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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36343	A door opening into Christian religion, or, A brief account by way of question and answer of some of the principal heads of the great mystery of Christian religion wherein is shewed by the way that the great doctrines here asserted are no wayes repugnant, but sweetly consonant unto the light of nature and principles of sound reason / by a cordiall well-wisher to that unity and peace which are no conspiratours against the truth.	Cordiall well-wisher to that unity and peace which are no conspiratours against the truth.; Cordiall well-wisher to that unity and peace which are no conspiratours against the truth. Of the sacraments.	1662 (1662)	Wing D1909; ESTC R26732	293,130	633

Levites and strangers upon their delinquency about holy things God speaks very frequently in the voice of this thunder in the Books of the Law We shall not need to cite more places Secondly neither was God more strict in charging men about the managing and using his holy things then severe in his executions upon those that neglected his directions and commands in this kinde He was so far from dispensing with the violation of the Sabbath by the poor man that gathered sticks on this day that he expresly commanded that he should be stoned to death which was esteemed the heaviest of all the four kindes of death that were wont to be inflicted on Malefactors amongst the Jews Numb 15.35 Nor did he spare the Sons of Aaron himself when they neglected his appointment concerning the fire which they were to offer and instead hereof put strange fire upon their Censers that is fire which he had not commanded them to offer It is said that there went out fire from the Lord and devoured them and they died before the Lord. God did terrible execution upon them as it were with his own hands and that suddenly upon their sinning not affording them for ought that appeareth or is in any degree probable any time for repentance Lev. 10.12 So the two Sons of Eli. Hophni and Phineas for their misdemeanors about the Sacrifices and holy things of God were sentenced by him both to dye in one day 1 Sam 2 34. Which Sentence was soon after put in execution by the Philistines 1 Sam. 4.11 To hear of his severity against Uzzah for his miscarriage with the circumstances of it considered is enough to make both a mans ears to tingle His offence was only the putting forth his hand to stay the Ark being a person not commissioned by God to meddle with it Yet 1. He was one of the two that drove the Cart on which it was now carried which might seem to require of him some care about it 2. His intention doubtless in what he did in the case was good and commendable which was to prevent any hurt which as he reasonably conceived the Ark was like to receive by being more then ordinarily shaken as it seems by the stumbling of the Oxen. 3. Nor is it like that he saw any of the Priests who might lawfully have done that for it which he did near at hand or at least offering to do it And yet notwithstanding the favor of these circumstances God was so jealous over his Ordinances concerning the Ark and Priesthood that he could not be satised with less then the present death of the offender although at the same time he could not but be highly pleased with the zealous devotions and services of David and all the people And David and all Israel saith the text played before God withall their might and with singing and with harps and with psalteries and with timbrels and with cymbals and with trumpets and ordinarily times of much satisfaction and contentment dispose both God and man not to acts of severity but of kindeness and bounty Therefore certainly God was most highly displeased with the fact of Uzza breaking out upon him in so sore a judgement at such a time 1 Chron. 13.8 9 10. Nor did he shew himself a respecter of persons when he smote Uzziah the King with the plague of Leprosie and would not restore him until the day of his death only for presuming and attempting to do that about the Worship of God which appertaineth not to him to do but to the Priests as viz. to burn Incense upon the Altar of Incense And it may be a question whether he did know at least whether at that time he did remember that what he would have done was unlawful for him to do however he only intended and attempted the irregular fact we speak of but acted it not being prevented first by the Priests who withstood him in that his attempt and then by God himself who fell upon him with that sore judgement of Leprosie before he had actually perpatrated the sin 2 Chron. 27.16 17 18 19. Thirdly and lastly for this God to secure the honor and reverence of his holy things under the Law to preserve them in their purity appointed a numerous and strong guard about them to whom it was given in charge to be vigilant and careful that nothing should be done in one kinde or other contrary to his minde and pleasure in his Institution and appointment of them respectively we read of four thousand Levities that were appointed as Porters 1 Chron. 23.5 whose office and imployment was partly to stand at the gates of the house of the Lord that none that was unclean IN ANY THING should enter in 2 Chron. 23.19 1 Chron. 9.19.21 22. partly to oversee the vessels and all the Instruments of the Sanctuary and the fine flour and the wine and the oyl and the frankincense and the spices with other things appointed for the worship of God in the Sanctuary that is to take care and see that all should be of the right kinds respectively so as to answer the commands of God concerning them 1 Chron. 9.27 28 29 c. Now if God under the Law when the Rites and Ordinances about his Worship were so exceedingly numerous was notwithstanding so jealous and tender over them all that the neglect contempt or prophanation of any one of them caused his anger and jealousie as we heard to smoke against every offender in this kinde is there not very great cause to fear or rather to conclude that now under the Gospel he will be yet more jealous over those few wherewith he hath here contnted himself in his Worship for the ease and accommodation of men Will he be patient under the careless violation of any of these when they who did not reverence his Counsels and appointments concerning those other found him as we heard a consuming fire where great multitudes are particulars commonly are not so much minded or regarded or where the number is but small Therefore as God plainly told Aaron that he and his Sons and his Fathers house with him should bea● the iniquity of the Sanctuary and of their Priesthood meaning should answer for all miscarriages in and about his holy things which lay in their power and within the compass of their office to prevent Numb 18.1 So hath he now laid it upon his Saints whom Christ hath made Priests unto him Revel 1.6 in their respective Bodies and Congregations to bear the iniquity of the Holy Ordinances of the Gospel and to be accountable unto him for all irregularities about them whereby through their negligence or unfaithfulness they shall at any time suffer in their purity and honour Fifthly and lastly there is little or rather no question to be made but that the looseness indifferency and remissness in Christian Churches about the holy things of God intrusted with them and matters relating unto the purity of his worship have been

he gave himself a ransome for all men 1 Tim. 2.6 And Christ himself saith that he would give his flesh for the life of the World Joh. 6.51 Elsewhere it is said of him that he was made a little lower then the Angels by suffering of death that he by the grace of God might tast death for every man Heb. 2.9 And of God it is said that he will have all men to be saved 1 Tim. 2.4 and again that he is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance and so be saved 2 Pet. 3.9 Quest 9. But if Christ dyed for all men and God intendeth or willeth the Salvation of all men by him How cometh it to passe that all men are not saved Or Shall all men be saved by him Answ The Scripture plainly declareth that all men will not be saved yea that far the greater part of men will perish Mat. 7.13 14. Luk. 13 24. But the reason why any man perisheth or is not saved is not because Christ dyed not for him as well or as much as he dyed for those that are saved but because he believed not in him or on God by him with such a Faith as those others did viz. which worketh by love Quest 10. Doth then the Faith of men give efficacy or vertue to the Death of Christ so that with it it is able to save them but without it it is not able Answ The death of Christ is able to save men that is hath a complete saving efficacy in it whether men believe or no. Yet this saving efficacy of it taketh place in no man unless he believeth if by years and discetion he be capable of believing Neverthelesse that which giveth unto it the actual efficacy of saving those that do believe is not their Faith or believing but the authority of the gracious Decree or appointment of God wherein he hath ordained that all those shall be saved by the death of Christ that shall believe Quest 11. But if God intendeth the Salvation of all men in or by the death of Christ Will not his intentions in this kind be made frustrate unlesse all men be saved Answ No The reason is because though he really intendeth the Salvation of all men in the death of Christ yet he intendeth it not nor indeed the salvation of any man any otherwise or upon any other terms then only in case they shall believe Therefore his intentions of the Salvation of all men by the death of Christ cannot be made frustrate but only by the non-salvation of all men in case or although all men should believe Quest 12. But if Christ by his death satisfied for the sins of all men is not God unjust to punish any man for that for which he hath received full satisfaction Answ If the Intent and Agreement of him that made or gave the Satisfaction was that the benefit of this satisfaction should not inure or accrue unto any person but onely unto such who should owne and acknowledg the same by believing which clearly is the case in hand then is not God unjust to punish unbelievers notwithstanding the satisfaction made for them He should in this case rather be unjust in case he should discharge any of the debtors contrary to the will and desire of him that hath tendered the satisfaction or contrary to the Covenant which he hath made with him Quest 13. But was it necessarie for the work of Redemption or expiation of sin that Christ should suffer death would not lesser or lighter sufferings susteyned by him in respect of the dignity of his person have been sufficiently availeable thereunto Answ It was not simply and barely the Redemption of the World or the expiation of sin which God intended by Christ but the effecting of both upon the most honourable terms both for his wisdome righteousnesse and severity against sin Therefore though it might be a question or matter of doubt whether some under-sufferings of Christ might not have effected the Redemption of the world simply considered or without any breach made upon equity yet it can be neither but that the death it self of Christ was necessary hereunto in that way of effecting or procuring it which was only pleasing in the sight of God And it is a clear case that God's just severity against sin could not have been so fully manifested by any lighter sufferings of Christ as now it hath been by his Death Quest 14. What manner or kind of death was it that Christ suffered Answ The death of Crucifying or of hanging nailed upon a Crosse untill he were dead Quest 15. Why did he suffer this kind of death rather then any other Answ This was that kind of death which the Romans under whose jurisdiction Christ suffered usually inflicted upon their Malefactours being both ignominious and painful And besides there was a special hand of Gods providence in Christ's suffering this kind of Death for by this it was the more lively declared that he was made a Curse for those that were under the curse of the Law According to the saying in the Law it self Deu. 21.23 he that is hanged is accursed of God See Gal. 3.13 Quest 16. But if Christ by his death fully satisfied the justice of God for the sin of man or of mankind how cometh it to passe that men themselves yea believers as well as others are punished by him with death and with many other afflictions notwithstanding this Satisfaction Answ Although Death with the sad retinew of other Sufferings at first came into the world upon the account and by means of sin already committed and came in the nature and notion of punishments for it yet Christ by his satisfaction hath so altered the property of them that they are not now properly punishments for sin committed though sin committed may occasion or cause them to be inflicted by God as 1 Cor. 11.30 but chastisements to prevent the commission of sin and so to prepare and render them meet for salvation being inflicted though justly yet not out of justice but out of love and mercy by God See and compare Heb. 12.5 6 7 8 9 10 11. 1 Cor. 11.32 2 Cor. 6.9 Revel 3.19 Deu. 8.5 Esa 26.16 Psal 94.12 Jer. 31.18 with some others yea Death it self is and may in this respect be called a Chastisement and not a punishment viz. because it prevents further sinning and makes way for the Saints into their Glory Notwithstanding because chastisements are like unto punishments and the same in the letter and substance with them they may sometimes according to the rule Similiae similium nominibus gaudent Things alike are oft expressed by the same names be called Punishments as Levit. 26.41.43 Lam. 3.39 Am. 3.2 and elsewhere So likewise because when they are very grievous and sore they are like unto the effects of wrath and anger they are sometimes ascribed to these passions in God as the cause of them Esa 12.1 Psal 79.5 Zech.