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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19748	A confession of Christian religion; Protestation against popery by way of a confession of Christian religion collected for the benefit of private friends	I. D., fl. 1607.; Dunster, John, attributed name.	1609 (1609)	STC 6172A; ESTC S114690	21,349	54

of Christ in the Gospell Etiam pater quia sic placuit tibi Non dicit qua ratione sic patri placuit sed tantū gratias agit patri quod sic illi placuit Chrys Or to speake to the capacity of the ignorant but the alone absolute will of God ordeining and as I may so speake adiudging to distruction the wicked before they were presented vpon the stage of the world or had done either good or euil For hath the Potter power of a lump of clay to make a vessell to dishonour and shall not the Almighty Iehouah by his vnlimited and transcendent power ordaine vessells of wrath for the euill day and for destruction Seeing he is the Lord in the parable of Matthew who said An non licet mihi quod volo facere in meis Yet againe I confesse that God condemneth not into hel any man but for sinnes and trespases for I hold this to bee a true position in Diuinity that sinne is not the cause of reiection yet may be and indeed is the meritorious and impulsiue cause of damnatiō wherfore whosoeuer thou art that settest thy face against heauen and openest thy mouth in blasphemies against God lay thy hand vpon thy mouth and looke backe vnto the fall of Adam Looke vnto the Rocke whence yee are hewen and to the hole of the pit whence yee are digged Is 51.1 v. and consider what thou broughtest with thee from thy natiuity and from thy Fathers house Doe not censure God in thy blasphemous thoughts as if vpon lust only and not of deserued iustice he did award sentence of condemnation against thee and I could also wish that many men would be more sparing to scan this doctrine and chose rather to admire and magnifie then strictly to examine by the Canon of our reason the secret and hidden will of God saying with St Paul O the deepnesse both of the wisdome and knowledge of God how vnsearchable are his iudgements and his waies past finding out And with St Augustine Disputare vis mecum mîrare mecum exclama ô altitudo Ambo consentiamus in pauore ne in errore pereamus Concerning the second I beleeue that al mē being infected from Adams sinne not only with imputatiue guilt as Pighius would haue it but by naturall corruption also as St Paul avoucheth haue iust cause inhering and residing in thē at their birth for which they should bee reiected of God left weltering in their filthy blood to the contempt of their person yea to be sent into hell to haue their originall impiety expiated with brimstone but that God for the glory riches of his mercy being loath to wreak his fury in the general perditiō of al mākind not of foreseene either workes or faith but of his good pleasure and only meere mercy hath called some out of the cursed estate of all mankinde on whō to bestow fauour the kingdome of his loue ordaining them in his secret counsell to be Citizens with the Angels of the heauenly Ierusalem and heires of blisse and coheires with Christ And doth call them at due time some at the third hower and some at the eleventh if not outwardly all by his word yet inwardly all by the hidden vertue and efficatious power of his holy spirit out of the power of darknes to be of the houshold of God in the bosome of the Church there to be consecrated by Baptisme nourished at the Lords table instructed by the word governed by his spirit even then he bestoweth vpon them his Beloved and with him 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 he giveth remission both of sinnes and punishment and all the benefits and merits not of his passion only but of his incarnation also and hath giuē vs the hand of faith to reach and apply them vnto our selues yea to owne possesse them as truely as if ours not by imputation only but originally and by inhaesion so that before God all the company of the faithfull are accounted as only one Numerical body with Christ Sicut corpus vnum et membra habet multa sic Christus 1. Cor. 11.12 where by Christus is ment Ecclesia Christi the Church of Christ head and body the vine and branches for the spirit of God by his sanctifying power by little and little doth worke away the old mā of our corruption doth put on vs a new creature making vs really partakers of the substaunce of the flesh yea of the whole person of Christ his proper ornaments and graces as righteousnes and sanctification The which great blessing of our every way vndeserued redemption whē I seriouslie revolue with my selfe I cannot but breake forth into praise in the words of Zachary Blessed be the Lord God of Israell because he hath visited redeemed his people c. And to vse those words of admiratiō otherwise applied I cōfesse in the book of Numbers According vnto this time it shall bee said of Iacob and Israel what hath God wrought Man having receiued these rich favours of God in his creation and redemption hath nothing charged vpon him for his tribute but only to shew a good faithfulnes to adorne his christian profession and to be carefull to shew forth good workes Wherefore I confesse vnto the glory of God that every one of Gods children which hath his sinnes washed away in the bloud of the Lamb Extra causam Iustificationis nemo potest b●na opera ●atis magnifice commendare Luth. hath it not left vnto him as Arbitrary but hath a necessity laid vpō him to do good works and that in these respects following 1. In respect of God it being his will commandement that they should be done by such our obedience to testifie our thankfulnes for his great mercies of Creation and Redemption 2 In respect of our selues that wee by these fruits of Sanctification as by certaine markes in the Kings high way for they be viae regni Ber. may knowe whether wee bee in the way of saluation or no and be led backward to a certainty of our Iustification and effectuall Vocation and Election so finding our names written in the booke of life may be perswaded Certitudine fidei cui non potest subesse falsum of our future glorification 3 In respect of others 1. Ne quis de nobis conqueri possit Philip. cap. 2. 2 That other men seeing our good workes may be allured to glorifie our Father which is in heauen to say as the Gentiles to the Iewes in the prophesie of Zachary Ambulabimus vobiscum for we haue heard that God is with you This truth being alwaies resolued on that our best workes are not perfect in their owne esteeme value if examined according to the precise rule of the Decalogue lex spiritualis est ego autem homo carnalis and in the district iudgement of God and therefore away with merit and let vs say with S. Augustine Vae laudabili etiāvitae hominum si