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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56727	A brief vindication of free grace ... relating to several positions asserted by M. John Goodwin in his late book entituled, Redemption redeem'd, and in his former treatise of justification : delivered in a sermon before the Right Honourable, the Lord Mayor and aldermen of the city of London, at Pauls, May 30, 1652 / by John Pawson ...	Pawson, John, 1619 or 20-1654?	1652 (1652)	Wing P880; ESTC R13411	24,080	30

the world for he elected us so soon and therefore God's love electing does not stay for our believing free grace was up and at work more early then so The decree of election is no impediment and therefore should Appl. 1. be no discouragement to any No decree of God causes any to sin nor will damn any that repent and believe whoever perish t is because of their not-believing not because of God's not-electing and therefore to reason thus God's decree must be fulfilled upon me therefore no matter what I do nor how I live it argues both a wicked heart and a weak head it argues a wicked heart forwhen men once begin so to reason 't is a signe they are resolv'd to sit down in their wicked ways and to run a hazard for salvation and then it argues a weak head for as 't is an argument of wisdom to use fit meanes for obtayning an appointed end so 't is an argument of weaknes from the appointment of the end to infer a neglect of means 't is as if Hezekiah after notice of God's purpose to prolong his life 15. years should thereupon have determined neither to eat nor drink thenceforward A decree about the end does not exclude but include the use of means though God had decreed to save all those that were in the ship with Paul and had revealed so much to Paul Act. 27. 24. yet the Apostle crys out ver 31. except the Mariners abide in the ship ye cannot be saved notwithstanding the decree of election without faith and holiness no man shall see the Lord. Let none presume they can be saved by election without a closeing with Jesus Christ and let none doubt but they are elected if they feel that they close with Jesus Christ upon Gospel-terms this is making our election sure a true sense and feeling that we rely firmely upon Christ and indeavour unfeignedly to be conformable to Christ is a good assurance of our election if we can find the law of God writ powerfully in our hearts we may be assured our names are writ infallibly in the booke of life The decree of election as it is no discouragement to any so 't is App. 2. an exceeding incouragement to believers when they labour and groan under the pressures of the world the weaknesses of the flesh the out-breakings of corruption the in-breakings of Satan what an incouragement is this to consider that their salvation is not founded upon their own changeable wills but upon the will of God which is unchangeable All our own foundations would have been unsure but the foundation of the Lord is sure and this is that foundation Let Conscience Law Sin Hell and Devils bring in all their strength we are more then Conquerours saith Paul Rom. 8. 37. why what 's the reason This is one reason who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect ver 33. election is one ground of confidence and incouragement to a believer that hath made his election sure 2. I proceed to the next link in the Chain of our Salvation which is Redemption And this likewise is made out of free Grace Eph. 1. 7. in whom we have redemption through his Blood according to the riches of his Grace Mark how the Apostle in this Eph. 1. passes from one link of the Chain to the other from Predestination and Election to Redemption fastning both the links upon the same persons Whom the Father before the Foundation of the World Elected to the praise of the Glory of his Grace ver 6. those the Son in the fulnes of time Redeemed according to the riches of his grace ver 7. whom the Father out of free Grace elected he gave them to the Son and the Son out of free Grace redeems them and gives eternal Life to them 'T is said John 17. 2. that the Son was to give Eternal Life to as many as the Father gave him To as many therefore not to any more Some the Father did not give to Christ in the sense spoken of for Joh. 6. 39. Christ tells us that of all which the Father hath given him he would lose nothing but raise it up at the last Day i. e. to eternal Life as the next verse explaines it Christ loses none that the Father gave him and therefore they who everlastingly miscarry the Father never gave them to Christ and consequently Christ never gave himself for them That place John 17. 12. does not prove that the Son of predition was one of those the Father gave to Christ but rather the contrary for the sense may and compared with John 6. 37 39. must run thus viz. Those that thou gavest me I have kept and none of them is lost but the Son of perdition is lost i. e. As he is none of those that thou gavest me the term but being here taken not by way of exception but by way of opposition as it is else where in Scripture Luke 4. 26 27. Gal. 2. 16. Rev. 21. 27. and as we frequently use it in common discourse Nor will that Text John 17. 2. indure to be restrained to * the Idem p. 118. Apostles only where Christ is said to give eternal Life to as many as the Father gave him for the term as many 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 quotquot is too comprehensive and large to be restrained to so few as the Apostles especially considering 'tis put as a sutable subsumption under that general term all flesh immediately foregoing it would make the lense run thus thou hast given him power over all flesh that he might give Eternal Life to a few Apostles which seems not a little incongruous Indeed at ver 6. Christ begins to speak more particularly of the Apostles and so goes on for some verses But at vers 20. he inlarges his discourse and apparently speaks of all Believers and at vers 24. still speaking of all that ever shall beleive he uses the same form of speech as he did before in vers 2. Father I will that they whom thou hast given me be with me where I am that they may be hold my Glory this word Glory likewise explains what is meant by eternal life in ver 2. i. e. * not Idem p. 117. means of Grace only but Glory it self with Christ in Heaven Father I will says Christ he speaks not only by way of intreaty but as it were by way of demand He had said before Father I have finished thy work and as one that had done his work now he comes to demand his wages what 's that Father I will that they whom thou hast given me may partake of my glory who are they they are the same whom ver 23. the Father hath loved as he loved Christ How is that he loved Christ vers 24. before the foundation of the World From whence this will cleerly follow God did not love onely the Apostles before the foundation of the World therefore they were not the only