The oeconomy of sin : wherein are explain'd, its possibility, its futurition, its nature, its event and effects, both in angels and in manAnd wherein also is demonstrated and maintain'd the truth of original sin . all his former good Purpofes. Thirdly,When his Good-will was but a Velleity, but an imper-fect and half Defire, tis then no marvel if he do notfind himfelt in full Poffefiicn of the Grace of , When Souls have yet left in their Ground manyhabitual Impurities that muft be driven thence andmade to break out, thejuftice of God; and indeed thevery Light of his Grace muft needs d
The oeconomy of sin : wherein are explain'd, its possibility, its futurition, its nature, its event and effects, both in angels and in manAnd wherein also is demonstrated and maintain'd the truth of original sin . all his former good Purpofes. Thirdly,When his Good-will was but a Velleity, but an imper-fect and half Defire, tis then no marvel if he do notfind himfelt in full Poffefiicn of the Grace of , When Souls have yet left in their Ground manyhabitual Impurities that muft be driven thence andmade to break out, thejuftice of God; and indeed thevery Light of his Grace muft needs difcover them andmake them appear, as has been feen when I treated off Vtfl. $. thePurification of the Soul] ; Thefe fourCafes,and it mayChap. 5. be feveral more, are not fo hard to refolve, as is thatwherein we fuppofe the Soul pure and of a perfectlygood Will, and greatly troubled at fuch Failings, and lheartily defiring to be freed from thecommiilionofem,and that never takes off her Thoughts from God, butby the indifpenfible Neceffiues wherein the Weaknef-fes of our Nature engage us, and yet comes to fall; butwithall, after fuch a manner as (hews the adorable Be-nignity of Gods gracious Providence. with reffect to good and bad Men. 127 CHAP. VIII. The impartial Conduct of Vniverfal Providencetowards the pofterity tf/Seth and Noah, Goodand Bad, Heathen and not Heathen, Ordina-ry and Extraordinary Perfons. T remains that we make fbme Refle- j yfc D,m<5rJons on the Pofterity of Setb, which fign 0fwas the only one that peopled the whatfol-World by Noah a Branch of it, the reft been all cut off by the Flood ;and we mud fee how the Divine Pro-vidence has univer(ally and impartially taken care ofthe Salvation of this Pofterity, notwithftanding thefearful Inequality there has been, and ftill is and will behereafter (but for a fhort time only) between all thathave or (hall defcend from it. II. All that has been faid of Adam, of Cain, and of T&eAbel, vi%. That God
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