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cause_n	adam_n	sin_n	will_n	1,571	5	7.0624	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57245	A discourse of the torments of hell The foundation and pillars thereof discovered, searched, shaken and removed. With many infallible proofs, that there is not to be a punishment after this life for any to endure that shall never end. By S. Richardson.	Richardson, Samuel, fl. 1643-1658.	1660 (1660)	Wing R1405; ESTC R217994	49,345	207

heart of man is ready to do it there are many things in Pauls Epistles which the ignorant unlearned that know not God in Christ wrest to their own destruction will any therefore say that the Doctrine of Election and Salvation by Christ alone is not a doctrine fit to be taught nor come abroad if so the Scriptures must not come abroad Moreover the Doctrine of the Protestant Ministers is charged not onely to be a Doctrine of liberty to sin but a blasphemous Doctrine to teach that the fall and sin of man was decreed they say is to make God the Author of evil the Protestant Writers say that the sin of man was determined of God Dr. Willet Synops pag. 760. he also saith the Protestants hold that the fall of Adam was both foreseen of God and decreed to be not permitted only they alledge Gen. 45. 5 8. 2 Sam. 24. 1. Act. 2. and Acts 4. 22 28. should ungodly lusts Judg. 18. for the creature was made subject to vanity not willingly but by reason of him that hath subjected the same in hope Rom 8. 20. Dr. William Whitaker against Campion the Jesuite saith now answer me Campion do you think that which any one doth how wicked soever is done whether God will or not if you hold that any thing is done against Gods will what providence or omnipotency do you leave him for he that permitteth that to be done which he would by no means have to be done it is certain that he is not endued with so great power as that he can forbid that which he would not have done wherefore you must needs confesse that all things that are done are done by the will of God and pag. 196. all confess God could have hindered sin to be if he had so pleased but he would not hinder it therefore it was his will it should be the will of God and not sin is the cause of Gods decree and the being of all things the will and pleasure of God is the Wombe from whence springeth every work of the Creature Rom. 4. 11. God must first will his Creature to stand or fall before he can do either Acts 21. 14. Phil. 2. 13. Prov. 21. 4. the evil actions of men are not onely foreseen of God but decreed saith Mr. Par in his grounds of Divinity we are not saved from sinne except we have committed sin therefore salvation from sinne is not without committing Sinne saith Fulk pag. 121. God willed and decreed his glory and mans happiness therefore he willed and decreed the means to it the end and moving cause of his willing sin to be is for his glory which cause it was necessary for sin to be if sinne had not been how should the goodness of God in giving man eternal life in glory appeared his love in sending Christ to die if there had not been sinne there had been no need of Christs coming nor of his death and righteousness most of the great works of God in this world and that to come have dependence or reference to sin how should we have lived by Faith exercised the fruits of the Spirit or have any happinesse or glory in the world to come if it had not been for Christ and Christ had not been if there had been no sinne he that willeth the end willeth those things that are necessarily referred to that end taking away sin was decreed before the world therefore the being of sinne was decreed Christ's death was determined before the world for the end of Christ was to restore Adam's fall if Adam had not fallen there had been no need of a Christ to restore him The Saints were chosen to life before the world choice hath reference to the fall therefore the fall of Adam was decreed If the will of man had been the first and chief cause of the being of sin then the will of man should be the cause of Gods will and so man shall be the originall cause of the salvation of himself and so much the cause of it that without his will it could not have been and so the determination of God what to do shall not be from himself but from the will of man which is contrary to Eph. 1. 11. if man should will sin before God willed it then shall the will of God depend and wait upon the will of man as if God should say If man will sin then I will will his salvation and if God should first will to send Christ to save man and leave it to mans will and power whether he shall fall or no then it was possible for man to stand and so to frustrate the decree of God for if man had not sinned Gods decree of sending Christ had been void and of none effect Mr. Perkins saith God decreed the fall of Adam if the fall was decreed if man had power to stand then he had power to frustrate Gods decree which no wise man will affirm and then that saying that Adam had power to keep the Law is without truth if he had consider Ezek. 18. 2 3 4. Jer. 3. 29 36. God willeth all things well he sinneth not nor can sin because he is under no Law God commands men to keep the Law that no man can do he commands men to think no vain thoughts and not to sin we cannot but think some vain thoughts and in many things we sin all Christ saith No man can come to me except the Father draw him John 6. 44 37. if they be drawn they come draw us and we will run after thee Cant. 1. 4. if I put sufficient strength to move the earth motion must needs follow when men sin they are beguiled enticed deceived drawn away they like men have transgressed Hos. 6. 7. We are to distinguish between that which followeth a doctrine in its own nature and that which followeth by accident or rather that a corrupt heart draweth from it and is not from the nature and working of the doctrine it self it is strange to consider men are so set upon the Popish principle to be saved for their works that they count all prophanenesse that crosseth their way some have burned the Bible and Doctor Crisps book of salvation by Christ alone Mr. Archers late of All-hallowes London his Treatise of comfort to believers against their sinnes and sorrow was burnt by the Hang-man the same spirit is alive to burn this also I expect no better from such as are not taught of God they condemn those things they know not and think they do God service when they persecute the truth and professors of it Take for instance that the fear of the torments of Hell is no such preserver against sin is evident for those that sin with the greatest greedinesse the greatest sinners they do believe there are hell torments for though they be never so wicked they hope it doth not belong to them or they hope to repent and lead new lives before they die though they sin for