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Show .· dcd\and and ·b~llevc what he reads without the grace of God : And (by th( way) give me leave to tell you, that rhe damnation oflinners another day will II~ here. As I believe rh.r Heathens will ped01, nor becauie they believe nor in rhar C~dtl of whom they have nor heatd, or lived not up to that law whtciJ rhey •never received; bur h. e<uf' tb1'.Y lzved notup to the lzgbt and lm> of~·ture which rhey had ; 1hey !hall be Judged wllhout the Jaw, fJIIh the A pol tie, Rom. 2. So' I do· believe that the danm'atzon of ]iJIIIerJ ttJtdtr the Go(pel will not lie here, .that thr.y did nor do what r<>ar not ill their power to rJ.,; bur here, that they d1d not do what God commanded them, and gave them power 10 perform. They have a power ro read, to come ro the alfemblies and hear chc Word, 10 gain the knowledg' of God an4 lin, to co~lider rheu ways, ro fpe'ak truth, to keep their tongues from Cuclmg, Swear~ng, Lymg, Reviling, to keep thGmfelves from e~r'ernal ~rofanart~n of ~be Lords day · and m~ch more rhan this, to whiCh SpeCial dtftmguilhing g;ace is not necelfary: It is one great thing rhar 1hc Patrons offree-will, ha vc to object agamll the doctrme of fpwa l ancJ diitinguilhing grace; That if man hath nor a power to ?elieve and repent then God !hall condemn men for that wh1ch they had no pow'er ro do : Jr were polfibly no ditiiculr thing to vindicate Gods juflice even in that. O"r common Father. was once invefied with a power 10 do wharfoever was necelfary,mher for his or our Salvation; if he for us loll that power, furely, God was not bound to rellorc ir, and yet might e><pect of us what he at firfi gave to us: Bur I do not . think we are put to fo hard a lhift. As the righteous God will lind matter enough to condemn the Heal hen for, wirhoLlt bringing this in judgmtnr agamfl1bem that they have difobeyed his written law, whiCh they_ never heard of;· fofor rhofe who lit under the Gofpel, rher~ will be enough for God to condemn them for, which is in rhetr power to per· form; whether we fay rhat they !hall be condemn_ed for no~ b~· Jieving, and not repenting yea or no. If they d1d what ts. 10 their power, it were not enough to fave them; but not d01ng fo much they do jullifie God in condemning them. Let a~y man do what in him lierh,if then the Lord do1h not fuperadd Ius pow· crful and dfectual grace , he hath fomerhing to fa_y ; but 1~ he doth not that, his mouth is flopped, ~is blood ( whtle he penfl•· cth) is' upon his own head. Let rhts be the fir~ Ufe. . From hence you may judg of the truth of thetr ~who ~.,n .Applictttion of the Do{Jrin~. w-ill make you believe that man hath in himfelf a porv.r ·t• that rr>hzch zs truly and SpirituaVy good. It is a novel DoUrine and roo too frequently publin1cd in rhefe times, it fuppoferh man in the fa~e e~\are as Adam was, under no guilt of Original lin; forcerramly rfhe be a~ the Scripture fpeakerh him, dead in fin1, Chrifr mull quzck,.'IIIJim, Eph. 2. r. if he be dark._nefs as the Ephe{ianJ were, he cannot be lzght but in the Lord; if he be a Captive of Satan, t~e Son muft ma~ebzm free. If he be an Ethiopia" he cannot of htmf~lf change h~J 1k,Jn. In lhorr, it is a Doctrine contrary to mulurudes ofScrtptmes, to the Judgment of all ancient Divines, exprefsly conrra;y to the Doctrine of the Church of England; and to the expertence of all Chrillians in the world. But then the Quellion is. What God means when he faith to a !inner Ari[r, and come a-· "'ay ; when be promiferh life to him, if he doth come,and threatens eternal death ifhe refuferh? fanfwer, firll, God mind1 the ji11ner ofhiJ Dury.Our Duty is not limited by the power we have, bur to be meafured by the power we <:nee had; God hath nor loll his right to call for his Debr, though we have loll our ability to pay it. By this Law is the knowledg of lin, and by it as by a School-mafier we are whipt • unto Chrifi. · 2. God calleth unto us to do wbat inzu lieth in order to our be. lieving, and in order to our repenting; we c;annot come to Chrifi e:ccept the [~ther drawetb by por•"futandfPecial Grace; bur we may come to Church, and hear, we may come from the Aleho;1fe and leav~ our lewd and grofs converfarion; thefo things mull be done before we can believe: He calls to us to get a Knowledg of and an ac9uainrance with the Ia w of God, that you rna 1 kno,.: . what li_n ts; to fearch and try, and to rtflect upon your ways; thefc rhtngs are means in order to his giving Repentance unto life. --3.-Nor are the promi[rJ or tbreallliitgr hivaiu,efpeciallyfuppoling ~ ~hat Go~ upo? our due ufe of m_eans, will not be wanting in rhe mlluences oflus grace: the prormfes !hall have their certain ilfue in cafe the duty be done; and the rhrearning~ lhall not fall to rh; ground, m cafe the duty be not performed. •. La~ly, This lets you all fee how much you live upon grace. N, 1JI•n_ cometh 11/lto the Son Hnlefs the F dthrr drarv1 him ; and when he Is come, he mull be drawn, or he will never r;m after him. The S¥oufe mull hear her_ Beloved fpeak, or lhe will nor arife and V v come |