CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

A second Remedy, uniting in matters of doctrine is, not to impose such Conclusions and inferences upon the doctrine maintained by dissentients, that are not the proper and genuine effect thereof, To cast that upon them as their doctrine which is but ⟨p. 579⟩our inference that we may make through ignorance or any other distemper, is not fair, especially when they do with their whole soul abhor such Conclusions; There were some Spiders that would suck poison from those sweet herbs the Apostle had planted, because he showed that where sin had abounded grace did much more; Therefore some forced this consequence upon the Apostles doctrine, Let us sin that grace may abound, Rom. 6.1. And thus the Papists deal with us, and Lutherans also, how often do they charge this hideous calumny and consequence upon the Protestants doctrine, as if we made God the author of sin? whereas we use but the Scripture words and such expressions, no, nor such harsh ones neither, as some of their own Popish Writers do, only it's truth in them but blasphemy in us; Indeed what is the evident and plain Consequence of a Doctrine, that is to be accounted of as the doctrine it self; As whatsoever is a clear genuine consequence from Scripture is Scripture, but not every consequence, We are apt to deduce, Thus it is here, what is evidently a consequence from any Doctrine, we may charge it upon the doctrine, but then we must be sure it's the proper and natural child, not a bastard, that it is the true issue not suppositions.

A second Remedy, uniting in matters of doctrine is, not to impose such Conclusions and inferences upon the doctrine maintained by dissentients, that are not the proper and genuine effect thereof, To cast that upon them as their doctrine which is but ⟨p. 579⟩our inference that we may make through ignorance or any other distemper, is not fair, especially when they do with their whole soul abhor such Conclusions; There were some Spiders that would suck poison from those sweet herbs the Apostle had planted, because he shewed that where sin had abounded grace did much more; Therefore some forced this consequence upon the Apostles doctrine, Let us sin that grace may abound,