A discourse of the true nature of the Gospel demonstrating that it is no…

And as they assert, that God offers and promiseth Life to all, on condition they perform Obedience to this new Law; they speak consistently with themselves, and affirm too, that all Men have sufficient Means afforded them to do it, and that God gives them Helps enough to enable them to believe if they will, and whenever themselves please. If we are then fond of any Arminian Opinions, we must take the whole System of them together, and assert roundly, as they do, without mincing the Matter, what hath an inseparable Connection with a false Proposition: for there are Consequences among Errors, as well as Truths; and as the one are chained, the other are linked together.

And as they assert, that God offers and promiseth Life to all, on condition they perform Obedience to this new Law; they speak consistently with themselves, and affirm too, that all Men have sufficient Means afforded them to do it, and that God gives them Helps enough to enable them to believe if they will, and whenever themselves please. If we are then fond of any Arminian Opinions, we must take the whole System of them together, and assert roundly, as they do, without mincing the Matter, what hath an inseparable Connexion with a false Proposition: for there are Consequences among Errors, as well as Truths; and as the one are chain'd, the other are link'd together.

We may then be certain, that these Expressions in Scripture, [He that believeth, shall be saved; but he that believeth not, shall be damned, Mark 16. 16. And whoever believeth on Christ, shall receive remission of Sins, Acts 10. 43. And except you repent, you shall all likewise perish, Luke 13. 5.] which are urged by my Reverend Brother^a, do not signify that God passeth his Word to all Men, by a new Law established among them, that if they obey it, and believe and repent, they shall assuredly be saved: for God always speaks the Purposes of his Mind, and none of his Words contradict his Heart; but he never decreed, either absolutely or conditionally, that all Men should be eternally happy; for if he had, he would have taken effectual Care that they should be so, since the Intents of his Mind and Will always obtain infallibly their desired Effect.