ly meant by saving faith; but it is
necessary that God in Jesus Christ, and by the Holy Spirit,
regenerate and renew him in his understanding and affections, or in
his will and all his powers; that he may know the true good,
meditate on it, desire, and do it. _St. John_ xv. 5.

[Sidenote: CHAP. V. 1610-1617.]

4. "That to this grace of God is owing the beginning, the
progression, and accomplishment of all good; in such manner, that
even the regenerate, without this antecedent, or preventing,
exciting, concomitant, and cooperating grace, cannot think that,
which is good, desire or practise it; nor resist any temptation to
evil; so that all the good works or actions he can conceive, spring
from the grace of God; that as to what regards the manner of
operation of this grace, it is not irresistible, since it is said
of several, they resisted the Holy Spirit. See _Acts_ vii. and
other places.

5. "That those, who by a lively faith are engrafted into Christ, and
consequently made partakers of his quickening spirit, are furnished
with sufficient strength to be able to combat, and even overcome
Satan, sin, the world, and their own lusts; and all this, as is
carefully to be observed, by the assistance of the grace and the
Holy Spirit; and that Jesus Christ succours them by his spirit in
all temptations, reaches to them his hand, (provided they be
willing to engage, ask his assistance, and are not wanting to
themselves,) supports and strengthens them: so, that they cannot be
led away by any wile or violence of Satan, or snatched out of
Christ's hands, as he says himself, _St. John_ x. _My sheep shall
no man pluck out of my hands_. For the rest, if it be asked whether
these may not through negligence let go the confidence they had
from the beginning, (Heb. iii. 6.) cleave again to the present
world, depart from the holy doctrine, which was delivered, make
shipwreck of a good conscience? (2 Pet. i. 10., Jude iii., 1 Tim.
i. 19., Heb. xii. 15.) This must be previously examined with more
care, by the Scriptures, to be able to teach it with full assurance
to others."

Such is the Confession of Faith of the Arminians: they gave it the name
of _Remonstrance_; and were styled from it REMONSTRANTS. It was drawn up
by _Utengobard_, minister at the Hague, with the help, it is supposed,
of Grotius: it w