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A54381	An abridgement of the whole body of divinity extracted from the learned works of that ever-famous and reverend divine, Mr. William Perkins / by Tho. Nicols.	Perkins, William, 1558-1602.; Nicols, Thomas.	1654 (1654)	Wing P1560; ESTC R36667	64,041	216

be spiritual immortal glorious and free from all infirmity 1 Cor. 15. 43 44. 4. They being all thus gathered together before the Tribunal seat of Christ he will forthwith place the elect at his right hand and the reprobate at his left hand Then will he say come ye blessed to the elect and they shall be taken into Heaven and he will say go ye cursed to the reprobate and they shall be cast into Hell Matth. 25. 33. 1 Thes. 4. 17. Rev. 20. 15. The state of the Elect after the last judgement The last judgement being finish'd the elect shall immediatly enjoy an everlasting blessedness in the Kingdom of Heaven Blessedness is that whereby God himself is all in all his elect 1 Cor. 15. 28. This is the reward of the good works of the faithfull their works being accepted of God for the merit of Christs righteousness imputed to them Rom. 6. 23. 2 Tim. 4. 8. Rev. 22. 12. Blessedness doth consist in eternal life and perfect glory Eternal life is that fellowship with God by which himself is life unto the elect through the Lamb Christ Jesus John 14. 23. 1 John 4. 15. Rev. 2● 3 23. and 22. 2 5. For in the Kingdom of Heaven they shall neither need meat drink sleep air heat cold physick apparel or the light of the Sun Moon or Stars But in the stead of all these they shall have in them Gods holy spirit by which they shall immediatly most gloriously be quickned for ever Revel. 21. 3 23. and 22. 2 5. 1 Cor. 15. 45. Rom. 8. 11. Perfect glory Is that wonderfull excellency of the elect by which they shall be in a far better state than any tongue can utter or any heart can here wish or think This glory consisteth in these things 1. We shall see God face to face we shall ever behold his face which is his glory and his Majesty Rev. 22. 4. Psal. 17. 15. 2. We shall be most like to Christ that is we shall be just holy incorruptible glorious honourable beautifull strong mighty nimble 1 Joh. 3. 2. Phil. 3. 21. 3. We shall ever inherit the Kingdom of Heaven for the new Heavens and the new Earth shall be our inheritance 1 Pet. 1. 4. Matth. 25. 34. Revel. 5. 10. and 2● 7. The fruits of this blessedness are 1. Eternall joy 2. The perfect service of God Ps. 16. 11 36 8 9. The parts of this service are 1. Praise 2. Thanksgiving Rev. 5. 12 and 19. 5 and 11. 17. The manner of performing this service is this We shall immediately worship God by God himself For in Heaven there is neither Temple Ceremony nor Sacrament For God and the Lamb is the Temple thereof and God himself together with the Lamb shall supply all Rev. 21. 22. And this service shall be dayly for ever and without intermission Rev. 7. 15. A Corolary or the advantage over-plus or last conclusion GOd in thus saving the elect doth clearly set forth his Justice and his mercy His Justice appeareth in that he punisheth the sins of the elect in his Sons own person His mercie appeareth in that he pardoneth their sins for the merits of his Son Ephes. 1. 18 19 20. and 3. 18. 19. These things the Lord hath thus decreed and in his good time he will accomplish them to the glorious praise of his name Pro. 16. 4. The Lord hath made all things for himself yea even the wicked for the day of evil Of the Decree of Reprobation The decree of Reprobation is that part of predestination by which God according to the most free and just purpose of his will hath determined to reject some to eternal destruction and misery and that for the praise of his Justice Rom. 9. 21. 1 Pet. 2. 8. Jude 4. 1 Thes. 5. 9. In the Scriptures Cain and Abel Ishmael and Isaac Esau and Jacob are propounded to us as Types of mankinde partly elected partly rejected The decree of damnation is not here absolutely set down as that we should think that any man is condemned by the meer and alone will of God without any causes inherent in themselves The decree of God is secret it doth arise onely from the good pleasure of God It is unsearchable and adored by the Angels It is not known but by that which followeth it namely by the effects therof Of the execution of the Decree of Reprobation The beginning and the foundation of the execution of this decree of reprobation is the fall of Adam He by his fall made himself and his posterity subject both to sin and damnation Rom. 5. 12 13. Rom. 6. 23. and 11. 32. God so hath decreed to condemn some as that notwithstanding all the fault and desert of condemnation remaineth in themselves for they fall into sin and God hateth them for their sins This hatred which God hath to man cometh by Adams fall And it is neither an antecedent nor a cause of Gods decree but it follows the decree as a consequent Reprobates are some of them called by an uneffectual calling and some of them are not called at all In those that are called by an uneffectual calling Gods decree of reprobation hath three degrees in its execution 1. An acknowledgement of Gods calling 2. A falling away again 3. Condemnation 1. The acknowledgment of Gods calling is when Reprobates do for a time subject themselves to the calling of God which calling is workt by the preaching of the word Matth. 22. 14. There are of the acknowledgement of Gods calling five degrees 1. An enlightning of their mindes whereby they are instructed of the holy Ghost that they may understand and know the word Heb 6. 4. 2 Pet 2. 20. 2. The second degree of the acknowledgement of Gods calling is a certain kinde of penitency by this penitency the reprobate do acknowledge their sins as did the Children of Israel Deut. 1. 41. And are pricked with a feeling of Gods wrath for sin as was Cain Gen. 4. 13. And they are grieved for the punishment of sin as was Ahab 1 Kings 21. 27. And do confess their sin as did Judas Matth. 27. 3. And do acknowledge God to be just in punishing of sin Num. 23 10 And do desire to be saved as Baalam Numb. 23. 10. And do in their misery and afflictions promise repentance saying we will sin no more Psal. 78. 32 33 34 35. 3. Degree of the acknowledgement of Gods calling is 1. A Temporary Faith for a reprobate is content with a general Faith he doth confusedly believe the promises made in Christ but he doth never apply the promises of God to himself Nay he hath no purpose to desire or endeavour to apply the same he hath no wrestling or striving against security carelesness or distrust he believeth that some shall be saved but not particularly that he himself shall be saved Jam. 2. 29. Matt. 13. 20 21. Joh. 2. 23 24. 4. The fourth Degree of

God or from her own carnal presumption thus 1. By a full perswasion which they shall finde in themselves for the holy Ghost will not onely say it but perswade them that they are Gods children And the flesh can in no wise do this 2 By the manner of this perswasion the holy Ghost doth not perswade men that they are elect by reasons drawn from their own works or worthiness but by reasons drawn from the free grace love and favour of God And this perswasion doth exceedingly differ from that which Satan useth 3. By the effects of this Testimony or perswasion For If this perswasion cometh from the holy Ghost it is lively and stirring But if it doth arise from carnal presumption it is a dead and liveless perswasion For all such as are truely perswaded that they are elected and adopted Children of God will love God and trust in God and call upon God with their whole heart 4. If the Testimony of Gods Spirit be not so powerfull in the elect then they may judge of their election by their sanctification which is an effect of the holy Ghost even as we may judge by heat that there is a fire though we see no flame 5. We may know whether we be predestinate or elect or no by these notable effects of sanctification 1. By feeling our wants and by bewailing in the bitterness of our hearts our offending of God by our sins 2. By our continual striving against the flesh by our resisting and hating the godly motions thereof and if with grief we do think them burthenous and troublesom 3. By an earnest and fervent desire of the grace of God and of the merit of Christ that thereby we may obtain eternal life 4. By a true esteem of it when we have obtained it even as a most precious Jewel Phil. 3. 8. 5. By our love to Christians to Ministers to Brethren and by our readiness to lay down our lives for them and with them if need so require Matth. 10. 42 1 Joh. 3 16. 6. By our earnest and fervent calling upon God and that with hearty tears in the sensible perceiving of those sins which we commit to his dishonour and therefore may have just cause to think he may be displeased with them 7. By a desire and love to the coming of Christ and to the day of judgement that there may be an end of the days of sin 1 Joh. 4. 17. 8. By our flying all occasions of sin and endeavour seriously to come to newness of life 9. By our perseverance in such good actions and endeavours and in such good thoughts as these even to the last gasp of our lives Luther saith he that will serve God must believe that which cannot be seen and hope for that which is deferred and love God even then when he sheweth himself an enemy and thus he must remain to the end 6. If so be that the godly finde all these notable effects of the spirit feeble in them and their Faith weak and faint yet they must not doubt of their election but they must know that God doth thus try them and therefore they must not be dismayed for a weak Faith is sufficient to engraf them into Christ 7. He that as yet feeleth none of these effects in his heart must not upon this conclude himself to be reprobate but he must endeavour by the reading of the word of God and by the use of the Sacraments and chiefly by fervent and earnest prayer to come to an inward sense of the power of Christ drawing him to himself by his Spirit and thus to come to an assurance of his redemption by Christs death and passion 8. No man can certainly say of himself or of any other that he is reprobate for God doth oftentimes prefer those to be in his Kingdom which in the sight of men seem to be most estranged from his favour and above them also which in outward appearance and in the judgement of men are the Children of the Kingdom Thus were the Publicanes and Harlots preferred before the Pharisees by Christ Matth. 21. 31. And many a man is called even at the eleventh hour Matth. 20. 6. A notable example of this we have in the Thief upon the Cross Luke 23. 40 43. The uses of this Doctrine for instruction be these 1. There is no justification by works nor any works of ours that are Meritorious For election is by the grace of God and therefore justification also In the work of Salvation grace challengeth all to it self Rom. 11. 5. 2 Tim. 1. 9. Phil. 1. 29. Rom. 3. 24. Tit. 3. 5. Ezek. 36. 27. Rom. 6. 23. 2. Hence we learn that judicial Astrology or the foretelling of what men will be by the casting of their Nativities is false For this doth determine such and such men shall be like in life and conversation whom God in his predestination hath made unlike As for example Jacob and Esau were born of the same parents and almost in the same moment of time and yet they were most unlike in disposition and had divers events The like we may see in all Twins born at the same time 3. Hence we learn that God is most wise omnipotent just and mercifull Rom. 11. 33. Eph. 1. 5. Here we are advised 1. to fight against all doubtings distrust of our Salvation because it doth not depend upon our works but upon Gods grace Luke 10. 20. Rom. 8. 33. 2. To humble our Souls under the mighty hand of God because we are in his hand even as clay in the hand of the Potter Rom. 9. 20. 21. 3. To give all the glorie to God as to whom alone it is due 2 Thes. 2. 13. 4. To bear crosses or afflictions patiently Rom. 8. 29. And that because by this means we are conformed to Christ and made like unto him Phil. 3. 10 5. To do good works and that because God hath created us in Christ Jesus unto this purpose Eph. 2. 10. To whom with the Son and holy Spirit be all glory honour praise now and ever Amen The end of the sum of Divinity FINIS Joh. 17. 3. Simplenes of the nature of God See Aug. l. 6. c. 4. de Trinitate Gods nature Its immutability Its infinitness Gods wisdom Gods will Quid vult fieri de nobis or in nobis Quid vult fieri a nobis M. P. pag. 295. * i. e. V●lendo velle Nolendo nolle or penitus nolle Decretun Dei non tell it libertatem voluntatis sed ordinat So M. P. Gods omnipotencie Gods glorie Gods blessedness * {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} The creation 2 Cor. 12. 2. * 2 Sam. 14. 17. Their knowledge Ministery Of Man The place of his first habitation His integrity The fall of Angels Their corruption Degrees Punishment Mans fall The manner of it The greatness of it Fruits and effects of it Of sin by participation Original sin The remnant of