And if Faith, and Repentance, and the right disposition of the will it self, be his resolved gift to his Elect, and not things left merely to our uncertain wills, then the case is past all question. 2 Tim. 2. 25, 26. [In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves, if God peradventure will give them Repentance to the acknowledging of the truth, and that they may recover themselves our of the snare of the Devil] Eph. 2. 8. [By grace ye are saved through faith, and that not of your selves, it is the gift of God] Gal. 5. 22. The fruit of the spirit is Love, Faith—] Phil. 1. 29. To you it is given on the behalf of Christ, not only to believe ⟨p. 97⟩on him—] Act. 13. 48. As many as were ordained to eternal life believed] Jer. 24. 7. And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the Lord, and they shall be my people, and I will be their God; for they shall return unto me with their whole heart] Ezek. 11. 19, 20. And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you: and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh, that they may walk in my statutes, and keep my ordinances and do them, and they shall be my people, and I will be their God] Ezek. 36. 26, 27. [A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you, and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh and give you an heart of flesh, and I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes]—See also Heb. 8. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. where this is called the new and better Covenant [I will put my Laws in their minds and write them in their hearts—] Jer. 31. 33. And Jer. 32. 39, 40. And I will give them one heart and one way that they may fear me for ever. And I will make an everlasting Covenant with them, and I will not turn away from them to do them good, but I will put my fear in their hearts that they shall not depart from me] 1 Cor. 4. 7. Who makes thee to differ? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive▪ ] Much more may be produced, from which it is evident that Christ is the Author and finisher of our Faith; and that the certainty of the salvation of his Elect, doth lie more on his undertaking and resolution infallibly to accomplish their salvation, then upon our wisdom, or the stability of our mutable free-wills:
And if Faith, and Repentance, and the right disposition of the will it self, be his resolved gift to his Elect, and not things left meerly to our uncertain wills, then the case is past all question. 2 Tim. 2. 25, 26. [In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves, if God peradventure will give them Repentance to the acknowledging of the truth, and that they may recover themselves our of the snare of the Devil] Eph. 2. 8. [By grace yee are saved through faith, and that not of your selves, it is the gift of God] Gal. 5. 22. The fruit of the spirit is Love, Faith—] Phil. 1. 29. To you it is given on the behalf of Christ, not only to believe ⟨p. 97⟩on him—] Act. 13. 48. As many as were ordained to eternal life believed] Jer. 24. 7. And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the Lord, and they shall be my people, and I will be their God; for they shall return unto me with their whole heart] Ezek. 11. 19, 20. And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you: and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh, that they may walk in my statutes, and keep my ordinances and do them, and they shall be my people, and I will be their God] Ezek. 36. 26, 27. [A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you, and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh and give you an heart of flesh, and I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes]—See also Heb. 8. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. where this is called the new and better Covenant [I will put my Laws in their minds and write them in their hearts—] Jer. 31. 33. And Jer. 32. 39, 40. And I will give them one heart and one way that they may fear me for ever. And I will make an everlasting Covenant with them, and I will not turn away from them to do them good, but I will put my fear in their hearts that they shall not depart from me]
