2. That the Lord Jesus the second Adam standing and rising in the room of1 all his people, hence he doth convey and propagate to all his posterity the immutable and constant assistance and presence of his Spirit, whereby being once begotten of him, & called to him, they never afterward depart from him. And though weak in themselves, yet assisted by this Spirit, do not, cannot depart wickedly again. The Lord Jesus having stood, they cannot fall, because by virtue of his standing they have this presence of the Holy Ghost, John 14. 19. Because I live; you shall live also. John 6. 57. As the living Father sent me, and I live by him, &c. Christ standing next to the Father, lives by him; we standing next to Christ, live as infallibly by him. And I say the ground is Christs standing. For though there be many reasons why the Saints can never fall from Christ, as the Spirit of Grace, Covenant of Grace, Intercession of Christ, yet the main ground is Christs standing without the least fall from the fulfilling of the first Covenant, which we having the first moment of believing kept in Christ, hence the Spirit is given, and the Covenant of Grace, of strength. And hence Rom. 5. 21. & v. 17, 18. And hence the Spirit is said to dwell in Believers, Rom. 8. 11. And we are the Temples of the Spirit, whether he dwell in them in his person personally, the well is here deep, but he dwells in the• so as he never ceaseth assisting of them, so that they cannot depart from the Lord again; hence Isa. 59. 21. My Spirit shall not depart from thy Seed. John 14. 'Tis called the Spirit that abides for ever. It knits the soul to the Lord, and keeps it so for ever: Never suffers that love-knot to be untied again. When the soul is weak, the Spirit helps him, when careless of it self, the Spirit keeps him, though the soul offers to run from the Lord, yet this Spirit follows him; though he grieves the Spirit, yet this Spirit still keeps his own house, will not depart from him; and so not suffer the soul to depart from the Lord. And this is the reason why the Saints never fall from the Lord, though they have weak Grace, poor beginnings, many sins, and Adam stood no•, though with the perfect Image of God upon him, because he had not this Spirit yet given;
2. That the Lord Jesus the second Adam standing and rising in the room of1 all his people, hence he doth convey and prop•gate to all his posterity the immutable and constant assistance and presence of his Spirit, whereby being once begotten of him, & called to him, they never afterward depart from him. And though weak in themselves, yet assisted by this Spirit, do not, cannot depart wickedly again. The Lord Jesus having stood, they cannot fall, because by vertue of his standing they have this presence of the Holy Ghost, Iohn 14. 19. Because I live; you shall live also. John 6. 57. As the living Father sent me, and I live by him, &c. Christ standing next to the Father, lives by him; we standing next to Christ, live as infallibly by him. And I say the ground is Christs standing. For though there be many reasons why the Saints can never fall from Christ, as the Spirit of Grace, Covenant of Grace, Intercession of Christ, yet the main ground is Christs standing without the least fall from the fulfilling of the first Covenant, which we having the first moment of believing kept in Christ, hence the Spirit is given, and the Covenant of Grace, of strength. And hence Rom. 5. 21. & v. 17, 18. And hence the Spirit is said to dwell in Believers, Rom. 8. 11. And we are the Temples of the Spirit, whether he dwell in them in his person personally, the well is here deep, but he dwells in the• so as he never ceaseth assisting of them, so that they cannot depart from the Lord again; hence Isa. 59. 21. My Spirit shall not depart from thy Seed. Iohn 14. 'Tis called the Spirit that abides for ever. It knits the soul to the Lord, and keeps it so for ever: Never suffers that love-knot to be untied again. When the soul is weak, the Spirit helps him, when careless of it self, the Spirit keeps him, though the soul offers to run from the Lord, yet this Spirit follows him; though he grieves the Spirit, yet this Spirit still keeps his own house, will not depart from him; and so not suffer the soul to depart from the Lord. And this is the reason why the Saints never fall from the Lord, though they have weak Grace, poor beginnings, many sins, and Adam stood no•, though with the perfect Image of God upon him, because he had not this Spirit yet given;
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