The real Christian, or, A treatise of effectual calling wherein the work of God…

As in what is said before, He that believeth in Christ, that receiveth him as he is offered, and so resteth upon him for life and salvation, for all the benefits of communion, Christ is his (for he is united to him by this faith) Forgiveness is his; this they yield. But I do believe in Christ, I do receive Christ as God offers him, his Person, clothed with all his Offices, and I so receiving, do trust to him, rest upon him, for life, salvation, all the benefits of communion: when you have well examined them, take them in cool blood, they will say, I dare not deny it, but I must yield it: the first they yield, for the Scripture saith it, that is, faith, no denial there: the second they must yield, ⟨p. 278⟩their own Consciences force them, they must speak against their Consciences, their experience and sense testify this, yet dare not draw up the Conclusion, Therefore Christ is mine, forgiveness is mine.

As in what is said before, He that believeth in Christ, that receiveth him as he is offered, and so resteth upon him for life and salvation, for all the benefits of communion, Christ is his (for he is united to him by this faith) Forgiveness is his; this they yield. But I do believe in Christ, I do receive Christ as God offers him, his Person, cloathed with all his Offices, and I so receiving, do trust to him, rest upon him, for life, salvation, all the benefits of communion: when you have well examined them, take them in cool blood, they will say, I dare not deny it, but I must yield it: the first they yield, for the Scripture saith it, that is, faith, no denial there: the second they must yield, ⟨p. 278⟩their own Confciences force them, they must speak against their Consciences, their experience and sense testifie this, yet dare not draw up the Conclusion, Therefore Christ is mine, forgiveness is mine.

Answ. In answer to it: may be you will say, because they are simple Mechanics, they have no skill in Logic, if they had, they would soon see the gross absurdity they commit, such for which the boys would hiss them out of the Schools: but friend, you are mistaken, that is not all the reason, those who know what belongs to syllogizing as well as you, and know that it is a gross absurdity, to yield the premises and deny the Conclusion, yet they cannot do it, or are afraid to do it: There are other grounds whence this rises, as experiences have proved.