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A96295	Mankinds jubilee, or, Good tidings of great joy for all people plainly discovered by Scripture texts ... shewing that there is a common salvation of all men ... / written by Christopher Wade, An. Dom 1658.	Wade, Christopher, 17th cent.	1658 (1658)	Wing W158A; ESTC R42984	102,952	125

that their names should or could be blotted out of the book of life for their not overcomming But as you see that this is proved in the negative so for further satisfaction behold the same truth also confirmed in the affirmative where in Scripture it is said If any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecie God shall take away his part out of the book of life Rev. 22.19 Hereby we are inforced to grant that even such offenders have a part in the book of life untill it be taken away even out of that book of life for their offence For you know those offenders parts cannot be taken away out of the book of life if even those so transgressing men had not formerly a part even in the book of life And whereas at the last great judgement Rev. 20.11 12. there is mention made of books opened in the plurall number These manifold books may be fitly understood to be every particular mans book of his own conscience and whereas it is said another book was opened in the singular number which is the book of life from hence it appeareth that those books of the secrets of every particular mans conscience their consciences bearing witnesse and their thoughts accusing or else excusing one another according to Rom. 2.15 shall be then and there opened together with that one book of life in the daies of that great judgement aforesaid or in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men according to the Gospell ver 16. whereby will manifestly appeare as it were by a true paire of tallies that there is no more mens names cut off from that tally nor blotted out of Gods book of life then that the book or tally of their owne Consciences being comparedly put together to that tally of Gods book of life shall clearly make manifest that God hath not blotted out any one mans name out of his book of life nor taken away any one mans part out of that book but only the names and parts of such men as have first on their parts personally and actually given a just occasion for God to deale so with them the books of every mans conscience then and thereto clearly justifying God in all his proceedings And from these Scripture-discoveries aforesaid being considered of together it appears plainly that the Lambs book of life also mentioned Rev. 13.8 21 27. and 10.15 is composed of those and only of those over-commers names which are then found written in that book of life not blotted out this the Lambs book of life is the book of remembrance which by that means proveth the book wherein Gods jewels are recorded Mal. 3.16 17. But how far this Scripture-modell of the discovery of the common salvation in this tract set forth to view doth vindicate the glorification of our gratious God in all his holy attributes united How it presenteth the amiable consent and concord of Scripture agreeing and declaring it selfe by it selfe with out humane glossing or interpretation or jarring with it selfe as some men would enforce it to doe by interposing humane art And by proving the extent of the common salvation how excellent faire comfortable and sure foundation is thereby rendered in Christ for all distressed consciences to procure repentance and to build their faith and hope upon as upon a rock or the sure word of prophesie untill the day dawn and the day-star arise in their hearts in the mean time by their patient waiting for their establishing in the speciall salvation depending on the comfortable generall promises proceeding from God in a common salvation expressed in his written word when as on the contrary all rotten sandie foundations of faith built up upon mens altered qualifications or legall reformations doe either beget doubting with unsatisfied unbeleeving Thomas concerning the extent and gratious effects of Christs actuall death and personall resurrection especially as in relation to their own eternall happinesse or else for want of their election being discovered to them from Heaven supernaturally confirming their acceptation with God to eternall life they do either drown themselves in superstition or else they doe desperately cast themselves headlong into a dangerous untimely death How far this tract by proving the infranchisement or setting free of all mens wils in the inward man minde and will in due season doth take away from men the occasion of these and such like blasphemous speeches by their saying or at least in their secret thoughts concluding thus or in the like manner if God doe bestow the ability to repent and beleeve but upon a few men and hath decreed accordingly who be those persons as I am by some learned men taught Then why should I wast my selfe with melancholy dispute about my acceptation with him for if I be elected then how carelesse soever I be on my part yet I shall be saved and if I be reprobated then how industrious soever I am for safety yet I shall be damned therefore why should I strive for my salvation as if I could and would alter or hinder Gods decree To prevent which evils how farre the beliefe of this Scripture-modell concerning the infranchisement of the wils of all men in due season will inable all men experimentally to confesse to the glory of God and mens own shame that the fault is not in the supposed preterition of God as some men imagine but in themselves in that they will not repent and in that though they being by God inabled thereto yet will not beleeve or be obedient whereas otherwise by their being taught that God decreedly withholdeth saving means from some men they are ready to make advantage of that desperate doctrine and to satisfie carnall affections to lay the fault on God and his partiality affirming that they cannot repent and that by the operation of his decree they cannot beleeve and so become carelesly desperate And although indeed this tract doth by Scripture maintaine that no one meer man hath freedome of will so much as to think one good thought much lesse to act in the least measure as savingly acceptable to God no not by imputation as he is naturally descended from polluted Adams loins Yet how firmely this tract proveth by Scripture contrary to the Protestant tenent who do limit the ability given of God but to some men that God doth by the grace of the generall propitiation mentioned 1 John 2.2 effectually set free every man in the inward man minde and will in due season so that no one man shall perish eternally by Gods preterition for fore-seen sinners before act as some men have vainly imagined that some men as meer Creatures or for foreseen sins do by Gods eternall reprobation or preterition but only through his own personall default actually committed after his inlightenment and infranchisement From hence how far God is hereby glorified and justified in all his promises threatnings rewards and punishments exhortations and dehortations being frequently spoken to all

Prov. 1.23 being also according to that Text where it is said in whom after yee beleeved yee were sealed with the holy spirit of promise Eph. 1.13 These sealing testimonies and gratious and spirituall gifts are variable in respect of their quantity and are communicated according to the proportion of the first fruits of the spirit which is by grace to any beleever granted as beleevers by experience well know and this speciall salvation issueth according to Scripture naturally from the common salvation which common salvation however it hath been by some men slighted yet the beleeving of the large and effectually efficacy thereof concerning all men as it is discovered in my 26 and 7 Distinctions is by Scripture-warrant the most direct and most sure way to obtain faith and repentance whereby and wherewith the especiall salvation is by grace established to abiding beleevers 1 Tim. 4.10 In that estate beleevers do not only prove overcommers but also perseverers in overcomming according to Rev. 2.26 in this estate beleevers doe enter into rest Heb. 4.3 see the excellency of this estate Col. 2.7 1 Pet. 2.4 5. in this estate they are written in the book of remembrance to be made up with Gods Jewels Mal. 3.16 17. See also Col. 2.9 10. in this estate they by faith approach unto the very throne of grace Heb. 4.16 See Eph. 1. 12 13 14. Rom. 8.20 these men by faith by degrees do enter into that which is within the vaile Heb. 6.19 which place is in the Type called the holiest of all Heb. 9.3 and by faith they are said to see God who is invisible Heb. 11.27 they are passed from death to life John 5.24 to these beleevers he giveth power to be called the sons of God John 1. These in point of confidence therein cease from their own works as God did from his Heb. 4.10 in this estate there is an entrance administred unto them into the everlasting Kingdome of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ Eph. 2.6 and also by faith they do enjoy fellowship with the Father and with his Sonne Jesus Christ 1 John 1.3 These men with open face behold as in a glasse the glory of God and are changed into the same Image from glory to glory even as by the spirit of the Lord 2 Cor. 3.18 See also their admirable triumph Rom. 8.35 39. And though much more might be hereto proved yet to conclude they are blessed with all spirituall blessings in heavenly places in Christ Eph. 3. which estate they doe enjoy even in this restoed second life according to the proportion of the first fruits of the spirit which every beleever by grace receives therein The twentieth Distinction sheweth that as all men lost their peace with God by Adams fall which all Adams posterity had by propriety in him whilest be stood so all men are vertually in Christ and by Christ reconciled to God againe by restoration though some men after their inlightenment abuse that grace of their reconciliation in him and do thereby lose the benefit thereof HErein to pove that reconciliation of all men in Christ we are to note that the eternall curse of the Law is taken away for all men which is proved in my 4 Distinction And also to observe that Christs death was satisfactory for the transgressions not that are but were against the first Testament Heb. 9.15 Rom. 5.20 21. or Morall Law without Limitation to prove which it is said Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the Law by being made a curse for us for it is written cursed is every one that hangeth on the tree Gal. 3.13 and to prove that by the word us is meant all men observe that that verse is grounded upon the fore going 8 verse where it is said and the Scripture foreseeing that God would justifie the Heathen through faith preached before the Gospell unto Abraham saying in thee shall all Nations be blessed according to those unlimited promises often repeated to Abraham Isaac and Jacob that in their seed no fewer than all the Nations and all the Families of the earth should be blessed as you may finde in Gen. 18.18.3.22 18. and 26 4.20.14 and as that 13 verse of Gal. 3. is immediately derived from that generall application in the 8 verse preceding So also the cause why Christ hath redeemed from the curse of the Law is shewed in the 14 verse being the very next verse following to be this expresly that the blessing of Abraham in whose seed as before is shewed that no fewer than all Nations and all Families of the earth shall be blessed might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ which generall promise made unto Abraham is called the Covenant which was confirmed before in Christ which the Law cannot disanul as appeareth plainly in the 15 16 17 18 verses next following in the very same Chapter as a conclusive confirmation of the very same discourse which evidently proveth that the taking away the curse of the Law is so large for all Nations and Families of the earth as to bring in the blessings in Christ abrahams seed over all men See Rom. 5.18 Note also by that his hanging on the tree he tasted death and hereto the Scriputre shews us that thereby and thereon he tasted death for no fewer than every man Heb. 2.9 whereby his hanging on the tree in that Text mentioned he become the propitiation for no fewer sins than the sins of the whole world 1 John 2.2 being the Transgressions against the first Testament Heb. 9.15 Rom. 5.20 21. And as the curse was by his so being made a curse taken away for all men so consider that accordingly as it is said that he is the Saviour of no fewer than all men 1 Tim. 4.10 as is before discovered So also the Apostle affirmeth that Christ dyed for all 2 Cor 5.15 and from that generall ground by him there laid downe that Christ dyed for all he in pursuance of the same discovery coherently gives us to wit in the 19 verse next following that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himselfe not imputing their trespasses to them Herein is cleared to open view that by Christs being therein the worlds publick man and generall representative by hisbeing reconciled to God in the worlds behalfe for the world the world is accounted of as reconciled to God in Christ verse 18. even in him vertually for you see that by the worlds being so reconciled to God and God in his justice and attribute of his truth unto the world in Christ the worlds trespasses are not imputed to them which hath conherent relation unto that unlimited speech immediately going before that Christ dyed for all and upon the same ground it is affirmed God laid upon him the iniquities of us all Is 53.6 against the first Testament Heb. 9.15 Rom. 5.20 And accordingly in the discovery of the reconciliation of all men in Christ it is said that God had purposed in himselfe that in