The application of redemption

Two Inferences from the former Cases of Conscience, thus Resolved.

These Two Cases being thus cleared, (1 That an […] hath no right to any spiritual Good in¹ […]: And, 2 That the spirit of God doth never […] known this to such a Soul) Hence its clear: […] manner and order that men have devised to make own the mind of God to a man, and to give comfort the Soul in distress, being cross to these truths now […], is an Erroneous and False way: As for […], You being in distress about your Sins, and […] under the Spirit of Bondage, you must first lay […] in the bottom, lay him in the foundation, Christ […] first be yours, and so united to you, and your […] forgiven by him, before you have any Faith or […] qualification wrought in you; This Opinion […] says, That Christ may be united to the Soul, and […] be Justified and Adopted before he have any […]; it is a dangerous Opinion, a desperate […]; that I may say no worse of it. Mark what […], here's the plot of all profaneness, the ground of looseness and familism: A man may have Christ […] be Justified and Adopted while he is without […], and therefore while he is under the power of Sins and the Spirit of God may witness this; And […] though a man fall into any Sin, or live in any sin […] it be, he may have recourse to this […], this witness of the Spirit, and that's enough; If ⟨p. 30⟩a man say, Prove it: Are you in a state of Grace? Is Christ yours? Prove it then. Prove it? (say they) that I cannot do, but the Spirit witnesses this to me: Ay, but prove this witness of the Spirit, that it is from God according to his Word: They will be forced to confess, I cannot prove it neither to my self, nor to another, only thus, I must believe it, and you must believe me: I was in trouble and distress about my Sins, and then there was a voice from Heaven, the spirit did witness to me, That Christ was mine, and my Sins were pardoned, &c. This is a Spirit of Delusion, the Devil is there; Whatever the Spirit of God says, it is that which the Scriptures say: Therefore if you have a testimony which is not to be found in the Scripture, nor can be proved and made good by the Scripture, it is the testimony of the Devil, not […] the Spirit of God: for the Spirit of God, and the Word of God, ever go together; therefore if you say you Have a witness of the Spirit, and the Word say, No: I'll say, It is a Delusion.