A
PRACTICAL
DISCOURSE
OF
Gods
Sovereignty
.
THis
Great
and
Fundamental
Attribute
I
have
chose
to
begin
with
,
as
a
meet
Introduction
to
the
following
discourse
;
It
being
indeed
,
the
foundation
of
all
;
and
that
which
gives
Life
and
Virtue
to
every
Divine
Truth
:
Without
the
knowledge
whereof
,
(
in
some
measure
)
and
practical
yielding
thereto
,
we
shall
want
a
principal
means
of
quieting
our
understandings
,
touching
the
Points
that
follow
.
I
gather
the
sum
of
what
I
intend
,
into
this
Proposition
;
viz.
That
,
Sovereign
Power
belongs
to
God
.
By
[
Sovereign
Power
]
I
understand
,
that
absolute
Dominion
,
which
the
Great
God
,
blessed
for
ever
,
hath
over
his
Creatures
,
to
dispose
and
determine
them
,
as
seemeth
him
good
.
That
there
is
such
a
Power
,
and
that
this
Power
belongs
to
God
,
no
other
Reason
needs
be
assign'd
,
but
that
He
is
God
,
and
there
is
n●ne
besides
him
:
There
can
be
no
more
,
because
(1)
There
can
be
but
one
Infinite
;
for
such
a
being
fils
Heaven
and
Earth
;
and
so
,
no
place
or
room
for
another
.
(2)
There
can
be
but
one
Omnipotent
,
For
,
He
that
is
such
,
hath
all
others
under
his
feet
;
Besides
,
where
One
can
do
all
,
more
would
be
impertinent
.
(3)
There
can
be
but
one
Supream
;
Supream
power
may
reside
in
Many
;
(
as
in
mixt
Monarchies
and
Common-wealths
,
)
but
as
Law-makers
and
Supream
,
they
are
but
One.
(4)
There
can
be
but
one
first
Cause
,
from
which
,
all
being
else
derive
their
Original
;
and
that
is
,
this
blessed
One
we
are
speaking
of
;
Of
whom
,
and
for
whom
are
all
things
,
1
Cor.
8.
6.
And
if
he
be
the
Author
of
all
,
he
needs
must
have
a
Sovereign
Right
and
Power
to
determine
all
;
as
to
their
being
,
so
also
,
to
their
Order
,
Efficacy
,
and
End
.
It
is
a
Truth
so
natural
,
and
obvious
to
Reason
it self
;
that
other
proof
seems
as
needless
,
as
that
the
Sun
is
the
fountain
of
light
:
Nor
shall
I
suppose
,
that
any
who
will
read
this
discourse
,
can
so
far
forget
themselves
to
be
Creatures
,
as
to
seek
a
proof
of
their
Creators
Sovereignty
;
The
things
that
are
seen
,
so
loudly
proclaiming
his
Eternal
power
and
Godhead
.
But
since
,
with
our
easy
admitting
the
Notion
,
it
is
none
of
the
smallest
difficulties
,
to
own
it
in
our
practise
,
and
bear
our selves
answerably
towards
him
;
Since
also
,
so
huge
a
weight
is
born
on
the
shoulders
of
this
Supream
Attribute
,
and
our
souls
are
so
highly
concern'd
in
the
interest
and
influences
of
it
;
it
needs
must
be
our
duty
,
and
well
worthy
our
time
,
to
look
or
the
Instances
of
it
,
and
to
mark
and
consider
them
well
;
as
things
greatly
importing
our
Instruction
;
whereby
we
may
know
something
of
the
Greatness
of
that
God
,
in
whose
hands
our
souls
are
;
as
also
,
of
our
infinite
distance
from
him
,
and
nothingness
to
him
;
and
so
,
with
the
more
humbleness
of
mind
,
and
self-abasement
;
as
also
,
with
the
more
Faith
,
and
Creature-like
affiance
,
submit
unto
him
,
and
bear
our selves
upon
him
.
To
this
end
,
the
Scriptures
have
inrolled
divers
Ensignes
of
Sovereignty
,
by
which
,
as
by
so
many
footsteps
,
we
are
led
to
the
Absolute
Will
,
and
Power
of
God
,
as
the
Cause
and
Ruler
of
all
.
The
Great
Act
of
Sovereignty
was
Gods
Decree
for
making
the
World
,
and
of
doing
,
or
permitting
to
be
done
what
ever
should
be
in
it
,
to
the
folding
of
it
up
.
The
Heavens
and
the
Earth
,
and
all
the
hosts
of
them
,
as
yet
had
no
being
:
It
was
at
his
pleasure
,
whether
he
would
make
them
or
not
:
And
if
he
would
,
what
being
he
would
give
them
;
to
what
End
,
and
how
that
end
should
be
accomplished
.
And
that
these
were
all
ascertain'd
by
the
Decree
,
is
evident
;
For
,
known
unto
God
were
all
his
works
(
which
he
would
do
in
time
)
from
the
beginning
of
the
World
.
Great
God
being
infinitely
good
and
blessed
in
himself
;
was
also
infinitely
prompt
and
well-pleased
to
Communicate
of
that
his
blessedness
:
To
which
end
,
he
designed
to
raise
up
Creatures
,
Angels
and
Men
:
That
for
the
manifestation
of
his
Sovereignty
;
He
would
confirm
a
certain
number
of
those
Angels
in
their
primitive
state
,
leaving
the
rest
to
themselves
:
Who
falling
from
that
state
,
should
be
cast
down
,
and
reserved
in
chains
of
darkness
unto
the
judgment
of
the
great
day
.
That
in
this
lower
World
,
he
would
set
up
the
first
Man
to
be
the
head
and
Representative
of
all
that
should
come
of
him
.
That
this
single
person
should
be
created
in
the
Image
of
God
,
fit
to
enjoy
Communion
with
him
,
and
endued
with
power
to
abide
therein
.
That
to
manifest
the
weakness
of
Creatures
,
and
their
perpetual
dependence
upon
God
;
he
would
thus
leave
him
to
his
first
stock
:
and
being
so
left
,
the
fallen
Ange●
tempting
him
to
disobedience
,
and
also
prevailing
;
both
himself
,
and
all
his
posterity
by
this
Revolt
,
should
fall
under
the
curse
.
That
for
the
declaration
of
his
Sovereign
Grace
,
He
would
(
and
accordingly
did
)
choose
a
certain
number
of
Adam's
posterity
,
and
ordain
them
to
eternal
life
:
And
to
make
known
the
power
of
his
wrath
and
his
just
displeasure
against
sin
,
he
would
leave
the
Rest
in
that
state
of
perdition
they
would
bring
themselves
into
:
That
of
these
Vessels
of
wrath
,
Satan
himself
(
whom
they
chose
to
follow
)
should
be
the
Head
and
Ruler
;
as
also
,
over
them
that
were
Elected
,
for
a
time
;
viz.
until
the
Messiah
,
(
their
true
and
proper
Head
,
and
into
whom
he
had
chosen
them
)
should
rescue
them
out
of
his
power
.
That
to
this
end
,
(
and
that
he
might
also
be
known
to
be
just
,
as
well
as
Merciful
in
justifying
of
them
)
the
Son
of
God
should
take
on
him
the
place
of
a
second
Adam
,
and
come
into
the
world
with
an
humane
body
;
In
which
he
should
fullfil
all
Righteousness
,
and
by
the
infinite
virtue
and
merit
of
his
death
,
should
satisfy
the
Law
in
all
its
demands
;
destroy
the
Devil
;
dissolve
his
works
;
and
Reconcile
the
Elect
unto
God
:
That
he
should
be
raised
again
from
the
dead
,
and
invested
with
all
power
befitting
the
Captain
of
their
Salvation
:
and
so
,
might
effectually
minister
to
them
whatever
should
be
requisite
for
bringing
those
his
Sons
to
glory
.
This
I
take
to
be
the
sum
of
God's
Decree
;
the
Great
Ensigne
or
Standard
Royal
of
Sovereignty
;
whereof
all
the
other
Ensigns
are
Effects
or
consequents
,
and
subordinate
thereto
.
The
first
visible
Ensign
of
Sovereignty
was
Creation
,
or
,
God's
giving
the
World
an
actual
existence
,
in
time
,
according
to
his
Decree
from
everlasting
;
Bringing
that
huge
(
yet
void
and
formless
)
Mass
,
at
first
,
out
of
Nothing
;
and
then
this
glorious
fabrick
out
of
that
Confusion
:
His
hanging
the
Earth
upon
nothing
:
His
assigning
to
every
sort
of
Creatures
,
they
continue
this
day
according
to
his
Ordinance
,
Ps.
119.
91.
Consequent
to
this
,
as
a
second
Ensign
of
Sovereignty
,
is
that
universal
Providence
,
by
which
the
Creation
is
sustained
,
and
all
inferiour
Causes
guided
to
their
designed
End
;
and
this
,
notwithstanding
all
supposeable
accidents
,
which
might
possibly
come
between
,
to
obstruct
or
divert
them
:
And
that
the
Creatures
have
,
at
times
,
deviated
from
their
first
Rule
and
settlement
,
is
no
derogation
to
the
Doctrine
of
Gods
Sovereignty
;
but
rather
an
illustration
of
it
;
as
shewing
,
that
the
Creatures
are
still
in
His
hand
,
as
Clay
in
the
Potters
.
Hence
we
find
their
innate
propensions
to
be
sometimes
suspended
;
Otherwhiles
acted
beyond
;
and
at
times
again
,
quite
contrary
to
,
the
law
of
their
nature
:
and
this
,
not
casually
,
nor
by
the
force
of
created
powers
,
nor
yet
for
any
private
or
self
concern
;
but
to
serve
some
special
and
superiour
End
,
which
their
Lord
had
to
be
done
:
To
instance
a
few
;
And
1.
Of
Creatures
without
life
:
As
,
the
windows
of
Heaven
opening
,
fulfill
his
word
,
Ps.
148.
4.
Mark
4.
39.
2.
Of
living
Creatures
,
that
have
not
the
use
of
Reason
:
How
readily
went
they
by
pairs
into
Noah's
Ark
,
at
Gods
appointment
!
The
Frogs
,
finger
of
God
was
in
it
:
and
as
strangely
withdrew
,
when
their
work
was
done
.
Witnessed
also
,
by
the
dumb
Ass's
reproving
the
Prophets
madness
:
Thirdly
,
Another
Ensign
asserting
Gods
supremacy
,
and
Rightful
Dominion
,
is
the
general
Vote
and
subscription
of
Men
,
especially
,
the
most
knowing
,
and
such
as
best
understood
him
:
They
own
it
,
(1)
In
their
Practise
or
Actions
;
Abel
offers
the
firstlings
of
h●s
Flock
to
God
:
Gen.
4.
3
,
Abraham
leaves
his
native
Country
,
It
is
the
Lord
(
says
he
)
let
him
do
as
seemeth
him
good
,
1
Sam.
3.
18.
David
,
when
driven
from
Gods
Sanctuary
,
and
his
throne
usurp'd
by
Absolom
,
Behold
here
I
am
let
him
do
to
me
as
seemeth
good
to
him
,
2.
Sam.
15.
26.
The
men
of
Nineveh
,
their
destruction
was
pronounced
peremptorily
;
of
which
they
had
no
promise
of
Remission
;
and
consequently
,
no
visible
ground
of
hope
;
yet
they
believed
God
,
fasted
,
lay
in
sackcloth
,
and
turned
from
their
evil
way
,
Jonah
3.
5.
(2)
They
likewise
own
it
in
their
confessions
and
attestations
:
Melchisedeck
stiles
him
,
The
M●st
High
God
,
Possessor
of
Heaven
and
Earth
,
Gen.
14.
19.
and
Abraham
doth
the
like
,
verse
22.
Job
professeth
,
that
though
he
were
Righteous
,
yet
if
G●d
will
contend
with
him
,
he
will
not
answer
,
but
make
supplication
to
his
Judge
,
Job
.
9.
15.
The
Lord
hath
made
all
things
for
himself
,
Prov.
16.
4.
For
his
pleasure
they
are
and
were
creaated
,
Rev.
4.
11.
We
are
the
Clay
and
th●u
our
Potter
,
Isa.
64.
8.
He
worketh
all
things
after
the
Councel
of
his
own
Will
,
Eph.
1.
11.
He
giveth
not
account
of
any
of
his
matters
,
Job
33.
13.
In
his
hand
is
the
soul
of
every
living
thing
,
chap.
12
,
●0
.
He
is
the
God
of
the
spirits
of
all
flesh
,
Numb.
16.
22.
All
Nations
before
him
,
are
less
than
Nothing
and
Vanity
,
Isa
40.
17.
He
stils
the
tumult
of
the
people
,
Ps.
65.
7.
If
it
be
of
God
ye
cannot
overthrow
it
,
The
Councel
of
the
Lord
,
that
shall
stand
,
Pro.
19.
21.
The
lot
is
cast
into
the
lap
;
but
the
whole
disposing
thereof
is
of
the
Lord
,
Pro.
16.
33.
The
Kingdome
is
the
Lords
,
and
he
is
Governor
among
the
Nations
,
Ps.
22.
28.
Thou
Lord
art
exalted
above
all
Gods
,
Ps.
97.
9.
Nehuchadnezzar
,
that
proud
and
potent
Monarch
,
whose
greatness
reached
unto
Heaven
,
and
his
dominion
to
the
end
of
the
Earth
,
All
Nations
trembled
before
him
,
whom
he
would
,
he
slew
;
and
whom
he
would
,
be
kept
alive
;
who
said
in
his
heart
I
will
ascend
into
Heaven
,
I
will
exalt
my
Throne
above
the
Stars
of
God
:
I
will
be
like
the
most
high
:
And
who
is
that
God
,
that
shall
deliver
out
of
my
hand
?
Yet
even
he
,
this
Child
of
pride
,
is
made
to
confess
One
higher
than
himself
,
and
to
bow
before
him
;
proclaiming
to
the
World
,
That
the
most
High
d●th
according
to
his
will
,
in
the
Army
of
Heaven
and
among
the
Inhabitants
of
the
Earth
,
and
none
can
stay
his
hand
,
or
say
unto
him
,
what
dost
thou
?
Dan.
4.
22.
ch
5.
19.
ch.
3.
15.
ch.
4.
34
,
35
,
and
37
,
verses
.
and
Isa.
14.
13
,
14.
It
might
farther
be
instanced
in
Cain
,
Pharaoh
,
Baalam
,
and
other
wicked
men
;
how
they
were
forced
(
against
their
wills
)
to
acknowledge
the
Sovereignty
of
God
;
as
appears
by
comparing
Exod.
5.
2.
with
ch.
9.
27
,
28.
and
Nu●b
.
22.
18.
Darius
also
,
in
Dan.
6.
26
,
27
,
2.
Fourthly
,
Another
evidence
or
witness
,
we
have
from
the
Angels
,
who
are
great
in
power
:
Notwithstanding
which
,
they
do
perfectly
own
and
submit
to
the
Sovereignty
of
God
.
Where
Subjects
are
numerous
▪
wise
,
and
magnanimous
;
and
withall
,
perfectly
submiss
to
the
will
of
their
Lord
;
it
argues
,
their
Lord
is
an
absolute
Sovereign
:
And
such
are
the
Angels
.
1.
The
Elect
or
Good
Angels
:
These
shew
it
by
their
ready
submission
to
any
service
He
is
pleased
to
appoint
them
:
Sam.
24.
16
2
K.
19.
35.
and
Christs
attendants
at
His
coming
,
Math.
25.
31
The
Apostate
Angels
,
or
wicked
spirits
:
though
the
testimony
we
have
from
them
,
is
not
from
love
or
good
will
,
yet
is
it
as
great
an
evidence
of
Gods
Sovereiguty
,
as
any
other
;
in
that
,
being
enemies
to
God
,
proud
,
and
imperious
,
they
are
yet
over-awed
,
and
constrained
to
submit
:
we
find
them
subject
to
His
rebukes
,
Zech.
3.
2.
And
hence
it
was
,
that
the
Devil
answerd
not
again
,
when
that
dreadful
sentence
was
pronounced
upon
him
for
seduceing
our
first
Parents
:
we
have
him
also
presenting
himself
before
the
Lord
,
to
give
account
of
his
actions
;
and
touch
Job
,
with
auth●rity
;
yea
,
a
whole
legion
at
once
,
Luke
▪
8.
30.
32
,
33.
Nor
could
they
so
much
as
enter
into
the
Swine
,
without
his
leave
,
Mark
5
,
12.
And
,
which
is
more
,
they
were
subject
to
the
Apostles
,
who
had
but
a
delegated
,
or
second-hand
power
committed
to
them
,
Luk
-
10.
17.
Fifthly
,
we
have
the
Lord
himself
asserting
His
Sovereign
Prerogative
.
In
how
lofty
a
stile
,
and
with
what
Imperial
authority
,
doth
He
utter
himself
to
Pharaoh
!
And
in
very
deed
for
this
cause
have
I
raised
thee
up
,
for
to
shew
my
power
on
thee
:
Exod.
9.
1●
.
The
Apostle
quotes
the
place
to
prove
,
that
God
may
raise
up
men
,
and
appoint
them
to
what
use
and
service
he
will
,
Rom.
9.
17.
Who
hath
made
the
seeing
or
the
blind
,
have
not
I
the
Lord
?
Exod.
4.
11.
I
kill
and
I
make
alive
:
Deut.
32.
39.
I
will
shew
mercy
on
whom
I
will
shew
mercy
:
Exod.
33.
19.
I
am
the
first
,
and
I
am
the
last
,
and
besides
me
there
is
no
God
:
and
who
as
I
,
shall
call
and
shall
declare
it
,
and
set
it
in
order
before
me
:
since
I
appointed
the
ancient
people
,
and
the
things
that
are
coming
and
shall
come
?
Isa.
44.
6
,
7.
My
Councel
shall
stand
,
I
will
do
all
my
pleasure
,
ch
46.
10.
ch.
40.
12.
to
the
end
.
My
word
shall
accomplish
that
which
I
please
;
it
shall
prosper
in
the
thing
whereto
I
send
it
,
Isa.
55.
11.
And
if
the
Prophet
be
deceived
,
I
the
Lord
have
deceived
that
Prophet
,
and
I
will
destroy
him
,
Ezek.
14.
9.
A
remarkable
story
to
the
same
purpose
,
we
have
in
the
1
▪
Kings
,
22.
touching
the
lying
spirit
,
and
the
effectual
Commission
he
had
from
God
,
to
perswade
,
and
also
to
prevail
.
How
should
we
tremble
before
God
,
at
the
hearing
of
such
a
word
!
But
yet
,
I
do
not
reckon
the
last
two
as
acts
of
pure
Sovereignty
;
but
rather
,
as
punishing
one
sin
,
by
leaving
to
another
:
Because
that
when
they
kne●
God
,
they
glorified
Him
not
as
God
;
Nor
liked
to
retain
Him
in
their
knowledge
,
God
gave
them
over
to
a
Reprobate
minde
Rom:
1.
21
&
28.
(
Notwithstanding
which
)
there
is
an
impression
of
Sovereignty
;
in
that
he
deals
not
so
with
all
who
are
alike
obnoxious
to
it
.
Sixthly
,
Another
Ensign
is
form'd
of
those
several
Acts
and
Institutes
,
which
cannot
be
derived
(
at
least
,
so
properly
and
immediately
)
from
any
other
Attribute
,
as
that
of
Sovereignty
:
I
shall
instance
a
few
;
viz.
The
putting
of
Man's
everlasting
condition
,
upon
his
eating
or
Not-eating
the
fruit
of
such
a
Tree
,
Gen.
2.
16
,
17.
In
not
destroying
Adam
presently
upon
his
disobedience
;
And
in
the
free
promise
of
a
Saviour
,
unsought
unto
for
it
,
Gen.
3.
15.
In
protecting
Cain
,
when
he
had
forfeited
his
life
to
Justice
,
Gen.
4.
15.
In
Preserving
Ham
from
the
deluge
,
though
as
wicked
as
those
that
perished
,
ch.
7.
13
&
16.
In
ordering
the
blessing
to
Jacob
,
who
sought
it
unduly
;
and
denying
it
to
Esau
,
who
sought
it
diligently
,
and
to
whom
it
belong'd
of
natural
Right
,
Gen:
27.
19
,
34
,
38.
In
the
sudden
turning
of
Esau's
heart
to
love
Iacob
,
whom
he
had
inveterately
hated
;
and
came
with
full
purpose
to
destroy
him
:
yet
,
in
a
trice
,
his
heart
is
melted
,
he
weeps
on
his
Neck
,
and
offers
himself
and
soldiers
to
be
his
Convoy
,
Gen.
27.
4●
▪
with
chap.
32.
6.
and
ch.
33.
4
,
12.
In
causing
a
fear
to
fall
on
the
Amori●es
,
that
they
did
not
pursue
Iacob
,
when
highly
provoked
by
his
Sons
cruelty
on
the
Men
of
Sechem
,
Gen.
35.
5
In
sending
to
Sihon
a
message
of
peace
,
when
He
had
determin'd
to
cut
him
off
;
and
to
that
end
,
had
hardened
his
spirit
,
and
made
him
obstinate
,
D●ut.
2.
26
,
27
,
28
,
29
,
30.
In
causing
those
nations
to
destroy
one
another
,
who
came
leagued
to
destroy
His
people
,
2
Chron.
20.
1
,
22
,
23
verses
.
In
destroying
Esau's
mount
Irrepairably
,
and
for
ever
;
when
as
Israel
,
whose
land
also
was
full
of
sin
,
shall
not
be
forsaken
,
Obad.
ver.
9
,
16
,
18
,
21.
and
Mal
▪
1
▪
4.
Especially
,
considering
,
that
these
were
the
several
effects
of
His
loving
the
One
,
and
hating
the
other
,
and
that
before
they
had
done
either
good
or
evil
,
ver.
2
,
3.
and
Rom.
9.
11
,
13.
In
sending
Ezekiel
to
a
rebellious
house
that
would
not
hear
;
and
not
sending
him
to
them
that
would
,
Multitude
,
lest
they
should
be
converted
.
In
punishing
(
sometimes
)
for
lesser
trespasses
,
and
that
s●verely
,
and
in
his
own
;
whiles
winking
at
those
o●
a
greater
magnitude
in
other
men
:
Moses
is
excluded
Canaan
for
a
hasty
word
,
though
smartly
provoked
;
when
Jonah's
but
mildly
reproved
for
passionately
expostulating
,
Vzzah
dies
for
but
touching
the
Ark
,
triumph
.
Hezekiah
but
shews
the
Ambass●dours
from
Babylon
,
his
house
and
treasures
;
Sovereign
Greatness
,
Not
a
Man
like
Job
,
in
all
the
earth
,
the
Lord
himself
seems
to
glory
in
him
)
unto
which
,
all
outward
blessings
were
promised
,
and
freedom
from
such
sufferings
;
and
when
bereft
of
all
,
held
fast
his
integrity
▪
yet
the
Lord
goes
on
the
afflict
him
,
and
leaves
him
wholly
(
saving
his
life
)
in
Satan's
power
.
Had
he
been
a
wicked
Man
,
(
as
his
friends
objected
)
those
sufferings
had
evidenced
the
Iustice
of
God
▪
but
nonw
His
Sovereignty
:
which
also
seems
to
be
intended
by
that
speech
of
God
to
Satan
,
(
ch.
2.
3
)
Thou
movedst
Me
against
him
,
to
distroy
him
with●ul
a
cause
.
Seventhly
,
There
are
yet
other
footsteps
of
Sovereignty
,
by
which
that
high
and
holy
Attribute
is
farther
illustrated
to
us
;
As
(
namely
)
the
Lord's
constant
over-ruling
the
Designs
and
Actions
of
Men
,
to
bring
His
own
councels
to
pass
▪
albeit
,
improper
in
their
own
nature
;
yea
,
disservient
thereto
;
and
sometimes
contriv'd
on
purpose
to
prevent
them
:
The
project
of
building
the
Tower
of
Babel
,
was
to
keep
that
rebellious
Rout
together
;
but
it
turn'd
to
their
utter
dispersion
.
Laban
dealt
hardly
with
Iacob
,
this
means
,
the
Lord
keeps
them
all
alive
,
and
accomplisheth
that
honour
to
Joseph
,
which
they
settly
intended
to
prevent
.
Pharaoh
layes
ins●perable
burdens
on
the
People
,
to
diminish
them
;
and
the
Lord
Multiplies
them
under
it
;
The
more
they
were
oppressed
,
the
faster
thy
grew
.
Deb●rah
,
a
Woman
;
At
another
time
,
whose
family
was
poor
in
Manasseh
,
and
he
the
least
in
his
father's
house
:
And
though
he
had
a
numerous
and
powerfull
enemy
to
deal
with
,
and
(
one
would
think
)
had
need
of
all
the
hands
he
could
make
,
to
fight
them
;
yet
,
his
Army
of
Two
and
thirty
thousand
,
must
be
reduced
to
Three
hundred
Men
;
and
they
to
have
no
other
Arms
,
but
trumpets
and
lamps
in
their
pitchers
:
grow
mightily
:
so
,
The
Preacher's
imprisonment
proved
to
the
furtherance
of
the
Gospel
.
learned
,
Scribes
and
Pharisees
,
Lawyers
,
Doctors
,
Poets
,
Phil
s●phers
;
but
by
poor
illiterate
Fishermen
,
Carpenters
,
Publicans
,
Tent-makers
:
And
who
shall
be
the
●ubjects
and
party
Militant
of
this
never-to-be-conquered
kingdom
?
Not
the
Wise
and
Prudent
,
Mighty
and
Noble
;
poor
,
weak
,
base
,
despised
,
and
things
that
are
not
;
and
by
these
He
confounds
the
things
that
are
.
Arms
?
Patience
and
faith
in
the
blood
of
the
Lamb.
Consider
also
,
the
constant
persecution
of
the
Church
,
and
that
by
Men
o●
all
sorts
,
especially
,
Those
of
greatest
power
and
policy
;
the
barbarous
devastations
that
have
been
made
upon
it
;
and
with
what
implaca●le
enmity
the
World
is
edged
against
it
;
and
that
yet
it
stands
invincible
,
and
is
still
getting
ground
;
ye
cannot
but
acknowledge
,
the
evident
foot-steps
of
Sovereign
Power
;
That
the
Most
High
beareth
Rule
over
all
;
and
as
for
the
Councels
of
the
wise
,
He
turneth
them
backward
,
Isa.
44.
25.
Dan.
4.
25
,
26.
Eighthly
,
An
especial
Ray
of
this
glorious
Power
,
shines
forth
in
God's
actual
predominating
the
Spirits
of
Men
;
as
at
first
,
in
choosing
;
so
now
,
in
Calling
and
Converting
whom
He
will
.
One
would
think
that
a
Rational
being
should
better
discern
his
own
interest
;
and
out
of
choice
,
comply
with
the
will
of
his
Maker
,
as
who
must
needs
best
know
,
what
is
best
for
His
Creature
;
and
who
,
in
Reason
,
can
have
no
other
design
upon
him
,
but
his
own
good
.
But
,
we
find
it
otherwise
;
the
best
things
degenerated
turn
the
worst
,
and
are
hardliest
reduc'd
:
Of
all
Creatures
,
Man
fallen
,
doth
most
avert
,
impugn
,
and
resist
,
when
God
would
turn
him
out
of
his
natural
course
;
Notwithstanding
,
that
the
sorest
of
evils
do
attend
his
present
state
;
and
all
desirable
happiness
would
apparently
follow
his
change
.
Yet
,
so
wedded
he
is
to
his
Lusts
,
and
head-strong
in
his
own
Will
;
that
none
of
these
things
move
him
:
But
On
he
goes
,
and
On
he
will
;
yea
,
though
an
incensed
Angel
,
with
a
drawn
sword
,
should
withstand
him
.
To
crush
them
to
nothing
,
or
break
them
in
pieces
,
were
easily
effected
;
a
little
of
Divine
Power
would
do
that
:
But
,
to
humble
a
proud
and
lofty
Spirit
;
To
soften
and
melt
an
obdurate
heart
;
To
tame
,
meeken
,
and
reconcile
,
a
Sanguinary
Rebel
;
To
change
the
very
inwards
of
One
habituated
in
Sin
and
enmity
against
God
,
and
make
him
plyable
to
Divine
impressions
;
●This
highly
proclames
the
exceeding
Greatness
of
His
Power
;
't
is
a
glorious
Trophee
of
Divine
Sovereignty
:
Which
also
is
farther
conspicuous
,
in
Maintaining
the
work
begun
;
and
bearing
it
on
through
all
oppositions
:
For
,
there
needs
the
same
Power
to
preserve
the
new
Creation
,
as
at
first
to
raise
it
:
The
way
of
God
,
being
altogether
upwards
and
supernaturall
,
there
's
a
great
pronenesse
in
creatures
to
Revolt
from
it
;
(
like
a
Rolling
stone
on
the
steep
of
a
hill
)
The
Remains
of
old
nature
,
would
torrent-like
bear
down
all
,
if
Sovereign
Power
did
not
barr
up
the
One
,
and
sustain
the
Other
.
For
a
spark
of
Divine
nature
to
live
in
the
brest
,
of
a
lapsed
Creature
,
is
as
great
a
miracle
and
as
high
an
effect
of
Sovereign
Power
,
as
all
the
Instances
before
enumerated
,
and
More
.
Lastly
,
The
Sovereignty
of
God
,
is
most
glorious
and
adorable
,
in
Ordaining
His
own
son
,
who
was
holy
,
harmless
,
undefiled
,
and
seperate
from
sinners
,
and
was
also
United
to
the
Second
Person
,
to
be
the
Mediator
,
and
to
make
His
soul
an
offering
for
sin
:
And
then
,
in
His
Eternal
disposing
of
Mens
everlasting
condition
.
To
shew
,
or
not
to
shew
,
Mercy
unto
Men
equally
dignified
(
or
rather
,
Indignified
)
in
themselves
;
To
make
,
of
the
same
lump
,
one
Vessel
to
honour
,
and
another
to
dishonour
;
is
the
highest
act
and
demonstration
of
Sovereign
power
concerning
Men
:
Which
thing
,
when
ever
we
hear
of
,
or
think
upon
;
we
should
put
our
mouths
in
the
dust
.
Before
I
come
to
the
Inferences
,
I
would
add
a
Caution
or
two
,
to
prevent
those
sinister
deductious
,
which
our
deceitfull
hearts
may
be
apt
to
draw
from
this
Sovereign
Truth
:
First
,
Secondly
,
Go
not
about
to
palliate
,
Nor
think
to
extenuate
your
sin
,
by
Arguments
fetcht
from
those
Decrees
:
That
sin
of
the
Iews
in
Crucifying
Christ
,
was
in
no
wise
,
lessened
;
because
the
Councel
of
God
had
determin'd
the
thing
to
be
done
:
For
,
they
perpetrated
it
with
wicked
hands
.
Nor
is
any
Man's
Unbelief
e'r
the
less
culpable
,
from
God's
Eternal
disposement
of
Mens
conditions
;
For
,
it
is
not
upon
that
consideration
,
that
they
stumble
at
the
Word
,
or
turn
the
deaf
ear
to
it
;
or
resist
it
:
but
from
their
own
natural
blindness
and
enmity
against
it
.
And
so
I
come
to
the
Inferences
:
And
First
,
humble
fiducial
disquisition
,
and
contemplation
of
it
;
the
clearer
will
be
the
Reason
thereof
;
and
the
more
usefulness
will
still
appear
to
be
in
it
.
Let
Reason
but
keep
its
own
place
;
(
that
is
,
let
it
work
by
the
Rules
of
Right
Reason
)
and
nothing
will
be
more
consonant
thereto
,
than
that
the
Most
High
should
bear
rule
over
all
,
and
Do
according
to
his
Will
;
and
that
Men
,
who
are
Atoms
of
Clay
animated
by
his
breath
;
should
own
Him
for
their
Sovereign
Lord
,
and
accordingly
submit
to
Him
;
yea
;
though
so
it
were
,
that
our
own
personal
welfare
were
not
concerned
in
it
:
It
will
be
of
singular
Use
and
Moment
to
us
,
in
the
whole
of
our
lives
:
Nothing
,
like
this
,
will
allay
those
carnal
Reasonings
,
which
are
so
unreasonably
prone
to
put
in
their
Verdict
of
spiritual
things
;
(
which
yet
,
Carnal
Reason
hath
no
cognisance
of
)
and
will
(
indeed
)
be
silenced
by
nothing
else
:
The
Apostle
,
therefore
,
in
Rom.
9.
A
second
Inscrence
,
Oh
,
come
let
us
Worship
and
bow
down
,
kneel
before
the
Lord
our
Maker
.
Let
us
give
Him
the
glory
of
this
great
Attribute
,
by
a
Real
and
Practical
Owning
that
indispensible
bond
of
obedience
which
it
layes
upon
every
Creature
:
We
are
highly
obliged
by
it
,
both
in
point
of
subjection
,
and
in
point
of
faith
.
1.
In
point
of
subjection
,
to
His
Laws
,
Ordinances
,
Providences
First
,
For
the
Lawes
of
God
,
and
His
Appointments
:
These
we
are
to
attend
,
observe
,
obey
;
I
cannot
say
,
For
the
Lord
hath
need
of
them
;
(
For
,
neither
can
our
Righteousness
profit
Him
;
nor
our
wickedness
impair
Him
;
He
that
is
Wise
,
is
wise
for
himself
)
but
do
it
because
the
Lord
hath
commanded
;
He
is
the
Lord
thy
God
and
worship
thou
Him
.
I
am
the
Lord
thy
God
:
Thou
shalt
doe
thus
:
And
thus
thou
shalt
not
doe
;
I
am
the
Lord
:
This
he
sets
in
the
front
of
All
;
and
with
this
He
closeth
the
R●re
,
and
Guards
them
on
every
side
.
Moses
brings
it
in
as
a
convincing
Reason
,
why
we
should
love
God
with
our
whole
heart
,
and
keep
his
Commandments
,
(
namely
)
because
he
is
the
Lord
,
and
He
onely
:
Deut.
6.
4.
No
One
,
therefore
,
may
pretend
to
a
right
of
giving
Laws
to
Men
,
or
to
an
interest
in
their
love
and
obedience
;
save
with
respect
to
God
,
and
the
authority
they
have
from
Him
.
And
though
He
is
sometimes
pleased
,
(
and
it
is
a
great
condescention
in
the
great
God
)
by
arguments
taken
from
our
own
Good
,
to
draw
us
to
obedience
:
(
Do
it
,
for
it
is
your
life
:
)
debates
it
Not
,
Nor
delayes
to
do
it
.
Therefore
,
hold
on
your
way
,
though
never
so
great
Obscurity
be
upon
it
at
present
:
Minde
your
duty
in
the
midst
of
discouragements
:
Do
as
Peter
;
who
,
though
he
had
labour'd
all
night
and
caught
Nothing
;
yet
,
Master
,
At
thy
command
I
will
let
down
the
Net
again
.
2
Be
subject
to
His
Ordinances
:
If
He
please
to
Command
the
using
such
Meanes
,
What
is
there
in
these
?
Godliness
is
a
Mystery
,
which
onely
faith
can
understand
:
There
is
no
Divine
Institution
,
but
hath
Meat
in
it
that
you
know
not
of
;
which
,
if
rightly
used
,
will
speak
for
it self
.
If
He
please
to
make
Clay
of
Dust
and
spittle
;
Contemn
it
not
;
but
submit
to
His
Will
and
way
;
and
be
thankfull
for
thy
Cure
.
3.
As
touching
the
Providences
of
God
;
Observe
them
and
Submit
to
them
:
look
not
upon
them
as
Empty
things
:
The
least
may
yield
you
Instruction
;
as
also
,
the
Most
unlikely
:
Out
of
the
Eater
comes
forth
Meat
,
and
out
of
the
strong
,
sweetness
:
Though
the
thing
be
a
●iddle
to
an
heart
uncircumcised
;
Plough
with
His
Heifer
,
and
ye
sh●ll
find
it
.
Neither
look
on
them
as
Things
Impertinent
;
But
say
,
rather
,
Is
there
not
a
Cause
,
though
I
see
it
not
?
The
Lord
does
nothing
in
vain
.
Neither
yet
look
on
them
as
Things
Contingent
:
Because
Thou
Lord
didst
it
;
And
Shimei's
Cursing
he
beares
patiently
,
It
may
be
the
Lord
hath
bidden
him
.
There
may
be
Such
a
Mixture
and
Confusion
of
things
,
and
your
expectation
so
delayed
and
frustrated
,
That
your
froward
untamed
heart
may
be
ready
to
Wrangle
it
out
;
Why
falls
it
alike
to
All
?
Why
to
the
Just
,
according
to
the
Work
of
the
wicked
;
and
to
the
wicked
according
to
the
work
of
the
Righteous
?
Or
,
why
One
event
to
them
All
?
This
is
not
to
Enquire
wisely
:
you
should
rather
conclude
,
and
say
,
(
as
the
Disciples
,
in
another
Case
)
The
Lord
hath
need
of
them
:
That
is
,
He
hath
occasion
to
use
such
a
Providence
,
to
fullfil
a
Word
.
If
ye
would
Cast
so
,
as
to
lye
by
your
Mark
,
this
Attribute
of
Sovereignty
gives
you
the
best
Ground
.
Search
and
Observe
as
much
as
ye
will
,
so
you
take
Faith
along
with
you
;
Without
which
ye
can
do
Nothing
Warrantably
.
Faith
is
a
Sworn
Officer
to
the
Great
king
,
and
has
a
key
for
every
lock
that
is
fit
to
be
opened
;
It
forces
Nothing
;
but
where
it
cannot
Enter
,
it
stands
without
,
and
Waits
a
fitter
season
.
Let
Faith
also
,
be
Chief
Speaker
in
all
your
Debates
:
And
then
,
the
Result
will
be
,
That
Carnal
Reason
,
and
Present
Sense
,
(
though
very
Tenacious
and
Stubborn
)
shall
yield
the
Cause
,
and
let
you
goe
.
The
Summ
of
all
,
is
this
,
That
though
ye
be
not
Conscious
to
your self
,
of
any
particular
Cause
or
Miscarriage
,
besides
what
is
Common
to
Men
,
(
which
was
the
Case
with
Job
)
Lay
your
hand
upon
your
Mouth
,
as
Job
did
;
The
Most
High
doth
according
to
His
Will
:
when
his
understanding
returned
to
him
;
and
so
do
you
:
And
know
,
That
if
your
spirit
be
out
of
frame
in
your
present
Condition
;
it
would
not
be
better
in
any
other
.
Secondly
,
Our
Faith
also
is
highly
concerned
in
the
Sovereignty
of
God
:
For
,
It
both
obligeth
to
Believe
in
Him
,
and
also
affords
Matter
for
Faith
to
work
upon
.
To
these
Ends
,
the
Lord
holds
it
forth
to
Abraham
Once
and
Again
:
I
am
God
Almighty
&c.
This
was
it
,
enabled
him
to
believe
he
should
have
a
Son
;
even
whiles
the
Deadness
of
his
own
Body
,
readily
assent
to
the
offering
up
of
this
Son
,
when
he
had
him
.
He
had
as
much
to
say
against
it
,
as
could
well
be
supposed
;
For
,
the
Promise
was
,
That
in
Isaac
all
families
of
the
Earth
should
be
blessed
:
which
Promise
and
this
Command
,
Abraham's
Reason
could
not
Reconcile
:
The
Contradiction
would
surely
have
Run
him
down
,
had
not
his
faith
in
this
Great
Attribute
,
held
fast
and
guided
the
Reignes
;
Suggesting
to
him
,
That
He
who
gave
Isaac
a
being
from
a
Withered
Stock
,
was
able
also
to
raise
him
from
the
dead
:
The
friend
of
God
.
Ye
have
seen
Now
,
what
Abraham
did
;
Go
ye
,
and
do
likewise
:
Take
hold
of
Gods
Sovereignty
as
your
own
;
and
to
be
improved
for
your
good
:
Faith
gives
a
Propriety
in
any
Attribute
it
looks
upon
;
and
drawes
out
the
virtues
and
Influence
thereof
,
for
it self
.
And
therefore
,
What
ever
difficulties
are
in
your
way
,
be
not
disheartened
by
them
;
but
call
in
this
Sovereignty
of
God
,
by
faith
,
to
your
help
:
Remember
the
ready
subjection
which
all
Creatures
do
pay
to
his
Word
;
By
which
alone
(
without
Creatures
service
)
He
can
level
the
Mountains
,
and
make
Crooked
things
streight
,
Restra●●
,
Alter
,
Invert
,
and
Turn
upside
down
,
the
very
Course
of
Nature
:
so
that
That
which
is
death
in
it self
,
shall
be
life
to
you
.
New
Cords
and
Wyths
,
when
touch'd
by
his
word
,
are
as
flax
and
tow
,
when
touch'd
by
the
fire
;
Iron
shall
be
as
straw
,
and
brass
as
rotten
wood
:
Therefore
,
lengthen
the
Cords
,
and
strengthen
the
stakes
of
your
faith
:
you
cannot
beleive
for
greater
things
or
better
than
God
can
do
for
you
:
Even
sin
it self
,
which
is
the
Great
(
and
in
truth
,
the
onely
)
evil
;
It
is
His
enemy
as
much
as
yours
;
And
you
may
be
sure
,
He
would
not
have
suffered
its
being
in
the
World
,
if
He
had
not
a
Power
to
Correct
and
Curb
it
;
yea
,
and
to
destroy
it
too
,
at
His
pleasure
.
Take
hold
of
His
sovereign
strength
,
and
your
work
is
done
.
But
here
also
a
Caution
or
two
,
may
be
seasonably
added
.
1.
That
if
death
in
the
pot
have
once
been
healed
,
and
your
borrowed
Ax-head
,
(
sunk
once
past
hope
of
Recovery
)
have
been
brought
again
to
your
hand
,
look
that
Remissnes
grow
not
upon
it
:
Beware
,
ye
gather
not
Wilde
Gourds
a
second
time
;
Nor
persume
to
throw
the
helve
after
the
Head
:
The
Divine
Power
is
too
great
a
thing
to
be
trifled
with
;
or
Made
to
serve
with
the
●ollies
of
Men.
2.
That
you
never
look
on
this
Great
Attribute
of
Sovereignty
,
without
your
Mediator
;
As
without
whom
it
would
be
matter
of
Terror
and
Amazemeut
to
sinners
:
It
is
He
onely
can
render
It
Propitious
to
you
.
As
Nothing
is
pleasing
to
God
,
but
in
and
through
Christ
;
So
,
Nothing
in
God
,
is
Comfortable
to
Men
,
or
for
their
Eternal
Good
,
but
as
it
comes
to
them
through
Him
:
As
Waters
out
of
the
Sea
immediately
,
are
not
potable
,
unless
they
be
first
exhaled
by
the
Sun
;
or
pass
through
some
vein
of
Earth
,
which
makes
them
Congruous
to
our
Nature
.
I
shall
mention
two
particulars
,
of
Nearest
Co●cerment
to
us
;
wherein
we
are
,
in
a
special
manner
,
to
have
respect
unto
the
Sovereignty
of
God
.
1.
As
touching
your
own
Condition
,
(
your
everlasting
Condition
)
Submit
to
Mercy
,
to
Sovereign
Mercy
:
that
is
,
yeild
your self
to
God
without
Capitula●ing
or
Mak●ing
terms
with
him
:
Those
Syrians
well
under
stood
the
Meaning
of
this
;
They
put
Ropes
on
their
heads
,
and
themselves
in
the
Conquerors
hands
,
Peradventure
they
will
save
us
a
live
:
)
So
do
ye
,
although
ye
have
but
a
[
May
be
]
we
shall
be
hid
.
give
Glory
to
God
.
Therefore
Fear
the
Lord
▪
and
Obey
the
voice
of
His
Servant
,
even
then
,
when
ye
are
in
Darkness
,
and
have
noe
light
,
(
Namely
,
of
His
special
Favour
and
love
,
to
you
in
perticular
.
)
And
though
never
so
great
discouragements
are
afore
you
,
from
the
Guilt
of
sins
Committed
the
power
of
Indwelling
Corruption
,
and
your
present
Aversness
to
Beleiveing
;
and
hear
withall
,
That
Faith
is
the
Great
Commandment
:
let
your
heart
answer
,
Is
it
my
Duty
,
(
my
Duty
)
to
believe
?
Nay
,
then
I
must
.
Remember
His
Greatness
;
His
absolute
Dominion
;
The
●ncontrollableness
of
His
Matters
;
That
He
hath
concluded
All
in
unbelief
▪
That
He
might
have
mercy
upon
All
:
Sovereign
Lord
;
and
so
leave
it
with
Him
;
And
see
,
that
you
take
it
not
out
of
His
hand
again
,
by
your
doubting
the
issue
of
it
:
And
know
that
then
is
your
Soul
nearest
to
Peace
and
settle
ment
,
when
brought
to
this
Submission
:
Be
in
subjection
unto
the
Father
of
Spirits
,
and
live
.
But
,
let
not
the
Word
be
misconstrued
:
I
do
not
mean
by
[
Submission
]
That
you
should
be
satisfied
under
a
denial
of
Mercy
,
on
the
accompt
of
God's
Absolute
Dominion
:
I
cannot
think
That
a
Necessary
term
or
qualification
,
in
your
●reating
with
God
for
Salvation
:
For
1.
I
do
not
find
,
That
God
requires
such
a
Submission
,
as
the
Condition
of
obtaining
Mercy
;
Nor
that
He
hath
made
any
Promise
to
give
such
a
Submission
,
in
order
to
that
end
;
Nor
any
Instance
in
scripture
of
Mens
having
or
indeavouring
such
a
frame
of
spirit
,
in
that
business
;
Nor
yet
,
That
Men
are
any
where
tax'd
for-Not
att●ning
to
it
.
They
are
blamed
indeed
,
and
that
worthily
,
For
not
submitting
to
the
Righteousness
of
God
;
(
that
is
,
For
not
Renouncing
their
own
,
and
flying
to
That
of
Christ
:
)
And
this
blame-worthiness
you
cannot
escape
,
if
finding
your self
lost
and
undone
,
you
will
not
presently
run
to
Christ
,
without
first
finding
in
your self
Something
that
may
seem
to
commend
you
to
him
.
2.
Such
a
Submission
seems
Repugnant
to
God's
revealed
Will
:
For
,
if
this
be
the
Will
of
God
,
even
our
sanctification
,
That
we
should
believe
in
His
Son
,
and
love
Him
with
our
whole
heart
;
Then
it
cannot
be
his
Will
,
That
we
should
be
willing
to
Remain
in
an
unsanctified
estate
,
in
unbelief
and
enmity
against
Him
;
which
are
the
inseperable
Conjux
of
Willingness
to
be
Seperated
from
God
.
3.
Because
the
promise
of
Ease
and
Rest
,
is
made
to
the
Weary
and
Laden
,
coming
to
Christ
;
Not
to
a
Contentedness
to
be
divided
from
him
.
And
the
promise
of
Satisfaction
,
is
to
your
bungring
and
thirsting
after
Righteousness
;
Not
to
the
C●ssation
of
your
desire
,
without
the
Thing
which
onely
can
satisfie
.
4.
Because
,
To
be
satisfied
without
obtaining
Mercy
,
is
to
be
satisfied
with
an
utter
incapacity
to
Glorify
the
Grace
of
God
,
and
to
enjoy
Communion
with
Him
;
which
are
the
principal
End
and
Duty
of
Men.
5.
It
is
Crosse
to
the
Genius
and
Concreated
Principle
of
the
Reasonable
Creature
;
which
is
,
to
seek
its
own
happiness
;
In
any
thing
short
of
which
,
it
ought
not
to
acquiesce
.
6.
Such
a
submission
cannot
be
Requisite
in
Preparatory
work
▪
because
,
That
would
suppose
the
highest
pitch
of
Grace
attain'd
(
if
yet
it
be
a
Grace
,
and
attainable
)
before
you
beleive
;
and
consequently
,
That
it
is
not
a
Grace
out
of
Christ's
fullness
;
for
ye
are
supposed
to
have
it
before
ye
go
to
Him
.
And
therefore
,
when
I
say
,
ye
must
submit
without
Capitulating
or
making
terms
▪
my
meaning
is
,
ye
are
not
to
Treat
upon
terms
of
your
own
Making
;
Nor
propound
any
thing
to
God
,
but
What
Sovereign
Mercy
propounds
to
you
,
as
the
Way
and
Means
of
obtaining
your
Great
End
:
And
great
Reason
ye
have
for
this
Submission
;
for
herein
lies
your
Interest
;
Those
being
(
in
truth
)
the
onely
Terms
,
by
which
a
lost
and
sinfull
Creature
can
be
rendred
salvable
,
or
capable
of
being
saved
:
(
as
may
further
appear
in
the
Sequel
of
this
discourse
.
)
I
think
(
with
humble
Submission
)
That
if
any
Point
of
time
may
be
supposed
before
the
Decree
,
It
was
Then
that
Absolute
Dominion
bor●
sway
:
But
,
ever
since
Election
came
in
,
It
is
Grace
that
Reignes
:
Not
,
That
Sovereignty
is
Ceased
▪
but
Transferr'd
:
Before
,
it
was
in
Power
but
Now
in
Grace
:
In
Grace
,
as
touching
the
Elect
;
and
in
Justice
,
as
touching
the
Rest
▪
Grace
is
the
Attribute
God
delights
to
honour
;
And
all
the
Other
,
are
(
if
I
may
so
speak
)
Subjects
of
This
:
Even
Christ
Himself
was
made
a
Servant
,
to
perform
the
pleasure
of
His
Grace
.
So
then
▪
That
you
are
to
Submit
unto
,
is
the
good
pleasure
of
God's
will
,
as
held
forth
in
the
Covenant
of
Grace
;
undertaking
for
,
and
perfectly
able
to
save
you
;
and
as
having
His
Sovereign
Power
engaged
to
make
it
good
:
Which
seems
the
scope
of
that
passage
in
Moses
his
prayer
for
the
people
,
Let
the
power
of
my
Lord
be
Great
,
according
as
Thou
●ast
spoken
&c.
It
was
to
pardon
,
and
still
Own
them
for
His
people
.
And
to
this
agree
all
those
Scriptures
which
hold
forth
the
Power
of
God
,
as
the
ground
of
Faith
;
as
that
by
which
He
is
Able
to
pardon
sin
,
take
hold
of
His
strength
:
Which
cannot
be
meant
of
Contentedne●s●
in
having
that
strength
put
forth
to
destroy
,
but
as
being
perfectly
Able
and
engaged
by
His
Covenant
to
Save
you
.
As
to
the
time
When
He
will
manifest
His
love
to
you
;
As
also
touching
the
manner
and
measure
of
His
dispensing
it
;
the
good
pleasure
of
God's
Will
is
expressly
and
with
all
quietness
of
spirit
,
to
be
Submitted
unto
:
But
as
to
the
Thing
it self
,
You
ought
not
to
be
said
Nay
:
but
as
he
who
had
power
with
God
and
prevail'd
▪
He
wept
and
made
supplication
,
but
still
resolv'd
,
I
will
not
let
thee
〈◊〉
except
thou
bless
me
.
2.
As
for
the
other
nearest
Concernment
,
touching
your
Children
,
deal
in
like
manner
for
them
,
by
submitting
them
to
the
same
Mercy
.
It
is
true
,
That
next
to
your
own
personal
salvation
,
there
cannot
be
a
greater
evidence
of
God's
love
to
you
,
than
to
Choose
your
Children
after
you
▪
Nor
any
thing
more
desireable
to
you
:
Therefore
Command
them
,
Instruct
them
,
to
keep
the
way
of
the
Lord
;
That
He
may
bring
on
them
the
blessing
you
most
desire
for
them
:
But
be
not
Over-solicitous
and
east
down
,
because
you
see
not
yet
,
the
Marks
of
Election
upon
them
:
The
Lord
doth
not
(
indeed
)
:
bind
himself
to
take
all
a
Believers
Children
▪
Nor
doth
He
limit
Himself
from
taking
any
others
:
There
is
Nothing
declared
●ouching
His
Purpose
to
Take
All
the
One
,
●●est
they
should
from
thence
take
occasion
to
be
Remiss
in
their
Duty
▪
(
which
,
still
Conversion
,
is
very
natural
to
us
)
nor
doth
He
exclude
the
Children
of
others
;
For
,
that
●ight
discourage
and
weaken
their
hands
to
that
as
is
good
.
In
this
various
dispensing
of
His
everlasting
love
;
He
is
pleased
〈…〉
His
liberty
and
sovereign
Prerogative
,
That
〈◊〉
greatly
manifests
his
love
to
Believers
,
in
so
frequent
〈◊〉
Choosing
of
their
Seed
:
And
the
Freeness
of
His
Grace
,
in
Not-rejecting
altogether
,
the
Seed
of
Others
.
Inference
3.
Thirdly
,
How
happy
and
sovereignly
blessed
are
Those
who
have
an
Interest
in
this
Great
and
Sovereign
Lord
!
Which
Every
One
is
blessed
with
,
that
has
,
in
truth
,
taken
hold
of
His
Covenant
:
For
,
That
takes
in
all
between
the
Two
Eternities
,
and
Eternity
it self
withall
:
And
the
spirits
or
strength
of
the
Whole
,
lies
in
those
few
(
but
very
Compendious
)
Words
,
[
I
will
be
your
God
.
]
When
the
Lord
would
comfort
His
People
to
purpose
,
and
p●t
on
their
Eagles
wings
,
What
a
glorious
Narrative
doth
he
make
of
His
Power
and
Sovereign
Greatness
!
in
Isa.
40.
from
v.
12.
to
v.
26.
And
then
tells
them
That
all
this
is
Theirs
,
v.
27.
And
if
God
be
yours
,
All
things
are
yours
:
Who
and
where
is
he
,
that
can
supplant
you
of
His
blessing
?
y●u
may
rejoyce
in
His
Highness
,
the
thoughts
whereof
are
Matter
of
terro●r
to
other
Men.
After
the
rehearsal
of
all
the
happiness
and
Glory
that
Men
or
Angels
are
capable
of
,
it
shall
all
be
comprised
in
this
,
as
the
Original
thereof
,
and
summ
of
the
whole
,
Blessed
are
they
whise
God
the
Lord
is
!
Inference
4.
Fourthly
,
We
may
see
here
,
the
Reason
Why
God
doth
sometimes
defer
to
Answer
the
Doubts
and
Querie's
we
stick
at
,
and
most
desire
to
be
Resolv'd
about
:
It
is
not
only
to
shew
His
Sovereignty
;
But
to
bring
our
hearts
to
a
submiss
and
practical
acknowledgment
of
it
.
Moses
was
very
unwilling
to
go
on
his
Message
to
Bharaoh
:
Many
pretences
he
had
to
put
it
by
;
when
as
the
danger
he
might
be
in
for
killing
the
Aegyptian
,
was
the
bottom-Objection
;
(
though
he
speaks
it
not
Out
.
)
Indeed
,
the
men
who
sought
his
life
,
were
now
dead
▪
Which
,
if
the
Lord
had
told
him
of
,
at
first
;
all
those
excuses
had
probably
)
been
spared
.
But
He
was
pleased
to
conceal
it
from
him
,
until
He
had
brought
him
to
a
full
compliance
with
His
Will
;
The
Lord
hath
●orsaken
me
,
My
Lord
hath
forgotten
Me
:
But
follow
that
good
Resolution
recorded
in
Isaiah
.
I
will
wait
upon
the
Lord
,
who
h●deth
his
face
(
for
the
present
)
from
the
House
of
Jacob
,
and
I
will
look
for
Him
,
v.
17.
Inference
5.
Fifthly
,
Let
no
Man
,
then
,
who
will
Say
,
The
Lord
,
He
is
God
,
presume
to
intrench
on
His
Sacred
Royalty
,
by
seeking
a
Reason
of
His
Decrees
,
beyond
or
besides
the
Good
pleasure
of
His
Will
:
Even
Sovereigns
of
dust
,
will
not
admit
it
in
Subjects
,
though
of
the
same
Mould
with
themselves
.
It
is
an
Imperial
Secret
,
The
Chief
of
the
wayes
of
God
:
It
belongs
to
himself
alone
to
know
it
:
and
the
knowledg
thereof
would
not
profit
us
Now.
Besides
,
There
is
enough
revealed
,
of
great
importance
to
us
,
at
present
;
On
which
to
imploy
the
utmost
of
our
time
and
strength
.
By
Over-grasping
we
may
sprain
our
hands
,
and
unfit
them
for
service
which
lies
within
their
Compass
;
But
we
gain
Nothing
.
Therefore
,
go
not
about
to
fathom
this
Great
Deep
:
Who
,
but
one
of
shallow
understanding
,
would
think
to
measure
the
Sea
by
handfulls
?
or
to
give
a
Demonstrative
Reason
of
its
various
and
convertible
Courses
?
Remember
That
you
Magnifie
His
Work
;
Sanctifie
the
Lord
in
your
heart
,
and
fear
before
Him
!
.
Inference
6.
Sixthly
,
This
gives
a
Reason
,
why
Men
of
the
largest
Capacity
,
for
Learning
and
Natural
understanding
,
are
so
mightily
Puzzelled
and
Labyrinth'd
in
Spiritual
Matters
;
particularly
The
Doctrine
of
Election
:
Why
they
do
so
strongly
oppose
it
,
and
are
so
hardly
Reconcil'd
with
it
:
They
are
not
,
in
truth
,
subdued
to
the
Doctrine
of
God's
Sovereignty
:
And
therefore
,
whiles
in
discussing
those
points
of
Faith
;
they
judge
as
their
Natural
Optick
represents
them
;
they
lose
both
themselves
and
the
Truth
:
Which
yet
,
(
in
some
degree
)
is
made
known
unto
Babes
,
(
Men
of
low
stature
to
them
)
whose
spirits
the
Lord
hath
subdued
,
to
rest
contented
with
what
their
Father
is
pleased
to
tell
them
;
And
for
the
Rest
,
(
as
,
namely
,
the
Manner
and
Reason
of
God's
Disposements
and
Dispensations
)
they
live
by
Faith
in
His
Righteousness
;
Waiting
for
the
day
that
shall
Reveal
all
things
;
when
the
Tabernacle
of
God
,
which
yet
is
in
Heaven
,
shall
be
let
down
among
Men
,
(
or
They
taken
up
into
it
)
and
these
hidden
things
of
Sovereignty
,
shall
be
more
openly
known
amongst
them
.
Inference
7.
Lastly
,
This
Doctrine
of
God's
Absolute
Dominion
,
Clears
away
all
that
Made-ground
and
Rubbish
,
which
the
Principles
of
Free-Will-Grace
,
do
found
their
Election
upon
;
and
shews
us
the
only
true
and
Proper
foundation
of
Scripture
Election
;
with
those
other
Important
Truths
which
hold
upon
it
;
or
are
Consequents
of
it
:
All
which
,
have
their
Head
in
the
Sovereignty
of
God
;
and
Derived
thence
,
as
Rivers
are
from
the
Sea
;
As
through
his
blessing
and
Grace
,
may
appear
afterwards
.
And
so
I
shall
close
up
this
first
particular
,
with
that
holy
Rapture
of
the
Psalmist
,
Be
thou
Exalted
,
Lord
,
in
thy
own
strength
,
so
will
we
sing
,
and
praise
thy
Power
.
The
Lord
hath
prepared
His
Throne
in
the
Heavens
,
and
His
Kingdom
ruleth
over
all
!
Bless
the
Lord
,
ye
His
Angels
that
Excel
in
strength
.
Bless
the
Lord
,
all
ye
His
Hosts
;
ye
Ministers
of
His
that
do
His
pleasure
!
Bless
the
Lord
,
all
His
works
,
in
all
places
of
his
Dominion
!
Bless
the
Lord
ô
my
Soul
!
OF
THE
RIGHTEOVSNESS
of
GOD.
HAving
founded
this
Discourse
on
the
Sovereignty
of
God
,
as
the
best
and
most
natural
ground
of
Satisfaction
(
or
captivation
)
to
Reason
,
touching
Election
:
So
now
,
as
a
means
to
qualifie
our
Spirits
,
and
Reconcile
them
with
the
Doctrine
of
Sovereignty
;
it
seemeth
expedient
to
annex
that
of
His
Righteousness
:
and
,
I
think
,
there
is
not
a
more
evident
Proposition
,
than
That
there
is
no
Vnrighteousness
with
God
.
This
,
as
we
are
indispensably
bound
to
believe
;
So
,
to
be
well
grounded
in
the
faith
of
it
,
will
be
of
exceeding
great
Usefulness
to
us
,
in
every
Condition
;
especially
under
those
darker
Administrations
,
which
we
do
not
see
the
Cause
and
Reason
of
:
When
Matters
of
great
Import
,
seem
to
be
Confused
,
or
Neglected
:
When
all
things
in
view
,
fall
out
alike
to
All
;
and
you
cannot
know
either
Good
or
Evil
,
by
all
that
is
afore
you
:
I
shall
therefore
Collect
some
of
those
Considerations
,
from
which
you
may
find
light
and
influence
in
the
dark
and
cloudy
day
;
and
by
which
(
as
a
Means
)
I
my self
was
drawn
in
and
guided
to
this
Determination
;
before
I
had
searched
the
Scriptures
,
expresly
,
concerning
this
Subject
:
And
they
may
serve
,
both
as
Arguments
to
Demonstrate
the
Proposition
;
and
as
Antidotes
against
those
poysonous
Contradictions
,
which
carnal
Reason
and
unbelief
,
will
be
too
often
forging
and
flinging
in
upon
us
.
And
The
First
is
founded
on
that
Infinite
Blessedness
which
the
Most
High
God
was
possessed
of
in
Himself
,
1.
To
attain
something
they
have
not
;
Ahab
slew
Naboth
for
his
vinyeard
;
1
Kings
21.
And
Athaliah
all
the
seed
Royal
,
to
get
the
Throne
;
2
Kings
11.
Or
,
2.
To
Secure
What
they
have
:
Pharaoh
oppressed
the
People
,
lest
growing
Mighty
,
they
should
shake
off
his
yoke
,
and
get
them
out
of
his
Service
,
Exodus
1.
10.
Jeroboam
set
up
his
Calves
,
to
keep
the
people
at
home
,
and
firm
to
himself
,
1
K.
12.
27
,
28.
And
the
Jews
,
they
put
Christ
to
death
,
lest
the
Romanes
should
come
,
and
take
away
their
Place
and
Nation
;
John
11.
48.
These
two
have
shar'd
the
parentage
of
all
the
Oppression
and
Wrong-doing
that
have
been
in
the
World
:
Neither
of
which
is
Compatible
with
our
Great
and
Blessed
God
:
For
all
things
are
His
already
;
He
posseffeth
the
Heavens
and
the
Earth
,
and
all
the
hosts
of
them
,
with
an
Absolute
Power
and
Right
to
dispose
them
;
And
what
can
be
added
to
That
which
is
Infinite
?
And
as
for
Securing
what
He
hath
,
Of
whom
should
he
be
afraid
?
For
(
1.
)
There
is
no
God
Besides
him
;
He
knows
not
any
.
The
Nations
are
to
Him
less
than
nothing
and
vanity
.
He
need
not
so
much
as
Touch
them
,
to
bring
them
down
:
't
is
but
Gathering
to
himself
,
His
spirit
,
and
His
breath
,
and
they
perish
together
:
Let
the
Lord
but
With-hold
His
sustaining
Influence
,
and
they
fall
of
themselves
:
But
He
remains
the
same
to
all
generations
.
Secondly
,
Infinite
perfection
of
His
Nature
,
Holy
,
Holy
,
Holy
!
Isa.
6.
3.
i.
e.
Perfectly
Holy
:
He
is
Glorious
in
Holiness
,
Exod.
15.
11.
Now
,
In
Holiness
is
not
the
least
tincture
of
its
Contrary
:
God
is
Light
,
and
in
Him
is
no
darkness
at
all
.
He
is
Good
,
and
doth
Good
,
Ps:
119.
Is
Righteous
,
and
doth
Righteousness
;
All
His
works
praise
Him
:
The
Righteous
Lord
will
do
no
iniquity
.
It
is
an
high
demonstration
of
His
Excellency
,
He
cannot
deny
Himself
;
that
is
,
He
cannot
do
any
thing
,
that
is
in
the
least
degree
,
contrary
to
His
Holy
Nature
:
Nothing
that
needs
to
be
Retracted
,
or
to
alter
His
mind
about
it
:
His
Will
is
the
Rule
of
Righteousness
;
and
Righteousness
,
the
Rule
of
His
Will
:
The
Saints
of
old
,
were
perfectly
of
this
minde
;
Shall
not
the
Judg
of
all
the
Earth
do
Right
?
Thirdly
,
constant
Rule
and
Measure
of
God's
Dispensments
;
which
is
not
done
Fortuitously
,
nor
Rashly
;
Layes
Judgment
to
the
Rule
,
and
Righteousness
to
the
Plummet
:
He
will
not
punish
without
a
Cause
,
nor
more
than
is
deserved
:
Touching
the
sins
of
Sodom
:
I
will
go
down
(
sayes
God
)
and
see
whether
they
have
done
[
altogether
]
according
to
the
Cry
of
it
.
Renders
to
every
one
[
according
]
to
their
Deeds
,
Rom.
2.
6.
and
Gives
them
a
[
just
]
recompense
of
Reward
.
Heb.
2.
2.
He
will
not
Cast
away
the
perfect
Man
,
Nor
help
the
wicked
.
Eliphaz
puts
the
question
with
great
confidence
(
as
well
he
might
)
Who
ever
perished
being
Innocent
?
until
His
Servants
were
Marked
out
:
I
cannot
do
any
thing
until
thou
be
come
thi
her
.
Fourthly
,
Right
Judgments
,
Good
statues
,
and
lawes
of
Truth
:
What
an
admirable
Catalogue
have
we
in
Rom.
12.
(1)
Of
such
as
concern
our
duty
towards
Himself
immediately
,
this
is
the
Sum
,
Thou
shalt
Worship
the
Lord
thy
God
,
and
Him
onely
shall
thou
serve
:
There
is
Nothing
more
equal
and
just
,
than
to
Worship
and
serve
Him
Whose
we
are
;
To
love
and
live
to
Him
from
whom
we
have
our
life
and
breath
.
(2)
Such
as
refer
more
immediately
to
Our selves
;
As
Temperance
,
Chastity
,
Moderation
,
Sobriety
,
&c.
These
(
as
is
evident
to
all
)
do
greatly
conduce
to
our
outward
welfare
,
both
in
point
of
health
,
estate
,
Posterity
,
&c.
(
And
what
evil
Consequents
do
attend
the
Contraries
of
those
Virtues
,
might
be
every
day's
observation
:
)
More
especially
,
such
as
relate
to
our
spiritual
state
and
Welfare
;
of
which
,
more
particularly
,
under
the
Next
Argument
.
(3)
Such
Commands
also
,
as
respect
our
duty
towards
Men
;
As
to
do
justly
;
To
shew
Mercy
;
To
follow
peace
with
all
Men
;
Every
One
to
Mind
his
own
business
;
And
not
intermeddle
with
Others
:
so
,
To
be
subject
to
the
Powers
that
be
;
and
To
pray
for
those
in
authority
;
(
The
Neglect
of
which
duty
,
may
be
a
Cause
of
our
disquietment
from
them
;
at
least
,
it
may
prove
an
ecclipse
of
our
Joyfulness
in
suffering
under
them
,
&c.
)
The
Sum
of
this
kind
of
Duties
we
have
in
that
Standing
Uncontrollable
Rule
,
Of
Doing
to
Others
,
as
we
would
they
should
do
unto
us
.
On
the
Contrary
,
there
is
Nothing
forbidden
,
but
what
tends
to
our
hurt
:
As
,
if
it
were
needful
,
might
be
Demonstrated
by
Instances
Innumerable
.
To
this
also
,
might
be
added
,
the
strict
Injunctions
that
God
hath
laid
upon
the
Subordinate
Dispensers
of
His
Law
;
as
(
namely
)
To
Judge
the
People
with
Just
Judgment
;
&c.
And
shall
Mortal
Man
be
more
just
than
God
?
Will
He
under
such
penalties
Command
Men
to
do
thus
,
and
not
do
so
Himself
?
Fifthly
,
most
Facile
,
and
is
mostly
conducible
to
our
Chief
End
:
As
1
To
Remember
our
Creator
in
the
days
of
our
youth
:
For
,
the
Work
of
Conversion
and
Turning
to
God
;
must
needs
be
much
easier
Then
,
than
when
habituated
in
an
evil
course
:
For
,
Long
impenitency
(
besides
the
provocation
it
is
to
God
)
estranges
the
Mind
more
from
Him
;
Makes
the
Spirit
more
Inflexible
,
and
harder
to
be
wrought
upon
;
It
Multiplies
our
Work
,
and
Substracts
our
strength
:
For
One
accustomed
in
evil
,
to
learn
to
do
well
;
and
for
a
Blackmoor
to
change
his
skin
,
are
things
of
a
like
possibility
:
It
's
a
very
Rare
and
Difficult
thing
for
a
Man
to
be
born
again
,
when
he
is
Old
.
2.
To
Watch
against
,
and
suppress
the
first
motions
of
sin
;
and
to
avoid
what
ever
might
be
an
Occasion
,
or
have
Tendency
towards
it
:
take
heed
to
our
Spirit
;
keep
the
heart
with
all
diligence
;
To
abstain
from
all
appearance
of
evil
;
to
hate
the
garment
spotted
by
the
flesh
;
and
to
make
a
Covenant
with
our
eyes
,
as
Job
did
:
(
For
,
the
professed
practise
of
some
Saints
,
is
Directive
to
Others
,
and
Equivalent
to
a
Command
.
)
To
keep
an
Enemy
from
Rising
,
is
much
easier
than
to
Quell
him
being
up
;
yea
,
To
Nip
sin
when
't
is
young
,
is
the
ready
way
,
Not
only
to
keep
it
low
,
but
to
kill
it
;
as
the
continual
plucking
off
Buds
from
a
Tree
or
Plant
,
destroys
the
Root
.
3.
a
small
voice
;
which
doubly
obligeth
our
Attention
.
4.
In
His
pressing
with
so
much
weight
and
Necessity
,
those
great
Duties
of
Faith
,
Love
,
Patience
,
Self-denial
,
&c.
(1)
Faith
,
which
consists
in
Submitting
to
the
Righteousness
of
God
;
Taking
hold
of
His
strength
;
and
Following
the
conduct
of
His
Wisdom
:
And
in
order
thereto
,
shewing
us
our
own
sinfulness
,
weakness
,
and
folly
;
with
the
vanity
of
all
Created
Bottoms
,
which
have
always
failed
at
the
greatest
need
;
and
so
,
drawing
our
hearts
to
lean
on
Himself
,
In
whom
alone
we
have
Righteousness
and
strength
.
(2)
Love
;
This
is
a
powerfull
,
Active
,
Candid
,
and
Obligeing
Principle
;
It
bears
all
things
;
Thinks
no
evil
;
Takes
all
in
good
part
;
Makes
That
both
portable
and
pleasant
,
which
without
Love
would
be
both
harsh
and
burdensom
.
(3)
Patience
,
and
Meekness
of
Spirit
:
These
mitigate
the
Dolour
of
any
suffering
;
A
soft
Answer
turns
away
wrath
,
Prov.
15.
1.
It
also
breeds
Experience
;
1.
That
any
affliction
may
be
born
,
through
Him
that
strengthens
:
2.
That
afflictions
are
all
for
our
profit
:
3.
That
we
could
not
well
have
been
without
them
:
4.
It
also
gives
to
understand
the
Lords
meaning
in
them
,
which
the
Noise
of
tumultuating
passions
would
drown
to
us
:
And
,
as
a
Means
to
work
this
Patience
,
the
Lord
sets
before
us
,
1.
That
there
is
a
Cause
of
every
Chastening
;
and
that
cause
is
from
our selves
;
and
therefore
,
no
cause
to
Complain
:
2.
That
He
afflicts
not
willingly
;
Onely
when
there
is
Need
,
and
no
more
than
Needs
must
:
3.
That
He
hath
many
Gracious
Ends
in
afflicting
;
(
4.
)
Self-denial
:
This
is
a
duty
of
neerest
concernment
to
us
,
since
we
have
no
such
enemies
as
self-love
,
and
fleshly
lusts
,
to
warr
against
our
souls
.
These
things
considered
will
shew
,
that
David's
Conclusion
is
Right
and
Genvine
;
Good
and
Vpright
is
the
Lord
,
therefore
will
He
teach
Sinners
in
the
way
:
Even
Reason
it self
might
tell
us
(
to
be
sure
,
Sanctified
Reason
and
experience
will
)
That
thus
to
Command
and
Direct
,
is
To
lead
in
the
Right
way
;
and
it
highly
Commends
to
us
the
Righteousness
of
God
.
Sixthly
,
Whatsoever
a
Man
sowes
that
shall
he
Reap
:
Every
Seed
shall
have
its
own
body
:
He
will
give
to
every
One
,
according
to
His
wayes
;
and
the
fruit
of
his
doings
.
Holiness
hath
in
it
,
a
Natnral
Tendency
to
life
and
peace
:
It
is
a
Tree
of
life
:
Grace
and
Glory
grow
from
the
same
Root
:
Salvation
is
the
End
of
Faith
;
the
Flower
that
grows
upon
it
.
Q●ietness
and
Assurance
for
ever
.
It
is
sometimes
called
,
The
Way
of
life
,
Prov.
12.
28.
Sometimes
the
fountain
and
well-spring
of
life
Chap
14.
27.
And
it
tendeth
to
life
,
'T
is
so
likewise
with
Sin
:
Death
follows
Sin
,
not
onely
as
a
punishment
for
delinquency
,
but
as
its
natural
off-spring
:
Original
corruption
is
the
Root
;
James
,
Chap.
1.
14
,
15.
If
there
were
no
Justice
to
Revenge
Sin
,
Sin
would
be
vengeance
to
it self
:
Sinners
lie
in
wait
for
their
own
blood
,
Pro.
1.
18.
their
own
wickedness
that
corrects
them
,
Jer.
2.
19.
The
way
of
Sin
inclineth
to
death
,
and
its
footsteps
to
the
Dead
:
Its
steps
take
hold
on
●ell
.
Vnbelief
may
be
an
instance
for
all
;
as
out
of
which
,
all
Sins
else
are
derived
:
This
was
the
Root
of
Adam's
apostacy
;
This
Doctrine
is
still
further
confirm'd
by
the
general
unanimous
consent
and
affirmation
of
Those
best
able
to
Judge
:
Not
his
like
in
all
the
Earth
,
Job
1.
8.
)
and
none
so
sorely
afflicted
;
yet
,
sayes
Elihu
to
him
,
(
by
way
of
Counsel
;
as
what
himself
would
do
in
the
like
case
)
I
will
ascribe
Righteousness
to
my
Maker
,
Job
36.
3.
And
,
Surely
God
will
not
pervert
Iudgement
,
Chap.
34.
12.
God
is
known
(
i.
e.
He
is
known
to
be
God
)
by
the
Judgements
which
He
executeth
,
Psal.
9.
16.
The
Lord
is
Vpright
;
there
is
no
Vnrighteousness
in
Him
,
Psal.
92.
15.
He
loveth
Righteousness
and
hateth
Iniquity
,
Psal.
45.
6
,
7.
The
Scepeer
of
his
Kingdome
is
a
Right
Scepter
,
ver.
6.
Righteousness
and
Judgement
are
the
habitation
of
His
Throne
.
True
and
Righteous
are
his
Judgements
,
is
the
voice
of
those
in
Heaven
.
(2)
They
submit
to
it
,
even
then
when
most
provoked
by
Mens
injurious
dealings
with
them
for
His
sake
;
and
when
the
Lord
's
own
hand
hath
been
most
severe
towards
them
:
Aaron
held
his
Peace
,
Levit.
10.
3.
It
is
the
Lord
(
saith
Eli
)
let
Him
d●as
seemeth
Him
good
:
Good
is
the
word
of
the
Lord
.
Yea
,
they
have
done
thus
,
when
by
the
light
of
natural
Reason
they
could
see
no
reason
for
it
:
Witness
Job
;
who
,
when
plundred
of
all
,
because
he
feared
God
and
eschewed
evill
;
and
could
justifie
himself
to
the
height
,
as
to
any
hypocrisy
:
I
will
make
supplication
to
my
Iudge
.
Look
on
our
Lord
and
Saviour
Himself
,
and
see
His
confession
;
Our
fathers
cried
unto
thee
and
were
delivered
;
But
I
,
though
day
nor
night
I
am
not
silent
,
Thou
hearest
me
not
:
How
does
He
close
His
complaint
?
Not
,
Thou
dealest
mor●
hardly
with
Me
who
less
have
deserved
it
,
but
[
Thou
art
Holy
.
]
Jeremy
,
indeed
,
began
to
object
,
because
the
way
of
the
wicked
prospered
,
and
they
were
happy
that
dealt
treacherously
:
But
,
he
presently
bethinks
himself
;
withdrawes
his
plea
and
yields
the
cause
;
Bighteous
art
thou
O
Lord
,
when
I
plead
with
thee
.
I
might
instance
the
Suffrage
,
even
of
wicked
Men
;
and
of
the
most
obdurate
among
them
;
whose
Consciences
,
at
times
,
have
enforced
their
confession
of
this
Truth
;
and
the
testimony
of
an
Adversary
proves
strongly
.
●
haraoh
subscribes
to
it
;
The
Lord
is
Righteous
,
I
and
my
People
are
wicked
.
Saul
,
Judg.
1.
7.
1
Sam.
24.
17
;
19.
(3)
The
Saints
triumph
in
the
Righteousness
of
God
(
as
well
they
may
)
and
call
upon
others
to
do
the
like
;
The
Lord
Reigneth
,
Let
the
Earth
rejoyce
:
Psal.
93.
97.
99.
O
,
Let
the
Nations
be
glad
and
sing
for
joy
;
For
thou
shalt
judg
the
People
Righteously
:
Let
the
Heavens
rejoyce
,
and
the
Earth
be
glad
before
the
Lord
;
For
,
He
cometh
,
For
He
cometh
to
judge
the
Ear●h
,
a
Righteous
Judge
,
had
prepared
for
them
.
Eightly
;
The
End
and
Event
of
his
darkest
dispensations
.
Isa.
10.
22.
The
consumption
decreed
shall
overflow
with
Righteousness
;
and
Nothing
else
shall
be
in
it
:
His
people
,
though
long
under
oppression
,
He
brought
them
forth
at
last
,
with
the
greater
Substance
:
His
leading
them
about
in
the
Wilderness
,
as
it
were
in
a
Maze
,
fourty
years
together
;
and
bringing
them
back
again
to
the
place
they
had
bin
at
,
many
yeares
afore
;
the
Right
way
,
And
it
was
for
their
good
in
the
latter
end
.
Davids
long
persecution
by
Saul
,
made
him
the
fitter
for
the
Kingdom
;
and
adapted
him
for
the
Office
of
principal
Secretary
to
the
Great
King
;
opportunely
acquainting
him
with
all
the
affairs
of
the
heavenly
State
and
Councel
,
that
are
fit
to
be
known
of
men
:
And
by
his
hand
and
experience
,
they
are
Firmed
to
us
;
and
this
amongst
the
Rest
,
Blessed
is
the
Man
whom
Thou
chastenest
,
and
teachest
him
out
of
thy
Law
.
We
see
it
also
,
by
the
end
the
Lord
made
with
Job
;
forth
like
gold
,
and
doubled
His
blessings
upon
him
:
The
Basket
of
good
figs
,
were
sent
into
captivity
for
their
good
:
Lastly
,
All
their
Sins
must
meet
upon
Him
,
and
He
must
bear
the
punishment
due
to
them
:
It
was
not
possible
That
Cup
should
pass
from
him
;
No
,
though
He
sought
it
with
strong
cryes
and
tears
;
and
that
of
Him
that
was
able
to
Save
Him
,
who
also
loved
Him
as
His
own
Soul
:
He
was
not
,
He
might
not
be
Released
,
until
He
had
paid
the
utmost
Mite
.
For
,
albeit
That
Grace
is
perfectly
Free
to
Men
,
in
Pardoning
and
Saving
of
them
;
yet
Justice
must
be
satisfied
,
and
Christ
was
'bated
Nothing
.
This
last
unparalleld
Instance
,
and
high
Indication
of
Incomparable
Justice
,
doth
greatly
illustrate
the
point
in
hand
,
Namely
,
That
our
Great
and
Sovereign
Lord
cannot
but
do
Right
.
Inferences
from
the
Righteousness
of
God
.
Inference
1.
First
,
May
this
Doctrine
prove
an
Eternal
blast
,
to
the
vain
and
presumptuous
Confidence
of
impenitent
Sinners
;
Who
,
because
vengeance
is
not
speedily
executed
,
have
their
hearts
fully
bent
and
set
in
them
to
do
evil
:
Because
the
Lord
at
present
holds
His
peace
,
Righteousness
obligeth
Him
to
vindicate
Himself
:
no
means
clear
the
Guilty
,
Nor
be
alwayes
silent
:
Though
slow
,
yet
Sure
;
and
strikes
home
at
last
:
He
will
arise
to
Judgement
,
and
set
their
sins
i●
order
before
them
;
and
Reckon
with
them
for
all
the
hard
speeches
,
which
they
(
ungodly
Sinners
)
have
utter'd
against
Him
:
The
Sight
whereof
shall
strike
their
trembling
Souls
(
notwithstanding
their
stoutness
Now
)
with
horror
and
amazement
;
and
make
even
all
their
Bowels
ready
to
gush
out
:
He
will
wound
the
hairy
Scalp
(
the
proud
and
presumptuous
head
)
of
every
one
that
goes
on
in
his
wickedness
:
A
Dart
shall
strike
through
his
Liver
,
run
against
the
thick
Bosses
of
his
Bucklers
?
and
set
Briers
and
Thorns
in
array
,
against
a
Devouring
▪
flame
?
Can
dry'd
Stubble
dwell
with
Everlasting
burnings
?
harden
himself
against
God
and
prosper
?
never
shall
?
Where
will
his
hope
be
,
when
God
taketh
away
his
Soul
!
Therefore
take
up
betimes
,
Inference
.
2.
Secondly
,
Let
this
Doctrine
for
ever
vindicate
the
holy
and
good
wayes
of
God
,
(
both
Those
he
walks
in
towards
us
,
and
those
He
commands
us
to
walk
in
towards
Him
)
from
all
those
senseless
Imputations
of
Harshness
,
Moroseness
,
Nicety
,
Preciseness
,
or
what
ever
else
the
prophaneness
or
Ignorance
of
Men
can
tax
them
with
:
For
:
as
it
is
said
,
so
it
is
found
,
by
the
certain
and
fober
experience
of
all
that
fear
Him
,
and
(
against
such
experience
,
no
Reasoning
is
to
be
admitted
)
I
say
,
't
is
a
General
Infallible
Experiment
,
That
all
the
wayes
of
Wisdom
are
pleasantness
to
him
that
walks
in
them
:
which
argues
,
That
those
who
think
otherwise
,
are
ignorant
of
them
;
and
therefore
not
competent
Judges
.
'T
is
granted
,
indeed
,
That
those
whose
hearts
are
in
these
good
wayes
of
God
,
have
their
steps
too
often
turn'd
aside
,
and
go
haltingly
in
them
:
But
in
Truth
,
the
Fault
is
not
in
the
Way
,
but
in
the
Men
:
There
is
some
Fracture
in
their
bones
,
or
dislocation
of
Joynts
;
Something
is
out
of
order
.
A
Creeple
will
limp
in
Solomon's
Porch
,
(
on
the
smoothest
pavement
)
when
one
that
is
sound
,
(
winde
and
Limb
)
will
Run
and
leap
upon
Craggy
ground
.
The
Law
and
our
hearts
were
once
at
perfect
agreement
;
the
discord
came
in
by
our
voluntary
swerving
from
our
first
Make.
Therefore
,
admit
not
the
least
Motion
,
that
looks
but
awry
on
the
Commands
or
Disposements
of
God
;
but
Justifie
them
to
the
height
,
and
take
shame
to
your self
,
as
Paul
himself
did
,
The
Commandment
is
holy
,
but
I
am
Carnal
.
Ro.
7.
12.
Inference
3.
Thirdly
,
If
the
Lord
cannot
but
do
Right
,
Then
let
us
all
take
heed
of
sin
,
which
the
Holiness
and
Justice
of
God
are
so
inexorably
bent
against
,
He
will
not
Pardon
without
satisfaction
:
Yea
,
Beware
of
Little
Sins
,
(
Little
,
I
mean
,
in
esteem
with
Men
,
or
in
comparison
of
some
others
)
Your
Nearness
to
God
will
not
excuse
you
:
You
have
I
known
[
therefore
]
you
will
I
punish
:
Even
Moses
his
servant
,
for
once
speaking
unadvisedly
,
was
shut
out
of
Canaan
;
and
though
he
would
fain
have
gon
into
that
good
land
,
and
solicited
the
Lord
much
about
it
,
as
if
he
would
have
no
Denial
;
yet
the
Lord
would
not
hear
him
;
Speak
no
more
to
Me
of
this
Matter
.
To
make
light
of
the
least
sin
because
Grace
abounds
,
is
to
sin
against
your
own
soule
;
and
to
make
the
precious
blood
of
Christ
a
Common
thing
;
(
the
least
is
the
price
of
blood
)
Although
He
love
thee
,
and
that
so
,
as
Never
to
take
His
loving
kindness
from
thee
;
yet
He
will
not
let
thee
go
altogether
unpunished
:
Yea
,
the
Lord
may
hide
from
thee
the
sense
of
His
love
,
and
Make
thee
feel
His
,
displeasure
even
to
the
breaking
of
thy
bones
,
&c.
For
,
He
must
discountenance
sin
;
and
that
for
our
good
,
aswell
as
to
Vindicate
the
honour
of
His
Righteousness
.
Inference
.
4.
Fourthly
,
You
that
acknowledge
God's
Uprightness
,
and
profess
to
be
His
Children
,
Convince
the
World
of
the
truth
of
your
Principles
by
your
practise
:
Shew
yourselves
to
be
His
Off-spring
,
by
your
likeness
to
Him
:
Do
Iustly
,
love
Mercy
,
Walk
humbly
;
To
be
blameless
and
harmless
and
without
Rebuke
,
is
your
best
Argument
to
Refute
the
World's
calumnies
;
and
to
prove
your selves
to
be
the
sons
of
God
.
Shew
it
also
,
by
your
justifying
God
,
even
whiles
He
wraps
Himself
in
a
Cloud
,
and
His
Footsteps
are
not
known
.
Inference
.
5.
Fifthly
,
Then
let
None
Stumble
at
present
Administrations
,
Nor
admit
of
a
sinister
or
suspitious
thought
,
unknown
,
cannot
be
unjust
:
He
sees
through
the
dark
cloud
,
though
you
and
I
cannot
.
We
know
,
the
Lord
doth
not
afflict
willingly
;
and
His
people
are
,
in
heavyness
but
for
a
season
,
need
be
:
Then
surely
,
'T
is
meet
to
be
said
unto
God
,
I
have
borne
Chastisement
;
(
i.
e.
My
Sin
procur'd
it
for
me
,
and
I
have
no
cause
to
complain
)
I
will
offend
no
more
.
Acknowledge
his
,
uprightness
,
and
he
will
be
Gracious
unto
thee
.
And
do
it
,
when
thou
canst
not
see
the
Reason
of
His
Judgments
,
nor
their
Tendency
;
That
all
the
wayes
of
God
are
perfect
;
Nothing
can
be
put
to
them
;
Nor
any
thing
taken
from
them
.
'T
was
a
good
Re●olution
in
Job
,
though
he
were
Righteous
,
yet
would
he
not
answer
God
;
but
make
supplication
to
his
Judge
:
And
though
he
should
slay
him
,
yet
will
he
trust
in
Him
:
And
this
he
would
do
,
even
whiles
he
thought
he
might
maintain
his
own
wayes
before
Him
.
Be
Patient
therefore
:
Tbe
coming
of
the
Lord
draweth
nigh
;
who
will
judge
the
World
with
Righteousness
:
Let
neither
the
wickeds
prosperity
,
nor
the
daily
Chastenings
of
His
own
People
,
into
the
Sanctuary
of
God
;
There
thou
shalt
know
the
end
.
It
shall
not
alwaies
be
carried
thus
;
There
will
be
a
Reckoning
,
for
the
good
things
they
had
in
their
life
time
:
when
those
that
have
lived
in
pleasure
,
will
wish
that
their
Souls
had
been
in
thy
Souls
stead
,
under
all
its
pressures
;
And
it
shall
be
no
grief
of
heart
to
thee
,
to
remember
thy
Morta
'
and
momentany
sufferings
;
peaceable
●ruits
of
Righteousness
brought
forth
thereby
:
When
thou
shalt
be
wrapt
up
,
with
an
holy
amazement
,
and
shalt
say
in
thy
heart
,
I
lost
my
Children
and
was
desolate
;
A
Captive
and
Removing
to
and
fro
;
(
had
no
abiding
place
)
who
hath
begotten
me
these
!
Whence
came
they
!
What
root
sprang
they
from
!
Light
afflictions
were
not
worthy
to
be
compared
with
this
Glory
!
He
'l
never
repent
that
he
sowed
in
tears
,
who
brings
home
his
Sheafs
with
such
Joy
.
But
,
as
you
go
along
to
this
your
blessed
home
,
and
sweet
Place
of
Eternal
Rest
;
Though
a
Sinner
do
evil
an
hundred
times
,
and
his
dayes
be
prolonged
(
he
goes
unpunished
)
yet
surely
it
shall
be
Well
with
them
that
fear
God
;
But
it
shall
not
be
Well
with
the
wicked
:
Verily
,
There
is
a
Reward
for
the
Righteous
;
Verily
He
is
a
God
who
judgeth
in
the
Earth
,
And
His
judgement
is
according
to
Truth
;
blessed
are
they
that
wait
for
Him
,
Isa.
30.
18.
Inference
6.
Lastly
,
All
the
Objections
that
are
levied
and
brought
against
the
Doctrine
of
Election
(
as
to
the
Absoluteness
,
Personality
,
and
Eternity
of
it
)
The
Peculiarity
of
Redemption
;
The
Efficaeious
Predominance
of
Grace
in
Calling
;
And
Believers
invincible
Perseverance
in
Faith
and
Holiness
;
Would
all
be
disbanded
and
sent
to
their
own
Place
,
Were
but
this
One
Truth
,
(
which
none
,
in
words
,
will
deny
)
truly
believ'd
and
Receiv'd
in
Love
;
viz.
That
God
hath
an
absolute
Right
of
Dominion
over
His
Creatures
,
to
dispose
and
Determine
of
them
,
as
seemeth
Him
good
;
and
that
,
In
the
Doing
thereof
,
He
cannot
but
do
Right
,
And
so
I
come
to
the
Matter
firstly
intended
.
OF
ELECTION
.
THe
Doctrine
of
Election
,
(
in
the
latitude
of
it
)
containeth
the
whole
Summ
and
Scope
of
the
Gospel
▪
And
our
Mindes
,
if
honestly
subdued
to
the
Doctrine
of
God's
Sovereignty
,
cannot
be
employed
about
a
more
excellent
Subject
.
It
is
called
,
The
Foundation
of
God
;
not
onely
,
because
of
the
Supereminency
of
it
;
but
as
a
Foundation
of
His
—
Own
laying
,
which
God
Himself
and
Alone
,
is
the
Author
of
;
and
the
Basis
whereof
is
Himself
:
It
is
that
Foundation
which
standeth
sure
,
and
keeps
them
All
sure
who
stand
upon
it
.
ELECTION
is
the
pitching
of
Everlasting
love
,
Or
the
Good
Pleasure
of
God-Choosing
and
Decreeing
to
Eternal
life
:
It
is
the
Great
Charter
of
Heaven
;
God's
special
and
Free-Grace
Deed
of
Gift
to
His
Chosen
Ones
;
Made
over
in
trust
unto
Jesus
Christ
,
for
their
use
and
benefit
.
Now
,
in
Deeds
of
Gift
,
to
make
them
Authentick
,
there
must
be
inserted
,
(1)
The
name
of
the
Donor
,
or
Person
that
gives
:
(2)
The
Name
of
the
Donee
or
person
to
whom
:
(3)
The
quality
and
extent
of
the
Thing
that
is
Given
(4)
The
time
when
it
was
done
:
(5)
The
Consideration
that
moved
thereto
:
(6)
In
case
of
Impotency
,
it
is
usual
and
necessary
to
ordain
some
Friend
as
Feoffee
in
trust
;
who
is
to
stand
seized
or
Possessed
of
the
Gift
for
the
Donee's
use
:
All
which
are
evidently
found
in
Scripture
Election
,
and
may
be
Summ'd
into
this
Proposition
,
That
there
is
a
Peculiar
People
,
who
were
personally
chosen
of
God
,
in
Christ
,
according
to
His
own
good
pleasure
,
and
ordain'd
to
Eternal
Life
,
before
the
World
began
.
Before
I
come
to
a
down-right
proof
of
the
Proposition
,
Eternal
Life
;
which
yet
might
be
intended
for
a
Type
,
and
Shadow
of
it
.
I.
For
Explanation
:
This
word
[
Peculiar
]
denot●s
the
Exemption
or
Privileging
of
a
Person
or
Thing
,
from
the
power
of
another
,
in
whose
jurisdiction
it
was
or
seem'd
to
be
.
It
sometimes
signifies
Riches
or
Substance
,
which
is
of
a
Man
's
own
proper
getting
,
by
Labour
and
Industry
.
It
is
also
used
,
to
denominate
such
part
of
a
Man's
Estate
,
as
he
keeps
in
his
own
hands
;
which
our
Law
calls
,
his
Demesne
Lands
.
In
all
which
respects
,
the
Elect
are
aptly
term'd
a
Peculiar
People
:
For
(1)
Though
Satan
be
Prince
of
the
world
,
and
rules
on
every
side
;
yet
,
as
touching
the
Elect
,
it
is
but
an
usurp'd
and
temporary
jurisdiction
that
he
hath
over
them
:
They
do
,
indeed
,
belong
to
another
Prince
,
to
whom
their
Chief
Lord
hath
given
them
:
who
therefore
in
the
appointed
time
,
will
reseue
them
from
that
usurpation
.
(2)
They
are
the
Lord's
Treasure
o●
Inheritance
,
obtained
by
labour
indeed
,
with
Sweat
and
Blood
:
Than
which
,
nothing
is
more
a
Man
's
own
,
nor
hardlier
parted
with
;
Such
was
the
portion
bestowed
by
Jacob
on
his
beloved
Joseph
,
His
own
hands
:
Ten●●rs
them
as
the
Apple
of
His
eye
:
He
will
not
betrust
them
in
the
hands
of
others
;
No
,
not
of
their
own
selves
.
To
[
Ordain
]
is
used
here
,
in
the
same●sense
as
to
Predestinate
,
Appoint
,
Prepare
,
Decree
,
or
Predetermine
,
things
to
come
:
Which
is
done
in
such
sort
and
manner
,
that
the
Event
shall
certainly
succeed
;
and
that
,
just
as
was
Fore-intended
and
Designed
.
In
this
sense
Men
cannot
be
said
to
Predestinate
,
because
they
cannot
,
with
any
certainty
,
Determine
of
things
not
yet
in
being
:
But
,
all
things
were
present
with
▪
God
from
Eternity
;
And
His
Decree
the
Cause
of
their
Futurition
,
or
Stan●ing
forth
.
By
[
Eternal
life
]
I
understand
,
Not
onely
the
Saints
Actual
possession
of
Blessedness
and
Glory
;
(
which
consists
in
their
perfect
Conformity
to
God
,
and
Communion
with
Him
)
but
also
,
Whatever
is
Requisite
thereto
,
by
way
of
Right
,
Preparation
,
or
Otherwise
;
wherein
are
comprehended
,
The
Mediation
of
Christ
;
Effectual
Calling
;
and
Final
Perseverance
in
Faith
and
Holiness
:
Which
are
,
indeed
,
but
so
many
parts
,
or
Subdivisions
of
Election
:
Ye
have
them
all
in
one
verse
in
the
Old
Testament
,
both
as
Appropriate
to
the
same
Persons
,
and
as
being
inseperable
:
It
is
in
Isa.
62.
12.
Where
Those
for
whom
the
high
way
is
prepared
and
cast
up
,
are
said
to
be
The
Holy
People
;
(
there
's
their
Election
)
The
Redeemed
of
the
Lord
;
(
That
implies
the
Office
of
Christ
as
Mediator
)
They
are
also
said
to
be
Sought
out
;
(
which
imports
their
Effectual
Calling
:
)
And
A
Citie
not
forsaken
:
(
This
implies
their
Perseverance
:
)
And
they
are
here
put
in
Succession
,
as
they
fall
in
Order
of
time
;
Election
is
therefore
called
,
A
Preparing
unto
Glory
,
Rom.
9.
23.
They
were
[
Personally
]
Chosen
;
that
is
,
the
Objects
of
Election
were
singled
forth
and
pitch'd
upon
by
Name
.
Chosen
[
In
Christ
,
or
Into
Christ
]
as
their
Head
and
Mediator
;
That
thereby
,
their
Election
might
be
secur'd
;
that
is
,
that
the
Good
things
and
Benefits
they
were
Chosen
unto
,
might
(
by
their
being
in
Christ
)
be
Righteously
theirs
,
and
accordingly
applied
to
them
.
[
Before
the
World
began
]
The
same
thing
for
brevity
sake
is
commonly
called
Eternity
:
and
in
Scripture
Phrase
,
From
Euerlasting
.
[
According
to
His
Own
good
Pleasure
]
This
shews
us
the
Root
of
Election
;
Or
,
the
great
Bottom-Ground
,
on
which
it
is
founded
;
Exclusive
to
all
things
else
,
as
being
any
way
Causal
,
Contributory
,
or
Motive
thereto
.
2.
For
Instances
of
a
lower
kind
of
Election
.
Consider
here
,
God's
Choosing
and
Destinating
certain
Persons
by
Name
;
and
Some
of
them
,
before
they
were
born
,
to
signal
and
eminent
Service
in
the
world
:
wherein
they
were
Patterns
of
the
Election
we
are
treating
of
:
and
may
well
be
Reckoned
a
Collateral
Proof
and
Evidence
of
it
.
Abraham
was
pitch'd
upon
,
to
be
the
Root
and
Father
of
God's
peculiar
people
;
Whom
He
would
Own
and
Honour
above
the
Nations
of
the
World
;
And
that
in
him
,
All
Families
of
the
Earth
should
be
blessed
:
Which
contains
a
Promise
,
That
the
Messias
,
or
Saviour
of
the
World
,
should
come
of
his
posterity
:
A
wonderful
high
Honour
!
But
,
what
was
there
in
Abraham
;
He
loved
them
because
He
loved
them
.
Nor
was
he
pitch'd
upon
to
be
the
Father
of
many
Nations
,
The
same
course
He
was
pleased
to
take
with
Abrahams
immediate
Seed
:
He
takes
not
all
of
them
;
but
,
In
Isaac
shall
thy
Seed
be
called
.
Thus
Isaac
was
taken
and
Ishmael
left
.
And
though
Abraham's
prayer
was
heard
for
Ishamel
,
so
as
to
have
him
blessed
with
outward
things
;
yet
,
as
to
the
main
thing
,
God
rejects
him
;
and
Resolves
To
establish
his
Covenant
with
Isaac
,
with
Isaac
,
who
was
yet
uuborn
.
The
like
also
He
doth
by
Isaac'
s
Children
:
Jacob
he
loved
,
Which
is
both
the
Prophet's
,
and
Apostle's
exposition
of
those
words
[
The
Elder
shall
serve
the
Younger
]
And
this
difference
was
put
before
they
were
born
;
yea
,
and
intail'd
also
upon
their
posterities
:
The
One
,
are
the
people
of
his
wrath
,
&c.
But
for
Jacob
,
the
Lord
will
bring
them
back
to
their
own
Land
,
and
plant
them
,
and
build
them
assuredly
;
But
let
be
observed
,
It
was
not
Jacob's
more
worthy
demeanour
,
whether
foreseen
or
acted
,
that
procured
him
the
blessing
:
Esau
did
more
for
it
than
He
,
and
more
sincerely
;
He
hunted
for
Venison
,
with
tears
and
hitter
crying
.
Now
,
what
good
thing
doth
Jacob
do
,
to
inherit
the
blessing
?
-
1.
He
goes
about
to
invade
Anothers
Right
;
for
the
blessing
belong'd
to
the
First-born
.
-
2.
He
seeks
to
pervert
the
known
intention
of
his
Father
,
which
was
to
bless
Esau
.
-
3.
He
abuseth
his
Father
with
counterfeit
Venison
.
-
4.
He
takes
the
Name
of
God
in
vain
,
-
5.
He
seeks
it
by
fraud
and
down-right
lying
:
He
cloaths
his
Neck
and
Hands
with
the
Kids
skin
;
and
roundly
affirms
himself
to
be
Esau
.
(
Very
improper
means
to
obtain
a
blessing
!
)
It
need
not
be
ask'd
,
which
of
the
Two's
deportment
was
most
deserving
:
One
would
easily
conclude
the
blessing
to
be
Esau's
:
But
see
the
Event
!
He
that
carries
himself
unworthily
,
carries
away
the
blessing
;
He
that
behaves
himself
dutifully
to
obtain
,
is
dismist
without
it
:
And
though
his
Father
blessed
Jacob
unwittingly
,
and
by
mistake
;
yet
,
when
he
came
to
know
it
,
he
was
so
far
from
reversing
what
he
had
done
,
That
he
passionately
aff●rms
it
;
I
have
blessed
him
;
yea
and
he
shall
be
blessed
.
Would
we
know
,
now
,
the
Reason
of
this
strange
and
(
according
to
men
)
irrational
Event
?
it
was
,
That
the
Purpose
of
God
,
according
to
Election
might
stand
(
The
elder
must
serve
the
younger
)
Not
of
Workes
,
but
of
Him
that
Calleth
.
And
't
is
wonderfull
to
observe
,
how
God
ordered
the
Series
and
whole
course
of
this
Transaction
,
as
intending
it
a
full
and
pregnant
example
of
Eternal
Election
:
For
,
it
holds
forth
to
us
,
The
Sovereignty
of
God
over
His
Creatures
;
The
freeness
of
His
Grace
,
in
Choosing
those
that
are
less
deserving
;
The
Sure
effect
of
His
Purposes
;
His
wise
and
certain
Ordering
of
things
relating
to
such
an
End
;
And
His
using
of
Meanes
and
Instruments
therein
,
quite
besides
the
Natural
Scope
of
them
,
and
contrary
to
their
own
Intendment
.
Then
for
the
Israelites
;
This
people
the
Lord
Chose
in
Abraham
400
yeares
before
He
publiquely
owned
them
:
An
Elect
Nation
,
as
being
seperated
from
the
Rest
of
the
World
;
An
holy
,
special
,
preculiar
,
people
unto
God
;
He
took
them
for
His
Own
portion
,
the
Lot
of
his
Inheritance
:
Read
his
own
words
,
(
for
they
are
precious
words
with
those
to
whom
they
appertain
)
Levit.
20.
26.
Ye
shall
be
holy
unto
Me
:
For
I
have
severed
you
from
other
people
,
that
ye
should
be
Mine
:
Deut.
7.
6
,
The
Lord
thy
God
hath
Chosen
thee
to
be
a
special
people
unto
himself
,
above
all
people
that
are
on
the
face
of
the
earth
:
Chap.
26.
18
,
19
,
The
Lord
this
day
hath
Avouched
thee
to
be
His
peculiar
people
,
and
to
make
thee
high
above
all
Nations
:
Deut.
10.
15
,
The
Lord
had
a
delight
in
thy
fathers
,
to
love
them
,
and
He
Chose
their
Seed
after
them
,
even
you
above
all
people
,
&c.
But
were
they
as
farr
above
other
Nations
in
goodness
,
in
greatness
,
or
excellent
demeanor
?
And
was
that
it
which
intituled
them
to
this
honour
?
No
such
matter
;
As
appeares
(1)
by
the
Reason
there
assigned
;
Ye
shall
be
a
peculiar
treasure
unto
Me
,
above
all
people
,
[
For
all
the
Earth
is
Mine
.
]
It
is
,
as
if
the
Lord
had
said
,
There
is
no
difference
between
you
and
other
Nations
;
All
the
earth
is
Mine
,
and
I
may
take
where
I
will
;
I
am
not
ty●d
to
any
:
I
might
take
of
them
,
and
discard
you
;
They
cannot
carry
it
more
unworthily
than
you
have
done
,
and
will
do
;
I
looked
from
Heaven
,
and
considered
their
works
and
yours
;
I
see
that
your
hearts
are
fashion'd
a
like
:
And
(2)
Their
after●demeanour
did
abundantly
verifie
it
;
and
the
Lord
foresaw
it
;
I
know
that
thou
wouldst
deal
treacherously
,
and
wast
called
a
transgress●r
from
the
womb
;
That
thou
wouldst
to
obstinate
,
thy
Neck
an
iron
sinew
,
and
thy
brow
brass
;
and
that
thou
wouldst
do
only
evill
from
thy
youth
up
:
&c.
What
then
was
the
Cause
or
Motive
of
God's
choosing
them
above
others
?
It
was
His
undeserved
love
and
favour
to
them
;
He
loved
them
because
He
loved
them
.
Come
to
David
:
God
had
provided
Him
a
King
among
Jesse's
Sons
,
and
Samuel
must
go
to
anoynt
him
:
but
it
must
be
Him
whom
the
Lord
should
Name
to
him
:
The
Lord
hath
not
Chosen
this
;
Nor
this
;
Nor
these
,
But
David
:
'T
is
true
,
the
Lord
did
not
mention
David's
name
to
Samuel
;
but
,
He
did
what
was
equivalent
;
for
,
when
David
comes
in
,
He
tells
him
,
This
is
He
,
Anoynt
him
.
And
observe
,
This
[
he
]
was
the
youngest
,
the
meanest
,
and
most
unlikely
;
scarse
reckon'd
as
one
of
the
family
:
(
for
he
was
not
brought
in
among
the
Rest
.
)
Then
,
Note
his
Circumstances
;
H●s
employment
was
to
keep
the
shéep
;
His
exercise
,
what
was
it
,
but
such
as
is
reckon'd
effeminate
?
He
addicted
himself
to
Musick
:
see
also
his
Complexion
or
Constitution
of
body
,
White
and
Ruddy
;
no
promising
character
of
a
Martial
Spirit
:
And
yet
this
Man
(
or
rather
,
this
lad
and
stripling
)
thus
qualified
and
thus
educated
,
he
must
be
the
Captain
of
the
Lord's
host
;
who
yet
had
the
greatest
enemies
to
deal
with
;
and
therefore
had
need
of
a
Man
of
courage
and
conduct
to
be
over
them
.
Well!
let
David's
birth
,
complexion
,
employment
,
education
,
be
what
it
will
;
Never
so
unlikely
in
all
humane
respects
;
yet
,
this
David
is
,
and
he
must
be
the
man
,
whom
the
Lord
will
honour
,
to
Rule
his
people
,
to
fight
their
battels
,
and
to
do
exploits
.
In
this
choice
,
the
Lord
was
pleased
to
set-by
whatever
is
taking
with
men
;
He
seeth
not
as
Man
seeth
,
i.
e
;
He
regards
not
Men
for
their
Natural
accomplishments
:
If
for
any
thing
,
it
must
be
(
probably
)
for
some
excellent
endowment
of
the
Mind
;
and
that
of
Wisdome
is
of
as
weighty
consideration
in
the
choice
of
a
Prince
,
as
any
other
:
But
this
is
no
Inducement
or
Motive
to
God
;
He
respects
not
any
that
are
wise
of
heart
:
The
Spirit
of
the
Lord
came
upon
Him
[
from
that
day
forward
.
]
Then
for
Jeremy
,
The
Lord
ordains
him
to
be
a
Prophet
;
sets
him
over
Nations
and
Kingdoms
;
commissionates
him
to
Root
out
and
pull
down
;
To
build
and
to
plant
:
&c.
Why
?
what
had
Jeremy
done
,
that
the
Lord
should
call
him
to
so
Imperial
a
work
?
Sure
,
no
great
matter
;
for
this
he
was
ordained
to
,
before
he
was
born
;
Before
I
formed
thee
in
the
belly
I
knew
thee
;
I
sanctified
thee
and
ordained
thee
a
Prophet
:
Jer.
1.
5.
It
also
appears
by
his
own
Confession
,
how
unmeet
he
was
for
such
a
work
,
and
how
unwilling
;
I
cannot
speak
for
I
am
a
Child
,
ver.
6.
Another
Instance
may
be
Cyrus
;
This
man
was
decreed
to
a
great
and
noble
work
;
perform
His
pleasure
;
I
have
called
thee
[
even
]
by
thy
Name
.
Was
Cyrus
thus
chosen
,
because
he
would
be
a
puissant
Prince
?
Or
did
the
Lord
make
him
puissant
and
victorious
,
because
appointed
to
such
a
work
?
Hear
what
the
Lord
Himself
(
who
best
knows
the
ground
of
His
own
Designation
)
says
of
him
;
Thus
saith
the
Lord
to
His
anointed
,
to
Cyrus
,
wh●se
right
hand
I
have
holden
,
(
i.
e.
I
gave
him
strength
and
taught
him
how
to
use
it
)
I
will
loose
the
loyns
of
Kings
,
and
open
to
him
the
two
leafed
Gates
;
I
will
go
before
him
,
—
I
will
break
in
pieces
the
Gates
of
brass
,
and
cut
in
sunder
the
bars
of
iron
,
&c.
But
what
shall
Cyrus
have
done
,
That
the
great
God
should
do
him
this
honour
?
He
did
not
so
much
as
know
the
Lord
;
which
also
is
twice
repeated
,
as
a
matter
worthy
our
observation
.
Lastly
,
Paul
;
The
Lord
from
Heaven
commissionates
him
His
Preacher
General
among
the
Gentiles
;
to
bear
His
Name
before
Kings
;
To
Mawl
and
Ransack
the
devil's
kingdom
;
and
to
turn
the
World
upside-down
;
(
Witness
his
doings
at
Ephesus
,
Athens
,
and
other
places
:
)
And
this
he
was
called
to
,
even
whiles
in
the
heat
of
his
persecuting
fury
against
that
Name
,
which
now
he
is
sent
to
preach
:
And
that
there
was
no
motive
on
Paul's
part
,
himself
is
witness
,
where
speaking
of
that
his
Call
,
he
ascribes
it
to
the
pleasure
and
power
of
God
,
as
much
as
he
doth
his
natural
birth
,
Gal.
1.
15.
I
might
also
bring
in
the
Stories
of
Sampson
,
Josiah
,
John
Baptist
,
and
others
,
to
the
same
effect
:
but
that
time
would
fail
.
Now
,
These
instances
may
not
be
valued
as
Historical
Relations
onely
;
(
that
would
be
too
narrow
a
meaning
for
them
)
but
according
to
the
Scripture-way
of
inferring
and
improving
to
spiritual
Uses
;
and
so
,
they
will
be
a
good
Preparatory
proof
of
the
business
in
hand
:
For
,
if
there
be
an
Election
personal
unto
things
of
a
temporary
Concernment
;
and
that
,
so
long
afore
some
of
the
persons
were
in
being
:
If
also
,
there
be
an
absoluteness
in
God's
Decrees
concerning
these
;
How
much
more
in
Matters
of
Eternal
weight
!
And
if
the
Lord
did
not
look
out
of
Himself
for
the
mo●ing
consideration
on
which
He
selected
those
persons
to
their
several
honors
,
and
atchievments
;
(
and
if
He
had
,
He
should
have
found
none
)
Much
less
can
Election
to
Eternal
Salvation
,
and
Vnion
with
Himself
,
be
founded
in
the
Creature
:
Doth
God
take
care
for
Oxen
?
From
the
less
to
the
greater
is
a
Scriptural
way
of
arguing
,
and
proves
strongly
.
I
come
now
to
a
more
direct
and
positive
proving
the
Proposition
;
wherein
my
present
scope
is
not
so
much
to
prove
,
That
there
is
an
Election
;
as
What
this
Election
is
;
viz.
How
it
is
Qualified
and
Circumstantiated
:
And
this
respects
the
Objects
of
Election
,
with
the
Manner
,
Time
,
and
Motives
of
it
.
And
yet
,
as
introductive
to
these
,
it
may
be
expedient
to
touch
on
the
Other
;
And
so
(
for
the
cleerer
discussion
thereof
)
I
cast
the
Proposition
into
six
branches
.
-
I.
That
there
is
an
Election
of
Men
to
Salvation
.
-
II.
That
,
this
Election
is
Absolute
.
-
III.
That
,
it
is
Personal
.
-
IV.
That
it
is
from
Eternity
.
-
V.
That
the
Elect
are
Chosen
in
Christ
.
-
VI.
That
Election
is
founded
upon
Grace
.
These
being
made
good
by
positive
Scripture
,
or
Arguments
deduced
thence
;
It
will
not
much
concern
us
what
is
alleged
to
the
contrary
.
I.
There
is
an
Election
of
Men
to
Salvation
.
That
is
,
there
are
Some
,
a
certain
Remnant
,
that
shall
be
saved
;
and
this
by
virtue
of
Election
.
This
is
cleerly
implyed
in
those
noted
and
compendious
sentences
,
Rom.
11.
7
,
The
Election
●ath
obtained
:
Acts
2.
47
,
The
Lord
added
to
the
Church
such
as
should
be
saved
:
and
Chap.
13.
48
,
As
many
as
were
ordained
to
eternal
life
,
believed
.
But
,
more
expresly
,
in
Rom.
11.
5
,
There
is
a
Remnant
according
to
the
Election
of
Grace
:
1
Thes.
5.
9
,
God
hath
not
appointed
us
unto
wrath
;
but
to
obtain
Salvation
:
and
2
Thes.
2.
13
,
God
hath
from
the
beginning
chosen
you
to
Salvation
.
And
these
are
called
The
Election
,
or
Party
of
Elect
Ones
;
as
those
Circumcised
,
are
called
the
Circumcision
;
and
the
Angels
that
stood
,
are
distinguished
from
those
that
fell
,
by
the
title
of
Elect.
They
are
also
said
to
be
chosen
Vessels
;
and
Vessels
of
Mercy
;
as
those
that
are
left
,
Vessels
of
wrath
,
and
Sons
of
Perdition
:
The
Scripture
still
sets
them
forth
by
distinguishing
characters
;
I.
As
a
Party
seperate
from
the
World
;
I
(
says
Christ
)
have
chosen
you
out
of
the
World
,
Joh.
15.
19.
and
Ch.
17.
9
,
I
pray
not
for
the
World
,
but
for
them
which
Thou
hast
given
me
:
and
ver.
16
,
They
are
not
of
the
World
,
even
as
I
am
not
of
the
World
:
Mark
4.
11
,
Vnto
[
you
]
it
is
given
to
know
the
Mystery
of
the
Kingdom
of
God
,
but
unto
[
them
without
]
all
things
are
done
in
parables
.
Of
Jacob
and
Esau
(
who
were
an
evident
type
of
this
Seperation
)
it
is
said
to
Rebekah
,
Two
Nations
are
in
thy
Womb
,
and
two
manner
of
people
,
Gen
25.
23.
And
of
Jacobs
posterity
,
The
People
shall
dwel
alone
,
and
shall
not
be
reckoned
among
the
Nations
;
Num.
23.
9.
says
God
)
have
I
formed
for
my self
:
These
are
the
People
of
His
Holyness
;
The
Rest
are
Adversaries
.
II.
As
Men
of
another
Race
or
Kindred
;
and
as
springing
from
another
Root
:
Or
,
in
that
Wicked
One
,
as
their
Root
and
Head
)
He
that
is
of
God
,
are
said
to
be
Children
of
Light
;
of
the
Night
:
The
One
,
of
God
;
the
Other
,
of
the
World
:
The
One
is
from
Above
;
the
Other
,
from
Beneath
:
God
is
the
Father
of
the
One
;
of
the
Other
.
III.
As
Men
subject
to
another
Head
;
We
are
Thine
(
sayes
the
Church
to
God
)
Thou
never
bearest
Rule
over
them
:
saith
Christ
)
shall
come
to
me
:
My
Sheep
hear
my
voice
;
I
know
them
,
and
they
follow
me
;
And
a
Stranger
they
will
not
follow
:
And
this
,
because
One
is
their
Master
even
Christ
.
Of
others
He
saith
,
that
they
will
not
come
unto
Him
,
John
5.
40
,
IV.
As
belonging
to
Another
World
.
whose
names
were
found
written
in
the
Book
of
Life
:
soever
was
not
written
there
,
was
cast
into
the
lake
of
fire
.
On
the
same
account
,
Judas
is
said
to
go
to
his
own
place
;
Acts
1.
25.
And
the
Elect
,
into
the
Kingdom
prepared
for
them
,
Matth.
25.
34.
II.
Election
is
Absolute
.
In
this
are
two
things
of
great
import
;
Irrevocableness
and
Independency
:
The
Decree
is
Irrevocable
on
God's
part
,
and
Independent
as
to
humane
performances
:
God
will
not
go-back
from
His
Purpose
to
save
His
People
;
Nor
shall
their
own
unworthiness
or
aversness
make
void
His
most
Gracious
intendment
.
And
hence
(
I
suppose
,
it
is
,
that
)
those
various
expressions
of
this
same
thing
(
viz
,
Predestinate
,
Ordain
,
Prepare
,
Appoint
)
have
nothing
subjoyn'd
that
is
like
a
conditional
.
There
are
,
indeed
▪
a
kind
of
Conditions
(
or
rather
Quali●ications
)
that
must
and
alwayes
do
,
precede
the
final
compleatment
of
Election
;
(
as
Repentance
towards
God
,
and
Faith
towards
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
)
which
therefore
may
be
called
Conditionals
of
Salvation
,
but
not
so
to
Election
.
Election
is
the
great
Fundamental
Institute
of
the
Gospel
;
It
is
That
,
which
in
humane
States
is
call'd
the
Supream
Law
,
which
is
both
Irreversible
in
it self
,
and
requires
that
all
inferiour
administrations
be
accommoded
thereto
:
So
,
the
Salvation
of
God's
Elect
,
being
the
highest
law
of
the
Heavenly
State
and
Kingdom
;
must
,
on
the
same
(
and
firmer
)
ground
,
remain
Inviolable
.
It
is
That
for
which
all
things
else
have
their
being
:
The
Plot
whereby
God
designs
to
Himself
the
highest
Glory
:
And
for
which
He
hath
been
at
such
Cost
;
that
,
should
His
designment
miscarry
,
the
whole
Creation
could
not
countervail
the
dammage
.
He
could
not
therefore
(
for
God
cannot
deny
Himself
)
I
say
,
He
could
not
so
contrive
the
grandest
Design
of
His
Glory
,
as
that
it
should
ever
need
to
be
R●voked
or
Altered
:
Nor
could
He
leave
it
obnoxious
to
disappointment
;
(
which
it
must
be
,
if
ventured
on
a
created
bottom
)
Yea
,
it
behoved
Him
(
as
Supream
Law-giver
)
so
to
determine
and
subjugate
All
;
that
the
great
End
of
all
might
remain
infrustrable
.
'T
is
granted
true
,
That
the
best-founded
States
upon
Earth
are
subject
to
mutation
:
Princes
may
die
,
and
then
their
thoughts
perish
:
Their
minds
may
alter
,
and
depart
from
their
first
Resolutions
:
Successors
may
drive
a
contrary
Interest
:
Unlook'd-for
accidents
may
entangle
them
:
Forreign
Enemies
may
encroach
upon
them
,
and
obstruct
their
work
:
Or
the
Peoples
own
folly
may
be
such
,
as
to
marr
and
defeat
the
best-lay'd
designs
for
their
own
good
.
Humane
affairs
are
exposed
to
a
Thousand
Incidents
,
which
humane
prudence
can
neither
prevent
nor
provide
against
.
But
it
is
not
so
with
God
,
No
Event
can
be
new
to
Him
;
He
declares
the
end
from
the
beginning
:
His
Judgement
and
Purpose
cannot
alter
;
He
is
of
one
mind
,
and
who
can
turn
Him
?
He
is
also
Immortal
,
and
the
thoughts
of
His
Heart
stand
fast
to
all
generations
:
No
Creature
can
seclude
it self
from
His
Government
;
In
His
hand
is
the
soul
of
every
living
thing
:
Yea
,
the
most
casual
(
to
us
)
and
opp●site
Emergencies
,
are
by
His
Power
and
wisdom
,
reducible
to
His
purpose
;
and
cannot
resist
their
being
made
subservient
to
His
Will.
And
this
may
be
one
Reason
,
why
Election
is
so
often
affirm'd
to
be
From
the
beginning
,
and
From
the
Foundation
of
the
World
;
viz.
to
shew
,
That
whatever
should
be
in
time
,
should
be
subordinate
to
Election
;
which
is
all
one
as
to
make
it
Absolute
.
The
Absoluteness
of
Election
may
be
evinced
by
such
Arguments
as
these
.
I.
If
it
were
not
Absolute
,
If
there
had
been
a
Law
given
that
could
have
given
life
;
Righteousness
should
have
been
by
the
Law
;
Which
shews
,
that
the
New
Covenant
does
more
for
us
than
the
Old
;
for
it
giveth
life
;
and
then
it
must
give
the
performance
of
the
Condition
,
which
that
life
hangs
upon
.
It
also
shews
that
the
first
Covenant
did
not
give
life
;
and
that
it
fall'd
because
it
was
conditional
:
The
Law
shews
our
duty
,
but
gives
not
wherewith
to
perform
it
;
The
new
Covenant
does
both
,
by
writing
the
Law
in
the
heart
.
All
under
the
Covenant
of
Works
,
are
without
God
,
without
Christ
,
without
Hope
:
and
this
,
because
strangers
to
the
Covenant
of
Grace
,
or
Grace
of
Election
.
If
therefore
the
Elect
shall
be
in
a
better
Condition
than
before
;
their
Election
must
be
Absolute
:
And
that
it
might
be
so
,
Grace
given
us
in
Him
,
before
the
World
began
.
II.
Election
must
be
granted
Absolute
,
Thing
it
self
:
Abraham
,
To
thy
Seed
will
I
give
this
land
:
In
which
promise
,
the
Lord
undertakes
as
well
to
give
Abraham
a
Seed
to
inherit
that
land
,
as
that
land
to
his
Seed
:
and
accordingly
we
find
,
that
the
next
Head
of
that
Seed
,
III.
It
must
be
Absolute
,
Insur'd
.
This
bottom
Adam
had
not
in
his
Primitive
State
;
He
was
made
upright
,
but
his
Continuing
that
state
,
was
hung
upon
his
well-using
of
what
he
had
,
without
any
additional
help
,
besides
his
original
Stock
.
In
him
may
be
seen
the
utmost
that
created
Grace
,
of
it self
,
can
do
;
even
in
a
state
of
Perfection
:
Unto
which
being
left
,
How
soon
did
he
degenerate
and
come
to
Ruin
!
And
all
his
Posterity
would
have
run
the
same
course
,
if
placed
in
his
stead
;
as
we
know
they
have
done
(
One
by
One
)
Notwithstanding
all
the
helps
,
which
are
given
in
common
,
unto
men
.
And
't
is
no
wonder
,
Since
Now
they
have
so
strong
a
Bias
to
evil
,
which
Adam
had
not
.
And
if
there
be
any
advantage
cast
in
,
(
which
some
do
affirm
,
and
call
it
The
New
Covenant
)
the
more
is
our
Doctrine
confirm'd
:
For
,
the
more
helps
they
have
,
if
yet
they
fall
short
;
(
as
they
do
)
the
more
evident
it
is
,
That
nothing
short
of
such
an
Election
will
secure
them
.
An
Example
of
this
we
have
in
the
Old
World
;
who
,
by
all
their
Natural
Ingeniosity
,
and
long
lives
to
improve
it
,
together
with
Noah's
sixscore
years
preaching
,
and
the
Spirits
striving
;
were
not
led
unto
God
;
but
still
grew
from
bad
to
worse
,
until
all
the
imaginations
of
their
hearts
were
only
evil
,
whole
Race
universally
;
All
flesh
had
Corrupted
his
way
.
It
is
True
,
That
Noah
was
found
Righteous
;
and
as
true
it
is
,
That
Election
was
it
that
made
him
so
,
as
ver.
8
,
But
Noah
found
Grace
in
the
eyes
of
the
Lord
;
and
this
,
in
the
same
sense
,
It
may
also
be
seen
in
the
people
of
Israel
;
who
,
over
and
above
their
Common
or
Natural
Grace
,
had
many
helps
and
additions
,
The
Lord
dealt
not
so
with
any
Nation
,
as
with
them
;
And
yet
,
the
Generality
of
them
so
bad
,
That
they
justified
their
Sister
Sodom
.
The
first
Covenant
thus
failing
;
such
was
the
Grace
of
our
Lord
,
(
foreseeing
it
)
as
to
determine
of
a
second
,
or
New
Covenant
;
by
which
He
would
fix
and
secure
a
Remnant
,
and
that
Infallibly
:
And
hence
it
is
termed
,
The
Covenant
of
Grace
,
as
not
depending
at
all
upon
Works
;
and
This
is
That
Grace
that
Saves
,
Reigns
to
Eternal
life
:
sure
mercies
of
David
,
recorded
in
the
55
of
Isaiah
.
It
is
the
Absoluteness
of
it
,
that
makes
it
a
Better
Covenant
.
IV.
There
is
the
same
Reason
for
the
Absoluteness
of
Men's
Election
,
Heb.
10
,
5
,
A
Body
hast
Thou
prepared
Me
;
And
Luke
1.
35
,
That
Holy
Thing
which
shall
be
born
of
thee
,
shall
be
called
the
Son
of
God
.
Matth.
1.
21
,
He
shall
save
His
people
from
their
sins
.
In
which
places
the
Absoluteness
of
the
Decree
for
that
Man's
being
United
to
the
Son
of
God
,
is
evidently
set
forth
.
And
,
That
our
Election
,
(
as
to
this
Circumstance
of
it
)
holds
proportion
with
that
of
Christ
,
ye
will
see
more
fully
afterwards
.
V.
It
was
necessary
That
Election
should
be
Absolute
because
of
the
Absoluteness
of
God's
Decree
for
the
death
of
Christ
;
He
was
the
Lamb
slain
from
the
foundation
of
the
World
;
not
possible
That
Cup
should
pass
from
Him
.
And
if
it
be
a
thing
below
the
prudence
of
Men
,
to
lay
down
the
price
without
securing
the
Purchase
:
Then
surely
,
the
Wisdom
of
God
would
never
determine
the
death
of
His
Son
,
for
Men's
Salvation
,
and
leave
the
Salvation
of
those
very
Men
at
an
uncertainty
;
which
needs
it
must
be
,
if
Election
were
not
Absolute
.
Lastly
,
for
ever
settled
in
Heaven
:
See
the
Promises
of
sending
Christ
to
be
a
Redeemer
,
Gen.
3.
15.
The
Holy
Ghost
to
sanctifie
and
lead
into
all
Truth
,
Joh.
16.
7.
To
sprinkle
clean
water
upon
them
:
will
not
take
from
them
:
And
that
at
last
He
will
present
them
faultless
before
the
Presence
of
His
Glory
.
Sovereignly
Absolute
.
III.
Election
is
Personal
.
AND
IV.
It
is
from
Eternity
.
These
two
I
put
together
in
proof
,
because
they
are
frequently
joyned
in
Scripture
.
It
was
not
the
whole
lump
of
Mankind
,
that
was
the
Object
of
Election
;
Nor
was
this
Election
(
as
some
speak
)
a
Decree
to
Elect
such
as
should
happen
to
be
thus
and
so
qualified
:
But
,
Certain
Determinate
Persons
were
Chosen
by
Name
,
or
singled
out
from
among
the
Rest
,
and
ordain'd
to
Eternal
life
.
Our
Saviour
stiles
them
The
Men
that
were
given
Him
[
out
]
of
the
World
,
John
17.
6.
And
they
were
Given
Him
by
Name
(
as
well
as
number
)
and
by
those
Names
He
knows
them
,
John
10
,
3
,
and
14.
And
that
this
Election
was
transacted
from
Eternity
,
is
evident
,
John
17.
23.
with
ver.
24.
Eph.
1.
4.
Rev.
13.
8.
and
Chap.
17.
8.
&c.
These
may
be
Argued
,
I.
From
the
Example
of
Christ's
Election
:
It
is
worthy
Observation
,
how
particular
the
Decree
was
,
even
in
things
Circumstantial
to
our
Lord
Christ
;
As
that
He
should
come
of
Abraham's
Stock
,
of
Judah's
Tribe
,
of
David's
Lineage
,
Be
conceived
in
a
Virgin
,
Born
at
Bethlem
,
and
this
,
when
the
Sceptre
was
departing
from
Iudah
;
That
He
should
be
Buffeted
,
Scourged
,
Spit-upon
,
hanged
on
a
Tree
;
His
hands
and
His
feet
pierced
;
That
gall
and
vinegar
should
be
given
Him
to
drink
;
That
a
bone
of
Him
should
not
be
broken
;
(
even
whiles
on
both
sides
of
Him
,
they
were
)
That
His
Garments
should
be
parted
,
and
lots
cast
on
His
Vesture
;
As
also
,
That
He
should
rise
again
the
third
day
,
&c.
And
that
these
were
all
Decreed
,
appears
by
the
Prophesies
of
them
;
which
are
the
Decree
exemplified
(
or
Drawn
out
of
the
Register
.
)
As
touching
His
Resurrection
,
It
is
said
Expresly
,
I
will
declare
the
Decree
:
And
the
same
is
as
true
of
all
the
Rest
.
And
if
the
Election
of
the
Head
was
Personal
and
from
Eternity
;
why
not
theirs
that
should
make
up
His
Body
,
since
They
did
as
really
exist
Then
,
as
the
Humane
Nature
of
Christ
did
?
Besides
,
it
was
very
agreeable
,
That
He
and
They
should
both
be
appointed
together
;
For
,
He
could
not
be
an
Head
,
but
with
respect
to
a
Body
:
And
that
they
were
expresly
Determin'd
of
,
appears
by
139
Psa.
v.
16.
In
thy
book
were
all
my
Members
written
,
when
as
yet
there
was
none
of
them
.
If
any
say
,
That
was
meant
of
David's
Members
?
I
answer
,
That
if
God
thought
the
Members
of
an
Earthly
body
worthy
His
Registring
;
He
could
not
be
less
particular
and
Exact
,
about
the
Mystical
Body
of
His
Son
:
Besides
,
David
was
His
Type
.
Christ
also
was
Ordain'd
to
be
a
Saviour
,
and
that
by
His
death
;
from
the
foundation
of
the
World
:
It
was
therefore
expedient
,
Then
also
to
be
Determined
,
How
many
,
and
who
in
particular
,
should
have
Salvation
by
Him
:
He
was
not
To
die
for
Himself
,
but
for
those
,
whose
security
He
undertook
.
Now
,
it
is
not
a
thing
proper
,
to
speak
of
Security
or
Bail
,
but
with
respect
to
a
Debtor
or
Offender
;
And
that
Debtor
or
Offender
must
be
known
too
,
and
Named
;
Or
else
,
the
entring
of
Bail
is
an
Insignificant
Act
;
especially
,
where
the
Surety
hath
no
debt
or
default
of
his
own
to
be
charged
with
.
Our
Lord
and
Saviour
did
not
offer
Himself
(
if
I
may
so
speak
)
for
some
bodie
's
sins
,
but
uncertain
whose
:
Aaron
knew
Whose
Trespasses
he
offer'd
for
;
Their
Names
were
graven
on
his
breast-plate
:
Not
their
National
Name
,
(
viz.
Israelite
or
Believer
)
but
their
Personal
Names
,
Reuben
,
Simeon
,
Levi
,
—
So
had
our
Great
High
Priest
,
or
He
could
not
have
made
attonement
for
us
:
And
that
place
(
Rev.
13.
8.
)
points
at
the
same
time
for
both
;
Those
words
[
From
the
foundation
of
the
World
]
do
refer
as
well
to
the
writing
of
their
Names
in
the
Book
of
life
,
as
to
the
Lamb
's
being
slain
.
And
if
it
be
said
,
It
must
referr
to
that
as
was
last
named
;
then
let
ver.
8.
of
the
17.
Chap.
speak
for
it
;
where
,
deciphering
those
who
shall
wonder
after
the
beast
,
he
sayes
they
are
such
whose
Names
were
not
written
in
the
hook
of
life
,
from
the
foundation
of
the
World
:
what
can
be
more
express
!
II.
The
Design
of
God
in
the
death
of
Christ
,
believe
.
If
Certain
,
That
some
would
believe
;
This
Certainty
must
be
Decreed
;
(
For
Nothing
future
,
could
be
certain
Otherwise
.
)
And
if
it
was
Decreed
,
That
Some
should
believe
;
The
Individuals
of
that
[
Some
]
must
be
Decreed
also
:
For
,
Faith
is
the
Gift
of
God
;
and
could
not
be
foreseen
in
any
,
but
whom
He
had
Decreed
to
give
it
unto
.
Which
laid
together
are
a
good
demonstration
,
That
those
Christ
should
die
for
,
were
as
well
Pre-ordain'd
,
as
That
He
should
die
for
them
,
and
that
definitely
and
by
Name
.
III.
It
may
further
be
Argued
,
preparing
a
kingdom
from
the
foundation
of
the
World
,
and
Mansions
,
or
Places
in
it
.
To
prepare
the
way
of
this
Argument
;
Consider
the
Punctuality
of
God's
disposements
in
things
of
a
Lower
Moment
:
He
did
not
Create
the
Earth
in
vain
;
(
i.
e.
To
stand
empty
and
void
,
as
at
its
first
formation
)
Nor
the
several
quarters
thereof
to
be
Inhabited
indefinitely
,
by
some
Nation
or
Other
,
who
should
happen
to
get
possession
of
them
:
But
He
divided
to
the
Nations
their
inheritance
and
the
bounds
of
their
Habitation
:
Lot
:
Each
Nation
had
its
limits
staked
out
,
from
the
dayes
of
old
.
And
if
we
may
distinguish
of
Acts
in
God
,
and
of
Time
in
Eternity
;
His
Purpose
to
firm
and
bring
forth
those
Nations
,
must
needs
be
as
early
,
as
to
Create
and
furnish
those
parts
of
the
World
which
they
should
Inhabit
.
Now
,
Earthly
Settlements
being
of
trivial
Moment
to
the
Heavenly
Mansions
;
it
seems
a
good
Consequent
,
That
if
yet
,
particular
Nations
were
fore-appointed
for
particular
Provinces
on
Earth
;
Much
more
should
particular
Persons
be
design'd
for
those
particular
Mansions
in
Heaven
:
And
,
if
either
were
appointed
afore
the
other
;
It
must
be
the
Persons
:
For
,
the
Sabbath
was
made
for
Man
,
and
not
Man
for
the
Sabbath
.
The
Domestiques
of
God's
House
or
Place
of
Glory
,
are
a
sacred
State
and
Order
of
Kings
and
Priests
;
and
Each
individual
Person
hath
his
place
or
Appartiment
set
out
for
him
.
Those
Glorious
Pallaces
were
not
prepared
for
Believers
indefinitely
;
but
for
certain
Determinate
Persons
particularly
;
The
Twelve
Apostles
shall
have
their
Twelve
Thrones
,
and
every
One
his
Own
:
This
is
evident
by
our
Saviour's
answer
to
the
Mother
of
Zebede's
children
;
To
sit
on
my
right
hand
and
on
my
left
,
is
not
Mine
to
give
;
but
it
shall
he
given
to
them
for
[
whom
]
it
is
prepared
of
my
Father
:
If
for
Believers
indefinitely
,
why
not
for
these
two
Brethren
as
soon
as
any
other
:
especially
since
they
first
made
request
for
them
?
The
Truth
is
,
those
Places
were
not
now
to
be
disposed
of
;
it
was
determined
,
who
should
have
them
,
long
before
;
even
From
the
foundation
of
the
World
.
Much
might
be
added
,
in
confirmation
of
these
two
branches
,
But
,
by
these
I
hope
,
it
is
clear
,
That
Election
is
Personal
and
from
Eternity
.
V.
Election
is
in
Christ
.
OR
,
The
Elect
are
Chosen
in
Christ
.
It
was
requisite
,
the
New
Covenant
should
have
an
Head
and
Mediatour
,
as
well
as
the
Old
;
That
Righteousness
and
life
might
flow
from
Him
into
all
the
Elect
Seed
;
as
sin
and
death
had
done
from
Adam
:
In
which
respect
,
Christ
and
He
are
set
forth
as
Parallels
,
in
Romans
3.
from
ver
12.
to
21.
The
benefits
which
the
Elect
are
Chosen
unto
,
they
are
made
partakers
of
by
their
Union
with
Christ
;
He
is
the
Root
in
whom
the
Fulness
dwels
:
Not
only
the
Foundation
on
which
the
Church
is
built
;
but
the
Rock
which
affords
all
the
Spiritual
Materials
of
the
Heavenly
Temple
;
Even
the
Cement
that
holds
one
part
to
another
,
and
the
whole
to
Himself
;
and
this
,
by
virtue
of
the
Decree
.
For
,
we
are
to
Consider
,
that
there
is
a
Decretive
Union
before
the
Actual
,
and
That
influenceth
This
into
Being
;
and
that
as
really
,
as
the
determined
death
of
Christ
did
the
Salvation
of
Those
who
died
before
Him
.
Though
Christ
be
not
the
Cause
of
Election
;
yet
He
is
the
Grand
Means
,
by
whom
we
obtain
the
blessedness
we
were
Chosen
unto
:
By
Him
it
is
,
That
We
have
Access
into
that
Grace
,
wherein
we
stand
:
And
we
shall
find
,
that
the
Epistles
generally
,
when
they
speak
of
the
Great
things
relating
to
Salvation
;
do
still
bring
in
Christ
as
the
Person
principally
concern'd
about
it
.
Salvation
(
indeed
)
is
a
Gift
;
it
is
perfectly
Free
:
yet
not
to
be
had
,
but
in
Christ
:
It
comes
upon
us
through
His
Righteousness
.
As
by
One's
disobedience
many
were
made
sinners
:
so
by
the
Righteousness
of
One
(
by
means
of
their
Oneness
with
Him
)
shall
many
be
made
Righteous
.
Mankind
(
by
their
Apostacy
in
Adam
)
had
destroyed
in
themselves
,
the
whole
of
that
Principle
,
which
would
have
lead
them
to
God
,
as
their
life
and
blessedness
:
And
had
(
withal
)
contracted
such
an
Eumity
against
Him
,
and
Repugnancy
to
all
Overtures
for
Returning
to
Him
;
(
And
this
Gulph
was
so
fixed
)
as
would
for
ever
have
kept
God
and
us
asunder
;
had
not
that
blessed
Project
of
Choosing
in
Christ
been
set
on
foot
to
dissolve
it
.
It
could
not
be
done
by
any
Created
Power
;
Nor
could
Creatures
so
much
as
propound
a
Way
for
it
:
And
if
they
could
,
who
durst
so
harden
himself
,
as
to
Mention
the
Thing
,
which
onely
could
do
it
!
But
,
The
Great
God
,
blessed
for
ever
,
He
findes
out
a
way
for
it
:
And
the
same
Love
that
ordain'd
to
Eternal
life
,
would
also
put
it
in
such
a
way
,
as
should
surely
take
effect
:
And
to
this
end
,
(
viz.
That
Those
Ordain'd
to
Salvation
,
might
be
both
Rightfully
entituled
to
that
Salvation
,
and
successefully
brought
into
it
)
They
were
put
into
Christ
by
Election
:
He
was
the
Chief
and
Eminent
Elect
One
;
The
First-born
and
Prince
of
the
Family
;
and
all
the
Elect
besides
were
given
to
Him
(
as
younger
Brethren
)
to
be
maintain'd
upon
His
Inheritance
.
It
is
plain
to
him
that
reads
,
That
the
whole
of
Salvation
was
laid
upon
Christ
;
That
He
bears
up
the
Pillars
of
it
;
and
that
all
shoulders
else
had
been
too
weak
:
He
is
both
the
means
and
Center
,
by
whom
,
and
in
whom
,
God
will
have
all
things
gathered
together
in
One
:
He
was
made
God
with
us
,
That
we
might
be
made
One
in
God
;
as
appears
by
the
scope
of
His
Prayer
in
the
17th
.
of
John
.
In
Him
the
Father
is
well
pleased
;
and
out
of
Him
there
is
nothing
pleasing
to
God
,
or
good
for
Men
:
We
are
therefore
said
to
be
Chosen
in
Him
[
a
](A33748-e30990-b)
a
Eph
1
▪
4.
;
To
be
Called
in
Him
[
b
](A33748-e31010-b)
b
Phil.
3
14.
;
To
be
Created
in
Him
[
c
](A33748-e31030-b)
c
Eph.
2.
10.
;
To
be
Preserved
in
Him
[
d
](A33748-e31050-b)
d
●ude
,
v●r
.
2.
;
and
in
Him
to
be
blessed
with
all
spiritual
Blessings
.
Blessings
in
themselves
,
[
d
](A33748-e31080-b)
d
e.
Eph.
I.
4.
would
not
be
so
to
us
,
if
not
in
Christ
;
And
being
in
Him
,
all
things
are
turned
into
blessings
to
us
:
For
,
now
Nothing
can
come
at
us
,
but
as
coming
through
Him
;
and
what
ever
so
comes
,
is
Ti●ctured
,
by
His
Divine
Excellency
,
and
made
Propitious
to
us
:
And
hereby
it
is
,
That
the
Thing
we
were
Chosen
unto
;
is
effectually
and
unfailably
Provided
for
.
There
may
divers
good
Reasons
and
Ends
be
assign
●●d
for
God's
Choosing
the
Elect
in
Christ
:
As
,
I.
That
by
bringing
in
Man's
Restauration
this
way
,
II.
That
by
shewing
us
His
Righteousness
in
the
way
and
manner
of
our
Recovery
;
did
,
was
without
their
Consent
.
III.
If
the
Elect
had
not
been
in
Christ
,
IV.
If
not
in
Christ
,
Naturally
born
,
Without
relation
to
Adam
as
his
Natural
head
:
so
't
is
impossible
to
be
born
again
,
(
or
Regenerated
)
without
the
like
relation
of
Union
to
Christ
as
his
Spiritual
Head
:
There
is
no
being
a
New
Creature
,
without
being
in
Christ
:
They
that
are
joyned
unto
the
Lord
(
and
they
only
)
are
one
Spirit
with
Him
.
The
branch
must
be
in
the
Vine
,
before
its
sap
can
be
derived
into
it
:
He
that
sanctifieth
,
and
they
that
are
sanctified
,
must
be
One
;
There
must
be
a
Contact
,
(
a
touching
of
Him
)
before
this
virtue
can
come
from
Him
.
V.
They
were
Chosen
into
Christ
,
hold
out
(
as
He
Himself
did
)
till
all
is
finished
:
all
the
power
of
the
enemy
.
Election
,
indeed
,
makes
their
Salvation
sure
;
but
it
is
by
this
way
of
Putting
them
into
Christ
:
In
whom
the
heirs
of
the
World
to
come
are
preserv'd
;
whiles
the
World
of
ungodly
are
deluged
in
Perdition
—
.
the
Father
hath
given
the
Son
to
have
life
in
Himself
;
(
i.
e.
to
have
it
as
a
Root
)
That
all
in
Him
might
still
be
supplied
from
an
increated
Grace
and
Power
;
which
holds
them
fast
to
Himself
;
and
so
,
from
Withering
and
falling
off
.
It
is
not
Grace
received
by
us
,
that
keeps
us
:
But
that
Grace
which
received
us
to
the
Glory
of
God
the
Father
;
Through
Jesus
Christ
.
Having
gone
these
few
steps
,
towards
the
Compass
and
extent
of
Election
;
It
concerns
us
also
to
know
;
where
this
broad
River
hath
its
Head
:
What
Rock
it
is
,
That
this
Immense
Fabrick
is
built
upon
:
That
we
may
not
give
the
honour
of
it
to
another
;
nor
indanger
our selves
by
settling
on
a
wrong
foundation
:
To
shew
which
is
the
Scope
and
Subject
of
the
Sixth
particular
under
this
General
Head
:
viz.
VI.
That
Election
is
founded
upon
Grace
:
Or
,
The
good
pleasure
of
God's
will
,
is
the
only
Original
Cause
and
Motive
of
Election
.
As
in
Men's
Genealogies
,
there
is
no
stop
,
until
you
come
up
to
God
the
Father
of
all
:
The
Ground
,
or
Moving
Cause
of
God's
Election
,
is
quite
different
from
the
manner
of
Men
;
who
commonly
pitch
upon
things
,
for
some
Natural
Aptness
,
or
Meetness
of
them
for
their
Work
:
They
will
not
take
a
knotty
,
cross-grain'd
,
or
wind-shaken
piece
of
Timber
,
to
make
a
Pillar
of
State
:
But
,
the
Lord
pitches
upon
such
(
and
such
to
choose
)
the
poor
,
base
,
weak
,
foolish
,
things
of
the
world
;
the
worst
of
Men
,
and
chief
of
Sinners
:
(
The
instances
of
Paul
,
Manasseh
,
Mary
Magdalen
,
and
others
,
make
it
evident
:
)
and
of
these
,
He
is
pleased
to
make
Pillars
for
the
House
of
God
;
(
Pilluis
of
State
indeed
!
)
whereon
to
write
His
own
Name
,
to
manifest
thereby
His
Sovereignty
,
Holiness
,
Wisdome
,
Power
,
Righteousness
,
and
Free
Grace
to
Eternity
.
The
Lord's
way
and
method
,
in
bringing
His
Sons
to
Glory
;
is
the
best
Demonstration
of
the
Right
order
of
Causes
:
For
,
though
there
be
a
Concurrence
of
many
things
,
as
Causes
and
Effects
,
one
of
another
;
yet
if
observ'd
in
their
Order
,
they
will
still
lead
us
up
to
the
Goad
Pleasure
of
God
,
as
First
and
Supream
;
and
perfectly
Independent
:
The
Current
of
the
New
Testament
Runs
wholly
this
way
;
and
hangs
the
whole
of
Salvation
,
both
Means
and
End
,
expresly
on
the
Divine
Will
:
Luke
1●
.
32
,
It
is
your
Fathers
good
pleasure
to
give
you
the
Kingdom
:
Chap
10.
21
,
Thou
hast
hid
these
things
from
the
Wise
,
and
revealed
them
to
babes
;
For
so
it
seemed
good
in
thy
sight
:
Rom.
11.
5
,
A
Remnant
according
to
the
Election
of
Grace
:
Ephes.
1.
5
,
Predestinate
to
the
Adoption
of
Children
,
according
to
the
good
pleasure
of
His
Will
:
Redemption
also
,
and
the
forgiveness
of
Sins
,
according
to
the
riches
of
His
Grace
,
(
the
same
Grace
that
Elected
.
)
Ver.
7
,
The
making
known
the
mystery
of
His
Will
;
this
also
is
according
to
that
His
Good
pleasure
,
which
He
had
purposed
in
Himself
,
Ver.
9.
Yea
,
all
the
operations
of
God
,
whether
for
us
,
upon
us
,
or
by
us
,
they
All
have
their
Rise
from
the
same
Spring
,
and
are
Carried
by
the
same
Rule
:
He
worketh
all
things
after
the
Councel
of
His
Own
Will
;
Ver.
11.
And
for
the
Old
Testament
,
you
have
it
sufficiently
exemplified
there
,
in
the
Instances
before
given
;
and
especially
touching
the
ground
of
God's
love
,
to
the
People
of
Israel
;
(
who
,
in
that
respect
,
His
own
good
pleasure
was
the
only
cause
of
His
Choosing
them
above
other
Nations
;
He
loved
them
,
because
He
loved
them
.
And
good
Reasons
there
are
,
why
Election
should
be
founded
upon
Grace
;
and
why
it
could
not
,
with
respect
either
to
God's
Glory
,
or
the
Elect's
Security
,
be
founded
otherwise
.
And
the
I.
Is
from
the
Sovereignty
of
God
:
Whose
Will
being
the
Supream
Law
,
admits
not
a
Co-ordinacy
;
Much-less
will
it
stand
with
Sovereign
Power
to
be
Regulated
by
the
will
of
another
:
That
would
be
a
Contradiction
to
Sovereignty
;
For
,
that
which
Regulates
,
is
superiour
to
that
which
is
regulated
by
it
.
Sovereign
Princes
(
to
shew
their
Prerogative
)
affirm
their
acts
of
Grace
,
to
be
of
their
own
meer
Motion
;
And
their
Grants
are
reputed
the
more
Authentique
for
being
so
exprest
.
The
like
we
find
in
Scripture
frequently
ascribed
to
God
;
That
He
will
have
Mercy
,
on
whom
He
will
have
mercy
:
He
worketh
all
things
(
not
by
Motives
from
without
,
after
the
Councel
of
His
own
Will
:
it
is
not
of
Men's
Willing
or
Running
,
but
of
God
who
sheweth
Mercy
.
When
the
World
had
been
drown'd
for
their
obdurate
impenitency
;
the
Few
that
remain'd
,
were
as
bad
as
before
;
and
those
that
should
come
after
the
Lord
foresaw
would
be
the
same
.
One
would
think
,
now
,
The
natural
Result
of
this
Experiment
should
be
,
I
will
utterly
cut
them
off
,
and
be
troubled
with
them
no
more
:
But
,
the
Lord's
thoughts
are
not
our
thoughts
;
He
argues
and
concludes
in
another
Mode
;
I
will
not
again
any
more
Curse
the
ground
for
man's
sake
.
And
He
is
pleased
to
give
the
same
Reason
here
,
why
He
Will
not
;
as
before
,
why
He
would
;
asis
seen
,
by
comparing
Gen.
6
,
5
,
and
7.
with
Chap.
8.
21.
See
also
the
Instance
of
God's
dealing
with
Ephraim
;
He
was
wroth
with
Him
and
smote
Him
;
and
Ephraim
so
far
from
Relenting
,
That
he
went
on
frowardly
:
(
i.
e.
Stubbornly
,
as
Resolved
in
his
Course
)
I
hid
me
(
sayes
the
Lord
)
and
was
wroth
his
heart
;
not
an
inconsiderate
Pet
,
or
sudden
Temptation
;
but
Natural
and
fixed
:
All
which
the
Lord
sees
and
considers
;
and
having
laid
all
together
,
Resolves
to
heal
him
,
Restore
Comforts
to
him
.
On
the
other
hand
;
Those
good
Soules
who
feared
the
Lord
and
Obeyed
the
voice
of
his
servant
;
They
yet
walked
in
darkness
,
and
had
no
light
:
ye
may
be
sure
,
They
would
gladly
have
understood
their
Condition
,
(
namely
,
That
they
were
such
as
feared
the
Lord
)
Their
Will
could
not
be
Wanting
to
a
Thing
so
greatly
importing
their
Comfort
;
Nor
they
were
not
Idle
in
seeking
for
it
:
They
Walked
though
in
the
Dark
;
but
could
not
Walk
themselves
out
of
it
:
They
are
still
as
they
were
,
They
had
no
light
.
By
these
contrary
Examples
ye
may
see
,
That
the
Sovereignty
of
God
still
keeps
the
Throne
,
and
His
dispensments
of
Mercy
(
whether
in
purpose
or
in
Act
)
are
not
Governed
by
the
Wills
of
Men
;
They
are
things
too
low
to
be
Councellors
to
God
.
And
if
it
be
thus
in
things
of
temporary
Concernment
,
much
more
in
that
great
business
of
Eternal
Election
;
which
is
the
Sublimest
Act
of
Sovereign
Power
.
(
And
yet
,
This
hinders
not
,
but
That
every
Man
,
at
last
,
shall
be
judged
according
to
his
works
.
)
II.
The
Foreknown
,
ver
2.
and
in
the
7.
ver.
he
calls
them
plainly
,
The
Election
:
And
then
,
lest
any
should
ascribe
it
to
a
false
cause
,
(
as
in
that
paralel
Case
he
resembles
it
to
,
)
viz
,
That
they
had
not
bowed
the
knee
to
Baal
;
but
stuck
to
the
True
Religion
,
when
others
fell
off
;
he
tells
us
,
No
;
Their
Election
was
founded
upon
Grace
:
And
as
for
Works
they
had
no
place
in
the
Causality
of
it
.
By
Grace
he
means
,
the
Free
Favour
of
God
;
who
is
not
moved
by
any
thing
without
Himself
;
But
what
He
does
,
He
does
it
Freely
;
without
respect
to
Mens
desert
;
Nay
,
their
Vndesert
rather
,
is
an
expedient
Consideration
in
this
Act
of
Grace
.
By
,
Works
,
I
understand
All
that
Self-Righteousness
,
Goodness
,
Conformity
to
the
Law
,
Or
what
ever
else
is
performable
by
Men.
These
(
viz
,
Grace
and
Works
)
he
proves
as
inconsistent
as
Contraries
can
be
;
and
that
the
least
Mixture
would
vary
the
kind
.
If
but
a
s●ruple
of
Works
be
taken
in
,
Grace
is
no
more
Grace
;
For
,
to
him
that
worketh
,
is
the
Reward
not
reckoned
of
Grace
,
but
of
Debt
;
Rom.
4.
4.
Grace
and
Faith
,
are
well
agreed
:
These
both
have
the
same
scope
and
end
:
But
,
setting
up
of
the
One
,
is
the
deposing
of
the
other
:
Either
the
Ark
must
Out
,
or
Dagon
down
;
One
Temple
cannot
hold
them
both
.
Rom.
3.
28.
To
the
same
effect
is
the
drift
of
that
discourse
in
Gal.
5.
It
appears
from
Acts
15.
1.
That
some
there
were
,
who
taught
a
Necessity
of
Circumcision
;
as
without
which
they
could
not
be
saved
:
Pretty
willing
they
were
to
admit
of
Christ
,
so
they
might
joyn
Circumcision
with
Him
,
and
keeping
the
Law
of
Moses
.
But
,
this
dangerous
daubing
with
things
unmixable
,
our
holy
Apostle
could
not
brook
;
both
as
reflecting
on
the
honour
of
his
Master
,
and
undermining
their
onely
Foundation
:
And
therefore
,
to
keep
them
from
or
bring
them
off
,
that
perillous
Quick-sand
;
he
tells
them
expresly
,
These
two
cannot
stand
together
in
that
matter
:
For
,
if
they
be
Circumcised
,
they
are
Debtors
to
the
whole
Law
;
and
Christ
is
become
of
none
effect
to
them
;
because
they
are
fallen
from
Grace
.
It
is
,
as
if
he
had
said
,
If
you
take
in
any
part
,
though
never
so
little
of
Legal
Observances
,
as
Necessary
to
your
being
Justified
,
ye
forfeit
the
whole
benefit
of
Gospel-Grace
.
The
Grace
of
Christ
is
sufficient
for
you
;
He
is
a
Saviour
Compleat
in
Himself
;
and
if
you
look
(
though
but
a
squint
)
at
any
thing
else
;
it
is
a
Renouncing
of
Him
:
He
will
be
Saviour
altogether
or
not
at
all
.
And
therefore
he
tells
them
again
,
and
that
with
a
kind
of
vehemency
;
if
they
be
Circumcised
,
Christ
shall
profit
them
Nothing
.
And
as
a
Man
may
not
put
in
his
Claim
for
Justification
on
accompt
of
his
Works
;
so
neither
of
his
Faith
,
as
if
That
were
M●terially
or
Influentially
Causal
of
Justification
:
For
,
Faith
it self
,
as
it
is
the
Believers
Act
,
comes
under
the
Notion
of
a
Work
.
Let
us
therefore
Consider
,
What
part
it
is
that
Faith
holds
in
this
Matter
?
least
whiles
we
cast
out
Works
,
as
not
standing
with
Grace
;
we
make
a
Work
of
Faith
.
It
is
Faith's
Office
,
to
make
the
Soul
live
wholly
on
Another
;
and
to
Renounce
Self
-
ability
,
as
much
as
Self
-
desert
:
To
apprehend
that
Righteousness
by
which
Grace
Justifies
;
Not
onely
to
be
Justified
thereby
upon
your
Believing
;
but
to
work
in
you
even
that
Faith
,
by
which
you
apprehend
it
;
In
the
Lord
have
I
Righteousness
and
Strength
.
He
that
will
be
Saved
must
come
as
an
ungodly
Person
to
be
justified
freely
by
the
Grace
of
God
:
He
must
reckon
himself
an
Vngodly
Man
,
to
the
very
instant
of
his
Justification
.
True
it
is
,
The
Just
shall
live
by
Faith
;
but
't
is
also
true
,
That
it
is
not
their
own
Faith
,
or
act
of
believing
,
that
they
live
by
,
(
though
not
without
it
:
)
Which
also
seems
the
Apostle's
meaning
,
where
he
sayes
,
The
life
,
which
I
now
live
,
I
live
by
the
Faith
of
the
Son
of
God
:
Where
note
,
That
as
Faith
is
the
life
of
a
Believer
;
so
Christ
is
the
life
of
his
Faith
;
I
live
(
saith
he
)
yet
not
I
but
Christ
liveth
in
Me
:
Christ
was
his
life
;
and
he
lived
on
Christ
,
by
virtue
of
Christ's
living
in
him
.
Notwithstanding
all
which
,
it
is
evidently
true
,
and
must
constantly
be
affirm'd
,
That
Grace
and
Works
will
still
be
together
in
the
way
of
Salvation
;
(
the
one
doth
not
extinguish
or
exclude
the
other
)
Only
not
as
Collegues
or
Joint-Causers
thereof
:
But
rather
as
a
Workman
,
and
his
Tooles
,
which
himself
first
makes
,
and
then
workes
with
them
;
By
Grace
ye
are
saved
through
Faith
;
that
not
of
your selves
,
it
is
the
Gift
of
God
:
Even
this
believing
or
Acting
faculty
is
a
Creature
of
Grace's
raising
up
;
and
therefore
,
in
the
Throne
't
is
meet
that
Grace
should
be
above
it
.
Works
(
therefore
)
how
good
soever
,
are
not
the
Cause
of
Salvation
;
and
if
so
,
then
not
the
cause
of
Election
;
for
This
(
indeed
)
is
the
Cause
of
them
both
:
And
Works
(
if
right
and
truly
Good
)
will
alwayes
be
ready
to
own
their
Original
,
and
to
keep
in
their
own
place
;
Where
also
they
will
be
most
considerable
,
and
do
the
best
service
.
III.
all
the
imaginations
of
their
heart
are
onely
evil
continually
:
their
inward
part
is
very
wickedness
:
every
Man
is
brutish
in
his
knowledge
:
Altogether
brutish
and
foolish
;
yea
,
even
their
Pastours
;
(
that
is
,
the
very
best
and
most
intelligent
amongst
them
:
They
are
wise
to
do
evil
,
but
to
do
good
have
no
understanding
:
And
their
hearts
are
full
of
madness
:
—
And
it
was
not
thus
only
with
the
Gentile
Nations
,
who
were
left
to
walk
in
their
own
way
;
but
even
with
the
Jews
,
They
were
called
Jews
,
Rested
in
the
Law
,
Made
their
boast
of
God
,
Knew
His
Will
,
Approved
the
things
that
were
excellent
;
Were
confident
that
they
were
a
Guide
of
the
blind
,
and
a
light
to
them
that
were
in
darkness
,
Instructors
of
the
foolish
,
Teachers
of
Babes
,
—
And
yet
all
this
while
,
and
in
the
midst
of
all
these
high
attainments
,
did
not
teach
Themselves
:
Rom.
2
from
17
ver.
to
21.
And
in
Rom.
3.
where
they
are
Ranked
together
,
he
proves
them
to
be
All
under
Sin
,
None
Righteous
,
None
that
understandeth
,
None
that
seeketh
after
God
,
None
that
doth
good
,
[
No
not
One
]
Yea
,
This
depravement
of
Nature
was
so
deep
and
indelibly
fixed
,
That
the
Lord
Himselfe
tells
them
The
Blackmoor
might
as
soon
change
his
skin
,
as
they
learn
to
do
well
.
All
which
,
with
abundantly
more
,
be
speaks
a
condition
extreamly
remote
from
yielding
a
Cause
of
this
blessed
Election
.
IV.
If
God's
love
to
Men
had
its
Rise
and
Beginning
from
their
love
to
Him
,
it
would
not
have
that
singular
eminency
in
it
,
So
God
l●ved
the
World
—
!
]
So
as
not
to
be
exprest
;
So
as
not
to
be
paralel'd
;
So
as
not
to
be
understood
,
until
we
come
to
that
State
wherein
we
shall
know
as
we
are
known
.
By
this
it
is
,
Joh.
4.
10
,
[
Herein
]
is
love
;
Not
that
we
loved
God
,
but
that
God
loved
us
.
And
,
Behold
what
manner
of
love
the
Father
hath
bestowed
up
on
us
!
But
,
Notwithstanding
these
Scriptures
(
with
others
)
seem
purposely
written
to
obviate
such
conceptions
as
would
feign
our
loving
of
God
,
to
be
the
ground
and
Motive
of
His
love
to
us
:
Yet
,
great
endeavours
there
are
to
Father
Election
upon
foreseen
faith
and
works
,
which
That
They
call
the
Covenant
of
Grace
,
has
(
they
Say
)
qualified
and
capacitated
all
Men
for
;
and
which
certain
more
pliant
,
ingenuous
,
and
industrious
persons
(
as
they
speak
)
would
attain
unto
,
by
the
helps
they
have
in
common
with
other
Men
:
But
,
this
pedigree
of
Election
is
excepted
against
as
being
not
rightly
deduced
:
For
,
1.
Men
having
(
in
Adam
)
devested
themselves
of
all
that
was
holy
and
good
;
the
Lord
could
not
foresee
in
them
any
thing
of
Worth
or
Desirableness
,
but
what
Himself
should
work
in
them
Anew
,
and
that
of
pure
Grace
and
favour
:
For
,
sin
and
deformity
could
not
be
motives
of
love
;
And
,
that
the
Elect
(
of
themselves
)
were
in
no
wise
better
than
other
Men
,
is
evident
by
the
Scriptures
late-quoted
;
where
the
Holy
Ghost
asserting
the
universal
depravement
of
humane
nature
,
ex●empts
not
one
.
But
,
if
such
excellent
and
distinguishing
qualifications
as
Faith
and
Holiness
had
been
foreseen
,
(
and
so
,
imputable
to
them
)
the
Spirit
of
Truth
would
not
have
Rank'd
them
Even
with
the
Children
of
wrath
,
as
He
doth
,
Eph.
2.
3.
But
,
2.
If
they
were
otherwise
,
what
could
they
add
unto
God
?
Or
whereby
could
they
oblige
Him
?
He
respecteth
not
any
that
are
wise
of
heart
.
If
thou
be
Righteous
,
what
givest
thou
Him
?
And
who
hath
prevented
Me
(
says
the
Lord
)
that
I
should
repay
him
?
(
i.
e.
Who
is
he
that
is
a
fore
hand
with
God
,
in
doing
ought
that
might
induce
His
favour
?
)
He
regardeth
not
Persons
,
nor
taketh
Rewards
:
He
is
not
propitious
to
any
for
what
they
can
do
for
Him
,
or
bring
to
Him
.
Take
Paul
for
an
Instance
:
He
walked
up
to
the
light
he
had
;
Was
blameless
;
lived
in
all
good
Conscience
;
knew
no
evil
by
himself
;
(
a
rare
degree
of
legal
Righteousness
!
)
But
,
that
it
was
not
this
moved
God
to
make
him
a
Chosen
Vessel
,
he
thankfully
acknowledgeth
,
with
self-abasement
,
upon
every
occasion
:
Tit.
3.
5.
Tin.
1.
14.
15.
2.
Tim.
1.
9.
3.
Faith
follows
Election
:
God
respects
the
person
before
his
offering
.
(
you
'l
say
perhaps
)
Abel
was
respected
as
a
Believer
,
and
his
offering
for
his
Faith
?
True
,
But
that
Faith
of
his
was
not
the
primary
cause
of
God's
respecting
him
.
If
Abels
Person
had
not
been
respected
first
,
he
had
never
been
a
Believer
:
For
,
Faith
is
the
work
and
gift
of
God
;
and
(
according
to
the
course
of
all
judicious
Agents
)
he
that
will
work
,
must
first
pitch
on
the
Subject
He
will
work
upon
;
and
he
that
gives
,
on
the
person
he
will
give
unto
.
Abel's
foreseen
Faith
that
was
the
Cause
of
his
Election
.
The
Scripture
speaks
often
of
iron-sinew'd-Necks
and
Brazen
Brows
;
and
of
Men's
being
in
their
blood
,
when
the
Lord
said
They
should
live
:
As
also
that
God
loved
Jacob
before
he
had
done
any
good
thing
:
and
that
the
Saints
love
God
because
He
loved
them
first
:
But
no-where
of
Foreseen
Faith
and
Holiness
as
the
Cause
and
Ground
of
God's
love
to
Men.
4.
Faith
and
Holiness
are
Middle
things
:
They
are
neither
the
Foundation
nor
Top-stone
of
Election
.
They
are
to
Sovereign
Grace
,
as
Stalks
and
Branches
are
to
a
Root
;
by
which
the
Root
conveyes
its
virtues
into
its
principal
fruit
:
Ephes.
2.
8
,
By
Grace
ye
are
saved
[
through
]
Faith
:
2.
Thes.
2.
13
,
Chosen
to
Salvation
[
through
]
Sanctification
of
the
Spirit
and
belief
of
the
Truth
.
They
are
no
more
the
Cause
of
Election
,
than
the
Means
of
an
End
are
the
first
Cause
of
Purpose
:
Nay
,
no
more
than
Tatnai's
propension
to
build
the
Temple
,
and
to
provide
Sacrifices
for
the
God
of
Heaven
,
was
the
Cause
of
Darius
his
Decree
that
those
things
should
be
done
,
Ezra
5.
and
6.
Chapters
.
5.
If
men
be
Predestinate
to
Faith
and
Holiness
,
(
as
they
are
)
according
to
Rom.
8.
38
,
●9
.
and
1.
Pet.
1.
2.
Then
they
were
not
seen
to
be
such
before
their
Predestination
:
Or
if
they
were
,
then
their
Election
(
as
to
that
particular
)
would
seem
impertinent
:
There
can
no
Rational
account
be
given
,
why
Men
foreseen
to
be
such
,
should
be
so
solemnly
predestinate
thereto
.
So
likewise
,
If
Salvation
be
the
inseparable
product
of
Faith
and
Holiness
,
according
to
John
5.
24
,
He
that
believeth
[
hath
]
everlasting
life
,
and
shall
not
come
into
condemnation
:
1.
Pet.
1.
9.
Receiving
the
End
of
your
Faith
,
the
Salvation
of
your
Souls
:
Then
,
to
ordain
to
Salvation
those
foreseen
to
be
so
qualified
,
would
seem
a
thing
both
needless
and
insignificant
:
It
would
look
like
the
sending
of
Men
where
they
would
have
gon
of
Themselves
.
Such
sapless
,
irregular
,
and
injudicious
Notions
are
very
unworthy
that
Celebrious
and
for
ever
Adorable
Act
of
Predestination
.
And
if
duely
weighed
,
would
set
us
further
off
from
the
doctrine
of
Self-advancement
,
which
stands
in
so
point-blank
opposition
to
the
Doctrine
of
God's
Grace
.
V.
His
own
Immutable
Will
:
For
,
whatever
it
was
,
that
Election
had
being
from
,
by
that
also
it
must
be
maintain'd
.
What
then
would
become
of
it
,
if
built
on
that
goodness
which
is
as
the
Morning
cloud
and
early
dew
?
VI.
Lastly
,
To
derive
Election
from
any
Root
besides
the
Good
pleasure
of
God
,
is
to
frustrate
the
principal
End
of
Man's
Salvation
,
viz.
the
Glory
of
God's
Grace
,
Ephes.
1.
6.
and
Chap.
2.
7.
This
Attribute
(
of
all
the
Rest
)
He
will
not
have
ecclipsed
,
nor
intrench'd
upon
:
'T
is
so
Divinely
sacred
,
as
not
to
admit
the
least
humane
touch
.
For
which
very
cause
,
the
Lord
hath
so
contrived
that
blessed
design
and
Plot
of
His
Glory
,
that
all
boasting
is
excluded
:
And
no
flesh
shall
Glory
in
His
preseuce
.
But
if
any
thing
in
the
Creature
be
intitled
to
the
Causality
of
Election
,
Flesh
will
Glory
;
and
instead
of
excluding
Man's
Boasting
,
Grace
it self
will
be
excluded
,
(
which
is
far
from
a
Glorifying
of
it
)
as
is
plain
from
,
Rom.
11.
6.
I
would
here
Resolve
a
Quere
or
two
,
which
some
have
urged
from
the
Scripture
,
As
1.
How
can
this
Doctrine
stand
with
the
[
General
]
love
and
good
will
of
God
towards
Men
;
who
(
't
is
said
)
will
have
all
to
be
saved
?
1.
Tim.
2.
4.
In
General
;
the
literal
sense
of
words
is
not
to
be
rested
on
,
when
the
like
phrase
of
speech
elsewhere
used
,
or
evident
scope
of
the
same
or
other
Scripture
,
agrees
not
to
it
:
The
design
and
current
of
the
whole
must
guide
the
construction
of
particular
parts
.
More
particularly
:
1.
Though
the
Doctrine
of
General
Love
will
not
stand
with
that
of
Special
Election
;
yet
the
Doctrine
of
Special
Election
will
stand
without
That
,
and
against
it
:
For
,
there
is
nothing
more
plain
,
than
that
there
is
an
Election
of
men
to
Salvation
;
as
also
,
That
the
natural
Import
of
Election
,
is
,
To
Choose
One
or
more
out
of
Many
:
Now
this
necessarily
implyes
the
Leaving
of
Some
;
and
consequently
,
The
Not-willing
of
Salvation
to
All
;
For
,
2.
The
Will
of
God
cannot
be
resisted
:
What
He
wills
shall
come
to
pass
,
because
with
His
willing
the
End
,
He
Wills
also
the
Means
;
and
that
such
as
shall
compass
His
End
:
Isa.
46.
10
,
My
councel
shall
stand
,
I
will
do
all
my
pleasure
;
i.
e.
What
I
please
to
will
,
That
I
will
have
done
.
3.
If
the
word
[
All
]
be
here
taken
universally
,
it
takes
in
Vnbelievers
as
well
as
Others
;
as
if
God
would
have
them
to
be
Saved
:
And
if
you
will
explain
this
by
other
Scriptures
;
(
as
,
namely
,
If
they
do
believe
)
These
also
must
be
considered
with
those
that
shew
How
and
by
Whom
that
Faith
must
be
wrought
;
and
who
they
are
it
belongs
unto
:
and
they
tell
us
,
That
Faith
is
the
Gift
and
operation
of
God
,
Coll.
2.
12.
Eph.
2.
8.
And
That
Election
is
that
which
intitles
to
Faith
;
Rom.
11.
7.
4.
The
Apostle
is
not
here
discoursing
the
Extent
of
God's
special
love
;
Whether
All
Men
universally
are
concern'd
in
it
:
but
exhorting
Believers
to
a
General
duty
;
viz.
To
give
thanks
for
Kings
,
and
all
in
Authority
;
because
of
the
benefits
we
have
by
Government
:
And
to
pray
for
them
;
Not
onely
for
their
peaceable
governing
of
us
;
but
if
otherwise
,
that
God
would
turn
their
hearts
,
and
make
them
Nursing
Fathers
to
His
Church
.
And
to
enforce
the
Duty
,
There
is
no
degree
nor
state
of
Men
exempted
from
Salvation
:
God
hath
chosen
some
of
every
sort
;
and
therefore
we
ought
not
to
shut
any
out
of
our
prayers
.
5.
The
word
[
All
]
is
often
used
,
when
but
a
part
(
and
sometimes
,
the
lesser
part
)
of
the
thing
spoken
of
,
is
intended
by
it
.
As
on
the
contrary
,
when
the
Vniversality
of
the
subject
is
intended
,
it
is
expressed
by
Singulars
;
As
,
He
that
believeth
shall
be
Saved
;
and
Him
that
cometh
unto
me
,
I
will
in
no
wise
cast
out
.
It
sometimes
signifies
All
of
such
a
sort
:
so
Eve
is
said
to
be
the
Mother
of
All
Living
;
Not
of
all
Living
Creatures
,
but
all
of
her
own
kind
.
It
other
times
intends
Some
of
all
Sorts
:
as
where
it
is
said
All
the
Cattle
of
Aegypt
died
,
Exod.
9.
6.
And
the
hail
smote
every
tree
,
and
every
herb
,
ver.
25.
And
yet
other
Cattle
are
mentioned
after
,
and
a
Residue
of
Trees
are
said
to
be
escaped
,
ver.
19
,
25.
and
Chap.
10.
5.
So
here
,
God
will
have
all
Men
to
be
saved
;
That
is
,
some
of
every
Sort
and
degree
;
Gentiles
as
well
as
Jews
;
Kings
and
Men
in
authority
,
as
well
as
those
of
a
meaner
Rank
.
The
same
in
Joel
;
I
will
pour
out
of
my
Spirit
upon
all
flesh
:
6.
To
these
Universal
terms
do
belong
divers
Restrictions
,
which
must
be
gather'd
from
the
Scope
;
Col.
1.
23
,
The
Gospel
is
said
,
to
be
preached
to
every
Creature
under
Heaven
:
and
yet
Men
only
are
intended
;
and
not
All
of
them
neither
;
For
the
Gospel
had
reached
but
a
small
part
of
the
World
at
that
time
,
and
not
the
whole
of
it
yet
.
Acts
15.
21
,
Moses
hath
in
every
City
them
that
preach
him
:
It
must
be
understood
only
of
Cities
where
the
Jews
dwelt
and
had
Synagogues
;
which
were
but
few
in
comparison
.
Acts
8.
4
,
They
that
were
scattered
abroad
,
went
every
where
preaching
the
Word
;
i.
e.
They
balked
no
place
nor
person
;
but
preached
where
ever
they
came
:
At
first
it
was
confin'd
to
the
Jews
,
but
now
without
limits
.
1
Cor.
4.
5
,
Every
Man
shall
have
praise
of
God
:
It
can
be
meant
only
of
Good
and
Faithful
Servants
,
which
are
but
a
Remnant
to
the
whole
piece
.
Eph.
4.
5
,
God
is
said
to
be
the
Father
of
all
;
and
yet
,
Satan
(
we
know
)
is
the
Father
of
the
far
greater
part
of
the
World
.
Col.
1.
20
,
Christ
is
said
to
Reconcile
all
things
;
and
yet
,
all
the
Angels
(
which
are
Things
,
and
of
the
Chiefest
of
Things
)
must
be
exempted
:
The
Good
Angels
,
because
they
never
were
at
enmity
:
and
the
evil
Angels
,
because
Not
Reconcilable
.
Eph.
1.
10
,
That
He
might
gather
together
in
One
all
things
in
Christ
:
This
[
All
things
]
seems
plainly
to
intend
the
Elect
;
for
they
are
the
subject
discoursed
of
in
the
whole
Chapter
:
and
in
Matthew
,
Those
gathered
together
are
stiled
The
Elect
,
Mat.
24.
31.
In
Heb.
12.
8
,
All
are
said
to
be
partakers
of
Chastisement
:
and
yet
it
can
be
meant
only
of
Sons
;
for
Bastards
are
not
partakers
of
it
;
as
it
follows
there
.
So
also
,
John
6.
4●
,
They
shall
be
all
taught
of
God
:
It
respects
only
the
Sons
of
the
Church
,
(
i.
e.
such
as
are
Elected
)
whose
iniquities
are
forgiven
them
,
and
their
sins
remembred
no
more
:
It
is
the
tenour
of
the
New
Covenant
,
which
is
made
with
the
House
of
Israel
;
that
is
,
Jews
in
Spirit
,
or
the
Elect
Nation
,
Heb.
8.
10
,
11.
Jer.
31.
34.
And
if
these
terms
Vniversal
[
All
and
Every
]
are
sometimes
applied
to
the
Elect
exclusive
of
Others
;
why
not
as
well
in
the
place
whence
the
Quere
is
taken
?
I
have
instanced
these
,
to
shew
what
Contradictory
Notions
would
follow
,
should
the
vocal
sound
of
words
be
adhered
to
:
What
a
Sandy
foundation
Vniversal
-
Election
is
built
upon
:
And
how
likely
we
are
to
lose
the
Truth
,
whiles
we
listen
to
an
uncertain
sound
;
the
meaning
whereof
may
yet
be
had
from
the
Context
,
and
General
Current
of
the
Scripture
.
2.
How
shall
this
kind
of
Election
be
reconciled
with
Acts
10.
That
God
is
no
Respecter
of
persons
?
1.
This
shews
the
inconvenience
of
Minding
the
literal
sense
of
words
above
the
Scope
:
The
former
Exception
takes-in
All
;
and
now
This
excludes
All
:
for
,
if
literally
taken
,
God
should
have
respect
to
None
.
2.
The
Jews
were
an
Elect
Nation
;
and
so
,
this
objection
will
lye
against
that
Election
as
much
as
this
we
are
upon
.
3.
The
scope
of
the
place
plainly
intends
,
That
God
respects
no
Man's
person
either
less
or
more
,
for
his
outward
condition
,
or
Carnal
privileges
.
Till
Then
,
the
partition
was
up
,
and
the
Lord
seemed
to
Regard
only
the
Jewish
Nation
;
suffering
All
besides
,
to
Walk
in
their
own
Wayes
,
Acts
14.
16.
But
Now
had
God
to
the
Gentiles
also
granted
Repentance
unto
life
,
Acts
11.
18.
You
'l
say
,
They
were
Fearers
of
God
whom
He
thus
accepted
?
True
;
but
That
was
not
it
which
firstly
induced
His
Acceptance
,
or
intit'led
them
to
it
;
(
although
it
was
their
Evidence
for
it
.
)
If
Men
fear
not
God
till
He
hath
put
His
fear
within
them
;
Then
,
their
fearing
Him
,
doth
not
precede
His
Respect
towards
them
,
but
follows
upon
it
.
Chosen
,
Psal.
106.
4.
3.
If
Men
be
ordained
to
Salvation
absolutely
,
What
need
or
use
is
there
of
good
works
?
There
are
divers
good
Uses
and
Ends
of
good
works
,
and
good
Reasons
for
God's
ordaining
them
to
be
walked
in
;
without
supposing
our
Walking
in
them
,
the
Ground
,
Condition
,
or
Motive
of
our
Election
:
As
1.
To
shew
forth
His
virtues
whose
Off-spring
we
profess
our selves
to
be
:
Mat.
5.
45
,
That
ye
may
be
(
i.
e.
that
ye
may
appear
and
approve
your selves
to
be
)
the
Children
of
your
Father
which
is
in
Heaven
.
2.
To
Convince
Those
without
;
That
they
by
our
good
conversation
may
be
won
over
,
and
learn
to
do
well
;
Or
else
be
compelied
to
Glorifie
God
in
the
day
of
visitation
.
3.
For
Encouragement
and
Example
to
Weaker
Christians
;
who
yet
are
but
Children
in
the
good
wayes
of
God
,
and
are
aptlier
led
by
Example
than
Precept
.
4.
That
by
having
our
Senses
exercised
about
holy
things
,
we
might
become
more
holy
;
and
so
,
more
capable
of
Communion
with
God
here
,
and
meetened
for
our
Heavenly
Inheritance
.
5.
Good
works
are
a
part
of
Election
;
and
the
Elect
are
as
absolutely
ordained
to
them
,
as
to
Salvation
it self
,
Joh.
15.
16.
Objections
I
did
not
intend
to
meddle
with
:
But
considering
that
That
which
follows
of
this
kind
,
(
though
done
for
another
account
)
may
help
to
discover
the
lightness
of
what
is
alledged
against
our
Doctrine
of
Election
,
I
have
therefore
inserted
it
here
;
And
hope
it
shall
prove
to
its
further
Confirmation
.
There
is
no
Election
,
nor
Decree
of
Election
,
of
particular
persons
as
such
;
but
of
the
intire
species
of
Men
from
Eternity
?
Election
is
the
Choosing
of
Some
from
among
others
;
and
it
alwayes
supposeth
a
greater
Number
out
of
which
the
choice
is
made
:
And
consequently
,
The
taking
(
or
Choosing
)
of
All
,
is
quite
besides
the
nature
of
Election
.
The
Scripture
sayes
,
They
are
chosen
out
of
the
World
,
Joh.
15.
19.
Then
the
World
is
not
Chosen
:
i.
e.
The
intire
Species
of
Men
is
not
the
object
of
Election
.
God
hath
not
decreed
from
Eternity
to
Elect
any
person
of
Mankind
upon
any
terms
,
but
that
in
case
he
liveth
to
years
of
discretion
,
he
may
possibly
perish
?
This
is
excepted
against
,
1.
Because
the
person
of
Christ
Himself
is
not
exempted
:
2.
Because
as
possibly
the
death
of
Christ
might
be
in
vain
:
3.
It
makes
the
Decree
and
Election
two
things
,
and
divers
in
respect
of
time
.
That
Election
was
from
Eternity
,
is
proved
from
Eph.
1.
4.
And
that
the
Elect
shall
not
perish
,
is
absolutely
promised
,
John
10.
28.
Threatnings
of
Damnation
are
absolutely
inconsistent
with
a
peremptory
Decree
to
conferr
Salvation
?
No
more
then
the
threatning
of
death
upon
Adam
,
was
inconsistent
with
God's
purpose
to
send
him
a
Saviour
:
Except
the
Mariners
stayed
in
the
ship
,
they
could
not
be
Saved
]
was
well
consistent
with
that
peremptory
Promise
[
That
there
should
be
no
loss
of
any
Man's
life
.
]
The
Promise
of
safety
was
absolute
;
but
their
actual
obtainment
of
it
was
Conditional
:
Yet
so
,
as
That
the
performance
of
the
Condition
on
their
part
,
was
as
Certain
by
the
Decree
,
as
Safety
upon
their
performance
of
it
:
For
,
He
that
determin'd
the
safety
of
their
lives
,
Determin'd
also
That
it
should
be
Effected
by
their
abiding
in
the
Ship
;
and
That
this
Caution
,
or
threatning
of
danger
,
in
case
they
went
out
;
should
be
a
means
to
prevail
with
them
for
that
abiding
;
and
so
it
did
.
In
like
manner
,
that
saying
of
the
Apostle
,
Rom.
8.
13.
If
ye
walk
after
the
flesh
,
ye
shall
die
;
was
very
consistent
with
what
he
had
said
afore
in
Chap.
6.
14
,
That
Sin
shall
not
have
dominion
over
them
:
and
That
Nothing
should
separate
them
from
the
love
of
God
,
Chap.
8.
39.
For
,
as
the
Lord
deals
with
reasonable
Creatures
;
So
He
makes
use
of
Rational
Arguments
,
Motives
,
and
Cautions
to
work
upon
them
:
Both
End
and
Means
,
and
Inducements
to
the
use
of
those
Means
,
were
all
determin'd
together
.
We
judge
it
a
very
senseless
pant
●n
a
further
,
to
give
his
child
compleat
assurance
under
hand
and
Seal
,
that
he
will
make
him
his
〈◊〉
against
all
possible
interveniences
;
and
yet
presently
threaten
him
,
if
he
be
not
dutiful
,
to
disinherite
him
?
Undutiful
Children
may
dare
to
judge
thus
of
their
Fathers
actions
:
and
Children
(
that
otherwise
are
dutiful
and
good
,
yet
)
whiles
Children
,
may
have
Childish
conceptions
of
what
their
Ancients
do
:
But
Men
grown
up
,
and
acquainted
with
their
Fathers
prudence
and
goodness
,
will
lay
their
hand
upon
their
mouth
.
The
promise
and
purpose
of
God
to
give
Canaan
to
Abraham's
seed
;
was
so
absolute
,
That
(
by
the
Objectors
own
confession
)
all
their
unworthyness
would
not
deprive
them
of
it
:
It
is
also
evident
by
their
demeanour
,
and
the
Event
at
last
:
disinherite
them
?
and
to
blot
out
their
name
from
under
Heaven
?
Did
Moses
,
now
,
go
and
charge
God
foolishly
?
Did
he
tell
Him
,
'T
is
a
senseless
part
thus
to
threaten
after
so
absolute
an
engagement
to
the
Contrary
?
No
,
he
puts
the
Lord
in
mind
of
His
promise
to
their
Fathers
;
Of
His
Mercy
in
pardoning
them
●for●time
;
what
reflection
it
would
have
on
His
honour
among
the
Egyptians
,
If
He
should
now
destroy
them
:
&c.
Not
a
word
of
Complaint
,
That
first
to
promise
,
and
then
to
threaten
,
is
a
senseless
thing
:
It
had
been
senseless
in
Moses
thus
to
do
,
and
in
no
wise
consistent
with
His
duty
:
But
more
directly
:
It
were
no
senseless
part
in
a
Father
,
to
purchase
an
Office
for
his
Son
,
and
so
to
settle
it
on
him
;
that
it
s●all
not
be
in
his
own
power
to
Reverse
it
:
And
yet
,
(
keeping
to
himself
the
knowledge
of
that
Settlement
)
propose
the
injoyment
thereof
conditionally
,
viz.
upon
terms
of
obedience
to
his
fathers
Commands
;
The
tendency
of
all
which
,
is
but
to
prove
himself
the
Son
of
such
a
father
,
and
to
Meete●
him
for
his
place
:
And
the
more
to
oblige
his
Son
to
a
studious
preparing
himself
for
it
;
to
lay
before
him
the
evil
and
danger
of
a
Negligent
course
;
by
which
(
if
persisted
in
)
he
might
render
himself
uncapable
.
But
surely
,
supposing
this
Father
to
have
the
same
power
over
his
Son
,
as
God
hath
over
the
heart
and
Spirit
of
His
people
;
He
will
so
order
him
by
Instruction
,
discipline
,
and
good
principles
;
that
he
shall
not
run
into
a
Forfeiture
.
Besides
,
Threatnings
of
Damnation
are
not
properly
appliable
to
Believers
,
who
know
themselves
so
to
be
:
For
he
that
believeth
,
is
passed
from
death
to
life
,
and
shall
not
come
into
Condemnation
:
However
,
at
times
,
for
want
of
a
thorow
knowing
their
State
,
unthankfulness
for
it
,
or
some
other
miscarriage
;
they
bring
themselves
under
doubtings
of
it
.
But
for
such
as
have
Compleat
assurance
under
God's
hand
and
seal
,
(
as
the
Objection
speaks
)
They
are
sealed
up
to
the
Day
of
Redemption
,
with
a
Seal
that
never
shall
be
loosed
.
In
case
any
person
were
so
adjudged
to
Eternal
life
from
Eternity
,
that
there
is
no
possibility
of
miscarrying
;
then
there
was
no
necessity
of
Christs
dying
for
him
?
The
Assertors
of
Absolute
Election
do
hold
with
the
Scriptures
,
That
Election
is
in
and
through
Christ
:
The
same
Decree
that
ordained
to
Salvation
,
ordained
also
the
death
of
Christ
,
in
order
thereto
;
That
God
might
be
Just
in
Justifying
:
He
hath
appointed
us
to
obtain
salvation
by
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
,
1
Thes.
5.
9
,
10.
It
might
be
inferr'd
,
with
as
much
shew
of
Reason
,
That
if
such
an
End
be
appointed
to
be
wrought
by
such
a
Means
,
then
that
Means
is
unnecessary
to
that
end
:
That
if
God
hath
Chosen
Men
to
salvation
through
Sanctification
of
the
Spirit
and
belief
of
the
Truth
,
then
holiness
and
faith
are
Needless
things
:
These
are
absurd
reasonings
,
which
the
Truth
never
Owns
.
We
judge
such
an
Election
to
be
an
open
Enemy
to
Godliness
,
For
who
will
strain
and
toil
himself
for
that
which
he
knows
he
shall
obtain
by
an
easie
pace
?
The
Doctrine
of
Conditional
Election
can
be
no
friend
to
Godliness
,
whatever
it
may
pretend
;
since
all
that
a
Man
doth
on
that
account
,
ultimately
ends
in
self
.
Godliness
is
to
Aim
at
God
as
our
Chief
End
,
in
all
that
we
do
:
Now
,
One
that
holds
,
the
Elect
sure
of
Salvation
,
and
believes
himself
to
be
one
of
them
,
and
yet
goes
on
to
fear
God
and
obey
Him
;
Glorifies
God
more
than
he
that
performs
the
same
duties
for
kind
,
(
and
perhaps
,
greater
in
bulk
)
in
expectation
of
life
thereby
.
The
Pharisees
fasted
oftner
than
Christ's
Disciples
;
but
were
not
such
real
friends
to
Godliness
as
they
:
Long
prayers
,
fastings
,
and
Alms-deeds
,
are
all
Nothing
without
Love
:
and
who
(
do
you
think
)
will
Love
God
more
,
he
that
believes
himself
sure
of
God's
Love
unchangeably
;
or
One
that
holds
,
That
after
all
his
toiling
and
straining
,
he
may
possibly
have
Run
in
vain
,
and
lose
all
at
last
?
And
who
would
think
,
that
a
Master
in
Israel
should
Reason
so
absurdly
?
who
counts
it
a
toil
to
eat
his
Meat
when
Nature
requires
it
;
especially
when
't
is
most
agreeable
both
to
his
palate
and
constitution
?
All
the
wayes
of
God
are
pleasantness
to
them
that
walk
in
them
;
And
these
would
not
leave
them
again
,
although
their
future
happiness
were
not
concerned
in
it
:
If
they
be
grievous
to
any
,
it
is
from
their
unacquaintedness
with
.
His
Love
;
1.
John
.
5.
3.
It
must
needs
make
men
very
remiss
and
lo●se
in
the
Service
of
God
.
Christ
knew
,
that
the
Angels
had
charge
over
Him
,
and
that
He
should
not
dash
His
foot
against
a
stone
;
yet
ne'r
the
less
careful
of
His
own
preservation
:
Paul
was
sure
of
the
Crown
of
Righteousness
;
and
yet
as
diligent
in
beating
down
his
body
,
and●
strain'd
as
hard
in
Running
his
Race
,
as
any
of
those
,
who
lay
the
stress
of
Salvation
upon
their
works
.
Such
a
Notion
of
Election
,
layes
the
honour
and
necessity
of
that
great
Ordinance
of
Preaching
the
Gospel
,
in
the
dust
:
For
,
if
the
Elect
(
so
called
)
shall
as
certainly
be
saved
by
a
weak
,
simple
,
or
Corrupt
Ministry
,
and
this
(
it
may
be
)
enjoyed
but
a
day
or
two
in
all
a
Mans
life
,
or
loosely
attended
upon
,
wherein
is
the
Ministry
of
the
Gospel
to
be
esteemed
?
That
peremptory
Decree
,
That
[
Summer
and
Winter
,
Day
and
Night
,
shall
not
cease
;
]
takes
not
away
the
Necessity
of
the
Sun
's
being
in
the
World
,
That
Seed
time
and
Harvest
shall
not
cease
)
doth
no
whit
discharge
the
Husbandman
either
of
his
ufefulness
or
duty
;
but
evinceth
the
One
and
inforceth
the
Other
;
Giving
also
Encouragement
to
him
in
his
Work
.
The
force
of
this
Answer
will
not
be
evaded
by
alledging
,
That
God
affords
them
Means
proper
and
sufficient
for
seed
time
and
harvest
;
(
that
is
,
they
have
fitting
Seasons
,
with
Seed-corn
,
horses
,
plows
,
and
other
Utensils
of
husbandry
)
and
that
's
all
the
Promise
intends
;
and
if
they
improve
them
not
,
the
fault
's
their
own
:
True
,
it
is
so
,
and
they
shall
smart
for
their
Neglect
:
But
what
will
become
of
the
Promise
,
and
Sureness
of
the
Covenant
?
Therefore
,
this
is
not
All
that
God
doth
for
Men
in
this
point
:
He
that
Decreed
How
long
the
Earth
shall
endure
,
and
what
number
of
Men
He
will
raise
up
upon
it
;
Did
also
Decree
His
own
upholding
thereof
,
during
that
time
,
and
by
what
Means
those
Men
should
be
propagated
and
kept
alive
;
and
did
accordingly
put
into
Mankind
,
the
Principles
of
Self-preservation
;
by
which
they
are
Naturally
prompted
to
the
use
of
them
,
as
they
are
to
Eat
,
Drink
,
and
Sleep
:
He
hath
set
the
World
in
their
heart
.
Eccles.
3.
11.
As
the
Elect
shall
certainly
be
saved
,
and
also
prepared
for
that
Salvation
;
so
hath
the
Lord
appointed
them
such
a
Ministry
,
and
for
so
long
a
time
,
and
their
attendance
thereon
,
in
such
manner
,
as
best
agreeth
to
His
Own
intent
;
and
which
He
will
bless
and
make
effectual
for
that
End
:
As
is
seen
in
His
sending
Paul
to
certain
places
,
where
he
must
preach
and
not
hold
his
peace
;
Why
?
because
God
had
much
People
in
that
City
:
i.
e.
Many
of
His
Elect
Ones
were
there
;
who
must
be
brought
in
by
Paul's
Ministry
:
Bythinia
and
other
places
,
he
is
not
suffered
to
go
into
,
though
he
would
;
God
had
not
yet
any
Work
for
him
there
.
Those
that
are
to
be
taken
,
the
Lord
will
bring
under
the
Means
(
as
He
did
that
Shoal
of
Fishes
under
Peters
Net
,
Witness
the
Eunuch
,
See
Acts
2.
How
by
Illiterate
Mens
Ministry
,
He
took
them
by
thousands
,
and
added
to
His
Church
daily
,
such
as
should
be
saved
.
So
then
,
the
Ministry
of
the
Gospel
is
in
no
wise
made
useless
or
disesteemable
by
the
doctrine
of
Absolute
Election
;
but
is
rather
Greatened
thereby
,
as
being
the
Power
of
God
to
that
Salvation
He
hath
Chosen
us
to
.
Of
what
great
consequence
to
the
World
,
are
the
Richest
Gifts
of
Wisedom
,
Knowledg
,
Vtterance
,
&c.
if
all
th●se
who
are
in
any
possibility
of
being
saved
by
them
;
may
and
shall
as
certainly
be
saved
without
them
?
That
the
Richest
gifts
of
Wisdom
,
Knowledge
,
Utterance
,
are
of
no
great
consequence
to
the
World
,
is
no
Consequent
of
the
Doctrine
of
Absolute
Election
;
For
,
They
are
given
for
the
Perfecting
of
the
Saints
,
and
edifying
the
Body
of
Christ
;
(
that
is
,
The
Elect
:
)
And
all
the
diversities
of
Gifts
,
Manifestations
,
and
Operations
,
do
concur
to
the
same
End
;
Since
it
is
the
same
God
,
who
Worketh
all
in
all
;
(
that
is
)
He
appoints
Men
to
Salvation
;
These
Gifts
,
as
a
Means
to
prepare
them
for
it
;
and
Makes
them
Effectual
thereto
.
But
,
that
those
richest
Gifts
of
Wisedom
,
Knowledge
,
and
Utterance
,
are
of
no
great
use
or
consequence
to
the
World
;
is
a
very
〈◊〉
Consequent
of
that
Doctrine
,
which
tells
the
World
,
that
the
Sun
,
Moon
,
and
Stars
do
preach
the
Gospel
sufficiently
for
Salvation
:
Which
,
if
they
do
,
wherein
(
indeed
)
are
those
Richest
Gifts
to
be
esteemed
?
And
to
what
end
is
this
waste
?
Why
should
the
best
of
Men
suffer
Stripes
,
Imprisonments
,
and
Death
,
for
doing
That
which
might
be
done
by
those
above
the
reach
of
danger
?
And
withal
,
't
is
too
well
known
and
obvious
,
That
Men
of
greatest
Knowledge
,
Utterance
,
and
depth
of
Reason
,
(
such
as
are
stiled
the
Princes
of
this
World
)
They
are
not
alwaies
,
(
Nay
,
very
rarely
)
the
fastest
Friends
of
Truth
and
Godlin●ss
:
And
those
Few
that
are
,
are
not
alwayes
most
successeful
in
their
Work
;
Eccles.
9.
11.
When
as
Some
others
,
meanly
furnished
in
comparison
,
Turned
the
World
upside-down
.
The
Lord
oft-times
rejects
the
Wise
and
Prudent
,
and
reveals
himself
by
Babes
;
To
take
from
men
,
occasion
of
boasting
;
and
to
make
it
appear
,
that
the
Faith
of
His
People
doth
not
stand
in
the
Wisdom
of
Men
,
Power
of
God
.
Vpon
what
account
can
Men
be
pressed
to
a
frequent
,
diligent
,
conscientious
,
attendance
on
the
Ministry
;
if
Salvation
,
and
consequently
Preparation
,
and
Meetness
for
Salvation
,
shall
as
certainly
be
had
by
a
broken
,
careless
,
superficial
,
attendance
in
this
kind
?
On
what
account
did
the
Lord
so
frequently
admonish
that
People
,
To
keep
the
Law
without
turning
aside
;
To
Circumcise
their
hearts
;
and
to
be
no
more
stiff-necked
;
and
this
,
as
the
Condition
of
their
obtaining
Canaan
;
if
all
their
unworthyness
could
not
deprive
them
of
Canaan
?
(
which
,
the
Author
of
this
Objection
elsewhere
affirms
,
it
could
not
)
But
further
;
As
Men
are
Creatures
,
it
is
their
duty
to
serve
and
honour
God
;
and
in
order
thereto
,
to
wait
upon
Him
in
His
Ordinances
,
and
that
with
all
diligence
;
although
the
business
of
their
Salvation
were
not
concerned
in
it
;
but
much
more
since
it
is
,
if
any
thing
of
Self-Concern
,
may
enforce
a
Duty
:
And
truly
the
present
sweetness
,
that
is
in
the
wayes
of
God
,
is
Argument
sufficient
to
induce
our
most
serious
attendance
thereon
.
But
,
that
Salvation
,
or
Meetness
for
Salvation
,
may
as
certainly
be
had
by
a
careless
Attendance
;
is
far
from
the
Doctrine
of
Absolute
Election
to
Assert
:
For
,
it
presseth
it
still
,
as
an
important
duty
,
to
give
all
diligence
to
make
our
Calling
and
Election
sure
.
But
really
,
Remisness
in
duty
,
is
the
natural
result
of
that
Doctrine
which
teacheth
,
That
a
Man
possibly
may
lose
all
he
hath
run-for
at
the
last
step
:
For
,
who
will
strain
and
toil
himself
(
as
they
term
it
)
for
an
uncertainty
?
And
if
there
be
any
such
,
who
neglect
their
duty
,
because
if
Elected
they
are
sure
to
be
saved
;
they
give
but
a
sorry
evidence
of
their
state
:
And
they
are
(
commonly
)
such
as
most
eagerly
oppose
the
Doctrine
of
Election
;
and
not
of
those
who
hold
for
it
.
Such
an
Election
as
we
contend
against
,
we
judge
to
be
most
unworthy
the
most
excellent
Nature
of
God
;
and
to
be
at
manifest
defiance
with
His
Wisdom
,
Holiness
,
Mercy
,
Justice
,
&c.
If
the
Election
contended
against
,
be
such
as
the
Objectors
Arguments
are
pointed
at
;
It
is
such
as
(
I
suppose
)
was
never
held
by
any
:
And
then
,
't
is
ill-spent
time
to
set
up
Counterfeit
Notions
,
and
make
a
great
business
of
confuting
them
.
But
it
is
Absolute
Election
,
without
respect
to
Mens
Works
,
that
is
striven
against
:
And
for
this
,
we
say
1.
Absolute
Election
is
no
way
contrary
to
the
wisdom
of
God
,
but
most
consonant
thereto
;
For
,
how
can
it
stand
with
His
Wisdom
,
to
determine
the
death
of
His
Son
for
the
Salvation
of
Men
;
and
leave
it
undetermin'd
(
and
consequently
uncertain
)
whether
any
one
person
shall
have
Salvation
by
it
?
2.
It
is
so
far
from
being
at
manifest
defiance
with
the
Mercy
of
God
;
that
it
is
most
congruous
and
suitable
to
the
very
nature
of
it
.
To
shew
Mercy
,
is
To
open
the
heart
to
one
in
distress
;
To
love
and
do
good
to
Enemies
,
whom
he
might
as
justly
have
destroyed
,
and
was
no
way
oblig'd
to
spare
,
much
less
to
advance
them
:
Nay
,
perhaps
they
were
deeplier
involv'd
in
guilt
than
other
Men
,
even
the
Chief
of
sinners
:
which
is
sure
the
highest
illustration
of
Mercy
,
and
farr
from
a
manifest
defiance
with
it
.
3.
It
doth
not
oppose
the
Justice
of
God
;
For
,
to
whom
is
He
Debtor
,
or
can
be
?
All
had
a
stock
in
Adam
;
and
having
lost
it
by
their
own
default
,
God
is
not
obliged
to
Restore
it
;
Therefore
,
no
Injustice
to
Repair
One
,
and
not
Another
.
Doth
it
argue
any
Sovereign
or
high
strain
of
Grace
,
when
Ten
Thousand
have
equally
offended
,
to
pardon
o●e
or
two
;
and
implacably
resolve
to
punish
and
torment
all
the
Rest
to
the
utmost
extremity
?
And
this
against
all
possible
interveniency
of
Sorrow
and
Repentance
for
their
fault
?
It
were
very
desirable
,
that
men
,
whiles
they
suppose
to
contend
for
the
Grace
of
God
,
would
so
order
their
words
as
becomes
the
gravity
of
such
a
Subject
:
Abraham
alone
;
leaving
Millions
besides
to
their
perishing
condition
.
Nor
can
I
believe
that
Moses
understood
it
a
Disparageing
of
God's
love
to
Mankinde
,
when
he
tells
us
,
That
He
chose
that
Nation
alone
for
His
own
peculiars
,
who
yet
were
the
Fewest
of
any
People
.
One
of
a
City
,
and
two
of
a
Family
,
were
less
in
proportion
than
One
or
Two
of
Ten
Thousand
;
yet
no
complaint
upon
it
,
by
those
interessed
in
that
Grace
.
It
's
the
property
of
God's
Children
to
admire
that
He
loves
any
,
and
especially
themselves
;
and
not
to
find
fault
because
He
loves
not
All
alike
.
Who
am
I
(
says
David
)
that
thou
hast
brought
me
hitherto
!
And
Christ's
Disciples
,
Lord
why
wilt
thou
manifest
thy self
to
us
,
(
us
Twelve
)
and
not
to
the
World
▪
'T
is
therefore
the
more
strange
to
consider
,
Why
and
how
,
any
that
call
themselves
of
the
Brotherhood
,
came
so
to
espouse
the
quarrel
of
those
without
;
and
that
with
such
Eagerness
,
as
to
strive
and
fall-out
among
themselves
about
the
others
Concerns
.
But
to
Answer
more
directly
;
1.
This
Remnant
is
not
so
contemptibly
to
be
spoken
of
:
Ten
thousand
times
Ten
thousand
,
and
thousands
of
Thousands
:
And
how
small
soever
the
number
be
,
(
if
it
were
but
One
,
it
were
more
by
One
than
the
whole
Creation
could
deserve
:
But
I
say
,
How
few
soever
the
Number
be
)
no
Man
knowes
but
himself
may
be
One
of
them
;
unless
by
despising
the
Grace
of
God
in
Election
,
he
have
proved
it
otherwise
to
himself
.
2.
To
pitch
on
a
Few
whiles
in
their
blood
and
Enmity
against
God
,
and
Resolve
even
then
,
to
make
them
everlastingly
happy
;
and
that
against
the
Natural
bent
of
their
own
will
;
was
a
Grace
much
more
high
and
Sovereign
,
than
to
save
them
for
their
own
better
improvement
of
what
they
have
in
common
with
other
Men
:
(
For
that
would
not
be
of
Grace
but
of
Debt
.
)
Or
,
if
the
Lord
should
bring
Ten
Thousand
times
that
number
into
a
Salvable
condition
;
(
as
they
speak
;
)
but
so
,
as
that
very
possibly
Not
one
of
them
shall
ever
be
saved
;
it
would
not
bring
the
Thousandth
part
of
that
Glory
to
His
Grace
,
as
to
Save
a
Few
invincibly
.
3.
If
the
Lord
did
foresee
,
That
but
Few
would
believe
;
and
yet
Resolv'd
to
save
n●ne
but
such
as
should
believe
:
Then
the
Objection
(
as
to
Fewness
)
falls
on
the
Objectors
Doctrine
as
much
as
ours
.
4.
As
for
Godly
sorrow
,
Faith
,
and
Repentance
;
they
are
the
Gift
of
God
,
and
proper
to
the
Elect
:
And
so
,
no
Reason
to
suppose
the
interveniency
of
these
in
them
that
are
left
:
Or
to
fear
an
implacable
Resolution
to
punish
and
t●rment
Any
in
whom
these
Possibilities
go
forth
into
Act.
Other
allegations
they
have
against
the
Doctrine
of
Election
,
which
will
admit
of
as
plain
a
Solution
as
those
above
:
But
it
being
my
purpose
to
collect
what
I
should
find
in
the
Scriptures
for
it
,
and
not
to
controvert
the
Point
;
I
proceed
no
farther
;
but
go
on
to
the
Usefulness
of
the
Doctrine
.
Only
,
by
the
way
,
let
me
premise
a
Caution
or
two
.
1.
Sovereign
Lord
!
Woe
to
him
that
striveth
with
his
Maker
:
If
you
must
be
Medling
,
let
it
be
with
pot-sheards
of
Earth
like
your selves
.
2.
The
[
little
]
flock
,
but
to
heighten
the
Mercy
and
Priviledge
of
it
in
their
Esteem
!
Noah
did
not
contemn
the
Grace
of
God
to
himself
and
his
Sons
,
because
the
World
of
Ungodly
were
excluded
the
Ark
;
Nor
the
Remnant
that
escaped
the
Sword
in
Egypt
,
And
now
,
as
a
Means
to
Prevent
or
Remove
the
evil
Surmises
Caution'd
against
;
with
those
other
sinister
Deductions
which
carnal
Reason
may
be
apt
to
suggest
;
Let
us
draw
up
a
few
of
those
Many
and
Worthy
Improvements
this
Doctrine
is
capable
of
,
above
and
beyond
that
of
the
contrary
tenour
:
As
also
,
of
those
Laws
of
Duty
which
it
layes
upon
us
.
And
here
I
would
see
first
what
fruit
may
be
gather'd
from
the
several
branches
of
the
Proposition
;
and
Then
,
what
from
the
Cross
,
or
whole
of
it
promiscuously
.
1.
Who
can
tell
if
God
will
turn
away
his
fierce
anger
,
that
we
perish
not
?
It
's
a
happiness
worth
your
Venturing
for
:
For
(1)
you
can
lose
nothing
by
endeavouring
:
(2)
You
can
hardly
have
a
more
solid
evidence
of
your
being
Elected
,
than
to
have
your
heart
taken
with
Electing
love
,
and
casting
your self
upon
it
;
And
(3)
never
did
any
perish
who
ventur'd
on
th●s
Bottom
.
II.
humane
contrivance
:
but
hath
laid
it
more
sure
and
safe
,
than
Men
themselves
would
have
done
:
For
,
't
is
too
evident
(
by
the
Reasonings
that
are
used
to
make
Election
Dependent
and
Conditional
)
how
it
would
have
gon
,
if
left
to
the
wisdom
of
Men.
But
I
shall
not
doubt
to
affirm
,
That
this
Doctrine
of
Election's
Absoluteness
,
is
much
afore-hand
with
that
which
teacheth
it
to
be
Conditional
,
both
in
point
of
Encouragement
and
otherwise
;
And
that
as
well
Afore
believing
,
as
Afterwards
.
1.
Before
a
Man
comes
to
believe
:
(
supposing
him
to
be
Notionally
instructed
therein
Before
)
For
,
being
under
conviction
of
the
Greatness
,
and
Multitude
of
his
Sins
;
and
finding
the
power
of
indwelling
corruption
so
Insuperable
:
Having
also
a
sight
of
the
Holiness
of
God
:
It
needs
must
prove
a
difficult
Matter
to
believe
,
that
there
is
Mercy
and
Pardon
for
such
a
One
as
he
;
Or
,
that
ever
those
domineering
lusts
should
be
made
to
submit
:
But
then
considering
,
1.
That
Electing
Love
pitches
on
the
Chief
of
Sinners
:
2.
That
it
flowes
not
from
,
nor
is
sounded
upon
,
any
condition
to
be
performed
by
Men
:
And
3.
That
Election
has
in
it
All
that
conduceth
to
life
and
Godliness
;
(
These
things
,
I
say
,
considered
)
it
cannot
but
have
a
farr
greater
influence
on
the
Soul
,
to
cleave
unto
God
,
and
follow
hard
after
Him
;
than
if
his
Election
were
suspended
upon
his
Doing
that
which
he
finds
in
himself
no
power
to
p●rform
.
For
,
he
sees
by
woful
(
and
yet
,
through
Grace
,
happy
)
Experience
,
That
as
the
Law
is
made
weak
through
the
weakness
of
the
flesh
;
so
also
,
(
setting
aside
the
Absoluteness
of
Electing
love
)
all
the
meanes
of
Grace
which
are
given
in
Common
among
Men
,
would
be
wholly
ineffectual
to
Salvation
:
Which
difficulties
,
Electing
love
in
the
Absoluteness
of
it
,
will
Supersede
and
set
him
above
them
all
.
2.
After
a
man
comes
to
Believe
,
this
Doctrine
of
Absolute
Election
,
is
of
singular
use
and
benefit
to
him
,
both
as
tending
to
keep
him
on
his
feet
,
and
to
raise
him
when
he
is
down
.
(1)
It
is
a
great
Preservative
in
time
of
Temptation
:
The
Remembrance
of
that
love
which
looked
upon
him
,
when
he
was
in
his
blood
,
and
said
he
should
live
,
and
hath
now
also
made
good
its
Word
to
him
;
must
needs
operate
strongly
with
a
gratious
heart
,
against
what
ever
might
be
unworthy
of
such
love
:
Let
the
bait
be
never
so
aptly
suited
,
he
will
turn
from
it
in
a
holy
disdain
(
as
good
Joseph
did
)
How
can
I
do
this
Wickedness
,
and
sin
against
God
,
who
hath
dealt
so
bountifully
with
me
!
(2)
Nothing
more
tends
to
Recovery
after
a
fall
,
than
the
Consideration
of
the
Freeness
of
God's
Love
at
first
,
and
His
Mighty
Power
in
Quickening
,
when
altogether
dead
;
And
that
both
these
(
viz.
This
Love
and
this
Power
)
are
engaged
by
an
Absolute
Covenant
to
bring
every
one
that
takes
hold
thereof
,
unto
Glory
;
and
therefore
,
will
receive
him
,
not
only
After
,
upon
his
Return
to
his
Duty
;
but
in
the
Midst
of
his
backslidings
He
will
come
and
heal
him
.
The
Lord's
way
of
dealing
with
Ephraim
,
Remember
,
O
Jacob
,
I
have
formed
thee
;
Thou
shalt
not
be
forgotten
of
Me
:
I
have
bloted
out
thy
sins
;
Therefore
return
unto
Me
:
And
Jer.
3.
14.
Return
,
O
backsliding
Children
,
for
I
am
married
unto
you
,
(
to
wit
,
by
His
Covenant
of
Election
.
)
To
this
purpose
also
is
the
edge
of
Samuel's
Argument
applied
,
in
1
Sam.
12.
20
,
22
,
Fear
not
;
ye
have
done
all
this
wickedness
;
yet
turn
not
aside
from
following
the
Lord
:
As
if
he
had
said
,
your
wickedness
(
indeed
)
is
great
,
ye
have
highly
provoked
the
Lord
by
your
casting
Him
off
;
yet
be
not
discouraged
,
as
if
the
Lord
would
therefore
cast
off
you
;
For
,
the
Lord
will
not
forsake
His
people
:
(
But
why
?
)
Because
it
hath
pleased
the
Lord
to
make
you
His
people
.
And
in
ver.
24.
he
further
backs
it
with
the
remembrance
of
the
great
things
God
had
done
for
them
aforetime
:
Than
which
,
there
is
nothing
of
stronger
tendency
to
a
Soul's
recovery
.
-
III.
From
the
[
Personality
]
of
Election
,
-
and
-
IV.
From
the
[
Eternity
]
of
its
Original
,
-
I
gather
in
general
:
That
since
the
Scriptures
have
so
highly
Renouned
these
two
Circumstantial
parts
of
Election
,
Holy
Ghost
doth
not
use
to
inculcate
matters
of
Ordinary
observance
,
or
little
import
;
But
,
as
Noting
to
us
,
some
great
importancy
in
them
;
as
taxing
(
also
)
our
sloth
,
and
aptness
to
neglect
them
;
and
to
stir
up
our
minds
to
make
the
more
diligent
search
,
What
,
and
what
manner
of
things
they
are
;
and
how
to
be
improv'd
.
In
particular
:
From
the
Personality
of
Election
,
I
Infer
.
I.
I
know
thee
by
name
]
and
doubtless
,
intended
that
Moses
himself
should
so
account
of
it
,
and
be
highly
s●tisfied
therewith
,
though
deny'd
in
some
other
things
he
would
fain
have
had
.
Thu●
also
Paul
signalizeth
those
eminent
Saints
,
who
were
his
fellow-Labourers
in
the
Gospel
,
their
[
names
]
were
in
the
Book
of
Life
.
And
our
Saviour
propounds
it
to
His
Disciples
,
as
matter
of
highest
Exultation
,
That
their
[
names
]
were
written
in
Heaven
.
That
our
poor
insignificant
names
should
be
written
in
God's
book
,
and
l●id
up
among
His
Treasures
in
Heaven
;
when
the
Generality
of
Names
(
even
Names
of
Note
)
are
written
in
the
Dust
!
let
it
not
seem
a
light
matter
to
us
:
Everlasting
Name
which
never
shall
be
cut-off
.
II.
I
know
theeby
name
]
But
Moses
,
as
rapt
into
the
Second
,
and
fain
would
be
in
the
Third
Heaven
;
presently
replies
,
[
I
beseech
thee
shew
me
thy
Glory
]
III.
one
day
,
(
however
by
some
too
lightly
esteemed
Now
)
when
it
shall
be
the
great
distinguishing
character
between
you
and
the
World
:
Whoever
he
be
that
derives
not
his
Genealogie
from
this
Register
,
Names
are
written
in
the
Book
of
life
!
yea
,
[
every
One
]
that
is
not
found
written
there
,
Give
all
diligence
to
make
y●ur
Election
sure
.
IV.
Palms
of
your
hands
;
Let
the
Choyce
of
your
Affections
,
The
Chief
of
your
Strength
,
and
the
whole
of
your
Activity
,
be
employed
for
His
honour
:
Let
every
thing
you
do
,
bear
an
Impression
of
Him
whose
Name
is
Holy
.
Then
,
from
the
Antiquity
of
Election
.
I.
Eternal
Validity
of
it
)
How
should
this
(
I
say
)
be
had
in
everlasting
Remembrance
,
and
the
thoughts
thereof
be
very
precious
to
us
!
Lying
down
,
Rising
up
,
and
all
the
day
long
Accompanying
of
us
!
And
how
carefull
should
we
be
,
Not
onely
to
keep
this
Charter
uncancelled
,
but
also
to
keep
it
clean
from
all
sorts
of
Dust
and
soil
,
by
which
the
legibleness
thereof
might
any
way
be
obscured
to
our selves
or
Others
!
II.
Eternal
Origine
,
be
an
Argument
for
Its
Eternal
Duration
;
and
so
,
of
the
Saints
Invincible
Perseverance
to
Glory
.
That
which
is
from
Everlasting
shall
be
to
Everlasting
:
If
the
Root
be
Eternal
,
so
are
the
Branches
.
Surely
,
For
this
good
End
(
among
others
)
is
it
twice
recorded
in
the
Revelation
,
Their
Names
were
written
in
the
book
of
life
[
from
the
foundation
of
the
World
]
Namely
,
peculiar
thereto
as
the
Promise
of
Eternal
life
;
The
Lamb
slain
;
The
Kingdom
prepared
,
&c.
Election
is
an
Eternal
Fountain
,
that
never
leavs
Running
whiles
a
Vessel
is
empty
,
or
capable
of
holding
more
;
and
it
stands
open
to
all
Comers
:
Therefore
come
,
and
if
ye
have
not
sufficient
of
your
own
,
Go
and
borrow
Vessels
,
Empty
Vessels
,
not
a
Few
;
Pay
your
debts
out
of
it
,
and
live
on
the
Rest
to
Eternity
.
V.
From
the
Doctrine
of
Cho●sing
in
Christ
:
I.
Solomon
,
Because
the
Lord
loved
His
People
,
He
set
His
Son
over
them
.
It
is
also
an
eminent
proof
of
His
Manifold
Wisdom
,
To
Contrive
the
blessedness
of
His
people
in
such
a
Manner
,
as
should
most
Certainly
secure
their
obtainment
of
it
;
Most
signally
illustrate
His
love
to
them
;
and
so
,
most
affectionately
winn
upon
their
hearts
,
and
oblige
them
to
Himself
for
ever
.
We
may
hence
also
discern
somthing
of
that
Immense
Greatness
and
Holiness
of
God
,
That
though
He
so
loved
His
Elect
,
One
in
Himself
;
That
Union
could
not
be
admitted
without
a
Mediatour
equal
with
Himself
.
II.
All
Fullness
dwells
in
him
,
and
that
for
you
.
He
is
not
onely
a
Root
stable
in
himself
,
but
stablishing
to
you
:
Communicating
sap
and
spirit
to
all
his
Branches
:
Whiles
there
is
life
in
Him
you
cannot
die
.
This
is
That
makes
the
Saints
stand
Firm
and
sacred
in
the
midst
of
dangers
;
The
evil
one
touch●th
them
not
.
Let
all
the
Rebell-Crew
of
adversaries
(
Satan
,
the
World
,
your
own
evil
hearts
)
associate
themselves
,
and
take
Counsel
together
;
it
all
comes
to
nought
:
Let
their
Asaults
be
Renewed
again
and
again
,
they
are
still
beaten
off
:
They
gird
themselves
and
are
broken
in
pieces
:
They
gird
again
,
and
again
they
are
broken
in
pieces
.
Thus
it
is
,
and
thus
it
shall
be
,
For
God
is
with
us
.
This
was
it
made
David
fearless
,
even
in
the
valley
of
the
shadow
of
death
,
The
Lord
was
with
him
.
And
those
three
Noble
Confessors
,
they
walked
secure
in
the
fiery
furnace
,
the
Son
of
God
was
Among
them
.
Therefore
Do
All
,
Suffer
All
,
and
Expect
All
,
as
being
in
Christ
,
and
not
otherwise
.
But
woe
to
him
that
is
alone
,
who
when
he
falls
hath
not
Christ
to
help
him
up
.
III.
He
that
is
joyned
to
the
Lord
is
one
Spirit
.
The
holy
Oyl
that
was
poured
on
your
Head
runs
down
to
the
Skirts
of
His
Garm●n●s
;
(
i.
e.
to
the
very
meanest
of
His
Followers
)
and
they
carry
a-long
the
precious
scent
with
them
,
where
ever
they
go
;
(
or
should
do
,
as
Paul
did
,
2
Cor.
2.
14.
)
It
is
natural
to
those
married
to
Christ
to
bring
forth
fruit
unto
God
;
and
see
it
be
such
as
will
abide
the
Test
;
IV.
V.
VI.
The
founding
of
Election
upon
Grace
,
Affords
Vs
divers
useful
instructions
:
As
,
I.
our
own
keeping
:
That
Another
,
(
and
He
One
that
had
not
the
least
need
of
us
)
should
be
more
provident
for
us
than
we
would
have
been
for
our selves
:
That
our
Chiefest
Interest
should
have
the
highest
security
:
That
it
should
be
founded
upon
Grace
;
(
the
Attribute
which
Our
Great
King
most
delights
to
honour
.
)
And
that
He
should
do
it
(
as
it
were
)
against
our
wills
;
(
For
so
it
is
,
in
as
much
as
to
graft
our
happiness
on
the
Will
of
Another
,
is
contrary
to
Nature
)
Of
all
Bottoms
,
we
should
not
have
pitcht
it
there
;
and
yet
,
in
truth
,
no
other
ground
would
hold
us
:
His
Name
may
well
be
called
Wonderful
;
It
is
not
after
the
manner
of
Men
;
This
is
the
Lords
doings
,
and
let
it
be
Marvellous
in
ovr
eyes
.
II.
He
would
not
value
a
life
that
depended
on
his
own
Righteousness
,
Job
.
9.
15
with
21.
The
Grace
of
God
is
little
beholden
to
that
Doctrine
which
would
give
the
Glory
of
it
to
a
graceless
thing
:
And
as
little
have
the
Souls
of
men
to
thank
it
for
:
It
feeds
them
with
dreams
and
fancies
;
hardly
bestead
and
hungry
.
Therefore
,
sit
not
down
under
the
shadow
of
that
G●urd
;
It
hath
a
worm
at
the
Root
;
And
they
will
not
be
held
guiltless
,
nor
kept
from
the
Scorching
Sun
,
whoever
they
be
that
shelter
themselves
in
the
Covert
of
it
.
It
's
a
spark
of
Men's
own
kindling
;
wherewith
though
compassed
round
,
they
'l
lie
down
in
sorrow
,
Isa.
50.
11.
Therefore
let
those
who
disrellish
this
Doctrine
,
because
it
founds
not
Salvation
upon
Self
,
look
well
to
their
standing
and
shift
from
it
in
time
.
III.
Election
as
founded
upon
Grace
.
As
it
was
Grace
which
gave
you
your
Elect
being
;
So
,
let
it
be
your
Spirit
and
utmost
endeavour
to
improve
this
your
being
,
to
the
praise
of
that
Grace
.
1.
Give
it
the
sole
honour
of
Election's
Original
:
Suffer
not
Free-will
Grace
,
or
any
thing
else
,
pretend
to
a
share
in
the
parentage
of
it
:
Let
not
your
faith
,
whether
foreseen
or
perfected
,
be
reckoned
the
ground-work
,
or
Motive
,
of
your
Election
;
cannot
bear
the
Root
:
Even
Faith
it self
must
not
(
yea
,
if
it
be
right
,
it
will
not
)
gather
where
it
hath
not
strewed
.
Own
nothing
(
therefore
)
that
may
detract
from
the
honour
that
is
due
to
Sovereign
Grace
.
2.
Bear
your self
upon
this
Grace
,
against
all
your
weal●ness
and
unworthyness
:
Let
not
these
discourage
you
,
but
rath●r
plead
them
as
occasions
by
which
Grace
will
be
manifested
,
and
shew
it self
to
be
What
it
is
.
Thus
did
David
,
Pardon
my
Sin
,
for
it
is
great
:
And
Moses
,
when
all
that
peoples
obedience
could
not
furnish
him
with
an
Argument
for
God's
continuing
His
presence
with
them
,
what
's
his
Plea
?
They
are
an
honest
ingenu●us
people
?
Tractable
to
thy
Commands
?
plyant
to
thy
will
?
They
are
worthy
for
whom
Thou
shouldst
do
this
;
For
t●ey
love
thy
Company
,
and
have
bu●lt
Thee
a
Tabernacle
?
No
,
there
is
none
of
this
Stuff
in
it
:
But
,
let
my
Lord
,
I
pray
thee
,
go
with
us
;
For
it
is
a
stiff-necked
people
;
their
Neck
is
an
iron
sinew
,
and
their
Brow
brass
;
Therefore
,
go
Thou
with
us
,
to
better
us
,
to
soften
us
,
and
to
pardon
us
:
And
by
this
shall
the
freeness
of
thy
Grace
appear
to
us
:
For
,
How
else
shall
it
be
known
that
I
and
this
people
have
found
Grace
in
thy
Sight
?
(1)
Look
that
you
make
not
a
light
Matter
of
your
Sins
or
of
your
Sinfulness
:
you
cannot
think
bad
enough
of
your self
or
of
them
;
nor
be
too
much
humbled
:
Onely
,
be
not
cast
down
.
(2)
Use
the
Means
that
Grace
hath
appointed
:
Watch
and
be
Sober
;
Watch
unto
Prayer
;
Put
on
the
whole
Armour
of
God
,
and
keep
it
close
about
you
;
Your
Sword
and
your
Shield
,
be
sure
you
forget
not
:
But
still
let
your
eyes
be
towards
the
hand
of
Grace
through
Christ
,
for
Councel
,
Strength
,
Agency
,
and
every
good
thing
;
And
depend
on
it
for
conserving
and
actuating
the
Grace
it
hath
wrought
in
you
,
as
Plants
do
on
their
Roots
:
The
Spouse
,
after
Married
to
Christ
,
Drawn
to
Him
.
(3)
What-ever
befalls
you
,
Remember
the
Good
Pleasure
of
God
is
in
it
;
did
;
or
if
you
will
speak
,
Other
useful
Instructions
from
the
Doctrine
of
Election
in
General
and
Together
.
I.
1
As
touching
the
Great
business
of
Salvation
,
Do
you
submit
to
Mercy
without
Indenting
,
and
making
terms
with
God
?
Have
you
laid
your self
at
his
feet
,
with
[
Peradventure
He
will
save
me
alive
?
]
And
if
He
say
,
I
have
no
pleasure
in
thee
;
Lo
,
here
I
am
,
and
here
I
will
lye
:
If
I
must
perish
,
I
will
perish
here
:
I
cannot
die
in
a
better
place
or
posture
.
Thus
did
Job
,
when
the
Lord
seemed
to
set
Himself
against
him
,
as
resolv'd
to
destroy
him
;
yet
still
he
resolv'd
to
Trust
in
Him
,
and
to
hold
fast
his
Integrity
.
more
Noble
,
and
of
an
higher
Extract
,
than
those
are
acquainted
with
,
who
Conclude
,
That
upon
their
doing
This
and
That
,
(
which
they
suppose
every
Man
hath
power
to
do
)
they
shall
be
saved
:
For
,
such
kinde
of
love
is
Mercenary
;
He
will
not
stirr
,
Nor
look
towards
the
Vinyard
,
until
he
have
agreed
for
his
penny
:
(
which
yet
,
he
is
not
Content
with
when
he
has
it
)
The
Other
goes
in
and
falls
to
his
Work
;
and
leaves
to
his
Master
,
to
give
him
What
is
meet
;
which
also
he
leaves
to
his
Master's
Judgment
,
2
Do
you
Own
God's
Sovereign
Commands
without
disputing
?
Abraham
did
thus
,
in
the
business
of
Isaac
;
although
he
could
not
see
how
the
Promise
of
God
,
and
the
killing
of
his
Son
,
could
stand
together
:
And
so
will
Abraham's
Children
do
.
They
know
that
their
Lord
is
a
Great
King
,
hath
absolute
Dominion
,
and
giveth
accompt
of
none
of
his
Matters
:
What
He
is
pleas'd
to
Command
,
their
duty
is
to
obey
,
without
asking
a
Reason
Why
?
Or
,
how
will
these
things
Consist
?
Such
demands
(
they
know
)
become
not
the
lips
of
those
who
live
upon
Grace
.
3
Doth
your
love
towards
God
,
hold
the
same
Course
that
His
love
hath
done
towards
you
?
All
that
God
hath
done
,
or
will
do
for
His
Chosen
,
it
is
the
Product
of
Electing
love
:
Does
all
your
Obedience
Rise
from
Love
?
And
does
this
love
of
yours
grow
out
of
His
?
Is
His
Electing
love
the
Root
of
it
?
Is
all
that
you
do
towards
God
,
in
a
way
of
Gratitude
?
and
with
Designe
to
Glorifie
His
Grace
?
And
when
the
Lord
seems
to
go
from
you
,
Do
ye
follow
the
harder
after
Him
?
As
He
,
for
a
long
time
,
followed
you
,
waiting
That
He
might
be
Gracious
unto
you
.
This
is
truly
a
God-like
Love
;
The
eminency
whereof
lies
in
this
,
That
He
loved
us
when
enemies
to
Him
;
and
loved
us
into
a
likeness
to
Himself
:
Answerable
whereto
,
we
shall
love
Him
,
4
Do
you
Rejoyce
in
the
thoughts
of
Electing
love
,
What
it
is
,
and
Whence
it
came
?
What
it
hath
designed
you
for
,
and
will
bring
you
unto
at
last
?
Is
it
your
delight
to
Converse
with
the
Book
of
Life
?
And
do
you
Rejoyce
more
That
your
Names
are
written
in
Heaven
,
than
if
Devils
were
Subject
to
you
?
When
your
flesh
and
your
heart
fail
you
,
do
you
look
to
Electing
Love
as
your
Strength
and
Portion
,
and
Count
it
a
Goodly
heritage
?
Do
you
aim
at
That
which
Electing
Love
hath
defigned
you
for
,
and
because
so
Designed
;
If
by
any
Means
you
may
attain
to
it
?
And
are
you
better
Satisfied
to
be
at
the
Good
Pleasure
of
God
,
than
at
your
own
?
And
bless
his
Wisdom
and
Grace
,
for
undertaking
the
disposure
of
your
Eternal
Interest
?
Such
fruit
could
not
be
,
but
from
that
Seed
of
God
.
Let
me
add
a
few
Tokens
more
of
True
love
,
according
to
the
Carriage
of
it
among
Men.
-
1.
He
that
loves
Another
,
will
delight
in
his
presence
,
and
seek
Occasions
of
Conversing
with
him
.
-
2.
Being
absent
,
he
thinks
much
upon
him
,
and
gives
welcome
entertainment
to
whatever
may
be
a
Remembrance
of
him
.
-
3.
He
will
seek
the
Well-pleasedness
of
him
who
is
the
object
of
his
love
.
-
1
By
presenting
things
lovely
to
him
.
-
2
By
avoiding
whatever
may
disgust
him
.
-
3
By
a
wary
preventing
,
or
speedy
removing
,
what
might
give
the
Other
occasion
to
be
jealous
of
his
love
to
him
.
-
4.
He
will
Candidly
Interpret
whatever
might
seem
a
declining
of
the
Others
love
to
him
;
And
not
be
satisfied
until
it
be
recover'd
,
or
better
understood
.
II.
III.
Eternal
Salvation
,
see
you
distrust
it
not
for
things
of
lesser
Moment
.
When
the
Lord
Ordained
you
to
life
,
He
Ordained
also
All
those
various
occurrences
,
Windings
,
and
Turnings
you
should
be
exercised
with
in
your
way
thither
:
And
(
't
is
sure
,
)
He
does
nothing
in
vain
.
There
is
need
of
all
sorts
of
weather
for
the
Earth's
good
:
All-Fair
would
destroy
it
.
Know
it
therefore
of
a
Truth
,
that
all
your
Concerns
were
Fore-determin'd
of
God
;
and
that
so
well
,
as
all
your
Prudence
and
love
to
your selves
could
not
Mend
it
:
Nor
can
all
your
Care
and
Solicitude
alter
any
of
them
,
either
as
to
Matter
or
Form
;
No
,
Not
to
change
the
colour
of
an
hair
:
Take
no
thought
.
But
whence
is
it
,
That
Believers
,
who
have
trusted
God
for
their
Souls
,
should
yet
make
so
difficult
of
Trusting
Him
for
their
Outward
Man
?
And
so
Comber
themselves
with
unprofitable
burden
?
Earthly
things
are
nearer
our
Senses
;
and
thence
we
are
more
sensible
of
the
Comfort
of
them
,
as
also
of
their
want
.
They
also
seem
more
within
our
line
and
Compass
;
and
so
we
Reach
more
earnestly
after
them
,
and
are
answerably
troubled
,
when
we
fall
sho●t
:
Whereas
we
should
carry
it
for
Temporals
,
as
we
do
(
or
should
do
,
rather
)
for
our
Souls
,
and
Spiritual
portion
;
That
is
,
look
to
our
present
Duty
,
Be
diligent
in
our
place
,
and
Content
with
such
things
as
we
have
;
Have
therefore
your
Faith
exercised
;
As
about
the
Greatest
,
so
also
about
the
Smallest
and
Commonest
Matters
:
Use
Grace
,
and
have
Grace
;
It
is
want
of
Vse
makes
lame
of
your
right
hand
;
and
Much
using
renders
more
useful
.
Faith
is
the
head
of
your
Spiritual
senses
;
And
if
That
be
Active
,
the
Rest
cannot
be
idle
,
Nor
much
at
a
loss
.
Faith
also
is
a
plain
Dealer
;
It
represents
things
as
they
are
;
Shews
them
in
their
true
Dimens●ons
,
with
their
use
and
end
.
See
therefore
,
that
you
never
hold
a
Consultation
,
unless
Faith
be
present
,
yea
and
President
too
;
Else
All
will
be
in
disorder
at
once
:
One
Act
of
Faith
shall
sooner
Remove
the
Mountain
,
than
all
the
Cattle
on
a
Thousand
hills
.
Lastly
,
those
Marks
of
God's
Elect
;
sit
down
and
take
the
Comfort
of
it
;
Let
this
Joy
of
the
Lord
be
your
strength
;
Eat
your
bread
,
and
drink
your
wine
(
or
Water
either
)
with
a
Merry
heart
,
since
God
hath
accepted
you
.
If
David's
heart
was
so
taken
with
that
love
which
chose
him
to
be
King
afore
the
house
of
Saul
;
how
should
our
Souls
be
rapt
into
the
third
Heaven
,
That
We
(
poor
unworthy
wretched
We
)
should
be
taken
into
that
peculiar
favour
in
which
the
generality
of
Men
have
nothing
to
do
!
How
should
it
affect
our
hearts
!
Art
thou
of
those
who
are
Wise
or
Noble
according
to
the
flesh
?
Be
filled
with
an
holy
Amazement
and
exultation
,
(
Rejoyce
with
trembling
)
That
the
Great
GOD
(
to
whom
thou
wast
no
more
than
others
thy
Consorts
that
are
left
;
and
who
commonly
Chooses
the
base
and
foolish
,
thereby
to
Magnifie
His
Grace
)
should
thus
go
out
of
His
way
to
call
in
thee
;
And
hath
also
made
His
Call
effectual
to
thee
;
even
then
when
thou
wast
inviron'd
with
a
world
of
temptations
to
obstruct
it
.
And
if
thou
be
a
Man
of
low
degree
,
(
poor
,
weak
,
foolish
,
of
no
account
among
Men
,
even
as
one
that
is
Not
)
and
hath
the
Lord
regarded
thee
in
thy
low
estate
,
and
Magnified
thee
,
by
setting
His
love
upon
thee
?
Hath
He
taken
thee
from
the
dunghill
,
to
set
thee
among
Princes
;
even
the
Princes
of
the
World
to
come
?
This
is
that
Exaltation
which
the
poor
should
always
Rejoyce
in
,
according
to
James
1.
9.
Were
you
the
head
instead
of
being
the
tail
;
Were
the
Necks
of
your
enemies
under
your
feet
?
yea
,
were
the
Devils
themselves
made
subject
to
you
;
It
could
not
afford
you
the
thousandth
part
of
that
Cause
of
Rejoycing
,
as
that
your
Names
are
written
in
Heaven
.
Are
other
men
prosperous
in
the
world
,
and
free
from
trouble
,
whiles
you
are
reduc'd
to
a
low
estate
,
and
chastened
every
Morning
?
Have
,
perhaps
,
but
an
handful
of
Meal
,
and
a
little
oyl
in
a
Cruze
,
&c.
yet
think
not
your
Portion
Mean
or
hardly
dealt
out
:
your
good
things
are
to
come
;
They
are
growing
in
the
other
World
;
And
at
the
time
of
harvest
,
the
Lord
will
send
his
Angels
for
you
:
yea
,
your
Lord
Himself
will
come
and
fetch
you
thither
:
And
you
shall
be
for
ever
with
Him
;
In
whose
presence
is
fulness
of
joy
,
and
at
whose
Right
hand
are
Rivers
of
pleasures
for
evermore
:
And
then
you
will
Sing
,
[
The
lines
are
fallen
to
me
in
pleasant
places
]
At
least
,
say
so
Now.
As
Abraham
dealt
by
his
Concubines
children
,
so
doth
God
by
the
Ishmaels
of
the
world
;
He
gives
them
portions
,
and
sends
them
away
;
But
the
Inheritance
He
reserves
for
His
Isaacs
;
To
them
He
gives
all
that
He
hath
;
yea
,
even
Himself
:
And
what
can
we
have
more
!
OF
REDEMPTION
.
IN
this
Point
we
are
equally
concern'd
with
that
of
Election
,
as
the
Great
Comprehensive
Means
of
bringing-about
the
Greatest
End
,
viz.
the
Glory
of
God
in
the
Salvation
of
His
Chosen
.
That
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
hath
a
Body
or
Church
,
to
whom
He
is
Head
and
Saviour
;
is
not
supposed
a
Question
.
But
,
Who
they
are
that
do
make-up
this
Body
;
Whether
the
Whole
of
Mankind
universally
,
or
Some
particular
Persons
:
Whether
He
had
in
His
death
the
same
respect
to
All
as
to
Some
:
And
whether
Any
of
those
he
died
for
,
may
miss
of
the
benefits
accruing
by
His
death
;
are
questions
of
great
Import
,
and
worthy
a
serious
deliberation
:
To
Resolve
which
,
is
the
scope
of
the
present
Discourse
;
The
Substance
whereof
is
in
three
Positions
.
-
I.
That
the
Body
or
Church
of
Christ
consists
of
Elect
Persons
.
-
II.
That
for
These
it
was
that
He
laid
down
His
life
.
-
III.
That
the
intent
of
His
death
cannot
be
frustrate
.
For
the
[
I
]
of
These
.
By
this
[
Body
or
Church
]
of
Christ
,
I
understand
the
Designed
Subjects
of
his
Spiritual
Kingdom
,
or
Members
of
His
Mystical
Body
,
to
whom
He
was
appointed
by
the
Father
to
be
Head
and
Saviour
;
and
They
to
stand
related
to
Him
as
their
Prophet
,
Priest
,
and
King
:
Which
threefold
office
He
bears
peculi●rly
towards
the
Elect
,
The
Church
of
the
First-born
,
and
heirs
of
the
World
to
come
.
And
of
These
doth
His
Body
consist
:
i.
e.
It
is
made-up
of
These
exclusive
to
Others
;
Their
number
is
certain
and
intire
,
and
cannot
be
broken
,
either
by
Addition
or
Diminution
.
Of
this
,
the
Tabernacle
was
a
figure
,
1.
In
respect
of
its
Symmetry
or
Proportion
of
parts
;
which
induced
a
singular
beauty
upon
it
;
Towards
which
,
Nothing
could
be
added
,
nor
any
thing
abated
.
2.
In
that
all
the
parts
and
Dimensions
thereof
were
predetermined
of
God
;
and
not
left
,
in
the
least
,
to
humane
Arbitrement
or
Contingency
:
And
these
are
expresly
said
to
be
Patterns
of
things
in
the
Heavens
;
This
Couclusion
is
drawn
from
sueh
premises
as
these
;
1.
In
that
our
Lord
and
Saviour
so
manifestly
shews
Himself
concern'd
for
the
Elect
,
as
having
some
peculiar
Interest
and
Propriety
in
them
,
and
charge
of
them
.
With
These
his
delights
were
from
Everlasting
;
Prov.
8.
And
as
soon
as
they
were
actually
in
being
,
He
began
His
actual
Converses
with
them
:
and
therein
did
even
confine
Himself
to
the
Elect
Seed
.
With
what
unbelievable
Patience
and
Goodness
did
He
superintend
the
Church
or
Elect
Nation
,
As
the
Father
bath
loved
Me
,
so
have
I
loved
you
.
And
how
great
things
He
would
do
for
them
;
Not
to
the
Halfing
of
His
Kingdom
,
Let
them
alone
:
Shake
off
the
dust
off
your
feet
:
Give
not
that
which
is
holy
unto
dogs
:
&c.
Yea
,
though
they
seek
Him
,
they
shall
not
find
Him
:
It
is
true
,
The
Father
hath
given
Christ
to
be
Head
over
All
:
But
,
His
Headship
over
Men
in
general
,
and
His
Headship
over
the
Church
,
have
a
far
different
respect
and
consideration
:
He
is
God
of
the
whole
Earth
,
but
Jeshurun's
God
in
a
way
peculiar
to
His
Chosen
:
Deut.
33.
26.
Isa.
44.
2.
An
Headship
of
Dominion
He
hath
over
Rebels
;
And
service
He
hath
from
them
,
(
though
they
think
not
so
,
nor
intend
any
thing
less
:
)
Nebuchadnezzar
was
His
hired
Days-man
against
Tyre
,
Moab
was
his
Washpot
:
But
,
for
the
Elect
,
they
are
His
natural
Subjects
;
(
though
not
naturally
so
:
)
They
are
His
by
another
title
,
and
to
another
End
:
and
so
intimate
is
the
Relation
between
Him
and
Them
,
that
they
are
said
to
be
Of
His
flesh
,
and
of
His
bones
:
They
both
have
one
Soul
and
Spirit
;
He
and
They
make
one
perfect
Man
.
That
the
whole
World
is
put
in
subjection
to
Christ
,
is
for
the
Elect's
sake
;
the
power
He
hath
over
others
,
is
in
order
to
their
Salvation
;
He
is
Head
over
all
things
to
the
[
Church
]
that
is
,
To
Subject
,
Dispose
,
and
Order
all
for
the
Church's
good
;
As
in
the
seventeenth
of
John
,
He
is
said
to
have
power
over
all
flesh
,
that
He
might
give
eternal
life
(
not
to
all
He
hath
power
over
,
but
)
to
as
many
as
the
Father
had
given
Him
:
Which
[
Giving
]
imports
[
Election
]
as
going
afore
it
:
And
therefore
He
says
in
v.
6.
I
have
manifested
thy
name
to
the
Men
which
Thou
gavest
me
out
of
the
World
:
Thine
they
were
,
(
that
is
,
by
Election
)
and
Thou
gavest
them
Me
:
It
may
be
said
of
them
,
as
in
Heb.
10.
5.
A
Body
hast
thou
prepared
Me
;
which
,
though
chiefly
intended
there
of
His
humane
Natute
,
as
true
it
is
of
His
Body
Mystical
;
All
the
Members
of
which
were
written
in
God's
book
(
of
Election
)
when
as
yet
there
was
none
of
them
.
He
therefore
prays
for
These
as
a
party
distinct
from
the
World
,
and
Given
to
him
for
an
higher
End
;
as
appears
by
comparing
the
2
,
6
,
9
,
21
,
24
,
26
,
verses
of
that
17
John
.
II.
We
find
,
That
[
Church
]
and
[
Elect
]
are
but
two
several
Titles
of
the
same
persons
,
in
a
several
respect
:
[
Elect
]
as
Chosen
of
God
to
Salvation
;
and
so
,
they
are
called
The
Church
of
[
God
,
]
and
said
to
be
Sanctified
by
God
the
Father
,
Jude
v.
1.
And
the
Church
of
[
Christ
]
as
given
or
committed
to
Him
by
the
Father
in
order
to
that
Salvation
,
John
17.
6.
It
was
this
Church
to
whom
the
Apostles
inscribed
their
Epistles
,
where
we
find
them
sometimes
intit'led
[
Beloved
of
God
]
Rom.
1.
7.
Sometimes
,
The
Church
of
God
,
and
Sanctified
in
Christ
;
1
Cor.
1.
2.
At
other
times
,
Saints
and
Faithful
Brethren
in
Christ
;
Col.
1.
2.
Then
,
Churches
of
the
Saints
,
1
Cor.
14.
33.
And
Church
of
the
First-born
,
Heb.
12.
23.
And
sometime
,
expresly
[
Elect
]
1
Pet.
1.
2.
By
all
which
is
signified
,
That
the
Church
of
Christ
consists
of
Elect
persons
:
That
these
various
Appellations
,
are
but
so
many
terms
indifferently
used
about
the
same
Subject
;
and
All
as
Notes
of
distinction
from
the
World
.
When
Christ
shall
appear
in
His
Glory
,
then
shall
His
Members
be
gathered
to
Him
;
Zach.
14.
5.
The
Lord
my
God
shall
come
,
and
[
all
the
Saints
]
with
thee
.
And
Paul
(
diseoursing
the
same
thing
)
says
,
They
that
are
Christ's
at
His
coming
;
1
Cor.
15.
23.
which
shews
,
That
they
are
Christ's
so
as
Others
are
not
.
And
that
it
is
meant
of
Elect
persons
,
appears
by
our
Saviour's
own
words
,
when
speaking
of
that
His
Coming
,
and
of
the
same
Persons
who
are
said
to
be
His
,
and
to
come
with
Him
,
He
gives
them
expresly
That
Denomination
,
He
shall
send
forth
His
Angels
,
and
they
shall
gather
together
His
[
Elect
]
Mat.
24.
33.
But
,
as
for
the
Rest
of
the
Dead
,
they
lived
not
again
till
a
Thousand
years
after
;
Rev.
20.
5.
Therefore
,
these
[
Rest
]
were
no
part
of
This
Body
.
It
may
also
be
noted
,
That
those
who
did
not
Rise
with
the
Saints
,
are
specified
here
by
the
same
Word
or
Note
of
distinction
,
as
Those
Not-Elected
are
in
Rom.
11.
The
Election
hath
obtained
,
and
the
[
Rest
]
were
blinded
;
v.
7.
And
that
Those
who
had
part
in
the
first
Resurrection
,
are
the
same
persons
that
are
written
in
the
Lamb's
book
of
life
,
is
evident
,
by
comparing
Rev.
20.
4.
with
chap.
13.
8.
III.
It
was
of
Necessity
,
that
the
Body
or
Church
of
Christ
should
be
composed
of
the
Elect
Seed
;
1.
Because
none
else
were
fit
to
be
of
this
Body
,
but
such
as
should
be
like
the
Head
of
it
.
Carnal
Members
would
be
as
uncomely
to
a
Spiritual
Head
,
as
one
of
the
Brutes
to
be
Adam's
companion
.
The
King
's
Daughterelect
(
to
make
her
a
suitable
match
for
his
Son
)
must
be
all-glorious
within
:
Not
only
of
the
same
outward
metal
,
(
for
so
were
those
other
Creatures
with
Adam
)
but
made
in
the
same
Mould
,
and
indued
with
the
same
Spirit
and
Understanding
:
There
must
be
a
congruity
in
all
the
parts
throughout
:
They
must
be
copies
of
Him
;
each
one
resembling
the
Children
of
a
King
:
2.
This
likeness
to
Christ
is
proper
to
the
Elect
:
It
's
a
Royal
priviledge
intailed
upon
them
,
and
cannot
descend
or
Revert
to
any
out
of
that
line
.
That
this
likeness
to
Christ
is
requisite
to
all
His
Members
,
and
also
peculiar
to
Elect
Persons
,
are
both
attested
in
Rom.
8.
29.
Whom
He
did
fore
know
,
He
also
did
Predestinate
to
be
conformed
to
the
Image
of
His
Son
;
that
He
might
be
the
First-born
among
many
Brethren
:
Which
implies
,
that
the
Fore-known
(
or
Elect
)
only
are
predestinate
thereto
;
and
,
that
were
it
not
for
Predestination
,
the
First-born
should
have
but
a
thin
Assembly
to
Preside
amongst
:
(
indeed
,
nothing
but
blanks
for
His
great
adventure
and
long
expectation
.
)
In
Eph.
1.
3
,
4
,
5.
he
further
appropriates
those
Spiritual
blessings
(
by
which
Men
are
conformed
to
Christ
)
to
the
same
persons
;
Blessed
be
the
God
and
Father
of
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
,
who
hath
blessed
us
with
all
spiritual
blessings
in
heavenly
things
in
Christ
;
[
According
as
He
hath
Chosen
]
us
in
Him
:
—
Having
Predestinated
us
to
the
Adoption
of
Children
,
&c.
By
these
two
Scriptures
it
appears
,
that
God's
Children
and
Christ's
Brethren
are
the
same
persons
;
and
that
they
were
made
so
by
Election
.
But
,
are
Christ's
Brethren
and
His
Church
the
same
Persons
?
Take
your
solution
from
Hebr.
2.
12.
I
will
declare
thy
Name
unto
my
[
Brethren
]
In
the
midst
of
the
[
Church
]
will
I
sing
praise
unto
Thee
.
3.
This
likeness
to
Christ
is
not
attainable
by
any
without
first
being
in
Him
as
their
Head
;
For
which
cause
the
Elect
were
Chosen
in
Him
.
i.
e.
of
the
Spirit
of
Christ
,
which
is
called
the
Anointing
,
in
1
Joh.
2.
27.
)
In
this
respect
the
First
and
Second
Adams
are
set-forth
as
paralels
touching
headship
to
their
respective
Bodies
.
As
from
Adam
their
natural
Head
,
all
Mankind
have
derived
their
natural
being
;
So
from
Christ
their
Spiritual
Head
,
do
all
the
Elect
Seed
receive
their
Spiritual
being
and
Nature
.
On
which
account
he
is
stiled
The
everlasting
Father
,
and
They
His
Children
;
Isa.
9.
6.
Heb.
2.
13.
They
were
all
in
Christ
from
Eternity
,
in
as
just
(
but
spiritual
)
a
Reality
,
as
Mankind
in
Adam
,
or
Levi
in
Abraham's
loyns
when
Melchisedee
met
him
.
Eve's
production
(
as
to
the
manner
of
it
)
was
paternal
of
this
:
She
was
made
of
Adam's
substance
,
but
she
came
not
out
of
his
loyns
,
but
out
of
his
Side
:
So
is
the
New
Creature
extracted
out
of
Christ's
;
They
are
bone
of
His
bones
,
and
flesh
of
his
flesh
;
Eph.
1.
4.
Tit.
3.
5
,
6.
Inferences
.
I.
II.
Christians
indeed
.
At
latter
day
Christ
will
know
None
,
but
who
have
made
their
Robes
white
in
the
blood
of
the
Lamb.
All
Hang-by's
and
Ivy-claspers
will
then
be
shook
off
,
and
no
One
retain'd
but
such
as
have
His
substance
in
them
.
Many
shall
come
and
plead
their
works
,
What
they
have
been
,
and
what
they
have
done
;
and
their
old
hypocrisie
will
be
so
Immovable
and
Impudent
,
that
they
l
even
expostulate
the
matter
with
Him
,
Have
not
we
Prophecied
in
thy
Name
?
and
in
thy
Name
cast
out
Devils
?
and
done
many
wonderful
works
?
&c.
Of
whom
our
Lord
will
profess
,
knows
them
not
;
No
,
nor
Never
knew
them
:
He
knows
His
own
by
their
likeness
to
Him
;
He
knows
,
and
cannot
but
know
,
the
Members
of
His
Body
;
My
sheep
I
know
,
but
who
are
ye
?
will
He
then
say
to
all
that
are
but
professing
Members
of
Him
:
Which
will
be
,
indeed
,
a
Doleful
conclusion
of
their
groundless
(
though
specious
)
Confidence
!
Look
to
it
therefore
in
time
.
III.
meerly
Nominal
.
1.
Own
the
Supremacy
of
your
Head
,
by
giving
Him
the
Preheminence
in
all
things
:
Call
no
Man
on
Earth
Master
,
(
i.
e.
In
point
of
Faith
:
)
Give
unto
Caesar
all
that
belongs
to
him
;
yet
so
,
as
still
to
have
respect
unto
Christ
as
the
Supreme
Law
giver
.
2.
Submit
to
His
Government
;
Steer
your
course
by
His
Councels
,
and
follow
His
Conduct
:
Go
after
Him
wherever
He
shall
lead
you
:
Let
all
your
sens●s
have
their
Seat
in
your
Head
:
Let
every
thing
be
understood
by
you
,
according
to
His
sense
and
interpretation
of
it
.
3.
Expose
your self
for
Him
;
Stand
between
Him
and
Wrongs
;
Preserve
His
honour
and
Interest
with
the
utmost
hazard
of
your self
:
Let
life
and
death
be
as
things
indifferent
to
you
,
so
as
Christ
may
be
Magnified
in
you
;
Phil.
1.
20.
4.
Look
to
this
your
Head
for
supply
of
all
Grace
:
From
His
fulness
it
is
to
be
had
,
and
No
where
else
.
Therefore
,
Hold
to
your
Head
,
lest
Notions
beguile
you
of
your
Reward
,
Col.
2.
v.
18
,
19.
Be
sure
,
withall
,
that
you
keep
to
your
Place
and
Duty
,
lest
you
miss
of
the
Nourishment
that
belongs
to
you
:
A
Member
out
of
its
place
,
is
(
for
the
time
)
as
a
Member
cut
off
.
5.
Adorn
your
Head
by
a
constant
Reaching
at
perfect
Conformity
to
Him
;
Shew
forth
His
virtues
;
Be
holy
as
He
was
;
Let
all
your
fruits
be
such
as
are
meet
for
such
a
Root
.
God
the
Father
is
the
Head
of
Christ
;
and
ye
know
,
that
He
bore
the
express
Image
of
His
Person
,
in
all
that
He
did
:
He
could
do
Nothing
but
what
He
saw
the
Father
do
:
So
do
you
by
your
Head
Christ
;
Make
Him
your
Example
:
And
in
order
thereto
,
live
upon
Him
as
your
immediate
Root
;
and
give
Him
the
honour
of
His
own
productions
.
Then
Carry
it
towards
your
Brethren
as
Members
of
the
same
Body
.
1.
Usurp
not
upon
them
,
as
if
more
than
a
fellow-member
with
them
.
Judge
not
the
Strong
,
Nor
despise
the
Weak
:
Who
made
thee
a
Judge
?
There
's
none
but
hath
need
of
forbearance
from
others
;
and
the
less
you
see
your
need
,
the
more
need
you
have
of
it
.
2.
Intrude
not
into
Anothers
place
and
office
:
Each
Member
hath
its
own
,
to
which
it
is
fi●ted
:
This
it
best
becomes
,
and
here
it
will
be
most
useful
;
Elsewhere
it
would
be
both
useless
,
and
a
deformity
;
as
a
finger
,
or
other
Member
,
if
transposed
and
out
of
its
own
joynt
.
3.
Shew
your
Co-membership
by
your
love
and
tender
regard
towards
others
:
Consider
thy self
,
lest
thou
also
be
tempted
.
Members
of
the
same
Natural
body
,
need
no
Arguments
to
perswade
to
this
duty
;
they
do
it
by
Instinct
:
And
the
want
of
Compassionateness
in
us
towards
others
,
(
though
it
shall
not
dry
up
,
yet
)
may
much
restrain
,
at
least
in
our
apprehension
,
the
Springs
of
Christ's
pity
towards
our Selves
.
4.
Let
the
good
of
the
whole
have
the
preference
before
a
particular
part
;
And
let
That
of
a
lower
use
deny
it self
for
the
safety
and
assistance
of
That
which
is
more
Noble
:
This
(
in
a
degree
)
is
to
lay
down
our
life
for
the
Brethren
.
He
that
in
these
things
serveth
Christ
,
is
acceptable
to
God
,
and
approved
of
Men
;
and
a
good
evidence
it
is
of
your
Membership
to
Christ
.
IV.
Let
every
One
that
is
of
this
Body
,
V.
If
Jesus
Christ
be
your
Head
,
more
Comeliness
upon
thee
;
He
will
cloath
thee
,
and
Feed
thee
,
and
Physick
thee
:
He
will
give
Grace
and
Glory
,
and
No
good
thing
will
He
with-hold
from
thee
:
VI.
Rest
also
assured
of
safe
Conduct
to
the
Promised
land
.
even
before
the
presence
of
His
Glory
,
[
II
]
That
Christ
gave
Himself
a
Ransom
for
the
Elect
:
Or.
The
Redemption
wrought
by
Jesus
Christ
,
was
peculiarly
designed
for
Elect
Persons
.
The
Most
High
,
who
divided
to
the
Nations
their
Inheritance
,
He
gave
the
Elect
to
Christ
,
as
His
portion
:
And
though
Satan
(
through
their
ill
husbandry
in
Adam
)
hath
got
a
temporary
Mortgage
upon
them
;
yet
the
Fee-simple
,
or
Right
of
Inheritance
,
remains
in
Christ
:
and
therefore
,
at
the
year
of
Jubilee
(
that
is
,
in
the
time
appointed
by
the
Father
)
they
return
to
Him
as
the
Right
heir
,
though
not
without
both
Conquest
and
full
Price
.
By
[
Christ's
giving
Himself
a
Ransom
]
I
understand
the
whole
of
His
humiliation
;
What
ever
He
Did
or
Suffered
,
as
M●diat●r
,
from
His
Incarnation
to
His
Resurrection
:
All
which
are
Summarily
express'd
by
[
the
bloud
of
his
cross
;
]
as
all
the
preci●us
fruits
of
His
death
,
Forgiveness
of
Sins
]
This
was
the
price
wherewith
He
bought
them
that
should
be
Saved
.
Election
is
the
Original
Patern
;
according
to
which
,
the
line
and
compass
of
Redemption
is
to
be
measured
:
The
S●n
can
do
nothing
,
but
what
He
sees
the
Father
do
,
Joh.
5.
19.
To
make
Redemption
larger
than
Electing
love
,
is
to
Overlay
the
Foundation
;
and
what
is
so
built
,
will
surely
suffer
loss
:
It
therefore
behoves
us
to
see
,
That
we
seperate
not
what
God
hath
conjoyn'd
,
either
by
stretching
or
streightning
the
Bounds
He
hath
set
.
The
Jews
were
opinion'd
,
That
the
Promise
of
the
Messiah
belong'd
only
to
Them
,
exclusive
to
the
Gentiles
:
Others
since
,
would
extend
it
to
all
the
Sons
of
Men
universally
and
alike
;
(
Not
considering
the
Reason
why
the
Promise
was
made
to
the
Woman's
seed
,
and
not
to
Adam's
.
)
But
the
Messiah
Himself
,
who
best
knew
the
End
of
His
Coming
,
and
Line
of
the
Promise
;
exempteth
none
;
but
extends
it
to
all
Nations
indifferently
:
Yet
so
,
His
Seed
,
and
the
Travel
of
His
Soul
;
with
respect
to
whom
,
He
should
make
His
Soul
an
Offering
for
Sin
.
These
also
He
terms
His
Sheep
,
and
Himself
the
Good
Shepheard
,
(
as
well
He
might
)
Whose
own
the
Sheep
are
,
and
for
whom
He
dy'd
;
Joh.
10.
15
,
I
lay
down
my
life
f●x
the
Sheep
.
And
that
He
might
not
be
taken
to
in
tend
Those
only
of
the
Jewish
Nation
,
He
presently
adds
And
other
Sheep
I
have
,
which
are
not
of
this
Fold
,
them
also
must
I
bring
:
And
the
Evangelist
sayes
,
in
Chap.
11.
That
He
should
not
die
for
that
Nation
only
,
but
for
the
Children
of
God
which
are
scattered
abroad
;
This
●e
expresses
by
[
Gathering
together
]
which
was
the
effect
of
his
death
,
according
to
Ephes.
2.
13.
Where
they
are
said
to
be
made
nigh
by
the
blood
of
Christ
;
and
that
He
Reconciled
both
(
i.
e.
Jews
and
Gentiles
,
or
The
Elect
scattered
among
both
)
unto
God
,
in
one
body
by
the
Cross
;
according
to
the
Father's
Compact
made
with
Him
,
and
Recorded
in
Isa.
49.
6.
It
also
appears
by
Isa.
53.
that
they
were
[
Sheep
]
whose
iniquities
were
laid
upon
Christ
,
ver.
6.
And
again
ver.
8
,
For
the
transgression
of
[
my
People
]
was
He
stricken
:
(
Where
note
,
That
we
do
not
find
any
party
of
Men
termed
Sheep
,
the
People
of
God
,
and
His
Children
,
in
distinction
from
Others
,
but
with
respect
to
some
peculiar
Interest
He
hath
in
them
above
others
:
And
what
that
Interest
may
be
,
excepting
Election
,
doth
not
appear
to
us
;
For
those
other
Sheep
were
not
yet
Called
,
and
therefore
not
yet
Believers
,
and
Sheep
on
that
accompt
;
but
as
they
were
of
Gods
Elect.
For
though
All
Men
were
lost
,
Christ
was
not
sent
but
to
the
lost
Sheep
of
the
[
House
of
Israel
]
that
is
,
Those
Persons
of
the
lost
and
perishing
world
,
whom
God
had
chosen
for
His
Peculiars
,
as
He
did
the
House
of
Israel
from
among
the
Nations
;
and
who
in
that
respect
,
were
a
special
type
of
the
Spiritual
Election
.
And
on
this
account
,
the
Promises
of
the
New
Covenant
were
made
to
the
Church
under
such
Names
and
Titles
as
were
proper
to
that
People
as
distinguished
from
other
Nations
.
In
Isa.
62.
We
find
[
Holy
]
and
[
Redeemed
]
applied
to
the
same
persons
:
Whether
it
be
meant
of
Elective
Holiness
or
Actual
,
it
comes
to
One
;
For
,
both
of
them
,
together
with
Redemption
,
do
refer
to
the
same
Subject
:
For
,
as
Actual
Sanctification
is
the
Fruit
and
Consequent
of
Redemption
;
so
,
Election
is
the
Root
of
them
both
;
as
ye
have
it
in
1
Pet.
1.
2.
Elect
unto
obedience
and
sprinkling
of
the
blood
of
Jesus
Christ
.
To
be
Holy
,
is
to
be
sacred
,
selected
,
and
set
apart
for
holy
uses
,
by
appointment
of
God
:
And
they
were
Actually
sanctified
by
the
sprinkling
of
blood
:
In
Luke
1.
72.
God's
sending
of
Christ
is
said
to
be
,
In
performance
of
His
Holy
Covenant
;
The
Mer●y
promised
to
Abraham
and
to
His
Seed
:
And
who
are
Abraham's
Seed
?
Not
the
World
,
but
Believers
;
that
is
,
The
Elect
:
For
,
These
onely
obtain
Faith
,
Rom.
11.
7.
And
Gal.
3.
29.
Saith
plainly
,
If
ye
be
Christ's
,
then
are
ye
Abraham's
Seed
:
and
Rom.
9.
8.
In
Tit.
2.
we
read
,
That
it
was
a
Peculiar
People
,
that
Christ
gave
Himself
for
and
purchased
;
i.
e.
A
People
peculiarly
His
Own
:
It
denotes
some
special
propriety
He
hath
in
Them
above
Others
:
and
so
,
a
special
Cause
for
His
giving
Himself
for
them
.
We
also
find
,
That
[
Peculiar
and
Purchased
]
are
so
nearly
allied
,
that
one
word
is
used
to
signifie
both
;
1
Pet.
2.
9.
According
with
this
;
is
that
in
the
1
Pet.
1.
20
,
where
Christ
is
said
to
be
Manifested
for
those
He
writes
that
Epistle
to
:
That
they
were
persons
Elected
,
is
evident
by
the
1.
●nd
2.
ver.
And
Elect
unto
the
sprinkling
of
His
blood
:
And
as
they
were
Elected
to
it
,
so
in
the
17.
John
,
He
professes
to
make
it
good
,
For
their
sakes
(
sayes
Christ
)
I
sanctifie
my self
;
and
twice
in
the
10.
John
,
That
,
He
laid
down
His
life
for
the
Sheep
;
Which
is
perfectly
exclusive
of
others
,
as
where
He
saith
,
My
Righteousness
extendeth
unto
the
Saints
;
and
he
that
believeth
shall
be
Saved
;
that
is
,
Such
,
and
None
else
.
It
also
appears
from
Acts
20.
28.
That
it
was
the
[
Church
]
of
God
,
that
He
purchased
with
His
own
blood
.
Now
,
the
Church
and
the
World
,
are
plainly
distinct
,
as
a
Garden
inclosed
is
from
the
Common
Fields
.
That
the
Church
consists
of
Elect
persons
,
is
proved
afore
;
and
that
it
was
the
Church
He
dyed
for
,
is
proved
by
this
Scripture
;
As
also
,
from
Eph
;
5.
25
,
Where
Husbands
are
required
to
love
their
Wives
,
as
Christ
loved
the
Church
,
and
[
gave
Himself
for
it
:
]
which
shews
,
That
as
the
Husband's
love
to
his
Wife
,
is
another
kind
of
love
,
than
what
he
bears
to
others
of
the
same
Sex
;
So
is
Christ's
love
to
His
Church
;
and
therefore
,
His
death
,
which
was
the
special
effect
of
that
His
love
,
is
peculiar
to
the
Church
only
.
In
Revel.
5.
we
Read
that
the
Elders
sing
a
New
Song
to
the
Lamb
,
because
He
Redeemed
them
to
God
by
His
blood
,
ver.
9.
Among
other
Reasons
for
that
Stile
of
Elders
,
this
may
be
one
,
That
they
were
Chosen
from
the
dayes
of
old
;
(
For
,
their
Names
where
written
in
His
book
of
life
from
t●e
foundation
of
the
World
,
Rev.
1●
.
8.
)
They
are
also
said
to
be
Redeemed
[
out
of
]
every
Kindred
,
and
tongue
,
and
People
and
Nation
;
which
Rationally
implies
,
That
the
Bulk
of
those
People
and
Nations
were
not
Redeemed
with
them
.
And
again
in
the
1●
.
Ch.
A
certain
Number
are
said
to
be
Redeemed
[
from
the
Earth
]
and
[
from
among
Men
:
]
If
Some
from
among
Others
,
It
follows
of
course
,
That
those
Others
were
exempted
.
(
Here
note
by
the
way
,
That
these
Elders
were
now
in
Heaven
,
above
the
Clouds
of
misconception
and
prejudic'd
Opinion
;
and
therefore
,
no
Reason
to
misdoubt
their
testimony
.
)
And
further
,
These
Redeemed
Ones
are
there
also
stiled
,
The
First
Fruits
unto
God
and
to
the
Lamb
;
which
appellation
insinuates
,
That
they
were
seperated
from
the
Rest
,
as
the
First
Fruits
under
the
Law
were
,
by
God
Himself
,
Who
took
them
for
His
Own
portion
,
Numb.
2.
13.
and
Chap.
8.
16.
They
are
likewise
said
,
To
have
the
Father's
name
written
in
their
Foreheads
,
Rev.
14.
1.
(
Election
marked
them
out
for
Christ
)
And
to
be
written
in
the
Lamb's
Book
of
life
;
and
that
as
a
Lamb
slain
,
Rev.
13.
8.
And
on
that
account
sayes
to
His
Father
;
Thine
they
were
,
and
Thou
gavest
them
Me
,
Joh.
17.
6.
Where
also
in
His
prayer
for
those
whose
Sacrifice
He
was
now
to
offer
,
He
stiles
them
,
The
Men
which
the
Father
had
given
Him
[
out
of
the
World
]
And
in
ver
,
10
,
All
Mine
are
Thine
,
and
Thine
are
Mine
:
i.
e.
All
that
were
Christ's
in
order
to
Redemption
,
were
first
the
Father
's
by
Election
:
It
is
as
if
He
had
said
,
All
that
I
undertake
for
,
are
Thine
El●ct
:
And
All
Thine
Elect
I
undertake
for
:
He
therefore
reciprocates
the
terms
of
Relation
,
Turns
them
to
and
again
,
To
shew
the
Sameness
of
the
Persons
concerned
in
both
.
From
all
which
it
seems
undeniably
evident
,
That
as
a
certain
Number
were
Elected
;
so
a
Certain
Number
,
and
Those
the
very
same
Persons
,
were
Redeemed
.
The
Ground
and
Truth
of
this
Assertion
,
is
further
confirm'd
by
such
Arguments
as
these
:
I.
The
Levitical
Sacrifices
were
offered
for
the
House
of
Israel
,
Spiritual
Election
,
It
followes
That
this
Sacrifice
of
Christ
(
typified
by
Theirs
)
was
also
Peculiar
to
Jews
in
Spirit
;
or
Spiritual
Jews
.
So
,
Aarons's
making
atonement
for
his
Household
,
and
bearing
the
names
of
the
twelve
Tribes
on
his
breast-plate
,
were
typical
of
our
Great
High
Priest's
bearing
the
Names
and
sustaining
the
persons
of
those
for
whom
He
offered
Himself
on
the
Cross
.
Of
all
those
legal
shadows
,
Christ
and
the
Church
of
the
first-born
,
are
the
Body
and
Substance
.
II.
The
Right
of
Redemption
among
the
Jews
(
which
shadowed
this
)
was
founded
on
Brotherhood
:
Brethren
,
Children
,
and
Sons
,
whom
Christ
should
deliver
from
bondage
;
Make
Reconciliation
for
their
Sins
,
and
bring
to
Glory
.
But
,
how
came
they
to
be
God's
Children
and
Brethren
to
Christ
,
above
others
?
It
was
by
Predestination
;
and
That
was
it
entituled
them
to
Redemption
;
as
is
evident
by
comparing
the
5
and
7
verses
of
Eph.
1.
Having
predestinated
us
to
the
Adoption
of
Children
by
Jesus
Christ
;
In
whom
we
have
[
Redemption
]
through
His
blood
.
And
't
is
worthy
your
notice
,
That
by
the
law
of
Redemption
,
a
stranger
(
that
is
,
One
that
was
not
of
the
Brotherhood
)
might
not
be
Redeemed
;
peculiar
respect
the
Lord
has
for
his
peculiar
People
.
III.
The
Saving
benefits
of
Redemption
do
not
redound
to
any
but
Elect
persons
.
Elect
unto
Obedience
and
sprinkling
of
the
blood
of
Jesus
Christ
.
They
are
also
said
,
to
be
Blessed
with
all
spiritual
blessings
in
Christ
,
according
as
He
had
Chosen
them
in
Him
:
And
if
all
spiritual
blessings
be
dispensed
by
the
Law
of
Election
;
then
all
the
saving
benefits
of
Redemption
(
which
are
the
same
with
those
of
Election
)
must
be
dispensed
by
the
same
Rule
;
and
so
,
to
the
same
persons
onely
.
We
also
find
,
He
manifests
the
Father's
name
to
the
Men
He
had
given
Him
[
●ut
]
of
the
world
:
To
These
He
expounds
that
in
private
,
which
to
others
He
spake
in
parables
:
And
thus
He
did
,
Because
to
them
it
was
given
to
know
the
Mysteries
of
the
Kingdom
of
God
,
For
So
it
seemed
good
in
thy
sight
.
In
like
manner
,
the
Apostle
in
Rom.
8.
puts
Election
and
Redemption
together
,
as
pertaining
to
the
same
persons
;
And
Justification
(
which
is
the
next
effect
of
Redemption
)
he
makes
also
an
unquestionable
consequent
of
Election
:
Who
shall
lay
any
thing
to
the
charge
of
God's
Elect
?
It
is
God
that
justifieth
:
Who
shall
condemn
?
It
is
Christ
that
dyed
.
The
question
being
put
concerning
God's
Elect
,
and
the
Answer
referring
to
those
for
whom
Christ
dy'd
;
is
a
plain
implication
,
That
Redemption
and
Iustification
are
commensurate
with
Election
;
That
either
of
them
concerneth
onely
the
same
persons
;
and
that
neither
of
them
extends
to
any
,
but
whom
the
other
also
taketh-in
.
IV.
The
price
of
Redemption
was
of
that
Precious
and
Matchless
Value
,
Certainty
of
the
End
for
which
it
was
paid
.
Now
the
End
of
Redemption
was
the
Salvation
of
Men
;
below
Which
there
could
not
be
an
End
worthy
the
death
of
Christ
;
And
This
Nothing
could
secure
but
Election
;
The
Elect
alwaies
have
abtain'd
,
and
shall
:
This
is
a
Rule
affirm'd
in
Rom:
11.
7.
But
for
the
Rest
,
they
are
blinded
;
that
is
,
They
are
left
to
their
own
voluntary
Misunderstanding
;
And
being
so
,
Not
only
they
Do
not
,
His
Precious
Soul
an
Offering
for
Such
!
Men
that
never
shall
believe
;
and
consequently
never
be
Saved
?
Surely
To
no
better
purpose
than
for
the
World
of
ungodly
,
whose
Spirits
were
in
prison
two
thousand
years
afore
.
Those
whom
the
Lord
intends
to
save
alive
,
He
appoints
an
Atonement
to
be
made
for
them
;
appoint
it
;
As
He
did
not
(
under
the
Law
)
for
those
Crimes
which
Men
were
to
dye
for
.
V.
I
confine
Redemption
to
Elect
persons
,
a
Propitiation
,
1
Joh.
2.
1.
Whose
transgressions
He
was
smitten
for
,
For
them
He
makes
Intercession
,
Isa.
53.
8
,
12.
For
their
sakes
He
Sanctified
Himself
,
and
for
Them
it
was
that
He
made
that
solemn
prayer
in
the
17
,
of
John
.
And
He
now
prayes
for
them
,
as
being
just
now
to
-
offer
their
Sacrifice
:
He
also
shuts
out
the
World
expresly
from
having
any
interest
in
it
,
I
pray
not
for
the
World
,
but
for
them
which
Thou
hast
given
Me.
And
He
adds
the
Reason
(
the
foundation
Reason
)
why
He
would
pray
for
These
,
[
For
,
they
are
Thine
]
i.
e.
They
were
the
Father
's
by
Election
:
For
,
in
all
other
respects
the
Earth
is
the
Lord's
,
and
the
Fullness
thereof
.
VI.
This
Doctrine
is
further
Warranted
,
All
which
blessings
(
with
many
the
like
)
are
the
inseparable
fruits
of
Redemption
.
But
it
is
obvious
to
all
,
That
all
men
are
not
like
unto
Christ
in
Newness
of
life
:
All
have
not
the
body
of
sin
destroyed
in
them
:
All
are
not
freed
from
sin
:
Nor
shall
All
appear
with
Christ
in
Glory
:
All
are
not
Justified
and
Reconciled
:
All
are
not
made
the
Righteousness
of
God
in
Christ
:
All
do
not
follow
the
Lamb
:
Nor
are
All
made
Kings
and
Priests
unto
God
:
Whence
it
should
follow
,
That
All
are
not
Redeemed
.
VII
.
Another
Argument
for
Peculiar
Redemption
,
all
iniquity
:
Hence
it
follows
,
That
if
Christ
dyed
for
all
,
then
All
shall
be
saved
;
(
for
iniquity
only
can
be
their
Ruin
)
Or
else
,
That
Christ
fails
of
the
End
of
his
Death
.
But
,
Christ
cannot
fall
short
of
His
End
in
dying
;
For
,
all
power
in
Heaven
and
Earth
is
committed
to
Him
,
for
the
Making
of
it
good
:
And
yet
,
All
Men
are
not
saved
:
(
The
Saved
Ones
are
but
a
Remnant
)
Therefore
He
gave
not
Himself
to
Redeem
All.
It
is
the
Father's
will
,
That
of
All
He
hath
given
to
Christ
He
should
lose
Nothing
;
but
should
give
them
Eternal
life
:
Hence
it
follows
;
Either
,
That
all
men
were
not
thus
given
to
Christ
;
or
if
they
were
,
Then
All
must
have
Eternal
life
;
And
if
they
have
Not
,
The
Father's
Will
is
Not
done
:
But
,
The
Father's
Will
is
done
;
(
as
is
abundantly
evident
)
and
yet
,
All
men
are
not
saved
:
Therefore
.
That
which
Christ
layed
down
His
life
for
,
That
He
Merited
;
And
what
He
Merited
,
is
due
to
those
for
whom
it
was
Merited
:
(
He
was
not
cut
off
for
Himself
.
)
Now
,
The
Principal
thing
intended
and
Merited
by
the
death
of
Christ
was
the
Justification
of
Sinners
;
That
God
might
be
Just
in
Justifying
of
them
.
If
therefore
He
Merited
this
for
All
,
then
All
must
be
Justi●ied
;
and
it
cannot
be
justly
denyed
to
Any
:
For
,
it
is
their
due
by
virtue
of
a
Price
;
which
also
was
paid
to
that
very
end
;
and
this
,
by
God's
own
appointment
;
Who
(
we
know
)
cannot
condemn
any
for
whom
Christ
died
:
Efficacy
;
Adam's
transgression
was
efficacious
on
the
Will
,
and
whole
Man
to
Deprave
,
why
not
(
then
)
the
Righteousness
of
Christ
to
Restore
;
since
the
Preheminence
,
in
that
very
thing
,
is
given
to
Him
?
Rom.
5.
17.
VIII
.
good
will
,
to
prosecute
His
design
to
perfection
:
(4)
It
suspends
the
virtue
and
success
of
all
that
Christ
hath
done
for
Men
,
upon
something
to
be
done
by
themselves
,
which
He
is
not
the
Doer
of
▪
and
consequently
,
that
Men
are
Principals
in
procuring
their
own
Salvation
:
And
so
,
Christ
shall
have
but
His
Thousands
(
in
truth
His
Nothings
)
whiles
Freedom
of
Will
shall
have
its
Ten
Thousands
to
cry
up
the
praise
of
Men
:
This
is
not
That
the
Lord
alone
should
be
exalted
.
(5)
It
would
also
follow
,
That
those
who
are
Saved
and
gone
to
Heaven
,
have
nothing
more
of
Christ's
to
glory
in
,
and
to
praise
Him
for
,
than
those
,
who
are
perished
and
gone
to
Hell
:
For
,
according
to
the
Principles
o●
General
Redemption
,
He
did
and
doth
for
all
alike
;
and
not
a
jot
more
for
the
one
party
than
for
the
other
.
(6)
It
makes
Men
presumptuous
and
carnally
secure
.
How
many
have
sooth'd-up
themselves
in
their
impenitency
and
hardness
of
Heart
,
and
fenced
themselves
against
the
Word
;
upon
this
very
Supposition
,
That
Christ
died
for
all
,
and
therefore
for
them
:
And
why
then
should
not
they
look
to
be
saved
as
well
as
any
other
?
and
so
they
lean
(
pretendedly
)
on
the
Lord
and
transgress
:
Not
considering
,
that
those
for
whom
Christ
died
,
He
purchased
for
them
a
freedom
from
sin
,
and
not
a
liberty
of
Sinning
;
Nor
impunity
,
but
upon
terms
of
Faith
and
Repentance
.
And
that
the
Tempter
disturbs
them
not
in
their
rest
upon
such
a
foundation
,
may
be
a
principal
Reason
why
Men
so
stifly
adhere
to
it
;
and
that
those
of
the
General
principle
are
so
seldom
troubled
with
terrours
of
Conscience
.
But
yet
,
(
notwithstanding
all
this
)
it
is
not
denied
,
that
all
Men
,
even
those
that
never
heard
of
Christ's
Redemption
,
have
benefit
by
His
death
,
(
and
more
might
have
,
did
they
not
stand
in
their
own
light
)
albeit
He
had
not
,
in
His
death
,
the
same
respect
to
all
as
to
some
.
The
mix'd
Multitude
that
came
up
with
Israel
,
It
was
not
for
them
that
Moses
was
sent
to
Pharaoh
,
That
the
Sea
was
divided
,
and
the
Egyptians
drowned
;
That
the
Rock
followed
the
Camp
,
and
that
they
had
Mannah
from
Heaven
,
&c.
though
these
being
in
company
with
Israel
,
had
a
share
in
those
outward
benefits
.
So
the
Lord
gives
water
in
the
Wilderness
;
by
which
the
Beasts
and
Owls
have
benefit
,
in
their
kind
;
and
yet
it
is
not
for
their
sakes
that
the
Lord
doth
it
;
but
for
His
People
,
His
Chosen
,
Those
whom
He
had
formed
for
Himself
.
I
should
now
come
to
the
Inferences
:
But
finding
this
Doctrine
of
Peculiar
Redemption
as
much
opposed
as
that
of
Election
,
and
upon
the
same
grounds
:
Observing
also
a
great
readiness
in
Men
to
embrace
the
Notion
of
General
Redemption
;
(
which
proceeds
partly
from
Nature's
unableness
to
discern
a
Reason
why
One
Man
should
be
Redeemed
,
and
not
Another
:
Partly
,
for
that
it
is
grateful
to
lapsed
Nature
to
fancy
it self
active
in
its
own
Recovery
:
Partly
also
,
from
an
aptness
to
catch
at
any
thing
that
pretends
to
give
quiet
under
Convictions
.
)
●
hope
it
shall
not
be
time
lost
to
see
their
exceptions
against
Our
Doctrine
;
What
they
alledge
in
defence
of
their
own
;
and
how
groundless
in
both
.
In
the
doing
of
which
,
I
shall
take
but
the
substance
of
what
I
have
heard
,
and
not
intermeddle
with
jangling
disputes
.
Is
it
not
plain
by
Rom.
5.
14
,
15.
That
the
Restauration
by
Christ
is
as
large
and
extensive
as
Adam's
sin
?
The
Comparison
there
stated
,
is
Not
put
Extensively
;
(
i.
e.
in
respect●
of
the
objects
of
Sin
and
Grace
)
but
Intensively
;
(
i.
e.
in
respect
of
the
different
efficacy
of
the
several
Means
by
which
those
several
Effects
are
produced
.
The
Apostle
therefore
(
to
obviate
such
objections
)
Restrayn●s
it
in
ver.
15
,
But
not
as
the
offense
,
so
also
is
the
free
Gift
:
i.
e.
The
Free
Gift
of
Righteousness
and
life
doth
not
extend
to
Men
Vniversally
and
Efficaciously
,
as
sin
and
death
did
:
And
he
gives
the
Reason
of
it
;
For
,
if
through
the
offense
of
One
Many
be
dead
;
Much
more
the
Grace
of
God
,
and
the
Gift
by
Grace
,
hath
abounded
unto
Many
:
q.
d.
If
the
Free
Gift
had
took-in
All
,
as
the
offense
did
,
Then
All
must
have
been
Saved
;
For
that
,
Grace
hath
abounded
more
than
the
offense
:
(
Which
must
be
Meant
of
the
powerfull
and
prevalent
efficacy
of
Grace
:
For
,
as
to
the
Objects
,
It
could
not
take-in
more
than
All
)
And
therefore
,
those
towards
whom
it
hath
thus
abounded
,
shall
surely
partake
of
the
benefits
of
it
:
As
All
in
Adam
dy'd
,
so
All
in
Christ
shall
be
made
alive
.
But
if
some
onely
are
Redeemed
,
And
Those
but
a
Few
in
Comparison
;
Then
all
ground
of
Believing
is
taken
away
from
the
most
of
Men
?
1.
The
Makers
of
this
Objection
will
not
say
That
All
Men
are
Saved
;
albeit
they
hold
,
That
All
are
Redeemed
:
And
therefore
to
hold
and
affirm
That
Christ
did
not
Dye
for
All
;
hinders
None
from
believing
,
any
more
,
than
That
Many
of
Those
He
dyed
for
,
are
not
Saved
:
yea
To
teach
That
Christ
dyed
for
all
,
and
that
yet
the
Generality
of
Men
shall
dye
in
their
sins
and
Perish
for
ever
;
is
a
greater
impediment
to
b●lieveing
,
than
to
teach
That
He
dyed
onely
for
Some
,
and
that
every
One
of
this
[
Some
]
shall
certainly
be
Saved
.
2.
He
that
will
know
his
own
particular
Redemption
before
he
will
Believe
,
begins
at
the
wrong
end
of
his
Work
;
and
is
very
unlikely
to
come
(
that
way
)
to
the
knowledge
of
it
.
The
first
Act
of
Faith
is
not
,
That
Christ
dyed
for
All
,
or
for
you
in
particular
:
The
One
is
not
true
;
the
other
not
certain
to
you
,
Nor
can
be
,
till
after
you
have
believed
:
He
that
woul●
live
,
Must
submit
to
Mercy
,
with
[
Per
adventure
]
He
will
save
me
alive
.
3.
There
are
Reasons
enough
,
and
of
great
weight
,
to
induce
Men
to
believe
,
without
laying
Generall
Redemption
for
the
Ground
of
their
Faith
:
As
(1)
That
faithful
saying
,
(2)
That
He
gave
His
Life
a
Ransome
for
Many
;
(3)
That
those
He
died
for
,
shall
be
Justified
upon
their
believing
;
(4)
That
to
Believe
on
His
Son
,
is
the
will
and
Commandment
of
the
Everlasting
God
;
Whom
we
ought
to
obey
,
although
our
Salvation
were
not
dependent
on
it
.
Rom.
16.
26.
1
John
3.
23.
(5)
Those
many
faithful
Promises
assuring
Salvation
to
them
that
believe
;
Mark
16.
16.
Joh.
3.
16
,
36.
Chap.
6.
47.
Matth.
11.
29.
And
(6)
Lastly
,
The
Remediless
danger
of
unbelief
;
He
that
believes
not
shall
be
Damned
;
as
Mark
16.
16.
Joh.
8.
24.
&c.
And
,
if
such
Considerations
as
these
,
will
not
prevail
with
you
to
believe
;
the
Notion
of
General
Redemption
,
together
with
the
general
successlessness
of
it
(
to
be
sure
)
will
never
do
it
.
Redemption
is
often
set
forth
in
terms
that
import
a
Vniversality
:
As
,
That
Christ
takes
away
the
Sin
of
the
World
:
That
He
is
the
propitiation
for
the
Sins
of
the
whole
World
,
&c.
The
word
World
hath
many
and
various
acceptions
in
Scripture
:
It
is
not
alwayes
meant
of
Men
,
but
something
else
;
And
when
Men
are
intended
,
it
seldom
intends
the
Vniversality
of
them
;
yea
't
is
often
understood
of
a
very
few
in
comparison
of
the
whole
:
It
would
therefore
be
very
great
Rashness
,
to
appropriate
or
limit
so
general
a
term
to
any
particular
Sense
;
and
much
more
,
if
extended
to
Men
Universally
;
as
is
shewn
,
in
part
,
by
the
following
Instances
.
1
The
word
[
World
]
is
taken
for
the
place
of
Mens
habitation
upon
earth
:
Nahum
.
l.
5
,
The
earth
is
burnt
up
at
His
presence
;
yea
,
the
[
World
]
and
all
that
dwell
therein
.
2
For
the
Inhabitants
of
the
World
,
good
and
bad
together
,
Psal.
9.
8
,
He
shall
judge
the
World
in
Righteousness
.
3
For
the
Things
of
the
world
,
and
dispositions
answerable
to
them
:
Eccles.
3.
11
,
He
hath
set
the
World
in
their
heart
.
4
For
the
time
of
the
Worlds
continuance
from
one
Remarkable
period
to
another
:
The
time
before
the
flood
is
called
the
old
world
;
and
the
time
of
Christ's
Kingdom
,
the
world
to
come
.
5
The
particular
time
of
a
Mans
life
upon
Earth
;
Mat.
12.
32.
Whosoever
speaketh
against
the
Holy
Ghost
,
it
shall
not
be
forgiven
him
,
in
this
World
;
Nor
in
the
World
to
come
.
6
For
the
extent
or
Compass
of
the
Roman
Empire
;
Luke
2.
1
,
There
went
a
Decree
from
Caesar
Augustus
,
That
all
the
World
should
be
taxed
.
7
For
the
time
,
and
state
of
things
,
after
the
dissolution
of
the
present
frame
;
Luke
20.
35
,
They
that
shall
be
accounted
worthy
to
obtain
that
World
,
and
the
Resurrection
,
&c.
8
For
the
Religion
and
Manners
of
the
World
:
Acts
17.
6
,
These
that
have
turned
the
World
upside-down
are
come
hither
.
9
For
the
troubles
which
Christ's
Disciples
meet
with
in
the
World
:
Joh.
16.
33
,
Be
of
good
Comfort
,
I
have
overcome
the
World
.
10
For
the
splendour
,
honour
,
wealth
,
pleasure
,
or
whatever
else
in
the
World
,
is
taking
with
the
hearts
of
Men
:
Gal.
6.
14
,
I
am
Crucified
to
the
World
,
and
the
World
to
Me.
11
To
set
forth
the
greatness
of
something
that
cannot
well
be
exprest
:
Job
.
21.
25.
The
World
it self
could
not
contain
the
books
that
should
be
written
.
12
For
the
Gentiles
in
distinction
from
the
Jews
:
Rom.
11.
12
,
If
the
fall
of
them
(
that
is
,
the
Jews
)
be
the
riches
of
the
World
,
&c.
13
For
the
Multitudinous
increase
of
some
particular
Party
:
Job
.
12.
19
,
The
World
is
gone
after
Him
.
More
of
this
kind
might
be
cited
;
But
these
may
suffice
to
shew
,
How
much
it
behoves
to
consider
well
the
scope
and
Context
of
Scripture
;
and
Not
to
be
led
by
the
Vocal
sound
of
words
.
There
are
yet
,
two
other
Senses
of
the
word
[
World
]
which
come
nearest
the
Matter
in
hand
:
—
One
is
that
which
takes-in
the
whole
party
of
Wicked
Men
alone
,
and
by
themselves
;
As
where
it
is
said
,
The
Saints
shall
judge
the
World
:
World
of
ungodly
;
For
,
the
Saints
shall
not
Judge
one
another
.
That
All
the
World
wondred
after
the
Beast
,
And
worshipped
the
Dragon
:
This
also
must
be
meant
of
the
Herd
of
Idolaters
,
exemptive
of
Those
who
followed
the
Lamb.
And
again
,
The
[
whole
World
]
lyeth
in
wickedness
:
The
other
sense
of
the
Word
,
seems
Couched
in
the
places
objected
;
where
Christ
is
said
,
To
take
away
the
sin
of
the
World
;
And
to
be
a
Propitiation
for
the
sins
of
the
whole
World
:
For
it
seems
Agreeable
to
Reason
,
to
understand
the
word
in
a
Restrict
and
limited
sense
here
,
as
in
the
places
above-quoted
.
For
,
if
by
[
World
]
is
sometimes
meant
The
World
of
Vngodly
,
as
seperate
from
the
Saints
:
By
like
Reason
,
at
other
times
,
it
may
be
meant
of
the
World
of
Saints
as
seperate
from
the
Wicked
;
especially
,
when
there
is
Nothing
in
the
Context
and
scope
of
the
place
,
to
Contradict
it
.
And
what
then
should
hinder
but
that
the
word
[
World
]
in
the
places
objected
,
may
be
so●ly
intended
of
the
[
World
of
Elect
]
exclusive
of
Others
,
As
the
[
World
that
lies
in
wickedness
]
is
of
those
Others
exclusive
of
the
Elect
?
To
be
sure
,
There
can
be
no
peril
in
so
understanding
it
:
For
,
we
know
that
Christ
is
the
Propitiation
for
their
sins
:
But
,
To
affirm
it
of
the
whole
of
Mankind
,
as
it
hath
no
solid
foundation
;
so
many
uncomly
,
and
unruly
Consequents
do
attend
it
:
some
of
which
are
shewn
afore
.
To
end
this
Debate
,
I
would
ask
the
Objector
,
What
World
it
was
that
Christ
would
not
pray
for
?
For
,
by
knowing
that
,
it
may
be
gather'd
,
What
World
it
was
that
He
died
for
.
It
could
not
be
That
for
which
He
would
not
Pray
;
For
,
the
Priest
was
bound
to
pray
for
Those
for
whom
he
offered
.
It
must
then
be
Another
;
And
so
,
it
seems
,
there
be
two
Worlds
.
1
A
lesser
World
,
which
consists
of
Elect
Persons
,
and
was
taken
out
of
the
World
Vniversall●
:
(
As
the
Israelitish
Nation
was
out
of
the
Egyptian
;
Deut.
4.
34.
Or
,
as
the
Christian
Church
at
first
was
out
of
the
Jewish
:
)
These
our
Saviour
stiles
,
The
Men
which
His
Father
gave
Him
[
out
of
the
World
:
]
For
These
it
was
that
He
sanctified
Himself
;
And
for
these
He
prayed
:
And
of
These
consisteth
that
World
whose
Sin
He
taketh
away
;
and
for
whose
Sins
(
even
of
the
whole
of
it
)
He
is
the
Propitiation
.
These
are
the
Men
that
shall
be
counted
worthy
of
the
World
to
come
;
And
they
are
as
properly
termed
a
World
,
as
that
blessed
Place
and
State
they
shall
be
in
:
2
There
is
also
a
World
of
Vngodly
,
lesser
World
are
taken
and
seperated
;
Of
whom
it
is
said
,
The
Devil
is
their
God
;
And
that
their
Names
are
not
in
the
Lambs
book
of
life
:
But
,
the
whole
of
it
lies
in
wickedness
:
And
,
This
is
the
World
for
whom
Christ
would
not
vouchsafe
to
pray
:
Then
surely
He
would
not
make
His
Soul
an
offering
for
their
sins
.
The
Reason
why
all
Men
are
not
Saved
,
is
not
because
Christ
did
not
die
for
all
;
but
because
they
will
not
Believe
?
Men's
Not
believing
in
Christ
,
is
not
the
Onely
,
or
first
,
procuring
Cause
of
their
Condemnation
;
but
their
Rebellion
and
Apostacy
from
God
:
Albeit
,
the
Condemnation
of
those
who
reject
Christ
,
is
greatly
aggravated
by
their
Not-receiving
Him
:
As
One
Condemned
,
or
Condemnable
,
for
an
Act
of
Treason
,
refusing
a
Pardon
;
His
Refusal
is
(
indeed
)
the
next
and
immediate
cause
of
his
execution
,
and
perhaps
shall
heighten
the
Rigour
of
it
:
But
,
his
treasonable
practise
was
the
first
procuring
cause
of
his
death
:
which
also
he
should
have
suffered
for
,
if
no
such
pardon
had
been
tendred
to
him
.
It
must
always
be
granted
and
Maintained
,
That
Faith
is
the
one
thing
necessary
on
our
part
,
in
order
to
our
being
Saved
:
And
as
true
it
is
,
That
this
Faith
adds
nothing
of
virtue
or
Merit
to
the
Cross
of
Christ
.
Where
Men
are
said
to
be
Justified
,
or
Saved
,
by
Faith
;
it
is
meant
of
the
Object
of
Faith
,
and
not
of
the
Act
:
For
,
the
Righteousness
of
Christ
alone
is
the
Matter
of
our
Justification
;
which
this
Objection
seems
to
deny
.
2
Christ's
Redemption
extends
to
Unbelief
:
For
this
Purpose
was
the
Son
of
God
Manifested
,
to
destroy
the
works
of
the
devil
:
Of
which
,
Vnbelief
is
the
Chief
.
And
He
gave
Himself
to
Redeem
from
[
all
]
iniquity
:
3
Faith
it self
is
a
Grace
of
Christ's
own
Working
;
It
flows
from
His
Fulness
:
Will
not
]
is
their
Unbelief
;
which
He
is
to
take
away
by
[
making
them
Willing
]
A
Will
to
believe
is
Believing
;
Will
to
believe
,
is
not
purchased
by
Christ
;
Inferences
.
From
what
hath
been
proved
in
behalf
of
Redemption
,
as
peculiar
to
the
Elect
,
I
infer
,
I.
The
important
necessity
of
Trying
the
Spirits
,
The
Tree
is
known
by
its
fruits
.
And
if
by
this
we
measure
the
general
point
,
it
will
be
found
wanting
in
what
it
pretends
to
,
and
not-a-little
Reprovable
.
1.
In
stead
of
Magnifying
the
Grace
of
Christ
,
and
Merit
of
His
sufferings
,
it
does
(
in
effect
.
)
Nullifie
both
.
It
makes
Redemption
general
as
to
Persons
,
but
not
as
to
Things
:
That
is
,
it
Redeems
the
whole
of
Mankind
from
part
of
their
bondage
;
but
no
part
of
them
from
the
whole
of
it
;
)
Or
upon
such
a
Condition
as
no
Man
in
nature
is
able
to
perform
:
which
(
sure
)
is
too
defective
to
be
the
Devise
of
Sovereign
Wisdome
and
Grace
:
That
cannot
be
call'd
An
Universal
Remedy
that
suffers
it self
to
be
Worsted
by
the
disease
.
I
doubt
not
at
all
,
That
the
blood
of
the
Son
of
God
in
our
Nature
,
is
of
infinite
Merit
;
but
withall
,
that
is
of
like
Infinite
Virtue
and
Efficacy
;
and
will
for
ever
operate
accordingly
.
But
,
if
the
success
and
saving
effects
thereof
should
depend
upon
something
to
be
done
by
Men
,
which
Redemption
it self
doth
not
Invest
them
with
;
then
will
Men
come
in
for
a
share
with
Christ
,
in
the
glory
of
their
Salvation
:
yea
,
in
this
case
,
any
addition
of
humane
ability
,
annihilates
the
Grace
of
Christ
;
Gal.
5.
2.
Whereas
,
to
depend
upon
Christ
for
Sanctifiction
as
well
as
Righteousness
;
To
expect
from
Him
a
Power
to
Repent
and
Believe
,
as
well
as
Acceptance
upon
your
believing
,
gives
Him
His
true
honour
,
as
intit'ling
Him
to
the
whole
of
your
Salvation
;
which
is
(
indeed
)
His
proper
Due
,
and
due
to
Him
alone
.
And
this
may
be
a
main
Reason
,
why
Men
professing
the
Name
of
Christ
are
so
generally
strangers
to
Faith
and
Holiness
:
They
do
not
seek
it
at
the
hands
of
Christ
as
a
part
of
His
purchase
,
according
to
John
5.
40.
2.
In
stead
of
laying
a
foundation
for
Faith
,
and
an
help
to
believing
;
the
General
Doctrine
nuzzles
the
Soul
in
its
unbelief
upon
a
presumption
of
Power
in
himself
to
believe
when
he
will
.
We
litle
think
how
much
presumption
and
carnal
security
derive
from
this
Root
:
whereas
Peculiar
Redemption
in
the
vigour
and
latitude
of
it
,
(
viz.
as
procuring
us
a
Right
to
Faith
and
Holiness
,
with
the
Spirit
of
Christ
to
work
them
effectually
in
us
;
)
is
a
far
greater
incouragement
to
apply
our selves
to
Christ
for
them
,
as
a
part
of
His
purchase
;
That
Redemption
let
my
part
be
that
saves
from
Sin
;
That
slayes
the
enmity
;
That
Reconciles
to
God
effectually
;
that
makes
an
end
of
sin
,
and
brings-in
everlasting
Righteousness
;
that
does
not
onely
bring
iuto
a
Savable
state
conditionally
;
but
works
also
,
and
maintains
those
Conditions
and
Qualifications
,
that
have
Salvation
at
the
End
of
them
.
II.
Since
your
propriety
in
Redemption
is
founded
on
your
Interest
in
Electing
love
;
more
than
others
:
Some
singular
thing
it
must
be
,
that
must
warrant
your
claim
to
that
singular
Priviledge
.
Hold-forth
therefore
in
your
life
,
the
effects
of
your
Union
with
Christ
in
His
death
:
As
he
gave
Himself
for
you
;
so
give
up
your self
to
Him
.
As
He
is
for
you
;
so
,
be
you
for
Him
(
for
Him
only
)
and
not
for
another
:
2
Cor.
8.
5.
Hosea
3.
3.
1.
Determine
to
know
nothing
,
but
Jesus
Christ
and
Him
Crucified
:
Count
all
things
else
not
worth
your
knowing
,
for
in
truth
all
knowledge
,
without
this
,
will
come
to
Nothing
.
Let
all
(
therefore
)
be
loss
and
dung
,
for
the
excellency
of
the
Knowledge
of
Christ
Jesus
our
Lord
,
Phil.
3.
8.
2.
Let
nothing
be
so
dear
to
you
,
as
not
to
part
with
it
for
God
,
when
't
is
called
for
;
and
rise
early
to
do
it
.
This
is
love
,
that
we
walk
after
His
Commandments
.
The
Lord
parted
with
His
delight
for
you
from
Eternity
:
There
's
nothing
more
Reasonable
,
Nothing
more
Natural
,
to
an
heart
rightly
placed
;
than
that
you
should
love
and
live
to
Him
,
who
died
for
you
:
And
,
whoever
hath
known
the
Grace
of
God
,
and
the
love
of
Christ
,
in
truth
;
cannot
but
so
judge
.
3.
Let
not
Christ
be
Divided
:
Know
Him
for
your
Lord
aswell
as
your
Redeemer
;
Take
Orders
from
Him
as
your
Captain
General
;
Receive
your
Law
from
His
Mouth
;
What
ever
He
bids
you
do
,
Do
it
;
Follow
Him
where
ever
He
goes
;
and
Carry
it
so
as
becomes
His
Attendants
:
The
Armies
in
Heaven
follow
Him
upon
white
Horses
,
4.
Let
Nothing
divide
you
from
Christ
:
Let
Nothing
but
death
,
yea
,
let
not
death
it self
,
separate
between
you
and
Him
.
Nothing
(
you
see
)
could
separate
Him
from
you
;
yea
,
We
are
not
our
own
,
we
are
bought
with
a
price
;
which
is
the
highest
engagement
,
in
every
state
and
Duty
;
whether
living
or
dying
,
to
be
the
Lord's
.
III.
Christs
giving
Himself
a
Ransom
for
you
:
One
in
the
Father
and
Himself
,
being
the
thing
He
dyed
for
;
IV.
This
Doctrine
also
prepares
a
Chief
corner
Stone
for
the
Saints
Perseverance
.
They
for
whom
Christ
died
,
died
with
Him
;
and
if
dead
with
Him
,
they
shall
live
with
Him
;
Rom.
6.
8.
Even
the
Righteousness
of
God
is
engaged
to
Save
them
;
and
then
He
must
either
prevent
,
Remove
,
or
Over-rule
,
what
ever
would
hinder
that
Salvation
.
Therefore
unto
Him
that
loved
us
,
and
washed
us
from
our
sins
in
His
own
blood
,
[
III
]
That
the
purpose
and
end
of
Christ's
death
cannot
be
frustrate
:
Or
Those
whom
Christ
dyed
for
,
cannot
miss
of
the
benefits
accruing
by
His
death
.
All
the
Councels
of
God
from
eternity
;
All
His
promises
and
Declarations
holding
forth
those
Councels
;
and
all
His
Dispensations
in
order
to
their
accomplishment
,
have
a
special
relation
to
Christ
as
dying
for
His
people
;
and
their
actual
Salvation
thereby
,
as
the
end
thereof
.
Now
,
the
End
of
a
Thing
is
that
for
which
the
Thing
it self
,
is
;
and
but
for
which
,
it
had
not
been
:
't
is
that
the
Chief
Agent
principally
proposeth
,
and
aimes
at
:
and
if
he
be
wise
,
he
will
certainly
use
and
appoint
such
Means
,
and
Order
them
in
such
manner
,
that
the
thing
designed
shall
not
miscarry
.
Men
(
indeed
)
may
miss
of
their
End
:
They
aim
at
This
,
and
That
's
produced
;
(
as
in
building
the
Tower
of
Babel
:
)
But
this
is
still
from
some
imperfection
in
themselves
;
Either
the
Thing
it self
is
not
feasible
;
Or
the
way
to
it
is
imprudently
contriv'd
;
or
the
Means
unduely
applyed
;
their
minds
alter
;
or
they
are
made
to
desist
by
a
power
above
them
,
&c.
But
,
God
only
wise
and
Almighty
,
it
is
not
so
with
Him
;
None
of
those
things
,
which
impede
the
designs
of
Men
,
can
happen
to
His
;
There
can
be
no
other
Event
of
them
,
but
what
He
setly
intended
:
The
least
of
His
Purposes
shall
never
suffer
disappointment
;
much
less
that
great
Design
of
Men's
Salvation
by
the
Death
of
Jesus
Christ
:
For
,
1.
The
Thing
it self
i●
feasible
:
Millions
of
Souls
are
gon
to
Heaven
on
His
accompt
.
2.
It
was
so
wisely
contrived
,
That
all
Interests
concern'd
are
secured
and
satisfied
;
God
is
Just
in
J●stifying
;
The
Sinner
saved
,
even
whiles
Vengeance
is
taken
on
his
Sins
;
and
Christ
well
pleased
with
a
Seed
to
serve
Him
.
3.
The
way
of
obtainment
is
such
as
will
certainly
compass
the
End
:
The
Divine
Power
is
engaged
in
it
,
which
rests
not
(
in
the
least
)
on
the
concourse
or
compliance
of
any
frustrable
Instrument
.
4.
His
Heart
cannot
be
taken
off
from
it
:
It
is
That
which
His
blessed
thoughts
have
run
upon
from
Eternity
;
and
those
Thoughts
of
His
stand
fast
to
all
Generations
.
And
,
5.
No
higher
Power
can
supersede
His
Decree
;
He
is
Sovereign
Lord
,
and
controlleth
all
.
There
he
divers
Arguments
which
readily
offer
to
confirm
the
Matter
in
hand
.
I.
The
first
is
from
the
Nature
and
Import
of
Redemption
:
1.
The
Redemption
wrought
by
Christ
imports
Satisfaction
:
Without
this
,
the
World
had
not
been
Reconciled
;
Nor
could
it
be
said
the
pleasure
of
the
Lord
had
prospered
in
His
hand
:
But
both
these
are
affirm'd
;
Isa.
53.
10.
2
Cor.
5.
18
,
and
19.
and
Heb.
2.
17.
expresly
,
That
He
made
Reconciliation
for
the
Sins
of
the
People
:
Yea
,
our
Grand
Creditour
proclames
Himself
satisfied
,
by
His
sending
from
Heaven
to
Release
our
Surety
.
2.
Justification
,
or
Deliverance
from
Guilt
:
Eph.
1.
7
,
In
whom
we
have
Redemption
through
His
blood
,
the
forgiveness
of
Sins
.
Gal.
3.
13
,
Christ
hath
Redeem'd
us
from
the
Curse
of
the
Law
;
being
made
a
Curse
for
us
:
He
blots
out
the
Hand-writing
against
us
,
Nailing
it
to
His
Cross
,
Col.
2.
14.
3.
It
imports
the
vanquishing
and
binding
of
the
Strong
Man
;
who
would
not
else
have
let-go
the
Prey
:
By
death
He
destroyed
Him
who
had
the
power
of
death
;
that
is
,
the
Devil
,
Heb.
2.
14.
By
the
blood
of
His
Cross
He
spoiled
Principalities
,
and
Powers
,
and
triumphed
over
them
,
Col.
2.
15.
4.
Freedom
from
the
power
of
sin
:
Rom.
6.
6
,
Our
old
Man
was
Crucified
with
Him
,
—
that
henceforth
we
should
not
serve
Sin
:
Upon
which
it
follows
;
Sin
shall
not
have
dominion
over
you
,
ver.
14.
5.
Inherent
Holyness
,
or
Sanctification
:
Col.
1.
21
,
You
that
were
somtimes
enemies
in
your
mind
,
now
hath
He
reconciled
;
in
the
Body
of
His
flesh
through
death
,
to
present
you
Holy
,
&c.
ver.
22.
—
We
are
sanctified
through
the
offering
of
the
Body
of
Jesus
Christ
;
Heb.
10.
10.
and
Rom.
6
,
18
,
Being
then
made
free
from
Sin
,
ye
became
the
Servants
of
Righteousness
:
And
that
it
was
by
virtue
of
Christ's
death
,
appears
by
ver.
6.
It
likewise
imports
Resurrection
:
Joh.
6
,
54
,
55
,
I
will
raise
Him
at
the
last
day
;
For
my
flesh
is
meat
indeed
,
(
that
is
,
as
Crucified
)
Christ
dying
,
was
the
death
of
death
;
Hos.
13.
14.
7.
It
also
extends
to
the
actual
possessing
of
Redeemed
ones
,
with
blessedness
and
Glory
:
Rom.
8.
30.
Wh●m
He
justified
,
them
He
glorified
.
Liberty
of
entring
into
the
holiest
,
is
by
the
blood
of
Jesus
,
Heb
10.
19.
and
Rev.
5.
9
,
10.
That
hast
Redeemed
us
unto
God
by
thy
blood
;
and
hast
made
us
Kings
and
Priests
:
(
It
is
the
voice
of
Those
in
Heaven
.
)
Now
,
All
these
are
in
Redemption
,
they
proceed
out
of
Christ's
fulness
as
a
Redeemer
:
And
for
this
cause
it
was
,
that
Paul
cared
not
to
know
any
thing
but
Jesus
Christ
and
Him
Crucified
.
It
is
true
,
That
the
Resurrection
of
Christ
,
His
Ascention
,
Sitting
at
God's
right
hand
,
and
Intercession
have
their
respective
influence
into
every
of
those
particulars
aforenamed
;
but
they
all
spring
from
His
Crucifixi●n
:
If
He
had
not
dyed
,
He
had
not
been
a
Priest
for
ever
(
as
He
is
)
after
the
order
of
Melchisedeck
,
Heb.
9.
12.
II.
Another
Argument
is
from
the
inestimable
worth
and
dignity
of
the
Ransom
that
was
given
:
the
life
of
the
Son
of
God
;
Matth.
20.
28.
Heaven
and
Earth
will
bear
no
proportion
in
value
to
this
price
of
Redemption
:
which
therefore
could
not
be
parted-with
for
a
doubtful
or
uncertain
Purchase
.
In
this
lies
the
stress
of
the
Apostle's
Argument
;
Who
when
He
would
set
forth
the
happy
estate
of
God's
Elect
,
and
prove
them
above
the
Reach
of
danger
;
He
doth
it
in
two
words
,
(
but
very
significant
ones
)
[
Christ
hath
dyed
]
Who
shall
condemn
?
It
is
[
Christ
that
dyed
]
Rom.
8.
38.
The
Eminency
of
the
Person
,
and
the
sufferings
He
submitted
to
;
as
they
greatly
illustrate
His
love
to
Men
;
So
they
strongly
affirm
and
insure
the
event
of
His
death
:
If
reconciled
to
God
by
the
death
of
[
His
Son
]
much
more
Saved
by
His
life
,
Rom.
5.
10.
It
may
truly
be
said
of
every
one
He
died
for
,
He
is
just
,
He
shall
surely
live
.
But
this
in
the
same
respect
and
sense
,
as
those
then
unborn
were
said
to
be
sanctified
through
the
offering
of
the
body
of
Jesus
Christ
,
Heb.
10.
10.
And
their
Old
Man
to
be
crucified
with
Him
:
Rom.
6.
No
Man
is
actually
justified
till
he
actually
believes
:
But
Repentance
and
Faith
being
purchased
by
Christ
,
for
those
He
died
for
;
They
shall
as
certainly
be
made
to
Repent
and
Believe
,
as
that
Christ
died
for
them
,
Phil.
1.
29.
III.
The
Righteousness
of
Christ
is
more
prevalent
and
effectual
to
His
Seed
,
Grace
hath
abounded
much
more
,
Rom.
5.
20.
Which
super-abounding
of
Grace
,
cannot
referr
to
the
Subjects
of
Grace
,
as
if
they
were
more
in
number
than
the
Subjects
of
Sin
;
(
for
,
sin
came
upon
All
,
and
Grace
cannot
come
upon
more
than
all
:
)
But
't
is
meant
of
the
prevalent
efficacy
of
Grace
;
and
the
permanency
of
its
effects
towards
all
that
are
the
Subjects
of
it
:
Eternal
life
.
IV.
If
the
End
of
Christ's
death
might
possibly
be
frustrate
;
such
an
End
;
(
viz.
the
Salvation
of
His
People
:
)
It
is
the
chief
of
the
wayes
of
God
,
the
very
Meridian
and
height
of
His
Glory
,
(
not
essential
,
but
manifestative
)
both
in
this
world
,
and
that
to
come
.
It
therefore
behoved
Him
so
to
lay
it
,
that
of
all
his
designments
,
This
might
be
sure
to
succeed
.
For
,
do
but
subtract
the
sureness
of
its
Effect
;
and
leave
His
Redeem'd
in
a
perishable
condition
;
and
it
draws
a
blemish
instead
of
beauty
,
upon
all
the
Divine
Attributes
.
1.
The
end
of
God's
setting
forth
Christ
a
Propitiation
,
declare
His
Righteousness
in
the
Remission
of
sins
;
(
which
it
does
doubly
,
)
1.
That
without
satisfaction
,
sin
could
not
justly
be
remitted
.
2.
That
satisfaction
being
given
,
it
could
not
justly
be
imputed
;
Who
shall
condemn
?
It
is
Christ
that
dyed
.
plenary
satisfaction
has
been
given
,
should
not
be
justified
and
effectually
saved
,
Divine
Justice
would
be
as
liable
to
impeachment
,
as
if
He
had
saved
them
without
:
And
so
,
the
thing
designed
for
the
honour
of
His
Righteousness
,
would
turn
to
its
disparagement
.
2.
It
would
not
accord
with
the
love
and
goodness
of
God
towards
His
Elect
,
that
That
which
was
meant
for
their
Recovery
,
3.
It
would
not
be
according
to
the
Faithfulness
and
Truth
of
God
,
that
Christ
should
fail
of
That
He
was
promised
,
and
earnestly
looked-for
,
as
the
fruit
of
His
Sufferings
;
which
was
a
Seed
to
serve
Him
:
4.
Another
End
of
Redemption
was
,
That
the
manifold
Wisdom
of
God
might
shine-forth
in
the
sight
of
Angels
and
Men.
Christ
crucified
is
the
Wisdom
of
God
,
1
Cor.
1.
24.
But
if
it
were
so
contrived
,
that
the
Thing
chiefly
design'd
might
possibly
miscarry
,
it
would
be
no
illustration
of
Wisdom
.
Will
one
of
common
prudence
part
with
His
Jewels
and
choycest
treasure
,
and
that
in
such
manner
as
never
to
be
regain'd
,
and
leave
his
purchase
knowingly
under
hazzard
?
Men
(
●●deed
)
may
possibly
waste
their
Estates
in
Tryals
and
Essayes
that
come
to
nothing
,
but
did
they
foresee
the
success
,
they
would
not
so
expose
their
prudence
to
reproach
.
5.
The
Greatness
and
Power
of
God
would
suffer
an
eclipse
,
if
it
were
in
the
power
of
Creatures
to
defeat
.
His
most
wise
and
holy
Designments
,
and
hinder
the
accomplishment
of
His
greatest
work
:
What
would
the
Aegyptians
say
,
but
that
He
destroyed
them
,
because
not
able
to
go
through
with
what
He
undertook
?
Numb.
14.
16.
6.
Lastly
,
If
the
end
of
Christ's
death
might
possibly
be
frustrate
;
Then
that
blessed
project
for
glorifying
the
Grace
of
God
,
might
possibly
be
disannulled
and
come
to
nothing
:
For
,
None
but
Saved
Ones
do
or
can
glorifie
that
Grace
.
V.
Another
Argument
for
the
Sure
effect
of
Christ's
death
,
VI.
There
is
Nothing
wanting
to
Him
(
who
is
our
Redeemer
)
which
might
any
way
conduce
to
the
final
Compleatment
of
His
Work
.
The
Father
loveth
the
Son
,
and
hath
given
all
things
into
His
hand
.
1.
Authority
;
He
was
appointed
to
His
Office
:
(
For
,
as
Mediatour
,
the
Father
is
Greater
than
He
:
)
He
came
not
of
Himself
,
but
the
Father
sent
Him
,
Joh.
9.
42.
He
was
called
of
God
,
an
Oath
;
Never
to
be
Reversed
;
which
also
may
partly
be
the
Meaning
of
God
the
Father's
Sealing
Him
,
The
Government
is
laid
upon
His
Shoulder
;
He
hath
the
Key
of
David
committed
to
Him
,
Rev.
3.
7.
Which
shewes
the
absoluteness
of
His
Authority
:
2.
Strength
or
Power
;
These
cannot
be
wanting
to
Him
,
if
All
in
Heaven
and
Earth
be
sufficient
for
it
,
Matth.
28.
18
,
And
this
he
hath
,
That
He
might
give
Eternal
life
to
as
many
as
He
dyed
for
,
Joh.
17.
2.
Which
if
they
should
miss
o●
,
it
would
be
said
,
That
all
power
was
not
able
to
Save
them
.
He
that
made
the
World
,
is
surely
well
able
to
Govern
it
,
and
to
over-rule
whatever
comes
into
it
:
He
would
never
have
suffered
sin
(
the
onely
enemy
)
to
invade
it
,
if
He
could
not
have
quell'd
it
at
pleasure
.
Their
Redeemer
is
strong
;
The
Lord
of
Hosts
is
His
name
;
He
shall
[
thorowly
]
plead
their
cause
:
3.
Vnderstanding
,
or
Knowledge
;
This
cannot
be
wanting
to
Him
,
who
is
the
Wisdom
of
the
Father
;
The
Lord
hath
given
Him
the
tongue
of
the
Learned
,
that
He
might
speakwords
[
in
season
]
to
him
that
is
weary
,
Jsa.
50.
4.
He
knows
His
work
what
it
is
;
How
to
effect
it
;
and
who
they
be
that
are
concern'd
in
it
.
(1)
He
knows
what
His
work
is
;
that
it
is
,
To
seek
and
to
save
that
which
was
lost
:
Not
to
bring
Men
into
a
salvable
condition
,
(
as
some
speak
)
but
to
Save
them
,
Mat.
1.
21.
His
work
was
,
To
open
the
blind
eyes
;
To
bore
the
deaf
ears
;
To
restore
the
withered
Limbs
;
To
cleanse
the
Lepers
;
To
heal
the
Sick
;
To
raise
the
Dead
;
To
cast
out
Devils
;
To
preach
the
Gospel
,
and
to
cause
those
it
belongs
unto
,
to
hear
and
receive
it
:
he
knows
they
are
Dead
,
and
He
knows
as
well
,
that
He
is
to
Quicken
them
:
and
thence
we
have
it
in
Joh.
5.
25
,
The
Dead
shall
hear
and
live
:
And
Chap.
10.
16
,
Other
Sheep
I
have
;
Them
also
must
I
bring
;
and
they
shall
hear
my
voice
.
He
is
also
to
keep
them
,
(2)
As
He
knows
His
work
,
what
it
is
;
so
the
best
season
and
method
for
its
performance
.
He
came
in
the
fulness
of
time
;
when
things
were
ripe
for
His
coming
:
He
came
Then
when
there
was
most
need
of
Him
;
the
Devil's
Kingdom
at
the
highest
,
his
Oracles
in
greatest
credit
,
the
World
most
oppressed
by
the
Roman
Power
,
and
the
true
Religion
near
quite
depraved
among
the
Jews
.
It
argues
a
Dextrous
understanding
,
To
take
an
enemy
in
his
Ruff
,
at
his
highest
pitch
of
strength
and
confidence
,
and
throw
him
on
his
back
:
To
succour
a
distressed
Friend
or
Ally
,
when
brought
under
foot
,
and
set
him
on
his
high
places
;
This
the
Scripture
calls
A
strengthening
of
the
Spoiled
against
the
Strong
:
Quick
understanding
.
In
all
His
Vndertakings
He
deals
prudently
:
And
to
This
it
is
,
that
Hannah
ascribeth
success
;
The
Lord
is
a
God
of
[
knowledge
]
and
His
Purp●ses
come
to
pass
,
1
Sam.
2.
3.
(
3.
)
He
knows
Who
they
are
for
whom
He
is
to
do
it
.
The
fruits
of
his
death
are
not
as
things
to
be
given
in
common
;
They
fall
not
indifferently
upon
Men
,
(
as
Rain
upon
all
sorts
of
ground
:
)
He
knows
Whom
he
came
to
Redeem
;
Not
their
Number
only
,
but
their
Names
;
They
were
all
written
in
his
bo●k
:
And
so
well
is
He
vers'd
in
it
,
He
calleth
them
all
by
their
Names
:
He
does
not
omit
any
,
nor
call
One
for
Another
:
He
knows
Whom
the
Father
hath
Chosen
and
Given
to
Him
:
breast
,
and
on
the
palms
of
His
hands
,
Isa.
49.
16.
(
4.
)
To
a
Great
undertaking
is
required
Courage
,
or
Greatness
of
Spirit
;
to
confront
opposition
,
and
cutthrough
difficulties
:
And
if
this
be
wanting
,
all
other
Endowments
will
signifie
little
,
as
to
success
.
And
how
was
our
Lord
and
Redeemer
qualified
as
to
this
!
When
He
was
entring
into
his
passion
,
(
against
which
He
prayed
,
If
it
were
possible
,
that
Cup
might
pass
from
Him
:
)
He
then
needed
Courage
in
the
Abstract
;
and
we
find
That
He
had
it
answerably
.
In
Isaiah
50.
7
,
the
Prophet
brings
Him
in
as
putting
on
His
Armour
of
proof
:
Therefore
have
I
set
my
face
as
a
Flint
,
and
I
know
that
I
shall
not
be
confounded
.
In
the
greatness
of
this
His
strength
,
did
He
travel
through
all
those
Contradictions
of
Sinners
,
Temptations
,
Reproaches
,
Blasphemies
,
&c.
And
when
His
hour
was
come
,
He
did
not
Recoil
,
nor
hide
Himself
from
them
;
No
,
nor
stay
till
they
came
where
he
was
;
deep
humiliation
,
(
That
the
Mighty
God
should
seem
to
want
,
and
so
admit
the
profered
service
of
His
Creature
)
than
a
lessening
of
His
sufferings
.
Effectual
application
of
it
?
He
cannot
shrink
at
the
sight
of
stragling
parties
,
that
hath
Won
the
pitcht
battel
,
and
remains
absolute
Master
of
the
Field
:
For
this
also
,
we
have
a
sure
word
of
Prophecy
,
in
Isa.
42.
4
,
He
shall
not
fail
,
nor
be
discouraged
,
until
He
have
set
Judgment
in
the
Earth
.
(
5.
)
Faithfulness
:
This
also
is
a
grand
and
Necessary
qualification
for
an
high
Undertaking
:
And
for
this
our
Redeemer
is
also
signally
Eminent
.
To
do
the
Father's
Will
,
was
That
He
came
for
from
Heaven
:
And
this
was
His
Will
,
That
of
all
He
had
given
Him
,
He
should
loose
nothing
;
but
should
Raise
it
up
at
the
last
day
:
that
is
,
That
He
should
give
them
Eternal
life
;
as
it
is
in
the
17
John
2.
And
we
find
Him
professing
,
That
He
had
done
it
accordingly
,
(
v.
12.
)
and
that
He
will
do
it
,
(
v.
26.
)
according
to
His
Promise
so
often
repeated
in
the
39
,
40
,
44
,
54.
v.
of
John
6.
And
He
keeps
them
,
in
Faithfulness
to
His
trust
;
viz.
That
the
Scripture
might
be
fulfilled
.
fall
by
his
own
transgression
;
Whom
(
doubtless
)
He
could
and
would
have
kept
,
as
He
did
the
Rest
;
had
he
been
(
as
they
were
)
committed
to
His
Charge
:
For
,
He
gives
to
every
one
,
according
as
He
received
for
them
;
as
is
seen
by
comparing
Psal.
68.
18.
with
Ephes.
4.
8.
In
the
one
place
,
it
is
said
,
He
received
Gifts
for
Men
;
and
in
the
other
,
(
which
is
a
quotation
of
the
former
)
He
gave
Gifts
to
Men
:
Those
therefore
for
whom
He
Received
Eternal
life
,
cannot
fail
of
it
,
unless
He
should
fail
of
His
Trust
;
which
indeed
He
cannot
do
,
for
He
is
Faithful
in
all
His
house
,
and
That
as
a
Son
:
God
forbid
that
I
should
part
with
the
Inheritance
of
my
Father
.
And
His
Faithfulness
further
appears
,
in
that
He
makes
it
a
Main
part
of
His
business
now
in
Heaven
,
to
have
this
work
perfected
;
He
ever
liveth
to
make
Intercession
for
Those
He
died
for
,
Heb.
7.
25.
There
is
great
weight
put
upon
this
,
in
Rom.
8.
34
,
Who
is
he
that
Condemneth
?
It
is
Christ
that
died
;
yea
rather
,
that
is
Risen
again
—
Who
also
[
maketh
Intercession
]
for
us
.
And
the
sum
of
His
Prayer
is
,
(1)
That
Those
given
to
Him
,
might
be
kept
from
evil
,
John
17.
15.
(2)
That
they
might
be
One
in
the
Father
and
Himself
,
v.
21.
And
(3)
That
they
may
be
Where
He
is
,
to
behold
His
Glory
,
v.
24.
Now
then
,
If
the
Salvation
of
Those
He
died
for
,
was
the
End
of
His
death
:
If
it
be
the
Father's
Will
,
that
they
should
be
saved
:
If
also
this
Salvation
be
the
Thing
for
which
He
prays
:
whatsoever
He
asketh
of
God
,
He
will
give
it
:
It
needs
must
follow
,
That
the
End
of
His
death
cannot
be
frustrate
.
Inferences
.
I.
This
Doctrine
,
II.
It
gives
Believers
high
encouragement
in
their
Conflict
against
sin
.
our
old
Man
was
Crucified
with
Christ
,
That
the
body
of
sin
might
be
destroyed
in
us
;
and
the
intent
of
His
death
cannot
be
frustrate
;
Then
sin
shall
not
have
Dominion
over
you
.
Than
which
there
is
Nothing
more
strengthens
your
hands
in
fighting
against
sin
;
as
is
Argued
in
Rom.
6.
6
,
12
,
14
,
and
22
,
verses
.
The
truth
is
,
We
have
nothing
to
do
,
(
in
comparison
)
but
to
take
the
prey
:
for
the
enemy
is
beaten
to
our
hand
.
Eleazar
slew
,
and
the
people
return'd
after
him
only
to
Spoil
:
So
is
it
here
:
Our
business
now
,
is
,
to
display
our
General
's
Trophees
;
To
tell
of
His
Victories
,
and
prepare
our selves
for
His
triumph
;
That
we
may
be
suitable
Attendants
on
Him
at
that
Glorious
and
long'd-for
Day
.
There
are
Stragling
parties
(
indeed
)
who
watch
for
our
halting
;
and
seldom
(
else
)
can
they
have
advantage
against
us
:
But
their
heart
is
broken
;
and
if
followed
in
our
Captain
's
victorious
Name
,
they
'l
still
be
Recoiling
;
Nothing
daunts
them
more
than
to
see
you
stand
to
it
:
Your
Adversary
would
make
you
a
Bridge
of
Gold
,
or
any
thing
;
(
even
to
the
half
of
his
Kingdom
)
so
you
would
sound
a
Retreat
;
or
speak
no
more
in
that
Name
.
Gird
up
therefore
the
loyns
of
your
Mind
;
let
an
holy
Magnanimity
possess
you
;
as
knowing
your
Conflict
shall
end
in
your
being
Crown'd
.
You
Run
not
for
an
Vncertainty
;
therefore
fight
not
as
they
that
beat
the
air
:
For
,
it
is
Nevertheless
true
,
that
your
enemy
is
stubborn
,
and
your
constant
pursuit
will
make
him
desperate
:
Since
he
may
not
have
quarter
,
he
'l
do
all
he
can
,
Not
to
die
alone
:
He
will
stand
on
his
Stumps
when
his
legs
are
off
;
or
lye
on
his
back
,
and
fight
:
(
for
his
Malice
is
implicable
)
He
will
never
give-over
,
till
quite
out
of
breath
;
(
and
yet
he
will
not
be
quite
without
,
whiles
we
have
any
;
We
must
expire
together
)
But
here
lies
the
odds
;
That
We
,
dying
in
the
Conflict
,
shall
rise
again
with
Marks
of
honour
;
and
our
Laurel
hold
green
to
Eternity
:
yea
,
we
shall
sit
with
our
Glorious
Captain
in
His
Triumphal
Chariot
,
Rev.
3.
21.
but
our
enemy
lies
in
eternal
silence
,
and
his
Name
shall
Rot
;
or
be
Remembred
only
to
Greaten
our
Glory
:
Only
(
as
before
,
)
be
sure
you
stand
to
it
;
set
your
face
as
a
flint
;
as
your
Lord
and
Master
did
;
and
know
,
That
as
he
was
not
Confounded
,
so
neither
shall
you
:
All
that
he
had
,
you
have
on
your
side
,
and
the
Merit
of
His
improvement
added
to
it
:
What
Power
the
Father
gave
to
Him
,
He
delegates
to
you
;
even
a
power
over
all
the
power
of
the
enemy
;
As
it
were
an
Antidote
or
Supersedeas
,
to
invalidate
all
that
comes
against
you
.
Wherefore
then
should
we
doubt
?
Though
they
come
about
you
like
Bees
,
In
the
Name
of
the
Lord
you
shall
destroy
them
.
Remember
the
advantages
you
have
;
Besides
the
bruifing
of
your
enemie's
head
,
and
that
incurably
;
your
own
Head
is
in
Heaven
;
and
He
is
there
as
on
a
Mount
,
to
behold
both
yours
and
your
enemies
posture
,
and
to
send-in
relief
;
which
He
never
fails
to
do
at
a
dead
lift
:
And
He
makes
intercession
for
you
;
whiles
you
are
fighting
,
His
hands
are
up
,
and
never
weary
:
and
therefore
you
may
be
confident
of
success
.
It
was
by
virtue
of
His
prayer
,
that
Peter's
faith
did
not
fail
,
when
there
was
but
an
hairs
breadth
between
him
and
death
:
The
Lord
will
keep
His
people
,
because
He
hath
Redeemed
them
.
III.
Since
the
Lord
hath
So
firmly
Secured
the
blessedness
of
His
Redeemed
Ones
;
thus
firmly
insuring
of
it
.
IV.
This
also
Confirms
the
Doctrines
of
Peculiar
and
Absolute
Election
;
And
so
I
come
to
Effectual
Calling
,
as
the
next
great
effect
of
peculiar
Redemption
.
OF
Effectual
Calling
.
THe
Doctrine
of
Calling
,
(
which
I
term
Effectual
to
distinguish
it
from
that
which
is
Outward
only
,
and
prevails
not
)
respects
the
Means
whereby
,
and
the
Manner
how
,
God's
Elect
are
actually
prepared
for
that
Salvation
He
hath
chosen
them
to
:
It
is
God's
revealing
His
Son
in
them
;
and
He
doth
it
by
the
Holy
Ghost
;
whose
office
it
is
,
to
Sanctifie
Whom
the
Father
hath
Elected
,
and
Christ
Redeemed
.
These
three
acts
of
Grace
are
peculiar
to
the
Three
Persons
respectively
;
as
ye
have
it
in
Jude
,
v.
1.
Next
to
the
Glory
of
His
Grace
,
and
the
honour
of
His
Son
,
the
Lord
hath
placed
the
Blessedness
of
His
People
,
as
the
principal
End
and
Scope
of
all
He
hath
done
in
the
World
▪
or
will
do
,
till
He
foldeth
it
up
.
It
could
not
therefore
stand
with
His
holy
wisdom
,
to
leave
those
He
was
pleased
to
choose
unto
Salvation
,
to
the
conduct
of
their
own
Understanding
and
Will
;
with
such
other
helps
as
they
have
in
common
with
other
Men
;
and
thereon
to
hang
the
whole
of
His
great
design
:
For
,
by
such
a
course
,
it
would
not
only
be
frustrable
,
but
certainly
defeated
.
For
prevention
whereof
,
and
that
the
purpose
of
His
Grace
might
stand
;
He
hath
made
it
of
the
very
substance
of
Predestination
,
to
prepare
and
apply
the
Means
,
as
well
as
to
appoint
the
End
;
which
,
in
the
Sacred
Language
,
is
termed
,
a
Giving
of
all
things
pertaining
to
life
and
Godliness
.
The
Sum
of
what
I
intend
upon
this
Subject
,
That
what
ever
things
are
requisite
to
Salvation
,
are
given
of
God
freely
,
to
all
the
Elect
;
and
wrought
effectually
by
the
Divine
Power
;
as
the
necessary
Means
of
that
Salvation
,
to
which
He
hath
appointed
them
.
By
[
Salvation
]
here
,
I
understand
,
the
Saints
perfect
settlement
in
Blessedness
and
Glory
:
And
,
by
[
things
requisite
thereto
]
all
those
Gifts
,
Graces
,
and
Operations
,
that
are
any
way
necessary
to
their
actual
obtainment
of
that
State
.
The
[
Divine
Power
]
is
that
Ability
of
working
,
which
God
hath
reserved
to
Himself
;
and
is
not
Moved
or
Governed
by
the
Creature
's
act
,
but
by
the
Good
pleasure
of
His
Own
Will.
That
divers
things
are
Requisite
to
Salvation
,
needs
no
proof
:
My
business
therefore
is
,
to
shew
-
I.
What
these
Requisites
are
.
-
II.
Whence
they
come
.
-
III.
To
whom
they
do
belong
,
and
by
what
Right
?
-
IV.
The
Way
and
Manner
of
God's
dispensing
them
.
I.
What
these
Requisites
to
Salvation
are
.
They
are
of
three
sorts
;
Some
to
be
done
for
us
;
Some
upon
us
,
or
in
us
;
and
others
by
us
;
yet
so
,
as
Not
without
the
special
assistance
of
that
good
Spirit
who
began
the
work
,
and
who
worketh
all
in
all
.
The
Great
thing
to
be
done
for
us
(
next
after
Election
)
is
Redemption
from
sin
:
This
was
a
work
of
infinite
moment
,
and
as
far
above
the
Undertaking
of
Creatures
;
For
,
1
The
Justice
of
God
,
that
must
be
satisfied
,
bya
bearing
the
Curse
due
to
Transgressors
:
By
this
,
we
are
saved
from
wrath
;
and
without
This
,
Divine
Justice
will
not
open
the
house
of
His
Prisoners
.
2
All
Righteousness
must
be
fulfilled
,
by
an
absolute
perfect
Subjection
to
the
Law
:
By
this
we
are
interested
in
Eternal
life
;
and
without
it
,
there
is
no
Entring
into
Rest
.
3
The
Devil
(
who
had
the
power
of
death
)
must
be
destroyed
,
and
his
works
of
darkness
(
by
which
he
leads
captive
at
his
will
)
dissolved
;
That
life
and
immortality
might
be
brought
to
light
;
and
the
prey
delivered
.
None
of
which
works
could
ever
have
been
perform'd
,
but
by
One
of
the
same
Nature
with
the
parties
peccant
or
agressing
;
and
yet
equal
in
power
and
dignity
with
the
Majesty
offended
:
For
which
cause
and
end
it
was
,
That
God
sent
forth
his
Son
made
of
a
woman
,
and
made
under
the
law
,
The
sum
of
these
Requisites
lies
in
Faith
and
Sanctification
;
the
One
imports
their
Right
,
the
Other
their
capacity
;
Faith
intitles
,
and
Holiness
meetens
:
Both
which
,
though
express'd
as
two
,
are
alwayes
together
as
if
but
One
;
and
as
inseparable
as
light
from
the
sun
:
and
without
These
,
our
little
world
would
stil
be
in
darkness
,
notwithstanding
all
the
light
that
shines
about
us
,
or
within
us
:
Neither
knowing
our
danger
,
nor
how
to
escape
it
.
1.
Faith
;
This
,
in
generall
,
is
that
spiritual
light
in
which
we
see
our selves
by
nature
the
children
of
wrath
,
and
wholly
unable
to
change
our
state
;
and
withall
,
do
apprehend
God
Justifying
freely
by
His
Grace
,
through
the
Redemption
that
is
in
Jesus
Christ
;
1.
Of
its
own
understanding
:
It
is
a
beam
of
Divine
light
,
which
evidenceth
all
a
Man
's
natural
knowledge
to
be
ignorance
and
darkness
▪
as
to
Spirituall
things
:
The
Apostle
speaks
of
it
,
as
of
a
Faculty
newly
given
:
and
the
Nature
of
its
new
objects
,
requires
it
;
For
,
the
natural
man
[
cannot
]
discern
the
things
of
God
:
They
that
have
the
best
eyes
now
,
were
sometimes
Darkness
.
2.
Faith
empties
the
Soul
of
its
own
Righteousness
.
-
1.
By
discovering
the
uncleanness
of
it
,
Isa.
64.
5.
-
2.
By
shewing
the
necessity
of
a
Better
,
Rom.
3.
20.
-
3.
In
whom
this
better
is
to
be
found
,
Rom.
10.
4.
-
4.
That
it
may
be
attain'd
and
had
;
Rom.
3.
25.
-
5.
That
being
attain'd
,
the
Soul
is
happy
,
and
may
triumph
over
all
,
Rom.
8.
34.
-
6.
That
this
better
Righteousness
and
its
own
cannot
stand
together
,
Gal.
5.
2.
Rom.
10.
3.
And
then
3.
The
next
work
of
Faith
is
,
To
empty
the
Soul
of
its
own
Strength
;
that
is
,
of
all
confidence
in
himself
,
as
to
the
obtainment
of
that
better
Righteousness
.
He
makes
it
(
indeed
)
his
business
,
to
be
shut
of
his
own
;
and
most
gladly
would
be
Invested
and
clothed-upon
with
the
Righteousness
of
God
;
but
findes
it
a
matter
of
transcendent
difficulty
:
Now
he
's
convinced
,
't
is
no
easie
matter
to
be
saved
;
since
To
believe
,
and
to
keep
the
whole
Law
,
are
things
of
an
equal
facility
,
i.
e.
They
are
(
in
truth
)
both
alike
impossible
to
him
:
II.
Sanctification
(
or
Inherent
holiness
.
)
This
consists
in
the
expulsion
(
or
rather
subduction
and
bringing
under
)
of
Corrupt
nature
,
by
bringing
in
the
Divine
,
and
setting
it
uppermost
in
the
Soul
:
born
again
:
Old
stock
;
and
grafting
him
into
the
New
;
Whereby
the
Law
becomes
written
in
the
heart
:
It
is
also
called
,
The
Passing
away
of
old
things
,
a
be●oming
New
of
all
.
Not
that
the
old
faculties
are
destroyed
or
blotted
out
,
in
Regeneration
;
but
reduced
duced
,
●ccording
to
the
Image
of
Him
that
Createth
it
.
As
the
Body
,
when
it
shall
be
Regenerated
(
or
raised
again
)
It
shall
be
the
same
that
was
sowen
,
but
so
changed
in
its
qualities
,
as
if
it
were
another
:
So
,
in
the
Regeneration
of
the
Soul
;
the
same
Understanding
,
Will
,
Affections
,
Memory
,
remain
;
but
are
quite
otherwise
disposed
and
qualified
,
according
to
the
New
Objects
they
are
to
Converse
with
,
1
John
5.
20.
And
being
thus
quickened
by
the
Spirit
of
li●e
from
God
,
and
set
upon
their
feet
;
they
are
capacitated
for
action
,
viz.
in
Things
to
be
done
by
them
:
And
now
,
say
they
(
as
Daniel
,
Now
)
let
my
Lord
speak
,
for
Thou
hast
strengthened
me
:
And
thence-forth
,
their
work
and
business
is
,
to
Glorifie
that
Grace
that
hath
saved
them
;
To
walk
before
God
in
the
daily
exercise
of
those
Graces
He
hath
given
them
;
To
press
after
Perfection
;
(
that
is
)
a
Meetness
for
that
State
of
Glory
,
which
these
things
are
preparatory
to
;
(
which
the
Scripture
calls
,
A
walking
worthy
of
the
Lord
,
)
To
shew
forth
his
praises
,
the
virtues
of
Him
that
hath
called
them
;
Making
His
Law
their
Rule
,
and
His
Glory
their
End
above
all
;
And
all
in
way
of
dutiful
Gratitude
.
For
,
though
you
may
and
ought
to
have
respect
to
your
own
Salvation
,
peace
and
comfort
;
yet
so
,
as
to
substitute
all
to
the
Glory
of
God's
Grace
.
And
take
this
,
by
the
way
,
(
to
encourage
you
in
your
duty
)
That
the
Glory
of
God
and
His
people's
blessedness
,
are
so
intertwisted
,
as
never
to
be
divided
:
Whiles
you
keep
That
most
directly
in
your
eye
and
scope
,
your
own
Concerns
are
most
currently
going-on
;
They
fall-in
together
,
and
keep
in
the
same
Channel
.
II.
Whence
these
Requisites
to
Salvation
come
?
That
Jesus
Christ
,
that
Great
Fundamental
Requisite
,
or
One
thing
necessary
,
is
the
Gift
of
God
,
sent
into
the
World
by
Him
,
and
set
forth
a
Propitiation
through
faith
in
His
blood
;
is
above
all
need
of
proof
.
But
the
present
enquiry
is
,
touching
the
Author
of
Faith
and
holiness
;
The
Efficient
Cause
of
Regeneration
;
What
Power
it
is
,
by
which
the
New
Creature
is
formed
and
brought
forth
?
Our
Assertion
is
That
the
New
Creature
is
God's
workmanship
entirely
and
alone
.
This
,
the
Scripture
seems
evident
for
:
But
,
being
a
Truth
unacceptable
to
Nature
;
And
there
being
some
,
who
Owning
the
Name
deny
the
Thing
;
we
must
the
more
intently
look
to
the
proof
of
it
:
and
our
Argument
for
it
is
this
;
That
the
Mew
Creature
must
be
wrought
either
by
a
Divine
Power
;
Or
,
by
a
Natural
power
;
Or
,
by
the
concurrence
of
both
together
:
But
,
I
It
cannot
be
wrougbt
by
a
Natural
power
;
and
that
for
these
Reasons
(
among
others
.
)
1.
Because
it
is
a
Creature
;
most
excellent
.
All
the
Virtuo●i
in
the
World
are
not
able
to
make
an
Atom
:
They
may
refine
and
sublimate
things
that
are
:
but
cannot
give
the
least
being
to
that
which
is
Not.
How
then
should
the
Natural
Man
give
Being
to
the
New
Creation
?
To
suppose
such
a
thing
,
would
be
a
degrading
to
the
Divine
Nature
;
A
setting
the
Image
of
the
Heavenly
below
that
of
the
Earthly
:
For
,
He
that
builds
,
is
worthy
of
more
honor
,
2.
Nothing
can
afford
That
it
hath
not
in
it self
:
Every
Seed
will
have
its
own
body
;
An
evil
Tree
cannot
bring
forth
good
fruit
:
That
which
is
born
of
the
Flesh
is
flesh
,
and
will
never
be
better
.
Therefore
the
New
Creature
,
being
a
Divine
Thing
,
cannot
be
Educed
of
Natural
Principles
.
3.
The
Natural
Man
is
not
only
void
of
all
virtue
and
property
that
tends
to
Regeneration
;
They
will
not
so
much
as
seek
after
God
,
nor
take
Him
into
their
thoughts
.
Satan
they
follow
with
natural
Motion
,
but
as
for
the
word
of
the
Lord
,
will
not
hearken
unto
it
:
They
have
loved
Strangers
,
and
after
them
they
will
go
:
So
desperately
wicked
are
the
hearts
of
Men
:
They
are
even
made
up
of
fleshly
lusts
,
which
war
against
the
Soul
,
And
whatsoever
hath
respect
to
its
happy
Restorement
.
And
this
Enmity
is
maintained
and
animated
;
(1)
By
the
Darkness
that
is
in
them
,
which
all
men
in
Nature
are
filled
with
;
or
with
false
lights
,
which
are
equally
P●rnicious
and
obstructive
to
this
Work
:
By
reason
hereof
,
the
most
glorious
objects
,
though
just
afore
them
,
are
hid
from
their
eyes
;
cannot
discern
the
Things
which
are
of
God
:
They
have
false
Conceptions
of
every
thing
,
Call
Good
evil
,
and
evil
Good
;
put
light
for
darkness
,
and
darkness
for
light
;
and
the
most
excellent
things
are
commonly
furthest
off
from
their
approbation
.
It
's
a
known
Experiment
,
That
the
more
Spiritual
any
Truth
is
,
the
more
will
carnal
Reason
object
against
it
;
How
can
these
things
be
?
and
How
can
this
Man
give
us
of
His
flesh
to
eat
?
By
all
the
understanding
that
Men
have
afore
Conversion
,
they
are
but
more
strongly
prejudiced
against
the
Truth
:
Acts
17.
18.
1
Cor.
1.
19-23
.
(2)
This
Enmity
is
further
Confirm'd
and
Fix'd
,
by
the
Naturality
of
it
.
If
it
were
an
Adventitious
quality
,
it
might
possibly
be
separated
:
But
Now
it
cannot
by
any
humane
power
.
And
that
it
is
Natural
appears
,
in
that
theVniversality
of
Mankind
is
infected
with
it
:
It
is
not
Here
and
There
One
;
under
sin
:
None
that
understandeth
;
None
that
seeketh
after
God
;
and
this
in
their
Root
;
Conceiv'd
in
sin
;
Go
astray
from
the
womb
,
&c.
It
also
grows
up
with
them
,
and
the
longer
it
lives
the
worse
it
is
,
and
the
more
Impregnable
:
And
though
,
at
times
,
they
look
another
way
(
like
Bullets
of
Stone
or
Lead
,
which
acted
by
a
foreign
power
,
are
mounted
into
the
Air
)
their
upward
Motion
quickly
ceaseth
,
because
it
was
not
Natural
;
They
come
again
to
their
Center
of
their
own
accord
,
and
there
they
will
live
and
die
:
As
was
verified
in
Saul
,
Ahab
,
Agrippa
,
and
others
.
4.
The
New
Creature
cannot
be
the
Product
of
Natural
Power
,
turn
the
Grace
of
God
into
lasciviousness
:
As
to
the
Pure
all
things
are
pure
;
so
to
the
Impure
all
things
are
defiled
.
David
by
his
afflictions
learned
to
keep
God's
Law
;
but
Ahaz
trespassed
yet
m●re
:
Good
Josiah
his
heart
melts
at
the
reading
of
the
Law
,
humbles
himself
and
fals
to
Reforming
;
but
wicked
Jehoiakim
,
he
cuts
the
Roll
in
pie●es
and
burns
it
:
Thus
Sin
,
(
i.
e.
Corrupt
Nature
)
workes
death
by
that
which
is
Good
.
II.
The
New
Creature
is
not
wrought
by
the
Concurrence
of
Divine
and
Natural
Power
[
together
:
]
For
,
1.
The
Holy
Ghost
needs
no
assistance
in
His
work
:
moved
on
the
Waters
,
He
weighed
the
Mountains
in
Scales
,
and
the
hills
in
a
ballance
?
the
Power
of
the
Most
High
was
alone
in
that
work
;
so
also
it
is
in
forming
Christ
within
us
.
Why
should
He
call
in
the
aid
of
another
,
unless
deficient
of
Himself
?
And
He
must
greatly
be
streightened
that
takes-in
the
help
of
an
Enemy
.
2.
If
the
Holy
Ghost
had
need
of
Help
,
(1)
The
Natural
Man
is
without
strength
:
all
flesh
is
grass
,
and
the
glory
of
it
as
the
flower
of
grass
;
which
fades
in
a
Moment
:
It
is
an
Arm
that
hath
no
strength
.
And
it
is
not
onely
so
in
it self
,
but
it
renders
weak
and
impotent
what
ever
Relyes
upon
it
,
or
may
be
used
by
it
,
for
any
spiritual
End
.
A
Straw
in
the
hand
of
a
Giant
,
will
make
no
deeper
impression
,
than
if
in
the
hand
of
a
Stripling
:
The
Law
it self
,
which
was
ordained
to
life
,
is
made
weak
through
the
flesh
.
(2)
The
Flesh
is
an
opposite
principle
;
at
perfect
enmity
against
the
Holy
Seed
;
(
as
you
see
afore
:
)
It
answers
as
Pharaoh
,
Who
is
the
Lord
that
I
should
obey
Him
?
It
's
whole
business
is
to
crush
the
workings
of
the
Spirit
;
and
the
Conflict
ceaseth
not
,
but
in
the
total
Overthrow
of
the
one
party
.
The
Flesh
and
the
Spirit
alwaies
have
been
,
are
,
and
will
be
Two
:
Yea
,
even
where
the
Enmity
hath
lost
its
dominion
,
it
will
maintain
a
Conflict
to
the
last
;
And
if
the
one
fights
against
the
other
,
after
the
New
Creature
is
formed
;
it
will
doubtless
oppose
the
first
formation
of
it
.
(3)
If
we
should
suppose
the
flesh
able
,
in
any
respect
,
to
give
assistance
in
this
work
;
the
Holy
Ghost
would
none
of
it
.
What
Concord
hath
God
with
Belial
?
such
Mixtures
are
Abomination
to
Him
:
He
would
not
permit
His
people
to
yoke
an
Ox
and
an
Ass
together
in
p●oughing
;
Nor
to
sow
their
Land
with
divers
seeds
:
And
if
in
building
an
Altar
,
their
Tool
were
lift
up
upon
it
,
the
Lord
reckons
it
defiled
.
Exod.
20.
25.
(4)
Suppose
a
possibility
of
Conjunction
,
What
would
be
the
issue
of
it
?
When
the
Sons
of
God
went
in
to
the
daughters
of
men
,
Gyants
were
born
to
them
,
Gen.
6.
4.
If
Creatures
of
several
kindes
should
couple
together
,
what
can
be
produc'd
,
but
a
Monster
in
Nature
?
such
Monsters
(
in
Spirituals
)
are
hypocrites
,
and
temporary
believers
;
In
whom
there
is
something
begotten
on
the
will
of
Man
,
by
the
Common
strivings
and
inlightenings
of
the
Spirit
;
which
attains
to
a
kind
of
formality
;
but
proves
(
in
the
end
)
a
lump
of
dead
flesh
;
It
never
comes
to
be
a
New
Creature
;
as
you
s●e
in
Herod
and
Agrippa
.
An
Owl's
egg
,
though
hatcht
by
a
Dove
or
Eagle
;
will
prove
but
a
Night-bird
;
The
Seed
of
the
bond-woman
will
be
Carnal
,
though
Abraham
himself
be
the
father
of
it
.
A
little
further
to
illustrate
this
Truth
;
let
us
briefly
review
,
What
things
in
the
world
,
that
are
Common
to
Men
,
can
be
supposed
to
influence
their
hearts
so
as
to
bring
them
to
God
;
They
may
all
be
Reduced
to
five
;
A
prosperous
Condition
,
Afflictions
,
The
Word
of
God
,
The
strivings
of
the
Spirit
,
and
Miracles
.
1.
Prosperity
:
This
,
we
find
,
hath
not
done
it
:
How
many
have
been
the
worse
,
and
how
few
(
if
any
)
the
better
for
it
?
Jeshurun
waxed
fat
and
kicked
:
In
the
time
of
the
Judges
,
his
heart
was
lifted
up
to
his
destruction
.
They
are
not
in
trouble
like
other
Men
;
their
eyes
stand
out
with
fatness
,
&c.
But
are
they
bettered
by
it
?
Pride
compasseth
them
about
like
a
chain
,
and
they
set
their
Mouths
against
the
Heavens
.
Let
favour
be
shewed
to
the
wicked
,
2.
Afflictions
and
Judgments
will
not
do
it
.
It
appears
by
Amos
,
Ch.
4.
ver.
6-11
.
That
that
people
were
loaded
with
variety
of
judgments
;
yet
they
turned
not
to
Him
that
smote
them
;
The
more
they
were
stricken
,
the
more
they
revolted
.
The
Lord
was
wroth
with
Ephraim
,
and
smote
him
;
He
hid
His
face
from
Him
,
and
was
wroth
:
(
which
,
if
any
thing
,
should
have
Moved
him
:
)
But
what
cares
Ephraim
?
He
went
on
frowardly
in
the
way
of
his
Heart
.
The
Jewes
continue
to
this
day
,
in
their
unbelief
;
though
wrath
be
come
upon
them
to
the
uttermost
.
The
Antichristian
world
,
when
vials
of
wrath
were
powred
forth
upon
them
;
they
blasphemed
God
,
and
Repented
not
:
Bray
a
fool
in
a
Mortar
,
yet
will
not
his
foolishness
depart
from
him
.
3.
The
Word
of
God
,
and
his
Ordinances
;
Neither
is
it
in
these
,
to
turn
the
heart
back
again
.
Of
this
,
the
people
of
Israel
are
a
pregnant
example
:
To
them
were
Committed
the
Oracles
of
God
;
No
Nation
had
God
so
nigh
them
,
as
they
;
and
yet
the
most
stubborn
stiff-necked
people
,
that
ever
the
earth
bore
.
The
Lord
sends
them
His
prophets
,
rising
early
and
sending
:
And
see
how
they
'r
used
!
First
,
they
sleight
His
Messengers
,
and
send
them
away
empty
:
Then
they
fall
to
beating
and
imprisoning
of
them
:
slew
with
the
Sword
:
they
'l
Reverence
Him
!
No
,
This
is
the
heir
;
Come
,
let
us
kill
Him
:
And
thus
they
went-on
Till
there
was
no
remedy
.
4.
The
World
of
Ungodly
in
Noah's
time
;
Spirit
of
God
striving
with
them
Sixscore
years
together
:
And
yet
,
Not
a
Man
in
the
whole
Universe
prevailed-upon
.
The
people
in
the
Wilderness
;
How
many
wayes
did
the
Lord
strive
with
them
,
by
mighty
deliverances
,
terrible
Appearances
,
Merciful
Providences
,
Dreadfull
Judgments
;
And
this
,
Fourty
years
together
!
and
yet
,
still
they
went-on
Rebelling
against
Him
,
and
vexing
his
holy
Spirit
.
5.
Miracles
will
not
do
it
:
What
a
Multitude
of
These
,
mingled
with
Judgment
,
where
shewn
upon
Pharaoh
!
All
which
did
but
further
harden
him
.
&c
▪
Then
the
People
in
the
Wilderness
;
Take
but
that
one
Instance
of
Korah
and
his
Company
;
The
Earth
clave
asunder
,
and
swallowed-up
the
chief
of
the
Mutineers
,
with
all
that
they
had
;
They
went
alive
into
the
Pit
:
fire
from
Heaven
:
Which
one
would
think
should
cause
them
to
fear
the
Lord
,
and
do
no
more
presumptuously
;
and
yet
,
the
next
thing
we
hear
of
them
,
whole
Congregation
.
All
which
considered
,
and
laid
together
;
It
follows
with
much
evidence
,
III.
That
the
New
Creature
is
the
Product
of
Divine
Power
alone
.
The
Evangelist
John
is
clear
on
our
side
,
touching
this
Original
and
Pedigree
of
it
;
Both
Whence
it
is
not
,
and
whence
it
is
:
It
is
born
(1)
not
of
blood
;
It
belongs
not
to
,
nor
is
brought
forth
in
,
any
as
they
are
Men
,
made
of
flesh
and
blood
;
feed
according
to
the
flesh
:
Nor
(2)
is
it
born
of
the
will
of
the
flesh
,
The
carnal
and
sensual
affections
have
nothing
to
do
in
the
spiritual
birth
:
Nor
(3)
of
the
will
of
Man
:
The
rational
faculties
,
by
which
Men
are
set
above
the
Rank
of
other
Creatures
;
these
do
not
contribute
towards
our
Divine
Sonship
:
But
(4)
It
is
of
God
:
i.
e.
It
is
His
Work
alone
;
and
the
Natural
Man
has
nothing
to
do
in
that
birth
:
he
is
perfectly
unactive
in
it
,
He
that
was
dead
came-forth
bound
hand
and
foot
:
Which
was
such
a
Demonstration
of
Divine
Power
,
that
the
Pharisees
themselves
acknowledge
,
If
they
now
let
Him
alone
,
all
men
will
believe
in
Him
.
(
And
if
it
were
not
so
,
the
Lord
alone
should
not
be
exalted
)
And
with
this
falls-in
that
other
beloved
Disciple
James
,
Of
His
own
will
begate
He
us
:
i.
e.
By
His
Own
Divine
Power
,
He
forms
and
brings-forth
the
New
Creation
,
without
any
assistance
from
the
Old
,
or
Co-operation
of
it
.
Peter
,
he
also
tells
us
,
It
is
born
of
Incorruptible
Seed
:
agen
,
That
It
is
born
of
the
Spirit
:
which
is
,
plainly
,
to
be
of
the
Off-spring
of
God
.
Of
like
tenour
is
that
of
the
Prophet
,
Thou
hast
wrought
all
our
works
in
us
:
Paul
,
We
are
his
workmanship
;
It
is
He
that
hath
made
us
(
and
not
we
our selves
)
His
people
.
We
find
it
here
,
and
in
John
,
expressed
both
Negatively
and
Positively
;
as
purposely
and
for
ever
to
exclude
what-ever
is
in
Man
,
from
being
so
much
as
thought
contributary
to
the
New
Creation
;
and
that
the
whole
Work
might
be
Father'd
upon
God
only
:
Which
is
indeed
,
the
natural
Result
of
all
those
Scriptures
which
speak
of
this
Work
under
the
Notion
of
a
Creature
;
which
necessarily
implies
,
That
the
whole
of
It
,
both
Matter
and
Form
,
is
from
the
Creatour
:
(
For
,
in
truth
,
a
Creature's
foundation
is
Nothing
,
besides
the
good
pleasure
of
God
.
)
It
may
further
be
Noted
,
That
in
James
,
The
Father
of
Lights
is
said
to
beget
it
;
and
in
the
Galathians
,
Jerusalem
which
is
above
,
is
said
to
be
the
Mother
of
it
:
and
in
John
(
as
afore
)
that
It
is
born
of
the
Spirit
:
And
,
if
Father
and
Mother
;
Begetter
and
Bringer-forth
,
are
both
in
Heaven
;
what
shall
the
Man
of
Earth
found
his
pretensions
upon
,
as
to
the
Parentage
of
the
New
Creature
?
And
further
,
It
is
worthy
of
Remark
,
1.
What
sort
of
Instruments
were
mostly
used
in
this
Work
;
Not
the
Learned
,
but
Illiterate
Men
:
And
of
These
,
such
most
eminently
,
as
had
neither
elegancy
of
Speech
,
their
Faith
stood
not
in
(
was
neither
made
nor
maintain'd
by
)
the
wisdom
of
Men
,
but
the
Power
of
God
.
2.
The
natural
unaptness
of
the
Persons
(
commonly
)
wrought
upon
,
to
Receive
those
high-born
Principles
:
Not
many
of
the
Wise
and
Noble
;
but
the
poor
,
base
,
and
foolish
;
(
i.
e.
In
comparison
of
Others
)
And
why
These
?
Truly
,
it
was
to
make
good
the
Truth
that
's
here
asserted
,
viz.
That
no
flesh
might
Glory
in
His
presence
.
Joseph
,
Nicodemus
,
and
Sergius
Paulus
,
3.
The
Scripture's
so
emphatically
ascribing
the
Work
unto
God
:
which
kind
of
ascription
,
were
very
improper
,
if
Faith
and
Holiness
were
things
so
Common
,
and
easily
attain'd
;
and
the
Natural
Man
so
Able
and
Virtuous
an
Engine
in
that
Work
,
as
most
Men
imagine
.
Paul
siles
it
,
The
Faith
of
the
Operation
of
God
:
the
Arm
of
the
Lord
[
Revealed
]
(
i.
e.
Made-bare
,
God
the
Father
,
as
[
Lord
of
Heaven
and
Earth
:
]
And
Paul
,
agen
,
To
the
exceeding
Greatness
of
His
Mighty
Power
,
even
the
same
by
which
He
raised
Jesus
Christ
from
the
Dead
;
Even
Then
,
when
the
sins
of
all
His
People
lay
upon
Him
;
And
all
the
Malice
,
Strength
,
and
Subtilty
,
of
the
Powers
of
Darkness
,
were
up
in
Arms
against
it
:
Which
was
,
indeed
,
the
highest
Indication
of
Divine
Power
,
that
ever
was
put-forth
,
or
shall
be
.
III.
Our
next
Enquiry
is
,
Who
those
blessed
Ones
are
to
whom
these
Requisites
to
Salvation
do
belong
?
and
by
what
Title
?
The
Answer
is
,
They
all
do
belong
to
Elect
Persons
,
and
That
in
right
of
their
Election
.
To
put
Effects
in
the
place
of
Causes
;
and
Causes
,
of
Effects
;
is
a
great
absurdity
in
Natural
things
:
and
yet
,
how
prone
are
we
to
it
,
in
Matters
of
Divine
Concernment
!
which
chiefly
comes
from
the
pride
of
our
Spirits
;
who
fain
would
be
Some-body
in
procuring
our
own
happiness
;
and
do
therefore
ascribe
it
to
any
Cause
,
rather
than
That
which
is
proper
to
it
.
This
is
a
Great
Evil
;
and
the
more
perilous
and
catching
,
because
espoused
by
Some
of
no-common-profession
;
and
That
with
great
pretences
of
Reason
for
it
.
To
Refute
which
,
your
most
rational
course
will
be
To
search
and
consult
the
Scriptures
;
whose
testimony
and
right
Reason
,
do
always
sort-together
:
And
if
by
this
Ascent
you
follow
Salvation
,
and
all
the
Conducements
thereto
,
up
to
their
Head
;
you
shall
find
them
all
to
be
intirely
and
absolutely
of
God
,
and
contained
in
the
same
Decree
:
And
consequently
,
That
Faith
and
Holiness
are
the
Effect
and
certain
Consequent
of
Election
.
The
genuine
Import
of
Scripture-Salvation
,
is
broad
and
comprehensive
;
extending
to
all
manner
of
Requisites
,
which
any
way
conduce
to
the
perfect
accomplishment
of
the
thing
it self
:
Outward
Salvation
,
what
ever
belongs
to
the
Outward
Man's
preservation
;
As
Water
,
Bread
,
Walls
,
Bulwarks
,
&c.
Isa.
26.
1.
Salvation
will
appoint
Walls
and
Bulwarks
:
i.
e.
The
promise
of
Salvation
,
implies
and
carries
in
it
,
all
things
pertaining
to
Safety
:
So
,
Spiritual
Salvation
,
what
ever
pertains
to
Blessedness
and
Glory
;
as
Redemption
,
Faith
,
Holiness
,
and
Holding-out
to
the
End
:
Any
of
which
being
absent
,
would
invalidate
all
the
rest
;
As
one
Round
of
a
Ladder
pluck'd-out
,
hinders
your
ascent
to
the
Top.
If
One
gives
me
a
piece
of
Land
that
is
round-inclosed
;
the
Law
gives
me
a
Way
to
it
(
though
no
express
mention
thereof
in
my
Deed
)
so
as
to
take
the
profits
:
Otherwise
,
litle
would
his
Gift
signifie
to
Me
!
Salvation
is
That
the
Elect
are
endowed
with
;
Faith
and
Holiness
,
the
necessary
Way
to
their
actual
possession
:
And
therefore
,
These
they
must
be
ordained
unto
(
and
are
)
as
well
as
to
Salvation
it self
:
For
,
being
Predestinate
to
the
Adoption
of
Sons
,
Chosen
to
Salvation
[
through
]
Sanctification
of
the
Spirit
,
and
belief
of
the
Truth
.
In
order
of
Intention
,
God
wills
the
End
first
,
and
then
the
Means
;
In
order
of
Execution
,
the
Means
first
,
as
directive
to
That
End
:
The
Promise
of
Canaan
to
Abraham's
Seed
,
did
virtually
contain
what
ever
must
come
between
the
making
of
the
Promise
,
and
the
final
performance
of
it
;
As
(1)
To
multiply
his
Seed
into
a
Nation
.
(2)
To
keep
Esau
,
Laban
,
and
Others
,
from
hurting
them
.
(3)
To
provide
for
them
in
time
of
famine
.
(4)
To
preserve
and
increase
them
in
Egypt
,
notwithstanding
the
Egyptians
craft
and
cruelty
to
suppress
them
.
(5)
To
bring
them
forth
with
an
high
hand
,
in
contempt
of
Pharaoh's
Resolvedness
against
it
,
and
his
Potency
to
withstand
it
.
(6)
To
divide
the
Sea
before
them
,
and
provide
them
a
Table
in
the
Wilderness
.
(7)
To
cause
their
Enemies
hearts
to
faint
,
and
become
as
Water
.
(8)
To
send
the
Hornet
before
them
,
and
to
fight
for
them
,
&c.
(
For
Otherwise
,
the
Lord
's
giving
them
Canaan
,
had
been
but
as
the
Pope's
giving
England
to
the
Spaniard
,
that
is
,
If
he
could
get
it
:
)
And
lastly
,
To
pardon
their
manifold
great
and
high
provocations
;
by
which
they
exposed
themselves
to
wrath
and
extirpation
daily
:
So
is
it
in
the
Case
of
Election
;
It
draws
with
it
even
All
that
is
tendent
to
the
Saints
actual
Investiture
with
Glory
.
The
Apostle
therefore
linketh
Eternity
past
with
Eternity
to
come
:
He
makes
Election
and
Glorification
the
two
extream
points
of
the
Compass
;
Calling
and
Justification
(
which
are
parts
intermediate
)
he
founds
upon
the
First
,
in
order
to
the
Last
;
and
gives
you
their
Set-course
,
in
Rom.
8.
38.
Whom
He
did
Foreknow
,
Then
also
He
did
Predestinate
:
(
To
what
?
)
to
be
conformed
to
the
Image
of
His
Son
;
And
whom
He
did
Predestinate
,
them
also
He
Called
;
(
And
what
did
He
Call
them
to
?
He
Called
them
to
Holiness
,
to
Glory
and
Virtue
:
)
whom
He
Called
,
them
also
He
Justified
and
Glorified
:
These
All
do
belong
to
One
and
the
same
persons
,
and
that
by
virtue
of
the
Decree
;
and
no
one
of
them
did
ever
go
alone
.
The
like
Succession
of
Causes
and
Effects
ye
have
in
the
16th
of
Ezekiel
;
In
the
17th
of
the
Acts
,
searcheth
the
deep
things
of
God
,
and
hath
the
Management
of
this
Work
committed
to
him
,
Gather'd
them
One
by
One
;
(
each
One
in
his
proper
time
)
and
open'd
their
Ear
to
discipline
;
Making
them
That
they
were
Chosen
unto
.
And
the
same
Apostle
,
in
his
Epistle
to
the
Thessalonians
,
where
he
Celebrates
the
effects
of
this
Sermon
,
brings
in
their
Election
as
the
Cause
of
their
Conversion
;
Knowing
▪
Brethren
beloved
,
your
Election
of
God
,
[
For
]
our
Gospel
came
not
to
you
in
Word
only
,
(
as
it
did
to
others
)
but
in
power
:
So
in
the
Acts
,
And
the
Lord
added
to
the
Church
daily
,
(
whom
di●
He
add
?
)
such
as
should
be
Saved
.
Effectual
Calling
is
a
sure
Demonstration
of
Election
,
and
the
first
Effect
by
which
it
can
be
known
.
That
precious
Faith
through
which
we
are
Saved
,
is
obtained
through
the
Righteousness
of
God
,
and
our
Saviour
Jesus
Christ
,
2
Pet.
1.
7.
(1)
It
is
given
through
the
Righteousness
of
God
the
Father
;
and
so
,
it
either
respects
His
Ordaining
us
to
Eternal
life
;
In
which
Act
He
did
implicitely
engage
Himself
to
give
us
Faith
,
(
which
may
therefore
be
called
The
Faith
of
God's
Elect
:
)
setting
His
Soul
an
Offering
for
sin
,
He
should
see
His
seed
:
Or
it
may
be
intended
of
both
.
(2)
The
Righteousness
of
Christ
is
concerned
in
it
two
ways
;
(1)
As
the
Meriting
or
procuring
Cause
thereof
;
and
so
,
this
Faith
belongs
,
of
Right
,
to
every
one
He
died
for
,
according
to
Phil.
1.
29.
Or
(2)
As
He
is
that
faithful
Servant
,
who
gives
to
every
One
according
as
He
hath
received
of
the
Father
for
them
.
In
all
which
respects
,
it
evidently
flows
from
Election
.
To
confirm
which
,
he
says
expresly
in
his
former
Epistle
,
That
they
were
Elected
unto
Obedience
,
and
sprinkling
of
the
blood
of
Jesus
Christ
:
1
Pet.
1.
2.
So
,
in
the
1
to
the
Ephes.
The
Mystery
of
His
Will
is
said
to
be
Made
known
to
them
,
According
to
His
good
pleasure
which
He
had
purposed
in
Himself
.
The
same
Intendment
we
have
in
the
Corinths
;
The
preaching
of
the
Gospel
is
to
them
that
perish
,
foolishness
;
but
to
Vs
who
are
[
Saved
,
]
it
is
the
Power
of
God
:
And
in
Timothy
,
Who
hath
[
Saved
]
us
,
and
Called
us
with
an
Holy
Calling
:
In
both
places
,
Saving
is
put
afore
Calling
;
and
then
it
must
be
afore
Faith
:
And
how
Men
are
Saved
before
they
Believe
,
unless
by
Election
,
(
or
Redemption
,
which
is
commensurate
with
Election
)
doth
not
appear
to
us
.
To
this
purpose
't
is
further
Observable
,
that
in
Rom.
8.
the
Apostle
sets
Predestination
afore
Calling
,
as
in
Timothy
,
and
the
Corinths
,
he
doth
Saving
;
And
in
Rom.
9.
He
puts
Calling
in
a
tense
subsequent
to
Election
or
Preparing
unto
Glory
.
The
Apostle
Jude
,
his
sentence
also
accords
with
it
;
He
directs
his
Epistle
To
them
that
are
Sanctified
by
God
the
Father
,
And
Preserved
in
Jesus
Christ
,
and
Called
:
Where
,
by
[
Sanctified
]
he
means
[
Elected
]
separated
or
set
apart
:
In
this
sense
the
word
is
used
elsewhere
,
where
it
will
not
admit
of
any
other
:
Exod.
31.
13
,
I
am
the
Lord
that
doth
Sanctifie
you
:
And
more
plainly
in
Numb.
8.
17
,
All
the
First-born
of
the
Children
of
Israel
are
Mine
:
On
the
day
that
I
smote
every
First-born
in
the
Land
of
Egypt
,
I
[
Sanctified
]
them
for
my self
:
Here
no
other
thing
but
Choosing
,
Selecting
,
or
Setting
apart
,
can
be
intended
:
And
I
see
no
Reason
,
why
it
should
not
be
so
understood
in
that
of
Jude
.
And
it
is
termed
an
Holy
Calling
,
Not
only
as
it
Calleth
us
to
Holiness
;
but
,
as
it
is
Sacred
,
Peculiar
,
Set
apart
,
and
appropriated
to
an
Holy
People
,
viz.
Those
whom
the
Lord
hath
set
apart
for
Himself
:
Whose
Eternal
Sanctifying
them
in
His
Decree
,
was
the
Original
Cause
of
their
being
Sanctified
Actually
;
He
loved
them
with
an
Everlasting
love
,
and
[
therefore
]
with
loving
kindness
doth
He
draw
them
:
Redemption
;
For
their
sakes
(
says
Christ
)
I
Sanctify
my Self
,
Joh.
17.
19.
A
lightsom
Instance
of
this
,
we
have
in
Numb.
11.
26.
Eldad
and
Medad
,
(
though
they
came
not
up
to
the
Tabernacle
with
their
Brethren
;
yet
)
being
of
them
that
were
[
Written
]
the
Spirit
came-upon
them
,
and
they
Prophe●ied
in
the
Camp
:
Election
finds
out
Men
when
they
think
not
of
it
.
So
,
the
Lord
first
Determines
Jeremy
to
his
Office
;
Quer.
In
the
1
John
16.
it
is
said
,
That
to
them
which
Received
Him
,
He
gave
power
to
b●come
the
Sons
of
God
:
which
seems
to
put
their
believing
before
their
Sonship
.
Sol.
Albeit
,
that
Faith
goes
afore
the
Manifestation
of
our
Sonship
,
yet
not
afore
our
Sonship
it self
:
The
Adoption
of
Sons
is
That
we
were
Predestinated-to
,
before
the
foundation
of
the
World
,
Eph.
1.
4
and
5.
That
(
therefore
)
in
John
,
must
be
understood
with
that
of
Moses
,
when
he
pleads
with
God
for
His
presence
with
His
People
;
So
shall
we
be
separated
from
all
the
People
that
are
on
the
face
of
the
Earth
:
Not
,
Love
your
Enemies
,
Bless
them
that
Curse
you
;
That
ye
may
be
(
that
is
,
that
ye
may
appear
to
be
)
the
Children
of
your
Father
which
is
in
Heaven
:
the
Sons
of
God
by
Faith
:
Gall.
3.
26.
The
budding
of
Aaron's
Rod
,
was
not
the
Cause
of
God's
Choosing
him
to
the
Priesthood
;
Reason
Why
God
designed
them
the
One
to
the
Kingdom
,
and
the
other
to
the
Apostleship
;
They
were
both
appointed
before
,
and
those
Events
were
but
the
Effects
of
that
their
fore-appointment
,
and
Evidences
of
it
.
So
,
the
Giving
of
the
Spirit
is
that
which
follows
Election
;
Because
Sons
,
God
hath
sent
forth
the
Spirit
of
His
Son
into
your
hearts
.
Although
the
Manifestation
of
our
Adoption
,
and
our
actual
enjoyment
of
its
privileges
,
in
time
;
yet
,
the
Thing
it self
is
from
Everlasting
.
Pursuant
to
this
,
our
Saviour
manifests
the
Father's
name
to
the
Men
He
had
given
Him
out
of
the
World
;
And
These
receive
it
:
The
Sheep
hear
his
voice
,
and
follow
Him
:
Of
others
he
saith
expresly
,
Ye
believe
not
,
because
ye
are
not
of
my
Sheep
:
He
that
is
of
God
,
heareth
God's
word
;
ye
therefore
hear
them
not
,
because
ye
are
not
of
God
.
The
same
Reason
He
gives
for
His
different
Ministration
towards
His
own
,
and
Others
;
To
the
One
it
was
[
given
]
to
know
the
Mysteries
of
the
kingdome
of
God
;
To
the
other
,
it
was
[
not
]
given
:
And
therefore
,
having
ended
His
parables
,
He
dismisses
the
Multitude
,
as
having
noe
more
for
them
;
but
to
His
Disciples
He
expoundeth
every
thing
in
private
:
and
ye
see
,
He
puts
it
upon
Election
,
as
that
which
had
invested
them
with
this
prerogative
above
the
Rest
,
[
To
you
it
is
given
]
i.
e.
It
belong'd
to
them
by
God's
Donation
and
appointment
:
They
are
first
Saints
by
Election
,
Then
Saints
by
Calling
.
When
Christ
appeared
to
Paul
going
to
Damascus
,
they
that
were
with
Him
,
were
all
in
a
Maze
;
A
voyce
they
heard
,
but
knew
not
what
it
spake
:
Why
so
,
since
they
were
as
likely
to
yield
as
he
?
Truly
,
it
was
not
intended
for
them
;
and
therefore
,
their
Ears
were
not
boared
,
Nor
the
speech
directed
to
them
,
but
to
Paul
;
and
to
Paul
by
Name
:
But
why
to
Paul
above
the
Rest
,
since
he
was
the
Ringleader
and
Chief
Persecutor
in
the
Company
?
Paul
was
a
Chosen
Vessel
;
And
this
,
in
brief
,
was
the
Reason
of
it
,
as
you
have
it
recorded
in
Acts
22.
14
,
The
God
of
our
Fathers
hath
chosen
thee
,
[
That
thou
shouldest
know
His
will
.
]
The
Jews
had
many
Means
of
knowing
the
Messiah
,
and
Inducements
to
believe
in
him
,
which
the
Gentiles
had
not
;
And
yet
,
These
embrace
the
Gospel
,
whiles
the
Jews
Reject
it
:
Those
who
sought
after
Righteousness
,
fell
short
of
it
;
sought
it
not
,
attain'd
it
:
For
the
bottom-Reason
of
which
different
Dispensation
We
are
referr'd
to
Election
,
Rom.
11.
7
,
The
Election
hath
obtained
,
and
the
Rest
were
blinded
.
How
variously
are
several
Men
affected
in
hearing
the
same
word
!
The
Sheep
and
the
Rest
,
have
both
the
same
Outward
means
:
One
Neglects
it
;
(
attends
not
at
all
,
or
Regards
not
what
he
hears
:
)
A
second
quarrels
it
;
(
as
the
Jews
often
did
:
)
A
Third
is
perswaded
almost
;
(
as
Agrippa
was
,
and
those
that
would
hear
Paul
agen
of
that
Matter
:
)
A
Fourth
is
Pricked
in
the
heart
,
and
called
effectually
:
It
's
a
stumbling-block
to
some
,
Foolishness
to
Others
,
And
to
some
't
is
the
Power
of
God
;
these
[
some
]
are
such
as
were
Elected
;
of
Those
to
whom
the
Promise
was
made
;
and
are
therefore
termed
The
Called
according
to
His
Purpose
,
Called
according
to
His
own
Purpose
and
Grace
which
was
given
them
in
Christ
before
the
World
began
:
They
are
first
Chosen
,
There
is
almost
no
end
of
Scriptures
to
this
purpose
:
I
shall
instance
one
more
,
&
so
close
up
this
Particular
.
All
the
blessings
which
the
Saints
are
blessed
with
in
time
;
are
all
bestowed
according
to
God's
Decree
of
Election
,
before
time
;
as
is
manifest
from
Eph.
1.
ver.
3
,
4
,
5.
Where
I
observe
,
1.
That
Election
goes
afore
the
Actual
Donation
of
Spiritual
blessings
;
Actual
Donation
of
Spiritual
blessings
,
is
[
according
]
to
Election
:
i.
e.
Election
is
the
Rule
by
which
the
Dispensation
is
guided
:
It
is
Adequate
with
Election
,
and
Answerable
thereto
,
even
as
the
Impression
is
to
the
Printing-Types
;
Or
,
as
the
fashion
of
Davids
body
,
to
the
platform
thereof
in
God's
book
;
and
the
Tabernacle
to
the
patern
shewn
in
the
Mount
;
According
to
which
,
all
things
were
made
,
as
well
in
respect
of
Number
Weight
and
Measure
,
as
Form
and
Figure
.
Spiritual
blessings
are
not
given
to
One
More
or
Fewer
,
or
in
other
manner
,
but
just
as
Election
hath
laid
it
forth
:
Which
also
is
further
confirm'd
by
Rev.
21.
27
,
Where
we
finde
,
That
None
are
admitted
into
the
Holy
City
,
but
whose
Names
were
written
in
the
book
of
life
;
And
Whosoever
was
not
found
written
in
that
book
,
was
cast
into
the
lake
of
fire
,
chap.
20.
15.
Which
shews
,
That
at
the
latter
day
,
as
many
as
were
ordained
to
Eternal
life
,
believed
;
And
that
all
and
every
One
without
the
list
of
Election
,
dyed
in
Unbelief
;
That
the
Election
obtained
,
the
Rest
were
blinded
.
Therefore
,
Faith
and
Holiness
are
not
the
Cause
,
but
the
Certain
effect
and
inseparable
Consequent
of
Election
.
IV.
Our
last
Enquiry
is
,
Of
the
Way
and
Manner
of
God's
Dispensing
spiritual
Blessings
?
And
that
is
,
Effectually
and
Freely
.
I.
Effectually
.
The
Soul
is
not
turned
to
God
by
a
Twyne-Thread
;
Nor
doth
the
Lord
content
Himself
,
with
Wishing
and
Woulding
that
it
might
be
so
,
after
the
manner
of
Men
;
who
either
are
Indifferent
in
the
thing
,
Or
have
not
Wherewith
to
Effect
their
desires
:
Nor
merely
by
propounding
,
Moving
and
striving
,
by
Moral
Suasions
,
Instructions
,
Threatnings
,
and
the
like
;
(
which
are
of
little
avail
with
a
dark
Understanding
and
fixed
enmity
,
which
every
Natural
Man
is
acted
by
:
)
But
,
by
the
putting-forth
of
a
Power
Invincible
;
A
Power
that
will
not
be
said
Nay
;
but
what
it
Wills
,
That
it
will
doe
;
What
it
undertakes
,
it
goesthorow
with
.
To
doe
a
thing
Effectually
,
is
to
doe
it
Perfectly
,
Thorowly
,
Successfully
;
that
is
,
So
to
use
and
apply
the
Means
,
that
the
End
designed
is
surely
brought-to-pass
;
And
this
,
Notwithstanding
all
the
Weakness
,
Aversness
,
and
Repugnancy
of
the
Carnal
Mind
against
it
.
I
might
produce
Instances
not-a-few
,
touching
God's
Effectual
Working
to
bring-about
things
of
lesser
Moment
:
How
unwilling
was
Moses
to
be
His
Messenger
to
Pharaoh
?
send
by
the
hand
of
him
whom
thou
shouldest
send
:
)
But
having
designed
him
for
the
Work
,
He
leaves
him
not
,
until
He
had
won
him
to
it
.
I
will
stretch
out
my
hand
,
(
saies
God
)
and
he
shall
let
you
goe
;
And
it
must
be
so
done
,
I.
Because
otherwise
,
the
Elect
should
be
in
no
better
condition
than
Other
men
;
For
,
until
conversion
,
Satan
hath
as
fast
hold
of
them
as
of
the
Rest
.
Adam's
fall
was
the
Devil's
Master-peece
;
To
bring
men
into
his
own
condemnation
,
is
the
Trophee
he
glories
in
;
and
being
a
Prince
both
proud
,
subtile
,
and
Imperious
,
you
may
not
think
he
will
be
Baffled
,
or
Complimented
out
of
his
hold
:
Intreaties
,
Menaces
,
and
force
of
Arguments
,
are
of
no
weight
with
him
;
He
laughs
at
your
strong
Reasons
,
and
Counts
them
but
rotten
wood
;
His
Spirit
I
know
;
but
what
are
these
!
No
,
this
kind
goes
not
forth
by
consent
;
Nothing
will
move
him
,
but
that
Power
which
Heaven
and
Earth
do
bow
under
:
He
that
made
him
,
(
and
he
onely
)
can
cause
his
sword
to
approach
unto
him
,
and
take
the
Prey
from
this
Terrible
One
:
And
for
this
it
was
,
that
our
Saviour
tells
the
Apostles
,
(
when
he
sends
them
to
turn
Men
from
Satan
unto
God
)
That
all
power
in
Heaven
and
Earth
was
committed
to
him
:
He
will
be
with
them
to
the
end
of
the
World
Which
was
(
indeed
)
but
Needfull
;
For
,
they
had
surely
gon
on
a
sleeveless
errand
,
(
a
weak
and
fruitless
design
,
)
if
Christ
himself
thus
impower'd
had
not
gone
with
them
.
And
for
the
Elect
themselves
,
They
are
(
of
themselves
)
no
better
disposed
to
this
work
,
than
those
that
Never
shall
be
wrought-upon
:
They
are
Enemies
in
their
minds
,
Darkness
,
Dead
in
sins
,
and
Children
of
wrath
,
even
as
Others
:
And
this
they
are
by
Nature
:
Their
State
,
therefore
,
could
never
be
changed
,
if
a
Power
Invincible
and
Invincibly
Resolved
in
what
It
undertakes
,
were
not
engaged
in
it
.
And
hence
it
is
,
that
we
find
those
Imperial
terms
[
I
will
]
and
[
Ye
shall
]
so
much
in
use
about
this
Matter
.
Thus
the
Lord
began
with
the
Serpent
;
(
which
was
a
leading
Case
to
all
that
follows
,
)
It
[
shall
]
bruise
thine
head
:
In
which
compendious
word
,
the
destruction
of
Satan
and
Sin
,
is
effectually
provided
for
:
And
elswhere
He
speaks
as
much
for
quick'ning
the
Soul
;
I
[
will
]
put
my
Spirit
within
you
,
and
[
cause
]
you
to
walk
in
My
Statutes
;
Ye
[
shall
]
be
my
People
,
and
I
[
Will
]
be
your
God
;
[
They
shall
]
Return
unto
me
with
their
whole
heart
;
(
with
many
Others
.
)
The
Lord
still
utters
Himself
in
tearms
of
Omnipotency
,
as
putting-forth
an
Almightiness
of
Power
;
which
,
as
it
needs
not
,
so
it
will
not
,
(
yea
,
it
cannnot
,
with
a
Salvo
to
his
honour
)
admit
the
least
Dependence
upon
Created
power
,
to
make
it
successfull
:
His
word
shall
not
Return
unto
him
void
;
It
shal
accomplish
that
which
He
pleaseth
,
and
prosper
in
the
thing
whereto
He
sends
it
:
He
that
was
dead
,
comes
forth
at
his
word
,
though
bound
hand
and
foot
.
II.
Conversion
is
a
Creation-work
;
breathes
into
him
the
breath
of
life
;
Els
,
that
lump
had
never
been
a
living
Soul
:
So
,
in
the
New
Creation
;
The
Lord
works
,
and
goes-on
to
work
,
and
leaves
it
not
,
until
He
hath
set
it
going
.
He
doth
not
onely
cause
the
light
to
shine
into
darkness
;
but
gives
withall
a
suitable
understanding
;
The
Father
of
lights
,
(
plurally
)
to
denote
,
that
as
well
the
light
comprehending
,
(
or
capacitating
our
comprehension
)
is
from
God
;
as
That
to
be
comprehended
:
III.
God's
Effectual
Working
in
this
Matter
,
Turn
Thou
Me
and
I
shall
be
Turned
;
Quicken
us
and
we
will
call
upon
Thee
;
Draw
me
,
and
We
will
Run
after
thee
;
Not
that
we
are
sufficient
of
our selves
to
think
any
thing
,
but
our
sufficiency
is
of
God
;
I
live
▪
yet
not
I
,
but
Christ
liveth
in
me
:
&c.
Hence
it
readily
follows
,
That
if
those
already
Turned
,
and
made
partakers
of
the
Divine
nature
,
whose
hearts
are
in
the
good
wayes
of
God
,
and
who
desire
Nothing
more
than
to
Walk
in
them
;
cannot
yet
keep
themselves
Going
,
without
a
Continued
Efficacious
Influx
and
Spring
from
Above
;
Much-less
can
the
Natural
Man
(
without
the
like
Supernatural
and
Divine
Efficacy
)
effectually
bend
himself
to
a
Compliance
with
them
:
It
is
an
abomination
to
fools
to
depart
from
evil
.
IV.
Priority
;
Works
will
glory
over
Grace
;
and
Free-will
will
be
said
to
be
better
then
Free
-
Grace
:
For
,
that
the
less
is
blessed
of
the
Better
,
is
without
contradiction
;
And
that
,
that
which
sanctifies
,
is
Greater
than
that
which
is
Sanctified
by
it
,
is
so
obvious
,
That
Christ
appeals
it
to
the
Reason
of
Fools
and
Blinde
.
V.
Effectual
Calling
is
further
confirm'd
from
the
office
of
Christ
as
a
Redeemer
;
which
was
not
only
to
purchase
,
actual
possession
of
the
good
things
He
purchased
for
us
.
Redemption
and
Reconciliation
are
Relates
,
Comensurate
,
and
Inseparable
:
It
is
not
onely
a
Reconcilable
state
that
Redemption
puts
us
into
,
but
a
state
of
actual
Reconcilement
;
It
slayes
the
enmity
,
makes
an
end
of
Sin
,
and
brings-in
everlasting
Righteousness
.
On
this
accompt
our
Saviour
bears
that
glorious
title
,
Thou
shalt
call
His
name
Iesus
;
for
he
shall
save
His
people
from
their
sins
:
and
,
For
this
Cause
was
the
Son
of
God
manifested
,
that
He
might
destroy
the
works
of
the
Devil
.
Now
,
To
open
the
blind
eyes
,
To
give
light
to
them
that
sit
in
darkness
,
And
to
bring
forth
the
Prisoners
from
the
Prison-house
:
which
may
not
be
valued
as
things
in
design
,
yet
lyable
to
obstruction
;
but
,
to
be
as
certainly
perform'd
as
that
Christ
should
dye
.
In
the
107
Psal:
it
is
spoken
of
as
done
already
;
He
brought
them
out
of
darkness
and
the
shadow
of
death
,
and
brake
their
bands
in
sunder
:
And
that
he
speaks
it
of
Redeemed-Ones
,
appears
by
v.
2.
First
take
them
as
in
Darkness
;
and
he
is
so
to
give
them
light
,
as
to
guide
their
feet
into
the
way
of
peace
.
hands
upon
him
;
as
yet
he
saw
but
darkly
,
Men
as
Trees
walking
:
but
He
puts
His
hands
on
him
agen
,
and
dismisses
him
not
until
He
had
made
him
see
cleerly
.
bring
them
forth
]
as
the
Angel
did
Peter
,
whiles
the
keepers
stood
afore
the
door
;
He
so
Calleth
His
Sheep
,
that
He
leadeth
them
out
:
and
this
He
doth
by
the
blood
of
His
Covenant
;
't
is
That
makes
those
in
the
Pit
to
be
Prisoners
of
hope
.
And
these
Effects
,
as
duly
flow
from
Redemption
as
light
from
the
Sun
:
't
is
therefore
expresly
said
,
That
the
blood
of
Iesus
Christ●oleanseth
from
all
Sin
:
we
are
sanctified
through
the
offering
of
His
Body
.
if
planted
together
in
His
death
,
we
shall
be
also
in
His
Resurrection
:
and
to
put
that
Emphasis
upon
it
,
in
chap.
5.
That
,
If
Reconciled
to
God
by
the
death
of
His
Son
;
Much
more
]
shall
we
be
saved
by
His
life
.
That
saying
of
Christ
,
in
the
10th
.
of
John
,
is
much
to
our
purpose
;
And
other
Sheep
I
have
;
Them
also
must
I
bring
,
and
they
shall
bear
my
voyce
:
This
[
Must
]
imports
a
duty
not
to
be
dispensed
with
;
He
had
received
a
Commandment
for
it
from
the
Father
:
And
this
[
Shall
,
]
made
to
believe
.
The
Sheep
of
themselves
,
lye
as
cross
to
this
work
,
as
other
Men
;
(
what
have
I
to
do
with
thee
?
cries
the
possest
Gadaren
)
but
being
His
sheep
,
He
received
gifts
for
the
Rebellious
.
Mens
Averseness
does
not
loose
Christ
his
Right
;
nor
shall
it
render
his
work
ineffectual
.
For
this
very
end
,
God
raised
him
up
,
To
bless
His
People
in
turning
them
from
their
iniquities
,
and
to
give
them
Repentance
;
and
that
such
as
hath
Forgiveness
of
Sins
annexed
to
it
:
Which
also
He
doth
as
a
Prince
;
i.
e.
As
One
invested
with
Power
to
Remove
whatever
might
lett
the
effect
of
His
work
:
To
Him
are
committed
the
keys
of
hell
and
of
Death
.
I
have
finished
the
work
which
thou
gavest
me
to
do
;
Of
all
that
Thou
hast
given
me
,
I
have
lost
Nothing
;
I
have
manifested
thy
Name
unto
the
Men
which
thou
gavest
Me
:
I
have
given
them
the
words
which
thou
gavest
Me
,
and
they
have
received
them
.
More
might
be
added
;
but
by
these
I
hope
it
is
evident
,
That
Jesus
Christ
was
not
only
a
Redeemer
,
to
pay
our
Ransom
;
but
the
Officer
appointed
of
God
,
to
set
us
at
liberty
,
even
that
glorious
liberty
of
the
Sons
of
God
:
This
is
that
pleasure
of
the
Lord
which
shall
prosper
in
His
hand
.
II.
Freely
.
All
that
God
doth
for
Men
,
or
Gives
to
them
,
in
order
to
their
Salvation
,
is
Given
and
Done
freely
.
Now
,
a
thing
is
then
said
to
be
thus
Given
or
Done
,
when
it
proceeds
from
the
meer
Good
will
and
favour
of
Him
that
Worketh
,
or
Giveth
;
without
respect
to
any
thing
done
or
deserved
by
the
Receiver
:
Much
need
not
be
said
to
proove
the
free-giving
of
the
things
we
are
speaking
of
,
Did
we
duly
consider
three
particulars
:
1.
The
Sovereign
Greatness
of
Him
that
gives
;
It
is
the
Most
High
God
,
Possessour
of
Heaven
and
Earth
;
Who
is
Infinitely
and
Independently
blessed
in
Himself
;
and
therefore
,
cannot
be
Added
unto
,
nor
Receive
from
any
Creature
:
Who
can
give
to
Him
,
that
gives
to
All
their
life
and
breath
?
2.
The
superexcellent
,
and
unspeakable
worth
of
the
things
that
are
Given
:
The
first
and
Chief
,
is
our
Lord
Jesus
Christ
;
whose
dignity
is
such
,
That
Heaven
and
Earth
are
too
low
a
price
to
set
Him
at
;
(
especially
,
To
be
given
as
He
was
:
)
and
in
Him
,
Righteousness
and
Strength
;
Adoption
and
Reconciliation
;
Grace
and
Glory
.
3.
The
vanity
and
wretchedness
of
those
on
whom
they
are
bestowed
:
Both
Scripture
and
Experience
,
speak
nothing
of
them
in
their
Naturals
,
but
what
bespeaks
a
Condition
every
way
deplorable
,
and
uncapable
of
yielding
Motives
for
such
a
Gift
;
as
is
shewn
afore
.
But
being
so
greatly
in
love
with
our selves
,
and
fond
of
our
own
improvements
;
and
so
stifly
bent
to
a
Covenant
of
works
:
To
help
us
off
from
those
dangerous
bottoms
,
let
us
dwell
a
while
on
the
following
Considerations
.
I.
What
is
the
Nature
and
Import
of
the
Covenant
of
Grace
.
This
Covenant
is
that
,
which
all
professing
Christians
profess
to
be
saved
by
;
how-ever
they
differ
about
the
Import
and
Latitude
of
it
.
But
,
if
we
receive
the
Scriptural
Notion
,
(
which
needs
must
be
the
Rightest
)
we
shall
finde
,
That
it
is
of
the
very
Nature
and
Substance
of
this
Covenant
,
To
give
freely
and
absolutely
;
without
Conditioning
for
anything
to
be
done
by
Men
,
as
the
ground
and
Motive
thereof
.
All
that
God
doth
for
those
He
will
save
,
is
for
His
Name
sake
;
which
Name
is
recorded
in
Exod.
34.
5
&
6
,
The
Lord
God
,
Gracious
and
Merciful
,
&c.
To
be
Gracious
,
is
To
doe
well
to
one
that
deserves
ill
:
And
if
otherwise
,
it
would
be
but
after
the
Covenant
of
Works
,
or
first
Covenant
:
Which
yet
was
not
faulty
or
defective
in
it self
;
for
it
gave
a
sufficiency
to
obtain
the
benefits
contained
in
it
;
which
if
they
had
used
and
improv'd
as
they
might
,
there
would
not
have
needed
a
second
.
But
,
the
Lord
forknowing
the
Creature
's
mutability
;
and
consequently
,
what
need
there
would
be
of
another
kind
of
Power
and
Grace
,
than
that
Adam
was
Created
with
;
Did
therefore
determine
of
a
second
;
which
in
Tit.
1.
2
,
is
called
,
The
hope
of
Eternal
life
,
which
God
who
cannot
lye
,
promised
before
the
World
began
.
It
is
called
the
Covenant
of
Grace
,
not
onely
as
designing
the
Glory
of
His
Grace
,
in
the
saving
of
men
;
but
as
giving
freely
,
and
of
mere
Grace
and
Favour
,
what-ever
must
bring-about
that
Salvation
:
For
,
Where
els
can
lye
the
difference
between
the
two
Covenants
?
It
cannot
be
in
respect
of
the
easiness
and
difficulty
,
of
the
duties
enjoyned
by
either
;
For
,
Faith
and
Repentance
are
much
more
above
the
compass
of
natural
power
,
than
to
forbear
the
forbidden
Tree
:
But
the
difference
lyes
in
this
,
That
the
New
Covenant
consists
of
better
Promises
;
And
,
this
Betterness
stands
in
the
Free
,
Absolute
,
Independent
engagement
of
God
Himself
,
to
Invest
His
Covenanted
Ones
,
with
all
things
conducing
to
the
Blessedness
held
forth
;
And
that
,
as
well
what
is
to
be
done
on
their
part
,
as
on
His
Own
upon
their
doing
of
it
;
That
is
,
(
plainly
)
To
Give
to
them
and
Work
in
them
,
Whatever
in
this
Covenant
He
requires
of
them
.
The
law
shews
matter
of
Duty
,
but
gives
not
where-with
to
perform
it
;
The
Covenant
of
Grace
does
both
,
by
writing
the
law
in
the
heart
.
And
without
this
,
it
would
still
have
been
but
a
Covenant
of
works
,
be
the
Duties
enjoined
whatever
you
will
.
It
therefore
runs
not
upon
Conditional
or
Failable
terms
,
(
I
will
[
If
]
ye
will
:
)
but
Absolute
and
Sovereign
,
[
I
will
]
and
[
ye
shall
.
]
This
Covenant
does
not
only
give
life
upon
terms
of
Believing
;
but
Faith
also
and
Holiness
,
as
the
necessary
means
of
attaining
that
life
:
And
this
,
not
upon
your
ingenuous
complyance
,
(
as
some
term
it
)
or
better
improvement
of
what
you
have
in
common
with
other
Men
;
(
such
allegations
the
Lord
disallows
,
and
often
Cautions
against
,
)
but
of
Grace
.
It
's
a
Covenant
made-up
of
Promises
;
and
Promise
(
by
Scripture
intendment
)
is
alwayes
Free
;
both
freely
made
and
freely
perform'd
;
without
the
desert
or
procurement
of
Men.
Take
Isaac
for
instance
;
Abraham's
body
was
now
dead
;
it
ceased
to
be
with
her
after
the
manner
of
Women
;
and
yet
,
Sarah
shall
have
a
Son
.
But
,
How
?
The
Promise
had
in
it
(
though
Abraham
and
Sarah
had
not
)
whatever
might
tend
to
Isaac's
conception
and
birth
;
The
Son
of
the
Promise
;
as
also
Believers
are
,
Rom.
9.
8.
Gal.
3.
29.
They
are
also
termed
,
Heirs
of
Promise
,
Heb.
6.
17.
And
,
on
this
account
,
Christ
is
called
The
Promised
Seed
;
and
the
Holy
Ghost
,
The
Spirit
of
Promise
.
viz
,
To
shew
the
Independent
freeness
of
those
Divine
Gifts
:
The
Promise
of
sending
them
;
Their
actual
Coming
;
and
Effectual
operations
,
are
all
free
,
and
free
in
all
respects
:
This
Dew
from
the
Lord
waiteth
not
for
Men.
For
further
illustration
,
the
Jews
are
a
pertinent
Instance
,
as
ye
read
in
Jer.
32.
from
v.
30.
to
the
36.
They
had
done
nothing
but
evil
,
from
their
youth
up
;
and
were
a
continual
provocation
:
And
when
scattered
among
the
Nations
,
they
were
no-whit
bettered
;
but
caused
,
even
the
Heathen
to
blaspheme
:
And
yet
,
notwithstanding
all
this
,
the
Lord
will
Gather
them
,
and
give
them
an
heart
to
fear
Him
for
ever
,
v.
37.
to
v.
44.
:
And
this
,
even
whiles
they
were
not
moved
,
neither
could
they
blush
,
chap.
8.
12.
See
also
,
with
what
inexpressible
freeness
of
Grace
,
the
Lord
deals
with
them
,
in
Isa.
43.
v.
25.
I
,
even
I
,
am
He
that
blotteth
out
thy
transgressions
,
—
and
will
not
remember
thy
sins
.
But
,
what
's
the
Introduction
to
this
so
great
a
Promise
?
See
it
,
and
wonder
at
it
!
Thou
hast
not
called
upon
Me
,
O
Jacob
;
been
weary
of
Me
,
O
Israel
:
Thou
hast
not
brought
Me
the
small
Cattel
of
thy
burnt
Offerings
;
Thou
hast
bought
Me
no
sweet
Cane
with
thy
money
;
—
but
,
hast
made
Me
to
serve
with
thy
sins
,
and
wearied
Me
with
thine
iniquities
:
I
,
even
I
(
whom
thou
hast
dealt
so
ingratefully
with
,
am
He
that
blotteth
out
thy
transgressions
,
for
mine
own
sake
.
And
this
was
a
Great
thing
they
looked
not
for
;
As
(
indeed
)
considering
themselves
and
what
their
demeanour
had
been
,
they
had
no
Reason
to
look
for
it
.
Hence
't
is
cleer
,
That
Grace
respects
not
the
worthiness
of
Men
in
what
It
does
for
them
;
Nay
,
it
must
respect
their
Vnworthiness
rather
,
as
that
by
which
Grace
is
more
illustrated
,
and
the
glory
thereof
more
advanced
;
according
to
Rom.
5.
20.
Where
sin
abounded
,
Grace
did
much
more
abound
.
And
Paul
proclaims
it
as
verified
on
himself
,
1
Tim.
1.
13.
I
was
a
Blasphemer
,
and
a
Persecutour
,
and
Injurious
:
But
I
obtained
Mercy
;
—
and
the
Grace
of
our
Lord
was
[
exceeding
abundant
]
—
v.
14
;
and
hereupon
he
falls
to
Adoring
that
Grace
;
Now
,
to
the
King
Eternal
,
Immortal
,
Invisible
,
the
only
wise
God
,
be
honour
and
Glory
,
for
ever
and
ever
,
Amen
;
v.
17.
The
Riche●
of
Mercy
is
made-out
by
Saving
the
Chief
of
sinners
;
and
in
quickening
us
when
dead
,
Ephes.
2.
1
&
4.
And
it
is
very
observable
,
That
the
Apostles
(
when
ever
they
mention
the
Grace
of
God
in
Saving
,
Quickening
,
&c.
)
do
not
give
the
least
intimation
of
Mens
Worthiness
,
Preparedness
,
Compliance
,
or
any
such
thing
;
but
[
Dead
in
Sins
]
and
[
Quickening
]
come
one
in
the
neck
of
the
other
;
as
light
does
upon
darkness
,
which
,
in
no
sort
,
induces
the
light
,
or
prepares
the
dark
Earth
or
Ayr
for
it
:
as
is
abundantly
evident
in
all
their
Epistles
.
And
how
oft
,
(
and
in
good
earnest
)
does
the
Lord
declare
against
all
the
pretensions
of
Men
,
as
to
their
activeness
in
this
Matter
,
in
Isaiah
,
Jeremy
,
Ezekiel
,
Hosea
,
&c.
And
as
a
barr
to
those
pretensions
,
The
Holy
People
,
He
calls
A
People
sought-out
;
and
,
that
He
is
found
of
them
that
sought
Him
not
;
with
many
others
.
This
I
shall
end
,
with
a
very
observable
Instance
within
my
own
Memory
:
(
and
I
bring
it
not
in
for
proof
,
but
Illustration
)
I
knew
a
Man
,
who
when
he
came
under
convictions
,
endeavoured
with
all
his
might
to
stifle
them
:
His
Convictions
grew
stronger
,
and
he
hardned
himself
against
them
.
He
saw
their
tendency
;
but
so
opposite
to
it
,
that
he
resolv'd
in
express
terms
,
[
He
would
not
be
a
Puritan
,
what-ever
came
of
it
.
]
To
the
Church
he
must
go
;
(
His
Master
would
have
it
so
:
)
But
,
this
was
his
wont
,
To
loll
o●r
the
seat
,
with
his
fingers
in
both
his
ears
;
(
Here
,
General
or
Conditional
Grace
was
(
surely
)
non-plus'd
)
.
But
a
Chosen
Vessel
must
not
so
be
lost
;
Now
steps-in
Electing
Grace
,
and
by
a
casual
slip
of
his
Elbows
,
drew-out
the
stoppers
,
and
sent-in
a
Word
,
(
from
the
Pulpit
)
which
,
like
fire
from
Heaven
,
melted
his
heart
,
and
cast
it
in
a
New
Mould
.
Surely
,
in
this
,
the
Lord
did
not
wait
for
the
Man's
complyance
or
improvements
;
His
work
was
not
Originated
thence
,
nor
dependent
thereon
.
II.
to
him
that
worketh
is
the
Reward
not
reckoned
of
Grace
,
but
of
Debt
:
But
,
Salvation
is
of
Grace
,
Ephes.
2.
5.
By
Grace
ye
are
saved
.
And
agen
,
v.
8.
By
Grace
ye
are
saved
,
through
Faith
;
Where
also
,
lest
the
adding
of
Faith
,
should
occasion
(
in
their
esteem
)
a
lessening
of
this
Grace
,
or
seem
to
detract
from
the
Freeness
of
it
;
he
cautiously
subjoyns
,
That
this
Faith
is
the
work
of
that
Grace
[
Not
of
your selves
,
It
is
the
Gift
of
God
.
]
For
,
if
Grace
be
perfectly
free
in
Choosing
,
it
must
be
answerably
free
,
in
Giving
and
Applying
the
Means
to
bring-about
the
End
it
hath
chosen
us
to
:
For
,
if
the
Effect
of
the
Means
should
depend
upon
somthing
to
be
done
by
Men
,
(
which
Grace
is
not
the
Doer
of
)
then
works
would
put-in
for
a
share
in
the
glory
of
Mens
salvation
,
and
so
the
Grace
of
God
would
be
dethron'd
,
and
be
as
if
it
were
not
;
Grace
is
no
more
Grace
,
as
is
argued
in
Rom.
11.
6.
III.
pure
Grace
,
because
the
Natural
Man
cannot
perform
any
such
Act
,
as
might
be
Motive
for
such
a
gift
.
Things
materially
good
they
may
doe
;
(
as
Cain
in
offering
the
first
fruits
)
but
not
acceptable
,
because
not
done
in
the
due
manner
,
that
is
,
in
Faith
:
the
want
of
which
makes
Incense
it self
an
abomination
.
holy
Calling
,
and
the
washing
of
Regeneration
,
we
are
not
entit'led-to
by
works
of
our
own
.
IV.
all
the
fullness
of
the
Godhead
dwells
in
Him
bodily
:
Out
of
His
Fullness
all
Grace
is
received
.
The
giving
of
whom
,
was
the
most
superlative
commendation
of
God's
love
to
Men
;
and
is
therefore
termed
,
That
Gift
of
God
;
Ioh.
4.
10.
And
as
touching
the
Free
and
Vnconditionate
giving
of
Christ
,
we
have
an
authentic
Record
in
Gen.
3.
15.
It
shall
bruise
thy
head
:
Which
words
doe
contain
an
Absolute
,
free
Promise
to
send
the
Son
of
God
in
the
Nature
of
Man
,
to
be
a
Redeemer
.
And
we
evidently
know
,
That
His
actual
coming
and
performance
thereof
,
was
not
suspended
upon
any
good
thing
to
be
done
by
Men
:
How
could
it
,
when
after
the
Fall
,
they
did
not
nor
could
doe
any
thing
,
but
what
might
turn
His
heart
against
them
?
For
evidence
hereof
,
We
need
not
go
out
of
the
Context
;
Doe
but
observe
the
First
Adam's
Carriage
,
and
the
Manner
of
it
,
just
afore
the
Promise
was
made
:
First
,
They
believe
the
Serpent
rather
than
God
;
Then
they
break
the
Commandment
of
life
,
when
they
had
neither
need
nor
occasion
so
to
do
.
This
done
,
and
finding
themselves
lost
,
they
do
not
so
much
as
seek
after
God
for
help
,
but
rather
to
hide
themselves
from
Him
:
so
farr
from
confessing
themselves
faulty
,
that
they
charge
God
foolishly
,
and
shift
the
blame
of
their
miscarriage
upon
Him
;
The
woman
whom
[
Thou
]
gavest
to
be
with
me
,
she
gave
me
of
the
Tree
—
And
the
Serpent
(
which
also
is
a
Creature
of
thy
Making
)
he
beguiled
me
&c.
Here
's
nothing
in
their
deportment
,
that
looks
like
the
Motive
of
such
a
Promise
.
But
,
tho
they
Run
from
God
,
He
will
not
so
part
with
them
;
yea
,
He
follows
them
,
finds
them
out
,
and
for
a
door
of
hope
freely
pronounceth
this
gracious
Promise
,
of
sending
One
to
destroy
this
old
serpent
,
the
Devil
;
and
consequently
the
Serpentine
Nature
,
that
had
now
instill'd
and
Mingled
it self
with
theirs
.
It
is
the
first
promulgation
of
the
Gospel
,
and
speaks
with
as
much
absoluteness
as
words
can
express
,
It
[
Shall
]
bruise
thy
head
.
This
I
shall
stand
the
more
upon
,
because
it
is
the
First
that
was
made
in
Time
,
and
That
out
of
which
,
all
following
Promises
are
educed
.
The
intent
of
this
Promise
,
was
Adam's
Recovery
and
Comfort
;
who
(
doubtless
)
at
this
time
,
was
in
a
very
disconsolate
Condition
,
as
lying
under
a
fresh
sense
of
the
happiness
he
had
lost
,
and
the
wofull
estate
he
was
now
plunged
into
:
And
therefore
,
't
was
necessary
,
(
if
Adam
shall
have
Comfort
by
it
)
that
the
terms
thereof
be
altogether
free
and
Absolute
.
For
,
suppose
them
to
be
Conditional
,
as
,
(
namely
)
If
Adam
shall
now
repent
and
Convert
himself
;
If
he
shall
better
improve
a
second
stock
;
(
or
rather
,
the
cankered
Remnant
of
that
he
had
at
first
,
)
My
Son
Then
shall
come
into
this
lower
World
,
to
still
that
Enemy
and
Avenger
;
His
life
shall
go
for
thy
life
,
I
will
be
friends
with
thee
,
and
restore
thee
to
thy
first
Estate
.
All
this
,
and
more
of
this
kind
,
had
yielded
but
little
comfort
or
hope
to
a
guilty
and
defiled
Conscience
;
who
found
himself
not
onely
naked
and
wholly
bereft
of
his
Primitive
Righteousness
;
but
at
enmity
with
his
Creatour
,
and
a
bondslave
to
Satan
:
For
,
such
Reasonings
as
these
,
would
have
broke-in
like
a
floud
,
to
bear-down
and
stifle
all
hopes
of
future
success
;
viz.
If
when
I
was
in
so
blessed
a
state
,
and
endued
with
power
to
keep
it
;
upon
so
slight
a
temptation
I
yeilded
and
fell
;
How
should
I
Rise
now
I
am
down
and
my
strength
is
gon
?
If
when
I
had
freedom
of
Will
and
stood
upright
,
so
easily
I
warp'd
into
crooked
paths
;
How
can
I
hope
to
Return
and
do
better
,
now
my
Will
is
perverted
,
and
bent
to
a
contrary
course
?
If
whilst
I
had
eyes
in
my
head
,
and
saw
things
with
cleerness
,
I
yet
lost
my
way
and
wandred
;
How
should
I
think
to
recover
it
,
being
now
both
sadly
bewildred
,
and
my
eyes
put-out
?
How
should
I
bring
a
clean
thing
out
of
an
unclean
,
who
kept
not
my
heart
clean
when
it
was
so
?
How
should
I
gain
more
with
fewer
talents
,
who
ran
my self
out
of
all
when
I
had
abundantly
more
?
Grapes
will
not
grow
upon
Thorns
,
nor
Figgs
on
Thistles
:
Nay
,
were
my
Primitive'state
restored
agen
,
on
the
former
terms
;
I
could
not
expect
to
keep
it
,
having
this
wofull
experience
of
so
causless
and
dreadfull
an
Apostacy
,
&c.
It
was
therefore
importantly
necessary
,
that
this
first
Promise
,
made
upon
so
great
and
solemn
an
occasion
,
and
bearing
in
it
all
the
hopes
and
comforts
of
God's
People
to
Eternity
;
should
be
thorowly
free
and
absolute
,
and
not
depend
(
in
the
least
)
upon
any
good
thing
to
be
done
by
Men
,
as
a
condition
of
it
.
And
if
Christ
be
given
freely
,
there
's
good
ground
of
arguing
thence
,
the
free-giving
of
lesser
things
;
as
doth
the
Apostle
in
Rom.
8
,
He
that
spared
not
His
Son
,
how
shall
He
not
with
Him
freely
give
us
all
things
?
Is
not
the
life
more
than
meat
?
Is
not
Christ
more
than
Faith
and
all
Grace
?
Has
God
given
us
the
flesh
of
His
Son
,
which
is
Meat
indeed
;
and
will
He
not
restore
our
withered
hand
to
receive
it
?
It
cannot
be
;
especially
considering
,
That
this
may
be
done
with
a
Word
;
and
without
This
,
the
Other
would
be
lost
,
and
as
water
spilt
on
the
ground
.
But
,
though
this
Promise
of
Christ
,
be
virtually
a
Promise
of
all
Grace
;
yet
,
because
of
our
slowness
of
heart
to
believe
,
and
to
win
us
off
from
our
legallizing
Notions
;
the
Lord
condescends
to
gratify
His
People
in
Words
as
well
as
Substance
:
And
therefore
,
V.
To
make
it
expresly
evident
,
that
all
Spiritual
blessings
are
perfectly
free
,
He
hath
put
them
all
into
Absolute
Promises
.
Not
that
all
Promises
run
in
that
tenor
:
Many
of
them
have
Conditions
annex'd
;
which
also
(
in
their
place
)
are
of
very
significant
usefullness
:
That
Great
Fundamental
Promise
,
on
which
is
founded
our
hopes
of
Eternal
life
,
given
afore
the
world
;
)
Though
dearly
conditional
to
Him
with
whom
the
Compact
was
made
;
yet
perfectly
free
and
Absolute
to
us
:
And
therefore
the
adding
of
Conditions
to
After-Promises
,
may
not
be
taken
as
invalidating
that
First
Promise
,
Or
as
a
Defeazance
to
it
:
It
's
a
Scripture
Maxim
,
That
the
Covenant
which
was
before
confirmed
of
God
in
Christ
,
the
Law
which
was
Four
hundred
and
thirty
years
after
,
cannot
disannul
;
that
it
should
make
the
Promise
of
none
effect
.
The
like
may
be
said
of
Promises
made
in
Time
;
viz
,
That
the
Conditionalness
of
Some
;
does
not
make-void
the
Absoluteness
of
Others
.
As
the
Law
was
to
Christ
,
such
are
Conditional
Promises
to
the
Absolute
;
They
shew
what
we
should
be
and
do
,
and
(
by
consequence
)
that
we
can
neither
be
nor
do
as
we
should
;
and
thence
Inferr
,
The
Necessity
of
Divine
Grace
to
undertake
for
us
:
And
then
(
indeed
)
is
the
Freeness
of
Grace
adorable
,
which
promiseth
help
in
terms
of
an
Absolute
tenor
.
And
accordingly
we
find
,
That
whatever
is
,
in
one
Scripture
,
made
the
Condition
of
Acceptance
with
God
,
and
Eternal
life
;
In
other
Scriptures
those
very
Conditions
are
promised
without
Condition
:
Some
of
which
we
have
a
Prospect
of
in
the
following
ballance
.
Conditional
Promises
.
Wash
ye
,
make
you
clean
;
Cease
to
doe
evil
;
learn
to
doe
well
:
Come
now
,
and
tho'
your
sins
be
as
scarlet
,
they
shall
be
white
as
snow
,
Isa.
1.
16
,
18.
Repent
and
turn
;
so
iniquity
shall
not
be
your
ruin
,
Ezek.
16.
30.
Make
you
a
new
heart
,
and
a
new
spirit
,
v.
31.
Hear
and
your
Soul
shall
live
,
Isa.
50.
3.
If
thou
shalt
seek
the
Lord
thy
God
,
thou
shalt
find
Him
,
if
thou
seek
Him
with
thy
whole
heart
,
Deut.
4.
29.
Circumcise
therefore
the
foreskin
of
your
heart
,
Deut.
10.
6.
Return
O
backsliding
Children
,
Jer.
3.
14.
If
ye
be
willing
and
obedient
,
ye
shall
eat
the
good
of
the
land
,
Isa.
1.
19.
I
will
yet
for
this
be
enquired
of
by
the
House
of
Israel
,
Ezek.
36.
37.
He
that
endureth
unto
the
end
,
the
same
shall
be
saved
,
Math.
24.
13.
Promises
of
the
Condition
.
Then
will
I
sprinkle
clean
water
upon
you
,
and
ye
shall
be
clean
:
From
all
your
filthiness
will
I
cleanse
you
;
Ezek.
36.
25.
I
will
forgive
your
iniquity
;
and
your
sin
I
will
remember
no
more
,
Jer.
31.
33.
I
will
put
a
new
spirit
within
you
,
Ezek.
11.
19.
A
new
heart
also
will
I
give
you
;
and
a
new
Spirit
will
I
put
within
you
,
chap.
36.
26.
Thou
shalt
return
,
and
obey
the
voyce
of
the
Lord
,
Deut.
30.
8.
They
shall
return
unto
Me
with
their
whole
heart
,
Jer.
24.
7.
I
am
found
of
them
that
sought
me
not
,
Isa.
65.
1.
The
Lord
thy
God
will
Circumcise
thine
heart
,
Deut.
30.
6.
I
will
heal
their
Backslidings
,
Hosea
,
14.
4.
Thy
People
shall
be
willing
,
Psal.
110.
3.
I
will
cause
you
to
walk
in
my
Statutes
,
Ezek.
36.
27.
Phil.
2.
13.
I
will
pour
upon
the
House
of
David
,
the
Spirit
of
Grace
and
Supplications
,
Zach.
12.
10.
They
shall
not
depart
from
me
,
Jer.
32.
40.
Who
shall
confirm
you
unto
the
End
,
1
Cor.
1.
8.
Jer.
3.
19.
These
are
some
of
those
Many
exceeding-Great
and
Precious
promises
,
by
which
we
are
made
partakers
of
the
Divine
Nature
:
And
if
duly
consider'd
,
would
much
conduce
to
establish
the
present
Truth
,
which
asserts
the
Absolute
free-giving
of
All
things
pertaining
to
life
and
Godliness
;
Natural
Men
:
To
shut-out
which
,
is
a
principal
scope
of
Absolute
Promises
;
That
no
flesh
should
glory
in
His
presence
:
Since
it
is
God
that
worketh
all
in
all
;
and
That
of
His
own
good
pleasure
.
Now
,
If
any
should
ask
,
(
by
the
way
)
Wherein
the
special
love
of
God
to
Elect
persons
discovers
it self
before
their
Conversion
?
I
cannot
assigne
any
plain
or
Open
discoveries
of
it
,
by
which
the
Elect
may
be
known
from
other
Men
:
All
outward
things
fall
alike
to
all
:
The
heir
,
whiles
a
Child
,
differs
nothing
from
a
Servant
;
altho'
he
be
Lord
of
all
,
(
by
Election
)
Gal.
4.
1.
Yet
there
are
divers
gracious
operations
of
that
love
towards
them
,
even
in
common
providences
;
Albeit
,
they
are
not
perceiv'd
till
afterwards
;
As
1.
In
keeping-alive
the
Root
or
Stem
they
were
to
grow
from
;
which
might
be
a
principal
cause
of
His
adding
15.
years
to
Hezekiah's
life
;
viz.
for
Josiah's
sake
who
was
to
come
of
his
lineage
;
Manasseh
his
grandfather
not
being
yet
born
.
So
,
those
dayes
of
tribulation
were
shortened
,
and
many
of
the
Jewes
kept
alive
,
(
by
the
Providence
of
God
)
for
the
Elect's
sake
,
that
should
be
of
their
progeny
,
(
perhaps
two
thousand
years
after
.
)
2.
In
preserving
the
Elect
themselves
from
many
a
death
which
they
were
obnoxious
to
,
before
their
Conversion
;
As
He
also
did
Manasseh
:
And
this
was
the
Cause
,
when
Satan
had
them
in
his
Nett
,
and
had
drag'd
them
to
the
pits
brink
,
That
the
Lord
sent
from
Heaven
and
saved
them
:
Deliver
him
,
I
have
found
a
Ransom
:
He
is
Mine
,
and
I
have
designed
him
to
another
end
.
3.
In
keeping
them
from
the
unpardonable
Sin
:
Thus
Paul
(
being
a
Chosen
Vessel
)
was
kept
without
that
knowledg
of
Christ
,
which
some
of
the
Pharisees
had
:
For
otherwise
,
his
persecuting
the
Church
of
God
had
bin
uncapable
of
pardon
;
as
appears
by
1
Tim.
1.
13.
I
obtained
Mercy
,
because
I
did
it
ignorantly
.
4.
In
casting
the
lot
of
their
habitation
,
where
He
hath
planted
,
or
will
plant
the
means
of
Grace
:
Or
bringing
them
by
His
Providence
,
where
some
effectual
Word
shall
be
spoken
to
them
:
The
One
is
verified
in
those
who
dwelt
at
Corinth
,
Where
Paul
must
preach
and
not
hold
his
peace
;
For
(
sayes
the
Lord
to
him
)
I
have
much
People
in
this
City
.
Eunuch
,
Acts
8.
27
:
As
also
in
the
story
of
Zacheus
,
whose
intent
reach'd
no
higher
but
to
see
what
manner
of
person
Christ
was
,
There
are
Nevertheless
divers
things
alledged
,
(
by
way
of
objection
)
against
this
Doctrine
:
which
yet
,
the
Scriptures
,
with
Reasons
drawn
from
thence
,
and
sanctified
experience
,
doe
afford
a
plentiful
Bar
and
Answer
to
:
And
this
service
they
have
done
,
to
bring
some
things
to
mind
,
(
before
omitted
)
that
may
prove
to
the
further
cleering
and
confirmation
of
the
Truth
.
All
men
universally
,
Others
as
well
as
those
you
call
the
Elect
,
have
a
sufficiency
of
Means
for
Salvation
?
If
this
were
true
,
it
would
follow
;
Either
,
that
faith
and
repentance
are
not
of
those
Means
;
for
all
men
have
them
not
:
Or
els
,
that
men
may
Repent
and
Believe
,
and
yet
fall
short
of
Salvation
;
for
,
all
men
are
not
saved
.
We
goe
not
about
to
lessen
the
Means
afforded
to
any
;
Or
their
sin
in
Neglecting
or
Not
living-up
to
the
Means
they
have
:
and
yet
we
cannot
assent
,
That
all
men
Now
have
such
a
sufficiency
.
1.
Preaching
in
parables
,
was
not
a
Means
proper
for
Conversion
:
yet
thus
did
Christ
frequently
speak
to
the
multitude
.
Nor
was
it
intended
for
Conversion
;
for
,
He
thus
did
,
That
in
hearing
they
might
not
understand
.
If
it
be
said
,
They
had
the
Gospel
afterwards
more
plainly
preach'd
by
the
Apostles
;
I
answer
,
That
then
they
had
it
not
so
afore
;
and
That
contradicts
the
objection
.
Some
(
indeed
)
among
the
Jews
,
by
the
evident
testimonies
of
Christ's
Divinity
,
were
Convinc'd
,
That
He
was
the
Messiah
but
it
came
not
up
to
a
perfect
work
;
the
Arm
of
the
Lord
was
not
Revealed
to
them
:
That
is
,
(
as
Moses
speaks
)
The
Lord
had
not
given
them
an
heart
to
understand
.
2.
Sufficiency
is
to
be
estimated
by
success
:
That
which
doth
not
accomplish
the
End
,
cannot
be
said
to
be
sufficient
.
If
you
say
,
It
proves
successless
,
because
men
will
not
Comply
with
it
;
It
is
answered
,
That
a
Willingness
to
comply
,
is
a
part
of
the
Means
;
which
if
they
have
not
,
they
have
not
Means
sufficient
.
A
power
to
Will
,
without
a
Will
to
use
that
Power
,
will
signifie
no
more
than
an
Arm
without
strength
.
But
what
think
ye
of
those
who
are
without
God
and
without
hope
?
Is
this
to
be
boasted
of
,
and
relyed
upon
?
If
it
be
said
agen
;
They
had
a
sufficiency
,
but
by
their
misusing
thereof
,
they
lost
it
?
Let
me
ask
;
Can
there
be
a
more
palpable
proof
of
a
thing
's
insufficiency
,
than
its
unability
to
preserve
it self
?
and
the
general
successlessness
of
it
?
But
,
3.
Means
may
be
proper
enough
,
and
(
in
their
kind
)
sufficient
,
towards
the
production
of
such
an
event
;
and
yet
,
the
Event
never
succeed
,
for
want
of
something
els
which
also
was
requisite
for
it
.
Planting
and
Watering
,
are
proper
and
sufficient
,
as
means
and
second
Causes
;
and
yet
,
they
are
nothing
as
to
success
,
without
the
special
operation
of
God
.
Who
could
Reason
more
strongly
than
Paul
?
or
speak
more
eloquently
than
Apollo
?
and
yet
the
success
of
their
Ministry
was
as
God
gave
to
every
Man
.
openeth
the
ear
to
discipline
,
and
sealeth
instruction
;
when
His
hand
is
sett-to
,
then
't
is
Authentick
and
powerfull
,
and
not
before
:
This
is
further
Confirm'd
by
the
following
Instance
;
The
Jewes
had
means
of
being
purged
,
and
yet
they
were
not
purged
;
Ezek.
24.
13.
But
in
chap.
36.
25.
The
Lord
takes
the
work
into
His
own
hand
;
I
will
sprinkle
clean
water
upon
you
,
and
you
shall
be
clean
:
From
all
your
filthiness
and
from
all
your
Idols
will
I
cleanse
you
:
A
New
heart
also
will
I
give
you
—
and
so
on
to
v.
28.
By
which
it
appears
That
the
Lord
will
not
only
afford
them
Means
,
as
aforetime
,
and
leave
the
improvement
thereof
to
themselves
;
(
For
,
that
He
saw
would
not
do
:
)
But
Now
He
will
take
the
whole
upon
Himself
;
Jeremy
,
I
will
bring
it
health
and
Cure
,
and
I
will
Cure
them
.
I
will
cause
them
to
walk
in
my
Statutes
and
do
them
:
That
is
,
He
will
give
them
an
honest
and
Good
heart
,
bring-forth
fruit
to
perfection
.
These
are
the
Means
proper
and
sufficient
to
Salvation
;
and
less
than
this
,
will
not
do
it
.
Men
have
as
full
a
sufficiency
of
Means
,
as
is
just
and
meet
for
God
to
give
?
1.
I
would
ask
,
whether
it
be
just
and
meet
to
do
good
?
And
if
it
be
,
Why
not
the
Chiefest
Good
that
men
are
capable
of
;
Which
is
,
To
have
their
hearts
turned
to
God
,
and
United
to
Him
for
ever
?
2.
The
Objection
seems
to
attribute
more
to
Man
,
in
the
business
of
his
salvation
,
than
to
God
:
For
,
If
all
that
God
can
justly
or
Meetly
do
in
order
thereunto
,
will
not
Save
him
,
without
something
done
by
himself
,
which
God
is
not
the
Doer
of
;
then
will
Man
be
reckoned
for
Chief
Agent
in
the
work
;
Ax
will
boast
it self
against
Him
that
handles
it
.
Suppose
a
Plaister
or
Medicine
to
be
made
of
Twenty
Ingredients
;
and
one
of
them
to
be
of
that
Sovereign
virtue
,
as
to
influence
all
the
Rest
:
All
which
,
if
that
be
wanting
,
will
but
ulcerate
the
wound
,
and
heighten
the
distemper
;
That
One
must
needs
be
reputed
the
Principal
.
3.
It
is
not
to
be
supposed
,
That
the
Great
and
onely
Wise
God
would
set-up
a
Creature
whose
will
He
cannot
justly
and
meetly
Over-rule
;
especially
,
in
things
requisite
to
the
very
End
for
which
he
was
made
.
Nor
,
that
he
should
make
him
for
such
and
End
,
as
that
any
thing
conducible
thereto
,
may
not
be
justly
and
meetly
done
for
him
,
in
order
to
its
accomplishment
.
4.
It
cannot
be
Righteous
or
Meet
for
Men
to
Affirm
,
nor
for
the
honour
of
Sovereign
Majesty
to
admit
,
That
the
Creature
's
will
should
limit
,
divert
,
or
frustrate
,
the
will
and
Intent
of
their
Creatour
:
It
was
Religiously
said
of
One
,
I
will
not
have
him
for
my
God
,
[
who
hath
not
power
over
my
Will.
]
5.
Suppose
a
man
craz'd
in
his
head
,
and
you
intend
him
an
honour
or
office
,
which
he
never
will
be
capable
of
without
the
full
use
of
his
Reason
;
Is
it
not
meeter
,
and
doth
it
not
argue
an
higher
degree
of
love
,
Prudence
,
and
Justice
,
to
cure
his
distemper
,
(
though
in
a
way
contrary
to
his
present
mind
)
than
to
Wait
his
complying
with
your
prescriptions
,
which
(
as
he
is
)
he
'l
never
understand
?
And
what
hinders
,
but
that
God
may
do
so
by
his
People
,
Even
give
them
an
heart
to
know
Him
,
and
to
fear
Him
for
ever
?
Save
only
,
that
this
Quaggy
principle
of
Man's
freedom
of
Will
,
will
not
Comport
with
it
.
But
if
a
sufficiency
of
Means
to
Repent
and
Believe
,
be
not
afforded
to
All
;
how
shall
God
be
just
in
punishing
for
Neglects
?
The
Justice
of
God
will
not
need
our
Salving
,
especially
by
a
balm
of
our
own
making
:
Whether
He
judge
or
justifie
,
He
is
Just
in
what
He
doth
;
tho'
purblind
Reason
sees
not
How
.
His
Judgments
are
a
great
Deep
;
and
it
follows
not
,
That
there
's
no
bottom
,
because
our
line
will
not
Reach
it
.
God
dealt
not
so
(
in
respect
of
Means
)
with
any
Nation
as
with
Israel
;
And
the
Men
going
with
Paul
to
Damascus
,
the
Lord
would
not
give
them
to
see
His
face
,
nor
to
hear
His
voyce
;
(
both
which
He
vouchsafed
to
Paul
;
)
and
yet
He
needs
no
vindication
or
Apologie
,
for
punishing
their
unbelief
:
They
that
have
sinned
without
law
shall
perish
without
law
.
2.
Men
are
justly
obnoxious
to
punishment
,
for
Neglecting
,
or
Not-improving
the
means
they
have
;
albeit
those
Means
(
when
made
the
best
of
,
that
Nature
can
)
will
not
save
them
:
They
are
punishable
for
Not-feeding
and
not-clothing
;
and
yet
,
by
doing
these
,
Men
are
not
justified
.
The
least
transgression
layes
open
to
wrath
;
and
you
cannot
by
keeping
some
Commands
,
compensate
the
breach
of
Others
.
Where
it
is
said
,
I
will
write
my
law
in
their
hearts
;
and
cause
them
to
walk
in
my
Statutes
,
&c.
There
is
no
more
intended
by
it
,
but
the
Giving
of
Things
or
Means
proper
to
such
an
End
,
if
they
will
but
Improve
them
?
The
sense
objected
,
cannot
be
the
mind
and
limit
of
that
most
gracious
promise
;
2.
That
Doctrine
is
hardly
bestead
,
and
not
much
to
be
credited
;
which
(
for
its
support
)
must
put
such
a
construction
on
the
highest
,
3.
Where
God
hath
absolutely
said
,
That
such
a
thing
He
will
do
;
For
Men
to
put-in
Conditions
or
Limitations
,
is
,
To
raze
or
interline
a
Record
;
which
is
a
Felonious
act
:
And
how
He
will
deal
with
those
who
add-to
,
or
take-from
the
words
of
His
prophecy
,
you
have
recorded
in
the
last
Chapter
of
His
book
.
It
is
ill
trifling
with
Sacred
things
!
4.
A
Physician
that
undertakes
to
cure
a
Man
of
his
phrensie
,
and
to
keep
him
in
his
right
mind
;
is
not
said
to
have
done
his
Work
,
or
made-good
his
Word
(
what
ever
Means
have
been
applied
to
him
)
if
the
Patient
continue
his
former
distraction
,
or
Relapse
into
it
.
5.
There
is
no
need
or
Reason
,
why
the
Lord
should
Promise
,
or
make
shew
of
Promising
,
more
than
He
intends
to
perform
;
(
for
,
That
would
be
as
a
broken
staff
;
)
Or
,
Why
He
should
express
himself
in
terms
of
a
fuller
,
or
more
absolute
Engagement
,
than
might
in
all
points
consist
with
His
Wisdom
,
Justice
,
Holiness
,
&c.
6.
Lastly
,
The
Objection
is
further
excepted
against
and
rejected
;
Not
onely
as
it
makes
Man
the
chief
Agent
in
his
own
salvation
;
but
as
denying
,
That
God
doth
any
thing
more
for
them
that
are
Saved
,
than
for
them
that
perish
:
If
Men
make
themselves
to
differ
,
the
Gospel-designe
of
Magnifying
Grace
,
is
dash'd
at
once
.
But
,
is
it
not
said
,
To
him
that
hath
shall
be
given
?
i.
e.
He
that
Improves
what
he
hath
shall
have
more
;
If
they
use
Common
Grace
well
,
they
shall
have
Special
?
1.
The
well-using
of
Common-Grace
,
is
a
duty
that
lies
upon
all
:
but
is
no
way
Meriting
,
or
Moving
God
to
bestow
the
special
:
He
is
above
all
humane
Motives
;
and
is
not
wrought
upon
by
them
,
as
Men
are
:
This
is
seen
by
Paul
,
whom
special
Grace
took
hold-upon
,
even
whiles
in
the
heat
of
misusing
that
which
is
Common
:
being
a
Persecutour
,
and
his
obtaining
Mercy
.
2.
What
proportion
is
there
(
in
value
)
between
an
handfull
of
Clay
,
and
a
Talent
of
Gold
?
Infinitely
more
is
the
disproportion
between
the
Grace
of
Faith
,
and
all
that
a
Natural
Man
can
do
for
the
obtaining
of
it
.
3.
Whatsoever
is
not
of
Faith
,
is
Sin
;
but
a
Man's
Sin
cannot
be
a
Motive
for
his
Good
:
Remember
who
it
was
,
and
what
condition
he
was
in
,
4.
It
would
not
become
the
Wisdom
,
Power
,
or
Grace
of
God
,
to
build
on
a
Foundation
made-ready
to
His
hand
;
He
needs
it
not
,
nor
will
it
Sort
with
His
Design
;
which
is
to
have
His
Grace
acknowledged
the
Alpha
and
Omega
of
Mens
Salvation
.
5.
Lastly
,
A
Will
to
improve
,
is
as
much
from
God
as
the
Thing
to
be
Improved
:
A
Man
can
receive
nothing
except
it
be
Given
him
from
above
:
thing
given
,
and
power
to
receive
or
improve
it
,
are
both
from
Thence
:
And
things
from
Above
are
not
fetch'd
down
by
Men
;
but
they
Come-down
When
and
upon
whom
,
Father
of
lights
pleaseth
.
Men
are
commanded
To
make
them
a
New
heart
;
which
must
imply
,
an
Ability
So
to
do
:
For
,
how
can
it
be
just
,
to
require
things
impossible
;
And
that
under
so
severe
a
penalty
?
Whatever
is
implyed
in
the
Command
,
such
Allegations
do
surely
imply
,
that
the
framers
of
them
are
much
unacquainted
with
the
Scriptures
;
or
extreamly
Rash
in
drawing
Conclusions
from
them
.
There
are
Reasons
enough
,
and
holy
ends
,
which
do
justly
warrant
such
Commands
,
without
supposing
those
to
whom
they
are
given
,
Able
Now
to
perform
them
:
—
As
1.
Perhaps
,
the
Lord
speaks
it
Ironically
;
Deriding
their
vain
confidence
,
Cry
aloud
,
for
he
is
a
God
:
Will
you
hence
inferr
,
That
Baal
was
a
God
?
The
Man
is
become
like
One
of
us
?
The
like
form
of
speech
is
sometime
used
concerning
Babylon
;
Take
balm
for
her
pain
,
if
so
be
she
may
be
healed
;
)
even
then
when
His
device
was
to
destroy
her
.
So
here
,
as
upbraiding
those
carnal
Jews
with
their
fond
opinion
of
Self-sufficiency
,
Freedom
of
Will
,
and
Power
to
do
great
matters
:
Make
you
a
New
heart
,
for
why
will
ye
dye
?
q.
d.
You
know
,
that
the
end
of
these
things
is
death
;
you
pretend
to
an
high
pitch
of
ability
;
That
Men
may
be
as
Good
as
they
will
,
and
turn
when
they
please
;
and
yet
you
go-on
in
an
evil
way
;
If
you
can
make
you
a
New
heart
,
do
it
;
Why
will
ye
,
by
neglecting
so
easie
a
matter
,
fall
under
a
sentence
of
Death
?
2.
To
let
them
know
,
God
hath
not
lost
His
right
of
Commanding
,
tho
Men
have
lost
their
power
of
obeying
:
Time
was
when
they
had
it
,
and
power
to
keep
it
;
But
,
having
lost
it
,
God
is
not
bound
to
restore
it
;
nor
unjust
in
punishing
those
neglects
which
arise
from
the
want
of
it
.
It
is
man's
duty
To
seek
after
God
,
3.
Hereby
to
convince
them
,
what
was
that
One
thing
necessary
;
(
to
wit
)
The
change
of
the
heart
;
as
without
which
,
all
labour
is
spent
in
vain
upon
them
;
As
in
the
parable
of
the
Sower
:
4.
That
being
convinced
of
the
Necessity
of
such
a
change
,
Turn
thou
me
and
I
shall
be
Turned
.
5.
If
the
giving
a
Command
from
God
,
doth
inferr
in
Men
a
power
to
obey
;
then
it
will
follow
,
That
Men
have
power
to
keep
the
whole
law
;
and
that
,
without
turning
aside
,
to
the
right
hand
or
to
the
left
;
6.
That
the
Lord
intends
not
such
a
Conclusion
should
be
made
upon
His
Command
,
appears
from
the
17
Jer.
v.
1
,
The
Sin
of
Judah
is
written
with
a
pen
of
Iron
,
and
with
the
point
of
a
Diamond
;
Graven
on
the
table
of
their
heart
;
i.
e.
So
,
as
not
to
be
blotted-out
by
humane
Wit
or
strength
:
And
therefore
,
7.
He
tells
them
expresly
,
It
is
as
impossible
for
them
to
make
themselves
a
New
heart
,
as
for
the
Ethiopian
to
change
his
skin
:
—
For
,
Why
then
are
Men
injoyn'd
attendance
on
the
Means
,
if
there
be
so
little
in
them
?
If
there
were
no
other
Reason
or
end
,
this
were
enough
,
That
God
hath
Commanded
it
:
That
binds
us
to
use
the
Means
,
tho'
not
the
Means
to
effect
the
thing
it
is
used
for
:
Nor
is
the
Means
so
much
to
be
considered
,
as
God's
Institution
and
appointment
;
Nor
the
use
thereof
to
be
Rested-on
;
but
,
the
Grace
and
power
of
God
giving
influence
thereto
;
Who
Himself
is
not
bound
to
Means
or
Method
:
Ordinarily
,
He
is
found
in
His
own
way
;
and
out
of
it
we
are
not
to
look
for
Him
.
But
,
To
what
end
is
the
Gospell
preached
in
terms
vniversal
,
and
Vniversally
to
All
;
if
some
particular
and
determinate
persons
onely
,
can
Receive
it
?
The
Counsel
of
God
concerning
Election
is
secret
:
The
Minister
knows
not
who
are
the
objects
of
it
;
and
therefore
must
preach
to
All
,
Who
knoweth
the
deep
things
of
God
,
bring
it
to
the
heart
of
those
for
whom
it
is
intended
;
and
there
it
fixeth
:
Which
the
Jaylor
,
Lydia
,
and
other
Examples
,
make
evident
.
Man
is
a
Rational
Creature
,
and
accordingly
to
be
proceeded
with
:
But
this
way
and
manner
of
Conversion
,
destroys
all
Freedom
of
Will
;
and
makes
Conversion
a
Compulsory
thing
The
Will
cannot
be
forced
;
Nor
does
this
Doctrine
hold-forth
any
such
thing
:
A
Man
may
be
forced
to
Act
against
his
Will
;
but
Not
to
Will
against
his
will
.
He
may
will
that
to
day
,
which
yester
day
he
willed
not
;
But
,
this
Change
is
so
farr
from
being
an
Infringement
,
that
't
is
rather
an
effect
and
demonstration
of
his
Freedom
.
There
be
three
sorts
of
Compulsion
;
Violent
,
Natural
,
and
Rational
.
1.
Violent
;
when
a
Man
is
constrain'd
to
do
That
which
his
Will
is
opposite-to
.
Thus
the
Israelites
to
serve
the
Egyptians
,
and
to
go
into
Captivity
:
So
also
Paul
and
other
Saints
are
led
captive
to
That
they
would
not
:
2.
There
is
a
Natural
Compulsion
;
Thus
Men
and
other
Creatures
are
Compelled
to
Eat
,
Drink
,
Sleep
,
and
breathe
:
There
needs
no
violent
hand
to
inforce
it
,
nor
(
indeed
)
Arguments
to
perswade
to
it
;
They
do
it
by
Instinct
,
which
God
hath
endued
them
with
,
for
their
own
Conservation
:
This
is
proper
to
the
Soul
Converted
.
3.
There
is
also
a
Rational
Compulsion
;
(
which
is
nearest
the
Case
in
hand
:
)
This
is
,
when
the
Understanding
and
Judgment
are
Convinced
of
the
Goodness
,
Necessity
,
or
Expediency
of
a
Thing
;
which
before
he
judged
otherwise
of
.
His
Love
constrains
them
;
yet
no
breach
of
their
liberty
;
albeit
,
that
Ere-while
they
were
Otherwise
minded
.
The
first
of
these
,
(
viz.
That
which
is
violent
)
our
Doctrine
hath
nothing
to
do
with
.
It
is
true
,
There
is
a
Drawing
in
Conversion
;
and
there
would
be
no
Conversion
without
it
;
No
Man
can
come
to
Christ
except
he
be
Drawn
:
Which
Drawing
implies
,
either
an
Aversness
,
or
(
at
least
)
a
Disability
,
in
him
that
is
Drawn
;
and
consequently
,
a
kind
of
force
,
or
extrinsecal
Power
put-forth
upon
him
:
But
let
me
say
,
It
is
such
a
Force
,
as
the
enlightened
Soul
most
gladly
sujects
it self
unto
;
and
would
not
be
from
under
the
power
and
blessed
Influence
of
it
,
for
a
World
.
Let
it
therefore
be
observ'd
,
How
the
Father
draws
;
It
is
,
in
the
most
Genuine
and
kindly
way
that
can
be
conceiv'd
;
He
draws
by
Teaching
:
love
to
himself
will
make
the
Soul
Wings
.
There
is
,
indeed
,
a
violent
(
or
rather
,
Almighty
)
Restraint
and
Casting-out
of
him
that
did
usurp
upon
the
Will
,
&
pervert
it
,
by
deluding
the
understanding
with
false
glosses
and
Carnal
Reasonings
;
Which
being
dispelled
by
the
true
Light
's
shining
,
the
Will
falls-in
with
it
,
and
follows
with
perfect
freedom
.
Christ
offer'd
no
violence
to
the
Man
,
when
He
cast-out
the
legion
,
but
thereby
restor'd
him
to
his
proper
freedom
;
at
Jesus
feet
Clothed
and
in
his
Right
Minde
;
Desiring
Now
to
dwell
with
Him
,
the
Sight
of
whom
(
before
)
was
a
torment
to
him
.
The
Understanding
(
when
the
faculties
are
put
in
order
by
Renovation
)
is
the
spirit
of
the
Will
,
which
therefore
looks
and
goes
the
same
way
,
as
of
Course
,
(
as
the
wheeles
did
after
the
living-Creatures
)
If
the
eye
be
single
,
the
whole
body
is
full
of
light
.
But
,
suppose
the
thing
objected
to
be
true
;
(
Namely
,
That
in
Conversion
,
the
Will
suffereth
violence
;
)
It
no
way
deserves
to
be
Styled
Cruel
or
Tyranical
(
as
some
(
extreamly
tender
in
Nature's
Concerns
)
do
presume
to
speak
;
)
Nor
(
indeed
)
to
be
complained
of
,
in
the
least
;
Since
the
tendency
and
issue
thereof
is
an
Infinite
good
.
Was
it
not
a
Mercy
to
Jeremy
,
That
the
Word
of
the
Lord
was
as
fire
in
his
bones
,
that
he
could
not
forbear
speaking
;
rather
than
be
confounded
for
holding
his
peace
?
How
much
better
is
it
,
To
enter
into
life
halt
or
maymed
,
than
go
into
hell
with
a
whole
skin
!
I
hope
,
there
is
none
so
much
besides
themselves
as
to
judge
otherwise
of
it
;
Or
complain
of
their
being
compell'd
to
go
to
Heaven
,
tho
it
were
by
a
Whirlewind
and
Charet
of
fire
.
At
first
,
(
I
grant
)
t
is
pure
necessity
drives
to
Christ
;
but
Afterwards
,
His
personal
Excellency
and
Loveliness
constrain
▪
to
abide
with
Him
;
(
A
Sweet
and
Blessed
Compulsion
!
)
And
now
you
would
not
leave
Him
agen
,
although
the
first
necessity
of
your
going
to
Him
were
quite
at
an
end
.
But
still
we
say
,
(
as
before
)
That
the
Will
is
not
violated
,
but
changed
:
and
that
in
a
due
and
orderly
way
,
by
being
made
subject
to
an
enlightened
Understanding
;
Than
which
,
there
is
nothing
more
pleasant
and
Natural
to
it
.
Now
,
As
touching
Inferences
upon
this
Doctrine
,
I
reduce
them
to
two
sorts
:
1
Cautionary
,
To
prevent
the
Misusing
so
Great
a
truth
:
2
Directive
,
to
draw-forth
some
of
the
spirits
of
it
,
into
practice
:
And
of
these
,
Intermixedly
and
Briefly
(
though
capable
of
much
enlargement
.
)
In
General
;
Take
notice
,
That
the
scope
and
designe
of
the
Doctrine
,
is
not
to
foster
Remissness
in
Duty
;
Nor
to
Countenance
a
stupid
or
carnal
quiet
:
But
,
to
set
forth
the
Fullness
Freeness
and
Prevalent
efficacy
of
Divine
Grace
;
With
the
Creatur's
nothingness
(
as
to
any
considerable
Act
)
in
this
Matter
.
More
particularly
:
I.
will
not
let
Thee
go
except
Thou
bless
me
.
II.
Let
not
the
Means
be
despised
,
because
of
themselves
not
Sufficient
to
save
:
Where
the
Means
are
,
the
Lord
expects
that
Men
should
use
them
;
and
we
read
not
of
any
Saved
without
,
where
they
might
be
had
.
III.
IV.
Try
the
spirits
;
Search
the
Scriptures
;
Take
heed
how
you
hear
;
and
Not
to
be
led
by
fair
shews
in
the
flesh
;
(
which
is
,
to
be
caught
with
chaff
.
)
The
more
smooth
and
pleasing
notions
are
to
the
carnal
Ear
,
the
more
to
be
suspected
,
and
throughly
examined
before
they
pass
.
Let
the
Drift
of
the
Law
and
testimony
determine
the
Question
;
And
that
will
tell
you
,
Those
Doctrines
are
not
to
be
held
guiltless
,
that
cry-up
that
Excellent
Creature
Man
;
with
the
Strength
and
capacity
of
natural
Reason
;
the
sufficiency
of
Free-will-Grace
;
(
and
truly
I
know
not
what
;
For
they
are
not
after
the
patern
of
wholsom
words
;
)
Making
These
the
great
hinge
whereon
the
Design
(
that
glorious
Design
)
of
Grace
in
Election
,
The
Mediation
of
Christ
,
and
the
Holy
Ghost's
operations
,
must
all
hang
and
Move
;
yea
be
frustate
too
,
and
come
to
nothing
;
except
the
Reason
of
Man
will
dethrone
it self
,
and
submit
to
That
which
it
reckons
foolishness
.
Remember
,
that
Godliness
is
a
Mystery
;
which
it
could
not
be
said
to
be
,
if
Reason
could
comprehend
it
.
With
all
your
care
and
circumspection
therefore
,
avoyd
&
fly-from
that
dangerous
quick-sand
;
which
the
Jews
sunk
into
the
perished
;
If
you
think
to
have
faith
,
or
special
Grace
,
upon
your
Improvement
of
that
which
is
Common
,
you
mistake
your
Mark
;
you
build
on
a
wrong
foundation
;
and
are
yet
under
a
Covenant
of
works
:
who
followed
after
the
law
of
Righteousness
,
and
did
not
attain
to
it
:
What
was
it
that
hindred
?
They
sought
it
(
as
it
were
)
by
the
works
of
the
law
:
And
yet
the
Gentiles
,
who
sought
it
not
,
attain●d
it
.
Where
Note
,
by
the
way
,
That
those
who
do
not
at
all
,
seek
after
Righteousness
and
life
,
are
in
as
likely
a
Way
to
speed
,
as
those
who
seek
it
unduly
;
that
is
,
by
works
of
their
own
.
In
vain
is
Salvation
looked-for
from
the
hills
of
Natural
freedom
,
Free-will-Grace
,
Humane
Improvements
,
or
what
ever
els
is
of
highest
esteem
with
Men
:
None
in
such
danger
of
being
broke-off
,
(
that
is
,
of
losing
That
they
profess
and
seem
to
have
,
)
as
Those
who
are
high-minded
,
who
stand
on
their
terms
,
and
will
not
yield
without
taking
their
baggage
with
them
:
It
was
the
very
same
with
those
Carnal
Jews
,
We
have
Abraham
to
our
father
,
Were
never
in
bondage
to
any
Man
;
And
,
Are
We
also
blind
?
If
thy
Carnal
heart
have
been
hankering
that
way
,
and
now
brought-off
;
Bless
the
Lord
for
it
,
Remember
the
danger
thou
hast
escap'd
,
and
come
no
more
There
:
And
bear
in
thy
heart
(
as
a
frontlet
between
thine
eyes
)
that
good
word
recorded
in
Jeremy
,
Flesh
thine
Arm
,
and
the
blessedness
of
Trusting
onely
in
the
LORD
.
V.
Elisha
smote
the
Waters
with
Elijah's
Cloak
;
parted
them
hither
and
thither
,
to
make
a
way
over
:
Men
Rolled
the
stone
from
Lazarus
his
grave
,
but
Christ
was
He
who
brought
Lazarus
forth
.
Our
duty
is
to
mind
our
duty
,
and
to
have
our
faith
in
God
,
as
the
principal
part
of
it
;
For
he
it
is
,
who
is
both
the
Maker
of
our
playster
,
and
the
layer
of
it
on
:
Who
also
doth
influence
and
Manage
it
for
us
,
from
first
to
last
.
VI.
Electing
love
;
and
let
all
your
thankfulness
for
all
that
you
have
or
hope
for
,
be
referred
to
that
love
:
For
,
That
is
the
Rock
out
of
which
they
are
hewen
;
the
Fountain
and
spring
from
whence
they
proceed
.
See
the
Bounty
and
Nobleness
of
it
!
Electing
love
not
onely
provides
your
Home
,
but
sends
you
Wagons
and
Provision
for
the
Way
:
Regard
not
your
Stuff
;
(
what
ever
you
have
of
your
own
,
be
it
good
,
or
be
it
bad
;
)
For
,
the
good
of
all
the
land
is
yours
.
Make
mention
of
nothing
that
's
properly
Thine
,
Greatness
of
thy
sins
,
(
as
David
)
The
power
of
Indwelling
Corruption
,
(
as
Paul
)
Thy
Unability
to
Serve
Him
,
(
as
Joshua
and
Jeremy
:
)
that
,
without
Faith
thou
canst
not
please
God
,
Nor
give
Glory
to
Him
:
That
without
Holiness
thou
canst
not
shew-forth
His
virtues
,
nor
answer
the
End
for
which
He
hath
Chosen
thee
:
And
(
finally
)
that
thou
canst
be
Sanctified
by
that
Will
onely
,
When
Moses
would
prevail
for
the
Gracious
presence
of
God
with
that
People
,
what
does
he
plead
for
it
?
Remember
(
says
he
)
this
Nation
is
Thy
People
;
And
Wherein
shall
it
be
known
,
that
I
and
Thy
People
have
found
Grace
in
Thy
sight
?
Is
it
not
in
this
,
That
Thou
goest
with
us
?
Here
you
see
,
he
makes
God's
presence
with
them
,
an
Evidence
of
His
having
Chosen
them
;
And
from
His
Choosing
them
,
he
draws
an
Argument
Why
He
should
be
with
them
.
Moses
durst
not
say
,
They
are
a
People
that
keep
thy
Commands
;
They
are
persons
of
a
very
honest
ingenuous
disposition
,
(
as
some
speak
;
)
A
Tractable
sort
of
Men
,
that
have
complied
with
Thee
,
and
better
Improved
Thy
Favors
than
their
Neighbours
have
done
;
Therefore
Own
them
,
and
Go
with
them
:
No
,
but
Consider
(
I
pray
Thee
)
that
they
are
Thy
People
;
Thou
hast
Chosen
them
above
all
people
;
and
therefore
deal
with
them
above
the
rate
of
Thy
dealing
with
other
Men.
In
like
manner
,
Having
received
any
special
Favour
from
God
;
Sacrifice
not
to
your
better
deservings
:
but
as
Daniel
,
(
who
,
tho'
a
Man
of
great
Wisdom
,
yet
sayes
he
)
This
secret
is
not
Revealed
to
me
for
any
Wisdom
that
I
have
more
than
any
living
.
Thou
Lord
God
knowest
thy
servant
:
i.
e.
Thou
knowest
,
that
I
have
done
nothing
which
might
move
Thee
to
this
Munificent
bounty
:
But
for
thy
Word's
sake
,
and
according
to
thine
own
heart
,
Thou
hast
done
all
these
Great
things
:
This
is
the
voice
of
the
Man
after
God's
own
heart
.
Agen
,
Suppose
you
have
done
any
signal
service
for
God
;
Retire
into
self-abasement
,
and
Magnifie
God
that
He
was
pleased
to
vouchsafe
you
that
honour
:
Thus
also
did
David
;
when
setting
his
affection
to
the
House
of
God
,
he
had
gathered
that
huge
incredible
Mass
of
Treasure
for
the
building
of
it
:
He
wonders
not
so
much
at
his
having
gotten
it
,
(
tho'
that
might
well
be
wondred
at
;
)
as
that
he
had
an
heart
so
freely
to
Devote
it
to
that
Sacred
use
;
Who
am
I
,
and
what
is
my
People
that
we
should
be
able
to
offer
thus
willingly
!
For
,
all
things
are
of
Thee
.
He
acknowledgeth
their
Willingness
to
offer
,
to
be
as
much
of
God
,
as
the
Offering
it self
.
And
Paul
,
having
laboured
more
abundantly
than
all
the
Apostles
,
puts
from
himself
the
honour
of
it
;
Not
I
,
but
the
Grace
of
God
that
was
with
Me.
Three
or
four
Things
(
in
seeking
for
spiritual
blessings
)
be
sure
to
keep
still
in
your
mind
.
1.
That
you
must
be
Nothing
in
your self
:
New
Wine
is
not
for
old
bottles
;
The
Bottles
must
first
be
Vndone
,
and
made-up
Anew
;
The
Wine
will
be
spilt
,
and
the
bottles
perish
.
All
your
imaginary
Righteousness
,
Wisdom
,
Strength
,
&c.
must
be
parted
from
you
:
And
to
part
with
them
,
is
as
necessary
,
as
to
leave
your
Made-ground
,
and
build
on
the
firm
Rock
.
2.
That
Spiritual
Blessings
are
a
Gift
,
and
will
not
admit
of
any
Plea
which
may
seem
to
make
them
Wages
.
What
the
Scriptures
hold-forth
as
a
Motive
with
God
,
That
you
may
plead
,
and
that
is
His
Name
:
And
indeed
Nothing
els
is
pleadable
at
the
Throne
of
Grace
.
Esteem
not
your self
the
better
for
what
you
may
carry
with
you
;
Think
not
to
be
accepted
because
of
your
present
:
It
is
not
your
Money
,
nor
your
double
money
in
your
hand
,
that
3.
Be
not
over-solicitous
how
you
shall
speed
;
Nor
think
you
shall
fare
the
worse
for
coming
in
so
tatter'd
and
pittiful
a
Condition
:
Free
Grace
is
Compassionate
,
Rich
,
Bountiful
:
you
are
not
the
less
welcom
because
you
bring
Nothing
:
The
best
qualification
is
to
finde
your self
ill-qualified
,
Empty
,
Hungry
,
Poor
,
Naked
,
Blinde
,
Miserable
.
Electing-love
hath
provided
Enough
,
and
More
;
Not
bread
and
water
onely
,
(
though
these
are
very
welcom
to
an
hungring
and
thirsty
soul
;
)
but
Wine
and
Milk
,
Wine
on
the
lees
,
A
feast
of
fat
things
:
Not
Aprons
made
of
fig-leaves
,
or
Coats
of
Beasts-skins
;
but
Long
Robes
of
Linnen
,
fine
and
white
:
money
made
of
Leather
,
or
base
Mettal
,
(
that
would
burthen
One
to
carry
a
Month's
provision
of
it
;
)
But
Gold
;
tryed
in
the
fire
;
which
hath
nothing
of
Dross
or
Cankering
Rust
adhering
to
it
.
And
if
thou
have
but
little
,
look
on
that
little
as
an
Earnest
of
More
;
To
him
that
hath
shall
be
given
:
smoaking
flax
,
He
will
not
quench
thee
.
4.
Be
sure
you
leave
not
Out
your
Mediatour
,
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
:
Electing
love
doth
All
in
Him
,
and
so
must
you
:
Ask
all
in
His
Name
,
and
then
say
,
Lord
,
He
is
Worthy
for
whose
sake
Thou
shouldest
doe
this
!
And
withall
Take
heed
of
Patching
;
Joyn
not
Law
and
Grace
together
,
lest
the
Rend
be
made
worse
:
The
Righteousness
wherein
you
must
appear
before
God
,
is
not
made-up
of
divers
sorts
and
peeces
,
partly
His
and
partly
your
own
:
but
a
Seamless
Vesture
,
wrought
throughout
of
one
kinde
of
substance
,
and
by
One
hand
:
In
this
you
may
appoach
with
boldness
,
and
touch
the
top
of
the
Golden
Scepter
.
VI.
would
be
Holy
,
That
we
might
be
so
;
And
to
that
End
,
Undertakes
the
whole
of
our
Work
for
us
;
It
is
between
us
and
Sin
,
as
it
was
between
Israel
and
the
Canaanites
:
Untill
the
Lord
began
to
Drive
,
they
did
not
stirr
;
They
were
Gyants
,
too
big
for
Grass-hoppers
to
deal
with
;
Had
iron
Charets
,
and
Cities
walled
up
to
Heaven
;
And
yet
,
that
Company
of
Grass-hoppers
turn'd
them
out
;
And
this
,
because
the
Lord
who
gave
them
that
Land
,
was
in
the
head
of
them
;
He
went
before
them
,
and
cut-out
their
way
for
them
:
Whiles
He
drove
,
they
were
driven
;
When
He
ceased
,
Jacob's
Well
that
is
Never
dry
:
'T
is
deep
indeed
,
and
you
have
Nothing
to
draw-with
;
yet
be
not
disheartned
;
Stay
by
it
,
and
the
Well
it self
will
Rise-up
to
you
,
VII
.
Walk
humbly
,
as
living
on
Another's
bounty
:
Assume
not
to
your self
,
but
ascribe
the
whole
of
your
Salvation
,
and
of
all
the
Conducements
thereto
,
to
Electing
Grace
;
and
hang-on
that
Root
alone
:
Even
Faith
it self
,
as
it
is
the
Believers
act
,
is
not
to
be
Rested
in
,
Nor
to
share
in
this
Glory
;
We
may
say
of
Faith
,
as
he
to
Foelix
,
By
thee
we
enjoy
much
quietness
:
(
but
the
honour
thereof
chiefly
belong'd
to
Caesar
who
gave
them
that
Governour
:
)
Give
unto
Faith
its
due
;
Accept
alwaies
and
in
all
places
,
the
benefits
you
have
by
it
,
with
all
thankfullness
:
For
,
it
does
you
many
good
Offices
,
and
you
cannot
live
without
it
;
Onely
in
the
Throne
let
Grace
be
above
it
;
For
,
That
's
the
Potentate
which
puts
Faith
in
that
Capacity
,
and
maintains
it
there
;
And
the
truth
is
,
True
Faith
is
best
contented
with
its
proper
place
.
To
this
End
the
Lord
tells
His
People
,
It
was
not
their
Sword
,
nor
their
Bow
;
that
drove
out
their
Enemies
:
But
,
(
say
some
)
It
was
the
Sword
and
Bow
which
God
put
into
their
hands
,
and
which
they
Manfully
employed
?
No
,
God
will
not
have
Men
arrogate
so
much
to
themselves
;
It
is
God
that
subdues
our
enemies
under
us
.
The
People
with
Gideon
He
reckons
too
many
to
give
the
Midianites
into
their
hands
,
Lest
they
should
Vaunt
themselves
against
Him
.
Faith
and
other
Graces
are
Mighty
onely
through
God
:
As
they
are
His
Workmanship
,
so
't
is
He
onely
can
keep
them
Going
,
(
as
a
Watch
or
other
Engine
cannot
wind-up
it self
.
)
To
frame
a
Perpetual
Motion
,
no
Man
hath
ever
attain'd
;
No
,
not
in
trifling
Matters
.
As
thou
hadst
no
hand
in
changing
thy
heart
at
first
;
So
neither
,
of
thy self
,
in
carrying-on
the
work
afterwards
;
All
our
Sufficiency
is
of
God
:
Even
all
the
Strivings
of
the
Saints
are
according
to
the
Workings
of
God
in
them
.
Sun
,
Ayr
,
Dew
,
and
other
Heavenly
influences
;
For
,
if
separate
from
these
,
the
Tree
it self
will
dye
:
So
,
without
a
continual
Communication
of
virtue
from
Above
,
the
God
of
all
Grace
;
)
for
Preserving
and
Actuating
the
Grace
He
hath
given
you
.
you
are
known
of
God
.
I
shall
close
this
head
,
as
John
the
Apostle
doth
his
first
Epistle
;
where
having
asserted
the
Divinity
of
Christ
,
he
presently
subjoyns
,
Little
Children
keep
your selves
from
Idols
:
So
say
we
,
Electing
love
;
(
which
was
(
indeed
)
the
Root
and
Cause
of
Christ
Himself
as
a
Mediatour
;
)
What-ever
you
lean-upon
besides
and
without
respect
to
That
,
you
make
an
Idol
of
it
.
OF
Perseverance
OR
The
certain
and
effectual
Progress
of
Election
.
FOR
the
firmer
support
and
comfort
of
Believers
,
notwithstanding
the
present
weakness
of
their
Faith
;
As
also
,
to
allure
and
bring-in
Others
,
who
are
hankering
about
the
door
,
or
yet
in
the
high-wayes
and
hedges
;
It
hath
pleased
the
Holy
and
only
Wise
God
,
to
indulge
us
with
plain
and
positive
assurance
of
the
certain
continuance
and
going-on
,
of
All
who
have
once
believed
and
received
the
Grace
of
God
in
truth
;
Albeit
,
that
many
concern'd
in
this
assurance
,
attain
not
to
it
.
That
Faith
and
Holiness
do
inseperably
follow
Election
,
is
shewn
afore
:
Our
business
now
is
to
shew
,
that
Faith
and
Holiness
are
of
an
abiding
nature
,
and
shall
never
be
lost
:
And
this
is
that
we
call
PERSEVERANCE
.
Which
being
the
Crown
and
Glory
of
all
the
former
Points
;
and
that
as
secures
to
us
the
comforts
arising
thence
;
being
also
as
much
impugned
as
any
of
Those
:
the
proof
and
confirmation
thereof
,
is
apparently
necessary
,
and
tending
to
profit
:
And
I
trust
,
it
shall
not
onely
appear
,
that
the
Doctrine
is
True
;
but
also
replete
with
Arguments
promotive
of
Holiness
;
by
which
,
the
contrary
opinion
will
best
be
contradicted
:
For
,
so
it
is
,
in
the
Wisdom
of
God
,
that
every
Truth
has
that
in
it
,
as
properly
tends
to
its
own
defense
and
establishment
.
It
's
the
property
of
Men
truly
wise
,
to
enterprise
onely
attainable
things
,
and
things
worthy
their
wisdom
;
as
also
,
so
to
frame
and
module
the
means
,
as
not
to
miss
their
intent
:
Much
more
must
it
become
,
and
be
incumbent
upon
Him
who
is
Wisdom
it self
,
so
to
do
:
If
,
then
,
the
Ultimate
End
of
all
things
,
be
the
Glory
of
God
;
and
the
second
great
End
,
the
Salvation
of
His
Chosen
:
It
may
well
be
concluded
,
that
the
properest
means
for
attainment
,
are
pitched
upon
;
and
those
,
such
as
will
compass
his
End
.
Hence
also
,
we
may
be
satisfied
,
that
all
intermediate
Occurrences
.
(
However
improper
in
their
own
nature
,
and
casual
to
us
,
)
were
all
fore-appointed
of
God
,
and
that
by
a
Decree
most
wise
and
fixed
;
and
consequently
,
are
and
shall
be
so
dispensed
,
as
not
to
hinder
,
but
help-on
and
bring-about
,
the
thing
principally
design'd
;
which
therefore
shall
not
(
cannot
)
miscarry
,
nor
be
finally
disturbed
.
However
therefore
,
To
the
Pure
all
things
are
pure
;
whiles
to
other
Men
(
through
the
impurity
of
their
own
spirits
)
all
things
are
defiled
,
and
turned
into
sin
:
And
in
particular
,
that
the
Doctrine
of
God's
unchangeable
love
to
his
Chosen
,
and
their
Endless
abiding
therein
,
is
no
way
an
inle●●
,
or
Encouragement
to
sin
,
or
Remissness
in
Duty
;
but
is
,
indeed
,
the
powerfullest
strengthner
against
Apostacy
;
and
most
effectual
quickner
to
Gospel
obedience
.
As
touching
this
Doctrine
,
the
substance
of
what
I
intend
,
is
reduced
into
this
Proposition
:
viz.
That
all
and
every
one
of
God's
Elect
,
Towards
the
Evidenceing
of
this
Truth
,
1.
let
us
take-in
things
of
a
lower
consideration
,
than
that
of
Eternal
Salvation
;
and
see
,
how
those
persons
(
formerly
instanced
)
being
destined
of
God
to
eminent
service
in
the
World
,
were
carried
thorow
,
and
that
completely
,
to
the
end
of
their
work
;
Notwithstanding
the
greatest
difficulties
and
natural
impossibilities
,
that
stood
in
their
way
to
impede
it
.
By
which
will
appear
the
sure
effect
of
God's
Purposes
,
even
in
the
midst
of
all
intervenient
Obstructions
;
and
will
contribute
(
not
a
little
)
to
illustrate
the
Truth
in
hand
.
1.
I
begin
with
Abraham's
seed
:
In
Gen.
12.
7.
The
land
of
Canaan
is
given
them
by
Promise
:
Isaac
,
in
whom
this
Seed
should
be
called
,
was
not
yet
born
;
Nor
yet
,
untill
both
his
Parents
were
past
age
.
In
the
Wilderness
,
they
carry
themselves
as
unworthily
towards
God
,
as
ever
People
did
;
doing
all
that
in
them
lay
to
cut
off
the
intail
of
that
good
land
,
by
their
unbelief
,
and
dayly
repeated
Rebellions
;
insomuch
that
the
Lord
threatens
to
dispossess
them
:
But
,
for
his
Promise
sake
made
with
Abraham
,
withdraws
his
hand
and
spares
them
.
I
might
instance
also
,
the
great
streights
and
dangers
they
were
in
at
the
Red-Sea
,
which
the
Lord
divided
for
them
;
Afterwards
for
want
of
water
,
which
he
brings
them
out
of
a
Rock
:
Then
for
Bread
,
which
also
he
gives
them
from
Heaven
:
How
they
were
denied
passage
by
some
,
and
way-laid
by
Others
;
and
yet
carried
on
and
delivered
:
and
at
last
,
how
the
Lord
drove
out
those
Gyants
,
whom
they
despaired
of
Overcoming
;
and
so
gave
them
the
land
in
possession
,
accord-to
his
promise
hundreds
of
years
afore
:
There
failed
not
ought
of
any
good
thing
the
Lord
had
promised
:
It
all
came
to
pass
,
Josh.
21.
45.
2.
Joseph
:
Little
Joseph
is
one
whom
the
Lord
will
honour
;
The
Iron
entred
into
his
soul
.
Now
,
all
hopes
of
preferment
are
gon
,
and
what
will
become
of
his
dreams
?
Yet
still
,
the
Councel
of
the
Lord
,
that
shall
stand
;
and
this
downfal
of
Joseph
,
3.
David
:
an
hoast
do
encamp
against
him
,
he
'l
not
be
afraid
:
Why
so
?
The
Lord
had
made
an
absolute
promise
,
and
therefore
if
no
help
on
earth
,
He
shall
send
from
Heaven
and
save
me
:
The
Lord
took
him
to
be
Ruler
over
his
People
,
and
therefore
he
was
with
him
where
ever
he
went
.
4.
Josiah
:
A
Child
shall
be
born
to
the
house
of
David
,
Iosiah
by
name
;
5.
Paul
:
Paul
was
a
chosen
Vessel
,
appointed
to
preach
Christ
to
the
Gentiles
;
and
at
last
,
to
bear
witness
of
Him
at
Rome
:
And
this
must
be
done
,
altho'
Bonds
,
Imprisonments
,
and
Death
it self
,
do
attend
him
in
every
place
.
If
they
lye
in
wait
for
him
at
Damascus
,
and
watch
the
gates
night
and
day
,
twice
stoned
,
nor
his
thrice
suffering
Shipwreck
,
Nor
his
being
in
deaths
often
,
nor
any
thing
else
,
that
shall
make-void
the
purpose
of
God
for
his
bearing
witness
of
Christ
at
Rome
;
as
is
abundantly
evident
by
the
stories
of
him
,
and
the
event
at
last
.
Other
instances
might
be
produced
,
to
the
same
effect
;
But
,
by
these
we
may
take
an
estimate
of
the
thing
under
proof
;
and
rationally
infer
,
that
if
the
Lord
be
so
exact
and
punctual
,
in
performing
his
word
touching
these
lesser
things
;
carrying
on
His
work
through
such
a
preass
of
natural
oppositions
;
much
more
will
He
be
,
in
securing
and
bringing
about
the
Eternal
welfare
of
his
Chosen
:
That
as
he
dealt
by
His
People
of
old
;
He
bear
them
upon
Eagles
wings
,
(
above
the
Reach
of
danger
)
and
kept
them
as
the
Apple
of
His
eye
;
untill
He
had
brought
them
to
Himself
:
So
will
He
carry
it
towards
His
Elect
;
For
,
he
values
the
World
but
little
,
save
with
respect
to
them
II.
Now
,
for
a
more
direct
proof
of
the
Doctrine
:
Though
two
or
three
Witnesses
might
suffice
to
establish
it
;
yet
,
since
the
Scriptures
do
abound
with
Testimonies
for
it
;
(
the
Collection
whereof
may
be
useful
to
us
,
for
helping
our
faith
in
times
of
obscurity
and
danger
:
as
also
,
to
fortifie
against
the
assaults
of
such
as
teach
final
Apostacy
)
I
am
somwhat
the
larger
in
bringing
them
together
;
with
some
of
those
Genuine
Deductions
that
flow
from
them
.
In
the
Old
Testament
,
are
many
Petitions
and
Resolves
made
by
holy
Men
,
which
import
the
truth
of
this
Doctrine
;
As
,
(
namely
)
That
the
Lord
will
perfect
that
which
concerns
them
:
He
will
not
for
sake
the
work
of
His
own
hands
:
That
He
will
guide
them
by
His
Councells
,
after
receive
them
to
Glory
:
And
that
,
in
the
mean
time
,
None
of
their
steps
shall
slide
;
and
this
,
because
It
is
God
that
girds
them
with
strength
,
and
He
will
make
their
way
perfect
,
Psalm
18.
32.
(
with
many
others
,
Promise
of
Eternal
life
before
the
World
;
In
the
10th
.
of
John
,
sheep
shall
never
perish
;
which
is
,
in
effect
,
their
faith
shall
never
fail
:
For
,
safe
they
cannot
be
from
perishing
,
without
the
securement
of
their
Faith
:
Whosoever
drinketh
thereof
,
shall
never
thirst
:
(
i.
e.
It
shall
never
be
dryed
up
)
but
shall
be
in
him
,
a
Well
of
Water
springing
up
to
Everlasting
life
.
Prov.
10.
30
,
The
Righteous
shall
never
be
removed
,
(
i.
e.
They
shall
never
fall
back
into
their
former
state
;
)
and
the
Reason
is
,
Because
the
way
of
the
Lord
is
strength
to
the
upright
;
v.
29.
Whether
by
[
the
way
of
the
Lord
]
be
meant
,
His
way
or
manner
of
dealing
with
upright
Persons
,
which
is
,
to
increase
their
strength
;
(
according
to
Job
17.
9.
)
Or
,
of
the
Genuine
property
of
God's
wayes
;
which
is
,
to
afford
that
peace
and
satisfaction
to
those
who
walk
in
them
,
that
they
are
daily
more
habituated
and
connaturalized
to
them
,
and
estranged
from
all
wayes
else
;
they
are
both
to
the
purpose
in
hand
.
Prov.
24.
16
,
A
just
Man
falleth
seven
times
and
riseth
up
agen
;
He
falls
not
so
as
to
lye
where
he
fell
;
He
falleth
not
into
mischief
,
as
the
wicked
doth
:
yea
,
he
rather
gets
ground
by
his
fall
,
as
v.
5
,
A
Man
of
Wisdom
increaseth
strength
;
By
the
sense
of
his
own
weakness
,
he
is
led
to
strength
everlasting
;
as
was
Paul
,
2
Cor.
12.
10.
Prov.
12.
21.
There
shall
no
evil
happen
to
the
Jsust
:
Then
,
not
the
greatest
and
worst
of
evils
;
which
is
,
To
depart
from
the
living
God
:
So
,
v.
3.
The
root
of
the
Righteous
shall
not
be
Moved
;
His
fruit
may
sometimes
be
Blighted
,
or
blown
off
,
and
his
branches
toss'd
with
a
tempest
;
but
still
,
his
Root
is
where
it
was
;
His
life
is
hid
,
and
free
from
all
Commotion
;
and
shall
(
therefore
)
renew
both
his
fruit
and
branches
;
Jeremy
,
He
that
trusteth
in
the
Lord
shall
not
cease
from
yielding
fruit
.
Jer.
32.
40.
I
will
put
my
fear
in
their
hearts
,
that
they
shall
not
depart
from
Me.
This
(
say
some
)
is
the
promise
of
affording
them
Means
,
but
not
of
effecting
the
end
;
Therefore
see
Chap.
3.
19.
Thou
shalt
call
Me
my
Father
,
and
[
shalt
not
]
depart
from
Me
:
And
this
,
because
He
worketh
Effectually
in
them
that
believe
;
Psalm
84.
11
,
The
Lord
with-holdeth
no
good
thing
from
them
that
walk
uprightly
:
And
if
so
,
then
continuing
to
walk
uprightly
,
(
being
a
good
thing
)
shall
not
be
withheld
from
them
.
Which
deduction
is
also
warranted
from
Job
.
17.
9.
The
Righteous
shall
hold-on
his
way
,
and
He
that
[
hath
]
clean
hands
shall
be
stronger
and
stronger
;
as
also
from
Prov.
4.
18.
The
path
of
the
Just
is
as
the
shining
light
,
which
shineth
more
and
more
,
unto
the
perfect
day
.
And
David
further
backs
it
in
Psalm
26.
1.
where
from
his
present
Faith
,
he
concludes
his
future
progress
;
I
have
trusted
,
I
shall
not
slide
;
and
this
,
because
The
Lord
holdeth
his
soul
in
life
,
and
suffereth
not
his
feet
to
be
moved
.
Mark
16.
16.
He
that
believeth
shall
be
saved
:
And
John
11.
26.
Whosoever
lieth
and
believeth
in
Me
(
sayes
Christ
)
shall
never
dye
:
i.
e.
He
that
once
has
Faith
shall
never
lose
it
:
For
,
to
say
,
He
shall
keep
it
,
if
he
do
not
lose
it
,
(
as
some
would
give
the
sense
)
had
been
a
Comfortless
and
empty
Notion
,
and
an
injudicious
way
of
speaking
.
This
is
yet
further
confirmed
by
John
5.
24
,
He
that
believeth
is
passed
from
death
to
life
,
and
[
shall
not
]
come
into
condemnation
.
The
Reason
of
all
which
is
,
that
their
Faith
is
founded
on
a
Rock
;
He
that
trusteth
in
the
Lord
,
is
as
Mount
Zion
,
which
[
cannot
]
be
moved
:
No
,
Not
so
much
as
One
of
the
stakes
of
that
Tabernacle
shall
be
removed
,
and
that
for
ever
:
They
shall
not
be
ashamed
nor
confounded
[
World
without
End
.
]
It
would
very
much
allay
that
superlative
cause
of
Rejoycing
,
[
That
our
Names
are
written
in
Heaven
,
]
If
possibly
they
might
be
blotted
out
agen
;
since
we
find
in
our selves
such
a
proneness
to
Revolt
,
(
which
every
one
acquainted
with
his
own
heart
,
must
acknolwedge
:
)
But
we
are
sure
,
Christ
would
not
propound
to
us
a
failable
ground
of
rejoycing
:
For
,
that
would
have
been
an
inviting
us
to
lean
on
a
breakable
staff
:
which
kind
of
dependence
,
He
is
evermore
calling
us
from
.
Believers
(
indeed
)
are
sometimes
foyl'd
,
but
never
overcome
:
Though
they
fall
,
(
and
that
seaven
times
in
a
day
,
as
was
said
)
As
often
do
they
rise
agen
:
And
it
's
no
disparagement
to
their
leader
,
(
yea
,
it
is
the
Glory
of
a
General
)
to
give
his
enemy
advantages
,
and
take
them
agen
at
his
pleasure
,
to
his
enemies
greater
confusion
and
overthrow
.
Satan
got
nothing
by
his
Winnowing
Peter
;
Peter
lost
some
of
his
Chaff
,
(
which
well
might
be
spared
)
and
the
Tempter
lost
many
an
after-advantage
;
For
,
the
World
of
Believers
have
been
the
warier
ever
since
.
To
this
second
sort
of
evidence
,
I
shall
onely
add
That
of
the
Holy
Apostle
,
in
Rom.
8.
He
was
perswaded
(
that
is
,
He
was
throughly
swayed
in
his
faith
,
to
believe
it
for
himself
,
and
deliver
it
down
to
the
Ages
to
come
,
as
a
Truth
infallible
)
That
neither
Height
nor
Depth
,
Nor
any
other
Creature
shall
be
able
to
separate
from
the
love
of
God
which
is
in
Christ
Jesus
our
Lord
.
III.
A
third
sort
of
evidence
for
Confirmation
,
are
certain
Arguments
or
Reasons
why
the
Saints
must
needs
Persevere
in
Faith
and
Holiness
.
By
this
word
[
Needs
must
]
I
do
not
understand
any
other
kind
of
necessity
,
than
well
consists
with
perfect
freedom
;
such
a
Necessity
as
was
upon
Paul
to
preach
the
Gospel
;
which
was
a
work
he
rejoyced
in
:
such
as
was
upon
Jesus
Christ
to
bring-home
his
sheep
;
and
to
lay
down
his
life
for
them
:
must
needs
be
fulfilled
,
Acts
1.
16.
The
first
Argument
,
Original
;
They
are
born
of
God
:
And
this
hath
the
force
of
a
double
Argument
.
1.
As
God
is
their
Father
and
Eternal
Root
:
Our
Saviour
holds
forth
this
Relation
,
as
the
ground
of
our
Faith
in
prayer
,
Math.
6.
9.
And
He
begins
with
it
Himself
,
when
He
prayes
for
His
own
Glory
,
and
that
His
Disciples
might
be
partakers
of
it
,
John
17.
1.
To
the
same
end
,
He
frequently
useth
that
style
of
Father
,
in
the
Gospel
of
John
;
as
in
particular
,
That
He
ascends
to
His
Father
,
and
our
Father
,
John
20.
17.
It
is
to
strengthen
our
Faith
in
God
(
thro'
Himself
)
on
the
account
of
His
Fatherhood
to
us
.
The
Father
loveth
the
Son
,
John
3.
35.
And
,
He
loves
His
Believers
,
as
He
loveth
Christ
Himself
,
Iohn
17.
23.
On
which
ground
the
Apostle
concludes
,
That
He
cannot
but
give
us
all
things
else
,
Rom.
8.
32.
Believers
are
,
(
in
truth
)
the
product
of
His
love
,
both
in
respect
of
Election
and
Regeneration
;
and
being
so
,
He
cannot
but
have
a
paternal
affection
for
them
;
to
administer
to
them
,
what-ever
tends
to
their
sustentation
and
growth
;
and
to
keep-off
what
ever
would
intercept
or
weaken
His
gracious
influences
towards
them
:
Having
once
loved
them
,
He
loves
them
for
ever
.
They
may
therefore
be
confident
,
That
what
He
hath
begun
in
the
Spirit
,
He
will
not
let
end
in
the
flesh
:
That
having
begun
a
good
work
in
them
,
He
will
also
perform
it
:
For
,
As
they
have
their
spiritual
Being
from
Him
,
as
the
Father
of
it
;
so
't
is
Natural
to
Him
to
derive
his
virtues
into
them
without
intermission
,
as
for
a
Vine
to
send
up
its
sap
into
its
own
branches
,
or
the
Sun
to
cherish
the
plants
of
its
own
production
.
All
the
natural
affections
that
are
in
Creatures
towards
their
own
,
are
but
drops
of
His
Immense
fullness
:
A
Mother
may
possibly
forget
the
Child
of
her
Womb
;
but
,
the
Lord
cannot
forget
His
Off-spring
:
That
none
may
hurt
,
them
,
(
nor
they
themselves
)
He
will
keep
them
night
and
day
,
and
water
them
every
moment
.
They
are
born
by
Him
from
the
Belly
,
and
carried
from
the
Womb
;
and
even
to
their
old
age
He
will
carry
them
and
deliver
them
.
2.
The
new
Creature
,
as
it
comes
from
God
;
so
,
it
exists
in
Him
,
and
lives
upon
Him
;
and
it
is
Natural
to
it
,
to
seek
its
nourishment
where
it
had
its
Original
:
Nothing
can
satisfie
it
,
but
that
great
Deep
from
whence
it
sprang
;
As
a
New-born
child
(
that
has
not
the
use
of
Reason
)
will
hunt
for
the
breast
by
natural
instinct
,
and
not
be
qulet
without
it
:
As
soon
as
ever
Paul
was
converted
,
Behold
he
prayes
,
Acts
9.
11.
Having
once
received
the
Spirit
of
Christ
,
they
cannot
but
incline
after
Him
,
(
as
Elisha
did
Elijah
upon
the
casting
of
his
Mantle
on
him
:
)
It
is
natural
to
them
,
baptized
with
fire
;
Not
onely
,
because
of
the
purifying
Nature
of
fire
;
but
in
respect
of
its
Aspiring
quality
;
it
will
be
Mounting
,
and
not
rest
till
it
come
to
its
own
element
.
Obstructions
many
it
meets
withall
,
but
still
it
presseth
onwards
,
and
by
degrees
bears-down
all
afore
it
,
and
carries
that
with
it
in
which
it
dwells
,
to
the
place
of
its
birth
;
As
the
Dove
could
not
Rest
,
till
she
came
to
the
Ark
,
whence
she
set-out
?
This
is
lively
set
forth
by
our
Saviour
in
John
7.
38.
He
that
believeth
in
Me
,
out
of
his
belly
shall
flow
Rivers
of
living
Waters
:
[
Rivers
]
that
bear
down
all
opposition
:
and
Rivers
of
[
living
]
Waters
;
not
Land-flouds
,
which
are
but
of
short
continuance
;
or
standing
Pools
,
subject
to
drying
up
:
But
such
Rivers
as
have
an-Immortal
Head
.
We
see
how
All
things
tend
to
their
Center
;
The
wicked
sleep
not
unless
they
do
evil
;
They
can
bear
the
want
of
things
most
necessary
to
their
being
,
rather
than
cease
from
sin
:
the
lusts
of
their
Father
they
will
do
:
Judas
was
a
Devil
,
and
that
carried
him
headlong
to
his
own
place
.
And
if
being
born
of
the
Devil
,
habituates
men
with
so
strong
and
restless
a
bent
to
Devilish
lusts
;
the
Divine
Nature
must
needs
work
as
efficaciously
towards
God
,
and
Godlike
Actions
.
And
if
it
were
not
so
,
the
Divine
Nature
had
never
born
an
humane
stock
to
Heaven
:
The
first
fruits
of
the
Spirit
possess
them
with
an
earnest
expectation
and
longing
for
the
harvest
.
There
are
,
indeed
,
Remainders
of
the
Old
Man
,
which
will
still
be
opposing
the
New
;
and
many
contests
there
are
between
them
:
But
Grace
(
like
him
that
is
Advocate
for
the
King
)
will
ever
have
the
last
word
,
and
will
also
go
out
victor
:
ye
may
see
it
in
Jeremy
;
The
word
of
the
Lord
was
made
a
Reproach
to
him
;
He
therefore
resolves
to
stifle
it
,
and
will
no
more
speak
in
His
Name
:
But
,
how
succeds
this
carnal
resolution
?
The
word
of
the
Lord
was
in
his
heart
,
as
fire
shut
up
in
his
bones
:
He
was
weary
of
forbearing
,
He
could
not
hold
.
And
Jonah
,
When
he
thought
himself
cut-off
,
and
in
the
belly
of
hell
;
(
yet
(
saith
he
,
yet
)
will
I
look
again
towards
thy
holy
Temple
:
As
the
Needle
that
is
rightly
touch'd
,
Oh
,
when
shall
I
come
and
appear
before
God!
II.
Another
Argument
is
taken
from
the
Graces
themselves
which
are
the
subject
of
Perseverance
,
1.
As
they
are
a
Gift
;
They
are
of
those
,
good
and
perfect
Gifts
which
come
down
from
above
,
from
the
Father
of
lights
,
with
whom
is
no
Variableness
,
nor
shaddow
of
Turning
.
This
Attribute
of
God's
Vnchangeableness
,
is
fitly
and
significantly
added
,
to
shew
,
That
as
good
and
perfect
gifts
only
,
are
from
God
,
and
from
Him
onely
;
so
,
That
He
never
Changeth
in
His
Purpose
concerning
those
to
whom
He
once
gives
them
:
They
are
of
those
Gifts
that
are
without
Repentance
.
As
also
,
That
these
His
Gifts
do
partake
of
His
own
unvariableness
;
They
cannot
dye
,
nor
turn
to
be
any
other
than
what
they
are
at
first
,
save
only
in
point
of
Perfection
:
There
can
happen
no
after-unworthiness
in
those
He
gives
them
to
,
which
He
did
not
foresee
when
He
gave
them
;
(
which
seems
to
be
implied
in
the
following
words
,
Of
His
Own
Will
begate
He
us
:
]
and
so
,
no
cause
why
He
should
with-draw
them
,
which
should
not
aswell
have
hindred
His
giving
them
at
first
.
As
the
word
of
God
is
not
Yea
and
Nay
;
Solomon
)
That
whatsoever
God
doth
,
it
shall
be
for
ever
;
Nothing
can
be
added
to
it
,
Nor
anything
taken
from
it
.
2.
Let
Faith
and
Holiness
be
considered
in
the
Genuine
use
and
Property
of
them
.
Nothing
so
endangers
the
Soul
,
as
self-fullness
;
Faith
(
therefore
)
was
ordained
to
empty
out
self
,
and
devolve
the
soul
on
Another
,
(
viz.
Christ
)
which
the
more
it
does
,
the
safer
it
is
;
And
having
once
done
it
,
it
never
undoes
it
agen
.
Faith
(
also
)
is
an
Active
Grace
,
and
diligent
;
enables
to
endure
all
things
and
faileth
not
,
1
Cor
13.
7
,
8.
All
that
God
doth
for
His
people
is
from
love
,
John
3.
16.
and
all
that
they
do
for
God
,
growes
from
the
same
Root
;
They
love
Him
,
[
because
]
He
loved
them
,
first
;
1
John
4.
19.
Love
is
That
which
renders
a
Work
both
pleasant
to
the
Agent
,
and
acceptable
to
the
Object
of
it
.
Faith
(
therefore
)
working
by
love
,
shall
never
be
weary
of
its
work
,
nor
fail
of
its
end
;
It
is
of
Faith
,
That
it
might
be
sure
.
And
as
for
Holiness
,
(
which
is
a
disposition
according
to
God
,
and
capacitates
for
the
blessed
Vision
)
a
little
of
it
in
Truth
,
whole
lump
be
seasoned
:
It
is
of
an
assimilating
property
;
there
is
an
Heavenly
Tincture
in
it
,
which
sanctifies
all
that
it
toucheth
;
To
the
pure
all
things
are
pure
.
It
also
meetens
for
Converse
with
God
;
and
it
drawes
and
ingageth
the
Soul
to
Him
;
There
it
is
as
in
its
proper
Element
,
and
out
of
which
it
cannot
live
:
And
,
by
this
Converse
it
is
both
increased
and
sublimated
.
A
Natural
Body
once
in
being
,
can
never
be
reduced
to
Nothing
:
How
then
should
Things
of
Divine
substance
?
They
are
Born
of
incorruptible
seed
,
which
liveth
and
abideth
for
ever
:
And
as
the
seed
is
,
such
will
be
the
fruit
;
The
Older
it
grows
,
the
firmer
it
is
;
He
that
hath
clean
hands
shall
be
stronger
and
stronger
:
They
are
the
Holy
Seed
,
And
therefore
,
tho
they
cast
their
leaves
(
at
times
)
yet
their
substance
is
in
them
,
By
which
they
are
still
renewed
.
To
all
which
might
be
added
,
that
Notion
also
in
Romans
8.
30.
which
inferreth
,
That
to
be
sanctified
,
is
all
one
as
to
be
glorified
:
Holiness
is
the
seed
of
Glory
;
and
holy
persons
are
in
Glory
;
(
viz.
as
to
its
kind
,
and
the
certainty
of
their
obtainment
;
)
although
(
indeed
)
it
hath
no
glory
at
present
,
in
comparison
of
that
which
shall
be
;
as
the
seed
of
a
Rose
or
Lilly
,
compared
with
the
flowers
they
will
grow
into
;
and
which
are
virtually
in
them
.
According
with
this
,
is
that
of
our
Saviour
,
He
that
believeth
[
hath
]
everlasting
life
:
It
argues
the
certainty
of
their
Perseverance
;
The
law
of
his
God
is
in
his
heart
:
None
of
his
steps
shall
slide
:
Destroy
it
Not
,
there
is
a
blessing
in
it
.
III.
Another
proof
rises
from
the
Nature
,
extent
,
and
design
,
of
Providence
;
or
from
the
Intent
and
Purpose
of
God
,
in
that
great
variety
of
things
which
believers
are
exercised
with
in
the
world
.
There
are
three
things
considerable
,
to
make
out
this
Argument
;
1.
That
there
is
a
Divine
Providence
which
Governs
the
World
:
As
in
dividing
to
the
Nations
their
inheritance
,
and
bounding
their
habitations
,
at
first
;
so
,
by
continuing
them
in
possession
,
or
Outing
them
,
at
his
pleasure
;
and
this
(
oftentimes
)
by
very
unlikely
means
,
and
over-ruling
things
accordingly
:
Seir
being
given
to
Esau
,
and
Ar
to
the
Children
of
Lot
;
and
their
term
not
being
yet
expired
;
the
Lord
inclines
them
to
let
Israel
pass
thorow
,
and
to
give
them
meat
for
their
money
:
whereas
the
Amorites
,
who
were
destinied
to
destruction
,
He
hardens
their
spirits
and
makes
them
obstinate
;
that
they
deny
them
passage
,
and
come
out
against
them
in
battel
.
stirrs
up
the
Others
spirits
,
and
Girds
them
with
strength
.
How
oft
doth
the
Scripture
repeat
,
That
the
Lord
reigneth
,
That
He
puts
down
One
and
sets
up
another
,
That
He
doth
according
to
His
Will
in
the
Armies
of
Heaven
,
and
among
the
Inhabitants
of
the
earth
?
Pharaoh
,
Nebuchadnezzar
,
and
others
!
This
Providence
reacheth
to
all
manner
of
Persons
,
times
,
and
things
;
and
Circumscribes
them
:
It
leaves
not
the
least
thing
to
a
Contingency
;
Even
Ravens
,
Sparrows
,
and
Lillies
,
yea
,
and
the
hairs
of
your
head
are
all
numbred
and
under
the
Conduct
of
the
Providence
of
God
,
Matth.
6.
26.
2.
That
the
design
and
course
of
God's
Providence
,
is
to
accomplish
His
Purpose
.
As
Providence
governs
the
World
;
so
Purpose
is
the
Director
of
Providence
.
He
is
a
Provident
Man
that
orders
his
affairs
prudently
:
i.
e.
so
that
nothing
is
wanting
,
nor
any
thing
spent
in
waste
.
Both
these
are
in
the
Providence
of
God
eminently
:
for
1.
It
is
All-sufficient
;
supplies
all
needs
;
Gives
all
things
pertaining
to
Means
and
End
:
2.
It
does
Nothing
in
vain
,
Nothing
superfluous
or
impertinent
to
His
Purpose
.
Things
most
casual
to
Men
,
are
levelled
at
a
set
and
Certain
End
:
What
the
Lord
speaks
with
His
Mouth
,
He
fullfills
with
His
Hand
,
1
Kings
8.
24.
and
His
Act
shall
not
vary
a
tittle
from
His
Decree
,
which
is
clearly
the
meaning
of
that
in
the
Acts
,
Known
unto
God
are
all
His
Works
from
the
beginning
of
the
world
.
Whence
was
it
,
that
Esau
tarried
so
long
at
his
hunting
,
that
he
was
overfainted
?
That
Jacob
was
making
pottage
just
when
Esau
comes
home
,
which
set
his
appetite
on
edge
after
it
?
But
,
that
the
Purpose
of
God
according
to
Election
might
stand
:
The
Elder
must
serve
the
younger
;
which
now
came-to-pass
by
the
sale
of
his
birthright
.
And
thus
the
Providence
of
God
makes
even
the
prophaness
of
Men
,
subserve
to
His
End
.
The
Lord
had
determined
to
cast
Judah
and
Jerusalem
out
of
His
sight
,
for
their
obstinacy
:
And
to
this
end
(
that
is
,
To
make
way
for
it
)
it
came-to-pass
,
rebelled
against
the
King
of
Babylon
:
It
was
to
fullfill
the
word
of
the
Lord
declared
in
the
2
Chron.
36.
21.
(
tho
that
was
farr
from
the
Rebellers
intent
.
)
So
He
gave
Cyrus
all
the
Kingdoms
of
the
Earth
,
that
he
might
build
His
Temple
at
Jerusalem
;
and
it
was
to
fullfill
His
Purpose
before
recorded
by
Jeremy
the
Prophet
;
as
ver.
22.
&
23.
In
like
manner
,
Herod
,
Pilate
,
and
the
Jews
,
they
all
conspire
the
death
of
Christ
,
and
each
party
on
a
several
account
;
not
thinking
(
in
the
least
,
)
to
fulfil
the
determinate
Counsell
of
God
;
yet
,
That
was
it
,
which
Providence
intended
,
in
permitting
the
Thing
to
be
done
;
as
is
plain
,
by
Acts
2.
23.
As
also
,
the
Soldiers
,
in
parting
His
garments
and
piercing
His
side
;
It
was
their
barbarous
rudeness
which
put
them
upon
it
;
But
,
Providence
designed
to
make-good
a
Prophecy
,
These
things
[
therefore
]
the
Soldiers
did
,
John
,
19.
24.
All
that
God
doth
in
the
World
,
is
the
Transcript
,
or
Impression
,
of
His
Decrees
.
3.
That
the
Providence
of
God
never
fails
of
Its
End
:
Our
God
is
in
Heaven
,
and
doth
whatsoever
He
will
.
The
things
that
are
coming
and
shall
come
:
He
hath
both
devised
and
done
it
,
Jer.
51.
12.
His
Purpose
is
,
To
preserve
His
People
,
No
Weapon
that
is
formed
against
them
shall
prosper
:
Whosoever
gathers
together
against
them
shall
fall
for
their
sake
,
Isa.
54.
15.
And
,
As
He
hath
purposed
,
so
shall
it
stand
;
Chap.
14.
24.
The
Scriptures
abound
with
instances
to
prove
it
.
As
on
the
Contrary
,
When
the
Lord
will
execute
Judgment
,
it
shall
be
performed
,
albeit
the
Means
be
never
so
weak
and
improbable
;
Tho'
the
Army
of
the
Chaldeans
were
all
wounded
men
,
yet
shall
they
burn
Jerusalem
with
fire
,
Now
,
All
a
Believer's
exercises
(
which
may
seem
to
endanger
him
)
are
either
from
the
guilt
of
sins
committed
;
From
the
power
of
indwelling
corruption
;
From
Satan's
temptations
;
or
Persecution
from
the
World
:
None
of
which
come
on
them
accidentally
,
but
as
things
fore-appointed
of
God
,
and
for
a
good
intent
.
It
is
for
the
Elects
sake
that
all
things
else
have
their
being
,
2
Cor.
4.
15.
And
are
all
caused
to
work
together
for
their
good
,
Rom.
8.
28.
As
(
namely
)
to
humble
them
for
sin
;
To
wean
them
from
the
World
;
To
indear
JESVS
CHRIST
to
them
;
To
shew
them
the
usefulness
of
Ordinances
;
To
exercise
and
try
their
Graces
;
To
purge
out
their
dross
;
To
enable
them
to
succour
others
;
To
demonstrate
the
Wisdom
,
Power
,
and
Faithfulness
of
God
towards
them
;
To
meeten
them
for
Heaven
;
And
to
make
them
groan
and
long
to
be
clothed
upon
with
their
house
from
thence
;
As
might
plentifully
be
made
out
by
the
Scriptures
,
and
the
visible
effects
thereof
upon
those
who
have
been
exercised
thereby
.
To
instance
a
few
particulars
:
David
,
after
that
great
miscarriage
in
the
matter
of
Vriah
,
with
his
broken
bones
upon
it
;
walked
the
more
humbly
and
warily
all
his
dayes
:
He
was
also
the
more
intent
on
that
great
duty
of
Teaching
sinners
the
way
of
God
.
strengthen
,
stablish
,
settle
them
,
ver.
10.
Paul
had
a
Messenger
of
Satan
let
looss
upon
him
,
to
buffet
him
:
The
end
of
which
was
to
humble
him
,
and
To
shew
him
the
sufficiency
of
the
Grace
of
Christ
.
'T
is
likely
also
,
That
he
got
as
much
by
that
thorn
in
his
flesh
,
as
by
his
Rapture
and
Revelations
:
To
be
sure
,
they
did
well
together
,
and
poized
him
the
better
for
his
work
.
Job
.
Mary
Magdalen
the
remembrance
of
the
seven
devils
that
once
possess'd
her
,
and
of
that
love
which
cast
them
out
;
How
did
it
heighten
her
love
to
Christ
,
and
keep
her
heart
in
a
melting
frame
!
She
loved
much
,
because
much
was
forgiven
her
.
The
People's
fourty
years
travel
thro'
that
great
and
terrible
wilderness
,
doe
them
good
in
the
latter
end
:
They
were
also
sent
into
captivity
for
their
good
:
all
the
fruit
intended
,
To
take
away
their
sin
;
and
to
make
them
partakers
of
His
holiness
.
I
grant
,
(
indeed
)
These
things
are
Physick
,
which
Nature
desires
not
:
Yet
let
me
say
,
They
are
as
needfull
in
their
season
as
our
food
;
and
in
very
Faithfullness
we
must
have
them
:
which
also
appears
by
the
scope
of
the
new
Covenant
;
(
Of
which
more
afterwards
.
)
Upon
all
which
,
It
is
safely
inferred
,
That
all
these
things
worketh
God
with
Man
;
Not
to
destroy
him
,
but
To
bring-back
his
soul
from
the
pit
,
Job
33.
29.
&
30.
They
are
all
made
to
turn
to
their
Salvation
:
They
have
alwaies
triumphed
over
them
,
more
than
Conquerors
,
through
Him
that
loved
them
.
And
if
this
be
the
fruit
and
Result
of
all
that
doth
or
can
befall
a
Believer
,
whiles
in
this
World
:
(
and
ther
's
no
more
of
evil
or
danger
when
this
is
done
)
then
welcom
let
them
be
,
as
another
Demonstration
of
their
INVINCIBLE
PERSEVERANCE
.
Who
so
is
wise
,
and
will
observe
these
things
;
even
they
shall
understand
the
loving-kindness
of
the
Lord
.
IV.
A
fourth
Argument
for
the
Saints
Perseverance
,
Jacob
,
Psal.
24.
6.
And
they
are
called
Christ
,
1
Cor.
12.
12.
And
(
which
is
more
,
if
more
can
be
)
He
communicates
to
them
that
title
which
one
would
think
Incommunicable
,
viz.
The
Lord
our
Righteousness
,
Jer.
23.
6.
with
chap.
33.
16.
And
this
Union
is
such
as
can
never
be
broken
;
It
is
no
more
possible
,
than
for
the
Union
which
is
between
God
and
Christ
to
be
dissolv'd
:
For
,
the
same
Oneness
(
for
kinde
)
is
between
Christ
and
them
,
as
between
the
Father
and
Christ
;
which
is
plain
by
that
passage
of
His
prayer
in
the
17
John
,
ver
.
21.
That
they
all
may
be
One
(
How
one
?
)
as
thou
Father
art
in
Me
and
I
in
Thee
,
That
they
may
be
One
in
Vs
.
They
are
so
near
to
Him
,
that
they
are
said
to
be
Of
His
flesh
and
of
His
bones
,
Eph.
5.
30.
as
also
,
That
they
are
one
Spirit
,
i.
e.
The
Spirit
of
life
which
is
in
Christ
Iesus
(
as
their
root
)
rules
in
them
,
Rom.
8.
2.
He
lives
,
They
shall
live
also
:
He
that
hath
the
Son
,
hath
life
:
and
they
have
it
in
a
way
of
Right
;
as
he
that
is
possest
of
the
soil
,
has
right
to
all
that
grows
upon
it
.
All
that
is
Christ's
is
theirs
;
There
is
a
happy
Commutation
of
Interests
;
Their
debts
with
the
consequences
thereof
are
devolv'd
upon
Him
;
and
all
that
was
His
in
imputed
to
them
.
And
His
care
of
them
is
such
,
that
He
will
be
able
to
say
at
the
latter
day
,
Of
All
that
Thou
hast
given
Me
I
have
lost
nothing
;
least
joint
of
His
finger
shall
not
.
No
man
(
who
is
Compos
mentis
)
will
suffer
the
meanest
part
of
himself
to
Gangrene
and
perish
,
if
it
be
in
his
power
to
help
it
:
How
then
should
our
Lord
Christ
?
sit
in
Heaven
with
him
.
It
is
no
more
possible
for
Believers
to
miscrary
finally
,
than
for
Christ
Himself
to
be
held
under
the
power
of
the
grave
;
There
is
one
law
for
them
both
:
It
's
a
faithfull
saying
,
If
we
be
dead
with
Him
,
we
shall
also
live
with
him
;
If
we
suffer
with
him
,
we
shall
be
glorified
together
.
As
Christ
once
raised
,
dyes
no
more
;
so
shall
None
of
those
raised
with
Him
,
return
any
more
to
corruption
:
For
,
He
gave
himself
for
his
Church
;
not
onely
to
sanctifie
and
cleanse
it
for
once
,
Once
for
All
;
and
to
present
it
without
spot
or
wrinkle
at
the
last
day
:
By
that
one
offering
,
He
perfected
for
ever
them
that
are
sanctified
.
sure
mercies
of
David
,
recorded
in
the
55th
.
of
Isaiah
,
and
explained
in
that
13th
of
the
Acts.
It
is
not
for
Nothing
,
that
our
blessed
Lord
and
Saviour
so
often
repeats
that
good
word
and
promise
touching
Believers
,
in
John
6.
v.
39
,
40
,
44
,
54
;
(
which
surely
He
did
,
as
being
greatly
pleased
with
the
thoughts
of
it
)
I
will
raise
him
up
at
the
last
day
:
and
,
I
will
raise
him
up
at
the
last
day
,
—
q.
d.
I
will
be
with
him
unto
the
end
of
the
world
,
and
see
him
safe
in
Heaven
:
And
this
may
be
said
of
it
,
(
as
by
Joseph
to
Pharaoh
)
The
thing
is
doubled
,
because
it
is
established
of
God
,
and
He
will
bring
it
to
pass
.
V.
Another
Argument
for
Believers
invincible
Perseverance
,
Virtue
invincible
having
undertaken
it
,
Needs
must
it
succeed
.
1.
Power
:
In
Jer.
32.
27
,
God's
Sovereign
Power
over
all
flesh
is
laid-down
as
the
ground
of
their
faith
,
touching
their
Return
from
Captivity
,
and
His
giving
them
a
new
heart
;
and
for
His
so
keeping
them
,
that
they
should
not
depart
from
Him
any
more
,
The
Everlasting
God
,
The
Lord
,
The
Creator
of
the
ends
of
the
Earth
,
who
fainteth
not
,
Neither
is
weary
:
And
in
Ch.
62.
8
,
His
Right
hand
,
and
the
Arm
of
His
strength
,
are
engaged
by
an
Oath
.
In
the
2
Tim.
1.
12
,
The
Apostle
argues
the
certainty
of
his
salvation
from
the
Power
of
God
;
(
which
he
could
not
have
done
with
any
good
Reason
or
Comfort
,
had
not
that
Power
been
ingaged
for
it
)
:
I
am
not
ashamed
—
For
I
know
Whom
I
have
believed
;
and
that
He
is
[
able
]
to
keep
That
I
have
committed
to
Him
,
against
that
day
:
And
he
gives
the
like
Counsel
to
others
,
where
he
points
at
the
[
Power
]
of
God
,
to
make
all
Grace
abound
in
them
:
and
in
Rom.
11
,
The
Calling
of
the
Jews
,
and
grafting
them
into
Christ
,
For
,
God
is
[
able
]
to
Graft
them
in
agen
.
In
Ephes.
6
,
He
tells
them
what
kind
of
enemies
they
were
to
wrestle
with
;
viz.
Principalities
,
and
Powers
,
and
spiritual
wickedness
in
high
places
:
(
A
sort
of
Adversaries
too
potent
for
spirits
housed
in
Clay
:
)
But
,
to
harness
them
fitly
for
the
battel
,
he
shews
them
a
Power
that
is
higher
than
those
;
and
(
indeed
)
as
much
above
them
,
and
more
,
than
they
above
us
:
And
with
This
he
would
have
them
to
Invest
themselves
,
Be
strong
in
the
Lord
,
and
in
the
Power
of
His
might
:
This
is
an
Armour
compleat
;
aptly
term'd
The
[
whole
]
Armour
of
God
;
So
likewise
in
Eph.
1.
Mighty
Power
of
God
,
even
That
Power
by
which
He
raised
Jesus
Christ
from
the
dead
,
and
se●t
Him
at
His
own
Right
hand
,
far
above
all
Principalities
and
Power
,
and
putting
all
things
under
His
feet
:
Wherein
he
sets
forth
Christ
as
a
patern
of
what
God
will
doe
for
Believers
;
They
shall
be
raised
and
set
above
all
.
there
is
no
Man
that
sinneth
not
)
Let
it
make
them
more
Wary
,
but
not
discourage
them
:
They
shall
not
be
[
utterly
]
cast
down
;
and
this
,
because
The
Lord
upholdeth
them
with
His
hand
.
The
Archers
may
shoot
at
them
,
and
sorely
grieve
them
;
yet
shall
their
Bowe
abide
in
strength
,
and
the
Arms
of
their
hands
be
made
strong
by
the
hands
of
the
Mighty
God
of
Jacob.
And
well
it
is
for
us
,
That
the
Divine
Power
hath
undertaken
this
difficult
Work
;
and
that
the
Scriptures
do
so
clearly
avouch
it
.
For
nothing
less
could
be
a
Buttress
sufficient
to
stay
our
Faith
upon
,
touching
our
holding-out
to
the
End
:
He
is
strong
in
Power
,
Not
one
faileth
.
2.
Wisdom
:
This
is
an
ability
to
fit
and
direct
Things
to
their
proper
End
.
In
matters
of
lesser
Concern
,
we
find
the
Lord
so
laying
His
Work
,
that
it
cannot
miscarry
:
It
therefore
it
be
His
good
pleasure
to
Ordain
Men
to
Salvation
,
His
Wisdom
requires
,
that
it
be
in
such
a
way
as
is
sure
to
succeed
:
and
that
all
sorts
to
Impediments
be
so
over-ruled
,
as
not
to
interrupt
,
but
be
made
subservient
to
His
great
End
:
Will
do
,
and
Not
Over-doe
,
the
thing
intended
:
As
the
Husbandman
sorts
his
grain
to
the
Nature
of
the
soil
,
He
stayeth
His
Rough
winde
in
the
day
of
the
East-winde
.
He
doth
not
onely
design
the
End
of
a
Man's
journey
,
but
every
step
in
it
is
of
His
ordering
;
The
Lord
preserveth
His
going-out
,
and
his
coming-in
.
To
weight
the
path
of
the
Just
:
which
(
surely
)
is
meant
,
Not
onely
of
His
observing
their
works
,
and
dispensing
to
them
accordingly
;
but
,
as
preponderating
What
they
are
to
doe
,
and
what
is
requisite
for
their
doing
of
it
;
and
so
,
apportioning
their
strength
and
assistance
answerably
:
As
at
making
the
World
,
He
weighed
the
Mountains
in
scales
,
and
the
hills
in
a
ballance
;
that
its
parts
might
be
of
equal
weight
:
Or
,
as
one
that
's
to
Run
in
a
Race
,
and
must
carry
Weights
about
him
;
it
will
be
his
wisdom
to
have
them
evenly
poiz'd
:
So
,
the
Lord
sets
one
thing
against
another
,
in
our
souls
Concernments
.
In
Rom.
16
,
Paul
brings-in
this
Wisdom
of
God
,
as
the
Onely
Wise
God
]
upon
the
account
of
His
keeping
them
from
falling
;
and
presenting
them
faultless
before
the
presence
of
His
Glory
.
3.
Honour
:
The
concernment
of
God's
honour
,
is
also
an
important
Argument
for
proof
of
this
Doctrine
:
The
Lord's
manner
of
dealing
with
His
People
of
old
,
and
the
Reason
of
it
,
is
an
Instance
above
Contradiction
.
The
Promise
of
giving
them
Canaan
,
was
not
more
Absolute
than
the
Promise
of
Salvation
to
Believers
;
Nor
was
it
less
clog'd
with
Conditions
,
Threatnings
,
and
Cautions
,
(
which
were
afterwards
added
:
)
But
,
the
promise
being
once
made
absolute
,
To
thy
seed
will
I
give
this
land
]
the
Lord
held
Himself
obliged
in
honour
,
I
wrought
(
sayes
He
)
for
my
Name
's
sake
:
The
Lord
did
(
as
it
were
)
labour
and
work
to
suppress
His
righteous
fury
,
incensed
by
their
intolerable
provocations
:
His
Name
and
honour
were
concern'd
,
and
that
held
His
hands
;
He
had
once
made
an
absolute
Promise
,
which
therefore
must
be
made-good
,
tho'
they
made
themselves
never
so
unworthy
of
it
.
The
like
ye
have
in
Isaiah
48
,
They
had
dealt
very
treacherously
,
(
than
which
,
Nothing
is
more
provoking
:
)
But
,
(
sayes
the
Lord
)
For
my
Names
sake
will
I
deferr
mine
anger
,
v.
9.
And
Agen
,
v.
11.
For
mine
Own
sake
,
even
for
mine
Own
sake
,
will
I
do
it
;
For
,
how
should
My
Name
be
polluted
?
The
Lord
will
over-look
a
Thousand
transgressions
,
rather
than
expose
His
Name
and
honour
to
Reproach
,
as
once
it
was
by
a
temporary
suspension
:
To
Recover
which
,
and
that
His
Name
might
be
sanctified
,
He
will
bring
them
home
agen
;
yea
,
tho'
it
be
in
the
eyes
of
Men
,
a
Thing
impossible
;
and
they
themselves
doe
think
so
likewise
;
For
,
Our
hope
is
lost
,
and
we
are
cut
off
,
(
say
they
)
Ezek.
37.
11.
and
Lam.
3.
18.
My
hope
is
perished
from
the
Lord
.
Whether
at
home
,
or
abroad
,
they
still
caused
His
Name
to
be
prophaned
:
And
for
this
His
Holy
Name
,
He
had
pitty
on
them
,
Ezek.
36.
20
,
21.
For
,
if
He
should
have
cast
them
off
for
ever
,
It
would
have
been
said
,
Either
That
He
did
not
foresee
how
unworthy
a
people
they
would
be
;
Or
,
He
was
not
able
to
keep
them
in
their
own
Land
;
Or
to
bring
them
back
agen
:
Or
els
,
That
He
was
Changeable
in
His
Purposes
,
and
not
true
to
His
word
,
&c.
some
reflexion
or
other
they
would
cast
upon
Him
,
which
He
could
not
bear
.
All
which
,
&
much
more
of
like
kinde
,
is
applicable
to
Belivers
,
with
respect
to
their
Perseverance
.
4.
Justice
,
or
Righteousness
;
There
can
hardly
be
found
a
firmer
support
,
or
more
plenary
consolation
to
Believers
,
than
That
the
Justice
of
God
is
engaged
to
save
them
;
For
,
The
Righteous
Lord
will
doe
no
iniquity
.
He
would
not
Justify
(
No
,
Not
)
His
very
Elect
,
but
in
a
way
consistent
with
His
Righteousness
:
For
which
cause
,
He
set-forth
Christ
a
Propitiation
for
sin
.
Surely
then
,
having
received
the
Attonement
,
He
will
not
expose
His
Justice
to
censure
,
by
leaving
them
,
in
any
wise
obnoxious
to
comdemnation
.
Salvation
(
Now
)
is
their
due
:
Who
shall
eondemn
,
since
't
is
Christ
that
dy'd
?
It
is
as
Righteous
a
thing
with
God
,
To
give
Rest
to
His
People
,
as
tribulation
to
those
that
trouble
them
:
Paul
therefore
builds
his
expectation
of
the
Crown
,
upon
this
Attribute
as
well
as
any
other
;
Henceforth
is
laid
up
for
me
a
Crown
of
Righteousness
,
which
the
Lord
the
[
Righteous
]
Judge
shall
give
me
at
that
day
.
Yea
,
this
Righteousness
of
God
secures
to
them
,
Their
holding
out
,
To
finish
their
Course
,
andto
keep
the
Faith
;
as
well
as
the
Reward
when
their
work
is
done
.
God
is
not
unrighteous
to
forget
His
[
Peoples
]
labour
of
love
;
Much
less
[
Christ's
.
]
This
gave
the
Apostle
to
be
perswaded
better
things
of
those
he
writes
to
,
than
to
be
subject
to
Falling-away
:
The
blood
of
the
Everlasting
Covenant
is
engaged
to
make
them
perfect
in
every
good
work
,
to
doe
His
will
:
Yea
,
They
shall
bring
forth
fruit
in
their
old
age
;
To
declare
that
the
Lord
is
Vpright
,
and
no
[
Vnrighteousness
]
is
in
Him
.
5.
The
Faithfulness
(
or
Truth
)
of
God
,
is
also
concern'd
in
the
final
Perseverance
of
Believers
:
For
,
having
drawn
them
from
all
Created
bottoms
,
to
a
total
Relyance
on
Himself
;
He
cannot
but
give
them
That
they
have
trusted
Him
for
:
The
Lord
will
not
be
to
His
people
as
that
broken
staff
Egypt
was
to
the
Jews
,
to
fail
them
at
their
greatest
Need
;
which
is
,
when
they
are
lost
,
driven
away
,
broken
,
and
sick
,
and
(
perhaps
)
have
no
mind
to
Return
;
as
Ephraim
,
who
went
on
frowardly
:
Then
is
the
fit
time
for
the
Faithfulness
of
God
to
discover
it self
,
The
Lord
will
not
behold
iniquity
in
Jacob
:
i.
e.
He
will
not
take
notice
of
it
,
so
as
to
Recede
from
His
Word
:
For
,
He
could
not
but
see
their
perversness
and
Murmurings
:
for
which
He
punished
them
severely
;
and
sometimes
made
as
if
He
would
disherite
them
:
but
still
He
Remembred
His
Covenant
,
and
that
Restrain'd
it
,
that
He
could
not
Cast
them
off
:
The
Lord
had
blessed
,
and
therefore
Men
should
not
Reverse
it
;
Neither
themselves
,
by
their
insufferable
Contumacy
;
nor
Balaam
by
his
Inchantments
.
The
Lord
loveth
Judgement
,
i.
e.
Truth
and
Faithfulness
;
)
and
therefore
He
forsaketh
not
His
Saints
,
They
are
preserved
for
ever
.
The
Saints
are
in
league
with
God
;
They
have
made
a
Covenant
with
Him
by
Sacrifice
:
And
it
is
a
league
of
His
own
propounding
,
by
which
He
hath
obliged
Himself
to
protect
them
.
And
,
tho'
Men
may
break
their
Compacts
,
the
Holy
One
of
Israel
will
not
;
He
is
not
Man
that
He
should
lie
,
nor
the
son
of
man
that
he
should
Repent
.
David
having
made
God
His
Fortress
,
the
Name
of
God
was
engaged
to
lead
and
guide
him
.
Those
Corinthians
were
as
lyable
to
temptations
as
other
Men
who
fell
by
them
:
for
they
had
strong
Remainders
of
Corruption
,
(
as
appeares
by
both
the
Epistles
)
and
a
subtil
Adversary
to
observe
and
draw
it
out
:
Besides
,
They
were
highly
gifted
,
and
so
thought
themselves
above
the
Rank
of
ordinary
Christians
;
than
which
,
nothing
could
more
expose
them
to
danger
:
But
,
notwithstanding
all
these
disadvantages
,
they
shall
be
kept
;
The
Faithfulness
of
God
that
secures
them
,
shall
confirm
them
unto
the
End
:
For
,
God
is
faithful
(
sayes
he
)
by
whom
ye
were
Called
:
It
is
as
if
he
had
said
,
God
would
never
have
Called
you
into
the
Fellowship
of
his
Son
,
if
He
had
not
resoved
to
keep
you
there
.
So
agen
,
in
Chap.
10.
13
,
he
tells
them
,
God
will
not
suffer
them
to
be
tempted
above
that
they
are
able
:
And
he
brings
it
in
as
an
Inference
from
the
same
Propofition
of
The
Faithfulness
of
God
.
He
likewise
layes
the
stress
of
his
confidence
for
the
Thessalonians
being
preserved
blameless
unto
the
Coming
of
Christ
,
upon
the
same
Attribute
;
Faithful
is
He
that
Calleth
you
,
who
also
will
doe
it
:
And
when
he
would
move
the
Hebrews
to
purpose
,
to
hold
fast
the
profession
of
their
Faith
without
wavering
,
Faithful
is
He
that
promised
,
Peter
,
he
also
directs
the
Saints
to
Commit
their
Souls
unto
God
,
in
well-doing
,
as
unto
a
[
Faithful
]
Creatour
.
Now
,
the
Scripture
alwaies
propounds
to
us
,
such
Attributes
and
Motives
,
as
are
proper
to
the
matter
in
hand
;
and
therefore
,
in
styling
God
(
here
)
a
[
Faithful
Creatour
]
it
's
as
much
as
to
say
,
He
that
hath
wrought
you
for
this
self
same
thing
,
is
God
;
who
is
Faithful
to
His
purpose
,
or
first
Intent
of
His
Work
;
and
will
therefore
perfect
it
,
Notwithstanding
the
fiery
tryal
you
are
to
pass
under
;
you
may
therefore
build
upon
it
,
And
how
doth
the
Lord
condescend
to
Men
of
Low
degree
,
for
the
support
of
weak
Believers
!
If
we
believe
not
,
(
i.
e.
Tho'
our
faith
be
so
weak
and
insensible
to
us
,
that
we
doubt
the
very
being
of
it
,
yet
)
He
abideth
faithful
:
He
will
not
quench
the
smoaking
flax
,
Nor
suffer
His
Faithfulness
to
fail
.
6.
Mercy
:
This
Attribute
also
,
freely
contributes
to
the
Saints
Perseverance
.
Mercy
(
properly
)
respects
Men
in
distress
,
to
support
and
bring
them
out
,
not-having
of
their
own
to
help
themselves
:
This
,
none
are
so
se●sible
of
as
Believers
;
and
therefore
,
Them
especially
will
Mercy
provide
for
:
Hos.
14.
3
,
In
thee
the
Fatherless
findeth
Mercy
,
Psal.
59.
14.
The
God
of
my
Mercy
shall
preserve
me
.
Mercy
is
the
Name
of
God
,
and
His
Glory
,
Exod.
34.
7.
Mercy
is
His
Way
,
All
the
paths
of
the
Lord
are
Mercy
:
and
it
is
His
pleasant
Path
,
called
therefore
His
Delight
,
Micah
7.
18.
It
pleaseth
Him
above
any
thing
:
yea
,
He
takes
pleasure
in
them
that
hope
in
His
Mercy
,
Psal
147.
11.
We
may
say
(
in
a
good
sense
)
His
Throne
is
upholden
by
Mercy
.
it
endures
for
ever
.
In
the
138
Psalm
,
the
Prophet
grounds
his
confidence
touching
his
Perseverance
,
upon
this
Attribute
expressely
;
viz.
That
God
would
Perfect
that
which
concerned
him
,
because
His
Mercy
(
which
began
the
work
)
endureth
for
ever
.
The
great
Covenant
is
Founded
in
Mercy
,
and
is
therefore
styled
The
sure
Mercies
of
David
,
Isa.
55.
I
shall
not
add
,
touching
this
Attribute
;
For
,
if
all
the
Rest
be
on
our
side
,
(
and
you
see
They
are
)
the
Mercy
of
God
must
needs
be
for
us
,
since
't
is
That
(
indeed
)
which
hath
enlisted
and
brought-in
all
the
Rest
.
VI.
The
Saints
Perseverance
may
also
be
Argued
from
the
Ends
of
their
being
,
That
these
were
the
ends
of
their
Being
,
is
evident
,
Isa.
43.
21
,
This
People
have
I
formed
for
my self
;
and
v.
7.
I
created
him
for
my
Glory
.
The
Apostle
also
is
very
express
for
it
,
in
2
Cor.
5.
where
,
speaking
of
that
Divine
building
in
the
Heavens
,
prepared
for
Believers
;
he
tells
us
,
They
were
wrought
for
that
self
same
thing
.
The
manner
of
expression
is
much
to
be
remark'd
:
It
is
not
barely
said
,
This
End
,
or
this
thing
,
we
were
made
for
:
but
(
in
effect
)
This
very
thing
,
and
nothing
els
,
(
to
be
sure
nothing
less
)
was
the
very
scope
and
end
of
our
Creation
,
both
old
and
new
,
even
of
all
God's
workmanship
upon
us
.
And
,
as
evident
it
is
,
That
God
Himself
is
the
Authour
of
those
Ends
,
and
that
therefore
they
cannot
miscarry
.
Upon
this
ground
the
Lord
would
have
his
People
to
found
an
Vndauntable
confidence
,
(
as
well
may
be
gather'd
from
His
so
frequent
indigitating
of
it
.
)
In
Isa.
43.
He
thus
fortifies
them
against
the
sorest
of
evils
;
Fear
not
,
for
[
I
]
have
Redeemed
thee
;
[
I
]
have
called
thee
:
and
ver.
7.
[
I
]
have
created
him
;
[
I
]
have
formed
him
:
yea
[
I
]
have
made
him
:
[
I
,
even
I
the
Lord
]
ver.
11.
and
Chap.
41.
10.
Fear
thou
not
,
for
[
I
]
am
with
thee
:
[
I
]
will
strengthen
thee
,
[
I
]
will
help
thee
,
yea
[
I
]
will
uphold
thee
:
The
emphasis
lies
in
the
person
active
.
[
I
]
i.
e.
I
the
Lord
,
(
a
note
of
infinite
signification
and
security
to
Believers
!
)
The
Apostle
also
,
in
that
2
Cor.
5.
That
Believers
might
know
themselves
invincibly
secur'd
,
he
points
us
to
God
,
as
the
Great
Author
of
those
important
Ends
,
and
Almighty
Undertaker
for
their
accomplishment
;
He
that
wrought
us
for
the
self
same
thing
,
is
[
God
]
It
is
as
if
he
had
said
,
It
is
impossible
we
should
lose
the
thing
we
were
wrought
for
,
because
,
it
is
God
that
wrought
us
for
it
:
It
is
not
the
designment
of
an
Idol
;
that
is
,
Of
some
Ignorant
,
Rash
,
Fallible
,
or
Mutable
Agent
;
such
a
One
as
may
possibly
be
surprised
by
unlook'd-for
accidents
;
Circumvented
by
a
sublimer
understanding
;
Over-born
by
a
power
above
him
;
or
Recede
from
his
purpose
,
thro'
levity
and
fickleness
of
his
nature
;
&c.
But
it
is
[
God
]
who
is
wise
in
Heart
and
Mighty
in
strength
,
Job
9.
4.
It
is
He
from
whom
all
things
that
are
,
have
their
being
,
and
are
perfectly
under
His
Rule
and
obeisance
:
He
had
Eternity
afore
Him
,
to
lay
His
Design
surely
;
and
accordingly
He
declareth
the
End
from
the
beginning
,
and
changeth
not
.
It
is
therefore
as
impossible
for
Him
either
to
Doe
,
or
neglect
to
doe
,
or
suffer
to
be
done
,
any
thing
whereby
His
purpose
might
suffer
disappointment
;
as
it
is
impossible
That
God
should
lye
.
He
would
never
have
set-up
those
Ends
as
the
Sum
and
Upshot
of
His
great
Design
,
if
He
had
not
Determined
to
see
them
made-good
.
And
therefore
(
as
sayes
the
Apostle
)
We
are
alwaies
confident
,
That
when
absent
from
the
Body
,
we
shall
be
present
with
the
Lord
,
ver.
6
&
8.
This
is
also
further
confirm'd
by
that
compendious
Promise
,
Jer.
31.
33.
I
will
be
their
God
,
and
they
shall
be
my
People
:
Every
word
(
here
)
hath
a
peculiar
emphasis
;
1.
That
He
will
be
a
[
God
]
to
them
:
2.
[
Their
]
God
:
and
3.
[
for
ever
]
:
This
[
I
will
]
imports
both
a
fix'd
Resolution
,
&
Time
without
limit
.
It
is
as
if
He
had
said
,
Though
other
lords
have
had
the
Rule
over
you
,
and
you
have
still
a
Proneness
to
Revolt
to
them
;
It
shall
not
be
:
I
will
not
be
Outed
any
more
;
I
'l
heal
your
backslidings
,
and
be
your
God
still
:
I
'l
carry
it
towards
you
and
for
you
,
as
becomes
a
God
to
doe
:
and
I
will
make
you
such
a
People
,
as
becometh
God
to
own
;
I
will
not
be
ashamed
to
be
called
your
God
,
Heb.
11.
16.
It
would
(
indeed
)
be
both
a
disparagement
and
dissatisfaction
to
God
,
if
His
People
should
fail
of
that
He
made
them
for
;
which
(
certainly
)
cannot
be
,
because
God
is
theirs
;
and
if
God
be
theirs
,
all
things
are
theirs
,
both
this
World
and
that
to
come
;
1
Cor.
3.
22
,
23.
Lastly
,
Sovereign
Decree
of
Election
.
I
call
it
Sovereign
,
partly
Because
it
is
the
highest
Manifestation
of
God's
absolute
Dominion
over
His
Creatures
,
in
Choosing
whom
He
would
,
and
passing-by
the
Rest
:
Partly
also
,
because
all
sorts
of
things
what
soever
are
subjected
to
it
,
and
made
subservient
to
its
final
accompli●hment
.
And
this
I
take
,
for
a
principal
Reason
why
Election
is
so
frequently
placed
in
Eternity
,
(
or
,
before
the
Foundation
of
the
World
)
viz
,
To
shew
,
That
the
very
Fabrick
of
the
World
,
and
all
Occurrences
therein
,
were
so
contrived
and
framed
in
God's
Decree
,
as
having
Election
for
their
primary
scope
and
End
:
That
this
first
Cause
is
the
Supream
Moderator
of
all
intermediate
Causes
,
and
is
it self
subject
to
None
.
It
was
not
any
loveliness
in
Elect
persons
,
which
moved
God
to
love
them
at
first
;
so
neither
shall
their
unlovely
backslidings
deprive
them
of
it
,
(
though
it
may
be
eclips'd
,
by
their
own
default
,
to
the
breaking
of
their
bones
.
)
The
Lord
Chose
them
for
that
blessed
Image
of
His
Own
which
He
would
afterwards
imprint
upon
them
,
and
this
He
still
prosecutes
through
all
dispensations
.
That
Elect
Nation
the
Jews
,
They
apostatized
from
God
,
and
did
worse
than
any
Other
;
yet
,
the
Lord
would
not
utterly
cast
them
off
.
In
Samuel's
time
their
wickedness
was
very
great
;
yet
,
saith
he
,
(
to
stay
them
from
total
apostacy
;
)
The
Lord
will
not
forsake
you
:
But
,
what
is
the
ground
of
that
his
great
confidence
,
and
grand
Warranty
?
The
very
same
that
now
we
are
upon
;
The
Lord
will
not
forsake
you
,
because
,
[
It
hath
pleased
the
Lord
to
make
you
His
People
:
]
Not
because
they
remembred
their
duty
and
returned
to
God
;
but
because
He
remembred
for
them
His
Covenant
:
In
pursuance
whereof
,
He
long
maintained
their
title
,
Notwithstanding
their
often-repeated
forfeitures
;
and
when
in
Captivity
,
brought
them
home
again
.
And
indeed
,
the
Lord
should
be
pacified
towards
them
after
all
their
abominations
.
The
manner
of
God's
dealings
with
this
people
,
is
especially
Instructive
,
to
help
the
faith
of
the
spiritual
Election
,
upon
all
occasions
;
as
holding-forth
the
special
Regard
the
Lord
hath
for
them
,
because
of
His
Covenant
:
That
tho'
He
may
,
and
will
,
punish
their
iniquities
,
yet
His
loving
kindnefs
He
will
not
take
from
them
.
Jeremy
,
ch.
41.
9
,
I
have
chosen
thee
,
and
not
cast
thee
away
.
This
later
Clause
,
[
And
not
cast
thee
away
]
seems
added
to
shew
,
That
His
Choosing
them
was
an
Act
unrepealable
:
q.
d.
I
knew
aforehand
What
thou
wouldst
Doe
,
and
how
thou
wouldst
prove
:
and
,
if
I
had
meant
Ever
to
Cast
thee
off
;
yea
,
if
I
had
not
Resolved
against
it
;
I
would
not
have
Chosen
thee
at
all
;
But
,
since
I
have
,
Be
sure
I
'l
stand
by
thee
,
I
will
strengthen
thee
,
I
will
help
thee
,
I
will
uphold
thee
with
the
Right
hand
of
my
righteousness
.
It
is
true
,
The
body
of
that
Nation
,
for
their
unbelief
,
are
now
broken
off
:
(
There
is
a
suspenfion
of
the
outward
part
of
the
Covenant
:
)
Not
,
that
God
inteds
an
Utter
Rejection
of
them
;
All
Israel
shall
be
saved
:
Election
,
They
are
beloved
still
,
tho'
yet
unborn
.
For
their
sakes
it
was
,
That
the
dayes
of
tribulation
were
shortened
,
Matth.
24.
22.
Which
answers
to
Isa.
65.
8.
Destroy
it
not
,
there
is
a
blessing
in
it
.
—
The
Lord
will
not
so
much
respect
What
they
have
deserved
,
as
what
His
own
Covenant
is
,
concerning
Abraham's
Seed
:
Which
Minding
of
His
Covenant
,
is
from
the
Vnchange
ableness
of
His
Purpose
;
And
therefore
he
saith
;
They
shall
be
grafted
in
agen
.
Yea
,
though
they
be
driven
into
all
lands
,
Scattered
into
Corners
,
Mingled
with
the
Heathen
,
and
become
so
like
them
as
Not
to
be
known
asunder
;
yet
,
being
His
Chosen
Ones
,
and
within
His
Covenant
,
He
will
bring
them
out
of
their
holes
,
and
Gather
them
[
One
by
One
:
]
i.
e.
He
will
do
it
accurately
,
exactly
,
punctually
,
So
as
none
shall
be
Wanting
:
Though
Sifted
among
all
Nations
,
Not
[
One
]
Grain
shall
fall
to
the
Earth
.
The
Reservation
mentioned
in
Rom.
11.
is
God's
Omnipotent
Safe-garding
His
Elect
,
when
the
Generality
of
the
Nation
fell
to
Idolatry
;
They
would
have
gon
All
,
as
well
as
Some
,
According
]
to
the
Election
of
Grace
:
Which
intimates
,
That
Election
was
the
Patern
or
Original
,
and
Reservation
the
Copy
of
it
.
And
,
That
this
was
not
a
single
Case
,
or
Restrained
to
the
time
that
then
was
,
is
evident
from
Math.
24
,
Where
our
Saviour
foretells
,
That
the
Subtilty
of
Deceivers
,
and
temptations
of
the
time
,
should
be
such
;
and
the
Torrent
rise
to
that
height
and
strength
;
That
it
will
be
a
thing
next
to
Impossible
,
Not
to
be
Carried
away
by
it
:
But
,
for
the
Elect
,
They
are
safeguarded
from
it
:
How
?
By
the
coming-in
of
the
First
and
Sovereign
Cause
;
By
the
virtue
of
which
,
the
force
and
influence
of
all
those
second
Causes
,
shall
either
be
prevented
,
or
Romoved
,
Mitigated
,
Inverted
,
work
life
in
Them
.
Paul's
afflictions
to
his
salvation
:
Cause
of
lifting
up
the
head
.
And
if
it
were
not
so
,
the
Apostle
would
never
exhort
us
To
count
it
all
joy
when
we
fall
into
divers
temptations
:
He
keepeth
the
feet
of
His
Saints
.
For
,
surely
(
sayes
God
)
They
are
my
People
,
Children
that
will
not
lye
:
So
He
was
their
Saviour
:
q.
d.
I
will
Save
them
,
because
I
have
made
them
my
People
.
And
for
further
confirmation
,
take
Notice
,
That
this
Sovereign
Decree
is
alwaies
Regnant
;
It
is
that
Kingdom
which
Ruleth
over
all
,
and
shall
never
be
broken
.
Psal.
89.
34.
My
Covenant
will
I
not
break
.
Nor
alter
the
thing
that
is
gon
out
of
my
lips
:
and
v.
18.
My
Covenant
shall
stand
fast
with
him
.
It
is
meant
of
the
Covenant
made
with
David
and
his
house
;
Or
(
rather
)
with
Christ
and
His
Spiritual
Seed
,
Of
whom
David
was
a
Type
.
And
that
we
might
have
strong
Consolation
,
the
Lord
binds
it
with
an
Oath
,
Once
(
i.
e.
Once
for
all
,
and
Once
for
ever
;
it
was
so
full
and
perfect
,
that
it
needed
no
Alteration
,
Amendment
,
or
Repetition
)
Once
have
I
sworn
by
my
Holiness
,
That
I
will
not
lye
unto
David
;
v.
35.
And
how
Impossible
it
was
,
That
this
Covenant
should
be
over-ruled
or
broken
,
appears
also
in
Jer.
33.
20
,
21.
where
,
speaking
in
the
Name
of
God
,
he
delivers
it
thus
;
If
you
can
break
my
Covenant
of
the
Day
,
and
my
Covenant
of
the
Night
,
that
there
should
not
be
Day
and
Night
in
their
Season
;
Then
may
also
my
Covenant
be
broken
with
David
my
Servant
:
(
Here
note
by
the
way
,
That
Day
and
Night
take
their
turns
,
but
still
it
is
in
their
Season
.
)
And
David
himself
sayes
of
it
,
That
it
is
a
Covenant
Everlasting
;
Ordered
in
all
things
and
sure
:
i.
e.
What
ever
might
possibly
fall-in
to
Interrupt
it
,
There
was
that
Order
observed
in
the
composition
of
the
Covenant
,
&
such
a
Power
layd
up
within
it
,
as
should
certainly
over-run
and
bear-down
those
Impediments
,
triumph
over
them
all
,
and
hold
on
its
way
;
(
As
all
the
Tempests
and
tumults
that
may
happen
in
this
lower
World
,
can
in
no
wise
Obstruct
the
course
of
superiour
Orbs
:
)
He
therefore
declares
,
(
in
high
,
yet
humble
,
expressions
)
He
desired
no
other
or
better
security
for
his
Salvation
.
And
it
is
not
unlikely
,
That
David
and
Solomon
were
both
of
them
left
to
those
great
backslidings
,
to
give
a
proof
of
the
Sureness
of
this
Covenant
;
which
indeed
was
sufficiently
done
by
them
,
and
tryed
to
the
utmost
:
For
,
they
both
broke
the
Covenant
,
on
their
part
;
&
yet
the
Covenant
was
not
Null'd
:
No
thanks
to
them
,
but
to
that
Sovereign
Grace
that
had
laid-in
Provision
afore
to
prevent
it
,
by
making
it
Absolute
and
Vnrepealable
.
Yet
the
Lord
will
not
Connive
at
their
miscarriages
;
but
If
his
Children
forsake
my
law
and
break
my
Statutes
,
I
will
visit
their
transgressions
with
the
Rod
;
Nevertheless
,
my
loving-kindness
will
I
not
utterly
take
from
him
;
Nor
suffer
my
Faithfulness
to
fail
.
Blessed
be
the
Lord
for
evermore
,
Amen
and
Amen
.
It
s
return
was
the
more
welcom
for
its
temporary
absence
;
and
therefore
he
meets
it
with
a
double
Gratulation
,
Amen
and
Amen!
It
was
but
in
a
litle
wrath
,
that
He
hid
His
face
from
them
,
and
that
but
for
a
Moment
too
;
but
with
everlasting
kindness
will
I
have
Mercy
on
thee
,
saith
the
Lord
thy
Redeemer
.
The
Mountains
shall
depart
and
the
hills
be
removed
:
But
my
kindness
shall
not
depart
from
thee
,
Neither
shall
the
Covenant
of
my
peace
be
removed
,
saith
the
Lord
that
hath
Mercy
on
thee
.
In
Jer.
31.
37.
another
Impossibility
is
instanced
in
,
to
shew
the
Eternal
Validity
of
this
Covenant
;
Thus
saith
the
Lord
,
If
heaven
above
can
be
measured
,
and
the
foundations
of
the
Earth
searched
out
beneath
;
I
will
also
cast
off
all
the
seed
of
Ifrael
,
for
all
that
they
have
done
,
saith
the
Lord.
The
Lord
Himself
(
you
see
)
is
both
the
Alpha
and
Omega
of
this
great
sentence
;
To
shew
,
That
both
ends
of
the
Covenant
are
in
His
own
hands
.
By
these
Scriptures
(
with
many
others
)
it
is
apparent
,
that
there
shall
be
no
Faileur
on
God's
part
:
and
if
so
,
Then
there
shall
be
None
at
all
;
because
He
hath
taken
on
Himself
the
performance
of
the
whole
.
Believers
(
therefore
)
shall
invincibly
be
carried-on
(
Notwithstanding
all
kind
of
impediments
)
unto
the
End
of
their
Faith
,
the
Salvation
of
their
Souls
.
Yet
doth
not
this
Doctrine
go
free
of
Contradiction
:
And
truly
,
considering
how
cleer
and
pertinent
the
Scripture
is
for
it
;
It
seems
to
me
,
That
if
the
first
Impugners
of
Perseverance
had
not
found
themselves
in
a
Toyl
;
and
so
,
Necessitated
to
oppose
it
,
for
the
maintenance
of
other
principles
they
had
before
taken
up
and
espoused
,
and
which
would
not
consist
with
this
;
They
would
never
have
set
themselves
against
it
:
But
,
Errours
(
like
Truths
,
in
that
)
doe
hang
on
a
string
;
Or
,
as
links
in
a
Chayn
,
The
first
Mover
draws
the
rest
after
.
But
I
trust
,
thro
help
from
Above
,
all
the
objections
,
that
are
laid
against
this
Doctrine
,
shall
prove
a
further
confirmation
of
it
,
by
one
hand
or
other
:
The
chief
that
I
have
met
with
,
are
these
that
follow
.
The
Doctrine
of
Absolute
Perseverance
deprives
Men
of
the
sharpest
bit
which
God
hath
given
them
to
Curb
the
unregenerate
part
of
the
Soul
:
We
mean
the
fear
and
dread
of
Eternal
fire
?
The
Law
is
good
,
if
a
Man
use
it
lawfully
:
So
is
Fear
in
its
time
and
place
;
Out
of
which
,
it
is
as
a
Bone
out
of
joint
.
The
Law
works
by
Fear
,
as
a
School-Master
unto
Christ
;
It
is
ordinarily
the
first
occasion
of
our
motion
towards
believing
:
The
heir
whilst
a
Child
,
may
be
under
the
tutorage
of
fear
;
But
,
when
Faith
is
grown-up
,
then
cast-out
the
Bondwoman
and
her
Son
;
Fear
shall
not
be
heir
with
Faith
:
For
,
tho'
it
be
a
good
servant
,
't
is
an
ill
Master
.
For
Fear
to
predominate
Faith
,
is
,
for
servants
to
ride
,
whiles
Princes
walk
on
the
Earth
;
which
is
an
Errour
the
Earth
cannot
bear
.
Believers
(
who
know
themselves
so
to
be
)
receive
not
the
spirit
of
bondage
agen
to
fear
:
They
are
acted
Now
by
another
principle
:
(
as
a
horse
that
is
throughly
broke
and
well-wayed
,
is
better
Managed
by
a
gentle
hand
,
than
a
biting
Curb
:
)
Faith
works
by
love
.
It
is
not
(
henceforth
)
the
fear
of
wrath
,
but
the
sense
of
Christ's
love
in
delivering
from
wrath
,
that
both
Curbs
the
unregenerate
part
,
and
carries
to
higher
acts
of
obedience
than
fear
is
capable
of
;
Altho'
at
times
,
all
sorts
of
Motives
may
be
needful
to
keep
them
going
:
But
,
as
touching
this
Fear
,
in
the
sense
objected
,
(
which
supposeth
it
the
best
Curb
to
Sin
,
and
promoter
of
Perseverance
,
)
it
ought
to
be
rejected
.
How
far
it
may
influence
a
Man
that
is
wholly
Unregenerate
,
as
a
Curb
to
His
lusts
,
is
not
the
Question
here
;
But
,
if
Saul
and
Judas
ran
headlong
to
hell
with
this
bit
in
their
mouths
;
then
is
not
this
sharpest
bit
the
most
Effectual
Curb
.
That
which
weakens
,
and
tends
(
indeed
)
to
destroy
the
Root
of
Sin
,
must
needs
be
more
effectual
,
(
as
to
the
main
end
)
than
That
which
onely
Restrains
some
puttings-of-it-forth
.
God
purifies
the
heart
by
Faith
:
Every
one
that
hath
this
hope
,
purifieth
himself
as
He
is
pure
:
There
is
no
such
virtue
given
to
Fear
:
but
,
on
the
Contrary
,
The
spirit
of
Fear
is
put
in
opposition
to
the
Spirit
of
Power
,
of
Faith
,
and
of
a
sound
mind
.
this
fear
may
have
upon
persons
unregenerate
;
they
are
not
deprived
of
it
by
the
Doctrine
of
Perseverance
;
for
This
concerns
onely
Believers
.
The
Objection
lyes
further
open
to
divers
Exceptions
;
As
,
1.
Because
it
puts
an
indignity
on
the
Wisdom
and
Grace
of
God
,
as
if
He
had
taken
from
Believers
,
some
expedient
help
to
Perseverance
,
by
his
giving
them
Absolute
Promises
:
(
whereas
,
we
should
rather
suspect
our
own
understandings
and
Renounce
those
opinions
which
Necessitate
such
unnatural
Inferences
,
to
support
them
:
)
For
,
do
but
separate
the
Promises
from
their
Absoluteness
,
and
their
strength
is
gon
;
Weak
,
through
the
weakness
of
the
flesh
.
The
Lord
knowes
,
that
Beleivers
have
both
the
difficultest
work
,
and
deepest
sense
of
their
own
insufficiency
;
and
that
nothing
more
weakens
their
hands
,
than
doubtings
and
fears
:
And
for
this
cause
,
hath
made
His
Promises
absolute
.
Thus
,
we
find
,
He
Armed
Joshua
to
the
battel
;
There
shall
not
any
Man
be
able
to
stand
before
thee
,
all
the
dayes
of
thy
life
:
I
will
not
leave
thee
,
nor
forsake
thee
:
And
hence
he
draws
him
an
Argument
,
to
be
strong
and
of
a
Good
Courage
.
In
like
manner
,
Samuel
;
when
the
People
were
greatly
preplexed
because
of
God's
displeasure
against
them
;
To
confirm
them
in
their
duty
,
he
Comforts
them
against
their
Fears
:
Fear
not
(
sayes
he
)
ye
have
done
all
this
wickedness
;
yet
Turn
not
aside
from
following
the
Lord
:
(
And
what
's
the
strong
Reason
by
which
he
fixes
them
?
)
For
,
the
Lord
[
will
not
]
forsake
His
People
:
(
The
Objectors
and
Samuel
were
not
both
of
a
Mind
.
)
Paul
,
(
likewise
)
Exhorting
Believers
to
that
great
duty
of
keeping-down
Sin
,
Assurance
of
Victory
:
tells
them
,
in
plain
and
express
terms
That
Sin
[
shall
not
]
have
Dominion
over
them
:
give
all
diligence
to
make
our
Calling
and
Election
[
sure
:
keep
us
from
falling
:
And
the
Other
makes
it
the
Scope
and
End
of
his
whole
Epistle
,
That
Believers
may
[
know
]
they
have
Eternal
life
;
that
they
might
[
goon
]
in
Believing
.
Which
kind
of
Arguments
had
been
very
unduly
applyed
,
if
Giving
them
assurance
touching
the
Event
,
had
not
been
a
strengthening
of
them
in
their
Duty
;
and
much
more
,
if
it
would
have
proved
an
Iudulgence
to
the
Unregenerate
part
.
2.
Let
Fear
be
considered
in
its
Ordinary
and
natural
effects
;
and
't
will
easily
appear
,
That
Nothing
is
less
pleasing
to
God
,
or
more
unapt
for
the
Service
of
Perseverance
.
As
a
Man's
principle
is
,
such
will
be
his
obedience
;
Slavish
observance
is
the
best
that
slavish
fear
can
produce
;
which
is
no
way
acceptable
to
an
Ingenuous
Spirit
;
God
loves
a
Cheerfull
Giver
,
not
Samaritan-Worship
,
for
fear
of
Lyons
.
Such
service
wil
also
be
weak
and
wavering
;
for
,
Nothing
so
unsettles
the
Mind
as
Fear
:
It
enervates
the
Soul
and
takes
away
its
Strength
:
Nobal's
heart
dyed
within
him
for
fear
of
David
:
dead
Men
for
fear
:
The
obedience
therefore
which
comes
from
thence
,
can
be
but
a
dead
obedience
.
The
Effect
cannot
rise
higher
then
the
Cause
.
Pharaoh
let
Israel
go
because
of
the
plagues
;
thus
feared
the
Lord
,
did
also
worship
their
graven
Images
.
3.
Fear
puts
upon
using
unlawful
Means
:
filthy
garments
;
Thereby
to
discourage
him
in
the
work
of
his
office
.
4.
Let
Fear
be
compar'd
with
its
Contrary
,
viz.
Faith
:
This
removes
the
Mountain
,
whiles
fear
fixes
it
;
yea
,
makes
it
to
be
,
where
(
indeed
)
is
no
such
thing
.
Fear
made
the
unbelieving
spies
to
bring
up
an
evil
Report
of
the
good
land
,
and
to
fancy
impossibilities
of
obtaining
it
:
Faith
made
Caleb
and
Joshua
Magnanimous
,
Let
us
go
up
at
once
(
say
they
)
and
possess
it
;
For
we
are
well
able
to
overcome
it
;
yea
,
they
shall
be
bread
for
us
.
These
two
,
who
feared
no
Miscarriage
under
an
absolute
Promise
,
were
Carried-in
;
All
that
doubted
,
An
handful
of
obedience
springing
from
Faith
and
confidence
in
God
,
is
more
acceptable
to
Him
than
sheafs
and
loads
arising
from
Fear
of
wrath
.
Paul
(
for
fear
of
hell
)
had
given
his
body
to
be
burned
,
it
had
been
Nothing
:
But
,
Faith
and
love
render
small
things
of
value
with
God
;
(
the
Widow's
Mite
,
and
a
Cup
of
cold
water
.
)
And
't
is
worthy
of
Remarque
,
That
when
the
fruits
of
the
Spirit
are
reckoned
up
,
perfect
love
casts
out
fear
.
5.
If
Fear
were
such
an
Effectual
Curb
to
sin
,
or
help
to
Perseverance
,
There
would
not
be
so
many
Promises
of
Delivering
God's
people
from
their
fears
:
Nor
could
they
so
Affectionately
bless
God
for
their
being
delivered
:
Nor
so
Resolutely
set
themselves
against
it
:
Neither
would
there
be
so
many
Commands
and
Injunctions
laid
upon
them
,
Not
to
be
Afraid
.
1.
Commands
and
Injunctions
against
Fear
:
Jer.
46.
27
,
Fear
not
thou
,
O
my
servant
Jacob
,
—
for
I
will
save
thee
:
and
agen
,
ver.
28
,
Fear
thou
not
,
—
I
will
correct
thee
in
measure
:
i.
e.
Meetly
,
and
proportionably
,
according
to
the
scope
of
my
Covenant
,
which
is
to
save
thee
.
The
Lord
would
not
have
His
People
to
think
themselves
in
danger
of
being
Cashier'd
,
when
they
are
Chastened
;
which
seems
the
Import
of
that
in
Isa.
41.
9.
I
have
chosen
thee
,
and
not
Cast
thee
away
;
Fear
thou
not
,
ver.
10.
So
,
Heb.
10.
35
,
Cast
not
away
your
Confidence
:
Joh.
14.
27
,
Let
not
your
heart
be
troubled
,
neither
let
it
be
afraid
:
and
Luke
12.
32.
Fear
not
litle
Flock
;
It
is
your
Father's
good
pleasure
to
give
you
the
kingdom
.
Innumerable
are
the
Injunctions
laid
upon
God's
people
against
Fear
:
Isa.
35.
4.
chap.
43.
5.
ch.
41.
13.
&
14.
chap.
44.
2.
Jer.
30.
10.
Dan.
10.
19.
Joel
2.
21.
Zeph.
3.
16.
Hag.
2.
5.
Zach.
8.
13
&
15.
Math.
10.
28.
Act.
27.
24.
Rev.
1.
17
,
&c.
Therefore
freedom
from
this
Fear
,
is
no
impediment
to
Perseverance
.
2
Promises
of
delivering
from
Fears
.
The
promise
is
not
made
to
Fear
and
fainting
,
but
to
Faith
and
Confidence
;
Ps.
27.
14
,
Be
of
good
courage
,
and
He
shall
strengthen
thy
heart
.
If
it
had
bin
the
mind
of
Christ
,
that
Believers
should
still
be
under
this
Fear
;
He
would
not
have
told
them
,
and
that
by
the
Mighty
power
of
God
.
The
Result
of
all
which
,
is
,
That
having
these
Promises
,
we
should
cleanse
our selves
from
all
filthiness
of
flesh
and
spirit
;
To
serve
Whom
without
fear
,
was
a
main
End
of
Christ's
Redemption
.
3
Examples
of
Christian
Resolution
,
Not
to
fear
.
Psal.
23.
4
,
yea
,
though
I
walk
through
the
valley
of
the
shadow
of
death
,
I
will
fear
none
evil
.
Ps.
27.
3
,
Tho'
an
host
encamp
against
me
,
my
heart
shall
not
fear
.
Isa.
50.
7
,
Therefore
(
that
is
,
Because
the
Lord
God
had
promised
to
help
him
;
Therefore
)
have
I
set
my
face
as
a
flint
,
and
I
know
that
I
shall
not
be
confounded
.
Ps.
46.
2
,
We
will
not
fear
,
tho'
the
Earth
be
Removed
.
Ps.
56.
4
,
I
will
not
fear
what
flesh
can
do
unto
me
.
and
Ps.
49.
5.
Wherefore
should
I
fear
in
the
dayes
of
evill
,
when
the
iniquity
of
my
heels
shall
compass
me
about
?
These
,
if
any
thing
,
should
have
put
him
in
fear
;
but
his
Faith
resolves
against
it
;
according
to
Isa.
12.
2
,
I
will
trust
,
and
not
be
afraid
.
i.
e.
He
would
not
willingly
admit
the
least
mixture
of
fear
with
his
Faith
;
and
good
Reason
for
it
,
since
the
joy
of
the
Lord
was
his
strength
.
4.
Instances
of
Thankfulness
for
deliverance
from
fears
.
Psal.
34.
3.
O
Magnifie
the
Lord
with
me
,
and
let
us
exalt
His
Name
together
.
(
But
,
what
's
the
occasion
of
this
joyfull
triumph
?
)
I
sought
the
Lord
and
He
heard
me
,
and
[
Delivered
me
from
all
my
fears
]
v.
4.
Psal.
27.
6.
Therefore
will
I
offer
in
His
Tabernacle
Sacrifices
of
Joy
;
And
the
Reason
of
it
was
,
That
God
would
hide
him
in
His
own
Pavillion
,
v.
5.
That
is
,
He
would
secure
him
from
danger
,
and
set
him
up
above
His
Fears
:
Which
surely
,
he
could
not
,
with
any
good
Reason
,
have
Rejoyced
in
;
Nor
have
prayed
,
that
God
would
Restore
to
him
the
joyes
of
His
Salvation
;
if
the
Dread
of
Eternal
fire
,
had
been
so
good
a
friend
to
Perseverance
.
Scriptures
to
this
purpose
might
be
multiplied
:
But
these
(
I
hope
)
may
have
left
the
Objection
without
footing
.
But
,
besides
our
Scripture-proof
,
It
is
evident
in
Experience
;
That
nothing
so
Elevates
the
Spirit
and
Courage
of
a
Man
in
great
undertakings
,
as
assurance
of
Success
:
But
,
whiles
he
is
wavering
,
and
doubtfull
How
he
shall
speed
,
especially
whiles
he
meditates
Terrours
,
and
of
them
the
Dreadfullest
;
his
hands
are
enfeebled
,
Nor
he
has
not
his
Wits
about
him
:
That
which
tends
(
in
truth
)
to
make
a
Man
Steadfast
,
Vnmoveable
,
and
alwaies
to
abound
in
the
work
of
the
Lord
;
is
not
the
fear
of
Miscarrying
,
and
losing
all
at
last
;
but
,
Faith
and
a
certain
knowledge
,
that
his
labour
shall
not
be
in
vain
in
the
Lord
,
1.
Cor.
15.
58.
If
a
Man
once
believing
cannot
lose
his
faith
,
Why
is
it
said
,
Let
him
that
standeth
,
take
heed
lest
he
fall
?
and
Look
to
your selves
,
that
we
lose
not
the
things
we
have
wrought
?
If
no
possibility
of
losing
,
what
need
such
Cautions
,
and
so
great
Circumspection
?
The
Maker
of
this
Objection
hath
elswhere
granted
,
that
the
possession
of
Canaan
was
sure
to
Abraham's
seed
,
so
as
all
their
unworthiness
could
not
deprive
them
of
it
:
And
yet
we
find
,
their
Induction
and
actual
Possession
,
yoked
(
afterwards
)
with
as
many
Conditions
,
Cautions
,
and
limitations
;
as
the
Promise
of
Salvation
to
Believers
,
any
where
is
;
and
yet
,
Nevertheless
Certain
.
But
,
for
more
particular
answer
,
1.
It
is
evident
,
That
a
Righteous
Man
may
fall
;
and
as
evident
it
is
,
That
he
cannot
fall
finally
:
For
,
tho'
he
falls
Seaven
times
in
a
day
,
as
often
does
he
Rise
agen
,
Pro.
24.
26.
And
this
,
because
the
Lord
upholdeth
him
with
His
hand
,
Psal.
37.
24.
And
Psal.
145.
The
Lord
upholdeth
all
that
fall
:
Either
He
stayes
them
when
they
are
falling
;
Or
,
He
so
Orders
and
limits
the
matter
,
that
they
fall
not
into
mischief
,
2.
There
are
Considerations
enough
and
of
great
weight
,
Why
Believers
should
take
heed
of
Falling
,
without
supposing
a
Total
loss
of
their
Faith
;
(
The
breaking
of
a
Man's
bones
,
is
ground
sufficient
for
such
a
Caution
,
altho'
he
be
sure
that
his
Neck
shall
be
safe
:
)
The
dishonour
done
to
his
Father
;
The
shame
that
is
put
upon
Christ
;
Grieving
the
Comforter
;
Scandalizing
the
good
ways
of
God
;
stumbling
the
Weak
;
Strengthening
the
Wicked
;
The
unfitting
of
him
for
his
duty
;
Interrupting
his
Peace
and
Communion
with
God
;
&c.
Every
of
which
will
weigh
deep
,
with
a
soul
that
is
born
of
God
.
3.
The
Lord
brings-about
His
Purposes
(
for
most
part
)
by
Means
;
Of
which
,
Cautions
are
a
part
;
and
by
which
(
as
a
Means
)
He
keeps-off
the
evill
Caution'd-against
.
In
the
1
John
.
2.
28.
the
Apostle
exhorts
them
to
abide
in
Christ
:
(
whom
certain
Professors
had
relinquished
,
v.
19.
)
And
,
as
purposely
intending
to
obviate
this
objection
,
he
tells
them
,
That
they
shall
abide
in
him
,
v.
27.
Whereby
he
strengthens
them
to
their
duty
.
For
the
other
place
objected
,
(
viz.
Look
to
your selves
that
we
lose
not
the
things
we
have
wrought
;
)
It
is
one
thing
to
lose
(
for
a
time
)
the
Sense
and
Comfort
of
Our
state
;
as
David
,
Heman
,
and
Others
,
did
;
and
another
thing
to
lose
the
state
it self
;
which
a
Believer
shall
never
do
,
as
is
shewn
afore
.
Of
much
like
Import
is
that
in
2
Pet.
1.
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
9.
verses
,
where
he
exhorts
them
,
To
give
all
diligence
,
to
add
one
Grace
to
another
:
And
,
to
help
them
in
their
work
,
he
tells
them
,
1.
What
advantages
they
shall
have
by
their
So-doing
;
They
shall
not
be
unfruitfull
in
the
knowledge
of
Jesus
Christ
;
i.
e.
It
shall
evidence
to
them
that
the
knowledge
ledge
they
have
,
is
a
real
knowledge
;
which
cannot
be
known
from
that
which
is
formal
only
,
but
by
such
an
effect
.
That
also
by
this
Means
it
shall
be
increased
;
The
using
of
things
well
,
and
to
their
proper
End
,
being
the
readiest
way
to
their
Improvement
,
according
to
john
7.
17.
He
that
will
do
my
Will
,
shall
know
of
my
Doctrine
.
2.
He
then
sets
afore
them
,
the
loss
they
shall
have
,
in
case
they
neglect
this
great
Duty
of
Adding
Grace
to
Grace
:
They
will
become
blind
;
that
is
,
Unable
to
see
afarr
off
;
And
forget
,
That
they
were
purged
from
their
old
sins
;
that
is
,
Their
Remisness
in
this
duty
will
bring
obscurity
upon
their
Evidences
;
That
which
was
cleer
to
them
afore
,
will
Now
become
Clouded
,
and
be
as
if
it
were
not
;
It
may
seem
to
them
,
That
they
are
short
of
that
Rest
,
if
they
do
these
things
,
they
shall
never
fall
;
i.
e.
They
shall
not
fall
from
their
stedfastness
,
Nor
lose
that
cleer
sight
and
assurance
which
now
they
have
,
touching
their
good
estate
,
viz.
as
being
partakers
of
the
Divine
Nature
,
and
Purged
from
their
old
Sins
;
Which
those
Neglects
might
put
out
of
their
sight
;
and
so
,
lose
them
the
sense
and
comfort
of
what
they
had
wrought
.
We
read
in
John
6.
60.
That
many
of
Christ's
disciples
forsook
him
:
In
Timothy
,
Of
some
,
who
as
concerning
the
Faith
,
had
made
Shipwreck
:
And
of
Simon
Magus
,
who
once
believed
,
and
was
afterwards
found
in
the
bond
of
Iniquity
?
The
Objection
has
an
intire
Answer
made-ready
to
its
hand
,
They
went
out
from
us
,
because
they
were
not
of
us
;
For
,
if
they
had
been
of
us
,
they
would
[
no
doubt
]
have
continued
with
us
.
Seeming
Faith
may
really
be
lost
,
as
theirs
was
;
And
Real
Faith
may
Seemingly
be
lost
,
as
was
the
Apostles
,
Luke
24.
21.
Heb.
4.
1.
Seeming
Faith
is
really
lost
,
Seeming
;
Real
Faith
cannot
be
lost
,
because
it
is
Real
.
Yet
,
we
shall
find
,
That
that
which
is
but
seeming
,
is
frequently
call'd
by
the
name
of
that
it
seems
to
be
;
As
in
Matth.
13.
12.
It
is
said
,
That
which
he
[
hath
;
]
In
Luke
8.
18
,
(
speaking
of
the
same
thing
)
it
is
rendred
,
That
which
he
[
Seemeth
]
to
have
:
So
those
who
forsook
Christ
;
they
were
disciples
but
in
shew
;
They
never
believed
in
truth
;
as
appeares
by
the
64
verse
of
the
6.
John
,
Jesus
knew
from
the
beginning
who
they
were
that
believed
not
:
And
this
(
viz.
because
it
was
but
a
seeming
faith
they
had
)
He
gives
as
the
Reason
of
their
Now-forsaking
Him
.
As
for
Simon
Magus
the
Answer
is
as
cleer
concerning
him
;
where
let
us
consider
,
1.
That
a
Man
may
be
said
to
believe
,
and
yet
not
be
a
Believer
;
As
a
Right●ous
Man
To
Sin
,
and
yet
not
be
a
Sinner
.
To
be
a
Believer
,
is
to
be
thorow-paced
in
faith
;
To
believe
all
that
is
to
be
believed
;
and
to
have
the
heart
united
to
it
:
Thus
Simon
believed
not
;
and
if
he
had
,
he
could
not
have
thought
the
Holy
Ghost
vendible
for
Money
.
2.
His
faith
seems
to
be
onely
such
a
belief
concerning
Philip
,
as
the
Samaritans
sometimes
had
concerning
Simon
;
viz.
the
great
power
of
God
.
For
,
finding
himself
over-matcht
by
Philip
,
who
cast-out
the
Spirits
which
he
(
perhaps
)
had
possessed
them
with
;
he
could
not
,
now
,
but
give
the
precedency
to
Philip
,
as
having
a
greater
power
than
himself
:
and
therefore
,
he
continued
with
Philip
,
wondring
at
what
he
did
;
v.
13.
3.
Simon
's
believing
might
be
only
an
outward
professional
faith
,
taken-up
for
by-respects
;
(
which
may
well
be
supposed
)
to
preserve
his
interest
and
repute
among
the
people
,
who
now
began
to
fall
from
him
,
and
to
follow
Philip
;
whose
disciple
he
himself
will
profess
to
be
,
rather
than
be
quite
cashier'd
.
Besides
,
this
profession
of
his
,
might
(
in
his
conceit
)
be
a
step
towards
his
purchasing
the
gift
of
the
Holy
Ghost
;
which
if
he
could
obtain
,
he
had
then
been
agen
in
as
good
a
Condition
,
for
reputation
and
profit
,
as
before
.
If
any
would
say
,
We
read
not
of
this
distinction
of
faith
,
into
true
and
false
.
I
answer
.
The
Scripture
frequently
speaks
of
persons
and
things
,
according
to
Vulgar
Esteem
;
or
what
they
profess●d
themselves
to
be
;
Sacrifice
to
the
Gods
of
Damascus
that
smote
him
:
and
yet
neither
were
they
Gods
,
nor
did
they
smite
him
:
but
it
's
spoke
according
to
his
own
superstitious
opinion
of
them
.
So
,
those
400
Men
who
prophecied
afore
Ahab
,
so
indeed
,
but
because
they
So
professed
themselves
;
or
because
So
reputed
by
Ahab
and
the
people
.
A
prophet
is
one
that
is
inspired
by
the
Holy
Ghost
;
which
those
Men
were
not
,
but
by
a
lying
spirit
.
Now
,
Simon
Magus
was
no
more
a
true
Believer
,
Pers●verance
to
salvation
is
to
demonstrate
the
truth
of
faith
;
and
where-ever
this
follows
not
,
there
faith
was
but
pretended
;
They
profess
to
know
God
,
but
in
deeds
do
deny
Him
,
As
of
those
Samaritans
before
mentioned
,
It
is
said
,
They
feared
the
Lord
;
and
presently
after
,
that
They
feared
[
not
]
the
Lord
;
They
feared
him
in
shew
,
but
not
in
truth
.
4.
The
Foundation
of
God
standeth
sure
;
having
this
seal
,
The
Lord
knoweth
them
that
are
His
:
Sureness
of
their
standing
;
when
others
,
of
as
glorious
out-sides
,
make
Shipwreck
of
the
faith
:
It
stands
sure
,
because
the
Lord
knoweth
them
that
are
His
:
He
knows
whom
He
hath
Chosen
;
For
whom
He
hath
received
the
Attonement
;
whom
He
hath
Called
,
and
caused
to
take
hold
of
His
Covenant
;
And
these
shall
surely
be
kept
,
Notwithstanding
the
wofull
backslidings
of
others
.
If
one
that
believes
not
Now
,
may
have
faith
hereafter
;
Then
,
one
that
is
Now
a
Believer
,
may
lose
his
faith
,
and
turn
Apostate
?
It
followes
not
,
That
,
because
Christ
can
bind
Satan
,
and
cast
him
out
;
therefore
Satan
can
do
so
by
Christ
.
He
can
come
into
the
Devil's
Nursery
,
when
He
will
;
Take
a
Crab-stock
and
transplant
it
,
and
Graff
it
with
a
Noble
Cyons
:
But
Satan
cannot
come
into
God's
Vinyard
,
(
which
is
a
Garden
enclosed
)
and
take
thence
What
him
pleaseth
.
One
who
is
now
dead
in
sin
,
may
be
quickened
;
but
,
being
once
alive
,
can
dye
no
more
:
It
is
Christ's
own
Assertion
,
He
that
liveth
,
and
believeth
in
Me
,
shall
never
dye
:
Which
cannot
be
meant
of
any
other
but
a
spiritual
death
;
which
is
all
one
with
losing
his
faith
.
A
Righteous
Man
may
turn
away
from
his
Righteousness
;
and
that
so
,
that
he
shall
dye
for
it
;
Ezek.
18.
24.
There
is
a
twofold
Righteousness
,
1.
Moral
;
Such
as
Paul
had
before
his
Conversion
;
This
a
Man
may
continuein
to
the
last
,
and
yet
not
be
Saved
:
2.
There
is
a
Gospel
Righteousness
;
(1)
Imputed
;
This
is
the
Righteousness
of
Christ
,
by
which
we
are
Justified
:
(2)
Infused
,
This
is
the
Divine
Nature
communicated
by
the
Spirit
of
Chri●t
,
whereby
we
are
Sanctified
:
These
two
go
inseparably
,
and
can
never
be
lost
.
But
,
The
Righteousness
spoken
of
in
the
place
objected
,
seems
to
be
of
the
former
Sort
,
viz.
Moral
or
Outward
Righteousness
;
For
,
Outward
Conformity
to
the
Law
,
was
the
Condition
of
their
possessing
the
land
of
Canaan
,
with
long
life
and
prosperity
in
it
.
This
(
if
they
retain'd
it
)
gave
them
a
legal
Right
to
those
Promises
:
If
they
turn'd
from
it
,
they
ran
into
a
forfeiture
:
And
lose
it
they
might
,
for
they
had
no
promise
That
they
should
abide
in
it
.
But
,
the
New
Covenant
undertakes
for
That
,
as
is
evident
by
comparing
Jer.
31.
31-33
.
with
chap.
32.
40.
But
if
any
will
yet
suppose
,
The
Righteous
Man
spoken
of
in
that
18.
of
Ezek.
to
be
meant
of
a
true
Believer
;
there
is
(
I
hope
)
in
the
Answers
foregoing
,
to
Solve
it
.
If
any
should
alledg
:
-
But
suppose
a
Believer
be
taken
away
in
his
Sin
,
(
as
perhaps
,
Josiah
was
)
and
hath
not
time
to
Repent
of
it
?
I
Answer
,
1.
It
cannot
be
proved
that
this
was
the
case
with
Josiah
:
He
(
probably
)
had
time
sufficient
between
his
Wounding
and
his
Death
:
For
,
he
was
carried
from
Megiddo
to
Jerusalem
,
before
he
dyed
:
But
2.
There
was
That
in
him
that
would
have
Repented
;
and
God
reckons
of
a
Man
according
to
what
he
would
Do
:
It
being
in
David's
heart
to
build
him
an
House
,
it
was
accepted
as
if
he
had
done
it
.
The
Root
of
the
matter
is
in
every
Regenerate
person
,
which
if
it
had
time
,
would
put-forth
it self
in
fruits
:
and
therfore
They
shall
not
be
dealt
with
as
barren
trees
,
which
have
not
that
substance
in
them
.
The
Promise
of
Perseverance
,
is
not
made
to
Faith
,
that
That
shall
not
fail
;
but
in
reference
to
the
favour
of
God
,
viz.
That
if
Men
go-on
to
Believe
,
they
shall
abide
in
his
love
?
Thus
to
give
the
sense
of
the
Promise
,
is
1.
To
enervate
it
,
to
make
it
speak
but
according
to
the
Covenant
of
works
:
It
bereaves
it
wholly
of
that
B●tternes
the
Scripture
ascribes
to
it
,
in
Heb.
8.
6.
2
,
It
renders
the
Promise
as
speaking
fallaciously
;
as
making
shew
of
That
it
intends
not
:
It
would
be
but
as
if
he
had
said
,
You
shall
keep
the
favour
of
God
,
if
you
do
not
lose
it
.
3.
Faith
is
the
Soul
's
Coming
to
God
;
Unbelief
,
its
departing
from
Him
:
The
Promise
(
therefore
)
that
secures
against
departing
from
God
,
secures
your
Continuance
in
Believing
:
He
that
undertakes
you
shall
be
Crown'd
,
doth
virtually
undertake
for
your
holding-out
to
the
end
of
your
Race
.
Others
agen
,
dispose
Otherwise
of
those
Promises
,
recorded
in
the
36
of
Ezek.
and
32
of
Jeremy
,
touching
Men's
notdeparting
from
God
;
Restraining
them
to
the
Jewish
Nation
,
and
to
the
last
Dayes
.
To
this
,
may
readily
be
answered
,
1.
That
the
Time
which
then
was
,
when
the
Apostles
wrote
,
is
called
The
last
time
,
1
John
.
2.
18.
Acts
2.
17.
2.
Albeit
that
some
particular
times
and
persons
are
more
peculiarly
concerned
in
the
Promises
of
the
old
Testament
,
especially
such
as
refer
to
temporal
things
;
yet
is
there
no
one
Promise
,
but
,
in
the
spirituality
of
it
,
belongs
to
Every
one
that
belongs
to
Christ
,
(
that
is
,
Jews
in
spirit
:
)
No
Scripture
is
of
private
Interpretation
;
and
therefore
Not
to
be
Confin'd
to
those
particular
times
or
persons
,
when
and
to
whom
they
were
delivered
;
They
were
written
for
the
use
of
All
;
1
Cor.
10.
11.
And
3.
We
find
them
accordingly
apply'd
in
the
New
Testament
;
The
Promise
made
to
Joshua
touching
the
success
of
his
Warfare
in
Canaan
,
This
Doctrine
of
Absolute
Perseverance
,
lays
the
Reigns
of
Security
on
the
Neck
of
the
flesh
,
and
of
the
old
man
in
believers
?
1.
This
Objection
is
(
in
effect
)
the
same
with
the
first
;
Only
it
speaks
broader
;
which
shews
,
That
the
farther
Men
go
in
opposing
the
Truth
,
the
worse
language
they
give
it
.
That
Many
who
disbelieve
the
Doctrine
of
Perseverance
,
have
given
the
Flesh
its
full
Range
and
liberty
,
—
Needs
no
proof
:
But
,
That
any
Believer
hath
made
that
impious
improvement
of
it
,
will
never
be
made-out
.
2.
The
Objection
deserves
no
Quarter
;
because
it
highly
Reproaches
the
Goodness
and
Faithfulness
of
God
;
as
if
,
for
a
Fish
,
He
had
g●ven
His
People
a
Scorpion
;
For
so
it
would
be
,
If
His
Giving
them
Absolute
Promises
,
should
prove
an
Indulgence
to
the
flesh
.
3.
It
also
Contradicts
the
known
and
constant
way
of
holy
Men's
Arguing
and
Inferring
from
Absolute
Promises
,
and
the
highest
Assurance
:
See
a
few
Instances
of
this
;
Col.
3.
4
,
When
Christ
our
life
shall
appear
,
then
shall
ye
also
appear
with
him
in
Glory
:
The
Result
of
it
is
,
Mortifie
therefore
your
Members
which
are
upon
the
Earth
.
1
Ioh.
3.
2
;
[
We
know
]
That
when
He
shall
appear
,
We
shall
be
like
Him
:
And
what
is
the
fruit
of
this
knowledge
?
Every
Man
that
hath
this
hope
in
him
,
purifieth
himself
even
as
He
is
pure
.
The
like
ye
have
in
2
Cor.
5.
1
,
For
,
we
[
know
]
that
if
our
earthly
house
of
this
tabernacle
were
dissolved
,
we
have
a
building
of
God
,
an
house
not
made
with
hands
,
Eternal
in
the
Heavens
:
and
what
the
effect
of
this
great
Knowledg
was
,
ye
have
in
the
9.
v.
Wherefore
We
labour
,
That
whether
present
or
absent
,
we
may
be
accepted
of
Him
.
In
2
Cor.
6.
18.
is
repeated
the
Sum
of
the
New
Covenant
;
I
will
be
a
Father
unto
you
,
and
ye
shall
be
my
Sons
and
Daughters
,
saith
the
Lord
Almighty
:
See
now
the
use
he
makes
of
it
;
(
And
all
Believers
have
the
same
Mind
:
)
Having
therefore
these
Promises
,
let
us
cleanse
our selves
from
all
filthyness
of
flesh
and
spirit
,
perfecting
holyness
in
the
fear
of
God
.
Job
knew
,
That
his
Redeemer
lived
,
and
that
he
should
live
with
him
;
and
yet
,
as
to
holiness
and
integrity
,
Not
a
man
like
him
in
all
the
Earth
.
And
that
holy
Man
Asaph
was
fully
assured
of
Persevering
infallibly
,
Psal.
73.
24
,
Thou
shalt
guide
me
by
thy
Counsel
,
and
afterward
Receive
me
to
Glory
.
This
did
not
loosen
the
Reigns
,
but
made
him
cleave
closer
to
God
,
Renouncing
all
but
Him
and
His
service
;
Whom
have
I
in
Heaven
but
thee
?
v.
25
:
And
,
It
is
good
for
Me
to
draw
nigh
to
God
,
v.
28.
The
like
frame
of
Spirit
we
find
in
David
,
Psal.
23
,
[
Surely
,
]
Goodness
and
Mercy
shall
follow
me
all
the
dayes
of
my
life
;
His
Result
also
,
is
,
I
will
dwell
in
the
house
of
God
for
ever
.
And
,
that
these
were
not
temporary
fits
and
flashes
,
but
from
a
stled
Principle
;
is
further
apparent
by
his
manner
of
Reasoning
,
in
Psal.
27.
5
,
6
,
In
time
of
trouble
He
shall
hide
me
in
His
pavillion
:
(
no
safer
place
on
Earth
,
nor
in
Heaven
:
)
and
now
shall
my
head
be
lifted
up
above
mine
Enemies
round
about
me
.
What
follows
upon
this
Mounted
Assurance
?
Soul
,
take
thy
ease
,
eat
,
drink
,
and
be
merry
?
O
No!
But
,
[
Therefore
]
will
I
offer
Sacrifices
of
Joy
;
I
will
sing
,
yea
,
I
will
sing
praises
unto
the
Lord
!
He
was
now
upon
his
high-places
,
out
of
the
Reach
of
danger
;
but
did
not
grow
Remiss
upon
it
,
Restrain
Prayer
,
and
give-over
Calling
upon
God
;
but
falls
the
more
servently
upon
that
which
shall
be
the
Upshot
of
all
in
Heaven
:
He
would
rather
have
been
Remiss
without
this
Assurance
,
as
himself
confesseth
at
the
13.
verse
,
I
had
fainted
,
unless
I
had
believed
to
see
the
Goodness
of
the
Lord
in
the
land
of
the
living
.
Paul
s
assurance
of
obtaining
what
he
ran-for
,
was
a
Mighty
strengthening
to
him
in
his
Race
:
Who
so
Crucified
to
the
World
as
Paul
?
so
abundant
in
all
kind
of
service
,
or
more
ready
to
dye
for
Christ
,
than
he
?
Who
yet
had
the
fullest
Assurance
of
holding-out
,
and
of
Receiving
the
Crown
of
Righteousness
at
last
;
And
,
that
Nothing
should
separate
him
from
it
.
By
these
ye
may
gather
,
That
Believers
are
of
a
Nobler
Extract
,
than
to
love
God
the
less
,
because
He
loves
them
so
Much
;
and
that
't
is
no
trivial
Slaunder
to
Insinuate
,
That
Believers
,
(
especially
,
such
as
have
Assurance
,
)
are
most
exposed
and
given
to
backsliding
:
Which
is
(
sure
)
an
Unnatural
consequent
of
their
being
Sealed
to
the
day
of
Redemption
.
Such
objections
do
also
argue
the
Authors
of
them
Not
well-acquainted
with
the
good
ways
of
God
;
Nor
with
that
spiritual
obligeing
sweetness
that
is
found
in
them
;
Which
any
One
who
hath
tasted
thereof
in
truth
,
would
not
Turn-from
,
altho
his
future
happiness
were
not
concern'd
in
it
.
Nor
do
they
Consider
the
frame
and
nature
of
the
New
Creature
;
which
hath
spiritual
senses
,
fitted
to
discern
what
makes
for
its
own
preservation
,
and
what
makes
against
it
.
Had
you
Fifteen
years
added
to
your
life
,
and
a
Certainty
of
it
;
Would
you
therfore
forsake
your
food
,
and
disuse
the
ordinary
means
of
preserving
life
?
The
Jews
had
an
Absolute
Promise
,
That
God
would
save
Jerusalem
from
the
King
of
Assyria
,
(
who
then
besieged
it
;
)
Did
they
setope
their
Gates
,
and
draw
off
their
Guards
upon
it
?
Sense
and
Reason
would
teach
them
Otherwise
;
Which
Grace
does
not
destroy
,
but
perfect
.
It
is
a
sparkle
of
that
Heavenly
fire
,
which
cannot
live
out
of
its
Element
;
nor
can
all
the
Waters
under
Heaven
,
quench
it
.
It
is
a
part
of
the
Divine
Nature
,
and
so
loves
and
hates
,
as
the
Father
of
it
doth
;
and
It
will
cleave
to
Him
in
every
State
:
If
He
save
me
Alive
,
I
'l
Serve
Him
;
If
He
kill
me
,
I
'l
yet
trust
in
him
;
In
life
and
in
death
,
I
will
be
the
Lord's
.
This
is
the
natural
disposition
of
the
New
Creature
;
It
favours
only
the
things
which
are
of
God
:
And
the
higher-tasted
They
are
by
Assurance
,
the
more
is
he
Aloft
,
and
above
the
lure
of
carnal
Divertisements
;
Not
to
be
Reigned
or
led
by
them
.
Therefore
,
Let
God
be
true
,
and
His
Prophets
and
Apostles
be
reckoned
for
faithfull
Witnesses
;
And
every
one
that
speaks
Otherwise
,
a
lyar
.
The
next
thing
,
in
course
,
is
To
consider
What
improvment
may
be
made
of
this
Doctrine
:
Which
,
one
would
surely
conclude
,
of
very
great
usefulness
,
since
the
Scriptures
are
so
greatly
concern'd
about
it
.
In
the
General
,
it
affords
Matter
of
eminent
Support
to
Believers
;
especially
in
difficult
Cases
:
It
also
evinceth
Matter
of
Duty
,
on
the
Believers
part
:
And
from
the
Examples
forequoted
,
somthing
of
Direction
in
reference
to
both
:
Which
I
shall
here
put
intermixedly
together
.
First
,
What
hath
God
wrought
!
Let
your
Souls
be
filled
and
inlarged
with
everlasting
admirings
of
that
Grace
(
that
Sovereign
Grace
)
which
has
thus
impregnably
secur'd
the
Salvation
of
His
Chosen
;
That
no
Manner
of
thing
,
whether
with
in
them
or
without
them
,
shall
be
able
to
hinder
them
of
it
:
Even
the
Gates
of
hell
shall
not
prevail
against
it
:
No
,
Not
so
much
as
one
of
the
stakes
thereof
shall
be
Removed
,
and
that
for
ever
.
Shaken
you
may
be
,
and
tossed
with
tempest
;
but
never
Over-turn'd
because
ye
have
an
Eternal
Root
.
Electing
love
is
of
that
Sovereignty
,
That
it
Rules
and
Over-rules
all
in
Heaven
and
Earth
Christ
Jesus
our
Saviour
and
Lord
;
The
Holy
Ghost
our
Sanctifier
Councellor
and
Comforter
,
in
all
that
they
have
done
,
do
,
or
will
do
,
do
still
pursue
that
scope
:
All
Ordinances
,
Providences
,
Temptations
,
Afflictions
,
and
whatever
can
be
Named
,
(
be
it
good
,
or
be
it
bad
,
in
it self
)
Life
,
death
,
things
present
,
and
things
to
come
,
are
all
made
Subservient
to
the
Decree
of
Election
;
And
do
all
Work-together
,
To
compass
and
bring-about
its
Most
glorious
designment
.
If
the
Course
and
Conduct
of
Common
Providences
were
truly
lined-out
;
It
would
yield
an
illustrious
Prospect
:
How
much
more
the
Conduct
,
Order
,
and
End
,
of
those
special
Providences
,
which
are
proper
to
,
and
conversant
about
,
Election
!
When
all
the
peeces
therof
shall
be
brought-together
and
set-in-order
,
how
beautifull
will
it
be
!
Angels
and
Men
shall
shout
for
the
Glory
of
it
!
Then
't
will
be
evident
,
God
has
done
nothing
in
vain
,
or
impertinent
to
your
blessedness
:
That
what
ever
hath
befallen
you
here
(
however
contr●ry
to
your
present
sense
and
opinion
of
it
)
was
d●spensed
in
very
faithfu●ness
to
you
.
That
if
any
of
those
manifold
(
and
seemingly
Cross
)
Occurrences
,
you
have
been
exercised-with
,
had
been
omitted
;
it
would
have
been
a
Blank
in
your
story
,
a
blot
in
your
Scutcheon
of
honour
.
When
you
shall
see
,
What
Contrivances
have
been
against
you
;
what
Art
,
Subtilty
,
Malice
,
and
Power
,
they
were
agitated-with
;
How
unable
you
were
to
Fore
see
,
prevent
,
avoid
,
or
repell
them
;
And
how
all
the
Attributes
of
God
and
His
Providences
,
each
one
in
its
time
and
place
,
(
which
was
always
most
seasonable
,
)
came-in
to
your
Rescue
;
Retorting
on
your
adversaries
,
and
safeguarding
you
;
yea
,
how
that
which
was
death
in
it self
,
was
made
to
work
life
in
you
;
How
amiable
and
admirable
will
the
story
of
it
be
!
That
when
your
faith
was
weak
,
the
Lord
did
not
withdraw
from
you
;
That
when
it
was
at
its
height
and
strength
,
He
then
did
for
you
above
all
you
could
believe
or
think
;
and
through
an
unspeakable
Preass
of
Difficulties
and
Contradictions
,
He
carried-on
his
work
in
you
;
even
bearing
you
on
Eagle's
Wings
,
until
He
had
brought
you
to
Himself
;
How
will
you
Magnifie
His
work
,
and
Admire
it
then
!
Begin
it
Now.
Secondly
,
Believers
Invincible
Perseverance
;
the
Rise
,
Progress
,
and
Tendency
of
it
;
and
what
advantages
it
yields
us
;
which
(
indeed
)
are
many
and
very
considerable
.
1.
As
it
is
a
part
of
the
Doctrine
of
Election
;
which
teacheth
That
Nothing
in
us
,
but
Grace
and
love
in
God
,
was
the
only
Original
Cause
of
our
Salvation
:
The
knowledge
whereof
will
work
in
the
Soul
,
an
holy
Ingenuity
and
love
towards
God
,
whom
nothing
offends
but
Sin
.
Simon
answered
right
,
He
that
had
most
forgiven
him
,
would
love
most
:
Whence
it
follows
,
That
he
who
believes
the
Free
Remission
of
all
his
sins
from
first
to
last
;
must
needs
love
God
more
than
One
who
believes
only
the
pardon
of
those
that
are
past
,
and
that
so
,
as
that
they
may
all
be
charged
upon
him
agen
:
Or
if
not
,
That
yet
he
may
possibly
perish
for
those
to-come
;
perhaps
in
the
last
Moment
of
his
life
;
For
,
he
is
not
sure
(
Nay
,
't
is
very
doubtfull
,
if
dependent
on
his
own
natural
will
)
That
Faith
or
Repentance
shall
be
his
last
Act.
Now
,
This
Grace
of
Love
being
the
strongest
and
most
operative
Principle
;
he
that
is
led
by
it
must
act
accordingly
;
that
is
,
How
can
I
doe
this
,
and
sin
against
God
,
who
hath
dealt
,
and
will
deal
,
so
bountifully
with
me
!
2.
As
it
teacheth
the
soul
to
Depend
upon
God
for
its
keeping
,
as
having
His
Almighty
Power
absolutely
engaged
for
it
:
Whereas
,
if
the
efficacy
and
event
of
all
that
God
doth
for
Me
,
should
depend
upon
something
to
be
done
by
Me
,
who
am
a
frail
Creature
,
and
prone
to
Revolt
;
I
should
still
be
in
fear
,
because
still
in
danger
of
Falling
,
and
losing
all
at
last
:
And
this
Fear
,
being
an
enfeebling
passion
,
must
needs
render
my
Resistance
and
all
my
endeavours
,
both
irregular
and
weak
:
Whereas
a
Magnanimous
and
fearless
spirit
,
who
sees
himself
Clothed
with
a
Divine
Power
,
shall
have
his
Wits
(
as
we
say
)
more
about
him
;
to
discern
Dangers
and
Advantages
;
and
consequently
,
how
to
eschew
the
one
,
and
improve
the
other
.
3.
As
it
gives
assurance
,
Our
labour
shall
not
be
in
vain
:
This
made
those
believing
Hebrews
to
endure
that
great
fight
of
afflictions
,
and
to
take
joyfully
the
spoiling
of
their
Goods
;
they
[
knew
]
they
had
:
in
Heaven
a
better
and
more-enduring
substance
.
All
manner
of
Accomplishments
put-into-one
,
and
made
your
own
;
would
not
so
invincibly
Steel
your
foreheads
,
and
strengthen
your
hearts
,
as
,
To
be
Sure
of
Success
,
and
to
come
off
Conquerour
:
The
Apostle
therefore
brings
it
in
,
as
the
highest
encouragement
in
our
Christian
Warfare
,
in
Rom.
6.
14.
and
chap.
8.
37.
And
our
blessed
Lord
Himself
(
who
,
of
all
others
,
had
the
hardest
Chapter
to
Run-through
;
)
It
made
His
Face
as
a
Flint
,
because
[
He
knew
]
He
should
not
be
Confounded
.
Thirdly
,
Growing
in
Grace
,
2
Pet.
3.
18.
with
chap.
1.
from
the
5th
.
verse
to
the
10th
.
1.
Lay-aside
,
and
Cast-away
every
weight
,
especially
the
sin
that
doth
most
easily
beset
you
;
your
bosom
sin
,
whatsoever
it
be
;
2.
Keep
your selves
in
the
Love
of
God
:
that
is
,
keep-up
and
maintain
a
spiritual
sense
of
His
love
to
you
,
and
a
lively
answer
of
holy
affections
towards
Him
.
Whatever
may
tend
to
obscure
or
lessen
your
sense
of
it
,
have
nothing
to
doe
with
that
unjust
thing
;
keep
your self
from
Idols
;
let
nothing
have
an
interest
in
your
love
but
God
;
and
all
things
els
,
but
in
subordination
and
with
respect
to
Him
onely
.
3.
Watch
against
the
Beginnings
and
first
Motions
of
sin
;
Nip
it
in
the
bud
;
Abstain
from
all
appearance
of
evil
;
and
walk
not
on
the
brink
of
your
liberty
.
It
is
easier
to
keep-out
an
Invader
than
to
Expell
him
being
Entred
;
To
keep-down
a
Rebel
,
and
prevent
his
Rising
,
than
to
Conquer
him
when
he
is
up
.
Great
and
black
Clouds
have
small
beginnings
;
the
bigness
of
your
hand
(
at
first
,
)
may
rise
and
spread
,
to
cover
the
whole
Heavens
.
Therefore
,
keep-off
sin
at
staffs
end
.
4.
Be
diligent
and
industrious
in
it
:
Think
not
,
because
it
is
God
who
performeth
all
things
for
you
,
that
therefore
you
may
sit-still
,
or
be
Remiss
in
your
duty
;
your
Arms
and
Armour
were
not
provided
to
Rust
in
your
Tent.
There
may
be
(
indeed
)
such
a
Juncture
in
Providence
,
that
it
may
be
your
duty
(
and
so
,
your
strength
)
to
sit-still
;
as
was
theirs
at
the
Red-sea
:
they
who
have
believed
in
God
,
be
careful
to
maintain
good
Works
;
Tit.
3.
8.
And
do
it
the
rather
,
To
cut-off
occasion
from
them
which
desire
occasion
;
that
wherein
they
glory
,
they
may
be
found
even
as
we
,
2
Cor.
11.
12.
5.
Cleave
to
Jesus
Christ
,
and
to
Him
only
;
and
trust
not
to
your
holding
of
him
,
but
to
His
holding
of
you
:
This
did
David
when
he
says
,
Thou
holdest
me
by
my
Right
hand
.
Follow
Him
,
as
Men
(
whose
dependence
is
upon
it
)
follow
the
Court
:
Whiles
following
Him
,
you
cannot
do
amiss
;
nor
want
any
good
thing
,
whether
for
Councel
,
Strength
,
or
Otherwise
.
6.
Forget
what
is
behind
,
and
press
on
towards
perfection
;
That
if
possible
,
you
might
attain
to
the
Resurrection
of
the
Dead
;
i.
e.
To
be
perfectly
holy
:
Tho'
Perfectness
,
in
the
perfection
of
it
,
is
not
attainable
here
;
yet
,
the
higher
you
aim
,
the
higher
shall
your
Attainment
be
;
and
the
farther-off
from
losing
what
you
have
.
Keep
the
Mark
still
in
your
eye
,
and
shun
whatever
might
intercept
your
Sight
of
it
.
These
are
some
of
the
ways
to
make
your
Calling
and
Election
sure
:
And
if
ye
do
these
things
,
ye
shall
prove
this
Doctrine
to
be
true
;
And
either
Prevent
or
Retort
those
Carnal
and
groundless
Calumnies
that
are
brought
against
it
.
Fourthly
,
1.
If
born
of
God
,
let
us
shew-forth
the
virtues
of
our
Father
;
and
bear
our selves
as
His
Children
,
both
towards
Him
,
and
towards
the
World
:
Let
us
live
upon
Him
,
and
live
to
Him
;
Rejoycing
always
before
Him
;
first
,
for
His
Own
blessedness
,
and
then
for
our
own
as
derived
from
His
,
and
by
Him
reserv'd
in
Heaven
for
us
;
And
all
,
as
designing
to
honour
Him
as
our
Father
.
2.
If
we
have
Faith
,
let
it
appear
by
our
Works
:
It
must
be
some
singular
thing
that
must
distinguish
us
from
other
Men
:
It
is
not
profession
,
Nor
Words
,
Nor
Actions
neither
(
as
to
the
Matter
of
them
,
and
so
farr
as
visible
to
Men
,
)
that
will
approve
us
Believers
;
but
the
Principle
whence
they
grow
,
and
the
End
they
drive
at
;
The
Result
of
Abraham's
faith
was
,
To
give
Glory
to
God
.
3.
Let
us
carry
our selves
under
all
dispensations
not
only
quietly
but
thankfully
;
and
so
as
to
Answer
God
▪
s
End
:
Walk
humbly
;
Hate
the
thing
that
's
evil
;
Have
the
World
under
your
feet
;
Esteem
preciously
of
Christ
;
Honour
His
Ordinances
;
let
every
Grace
have
its
perfect
work
;
and
Rejoyce
in
hopes
of
that
glory
,
which
all
these
things
are
preparatory
to
.
4.
If
One
with
Christ
,
and
He
our
Mediator
;
Then
let
us
walk
as
He
walked
;
who
held
His
own
Will
alwaies
subject
to
His
Father's
;
Reckoning
it
His
Meat
to
do
His
Will
,
and
to
finish
His
Work
:
Let
us
also
wait
His
Advice
and
Counsel
in
every
business
,
and
follow
it
;
Commit
our
Cause
to
Him
,
and
Interest
Him
in
all
our
Concernments
.
5.
Apply
our selves
to
every
Attribute
of
God
,
according
to
the
present
occasion
;
and
dwell
upon
them
,
and
leave
them
not
,
until
we
have
the
Grace
and
Help
intended
by
them
—
They
are
all
made
over
to
the
heirs
of
Salvation
,
to
live
upon
:
Let
it
not
be
said
,
That
in
the
midst
of
our
abundance
we
are
in
streights
!
6.
If
made
for
the
Glory
of
God
,
Make-good
your
End
:
He
is
glorious
in
Holiness
,
and
by
Holiness
onely
can
you
glorifie
Him
.
Bear
(
therefore
)
on
the
forehead
of
your
Designs
and
Conversation
,
that
Royal
Inscription
[
Holiness
to
the
Lord
:
]
By
this
,
you
will
set-to
your
seal
,
That
God
is
true
;
and
approve
your selves
to
be
Children
that
will
not
lie
.
'T
will
also
be
of
singular
use
and
service
to
your selves
,
as
to
that
other
End
of
your
Being
:
That
you
have
glorified
God
on
the
Earth
,
will
be
a
substantial
argument
That
He
will
glorifie
you
in
the
World
to
come
.
best
evidence
(
next
the
immediate
witnessings
of
the
Spirit
)
that
you
have
a
Title
,
and
that
your
Title
is
good
.
Since
,
therfore
,
we
were
made
for
,
and
expect
such
things
,
What
manner
of
persons
ought
we
to
be
,
in
all
holy
conversation
and
Godliness
!
7.
If
under
the
Covenant
of
Grace
,
let
us
reckon
our selves
strengthened
with
all
might
,
and
hold
to
it
,
as
having
all
our
salvation
in
it
;
Both
Keeping
,
Support
,
Recovery
and
Settlement
,
Grace
and
Glory
.
Not
Minding
so
much
how
any
thing
looks
or
feels
at
present
;
but
what
is
the
End
it
tends-to
;
For
if
the
End
be
good
,
the
Means
(
as
such
)
cannot
be
otherwise
.
And
truly
,
we
cannot
have
a
better
evidence
of
our
Interest
in
this
Covenant
,
And
well
it
is
for
us
,
(
who
find
in
our Selves
such
a
proneness
to
backslide
,
)
That
our
Eternal
condition
doth
not
depend
on
our selves
;
that
foundation
of
God
mentioned
in
Timothy
;
where
the
Apostle
,
speaking
of
some
who
had
made
Ship-wreck
of
the
faith
,
lest
true
Believers
should
faint
in
their
minds
,
at
the
sight
and
apprehension
of
it
;
he
tells
them
,
That
Nevertheless
(
that
is
,
Notwithstanding
this
wofull
backsliding
of
some
,
perhaps
of
eminent
profession
,
yet
)
the
foundation
of
God
standeth
sure
;
q.
d.
They
that
are
of
this
Foundation
are
sure
to
be
kept
:
And
he
firms
it
with
this
Seal
,
The
Lord
knoweth
them
that
are
His
:
He
knows
whom
He
hath
Chosen
,
and
concerning
whom
He
hath
Covenanted
,
That
they
shall
not
depart
from
Him
;
and
therefore
He
will
not
let
them
go
;
(
They
shall
be
kept
as
those
Seaven
thousand
were
,
from
bowing
the
knee
to
Baal
.
)
Adding
this
Caution
withall
,
That
every
one
which
nameth
the
Name
of
the
Lord
,
should
depart
from
iniquity
;
Which
,
as
it
is
a
Means
of
God's
appointing
,
to
keep
from
Apostacy
;
So
,
it
shall
be
to
them
an
evidence
,
That
they
are
of
that
Foundation
,
and
shall
be
kept
.
For
,
it
being
his
scope
,
to
Comfort
believers
against
their
Misgivings
,
which
arise
from
a
sense
of
their
own
weakness
,
and
a
like
aptness
in
themselves
to
Revolt
;
He
needs
must
use
an
Argument
suited
to
such
an
End
:
And
therefore
,
in
saying
[
The
foundation
of
God
standeth
sure
;
]
He
must
intend
,
Believers
standing-sure
upon
it
:
For
,
The
standing-sure
of
the
foundation
,
would
be
small
Comfort
to
us
,
if
yet
We
might
be
blown
off
it
,
or
sink
besides
it
.
Does
God
take
care
for
Sparrows
?
for
Oxen
?
for
Ravens
?
Much
more
for
believing
souls
,
who
have
Committed
themselves
to
His
keeping
.
Let
the
Fowler
do
all
he
can
,
Not
a
sparrow
shall
fall
to
the
ground
:
you
'l
say
,
Without
the
Will
of
God
,
they
cannot
?
And
the
Will
of
God
is
,
That
they
shall
not
:
(
A
thousand
may
fall
at
his
side
,
and
ten
thousand
at
his
right
hand
;
but
it
shall
not
come
nigh
him
.
)
He
that
determin'd
such
a
sparrow
shall
not
fall
;
determin'd
also
,
to
keep
him
from
that
as
would
cause
him
to
fall
:
And
therefore
,
either
the
Fowler
shall
not
find
the
Bird
;
or
the
Bird
shall
discern
his
approach
,
or
smell
the
powder
,
and
be
gon
:
Or
,
if
he
shoot
,
he
shall
miss
his
mark
;
Or
if
he
hit
,
it
shall
light-on
the
feathers
that
will
grow-agen
;
Or
,
on
some
fleshy
part
,
that
may
be
lick'd
whole
;
Or
perhaps
,
it
shall
open
an
Ulcer
that
could
not
otherwise
be
Cured
:
A
Believer's
heel
may
be
bruised
,
but
his
vital-parts
are
out
of
Reach
,
and
therefore
safe
.
Fifthly
,
He
that
hath
begun
,
will
also
perfect
His
Work
with
Power
.
Judge
righteous
Judgment
:
Of
our selves
(
indeed
)
we
cannot
judge
worse
than
we
deserve
;
but
of
our
state
,
we
may
:
Therefore
,
For
help
in
this
Case
,
Consider
.
1.
That
tho'
the
New
Nature
shall
certainly
expunge
the
old
,
at
last
;
yet
the
Work
is
not
perfected
here
:
But
,
this
for
your
present
relief
;
That
the
Best
Principle
is
still
predominant
and
getting
ground
,
(
how
ever
your
present
sense
may
judge
of
it
;
)
and
the
old
party
shall
never
recover
its
Wasting
condition
:
For
,
the
Kingdom
of
God
once
in
the
heart
,
will
surely
Work
and
spread
it self
,
till
the
whole
lump
is
favoured
by
it
.
(
To
assure
us
of
this
,
is
the
drift
of
divers
Parables
in
the
Gospell
.
)
To
him
that
[
hath
]
shall
be
given
:
He
that
[
hath
]
life
,
shall
have
it
more
abundantly
:
As
it
was
God
who
girded
you
with
strength
,
so
He
will
make
your
way
perfect
.
Suppose
,
that
Faith
and
Holiness
be
at
present
,
but
as
two
little
flocks
of
kids
;
And
sin
(
like
the
Syrians
Army
)
fills
the
Countrey
:
Be
not
dismayed
;
The
king
of
Israel
will
cleer
the
Countrey
of
them
:
His
spirit
shall
lift
up
a
Standard
against
them
;
and
though
they
come-in
like
a
floud
,
by
Him
shall
their
proud
waves
be
stayed
.
The
Lord
says
to
you
in
this
Case
as
He
did
to
Jeremy
;
I
have
made
thee
an
Iron
Pillar
and
brazen
Walls
,
against
the
whole
land
:
They
shall
fight
against
thee
,
but
they
shall
not
prevail
against
thee
:
Jer.
1.
18
,
19.
Or
as
once
to
His
People
,
concerning
the
Gyant
Og
;
Fear
him
not
,
For
I
have
delivered
him
into
thy
hand
,
with
all
his
Army
.
2.
This
Sickness
is
not
unto
death
:
The
Conflict
is
not
to
weaken
or
destroy
,
but
for
the
tryal
and
improvement
of
your
faith
and
other
Graces
:
The
very
tryal
whereof
is
a
precious
thing
,
found
so
at
last
;
both
to
the
Glory
of
Him
that
tryes
you
,
and
yours
who
are
tryed
:
Abraham
,
David
,
Job
,
and
others
,
are
pregnant
examples
of
this
;
They
came-forth
like
Gold
;
More
pure
,
solid
,
and
flexible
.
David
indeed
,
tho'
he
held-fast
his
confidence
a
great
while
;
yet
still
being
pursued
and
Over-prest
,
Every
day
involv'd
in
dangers
anew
;
and
having
once
admitted
Carnal
Reason
to
be
of
his
Councel
,
he
began
to
flagg
in
his
faith
,
(
I
shall
one
day
perish
,
—
and
All
men
are
lyars
-
)
But
it
was
in
his
haste
,
Not
considering
the
sureness
of
an
Absolute
Promise
:
He
therefore
(
when
he
had
better
weighed
it
)
confesses
his
fault
,
and
Recovers
from
it
:
And
his
faith
was
improv'd
by
his
tryal
;
For
,
being
come
agen-to
it-self
,
he
comfortably
concludes
,
That
Goodness
and
Mercy
shall
follow
him
all
the
days
of
his
life
;
and
(
Notwithstanding
his
present
exile
)
he
shall
dwell
in
the
house
of
the
Lord
for
ever
.
3.
Be
it
alwaies
Remembred
,
That
God
reckon's
of
a
man
according
to
what
his
Mind
is
;
And
you
ought
so
also
to
reckon
of
your self
:
This
was
Paul's
course
,
in
Rom.
7.
where
he
thus
reasoneth
;
Now
,
If
I
do
that
I
would
not
;
It
is
no
more
I
that
do
it
,
but
sin
that
dwelleth
in
Me.
Before
Conversion
it
was
Saul
,
but
Now
't
is
Sin
.
Believers
may
be
led-captive
(
at-times
)
even
after
they
have
sworn
fealty
to
their
true
Lord
;
But
still
they
are
His
in
their
Mind
,
and
that
's
their
Mark
.
It
is
the
same
with
that
in
John
;
Whosoever
is
born
of
God
,
doth
not
Commit
sin
;
And
,
he
cannot
sin
,
because
he
is
born
of
God
:
i.
e.
He
does
not
,
nor
he
cannot
sin
,
as
the
Devil's
children
do
;
for
their
Wills
are
in
it
;
(
according
to
John
.
8.
44
,
The
lusts
of
your
father
[
ye
will
do
:
]
But
,
a
Regenerate
person
,
The
evil
he
doth
,
he
[
Allows
not
:
]
And
this
is
a
staying
Consideration
,
That
if
with
our
Mind
we
serve
the
law
of
God
,
with
our
flesh
we
serve
the
law
of
Sin
.
But
how
shall
I
know
it
?
If
you
be
forced
,
you
will
Cry-out
;
and
if
you
Cry
,
it
is
a
Rape
;
and
shall
not
be
charged
to
your
accompt
:
ye
have
the
Law
for
it
,
in
Deut.
22.
25
,
26
,
27.
So
,
against
his
Will
]
is
not
reckoned
a
Murtherer
,
Nor
worthy
of
death
;
albeit
,
the
Act
it self
,
be
the
same
that
another
Man
,
whose
will
was
in
it
,
shall
dyefor
.
4.
Believers
are
Trees
of
Righteousness
,
and
of
the
Lord
's
own
planting
;
and
therefore
,
they
shall
not
fear
when
heat
cometh
.
They
shall
bring-forth
fruit
in
their
old
age
.
They
that
are
Now
(
i.
e.
Once
;
They
that
are
Once
)
the
Children
of
God
,
shall
never
be
Otherwise
:
save
only
in
a
greater
likeness
to
their
Father
And
tho'
their
living
on
Him
,
and
their
likeness
to
Him
,
be
very
weakly
;
(
especially
at
times
,
as
the
Natural
life
of
Infants
is
)
yet
,
being
born
,
they
must
be
kept
;
And
the
Will
and
Care
of
their
Father
is
,
Perfect
Man
.
You
'
I
say
,
(
perhaps
)
That
never
had
any
such
cause
of
Complaint
as
you
;
and
possibly
it
may
be
so
:
To
be
sure
,
you
know
not
that
They
had
:
And
those
you
compare
your self
with
,
have
said
as
much
of
themselves
;
and
they
had
the
like
Cause
;
(
for
our
hearts
are
fashion'd
alike
;
Onely
,
each
one
best
knows
the
plague
of
his
own
:
)
Agur
,
a
Man
of
great
Wisdom
and
Holiness
,
says
of
himself
,
That
he
was
more
brutish
than
any
Man
.
Oh
wretched
Man
that
I
am
!
who
shall
deliver
me
from
this
body
of
death
?
But
withall
,
Betake
you
to
the
same
Refuge
that
he
did
,
I
thank
God
through
Jesus
Christ
our
Lord
!
Here
you
may
triumph
over
all
,
both
Complaints
and
the
Causes
of
them
.
It
must
always
be
granted
,
That
to
Overcome
Sin
,
Combin'd
,
Intrench'd
,
and
fortifi'd
,
as
it
is
;
is
a
great
Undertaking
,
and
must
be
gon-through
with
;
There
is
no
Retreit
to
be
sounded
,
Nor
Armour
provided
for
your
back
;
Every
Mother's
son
must
either
kill
or
be
kill'd
in
this
Combate
;
There
's
no
Compounding
the
Difference
,
Nor
discharge
in
this
Warfare
,
till
the
day
be
perfectly
Won
:
But
What
a
Recruit
is
there
levied
,
and
always
stands
ready
,
as
a
sure
Reserve
!
viz.
That
though
the
Conflict
be
sharp
,
the
success
is
sure
.
In
order
whereto
,
(
among●t
other
Rules
and
Articles
of
War
,
)
bear
in
mind
these
few
following
:
1.
Intangle
not
your self
;
but
shun
and
avoid
whatever
may
prove
a
clog
,
or
unfit
you
for
duty
.
2.
Exercise
yourself
in
things
that
will
teach
you
to
handle
your
Arms
;
and
tending
to
Nourish
your
faith
.
3.
Stand
on
your
Guard
watchfully
;
that
ye
be
not
surprised
by
sudden
excursions
,
or
under
pretence
of
friendship
.
4.
Arm
your self
with
the
same
Mind
that
was
in
Christ
;
set
your
face
as
a
flint
,
and
conclude
,
That
ye
shall
not
be
confounded
.
5.
Submit
to
the
place
your
General
hath
set
you
in
.
It
must
have
been
some
bodie
's
lot
,
and
why
not
yours
?
and
the
hotter
it
is
,
the
more
honourable
.
6.
Look
that
ye
fight
with
proper
weapons
;
which
are
onely
to
be
had
at
the
Covenant
of
Grace
,
and
the
Cross
of
Christ
;
And
There
they
are
never
wanting
:
And
be
sure
,
ye
go
not
down
to
the
Philistines
,
either
to
forge
or
sharpen
.
7.
Fight
not
as
one
that
beats
the
ayr
;
but
as
having
(
indeed
)
a
sturdy
adversary
to
deal-with
;
whom
yet
you
are
sure
to
Overcome
.
8.
Look
still
on
your
Captain
,
to
observe
what
He
says
and
Does
,
and
do
likewise
:
To
take-up
your
Cross
,
and
endure
hardship
,
are
necessary
accoutrements
to
a
Soldier
of
Christ
.
9.
Wait
on
the
Lord
to
Renew
your
Strength
;
who
then
bestirrs
Himself
most
,
when
your
strength
is
gon
;
Then
He
lays
hold
upon
Shield
and
Buckler
,
10.
Lastly
,
(
and
to
Influence
all
)
Mind
the
Lord
of
his
Covenant
;
even
Then
,
when
(
it
may
be
)
your self
think
on
it
with
trouble
,
as
doubting
your
interest
in
it
:
Pray
Him
to
remember
it
for
you
;
and
with
the
same
Good-will
wherewith
He
made
it
:
Beseech
Him
to
look-on
His
Bow
in
the
Cloud
,
which
Himself
hath
set
there
,
as
a
sure
sign
between
God
and
you
;
That
tho'
the
skies
be
Red
and
lowring
,
The
Clouds
return
after
the
Rain
,
and
the
Billows
go-over
your
head
;
you
shall
not
be
deluged
by
them
:
By
this
it
is
,
that
ye
are
hedged-about
,
and
walled-up
to
Heaven
.
Therefore
,
Stand
not
like
Men
in
suspense
;
as
unresolved
to
fall-on
;
or
doubtful
how
to
come-off
;
But
On
,
On
,
the
day
's
your
Own
;
The
Lord
of
Hosts
pursues
them
;
And
let
all
the
Sons
of
God
shout
for
joy
.
Sixthly
,
Not
Otherwise
Visible
:
Even
Chariots
and
horsmen
of
Fire
,
are
not
discernible
without
it
.
If
temptations
from
the
World
do
indanger
you
;
Turn
your
Faith
that
way
,
and
through
it
view
and
consider
,
how
Shallow
and
short-liv'd
the
pleasures
of
it
are
;
and
how
Momentany
your
sufferings
.
Then
look-at
the
World
to
come
;
The
Glory
of
it
,
and
your
interest
in
it
;
And
how
much
your
Crown
will
be
Brightened
by
the
scowrings
you
have
pass'd-under
here
;
and
dwell
on
the
contemplation
of
it
.
bend
not
your
eye
so
much
on
the
peril
or
length
of
your
passage
,
as
on
the
long'd-for
shore
that
lies
beyond
it
;
And
reckon
the
Surges
of
that
dreadfull
gulph
(
which
is
yet
betwixt
you
and
It
)
but
as
so
many
strokes
to
waft
you
Thither
.
Therefore
,
see
that
you
hold-fast
your
Faith
;
Keep
it
as
your
life
;
(
keep
That
,
and
it
will
keep
you
;
)
and
let
it
not
go
until
ye
die
.
Then
(
indeed
)
it
will
leave
you
,
because
then
it
will
have
done
you
all
the
service
it
can
;
even
the
whole
of
what
it
was
ordained-for
.
But
,
shall
I
say
,
That
Faith
will
then
be
dissolv'd
and
go-to-nothing
?
I
would
rather
express
it
as
the
Apostle
doth
the
state
of
the
saints
,
that
shall
be
found
alive
at
Christ's
coming
,
They
shall
not
die
,
but
they
shall
be
changed
.
]
Faith
shall
Then
be
turned
into
Sight
,
and
we
shall
have
the
Real
presence
,
Full
possession
,
and
Perfect
immixed
fruition
,
of
that
Blessedness
we
have
believed
and
hoped-for
.
7.
Gather
hence
,
should
be
,
(
and
fain
would
be-at
)
did
not
appear
to
them
;
Nor
could
,
till
the
vail
were
Rent
,
which
hung
(
as
yet
)
twixt
them
and
the
Holy
of
Holies
.
viz.
The
prize
of
the
high
Calling
of
God
in
Christ
.
when
Christ
their
life
should
appear
,
they
should
see
Him
as
He
is
;
Not
under
shadows
,
as
of
old
;
Nor
in
a
state
of
humiliation
,
as
when
upon
earth
;
nor
,
as
since
,
under
Memorials
and
Representtations
;
but
in
His
state
of
glory
:
The
sight
of
which
,
would
make
them
like
himself
;
&
till
Then
,
they
could
not
say
,
It
is
enough
.
They
knew
,
that
the
very
Quintessence
of
Heavenly
beatitude
,
consists
in
the
vision
of
God
;
and
that
Heaven
it self
,
with
all
that
Innumerable
company
of
Angels
,
and
spirits
of
just
Men
made
perfect
,
(
tho'
a
very
glorious
and
desirable
society
)
would
not
satisfie
Heaven-born
Souls
,
if
their
Lord
Himself
were
not
there
in
His
Glory
.
Hence
those
holy
exclamations
and
out-cries
,
Whom
have
I
in
Heaven
but
Thee
!
and
When
shall
I
come
and
appear
before
God!
Good
Jacob
would
go
and
see
his
Beloved
afore
he
died
;
and
These
would
die
,
to
go
and
see
Theirs
.
This
is
the
second
time
that
the
Kingdom
of
Heaven
suffers
violence
from
the
heirs
of
Salvation
;
8.
will
come
,
and
that
in
the
duest
season
:
3.
Attentively
,
as
not
willing
to
loose
the
smallest
sound
of
your
Master's
feet
:
4.
With
Diligence
also
and
Preparedness
;
that
neither
Oyl
nor
Lighting
may
be
to-seek
when
the
Cry
is
made
.
Be
always
Ready
,
and
Then
Grone
:
Grone
(
I
say
)
for
that
day
of
Glory
,
when
life
and
Immortality
shall
be
brought
to
light
in
Perfection
:
When
your self
,
with
all
the
Elect
of
God
,
meeting
in
that
Great
and
General
Assembly
,
Church
of
the
first-born
which
are
written
in
Heaven
;
may
be
intirely
,
vniversally
,
and
everlastingly
taken-up
in
admiring
Electing
love
,
which
so
gloriously
and
happily
shall
have
wrought
all
our
works
for
us
;
and
brought
us
to
the
ultimate
End
it
designed
us
for
;
which
was
,
To
be
ever
,
with
the
Lord
;
To
see
Him
as
He
is
;
and
to
experiment
the
sum
of
that
great
Petition
,
in
the
17.
Iohn
:
—
That
they
may
be
One
in
us
.
And
in
your
way
thither
,
Carry
this
assurance
still
afore
you
;
That
the
same
hands
which
laid
the
Foundation
,
will
also
lay
the
Top-stone
,
and
that
with
shoutings
;
And
you
shall
lift-up
to
Eternity
,
Grace
,
Grace
,
unto
it
!
Happy
art
thou
,
O
Israel
!
who
is
like
unto
thee
O
People
saved
by
the
Lord
,
the
shield
of
thine
help
,
and
the
sword
of
thine
Excellency
!
All
thine
enemies
shall
be
found
lyars
unto
thee
,
and
thou
shalt
tread
upon
their
high
places
!
And
(
which
is
more
than
Angels
and
Men
can
utter
besides
)
GOD
shall
be
all
in
All
!
FINIS
.