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B09729 An antidote against desperation and presumption. or, A consideration of that most solemn oath of the Lord God in Ezek. xxxiii. by Charles Phelpes. Phelpes, Charles. 1680 (1680) Wing P1971D; ESTC R181759 103,519 256

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Off-spring of fallen degenerate Mankind for they are naturally unclean even as the sparks fly upwards And that he had and hath no Pleasure in the Death of such as are necessarily unclean appears plainly and evidently In that he hath devised such a blessed Means that his banished Ones might not be banished 2 Sam. 14. 14. And in due season Sent forth his Son made of a Woman made under the Law c. Gal. 4. 4 5. And Jesus Christ by the Grace of God tasted death for every man Heb. 2. 9. And rose again for their Justification Rom. 4. 25. As the Apostle signifies when he saith All have sinned to wit in the First Publick Man Rom. 5. 12. And as they come into the World come forth unclean and filthy Rom. 5. 19. and come short of the Glory of God Being justified freely by his Grace through the Redemption that is in Christ Jesus Rom. 3. 23 24. and Chap. 5. 18. And our Lord Jesus hath through death overcome and abol●shed this first Death As we have before said 2 Tim. 1. 10. And will in due season destroy it 1 Cor. 15. 16. And hath destroyed him that had the power of Death that is the Devil Heb. 2. 9. 14. And he himself hath now the keys of Hell and Death Rev. 1. 18. And will in the proper season raise All out of it and no man shall perish for ever therein 1 Cor. 15. 21 22. And in the Eternal Judgment which follows after the Resurrection of the Dead no man shall perish in the Second Death for this first sin and sinfulness simply but for their own personal and voluntary Iniquities committed and continued in till the Day of Gods Grace and Patience was ended This is the condemnation saith our Saviour the cause of mens Condemnation or that for which men shall be condemned hereafter that light is come into the world and men loved darkness rather than light John 3. 19. Rom. 1. 18. and Chap. 2. 4 5-11 2 Cor. 5. 10. 2 Thes 1. 7-9 Suitable to what the Lord swears to saying I live saith the Lord God ye shall not have occasion any m●●e to use this Proverb in Israel to wit The Fathers have eaten sowre Grapes and the Childrens Teeth are set on edge Behold all Souls are mine as the Soul of the Father so also the Soul of the Son is mine The Soul that sinneth to wit voluntarily and impenitently it shall die Ezek. 18. 2 3 4. with Jer. 31. 29 30. And therefore without peradventure All Infants and such as have died before they come to the use of understanding shall be raised to the enjoyment of Eternal Life and none such shall perish in the Second Death Lo children are an heritage of the Lord and the fruit of the womb is his reward Psal 127. 3. And according to what hath been said before He that is now so pitiful and compassionate towards those persons that cannot discern between their right-hand and their left-hand As that he is not forward to execute upon them a temporal Judgment for their Fathers Iniquities though they were not of his Church he hath no Pleasure to doom them to the Vengeance of eternal Fire Considering also That Christ hath given himself a Ransom for them as he hath done for all men Jonah 4. 10 11. Jer. 49. 7-11 1 Tim. ● 4 5 6. Certainly he hath not But he will have a desire to the work of his hands and to the Price of the precious blood of his dear Son Job 14. 15. Ezek. 18. 4. Object But against what we are now considering some may object and say That before Esau was born or had done good or evil God hated and reprobated him And therefore he may hate them also in their Infancy and reprobate them before they were born and hereafter destroy them for ever for the sin of their first Parents Answ To this Objection we may give several Answers and say 1. Suppose what is contained in this Objection were verily true as it is indeed very false and untrue What ground of Comfort can they have concerning their own Children who die in Infancy that make this Objection and believe it to be true If they say they are themselves hearty Believers in Christ and so Abraham's Seed and Heirs of the Promise and therefore their Children are in the Covenant If all this should be granted yet may not as much at least be without any scruple affirmed of Isaac the Father of Jacob and Esau and yet they believe the one half of his Children was hated and reprobated before born And why may it not be so with theirs also See Gen. 26. 3 4 5. And me-thinks were this considered by them it might fill their own hearts with continual sorrow and heaviness unless this dismal Decree of Reprobation they plead for hath made them perfectly like unto the Ostrich which is hardened against her young ones as though they were not hers her labour is in vain without fear Because God hath deprived her of wisdom neither hath he imparted to her understanding Job 39. 13-17 But 2. I further say That there is nothing of truth at all in this Objection and therefore it is like unto the rest of their Tenets in which they oppose the Doctrine of the Grace of God in Christ to all Mankind For 1. There is no reason to believe That God hated Esau before he was born seeing God gave him to Isaac in answer to his Entreaty and Prayer And so he might say as his Son Jacob did afterwards concerning his Children to wit That he was one that God graciously gave unto him Gen. 33. 5. For it is said Isaac intreated the Lord for his Wife because she was barren And the Lord was intreated of him and Rebekah his Wife conceived Gen. 25. 21. Now what a Return of Prayer and Encouragement to a like Prayer was here if God in answer to his Prayer gives him two Sons and one of them was hated and reprobated before he was born Our Saviour saith What man is there of you whom if his Son ask bread will he give him a stone Or if he ask a fish will he give him a serpent But how much beneath evil Parents doth this Objection render our Gracious God who infinitely exceeds in Goodness and Kindness to his Children all earthly Parents For here his Child Isaac begs a Boon of him and he gives him one piece of bread and one stone one fish and one serpent or scorpion if this Objection would hold water Mat. 7. 9-11 2. There is not a word spoken of Gods hating Esau before he was born or of Gods hating Esau personally considered at any time what was spoken before the Children were born or had done good or evil was this onely The elder shall serve the younger as may be plainly seen in Gen. 25. 23. with Rom. 9. 11 12. Nor was this spoken of his Person but of his Posterity As evidently appears in Gen. 15. 23. Two Nations
LORD and he will have mercy upon him and to our God for he will multiply to pardon For my thoughts are not your thoughts neither are your ways my wayes saith the LORD for as the heavens are higher than the earth so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts Isa 55. 6 7 8 9. If the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed and keep all my statutes and do that which is lawful and right he shall surely live he shall not die All his transgressions that he hath committed they shall not be mentioned unto him in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live Again when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed and doth that which is lawful and right he shall save his soul alive because he considereth and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed he shall surely live he shall not dye Ezek. 18. 21 22-26 27. Again the Lord saith When I say to the wicked Thou shalt surely die if he turn from his sin and do that which is lawful and right none of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him he hath done that which is lawful and right he shall surely live Ezek. 33. 14-16 19. Thus also he assured Solomon when he answered his Prayer made at the Dedication of the Temple which was a Type of Christ Joh. 2. 21. If saith he my people upon whom my name is called shall humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked wayes then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin c. 2 Chron. 7. 12-14-16 Nay thus the Lord speaks unto them whom he calls Rulers of Sodom and people of Gomorrah and whose hands were fu●l of blood Wash ye make ye clean put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes cease to do evil learn to do well c. Come now and let us reason together saith the LORD though your sins be as scarlet they shall be white as snow though they be red like crimson they shall be as wooll If ye be willing and obedient ye shall eat the good of the land Isa 1. 4 6-10 15-16-19 1 Kings 8. 47-49 Though evil ones have played the Harlot with many Lovers and spoken and done evil things as they could yet in returning unto him he will take away all their Iniquities and receive them graciously he will heal all their Backslidings and will love them freely Jer. 3. Hos 14. 1-4 And so much is also signified in this Oath of the Lords we are speaking unto namely That wicked ones may turn successfully for he doth not only swear That he hath pleasure that they should turn But That they should turn from their evil ways and live to wit Be forgiven their sins and received into his favour in whose Favour is Life Hose 14. 2. Psal 30. 5. In returning and rest they shall be saved though formerly they have been rebellious People lying Children Children that would not hear the Law of the Lord as Isa 30. 8 9 10 11-15-18 But I shall add no more to this Observation only I shall desire to add somewhat briefly by way of usefulness therefrom As to say 1. In that the wicked may while it is called to day possibly and succesfully turn from their evil ways We may learn from hence as is before said That the Lord God hath no pleasure in their Eternal Ruin and Destruction for therefore he commands and inables them to turn from that in continuing wherein they will wrong and destroy their own Souls And hereby the Lord himself doth signifie to us That he is not willing the wicked should perish In that he encourages and capacitates them to turn from their pernicious ways But if the Wicked will turn saith he from all his sins that he hath committed and do that which is lawful and right he shall surely live he shall not die All his Transgressions that he hath committed they shall not be mentioned vnto him in his Righteousness that he hath done he shall live Have I any pleasure at all that the Wicked should die saith the Lord GOD Ezek. 18. 21-23 plainly giving us to understand That it is hereby manifested that he hath no pleasure in their Death In that he makes it possible to them to turn from the way of Death and propounds such Encouragements and Motives to prevail with them so to do 2. In that the wicked ones may possibly and successfully even with Encouragement turn from their destructive ways herein appears and hereby we may behold That the ways of the LORD are equal and righteous in the Administration of his Government Thus the Lord evinceth and evidenceth the Equalness and Righteousness of his ways unto the Jews who charged them with Injustice or Inequality Ye say the way of the LORD is not equal Hear now O House of Israel is not my way equal Are not your ways unequal When the wicked turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed and doth that which is lawful and right he shall save his Soul alive Because he considereth and turneth away from all his Transgressions that he hath committed he shall surely live he shall not die Yet saith the House of Israel the way of the LORD is not equal O House of Israel are not my ways equal are not your ways unequal Ezek. 18. 21-25-27-29 and ch 33. 14-17-20 If he should doom them to the vengeance of Eternal Fire for not doing what they cannot do and he gives them not Grace to do or if they should turn from their evil ways and yet not be forgiven and received graciously his ways would not appear to be Just and Equal whereas the Justice and Equalness of them herein clearly appears in that he so impowers and encourages them to forsake their unrighteous ways and thoughts As hath been said before 3. We may from hence also learn That those who continue in their sinful and wicked ways and will not turn there-from until sin be finished and brings forth Death will have none to blame for it but themselves or however they will have no just cause to blame God for it Jam. 1. 13-15 But their sin will appear to be inexcusable and therefore also their Judgment will be very severe and terrible They will be inexcusable who are not led to repentance seeing the goodness of God leadeth them there-unto as Rom. 2. 1 2 3-5 If they had this to plead for themselves That they could not turn themselves from their iniquity and vanities and God gave them no grace so to do this would be a good excuse for themselves But this Plea will not avai● them because one part is false For though we have no power of our selves to turn our selves yet God giveth more grace that we might not follow our own spirit or obey it in the lusts thereof Wherefore he saith God resisteth the proud