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A41001 Universal redemption offered in Jesus Christ in opposition to that pernicious and destructive doctrine of election and reprobation of persons from everlasting. By Jane Fearon. Fearon, Jane, 1654 or 5-1737. 1693 (1693) Wing F576A; ESTC R218275 16,377 57

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say they is the World of Believers For this Commentary they have nothing but their own Assertion and so while it manifestly destroys the Text may be justly rejected And if J.W. be in this Mind as I suppose he is by what I heard him speak let him shew me if he can in all the Scripture where the whole World is taken for Believers only But I shall shew him where it is taken for quite the contrary as The World knows Me not the World receives Me not I am not of this World besides many other Scriptures as Mat. 18.7 Joh. 7.7 8.26.12 19.14.17.15.18 19. 17 15 18 16.17.24.18 and many more Secondly The Apostle in this very place distinguisheth the World from the Saints thus And not for ours only but for the Sins of the whole World What means the Apostle here by ours Is not that the Sins of Believers Was he not one of those Believers And was not this an Universal Epistle written to all the Saints that then were so except he can make it appear the Apostle meant another thing than he spoke CHRIST is the Propitiation for the Sins of the whole World He saith Run Sinners then to CHRIST without Delay If they belong to the Decree of Reprobation what will it avail them to run What will avail their Prayers Cries or Tears or Concern for their Souls or walking humbly in GOD's sight According to that destructive Doctrine they may as well sit still and do nothing Would not this Doctrine give way to all Looseness and Profanity For if it was decreed from Eternity they were of the Elect there is no regard to Works Good or Bad contrary to that Scripture where it 's said Behold I come quickly and my Reward is with me to give to every Man according as his Works shall be I am not speaking of Works wrought in our own fallen Nature which we by our own strength have wrought our own Legal Performances and therefore may be truly and properly called ours whatever specious Appearances they may seem to have but by the washing of Regeneration and renewing of the Holy GHOST seeing Regeneration is a Work comprehensive of many good Works even of all those called the Fruits of the SPIRIT Doth he not contradict Himself when he saith The worst of Sinners they may be welcome to JESUS on him their Souls to rest when before he was but for a certain Number If he or any of his Opinion can groundedly tell that they are of that Elect Number that CHRIST hath died for if they be such as belong to the Election of Grace otherwise they may as well sit still and do nothing So one while this another while that such mingled Doctrine But how should it be otherwise when there 's so little Zeal for GOD among those he calls his own People as he confesses in his last Verse But CHRIT tells us what 's the cause When Iniquity shall abound the Love of many shall wax cold When love to something else gets more room in the Heart than the LORD JESUS such render themselves unworthy of Him according to His own Saying He that loves Father or Mother Wife or Children c. more than Me is not worthy of Me. What I have before written is not out of a Prejudiced Mind or the least Tincture of Enmity or Hatred to the Persons of any neither durst I forbear for the fear of procuring the Ill Will or Hatred of any For GOD hath not given us the Spirit of Fear but of Love and of a sound Mind who is my Witness who knows it's all my desire that Zion may shine and Jerusalem may become the Praise of the whole Earth and that GOD would enlarge the Borders of his Sanctuary and his Dominion may be from Sea to Sea and many may be the Inhabitants of Jerusalem the very Entrance into whose Gates are Praises and Blessed are they that do His Commandments which and not Grievous but Joyous And such have Right to the Tree of Life and enters in through the Gates into the City the New Jerusalem where Thanksgiving Honour and Glory with Worship and Obedience is Returned to Him that sits upon the Throne and to the Lamb for ever and for evermore Amen the 26th of the first Month 1698. I am a Well-Wisher to the Souls of all People JANE FEARON The End