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A25203 A confutation of some of the errors of Mr. Daniel Williams by the Reverend Mr. Vincent Alsop in a letter to the Reverend Mr. Daniel Burgesse. Alsop, Vincent, 1629 or 30-1703. 1698 (1698) Wing A2906; ESTC R16041 13,942 28

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time our Father and Faithful Pastor His Promises are Limited by certain Conditions and yet these Conditions are not over-rigidly insisted on in those Cases where somewhat of Ignorance or other Infirmities intervenes The Promise of Eternal Life Requires an Observation of his Commands but he knowing our Frailties will not Impute to us our Daily Sins if so be there Remain in us a Sincere and Upright Heart True Repentance and a Certain Purpose of Amendment Wolzog. Instruct ad Util. Lect. lib. N. T. cap. 4. 6. That this is Mr. William's Sense appears clearly on an Observing how much he Insists on the Rule of the Grace of the Promise as it accepts of our Faith Repentance and sincere Obedience for the sake of Christ notwithstanding our many Frailties Failings and Infirmities Mr. Williams The main of our Ministry consists in pressing Men to Answer the Rule of the Gospel c. Pref. to Gosp. Tr. p. 9. The Blessings promised on the Conditions of the Covenant of Grace are meerly of Grace They be for another's sake and not our own p. 57. The Gospel Promise being the Way which Christ Appoints to Dispence Saving Benefits to Sinners must have the same Rules with the Covenant of Grace This Gospel promiseth its Benefit to such as do Believe It Invests Believers in those Saving Benefits p. 65 c. This Convenant is the War c. Father Alsop His Description of the Covenant is this A Promise of the Pardon of Sin and Eternal Life to those who believe and obey the Gospel A more full Description than Mr. Williams gives in his Answer to the Question What is the Covenant of Grace yet saith Father Alsop A Description so liable to Exceptions that it Describes neither the whole of the Covenant nor a New Covenant nor upon the matter any Covenant at all 1. This Description gives us little very little of the True Covenant of Grace For 1. Tho he thinks to put us o●t with a Promise of Pardon and Life to those who believe and obey the true Covenant of Grace hath given us a Promise of that Faith whereby we may believe and of that New Heart whereby we are Enabled to obey the Gospel And first we have a Promise of the Right Faith made to us in the True Covenant John 6. 37. Eph. 2. 8. We have a Direct and Express Promise too of the New Heart Ezek. 36. Heb. 8. 10. 2. As it Describes not the whole of the Covenant so it Describes not the Nature of a New Covenant c. 3. Upon the matter it 's no Covenant of Grace at all For 1. A Promise of Pardon and Life upon Condition of Believing and Obeying is neither better nor worse than a Threatning of Condemnation and Death to them who Believe not and Obey not It may with equal right be called a Threatning of Death as a Promise of Life It 's no more a Covenant of Grace than a Covenant of Wrath. Anti-Sozzo p. 580 581 c. There are other Notions in the Writings of Mr. Williams confuted by what is in Father Alsop's Anti-Sozzo which at this time I Forbeare to mention tho a Small Invitation will draw them out and a great deale more in Some Points of weight wherein he Differs from the most Emiment Reformers under whose shaddow according to his Deceitfull ways he Endeavours to shelter himself whilst it is his Vnwearyed Labour to subvert the common Faith of Protestants In the mean time I do solemnly Protest to use Father Alsop's own words That as I have no Personal Quarrel with this Gentleman so I have not willingly wronged his Discourse in the smallest Instance The worst I wish him is That he may Seasonably Repent of his Injurious Dealing and his Unworthy Treatment of those Persons who have Deserved well of Religion and the Commonwealth of Learning and not ill of himself particularly of his Ungenteel not to say Unkind and Unchristian Carriage towards that Learned that Holy that Modest and Humble Mr. Sylvester between whom and Mr. Baxter he Sneakingly and with Unmanly Flattery worm'd himself into the Good Old Gentleman's Opinion and by unwearied Begging Prevail'd to be the Man to supply his Absence at Pinners-Hall Lecture to the End he might make his way the more Plain and Easy for the thrusting himself into the same Lecture on the Decease of that Great and Good Man and have the better opportunity to play those Pranks he has since done to the breaking once an Hopeful Union and according to his Irish Practices cause Divisions amongst you to the great Dishonour of God the Reproach of Religion the Ruine of Mens Souls as well as to the Grief of the most Godly and Triumph of the Wicked and Profane All that remains were to do Right to your Merit and to Testify the Esteem I have for your Learning and Piety tho wholly unknown to you but that I am informed there is a Person who hath out of Duty to God Veneration for Holy Ministers and Kindness to the Generation of the Righteous undertaken it and who I doubt not will express the same concern for the Vindication of your Pastoral Wi●dom and Conduct as might be expected from SIR Your Vnworthy Brother and Servant