Free-Will or that Men may live as they list c. And as they are thus void of Judgement about the Doctrine and object of Faith so also about the Spirit grace and opperation of Faith How by the very evidence of the Spirit in the appearance of Grace manifested in the Blood and Sacrifice of Christ and fulnesse in him A man should be overcome to beleeve and therein receive remission of sinnes Peace with God and hope without encouragement from any works frames or quallifications of his own or use of humane reasonings or thoughts to help to faith Tit. 3.4,5,7 Ephes 2.8 Rom. 4.25 5.1 2 Joh. 3.5 How through the Spirit in this very beleeving a man should be brought to depend on Christ for subduing lusts and Satan for Sanctification preservation in grace The precious Promises and eternall life without his owne humane reasonings workings and self application of Promises Rom. 5.11 1 Joh. 2.24,25 Zach. 4.6,7 Gal. 5.5 1 Thess 5.24 How in this confident Beleeving the Spirit writes the Law of grace in the heart and by Discoverie of glorious Grace in Christ Takes off from earthy Excellencies Melts Humbles Renewes and Conformes to the likenesse of Christ and fills with spirituall motions and fruits leading into all Truth and unto all Services of Charity without a mans own helpfulnesse of him by workings after the Law of workes and yet with no contrariety to it Phil. 3.3,9 2 Cor. 3.3.18 Gal. 5.16.18,22,23 and 6.8 Joh. 16.13,14 Rom. 8.2.14 How by abiding in this Faith love shall work out all righteousnesse that law requireth in a free bringing it forth and the Beleever grow in Sanctification and fruitfulnesse without being undered to the Law of Workes to bring it forth Yet having Commandements as Servants to Order the exercise of Charity Rom. 13.10 2 Cor. 5.14 Gal. 5.13,18 Joh. 15.1.10 Of these things they are ignorant and of no Judgement whence they make use of Arguments and Reasons from frames and quallifications to make up Faith 2 Cor. 10.7.12.18 And turne aside to be Teachers and imposers of the Law for Sanctification 1 Tim. 1.5.6,7 That nothing be said of those higher and more mysterious Communications of Spirit through Faith in which the Beleever is brought to see within the Vaile To receive the heavenly Oracles To see unexpressible beauty and receive unutterable entercourses of Love c. 1 Cor. 2.9 Phil. 3.20 Cant. 1,2 c. The very uttering of the experiments whereof These Seducers are such Strangers to them that they count them follyes call them Sattannicall Delusions and Enthusiasmes and Distempered Frenzies Joh. 7.20 Act. 26.24 1 Cor. 2.14 And thus are they marked out To be of corrupt mindes and of no Judgement concerning the Faith 7. But they shall proceed no further Here is their period or full stop The extent of their Worke Both in what they shall doe and with whom they shall prevaile to seduce and leade them captive 1. The utmost of their Worke is but to trouble and convince of sinne To presse to Duties and helpe to such hopes as are still under question and in the Issue gender to bondage and Captive to the Judgement of the Seducers This is the utmost of their worke That they may be still admiring and relying on them also Gal. 4.17.22,31 5.8,12 Rom. 7.9 Phil. 3.1,2,7 But receipt of Spirit and freedome in Christ and experiment of fellowship with Christ is not received in their Ministration Gal. 3.1,5 5.1,3 2. The utmost of their prevailing is onely with those that are yet unstable in the Faith and lusting after approbation of men whence as those that are stable and stedfast are likened to men and called men 1 Cor. 16.13 So these unstable Ones that are turned aside are compared to Women and called Women And so the Apostle Intimates the Gallatians turning aside to be for want of the forme of CHRIST in them Gal. 4.19 And preferre faith they are such as are unlearned not taught of God as Isai 34.13,17 And Unstable in the Faith That pervert the Scriptures to their Destruction And such they are that fall from the Doctrine In which their stedfastnesse is and might be attained and are so carryed away with the errour of the wicked 2 Pet. 3.16,17,18 With none but such shall they prevaile They shall proceed no further 8. But their folly shall be manifest to all men as theirs also was Here is the last Issue of their businesse And that is when they still attempt as the Magicians Did to proceed to doe the same things that God by his servants doth Their folly appears 1. In their Attempting so to preach Gospel as to bring their seduced and Imbondaged from their bondage and into the Kingdome and Liberty of CHRIST There they fall short and turne aside to vaine Janglings Fables Genealogyes and strive about Words saying and affirming that they understand not and are in many things ever and anon unsaying againe 1 Tim. 1.6 4,7 6.4,5,20 2 Tim. 2.14,15 Wherein their folly becomes manifest 2. In their deasings with those who experimentally know and are established in the Faith they both faile of their purpose and their folly appeares to them and may by them be made manifest to others and in due season shall be manifest to All Men. 1. Joh. 2.18,28 Isai 60.14 And thus as this place may be found opened by and agreeing with other places of Scripture are these Seducers discovered that they may be knowne Yet I know There is one exposition of the Word Houses here by which some would turne all aside Namely That by HOUSES are meant PRIVATE-HOUSES or mens Divelling Houses built of Timber and Clay Lime and stone c. Though I suppose they conceive these to have theire Denomination from the house houshold or Family Inhabiting in them else what meaneth that 1 Cor. 1.11 Them of the House of Cloe. And againe Though such Houses as they speake of have been are and may be Preached in yet consider I. What Divinity is in this Interpretation when the Apostle is treating of the House of GOD and the Doctrine and behaviour therein and of the evills of Seducers in the same to understand houses so grosly 1 Tim. 3.15 2 Tim. 2.3 II. What Christianity is in this Interpretation To lay down a sense so to condemne some as they therein condemne Christ Jesus and his Apostles and Disciples who as they Preached the Gospel in the Temple and Synagogue so they did Preach in mens houses also and from house to house Mat 9.10.17 12.46.48 Act. 5.42 20.20 Yea in their own houses Ioh. 1.39.43 Yea even hired houses III. Let this Interpretation be granted yet there is neither Wisedome nor Truth in their Application of it For first Reason would tell a man That these Seducers so carefull of their honour and safety would not commit Buglary in breaking into mens houses nor as Theeves creep in at the windows nor as silly ones come in secretly by the inletting of false