Of§VVeakneITe, A gV\/1lfulneH‘e, ./incl ..g4ppe}zcZaznt to it, {A P élmphra fHcallV4cXp1 i~cation of two \ difficult Texts, Helm. 6. and Heb. 1 o.M Suyyuripdw 531 7:3" n€p0§7'c7:'v dJ;8pwWe~g'w§ ?wHA7rEm¢. T/9rlt.L‘id. 1. §..MA 0XP'0F1'{D, Prmted by “H E N R Y HA L 1.. Printer to the UN x%v ra It sf: TI E. 1 64 *5..- '1 "V ::,v:"‘,/"‘A ‘A_ ,4’ (I) ‘ ‘ -VA"'~O . I. - f’mo_‘ Q. . __ ‘ -“V. at ,1 \V.-'.e- , _‘ ll A ~ ~ t.;<.:~ -.2-' . . . -9 t “ V ‘ .“:.~ vy'g," «fix fig; " I’ ' ‘ " A v‘ . -1 :~“- -—%..I.”.:lwz.'-':'.4"’ "WW " . ' /fikkll‘ ' .§n>«wI’lElt1m,§ / It i W ' / J! . I. * $9‘ .‘-:~\-WI V . " ‘ ‘.\\\".-._ ‘ _’ ' #4‘-I . :J:/.‘,;'.’:’R‘ 23 - “ .»v 50F SINNES OF §VVhfim@fl&l 2V // ilfulzttgflk. ' _ . H E /wand Cowman: being that by which we ' "51 are now all cithcr jnflified or lcondemmd , and ’ the condition of that,in rcfpcfi of thcfgciendal, being fimeralnot exufl oéedienw,n0t the unfin- nirlg at all, but the not flaming lwi{f'u1l)j ¢_Ift€r our ‘ A receiving the knowledge of the mula,Heé.to.a6. (Which tlzough it {came to damn: all irrc-verfiély that [in wil- fuflj after canver/ion, yet {me is to bc lundctltood according to ‘to the c37ne1';c/not of the Gofpcll, unlcffc he doc repent and return: /inc-are/y unto God againc,-for whofocvcr cl oth (79, there is ccru minemcrcj by other placcsmadc over to him in Cbrifl , and what is the fullimpornmce ofthat place,will anon be cxplicav ted.) It will be an inqufry though of» fome difiIcul:},yer of as great u/e and moo]/‘It; as any one other in all Divinity .l to lvfeatclx what finnes there arc,for which mercy isgto be had‘, un- dcr the Gapefi, and for whatnot. For that iomc men arc Adm. md,and not all finallyfamd there is-no doubt , and yet as lirtlt there ought to ‘bc,that tlwislis forfinm that on: man is guilty of. andttothcr nor‘; from whence it followcs that {eating no man isguiltlgjfe offinnc.fomc'd:_g-m: or fortsttthcrc malt be of that ,4}. . :3‘; ~ guiltjn one . whiclmrc notin lanotizcrt. and accordingrcxthojé ~ t .A 2 dzfllercut KL? MY ".4 “:2 / ,1 gr S3. 4: . 1*) 4 difi}-rent degrees, (though every of them be of-it“/Elf: or with-‘ am “C‘l9rifl, othy the térsazetref‘ the fir-fl Cwvmmct‘ d_am»ing,_.yWct) “under the gafiiimllor fecandiC'ovemmtt, thcati judging of ihfcn I t.’ "to heaven or hell is pré portioned. From all -which this rcfuits. that Tome kindx, or fin-ts, or ale-A ' grce! offinning, or more piainely f0mCfldt'e_: offlmzerr, are ug- dCl' the Goipcll damm'ng,1ome are not; fame reconciled/e iwith a good cltatc, form: not; fomcfot which thCre'isfzc~'re mere] in Chriii, {omc for which there is as certainly name-ireiy; For though theimerc} oFGod be infinite , and fa unfisthoniahic by Om‘ finite vv_'its,y¢twhegyhe bath in the Go/pe/J dcfizfd how fatrc: his man‘) flnli extend; andhcyond what tcéirrlics it [hall not,’twii1 be no infolcgncc to afh":-me, that God wilinot have mercy on any who are not qxmlified according to that fecond Covenant of his,who are not fuch pctfons to whom om!/J’ he hath pmmiicd were}, at leaf‘: if they bgyfilchwaslqfwhom he‘ hath :a"ffifrfi"é'd 1:i7h:j’7h'iI’H"#‘Hf ém-re;.j“ A ‘ V A Thus farm to fufiifyithc fimeffe. and u/e,and neceflitj ofthis. i'carch.Now Forprografli in it. It will be cafy to define in thcge-» xere2H.I. Thatall {inncs inthe world be they never {'0 grciat, of whatfortor lQ'na’fo,cver,1'f' they be retrafiedfwith truerepentmice, {ha1l._ccrtainlyybciforgfveny (for that _any 461‘ of GUXTC fhbuld he“ - irremifliéle "thciyh ‘t‘hatia°fHt*m€??t~doti:ie1t onthis ground that ti)éy~* A that comm‘: that act {hall never ttuiyirepmt , implying thatit‘ . they did repent, it would be mew/..-) and in this the onciy wiiflicu-ltywiil be, L}Whélttrue:1iep:nt:tnce_is? And 2. Whe. thet that he ncceflkr} to the obtaining pardon for war} finncei it Q A the r 'l‘o’"thc firfi , Ianfwct , that true repentance is a change ,. eat A through change ofminde, (called in the Scripture, and the ordi'-- nary {tile of ‘Diw'ne:. the miwcreature, being regenerate h , con- verfian, fiviritrtall reflerre€h?on,fbrfe:king affirms‘, mm-ts'_fimtz'an,y lzalritnall/Jméhfficatian, fincere, faitbfitll re/olatian of new lzfi-, refbrmatiazn, amtmdmmt‘, g,q7yo:_oa , as it fn>‘pera~ddCs to y.E7'aL(.oe'A£—m: flaws? VQ.ue7aL%{ki£n0;Lf§f")3nd Whatever doth net amounteyto V ‘thus much is not rrtwrfaeiing repentance, to which the prom‘/5': at mercies of Cbrifl doe appcrtaine. And {'0 confequcntiy v H A % many ‘it (3') A nlanjr fpeciotis pretenders to that Title ‘are exclutled.- Such are bare forrow for l-inneyfucfh the wmm pwizcntitc , the wifhing . theywere penitent. inch a bare warring of the law of :6: wind agazinfi the law of the meméerx, whim: We are carried captive to 3/2: ldmoffimae ; and many the like. To thcfccond , I mult anfwtt by dillinguilhing the cquivo- celnejfe of the quellion. For the meaning ofit may gbeft‘ Whc“. ther amendment, orforfaking,‘ or overcoming every particular finnebe neceflary to the obtaining ofpm-do» for that /imte, whe- thet itbe ofiufirmitj or othetwife, and if that he meant, Ian- fvver, No .For that lome finnes are of that nature that as long it as we have this marmfl infirm: fl://2 about us,we can never hope to be rid of them to get 7/i&'or] over them . fuch as for which the facrificex were appointed to be offered under the law ,* and for which C/n-if}: fitcrificc once offered is a petleél: expiatian; and thefe by the tenout of thcfecond fowenantgor through the mere] of God in Clariff {hall never be imputed to the pmitmt mm-r; I mean: to him who hath amended all 0thets,and bim- éled himlelfc before Cjad,and éefiugbt his mercy in C/Jrifl, and by faith laid hold of it for thele , which though he labour at- gainli them finccrel}, he cannot thtoughly amend or overcome. But if the meaning be.1". Whether the A aéhmll ameuding of .all his knowne fins which confequentl y may by the Chriltian be amended, be required nccellarily to make a man capable of the pardun even of his firmes which cannot be amended , I an- .fwe1-that it is veryptobable to be (0. Becauft (‘bri/2‘: fujfa. iring: ieeme not to be aal'?Ia7N4g¢’0:‘“ (at all, not [0 much as to the wafhing away of bumanefrailties) to any but thofe who are in Clyrt:/},i.:. to new creatures‘, who alone arefo; however that will not be a matetiall fcruple . though it lhould be left dafiutaélc, as long as this other ptopofition be taken for‘ infal- lible, (Which is (0) that except we repent iv: [MH 4/! pen’/Q, ti.’ «t. that he that hath not forlakcn all wilfu/I finncs,{hall(whethet fothis wilfxtll (innes onely,ot his wilful! and fiailtie: both toge- ther, it matters not) he certainly condemned. % By the anfwering of thcfe two gm/lion: fo mu_c,h% hath been « gained,as that we may make another gemalz .»¢azm;a_n,;nd it i dc he to 53 "$7.; 5 543 5 I52’? "V 8. Of Con/Eienice. $95 (4) define fcéondly Z that fomc fimm areitioomileafle with a trué pcnitent, convert, regenerate pflate, others are not. And confc. qucntly fome not defiruflioe under the ficond Cownamnthotlgll others are. What thele are in gemmll, willalfo in the third place be eafil y defined. Sinnes gfinfirmit] are recan‘cilméla,wi1* fa/lfinne: are not. Under ififirmitiel I contcinc all forts that are ulually reductd “to that head, and which -have beene breifely mentioned in an nothet difcourie 5. whether thofe that proceed from any not culpaéle defefi‘ of my under/Fanding, as finnes of ignorance, or from fome prefent prevailing temptation , which though I oiufe all meanes in my power againli it , I cannotl overcame ; or fromfome advantage taken »byiSatan, &c. in the aflaulting me either on the fuddaine, when Ihavc not time, to Me thofc meanes which I might otherwife ufe, which we callfimwaina fnrreptian ; or from the freqrfihcj or repetition or almoll anti» i #mdm_fl"e of th¢'t-vv}ij§?zl=tiDu;"Wl1lCh when Thaw: ‘vzpelld it mt» vet Io often, —rcmr»m againe, fo thatif ever my mum}: be inter-- mined (which corzfidcring our /mmanefrai/t] 1t1s though not logically, yct moral!) impoflflrle, but it flmuld fome time: or 0- ther) 1 [ball infallibly fall (which we we to call finnes ofVa'm’l; incur/ion) or from the levity and unclifccrniblencfle of the mat- ter ; orlrom‘ any other pa-iutipla 5. which by that mcalurc of grace that God afibrd: me. (or if I be not culpaély wanting to my felfe in neglefling the ufc of the memes prefcribed , he is ready to afford me) I am not able ‘to refill. Suppoling all this itwliile that ’tis not upon fotne Former m'lfull /Inna of mine. that God by way Ofpuniflémwt, withdrawes this grace neceflhry to the refijfing ofit ; for ifitbc {O . then though itmlay truly be 7 faid , I cannot now rvfi/Itthatfinnt for want of that grace fo wit/odmwne by God, yet will not this palle for a linne of infin A l On the otherlfide under the name of willful!-/inne: I mean: ” not all »s'lls‘ng;ly committed. or volflnmr} firmcs, {for all {innc as farre as it is /inns, isfvolunmggand therefore finnes of in r- my are mlanmy) but all that rate not excufable by any of ” A A A V - thofc U)‘ * A thofe former titles of infirmity, otall that are not included an-L ‘V derfome ofthofe heades. Thus farre in the way ofgenetall defining there is no great difiicult}. ’l‘hat._begms tofhew It ielfe when we come to the ma-inaguo or particular. to mention what times in /pocio, or in. azoadaa, what fort: of lime or 462‘: of thofe forts, are finnes of infirmity, What not; And this is indeed aninfuperaéle difficulty, 1. Becaufe one man hath more knowledge, more qflicknefle of underlianding. and alfo more grace then ‘another, and fo r hat: finne in fpooio, or individm, that fort or particular aft‘ of finne, which he hath power to ref:/Z and overcome, that other man that hath lejfe power, hath not power to overcome ; and iffog twill be aninfirmity in him , though in tothct tie not, 2. Be- caufc any/}:eoz'fioa1lfimoocomes backed with more temptation: (and fo makes amote forcible iimprefliavz upon the arid’) at one”. time then another‘; and confequently though it were not above his_/Lzrcngt/9 at one time, yet at anozloor time it may. Yea and I/airoll], becaufe the lame man is at one time more able to rcfijl‘ and overcome, then he himfelfe at fome other time, as ofa man in liate ofdefertian it is cleare, as alto when either by drunken: xofle or any other culpable extravagant} (through rage or la]! b‘ not refifledinothefirlt motion) the man is utterly debauched from his natural! and fpirimall ftrength,and no way able to re- fit’: tbofi tt.'mptatiam',WhiCh at another time he would {come to be captivated With. a - i .t V A " But thefe two cafes will not be very pertinent to the bufia nefie in hand: becaufe. as is fuppofed in them, that which brought this weak».-nag? upon the man, was fume onlpaélo nay 3m'{f:¢/I afi‘, Corjoi/ding of his,)committed then ngaiufl /lrongtb (though now that firmgt/2 be not fufficient againli the confe-. quent affault) and fo no way apt to oxoufo the linne. that it primaryly éotragcaihim to. But if the cafe be fetofvfome inn xocentiaiccident which caufes this al‘t:mti~on,ithen it Will be pertinent to the thing which} now affirme. (to wit the evi- l dencing thediflicnlty of fuch particular defining M9!-3'£'ILot;'ov) as V we know a man in time of_,/adnofi will be able to re je& fome jo/1} pijopofalls, which yet in time of mirth (Iuppofing that moderate 5 lo; 5 ‘IQ 512. (6) “ mlooimtto and lmrme.-lejo,‘ and as perfcfily fimiolefl} in ittltfclfe; A as that contrary room/1; he will not perhaps be ooze, o.na‘y,~as,»r Hjpocratoi afirmes in his traét ezaiei JJ‘: deg: 23‘, T5;-xzav.t one win or place malyfltonglyiincline 5 man to one whether mirtua % which another doth not, and Where the incliamriom are jlrolng-v. or or wioaéor, there we know the flrmgtlo being in degree fuppoled the fame mull: prove unpropottionable to the one though not to the other, able and {ufficicnt to refiflc the mdkgrx; ‘though unfufiicient to {ubdue the flronger inclination. l t l i To come yet mm-cclearcly to that whichis ofevcry dayesi eatperiencc. Suppofe a man a littlcdrbwzj at one hourc( which drawzincfle at that time particularly, isnot a /Inner but a mum.- mll defirc of [loop which is nomre: due door) and ‘luppofe him: thoroughly awn-had, and outof that {it of drowizinofl} at ano- ther time; and then ihppofe that the fame propo/Bill be made to i him at both thofetimes, it may very probably be received at one-timtt“, atndwjeilod at ‘IWfb:*V;: lifthéii propwo/4'6"/1'56 an uh- dCl‘t'ai(it)ga’eflr!¢fh.'Uc‘ of his prefcnt do/Ir: Of/Zltpe‘, it may ealilyi be affirmed thatin that drama] fit, he hath no /lrmgt/a to n-_/I]? A it. though at another time he bath. The reafon is, becaufe [leap being a ligation of the fac.ulties.,drow/incl]: likewifc is {o in fome do roe, hand the wow: of thatdcgrtc may difable the ram- der/hndgg or uppntfouldfiom r&p~rrfi-tiring flrongly enough at that time. that Whichat another time it {hall be able to repro- font lo ftrongly, that the contrary pro/ao/ollxtof the fenle {hall not dare to appeare before it. From w hcncel conceive it fol-L lowes, that if the propofoll, fuppoled in this cafe, be a /infull propofo/I, that time committed by thatgdronvzy man will beat ‘finne of infirmit], which if it were committed by the fame man broad awalhc’eJKam'i‘ningéimflnf/2-,8¢ his ownb gui‘lcs*.0r any canf‘¢ffor(tI1at hath rcccivcd of his confirm: an carat’: adccmntnot only of the [ nffian, but the citcumfignccs of the dflian; his qualification: at wthat time, and the particularwigvumft:lm4fl”au{t) “*aspartxcu1ar dgfi ni_tiohs concerning _thiSmr%j:%‘mh~ti1f‘11§yn'I:» uywarwfiw *WOLl*Id .=;», % ,3 V Asfiyr example; if I W+o'u;%%!d% %~kn%0%W?Wh%ctharL any a&:df 515.‘ -owne, ( or being a confi-flbr) ofmy penitentiozricr be“? a n5i1_'fulI% A‘ finne orno, Imufl firfi inquire, wh¢thcr in that: pm: (if time. when being tempted I cammittggit, %n:1ywAnndcrf}Amdin gor ‘tgpu peiifbnl. and thcfpirit ofGod in me did move imcffid % % flrangl} nmrzq do it, as chvcflks/35% di*d£to»chAe md7mi']fian. alldifl-9 jug fartH£:r%%1o mew hat ofg.r:cc‘*eV up inclinq ;he ';will.. éfof the am» A .r1er{2andingto4m‘mzge it as 4 much in proppi%tion« as the will time A “ ** 2;: 3 .}.‘u ‘. fathe fall is n.at\uraH.y%sAAAiimrlined to the mmall _;vppm3tw .(as~)w{u~~ V by know when one .S’:?c,;;Mla;i"sV:s..;I;1cav4icr .af 1'1!‘/3’/fiv thcnA*Artheothgr;a%m3;'ahr A is :53 7-I rs) . by fomc d:f4fé1ti_!1$t11C45€flfl1M.t)n€ ismore apt t'6mi«}éna thcn the ::,othcr.?yau mum xi‘: yo&uw;:Aou7Id qvcp;t¢heA balfanccs and make an equilzhium, ‘put more wtigb‘ in thtf J'cdl:«A.th'atM%%4is%%apt to!fly*Aup] ;;Or if this be an aMmr:=opcrdti:£m; why then’ I nm{fAdefirc*1th,cc to cxaming whethef 'ati:Ahamimc~ thy«%*Spir%i:*%or% Conjcienc: told A th"ce,.this%was nortor bc done; %and;«t=harA.onpain: not ?only% of —§iad.r Tdzfizlénfuré bu_t alfo c;gf.thy% mama}! dn.mn4rim.»:?( which *:t«muMPc;certa&incly be farm gréétermoztiwries of deiz%a%rw&z:t‘§;cv¢%n “itofi fie/5 and télaltd, chcnfany plenfmrc the flefh can%.rcpr.c{cm,$ can %bcvzl1rfi‘i've»ro die c‘on.tra‘ry%)’ and iftho11‘V.Afindc3fi*ic did. and yét rfor gallrlmisu;th%yA.~w£ll' <:on1en~tedA_tozthc:flr;%+inf i.,§s%propofaII, then ,this“is:a firm: againfi /1reI¢‘g¢1b, ;: wil{fg:‘/.! fim, andezmt pf 'i!éfir '»-_ V V‘ » U ~ But%&iEthy_m»fi:ienca, or fpirit. or. upper /‘axle. at that time did “not this, then ’tis robe reiolvcd on , that it famed rode: the d!lf_)'.Of a W«?:tchmaVn , and ifV1'cidid.“.{o,’then% my {ccond inquiry :bC""4n"7al_"efal1%d d"i£p%o feda_as' csfla duld V bci," ( and as even yet by grace it is preparcdm be, mifwe make 2/: of that _g‘Mc:").it will%/pcmfie and admanif/3 us , and that notin word: which are fubfcfi to mifimiarflanding, butin/&m":e wbich~VrhAcrcforc\wd%.canhotno’t° rénceive) % Whether I. Frqm‘Gods jut} defirrlion'thE:pnnifI:mc2nz*" rofmincgupon dmix R . me atmh%a4t et1m.c, : as * ~:%, Er4;»:x{ka or :3"? from ‘fame /745;: w.hichAI4 %bavc,4%~by.%formcr «:9: “or the « fimac which Iam nowmmpmd to, contméfcd, to tI1;%Mv‘ndin_g~ of my nnderfldnding, %or;gr:imTng of thcfpirit, for ,g;1zW'i;ag A finmc, that it {hall be":;:rab%!c» rcrpaffc down: iufi-nfiély mnd‘cf¢:%apc£- _ the {catch of Mnderflmndiwgg Vlnall t%hcfc4%*c(am;,g thearigiu A MU ofétrhapfailing .b;eingfinfull, thefénling it fclfc will not ycild“ any mm/ao.r éompkampalagy-,.bufrhc finnc will flit-14 rcma,inTc' a«::WiI1fnlHinnc:'. v ‘ ¢‘ "V % A . M : ' “ :~x.}.Ifnomfifiallfmhcfcbe found*‘cfjargcab,1eupon thee, as rhea;-' ” iiiginall af1;_ha.t» failing, and negati-v: pradmfiiw of thatfinnc, mhcn Ican %as+y'+et thinks: of butA.one§nquirAy%%AmAore,A whcthc'r, 33”’ thy IIndarflaIna‘£mgjénd~thégmca_oFGo%d4 in if, being .thus.;Iaycd aflccpcas it W.crc“,% by} fomc V‘nat;urall,§/:fnlc[v,A_or an lcafi inwim;;'- fie. .‘uT“ 饔 dfl f:'1me‘_ % ffifllpfi A 4M¢;%aéndfo excmfaéldfraim. or cite (as‘+in~a;Vdroam;.fi1t).Riot para}, 4 Aféfily awake, there bcnotvfome madam: pr:/"crified and pre-:3 feared to the: by God. which ifrhou h~a%dt'7m*{cd,t thou *migh»w:—,;:. % CB: have wak_aned§_thy un‘derf}mfd£ng.' or fo,rtifi::d“thyT wifl, .031; _m4k.jm:d the tej’mpmrian:and if;1o,and tho%uA%b«avf:%,chAArouguh‘u:g%lz}-I gauge, dr %confidwce-,{phirituall/ecmtitjnor pridgsomittfid rm make.-:fl u/2-'o‘£* them. than willthis {kill amount to a wimwfinnc or'a fixinAéa’gaix'1fi flrwgtb; as Vvhcn the LmMtique%SonV was érmg/at _ ~ to t/aaiD£fciple: of Gfllrifi, andtheiTextVfaith%Mat%:%17; V21. t/ac}, mu mt cafi the evil] fpirvitemt, andfrchriff giisvcs the neafon why they could not, 6cc4nfc.'“{"ait*h he; this kinda ga:¢laam our,-. %éutV6}pra}er andfiz/ling, Chrifi yet chargcth them Withminfi- ;, oicligiy almo{’c%:unfu{¥era13Ie%A,% (0 fmlalafli: gemmtim,%laan- long , _./ball I 6: witéyom? how long: /Em/I Ifuflkr Jam?) becaufc them being fu4ch¢.Am»:nm:,Ar. ta;:mHwuhc mgoygtu :;che§workc%,% they Vnc_g- .le.-6?:-d the {c am-anon; m7‘*xdA fa onlgmy thjat vuglafilbccatricunalxle. . %% «Th: {tilcof fair/alc17"e%i11 that place gives us yet a more pcrfcflm -notiq;=,»o£ awilfvll ];?1?1.':f,.’N thcnushithcrto we have arrived too. j thatit is motonly tha=t -wfiichéfi is againfl nmgraflsanfcierzcp, or fpirittmll infu/iom, but @116 that Wbichsxis parricu1~arly againfl: 2 fviitb, i. e._ comes to bc .oommittcdfbj9 ncglefling the ufir bf {Q mggangl, 1v%hV%ich,_th1E;ward of.TC/ant} fats and Aprcfcribcs to us,‘cfpecially if by our former fafling: we have difccrned the % mm we h.avc‘ of fuch laelpes or vmxilin : .4',.,',,-_ ‘% 130; in chiqs rcfpcfiofdxrcfitng to inch meana:»':afwilt'}arx ;.L % nit/2’ f.a id to be thC'amroaming the world.i 1 fan; Has-well as its pi"cf:n*t*in'g_ us widi. the pram?/étand tcrgorsof thcfii ofpcll. Farther yet mthcgfourrh placmfat the run: of commiflion ofthc finnc-thou canft‘ truely fay, "twat: not inthy power to rr:fifl1t,bccau£c ofrhc flrmgtla of A the temptation‘ fq hurrfiin _ \ ic thccfis nqc to give thcc.laafm'c xojxdge Qrdeliberwmg, (w tnufi thcA}.:mquirc%,wh<:th4cr thyfjeilding (vaiuntarylj from ’ contpmg at%'«m7A.of ~.:hcn%pImfur¢&c%:,) t-Q ‘fomc.entrqnm and *l2:ginin“g1 of tliar finnca‘ whether ,.mmfl.- tbouglatx, *or' fem-e... . what farther, %bc%.1nor*that, that hath% made‘ the temptuiztioh fq _ flmg, orvbce {ow 1a2:4ke;I which thou wilt difczcmc by thisw B 3 ‘ % guiry, --we . ox %u.hc:~ ~.S'cr£pmr:% of... ‘ to intitle that afliontotha rim c%>f£nfi'rmity)w:hbi1% ‘ § 183'? $ nu. WA?- aV_ A" _". )1. ‘. § 19. 3.0" _ y%,A.A w%Im-ch qm.~bc€oneL were ‘vworofé ::ImgIm A“‘%w¢t‘c*=AV%cxi’2’»?+ retrained, thcmgwcrjcl notvtéfc to mfakar rajiflwnce to the -a_é?,rTm/l»~ firmc. and thc«n%,%Vi.if7«fo$th'ou \ver.cab1a,;nay aflually did{handVunnf ly the inrcgvcnicncc of thoffe xpraparatary Jeildinga did bcrtray tAhccAAn0 this impa*t~m~ce,%ai1d itWzs?inthyApomar*-.%(by natural! or [upc%rj(pmt1Irrzll= firengtb alveadyhad. %or‘Apra}év;mitAh&r as it hath apromité of mAorc‘%‘firasgt/9, »or as it is an exccllbnc mcanes of dimrfian). to haxfc refiflcd.‘ thofc “éeginingsg Whén %.thov.;f didl%; jcjld, :hen~{’u'11is5r:his aj 2m’/If»/I %/ham’, or firm: againffiflrangf/79 ‘ z.;.; .;JAs for %ot.h:cr%~ ~fi;_mcs :n0rieA**4;%cIeare’ly:? mid» immcdi‘atel¢y Vag:1*infl;*~ n;m¢r.4I1 cmfcicncm a gainttzfairb (or dfireflionswof’ ehcL Scrip-»= tui'bFor4Vt%hc amr:r*Eami.ng t/9: world,)againflfnperndlum/(flrangt/m orgmcc, as comumacious Pcubbqrncprefirmptuom finncs, there‘ wiil%bc Jicgxrlc Vfcruple to any man, or can fc co~.kccpc hx1n from. A pronouncing of, and charging onthcm thecrixnc*~*ofmg"nll-;» % %thc;ccén:axnc~~~ mg:-.-, and concluding (”WiChQl1.C rAc::zl1AAAAcr/:uAgAAAA A A A aiAam»ingn¢:)$v‘V&*".wfV;r?ii;¢%V ? A "AA “ « A ~47 y*"”‘§$'EiY‘t1cfil«arly,;. prefumptuom jimmy when (pro/taming that Qbdr Intcrcy in Chritl is eithcu: unlimited, and maybclong to any I110 moi}: an-4 reformed, or thateic is deemed aéfolmcljwto fame pcrfgm, »wixh.% out any refpcflrto qm¢lific.m'om4or demcanurcs, to .S’m:lfrh¢=-% perf'emtar, aAs{Wcll as A‘7’cAA¢u1 Ark: c/{}aa_/E10,) the firrnerwmncs comfortd6€Mnddln6ri&“"fiflj'5bmWiE~ :.m1w:aofqa»/pienaq: the doing;41bA;isA ”ccrti1inel‘y% no fii1nc§aMa3fi'}~irIit}.Ahwauifcthougvh, tame errpur; may be pretended for his fo doing. and that or... raw {acme apt to lend him mm/«E: ‘ ’ % Yet ,1. ermm, that are not fimple erraun, but bring tiitiéuz. A Me aftc_rtbc1n,are quite emnfiuéla (becaufcxnot invincilvlc) up-A... rgbflrt, the _rulc*o £_tlm agenda ordagttin at lifcsbcing‘ fa clmra» in thc;,%»$§c~ri£pt~ur:% and inahc bean, nh*atV1~+vné~%man‘canA be inwinciélr ignoravit of H941‘, Ram. 1-0:. 8, 9; and3D:m*. gm :4. The words. that is nO*W camm4nd¢'d» is noti1ido‘rimpofliblc, or likcfc-tc3.zing; Cbtlflffflfll kewuen, or _thcgmm,a thing not out at our p~owm. but it mnigh um, i~m.lv}~Vmmtb*, and in :5} J:zéart',t/Mt. A2/you majfl; Jain And ::.<;twiAll‘* be apparent, tharcvcn. thofc arraari .on>. that pmfnwption.is buiic. being {imply con{idci:c:dA are slemonfitablsf =9»v¢b9:¢rtm4v% ~ vr to m that aa-»~A Al{naWl:d‘g:.of.7 .(!fi”)l“l kgufilgkilgex_t/de3}$:c‘l1f’iffIIr§‘.5'. bccgu lg: thcfe’l1c fojiiany‘ places A in : '_t escripmre pom: blank: agamll c»hcm,l pamcularly tliollltlo-F ‘ll the lcona'iltionall;;proi)1ifc':llevery whcr.cl1catter.cd. M Neither tiri- cumc£[z'an,l@'c.~ér¢t tin: new creature 5. bzxtfuit/9 canfiznzwmatc 6} A A lm2e*,* fiat}!-\eapiw‘g.;t/J: Cammmxdcmemx. of god ;; Wflit/amt 190-. V [ing‘(['g_naA ./1Mll*"/pie 3/9:l...L'0rd ; ; H? ‘HM! cqlnfiflet dndforfake: 7 /5411’/mzzle rm-rcjlgbe that hat‘/911053 /nape purxfiat, : am. and ~lm- % 'Lfi;¢glt/,7er6_‘f0fc’£'lJ€fév pi-o_mif:‘:£:L u[.rclaanf::,thC meaning oficbébnly ;t‘his,”"‘th‘a-'t:afinnethatois % ml} an ~infirmitj*i“n ‘o"n'e.,f om=ay“‘by ?A‘1ofm"fcA r1}canV€9s%:7‘of7ogzggrawtiar beco“m;e wigfwlloo in~.‘>an.o:7her, “but floté‘w»mz;='tMt thoatwhic :1 upon fome grounds orfuppofition of flrimgtb - ‘ ‘men;’maf§be*ovin*‘ u2éiverfi3m»4- defined ao2arilft4l1fiflm'.‘ can by any gncancs be extemmtcd into am'nfirVmit]. ‘That which I now fay,-A»-I mean: of any groflb amwm~d'a&,o or /aaqéiatbf fiImc.b¢¥= A ; A “ owmhergin the fpim't may He aderifed with ; and thenirhat being fuppma _ fed in good halal: orArcgknemte Hate «will not faile to fuggcfl' A fufficientarguments againfi otharfinne; and {obe ameancis to wnetraff that fuddenfiolen can/2~n*t,obc~fo%reitcori1c to a&,,aw: lcafe ' ‘ Mo lméit; Or ifir be not it felfcwithour auxiliariaf ablc t_o‘C_om-F . b21t*w~ithf‘ %" A‘ 4 **~m« tr: wifl~§ur~of?~e»h6»word oof—Gad be abiei to direfl ué to“ fo meagidfiwhiwhoo bciiig7oAda4l»1cd -§"‘n.;V{\7j”i;H «einh4er improve us to a compétcntflrmgtla. or help: to %dz72¢1r»ma,a11d weaken the temptdiirm, which we {hall End: by tyinggf and making :3]? of thofc mcanes;bc they our prayer: either topgract inmimcof necd,or as I‘%faid pzcaygr as a meanes of divar‘*?%meuwr, oarflb, they fa?/I‘i‘ng,. vvigilancg, &c:oooi' be it but 4t‘tjbfmpi"ing to do » "Jouf c&;¥5ot[tbis*is very ordinary to oobfcrvoc; in our felvccs, that u(~w,hcn*WcApuoro our {elves to inand daoom éeflj we prove able to do farce moorc*,“ then ever we sdfeanw," "Viva: had bcenc able. and W x A A thisisov¢nyMrcmarir that I {hall be faved what ever my linncs be, and how mzreu farmed foever. For befidcs that this in an tmrefbrmed finite; ttaufellthcrcllils really nd,mcréy“o“r .9 llzmtian for fuc ;befidl_e tlrlh‘ Ifay there is no obligatioxaor command in Scripture, *w‘hi'c*§h can be thought: to make it dart} or neccflary for any to bclcivc himfcllc a trl1cpa9m'tcm"i4r} even when he is 1'0. ’Tis true We are; ¢ammmadwl to prove our worke ('37'*¢.'. (jal: 6. 4.. i. e. to pan. dcr a*ndblazr1aw¢e cv“‘crjy~lfwma‘nl‘l~vI~tmk¢ iaullhazald gwlhether it will bcarcllthc cIu>agw‘~ htlijykllll of the tefl’ or no; alnd‘l*tihis we are linem- waged by tl1ac’which followflalthat W6 {hall have zgctfpéaocaa 5401131! 2,15 iame 50/tfling an! in mrfelm-:.But then I .this pram-pt oftrying is not}: precept afzllgnowing or éele-i*ving, 2 This trjiag /‘ail: omza‘ work,fignific§ the dircfi a& of confciencgtheldoxng each 4&5» 'm with a good confbicncc, but belongs not to” the reflexive all?‘ ‘qfConfcience upon thc”‘w/.501: lifipdfl’, or if itllclbxl requires nor, that every man fhould mtevery minute; of his life ée/cam or know infafliély thaltl1isflatavis_gaad, and lhall lbcfo to the and; gthe éowflihg there is-{et_dn”l’y in oppoficion fa éaafliug ofzw imozlm-‘(as appeareth by that which followcs v. 5. fbr emr} A mm /M1154-ar’e=Isi: mm fiurzvbm, i. e. ¢fi0l";Jt’7" mans being war/3' thclnyo-u will do you no good) to judging well of our {elves by :hat”dcc’c‘itfulI way lol cgampgring our. {elves With thofc tllslt A A EIYC (I7) 'if€_WOrfC then we , and therefore 4. ’tisobfervable that it is not laid by. way of tpromi/E, 't’£;'a ;(g:u7;<3s;.tac c«I;€own'r , lagfiafl 51{rfl“E.'£V_}l.Mtt£t'.0f éaaffingttin /aimfltlfd , U01‘ fun: the belt man lis- ving hath little Cxfw that) bl1E&‘l€‘§d.tJ:rtfI :.cov?w, and] in /oimfelfc , all A the éoafling or taumfirt that he hath lhall be in himfclfc and in the uprightnefle of’ his owne conftienca , as that is oppofed to »co~mpat.ing or comforting himfcfzllc (as the 7>Imrz?f:: with the ‘rmélimnj becaufe others are worle then be. And (0 {till the gwmt of this aflaranae being the utmoft inconvenience ’ that this’ doctrine can pofllbly at the worl-‘t view of it bring upon him, this will amount no higher then lomc prefcnt difcamfort , which will be recompenced abundantly by the gang: _it brings . A with it of being difdccciuved and brought timely and happily to 1 “repentance. O The fhottts, let thcle finnes which thou {cello i1Inprawd,pcr- ‘ A1-laps beyond thine expeflationl into wilful! /Inna: . be_/incerel} nfalz/ad and Iaboumd againft, and all mcatncs ufcd for the pew- forming that rcfialmian, and then if by any infuperable hvfiakflfi-' ,nefl”¢ of thine thou failell in parfarmingit ortatwrcaming them 4. A -perhaps I {hall mraélmy doflrine in fome pattas it istaplpliablc to thee ; or if Ildoc not ,bc canfidmt I havodone thee no colnfi- derabtlclliuimy . though I lfhouldl have deceived thee in lome particular ; I am fare I am not guilty to my {elf}: ofany defigu: -to doe lo. and therefore I hope my arrow flu-all not been Clllpae Able 0l’lC;‘bCC&llf€ error dmorr-3, an crraxar of kindnefl-,or care , or In 21:, ht that If d-éfitedttoltlmatkiz heaven as fart: to thee Mltlcohldl, though not to fnalmthee ooerfuraoftthawm. .1: V to , Somewhat being thus letdown: by way of claamfhr to he “know wigfull finnes by, we {hall fuppolc that that will alfo be Wlfaefxtll to the defining What firme:_ of infirmity arc. ofiag A of thatr no fan: ple will be made to tllfifflltm thatwlhatevtrlefin 4 isltnot: mlfyll in any of the fO!"m*'Cl'.’dC{Cl'ipti0l18. ofir,m:u[} fjgrg... -folvedi to be ofteinfirmizr} ;' there being no middle or third be- twixt thofié two infthe fEcond—~,camnant.aacount offinncs. By the rule tlherpfote”ofcaxtrtzlrliemf we {hall belt proceed. 1. In gehcralltto dcfiincaflnnahbofirgfirwity, that which is not atgalrlll flrwgtb or grace, of *-that Whlchgth ough wt 146014!‘ and landed; ‘ 2 be war 5 =7? 5 29. § 30,, (18) . “vatir /inter:/j againflt all/Inna, and ufe Whattmemm We are con. r;inc‘:twiEl- tend to thetavercamizwg of finne) we yet fall into ,ci- the!‘ thtoughtlmmm fiailzj alone; or through ‘Satan: waning, ttakingadvahtage of that Ourflailt}. A V A As I. when (asat firitwe gave hints of refolution) any invinotible and fo excufaéle ignorance of Gods willtin fame pat-- *ticuIats%*‘é:tra} me to fame finnc, (for then my mzdcrflanding or fphirir" is not of /2.-mg» futficitcnt to advife me) then the firm: is of we::l:gnej]':, 8: thetfore Ra: 1 4.thcy that are called the weak, $2.1. art: explained to be they that lack: knawledgc_'v.1o.wl1ich all they: ""thatlJl1@e arecalled the [hang through that Céapter. 01‘ 2: When the fttddtzim-nt-_[a of the utmltigiveswnottttlny ,/pt?-- V rittth]ea${'t;tt'e to reptefent thofe perfwafivawex and aletermentx which it wouid doeifit weteV11ot_fo/urprized ; and {o for want of thofc rcprefi.-ntazian: on that tide , the prcfent promifl: of the trmrmiwt¢1o¢12r€Per=4.€:‘£*'=and ermiltaeatnutalhltbs-wise 0&1’- h red mttthcttmmm» tt:1a-atbathaimeto re: taimmfc upon his guard‘ will be able to refi/7' and vanqniib that enemy which by fizrptifall tafcx, and éindx, and conquer: him with cafe, {o is the will of a man in cafe of ,/uddaine furprijiall ; It hath no lei/are to make if/'6" of thofefttccom-J t/out rm/Em could 2a}§?or;dmt .i£»it had tim¢%tto*._mflfl:r thtim up. And fo being more 3vaake"at tfuteh times than atdtbcr, ? tI1E1‘finnfcs thtattat {ucthtimc it ya‘/dxto ,. but would not at anotHhert,Wat7e /irimu oflnfirim“. fiy..For; 'tis to hehobferved that the upper /Em’: moves the will not as a mztum/2’ but rational! agent, ufes /)1//agifmax and arguy- meurthtto p*er/wade, hath not that dcfiatimll powcrto have it at it’s;5:cke or nod, ’tis not by 2! Goa and ti: gag!/3,". ttaud come and ” itdome!/9,.(aS‘é24ri./fat/t’:P195/M3}?/9_7i7EtCiItC9t()lCt‘it) thatwhahc A the vnderflanding pr:/crifiefir totbe done. the will mufl doe; but the courfet» is of fome more;le»g:b.The under/Banding nnufi din!- flrute and canvafe it a gainf} the carrrmll drpm'“re,h amfmr the mo‘- tiwx brought bythat. and then give more perfnmflm ones for the contratty,-, and then pcrhapsthe l:1fl.€f!CI'{‘IIanC1il)g is Otthttlwift 5'3/_']attthaEl11iflDECt.'Wh'CD the Mmpfittion comes, and the popu- lar carnal! argument that in bath ufitd, hath patgvnilad and go tr- e t‘ " . 4 {CH M. (I9) titanic»,/ant before the nnderflandiitg Was aware .of it;, Veithfit “' through preient la:/inejfo andmamlity to,a:mzd*more_athings»at i once, or for Want of an o’y;¢'vo:afudda1nen'efl'e of tmind tosncpyq-. font prefently the argumentsit hath on ilistfidfl‘. or to find» out the .S‘op/azfnm on tother. Or however. To diflmte it through!) i and clear: all dificulticr, and indeed (if it be but) tojmake this : one gS'}Hogi/'me, [the terramv: of the Lord belongs to him that commits? fuch a lion: as thou art now tempted to, abutthat map is mad that will upon any camall maxim: venture uponthe .terrom': of the L‘a‘rd,thereFore that man is mad that will adven- ture on that finne.-,:] and then‘ to prove and make good againft the contrary fnllaciam fuggefiions of the fie/I2, wet. every part of that Sfllagifmc, and moteover to bring it home particularly to thee at that time, will require fo me ffacea, and that (by the fztddainnafe and no warning of tbc temptation) being not affor- ~ded, the flvirit in this cafe is not able to doc it’sduty, and lb the A {inne will be committed for want of flrengt/2. For the 'W4nt_0f _/Irmgtb that efpecdiallty denominates a finne of ififirmit}, isnot any wantof éadily flreugt/2' (for what ever is commuted fog: want onely of that is a kind of mp: . no «yummy; la&ionrf,;:no; confequently any fiiinefa much as of infirmity ,, anttafltotdefaff of theéady , not of the m'I1.and fo not chargeable upon the mm; which is primarily his /‘axle, :3 «4.u;¢¢‘ cu’. thyvioule is thou) but of ffiirituafl or inward flrengt/J, LC. ofgmce, and of motive: and fmzfiriex toobedience, more eflfiefiuall, or apcrm-ioa, or powerg .£'ull,thenanly the world; orfi‘c_/Zr, orldez/ill hath totlltht,€cont1*a‘ry. And feeing the Fe arguments are perpet‘uall~y robe had from ,e+ very regenerate C /:riflt‘nn’J fiiritg bandit tthc lonely Want is tha mnorepre/2-wing or non pradztcing of them in time of net-d,iF the cafe Rand‘ fa, that by reafon of the fltildaing fe;rpri»m/l- which is {o mcwlhat dlifl"crcn0r.-lnnétalar fitrreprian, when Fran; fome indiféreut afista finmflfieales onus , as.by dtinlcingeanci 314]} of win: lam prepared to areadinefle to drink; a fecand, and perha~pstby!tha.t fending up tome cloud to the undeaglanding or warming, arid Ioembaldning me. may be much in An uced to ~a.third, and fo every flap make me more unable not to proceed) they mmaorbe tliuaproduccd, this finnc thus cmfemdto {null t o - C 3 nccda 9 33o Tao) i A "lnéedslbci linné bfillnfirmigtin hirp that Iiieerly ththugli {gal}: ;mm of that potwctlollwinats {o éctrajed. though to him that A hhaq t0nctfi1ch»,*§W4'I«rnl‘rtg, andyct thusfils ” atgainc as before laid, .wI‘cann%otLbc fofavvozralbla. ff . A ; M Or 3;: when the vigilance and impottunatc diligence and gut ‘?t§l=»cfaltigabIc-féige of the temptation is {.1ch,%a]s,£haht if the man nddc not watch with as cantinued a diligencc',the wiflwill be A itakcn tmfiartified, and {o by that dfflvdvanrage won tb confcnr, (as in cafe ofdail} inmrfion of any one temptation. or of all tfinncls, fame at one time, fomc at another, every minute almoll; tomie) than the lime that is committed mectclylthus, may paffc ‘fora firm: oflnfirmity ,-. bccaufc though civctyafiault particu- larly confidcred be fuch as that thctfirit might have been: vi- gilant enough to prevent it, yet to be fl‘ pl.'?p8lW4\l[j upon the jgmmlis mama} impoflié/cg and fo fomcrnncltg nod, anoljlip, or fall may paflc unccnfurcd for an infimzitjl. And, thcrcforc whcn « to ‘that: which lfaiithtttillhli A the rmudcouamt [thét A the cm. i dition of it is fat:/4212!: hccaufcl there is now under the Goljscll 5 33-A “no more f€‘qulf€d_/915 perimla mvimaz, but to doc what we are 6:?»- ‘nablcd to doc, and no man can be unable to doc that] ’tis Wont "robe aéjefled that no man ever did all that he is :61: to doe,and chmcfggc though be lagicallyyafliélc to doc To ,4 and lb to pctfbirmt’. the CO~nditlmi at thclfiwnallthqugh not of thefirfl) Covenant, yet A’tis morally impafliéla-, her ‘as not to be imagined thattvcr anythan will do: it. (‘and than that will heal! one in cffcfi with the cbnditian of the firfl Covenant . which is 30- ~ knowlcdgccl xmerl} z'mpojj’i[2l:.j to this we an{wcr,lthat.tthcrc. “fore the Gofinlll hath made: pratvifion even for theft: morn/limu pofliéililtiax, andnot rcquitcd the regenerate (ilhtillian . /#6 _p:p Hrulo mimm ,. to pcrfotmvc ulwa-yl what ever ‘ he is .261: to per... foérmc, but indulged lb much :0 Immanefiailty. that what ever is mam/1'} canfirqluent to thal'.,l‘l'1aIl be matter oflcxpufc to us , and 10? particularly to fall fomctimcst throlugh daily incurfidn of temptaitiont, oncly be-caul"eIdocnor, (which it-cannot htelex. A ’ paffed I lhould) watch almiu, will he matterllaqftexcufc alfo; V ‘ l A A - ‘nu theta ' Bcfidcsthcfc 3 heads oil finncs of infirm?) ,fomlcothc1-s“ i i be able to advance fo‘mtwhat‘toward wit}?! (8!) there are“. which will not {o clearcly be put under one or II-:ve—,, tall heads, {uch as are thofc that the levity ofthc matter and that imwluartence betraycs as to, ( {up pofing that that be A not V grdfl, Ol‘¢s_;§f}&c'd, or caulcd by fomc willful! finm-) for fomg degree of this there willbe in the molt knowing and molt vigi- lant “man, and tom: finncs will drop from us by thisgtntanes, whithwhollytto avoyd may be ttutly {aid to be above Human: Power. - . ‘ . , I , . f i i Ode head ofthefc filnntslbf infirmity? there is yet bchiiidc, containing may branches under it, of which ’twouldl »bt:’wo~ long totreat puzrticnlorlpand yet Without a pafticular dlcibfindu ing to particulars. hard to define whether they be infirmitiu, or no. “Namely, firm-cs which paflian bctrayts utscmmmmg th ereby luch pafliam-i wlhich"tis not in ”th§C‘*.C'/Jitt:/Wa#’Ji pawn {o to quell, but thatthcly willbc apt thus to ‘betray .him..t tillhlcfe firmes are either Lthe inardimtcy ofthtcfc pa‘fiiom_*tlh»cmli:lvcs,i Which I thinkc neither mmm» not grace can {'0 wholly conquer in this life, but that in fome kinda or other {there will at {omit time appear iome inardimwy'.fonie ‘aft of ClEh'Cl‘l‘nlffl0dtf3Ité Yam. gar, or fa-me, or law, otjo}.otfarraw,at {came time or othcrgfitl of theft: we may define in gt:nerall,ithat he that “I./indie: bim- fl:'.’fe_f0 carefully as to difccmc Wh»icl1‘ofthciclIthc is moi} ‘inclini- héleltoiiby his!‘empcr,& than lméourxfincerelyagailali a"lel,but“with~t molt inning/?rJy againli that, to which he is molt inclinable, (of A which {incerity he will be able to pafle {ome iudgtmtntby the dayly impaireiug ofthc violence ofthoft plcflfamgfor {mg if ha labour /z‘m~er~ez),t efpocialll y by the ufeof proper T mmm'l‘.a he will be A it .t’hougil'ilnotatb‘io+ lutcly czrim-ltolit,)’tfl1all have the cxfcufco V fomtfewo afis Ofimmoderatepaflim. 1 Or 2. Theft {irmes are fome other lfptciificaill «fit of mane which thefc pnfliam betray mento, which though ni‘u‘ch”d"sff2~ .infirmi(£c: for his 57345. . 5 352 fmrnt in‘ gu«£lt as well as nature from tthemoitlaar finncs, and l V many times very {arts from infirmjtieq, (‘for lute he that for fmre would fdc*rifi'o:to Idolx, through angnnéill &C. will hard» , A lybe thU'S-E".1'£‘t_tfE5’)' yet is itiivery pofliéle that fuch {innes that {omit pafliamx may [arm-41% us to ,ilma y defetvt: that title of infini- A A i mitiu. 9 35:- 5 37. 538. cu) ‘ e ”mitié:. As wI1cn"an§mamraIl mméling or othet: paflian in¢i.: dem: to the fl:/B, being (wnthout any improvement into an in. ordinate paflianj anfincitatian of minder, makes me nocbbdifceme or not weigh the finfu1lne{Te of {ome /riéallfigifit finne, which offers it {die to rid me from my fem &c. as if the vemuringof * fame lej]"cr fizme fhould promife me refcae from death, which being otherwife reprefented to meas umwagdable , were Withallveryformidaéle to me. b _ be _Fot"‘.a1thou~gh in this cafelthe lea/E/Ezzm-‘bbe“nbt in flrirftneffe to be ‘admitted, though it be for the _/’a'm"ng of my life, and xhoughbthc dcliberaterefolution thatinb. fuchacafel will we». we onlfuchja finne, becaufe it is but a finne of Wealgenefle and ’ ;1g;;exc't:[aélc, domake it inwthat c‘a{e‘ to be milfull an umrxcm f4'6J;;bbvyCt’fl5f}rdE?ing%it fromthis, and ‘canfidcring Ibtnot éefarc ;*/mmdb, but only at the tint: af'ft4—ddainefm‘prz'z.al1, it may be laid, that the temptation ofthe fmr: being 10 grmt above the pro. Mflnfiasise methane time tcprekmed in, this may pafle for a finnfi of binfirmitj. ” A “ To comenow to j}2ec.~7_fz‘caJ1 or particular finnes, and define uniwrfim that they are /imm of infirmizj] Q8 of fome I did that they were wilful1.) I {hall not adventure, bccaufe as I faid, . tome circum/i’ance: might improve fome aéfs under thofeflvh .ci¢:,gim:ow 1 awilfue/14», fimugm in famabmencet fima time. All that I A , A {hall fay is; that I . Egzill tlyaught: being /itddcul] (er afibone as % they are dcpre/sanded) rejefled with irzdigngtion, M2. If/anr!ri;gg At/:I0Il_g/at: in time of prayenfollowingus onely (311! of cuflame of ‘ Ltbinkig-;g on {omcb /aancfl or lawful! things (Which yet I dcfirc * and in Iome cjaczdatianpray for flrmgt/9 to caficbaway from me, when 1 feet about that worke) and never diflinfl/J cm/Ented to, but crowding in upon a carzfu/Ed impcrfiéfi can/ant, or mm ra- e jcffion, 3' Wicked mabtiametmcanfintced ta, orif on the fmvldzzirw canfented to, yet prefently retmfled againe, (‘and not only _{Imng;I:d or fruflrated for want of oppartunit} of falling them) are moPc capable of that title ofinfirmities. A I "For any more pamcular knawledge of them, every man AM willbbbeflbe able to adfm'/I: himfelfe. when he hath tryecfl his V afiions by this touchflane, that [Thofeonly are finnes of infir, A A ’ wit}, initie,when our /incere endeavour and induflr) and the ufeof grace giver; us, and prqcr for more grace,Awand: other mmvie: free us from fame aziixlof thofe ’ ptefctibed us, are not able to finnes, or when all ourflilingx ifl ‘”d?4‘””'”'< 55¢‘ "3YCtb“l‘v*1-Wh- fequcnts of /m;;;.mfi~m*z:,, not ‘of wilfull:_{im2c. A A \ V Oltbcle that which 1 {ball fay for clofc, will, I conceive, be matter of as much comfort, as thelformcr.par\t was ofdifcamfart to any. T o wit that through the «mer'c}of Cblrijffundct the W Second Covcraant ,. Infirmitier imamqu:red,un_fbrfakbn;/I*€&‘kiKg rd us till out very dent/9:, may be and (hall be molt certaincly para- “ domed to them, that havetlnothingtclfc to be charged on them, 5- 6'. byflvhom all Willll1llfin*ncSb€{z'1¢,cere1J1 7‘brj?tkcu,8£ for iufir-1 'mirim~. their lbnlcs almmlélealzinwonfitflim; l and fimriflafia , 2. pardon humbly 5,_-ggui in (72rifl’.r namc,&: 3%:/Incere éudeavaur ufcd againll them; they {hall I fay be pardanednf not fo {am as not to bt: pmti/ind in this life. yet lo fart: as not to flpemt: g from tl':C law of God hcrc,or vifion of God hereafter, though they be here never wholl y owrconmor put of. This I would make the intcrptctation of that diflimflian ofa general! and particular repmmnce,fo ordinary amongDivincs, that the parttcnlitr repentance lhoulcl not only tclcfcend to pan 0 tigralar m'{fu/I finncs, clpecially theft: that t are committed af- ter the receiving knowledge of The Wm/9, but alfo extend tothc 4633517 farfaking of them; but the general] repentance belong only to _/imam afinfirmitj; and that 1 without defcwdi:-xg to all éarticularx of that kind, 1 without extendinglanrfarraw «Secs ‘Or them to dam:/I jhrfakfng. For the _/acrificu of the law being appointed to be 6fi‘ct’ai for thcfcfint, but not for xvi/ml}. % argue that “wmkg, djed farlmand by his death hath obtained, pardon (fox: yalljthat walk: not alf1*er.t/ac fie//'2, but after &1def};irit)fot all their finr1esLof‘we4&_cm[e, on rcrmcs only of humiliation, particular, onwhcrtithat cannot be,gmc-rall caafoflfan, prayer far pmvdou, l and afi.-mac in Cbrifl for that pardon, without any «Emil! ac- l—t/eraamiugr or calling off, or getting rid ofthcm (which in ¢ that at the time or minutg: of his garb {hould be guilty atone} mlfulz finncs mull’: be fupcradded tothc former) (0. that E1: 0 Chrill typified by thofe fojerificcs, when we were ‘(=0 ofthcm, it would ndt hindc;-his flslvatian, éiiy more then the‘ 13 me wo_uId bcinconfiflm: wizhha rcgemératejnr/Iifiadeflue in tlmcnflxfc. A A « “ A ~ 56 that the c‘onc'lu{idh rinhay be {afc and clcarc. A true Chrf. Rim may fafcly Iivc”anddyc with fim of htfirmitj about him; but~hwchhh.o-r continue in any wilfullfinnc, much lcflc dye’ be h cannot, or if he do, he ccafcth to be fixch. NH: t/mfii: (warn: of God ,/ifincrthb not, and be that dntbfiaxm 22: the /Erramm affinm; Some /12“; there h are which are not the flint: of/omm. hDemh§. 32. 5- and they that are guilty of them, may be re/olwd, ei. that never :9 havchad “right unto, orif they had to have fara- fifitcdzall their pr£~arz'l:alge:.0f Saimflnip k€7‘G,.(fucharCj#/}1.fi6'fl«vn: rim, 86¢.) ahndhapc: and émafitx ofit /Jarmftarg |\ Ah V U5‘) cam’ «rm ‘ad-esmzstvoeg am @_mg ,4 ecmamaaw « A PARAPHRASTICALL "Wu! . ’ ’«"L’/M ’ I % E X P L 1 (3 A TI/O N Q1? Helé. 64. 0 R tbs} mu/E (or bccaufcit is an evidence bf '- 5 children and bah: to be alauiex fed with ' ’ " V ? mi/kc, {till taught nothing but7t%hé:%c{mm_m of I % 74 ‘H7: bcginnihg 315:‘-U?‘*4cl"éI~ N33/K J?K9W- to kni;~w%noth%ingof that’ /digberkiaflrine qfrigb. "W"“ % t:allfil¢'fl4‘£".I.4t. ofollr jn/lificatian %and?fan6?‘ifim~, V ¢i0M.'v.1 g.whicb depends cxtrcamcly on thcdoflrinc of Glmfl’: pgficlc/Jimcdckian Prrxffismowdyv. H). to which éeing confl-craréal, v.9. he [6ct:4mc r/an umtbar! of enrvmll filwtian ;o%aI1t/no/EA JIM: ah} birn,]w4hich words are the car»pmdinm“ofAcI1;:.Do¢1rwine ,¢5»7~n~ TM WKH5; of our ?1¢flifigati“on cé wS4nft'ifimtt'an.‘)kI.cc. Ill pro; 7,,” WPq;(_Le.,3u_ cwdta Vrlgis higher gnd peffiff dofiriw , or piqgéw-e;a¥a?e£g».' lnchas 1s proporuonabhtto ah upper format of 98'; ? p,e2;‘%3"A6- Chrifiians,leaw'».g orpasfling over thcfc daflriom 3”‘ % that Clarifi éegcm rvitb , {fuch was that Of" rcpbr {dime amdfaitla, Cfllark. x. 1 5. the firff Words of his preach-_ mg); and novbtginning 2 the %very clcmgfnts of Cihriflianity, againc;thofef¢indamenra11do&rinea":har"»thc réwcfi Ghriflia [LE-Tflyofdg gmx « ansarc taughtg asby xjA2af1ncA~tht5{ew', t_“.VO%fr-'c’p:up ygmgy *gPW,,,. tuna; and turmngfrorn oar unregmeratc ‘market. 29 7:1'>"&w; __ 2. Of Faith or bclcnfc on God. 3. Of &4pn‘.- d ??3*7'i7“2“¢’V «2:iu‘_g,as than conttincs both the baptifmc of Ran ymtance and of¢*Fnirb precedent ,AA»**bot!1~*Ivhn*3A1bapArifme,“ the A éaptifrngfrepentanmaxud ChriPc's baptifiné adminifircd by the £»7:z:>~a’m.»; A 7; keApafil::,thc baptifmc of Faith in the Father, ‘)c§%'§"3'V . x4S':on%,%%%a%nd Holjgho/L 4- Of Iajing on afimndx, whether that whichflis anfwcrablc to ou%rCanfi;-ma.:io»,of: n}c:n;- ' -zioncdAoftho{ct_hhtlmibténe éaptiz-ed.0r"thatin Abfialutim, 4-.-. pa . dor (16) 4 or a third, that on the dz’/ea/éd,chc ceremony of curing thcm.(o£' . AA - ,~ ‘.':- t v which thtrre 13 tofrtcq1}_c:1t,ment1o:1 mthc tzofpells, Mambo. A ,g‘s& ,t9%_;V3, ¢Jl;t4"r£, 5;Az;..;3c 6. f. 8: 7.32. 8: 8.2;, z5§.‘&“u$.. I8. Lnk.:4.7’4ho. 8:13. 3;. t2AAInAdAiI_na’ny times inthc A&sinthAc .,;m’gim,; ,1 dcfcrtptxon of mzraculous cures) 5. _0f t/1: re» ,;w_.;;‘g )9 mp! ’ fnrreflion of the dead. 6. Offrtgrmllmdgment, MAW; m.fi:V5u.w or (.m'Su*zuJ?2a1'c'o,ad judging of menhrqcétcrnalllifc 3‘ ,9 ~=,,,r.=,,.4a%;7tm,,5. Ahtdgd “eterna11;d__eath_. Andéjtt/re /nip: ofUad, this ,,,,,g.;, §a,';I77Ep weyurpa/e to doe, ac. to proceed tothofc fiibli-» Em-7: ‘am 995' mm: doaftrincs of AChriD:’s Melchitzedekian Prei.I1- 59° A A A Ahhood,forc:mcntioncd,c.5.Aand r¢fi1mcdv.2o.o£ [1-,i,3 chapcc=cA.twOncly for thofc that are fuh.chAttna;n}>mf::cient:ix; Chriflianity, that after {along ptofcffioxt ofthat ‘dofirhme need flciflto be taught the principles againc, even that of rfpentance fiovi dead warku. bcing thcmfclvcs turned backe or In dangw I K0,, turn to their fgrmgl-'z):;.Clarz]ham un.n:gAcmncrat¢ cmrfi-x,‘ outof my way a httlc, and tell thcmm a parenrfac/ix ; That rt rs L impafliéla. that thofe whoha-vc hm cum regenerate tcd(for this is the rcfultof that which is cxprcfléd Myww h by many phrafcsgthat have: once bCCI‘15;4ptiz.cd or A W A euligbrpm-d,thc‘ word fignifics;both,bccau.{e ads»-!'~ """'0’9"/ads ”,‘j,..;z;m,u$ym 6: fufficicntly in/frufiadtimhc faith. 2..That have fig Jkogafifcfic had a gaffer tafl of the cmltflia/I h,t whether W‘5'f’:¥€9?V‘’”- % 1% % of (’brfiI,tha~t Tit. 3. is called mft31pt(® ;tcc'pt¢,fa/'vi«‘- “” 7* fimllfizzing gmmorwhcttthcr the: grace 3.ATAha-t have becne parmkert of'tba Hal} §/"bafl, of thofchgiftsand grgwes whichthaht workcth in A the lacartbyt the: preaching oifthcword,ot*invi{i~r- ”_g.te73€:X=£4“%%3"*VV”' :3-mm; WWW“ O. I 1&3, Aj,,,¢,_ blc ovctf-{hadoWing.4.Thathave had »a gate]? aft/saw ‘ “mm gum‘ ,5; u good word or Qalfatfl (aumwéazar "6: udiwrt" ;3h‘tcd... h A . ibalfiaggdam af,gmc:.thc flatc,oF C/arifi’:'anit}'v(’fot c,*2:m:e:; 7:2/;y5?<* that-is called qéw.-an nigavgtha age to co me, by ‘the h h“"”j h7AAz,~%I/§9~.6A.VAwAhcrch it is fettgas the title dF{’l.rrzf},that A be M759 gc@£2»;A;bud=&;«~n€:aB’y@*. ttbefdtfltr oft/aer{gl‘i$0 A coma V M. A _ _1ng all one)of'€_*hriflhand oft/we pom.-1 wlaethc-rof A (=7) « .4 _ mic,“ oppofitc to that _?udaicullStatc)otwhc4 4 6 . ,5 ,,,,£,,,;_ the: of the Kingdom: cf _bea'z2¢m,)A and f:‘fl»lfnorz: ,,,y.,,,,;. ' % t tbatfliflateof.regem'mtian,and thoifct privjledge: A of Gods Spirit thatattcnd it,(fot the mzegcmgwét-.¢a; is of cquall latitude with allthc Former particu-A . lars, and isfthe falling from, or farfiiting of them hgyamyigcqy all ) fhould rmm, or recomr in an intfayn/{tit/e A fence, or in an ‘4f‘t'_i$Ue recipracnflx ?r:ngw_ort_Are;a¢ 9': H%T°5V°MV ‘ 'z}eritt/ven1{:l'v::t to repentance, ( or once more bc- ing applycdi to Saint ‘Paulstditctourfc of repm.5 um-e, t/mt Saint Paul’s% preaching (taken by it: {die without fuperardinawrj meafute bfgrace, ihould mm fuch in a piainctaflioetfcfltc) Kc: I amuupzym A ing by fuchlinncs of theirs gailrjofia kind: A0? iaw '3' '13:: “¢- - - t - . " - - 3” gig) \ U recmctfimg of Clan/F‘,andpu%ttmg /mnto a,/Imm:- Qgghwhg/W7_I.__ fall dgfzt/7; for Cf‘/art:/2 who yvas gncciilructfyed Cormfi and f1%t1nf:..1s as It were} revived in the regene- % nmC;?hn{han’shcamlwgx andruluandmgm-1 in Iiitnfiflyfaitla, and iwhcnthat man fall: to hisold Imregmorata courfe againe, he cmcgfire: Gbriflanm, andputs A/2im[tottatc*or?a.t tmgtelio/u dent/7.4 ‘ A i A ; AA it A A A t t A A » The clcatcunderflznding ofthcfcg verA1cs4A, 5, 6. depends AAt‘ip”on theft: 6 go/p.-ll-:mzla.c put together. 1. that Without Go»d’s Spirit arfpecia1._-grace no man’ can convert, repent, ra-new. hiinfclfc, much lcffc m-omir after a defaflian. 2; that bytbis grace and &tc_ngth ofG ¢d,m_a_n tlI]3y.C0?¢‘U£‘rt| and repgn.t,anc_lybc-y ‘Aing ’tcg‘eh,ctatb _poAnvcrt. all thing: tbmtg/at iC7mflV .t/M. [In-ngt/Jen: him, Ifibrkgiiqfit 513 awuaflelwiiian, aAndtwh~‘cn he fa/2:, if God do not wit/a—drnw that grace, according to the ‘words of our article, he mqé the gran: of God rifle againe. t3,A that if in cafe of fa11~Gold Ji ('0 rrinflmdrm his gracc,_thc;n' the map cannot {o renew himfeIfc.orArmrzmf totepcnrhncmhot A can thé ordinary power Ozftht minjlq work: upon him. 4 that ‘God hathihthc Gofpell tbreatmd upon ournot making afg- of his grace, to wit/m-draw it or taég it away {tom us, as ap- A pcates by the parable of the M/mu’, where ’tis laid, [To him A ‘t'£zugAl:;ut/9,,w /I241! 5e gm», and fram him that 1942/: Amt, /5455! Wu». taken. Of Con/‘aim, 12. bed in another difcoutfe,which I dcfircm 34- (=8) talgeié am 927?}? that which he hath] ti. e. To him that makes} 4 u/a ofthc grace given him, to the end for which ‘twat giver’), , the re_/ifiing Of finnt:S_.dm_y:'ng”af luflt, and living fafierljdiiki jufll}, and. (jodlj in H9133 pra/ant world, T it. '2. I 2. to him {hall morcgmcc 6e_gi'wn.But from/aim that makes not this afi: ofit; (is an unprofitable fhwdrd o‘f‘tgr;:ce, hath grace, but doth not thus rt-fifi«(innts”by‘ the hdpe or it',fr‘om flznlléettaken away eventhatwbicbthe /‘aa:b.t ;. T-Hat God-tdbth not tupqn_Ac%- very/inn: committed by a fégexerate-man,‘ no not upon cvtry finnc committed againlt ~ kpow1:dge,dg4ir_1[z‘ grace (if it be but fomc finglcaét) ptcfently wit/a~Jram>' his gmct; for this finne may’ bcprefently tretmttedtbytrepcntance,noth ihdulgcd or Raid in‘, and then to fuch 19:10:51: finnCrshGbdTgive.rhgrac: , doth not talge it away from them. The ca{”ct-«that fuch aéts of finne bring regenerate men to , bath from the Scripture been: explai- A H A h A A At &hh“a§?>5=1t1}sIcConfide- l'C‘d,a»fi’d\I‘idI “ "gT‘Ht't* @t”"*::"/'21:! one . tcvcn God’s delivering up to Satan, yct doth not that infcrte the withdrawing of his G'rd¢'c,Ol‘forfczki#g, but rather the giving or colltinuingfkfiicicntgracc, 3 Can! 3-9. pnflltge Mr, and power qfémring it. 1 Car. I0. I 3. But then 6. That upon thetregenai rate1man’s walking after the fie/I:,+el4p/inginto the {innes of his » former ‘tintégctndtatb life, ”Iik%:‘ a‘1ttd‘og?rgt“totAtrhc“*bamtir, cfi-c. or in- a new {Ct o5[othc‘t fiuncs , fiirittmllpridc , fafiion, able to dcnominatea man "carmz/I, 1 C‘ar.;;3.) and the like tfilthincflfc of’ the fpirit. than doth God withdraw his [fiirit from that man, éndb'th‘ctcf‘o°rc fuch finnés as theft: are called pmma tmflgntia V ifanfcientidm, C?“ triflantiti .tfiritnm,greit2iug and qumcba'ng of ‘the ifirir of God; winch though xt flrivct with finncrmyct f5£FlU*‘i.t»fi'd¢‘dlWAi€Jfl?‘.l‘ v:e,7Gei1. 6‘. 3. when arm‘ /may/neg‘: com; Gila in M,“ the. any dld or new -vicim:lm6it , then the /:00 ffttivri: 3f di/"cipline am‘/I nat"a5t'd:, Wi/ed.f!. 5. And therefore ’tis faia‘; -"e2."AtP'ei“.. 3.2!. That they that after the} ham known: , turm-fiom - . {val} Gamrmmdemcnn or the am} of 'r1:g/areaufntj]? , and are tagaiiic entangled in the paflutiom tbe=world,w/air/J the} /9421 War o.-fc4ptd.v.h 20. fall into“ at war]? efiate r/aenttlae} fiver: in 6&- firrc their" regénaratian; which muft ‘needs be by the total’ with‘- ~?3~ A - , ~ A W drawing (av Jrewingefigraee from thcm..Tofwhich putpofeis that of Saint jame: out of Salemon,‘ that God refifliet/9 the proud , whcrc re. fifling is Qppofcd to gwvgg of grace, and fo notes talqng it an ,,,,,,.,and the proud oppoicd ta the hmnble V’ arc_thc proud im~ penitenat oédm-are finncrs, or they that.goc on M1 any impcni-; tcnttcourfc againfi /(‘MW/M'£¢'0f C0*~’f”mvc'.’ All‘ which being. ‘ prcmiféd. ’ris clear: that they that are thus fallen M from arlgenerateflate to their old unregam-mm courfei of /irme. at-«ct. ‘and ft) by Gods iuffhpumf/lament deprived of his grace, without “which they were able to date nuthing. arc not now pofliély able to recover or renew tbemfelwxita re» pentanee. Astfhey ithalt are one-ly/lip: Drfallen , but not lgek -7nqa_9a7z'zav'v*n9 domnein their mire of finnc ,fmig;th~t by the grace which they V ye: have, and by the preaching of the word . be able to (‘Oct pear: by thcfi %myh5m- * 27m 7'31! iavfoiu» . 7%; mhhaimf eglpggeevov ve- T0,!/4 V A 77';c'Taau Harri:/ny Euffire - e mi ’.-mziyole J)- \ ‘ ~ . 79% 3”-“PW” V’ it’; -nu. 5LeTdAat[.qGoir.I£-:1 3:u~J:o;:'a;A&nr7 7‘ B18 - % 8, Jéwivzzt we mtgbv-3&6; :9 eye»: £é7\8§o ’i.5Jg"‘W‘7- . i bcliowcde upon him) is rejefled, (deprivmfhof - » t at A 1 That this is the meaningofi chcplaceg may Farthcirtapi-i militewle followingw. 7. 8. brought on purpofc A Vttotexpltaihc~:tic.»For the gmmd thathaeh thcée;-. nefit of the Mine to uafien it’s natural! dficnefl} , and fate make: it 45!: to &earefim':,and that hath he fuck’: in that raine, and becne aélunllj max‘;/fem-d. by it, which is the lively expreflion”oftthctprc%; mifcd regenerate man) if it doe firing fort/efi'm't' to the hu madman, perjfirme that which it is ends- éled ( and is expefled from it to; perfirmef A ( which is an cxprcffion of him . vhztt makcsgood gi'4cc,LliVC8 like aregmem;1‘e_ man,this [bet that bath] in the parable of the talent) it]”fA41z— recez'm- Hefliugfiam God (the more grace in the parable.) But that {amc moi/fenedanid mm-mr.ed gramm’ ( the fame regenerate man). w/aieb 6rin_getb~ fart/a m-thing [mt theme: mudbriare , x (the ‘liffirv van: that proves evil! and faitblcfic , that makes not up ofgmee to it's due and of re/ifling leg/ix, i and Wercomingitke world , but falls intb his arm- regenerate finnes, lives as if no mlmre had been- (30) lthatreward which tothér had) for In ¢’Jb‘Wo.,-"," an taggmi/licall word . fignifics generally in this tbookc,tast_ (or. 9., 27. one that wife: tire prim-, ; A ‘ the reward)‘ theblefling of maregraca:And eon.» *.;9W°5e9c<:e1a»!5:. traricwife is nigh to surfing. that punifbment of '9,‘ ”‘3.J*"’*@' Withdrawing of grace due to it , and the end af 5”‘ M’ . it is to be burnt. ‘Or to burning ,which whether it be felt to note eternal! pcrditianfi or elfe an extraordinary kind of‘1m:6andrj;_ which we call Dwanf/zireing, cutting roof? the; turfe and éarning it upon the ground t,t to make that bears: which ordinary culture would do: no good on A, I {hall not de- fine.: Ontlyftom that latter interpretat”ion,which I rfuppofeo will be tejeéted, I {hall take the hint to fay that which though the interpretation be not admitted , will yet be without con- tradiéiion true. that how impofliévle foever it be for loch an one A to recover bimfi.-lfe, or for the ordinary meanes to Workc upon hiimsgyete rltis alhillifpwril t od«M‘lfiY5by folmt3?;t'ti'aardin4;9v meancs of jjzirituall /améandrj recover and reduce that man; All that is here affirmed is onely this , that there is no promifc that he will, and the thing is onely in the b4nd.r,I:hefi¢*e band: of god , not fo much as canflreimd by a prami/2 , and [0 no ground either of dependingupoll it for my fclfe that God w in deceit Forms 5 A prejkdging‘ othctsl that fotithcm he Willniat doc it. A , V V i i t I can forcfee but one obicélion now producible againfl the proéaéilitj of this intetpretatiomand it is this.that this impofli-5 éilitjlof doing any good by out’oWne naturd/1/lrengtbiwithu out Grace is 10 univcrfhfl a tr-uth‘, that it cannot be here appro- priated to this one cafe of -apafla/} or recidivation of the rage. mrate. For the regenerntnremaining fo, candoe no good thing withontit, and thofe that are not yet regenerate areas unable it to canmrt themlelves, as thefe rare to recover or rem'W._ To Whichthough I might anfwer,that the 1nllanc1ng1n this parti- A mlar, is molt (and onely) proper to therdpofllsx prelcnt purp tpof . who fpealkes to conmrtxl, who were either thus sfa/1:»: or in danger thus to fall , (and therefore though the nplaorifrm tmigihttbeezttendod to thofeothcrs , yet We have no reaionrro l exptéf :~( g; 1:), i it «e3t13e&,that the Apia/Ila fhouldfo farre 333322: fifim his bufineflé inwehand as to doe it. and fo the objeffian will be of no force) yet will the anfmr be more clean and fatirfafiarj, if I adds, A that indeed thatiwihich is here fiidds thcrtncw)t mftrfcx‘ aianwag, finne( for fo taféxagvovivwr fignxfit-s,lnott the fingle 46%,. l W but the./méit of finned. in/v.l 3tt.6..&r 5». 18.\_Rom.,, ..2. I 2; H4.-A6”. 3.17. alndéztuvfaai addedthereto mtes» V. g .w.illfAhlltra‘de;oft!ilme. which * A ttislfuppofedllby having m:ln'md. kfl0:wlcdgc.aftAt/9'15; ~ ;; A» ” ‘trfltkfi ; whereas ‘this. poflible to continue iguana- V mntl}, and {o by infirmity in {uch 12453:, and them that w‘il~l.not be capable of {uch aggrltiatioml ms e a I. ~ there deep follow, nor W.it’ha—lll pentincntt to this» a T qhfq)» by »thitsl“l.meancs=lfall inm. aeeondition. firm‘ §x.~‘é'nlln5-’p e which the gaffiell~hath rm: provided any ordiu eM£77¢~V “me nary remedy. tWhieh7isl the meaning of [_’_tImra:; romaine; more uanmlf4crificat_fbr finmtj And that he p;_u;;£, tfcnfe atifethlthus. Fottthemtthat had/innadAli‘g~~l tnorantty ll\fl‘dlCl":.fih,¢ [am there waslpltm fer (¢m‘fioe~, the Frézfl‘ was to.ofl'"t:r a [iunwafii-’rix_g for them (called ordinarily in the“ '15:. l o§ydp7¥m)l and»-‘they were: not to be iatthet pgtni/bade or A A . lg; ‘ ~ proceeded": , I (106. (R7 firficécdted ngainfl infow , Ab ut he thattfdid wilfially hi ¢de/yugliri G {ea} hreakcthe1aW,Was:upon faqfficient ptr«o.of'c_ ofiteby M MABWW‘ fa, put to death +1-n capiraligor othcrwiie puiihiha-; 7,»; V5965, Ma» ed in other crimmwithout mercjor pin} gqihimgt , ,gw;”,W2..;3tm. (which is the {ummeof the :8 verfe) and To in v gepwv ffiigbdv like manner proportionahly to thofe types, He: *1 72'“ ’I-4f‘§‘7"- that hath finned through ignorance or "ignorant... ‘t'_"’°‘7""3""""‘-"' I} lived, and gone on in/innc , ( and fuch the fins of the zmregmemtc ii'f€_a:!'tZ counted to he , done ignaratntlj in qméelcife , as Saint Paul faith of himielfe , andthe fame will hold of the {innes of thofe that are clmg/mm in profeffian,é¢p- timed, m. and yet have not amended their live: or forfaken their fimm, for they are {till in an tmregemmre /late. not capa- blctof that defctiption, c. 6. 4, than £4 mercy tqebe had for him (as Saint:‘Paml fixitth of himfelfe, 1 Tim. 1. I 3.) Cbrzfl hath died, offered himfelfe a /Qwrzf/ice for {itme,*and fo delivered men from the dmqgcrof Fueh finnes , upon condition that they doe repeat of ttheflhand demand‘, nay by this facrifica of his he hath purchafed_gmcefor fuch , [uficimt to bring them out of that darkeneflc to ltzgét , (to m that Rate of tmregemratian to rape»- tance, to that for that man confidered in that Pcatei, though he 4 V’ be a firmer, yet (as Saidt fa/an faith, I: Epi/5‘. a.‘t.)t Chrifi is an advocate and a propititttian, and here there mminetla .4 /Zzcrifice, :1 meanes ofpardan and a meanes of converting 1, Chrift giving bimfe/f,-,,hoth that he might rcdcame and p:4r£f‘1,.Tit.z.1.;.jtt_/?z'§ ~andfimf?if}., Yeafarther. Whcnthisman being regenerate falls intdanyfin} I: aéiof/Inna, h(ifi*t befthtohgh ignorance or weake- in-fie (as {til there remaine fame i-clicket of them in the regene- rate .. the Gate in this namtge ofours , being but an iimperfcfl flzate) then Zinjet of [fill this /km-ifice remaines , and pardon is healthy it to the regenerate dzfiziple upon acknowledgement and petition ; may if it be not capable of the excufc of {giuartmce ot wmlqme/{E-, yet if it be not continued in , but retrafted prefet3t- ~ I y by repentance, this factifice in gill rttmflim‘-9‘ in {ONE {OI him, as inthei Law W hen the lepraufie doth not /]2rea‘a1,I.et/.13‘. 13.0:is/zmledintthe.lq:r,1.~,. 3. Ewen thoughtthe ‘Preifi’/Z . WM. . 3 l (34) I23»: npingainefehen dam, @'6‘. anfwerable to excammI}niM'.’.‘ tiqn or delivering up to Satan, yetlhll ‘U. 4. the ‘Prei/I {hall Off flrficrificc for his clcanfing. and fo hercthough the /inn: be lepraf} , .anlan¢.-lean: 3}}: m the foule, yet being notfjfirending but prefently retrafled by rcpentance,it may bung fome incan-.4 wniencc: upon him.fuch as have beene mentioned elfewhere l inthe cafe of delivering up to Satan; but yet it may pafle for a $01: offanner, at lealt fuch as {hall now not l3inder,fi‘om being a fonne; and this facrifice here, or I §‘ab.1.7. the Hand of C/arifl‘ parallell to it , cimnfet/cl: frazn fnc/9 /inner as thefe. continuefl pardon and grace as yet . to fuch, aéminn of God that he wit/9.. draw‘ neither. But if any man,after the cmémcing of? Chrill , receiving the truth and grae:,i.e. being thus regenerate, {hall re- tume to hisloldpollntian: againe ( or fome new in exchange for them, thefiltlainefle aft/J: fiirit inllead of that of t/7tfl&"_/71) to a- A conrfe and trade of /inner, having not now the excufesor alle- viations, of whichywasrtgapablctlg lhewlhgllhinxfelllc to conmnne horthlthel “mare; and grab‘? of"God , to deffii/T: that pardon, and (to make no ule of’ but contrariw1{e)' to re/if} than grace ; there is no direfiion for any of».-ring for fuch ; this very _/itcrifice of Chrilt belongs not to him [0 Farr: as by Covenant‘ to obtaine continuance of pardon fol: him , or continuance of grace; God may jullly withdraw bQ_th,w and Cbrifl’: Wand {By nothing to the eontrarygnay God hath told us that "in this (4/3: he will wit/nir.m2~both in the places fotementionedgék the lame may be colleéted from this place from the aggravations here fer upon the firme, that it is the trending upon tlae Sonne of God; prvfanifig the Hnud of the (Covenant, it ea. making 19-V5751’ L713”? the blood of Chriflt nnefléfinall to hislpardan; and conmrnalianflj ufing the /Ibirit of grave, and t 77-5‘; Jm3,;W’, fogreiving and quenching tlmtfiairit. And fo ‘tie. gwnzay ;{;«yn?'-.£~-.. 37: all 737341.”:-f injfiflifie . g«f2av@“.E4véla §;:- nour of the firrond Covenant‘ expeflable from “o5’"»3,9 '1'3,W°" God , is that he {hould proceed to judge fuch 0' 7”.‘ tl-‘“e'”°‘ afinncnand his -meal: or wrath barn: like fire, to °UPU8plC7Dt§'. l . %. 3¢_ ,,oc,,_€9;l J; lconfumte all fuch gdtne/ajens orradwrflarmtbat tie; éluflpg, me. walk: thus contrary to all hts methods ofmercy, e A’ of (as) a i afgricé, and from hence allgthat can tbwird iomfolrk of {uch he concluded, is, thatftis not here laid. that God eai1n0t~*or»1-lev“ci- will give grace agalrleto , otufe moomc: for the recalling them, becaufe of God this 13 not here affirmed. Fromwhich negative argument, though the pa/fioiliity of {uch reoowry may ’_ be concluded. yet there are little grounds to conclude it prolm 51:, or reafonable forany man ( that lhould by "that be t encou- raged to fpirituallrfecurityg to depend or hope in it . t for if the weight of one pojpzgc be obferved (how much worfo pomi/lvmmt _/Ea/I be be t/ooxxg/at worth} of’, or . W, ; ozofud ed to P i. C.‘ warfc then that under Mo or “WP?” l /div ,gWhen the afii.-nder, 28. was put oodeofia witloautmercj) we {hall rather have reafon to fidfe God will punifh inch with cxci/ion or coming off, without giving any new ltoeke of grace to recall themagaine. For the word oz’-Er?-vi. aw in this. hooke doth not fo often import hing téoxtg/at wort/9}, (which might conlifi with cantrmj mercy) as meeting with that rewar ,u£?uoil1rcc:im'ng of it. S"r)lloZE:3§}cézl J35»; 11425.3. 3,? is to low:/concur be-flowed on him. (and oZ:‘;'/Law rium ,‘ 1Tim. 5'. I7.) and not onely to he tlooorgbt worth} of it. In proportion to which if the words lhould be interperted and taken wim- Qut exception 61' dirfcnflztian, [:oi£:o:5viotmt,C5'c. 1.7”:/ball 6: p(g)sij%J ed 4 wcyjfc manner] there will be little place of comfort‘ for fuch to depend on.and from thence to fall into ftichdomgcrom fnarc: :, and yet beeaufe after all this ’tis poflible that though gégzwsémwzrin the good fenle fignify 46't'tM/lgiving, yettit maynot: in the ill, afglrm/I pmzi/king, becaufe to tbinkc worth} and to n. 2:warol.{‘cill goe together in God, in rctriémion ofgoool; but not a lo in cm'11,his pordoning mere] oft interceding, and againe, be-g caufethofe words may well palie not For any Iowfec to god,‘ (but oncly asa income: to keepe us from {o fa/ling, when we flood , by fetting fucha direfull cloaroffcr upon it, flqewing us how prom‘/elcflic and dagngcrom inch our {late is) it will therefore be no temptation to any who is in this foul eliate to‘ be loopelcfl) or give over labouring to get out agaimbut rather a Jflmmonror Proclamation of terror, Ptraight to awaken him out ' V ~ *5 ‘r i " E 3 A of (a5) «i¢FthatreflaLtE#E’e lhtirniléatianl ind pram} to God. . ltllhit be ‘:35 Vzm. And 5hlT3'§hClCK:3mPk.0t; David wrllbe fenaawragcment ‘ to hnim,r»:whoafi:ct:\l;a yearesflwpe-l~l‘9r‘ /rt/mg} in tho{e finnes of aaltdltcrjtandomurt/aer,C‘5'm (which~:wete inch fall: of a rag:n:l- ‘A Mr: mags , and by [God’s ordinary meanes never retrar. 1 all ftha§wh_,,ile)tWas yet by Cjfiodfs grace. .a an: million of. a Pro phet gpptrgqrdjnary reanlledl and rreducedragmnlenl ;lf1hdlJgh‘1t colt him gfterwalrds mgnyfflaudrttoftearer and penitnentinallléxpreflions to walk out thofe {pots which hcbnhad thus eontta&ed(and though even {till he lies under the reproach of that linne. when he doth [lot of any other, heeatufe: that truly was}zI.udu,lgad 4in4fo4la2:g.) .; K;}zg.;n1=5.5.; And the fame maybe faint! of Salmon alfo,‘who at‘- terrfueh lmzq fnl1.w,wh.ich beyondyallrthe childircnof God are fadlyrecorded of him in Scripruretwas by Gad brought backe lttqjrapentnnce; Gad’: mere} being beyond all promifc {hall _ bcyond all other example) to him in thisvbewhalfe; . V ,, tfyxngl t.§br94?&,fe,r¢ §.}3.£{ h¢%r.;t ‘Chi? if ;we1talvclfvUa2v:d them in that finné-:l.l”We mull be {me to imtmtcthem alfo , not rgnely in the repentance,&' fificlritj of_thar.but in all the degree: A gnd demanflration: of their rapmmncnifwc /aopetfor the nmwy which they met with.To Which. I (hall adde no more fave only- eh-js),trhgc_r;l1é product? of chart winch from thefe places hath been enacted: , 1.-nfeemeeto b_e;*’very agreeable with that famous cafe A fit-ftby Saint A“g“fli’?ea 1- 46’ PW'fi’WI'=_ OF two men rfuppofcd to be conrzertpd together , to live the hit: of convert: in the fame nrlanner, to fall together, and lo to continue fome time, and then Vgne of them 6::-fora death to recover andw‘/e againe, and plug on o ther to d}: in his flare of relapfe ; where he makes this an ar- gument and exam.ple o?God’s making a difi-rimimtim betwixt men, fuppnfing thislafl: aft of recovery in the one , to be an at! hffpirituall extraordinary grace to him, which was not given, not by any obligation due unto the other ; which is the mail; (firomthefc two places thus paraphrafed hath beene col- ‘-«M ‘ ‘ 1‘ ‘H U (37)%¢ “He that tbinlget/2 /we flandetla let him take heed Iefllre fall; to drttat ev £‘%Z¢7”{‘fi“";W/5'; 1 Cor.1o.13. Jfany man ée overtaken in Itfafi/t, J01! that 47': fifiirittutfl rejhreflu fuel: 4 mamconfldering :12} lelfe lefl t/you 41/“otttbg temp“-d~,% (331.6. In ' " A A ‘J Then/faith the 7)ew'I1,Im'll return: to 0:1 Imtfe fromjpbpfggg 17 Mme out, and camitxg /aefindet/2 it empty, frept, mtdgarnifb-A ed; t/aen goetb be ewdta/{_et/:2 wit/a /aimfe-ven“ other ffiritt worfe then laimflelfe, and they gee in and dwell there , and the end of ’ A that man it warfi.-‘then the éeginning. So/IMI1 it 5: to Hall! will“ generation, Matth. 12.42. T 4 A * Behold time art"umr1e’cle4ne,goe',/ittne no were, left 4 wvrfl thing happen unto thee. _]oh. 5.14.. ‘ ‘ox _‘ Kr ‘ “ uh‘ . at " ; t *" t * ’ ° W7 % u ERRATAJ - 4 mg 7 an . “ ' ‘ -6* Z; W ; i [N131 e K? ‘2 :3 fir 7:/lea 7.1.4. I H‘ I ‘L;---{am 7;»! W4