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A57064	The lightless-starre, or, Mr. John Goodwin discovered a Pelagio-Socinian and this by the examination of his preface to his book entituled Redemption redeemed : together with an answer to his letter entituled Confidence dismounted / by Richard Resbury ... ; hereunto is annexed a thesis of that reverend, pious and judicious divine, Doctor Preston ... concerning the irresistibility of converting grace.	Resbury, Richard, 1607-1674.; Preston, John, 1587-1628. De gratia convertentis irresistibilitate.	1652 (1652)	Wing R1134; ESTC R18442	131,505	254

God in one kind or other are joyntly and severally one and the same thing with his Nature Essence and Being pag. 447. 29. The doctrin of Universall Redemption reserves Infants and such as are defective in discretion from the vengeance of eternal fire pag. 478. 30. This Doctrin presents God in his decree of Reprobation as truly and really intending the salvation of men as in his decree of Election pag. 479. 31. Regeneration which the Scripture appropriates only to years of discretion relates not to the naturall generation as such but to the spirituall state of men who being degenerated from the innocency of their childhood wherein they are if not simply and absolutely yet comparatively innocent harmless free from pride malice c. have need to be re-instated thereinto pag. 330. 32. For the dismembring of the body of Christ for the enterchange of members betwixt Christ and Satan for the frequent repetition of Regeneration there is no inconvenience nothing unworthy of God or of Christ in these things pag 327 328 329. 33. To refrain sining customarily against Conscience which kind of sin only excludes from the kingdom of God is no great matter of difficulty to the Saints pag. 337. 3. His wrested Quotations 1. Against the transient Actions of God in time this following Quotation out of Peter Martyr God moves the heart of man at a certain time whereas he moved them not before which notwithstanding we question not but he doth without any change of himself pag. 48. 2. Against the infallibility of effects by Free-working causes this following Quotation of Austin God so governeth all things which he hath created that he suffereth them to excercise and act their own proper motions pag. 53. 3. Against the determination of the Will by any act of God this following Quotation out of Gaudentine Doubtless it is no less than high Sacrilege so much as once to think that God who is not only good and just but Goodnes and Justice it self should either command or constrain that to be done which himself condemneth pag. 54. 4. Out of Peter Martyr to the same purpose God indeed draws all things but yet he yeelds after such a manner that he troubles or disturbs nothing so things though in respect of their natures they encline indifferently unto either side yet are they by God bowed more unto one Ibid. 5. To the same purpose out of Polanus God so worketh by the means of Nature that he worketh nothing contrary to their nature and therefore the Providence of God constraineth not the will of the creature pag. 55. I forbear more to that purpose in the following pages 6. For Universall Redemption out of Austin Against the wound of Originall sin wherewith in Adam the nature of all men was corrupted and become dead c. the death of the Son of God is a true potent and singular remedy who being not lyable to the debt of death and the onely person without sin dyed for those that were sinners and debters therefore as to the greatness and potency of the price and as far as concerns one and the same cause of Mankind the blood of Christ is the Redemption of the vvhole World but they who pass through this world without the faith of Christ and the Sacrament of Regeneration are strangers to this Redemption therefore whereas by reason of one nature of all men and one cause of all men truly undertaken by our Lord all men may truly be said to be redeemed yet all men are not brought or rescued rather out of Captivity the propriety of Redemption is doubtless vvith them out of whom the Prince of the world is cast forth and who are not more vessells of the Devill but members of Christ whose death is not so bestowed upon mankinde that they who never come to be regenerate should belong to the redemption thereof but so that what by one only example is done for all might be celebrated in particular persons by a particular Sacrament for that cup of immortality which was tempered and made of our infirmity and the divine power hath in it wherewith to profit all men or has indeed in it self that it may profit all men but if it be not drunk it profits not p. 524. 7. Out of the Synod of Dort God commiserating mankind being fallen sent his Son who gave himself a price of redemption for the sins of the whole world and a little after Since that price which was paid for all men and which will certainly benefit all that believe unto eternall life yet doth not profit all men c. And again So then Christ died for all men that all and every man might by the mediation of Faith through the vertue of this ransom obtain forgiveness of sins and eternall life p. 546. I shall trouble neither you nor the Reader with any more of your wrested Quotations this last gives light to discover how far you are from integrity in your Quotations for you know abundantly the Synod of Dort understood these generall expressions not universally but indefinitely as did other Authors the like expressions we might add the same wresting of Quotations out of Calvin and others for falling away from the state of grace but he that shall instance all that you wrest shall leave little behind 4. His uncouth Philosophy 1. That 's but a pretty strain of Physicks p. 1. Trees that are throughly and deeply rooted in the earth will grow and flourish though the dew or rain from heaven should seldom or never fall upon them 2. For future Contingents at the same time when God knoweth that they will come to pass he knoweth also that there is no necessity that they should come to pass that they may well be prevented in which respect in case they should not come to pass the knowlege of God should suffer no defeiture p. 27. 3. Purposes and intentions in their propriety as in men ever suppose that the things purposed and intended shall be effected no man ever intending that which he certainly knowes before-hand never will be effected but it doth not follow from hence that purposes attributed unto God must be attended with expectance that the thing said to be purposed by him shal come to pass to reason thus God intended not the salvation of all men because he certainly knows that all men wil not be saved is to reason weakly p. 33. 4. God doth not will the conversion of Peter before he is converted nor the glorification of Peter before he be glorified though he willed or rather willeth both the one or the other from eternity p. 51. 5. God wrought as much towards the making of Peter a believer before he did believe as he did when he was actually brought to believe ibid. 6. It is impossible that God should act any thing in time other than what he acted from eternity p. 59. 7 Though the earth and heavens receive their beings in two severall dayes yet that which God did

towards their productions was done by him at once and though no plant of the field was actually produced before it was in the earth yet in respect of what God contributed towards their actuall production they were produced before p. 49. 8. That which depends upon any deliberate or elective act of the will of man cannot be said to be positively peremptorily or absolutely declared by God p. 185. 5. His Consequentiall Blasphemies 1. In case any such assurance of the unchangeableness of Gods love were to be found in or could be regularly deduced from the Scriptures it were a just ground to any intelligent man to question their authority and whether they were from God or no. p. 335. 2. That Doctrine which denies that Christ died for all men without exception directly tends to divide between the Creature and his Creator and to raise jealousies and hard thoughts in the former against the latter p. 475. 3. The same Doctrine represents God as ingaged to the days of eternity in counsells and purposes of blood yea of the blood of the precious souls of men and this without any consideration or respect had to any the future sins of those against whom it supposeth him so implacably and unmercifully engaged p. 478. 4. The Doctrine of Perseverance hath been found a meer Impostor an appearance of Satan in the likeness of an Angell of light I tell the Reader that to these I may add your packing Sophistry which is so frequently found throughout your Book as cannot but be obvious to every intelligent Reader I shall therefore point at some certain heads rather than trouble my self to single out instances Sometimes you transform your Adversaries Doctrines sometimes you confound the immanent and transient actions of God together sometimes again you confound absolute and conditional necessity the determination of the wil of man by God with coaction these things and the like are nothing rare in your discourse And now Sir after all this unpleasing but necessary conflicting I humbly beseech the Father of Mercies to pardon unto me whatsoever it is wherein I may have swerved from the rule of Righteousness as likewise to vouchsafe both to you and me such further light and assistance of his Spirit as that we agreeing together in the truth and purity of the Gospel I may chearfully and with much rejoycing subcribe my self Your affectionate friend and brother in Christ Rich. Resbury From my Study April 17. 1652. The lightlesse-Star OR Mr. Iohn Goodwin discovered a Pelagio-Socinian CHAP. I. The Examination of the Preface THat which we have to doe in the Examination of this Preface is to discover the errors of it and to cleare up the truth against them The errors wherewith it is fraught are of two sorts yet near a kin and mutuall supporters each to other both very dangerous and against the very heart of Christianity Socinian against the authority of the Scriptures and Pelagian against the grace of God According to our intention for the discovery and refutation of these wee shall diligently insist upon those passages in this Preface where those monsters appear passing by or lightly touching upon the rest to avoid tediousnesse and impertinency And therefore whereas we have four parts of this insuing Discourse the first his invitation to read his booke the second his motives therunto the third a prevention of objections there-against the fourth an Apology for his change of judgement as he calls it The first part or his invitation we shall passe by what ever observations might be made shewing the spirit of the Authour as but the sounding of his trumpet to bid battle to the truth Upon the same account for his first motive to read his Booke which is a long and plausible discourse against error in generall we shall not speake much to it onely a word or two for caution about it It is though a discourse against error yet itself very erroneous 1. In the aime and tendency of it which is insensibly and by covert insinuations to instill those errours into the Reader which afterwards are more openly contended for 2. In the Contexture of it which manifests together with his insuing discourse what was the aime of it To make this clear we shall take notice of a passage or two in it and then adde some thing afterwards exprest which will satisfie concerning the aime we speake of 1. For the insinuation of his Socinian doctrine against the authority of the Scriptures we have this expression from him That a man or woman who have for many years profest the Gospell may in processe of time come to discover vanity in some erroneous principle or tenet where-with their judgements had been leavened for some considerable space formerly and so grow into a disapprobation or contempt of it and yet may very possibly think and suppose that the Gospell favours or countenanceth it and that otherwise they should never have owned nor approved it What Socinianisme is here vented against the authority of the word of God we shal shew hereafter where we have occasion to insist against this error and therefore desire the Readers patience till he shall meet with it in due place 2. For the insinuation of his Pelagianisme exalting the nature of man against the grace of God generally his high declaiming against errour as the onely cause of sinne is secretly to undermine the doctrine of originall sinne as to the corruption of the will Particularly wee shall transcribe a passage or two wherein he so derives both our ignorance and sinfulnesse from errour voluntarily by our selves in our owne persons contracted as thence hee evacuates the Scripture-doctrine concerning both our naturall blindnesse of mind and corruption of will to this purpose he hath this passage That errour and all mis-notions of God c. pollute corrupt and imbase the mind and understanding of a man by their union and communion with them as a person of a noble house and blood staines his honour and reputation by coupleing himselfe in marriage with a woman of base parentage and conditions This is a cleare insinuation as if the understanding in the naturall man was in a state of great excellency and honour contrary to the doctrine of originall sin concerning it there is none that understands c. vaine man would faine bee wise though he be borne like a wilde Asses Colt But of this more hereafter Another passage of like import speaking of erroneous and lying apprehensions and conceites concerning God he addes wherwith men willingly suffer their mindes and consciences to bee imbased and corrupted even to a spirituall rottennesse and putrifaction Againe that errour disposeth the soule which drinkes it in and converseth with it to a spirituall death In both which he supposeth nothing lesse then that the soule is by originall sin through the corruption of the will in a state of spirituall death rottenesse and putrifaction And thus having shewed from his discourse it self his erroneous aim and