for then he should speak to no particular case in the World, for (according to our Adversaries) there is no man in the World, but hath some Gospel Grace, or means of Grace. 4. Our Saviour Christ tells the Jews, John 10.26. Ye believe not, because ye are not of my Sheep; it seems then, that all the world are not the Sheep of Christ; for saith he, ye are not of my Sheep; and the reason why some do believe, is because they are of Christs Sheep; and why others believe not, is because they are not of his Sheep: Now if the reason why some believe, and others not, is because some are of his Sheep, and others not; then all the world have not a power to believe: for if all the world have a power to believe, then those that are not of the Sheep may believe; and if those that are not of the Sheep, can believe, why doth our Saviour give this as a Reason why they did not believe, because they were not of his Sheep? 5. The Apostle Paul saith, Rom. 10.14. How shall they believe in him, of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a Preacher? and how shall they preach, except they be sent: But now all the particular men in the world, have not heard of a crucified Christ, by the preaching of the Gospel. And if it be said, Yes, but the Sun, Moon, and Stars, do preach Christ, as the Apostle saith in the same Chapter, Their sound, and words, is gone forth into all the Earth. I answer, It's true indeed, that the Apostle doth here allude to that 19. Psalm, where it's said, that the Voice of the Sun, Moon, and Stars, is gone forth unto all the Earth; but the Apostle doth not contradict himself; for he saith, How can they believe in him, of whom they have not heard? and how can they hear without a Preacher, and a Preacher sent? If men can hear of Christ, by the Preaching of the Sun, Moon, and Stars, then they can hear of Christ, without the preaching of one sent, which he denies, ver. 14, 15. And if the Sun, Moon, and Stars, do preach Christ crucified, then is the Matter of the Gospel no Divine Revelation: And then why might not Adam believe in Christ in the state of Innocency? the Sun, Moon, and Stars, preach the same Doctrine now, that they preached then; and then, the same that they preach ⟨p. 107⟩now; if therefore, they do preach Christ crucified, now, then also they preached him in the state of Innocency;
for then he should speak to no particular case in the World, for (according to our Adversaries) there is no man in the World, but hath some Gospel Grace, or means of Grace. 4. Our Savior Christ tels the Jews, John 10.26. Ye beleeve not, because ye are not of my Sheep; it seems then, that al the world are not the Sheep of Christ; for saith he, ye are not of my Sheep; and the reason why some do beleeve, is because they are of Christs Sheep; and why others beleeve not, is because they are not of his Sheep: Now if the reason why some beleeve, and others not, is because some are of his Sheep, and others not; then al the world have not a power to beleeve: for if al the world have a power to beleeve, then those that are not of the Sheep may beleeve; and if those that are not of the Sheep, can beleeve, why doth our Savior give this as a Reason why they did not beleeve, because they were not of his Sheep? 5. The Apostle Paul saith, Rom. 10.14. How shal they beleeve in him, of whom they have not heard? and how shal they hear without a Preacher? and how shall they preach, except they be sent: But now al the particular men in the world, have not heard of a crucified Christ, by the preaching of the Gospel. And if it be said, Yes, but the Sun, Moon, and Stars, do preach Christ, as the Apostle saith in the same Chapter, Their sound, and words, is gone forth into all the Earth. I answer, It's true indeed, that the Apostle doth here allude to that 19. Psalm, where it's said, that the Voyce of the Sun, Moon, and Stars, is gone forth unto al the Earth; but the Apostle doth not contradict himself; for he saith, How can they beleeve in him, of whom they have not heard? and how can they hear without a Preacher, and a Preacher sent? If men can hear of Christ, by the Preaching of the Sun, Moon, and Stars, then they can hear of Christ, without the preaching of one sent, which he denies, ver. 14, 15. And if the Sun, Moon, and Stars, do preach Christ crucified, then is the Matter of the Gospel no Divine Revelation: And then why might not Adam beleeve in Christ in the state of Innocency? the Sun, Moon, and Stars, preach the same Doctrine now, that they preached then; and then, the same that they preach ⟨p. 107⟩now; if therefore, they do preach Christ crucified, now, then also they preached him in the state of Innocency;
