18. caietaa. ibidem. Anfw. Ci H A P. }. An Expofïtion vpon.the firft V a U.S. neerly concernes men, made partakers of Gods Spirit, to lee caréfiu /Gofholsne(f e. I fay not onely, their finnes are grea- ter, becaufe their abilities are more to withfland temp- tation ; but their (late, in cafe of reuolr, mof} dangerous and irrecouerable. Firft, ro fuch finning wilfully, r re- maine, no more facrifïce for finite ; fecondly, nor is it polli- bic :o renew them 6y repentance. Concetue it thus ; not as if cuery finne of infirmity fhould cafe them out of all p, fí-ibility of pardon and repentance ; for in cafe wee fà finn e, We t bane an Aduocate with the Father, to propiti- ate for our frailties. But in cate,fuch wilfully take them- film toa courfe of lnning,and in Peters p'-Irate, °turn back from the holy commandementgineta,nto then, >x adding drumfgnnefe to thiri, to them God bath threatned to fhew no mercy. The more fhould be our care and caution, Y to purge from allfiithineffe, and to z keepe our felses that the etssllone touch vs not. Can men, partakers of the holy Ghof}, be regardletTe of Holineffe? Gods feareis fo pat into their hearts, that they a neuer departfrom him. And they bkeepe themllues that the euill one roucheth them nor,at leaf} made qualitatime; fo,as to al: er the dilpolition of their hearts,and their Erò- penfion to hobnail. Suppofe it trtie ; fiat, yet are not Caueats netdlctTe to- men f}ablifhed in Grace, as being preferuariues.,againl} fccurity,and fanf}i&ed.rneancs to further perfeuecance fecondly, but let it withall be remembred there are gifts of the holy Ghotl incident vnro Caf}- awaycs : Illumrna- tion, R cfiraint,& c. forrie f}eps and degrees to San&ifica- tion : i hey alto haue their tafle of the Heaeeenlygift, of the god Word of God.of the -Powers ofthe world to come : difpo- fitions, and, the inchoate habits of true SanCificatior, they are truly made partakers of, who yet many of them fall awry. And let their fearfull relapfings be our fares,. and encrea,'e our care to depart from iniquity.. VERB.
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