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             A discourse of faith in two points, viz ... / by Thomas Cole ...
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               A
               DISCOURSE
               OF
               FAITH
               ,
               IN
               TWO
               POINTS
               :
               VIZ.
               
            
             
               
                 I.
                 How
                 Faith
                 comes
                 by
                 Hearing
                 .
              
               
                 II.
                 How
                 we
                 are
                 Justified
                 by
                 Faith.
                 
              
            
             
               By
               
                 Thomas
                 Cole
              
               Minister
               of
               the
               Gospel
               .
            
             
               LONDON
               ,
               Printed
               for
               
                 Thomas
                 Cockerill
              
               ,
               at
               the
               Three
               Legs
               over
               against
               the
               Stocks-Market
               ,
               1689.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
             
               A
               DISCOURSE
               OF
               FAITH
               .
            
             
               
                 ROM
                 .
                 10.
                 17.
                 
              
               
                 So
                 then
                 ,
                 Faith
                 cometh
                 by
                 hearing
                 ,
                 and
                 hearing
                 by
                 the
                 word
                 of
                 God.
                 
              
            
             
               THE
               Apostle
               towards
               the
               close
               of
               the
               Ninth
               Chapter
               speaking
               of
               a
               twofold
               Righteousness
               ,
               of
               Works
               and
               of
               Faith
               ,
               tells
               us
               that
               the
               Gentiles
               did
               attain
               to
               the
               Righteousness
               of
               Faith
               ,
               but
               the
               Iews
               did
               not
               attain
               to
               the
               Righteousness
               of
               Works
               ,
               which
               they
               so
               much
               trusted
               in
               ,
               
                 for
                 they
                 being
                 ignorant
                 of
                 Gods
                 Righteousness
                 ,
                 and
                 going
                 about
                 to
                 establish
                 their
                 own
                 ,
                 have
                 not
                 submitted
                 themselves
                 to
                 the
                 Righteousness
                 of
                 God
                 ,
              
               Rom.
               10.
               3.
               
               Hence
               
               the
               Apostle
               takes
               an
               occasion
               to
               compare
               the
               Righteousness
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               with
               that
               of
               Faith
               ;
               calling
               one
               our
               own
               Righteousness
               ,
               the
               other
               the
               Righteousness
               of
               God
               ,
               which
               the
               Law
               do's
               tacitly
               point
               to
               ,
               promising
               Life
               to
               perfect
               Obedience
               ,
               this
               not
               being
               found
               in
               any
               mere
               Man
               since
               the
               Fall
               ,
               we
               are
               directed
               to
               seek
               it
               in
               Christ
               ,
               who
               is
               the
               end
               of
               the
               Law
               to
               every
               one
               who
               believes
               ,
               ver
               .
               4.
               he
               brings
               in
               
                 Moses
                 ,
                 verse
              
               the
               5th
               .
               describing
               the
               Righteousness
               which
               is
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               that
               
                 the
                 man
                 which
                 doth
                 those
                 things
                 shall
                 live
                 by
                 them
                 .
              
               Such
               doers
               of
               the
               Law
               we
               are
               not
               ,
               therefore
               can
               look
               for
               nothing
               but
               Death
               by
               Law.
               
            
             
               Verse
               6th
               .
               He
               brings
               in
               the
               Righteousness
               of
               Faith
               by
               a
               Prosopopcia
               ,
               speaking
               it self
               to
               an
               afrighted
               dejected
               sinner
               ,
               who
               is
               also
               brought
               in
               musing
               upon
               his
               wretched
               Condition
               ,
               full
               of
               sad
               thoughts
               ,
               saying
               over
               many
               dismal
               th●●gs
               to
               himself
               in
               his
               own
               Heart
               about
               his
               Eternal
               State
               ,
               how
               shall
               I
               get
               to
               Heaven
               ,
               how
               shall
               I
               escape
               Hell
               ,
               how
               shall
               I
               dwell
               with
               everlasting
               Burnings
               which
               I
               see
               no
               way
               to
               avoid
               by
               Law
               ,
               the
               righteousness
               of
               Faith
               meets
               this
               convinced
               Sinner
               ,
               in
               this
               great
               distress
               of
               Conscience
               ,
               communes
               with
               him
               ,
               discourses
               of
               Christ
               to
               him
               ,
               minds
               him
               of
               
               his
               Resurrection
               from
               the
               dead
               ,
               and
               Ascension
               into
               Heaven
               ,
               you
               seem
               (
               says
               the
               Righteousness
               of
               Faith
               )
               to
               deny
               both
               in
               talking
               at
               this
               rate
               ,
               your
               way
               to
               Heaven
               is
               plain
               ,
               Christ
               is
               ascended
               ,
               you
               shall
               as
               surely
               go
               to
               Heaven
               ,
               if
               you
               believe
               as
               Christ
               is
               gone
               before
               you
               ,
               as
               surely
               escape
               Hell
               and
               overcome
               Death
               ,
               as
               Christ
               is
               risen
               from
               the
               dead
               ,
               and
               the
               only
               way
               to
               get
               an
               Interest
               in
               Christ
               is
               to
               attend
               to
               the
               word
               of
               Faith
               that
               is
               preached
               ,
               ver
               .
               8.
               when
               once
               that
               prevails
               and
               brings
               you
               to
               confess
               with
               your
               mouth
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               and
               believe
               in
               your
               heart
               that
               God
               hath
               raised
               him
               from
               the
               dead
               ,
               you
               shall
               be
               saved
               ver
               .
               9.
               this
               proved
               out
               of
               Isa.
               28.
               16.
               
               
                 Whosoever
                 believes
                 on
                 him
                 shall
                 not
                 be
                 ashamed
                 ,
                 whether
                 Iew
                 or
                 Gentile
                 ,
                 ver
                 .
              
               11
               ,
               12.
               and
               because
               Prayer
               is
               the
               principal
               part
               of
               that
               outward
               Confession
               made
               with
               the
               Mouth
               ,
               and
               the
               best
               indication
               of
               Faith
               in
               the
               Heart
               ,
               he
               concludes
               ver
               .
               13.
               
               
                 Whosoever
                 shall
                 call
                 upon
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 shall
                 be
                 saved
                 .
              
               Whence
               Observe
               ;
            
             
               Observ.
               The
               chiefest
               thing
               we
               should
               now
               pray
               for
               ,
               is
               ,
               that
               we
               may
               have
               an
               Interest
               in
               Christ
               and
               his
               Righteousness
               ,
               desiring
               to
               be
               found
               in
               him
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
             
               Having
               spoken
               so
               much
               of
               the
               Righteousness
               of
               Faith
               ,
               he
               does
               in
               a
               certain
               gradation
               shew
               the
               way
               and
               means
               of
               attaining
               it
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               a
               Righteousness
               that
               is
               to
               be
               done
               by
               us
               ,
               to
               be
               wrought
               out
               with
               our
               own
               hands
               ,
               but
               prepared
               for
               us
               by
               another
               ,
               freely
               promised
               and
               given
               to
               us
               ,
               therefore
               it
               must
               be
               askt
               ,
               it
               must
               be
               earnestly
               pray'd
               for
               ,
               we
               must
               beg
               hard
               of
               God
               to
               impute
               it
               to
               us
               ,
               v.
               13.
               the
               Law
               propounds
               the
               work
               of
               Righteousness
               to
               be
               done
               by
               us
               ,
               the
               Gospel
               (
               Rom.
               5.
               17.
               
               )
               propounds
               the
               Gift
               of
               Righteousness
               to
               be
               pray'd
               for
               and
               thankfully
               received
               ,
               v.
               14.
               there
               can
               be
               no
               Prayer
               without
               Faith
               ,
               no
               Faith
               without
               Hearing
               ,
               no
               Hearing
               without
               a
               Preacher
               ,
               no
               Preachers
               unless
               they
               be
               sent
               ,
               from
               all
               which
               he
               draws
               this
               Conclusion
               ,
               viz.
               that
               the
               next
               immediate
               Cause
               of
               Faith
               is
               Hearing
               .
            
             
               There
               is
               much
               Preaching
               and
               much
               Hearing
               in
               this
               City
               ,
               but
               what
               comes
               on
               't
               ?
               Truely
               if
               Faith
               does
               not
               come
               ,
               nothing
               comes
               that
               will
               turn
               to
               any
               good
               Account
               to
               you
               :
               The
               Apostles
               in
               the
               Primitive
               times
               so
               spake
               that
               many
               believed
               ,
               Acts
               14.
               1.
               with
               that
               evidence
               and
               power
               ,
               their
               words
               had
               a
               special
               Accent
               in
               the
               Ears
               and
               Hearts
               of
               those
               that
               heard
               them
               ,
               God
               gave
               a
               signal
               testimony
               to
               the
               word
               of
               his
               Grace
               ,
               than
               fear
               came
               upon
               every
               Soul
               ,
               Acts
               
               2.
               43.
               
               Those
               who
               were
               not
               savingly
               wrought
               upon
               ,
               were
               greatly
               astonished
               at
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               the
               Gospel
               ;
               't
               is
               otherwise
               now
               ,
               how
               little
               of
               this
               astonishment
               does
               appear
               in
               our
               Assemblies
               ,
               where
               is
               this
               fear
               that
               came
               upon
               every
               Soul
               ,
               't
               was
               short
               of
               Faith
               ,
               yet
               I
               am
               perswaded
               when
               Faith
               comes
               in
               some
               open
               eminent
               Conversion
               ,
               that
               the
               whole
               Assembly
               is
               usually
               struck
               with
               some
               present
               fear
               ,
               the
               Word
               comes
               like
               a
               mighty
               rushing
               Wind
               into
               the
               Congregation
               ,
               shakes
               all
               ,
               when
               't
               is
               about
               to
               Convert
               one
               ;
               something
               like
               this
               may
               be
               observed
               in
               the
               Acts
               of
               the
               Apostles
               ,
               and
               other
               passages
               in
               the
               New
               Testament
               ,
               it
               is
               fit
               that
               Grace
               should
               be
               solemnly
               attended
               when
               it
               goes
               forth
               to
               the
               publick
               Conversion
               though
               but
               of
               one
               Soul
               :
               If
               God
               intend
               the
               coming
               of
               Faith
               into
               any
               of
               your
               hearts
               this
               day
               ,
               he
               'l
               come
               along
               with
               his
               Work
               ,
               he
               will
               prepare
               the
               way
               ,
               he
               'l
               bless
               your
               hearing
               ,
               and
               speak
               something
               inwardly
               to
               you
               from
               himself
               ,
               that
               shall
               incline
               your
               hearts
               to
               believe
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               though
               God
               speaks
               by
               the
               Ministry
               of
               man
               ,
               yet
               his
               voice
               is
               distinct
               from
               ours
               ,
               and
               begins
               where
               that
               ends
               ,
               carrying
               the
               Word
               from
               the
               Ear
               to
               the
               Heart
               ,
               there
               leaving
               it
               under
               those
               mixtures
               of
               Faith
               that
               make
               it
               work
               effectually
               .
               
               Hear
               I
               beseech
               you
               with
               diligence
               least
               you
               obstruct
               the
               coming
               of
               Faith
               by
               not
               attending
               to
               what
               shall
               be
               spoken
               to
               you
               in
               the
               name
               of
               the
               Lord.
               
                 So
                 then
                 faith
                 cometh
                 by
                 hearing
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
            
             
               Doct.
               Hearing
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               Preached
               to
               us
               ,
               is
               the
               ordinary
               means
               of
               begetting
               faith
               in
               us
               .
            
             
               First
               ,
               What
               are
               we
               in
               a
               more
               special
               manner
               to
               understand
               by
               Faith
               here
               in
               the
               Text.
               
            
             
               The
               general
               Object
               of
               Faith
               is
               the
               whole
               Doctrine
               of
               God
               laid
               down
               in
               the
               Scriptures
               ;
               the
               special
               object
               of
               Saving
               Faith
               ,
               is
               the
               Free-promise
               of
               Grace
               in
               Christ
               Jesus
               ,
               this
               supports
               the
               former
               ,
               we
               must
               believe
               the
               Divine
               Narrative
               of
               the
               whole
               Will
               of
               God
               revealed
               in
               the
               Bible
               ,
               before
               we
               can
               pitch
               our
               Faith
               in
               any
               suitable
               actings
               upon
               any
               part
               of
               it
               ,
               't
               is
               one
               thing
               to
               assent
               to
               the
               Truth
               of
               the
               Word
               in
               General
               ,
               a
               further
               and
               indeed
               another
               thing
               to
               apply
               the
               Promises
               ;
               he
               believes
               a
               Promise
               who
               do's
               siducially
               rely
               upon
               it
               ,
               this
               is
               properly
               Trusting
               ,
               we
               believe
               something
               in
               reference
               to
               our selves
               ,
               living
               in
               a
               comfortable
               Hope
               and
               Expectation
               of
               it
               ,
               respecting
               not
               only
               the
               Truth
               of
               
               the
               thing
               ,
               but
               also
               the
               Goodness
               of
               it
               in
               reference
               to
               our selves
               under
               that
               possibility
               ,
               probability
               or
               certainty
               of
               obtaining
               it
               ,
               which
               our
               Faith
               ,
               according
               to
               its
               various
               Degrees
               may
               represent
               unto
               us
               ,
               Faith
               in
               the
               Righteousness
               of
               Christ
               for
               justification
               is
               here
               principally
               intended
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               Why
               must
               this
               Faith
               come
               by
               hearing
               .
               Hearing
               is
               alwayes
               antecedent
               to
               Faith
               ,
               though
               Faith
               be
               not
               always
               the
               consequent
               of
               Hearing
               ,
               ver
               .
               16.
               18.
               all
               Hearers
               are
               not
               believers
               ,
               though
               all
               Believers
               are
               first
               Hearers
               .
            
             
               I
               shall
               evince
               the
               necessity
               of
               Hearing
               in
               order
               to
               Faith
               ,
               from
               these
               following
               grounds
               :
            
             
               I.
               
                 Hearing
                 is
                 Sensus
                 Disciplinae
              
               ,
               the
               Sense
               by
               which
               all
               knowledge
               is
               let
               into
               the
               Soul.
               There
               is
               a
               two-fold
               Knowledge
               belonging
               to
               Faith
               ,
               one
               leading
               to
               it
               ,
               the
               other
               found
               in
               it
               ,
               arising
               from
               it
               ,
               and
               is
               the
               same
               with
               Faith
               it self
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 First
              
               ,
               is
               Litteral
               or
               Historical
               ,
               't
               is
               rather
               notitia
               then
               cognitio
               ,
               a
               notice
               or
               particular
               information
               given
               us
               of
               the
               Contents
               of
               the
               Bible
               ,
               especially
               of
               the
               report
               which
               the
               Gospel
               makes
               of
               the
               way
               of
               Salvation
               by
               Christ
               ,
               we
               must
               
               know
               what
               we
               are
               to
               believe
               ,
               before
               we
               can
               be
               supposed
               to
               believe
               any
               thing
               ;
               
                 How
                 shall
                 they
                 believe
                 in
                 him
                 of
                 whom
                 they
                 have
                 not
                 heard
                 ,
                 and
                 how
                 shall
                 they
                 hear
                 without
                 a
                 Preacher
                 .
              
               Words
               are
               the
               proper
               Object
               of
               this
               Sense
               of
               Hearing
               ,
               where
               nothing
               is
               spoken
               ,
               nothing
               can
               be
               heard
               ,
               the
               sound
               of
               Words
               must
               reach
               the
               ear
               ,
               before
               the
               sense
               of
               those
               Words
               can
               enter
               into
               the
               Understanding
               .
               This
               Historical
               Knowledge
               do's
               not
               lye
               in
               Learning
               the
               Scriptures
               by
               roat
               ,
               without
               any
               Rational
               Knowledge
               of
               the
               Litteral
               Sense
               and
               Meaning
               of
               those
               Propositions
               of
               Truth
               that
               are
               contained
               therein
               ,
               this
               would
               be
               only
               Memory
               without
               any
               Understanding
               :
               A
               Natural
               Man
               does
               not
               dis-believe
               the
               Scripture
               ,
               because
               he
               has
               not
               a
               Rational
               Conception
               of
               the
               common
               Notion
               of
               things
               spoken
               of
               there
               ,
               but
               because
               he
               has
               ,
               and
               sinding
               them
               so
               uncouth
               ,
               so
               seemingly
               contrary
               to
               Humane
               Reason
               ,
               he
               rejects
               them
               as
               Foolishness
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Second
              
               ,
               Is
               a
               Knowledge
               more
               than
               Historical
               ,
               and
               is
               of
               the
               Essence
               of
               Faith
               all
               one
               with
               it
               ,
               it
               is
               that
               which
               we
               call
               a
               Saving
               Knowledge
               ;
               it
               lies
               in
               the
               Use
               and
               Application
               of
               Gospel
               Truths
               to
               our
               own
               Souls
               ,
               when
               we
               shape
               our selves
               to
               a
               
               real
               Conformity
               to
               the
               Call
               of
               God
               in
               every
               Gospel
               Truth
               ,
               acting
               in
               a
               way
               of
               Duty
               what
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               commands
               .
            
             
               There
               is
               no
               Saving
               Knowledge
               of
               Gospel
               Truths
               ,
               but
               the
               Knowledge
               of
               Faith
               ,
               and
               no
               other
               Reason
               for
               Faith
               in
               the
               highest
               Misteries
               of
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               but
               the
               bare
               Word
               of
               God.
               
            
             
               That
               Faith
               is
               Knowledge
               ,
               I
               prove
               thus
               ,
               Because
               in
               Scripture
               ,
               't
               is
               opposed
               to
               Folly
               ,
               Blindness
               and
               Ignorance
               ,
               Acts
               17.
               23
               ,
               30.
               
               Ioh.
               17.
               3.
               
               Ier.
               31.
               34.
               
               Isa.
               9.
               1
               ,
               2.
               
            
             
               Besides
               it
               has
               all
               the
               effects
               of
               Knowledge
               in
               the
               Soul
               ,
               it
               gives
               full
               satisfaction
               to
               the
               Mind
               of
               a
               Man
               ,
               removes
               all
               doubts
               ,
               establishes
               the
               Heart
               in
               a
               full
               perswasion
               of
               the
               Truth
               of
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ;
               Humane
               Knowledge
               is
               liable
               to
               many
               Mistakes
               but
               a
               Divine
               Faith
               admits
               of
               no
               Falshood
               ,
               therefore
               Faith
               perfects
               mans
               Understanding
               ,
               because
               it
               brings
               in
               nothing
               but
               Truth
               ,
               no
               mans
               Errors
               do
               proceed
               from
               Faith
               ,
               he
               may
               err
               in
               matters
               of
               Faith
               ,
               but
               't
               is
               not
               from
               his
               Faith
               ,
               but
               his
               Unbelief
               ,
               therefore
               Faith
               is
               Knowledge
               ,
               unerring
               Knowledge
               we
               believe
               and
               are
               sure
               ,
               we
               may
               be
               so
               ,
               if
               we
               rightly
               understand
               our selves
               in
               an
               
               act
               of
               Believing
               ,
               no
               demonstrations
               of
               Reason
               ,
               do
               give
               that
               Evidence
               of
               Truth
               as
               Faith
               do's
               ,
               as
               mans
               Understanding
               is
               too
               low
               ,
               to
               take
               in
               Divine
               Truths
               ,
               so
               Gods
               Understanding
               is
               too
               high
               ,
               for
               man
               to
               comprehend
               ,
               therefore
               we
               are
               called
               to
               yield
               the
               obedience
               of
               faith
               to
               his
               revealed
               Will
               ,
               God
               governs
               man
               rather
               by
               giving
               him
               the
               knowledge
               of
               his
               Will
               ,
               then
               lifting
               him
               up
               into
               his
               own
               Infinite
               Understanding
               ,
               that
               is
               above
               our
               Capacity
               ,
               our
               Duty
               lies
               not
               in
               knowing
               what
               God
               knows
               ,
               but
               in
               doing
               what
               God
               commands
               ,
               who
               gives
               no
               account
               of
               his
               matters
               to
               us
               ,
               only
               commands
               us
               to
               believe
               his
               Word
               ,
               and
               to
               look
               upon
               that
               as
               a
               sufficient
               ground
               and
               reason
               of
               our
               faith
               ,
               when
               we
               hear
               it
               preached
               to
               us
               .
            
             
               II.
               Because
               God
               has
               appointed
               hearing
               the
               Word
               ,
               as
               a
               necessary
               means
               of
               faith
               ,
               he
               will
               not
               immediately
               speak
               to
               our
               hearts
               by
               his
               Spirit
               ,
               but
               has
               appointed
               his
               Word
               to
               be
               first
               spoken
               to
               our
               Ears
               ,
               and
               promis'd
               that
               way
               to
               let
               it
               down
               into
               our
               hearts
               ,
               thus
               
                 Faith
                 comes
                 by
                 Hearing
              
               .
            
             
               Quest.
               How
               should
               Hearing
               of
               things
               above
               our
               Reason
               contribute
               any
               thing
               to
               our
               believing
               them
               ?
               One
               would
               think
               
               the
               oftner
               we
               hear
               them
               ,
               the
               more
               absurd
               we
               should
               count
               them
               to
               be
               ,
               and
               reject
               them
               with
               greater
               Indignation
               ,
               having
               so
               often
               tried
               them
               by
               the
               Touchstone
               of
               our
               own
               reason
               ,
               and
               pronounced
               them
               unintelligible
               .
            
             
               Answ.
               Hearing
               alone
               will
               not
               let
               in
               these
               Divine
               Mysteries
               into
               our
               Understandings
               ,
               Isa.
               6.
               9
               ,
               10.
               
               God
               must
               inwardly
               Teach
               us
               and
               reveal
               them
               to
               us
               by
               his
               Spirit
               ,
               before
               we
               can
               believe
               them
               ,
               which
               brings
               me
               to
               the
               third
               head
               ,
               viz.
               
            
             
               III.
               How
               faith
               is
               wrought
               by
               our
               hearing
               the
               Word
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               By
               a
               special
               Appearance
               of
               God
               to
               the
               Soul.
               
            
             
               2.
               
               By
               opening
               the
               Heart
               ,
               enlightning
               the
               Mind
               ,
               and
               perswading
               the
               Will
               to
               a
               thorough
               closure
               with
               Christ
               upon
               Gospel
               Terms
               .
            
             
               To
               these
               two
               heads
               may
               be
               referred
               all
               that
               falls
               under
               our
               discerning
               and
               experience
               of
               the
               work
               of
               the
               Spirit
               in
               begetting
               faith
               in
               us
               .
            
             
               I.
               Faith
               is
               wrought
               by
               a
               special
               appearance
               
               of
               God
               to
               the
               Soul
               ,
               what
               this
               appearance
               of
               God
               is
               ,
               how
               it
               rises
               out
               of
               the
               Word
               ,
               in
               what
               manner
               't
               is
               let
               into
               the
               Soul
               ,
               I
               shall
               endeavour
               to
               open
               to
               the
               experience
               of
               those
               who
               know
               what
               it
               is
               to
               hold
               Communion
               with
               God
               in
               hearing
               his
               Word
               :
               there
               is
               some
               co-incidence
               in
               the
               particulars
               above-mentioned
               ,
               yet
               not
               without
               some
               distinction
               ,
               which
               I
               leave
               to
               your
               own
               observation
               ,
               the
               less
               of
               Art
               or
               Method
               there
               is
               in
               handling
               experimental
               points
               ,
               the
               better
               ,
               they
               come
               with
               most
               power
               to
               the
               Conscience
               in
               their
               own
               simplicity
               ,
               therefore
               I
               shall
               in
               a
               joynt
               Discourse
               run
               the
               matter
               close
               together
               ,
               looking
               sometimes
               on
               one
               side
               ,
               and
               sometimes
               on
               t'other
               ,
               till
               I
               have
               viewed
               it
               round
               ,
               that
               I
               may
               present
               the
               whole
               Truth
               to
               you
               in
               so
               great
               and
               necessary
               a
               point
               ,
               we
               can
               have
               no
               saving
               knowledge
               of
               God
               but
               in
               and
               by
               his
               word
               ,
               we
               must
               look
               through
               that
               Glass
               upon
               him
               ,
               and
               that
               appearance
               of
               God
               we
               meet
               with
               there
               ,
               is
               the
               beginning
               of
               all
               Religion
               ,
               the
               Word
               never
               comes
               with
               power
               to
               our
               Consciences
               ,
               till
               God
               appear
               in
               it
               .
            
             
               How
               that
               is
               ,
               I
               am
               now
               to
               shew
               .
               Whilst
               we
               are
               hearing
               his
               Word
               we
               see
               God
               standing
               forth
               ,
               in
               his
               own
               words
               ,
               declaring
               
               himself
               to
               be
               the
               Author
               of
               it
               ,
               this
               draws
               in
               our
               attention
               ,
               adds
               that
               weight
               and
               authority
               to
               the
               Word
               ,
               that
               we
               cannot
               but
               receive
               it
               as
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               set
               our
               Seals
               to
               the
               Truth
               of
               it
               ,
               we
               see
               sufficient
               grounds
               for
               our
               Faith
               in
               God
               from
               this
               manifestation
               of
               himself
               to
               our
               Souls
               .
               Thus
               God
               wrought
               faith
               in
               
                 Abraham
                 ,
                 Gen.
              
               17.
               1.
               by
               appearing
               to
               him
               several
               times
               as
               God
               Almighty
               and
               All-sufficient
               ,
               that
               Abraham
               might
               not
               doubt
               of
               any
               thing
               that
               such
               a
               God
               should
               promise
               to
               him
               ,
               and
               therefore
               't
               is
               said
               Rom.
               4.
               3.
               that
               Abraham
               believed
               God
               ,
               being
               fully
               perswaded
               that
               what
               he
               had
               promised
               he
               was
               able
               to
               perform
               ,
               ver
               .
               21.
               
               Thus
               God
               appeared
               to
               Samuel
               revealing
               himself
               to
               him
               by
               his
               Word
               1
               Sam.
               3.
               21.
               
               So
               Christ
               appeared
               to
               Paul
               by
               a
               voice
               ,
               and
               a
               Light
               from
               Heaven
               ,
               I
               am
               Jesus
               ,
               Acts
               9.
               there
               are
               spiritual
               appearances
               of
               God
               now
               to
               our
               Souls
               under
               the
               Preaching
               of
               the
               Gospel
               answerable
               to
               these
               Visions
               of
               Old.
               God
               lets
               himself
               down
               into
               our
               Hearts
               ,
               through
               the
               apprehensions
               of
               our
               faith
               ,
               which
               frames
               in
               our
               hearts
               a
               right
               image
               of
               God
               answerable
               to
               that
               Character
               he
               gives
               of
               himself
               in
               the
               Word
               ,
               he
               shines
               through
               the
               Word
               in
               all
               his
               Glory
               ,
               when
               he
               spake
               of
               Old
               to
               the
               Patriarchs
               
               by
               an
               articulate
               voice
               ,
               the
               unwritten
               word
               then
               was
               accompanied
               with
               such
               convincing
               signs
               of
               his
               Presence
               ,
               that
               they
               could
               not
               but
               believe
               it
               ,
               and
               so
               is
               the
               written
               Word
               now
               as
               capable
               of
               representing
               God
               to
               us
               ,
               when
               he
               has
               a
               mind
               to
               be
               seen
               by
               us
               ,
               as
               that
               was
               then
               ;
               the
               Letter
               of
               the
               Word
               is
               but
               a
               Creature
               ,
               but
               the
               Truths
               contained
               in
               it
               are
               Eternal
               ,
               and
               do
               all
               center
               in
               God
               himself
               ,
               who
               is
               the
               Essential
               Word
               ,
               thus
               God
               rises
               out
               of
               the
               Word
               ,
               and
               looks
               a
               man
               in
               the
               Face
               ,
               tells
               him
               ,
               thus
               saith
               the
               Lord
               ,
               I
               am
               that
               Lord
               God
               Almighty
               who
               now
               speaks
               unto
               you
               ,
               he
               leaves
               no
               Objection
               unanswered
               ,
               shews
               what
               sure
               grounds
               of
               faith
               ,
               we
               have
               in
               him
               ,
               shall
               God
               say
               and
               not
               do
               ?
               't
               is
               impossible
               for
               God
               to
               lie
               ,
               it
               must
               be
               so
               as
               God
               saies
               ,
               it
               can't
               be
               otherwise
               ,
               Heaven
               and
               Earth
               shall
               sooner
               pass
               away
               than
               one
               Tittle
               of
               the
               Word
               be
               broken
               ,
               thus
               in
               God
               we
               praise
               his
               Word
               ,
               Psal.
               56.
               4.
               10.
               
               Consider
               the
               Word
               out
               of
               God
               :
               't
               will
               puzzle
               Men
               and
               Angels
               to
               make
               out
               the
               meaning
               of
               it
               ,
               to
               think
               the
               things
               spoken
               of
               possible
               or
               likely
               to
               come
               to
               pass
               ,
               but
               all
               things
               are
               possible
               with
               God
               ,
               and
               to
               those
               who
               believe
               in
               God
               ,
               they
               stick
               at
               nothing
               ,
               they
               are
               sure
               Omnipotency
               knows
               no
               difficulties
               ,
               the
               Counsel
               of
               the
               Lord
               must
               
               stand
               ,
               his
               thoughts
               shall
               come
               to
               pass
               :
               a
               Soul
               thus
               struck
               with
               a
               sense
               of
               Gods
               Presence
               yields
               immediately
               ,
               I
               believe
               Lord
               with
               all
               my
               heart
               ,
               am
               ready
               to
               do
               whatever
               thou
               requirest
               of
               me
               ,
               so
               Paul
               :
               Oh
               that
               God
               would
               so
               manifest
               himself
               to
               every
               one
               of
               your
               hearts
               this
               day
               ,
               that
               he
               would
               shew
               himself
               ,
               come
               up
               close
               to
               you
               ,
               look
               you
               in
               the
               face
               ,
               and
               say
               ,
               I
               am
               Jesus
               ,
               you
               could
               not
               withstand
               this
               mighty
               presence
               of
               God
               in
               Christ
               Jesus
               ,
               O
               speak
               Lord
               ,
               't
               is
               but
               thy
               saying
               to
               each
               of
               us
               I
               am
               Jesus
               ,
               and
               we
               shall
               all
               be
               made
               to
               know
               the
               Lord
               from
               the
               least
               to
               the
               greatest
               ,
               I
               hope
               the
               quickning
               voice
               of
               the
               Son
               of
               God
               ,
               is
               now
               sounding
               in
               the
               Ears
               of
               your
               Faith
               ,
               while
               I
               am
               speaking
               to
               you
               ,
               and
               that
               you
               do
               receive
               the
               Word
               ,
               not
               as
               the
               word
               of
               Man
               ,
               but
               as
               it
               is
               indeed
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
               quick
               and
               powerful
               ,
               sharper
               than
               a
               two-edged
               Sword
               in
               every
               one
               of
               your
               hearts
               .
            
             
               The
               knowledge
               of
               the
               Truth
               as
               't
               is
               in
               Jesus
               (
               Eph.
               4.
               21.
               
               )
               is
               one
               thing
               ,
               and
               the
               knowledge
               of
               the
               Truth
               as
               't
               is
               in
               Ink
               and
               Paper
               is
               another
               ;
               they
               are
               the
               same
               Truths
               ,
               but
               as
               they
               are
               in
               the
               Scriptures
               they
               lie
               in
               the
               dead
               Letter
               ,
               as
               they
               are
               in
               Christ
               they
               are
               seen
               in
               their
               living
               root
               
               and
               principle
               from
               whence
               they
               spring
               ,
               meer
               Scriptural
               Knowledge
               is
               but
               Historical
               ,
               we
               look
               upon
               the
               things
               we
               read
               and
               hear
               ,
               rather
               as
               notions
               than
               realities
               :
               till
               God
               fills
               up
               all
               expressions
               of
               Scripture
               concerning
               himself
               ,
               with
               a
               Divine
               Presence
               answerable
               thereunto
               ,
               we
               believe
               nothing
               that
               is
               said
               of
               him
               ,
               but
               such
               a
               presence
               of
               God
               in
               his
               Word
               ,
               captivates
               our
               hearts
               to
               the
               belief
               of
               it
               ,
               we
               must
               believe
               him
               to
               be
               such
               a
               God
               as
               the
               Word
               declares
               him
               to
               be
               ,
               before
               we
               shall
               count
               all
               his
               sayings
               true
               ,
               we
               must
               fetch
               strength
               from
               the
               name
               of
               God
               ,
               Rev.
               2.
               13.
               to
               support
               our
               Faith
               in
               all
               its
               actings
               upon
               any
               part
               of
               his
               revealed
               will
               ,
               and
               we
               never
               deny
               any
               Truth
               plainly
               revealed
               but
               we
               deny
               his
               name
               ,
               Rev.
               3.
               8.
               and
               question
               his
               Attributes
               ;
               some
               Truths
               bare
               more
               upon
               one
               Attribute
               ,
               some
               more
               upon
               another
               ,
               but
               all
               are
               founded
               in
               God
               and
               in
               the
               essential
               properties
               of
               his
               Nature
               ,
               from
               whence
               they
               have
               their
               verification
               and
               accomplishment
               ,
               so
               that
               till
               God
               appear
               and
               shew
               himself
               to
               the
               Soul
               ,
               all
               that
               is
               said
               to
               us
               out
               of
               the
               Scriptures
               in
               the
               name
               of
               an
               unknown
               God
               affects
               us
               not
               ,
               because
               it
               wants
               that
               which
               is
               the
               ground
               of
               its
               Credibility
               ,
               no
               man
               can
               say
               that
               Jesus
               is
               the
               Lord
               ,
               but
               by
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               1
               Cor.
               12.
               3.
               he
               
               cannot
               say
               so
               and
               think
               so
               ,
               he
               cannot
               say
               so
               and
               believe
               what
               he
               says
               ,
               till
               the
               Father
               reveal
               his
               Son
               in
               him
               ,
               Paul
               by
               the
               Light
               of
               that
               Revelation
               of
               Christ
               in
               him
               ,
               knew
               all
               Gospel
               Mysteries
               ,
               and
               without
               such
               an
               inward
               spiritual
               manifestation
               of
               God
               to
               our
               Souls
               ,
               giving
               us
               a
               sight
               of
               him
               who
               is
               invisible
               ,
               't
               is
               impossible
               we
               should
               ever
               be
               throughly
               convinced
               of
               the
               Divinity
               of
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
               all
               Divinity
               springs
               from
               God
               ,
               leads
               to
               him
               ,
               nay
               it
               looks
               him
               directly
               in
               the
               Face
               ,
               and
               can't
               be
               considered
               apart
               from
               him
               ,
               there
               is
               but
               one
               God
               and
               one
               Faith
               ,
               God
               must
               be
               in
               the
               view
               of
               our
               Faith
               whensoever
               we
               really
               act
               it
               .
            
             
               Neither
               can
               we
               have
               that
               inward
               testimony
               of
               the
               Spirit
               convincing
               us
               of
               the
               Divine
               Authority
               of
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
               without
               this
               special
               Appearance
               of
               God
               in
               the
               Soul
               as
               a
               witness
               to
               the
               Truth
               of
               his
               Word
               .
            
             
               While
               we
               are
               hearing
               the
               Word
               ,
               God
               has
               invisible
               wayes
               of
               access
               to
               our
               hearts
               ,
               he
               conveys
               himself
               through
               his
               Truth
               to
               our
               Souls
               ,
               his
               Divinity
               leads
               the
               way
               ,
               without
               some
               appearance
               of
               this
               ,
               the
               contents
               of
               the
               Word
               would
               have
               no
               place
               
               in
               our
               hearts
               ,
               but
               coming
               with
               so
               great
               a
               presence
               ,
               in
               so
               great
               a
               name
               ,
               and
               with
               so
               strong
               an
               impression
               ,
               God
               himself
               writing
               them
               upon
               the
               heart
               ,
               we
               cannot
               but
               receive
               his
               Testimony
               ,
               the
               Word
               comes
               into
               our
               Hearts
               suddenly
               before
               we
               are
               aware
               ,
               and
               seises
               them
               for
               God
               ,
               we
               cannot
               but
               think
               ,
               speak
               ,
               act
               and
               judge
               as
               God
               does
               ,
               the
               sense
               of
               the
               Word
               is
               the
               sense
               of
               our
               Souls
               ,
               so
               far
               as
               the
               Word
               is
               written
               in
               our
               hearts
               ,
               we
               read
               it
               without
               the
               least
               variation
               ,
               the
               Copy
               answers
               the
               Original
               :
               Hence
               arises
               that
               habitual
               disposition
               or
               inclination
               to
               believe
               ,
               God
               creates
               this
               new
               heart
               ,
               I
               say
               this
               infused
               habit
               or
               principle
               of
               faith
               ,
               is
               antecedent
               to
               all
               acts
               of
               faith
               put
               forth
               by
               us
               ,
               and
               is
               in
               it self
               the
               sole
               act
               of
               God
               upon
               us
               in
               our
               first
               Conversion
               ,
               it
               is
               from
               this
               supernatural
               principle
               thus
               infused
               ,
               that
               the
               natural
               powers
               and
               faculties
               of
               the
               Soul
               of
               Man
               ,
               viz.
               the
               Understanding
               and
               the
               Will
               ,
               are
               enabled
               to
               take
               in
               things
               purely
               Spiritual
               and
               Divine
               ,
               Nature
               never
               acts
               above
               its
               sphere
               ,
               those
               inbred
               common
               Notions
               that
               are
               the
               Standards
               and
               Measures
               of
               Natural
               Truths
               in
               all
               their
               consequences
               will
               never
               lead
               us
               to
               grant
               ,
               or
               admit
               that
               which
               is
               supernatural
               ,
               when
               we
               do
               this
               ,
               't
               is
               always
               from
               some
               
               higher
               Principle
               ;
               when
               we
               see
               men
               acting
               above
               themselves
               ,
               we
               may
               conclude
               they
               are
               acted
               by
               something
               higher
               than
               themselves
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Christ
               dwelling
               in
               them
               .
            
             
               This
               special
               Appearance
               of
               God
               ,
               with
               those
               inward
               effects
               of
               it
               upon
               the
               Soul
               which
               I
               have
               been
               speaking
               of
               ,
               may
               be
               known
               to
               Believers
               ,
               they
               discern
               it
               in
               others
               ,
               Acts
               11.
               17
               ,
               18.
               and
               do
               when
               they
               give
               a
               true
               reason
               of
               their
               faith
               ,
               see
               it
               in
               themselves
               ,
               that
               all
               springs
               from
               the
               Fathers
               revealing
               his
               Son
               in
               them
               ,
               they
               can
               give
               no
               other
               reason
               why
               they
               believe
               in
               Jesus
               ,
               't
               is
               God
               that
               opens
               the
               door
               of
               Faith
               and
               makes
               it
               effectual
               ,
               Acts
               14.
               27.
               
            
             
               We
               are
               apt
               to
               be
               taken
               with
               any
               appearance
               of
               Man
               in
               a
               Sermon
               ,
               this
               we
               look
               after
               ,
               what
               words
               of
               Mans
               Wisdom
               ,
               how
               Man
               acquits
               himself
               in
               reasoning
               of
               this
               or
               that
               Point
               .
               'T
               is
               true
               there
               is
               some
               skill
               required
               in
               Planting
               ,
               and
               Watering
               ,
               but
               all
               the
               encrease
               comes
               from
               God
               ,
               your
               Faith
               consists
               not
               in
               the
               Wisdom
               of
               Man
               but
               in
               the
               power
               of
               God
               ,
               if
               God
               himself
               do
               not
               appear
               as
               a
               witness
               to
               his
               own
               Truth
               ,
               as
               the
               great
               undertaker
               of
               all
               that
               he
               has
               promised
               ,
               what
               we
               say
               will
               prevail
               
               little
               ,
               your
               faith
               must
               terminate
               in
               God
               himself
               ,
               and
               in
               that
               Ability
               that
               is
               in
               him
               to
               perform
               his
               word
               ,
               this
               was
               the
               ground
               of
               Abrahams
               faith
               ,
               Paul
               knew
               him
               whom
               he
               believed
               ,
               2
               Tim
               ,
               1.
               12.
               and
               so
               must
               you
               if
               ever
               you
               believe
               to
               the
               saving
               of
               your
               Souls
               .
               Did
               you
               go
               out
               of
               the
               Congregation
               after
               every
               Sermon
               you
               hear
               under
               a
               sight
               and
               sense
               of
               this
               appearance
               of
               God
               in
               his
               Word
               ,
               speaking
               to
               you
               from
               Heaven
               and
               shewing
               himself
               to
               your
               souls
               in
               some
               spiritual
               resemblance
               suited
               and
               adapted
               to
               that
               Word
               you
               are
               hearing
               ,
               how
               could
               you
               reject
               such
               a
               Word
               ,
               so
               full
               of
               God
               ,
               so
               exactly
               corresponding
               to
               what
               you
               see
               in
               God
               himself
               ,
               you
               must
               yield
               and
               cry
               out
               each
               of
               you
               ,
               who
               am
               I
               that
               I
               should
               withstand
               God
               ?
            
             
               This
               is
               the
               first
               way
               that
               God
               takes
               to
               work
               Faith
               in
               us
               ,
               by
               our
               hearing
               the
               Word
               Preached
               to
               us
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               Faith
               is
               wrought
               by
               opening
               the
               heart
               ,
               enlightning
               the
               mind
               ,
               and
               perswading
               the
               will
               to
               a
               through
               closure
               with
               Christ
               upon
               Gospel
               Terms
               .
            
             
               I
               shall
               now
               shew
               you
               how
               God
               thus
               appearing
               to
               us
               in
               hearing
               the
               Word
               ,
               does
               open
               the
               heart
               ,
               enlighten
               the
               mind
               
               and
               throughly
               perswade
               the
               will
               ,
               to
               a
               through
               closure
               with
               Christ
               upon
               Gospel
               Terms
               .
            
             
               Naturally
               our
               hearts
               are
               shut
               up
               against
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               our
               Minds
               are
               blinded
               2
               Cor.
               4.
               4.
               till
               God
               shines
               into
               our
               hearts
               ,
               to
               give
               the
               light
               of
               the
               Knowledge
               of
               the
               Glory
               of
               God
               in
               the
               face
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               ver
               .
               6.
               
               Enlightning
               the
               eyes
               of
               our
               Understandings
               ,
               Eph.
               1.
               17
               ,
               18.
               
            
             
               Quest.
               What
               is
               this
               Light
               of
               Faith
               ,
               and
               how
               does
               it
               differ
               from
               the
               Light
               of
               Reason
               ?
            
             
               Answ.
               The
               Light
               of
               Reason
               lies
               in
               the
               evidence
               of
               the
               thing
               it self
               ,
               as
               it
               falls
               under
               a
               Humane
               Understanding
               ,
               arguing
               from
               the
               cause
               to
               the
               effect
               ,
               drawing
               certain
               conclusions
               from
               undeniable
               premises
               ,
               granted
               and
               acknowledged
               by
               all
               men
               to
               be
               Truths
               in
               Nature
               :
               Upon
               such
               Concessions
               they
               build
               all
               their
               acquired
               Knowledge
               ,
               and
               do
               put
               the
               stamp
               of
               Truth
               upon
               all
               fair
               inferences
               from
               thence
               ,
               which
               they
               judge
               agreeable
               to
               those
               first
               principles
               and
               notions
               of
               Truth
               ,
               that
               pass
               for
               currant
               under
               that
               name
               among
               credulous
               men
               ,
               who
               do
               but
               think
               they
               know
               ,
               
               and
               do
               rather
               ghess
               than
               judge
               :
               so
               great
               is
               the
               uncertainty
               of
               all
               humane
               Knowledge
               ,
               we
               have
               little
               cause
               to
               glory
               in
               it
               .
            
             
               The
               light
               of
               Faith
               lies
               in
               the
               infallible
               certainty
               of
               Divine
               Testimony
               ,
               faith
               sees
               not
               the
               causes
               of
               things
               in
               the
               things
               themselves
               ,
               but
               in
               God
               alone
               ,
               to
               whom
               all
               things
               are
               possible
               ,
               faith
               excells
               all
               other
               knowledge
               ,
               in
               as
               much
               as
               it
               sees
               and
               knows
               all
               things
               in
               their
               first
               Cause
               ,
               God
               ,
               and
               takes
               hold
               of
               them
               by
               the
               very
               root
               from
               whence
               they
               first
               spring
               ,
               arguing
               from
               the
               Veracity
               of
               God
               ,
               to
               the
               Truth
               of
               all
               his
               sayings
               ,
               we
               know
               that
               God
               has
               spoken
               thus
               and
               thus
               ,
               as
               Ioh.
               9.
               29.
               we
               know
               the
               Doctrine
               is
               of
               God
               ,
               Ioh.
               7.
               17.
               and
               that
               no
               prophesie
               of
               the
               Scripture
               is
               of
               private
               Interpretation
               ,
               2
               Pet.
               1.
               20
               ,
               21.
               under
               this
               conviction
               we
               cannot
               but
               yield
               the
               obedience
               of
               faith
               to
               every
               word
               of
               God
               :
               I
               do
               not
               deny
               but
               experience
               may
               and
               does
               give
               Believers
               some
               Evidence
               of
               the
               things
               themselves
               ,
               but
               this
               belongs
               rather
               to
               their
               after
               Edification
               ,
               then
               to
               the
               first
               act
               of
               Faith
               in
               their
               Conversion
               ,
               by
               which
               they
               close
               in
               with
               Christ
               ,
               upon
               the
               credit
               of
               a
               bare
               word
               of
               promise
               from
               him
               who
               cannot
               lie
               ,
            
             
             
               Object
               ,
               Since
               these
               sublime
               supernatural
               Misteries
               of
               the
               Gospel
               are
               so
               much
               above
               ,
               and
               so
               seemingly
               contrary
               to
               humane
               Reason
               ,
               how
               comes
               it
               to
               pass
               that
               any
               man
               should
               own
               them
               for
               Truths
               ,
               and
               be
               brought
               under
               the
               power
               of
               them
               .
            
             
               Answ.
               'T
               is
               by
               a
               Divine
               Faith
               ,
               I
               call
               it
               Divine
               because
               't
               is
               the
               work
               of
               God
               that
               we
               believe
               his
               Testimony
               ,
               Ioh.
               6
               ,
               29.
               
            
             
               Quest.
               Does
               not
               this
               Operation
               of
               God
               upon
               the
               Hearts
               of
               men
               in
               working
               faith
               in
               us
               ,
               offer
               violence
               to
               mans
               Nature
               and
               force
               the
               Will
               to
               consent
               to
               that
               which
               is
               above
               the
               Understanding
               :
               Or
               how
               can
               the
               efficacy
               of
               Gods
               Grace
               in
               determining
               Mans
               Will
               to
               such
               a
               Spiritual
               Act
               of
               Faith
               in
               Christ
               Jesus
               be
               consistent
               with
               the
               liberty
               of
               the
               Will.
               
            
             
               Answ.
               Many
               intricate
               disputes
               there
               are
               about
               this
               Point
               ,
               managed
               by
               subtil
               heads
               ,
               not
               without
               some
               shew
               and
               appearance
               of
               Reason
               ,
               who
               to
               secure
               the
               liberty
               of
               Mans
               Will
               ,
               have
               denied
               the
               efficacy
               of
               Gods
               Grace
               ,
               placing
               the
               power
               of
               believing
               in
               man
               himself
               ,
               to
               avoid
               the
               force
               that
               otherwise
               they
               think
               must
               be
               offered
               to
               his
               Will.
               But
               to
               clear
               the
               efficacy
               of
               
               Gods
               Grace
               from
               this
               imputation
               ,
               I
               need
               say
               no
               more
               but
               this
               ,
               viz.
               
            
             
               That
               the
               Grace
               of
               God
               enters
               the
               Soul
               of
               man
               as
               a
               New
               Nature
               ,
               and
               therefore
               cannot
               put
               any
               force
               upon
               him
               ,
               Nature
               works
               kindly
               in
               all
               ,
               by
               Inclination
               ,
               not
               by
               Violence
               ;
               as
               Nature
               is
               from
               Generation
               ,
               so
               the
               new
               Nature
               is
               from
               Regeneration
               ;
               one
               is
               the
               birth
               of
               the
               Flesh
               ,
               the
               other
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ;
               as
               we
               are
               born
               Men
               by
               our
               first
               birth
               ,
               so
               we
               are
               born
               Christians
               by
               our
               second
               birth
               .
               Artificial
               Christians
               are
               all
               name
               ,
               without
               any
               living
               Nature
               answerable
               to
               it
               ,
               being
               not
               truly
               born
               of
               God
               and
               thereby
               made
               partakers
               of
               his
               Divine
               Nature
               .
            
             
               The
               breathing
               in
               of
               this
               new
               Nature
               into
               the
               Soul
               of
               man
               by
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               ,
               is
               that
               new
               Creation
               spoken
               of
               in
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               't
               is
               the
               first
               Act
               of
               God
               in
               our
               Conversion
               ,
               't
               is
               solely
               the
               Act
               of
               God
               ,
               without
               any
               concurrence
               of
               ours
               ,
               we
               have
               only
               a
               passive
               obediential
               power
               to
               receive
               the
               impression
               !
               'T
               is
               God
               that
               makes
               it
               ,
               upon
               this
               supernatural
               Principle
               are
               grounded
               all
               after
               proceedings
               in
               bringing
               the
               Soul
               forward
               to
               an
               actual
               closure
               with
               Christ
               ,
               all
               the
               natural
               powers
               and
               
               faculties
               of
               the
               Soul
               are
               gathered
               into
               this
               supernatural
               Principle
               ,
               do
               act
               under
               it
               ,
               are
               moved
               by
               it
               ,
               and
               directed
               in
               all
               their
               free
               motions
               to
               a
               supernatural
               end
               ,
               which
               they
               could
               not
               of
               themselves
               tend
               unto
               ;
               and
               let
               it
               not
               seem
               incredible
               to
               us
               that
               God
               should
               do
               this
               ,
               he
               can
               do
               no
               evil
               from
               the
               perfection
               of
               his
               Nature
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               same
               reason
               all
               good
               must
               needs
               be
               in
               the
               power
               of
               his
               hand
               ,
               the
               greatest
               good
               that
               can
               be
               done
               to
               fallen
               Man
               ,
               is
               thus
               to
               restore
               him
               .
               In
               this
               new
               Nature
               are
               wrapped
               up
               the
               seeds
               of
               all
               Grace
               ,
               which
               by
               the
               efficacy
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               are
               drawn
               out
               into
               act
               ,
               with
               the
               free
               consent
               of
               Mans
               Will
               :
               Should
               God
               determine
               the
               Will
               of
               Man
               to
               a
               good
               act
               whilst
               it
               is
               in
               a
               bad
               state
               and
               under
               a
               corrupt
               nature
               ,
               this
               would
               imply
               force
               and
               violence
               ,
               but
               to
               lead
               out
               a
               man
               according
               to
               his
               new
               Nature
               ,
               is
               not
               to
               put
               a
               force
               upon
               him
               .
               If
               Sin
               had
               that
               efficacy
               upon
               Man
               in
               his
               perfect
               state
               ,
               to
               encline
               his
               Will
               to
               Evil
               ,
               why
               should
               not
               Grace
               have
               the
               like
               efficacy
               upon
               Man
               fallen
               to
               encline
               his
               Will
               to
               good
               .
               Though
               an
               inclination
               to
               Evil
               in
               Man
               standing
               was
               possible
               from
               the
               liberty
               of
               his
               Will
               in
               which
               he
               was
               created
               ,
               yet
               such
               an
               actual
               inclination
               was
               inconsistent
               with
               his
               perfect
               state
               ,
               and
               left
               such
               an
               inherent
               
               crookedness
               in
               his
               perverted
               Nature
               that
               nothing
               but
               Grace
               can
               rectifie
               and
               make
               streight
               again
               .
               What
               is
               a
               principle
               of
               Grace
               ,
               but
               liberty
               to
               Good
               restored
               to
               fallen
               man
               ,
               from
               whence
               an
               actual
               inclination
               to
               choose
               what
               is
               good
               do's
               follow
               of
               course
               ,
               when
               God
               calls
               and
               excites
               him
               thereunto
               ,
               here
               is
               no
               force
               put
               upon
               mans
               Will
               ,
               it
               acts
               freely
               in
               the
               choice
               of
               good
               ,
               and
               it
               cannot
               be
               otherwise
               ,
               since
               Grace
               enters
               as
               a
               new
               Nature
               ,
               ingenerating
               a
               powerful
               Principle
               of
               Holiness
               in
               the
               Soul
               ,
               that
               do's
               incline
               a
               man
               freely
               to
               comply
               which
               the
               efficacious
               grace
               of
               God
               exciting
               him
               to
               those
               acts
               of
               Holiness
               so
               agreeable
               to
               the
               Nature
               of
               the
               new
               Creature
               ,
               as
               Sin
               reigns
               unto
               Death
               ,
               so
               Grace
               will
               reign
               through
               Righteousness
               unto
               Eternal
               Life
               ,
               Rom.
               5.
               21.
               
               Shall
               not
               he
               that
               raises
               the
               dead
               be
               able
               to
               quicken
               a
               dead
               Soul
               ,
               but
               we
               are
               more
               sensible
               of
               that
               power
               that
               God
               puts
               forth
               upon
               the
               bodies
               of
               Men
               ,
               then
               of
               that
               which
               he
               puts
               forth
               upon
               their
               Souls
               ,
               
                 that
                 you
                 may
                 know
                 that
                 the
                 Son
                 of
                 man
                 hath
                 power
                 to
                 forgive
                 sins
                 ,
                 Take
                 up
                 thy
                 bed
                 and
                 walk
                 ,
                 Mat.
              
               9.
               6.
               
               This
               you
               all
               see
               ,
               but
               the
               actings
               of
               my
               saving
               power
               upon
               the
               souls
               of
               men
               ,
               that
               power
               that
               works
               within
               ,
               (
               Eph.
               3.
               20.
               
               )
               you
               see
               not
               ;
               let
               this
               that
               you
               see
               convince
               
               you
               of
               that
               which
               you
               see
               not
               ,
               and
               never
               dispute
               my
               power
               more
               to
               forgive
               sin
               ,
               I
               can
               heal
               the
               diseases
               of
               the
               Soul
               as
               well
               as
               those
               of
               the
               Body
               ,
               the
               power
               that
               God
               has
               to
               forgive
               sin
               is
               the
               great
               prerogative
               of
               God
               ,
               belonging
               to
               the
               soveraignty
               of
               his
               grace
               .
               God
               walks
               invisibly
               thorow
               the
               World
               ,
               doing
               his
               mighty
               works
               of
               Grace
               ,
               he
               touches
               some
               mens
               hearts
               ,
               not
               others
               ;
               he
               draws
               some
               and
               not
               others
               ,
               by
               the
               sweet
               yet
               irresistable
               force
               of
               his
               Grace
               ;
               we
               see
               nothing
               but
               man
               ,
               mans
               Will
               ,
               mans
               Choice
               ,
               mans
               Act
               ,
               and
               therefore
               conclude
               all
               is
               by
               mans
               own
               power
               ,
               because
               we
               see
               not
               the
               wheel
               within
               the
               wheel
               ,
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               setting
               the
               whole
               soul
               in
               motion
               towards
               Christ
               :
               This
               
                 arcanum
                 Iehovae
              
               ,
               this
               secret
               of
               the
               Lord
               is
               with
               them
               that
               fear
               him
               ,
               Psal.
               25.
               14.
               
               The
               way
               of
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               in
               the
               hearts
               of
               men
               is
               discerned
               by
               few
               ,
               't
               is
               a
               very
               hard
               matter
               to
               understand
               how
               God
               works
               in
               us
               to
               will
               and
               to
               do
               ,
               because
               we
               find
               it
               to
               be
               our
               own
               act
               to
               believe
               ,
               repent
               and
               turn
               to
               God
               ,
               we
               ascribe
               all
               to
               our selves
               as
               if
               our
               own
               arm
               had
               saved
               us
               :
               The
               truth
               is
               ,
               God
               in
               all
               the
               efficacious
               operations
               of
               his
               grace
               upon
               the
               hearts
               of
               men
               ,
               loves
               to
               conceal
               himself
               ,
               he
               will
               not
               be
               seen
               by
               others
               to
               
               do
               what
               he
               do's
               in
               and
               for
               his
               Saints
               ,
               
                 no
                 noise
                 in
                 the
                 streets
                 ,
                 Matth.
              
               12.
               19.
               
               
                 The
                 kingdom
                 of
                 God
                 comes
                 not
                 with
                 observation
                 ,
                 Luke
              
               17.
               20
               ,
               21.
               
               All
               is
               done
               within
               secretly
               and
               silently
               ,
               non
               are
               privy
               to
               this
               heart-work
               ,
               but
               they
               that
               feel
               it
               ,
               this
               is
               the
               hiding
               of
               his
               power
               from
               the
               observation
               of
               those
               whom
               he
               never
               intends
               to
               work
               upon
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               hardening
               of
               their
               hearts
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               still
               retain
               an
               opinion
               of
               their
               own
               ability
               to
               do
               that
               which
               they
               see
               others
               so
               freely
               and
               willingly
               addicting
               themselves
               unto
               :
               Though
               this
               be
               a
               cause
               of
               stumbling
               to
               many
               ,
               who
               boast
               of
               a
               supposed
               power
               and
               freedom
               of
               will
               to
               believe
               and
               repent
               when
               they
               please
               ,
               yet
               such
               in
               whose
               hearts
               God
               has
               wrought
               these
               mighty
               works
               of
               his
               grace
               ,
               they
               see
               and
               feel
               the
               weight
               of
               his
               Arm
               revealed
               upon
               their
               souls
               ,
               they
               know
               it
               is
               Gods
               doing
               ,
               that
               a
               divine
               power
               has
               touched
               their
               hearts
               ,
               and
               carried
               them
               out
               to
               all
               these
               acts
               of
               Faith
               that
               they
               put
               forth
               ,
               they
               openly
               acknowledge
               this
               ,
               1
               Cor.
               15.
               10.
               
               Phil
               ,
               4.
               13.
               2
               
               Cor.
               3.
               5.
               
               Gal.
               2.
               20.
               
               
                 Not
                 I
                 but
                 Christ.
              
               When
               they
               feel
               themselves
               most
               strengthned
               by
               Christ
               ,
               they
               are
               then
               most
               sensible
               of
               their
               own
               self-insufficiency
               and
               weakness
               ,
               I
               can
               do
               all
               things
               through
               Christ
               ,
               yet
               not
               sufficient
               of
               
               our selves
               to
               think
               a
               good
               thought
               ;
               
                 when
                 I
                 am
                 weak
                 ,
                 then
                 am
                 I
                 strong
                 ,
              
               2
               Cor.
               12.
               10.
               
               They
               would
               not
               say
               so
               ,
               if
               they
               did
               not
               find
               a
               power
               more
               then
               humane
               exerting
               it self
               within
               them
               ,
               and
               strengthning
               them
               with
               might
               in
               their
               inward
               man
               ,
               I
               live
               ,
               yet
               not
               I
               ,
               but
               Christ
               lives
               in
               me
               ,
               till
               we
               can
               thus
               distinguish
               between
               Nature
               and
               Grace
               ,
               and
               see
               God
               influencing
               our
               Wills
               in
               all
               their
               free
               motions
               to
               that
               which
               is
               good
               ,
               we
               shall
               vainly
               assume
               to
               our selves
               a
               power
               that
               never
               yet
               reduced
               it self
               to
               the
               least
               real
               act
               of
               Faith
               in
               any
               man
               whatever
               :
               't
               is
               easie
               talking
               of
               a
               power
               to
               believe
               ,
               before
               we
               come
               to
               believe
               in
               good
               earnest
               ,
               then
               our
               strength
               fails
               us
               if
               God
               do
               not
               support
               us
               ,
               and
               help
               our
               unbelief
               ;
               
                 I
                 believe
                 ,
                 help
                 my
                 unbelief
                 ,
                 〈◊〉
              
               I
               can't
               hold
               it
               ,
               my
               faith
               will
               fail
               ,
               if
               God
               do
               not
               put
               his
               Everlasting
               Arms
               underneath
               ,
               if
               we
               consider
               what
               difficulties
               ,
               what
               strong
               Objections
               unanswerable
               by
               Reason
               ,
               Faith
               Acts
               against
               in
               keeping
               up
               a
               lively
               hope
               of
               Pardon
               in
               the
               Conscience
               of
               a
               convinced
               sinner
               ,
               we
               must
               needs
               say
               ,
               't
               is
               the
               work
               of
               God
               that
               we
               believe
               ;
               we
               may
               wonder
               at
               our selves
               as
               men
               ,
               when
               we
               consider
               what
               we
               believe
               as
               Christians
               .
            
             
             
               I
               have
               spoken
               all
               this
               to
               shew
               that
               God
               is
               the
               Author
               and
               Finisher
               of
               our
               Faith
               ,
               't
               is
               he
               only
               can
               open
               the
               heart
               ,
               and
               dispose
               it
               ,
               to
               give
               Credit
               to
               the
               Word
               of
               his
               Grace
               .
            
             
               
                 Application
                 .
              
               
                 By
                 way
                 of
                 Discovery
                 ,
                 viz.
                 
              
               
                 How
                 we
                 may
                 know
                 when
                 Faith
                 comes
                 by
                 Hearing
                 ,
                 even
                 at
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 Hearing
                 ,
                 and
                 whether
                 it
                 be
                 yet
                 come
                 into
                 your
                 hearts
                 ,
                 by
                 all
                 you
                 have
                 heard
                 hitherto
                 .
              
               
                 Faith
                 is
                 a
                 secret
                 and
                 a
                 sudden
                 work
                 ,
                 when
                 it
                 comes
                 it
                 gives
                 some
                 sense
                 of
                 it self
                 to
                 an
                 observing
                 Christian
                 ,
                 that
                 quickly
                 convinces
                 us
                 of
                 a
                 change
                 in
                 our selves
                 ,
                 a
                 heart
                 truly
                 turned
                 to
                 God
                 ,
                 is
                 not
                 the
                 same
                 it
                 was
                 before
                 ,
                 not
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 posture
                 ,
                 not
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 disposition
                 and
                 frame
                 ,
                 there
                 is
                 something
                 new
                 appears
                 in
                 every
                 new
                 Creature
                 ,
                 that
                 do's
                 not
                 belong
                 to
                 the
                 Old
                 Man
                 but
                 rises
                 up
                 in
                 opposition
                 to
                 him
                 :
                 this
                 newness
                 do's
                 not
                 lye
                 in
                 some
                 one
                 corner
                 of
                 the
                 heart
                 ,
                 but
                 every
                 where
                 ,
                 't
                 is
                 universal
                 in
                 every
                 faculty
                 ;
                 all
                 things
                 are
                 become
                 new
                 ,
                 though
                 the
                 old
                 leaven
                 be
                 not
                 totally
                 cast
                 out
                 any
                 where
                 ,
                 but
                 
                 lest
                 as
                 an
                 occasional
                 provocation
                 and
                 challenge
                 to
                 the
                 Grace
                 of
                 God
                 to
                 act
                 in
                 more
                 opposition
                 to
                 those
                 motions
                 of
                 sin
                 ,
                 that
                 put
                 a
                 force
                 upon
                 the
                 New
                 Creature
                 ,
                 are
                 directly
                 contrary
                 to
                 the
                 bent
                 and
                 genius
                 of
                 our
                 renewed
                 Nature
                 ;
                 till
                 Faith
                 comes
                 we
                 are
                 never
                 sensible
                 of
                 any
                 such
                 inward
                 Conflicts
                 between
                 the
                 flesh
                 and
                 the
                 Spirit
                 ;
                 but
                 then
                 the
                 fight
                 begins
                 ,
                 the
                 good
                 fight
                 of
                 Faith
                 :
                 'T
                 is
                 Faith
                 strikes
                 the
                 first
                 stroke
                 ,
                 makes
                 the
                 first
                 assault
                 upon
                 our
                 reigning
                 sin
                 and
                 corruptions
                 ,
                 and
                 will
                 never
                 cease
                 contending
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 till
                 it
                 has
                 got
                 a
                 full
                 Victory
                 over
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 throughly
                 mortified
                 them
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 how
                 shall
                 we
                 know
                 in
                 the
                 very
                 time
                 of
                 hearing
                 ,
                 when
                 Faith
                 comes
                 .
              
               
                 When
                 the
                 word
                 Works
                 effectually
                 after
                 hearing
                 ,
                 it
                 usually
                 gives
                 some
                 powerful
                 touch
                 upon
                 the
                 heart
                 at
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 hearing
                 ;
                 so
                 1
                 Cor.
                 14.
                 24
                 ,
                 25.
                 he
                 speaks
                 there
                 of
                 the
                 occasional
                 Conversion
                 of
                 an
                 Unbeliever
                 ,
                 who
                 came
                 into
                 the
                 Assembly
                 ,
                 where
                 there
                 was
                 Prophesying
                 and
                 Preaching
                 ,
                 't
                 is
                 probable
                 some
                 such
                 are
                 come
                 in
                 hither
                 to
                 day
                 ;
                 Oh
                 that
                 God
                 would
                 meet
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 might
                 be
                 convinced
                 and
                 fall
                 down
                 upon
                 their
                 Faces
                 ,
                 
                 worshipping
                 God
                 ,
                 acknowledging
                 that
                 he
                 is
                 among
                 us
                 of
                 a
                 truth
                 ;
                 so
                 Acts
                 2.
                 37.
                 their
                 Hearts
                 were
                 prick'd
                 ,
                 they
                 cry
                 out
                 in
                 the
                 midst
                 of
                 the
                 Sermon
                 ,
                 
                   Men
                   and
                   Brethren
                   what
                   shall
                   we
                   do
                   ?
                
                 We
                 want
                 such
                 publick
                 Conversions
                 ,
                 had
                 we
                 more
                 of
                 these
                 New
                 Births
                 in
                 our
                 Congregations
                 ;
                 we
                 should
                 have
                 more
                 of
                 these
                 out
                 cries
                 ;
                 which
                 would
                 be
                 very
                 awakening
                 to
                 us
                 all
                 ,
                 if
                 God
                 would
                 honour
                 his
                 Ordinances
                 with
                 such
                 visible
                 signs
                 of
                 his
                 presence
                 ,
                 as
                 in
                 the
                 Primitive
                 Times
                 the
                 Word
                 was
                 preached
                 with
                 that
                 power
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 wrought
                 a
                 great
                 consternation
                 and
                 astonishment
                 in
                 the
                 whole
                 Assembly
                 ,
                 there
                 was
                 a
                 great
                 impression
                 upon
                 their
                 minds
                 ,
                 which
                 had
                 various
                 effects
                 ;
                 some
                 blasphemed
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 believed
                 ,
                 but
                 all
                 were
                 moved
                 and
                 stirred
                 ,
                 struck
                 inwardly
                 ,
                 though
                 many
                 saw
                 not
                 the
                 hand
                 that
                 struck
                 them
                 ;
                 't
                 is
                 otherwise
                 now
                 ;
                 hearers
                 are
                 more
                 unconcern'd
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 more
                 drowsie
                 frame
                 ;
                 we
                 can
                 hardly
                 keep
                 them
                 waking
                 all
                 Sermon
                 time
                 ;
                 they
                 say
                 these
                 were
                 extraordinary
                 cases
                 ,
                 not
                 applicable
                 to
                 us
                 now
                 :
                 I
                 must
                 tell
                 you
                 ,
                 Conversions
                 wrought
                 by
                 ordinary
                 means
                 now
                 ,
                 are
                 extraordinary
                 things
                 ,
                 have
                 extraordinary
                 effects
                 ;
                 the
                 Light
                 into
                 which
                 we
                 are
                 brought
                 ,
                 is
                 ,
                 and
                 ought
                 to
                 be
                 ,
                 as
                 marvellous
                 in
                 our
                 Eyes
                 now
                 ,
                 as
                 't
                 was
                 in
                 
                 theirs
                 heretofore
                 ;
                 they
                 who
                 find
                 nothing
                 of
                 this
                 ,
                 neither
                 in
                 nor
                 after
                 Conversion
                 ,
                 would
                 do
                 well
                 to
                 make
                 a
                 stricter
                 inquiry
                 into
                 their
                 state
                 ;
                 sometimes
                 we
                 bring
                 down
                 Grace
                 as
                 low
                 as
                 we
                 can
                 for
                 the
                 sake
                 of
                 weak
                 ones
                 ,
                 but
                 we
                 must
                 not
                 make
                 nothing
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 to
                 please
                 some
                 who
                 would
                 rest
                 in
                 a
                 silent
                 easie
                 ▪
                 Conversion
                 ,
                 and
                 think
                 to
                 go
                 Heaven
                 by
                 the
                 charitable
                 Opinion
                 others
                 have
                 of
                 them
                 ;
                 that
                 so
                 great
                 a
                 change
                 as
                 Conversion
                 is
                 ,
                 should
                 make
                 so
                 little
                 appearance
                 as
                 it
                 doe's
                 in
                 many
                 pretending
                 to
                 it
                 ,
                 is
                 that
                 we
                 should
                 not
                 easily
                 digest
                 ,
                 Let
                 every
                 one
                 examine
                 himself
                 .
              
               
                 Should
                 God
                 come
                 upon
                 any
                 of
                 you
                 with
                 a
                 through
                 Conviction
                 of
                 Sin
                 ,
                 and
                 give
                 you
                 a
                 real
                 sight
                 of
                 Christ
                 as
                 your
                 only
                 Saviour
                 ,
                 you
                 would
                 not
                 be
                 able
                 to
                 contain
                 your selves
                 under
                 this
                 marvellous
                 Light
                 ;
                 't
                 will
                 be
                 like
                 Fire
                 in
                 your
                 Bones
                 ,
                 Ier.
                 20.
                 9.
                 you
                 'l
                 immediately
                 spring
                 up
                 as
                 the
                 Goaler
                 did
                 ,
                 Acts
                 16.
                 29.
                 
                 
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                   〈◊〉
                
                 ,
                 he
                 did
                 not
                 consider
                 which
                 foot
                 he
                 should
                 put
                 foremost
                 ,
                 but
                 leaped
                 up
                 on
                 a
                 suddain
                 ,
                 broke
                 out
                 into
                 a
                 passionate
                 inquiry
                 after
                 the
                 way
                 of
                 Salvation
                 .
              
               
                 Faith
                 especially
                 at
                 its
                 first
                 entrance
                 ,
                 when
                 it
                 first
                 comes
                 into
                 our
                 Hearts
                 ,
                 is
                 alwaies
                 
                 accompanied
                 with
                 a
                 through
                 Conviction
                 of
                 our
                 lost
                 undone
                 Estate
                 :
                 I
                 don't
                 speak
                 now
                 of
                 those
                 legal
                 Convictions
                 that
                 in
                 some
                 may
                 be
                 preparatory
                 to
                 Conversion
                 ,
                 but
                 of
                 that
                 saving
                 Evangelical
                 Conviction
                 that
                 is
                 of
                 the
                 Essence
                 of
                 saving
                 Faith
                 ,
                 alwayes
                 accompanying
                 it
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 the
                 reason
                 of
                 Faiths
                 earnestness
                 in
                 its
                 first
                 actings
                 upon
                 Christ
                 ,
                 
                   Master
                   save
                   us
                   ,
                   we
                   perish
                   .
                
              
               
                 In
                 the
                 Acts
                 we
                 have
                 several
                 instances
                 of
                 Faith
                 wrought
                 in
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 hearing
                 ,
                 Acts
                 10.
                 44.
                 
                 
                   While
                   Peter
                   yet
                   spake
                   ,
                   the
                   Holy
                   Ghost
                   fell
                   on
                   all
                   them
                   which
                   heard
                   the
                   word
                   :
                
                 So
                 Acts
                 14.
                 1.
                 
                 Acts
                 18.
                 8.
                 
                 Acts
                 28.
                 24.
                 
                 Paul
                 perceived
                 Faith
                 in
                 the
                 Cripple
                 by
                 his
                 attentive
                 hearing
                 ,
                 Acts
                 14.
                 9.
                 
              
               
                 When
                 Faith
                 does
                 not
                 make
                 this
                 publick
                 entrance
                 into
                 the
                 Hearts
                 of
                 those
                 who
                 hear
                 the
                 word
                 ;
                 as
                 it
                 did
                 in
                 the
                 Primitive
                 times
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 view
                 and
                 face
                 of
                 the
                 whole
                 Congregation
                 ,
                 and
                 't
                 is
                 much
                 to
                 be
                 lamented
                 that
                 it
                 does
                 not
                 :
                 I
                 fear
                 it
                 portends
                 more
                 than
                 I
                 am
                 willing
                 to
                 tell
                 you
                 ;
                 yet
                 I
                 hope
                 Faith
                 may
                 and
                 does
                 come
                 in
                 a
                 more
                 silent
                 manner
                 into
                 your
                 Hearts
                 at
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 hearing
                 ;
                 this
                 you
                 may
                 know
                 by
                 a
                 sudden
                 astonishment
                 ,
                 and
                 trembling
                 that
                 sezes
                 upon
                 the
                 Soul
                 ,
                 Luke
                 4.
                 33.
                 
                 Acts
                 13.
                 12.
                 
                 Acts
                 9.
                 6.
                 
                 When
                 a
                 discovery
                 of
                 the
                 Evil
                 of
                 Sin
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 Grace
                 of
                 Christ
                 do
                 meet
                 
                 together
                 in
                 one
                 saving
                 Conviction
                 in
                 the
                 Conscience
                 of
                 an
                 awakened
                 Sinner
                 ,
                 we
                 must
                 needs
                 be
                 variously
                 affected
                 with
                 horrour
                 and
                 hope
                 ;
                 Grace
                 clothes
                 it self
                 with
                 contrary
                 passions
                 at
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 looks
                 at
                 Sin
                 ,
                 and
                 at
                 Christ
                 ,
                 loathing
                 the
                 one
                 ,
                 and
                 embracing
                 the
                 other
                 ;
                 this
                 may
                 be
                 perceived
                 at
                 the
                 first
                 opening
                 of
                 the
                 Heart
                 to
                 believe
                 the
                 Gospel
                 ,
                 a
                 present
                 act
                 of
                 Faith
                 is
                 and
                 will
                 be
                 the
                 present
                 sense
                 of
                 the
                 Soul
                 in
                 and
                 about
                 what
                 it
                 believes
                 ;
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 putting
                 the
                 word
                 from
                 us
                 ,
                 when
                 once
                 we
                 believe
                 it
                 in
                 our
                 Hearts
                 :
                 Men
                 may
                 talk
                 of
                 Gospel-Truths
                 under
                 a
                 formal
                 profession
                 of
                 Faith
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 be
                 affected
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 Word
                 works
                 effectually
                 in
                 them
                 that
                 believe
                 .
                 Faith
                 touches
                 the
                 Soul
                 in
                 the
                 most
                 sensible
                 part
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 gathers
                 up
                 the
                 Mind
                 and
                 Thoughts
                 of
                 a
                 Man
                 into
                 a
                 close
                 and
                 serious
                 debate
                 with
                 himself
                 ,
                 about
                 those
                 things
                 which
                 he
                 believes
                 in
                 reference
                 to
                 himself
                 ;
                 his
                 Heart
                 waxes
                 hot
                 within
                 him
                 ;
                 this
                 is
                 the
                 Power
                 and
                 Dominion
                 that
                 Faith
                 has
                 over
                 us
                 ,
                 being
                 the
                 highest
                 principle
                 in
                 Man
                 ;
                 it
                 overcomes
                 all
                 contradictions
                 from
                 the
                 Flesh
                 ,
                 answers
                 all
                 Carnal
                 Objections
                 ,
                 throughly
                 perswades
                 a
                 Man
                 ,
                 firmly
                 establishes
                 the
                 Heart
                 in
                 the
                 belief
                 of
                 the
                 present
                 Truth
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 we
                 become
                 unmovable
                 
                 from
                 the
                 hope
                 of
                 the
                 Gospel
                 .
              
               
                 These
                 are
                 the
                 inward
                 Commotions
                 that
                 Faith
                 makes
                 in
                 the
                 Soul
                 at
                 its
                 first
                 entrance
                 ,
                 you
                 cannot
                 so
                 slight
                 the
                 impressions
                 of
                 Faith
                 ,
                 as
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 greatly
                 concerned
                 about
                 them
                 ;
                 't
                 is
                 not
                 come
                 to
                 real
                 believing
                 till
                 it
                 comes
                 to
                 this
                 ;
                 you
                 are
                 and
                 must
                 be
                 serious
                 in
                 and
                 about
                 that
                 which
                 with
                 your
                 hearts
                 you
                 believe
                 concerning
                 your
                 Eternal
                 State.
                 
              
               
                 Whether
                 you
                 now
                 are
                 ,
                 or
                 ever
                 have
                 been
                 in
                 such
                 a
                 frame
                 ,
                 God
                 and
                 your
                 own
                 Consciences
                 know
                 best
                 ;
                 they
                 are
                 not
                 trifles
                 that
                 you
                 believe
                 ,
                 but
                 matters
                 of
                 that
                 moment
                 that
                 you
                 cannot
                 but
                 be
                 concerned
                 in
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 is
                 nothing
                 required
                 to
                 fire
                 your
                 Hearts
                 with
                 a
                 zealous
                 solitude
                 and
                 thoughtfulness
                 about
                 them
                 ,
                 but
                 only
                 your
                 believing
                 them
                 ;
                 you
                 can
                 no
                 more
                 step
                 over
                 such
                 an
                 act
                 of
                 Faith
                 ,
                 than
                 you
                 can
                 cease
                 to
                 think
                 while
                 you
                 are
                 actually
                 thinking
                 ,
                 or
                 cease
                 to
                 move
                 while
                 actually
                 moving
                 :
                 An
                 act
                 of
                 believing
                 is
                 the
                 Soul
                 in
                 actual
                 motion
                 towards
                 Christ
                 ,
                 flying
                 for
                 refuge
                 to
                 the
                 hope
                 that
                 is
                 set
                 before
                 him
                 .
                 This
                 is
                 the
                 way
                 of
                 the
                 Spirit
                 in
                 working
                 Faith
                 at
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 hearing
                 ;
                 and
                 if
                 you
                 observe
                 such
                 a
                 one
                 whose
                 heart
                 
                 the
                 Word
                 has
                 reached
                 ;
                 he
                 goes
                 home
                 musing
                 upon
                 what
                 he
                 has
                 heard
                 :
                 Suppose
                 one
                 standing
                 in
                 the
                 Spirit
                 of
                 Isaiah
                 at
                 the
                 Meeting-door
                 ,
                 as
                 you
                 go
                 forth
                 crying
                 out
                 ,
                 
                   Who
                   hath
                   believed
                   our
                   report
                   ,
                   to
                   whom
                   has
                   the
                   arm
                   of
                   the
                   Lord
                   been
                   revealed
                   this
                   day
                
                 ;
                 how
                 experimentally
                 would
                 such
                 a
                 one
                 say
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 believed
                 ,
                 to
                 me
                 hath
                 the
                 Arm
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 been
                 revealed
                 ;
                 follow
                 him
                 further
                 into
                 his
                 House
                 ,
                 into
                 his
                 Chamber
                 or
                 Closet
                 ;
                 behold
                 he
                 prayes
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 Word
                 brings
                 down
                 the
                 sense
                 of
                 God
                 into
                 the
                 Soul
                 ;
                 so
                 Prayer
                 carries
                 up
                 the
                 sence
                 of
                 the
                 Soul
                 ,
                 concerning
                 that
                 word
                 ,
                 
                   to
                   God
                   above
                
                 :
                 Prayer
                 ,
                 especially
                 just
                 after
                 Conversion
                 ,
                 is
                 but
                 a
                 Holy
                 enlargement
                 of
                 the
                 Heart
                 about
                 those
                 things
                 that
                 God
                 first
                 speaks
                 to
                 us
                 by
                 his
                 Word
                 .
                 
                   I
                   will
                   say
                   '
                   its
                   my
                   people
                   ,
                   they
                   shall
                   say
                   ,
                   the
                   Lord
                   is
                   my
                   God.
                   
                
              
               
                 In
                 hearing
                 expect
                 no
                 other
                 reason
                 for
                 Faith
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 bare
                 testimony
                 of
                 the
                 Word
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 search
                 the
                 Scriptures
                 whether
                 things
                 are
                 so
                 or
                 no
                 ,
                 as
                 Ministers
                 declare
                 ,
                 if
                 you
                 find
                 them
                 so
                 ,
                 charge
                 them
                 upon
                 your
                 Consciences
                 as
                 most
                 worthy
                 of
                 all
                 acceptation
                 and
                 belief
                 :
                 Religion
                 now
                 a
                 dayes
                 is
                 branched
                 out
                 into
                 so
                 many
                 speculations
                 and
                 subtle
                 questions
                 wrapped
                 up
                 
                 in
                 such
                 terms
                 of
                 art
                 ,
                 under
                 such
                 nice
                 distinctions
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 power
                 and
                 simplicity
                 of
                 the
                 Gospel
                 is
                 almost
                 lost
                 ,
                 ordinary
                 Professors
                 know
                 not
                 what
                 to
                 believe
                 while
                 the
                 Pulpit
                 gives
                 such
                 an
                 uncertain
                 sound
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 is
                 not
                 so
                 much
                 Rational
                 Knowledge
                 required
                 to
                 the
                 obedience
                 of
                 Faith
                 as
                 some
                 imagine
                 ,
                 leave
                 others
                 to
                 dispute
                 ,
                 to
                 produce
                 their
                 Reasons
                 pro
                 and
                 con
                 ,
                 do
                 you
                 quote
                 Scripture
                 and
                 believe
                 ,
                 begging
                 of
                 God
                 to
                 direct
                 your
                 faith
                 into
                 right
                 apprehensions
                 of
                 his
                 revealed
                 Will
                 ,
                 hold
                 fast
                 there
                 and
                 you
                 are
                 safe
                 ,
                 the
                 greatest
                 Scholars
                 in
                 the
                 World
                 must
                 come
                 down
                 to
                 the
                 plain
                 mans
                 Faith
                 ,
                 if
                 ever
                 they
                 die
                 in
                 peace
                 ,
                 in
                 all
                 Gospel
                 Truths
                 ,
                 their
                 consonancy
                 ,
                 not
                 to
                 our
                 Reason
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 the
                 Scriptures
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 regarded
                 .
                 Mans
                 leaning
                 rather
                 to
                 their
                 own
                 understanding
                 of
                 the
                 thing
                 ,
                 than
                 to
                 their
                 faith
                 in
                 the
                 Word
                 ,
                 about
                 that
                 thing
                 ,
                 hath
                 led
                 them
                 into
                 Error
                 ,
                 into
                 false
                 notions
                 of
                 Divine
                 Mysteries
                 .
                 I
                 grant
                 from
                 your
                 faith
                 in
                 one
                 Truth
                 you
                 may
                 fetch
                 Reasons
                 for
                 some
                 other
                 Truth
                 depending
                 upon
                 it
                 ,
                 these
                 are
                 Gospel
                 Reasons
                 not
                 your
                 own
                 ;
                 we
                 don't
                 believe
                 because
                 we
                 know
                 ,
                 but
                 we
                 know
                 because
                 we
                 believe
                 ;
                 this
                 is
                 a
                 new
                 way
                 of
                 knowing
                 things
                 ,
                 which
                 the
                 
                 world
                 is
                 not
                 acquainted
                 with
                 ,
                 because
                 it
                 cannot
                 receive
                 the
                 spirit
                 of
                 Truth
                 ,
                 the
                 spirit
                 of
                 Truth
                 is
                 a
                 spirit
                 of
                 Faith
                 ;
                 hearing
                 the
                 Word
                 is
                 of
                 singular
                 use
                 to
                 Believers
                 themselves
                 ,
                 1
                 Ioh.
                 5.
                 13.
                 to
                 confirm
                 and
                 strengthen
                 your
                 Faith
                 ,
                 that
                 you
                 may
                 be
                 built
                 up
                 further
                 in
                 it
                 ,
                 furnished
                 with
                 further
                 matter
                 to
                 act
                 it
                 upon
                 .
              
               
                 Let
                 none
                 be
                 discouraged
                 though
                 never
                 so
                 ignorant
                 and
                 unlearned
                 ,
                 of
                 a
                 low
                 ,
                 mean
                 ,
                 capacity
                 ,
                 yet
                 come
                 to
                 hear
                 with
                 an
                 expectation
                 of
                 Gods
                 working
                 faith
                 in
                 thee
                 ,
                 faith
                 will
                 overcome
                 all
                 these
                 difficulties
                 ,
                 as
                 weak
                 and
                 simple
                 and
                 ignorant
                 as
                 any
                 may
                 be
                 supposed
                 to
                 be
                 ,
                 yet
                 be
                 not
                 discouraged
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 be
                 made
                 to
                 believe
                 more
                 in
                 one
                 moment
                 ,
                 than
                 the
                 greatest
                 Scholars
                 in
                 the
                 World
                 can
                 attain
                 to
                 the
                 knowledge
                 of
                 in
                 many
                 years
                 study
                 .
              
               
                 
                   It
                   is
                   written
                   in
                   the
                   prophets
                
                 (
                 Joh.
                 6.
                 45.
                 
                 )
                 
                   and
                   they
                   shall
                   be
                   all
                   taught
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                   every
                   man
                   therefore
                   that
                   hath
                   heard
                   ,
                   and
                   hath
                   learned
                   of
                   the
                   father
                   cometh
                   unto
                   me
                   ;
                   Not
                   that
                   any
                   man
                   hath
                   seen
                   the
                   Father
                   .
                
                 'T
                 is
                 not
                 what
                 men
                 you
                 hear
                 ,
                 what
                 Ministers
                 you
                 follow
                 ,
                 till
                 God
                 the
                 Father
                 do's
                 speak
                 powerfully
                 to
                 your
                 hearts
                 by
                 the
                 Ministry
                 of
                 man.
                 It
                 matters
                 not
                 who
                 the
                 man
                 is
                 ,
                 your
                 faith
                 consists
                 not
                 in
                 the
                 Wisdom
                 of
                 
                 man
                 ,
                 but
                 in
                 the
                 power
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 when
                 you
                 have
                 a
                 proof
                 of
                 Christs
                 speaking
                 in
                 any
                 ,
                 2
                 Cor.
                 13.
                 3
                 then
                 hearken
                 diligently
                 ,
                 till
                 you
                 hear
                 an
                 inward
                 Word
                 from
                 this
                 invisible
                 Teacher
                 ,
                 you
                 'l
                 never
                 come
                 to
                 Christ.
                 If
                 all
                 the
                 Ministers
                 in
                 the
                 World
                 should
                 lay
                 their
                 heads
                 together
                 ,
                 they
                 could
                 never
                 bring
                 a
                 sinner
                 to
                 Christ
                 ,
                 till
                 the
                 Father
                 speaks
                 the
                 word
                 and
                 draw
                 him
                 .
                 We
                 are
                 but
                 Ministers
                 by
                 whom
                 you
                 believe
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 Lord
                 gives
                 to
                 every
                 man
                 ;
                 
                   So
                   then
                   ,
                   neither
                   is
                   he
                   that
                   planteth
                   any
                   thing
                   ,
                   nor
                   he
                   that
                   watereth
                   ,
                   but
                   God
                   that
                   giveth
                   the
                   increase
                   ,
                
                 1
                 Cor.
                 3.
                 5
                 ,
                 6
                 ,
                 7.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 sum
                 of
                 all
                 is
                 this
                 ,
                 We
                 are
                 sent
                 to
                 Preach
                 ,
                 that
                 you
                 may
                 Hear
                 ;
                 we
                 carry
                 the
                 Letter
                 of
                 the
                 Word
                 to
                 your
                 Ears
                 ,
                 the
                 Spirit
                 brings
                 it
                 home
                 in
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 God
                 to
                 your
                 Consciences
                 ,
                 convincing
                 you
                 that
                 it
                 is
                 his
                 Word
                 ,
                 under
                 this
                 Conviction
                 you
                 see
                 the
                 truth
                 of
                 the
                 Word
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 veracity
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 this
                 word
                 of
                 Truth
                 and
                 your
                 Souls
                 meeting
                 so
                 close
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 alwayes
                 do
                 in
                 an
                 act
                 of
                 Faith
                 ,
                 sanctifies
                 you
                 ;
                 this
                 sanctification
                 lies
                 in
                 the
                 ready
                 assent
                 of
                 your
                 understanding
                 ,
                 and
                 free
                 consent
                 of
                 your
                 Will
                 ,
                 the
                 one
                 is
                 founded
                 in
                 light
                 ,
                 the
                 other
                 in
                 love
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 when
                 an
                 enlightned
                 Understanding
                 receives
                 the
                 Truth
                 in
                 the
                 love
                 of
                 the
                 Truth
                 ,
                 there
                 is
                 a
                 firm
                 
                 Principle
                 of
                 Holiness
                 fixed
                 in
                 that
                 Soul
                 ,
                 flowing
                 from
                 that
                 Union
                 to
                 Christ
                 that
                 Faith
                 gives
                 us
                 ,
                 this
                 is
                 the
                 beginning
                 and
                 progress
                 of
                 that
                 Faith
                 ,
                 the
                 end
                 of
                 which
                 is
                 the
                 Salvation
                 of
                 your
                 Souls
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               The
               Second
               Point
               .
            
             
               How
               we
               are
               Iustified
               by
               Faith.
               
            
             
               WE
               ought
               to
               be
               Doers
               of
               the
               Word
               and
               not
               Hearers
               only
               ,
               to
               maintain
               good
               Works
               for
               necessary
               uses
               ,
               Tit.
               3.
               14.
               
               It
               behoveth
               us
               therefore
               to
               know
               what
               use
               we
               should
               make
               of
               our
               works
               and
               doings
               in
               the
               great
               business
               of
               our
               Salvation
               ,
               so
               as
               not
               to
               entrench
               upon
               the
               Righteousness
               of
               Christ
               ,
               not
               to
               degrade
               that
               from
               being
               our
               sole
               and
               only
               justifying
               Righteousness
               .
               Some
               men
               are
               as
               much
               mistaken
               in
               grounding
               their
               salvation
               upon
               doing
               ,
               as
               others
               are
               in
               grounding
               it
               upon
               bare
               hearing
               ;
               and
               therefore
               these
               things
               must
               be
               warily
               spoken
               unto
               ,
               and
               warily
               understood
               .
               When
               we
               urge
               the
               necessity
               of
               doing
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
               Carnal
               Reason
               lies
               at
               the
               catch
               ,
               and
               is
               
               ready
               to
               take
               every
               thing
               in
               a
               wrong
               sense
               and
               meaning
               ,
               and
               to
               bring
               down
               the
               Mysteries
               of
               the
               Gospel
               to
               a
               low
               loyal
               vulgar
               Notion
               more
               suitable
               to
               humane
               Reason
               .
               There
               are
               two
               extreams
               that
               men
               are
               apt
               to
               run
               into
               ;
               either
               they
               neglect
               good
               works
               ,
               or
               else
               ,
               they
               trust
               in
               good
               works
               ;
               either
               they
               do
               in
               a
               careless
               formal
               presumptuous
               manner
               ,
               pretend
               to
               cast
               all
               upon
               Christ
               ,
               without
               any
               serious
               inquiries
               after
               the
               Truth
               of
               Grace
               in
               themselves
               ,
               or
               ever
               proving
               it
               by
               its
               fruits
               ;
               conceiving
               it
               altogether
               needless
               to
               be
               any
               way
               active
               in
               their
               own
               salvation
               .
               Secondly
               ,
               If
               upon
               search
               they
               find
               any
               actings
               of
               Grace
               in
               their
               Hearts
               ,
               any
               fruits
               of
               Grace
               in
               their
               Lives
               ,
               these
               are
               their
               own
               proper
               goods
               they
               think
               ,
               Money
               found
               in
               their
               own
               Purses
               ;
               it
               matters
               not
               how
               they
               came
               by
               it
               ,
               they
               have
               it
               ,
               and
               they
               are
               resolved
               to
               convert
               it
               to
               their
               own
               proper
               use
               ,
               making
               it
               nothing
               less
               than
               a
               part
               of
               their
               Justifying
               Righteousness
               .
            
             
               Those
               of
               this
               way
               ,
               with
               whom
               I
               have
               now
               to
               do
               ,
               do
               state
               the
               matter
               thus
               .
            
             
               They
               say
               ,
               that
               Christ
               is
               the
               meritorious
               cause
               of
               our
               Justification
               ,
               having
               by
               his
               Death
               satisfied
               the
               Law
               ,
               and
               discharged
               us
               from
               the
               Curse
               of
               it
               ;
               and
               so
               far
               we
               agree
               with
               them
               .
            
             
             
               They
               say
               further
               ,
               That
               Christ
               to
               compleat
               our
               Justification
               ,
               hath
               also
               purchased
               for
               us
               strenght
               and
               ability
               to
               perform
               the
               condition
               of
               the
               new
               Covenant
               (
               this
               we
               assent
               to
               )
               the
               performance
               of
               which
               according
               to
               them
               ,
               is
               to
               be
               taken
               in
               as
               a
               part
               of
               our
               Justifying
               Righteousness
               ,
               and
               this
               we
               deny
               .
            
             
               We
               say
               the
               performance
               of
               what
               is
               required
               in
               the
               New
               Covenant
               ,
               is
               a
               good
               Justification
               of
               the
               Cause
               ,
               whether
               it
               be
               of
               Faith
               or
               of
               Good
               Works
               ,
               or
               of
               any
               particular
               thing
               or
               action
               ,
               the
               sincerity
               and
               truth
               of
               which
               may
               be
               in
               question
               .
               But
               we
               deny
               that
               it
               adds
               any
               thing
               to
               the
               Justification
               of
               the
               person
               ,
               and
               therefore
               they
               speak
               not
               
                 ad
                 idem
              
               ,
               to
               the
               same
               thing
               ,
               when
               they
               deny
               Christs
               imputed
               Righteousness
               to
               be
               the
               sole
               Righteousness
               that
               justifies
               the
               Person
               ,
               because
               there
               is
               another
               Righteousness
               required
               ,
               upon
               another
               account
               to
               justifie
               or
               clear
               up
               the
               sincerity
               of
               our
               Faith
               and
               Holiness
               ;
               I
               say
               to
               clear
               up
               this
               to
               our selves
               and
               other
               men
               ,
               which
               we
               deny
               not
               .
               For
               we
               do
               not
               admit
               any
               Faith
               to
               be
               a
               justifying
               Faith
               ,
               but
               upon
               good
               evidence
               of
               the
               Truth
               of
               it
               ,
               neither
               do
               we
               admit
               any
               
               works
               to
               be
               good
               works
               but
               upon
               full
               proof
               of
               the
               goodness
               of
               them
               .
            
             
               The
               Sum
               of
               all
               is
               this
               ;
               we
               say
               ,
               Faith
               and
               obedience
               once
               proved
               to
               be
               true
               and
               genuine
               ,
               are
               good
               evidences
               of
               our
               interest
               in
               Christ
               ,
               whose
               imputed
               Righteousness
               is
               the
               sole
               and
               only
               Righteousness
               by
               which
               our
               Persons
               are
               universally
               justified
               from
               all
               charges
               and
               blame
               whatsoever
               in
               the
               sight
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               to
               say
               otherwise
               is
               in
               effect
               to
               say
               that
               Christ
               died
               to
               justifie
               us
               ,
               that
               we
               might
               be
               justified
               without
               him
               ;
               or
               at
               least
               not
               only
               and
               solely
               by
               him
               ;
               which
               is
               highly
               derogatory
               to
               the
               death
               of
               Christ
               ,
               neither
               will
               their
               owning
               Christ
               to
               be
               the
               meritorious
               cause
               of
               our
               Justification
               salve
               the
               matter
               while
               they
               do
               in
               any
               sense
               require
               another
               Righteousness
               distinct
               from
               that
               of
               Christs
               ,
               for
               the
               justification
               of
               our
               Persons
               in
               the
               sight
               of
               God.
               
            
             
               And
               having
               given
               you
               this
               brief
               account
               of
               the
               matter
               in
               difference
               ,
               I
               shall
               now
               proceed
               .
            
             
               The
               Point
               in
               General
               which
               I
               am
               to
               speak
               to
               is
               this
               .
               That
               though
               good
               works
               are
               highly
               necessary
               in
               a
               justified
               person
               ,
               
               yet
               they
               not
               required
               in
               any
               way
               of
               causality
               to
               the
               Justification
               of
               the
               Person
               .
               Or
               thus
               ,
               no
               part
               of
               our
               inherent
               Righteousness
               can
               be
               any
               part
               of
               our
               justifying
               Righteousness
               .
            
             
               This
               I
               might
               prove
               to
               you
               many
               ways
               .
            
             
               First
               ,
               From
               the
               subject
               of
               Justification
               ,
               an
               ungodly
               Person
               ;
               a
               believing
               Sinner
               flying
               in
               the
               sense
               of
               Sin
               unto
               Jesus
               Christ
               for
               Life
               and
               Pardon
               .
               Sin
               is
               that
               from
               which
               we
               are
               Justified
               ,
               the
               Righteousness
               of
               Christ
               is
               that
               for
               which
               or
               by
               which
               we
               are
               Justified
               ,
               Act.
               13.
               39.
               
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               Because
               there
               must
               be
               a
               change
               of
               stare
               in
               Justification
               ,
               and
               by
               Justification
               ,
               before
               we
               can
               derive
               any
               saving
               Grace
               from
               Christ
               to
               enable
               us
               to
               the
               least
               good
               work
               .
               I
               might
               also
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               Argue
               from
               the
               weakness
               and
               imperfection
               of
               all
               Inherent
               Holiness
               which
               is
               not
               able
               to
               justifie
               it self
               ,
               much
               less
               the
               Person
               .
            
             
               And
               many
               Arguments
               may
               be
               brought
               ;
               but
               my
               design
               is
               to
               contract
               this
               general
               to
               a
               particular
               point
               ,
               concerning
               the
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               
               credere
               ,
               or
               the
               act
               of
               believing
               ;
               and
               I
               shall
               shew
               that
               that
               part
               of
               our
               inherent
               Righteousness
               that
               flows
               from
               our
               doing
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               the
               Work
               of
               Faith
               as
               done
               by
               us
               in
               an
               act
               of
               believing
               ,
               is
               no
               part
               of
               our
               justifying
               Righteousness
               .
               This
               is
               that
               which
               seems
               to
               have
               the
               fairest
               claim
               to
               ,
               and
               interest
               in
               ,
               our
               Justification
               ;
               and
               if
               this
               be
               disproved
               ,
               the
               Argument
               will
               hold
               a
               fortiori
               against
               all
               the
               inferiour
               branches
               of
               our
               inherent
               Righteousness
               ;
               they
               must
               be
               forced
               to
               quit
               their
               claim
               also
               .
            
             
               That
               which
               seems
               to
               intitle
               Faith
               to
               such
               an
               Interest
               in
               our
               Justification
               as
               is
               pleaded
               for
               by
               some
               ,
               is
               the
               phrase
               and
               manner
               of
               expression
               which
               the
               Scripture
               uses
               in
               speaking
               of
               Faith
               ,
               telling
               us
               that
               Faith
               is
               imputed
               to
               us
               for
               Righteousness
               ,
               that
               we
               are
               justified
               by
               Faith
               ;
               that
               he
               that
               believes
               shall
               be
               saved
               ,
               and
               the
               like
               .
            
             
               The
               question
               is
               ,
               in
               what
               sense
               these
               Scriptures
               are
               to
               be
               understood
               ;
               whither
               we
               are
               to
               take
               up
               our
               standing
               partly
               in
               the
               act
               of
               Faith
               ,
               and
               partly
               in
               the
               object
               of
               Faith
               ,
               making
               up
               a
               Righteousness
               ,
               partly
               from
               our selves
               ,
               and
               partly
               from
               Christ
               ,
               or
               whether
               we
               are
               by
               Faith
               
               to
               go
               out
               of
               our selves
               unto
               Christ
               for
               our
               whole
               ,
               sole
               and
               only
               justifying
               Righteousness
               ;
               and
               this
               is
               that
               which
               I
               affirm
               ,
               and
               shall
               endeavour
               to
               make
               good
               ,
               and
               shew
               you
               that
               the
               Scriptures
               alledged
               do
               not
               ascribe
               our
               Justification
               to
               the
               Act
               ,
               but
               wholly
               to
               the
               Object
               of
               Faith
               ;
               not
               to
               our
               believing
               ,
               but
               to
               Christ
               believed
               on
               ,
               which
               I
               prove
               thus
               :
            
             
               First
               ,
               From
               those
               Expressions
               of
               Scripture
               peculiar
               to
               Holy
               Writ
               ,
               by
               which
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               doth
               of
               set
               purpose
               limit
               Faith
               to
               its
               Object
               ,
               Iohn
               6.
               47.
               
               Rom.
               9
               :
               33.
               
               Ephes.
               1.
               13.
               
               
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
              
               ,
               to
               believe
               in
               ,
               into
               ,
               or
               upon
               Christ
               ,
               which
               plainly
               points
               out
               this
               ,
               that
               Faith
               is
               alwayes
               to
               be
               taken
               in
               relation
               to
               its
               Object
               ;
               that
               by
               Faith
               is
               meant
               Christ
               apprehended
               by
               Faith.
               Life
               is
               promised
               ,
               not
               simply
               to
               believing
               ,
               but
               to
               believing
               in
               ;
               in
               whom
               ?
               in
               Christ
               ,
               or
               nothing
               .
               Faith
               is
               a
               relative
               term
               (
               as
               to
               its
               whole
               sense
               and
               signification
               )
               to
               the
               Object
               Christ.
               It
               must
               be
               Faith
               in
               Christ
               ,
               or
               Faith
               in
               nothing
               .
               Believing
               is
               a
               Scripture
               Phrase
               ,
               setting
               forth
               our
               leaning
               upon
               Christ.
               Faith
               ,
               as
               our
               Act
               adds
               nothing
               to
               Christ
               ,
               doth
               not
               make
               his
               Death
               satisfactory
               ;
               it
               was
               so
               in
               its
               self
               before
               ,
               though
               by
               an
               applicatory
               
               act
               of
               Faith
               it
               is
               made
               so
               to
               us
               ;
               that
               is
               ,
               we
               do
               reap
               the
               benefits
               of
               his
               Death
               and
               satisfaction
               ;
               we
               are
               not
               united
               to
               Faith
               ,
               but
               by
               Faith
               we
               are
               united
               to
               Christ.
               Faith
               is
               the
               
                 Medium
                 uniens
              
               ;
               we
               do
               not
               trust
               in
               our
               Faith
               ,
               but
               by
               Faith
               we
               trust
               in
               Christ
               ;
               all
               that
               Faith
               signifies
               is
               in
               relation
               to
               Christ
               ;
               all
               that
               it
               doth
               ,
               is
               in
               the
               Name
               of
               Christ
               ;
               without
               Christ
               it
               signifies
               nothing
               ,
               it
               doth
               nothing
               ,
               it
               is
               nothing
               .
               When
               we
               are
               said
               to
               be
               justified
               by
               the
               Faith
               of
               Christ
               ,
               or
               justified
               by
               Faith
               in
               Christ
               ,
               Gal
               2.
               16.
               pray
               must
               the
               meaning
               be
               ,
               that
               we
               are
               justified
               by
               Faith
               ,
               and
               Christ
               ,
               as
               some
               would
               have
               it
               ,
               giving
               the
               priority
               to
               Faith
               ,
               and
               making
               Christ
               but
               a
               remote
               cause
               of
               our
               Justification
               ,
               and
               our
               inherent
               Righteousness
               to
               be
               the
               next
               and
               immediate
               cause
               ?
               Were
               Men
               more
               willing
               to
               exalt
               Christ
               ,
               and
               debase
               themselves
               ,
               this
               would
               be
               English
               plain
               enough
               :
               Faith
               in
               Christ
               would
               then
               signifie
               but
               one
               Righteousness
               ;
               it
               would
               not
               be
               Faith
               and
               Christ.
               Let
               Men
               have
               a
               care
               how
               they
               speak
               unadvisedly
               of
               Christ
               to
               the
               lessening
               and
               diminution
               of
               his
               Honour
               :
               God
               hath
               said
               he
               is
               our
               Righteousness
               without
               any
               Limitation
               ,
               without
               any
               restriction
               :
               Now
               for
               Men
               to
               say
               ,
               ay
               but
               not
               all
               our
               Righteousness
               ,
               not
               our
               only
               Righteousness
               ;
               
               I
               say
               ,
               't
               is
               a
               bold
               word
               thus
               to
               distinguish
               whatever
               remote
               inferences
               they
               may
               gather
               out
               of
               Scripture
               to
               justifie
               their
               meaning
               ;
               yet
               since
               God
               hath
               not
               thought
               fit
               to
               drop
               any
               such
               diminutive
               expression
               of
               Christ
               in
               Scripture
               ,
               I
               say
               it
               is
               a
               bold
               word
               for
               Men
               to
               Speak
               .
               You
               may
               see
               how
               severely
               speaking
               against
               God
               was
               punished
               ,
               Numb
               .
               21.
               5
               ,
               6.
               
               And
               God
               complains
               of
               it
               ,
               Ezek.
               35.
               13.
               
               
                 With
                 your
                 mouths
                 ye
                 haue
                 boasted
                 against
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 have
                 multiplyed
                 your
                 words
                 against
                 me
                 :
                 I
                 have
                 heard
                 them
                 .
              
               We
               may
               safely
               deny
               any
               thing
               of
               God
               that
               implies
               weakness
               or
               imperfection
               ;
               but
               to
               deny
               that
               of
               Christ
               which
               tends
               to
               the
               Exaltation
               of
               his
               Name
               and
               riches
               of
               his
               Grace
               ;
               let
               Men
               distinguish
               how
               they
               will
               ,
               it
               is
               dangerous
               meddling
               here
               :
               This
               is
               a
               tender
               point
               ;
               that
               is
               the
               first
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               If
               the
               bare
               act
               of
               Faith
               without
               any
               relation
               to
               the
               object
               ,
               justifies
               ;
               then
               any
               act
               of
               Divine
               Faith
               will
               justifie
               us
               as
               well
               as
               Faith
               in
               Christ
               ;
               for
               the
               Act
               is
               specified
               by
               the
               Object
               :
               Take
               away
               the
               Object
               ,
               and
               all
               Acts
               of
               Faith
               are
               alike
               ,
               equally
               insignificant
               .
               But
               I
               proceed
               .
            
             
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               To
               the
               third
               Argument
               that
               shall
               be
               drawn
               from
               the
               Nature
               of
               Faith
               ,
               which
               consists
               in
               receiving
               .
               As
               it
               is
               the
               Act
               of
               a
               Believer
               ,
               it
               implies
               doing
               ;
               but
               properly
               as
               an
               Act
               of
               believing
               ;
               it
               consists
               in
               receiving
               ,
               and
               that
               with
               an
               empty
               hand
               :
               Now
               the
               question
               is
               whether
               by
               this
               receiving
               Act
               of
               Faith
               there
               do
               redound
               to
               us
               a
               Righteousness
               of
               our
               own
               ,
               distinct
               from
               that
               which
               we
               receive
               from
               Christ
               ?
               I
               say
               no
               :
               We
               are
               not
               justified
               by
               a
               Righteousness
               that
               we
               do
               ,
               but
               by
               a
               Righteousness
               that
               we
               receive
               :
               Now
               the
               bare
               Act
               of
               receiving
               in
               a
               common
               Natural
               way
               ,
               is
               not
               counted
               morally
               meritorious
               :
               A
               Beggars
               receiving
               an
               Alms
               ,
               argues
               no
               merit
               in
               the
               Receiver
               ,
               but
               meer
               Grace
               in
               the
               Donor
               .
               We
               count
               that
               he
               who
               only
               receives
               a
               benefit
               ,
               he
               doth
               nothing
               for
               it
               ,
               it
               comes
               freely
               :
               Indeed
               he
               doth
               something
               naturally
               in
               receiving
               ,
               but
               nothing
               morally
               by
               way
               of
               merit
               for
               the
               thing
               received
               .
               Thus
               it
               is
               among
               Men
               ,
               and
               so
               we
               understand
               it
               ,
               in
               all
               such
               actings
               of
               ours
               ;
               but
               when
               we
               come
               to
               deal
               with
               God
               ,
               how
               do
               our
               proud
               hearts
               put
               a
               value
               upon
               them
               ;
               then
               we
               put
               a
               value
               upon
               every
               thing
               ,
               upon
               our
               coming
               ,
               upon
               our
               adhering
               ,
               upon
               our
               relying
               ,
               upon
               our
               asking
               ,
               upon
               our
               receiving
               ;
               We
               
               grow
               proud
               of
               those
               very
               Acts
               of
               Grace
               by
               which
               we
               do
               express
               our
               Poverty
               and
               Beggary
               ,
               our
               absolute
               Dependance
               upon
               another
               ;
               as
               if
               Christ
               was
               beholden
               to
               us
               for
               our
               accepting
               of
               him
               :
               So
               naturally
               prone
               are
               we
               to
               rest
               upon
               any
               thing
               that
               looks
               like
               our
               own
               doing
               .
            
             
               Brethren
               !
               There
               are
               two
               things
               to
               be
               considered
               in
               Faith.
               
            
             
               (
               I.
               )
               The
               Motion
               of
               the
               Soul
               in
               receiving
               ,
               which
               is
               an
               Act
               naturally
               necessary
               to
               all
               manner
               of
               receiving
               ;
               it
               is
               as
               reaching
               forth
               ,
               and
               opening
               the
               hand
               .
            
             
               (
               2.
               )
               You
               may
               consider
               the
               passive
               reception
               it self
               ,
               wherein
               the
               Nature
               of
               Faith
               doth
               chiefly
               consist
               ,
               in
               admitting
               ,
               applying
               ,
               and
               owning
               the
               Gift
               .
            
             
               Though
               the
               word
               Believing
               doth
               Grammatically
               imply
               an
               Action
               ,
               yet
               really
               and
               physically
               we
               are
               passive
               in
               believing
               :
               For
               these
               Reasons
               .
            
             
               First
               ,
               The
               first
               Reason
               is
               this
               ;
               They
               who
               make
               our
               Act
               of
               believing
               a
               part
               of
               our
               Justifying
               Righteousness
               ,
               do
               manifestly
               make
               Faith
               to
               contradict
               it self
               
               in
               and
               by
               its
               own
               Act
               :
               If
               by
               an
               Act
               of
               believing
               we
               go
               out
               of
               our selves
               to
               Christ
               for
               all
               :
               I
               do
               not
               see
               how
               by
               the
               same
               Act
               we
               can
               possibly
               settle
               upon
               any
               thing
               in
               our selves
               that
               is
               not
               Christ
               :
               If
               by
               being
               justified
               by
               faith
               they
               understand
               the
               Object
               of
               faith
               ,
               then
               we
               agree
               with
               them
               ;
               then
               faith
               and
               Christ
               is
               all
               one
               :
               By
               faith
               we
               mean
               Christ
               applyed
               ,
               and
               nothing
               but
               Christ.
               But
               if
               they
               understand
               the
               bare
               Act
               of
               believing
               in
               distinction
               from
               Christ
               the
               Object
               ;
               therein
               we
               differ
               from
               them
               .
               And
               they
               must
               so
               understand
               it
               who
               make
               our
               Act
               of
               believing
               a
               part
               of
               our
               justifying
               Righteousness
               distinct
               from
               Christs
               Righteousness
               ;
               and
               therein
               I
               say
               ,
               they
               make
               faith
               to
               contradict
               it self
               in
               and
               by
               its
               own
               Act
               :
               I
               do
               not
               know
               whether
               I
               am
               understood
               ;
               I
               think
               I
               understand
               my self
               in
               what
               I
               have
               said
               :
               Take
               it
               thus
               ,
               Pray
               consider
               what
               is
               the
               sense
               of
               a
               believing
               Soul
               under
               a
               present
               Act
               of
               faith
               in
               Christ
               ?
               I
               appeal
               to
               you
               all
               ,
               I
               desire
               you
               would
               all
               be
               Judges
               in
               this
               matter
               who
               have
               ever
               been
               serious
               ,
               and
               in
               good
               earnest
               ,
               dealing
               with
               God
               by
               an
               act
               of
               faith
               for
               Salvation
               .
               You
               believe
               in
               Christ
               ,
               what
               is
               the
               English
               of
               that
               ?
               What
               do
               you
               mean
               by
               it
               ?
               Is
               not
               this
               your
               sense
               ;
               you
               desire
               to
               cast
               yourself
               wholly
               upon
               Christ
               ,
               
               to
               be
               found
               in
               Christ
               not
               having
               on
               your
               own
               Righteousness
               ;
               to
               be
               built
               upon
               that
               Foundation
               ,
               to
               lay
               hold
               on
               Eternal
               Life
               in
               Christ
               ;
               to
               go
               out
               of
               your selves
               unto
               Christ
               for
               Righteousness
               and
               Life
               ;
               to
               seek
               that
               in
               another
               which
               you
               have
               not
               in
               your selves
               ;
               to
               count
               all
               things
               but
               loss
               and
               dung
               that
               you
               may
               win
               Christ
               ;
               don't
               you
               mean
               this
               ?
               Pray
               what
               an
               absurdity
               then
               is
               it
               ,
               what
               a
               gross
               contradiction
               to
               say
               I
               am
               justified
               by
               something
               in
               my self
               ,
               by
               virtue
               of
               that
               very
               act
               of
               faith
               ,
               by
               which
               I
               do
               purposely
               go
               out
               of
               my self
               to
               Christ
               for
               all
               .
               If
               this
               be
               Reason
               and
               Sense
               ,
               I
               have
               quite
               lost
               the
               use
               of
               both
               ,
               and
               will
               never
               pretend
               to
               understand
               any
               thing
               .
               But
               how
               do
               some
               Men
               fight
               with
               their
               own
               shadows
               and
               lose
               themselves
               in
               their
               own
               expressions
               .
               They
               cannot
               speak
               of
               Christ
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               way
               and
               manner
               of
               applying
               Christ
               ,
               but
               presently
               they
               must
               be
               Co-workers
               with
               Christ
               in
               their
               Justification
               .
            
             
               Brethren
               !
               We
               must
               not
               be
               perswaded
               out
               of
               our
               Christian
               Names
               ,
               nay
               out
               of
               Christianity
               it self
               by
               those
               who
               would
               impose
               their
               own
               notions
               upon
               us
               ,
               and
               indeed
               preach
               another
               Gospel
               ;
               let
               them
               read
               on
               and
               tremble
               .
               But
               I
               will
               say
               this
               ,
               
               that
               if
               Paul
               were
               alive
               ,
               and
               should
               hear
               any
               man
               upon
               Earth
               ,
               or
               Angel
               from
               Heaven
               compound
               Faith
               and
               Works
               ,
               Works
               and
               Christ
               in
               the
               matter
               of
               our
               Justification
               ,
               I
               doubt
               not
               but
               he
               would
               curse
               them
               in
               the
               name
               of
               the
               Lord.
               Certainly
               we
               are
               not
               to
               be
               Mealy-mouthed
               ,
               and
               silently
               suffer
               the
               grand
               principles
               of
               the
               Gospel
               to
               be
               decryed
               ,
               as
               if
               we
               doubted
               whether
               they
               were
               true
               or
               no.
               These
               are
               the
               Pillars
               of
               the
               House
               ,
               all
               fall
               with
               them
               ,
               if
               they
               be
               taken
               away
               .
               These
               are
               the
               Ancient
               Land-marks
               and
               bounds
               of
               our
               Religion
               ;
               they
               must
               not
               be
               removed
               ,
               for
               if
               you
               suffer
               that
               ,
               you
               will
               quickly
               have
               a
               dead
               Child
               in
               the
               room
               of
               the
               living
               .
               New
               Notions
               ,
               though
               not
               contrary
               to
               any
               received
               foundation
               ,
               should
               be
               warily
               uttered
               ;
               but
               supposing
               there
               is
               the
               least
               discrepancy
               or
               opposition
               ,
               it
               is
               our
               duty
               and
               wisdom
               to
               be
               silent
               ,
               and
               not
               break
               the
               eye
               of
               the
               Needle
               ,
               by
               forcing
               our
               Camel
               through
               .
               New
               Notions
               must
               yield
               rather
               to
               antient
               received
               Truths
               ,
               they
               must
               be
               governed
               and
               over-ruled
               by
               them
               .
               It
               is
               dangerous
               to
               force
               plain
               Scripture
               ,
               and
               plain
               principles
               to
               make
               good
               our
               own
               private
               interpretations
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               Our
               act
               of
               believing
               is
               no
               part
               of
               
               our
               justifying
               Righteousness
               ,
               because
               justification
               is
               an
               act
               of
               God
               ;
               not
               properly
               subsequent
               to
               our
               Faith
               ,
               but
               simultaneous
               with
               it
               .
               They
               are
               concomitants
               ,
               so
               close
               ,
               so
               instantaneous
               ,
               that
               we
               cannot
               say
               which
               is
               first
               ,
               or
               last
               in
               time
               ;
               we
               cannot
               say
               the
               one
               takes
               its
               rise
               from
               the
               other
               .
               I
               explain
               my self
               thus
               ;
               it
               is
               one
               thing
               for
               the
               Scripture
               to
               speak
               Doctrinally
               of
               Faith
               ,
               another
               thing
               to
               speak
               of
               a
               Believer
               under
               the
               actual
               exercise
               of
               Faith.
               When
               the
               Scripture
               speaks
               of
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               Faith
               in
               the
               Abstract
               ,
               it
               tells
               us
               the
               consequents
               of
               it
               ,
               that
               according
               to
               Gods
               order
               and
               appointment
               ,
               Faith
               is
               requisite
               unto
               Justification
               ,
               and
               so
               Faith
               is
               antecedent
               to
               Justification
               ,
               and
               Justification
               is
               spoken
               of
               as
               a
               thing
               to
               come
               ,
               upon
               our
               believing
               .
               The
               Doctrine
               of
               Faith
               shews
               what
               shall
               be
               to
               all
               who
               obtain
               it
               ;
               the
               actual
               exercise
               of
               Faith
               shews
               ,
               what
               is
               to
               them
               who
               have
               it
               ,
               and
               do
               believe
               it
               .
               It
               is
               not
               only
               he
               that
               believes
               shall
               be
               saved
               and
               justified
               ,
               but
               is
               justified
               .
               It
               is
               true
               ,
               who
               ever
               believes
               shall
               be
               saved
               ;
               the
               just
               shall
               live
               by
               faith
               ,
               this
               is
               Doctrinally
               true
               .
               But
               he
               that
               believes
               hath
               everlasting
               Life
               ,
               Iohn
               3.
               39.
               is
               justified
               ;
               this
               is
               experimentally
               true
               .
               God
               ,
               if
               you
               rightly
               consider
               the
               point
               ,
               doth
               justifie
               us
               ,
               by
               working
               Faith
               
               in
               us
               .
               It
               is
               his
               way
               of
               Justifying
               ;
               it
               is
               the
               way
               God
               hath
               chosen
               to
               communicate
               the
               Righteousness
               of
               God
               ,
               which
               is
               a
               stupendious
               Mystery
               ,
               and
               cannot
               be
               otherwise
               applied
               to
               the
               soul.
               He
               doth
               not
               justifie
               us
               because
               of
               any
               antecedent
               act
               of
               Faith
               we
               have
               lying
               by
               us
               ,
               and
               which
               we
               could
               now
               produce
               as
               a
               price
               (
               as
               it
               were
               )
               and
               Meritorious
               Means
               of
               our
               Justification
               .
               God
               justifies
               us
               by
               working
               Faith
               in
               us
               ;
               God
               being
               willing
               in
               so
               great
               an
               act
               of
               Grace
               ,
               to
               speak
               to
               our
               Understandings
               and
               Knowledge
               ,
               he
               hath
               appointed
               Faith
               as
               a
               fit
               means
               by
               which
               the
               soul
               not
               only
               doth
               the
               thing
               ,
               but
               also
               le
               ts
               in
               a
               sense
               of
               what
               is
               done
               upon
               the
               soul
               ;
               and
               therefore
               faith
               the
               Apostle
               ;
               
                 it
                 is
                 of
                 faith
                 that
                 it
                 might
                 be
                 of
                 grace
                 :
              
               God
               will
               be
               understood
               in
               all
               the
               acts
               of
               his
               Grace
               towards
               us
               .
               Now
               that
               there
               might
               be
               in
               us
               a
               sense
               of
               reception
               of
               so
               great
               a
               benefit
               ,
               God
               resolves
               to
               put
               it
               into
               the
               hand
               of
               Faith
               ,
               which
               hath
               a
               natural
               sutableness
               in
               it
               ,
               and
               fitness
               to
               receive
               what
               free
               Grace
               tenders
               to
               it
               ;
               and
               so
               it
               doth
               when
               it
               is
               in
               any
               strength
               .
               Christ
               and
               our
               Souls
               would
               never
               meet
               were
               it
               not
               for
               Faith.
               There
               is
               no
               letting
               down
               any
               thing
               spiritual
               and
               supernatural
               into
               the
               soul
               ,
               but
               by
               Faith
               ;
               Faith
               is
               our
               
                 modus
                 habendi
              
               ,
               it
               is
               the
               way
               ,
               
               the
               means
               by
               which
               we
               come
               to
               have
               God
               and
               Christ
               ,
               and
               an
               Interest
               in
               the
               things
               of
               Heaven
               .
               We
               have
               what
               we
               have
               from
               Christ
               by
               Faith
               ,
               and
               we
               hold
               it
               by
               Faith.
               Faith
               and
               Repentance
               as
               acted
               by
               us
               ,
               and
               reflected
               upon
               ,
               are
               very
               good
               Evidences
               of
               our
               Justifications
               ,
               for
               it
               is
               in
               that
               reflection
               only
               that
               they
               do
               give
               evidence
               of
               themselves
               ,
               and
               of
               any
               thing
               produced
               from
               them
               .
               Therefore
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               as
               they
               are
               reflected
               upon
               they
               have
               retrospection
               to
               our
               Justification
               ,
               of
               which
               they
               are
               very
               good
               and
               evident
               proofs
               ;
               but
               they
               have
               no
               antecedent
               causality
               to
               produce
               the
               thing
               signified
               ,
               because
               they
               signifie
               it
               ,
               as
               a
               thing
               already
               done
               ,
               past
               and
               perfect
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               And
               lastly
               ,
               Justification
               is
               frequently
               set
               down
               in
               Scripture
               without
               any
               relation
               to
               these
               acts
               of
               Grace
               in
               us
               ,
               to
               shew
               that
               it
               wholly
               flowes
               from
               Christ
               ;
               and
               that
               by
               our
               believing
               we
               add
               nothing
               to
               our
               Justifying
               Righteousness
               ,
               but
               do
               only
               apply
               it
               ,
               as
               wholly
               derived
               from
               Christ
               alone
               ,
               1
               Ioh.
               5.
               12.
               
               
                 He
                 that
                 hath
                 the
                 Son
                 ,
                 hath
                 life
              
               ;
               they
               that
               are
               in
               Christ
               there
               is
               no
               Condemnation
               to
               them
               ,
               Rom.
               8.
               1.
               
               Now
               because
               we
               cannot
               admit
               sinners
               to
               be
               in
               Christ
               but
               by
               faith
               ,
               therefore
               what
               flows
               from
               Christ
               ,
               is
               attributed
               unto
               
               faith
               ;
               which
               is
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               our
               
                 modus
                 habendi
              
               ,
               but
               still
               the
               real
               cause
               of
               our
               Justification
               ,
               that
               which
               makes
               us
               just
               in
               the
               sight
               of
               God
               ,
               is
               our
               being
               in
               Christ
               ,
               and
               our
               having
               the
               Son.
               There
               is
               no
               mention
               made
               of
               having
               any
               thing
               else
               ;
               but
               faith
               is
               our
               
                 modus
                 habendi
              
               ;
               we
               cannot
               have
               the
               Son
               but
               by
               faith
               ,
               nor
               be
               in
               Christ
               but
               by
               Believing
               .
               Therefore
               God
               speaks
               ,
               to
               our
               Understanding
               ,
               and
               hath
               attributed
               that
               to
               the
               act
               of
               faith
               ,
               which
               is
               only
               derivable
               from
               the
               Object
               .
            
             
               I
               shall
               now
               shew
               you
               the
               weakness
               of
               those
               grounds
               and
               reasons
               they
               go
               upon
               ,
               who
               differ
               from
               us
               in
               this
               point
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               They
               speak
               much
               of
               a
               Charge
               of
               Infidelity
               ,
               Impenitency
               and
               Unholiness
               to
               be
               drawn
               up
               against
               us
               at
               the
               last
               day
               ,
               and
               therefore
               it
               concerns
               us
               to
               muster
               up
               all
               our
               good
               works
               ,
               all
               our
               acts
               of
               Grace
               ,
               and
               every
               part
               of
               our
               inherent
               Righteousness
               ,
               that
               we
               may
               be
               in
               a
               readiness
               to
               answer
               to
               this
               Charge
               and
               clear
               our selves
               .
            
             
               A
               specious
               Argument
               !
               enough
               to
               amuse
               the
               World
               ,
               and
               fright
               men
               back
               into
               the
               Popish
               Doctrine
               of
               Justification
               by
               Works
               .
            
             
             
               Brethren
               !
               I
               do
               not
               deny
               that
               unbelieving
               ,
               impenitent
               and
               ungodly
               Persons
               shall
               be
               charged
               with
               infidelity
               ,
               impenitency
               and
               ungodliness
               ,
               and
               be
               condemned
               ;
               but
               to
               talk
               of
               a
               charge
               of
               Infidelity
               against
               a
               Believer
               at
               the
               last
               day
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               it
               is
               a
               groundless
               ,
               unscriptural
               Notion
               .
               I
               do
               not
               deny
               that
               the
               faith
               of
               the
               Saints
               that
               draws
               them
               to
               Christ
               ,
               and
               its
               efficacy
               afterwards
               in
               all
               its
               fruits
               ,
               will
               be
               taken
               notice
               of
               by
               Christ
               ,
               when
               they
               are
               admitted
               into
               the
               Kingdom
               ,
               Mat.
               25.
               34.
               
               
                 Come
                 ye
                 blessed
              
               ;
               and
               when
               that
               blessedness
               is
               fixed
               ,
               Christ
               doth
               not
               put
               them
               upon
               the
               proof
               of
               their
               faith
               ,
               but
               helps
               them
               himself
               to
               understand
               the
               former
               actings
               of
               their
               faith
               and
               love
               to
               God
               ,
               which
               they
               were
               ignorant
               of
               before
               .
               
                 When
                 saw
                 we
                 thee
                 an
                 hungred
                 ,
                 and
                 fed
                 thee
                 ?
                 or
                 thirsty
                 and
                 gave
                 thee
                 drink
                 ?
                 &c.
                 In
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 ye
                 have
                 done
                 it
                 to
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 least
                 of
                 these
                 ,
                 ye
                 have
                 done
                 it
                 to
                 me
                 .
              
               I
               see
               more
               Grace
               in
               you
               saith
               Christ
               ,
               than
               ever
               you
               saw
               in
               your selves
               ,
               so
               and
               so
               appearing
               in
               your
               lives
               ;
               
                 Come
                 ye
                 blessed
              
               .
            
             
               Brethren
               ,
               Good
               Works
               are
               good
               Evidences
               to
               us
               ,
               to
               make
               out
               the
               Truth
               of
               Grace
               in
               us
               ;
               but
               the
               All-knowing
               God
               needs
               no
               such
               Evidences
               for
               his
               Information
               ;
               
               he
               knows
               what
               is
               in
               man
               ,
               and
               needs
               not
               that
               any
               should
               tell
               him
               .
               He
               searches
               the
               Heart
               .
               Though
               we
               see
               Grace
               only
               in
               the
               Fruit
               ,
               yet
               God
               sees
               it
               in
               the
               Root
               and
               Principle
               .
               Besides
               ,
               I
               conceive
               ,
               the
               last
               Judgment
               is
               not
               to
               prove
               who
               is
               ,
               and
               who
               is
               not
               in
               a
               state
               of
               Grace
               ;
               but
               rather
               to
               pronounce
               the
               Sentence
               according
               to
               the
               state
               that
               every
               one
               shall
               appear
               in
               at
               the
               Resurrection
               .
               There
               will
               be
               no
               doubting
               of
               any
               mans
               state
               at
               the
               Resurrection
               ;
               the
               method
               and
               manner
               of
               the
               Resurrection
               will
               decide
               it
               .
               Christ
               himself
               will
               separate
               the
               Sheep
               from
               the
               Goats
               ;
               and
               he
               will
               do
               this
               before
               the
               Judgement
               ,
               Mat.
               25.
               32
               ,
               33.
               
               You
               shall
               know
               a
               Believer
               then
               by
               his
               Station
               at
               the
               right
               hand
               of
               Christ
               ;
               by
               his
               Company
               among
               the
               Sheep
               .
               The
               Angels
               are
               sent
               forth
               ,
               Mat.
               24.
               31.
               togather
               up
               the
               Elect
               from
               the
               four
               Winds
               ,
               from
               the
               one
               end
               of
               Heaven
               to
               the
               other
               .
               They
               will
               ransack
               every
               corner
               of
               the
               World
               to
               find
               out
               every
               Saint
               ;
               not
               only
               the
               Ninety
               and
               Nine
               ,
               but
               the
               whole
               Hundred
               shall
               be
               presented
               to
               God
               ;
               not
               one
               missing
               ,
               we
               shall
               all
               stand
               together
               .
               Now
               after
               they
               are
               thus
               ranked
               by
               Christ
               ,
               and
               the
               Angels
               have
               declared
               them
               to
               be
               Sheep
               ,
               to
               be
               true
               Believers
               ,
               must
               they
               come
               under
               a
               
               charge
               of
               infidelity
               ?
               Who
               must
               draw
               up
               this
               charge
               ,
               and
               manage
               this
               false
               Indictment
               ?
               Either
               God
               ,
               or
               good
               Angels
               ,
               or
               Conscience
               ,
               or
               the
               Devil
               .
               God
               he
               hath
               justified
               them
               here
               ,
               sealed
               them
               by
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Adoption
               to
               the
               day
               of
               Redemption
               ,
               and
               he
               will
               never
               reverse
               his
               judgment
               .
            
             
               The
               judgment
               of
               God
               at
               the
               last
               day
               will
               be
               pursuant
               to
               the
               judgment
               already
               past
               by
               his
               Word
               and
               Spirit
               in
               the
               Hearts
               and
               Consciences
               of
               Believers
               here
               .
               Good
               Angels
               are
               imployed
               to
               gather
               up
               the
               Elect
               ,
               and
               consequently
               they
               have
               a
               true
               discerning
               who
               they
               are
               .
               Our
               Consciences
               are
               sprinkled
               with
               the
               Blood
               of
               Jesus
               ,
               and
               have
               an
               answer
               in
               readiness
               ,
               by
               the
               Resurrection
               of
               Christ
               from
               the
               dead
               .
               And
               the
               Devil
               will
               have
               something
               else
               to
               do
               in
               that
               day
               ,
               when
               he
               stands
               at
               the
               head
               of
               the
               wicked
               to
               receive
               his
               sentence
               with
               them
               ,
               the
               time
               of
               his
               torment
               being
               then
               come
               .
               Though
               he
               be
               now
               the
               accuser
               of
               the
               brethren
               day
               and
               night
               before
               God
               ,
               he
               must
               then
               Eternally
               be
               cast
               down
               .
               True
               ,
               he
               is
               now
               our
               accuser
               ,
               and
               we
               must
               labour
               to
               overcome
               him
               by
               the
               Blood
               of
               the
               Lamp
               ,
               as
               Rev.
               12.
               10
               ,
               11.
               that
               is
               ,
               by
               Arguments
               drawn
               
               from
               the
               Blood
               of
               Jesus
               ;
               yet
               I
               say
               fear
               him
               not
               after
               death
               .
               The
               last
               enemy
               that
               shall
               be
               destroyed
               is
               Death
               ,
               saith
               the
               Apostle
               ;
               and
               must
               we
               have
               an
               after
               rancounter
               with
               the
               Devil
               ?
               Must
               we
               be
               set
               upon
               a
               fresh
               by
               him
               ?
               No
               ,
               no
               ,
               after
               death
               he
               hath
               done
               with
               you
               for
               ever
               ;
               he
               will
               not
               dare
               to
               look
               you
               in
               the
               face
               at
               the
               last
               day
               :
               He
               draw
               up
               a
               charge
               against
               you
               ?
               You
               shall
               accuse
               ,
               judge
               and
               condemn
               him
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               Devils
               in
               Hell
               ,
               1
               Cor.
               6.
               3.
               
               Never
               fear
               ,
               you
               that
               dye
               in
               the
               Lord
               ,
               shall
               rise
               up
               under
               those
               denyable
               evidences
               of
               a
               state
               of
               Grace
               ,
               that
               neither
               the
               Devils
               nor
               wicked
               Men
               shall
               dare
               to
               gain-say
               .
               What
               ,
               must
               poor
               Christians
               who
               have
               lived
               under
               doubts
               ,
               fears
               ,
               under
               buffetings
               and
               temptations
               ,
               under
               accusations
               and
               challenges
               from
               the
               Devil
               and
               their
               own
               Consciences
               ,
               must
               they
               rise
               so
               ?
               Is
               this
               to
               be
               raised
               in
               power
               ,
               with
               our
               Spirits
               made
               perfect
               ?
               Surely
               Paul
               was
               out
               in
               his
               triumph
               ,
               Rom.
               8.
               33.
               
               
                 Who
                 shall
                 lay
                 any
                 thing
                 to
                 the
                 charge
                 of
                 Gods
                 elect
                 ?
              
               Do
               you
               make
               good
               your
               Title
               to
               Christ
               now
               ,
               and
               never
               fear
               any
               charges
               afterwards
               at
               that
               day
               ;
               it
               will
               be
               a
               joyful
               day
               to
               Believers
               .
               
                 Look
                 up
              
               ,
               saith
               Christ
               ,
               
                 lift
                 up
                 your
                 heads
                 for
                 your
                 Redemption
                 draweth
                 nigh
                 ,
                 Luke
              
               21.
               28.
               
               
               And
               therefore
               comfort
               one
               another
               ;
               your
               Witness
               is
               in
               Heaven
               ,
               and
               your
               Record
               is
               on
               high
               ,
               as
               Job
               speaks
               ,
               God
               ,
               Christ
               ,
               Angles
               ,
               Conscience
               ,
               will
               all
               be
               on
               your
               side
               .
            
             
               Aye
               ,
               but
               if
               this
               feigned
               process
               be
               not
               observed
               ,
               some
               mens
               notions
               will
               fall
               to
               the
               ground
               .
               Aye
               ,
               and
               let
               them
               fall
               ;
               no
               matter
               how
               soon
               ;
               for
               they
               are
               not
               grounded
               upon
               the
               Word
               of
               God
               that
               endureth
               for
               ever
               .
               Brethren
               ,
               we
               must
               not
               draw
               Schemes
               and
               Models
               from
               our
               own
               Brain
               ,
               and
               when
               we
               have
               done
               ,
               impose
               them
               upon
               God
               ,
               and
               make
               his
               proceedings
               in
               every
               particular
               exactly
               to
               suit
               the
               methods
               of
               Humane
               Judicatures
               :
               The
               natural
               notion
               of
               these
               things
               is
               so
               strong
               in
               some
               mens
               heads
               ,
               that
               it
               doth
               carry
               them
               out
               beyond
               the
               line
               of
               the
               Gospel
               .
               Good
               works
               certainly
               do
               best
               furthest
               off
               from
               the
               judgment
               seat
               of
               God.
               They
               are
               good
               and
               comfortable
               evidences
               here
               ,
               but
               they
               will
               make
               but
               a
               sorry
               Righteousness
               there
               for
               us
               to
               plead
               .
               Though
               God
               may
               and
               will
               take
               notice
               of
               all
               the
               fruits
               of
               his
               Grace
               appearing
               in
               our
               words
               or
               works
               ,
               when
               he
               passeth
               the
               solemn
               declaratory
               Sentence
               at
               the
               last
               day
               ,
               which
               is
               but
               a
               fuller
               manifestation
               
               of
               our
               justification
               .
               God
               will
               personally
               and
               publickly
               own
               that
               which
               he
               hath
               secretly
               in
               our
               Consciences
               ,
               done
               by
               his
               Word
               and
               Spirit
               in
               us
               .
               God
               doth
               now
               act
               mediately
               by
               his
               word
               ,
               then
               he
               will
               act
               immediately
               by
               himself
               ;
               we
               shall
               hear
               the
               sentence
               of
               our
               Justification
               from
               his
               own
               mouth
               ,
               which
               now
               we
               hear
               only
               from
               the
               mouths
               of
               his
               Ministers
               that
               speak
               to
               us
               in
               his
               name
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               The
               second
               ground
               they
               go
               upon
               is
               this
               ,
               they
               say
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               a
               conditional
               service
               imposed
               upon
               us
               by
               God
               in
               the
               new
               Covenant
               ;
               and
               therefore
               the
               performance
               of
               it
               must
               needs
               be
               part
               of
               our
               Justifying
               Righteousness
               ;
               which
               is
               very
               specious
               ,
               and
               very
               suitable
               to
               Humane
               Reason
               ,
               as
               most
               things
               are
               that
               contradict
               the
               Mysteries
               of
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               but
               it
               is
               of
               like
               sound
               and
               significancy
               with
               the
               other
               .
            
             
               Alas
               !
               At
               how
               little
               a
               hole
               will
               self-Righteousness
               creep
               in
               ?
               How
               apt
               are
               we
               in
               the
               pride
               of
               our
               hearts
               to
               distinguish
               our
               self-Righteousness
               into
               our
               Justification
               ,
               that
               we
               may
               have
               somewhat
               whereof
               to
               glory
               .
               To
               prevent
               mistakes
               I
               will
               premise
               one
               thing
               ;
               that
               is
               this
               ,
               I
               do
               not
               
               deny
               ,
               but
               that
               to
               believe
               in
               God
               ,
               in
               Christ
               ,
               is
               an
               eminent
               piece
               of
               service
               ,
               a
               great
               act
               of
               Divine
               Worship
               ,
               the
               greatest
               act
               of
               Worship
               we
               can
               perform
               to
               God
               on
               this
               side
               Heaven
               .
               But
               I
               deny
               that
               it
               is
               a
               service
               done
               in
               order
               to
               the
               procuring
               or
               purchasing
               those
               benefits
               which
               we
               receive
               from
               Christ
               as
               his
               free
               gift
               .
               Faith
               receives
               what
               Christ
               hath
               already
               procured
               .
               Faith
               doth
               not
               come
               to
               Christ
               to
               desire
               him
               to
               dye
               for
               us
               ;
               but
               having
               dyed
               for
               us
               ,
               it
               comes
               for
               the
               fruit
               of
               his
               death
               :
               It
               comes
               on
               no
               other
               Errand
               but
               to
               receive
               what
               is
               already
               prepared
               .
               Faith
               hath
               no
               causality
               or
               efficiency
               at
               all
               in
               contriving
               ,
               compassing
               ,
               constituting
               the
               great
               act
               of
               Grace
               ,
               wherein
               the
               pardon
               of
               our
               sin
               and
               our
               justification
               is
               held
               forth
               unto
               us
               .
               Our
               Faith
               did
               not
               move
               God
               to
               promise
               pardon
               ,
               but
               finding
               all
               this
               Grace
               in
               Jesus
               ,
               Faith
               applyes
               it
               ,
               lays
               hold
               on
               it
               ,
               and
               God
               gives
               us
               leave
               ,
               nay
               commands
               us
               to
               do
               this
               .
               So
               that
               Faith
               is
               a
               service
               we
               owe
               to
               God
               by
               way
               of
               duty
               in
               complyance
               with
               his
               free
               Grace
               towards
               us
               ,
               but
               it
               is
               not
               a
               service
               done
               by
               us
               in
               way
               of
               procuring
               that
               which
               is
               freely
               given
               .
               No
               ,
               no
               ,
               we
               owe
               that
               to
               Christ
               and
               not
               to
               Faith.
               Brethren
               !
               In
               common
               acceptation
               ,
               when
               we
               say
               come
               to
               me
               ,
               
               and
               I
               will
               do
               this
               and
               that
               for
               you
               ;
               pray
               who
               is
               the
               doer
               ,
               he
               that
               comes
               to
               have
               the
               thing
               done
               ,
               or
               he
               that
               doth
               it
               .
               Certainly
               if
               coming
               be
               a
               service
               in
               this
               case
               ,
               it
               is
               a
               service
               done
               to
               a
               Mans
               self
               ,
               and
               can
               never
               be
               urged
               as
               a
               service
               done
               to
               God.
               
            
             
               But
               they
               further
               say
               ,
               that
               this
               is
               a
               conditional
               service
               :
               Why
               ?
               Because
               God
               hath
               commanded
               us
               to
               believe
               that
               we
               may
               be
               justified
               .
               Commanded
               us
               to
               believe
               and
               pray
               ,
               what
               is
               that
               ?
               I
               told
               you
               before
               the
               meaning
               of
               an
               act
               of
               Faith
               ,
               even
               to
               renounce
               our
               own
               Righteousness
               ,
               to
               come
               in
               our
               nakedness
               and
               poverty
               to
               Christ
               ,
               without
               Money
               or
               without
               Moneys
               worth
               ,
               that
               we
               may
               be
               enriched
               by
               him
               in
               all
               things
               .
               Is
               not
               this
               the
               old
               ,
               honest
               ,
               plain
               down-right
               notion
               of
               believing
               ?
               And
               is
               this
               the
               Conditional
               service
               required
               ?
               Why
               don't
               you
               do
               it
               then
               ?
               Who
               is
               against
               it
               ?
               Only
               let
               them
               attend
               to
               the
               sense
               of
               Faith
               ,
               and
               not
               be
               carried
               away
               with
               the
               meer
               word
               and
               talk
               of
               Faith
               ,
               as
               their
               own
               act
               ,
               never
               regarding
               the
               inward
               sense
               and
               signification
               of
               the
               thing
               it self
               .
               Hath
               God
               required
               us
               to
               believe
               in
               Jesus
               ;
               let
               us
               know
               what
               that
               means
               and
               do
               it
               ;
               no
               
               body
               is
               against
               it
               .
               If
               that
               be
               the
               Conditional
               service
               ,
               let
               them
               lye
               low
               before
               God
               ,
               and
               seem
               more
               vile
               in
               their
               own
               eyes
               ,
               and
               cast
               themselves
               upon
               Christ
               for
               all
               .
               Let
               them
               learn
               to
               come
               without
               Money
               .
               This
               is
               the
               proper
               Obedience
               of
               Faith
               ;
               that
               Obedience
               which
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               the
               Gospel
               doth
               require
               ;
               and
               since
               you
               will
               call
               this
               a
               condition
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               why
               don't
               you
               perform
               it
               ?
               Is
               this
               the
               performance
               of
               such
               a
               condition
               of
               believing
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               sense
               and
               meaning
               of
               believing
               ,
               to
               tell
               the
               World
               that
               Christ
               is
               not
               our
               only
               Justifying
               Righteousness
               ,
               that
               we
               must
               seek
               for
               something
               in
               our selves
               to
               joyn
               with
               him
               ,
               if
               ever
               we
               will
               be
               saved
               ?
               Is
               this
               the
               condition
               ?
               Doth
               God
               mean
               this
               ,
               when
               he
               bids
               me
               believe
               in
               Jesus
               ?
               Sirs
               !
               Let
               us
               not
               read
               our
               Bibles
               backwards
               ;
               wresting
               Scripture
               to
               our
               own
               destruction
               :
               It
               is
               strange
               to
               me
               ,
               that
               Faith
               which
               is
               all
               along
               in
               Scripture
               opposed
               to
               Works
               in
               our
               Justification
               ,
               and
               is
               appointed
               by
               God
               to
               shut
               all
               good
               works
               out
               of
               Justification
               ,
               should
               be
               thus
               made
               an
               inlet
               to
               bring
               all
               good
               works
               into
               Justification
               .
               Oh!
               That
               we
               were
               more
               under
               the
               powerful
               actings
               of
               true
               Justifying
               Faith
               ,
               it
               would
               then
               open
               it self
               more
               fully
               to
               us
               ,
               and
               shew
               us
               its
               
               meaning
               .
               I
               wish
               we
               could
               a
               little
               better
               understand
               the
               actings
               of
               our
               Faith
               ,
               understand
               the
               reason
               ,
               the
               sense
               of
               it
               ,
               the
               importance
               ,
               the
               intent
               of
               an
               act
               of
               Faith
               ,
               what
               a
               thing
               Faith
               is
               .
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               They
               suppose
               a
               double
               Justification
               ,
               and
               a
               double
               Justifying
               Righteousness
               ;
               the
               first
               to
               justifie
               us
               from
               the
               accusations
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               the
               other
               to
               justifie
               the
               sincerity
               of
               our
               Faith
               and
               Holiness
               ;
               and
               here
               comes
               in
               all
               our
               inherent
               Righteousness
               .
               This
               is
               specious
               too
               :
               But
               I
               would
               not
               have
               men
               coyn
               new
               heads
               of
               Divinity
               to
               make
               good
               their
               own
               notions
               .
               We
               know
               but
               of
               one
               Justification
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               the
               second
               Justification
               ,
               which
               they
               talk
               of
               ,
               it
               is
               implyed
               in
               the
               first
               ;
               and
               therefore
               needless
               and
               unscriptural
               :
               For
               since
               the
               Revelation
               of
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               infidelity
               and
               unbelief
               is
               a
               sin
               against
               the
               Moral
               Law
               ;
               and
               Faith
               in
               Christ
               is
               injoyned
               as
               a
               duty
               by
               the
               Moral
               Law
               ;
               by
               which
               we
               take
               God
               to
               be
               our
               God
               ,
               and
               consequently
               do
               bind
               our selves
               over
               to
               believe
               whatsoever
               he
               had
               ,
               or
               hereafter
               should
               reveal
               to
               be
               his
               Will.
               This
               we
               are
               bound
               to
               by
               the
               Moral
               Law
               ;
               therefore
               if
               we
               are
               (
               as
               they
               themselves
               affirm
               )
               freed
               by
               Justification
               from
               the
               Law
               
               of
               Works
               upon
               the
               condition
               of
               Faith
               ,
               then
               we
               are
               on
               our
               first
               Justification
               absolutely
               freed
               from
               infidelity
               ,
               and
               our
               Faith
               is
               sufficiently
               approved
               to
               be
               true
               ,
               and
               what
               then
               need
               a
               second
               Justification
               ,
               unless
               we
               will
               suppose
               an
               error
               in
               the
               first
               Judgment
               ;
               which
               is
               impious
               to
               suppose
               ;
               as
               if
               God
               should
               acquit
               us
               from
               the
               accusation
               of
               the
               Law
               of
               Works
               upon
               the
               condition
               of
               Faith
               ;
               which
               upon
               after
               examination
               ,
               Christ
               discovers
               to
               be
               false
               and
               unsound
               .
               So
               that
               these
               things
               do
               not
               hang
               together
               .
            
             
               Fourthly
               ,
               They
               say
               that
               Faith
               and
               Holiness
               are
               conditions
               and
               evidences
               of
               our
               title
               to
               Christ
               ,
               and
               all
               that
               comes
               by
               him
               ;
               and
               therefore
               part
               of
               our
               Justifying
               Rightcousness
               .
            
             
               It
               is
               hard
               to
               understand
               the
               strength
               of
               some
               mens
               reasoning
               ;
               but
               grant
               all
               this
               ,
               it
               amounts
               to
               no
               more
               but
               Christ
               ,
               and
               a
               title
               to
               Christ
               ,
               so
               far
               we
               are
               agreed
               ,
               for
               we
               desire
               no
               more
               .
               But
               how
               they
               will
               make
               Faith
               which
               is
               our
               title
               to
               Christ
               ,
               and
               unto
               which
               Christ
               and
               all
               his
               benefits
               are
               by
               the
               Gospel
               granted
               ,
               promised
               and
               made
               over
               ;
               how
               they
               will
               make
               this
               title
               never
               so
               well
               evidenced
               ,
               
               to
               be
               part
               of
               our
               Justifying
               Righteousness
               ,
               I
               see
               not
               :
               A
               title
               adds
               nothing
               to
               the
               inheritance
               ,
               makes
               it
               neither
               more
               nor
               less
               ,
               but
               conveys
               it
               down
               to
               us
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               intrinsick
               value
               of
               the
               thing
               ,
               be
               it
               more
               or
               less
               .
               A
               title
               to
               Land
               is
               no
               part
               of
               the
               Land
               ;
               only
               we
               are
               invested
               in
               it
               as
               it
               is
               ,
               by
               vertue
               of
               our
               title
               .
               Now
               therefore
               if
               the
               Righteousness
               of
               Christ
               be
               not
               of
               it self
               sufficient
               to
               justifie
               us
               ,
               I
               see
               not
               how
               a
               good
               title
               mends
               the
               matter
               ;
               for
               if
               the
               Estate
               be
               never
               so
               great
               ,
               and
               we
               have
               no
               good
               title
               to
               it
               ,
               it
               is
               worth
               nothing
               to
               us
               ;
               and
               if
               our
               title
               be
               never
               so
               good
               ,
               we
               can
               have
               no
               more
               then
               is
               ,
               and
               belongs
               to
               the
               title
               .
               So
               that
               after
               all
               this
               stir
               about
               conditions
               and
               evidences
               of
               our
               title
               to
               Christ
               ,
               the
               result
               of
               all
               is
               this
               ,
               we
               have
               a
               title
               ,
               a
               good
               title
               ,
               are
               under
               all
               the
               conditions
               and
               evidences
               of
               a
               good
               title
               ;
               but
               to
               what
               ?
               To
               an
               Inheritance
               that
               is
               not
               sufficient
               to
               maintain
               us
               ,
               to
               a
               Righteousness
               that
               is
               not
               sufficient
               of
               it self
               alone
               to
               justifie
               us
               ;
               and
               where
               are
               we
               now
               with
               our
               conditions
               and
               evidences
               of
               our
               title
               ?
               For
               ever
               distitute
               of
               a
               compleat
               Justifying
               Righteousness
               .
               Is
               this
               to
               Preach
               Christ
               ?
               To
               Preach
               the
               glad
               Tidings
               of
               the
               Gospel
               ?
               Is
               this
               the
               way
               to
               quiet
               and
               
               settle
               the
               Consciences
               of
               poor
               distressed
               sinners
               ?
               surely
               no.
               
            
             
               Fifthly
               ,
               They
               urge
               the
               literal
               sense
               of
               some
               few
               Scriptures
               that
               seem
               to
               speak
               for
               them
               ;
               especially
               two
               ;
               and
               I
               do
               not
               know
               of
               more
               in
               the
               whole
               Bible
               ,
               as
               to
               the
               literal
               signification
               ;
               if
               there
               were
               we
               should
               hear
               enough
               of
               it
               .
               I
               know
               they
               quote
               many
               others
               ,
               which
               add
               no
               weight
               at
               all
               to
               the
               Argument
               they
               would
               ground
               upon
               them
               ,
               Therefore
               I
               shall
               not
               speak
               to
               them
               .
               Those
               two
               are
               Mat.
               12.
               37.
               
               
                 By
                 thy
                 words
                 thou
                 shalt
                 be
                 justified
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 thy
                 words
                 thou
                 shalt
                 be
                 condemned
              
               ;
               and
               that
               in
               Iames
               ,
               where
               it
               is
               said
               ,
               
                 Abraham
                 was
                 justified
                 by
                 works
                 ,
                 Iam.
              
               2.
               23.
               
            
             
               For
               that
               in
               
                 Matthew
                 ,
                 Calvin
              
               charges
               the
               Papists
               with
               very
               great
               weakness
               in
               offering
               to
               draw
               an
               Argument
               from
               that
               Text
               for
               Justification
               by
               Works
               .
               Maldonate
               a
               Learned
               Jesuite
               on
               the
               other
               hand
               is
               very
               angry
               with
               Calvin
               for
               supposing
               any
               of
               the
               Roman
               Church
               to
               be
               so
               weak
               and
               injudicious
               ,
               as
               to
               argue
               so
               from
               that
               Scripture
               ;
               for
               ,
               saith
               he
               ,
               we
               very
               well
               understand
               that
               this
               Text
               doth
               not
               speak
               
                 De
                 justificatione
                 ,
                 qua
                 justi
                 efficimur
                 ,
                 sed
                 de
                 judicis
                 sententia
                 ,
                 qua
                 ,
                 sumpto
                 ex
                 
                 verbis
                 nostris
                 argumento
                 ,
                 justi
                 declaramur
                 .
              
               So
               saith
               the
               Jesuite
               ;
               we
               know
               this
               Text
               doth
               not
               speak
               of
               that
               which
               is
               the
               cause
               of
               our
               Justification
               ,
               of
               the
               thing
               for
               which
               ,
               and
               by
               virtue
               of
               which
               we
               become
               just
               and
               righteous
               ,
               only
               here
               is
               the
               appearance
               of
               our
               Righteousness
               by
               our
               words
               ,
               and
               we
               are
               declared
               to
               be
               Righteous
               .
               So
               that
               this
               doth
               not
               touch
               this
               cause
               of
               Justification
               ;
               and
               yet
               this
               is
               the
               main
               Text
               brought
               for
               it
               ,
               the
               main
               proof
               repeated
               again
               and
               again
               ,
               to
               prove
               inherent
               righteousness
               to
               have
               an
               influence
               into
               our
               Justification
               .
               I
               say
               let
               them
               take
               the
               answer
               from
               the
               Papists
               or
               Protestants
               ,
               which
               they
               please
               ,
               they
               are
               both
               against
               them
               in
               this
               thing
               .
            
             
               As
               for
               the
               other
               Scripture
               ,
               They
               will
               take
               it
               in
               no
               other
               sense
               but
               what
               implyes
               a
               contradiction
               to
               all
               other
               Texts
               of
               Scripture
               in
               the
               case
               .
               The
               whole
               current
               of
               Scripture
               is
               against
               Works
               in
               Justification
               ,
               and
               leads
               us
               to
               a
               fair
               construction
               of
               that
               in
               Iames
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               to
               be
               understood
               of
               a
               justification
               before
               men
               ,
               and
               not
               of
               a
               justification
               before
               God.
               Protestant
               Writers
               have
               sufficiently
               cleared
               up
               this
               ,
               to
               the
               Conviction
               of
               all
               but
               such
               who
               are
               resolved
               not
               to
               be
               Convinced
               .
               Certainly
               they
               should
               have
               a
               care
               how
               they
               abound
               too
               much
               in
               their
               
               own
               sense
               .
               The
               Learned
               Lord
               Bacon
               saith
               ,
               
                 that
                 a
                 little
                 Phylosophy
                 makes
                 men
                 Atheists
                 ,
                 but
                 a
                 great
                 deal
                 will
                 convince
                 them
                 of
                 a
                 Deity
                 .
              
               Some
               mens
               Logick
               and
               School
               Learning
               overthrows
               Reason
               ,
               which
               duely
               improved
               and
               well
               managed
               ,
               would
               teach
               them
               to
               argue
               otherwise
               :
               Certainly
               in
               our
               reasoning
               about
               Divine
               things
               we
               should
               be
               careful
               not
               to
               abound
               too
               much
               in
               our
               own
               sense
               .
               It
               is
               better
               for
               us
               to
               leave
               the
               Mystery
               of
               the
               Gospel
               in
               its
               Mystery
               where
               we
               found
               it
               ,
               than
               to
               seek
               to
               draw
               it
               out
               ,
               and
               so
               to
               explain
               it
               ,
               as
               to
               force
               it
               into
               the
               mould
               of
               Humane
               Reason
               ,
               shaping
               it
               on
               every
               side
               to
               an
               exact
               conformity
               to
               the
               thoughts
               and
               conceptions
               of
               our
               weak
               imperfect
               Understanding
               ;
               I
               say
               ,
               no
               Gospel
               Truth
               will
               bear
               this
               .
               After
               all
               our
               Faith
               and
               Knowledge
               and
               Experience
               ,
               we
               know
               but
               in
               part
               ,
               and
               there
               is
               at
               the
               end
               of
               every
               Gospel
               Truth
               ,
               a
               Mystery
               ;
               something
               that
               is
               passing
               our
               Understanding
               ,
               that
               calls
               for
               silence
               ,
               for
               an
               holy
               Admiration
               ,
               for
               an
               humble
               submission
               in
               Faith
               to
               the
               Will
               of
               God.
               Therefore
               I
               would
               not
               have
               men
               speak
               as
               if
               they
               knew
               all
               ,
               and
               draw
               particular
               Schemes
               ,
               and
               it
               must
               be
               so
               ,
               and
               no
               otherwise
               ;
               and
               thus
               and
               thus
               you
               must
               
               proceed
               in
               this
               and
               that
               way
               and
               form
               ,
               therefore
               things
               must
               be
               so
               stated
               .
            
             
               I
               have
               done
               with
               the
               Argumentative
               part
               .
               I
               will
               now
               speak
               a
               word
               or
               two
               in
               a
               looser
               way
               of
               Discourse
               .
            
             
               I
               say
               then
               thus
               ,
               he
               may
               be
               a
               true
               Believer
               who
               doth
               not
               take
               his
               faith
               for
               any
               part
               of
               his
               Justifying
               Righteousness
               ;
               I
               suppose
               that
               will
               be
               granted
               :
               But
               he
               cannot
               be
               a
               true
               Believer
               who
               takes
               not
               Christ
               for
               his
               Justifying
               Righteousness
               .
               I
               do
               not
               say
               now
               for
               his
               only
               Justifying
               Righteousness
               ,
               because
               I
               would
               speak
               in
               the
               sense
               of
               those
               I
               oppose
               .
               I
               say
               ,
               they
               cannot
               be
               Believers
               who
               do
               not
               look
               upon
               Christ
               as
               their
               Justifying
               Righteousness
               ;
               but
               they
               may
               be
               true
               Believers
               who
               do
               not
               look
               upon
               faith
               as
               a
               part
               of
               their
               Justifying
               Righteousness
               .
               For
               the
               first
               ,
               suppose
               it
               an
               Error
               ,
               it
               is
               only
               about
               the
               act
               in
               our
               apprehension
               which
               doth
               not
               alter
               the
               nature
               of
               the
               thing
               at
               all
               .
               The
               second
               is
               an
               Error
               in
               the
               act
               ,
               which
               quite
               destroys
               the
               very
               nature
               of
               faith
               .
               Therefore
               the
               safer
               way
               is
               rather
               to
               press
               persons
               to
               believe
               ,
               to
               see
               they
               have
               faith
               indeed
               and
               in
               Truth
               ,
               than
               urge
               them
               to
               such
               an
               unscriptural
               construction
               of
               their
               faith
               ,
               
               putting
               such
               a
               title
               of
               Honor
               upon
               it
               to
               the
               reproach
               of
               Christ
               and
               his
               Righteousness
               .
               They
               honour
               faith
               sufficiently
               who
               only
               prefer
               Christ
               before
               it
               .
               No
               doubt
               God
               will
               give
               faith
               its
               due
               praise
               and
               place
               at
               the
               last
               day
               ;
               our
               not
               knowing
               or
               not
               understanding
               the
               reach
               and
               truth
               of
               our
               faith
               in
               all
               circumstances
               of
               it
               ,
               will
               be
               no
               prejudice
               to
               faith
               at
               the
               last
               day
               .
               I
               heartily
               wish
               ,
               we
               were
               more
               in
               the
               Exercise
               of
               Faith
               than
               in
               Controversies
               about
               it
               ;
               more
               in
               the
               Practise
               of
               Good
               Works
               than
               in
               Dispute
               about
               them
               ;
               we
               should
               then
               sooner
               understand
               both
               the
               one
               and
               the
               other
               .
               Sirs
               !
               the
               mysterious
               ,
               sublime
               Doctrine
               of
               Justification
               was
               revealed
               for
               our
               comfort
               ,
               and
               proposed
               to
               our
               faith
               to
               be
               believed
               ;
               not
               to
               our
               reason
               to
               argue
               upon
               in
               a
               Quodlibetical
               manner
               and
               to
               toss
               to
               and
               fro
               for
               Argument
               sake
               .
               What
               if
               we
               know
               no
               more
               of
               Justification
               then
               is
               absolutely
               necessary
               for
               our
               Justification
               ?
               This
               is
               the
               case
               of
               many
               plain
               ,
               sincere
               hearted
               Christians
               ;
               and
               if
               it
               were
               so
               with
               us
               all
               ,
               we
               may
               have
               fewer
               Notions
               in
               our
               Heads
               ,
               but
               possibly
               more
               Grace
               in
               our
               Hearts
               .
               The
               Lord
               grant
               ,
               that
               we
               may
               know
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               Justification
               so
               as
               they
               know
               it
               who
               are
               saved
               by
               Christ.
               But
               
                 surgunt
                 indocti
                 &
                 rapiunt
                 
                 Coelum
                 ,
                 &
                 nos
                 cum
                 doctrinis
                 nostris
                 sine
                 corde
                 ,
                 volutamur
                 in
                 carne
                 &
                 in
                 sanguine
                 .
              
               The
               Learned
               they
               dispute
               and
               wrangle
               themselves
               into
               Hell
               ;
               the
               unlearned
               they
               believe
               ,
               practice
               and
               gain
               Heaven
               ,
               taking
               up
               the
               truth
               in
               simplicity
               according
               to
               the
               general
               scope
               of
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               held
               forth
               to
               the
               meanest
               Capacity
               .
               Brethren
               !
               what
               Paul
               said
               to
               the
               Jaylor
               ,
               Acts
               16.
               31.
               that
               I
               say
               to
               you
               all
               ,
               
                 Believe
                 on
                 the
                 Lord
                 Iesus
                 Christ
                 ,
                 and
                 thou
                 and
                 thy
                 house
                 shall
                 be
                 saved
                 .
              
               Don't
               you
               go
               home
               now
               ,
               and
               tell
               your
               Families
               that
               they
               must
               not
               understand
               this
               Text
               so
               as
               to
               look
               upon
               Christ
               as
               their
               only
               justifying
               righteousness
               ,
               but
               look
               out
               for
               something
               in
               themselves
               ,
               if
               ever
               they
               be
               saved
               .
               No
               ,
               pray
               speak
               Scripture
               Language
               ,
               expound
               Scripture
               by
               Scripture
               ,
               and
               tell
               them
               ,
               that
               Christ
               is
               all
               in
               all
               ;
               tell
               them
               plainly
               that
               they
               must
               not
               be
               found
               in
               their
               own
               righteousness
               ;
               they
               must
               be
               
                 found
                 in
                 Christ
                 not
                 having
                 on
                 their
                 own
                 righteousness
                 ,
              
               that
               they
               must
               
                 count
                 all
                 things
                 but
                 loss
                 and
                 dung
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 win
                 Christ
              
               ;
               that
               there
               is
               no
               
                 other
                 foundation
                 but
                 Christ
                 ,
                 no
                 other
                 name
                 under
                 Heaven
                 by
                 which
                 they
                 can
                 be
                 saved
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 Christ
              
               ;
               tell
               them
               they
               must
               not
               come
               for
               Justification
               and
               Life
               in
               the
               name
               of
               their
               Good
               Works
               ,
               of
               any
               thing
               that
               belongs
               
               themselves
               ;
               but
               only
               in
               the
               name
               of
               Christ
               ,
               promote
               this
               Doctrine
               in
               your
               Families
               and
               among
               your
               Children
               and
               Servants
               .
               This
               is
               the
               way
               to
               save
               you
               and
               your
               Household
               .
               This
               is
               good
               ,
               wholesome
               household
               Divinity
               ,
               and
               suited
               to
               the
               ordinary
               Capacity
               of
               all
               serious
               Professors
               .
               We
               must
               not
               send
               our
               Hearers
               to
               intricate
               distinctions
               ,
               to
               learn
               the
               meaning
               of
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               their
               Justification
               .
               The
               sense
               of
               the
               Gospel
               is
               plain
               enough
               in
               this
               thing
               ,
               they
               that
               run
               may
               read
               it
               .
               Come
               ,
               come
               ,
               you
               shall
               never
               be
               charged
               at
               the
               Last
               Day
               for
               giving
               too
               much
               to
               Christ
               in
               the
               matter
               of
               Justification
               .
               You
               are
               bound
               to
               ascribe
               all
               to
               him
               ,
               and
               you
               shall
               never
               be
               charged
               for
               giving
               too
               much
               .
               And
               certainly
               if
               it
               be
               possible
               to
               err
               on
               that
               hand
               ,
               I
               had
               rather
               err
               in
               giving
               too
               much
               then
               too
               little
               to
               Christ.
               Do
               you
               think
               that
               a
               true
               Believer
               ,
               who
               doth
               not
               look
               upon
               the
               act
               of
               Faith
               or
               works
               of
               Holiness
               to
               be
               any
               part
               of
               his
               justifying
               righteousness
               ;
               but
               casts
               himself
               upon
               Christ
               ,
               do
               you
               think
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               that
               God
               will
               reprove
               such
               a
               person
               at
               the
               last
               day
               for
               ascribing
               too
               much
               to
               Christ
               ,
               and
               not
               pleading
               his
               own
               righteousness
               ?
               Certainly
               a
               Believer
               cannot
               plead
               the
               righteousness
               of
               Christ
               without
               Faith
               ;
               his
               way
               of
               
               arguing
               from
               Christ
               will
               sufficiently
               evince
               the
               truth
               and
               reality
               of
               his
               Faith
               ;
               there
               needs
               no
               other
               proof
               and
               demonstration
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               I
               should
               have
               made
               some
               Application
               .
               I
               will
               tell
               you
               what
               I
               intended
               .
            
             
               First
               ,
               To
               those
               who
               ground
               their
               Justification
               upon
               the
               sandy
               Foundation
               of
               their
               inherent
               Righteousness
               ;
               I
               would
               exhort
               them
               to
               pull
               down
               the
               house
               presently
               before
               it
               fall
               upon
               their
               heads
               ;
               and
               lay
               a
               better
               Foundation
               ,
               if
               ever
               they
               think
               to
               stand
               before
               the
               Son
               of
               Man
               in
               his
               Day
               .
            
             
               Then
               I
               should
               exhort
               them
               ,
               and
               press
               them
               to
               study
               other
               Arguments
               ,
               (
               as
               there
               are
               very
               many
               )
               to
               promote
               Good
               Works
               and
               practical
               Holiness
               among
               men
               ;
               and
               not
               justle
               out
               Christ
               to
               make
               room
               for
               self
               Righteousness
               in
               the
               matter
               of
               Justification
               .
               What
               ,
               must
               we
               work
               for
               Life
               still
               ?
               To
               work
               for
               Justification
               is
               to
               work
               for
               Life
               ,
               and
               why
               should
               we
               thus
               turn
               the
               Gospel
               into
               the
               Law
               ?
            
             
               I
               should
               speak
               also
               to
               those
               who
               are
               built
               upon
               the
               right
               Foundation
               ,
               and
               
               have
               cast
               themselves
               upon
               Christs
               Righteousness
               for
               Justification
               unto
               Life
               .
               Let
               such
               be
               careful
               to
               maintain
               good
               Works
               ;
               let
               them
               be
               Examplary
               in
               the
               practise
               of
               them
               ;
               and
               bring
               forth
               fruit
               meet
               for
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               God.
               For
               as
               the
               Foundation
               may
               be
               too
               weak
               for
               the
               Superstructure
               ,
               so
               the
               Superstructure
               may
               be
               too
               mean
               for
               the
               Foundation
               .
               And
               therefore
               down
               with
               all
               this
               Hay
               ,
               Wood
               and
               Stubble
               ,
               and
               labour
               to
               walk
               more
               sutable
               to
               that
               Holy
               Faith
               under
               the
               Profession
               of
               which
               you
               live
               .
               Brethren
               !
               The
               unsutable
               and
               uncircumspect
               lives
               of
               Professors
               ,
               have
               been
               the
               greatest
               scandal
               to
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               Justification
               by
               Faith
               ;
               it
               hath
               opened
               the
               Mouths
               of
               men
               against
               it
               .
               Therefore
               labour
               to
               live
               men
               into
               a
               Conviction
               of
               this
               Truth
               .
               Disputes
               and
               Words
               will
               not
               do
               it
               ,
               till
               you
               make
               it
               appear
               ,
               that
               the
               Grace
               of
               God
               that
               hath
               brought
               Life
               and
               Immortality
               to
               light
               through
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               hath
               taught
               you
               to
               deny
               all
               Ungodliness
               and
               Worldly
               Lusts.
               This
               is
               the
               way
               to
               promote
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               Justification
               by
               Faith
               alone
               .
               You
               that
               are
               built
               upon
               the
               right
               Foundation
               had
               need
               be
               careful
               and
               circumspect
               .
               The
               House
               is
               not
               yet
               finished
               ,
               we
               do
               all
               of
               us
               lie
               open
               more
               or
               less
               to
               Storms
               and
               Tempests
               here
               below
               ,
               though
               
               they
               cannot
               throw
               down
               the
               house
               ,
               yet
               they
               may
               shake
               the
               house
               ;
               the
               rain
               may
               beat
               into
               the
               house
               ,
               may
               soak
               through
               every
               room
               of
               the
               house
               ,
               may
               foul
               the
               house
               ;
               may
               greatly
               incommode
               us
               and
               distress
               us
               .
               Therefore
               keep
               your
               Souls
               in
               good
               repair
               ,
               keep
               them
               as
               tite
               as
               you
               can
               against
               Wind
               and
               Weather
               .
            
             
               And
               for
               your
               Comfort
               I
               would
               have
               told
               you
               that
               Heaven
               will
               mend
               all
               the
               Errors
               in
               the
               Superstructure
               ,
               if
               the
               Foundation
               be
               right
               .
               God
               will
               then
               take
               away
               and
               separate
               all
               those
               weaknesses
               and
               sinful
               mixtures
               that
               now
               run
               along
               with
               all
               our
               Graces
               ;
               all
               Cracks
               and
               Flawes
               ,
               the
               sinkings
               ,
               and
               failings
               ,
               the
               bendings
               and
               leanings
               ,
               this
               way
               and
               that
               way
               in
               any
               part
               of
               the
               building
               ,
               Heaven
               will
               mend
               all
               ,
               will
               set
               all
               right
               and
               straight
               ;
               when
               we
               are
               Sanctified
               throughout
               ,
               and
               the
               Top-stone
               is
               laid
               .
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
          
        
         
      
       
         
           
             
             
               A
               DISCOURSE
               OF
               REPENTANCE
               :
               SHEWING
               The
               Difference
               between
               Legal
               and
               Evangelical
               Repentance
               ,
               AND
               The
               Necessary
               Connection
               between
               Evangelical
               Repentance
               and
               Saving
               Faith.
               
            
             
               By
               
                 Thomas
                 Cole
              
               Minister
               of
               the
               Gospel
               .
            
             
               LONDON
               ,
               Printed
               for
               
                 Thomas
                 Cockerill
              
               ,
               at
               the
               Three
               Legs
               over
               against
               the
               Stocks-Market
               ,
               1689.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
             
               A
               DISCOURSE
               OF
               Repentance
               .
            
             
               
                 MARK
                 1.
                 15.
                 
              
               
                 Repent
                 ye
                 ,
                 and
                 believe
                 the
                 Gospel
                 .
              
            
             
               THE
               summe
               of
               the
               Gospel
               lies
               in
               Faith
               and
               Repentance
               ,
               which
               alwayes
               go
               together
               ,
               and
               cannot
               be
               separated
               ,
               though
               they
               may
               and
               ought
               to
               be
               distinguished
               one
               from
               the
               other
               :
               I
               have
               chosen
               this
               Text
               to
               show
               the
               necessary
               connection
               that
               is
               between
               Faith
               and
               Repentance
               ;
               that
               I
               may
               be
               the
               better
               understood
               I
               shall
               observe
               this
               method
               .
            
             
             
               1.
               
               Distinguish
               between
               Legal
               and
               Evangelical
               Repentance
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               Shew
               the
               nature
               of
               Evangelical
               Repentance
               ,
               what
               it
               is
               ,
               and
               wherein
               it
               does
               consist
               ,
               how
               it
               rises
               out
               of
               faith
               ,
               what
               its
               use
               and
               end
               is
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               Shew
               the
               necessary
               connection
               that
               is
               between
               Evangelical
               Repentance
               and
               saving
               Faith.
               
            
             
               4.
               
               The
               real
               difference
               that
               is
               between
               them
               ,
               notwithstanding
               this
               necessary
               connection
               .
            
             
               5.
               
               Inquire
               into
               the
               true
               cause
               and
               reason
               why
               the
               Professors
               of
               this
               Age
               ,
               who
               are
               so
               much
               for
               Faith
               ,
               do
               mind
               Repentance
               so
               little
               .
            
             
               6.
               
               Apply
               all
               .
            
             
               First
               ,
               Distinguish
               between
               Legal
               and
               Evangelical
               Repentance
               .
            
             
               You
               see
               the
               Repentance
               and
               Faith
               spoken
               of
               in
               the
               Text
               ,
               have
               both
               of
               them
               a
               reference
               to
               the
               Gospel
               ;
               
                 Repent
                 and
                 believe
                 the
                 Gospel
              
               .
               We
               shall
               better
               understand
               
               the
               nature
               of
               Evangelical
               Repentance
               ,
               by
               comparing
               it
               with
               Legal
               Repentance
               ,
               observing
               as
               we
               go
               how
               they
               differ
               from
               each
               .
            
             
               (
               1.
               )
               Legal
               Repentance
               is
               the
               work
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               
                 i.
                 e.
              
               The
               work
               of
               the
               Spirit
               by
               the
               Law
               ,
               for
               the
               Law
               works
               but
               faintly
               under
               the
               influence
               of
               meer
               Natural
               Light
               ,
               unless
               the
               Spirit
               awaken
               the
               Conscience
               ,
               and
               set
               home
               the
               Law
               ,
               little
               will
               be
               done
               ,
               such
               a
               work
               of
               the
               Law
               you
               have
               Rom.
               2.
               15.
               letting
               in
               a
               Spirit
               of
               Bondage
               upon
               the
               Conscience
               ,
               accusing
               us
               for
               what
               we
               have
               done
               against
               the
               Law
               ,
               and
               leaving
               us
               so
               convicted
               without
               any
               plea
               for
               our selves
               .
            
             
               Evangelical
               Repentance
               is
               the
               work
               of
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               sweetly
               melting
               the
               Heart
               by
               Arguments
               drawn
               from
               the
               Love
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               his
               free
               Grace
               in
               Christ
               towards
               Sinners
               ;
               it
               encourages
               a
               trembling
               Soul
               to
               plead
               with
               God
               for
               Mercy
               as
               the
               Publican
               ,
               
                 Lord
                 be
                 Merciful
                 to
                 me
                 a
                 Sinner
                 .
              
            
             
               (
               2.
               )
               Legal
               Repentance
               is
               all
               terrour
               and
               no
               hope
               ,
               it
               rises
               from
               the
               revelation
               of
               Gods
               Wrath
               against
               Sinners
               ;
               't
               is
               a
               despairing
               Repentance
               without
               any
               hope
               of
               
               pardon
               ,
               the
               Curse
               of
               the
               Law
               lies
               hard
               upon
               a
               Man
               ;
               he
               knows
               not
               how
               to
               get
               from
               under
               it
               ,
               but
               lives
               in
               a
               fearful
               expectation
               of
               fiery
               indignation
               to
               devour
               him
               ,
               he
               is
               a
               terrour
               to
               himself
               :
               But
               Evangelical
               Repentance
               leaves
               not
               an
               affrighted
               sinner
               altogether
               without
               hope
               ,
               as
               I
               shall
               shew
               under
               the
               next
               head
               .
            
             
               (
               3.
               )
               Legal
               Repentance
               is
               from
               worldly
               sorrow
               ,
               not
               so
               much
               for
               the
               sin
               as
               the
               penalty
               incurred
               thereby
               ,
               the
               apprehension
               of
               which
               is
               very
               dreadful
               to
               a
               convinced
               sinner
               ;
               he
               is
               more
               affected
               with
               the
               evil
               of
               punishment
               ,
               then
               with
               the
               evil
               of
               sin
               in
               it self
               ;
               't
               is
               not
               for
               Gods
               sake
               but
               his
               own
               ,
               that
               he
               repents
               of
               sin
               ;
               he
               could
               love
               it
               well
               enough
               if
               it
               did
               not
               damn
               him
               :
               Though
               I
               do
               not
               deny
               ,
               but
               a
               Repentance
               purely
               legal
               ,
               may
               have
               some
               sense
               of
               the
               evil
               of
               sin
               as
               sin
               ,
               not
               only
               as
               
                 malum
                 prohibitum
              
               ,
               but
               as
               
                 malum
                 in
                 se
              
               ,
               as
               evil
               in
               its
               own
               nature
               ;
               where
               common
               notions
               of
               good
               and
               evil
               are
               not
               utterly
               extinguished
               ,
               it
               must
               needs
               be
               so
               ,
               especially
               under
               a
               higher
               conviction
               from
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               ,
               that
               gives
               us
               a
               farther
               discerning
               of
               the
               evil
               of
               sin
               ,
               then
               the
               meer
               light
               of
               nature
               under
               its
               greatest
               elevation
               can
               possibly
               do
               .
               It
               was
               so
               in
               
               
                 Iudas
                 ,
                 Matt.
              
               27.
               34.
               he
               was
               convinced
               ,
               not
               only
               that
               he
               had
               broken
               the
               Law
               of
               God
               ,
               but
               that
               he
               had
               sinned
               in
               so
               doing
               .
               
                 I
                 have
                 sinned
                 in
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 betrayed
                 the
                 innocent
                 blood
                 :
              
               He
               knew
               he
               had
               a
               hand
               in
               murdering
               a
               Man
               ,
               a
               good
               Man
               ,
               a
               great
               Man
               ,
               who
               was
               more
               then
               Man
               ;
               no
               doubt
               all
               this
               came
               up
               into
               his
               mind
               ,
               concerning
               Christ
               ,
               yet
               the
               knowledge
               of
               Christ
               that
               Iudas
               had
               ,
               did
               not
               reach
               so
               far
               as
               to
               beget
               the
               least
               hope
               of
               Mercy
               from
               him
               ;
               and
               here
               lay
               the
               legality
               of
               his
               Repentance
               ;
               it
               was
               a
               despairing
               Repentance
               ,
               he
               conversed
               only
               with
               the
               Law
               ,
               and
               so
               sunk
               under
               the
               wrath
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               the
               curse
               of
               the
               Law
               ;
               he
               had
               none
               to
               accuse
               him
               but
               his
               own
               Conscience
               ,
               the
               Rulers
               and
               chief
               Priests
               were
               for
               him
               ,
               had
               set
               him
               a
               work
               and
               rewarded
               him
               ;
               but
               seeing
               him
               under
               such
               horror
               of
               Conscience
               ,
               he
               had
               done
               their
               business
               ,
               what
               care
               they
               ,
               see
               thou
               to
               that
               ;
               unconvinced
               sinners
               do
               slight
               the
               convictions
               of
               others
               ,
               they
               may
               go
               hang
               themselves
               for
               all
               them
               ,
               they
               have
               no
               pity
               for
               them
               .
            
             
               I
               speak
               this
               to
               shew
               that
               legal
               Repentance
               may
               take
               in
               something
               of
               the
               evil
               of
               sin
               in
               it self
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               the
               destructive
               nature
               of
               it
               to
               us
               ;
               though
               these
               legal
               convictions
               
               of
               the
               evil
               of
               sin
               in
               it self
               ,
               are
               far
               short
               of
               those
               more
               through
               convictions
               that
               accompany
               true
               Evangelical
               Repentance
               :
               Though
               the
               sorrow
               that
               is
               in
               legal
               Repentance
               be
               but
               worldly
               ;
               yet
               't
               is
               very
               pungent
               ,
               it
               pierces
               us
               thorow
               ,
               and
               pretends
               to
               some
               Devotion
               too
               ,
               as
               if
               it
               were
               for
               Gods
               sake
               ,
               when
               self
               is
               only
               at
               the
               bottom
               .
               
                 Pharaoh
                 confessed
                 his
                 sins
              
               ,
               and
               desired
               the
               Prayers
               of
               Gods
               People
               ,
               Exod.
               9.
               27
               ,
               28.
               
               
                 Saul
                 wept
                 for
                 his
                 sins
              
               ,
               1
               Sam.
               24.
               16.
               
               The
               effects
               of
               Gods
               wrath
               are
               very
               dreadful
               upon
               convinced
               sinners
               ,
               may
               draw
               Tears
               from
               their
               Eyes
               ,
               when
               they
               see
               what
               mischief
               they
               have
               brought
               upon
               themselves
               ;
               they
               repent
               ,
               but
               how
               ?
               Not
               of
               the
               sin
               ,
               but
               of
               the
               punishment
               :
               Alas
               !
               What
               does
               that
               signifie
               ,
               how
               ineffectual
               is
               it
               ?
               What
               have
               we
               to
               do
               to
               repent
               of
               the
               punishment
               ?
               We
               can't
               reverse
               it
               ;
               't
               is
               Gods
               part
               to
               repent
               of
               the
               punishment
               ,
               to
               turn
               from
               his
               wrath
               ,
               to
               cease
               from
               his
               anger
               ,
               which
               he
               will
               do
               ,
               when
               we
               repent
               of
               the
               sin
               that
               occasioned
               it
               .
            
             
               To
               repent
               of
               the
               punishment
               ,
               is
               in
               effect
               to
               be
               sorry
               that
               God
               is
               so
               just
               ,
               that
               he
               so
               severely
               animadverts
               upon
               sinners
               ;
               we
               wish
               he
               would
               let
               them
               go
               unpunished
               ,
               
               that
               we
               might
               more
               securely
               go
               on
               in
               our
               sins
               ;
               the
               only
               way
               to
               escape
               vengeance
               ,
               is
               to
               acknowledge
               the
               sinfulness
               of
               sin
               ,
               and
               to
               repent
               of
               our
               great
               folly
               in
               committing
               it
               ;
               such
               a
               frame
               of
               Spirit
               bears
               some
               proportion
               to
               the
               Holiness
               of
               God
               ,
               argues
               true
               Godly
               sorrow
               ,
               which
               worketh
               Evangelical
               Repentance
               unto
               Salvation
               .
               2
               Cor.
               7.
               10.
               
            
             
               (
               4.
               )
               Legal
               Repentance
               is
               before
               Faith
               ,
               without
               Faith
               may
               never
               issue
               in
               saving
               Faith
               ,
               as
               in
               
                 Cain
                 ,
                 Saul
                 ,
                 Iudas
              
               ,
               but
               Evangelical
               Repentance
               does
               alwayes
               accompany
               saving
               Faith
               ;
               and
               of
               this
               I
               am
               now
               to
               speak
               under
               the
               second
               head
               ;
               shewing
               you
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               The
               nature
               of
               Evangelical
               Repentance
               ;
               what
               it
               is
               in
               its
               first
               rise
               and
               original
               ;
               upon
               what
               't
               is
               founded
               .
            
             
               It
               came
               in
               with
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               the
               Law
               never
               intended
               any
               such
               thing
               ,
               the
               sinner
               was
               to
               be
               cut
               off
               by
               Law
               ,
               to
               die
               without
               Mercy
               ,
               
                 in
                 the
                 day
                 thou
                 eatest
                 thou
                 shalt
                 die
                 ,
              
               says
               the
               Law
               ;
               
                 unless
                 ye
                 repent
              
               ,
               says
               the
               Gospel
               ;
               here
               is
               an
               exception
               put
               in
               (
               in
               case
               of
               repentance
               )
               against
               the
               peremptory
               Sentence
               of
               the
               Law.
               I
               say
               repentance
               
               comes
               in
               with
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               
                 I
                 will
                 put
                 enmity
              
               ,
               &c.
               Gen.
               3.
               15.
               
               Repentance
               rises
               out
               of
               this
               Enmity
               .
               This
               seems
               to
               point
               particularly
               at
               the
               Conversion
               of
               Eve
               ,
               who
               by
               Faith
               in
               the
               promised
               Messiah
               should
               turn
               against
               the
               Serpent
               .
               
                 I
                 will
                 put
                 enmity
                 between
                 thee
                 and
                 the
                 woman
              
               ;
               this
               woman
               ,
               whom
               thou
               hast
               deceived
               ,
               shall
               become
               thy
               Enemy
               ,
               and
               bring
               forth
               a
               seed
               that
               shall
               break
               thy
               head
               ,
               thou
               shalt
               bruise
               his
               heel
               ,
               but
               his
               Death
               shall
               be
               thy
               overthrow
               .
               Repentance
               is
               a
               Gospel
               Priviledge
               purchased
               by
               Christ
               ,
               't
               is
               an
               act
               of
               Grace
               in
               God
               to
               injoyn
               us
               Repentance
               ,
               as
               his
               leaving
               men
               in
               an
               impenitent
               hardened
               frame
               is
               an
               act
               of
               his
               Justice
               and
               Wrath.
               The
               Law
               in
               its
               Original
               Constitution
               ,
               does
               not
               intend
               the
               amendment
               of
               the
               sinner
               ,
               but
               his
               utter
               Destruction
               ;
               the
               Law
               can
               kill
               the
               sinner
               ,
               but
               cannot
               mortifie
               the
               sin
               ;
               Damnation
               makes
               no
               man
               better
               ,
               but
               concludes
               him
               Eternally
               under
               sin
               and
               wrath
               ,
               the
               Justice
               of
               God
               is
               not
               obliged
               to
               turn
               a
               sinner
               from
               his
               sins
               ,
               but
               to
               turn
               him
               into
               Hell
               for
               his
               sins
               .
            
             
               That
               which
               makes
               it
               a
               just
               and
               righteous
               thing
               with
               God
               to
               forgive
               the
               sins
               of
               Believer
               ,
               is
               Christs
               Merits
               and
               his
               own
               Promise
               ;
               't
               is
               Justice
               in
               God
               to
               make
               good
               
               his
               own
               Promises
               ,
               Rom.
               3.
               25
               ,
               26.
               2
               
               Thes.
               1.
               6
               ,
               7.
               he
               is
               a
               debtor
               to
               his
               own
               promise
               ,
               he
               cannot
               deny
               himself
               ,
               2
               Tim.
               2.
               13.
               he
               owes
               the
               performance
               of
               his
               Promise
               to
               his
               Faithfulness
               and
               Truth
               ;
               't
               is
               an
               act
               of
               Justice
               to
               himself
               to
               keep
               his
               Promise
               :
               God
               offers
               Mercy
               to
               sinners
               ,
               not
               because
               they
               do
               repent
               ,
               but
               that
               they
               may
               repent
               :
               Repentance
               is
               not
               the
               Cause
               but
               the
               Effect
               of
               Pardon
               ,
               God
               always
               intends
               Pardon
               to
               those
               whom
               he
               effectually
               calls
               to
               repentance
               ;
               he
               gave
               no
               such
               call
               to
               the
               Angels
               that
               fell
               ;
               there
               was
               no
               Gospel
               preached
               to
               them
               .
               No
               fallen
               Angel
               was
               saved
               ,
               because
               no
               Elect
               Angel
               fell
               ,
               but
               there
               are
               many
               of
               Gods
               Elect
               among
               the
               fallen
               Sons
               of
               Adam
               to
               whom
               promises
               of
               Salvation
               were
               made
               upon
               their
               believing
               in
               Christ
               ;
               this
               being
               published
               to
               all
               in
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               all
               who
               hear
               the
               Gospel
               do
               put
               in
               for
               their
               share
               in
               this
               Salvation
               ,
               and
               that
               they
               may
               render
               the
               attainment
               more
               easie
               and
               feazable
               to
               them
               ,
               they
               deny
               absolute
               Election
               ,
               bring
               in
               Universal
               Redemption
               ,
               assert
               the
               liberty
               of
               Mans
               Will
               to
               believe
               if
               he
               please
               ,
               and
               supposing
               it
               to
               be
               in
               their
               own
               power
               to
               believe
               ,
               they
               conclude
               they
               may
               be
               saved
               as
               well
               as
               others
               ,
               and
               this
               is
               the
               ground
               of
               all
               that
               security
               that
               is
               among
               common
               Professors
               .
               
               Having
               spoken
               thus
               much
               of
               Evangelical
               Repentance
               as
               it
               implies
               a
               real
               hatred
               of
               sin
               as
               sin
               ,
               and
               a
               real
               turning
               to
               God
               as
               the
               chiefest
               good
               from
               an
               inward
               change
               of
               nature
               renewed
               after
               the
               Image
               of
               God
               ,
               I
               shall
               now
               shew
               you
               ,
            
             
               1.
               
               That
               such
               a
               Repentance
               can
               never
               be
               wrought
               in
               any
               by
               the
               Law
               alone
               ,
               the
               Gospel
               has
               a
               principal
               hand
               in
               this
               .
            
             
               Why
               not
               by
               the
               Law.
               
            
             
               Because
               in
               the
               Law
               there
               are
               not
               sufficient
               motives
               and
               inducements
               to
               Repentance
               ,
               nothing
               that
               encourages
               to
               it
               ,
               that
               renders
               it
               available
               to
               mans
               Salvation
               ,
               the
               law
               cannot
               give
               life
               to
               a
               sinner
               upon
               his
               repentance
               ;
               the
               Gospel
               can
               ,
               but
               the
               Law
               cannot
               ,
               could
               a
               man
               under
               the
               Law
               ,
               Repent
               ,
               suppose
               that
               ?
               What
               would
               he
               get
               by
               it
               ,
               he
               must
               to
               Hell
               after
               all
               ,
               the
               Law
               as
               a
               Covenant
               of
               Works
               does
               not
               seek
               to
               bring
               a
               sinner
               to
               Repentance
               ,
               but
               to
               Punishment
               ,
               the
               Law
               cannot
               give
               Repentance
               unto
               Life
               ,
               because
               it
               cannot
               give
               Life
               upon
               our
               Repentance
               .
            
             
               You
               'l
               say
               then
               ,
               is
               the
               Law
               against
               Repentance
               ?
               
               I
               don't
               say
               so
               neither
               ;
               for
               take
               Repentance
               as
               't
               is
               a
               just
               equitable
               thing
               ,
               as
               a
               holy
               disposition
               of
               mind
               ;
               so
               the
               Law
               is
               not
               against
               it
               where
               ever
               it
               may
               be
               found
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               not
               against
               any
               other
               act
               of
               Moral
               Righteousness
               as
               such
               that
               a
               man
               may
               do
               ,
               and
               yet
               for
               all
               this
               't
               will
               condemn
               a
               man
               for
               his
               sin
               ,
               and
               all
               his
               righteousness
               shall
               not
               be
               remembred
               ,
               though
               the
               Law
               be
               not
               against
               Repentance
               ,
               yet
               it
               will
               not
               accept
               of
               repentance
               as
               a
               satisfaction
               for
               past
               sins
               ,
               but
               the
               Gospel
               provides
               full
               satisfaction
               for
               the
               Law
               ,
               and
               promises
               sufficient
               and
               effectual
               Grace
               to
               the
               sinner
               to
               bring
               him
               to
               repentance
               ;
               having
               rescued
               him
               from
               the
               Curse
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               enables
               him
               to
               walk
               worthy
               of
               the
               blessing
               of
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               if
               those
               who
               are
               justified
               were
               not
               sanctified
               ,
               they
               would
               live
               to
               the
               scandal
               of
               the
               Gospel
               .
            
             
               The
               Law
               cannot
               contradict
               it self
               ,
               having
               already
               pronounced
               a
               peremptory
               sentence
               of
               death
               upon
               the
               sinner
               ,
               't
               is
               impossible
               the
               Law
               should
               ever
               give
               repentance
               unto
               Life
               ,
               the
               Law
               insists
               upon
               the
               Execution
               of
               its
               own
               Judgment
               ,
               and
               will
               not
               be
               satisfied
               till
               that
               be
               done
               ,
               in
               this
               the
               Gospel
               yields
               to
               the
               Law
               ,
               to
               have
               execution
               done
               upon
               man
               for
               sin
               ,
               and
               
               provides
               a
               man
               on
               purpose
               ,
               
                 the
                 man
                 Christ
                 Iesus
                 ,
                 who
                 bore
                 our
                 sins
                 in
                 his
                 own
                 body
                 upon
                 the
                 cross
                 .
              
            
             
               3.
               
               This
               Evangelical
               Repentance
               implies
               real
               Sanctification
               ,
               but
               the
               Law
               sanctifies
               no
               man
               ,
               because
               it
               can't
               convey
               its
               own
               Holiness
               to
               another
               ,
               can't
               alter
               the
               Nature
               of
               a
               Man
               ,
               but
               only
               shew
               him
               what
               mischief
               his
               sin
               has
               done
               him
               ,
               shews
               him
               his
               sin
               in
               this
               or
               that
               instance
               ,
               to
               his
               great
               terror
               ,
               but
               if
               he
               happen
               to
               out-live
               those
               terrors
               ,
               and
               not
               die
               in
               the
               fit
               as
               Iudas
               ,
               his
               evil
               heart
               will
               encline
               him
               as
               strongly
               to
               sin
               ,
               as
               ever
               it
               did
               before
               his
               former
               Convictions
               ,
               they
               made
               him
               give
               a
               present
               start
               backwards
               ,
               but
               he
               will
               quickly
               recover
               himself
               ,
               and
               return
               to
               his
               wretched
               course
               ,
               he
               cannot
               cease
               from
               sin
               ,
               though
               he
               know
               it
               displeases
               God
               yet
               he
               likes
               it
               never
               the
               worse
               for
               that
               ,
               might
               he
               but
               escape
               the
               punishment
               ,
               't
               is
               not
               the
               wrath
               of
               God
               in
               it self
               that
               he
               fears
               ,
               but
               only
               as
               it
               goes
               forth
               in
               the
               penal
               effects
               of
               it
               against
               himself
               ,
               else
               he
               could
               suffer
               God
               to
               be
               angry
               ,
               and
               not
               be
               troubled
               at
               it
               ,
               whereas
               this
               goes
               most
               to
               the
               heart
               of
               a
               Child
               of
               God
               ,
               that
               he
               has
               incurr'd
               his
               displeasure
               .
               
                 There
                 is
                 no
                 soundness
                 in
                 my
                 flesh
                 because
                 of
                 thine
                 anger
                 ,
                 Psal.
              
               38.
               3.
               
               The
               Law
               
               alone
               never
               works
               any
               real
               Sanctification
               in
               a
               sinner
               ;
               't
               is
               indeed
               the
               rule
               of
               Judgement
               ,
               it
               judges
               us
               according
               to
               what
               we
               are
               ,
               but
               cannot
               make
               us
               better
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               Repentance
               is
               a
               turning
               unto
               God
               ,
               but
               the
               Law
               gives
               no
               encouragement
               to
               a
               sinner
               to
               turn
               to
               God
               ,
               it
               holds
               forth
               the
               Wrath
               of
               God
               against
               him
               ,
               that
               makes
               him
               run
               from
               the
               presence
               of
               an
               angry
               God
               and
               hide
               himself
               as
               Adam
               did
               ,
               how
               can
               dry
               stubble
               stand
               before
               a
               consuming
               Fire
               ,
               but
               God
               out
               of
               Christ
               is
               a
               consuming
               Fire
               to
               a
               sinner
               ,
               he
               dares
               not
               come
               near
               him
               .
            
             
               5.
               
               The
               law
               by
               it self
               can't
               work
               a
               saving
               Conviction
               't
               is
               very
               Instrumental
               in
               conjunction
               with
               the
               Gospel
               to
               do
               this
               ,
               but
               of
               it self
               it
               cannot
               .
               Saving
               Conviction
               is
               of
               the
               essence
               of
               Evangelical
               Repentance
               .
            
             
               Saving
               Conviction
               hath
               these
               four
               properties
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               It
               apprehends
               upon
               Scripture
               grounds
               a
               possibility
               of
               a
               sinners
               Salvation
               ,
               and
               not
               only
               so
               ,
               but
               a
               fair
               probability
               of
               it
               upon
               the
               due
               use
               of
               those
               means
               appointed
               
               by
               God
               in
               order
               thereunto
               ,
               and
               leads
               out
               the
               sinner
               to
               seek
               relief
               in
               Christ
               ,
               under
               some
               hope
               of
               obtaining
               it
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               It
               works
               a
               hatred
               of
               sin
               as
               sin
               ,
               strongly
               inclines
               and
               disposes
               the
               heart
               of
               a
               sinner
               to
               break
               off
               from
               his
               sins
               ,
               and
               to
               betake
               himself
               to
               a
               strict
               course
               of
               Holiness
               :
               God
               offers
               Grace
               to
               sinners
               ,
               because
               he
               intends
               to
               give
               Faith
               and
               Repentance
               to
               as
               many
               as
               are
               ordained
               unto
               Life
               ,
               Faith
               inclines
               us
               to
               beg
               Repentance
               ,
               disposes
               us
               to
               it
               ,
               laies
               open
               the
               foulness
               of
               sin
               so
               plainly
               ,
               so
               convincingly
               that
               we
               cannot
               but
               repent
               of
               it
               ,
               under
               such
               a
               saving
               Conviction
               as
               Faith
               works
               in
               us
               ,
               I
               call
               it
               a
               saving
               Conviction
               ,
               because
               it
               puts
               us
               upon
               the
               diligent
               use
               of
               all
               means
               tending
               to
               Salvation
               ;
               a
               man
               is
               so
               convinced
               that
               he
               cannot
               rest
               till
               he
               has
               found
               out
               an
               effectual
               remedy
               to
               cure
               so
               deadly
               a
               disease
               ,
               nothing
               will
               satisfie
               him
               but
               Christ
               ,
               we
               see
               not
               all
               that
               is
               in
               sin
               ;
               till
               we
               see
               an
               absolute
               necessity
               of
               Christ
               to
               save
               us
               from
               it
               :
               Here
               is
               a
               deep
               discovery
               of
               sin
               indeed
               ,
               when
               we
               know
               nothing
               but
               the
               Blood
               of
               Christ
               can
               take
               it
               away
               ;
               
                 Behold
                 the
                 Lamb
                 of
                 God
              
               ,
               &c.
               a
               Sacrifice
               of
               Gods
               providing
               ,
               all
               the
               Bulls
               ,
               Goats
               ,
               Sheep
               and
               Lambs
               of
               Mans
               procuring
               will
               never
               expiate
               sin
               ,
               
               nothing
               that
               is
               among
               men
               can
               do
               it
               ,
               but
               God
               has
               a
               Lamb
               ,
               cherished
               in
               his
               own
               bosom
               from
               Eternity
               ,
               this
               Lamb
               must
               be
               slain
               to
               take
               away
               the
               sins
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               't
               is
               very
               astonishing
               to
               think
               what
               God
               parted
               with
               from
               himself
               to
               satisfie
               his
               own
               Justice
               ;
               his
               Attributes
               conspire
               together
               to
               heighten
               and
               advance
               each
               other
               ;
               infinite
               Grace
               lays
               out
               it self
               to
               satisfie
               infinite
               Justice
               ,
               and
               satisfied
               Justice
               gives
               way
               to
               infinite
               Grace
               to
               glorifie
               it self
               in
               mans
               free
               Redemption
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               It
               convinces
               us
               not
               only
               of
               particular
               sins
               ,
               but
               of
               the
               general
               Corruption
               of
               our
               Nature
               ,
               't
               is
               by
               a
               Divine
               supernatural
               Light
               that
               we
               discern
               this
               ,
               we
               have
               a
               feeling
               of
               it
               in
               our selves
               ,
               from
               an
               inward
               Principle
               of
               a
               higher
               Life
               raised
               up
               in
               us
               by
               the
               power
               of
               God
               in
               our
               Regeneration
               ,
               which
               will
               not
               suffer
               us
               to
               walk
               any
               more
               after
               the
               flesh
               ,
               we
               cry
               and
               complain
               of
               that
               proneness
               that
               is
               in
               us
               to
               evil
               ;
               
                 O
                 wretched
                 man
                 that
                 I
                 am
                 ,
              
               &c.
               Rom.
               7.
               
               No
               unconverted
               man
               is
               brought
               in
               complaining
               of
               the
               Corruption
               of
               his
               Nature
               ,
               only
               David
               ,
               and
               Paul
               ,
               and
               such
               like
               ,
               but
               none
               else
               .
               When
               we
               look
               upon
               the
               old
               man
               with
               the
               eyes
               of
               the
               new
               ,
               we
               see
               that
               deformity
               that
               never
               appeared
               to
               us
               before
               .
            
             
             
               4.
               
               It
               Convinces
               us
               not
               only
               of
               the
               severity
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               in
               punishing
               ,
               but
               also
               of
               the
               Holiness
               of
               the
               Law
               in
               all
               its
               just
               and
               reasonable
               Commands
               ;
               Rom.
               7.
               12.
               
               This
               is
               a
               main
               difference
               between
               Legal
               and
               Evangelical
               Repentance
               ,
               that
               Conviction
               and
               Sense
               that
               is
               in
               a
               Legal
               Repentance
               of
               the
               Holiness
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               is
               very
               small
               ,
               next
               to
               none
               at
               all
               ,
               and
               that
               which
               is
               ,
               proceeds
               chiefly
               from
               the
               remainders
               of
               light
               in
               all
               natural
               Men
               ,
               left
               on
               purpose
               in
               the
               Conscience
               ,
               that
               all
               reverence
               of
               God
               and
               his
               Law
               might
               not
               be
               quite
               cast
               off
               ,
               and
               something
               of
               this
               may
               now
               and
               then
               appear
               under
               strong
               legal
               Convictions
               of
               sin
               ,
               as
               in
               Iudas
               ,
               but
               all
               this
               never
               begets
               any
               true
               love
               to
               Holiness
               ,
               for
               still
               they
               go
               on
               in
               their
               sins
               and
               have
               pleasure
               in
               them
               that
               do
               so
               ,
               Rom.
               1.
               32.
               which
               is
               a
               great
               demonstration
               of
               the
               absolute
               Dominion
               sin
               has
               over
               fallen
               man
               ,
               in
               carrying
               him
               on
               not
               only
               against
               the
               known
               Law
               of
               God
               written
               in
               the
               Word
               ,
               but
               against
               all
               the
               natural
               Notions
               of
               the
               Law
               written
               in
               his
               own
               heart
               ,
               nothing
               can
               hold
               him
               in
               ,
               he
               despises
               God
               and
               man
               and
               his
               own
               Conscience
               ,
               he
               will
               not
               be
               a
               Law
               to
               himself
               .
            
             
             
               Legal
               Convictions
               come
               short
               in
               all
               these
               properties
               of
               saving
               Conviction
               .
            
             
               Legal
               Convictions
               are
               either
               such
               as
               are
               antecedent
               to
               the
               Commission
               of
               Sin
               ,
               or
               such
               as
               follow
               upon
               it
               ,
               which
               are
               properly
               called
               Convictions
               .
            
             
               Convictions
               antecedent
               to
               sin
               ,
               are
               all
               one
               with
               the
               knowledge
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               by
               which
               we
               understand
               what
               is
               morally
               good
               or
               evil
               in
               it self
               ;
               what
               is
               sin
               ,
               and
               what
               is
               not
               ,
               Adam
               and
               Eve
               in
               innocency
               were
               under
               this
               Conviction
               ,
               they
               knew
               what
               God
               had
               forbidden
               ,
               viz.
               to
               eat
               of
               the
               Tree
               of
               Knowledge
               of
               good
               and
               evil
               ,
               and
               that
               to
               eat
               of
               it
               in
               opposition
               to
               Gods
               express
               command
               to
               the
               contrary
               ,
               was
               a
               high
               act
               of
               Disobedience
               ,
               to
               be
               punished
               with
               Death
               ,
               but
               by
               the
               subtilty
               of
               the
               Devil
               they
               yielded
               to
               the
               Temptation
               ,
               and
               did
               eat
               :
               if
               their
               perfect
               knowledge
               of
               the
               Law
               could
               not
               keep
               them
               in
               Innocency
               ,
               from
               falling
               ,
               how
               can
               we
               expect
               that
               our
               imperfect
               knowledge
               of
               the
               Law
               from
               any
               Convictions
               of
               that
               kind
               ,
               which
               we
               may
               be
               under
               should
               keep
               us
               .
            
             
               And
               for
               those
               legal
               Convictions
               subsequent
               to
               the
               commission
               of
               sin
               ,
               by
               which
               
               we
               see
               the
               obliquity
               of
               our
               own
               actions
               ,
               and
               know
               our selves
               to
               be
               Transgressors
               of
               a
               holy
               righteous
               Law
               ,
               they
               fall
               short
               in
               all
               the
               forementioned
               properties
               of
               saving
               Conviction
               ,
               they
               leave
               us
               without
               hope
               of
               Mercy
               ,
               work
               no
               renovation
               of
               nature
               in
               us
               ,
               they
               may
               disturb
               us
               in
               the
               present
               act
               of
               sin
               ,
               and
               terrifie
               us
               much
               about
               that
               ,
               laying
               some
               present
               restraint
               upon
               us
               ,
               but
               they
               work
               no
               real
               Reformation
               in
               us
               ,
               Iudas
               was
               in
               great
               horror
               of
               Conscience
               for
               betraying
               his
               Master
               ,
               was
               much
               troubled
               that
               he
               should
               have
               a
               hand
               in
               shedding
               innocent
               blood
               :
               and
               yet
               under
               the
               light
               and
               power
               of
               this
               Conviction
               ,
               how
               evil
               it
               was
               to
               Murder
               another
               ,
               he
               hangs
               himself
               ,
               which
               was
               as
               contrary
               to
               Law
               ,
               as
               killing
               another
               :
               I
               speak
               this
               to
               shew
               how
               legal
               convictions
               may
               hurry
               a
               man
               from
               one
               sin
               to
               another
               ,
               but
               they
               never
               lead
               him
               into
               a
               constant
               setled
               way
               of
               true
               Holiness
               ,
               whence
               I
               infer
               that
               Convictions
               purely
               legal
               will
               never
               work
               Repentance
               unto
               Life
               .
            
             
               How
               Repentance
               unto
               Life
               is
               wrought
               by
               the
               Gospel
               .
            
             
               Because
               God
               hath
               appointed
               the
               Gospel
               to
               be
               the
               means
               of
               Repentance
               ,
               Luk.
               
               24.
               47.
               
               Rom.
               16.
               25
               ,
               26.
               to
               the
               Glory
               of
               his
               Free
               Grace
               ,
               as
               Justice
               is
               glorified
               in
               the
               Damnation
               of
               an
               impenitent
               sinner
               ,
               so
               Grace
               is
               glorified
               in
               his
               Conversion
               ;
               Evangelical
               Repentance
               is
               from
               a
               Discovery
               of
               Gods
               Love
               and
               Free
               Grace
               :
               
                 His
                 goodness
                 leads
                 us
                 to
                 Repentance
                 ,
                 Rom.
              
               2.
               4.
               2
               
               Pet.
               3.
               9.
               
               Psal.
               130.
               4.
               
               A
               true
               Penitent
               fears
               least
               he
               should
               miss
               of
               Mercy
               ,
               and
               come
               short
               of
               it
               ,
               he
               rejoyces
               at
               the
               good
               News
               of
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               begins
               to
               lift
               up
               his
               head
               in
               some
               expectation
               of
               a
               blessed
               Redemption
               ,
               he
               serves
               God
               chearfully
               being
               perswaded
               that
               his
               Duties
               and
               Services
               will
               be
               pleasing
               to
               him
               and
               accepted
               by
               him
               for
               Christs
               sake
               ,
               Psal.
               130.
               4.
               
               Hos.
               6.
               1
               ,
               2.
               a
               sence
               of
               love
               and
               mercy
               quicken
               up
               a
               drooping
               trembling
               sinner
               to
               return
               unto
               God
               ,
               the
               Prodigal
               remembred
               what
               a
               kind
               Father
               he
               had
               ,
               Luk.
               15.
               18.
               
               't
               was
               Pauls
               Argument
               ,
               Rom.
               12.
               1.
               2
               
               Cor.
               7.
               1.
               
               'T
               is
               a
               sad
               thing
               that
               the
               Grace
               of
               the
               Gospel
               which
               is
               intended
               to
               keep
               men
               from
               Despair
               ,
               should
               by
               some
               be
               made
               an
               encouragement
               to
               presumption
               ,
               God
               forbid
               we
               should
               continue
               in
               Sin
               because
               Grace
               abounds
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               The
               Grace
               of
               the
               Gospel
               is
               not
               only
               an
               appointed
               Means
               ,
               but
               is
               in
               its
               own
               
               nature
               a
               fit
               means
               to
               work
               repentance
               ,
               suited
               and
               adapted
               to
               that
               end
               ,
               the
               goodness
               of
               God
               leads
               us
               to
               repentance
               ,
               the
               Schoolmen
               tell
               us
               that
               
                 amor
                 est
                 congregativus
              
               ,
               and
               they
               give
               this
               reason
               for
               it
               ,
               because
               it
               does
               congregate
               and
               gather
               in
               our
               roving
               scattered
               thoughts
               from
               those
               various
               lesser
               Objects
               after
               which
               they
               go
               ,
               fixing
               our
               Minds
               upon
               God
               ,
               the
               only
               soul-satisfying
               Object
               .
               Love
               is
               conciliative
               ,
               when
               God
               doth
               through
               Faith
               let
               in
               any
               sense
               of
               his
               intended
               grace
               towards
               sinners
               ,
               the
               heart
               melts
               under
               it
               ,
               a
               sinner
               does
               not
               repent
               that
               he
               may
               believe
               ,
               but
               because
               he
               does
               believe
               ,
               something
               of
               the
               Love
               of
               God
               to
               sinners
               in
               Christ
               Jesus
               ,
               some
               inkling
               of
               this
               is
               come
               to
               his
               ear
               ,
               hath
               touched
               his
               very
               heart
               ,
               before
               ever
               he
               sets
               upon
               repentance
               ,
               and
               now
               he
               can
               hold
               no
               longer
               ,
               the
               love
               of
               Christ
               constrains
               him
               ,
               great
               is
               the
               power
               of
               Love
               ,
               when
               it
               commends
               it self
               to
               us
               in
               some
               signal
               expressions
               of
               kindness
               to
               our
               visible
               advantage
               and
               benefit
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               Because
               Christ
               gives
               repentance
               ,
               Act.
               5.
               31.
               he
               purchased
               this
               and
               all
               other
               graces
               for
               us
               ,
               by
               dying
               for
               us
               ,
               he
               not
               only
               obtained
               pardon
               of
               Sin
               in
               our
               Justification
               ,
               but
               all
               inherent
               Graces
               in
               the
               Saints
               
               come
               from
               Christ
               ,
               he
               procured
               them
               for
               us
               ,
               he
               works
               them
               in
               us
               ,
               his
               sufferings
               being
               not
               only
               satisfactory
               for
               sin
               ,
               but
               meritorious
               of
               grace
               to
               be
               bestowed
               upon
               us
               ,
               though
               the
               Law
               can't
               sanctify
               a
               sinner
               yet
               Christ
               can
               ,
               and
               't
               is
               an
               act
               of
               special
               grace
               towards
               us
               when
               he
               doth
               ,
               but
               he
               will
               first
               satisfie
               the
               Law
               and
               Justice
               of
               God
               ,
               that
               being
               brought
               under
               grace
               by
               our
               free
               Justification
               ,
               we
               may
               answer
               to
               the
               Law
               of
               grace
               in
               our
               sanctification
               ,
               denying
               all
               Ungodliness
               and
               Worldly
               Lusts
               ,
               living
               soberly
               and
               righteously
               here
               below
               as
               the
               redeemed
               of
               the
               Lord
               ought
               to
               do
               ;
               the
               Law
               commands
               perfect
               Obedience
               ,
               but
               in
               case
               of
               Failure
               ,
               the
               Gospel
               Promises
               Faith
               and
               Repentance
               ,
               Zach.
               12.
               10.
               
               Acts
               11.
               18.
               
            
             
               4.
               
               Because
               God
               hath
               annexed
               a
               quickning
               Spirit
               to
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               to
               make
               way
               for
               his
               Grace
               ,
               and
               to
               give
               it
               a
               prevailing
               efficacy
               in
               the
               Hearts
               of
               men
               ,
               they
               are
               drawn
               by
               the
               loving
               kindness
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               cannot
               resist
               it
               ,
               the
               Spirit
               opens
               the
               Mystery
               of
               the
               Love
               of
               God
               in
               Christ
               ,
               and
               so
               charms
               the
               Soul
               with
               it
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               impossible
               to
               withstand
               the
               allurements
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               5.
               
               Because
               the
               ways
               and
               means
               of
               bringing
               a
               sinner
               to
               life
               ,
               are
               all
               supernatural
               ;
               
               the
               Law
               speaks
               nothing
               of
               this
               ,
               the
               Law
               never
               puts
               us
               upon
               any
               thing
               that
               is
               supernatural
               ;
               I
               mean
               that
               originally
               was
               so
               to
               man
               in
               his
               perfect
               state
               ,
               for
               then
               it
               had
               been
               quite
               above
               the
               reach
               and
               capacity
               of
               Mans
               Understanding
               ,
               but
               God
               suited
               his
               Law
               to
               those
               inbred
               Notions
               and
               Principles
               of
               Truth
               ,
               that
               were
               concreated
               in
               us
               ,
               the
               way
               of
               salvation
               through
               Faith
               and
               Repentance
               being
               supernatural
               ;
               we
               must
               apply
               our selves
               to
               the
               Gospel
               to
               know
               this
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               The
               necessary
               Connection
               that
               is
               between
               Evangelical
               Repentance
               and
               saving
               Faith.
               I
               prove
               ,
               it
               thus
               .
            
             
               'T
               is
               so
               in
               the
               first
               production
               of
               Repentance
               ,
               and
               in
               all
               the
               subsequent
               acts
               of
               Repentance
               ,
               therefore
               't
               is
               alwayes
               so
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               first
               production
               of
               Repentance
               if
               you
               consider
               how
               this
               was
               wrought
               by
               Iohns
               Ministry
               ,
               Mat.
               3.
               and
               Luk.
               3.
               these
               two
               things
               will
               evidently
               appear
               .
            
             
               First
               ,
               That
               Repentance
               alwayes
               presupposes
               Faith.
               
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               That
               Repentance
               rises
               out
               of
               Faith.
               And
               how
               !
            
             
             
               I
               will
               clear
               up
               this
               by
               a
               brief
               Paraphrase
               upon
               those
               words
               ,
               
                 Repent
                 ye
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 kingdom
                 of
                 heaven
                 is
                 at
                 hand
                 .
              
            
             
               Iohn
               is
               brought
               in
               inviting
               sinners
               to
               Repentance
               ;
               the
               Argument
               he
               uses
               is
               plainly
               this
               ,
               God
               is
               inclined
               to
               Pardon
               you
               ,
               therefore
               Repent
               :
               I
               come
               as
               a
               forerunner
               to
               prepare
               the
               way
               ,
               that
               by
               bringing
               you
               the
               first
               newes
               of
               Gods
               intended
               grace
               and
               favour
               towards
               you
               ,
               I
               might
               soften
               and
               mollify
               your
               hearts
               and
               dispose
               you
               to
               a
               ready
               thankful
               acceptance
               of
               Christ
               ,
               this
               offer
               of
               Grace
               is
               called
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Heaven
               because
               it
               is
               inclusive
               of
               all
               the
               happiness
               that
               Heaven
               can
               afford
               :
               all
               good
               comes
               along
               with
               Pardoning
               Grace
               ,
               I
               see
               says
               Iohn
               ,
               you
               are
               all
               lying
               under
               the
               sad
               damning
               circumstances
               of
               your
               own
               sins
               ,
               in
               a
               very
               woful
               miserable
               condition
               ,
               compassed
               about
               with
               Hell
               and
               Death
               ,
               with
               horror
               and
               darkness
               ,
               all
               things
               round
               about
               you
               ,
               look
               very
               black
               and
               dismal
               ,
               I
               am
               come
               to
               put
               you
               into
               a
               better
               state
               ,
               to
               offer
               you
               a
               Kingdom
               ,
               which
               will
               shortly
               appear
               in
               all
               its
               Glory
               ;
               't
               is
               at
               hand
               ,
               't
               is
               coming
               toward
               you
               ,
               Heaven
               it self
               is
               come
               to
               look
               after
               you
               to
               lend
               a
               helping
               hand
               to
               lift
               you
               out
               of
               this
               horrible
               Pit
               ,
               before
               it
               shut
               its
               mouth
               upon
               you
               ,
               see
               that
               you
               refuse
               not
               this
               grace
               ,
               that
               you
               put
               not
               from
               
               you
               the
               word
               of
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               least
               you
               judge
               your selves
               unworthy
               of
               Eternal
               Life
               ,
               as
               
                 Acts
                 13.
                 46.
                 i.
                 e.
              
               it
               will
               as
               plainly
               appear
               to
               be
               so
               ,
               as
               if
               it
               had
               been
               so
               declared
               in
               open
               Court
               ,
               upon
               a
               fair
               hearing
               of
               your
               Cause
               ,
               if
               Heaven
               and
               Earth
               were
               to
               sit
               in
               Judgment
               upon
               you
               ,
               they
               would
               conclude
               you
               most
               unworthy
               of
               Everlasting
               Life
               ,
               and
               by
               putting
               the
               word
               from
               you
               ,
               you
               have
               in
               effect
               passed
               this
               judgement
               upon
               your selves
               ,
               or
               you
               have
               done
               that
               now
               which
               your
               own
               Consciences
               will
               so
               interpret
               at
               the
               last
               day
               ,
               they
               will
               then
               tell
               you
               you
               might
               have
               had
               life
               and
               pardon
               ,
               but
               would
               not
               ;
               you
               would
               not
               come
               to
               Christ
               that
               you
               might
               have
               life
               ,
               therefore
               your
               damnation
               is
               just
               ,
               you
               deservedly
               perish
               ,
               &
               may
               thank
               your selves
               for
               it
               ,
               how
               speechless
               will
               sinners
               be
               then
               :
               as
               to
               remain
               in
               impenitency
               under
               the
               outward
               Light
               of
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               does
               argue
               the
               height
               of
               unbelief
               ,
               so
               to
               be
               brought
               to
               Repentance
               by
               the
               Preaching
               of
               the
               Gospel
               does
               necessarily
               imply
               Faith
               in
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               't
               is
               impossible
               that
               a
               Tender
               of
               Grace
               should
               work
               Repentance
               till
               't
               is
               believed
               ,
               't
               is
               of
               no
               force
               ,
               makes
               no
               impression
               upon
               the
               Mind
               of
               a
               Man
               till
               then
               ,
               therefore
               ,
               Faith
               must
               be
               presupposed
               ,
               I
               make
               it
               out
               thus
               .
            
             
               That
               which
               is
               brought
               as
               a
               motive
               for
               
               the
               doing
               of
               a
               thing
               ,
               must
               be
               first
               understood
               ,
               received
               and
               believed
               ,
               before
               the
               thing
               can
               be
               done
               upon
               that
               motive
               :
               there
               is
               in
               the
               Gospel
               a
               general
               offer
               of
               Mercy
               to
               sinners
               ,
               this
               proves
               an
               effectual
               means
               to
               beget
               Faith
               in
               all
               that
               are
               ordained
               unto
               life
               ,
               upon
               their
               believing
               this
               general
               offer
               of
               Grace
               ,
               their
               hearts
               begin
               to
               melt
               under
               it
               ,
               and
               some
               inclination
               to
               Repentance
               is
               wrought
               in
               them
               ,
               this
               Faith
               and
               this
               Repentance
               wrought
               in
               a
               more
               general
               way
               at
               first
               ,
               do
               form
               themselves
               into
               more
               particular
               and
               distinct
               acts
               afterwards
               ,
               thus
               the
               principles
               of
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               Christ
               ,
               viz.
               Repentance
               from
               dead
               works
               and
               Faith
               towards
               God
               are
               first
               laid
               ,
               and
               then
               there
               is
               (
               in
               the
               light
               and
               power
               of
               these
               principles
               )
               a
               going
               on
               unto
               perfection
               ,
               Heb.
               6.
               1.
               
               Our
               first
               Faith
               is
               a
               more
               general
               Faith
               ,
               and
               so
               is
               our
               first
               Repentance
               ,
               rather
               an
               inclination
               and
               tendency
               to
               believe
               and
               repent
               ,
               then
               actual
               Faith
               ,
               or
               actual
               Repentance
               .
               Our
               first
               Faith
               wrought
               in
               us
               upon
               the
               general
               proposal
               of
               Gospel
               Grace
               ,
               contains
               in
               it
               a
               saving
               Conviction
               of
               Sin
               ,
               't
               is
               impossible
               to
               receive
               grace
               without
               it
               ,
               grace
               is
               nothing
               to
               us
               ,
               of
               no
               signification
               to
               us
               ,
               but
               as
               it
               gives
               relief
               against
               sin
               ,
               which
               we
               must
               have
               some
               sense
               of
               ,
               before
               we
               apply
               our selves
               to
               the
               grace
               of
               God
               for
               Pardon
               ,
               
               we
               must
               see
               something
               in
               our selves
               that
               wants
               a
               pardon
               ,
               and
               which
               we
               are
               willing
               to
               repent
               of
               and
               forsake
               in
               Case
               of
               a
               pardon
               ,
               Repentance
               is
               as
               true
               an
               effect
               of
               Faith
               ,
               as
               Pardon
               and
               Comfort
               ,
               Faith
               first
               brings
               a
               sinner
               to
               Christ
               under
               some
               hope
               of
               Pardon
               ,
               and
               then
               busies
               it self
               in
               working
               Repentance
               ,
               in
               order
               to
               a
               comfortable
               sense
               of
               Pardon
               .
               The
               Spirit
               lets
               in
               some
               sense
               of
               Gospel
               Grace
               tendred
               unto
               sinners
               ,
               and
               affects
               the
               heart
               with
               it
               ,
               as
               very
               desireable
               ,
               as
               a
               very
               seasonable
               offer
               ,
               by
               no
               means
               to
               be
               slighted
               ,
               the
               Soul
               begins
               to
               be
               taken
               with
               it
               ,
               conceives
               some
               hope
               from
               it
               ,
               and
               this
               is
               the
               begining
               of
               Faith
               ,
               and
               with
               our
               first
               Faith
               Light
               comes
               in
               giving
               us
               some
               Gospel
               Conviction
               of
               sin
               in
               order
               to
               Repentance
               ,
               I
               call
               it
               a
               Gospel
               Conviction
               ,
               because
               it
               is
               wrought
               by
               means
               of
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               all
               after
               acts
               of
               Faith
               and
               Repentance
               have
               their
               rise
               from
               this
               first
               work
               ,
               which
               brings
               me
               to
               the
               second
               Point
               ,
               viz.
               
            
             
               That
               Faith
               is
               not
               only
               joyned
               with
               Repentance
               in
               the
               first
               production
               of
               it
               ,
               as
               has
               been
               shewed
               ,
               but
               in
               all
               the
               subsequent
               acts
               of
               it
               ever
               after
               ;
               which
               I
               make
               out
               thus
               .
               Faith
               and
               Repentance
               do
               constantly
               refer
               to
               each
               other
               in
               their
               several
               
               actings
               ,
               Faith
               to
               Repentance
               ,
               and
               Repentance
               to
               Faith
               ;
               he
               that
               believes
               ,
               repents
               because
               he
               believes
               ,
               and
               he
               that
               repents
               ,
               believes
               because
               he
               repents
               ,
               
                 i.
                 e.
              
               as
               Faith
               is
               the
               cause
               of
               Repentance
               ,
               so
               Repentance
               is
               the
               reason
               of
               every
               particular
               act
               of
               Faith
               put
               forth
               upou
               Christ
               for
               Pardon
               ,
               't
               is
               impossible
               to
               make
               up
               the
               full
               sense
               of
               an
               act
               of
               Faith
               on
               our
               part
               ,
               if
               you
               fetch
               not
               the
               reason
               of
               it
               from
               Repentance
               :
               Why
               do
               we
               go
               to
               the
               Physitian
               ,
               is
               it
               not
               because
               we
               are
               sick
               ,
               weary
               and
               faint
               ready
               to
               die
               of
               such
               a
               Disease
               :
               So
               why
               does
               a
               weary
               Soul
               come
               to
               Christ
               ,
               is
               it
               not
               to
               be
               eased
               of
               his
               Burden
               ?
               that
               insupportable
               burden
               of
               sin
               that
               is
               ready
               to
               sink
               him
               into
               Hell.
               
            
             
               If
               Faith
               and
               Repentance
               be
               thus
               always
               joyned
               together
               ,
               does
               it
               not
               follow
               that
               we
               are
               justified
               by
               our
               Repentance
               as
               well
               as
               by
               Faith
               ?
               I
               Answer
               ,
               No.
               Though
               we
               are
               not
               saved
               without
               Repentance
               ,
               it
               does
               not
               therefore
               follow
               that
               we
               are
               justified
               by
               our
               Repentance
               ;
               but
               some
               to
               make
               good
               this
               Assertion
               have
               coyned
               many
               subtle
               distinctions
               ,
               relating
               to
               both
               .
               Before
               I
               give
               a
               particular
               reply
               to
               this
               ,
               let
               me
               say
               something
               in
               general
               .
               Religion
               may
               be
               considered
               ,
               either
               in
               its
               primitive
               purity
               and
               simplicity
               ,
               as
               it
               was
               laid
               down
               
               in
               the
               Fundamental
               Principles
               of
               it
               ,
               by
               Christ
               and
               his
               Apostles
               .
            
             
               Or
               as
               it
               has
               since
               been
               drawn
               through
               the
               various
               Discourses
               ,
               Reasonings
               and
               Writings
               of
               Men
               for
               so
               many
               Centuries
               past
               ,
               this
               has
               so
               much
               overcharged
               Religion
               with
               so
               many
               nice
               distinctions
               ,
               intricate
               questions
               ,
               and
               endless
               disputes
               ,
               that
               it
               seems
               to
               be
               quite
               another
               thing
               then
               it
               was
               in
               the
               Apostles
               dayes
               :
               The
               best
               way
               is
               to
               return
               to
               the
               primitive
               simplicity
               of
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               especially
               in
               judging
               of
               Fundamentals
               ,
               which
               are
               plainly
               and
               clearly
               laid
               down
               there
               in
               Terms
               very
               intelligible
               .
            
             
               Though
               Faith
               be
               the
               Gift
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               is
               given
               of
               meer
               Grace
               but
               to
               a
               few
               ,
               yet
               all
               who
               live
               under
               the
               Light
               of
               the
               Gospel
               may
               know
               what
               they
               ought
               to
               believe
               ,
               which
               will
               render
               their
               unbelief
               more
               inexcusable
               ;
               did
               we
               dwell
               more
               upon
               what
               is
               plainly
               revealed
               as
               fundamentally
               necessary
               to
               Salvation
               ,
               we
               should
               better
               discern
               ,
               by
               the
               light
               of
               those
               Fundamentals
               ,
               the
               just
               consequences
               of
               them
               ,
               in
               any
               deductions
               from
               them
               ,
               which
               may
               not
               be
               so
               particularly
               and
               expresly
               spoken
               unto
               in
               Scripture
               .
            
             
             
               But
               now
               to
               answer
               the
               query
               whether
               we
               may
               not
               be
               said
               to
               be
               justified
               by
               our
               Repentance
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               by
               Faith
               ,
               since
               we
               are
               not
               saved
               without
               Repentance
               ?
            
             
               Answ.
               There
               is
               a
               great
               deal
               of
               difference
               between
               Justification
               and
               Salvation
               ,
               Salvation
               includes
               all
               qualifications
               belonging
               to
               that
               state
               ,
               Justification
               lets
               us
               into
               that
               state
               ;
               gives
               us
               right
               to
               Life
               from
               whence
               spring
               all
               Qualifications
               becoming
               that
               Life
               .
               Besides
               ,
               Saving
               Graces
               are
               so
               called
               ,
               not
               that
               they
               are
               the
               Causes
               of
               Salvation
               ,
               but
               because
               they
               accompany
               it
               ,
               we
               cannot
               be
               saved
               without
               them
               .
               Faith
               it self
               as
               a
               Grace
               inherent
               in
               us
               ,
               is
               no
               meritorious
               Cause
               of
               our
               Justification
               ;
               't
               is
               that
               which
               carries
               us
               out
               of
               our selves
               to
               Christ
               for
               Righteousness
               upon
               the
               account
               of
               which
               we
               are
               justified
               in
               the
               sight
               of
               God
               ,
               when
               we
               say
               we
               are
               justified
               by
               Faith
               ,
               we
               don't
               mean
               we
               are
               justified
               by
               any
               thing
               in
               our selves
               ,
               we
               can't
               understand
               it
               so
               ,
               but
               the
               contrary
               ,
               that
               we
               must
               be
               beholding
               to
               Christ
               for
               all
               .
               He
               that
               receives
               all
               from
               another
               ,
               gives
               nothing
               to
               himself
               ,
               he
               does
               indeed
               apply
               to
               himself
               ,
               to
               his
               own
               use
               and
               benefit
               ,
               what
               is
               freely
               given
               to
               him
               by
               another
               ,
               but
               he
               cannot
               in
               any
               propriety
               of
               Speech
               be
               said
               to
               ascribe
               any
               thing
               to
               himself
               ,
               or
               to
               owe
               
               himself
               thanks
               for
               what
               he
               receives
               from
               another
               :
               Faith
               in
               its
               justifying
               act
               does
               not
               look
               to
               it self
               as
               our
               grace
               ,
               but
               unto
               Christ
               as
               our
               Righteousness
               ,
               the
               inherent
               grace
               of
               Faith
               is
               not
               our
               justifying
               Righteousness
               ,
               though
               it
               lead
               us
               out
               to
               him
               who
               is
               ;
               Faith
               is
               the
               hand
               ,
               but
               Christ
               is
               the
               gift
               ;
               nay
               the
               hand
               it self
               is
               the
               gift
               of
               God
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               that
               which
               is
               put
               into
               it
               :
               God
               gives
               us
               not
               only
               what
               we
               believe
               ,
               but
               he
               gives
               us
               to
               believe
               ;
               the
               habit
               and
               act
               of
               faith
               are
               both
               from
               God
               ,
               that
               he
               that
               glories
               may
               glory
               in
               the
               Lord
               only
               :
               And
               if
               it
               be
               so
               with
               faith
               ,
               if
               that
               be
               shut
               out
               from
               being
               any
               part
               of
               our
               justifying
               Righteousness
               ,
               't
               will
               hold
               true
               much
               more
               in
               all
               other
               saving
               graces
               that
               spring
               from
               faith
               ,
               whether
               Hope
               ,
               Love
               ,
               Fear
               ,
               Repentance
               ,
               &c.
               
               Repentance
               proves
               our
               Faith
               to
               be
               saving
               ,
               such
               a
               faith
               as
               gives
               us
               an
               Interest
               in
               Christ
               ,
               faith
               adds
               nothing
               to
               the
               Righteousness
               of
               Christ
               ,
               but
               applies
               it
               as
               it
               is
               ,
               it
               only
               gives
               us
               an
               Interest
               in
               it
               ,
               and
               makes
               it
               ours
               by
               vertue
               of
               the
               Promise
               tendring
               it
               to
               us
               ,
               by
               receiving
               the
               Promise
               we
               have
               a
               sure
               interest
               in
               the
               thing
               promised
               ,
               and
               may
               ever
               after
               count
               it
               our
               own
               ,
               and
               if
               we
               are
               not
               justified
               by
               our
               graces
               themselves
               ,
               much
               less
               by
               our
               good
               works
               ,
               which
               are
               the
               
               fruits
               and
               issues
               of
               them
               ,
               we
               must
               resolve
               all
               our
               graces
               into
               faith
               ,
               and
               faith
               it self
               into
               Christ
               and
               his
               Righteousness
               before
               we
               can
               be
               clear
               in
               the
               matter
               of
               our
               Justification
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               The
               real
               distinction
               that
               is
               between
               them
               notwithstanding
               this
               necessary
               Connection
               .
            
             
               Faith
               and
               Repentance
               are
               frequently
               joyned
               together
               in
               Scripture
               ,
               and
               sometimes
               each
               of
               them
               singly
               put
               for
               the
               whole
               work
               of
               Conversion
               ,
               and
               then
               they
               do
               alwayes
               include
               each
               other
               ,
               and
               imply
               the
               whole
               work
               of
               grace
               in
               the
               Soul
               ,
               as
               Luk.
               13.
               5.
               
               Luk.
               15.
               10.
               
               Acts
               3.
               19.
               
               Acts
               11.
               18.
               
               Though
               they
               cannot
               be
               separated
               ,
               yet
               they
               may
               be
               distinguished
               ,
               not
               only
               nominally
               but
               really
               ;
               they
               are
               spoken
               of
               (
               Act.
               20.
               21.
               
               )
               as
               two
               distinct
               things
               ,
               as
               Faith
               and
               Hope
               are
               inseparable
               ,
               yet
               two
               distinct
               Graces
               ,
               so
               't
               is
               with
               Faith
               and
               Repentance
               ,
               they
               grow
               together
               as
               different
               Branches
               from
               the
               same
               Root
               that
               bears
               and
               feeds
               them
               both
               ,
               they
               are
               the
               two
               Vital
               Constituent
               parts
               of
               a
               Christian
               ,
               which
               have
               their
               distinct
               Offices
               and
               Influences
               :
               Repentance
               is
               the
               same
               in
               Principle
               with
               Faith
               ,
               though
               they
               receive
               
               different
               denominations
               ,
               from
               the
               different
               objects
               and
               occasions
               about
               which
               they
               act
               :
               A
               principle
               of
               Grace
               is
               that
               immortal
               Seed
               ,
               or
               that
               Spirit
               that
               is
               born
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ;
               the
               fruits
               of
               the
               Spirit
               are
               not
               the
               Spirit
               it self
               ,
               but
               something
               produced
               by
               him
               ;
               all
               Graces
               are
               the
               fruits
               of
               the
               Spirit
               and
               are
               specified
               by
               their
               different
               objects
               :
               All
               Graces
               are
               but
               so
               many
               expressions
               of
               that
               holy
               Disposition
               ,
               that
               is
               wrought
               in
               us
               by
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               .
               To
               Repent
               of
               Sin
               is
               as
               true
               Holiness
               as
               not
               to
               sin
               at
               all
               ;
               a
               sinner
               has
               no
               other
               way
               to
               express
               his
               Love
               to
               Holiness
               ,
               than
               by
               a
               declared
               Hatred
               of
               his
               Sins
               .
            
             
               They
               differ
               in
               their
               Objects
               ,
               faith
               as
               justifying
               ,
               hath
               Christs
               Righteousness
               for
               its
               Object
               ,
               Repentance
               has
               mans
               unrighteousness
               for
               its
               Object
               ;
               as
               Faith
               acts
               upon
               Christ
               for
               an
               Interest
               in
               his
               Righteousness
               ,
               so
               Repentance
               acts
               towards
               God
               ,
               acknowledging
               our
               own
               Unrighteousness
               and
               bewailing
               it
               ,
               we
               cannot
               rejoyce
               in
               the
               Righteousness
               of
               Christ
               ,
               till
               we
               mourn
               for
               our
               own
               sins
               ;
               Christ
               reconciles
               God
               to
               us
               ,
               by
               the
               attonement
               offer'd
               ,
               2
               Cor.
               5.
               20
               ,
               21.
               and
               us
               to
               God
               by
               working
               Repentance
               in
               us
               ,
               who
               were
               Enemies
               to
               him
               in
               our
               Minds
               by
               wicked
               works
               ,
               Col.
               1.
               21
               ,
               
               alienated
               from
               the
               life
               of
               God
               ,
               Col.
               4.
               18.
               
               This
               Enmity
               against
               God
               and
               alienation
               from
               him
               ,
               is
               removed
               by
               Repentance
               :
               Faith
               works
               upwards
               to
               appease
               Gods
               Wrath
               ,
               by
               holding
               up
               the
               Blood
               of
               Christ
               ;
               Repentance
               works
               downwards
               upon
               our selves
               ,
               changing
               our
               Minds
               towards
               God
               ,
               that
               we
               may
               be
               conformable
               to
               his
               Will
               ,
               and
               rebel
               no
               more
               against
               him
               .
               Besides
               ,
            
             
               All
               Graces
               do
               not
               imploy
               ,
               at
               least
               equally
               ,
               the
               same
               Affections
               ,
               there
               is
               more
               joy
               and
               hope
               in
               Faith
               ,
               more
               sorrow
               and
               fear
               in
               Repentance
               ;
               faith
               lifts
               up
               and
               comforts
               a
               guilty
               sinner
               upon
               one
               account
               ,
               Repentance
               humbles
               him
               and
               lays
               him
               low
               upon
               another
               account
               ,
               filling
               him
               with
               godly
               sorrow
               for
               his
               sins
               .
            
             
               5.
               
               Reasons
               why
               the
               Professors
               of
               this
               Age
               who
               are
               so
               much
               for
               Faith
               do
               mind
               Repentance
               so
               little
               ,
               are
               so
               seldom
               found
               in
               the
               Exercise
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               Because
               they
               rest
               in
               general
               Notions
               of
               Faith
               ,
               and
               of
               Justification
               by
               Grace
               through
               Christ
               ;
               they
               say
               they
               have
               faith
               ,
               and
               think
               this
               will
               save
               them
               ,
               we
               may
               have
               right
               notions
               of
               faith
               in
               our
               Heads
               ,
               and
               yet
               be
               under
               no
               real
               actings
               of
               faith
               
               in
               our
               Hearts
               ;
               we
               may
               be
               Orthodox
               in
               our
               Judgements
               ,
               sound
               in
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               Faith
               ,
               and
               yet
               be
               strangers
               to
               the
               Grace
               of
               Faith
               ;
               we
               may
               hold
               the
               Truth
               ,
               dispute
               for
               it
               ,
               preach
               it
               up
               ,
               maintain
               it
               in
               our
               Discourses
               ,
               as
               our
               Opinion
               ,
               and
               yet
               be
               rotten
               at
               Heart
               for
               all
               this
               ,
               under
               the
               power
               of
               unbelief
               ,
               if
               you
               know
               these
               things
               happy
               are
               ye
               if
               ye
               do
               them
               .
               Faith
               must
               be
               done
               as
               well
               as
               talked
               of
               ,
               it
               must
               be
               really
               acted
               by
               us
               in
               our
               own
               case
               ,
               't
               is
               not
               the
               doctrine
               of
               faith
               ,
               but
               your
               faith
               in
               or
               according
               to
               that
               doctrine
               ,
               that
               saves
               you
               ,
               the
               just
               shall
               live
               by
               his
               own
               faith
               ,
               the
               doctrine
               of
               faith
               is
               an
               external
               thing
               laid
               down
               in
               the
               letter
               of
               the
               word
               ,
               but
               the
               grace
               of
               faith
               is
               an
               inward
               living
               principle
               found
               only
               in
               the
               hearts
               of
               real
               Saints
               ,
               this
               is
               that
               I
               am
               inquiring
               after
               ,
               and
               pressing
               upon
               you
               as
               that
               that
               will
               certainly
               produce
               Repentance
               ,
               Zach.
               12.
               10.
               
               'T
               is
               one
               thing
               to
               have
               a
               Notional
               Knowledge
               of
               the
               doctrine
               of
               faith
               as
               contained
               in
               the
               letter
               of
               the
               word
               ,
               another
               thing
               to
               be
               under
               the
               power
               of
               the
               grace
               of
               faith
               as
               it
               passes
               thorow
               the
               heart
               in
               the
               lively
               actings
               of
               it
               :
               Notions
               of
               things
               may
               be
               separated
               from
               those
               effects
               that
               alwayes
               attend
               the
               things
               themselves
               when
               they
               are
               in
               being
               ,
               we
               may
               shake
               
               and
               freeze
               under
               our
               notions
               of
               fire
               ,
               but
               we
               cannot
               stand
               before
               fire
               it self
               and
               not
               be
               warmed
               by
               it
               ,
               were
               there
               more
               real
               faith
               ;
               I
               mean
               of
               the
               grace
               of
               faith
               ,
               among
               professors
               ,
               there
               would
               be
               more
               Repentance
               ,
               let
               us
               not
               slatter
               our selves
               in
               the
               good
               opinion
               we
               have
               of
               our
               faith
               ,
               and
               of
               our
               supposed
               Interest
               in
               Christ
               ,
               't
               is
               all
               false
               ,
               our
               faith
               is
               vain
               ,
               and
               we
               are
               yet
               in
               our
               sins
               ,
               if
               Repentance
               do
               not
               accompany
               our
               faith
               :
               The
               visible
               neglect
               of
               Repentance
               in
               the
               Professors
               of
               this
               age
               ,
               has
               brought
               a
               reproach
               upon
               the
               doctrine
               of
               faith
               ,
               and
               caused
               it
               to
               be
               evil
               spoken
               of
               ,
               that
               faith
               that
               does
               not
               sanctifie
               ,
               will
               never
               justifie
               ,
               and
               without
               Repentance
               there
               can
               be
               no
               Sanctification
               :
               not
               that
               we
               make
               Repentance
               any
               Meritorious
               Cause
               of
               Pardon
               ,
               or
               that
               it
               is
               to
               be
               rested
               in
               as
               any
               satisfaction
               for
               sin
               ,
               only
               we
               affirm
               that
               justifying
               faith
               alwayes
               works
               Repentance
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               Because
               they
               rest
               in
               a
               general
               Repentance
               ,
               which
               they
               took
               up
               at
               their
               first
               Conversion
               and
               that
               must
               serve
               all
               their
               lives
               long
               ,
               't
               is
               enough
               they
               have
               once
               repented
               ,
               that
               work
               is
               over
               ,
               they
               have
               done
               with
               it
               now
               ,
               and
               care
               not
               to
               return
               to
               it
               again
               :
               but
               because
               you
               have
               
               once
               repented
               ,
               you
               must
               always
               repent
               ,
               you
               entred
               into
               Covenant
               with
               God
               for
               your
               whole
               lives
               ,
               to
               repent
               of
               every
               sin
               you
               should
               fall
               into
               ,
               and
               shall
               we
               begin
               in
               the
               Spirit
               and
               end
               in
               the
               Flesh.
               
            
             
               3.
               
               Because
               they
               have
               long
               since
               reformed
               what
               was
               amiss
               in
               their
               Lives
               ,
               and
               refrained
               from
               the
               outward
               acts
               of
               those
               sins
               they
               lived
               in
               heretofore
               ,
               all
               this
               may
               be
               without
               any
               true
               Repentance
               ,
               you
               say
               you
               have
               forsaken
               your
               sins
               that
               is
               a
               gross
               mistake
               ,
               for
               till
               you
               repent
               of
               them
               you
               have
               not
               forsaken
               them
               in
               Gods
               account
               ,
               but
               are
               still
               looked
               upon
               as
               those
               who
               justifie
               your selves
               in
               those
               very
               sins
               ,
               if
               not
               why
               don't
               you
               repent
               of
               them
               ,
               you
               alwayes
               abide
               under
               the
               guilt
               of
               that
               sin
               which
               you
               have
               not
               repented
               of
               ,
               the
               turning
               of
               the
               heart
               to
               God
               ,
               can
               never
               be
               without
               Repentance
               ;
               till
               then
               you
               still
               retain
               the
               good
               opinion
               you
               had
               of
               your
               sins
               ,
               your
               heart
               is
               set
               upon
               them
               still
               ,
               nothing
               but
               Repentance
               turns
               the
               heart
               another
               way
               .
               There
               can
               be
               no
               real
               Reformation
               of
               Life
               ,
               without
               a
               change
               of
               Heart
               ;
               Men
               may
               for
               a
               spurt
               force
               themselves
               to
               an
               outward
               Course
               of
               Holiness
               ,
               but
               they
               can
               never
               hold
               it
               ,
               the
               heart
               will
               go
               its
               own
               way
               ,
               and
               carry
               the
               man
               
               after
               it
               ,
               nothing
               but
               repentance
               makes
               a
               man
               a
               better
               man
               than
               he
               was
               before
               ;
               a
               man
               is
               the
               same
               that
               ever
               he
               was
               till
               he
               repents
               ,
               then
               indeed
               he
               is
               another
               man
               ,
               of
               another
               Mind
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               Because
               they
               reckon
               all
               their
               particular
               sins
               among
               their
               Infirmities
               ,
               and
               therefore
               a
               slight
               Repentance
               will
               serve
               the
               turn
               ,
               they
               think
               they
               will
               be
               pardoned
               of
               Course
               to
               them
               ,
               without
               any
               more
               ado
               .
            
             
               I
               look
               upon
               it
               as
               a
               great
               Error
               ,
               to
               hold
               that
               all
               sins
               committed
               in
               a
               state
               of
               Grace
               are
               sins
               of
               Infirmity
               ;
               Saints
               themselves
               may
               be
               guilty
               of
               wilful
               presumptuous
               sins
               ,
               and
               when
               they
               are
               ,
               they
               must
               not
               think
               to
               shift
               them
               off
               as
               common
               Infirmities
               .
               I
               grant
               ,
               those
               grosser
               acts
               of
               sin
               ,
               that
               a
               Saint
               may
               be
               surprized
               into
               ,
               do
               argue
               an
               infirm
               imperfect
               state
               ,
               their
               state
               may
               be
               good
               though
               imperfect
               ,
               there
               may
               be
               some
               good
               thing
               in
               their
               Hearts
               toward
               God
               ,
               when
               they
               fall
               foul
               as
               David
               and
               Peter
               did
               ;
               but
               I
               am
               not
               now
               inquiring
               what
               is
               in
               their
               hearts
               ,
               but
               what
               is
               in
               those
               grosser
               acts
               of
               sin
               ,
               viz.
               Murder
               ,
               Adultery
               ,
               and
               the
               like
               ;
               I
               say
               there
               is
               nothing
               but
               Evil
               in
               them
               ,
               they
               are
               all
               
               over
               and
               throughout
               sinful
               ;
               now
               ,
               what
               is
               morally
               evil
               and
               sinful
               in
               its
               own
               nature
               cannot
               properly
               be
               called
               a
               sin
               of
               Infirmity
               ,
               because
               an
               Infirmity
               in
               the
               true
               Notion
               of
               it
               ,
               is
               the
               deficiency
               of
               a
               good
               Action
               ,
               't
               is
               not
               so
               good
               as
               it
               should
               be
               ,
               absolutely
               evil
               in
               it self
               it
               is
               not
               ,
               
                 v.
                 g.
              
               a
               Child
               of
               God
               prayes
               but
               not
               so
               fervently
               as
               he
               should
               ,
               he
               hears
               the
               Word
               ,
               but
               not
               so
               attentively
               as
               he
               should
               ;
               he
               believes
               in
               Christ
               ,
               but
               not
               so
               firmly
               ,
               so
               strongly
               ,
               so
               stedfastly
               as
               he
               would
               ,
               this
               is
               his
               Infirmity
               ,
               here
               the
               action
               it self
               ,
               or
               the
               thing
               done
               ,
               is
               for
               the
               substance
               and
               matter
               of
               it
               good
               in
               it self
               ,
               what
               God
               has
               commanded
               ,
               but
               when
               we
               do
               that
               which
               is
               materially
               Evil
               in
               its
               own
               nature
               ,
               and
               forbidden
               by
               God
               ,
               this
               is
               more
               than
               an
               Infirmity
               ,
               the
               whole
               action
               is
               naught
               ;
               't
               is
               not
               a
               weak
               action
               ,
               but
               a
               wicked
               one
               .
               He
               that
               is
               an
               infirm
               man
               ,
               is
               a
               living
               man
               ;
               a
               dead
               man
               is
               more
               than
               infirm
               ,
               he
               has
               no
               life
               at
               all
               in
               him
               that
               is
               capable
               of
               infirmity
               ,
               if
               a
               Child
               of
               God
               should
               swear
               ,
               be
               Drunk
               ,
               or
               commit
               Whoredom
               ,
               &c.
               
               I
               would
               not
               say
               as
               some
               do
               ,
               Oh
               the
               Infirmities
               of
               the
               Saints
               ,
               but
               I
               would
               say
               oh
               the
               Wickedness
               ,
               the
               Leudness
               of
               the
               Saints
               ;
               you
               'l
               think
               these
               hard
               words
               ,
               hard
               things
               must
               have
               hard
               words
               ,
               they
               that
               do
               well
               
               shall
               hear
               well
               ,
               and
               they
               that
               do
               ill
               must
               hear
               ill
               :
               Sin
               is
               not
               the
               less
               sinful
               because
               a
               Godly
               Man
               commits
               it
               ,
               it
               falls
               under
               greater
               Aggravations
               in
               him
               ,
               than
               in
               another
               ;
               there
               may
               be
               some
               good
               thing
               in
               his
               heart
               ,
               but
               there
               is
               nothing
               in
               these
               sinful
               acts
               but
               what
               is
               morally
               Evil
               and
               abominably
               wicked
               .
               This
               should
               awaken
               us
               to
               Repentance
               ,
               are
               there
               not
               sins
               even
               mong
               us
               against
               the
               Lord
               our
               God
               ?
            
             
               6.
               
               The
               Application
               .
            
             
               Repentance
               being
               the
               plainest
               and
               surest
               Evidence
               of
               Saving
               Faith
               ,
               let
               us
               be
               much
               in
               the
               exercise
               of
               this
               Grace
               :
               We
               should
               repent
               as
               often
               as
               there
               is
               new
               matter
               for
               Repentance
               ,
               I
               do
               not
               say
               we
               should
               alwayes
               be
               grieving
               and
               mourning
               for
               the
               same
               sin
               ;
               Repentance
               may
               have
               its
               perfect
               work
               ,
               in
               reference
               to
               some
               particular
               sin
               ,
               which
               God
               has
               sufficiently
               humbled
               us
               for
               .
               There
               is
               a
               time
               to
               set
               broken
               bones
               ,
               we
               may
               rejoyce
               in
               the
               Cure
               ,
               in
               that
               Ease
               and
               Rest
               that
               God
               gives
               us
               ,
               when
               he
               speaks
               peace
               to
               us
               :
               By
               believing
               we
               enter
               into
               Rest
               ,
               till
               some
               new
               sin
               disturb
               our
               rest
               ,
               and
               then
               Repentance
               is
               to
               be
               renewed
               :
               By
               a
               new
               sin
               I
               don't
               mean
               common
               unavoidable
               Infirmities
               ,
               
               but
               some
               grosser
               wilful
               Miscarriage
               :
               We
               ought
               to
               be
               humbled
               under
               our
               Infirmities
               ,
               to
               confess
               them
               ,
               and
               so
               to
               pass
               on
               by
               a
               present
               act
               of
               Faith
               ,
               into
               our
               wonted
               serenity
               and
               peace
               of
               Conscience
               not
               doubting
               but
               God
               will
               overlook
               them
               for
               Christs
               sake
               .
               Faith
               is
               not
               so
               put
               to
               it
               ,
               does
               not
               labour
               so
               much
               to
               take
               in
               the
               ,
               pardon
               of
               them
               ,
               as
               it
               does
               and
               must
               do
               to
               obtain
               the
               pardon
               of
               grosser
               sins
               ,
               which
               put
               the
               Soul
               at
               a
               greater
               distance
               from
               God
               ,
               then
               common
               Infirmities
               do
               ,
               which
               are
               pardoned
               of
               Course
               to
               Believers
               upon
               their
               humble
               acknowledgement
               of
               them
               ,
               but
               in
               case
               of
               any
               particular
               wilful
               sin
               ,
               we
               must
               renew
               our
               Repentance
               in
               a
               more
               solemn
               manner
               ,
               and
               afflict
               our
               souls
               for
               it
               ,
               how
               long
               God
               may
               keep
               us
               mourning
               ,
               before
               he
               restore
               to
               us
               the
               joy
               of
               our
               Salvation
               ,
               must
               be
               left
               to
               him
               who
               knowes
               when
               to
               administer
               comfort
               to
               us
               ,
               in
               the
               fittest
               season
               :
               When
               we
               are
               about
               this
               work
               ,
               't
               is
               good
               to
               reflect
               upon
               former
               sins
               already
               pardoned
               ,
               there
               sinfulness
               appears
               thorow
               the
               Pardon
               .
               We
               may
               join
               our
               old
               scores
               to
               this
               new
               reckoning
               ,
               and
               carry
               over
               all
               to
               the
               present
               Account
               ,
               that
               having
               the
               sun
               Total
               before
               us
               ,
               we
               may
               bewail
               the
               late
               addition
               we
               have
               made
               to
               it
               :
               When
               we
               see
               how
               high
               it
               
               rises
               ,
               every
               new
               offence
               receives
               an
               aggravation
               ,
               from
               so
               many
               that
               went
               before
               ,
               't
               is
               some
               Extenuation
               of
               a
               Fault
               to
               say
               ,
               't
               is
               the
               first
               time
               ;
               but
               frequent
               relapses
               into
               the
               same
               sin
               do
               heighten
               the
               guilt
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               in
               such
               Cases
               there
               is
               nothing
               but
               Repenting
               ,
               or
               perishing
               .
            
             
               The
               more
               you
               are
               in
               the
               Exercise
               of
               this
               Grace
               of
               Repentance
               ,
               the
               less
               inclinable
               will
               you
               be
               to
               any
               sin
               :
               I
               am
               perswaded
               were
               the
               Devil
               sure
               you
               would
               Repent
               ,
               he
               would
               not
               be
               so
               forward
               to
               Tempt
               you
               to
               any
               sin
               ,
               nothing
               does
               so
               enrage
               the
               Devil
               ,
               as
               the
               Repentance
               of
               the
               Saints
               ,
               could
               he
               keep
               them
               always
               in
               that
               Mind
               ,
               they
               are
               in
               ,
               in
               the
               hour
               of
               a
               prevailing
               Temptation
               ,
               he
               might
               Glory
               over
               them
               ,
               but
               when
               they
               come
               to
               themselves
               ,
               and
               consider
               better
               of
               it
               ,
               how
               do
               they
               inveigh
               against
               the
               Tempter
               ,
               and
               cry
               down
               the
               sin
               as
               an
               abominable
               Practise
               ,
               and
               what
               does
               the
               Devil
               get
               by
               this
               ,
               he
               loses
               more
               by
               their
               Repentance
               then
               ever
               he
               got
               by
               their
               Sin
               ,
               he
               is
               laid
               open
               as
               an
               Impostor
               ,
               as
               a
               Deceiver
               ;
               the
               Repentance
               of
               the
               Saints
               is
               the
               greatest
               Torment
               to
               the
               Devil
               before
               his
               time
               that
               can
               be
               ;
               as
               there
               is
               joy
               in
               Heaven
               at
               the
               Conversion
               of
               a
               
               Sinner
               ,
               so
               there
               is
               no
               small
               sorrow
               in
               Hell
               upon
               the
               same
               Account
               .
            
             
               You
               cannot
               Honour
               God
               more
               than
               by
               a
               Daily
               Repentance
               ,
               thereby
               you
               vindicate
               your
               holy
               Profession
               ,
               from
               giving
               the
               least
               countenance
               to
               sin
               ;
               were
               the
               people
               of
               God
               more
               ashamed
               of
               sin
               ,
               the
               wicked
               of
               the
               World
               would
               glory
               less
               in
               it
               ,
               they
               would
               begin
               to
               blush
               with
               you
               ,
               and
               hang
               down
               their
               heads
               for
               doing
               that
               which
               is
               so
               openly
               decry'd
               by
               all
               good
               men
               ,
               good
               men
               are
               greatly
               wanting
               in
               the
               open
               Profession
               of
               their
               Repentance
               ,
               if
               you
               did
               mourn
               for
               sin
               more
               ,
               others
               would
               rejoyce
               in
               it
               less
               .
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
               Books
               Printed
               and
               Sold
               by
               Tho.
               Cockeril
               ,
               at
               the
               Three
               Legs
               in
               the
               Poultrey
               ,
               over
               against
               the
               Stocks-Market
               .
            
             
               THE
               Works
               of
               the
               late
               Learned
               Divine
               
                 Stephen
                 Charnock
              
               .
               Two
               Vol.
               Folio
               .
            
             
               Annotations
               upon
               all
               the
               Books
               of
               Old
               and
               New
               Testament
               ;
               by
               
                 Matt.
                 Pool
              
               .
               2
               Vol.
               Folio
               .
            
             
               The
               History
               of
               Phylosophy
               ,
               containing
               the
               Lives
               ,
               Opinions
               ,
               &c.
               of
               Phylosophers
               ;
               by
               
                 Tho.
                 Stanley
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               Folio
               .
            
             
               The
               compleat
               Works
               of
               Mr.
               
                 Isaac
                 Ambrose
              
               .
               Folio
               .
            
             
               The
               Morning
               Exercise
               at
               Cripplegate
               ,
               or
               several
               Cases
               of
               Conscience
               practically
               resolved
               by
               sundry
               Ministers
               .
               The
               4th
               .
               Edition
               ,
               4to
               .
            
             
               A
               Supplement
               to
               the
               Morning
               Exercise
               at
               Cripplegate
               ,
               or
               several
               more
               Cases
               of
               Conscience
               practically
               resolved
               by
               sundry
               Ministers
               .
               The
               second
               Edition
               ,
               4to
               .
            
             
               The
               Court
               of
               the
               Gentiles
               ;
               Part
               3.
               
               The
               Vanity
               of
               Pagan
               Phylosophy
               demonstrated
               ,
               &c.
               by
               
                 Theophilus
                 Gale.
                 4to
              
               .
            
             
               The
               Rise
               ,
               Race
               and
               Royalty
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               God
               in
               the
               Soul
               of
               Man
               ,
               opened
               in
               several
               Sermons
               ,
               by
               
                 Peter
                 Sterry
              
               ,
               sometimes
               Fellow
               of
               Emanuel
               Colledge
               in
               Cambridge
               ,
               and
               late
               Preacher
               of
               the
               Gospel
               in
               
                 London
                 .
                 4to
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Speculum
                 Theologiae
                 in
                 Christo
              
               :
               Or
               ,
               a
               view
               of
               some
               Divine
               Truths
               ,
               &c.
               
               By
               
                 Edward
                 Polhil
              
               of
               Burwash
               in
               
                 Sussex
                 ,
                 
                   Esq
                
                 4to
              
               .
            
             
               Geography
               rectified
               :
               Or
               a
               Description
               of
               the
               World
               in
               all
               its
               Kingdoms
               ,
               Provinces
               ,
               
               Countries
               ;
               &c.
               
               The
               second
               Edition
               enlarged
               ,
               with
               above
               thirty
               sheets
               more
               in
               the
               Description
               and
               about
               20
               new
               Maps
               .
               By
               
                 Robert
                 Morden
                 ,
                 4to
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Large
                 Octavo's
                 .
              
               
                 THE
                 Nature
                 ,
                 Powers
                 ,
                 Deceit
                 ,
                 and
                 Prevalency
                 of
                 the
                 Remainders
                 of
                 In-dwelling
                 sin
                 in
                 Believers
                 ;
                 Together
                 with
                 the
                 ways
                 of
                 its
                 working
                 ,
                 and
                 means
                 of
                 prevention
                 ,
                 opened
                 ,
                 evinced
                 and
                 applyed
                 ;
                 with
                 a
                 Resolution
                 of
                 sundry
                 Cases
                 of
                 Conscience
                 thereunto
                 appertaining
                 .
              
               
                 Precious
                 Faith
                 considered
                 in
                 its
                 Nature
                 ,
                 Working
                 and
                 Growth
                 .
                 By
                 
                   Edward
                   Polhil
                
                 of
                 Burwash
                 in
                 Sussex
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Christus
                   in
                   Corde
                
                 :
                 Or
                 ,
                 the
                 Mystical
                 Union
                 between
                 Christ
                 and
                 Believers
                 considered
                 ,
                 in
                 its
                 resemblances
                 ,
                 bonds
                 ,
                 seals
                 ,
                 priviledges
                 and
                 marks
                 .
                 By
                 the
                 same
                 Author
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Armatura
                   Dei
                
                 ;
                 or
                 a
                 preparation
                 for
                 suffering
                 in
                 an
                 Evil
                 Day
                 ,
                 shewing
                 how
                 Christians
                 are
                 to
                 bear
                 Sufferings
                 ,
                 and
                 what
                 Graces
                 are
                 requisite
                 thereunto
                 :
                 suited
                 for
                 all
                 good
                 Christians
                 in
                 this
                 present
                 time
                 .
                 By
                 the
                 same
                 Author
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Faithfulness
                 of
                 God
                 Considered
                 ,
                 and
                 cleared
                 in
                 the
                 great
                 events
                 of
                 his
                 World
                 ;
                 or
                 a
                 second
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 fulfilling
                 of
                 the
                 Scripture
                 .
                 By
                 the
                 Author
                 of
                 the
                 first
                 Part.
                 
              
               
                 A
                 Renunciation
                 of
                 several
                 Popish
                 Doctrines
                 because
                 contrary
                 to
                 the
                 Doctrine
                 of
                 Faith
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 of
                 England
                 .
                 By.
                 
                   R.
                   R.
                
                 B.
                 D.