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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77501	Gospel-marrow, the great God giving himself for the sons of men: or, The sacred mystery of redemption by Jesus Christ, with two of the ends thereof, justification & sanctification. Doctrinally opened and practically applied. Wherein (among many other useful and profitable truths) the unhappy controversie of the times about the extent of Christs death is modestly and plainly discussed and determined for the satisfaction of those who are willing to receive it. To which is added three links of a golden chain. As it was lately held forth to the Church of God at Great Yarmouth. / By John Brinsley, minister of the Gospel there.	Brinsley, John, 1600-1665.	1659 (1659)	Wing B4715; Thomason E1852_1; ESTC R209806	253,046	425

2. To which might be added 2 That others may be left without excuse this is done also for the sake of others that they who believe not may be left without excuse If I had not come and spoken unto them saith our Saviour concerning the Jewes they had not had sin comparatively their sin had not been such as now it is or they might have excused themselves by their ignorance but now they have no cloak no excuse for their sin Joh. 15.22 Christ coming and Preaching of the Gospel among them and so tendering himself to them rendered them inexcusable And so doth the Preaching of the Gospel and the offering of Christ to those that reject him will not believe on him it leaves them without any 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 without any pretence or excuse renders them inexcusable And upon this account again is the Gospel preached unto all So as it cannot be inferred from this universal offer that Christ dyed for all Ans 2. Unbelievers refusing the offer of grace justly condemned For the latter how can this stand with the Justice of God that they should be condemned for not believing on Christ for whom he did not dye We Answer Yes in as much as they do resist the Holy-Gbost putting the word from them and so judge themselves unworthy of everlasting life as the Apostles Peter and Paul charge it upon the Jewes Act. 7.51 and 13.46 refusing that Salvation which is offered and tendered to them Which they do not upon any such account because Christ dyed not for them which is a thing that they are no wayes privy to no more than others for whom he did dye And upon this ground viz. their refusing to accept of what is offered to them they fall under a just condemnation Repli They cannot receive this offer Repl. Why but they cannot receive this offer though tendred unto them So saith our Saviour himself concerning the Spirit of truth whom he promised to send The world cannot receive him saith he Ioh. 14.17 And even the like may be said concerning himself though he be tendered in the preaching of the Gospel yet the Reprobate world cannot receive him cannot of themselves believe on him Faith being the Gift of God Ans 1. This impotency is from man himself Ans 1. Suppose it that they cannot of themselves do what is required from them yet whence is that impotency and inability Not from God but from themselves who in Adam lost that ability which God had once given and is not now bound to restore unto them being lost Secondly 2. Unbelievers wilfully obstinate Here is not only a simple impotency but a wilful obstinacy Not only Negative but also Positive Infidelity As of themselves they cannot so they will not receive Christ and believe on him And for this voluntary refusing of him being offered and tendered unto them they are justly condemned Repl. Repl. This Grace belongeth not unto all Yea but still this Grace doth not belong unto all And therefore why should any be condemned for refusing that which doth not belong to them Ans Answ Gods secret will no plea for those who obey not his Revealed True did they know that this Grace belonged not to them and that Christ did not in his own and his Fathers intention dye for them now indeed this might plead some excuse for their non-acceptance of this offer But this as I said is to them a secret And therefore can be no warrant for what herein they do who are to attend only to the revealed will of God Secret things belong unto the Lord but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our Children Deut. 29.29 So it is the Gospel holdeth forth Christ unto them wherein God commandeth them to believe on him promising life to all who obey that command Now they voluntarily rejecting that offer refusing to obey that command they justly fall under the Censure of Eternal Condemnation Arg. 3. In receiving the Sacramēt all are told that Christ died for them To these adde one Argument more a trivial one If Christ did not give himself and that alike for all how is it that in administring of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper it is told all those that receive it that Christ dyed for them that his Body was broken for them his Blood was shed for them Ans This is spoken according to the Judgement of Charity To this it is soon answered Thus the Ministers of Christ according to their Masters direction speak looking upon those to whom they hold forth that Ordinance as Believers which they all ought to be to whom that Sacrament is dispensed And so looking upon them they reach forth unto them this Seal of the Covenant to assure them of their interest in the death of Christ that the merit thereof doth appertain unto them To proceed no futher Ye now see what can be said for and on the behalf of this plausible Doctrine of Vniversal Redemption by the Patrons and defenders of it Which finding insufficient to maintain it Arguments against Universal Redemption Come we now in the second place briefly to see what may be said against it Where I shall proceed in the very same Method First Arguing from Scripture then from Reason Begin with the former From Scripture Scripture Where we shall frequently meet with some restrictions limiting and restraining the death of Christ as intended in a peculiar way for some among man-kind The death of Christ restrained to some amongst man-kind So are we to understand those Texts forenamed where it is said of Christ that he bare the sins of many Is 53.12 Heb. 9.28 that he gave himself a ransome for many Matth. 20.28 Not Universally and Indifferently for all but for some among all Even his Elect people who being simply considered are not a few but Many So much may be demonstrated from some other Texts which do clearly and convincingly hold forth this truth that God the Father in giving his Son and Christ in giving himself had a peculiar eye upon a select company whom God having set his love a peculiar love upon chosen out of the world gave unto his Son to be Redeemed Iustified Sanctified Saved by him For this begin with the Text we have now in hand Arg. 1. From the Text. Those for whom Christ gave himself he Justifies and Sanctifies which plainly sets forth to us the Ends of Christs death for what he dyed and consequently for whom he dyed He gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purifie unto himself a peculiar people Mark it This was Christs design in giving himself that he might Redeem Iustifie and Sanctifie those for whom he gave himself that Redeeming and delivering them from the guilt and power of sin he might purifie unto himself a peculiar people 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a people exempt and separate from the rest of the