The Doctrine of the Saints' Perseverance

Secondly, the worst part of this Story lies in the middle of it, in the exclusion of any such Spiritual principle in Believers, as should carry them out unto Obedience, at least to any such as is not begotten in their minds by Rational considerations; What ever may be granted of acquired habits of Grace (which that the first should be, that a Spiritual habit should be acquired by natural actings, is a most ridiculous fiction,) all infused Habits of Grace that should imprint upon the soul a new natural inclination to Obedience, that should fashion and frame the hearts of men into a state and Condition suited for, and carry them out, unto Spiritual Obedience, are here decried; All it seems that the Scripture hath told us of our utter Insufficiency, Deadness, Disability & indisposedness to any thing that is good, without a new Life and principle, all that we have apprehended, and Believed concerning the new Heart, and Spirit given us, the new Nature, new Creature, divine Nature, inward man, Grace in the Heart, making the Root good that the Fruit may be so: All that the Saints have expressed concerning their Delight in God, Love to God upon the account of his writing his Laws in their hearts and Spirits, is a mere delusion. There is no principle of any Heavenly, Spiritual Life, no new Nature with its bent and instinct lying towards God and Obedience to him, wrought in the Saints, or bestowed on them by the Holy Spirit of Grace; If this be so we may even fairly shut our Bibles, and go learn this new Gospel of such as are able to instruct us therein; Wherefore I say

Secondly, the worst part of this Story lyes in the middle of it, in the exclusion of any such Spirituall principle in Believers, as should carry them out unto Obedience, at least to any such as is not begotten in their minds by Rationall considerations; What ever may be granted of acquired habites of Grace (which that the first should be, that a Spirituall habit should be acquired by naturall actings, is a most ridiculous fiction,) all infused Habits of Grace that should imprint upon the soule a new naturall inclination to Obedience, that should fashion and frame the hearts of men into a state and Condition suited for, and carry them out, unto Spirituall Obedience, are here decryed; All it seemes that the Scripture hath told us of our utter Insufficiency, Deadnesse, Disability & indisposednesse to any thing that is good, without a new Life and principle, all that we have apprehended, and Believed concerning the new Heart, and Spirit given us, the new Nature, new Creature, divine Nature, inward man, Grace in the Heart, making the Roote good that the Fruit may be so: All that the Saints have expressed concerning their Delight in God, Love to God upon the account of his writing his Laws in their hearts and Spirits, is a meere delusion. There is no principle of any Heavenly, Spirituall Life, no new Nature with its bent and instinct lying towards God and Obedience to him, wrought in the Saints, or bestowed on them by the Holy Spirit of Grace; If this be so we may even fairely shut our Bibles, and go learne this new Gospell of such as are able to instruct us therein; Wherefore I say