dren of Men, they all equally confefs, That Chrift is the Efficient and Meritoerious Cause of it: That we have Redemption only in his Blood; and that there is no other Name under Heaven given among Men, whereby they may be fav'd. The Heathens then (you fee) are no Argument at all against this Do. =&rine: They drink, though not fo freely as Christians do, out of the pure River of Life, and have Grace fufficient (if they please to make ufe of it) for their Converfion and Sal

vation.

Thus then does my Propofition (notwithstanding thefe Objections) ftand good. 1. From the Nature of the New Covenant. 2. From thofe manifold Calls and Invitations, and those Pathetical and most Affectionaté Proteftations and Promifes, which God makes to Sinners: And, 3. From plain and exprefs Texts of Scripture. I fhall now infer from what has been dif cours'd, and conclude. And,

1. Since God in his infinite Mercy offers to all the Children of Men, Grace fufficient for their Converfion

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Let. to Dr. and Salvation, we are to confider, that Sanderson, the Fault lies wholly at our own Doors, concerning if we mifcarry, or come fhort of the and De- Glory of God. Indeed, were any of crees, Se&. us (as the Learned Hammond speaks)

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so left or past by, as to be deny'd fuffi-
cient Grace, and yet deftin'd to perish
merely through want of Neceffaries,
the whole Blame could not rationally
fall on our felves. It could not be faid
of Christ's Yoke, that it is easy, or his
Commandment not far from us.
Fault that was found with the Mofaical
Oeconomy, Heb. 8.8. and which made
another (the Evangelical) Neceffary,
would ftill lie against this, viz. That
Men were not enabled to perform what
was requir'd, and yet the Non-perfor-
mance eternally reveng'd on many
of them. But now fufficient Grace be-
ing tendred by God, and by no De-
fault, but their own, proving ineffe&u-
al, the entire Blame falls unavoidably
on those, who do not open to him,
that knocks; fo receive, as to make use
of it; but refift, or grieve, or quench
what was fo mercifully defign'd, and
might have been improv'd by the hum-
ble and diligent Receivers unto their
greatest Advantages.

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2. Since God in his Infinite Merecy, offers to all the Children of Men, Grace fufficient for their Converfion and Salvation, let none of us suffer E any diftruftful Thoughts of the Divine Goodness to lie lurking in our Souls, but firmly believe, That if we humbly and devoutly address our selves to him, we fhall obtain Mercy, and find Grace to help in time of need. He hath made (as you have heard a New Covenant with us; feal'd it with no less than the Blood of his own Son; and, upon our Performance of its Conditions, viz. Faith and Repentance, promis'd Remiffion and Forgiveness of all our Sins. But he cannot deny himself, cannot deny his own Covenant, cannot deny his Sons Blood, and therefore will infallibly make good his Promife, if, with the foremention'd Qualifications, we we return to him. Otherwise indeed, all that Christ hath done and fuffer'd for us, will stand us in no ftead. For though he has appeas'd the Wrath of God; taken away the Hand-writing that that was against us, and purchas'd our Redemption

demption by his moft precious Blood, yet he has not (as the Antinomians contend actually abfolv'd us from our Sing and Wickedneffes. He expects our Performance of the Conditions of his Covenant, before he thus figns our Acquittance and Discharge. He has put us only into a Salvable State, into a capability of Pardon, which he will actually grant to none but fuch as keep his Commandments. In a word, He'll be the Author of Salvation only to them, who receive him in all his Offices; as their Prophet to teach, and as their King to govern, as well as their Priest to fave them Who faithfully ferve and obey him: Who fulfil his Commands, and hearken unto the Voice of his Word: Who repent and turn from their Evil Ways; and when they have done all the good that they can, humbly depend upon his Merits for their Eternal Salvation. Wherefore,

Laftly, Since God in his infinite Mercy, offers to all the Children of Men, Grace fufficient for their Conversion and Salvation; fince we shall reap no man

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ner of Benefit from the Death of Christ, but the Wrath of God ftill abides upon us, if we do not accept and ufe it as we ought; let none of us for the future refift or fruftrate, but receive and improve it to the Salvation of our Souls. Let us be no longer ftiff-necked and rebellious; no longer grieve the Holy Spirit of God; but hearken to his Voice, who fo affectionately fets Life and Death before us, and conjures us to choose the better part, and to refuse the other. Let us (as we are prudently and piously advis'd in the 17th Article of our Church) lay hold upon the Promifes of God, as they are reach'd out to us in the Holy Scriptures; giving no heed to the groundless, unwarrantable Difcourfes of fome Men concerning Abfolute, Peremptory, and Irrefiftable Decrees, but working out our Salvation with all that Care and Solicitude a matter of fuch moment requires, even with Fear and Trembling. Let us befeech the God of all Grace,the Author and Finisher of our Faith, the whole and fole Foundation and Cause of our Hope, our only Saviour the Lord Chrift Jefus, to enable us both to Will and to Do according to his good Pleasure; to convert our Souls,

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