SECTION XV. The doctrine of perfeverance is farther weighed in the Scripture Scales, with the weights of free-grace and free-will SECTION XVI. Chrift's thoughts concerning fallen believers and apoilates The thoughts of St. John on the same subject. SECTION XVII. grace and faith Page 193. 205 206 208 209 211 215 2164 The plan of reconciliation between Zelotes and Honeftus The anti-pharifaic Bristol-DECLARATION is adopted, guarded, and strengthened to defend the doctrines of An anti-folifidian, fcriptural DECLARATION is added to it, and balanced with it, in order to guard the doctrines of justice and obedience The fcripture-ground of thefe two Declarations. 218Bishop Beveridge faw the beauty of such a plan. - 220 It is in vain to hope for a lafting reconciliation upon any other It is unreasonable not to repofe an inferior truft in the fecondary means and caufes of our eternal falvation To repofe our inferior truft in Chrift is to infult him. ib. 221 222 224 How the crowns of the faithful agree with the 225 What kind of truft in man and things brings us under the curfe 227 It is a very wicked thing to trust the Lord exclu- Which of the two extremes appeared most danger- The Author's thoughts on that delicate subject, The doctrine of Free-grace is farther maintained against Honeftus by fix arguments Page 230 2313 233 234 The doctrine of Free-will is farther maintained against Zelotes by twelve arguments 236 SECTION XIX. Zelotes produces his first objection to a reconcili- Our Lord is introduced as anfwering for himfelf, Why God gives one or more talents of faving The abfurdity of fuppofing, that God cannot SECTION XX. Zelotes's Second objection to a reconciliation. It is taken from the plaufible doctrine of bound-will 244 ib. 246 253 255 257 and neceffity 258 A general answer to the objection 260 What difference* there is between being wil ling and being free-willing 261 What When I wrote the first Checks I had not fufficiently attended to What our liberty does confist in - Some diftinctions needful to understand the doc- - - All beafts have naturally a degree of brutal li- --- - - - Page 268 269 2733 ib. 274 Our liberty increases with our powers An answer to it: - SECTION XXI. The fourth Objection of Zelotes against a recon- --- The Fathers held the doctrine of the Scales with them Auguftin himself was at times for free will 295 to this difference. 111. Nay, Whatever clashes there with it, I now rew In the body of the work, thro' miftake, the author did In what fenfe God's grace may be faid to be ir Nay, he more than once runs into the extrem ans SECTION XXII. Zelotes's fifth Objection to a reconciliation Page 295 298 300 303 305 306 307 The early Fathers held the reconciler's doctrine Barnabas was no Calvinift St. Clement was a strong perfectionist His doctrine concerning charity covering our fins 321 328 329 XXIII. Zelotes's fixth Objection to a reconciliation 333 An answer to Mr. Toplady's grand argument against free-will, and the pure gofpel, which, 3.34 under Polycarp was no Calvinist, but a perfectionist Ignatius far from being a Calvinist, maintained the doctrine of rewards, evangelical worthinefs, and chriflian perfection SECTION |