The Scripture Gospel defended, and Christ, grace, and free justification vindicated against the libertines…

Whereas it is an Inherent Impress, and so an objective Evidencing witness, even the Divine Nature, and Image of God, and the habit of Divine ••lial Love, by which Gods Spirit marketh us out as adopted: As likeness of the child to the Father, and love, are an evidencing witness of true Son-ship: And as Reason is a witness that we are Men, And as Learning is a witness that we are Learned: So Sanctity is an evidencing witness that we are the children of God; Holiness to the Lord, is his Mark▪ And he that nameth the name of Christ, departing from iniquity, hath Gods Impress: Yet there are other subsequent parts of the Spirits witness; that is 1. Causing us to exercise; 2. And to know the Grace that he hath given us; 3. And exciting in us a joyful perception of it. LXXI. Hereby they destroy the assurance and comfort of most (if not almost all) true Christians in the world; because they have not that inspiration or certain inward word of assurance, that they are Elect and Justified. I have known very few that said they had it: And of those few, some fell to Debauchery, and some to doubting. And though Prophetical Inspiration prove it self to them that have it, its not possible for others to know, but that a counterfeit Fanatic conceit may be it. LXXII. Hereby the Ungodly are dangerously tempted to damning presumption, and security: ⟨p. 27⟩while, if they do but confidently believe that they are Elect and Justified, they are quieted in sin. LXXIV. Dr. Crispe copiously maintaineth, that a Man cannot be sure that he is Justified either by Sincerity, or Ʋ •iversal Obedience, or love to the Go•ly, or any such Grace; To the dishonour of Holiness, the contradiction of Scripture, and the overthrow of the comfort of Believers. LXXV. They tell us, that we must not fix s•t times for Prayer, or other Worship,, but stay till Gods Spirit move us, or tell us when to Pray. As if God were not the God of Order, but of Confusion; and did not move us as reasonable creatures, by a rational guidance of us: They would be loth to follow their crooked Rule in common things, and to keep no set-times for their Trading, Labours, Diet and Rest; and not to work or eat, or sleep, till the Spirit moveth them. And God maketh use of Reason and Order, in things Spiritual as well as in things Natural: And the Spirits of the Prophets are subject to the Prophets. LXXVI.