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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65867	The glory of Christ's light within expelling darkness being the sum of the controversie between the people called Quakers, and some of the non-conformist priests, as manifest at two publick disputes in Essex : between George Whitehead (called a Quaker) and Stephen Scandret (Presbyter) being at the latter dispute assisted with five more of his brethren, the priests, to wit, Nathaniel Barnard, Henry Havers, Henry Coleman, Nath. Ball, and Robert Billoes : wherein are several.	Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723.	1669 (1669)	Wing W1930; ESTC R39125	35,191	47

and that Christ died and satisfied only for that select number according to their Principle and that Justification by Christ's Righteousness imputed is only designed for that select number the rest that they reckon God with-holdeth mercy from passeth by as having ordained them to Everlasting death and wrath he withholdeth both saving Light and Grace from them so that they cannot avoid Hell and Damnation what ever they do according to this their Principle Answ. The Consequences and effects of this Doctrine have been very sad first in rendring God the Decreer and Designer of the Destruction of the greater part of Man-kind Secondly It renders him the Author of Sin and Iniquity which is the cause of Destruction in that they here accuse him as ordaining what ever comes to pass Thirdly it renders him both partial and cruel unto his own workmanship Fourthly it makes void the free extent of God's Love and Grace to Man-kind and his sending his Son into the World as also renders the preaching of the Gospel to every Creature to be of no use nor real intent for the good of the greater part of Man-kind so that Priests of this Perswasion might stop their mouthes and people never spend their money for their preaching any more Fifthly This their narrow and partial Opinion hath been an engine for Satan to work upon to the causing many poor Souls to dispair of ever having the benefit of Saving-Grace or Light when they have believed Death and Damnation to be unalterably designed for them Sixthly It hath pufft up a few conceited Professors as Presbyterians Independants and others in secret pride and self-confidence as being more regarded of God then all others supposing themselves from Eternity to be Elected and Grace and Salvation or the benefits of Christ's Sufferings and Death only to be free for them when their states and conditions are as sinfull corrupt and bad with pride and covetousness as others and therefore against them their narrow spirit Principle and partial Opinion in this matter we do in general lay down a few plain Scriptures which with many more might be produced for the same purpose on the behalf of God and his goodness to man and how equal his wayes are and how mans own iniquity and sin being continued in without repentance is his ruin As first Genesis chap. 2. vers 16 17. and the Lord God Commanded the man saying of every tree of the Garden thou mayst eat but of the Tree of the Knowledge of good and evil thou shalt not eat of it for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die c. where note that God was neither the Ordainer nor Author of mans Transgression which brought death and occasioned his being driven out of Paradice chap. 3. ver 23 24. but God gave man a plain Prohibition Command and Warning to the contrary so that God did not secretly design or decree touching man contrary to his own pure and equal Law given to man Gen. 4. 6 7. And the Lord said unto Cain why art thou wroth and why is thy Countenance faln if thou do well shalt thou not be accepted and if thou do not well sin lieth at thy door So that it is evident here that God did not particularly design either that Cain should do evil nor yet decree his eternal death from Eternity seeing that in well doing he might have had acceptance but his evil doing was the cause of his misery Deut. 30. 15 16 17 18 19 20. See I have set before thee this day Life and Good I call Heaven and Earth this day to witness against you that I have set before you Life and Death Blessing and Cursing therefore chuse Life c And see vers 17 18. But if thy Heart turn away I denounce unto you this day that you shall surely perish c. Where mark that Life and Death was set before them that they might chuse Life and refuse death but if God had particularly decreed them for death and destruction it had been a mockery to bid them chuse life if they could never have it and if he had absolutely elected them from Eternity for Life Eternal why should it be denounced against them that they should surely perish if their hearts turned away from the Lord were it not an impertinent vain thing to warn persons of such a danger if they were absolutely secured from being liable to any such danger Nehem. 9. 20 26. Thou gavest also thy good Spirit to instruct them and with-heldest not thy Manna from their mouth nevertheless they were disobedient and rebelled against thee and cast thy Law behind their backs and slew thy Prophets c. where note that God gave his good Spirit unto them who rebelled the Persecutors of his Prophets and if such had the good Spirit given them surely none are excepted but all have so much of the true Light or Spirit of God given them as shall leave them without excuse Psal. 81. 11 12. But my people would not hearken to my voice nor Israel would none of me so I gave them up to their own hearts lust and they walked in their own counsels See here they refusing to hearken to the voice of God and their refusing him was the cause of his giving them up to their own lusts and evil counsels and not any partial secret decree concerning them Isa. 63. 10. But they rebelled and vexed his holy Spirit therefore he was turned to be their Enemy and he fought against them Here their rebelling and vexing the holy Spirit of God was the cause of his turning to be their enemy and warring against them surely then God was their Friend before he turned to be their Enemy in that he had befriended them with his own Spirit 2 Chron. 15. 15. Then the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the Son of Obed and he went out to meet Asa and said unto him O Asa and all Judah and Benjamin hear ye me The Lord is with you while ye be with him if ye seek him he will be found of you but if ye forsake him he will forsake you So that it is mens forsaking of God first for which cause he forsakes them and man forsakes the Lord before the Lord forsake him and is not this a falling from Grace to forsake the Lord. Isa. 1. 19 20. If you be willing and obedient ye shall eat the good of the Land but if you refuse and rebel ye shall be devoured with the sword and ver 28. The destruction of the Transgressors and of the Sinners shall be together and they that forsake the Lord shall be consumed Where mark upon what terms God promised good unto them and what was the cause of destruction but rebellion and forsaking the Lord See likewise Jer. 12. 17. Ezek. 18. 20. The Soul that sinneth it shall die verse 23. Have I any pleasure at all that the Wicked should die saith the Lord God c. verse 25. Hear O House of Israel