The Doctrine of the Saints' Perseverance

For the proof of the Minor Proposition, which should be, that Believers may perpetrate the Works of the flesh, in the sense intended, in the places of Scripture before mentioned, he insists on two things. First, the direction of those Scriptures unto Believers. Secondly, the Experience of the ways of such persons, that is of Believers. The Apostle tells Believers, that they who commit such and such things, with such, and such circumstances in their commitment, cannot be saved; therefore Believers may commit those sins in the manner intended: What hath been said before of the use of threatenings, and denunciations of judgements on impenitent sinners, in respect of Believers, will give a sufficient account (if there be need of any) for our denial of this consequence; and for the Second, that the experience of such mens ways and walking evinceth it; it is a plain begging of the thing under debate, and an assuming of that, which was proposed to be proved, a thing unjustly charged by him on his Adversaries, as though they should confess, that Believers might sin to the extent of the lines drawn out in the places of Scripture mentioned, and yet not loose their faith, when because they cannot loose their Faith, they deny that they can sin, to that compass of excess and riot intimated.

For the proofe of the Minor Proposition, which should be, that Believers may perpetrate the Workes of the flesh, in the sence intended, in the places of Scripture before mentioned, he insists on two things. First, the direction of those Scriptures unto Believers. Secondly, the Experience of the wayes of such persons, that is of Believers. The Apostle tells Believers, that they who commit such and such things, with such, and such circumstances in their commitment, cannot be saved; therefore Believers may commit those sinnes in the manner intended: What hath been said before of the use of threatnings, and denunciations of judgements on impenitent sinners, in respect of Believers, will give a sufficient account (if there be need of any) for our deniall of this consequence; and for the Second, that the experience of such mens waies and walking evinceth it; it is a plaine begging of the thing under debate, and an assuming of that, which was proposed to be proved, a thing unjustly charged by him on his Adversaries, as though they should confesse, that Believers might sinne to the extent of the lines drawn out in the places of Scripture mentioned, and yet not loose their faith, when because they cannot loose their Faith, they deny that they can sinne, to that compasse of excesse and riot intimated.