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his_o belly_n with_o the_o husk_n the_o swine_n do_v eat_v and_o no_o man_n give_v unto_o he_o ver_fw-la 16._o this_o my_o son_n be_v lest_o ver_fw-la 32._o his_o sight_n of_o his_o need_n of_o christ_n and_o seek_v after_o he_o and_o when_o he_o come_v to_o himself_o he_o say_v how_o many_o hire_a servant_n in_o my_o father_n house_n have_v bread_n enough_o and_o to_o spare_v i_o will_v arise_v and_o go_v to_o my_o father_n etc._n etc._n ver_fw-la 17_o 18._o hereunto_o may_v be_v add_v many_o instance_n record_v in_o the_o scripture_n matthew_n the_o publican_n before_o he_o be_v effectual_o call_v be_v sick_a of_o sin_n as_o may_v be_v well_o gather_v from_o mat._n 9_o ver_fw-la 9.12_o 13._o zacheus_n confess_v his_o sin_n luke_n 19.8_o feel_v himself_o lose_v
employ_v in_o a_o personal_a and_o certain_a promise_n of_o salvation_n shall_v be_v before_o he_o without_o he_o and_o so_o apply_v unto_o the_o soul_n where_o he_o be_v not_o and_o not_o rather_o suspend_v and_o wait_v upon_o his_o presence_n as_o a_o honour_n to_o his_o actual_a come_n and_o a_o peculiar_a favour_n to_o believer_n that_o have_v receive_v he_o that_o proposition_n which_o be_v repugnant_a to_o part_v of_o the_o scope_n of_o the_o gospel_n 2._o argum._n 2._o which_o be_v to_o make_v christ_n as_o act_v in_o the_o way_n of_o his_o special_a grace_n to_o be_v all_o in_o matter_n of_o salvation_n and_o man_n without_o christ_n however_o qualify_v to_o be_v nothing_o in_o that_o respect_n be_v unsound_a but_o this_o proposition_n assert_v some_o save_a qualification_n before_o faith_n be_v such_o ergo._n if_o it_o be_v say_v the_o asserter_n of_o such_o qualification_n acknowledge_v they_o to_o be_v from_o grace_n and_o from_o christ_n i_o answer_v that_o be_v not_o 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conjunctione_n tali_fw-la scilicet_fw-la quâ_fw-la designatus_fw-la erat_fw-la a_o deo_fw-la ut_fw-la caput_fw-la esset_fw-la c_o rporis_fw-la cujus_fw-la nos_fw-la sumus_fw-la membra_fw-la all_o save_a blessing_n be_v say_v to_o be_v communicate_v unto_o we_o from_o christ_n as_o in_o a_o head_n dr_n ames_n omnia_fw-la salutari_fw-la nobis_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la communicari_fw-la a_o christo_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o capite_fw-la 8._o medulla_n lib._n 1._o cap._n 24._o num_fw-la 6._o jun._n collat._n ratio_fw-la 8._o cain_n say_v junius_n be_v not_o partaker_n of_o a_o saviour_n as_o a_o saviour_n neither_o be_v any_o ungodly_a man_n partaker_n of_o he_o cain_n servatorâ—s_fw-la non_fw-la fuit_fw-la particeps_fw-la â—ut_fw-la servatoris_fw-la nec_fw-la particeps_fw-la ejus_fw-la est_fw-la impius_fw-la quisquam_fw-la man_n be_v no_o partaker_n of_o a_o saviour_n but_o of_o the_o work_n of_o a_o saviour_n but_o the_o faithful_a be_v not_o only_a partaker_n of_o his_o work_n but_o also_o of_o 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be_v find_v in_o a_o reprobate_n to_o make_v good_a this_o argument_n let_v we_o 1._o show_v the_o ground_n of_o the_o distinction_n of_o special_a or_o save_a and_o common_a grace_n 2._o clear_v the_o term_n 3._o confirm_v the_o minor_a viz._n that_o in_o a_o elect_a person_n yet_o not_o a_o believer_n there_o be_v no_o other_o qualification_n then_o what_o be_v the_o effect_n of_o common_a grace_n the_o term_n grace_n be_v use_v for_o common_a grace_n rom._n 12.3_o 6._o ephes_n 3.8_o 1_o pet._n 4.10_o for_o save_v grace_n ephes_n 2.8_o and_o elsewhere_o frequent_o upon_o which_o place_n and_o text_n equivalent_a beside_o the_o general_a consent_n of_o orthodox_n and_o learned_a writer_n that_o distinction_n be_v sufficient_o found_v common_a grace_n be_v that_o which_o those_o that_o be_v not_o elect_v may_v be_v and_o often_o be_v make_v partaker_n of_o special_a or_o save_a grace_n be_v that_o which_o flow_v from_o election_n as_o a_o effect_n and_o argument_n of_o election_n and_o 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de_fw-fr gratia_n exercit_fw-la 2._o cap._n 3._o cham._n tom._n 3._o l._n 8._o cap._n 3._o num_fw-la 23._o circa_fw-la miseros_fw-la versantis_fw-la effectual_a call_v be_v the_o first_o mercy_n mr_n rutherford_n vocatio_fw-la efficax_n est_fw-la prima_fw-la misericordia_fw-la before_o vocation_n all_o be_v say_v not_o to_o have_v obtain_v mercy_n this_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v of_o effectual_a vocation_n whereby_o in_o time_n paul_n be_v make_v another_o man_n chamier_n ante_fw-la vocationem_fw-la omnes_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la misericordim_v non_fw-la consecuti_fw-la hoc_fw-la intelligi_fw-la debet_fw-la de_fw-la vocatione_n efficaci_fw-la per_fw-la quaem_fw-la intempore_o factus_fw-la est_fw-la paulus_n alius_fw-la that_o proposition_n which_o will_v not_o stand_v with_o christ_n method_n of_o preach_v the_o gospel_n be_v not_o good_a 4._o argum._n 4._o but_o this_o proposition_n ascertain_v salvation_n before_o faith_n will_v not_o stand_v with_o christ_n method_n of_o preach_v the_o gospel_n mark_v 16.16_o therefore_o that_o very_a proposition_n which_o the_o holy_a ghost_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o gospel_n viz._n whosoever_o believe_v shall_v be_v save_v be_v formal_o a_o indefinite_a proposition_n offer_v
electionem_fw-la quamvis_fw-la in_fw-la dei_fw-la arcano_fw-la decreto_fw-la sunt_fw-la signati_fw-la homines_fw-la &_o determinati_fw-la nominatim_fw-la &_o specialissimè_fw-la attamen_fw-la nulla_fw-la est_fw-la specialis_fw-la determinatio_fw-la in_o scripture_n nusquam_fw-la enim_fw-la scriptum_fw-la est_fw-la hoc_fw-la fac_fw-la &_o efficacitèr_fw-la vocaberis_fw-la believer_n only_o be_v bind_v to_o gather_v the_o intention_n of_o god_n 2._o idem_fw-la ex_fw-la 2._o c._n 2._o and_o the_o eternal_a decree_n concern_v they_o by_o name_n soli_fw-la credentes_fw-la tenentur_fw-la dei_fw-la intentionem_fw-la &_o aeternum_fw-la decretum_fw-la circa_fw-la se_fw-la nominatìm_fw-la colligere_fw-la there_o be_v no_o consolation_n unto_o the_o elect_a before_o faith_n 2._o idem_fw-la ex_fw-la 1._o c._n 2._o mr_n rutherford_n electo_fw-la nulla_fw-la consolatio_fw-la ante_fw-la fidem_fw-la the_o promise_n say_v dr_n preston_n be_v make_v to_o the_o come_n faith_n dr_n preston_n ser._n 3._o of_o effectual_a faith_n idem_fw-la ser._n 1._o on_o rom._n 1.17_o of_o faith_n and_o not_o to_o the_o preparation_n elsewhere_o the_o same_o author_n mention_n part_v withal_o to_o use_v his_o own_o word_n among_o the_o afterclap_n condition_n that_o be_v such_o condition_n as_o be_v require_v of_o the_o soul_n after_o the_o match_n be_v now_o make_v that_o be_v after_o faith_n as_o you_o may_v see_v plain_o in_o the_o place_n obj._n 1_o to_o be_v dead_a to_o the_o law_n be_v a_o save_a qualification_n but_o rom._n 7.4_o we_o be_v say_v to_o be_v dead_a to_o the_o law_n that_o we_o may_v be_v marry_v unto_o christ_n ergo._n there_o seem_v to_o be_v some_o save_a qualification_n before_o faith_n answ_n this_o text_n in_o that_o it_o seem_v to_o occasion_v the_o most_o considerable_a objection_n call_v for_o the_o more_o diligence_n in_o the_o clear_n of_o it_o the_o apostle_n in_o answer_n to_o a_o objection_n make_v in_o the_o person_n of_o the_o believe_a roman_n against_o the_o 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the_o law_n in_o this_o place_n we_o be_v to_o understand_v the_o dominion_n of_o the_o law_n over_o a_o sinner_n hence_o it_o be_v compare_v to_o a_o hard_a and_o cruel_a master_n rom._n 6.14_o to_o a_o hard_a or_o cruel_a husband_n rom._n 7._o beg_v 2._o the_o dominion_n of_o the_o law_n have_v divers_a acception_n in_o the_o scripture_n and_o be_v take_v sometime_o for_o that_o power_n of_o the_o law_n whereby_o as_o a_o occasion_n it_o provoke_v and_o stir_v up_o the_o corruption_n of_o the_o heart_n in_o the_o irregenerate_a rom._n 7.8_o but_o sin_n take_v occasion_n by_o the_o commandment_n wrought_v in_o i_o all_o manner_n of_o concupiscence_n sometime_o for_o the_o accuse_v and_o damnatory_a sentence_n of_o the_o law_n sometime_o for_o the_o rigour_n whereby_o it_o exact_v perfect_a personal_a and_o constant_a obedience_n by_o virtue_n of_o that_o principle_n wherein_o we_o be_v create_v after_o the_o image_n of_o god_n and_o that_o for_o our_o justification_n 3._o that_o the_o dominion_n of_o the_o law_n in_o the_o first_o sense_n namely_o that_o power_n of_o the_o law_n occasional_o and_o by_o accident_n to_o provoke_v and_o stir_v up_o sin_n in_o the_o irregenerate_a be_v the_o dominion_n intend_v in_o this_o place_n be_v manifest_a rom._n 7.5_o 8_o 9_o and_o chap._n 6.14_o 15._o from_o the_o joint_a consent_n of_o interpreter_n that_o the_o law_n be_v to_o be_v take_v in_o the_o same_o sense_n in_o both_o these_o place_n it_o can_v be_v interpret_v of_o the_o dominion_n of_o the_o law_n in_o either_o of_o the_o two_o last_o sense_n that_o dominion_n of_o sin_n which_o death_n unto_o the_o law_n here_o mention_v free_v we_o from_o be_v the_o dominion_n of_o the_o law_n here_o intend_v but_o the_o death_n unto_o the_o law_n here_o mention_v free_v we_o from_o the_o dominion_n of_o the_o law_n in_o the_o first_o sense_n as_o we_o see_v in_o the_o text_n last_o cite_v but_o not_o from_o the_o dominion_n of_o the_o law_n in_o the_o two_o last_o sense_n because_o the_o death_n unto_o the_o law_n here_o mention_v precede_v union_n dead_a unto_o the_o law_n that_o we_o shall_v be_v marry_v unto_o another_o and_o union_n precede_v justification_n but_o freedom_n from_o the_o dominion_n of_o sin_n in_o the_o two_o last_o sense_n follow_v union_n the_o first_o of_o they_o suppose_v the_o second_o presuppose_v justification_n 6.14_o hic_fw-la vero_fw-la agitur_fw-la de_fw-la mortisicatione_n peccati_fw-la &_o justitia_fw-la nobis_fw-la per_fw-la christi_fw-la spiritum_fw-la inchoata_fw-la neque_fw-la hic_fw-la spectatur_fw-la deminatio_fw-la peccatorum_fw-la quatenus_fw-la imputantur_fw-la vel_fw-la non_fw-la imputantur_fw-la sed_fw-la quatenus_fw-la corruptio_fw-la viget_fw-la aut_fw-la non_fw-la viget_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la beza_n in_o rom._n 6.14_o but_o in_o this_o place_n it_o be_v speak_v of_o the_o mortification_n of_o sin_n and_o righteousness_n inchoat_v in_o we_o by_o the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n neither_o be_v the_o dominion_n of_o sin_n here_o look_v at_o as_o it_o be_v impute_v or_o not_o impute_v but_o so_o far_o forth_o as_o corruption_n bear_v or_o do_v not_o bear_v sway_n in_o we_o 4._o to_o be_v dead_a to_o the_o law_n in_o the_o first_o sense_n be_v for_o lust_n to_o be_v so_o mortify_v that_o it_o can_v take_v occasion_n to_o sin_n from_o the_o restraint_n of_o the_o law_n it_o be_v to_o be_v free_v from_o the_o reign_a power_n of_o sin_n rom._n 6.7_o which_o grace_n be_v give_v in_o vocation_n and_o be_v call_v habitual_a mortification_n we_o die_v to_o the_o law_n in_o the_o two_o last_o sense_n in_o justification_n that_o text_n gal._n 2.19_o signify_v 2.19_o mori_n legi_fw-la rom._n 6._o significabat_fw-la mori_fw-la peccato_fw-la per_fw-la regâ—nerationis_fw-la gratiam_fw-la hic_fw-la paulo_fw-la aliter_fw-la morilegi_fw-la est_fw-la idem_fw-la quod_fw-la renumiare_fw-it justitiae_fw-la legis_fw-la pareus_n in_o gal._n 2.19_o say_v pareus_n a_o little_a otherwise_o viz._n to_o renounce_v the_o righteousness_n of_o the_o law_n this_o text_n then_o right_o understand_v affirm_v