The Parable of the Ten Virginr, ql(efi i<;>n whether there b.: a Gofpel, as wherher love b:: ofrered rbere ; fo ~ ' as the Law is nothing bur the manifeflario>J of fin , the hand-writino of d~:uh 1 t and wra_t? ag~ i rf~ a~ men, writ wi th the Finger of God; the Golpel is i · the m~rnteltauoa o, grace, the hand:wnrmg of grace and peace ro all'men, I 1trinen with the b:ood o.f God~ .and hence .rh&Golpel is rh a(_which bring~ ' I !ife gnd tmmortrtltf]· to !tght, 2 fJm. I. !O. Nonhar there· 1s hfe -~HfcJ1 J:,rely for all, bur there 'ris for all thac /hall by fairh accept of ir . More par~ ' ncularly, . , . , \ ' ,Fujt , It IS offe,ed Unw<?r~ll)' to all rvherever ir comes , and therefore ; perfpna)ly ro every man!; .t he wo~ds are .pJ.aine, <.Mnrlz. r6. ' r i· 'Preach I tpe CioJPd ~o . rve-ry ,~ereature >.' and no~ only .ro them •thar do belong 'to Chr11t, and fhall beheve; fon r~o~gh It b<: •o·ffered w:rh. ' tbe· fOWer of ir 1 effe&ually to rl)ele, .yer offered It IS alto ,unto thole that neVer , /hall have I f; od /nor r:ort~C!n m rh~ Son 1 ~f ·God; a~d hence ', L_~<ks . 14- The· Lord j of the Feall: mvtred.~hple that never catne m ; • and G:hnit hzm{elf, lr J~lm I rr: Jl,e came t• hio own ) and rhey recem'ed hi'm·not; he :would htJv e ~l!l_ttlered' them under hvs wmgs , and thoy would not; not only to th~m thatbe hum- 1 bled {though none will .care for Gofpel bur fuch ) but to them that be un- l . h~mb_led, Revel. j • .x_S, 20; .·J dotli this·Gofpel cori1e. There be many ob- I jeer, Yes, the Lord ofkrs love ro rhem that are his, bur nor · w me? yes ,-1 to thee; there is not a man' he·re, ·char can exempt himfelf. Ahd I would mllke no doubt CQ&O to every :nan .parriculady; nand fay_, . The,Lord irirrcat.S I ' rhee; ro be Reconciled; nay, • ..if .rhue be IJOO 'I tnan worfe 'than a~;~<ir!her, th9u,gh his hands b ~ve:; ., beep imbrued in rhe blood 'of the Prophe rs, and hzs l foul Rained with the crying guile of the mof! ,hydeous fi~hes thar ev_er the ear_rh bore. , or. $ul.) faw, yec- rhet.Lord ma.lres1MV.: .to . hzrn ; the price z.s pa1d for hzm, \f; :he-IYJll taGc<;pt of ~c . and thar cthe- Lord would have 'hi!"l1i6 fR,~; .peithl!r . ~9rl!.l!his ll,J.-Jiy~r.fal offer inferre an Univerfa! Rede.m-Ptioll~ for theJGofpe!h!fiJe, o!f~r , oUr~; <ioth norrfpeak, abfolutely that Chrilt- harh dyed ior all, an_dJherefore f.9t rbee, ·as, the Arminians maintain C; burr <it fpe"ak's cdn'dirionally, 'Tis forrhee, if ewt~: the L'ord ' giv~s · thee a ·f1e:arc to receive that graccahere ; r therefore· confider.of ir, there is r,or one here ' pr~fenr, bur the Lord would have you receive his love ; and confider this · one reafon, Thou. fhalc b~ condemned torrirefufing ir; Hence 'ris Gods command; and Chrifis delire you fho nld receive ic , ' fo ;n 5· 19. If nor thy duty ··to receive ir , 'ris nor thy fin · to refufe it ; but 'ris fut:h l , a fin, that all men t"ar perilh under the foun,d of _the yolpeJ,are principally I I condemned for. · · · t Secondly, 'Tis offered really; I 'p'ut in this, becaufe men· cannot fee the I reality of rhis; becaufe not Cbrifi, .b~>t Minifiers ( r bey think) oh ly m~ke it, and fo the offer is Ollly external and Mini'fierial; rhe Lord· him- I !elf rhey think is not of that mind. " I Anfw.r. What any Minifier according ro the Gofpel dorh,tbat Chrilt \You Id do if be was here prefent ; hence z Cor. 5· 20. we befeech 7"" in hul (.cad ; as Embalfadours fpeak what the King himlelf would do, and no more, and himfelf would fpeak what they- do if he was prefenr ; and benq:. Chrifi did not only preach rhe Gpfpel to his EleCl: , char fhould ~eceive'hirp, but to rbem who did rejeer him alfo, which made his b!elled heart and eyes alfo break forrh inro reares ·, Oh thttt thou had(t known., j. &c. . . .: z. 'Tis Cbriflinthemwhichdoth fpeak, Heb. 12.2). H;mthfltfJ!'a71..f \ ftom heaven; and .hence £phef z. 17· He came "nd 1reached peace, when i he wasgoneupro Heaven; anqhe.nce receiving of there Minifiers. and~m- ., balfadoucs of ChJ;ifl, is receiving of Chrifi; ·defpifing of them , is defpz/ing • '· • • V of
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