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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51262	Clavis aurea; or, a golden key: by which hidden and mystical scriptures are opened and explained Wherein is clearly discovered and asserted, the doctrine of the salvation of all men. Also the mystery of iniquity laid open, and the doctrine of freewill fully refuted; by proving, that sin is an infirmity. By Thomas Moor.	Moor, Thomas, fl. 1695-1697.	1695 (1695)	Wing M2608BA; ESTC R216357	21,064	33

interpreted from the Original Tongues because by understanding the Mysteries of them he is able to unite them in Sense one with another And when they will not unite their Interpretation is false All Scripture is true if rightly interpreted therefore in Disputations one Scripture cannot be brought to contradict another Therefore they must be united in Sense or no Satisfaction can be drawn from them Our Saviour spoke to the Jews in Parables that seeing they might not see Mat. 13. 13 14. And without a Parable he spake nothing unto them Mat. 13. 34. Now Parables are not Realities but Blinds to darken the Truth so that if plain places of Scripture be understood we have no occasion to mind Parables for they must agree to those plainer Texts I call those plain Scriptures that are not Parables So that all terrible Places of Scripture concerning Hell Fire must be brought to Rom. 9. and Rom. 11. or they will never be united in Sense one with another which is the reason of so many Religious in the World Now for Example I will unite some of them Let us observe the distinction between the Children of the Flesh which are all Men in the Flesh and the Children of the Promise which are the Souls of all Men or glorified Persons and then 't is easy to unite the Scriptures And this is that which St. Paul calls comparing Natural Things with Natural Things and Spiritual Things with Spiritual Things The Children of the Flesh these are not the Children of God but the Children of the Promise are accounted for the Seed Rom. 9. 8. And seeing 't is proved that notwithstanding Israel in part die in Unbelief yet they are saved then there must be two Everlastings the one as long as this Life endures the other Everlasting to all Eternity which is plain for the Troubles of the Body are everlasting or for ever to the Body that is so long as the Body remains under its present state of Flesh and Blood But the Everlasting of the Soul in Glory shall eternally abide without end And therefore Hell-Fire or Damnation which in Scripture is termed the Punishment for Unbelief can be nothing but the Sufferings of this Life and not an eternal tormenting in Hell-Fire after this Life So that the Goats are the Children of the Flesh and the Sheep the Children of the Promise and so are the five foolish Virgins the Children of the Flesh the five wise the Children of the Promise Mat 25. wherein observe there were just so many Foolish as Wise Understand the same as aforesaid of the Loaves and Wheat Mat. 13. 26 c. As for the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus it sets forth God's Power and Terror and shews the Inability of Abraham to bring the Rich Man to him Now Abraham was he whom the Jews depended on and Christ here insinuates himself as in other places to be of greater Power than Abraham to save them And so John the Baptist doth the like saying Think not within your selves to say ye have Abraham for your Father for God out of these Stones can raise Children to Abraham As in Adam all die in the Flesh so in Christ are all made alive by the Promise in the Spirit 1 Cor. 15. And so no Adulterer Fornicator or Vnbeliever as they are in the Flesh shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven Thus Christ is the Saviour of all Men especially of those that believe 1 Tim. 4. 10. By a Figure we say in a Fever or by any thing else that is warm as hot as Fire And so in Rev. 14. 9 10. They that receive the Mark of the Beast shall be tormented with Fire and Brimstone and yet in the Chapter before no Man must buy or sell but what hath the Mark of the Beast And he shall cause all the Rich and Poor Small and Great Bond and Free to receive his Mark So then who shall escape Rev. 13. 16. But some will say this is meant all that buy and sell c. that do not believe shall be cast into the Lake So that Believers are not cast in such as had or have such Faith as the Apostles had We grant then that Unbelievers are cast in So are Israel in part they die in Unbelief yet are they saved as hath been proved So that by Fire Brimstone and Fire Everlasting Fire and such terrible Expressions figurates the Sorrows of this Life or some Finite Suffering and also that there are two Everlastings In the 20th Chapter of the Revelations is mention made of a first Resurrection and a second Death As for the first Resurrection 't is the first and last and but one and the same Since in the 4th verse the Souls of the Martyrs that had not worshipp'd and received the Mark of the Beast lived and reigned with Christ a thousand Years And the 6th verse they that have part in the first Resurrection the second Death hath no power on them for as Christ our Head arose from Death to Life and became the First Fruits of them that slept So shall all Mankind have but one Resurrection And our Blessed Saviour Mat. 22. 30. saith that in the Resurrection they shall be like the Angels of God in Heaven Neither doth he make any distinction between Believers and Unbelievers And in the 32d verse of the same Chapter saith God is not the God of the Dead that is of the Flesh but the God of the Living that is of all Souls These Souls shall live and reign with Christ not only a thousand Years but for ever Hence there can be but one Resurrection Again it is said in ver 7. the rest of the Dead lived not till the thousand Years were finished Hence those that live and reign with Christ till the thousand Years are finished and for ever are part of those that are dead in that the Text saith the rest of the Dead lived not till the thousand Years were finished So that those which are in Heaven as touching the Body are dead and the rest of the dead are Men living in the World in the Flesh and shall never live as Children of the Promise Now let us examine what this second Death is which so affrightens Men This is described in the 14th and 15th Verses And Death and Hell were cast into the Lake of Fire This is the second Death And whosoever was not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the Lake of Fire The first Death then is the Death of Man in the Body the second Death is the casting of Death and Hell into a Lake of Fire But who are those that are cast into this Lake Why all Men whose Names are not written in the Book of Life And who are those but Unbelievers c. and such are the Children of the Flesh as Israel that die in Unbelief yet as they are the Children of the Promise are they written in the Book of Life Thus the Exposition of this 20th of

the Revelations is the same as Romans 11. and 9. Now that Unbelievers are saved or such as have not Faith in this Life observe what our Saviour saith John 12. 47 c. If any Man hear my words and believe not I judg him not for I come not to judge the World but to save the World Which Words he saith were his Father's Words and his Father's Words are Life everlasting and saith Mat. 12. 31. that all Sins shall be forgiven nay all Blasphemies only the Sin against the Holy Ghost shall never be forgiven No more it shall as touching the Body or state of Flesh and Blood it shall never be forgiven but as touching the Promise this and all others shall certainly be forgiven Some shall rise to everlasting Life and some shall rise to everlasting Damnation John 5. 29. and so do Israel that die in Unbelief We are all quick and all dead that are in the Graves So Christ said Those that are in the Grave shall hear his Voice The Time is coming and now is observe now is when the dead shall hear his Voice and they that hear shall live John 5. 25. We are all as touching the Flesh shut everlastingly from the presence of God and his Holy Angels so we all live and all die There are many other Scriptures that seem to threaten Eternal Punishment for Sin after this Life but all must be brought to the 9th and 11th of the Romans otherwise they contradict one another And whenever we read any such terrible place of Scripture that seems to threaten Hell-Fire for Unbelief and Evil Works then presently say such is the Condition of Israel that die in Unbelief and yet they are saved Which clears the Truth and makes dark and terrible places of Scripture pleasant and discovers God to be a God of Love and not a God of Wrath. We are saved by Faith and that not of our selves it is the Gift of God Not of Works lest any Man should boast Eph. 2. 8 9. Now compare this with the Salvation of Israel that die in Unbelief and we may easily see that the Salvation of Man is a Free Gift So that when we have good Thoughts 't is a Free Gift good Works 't is a Free Gift and if God doth reward Faith and good Works he doth but crown his own Gifts by Rewards And when God shall open our Graves observe Grr●●s and bring us to our own Land the Land of Israel ther shall we know the Lord Ezek. 37. 13 14 c It would be redious for me to bring all seeming dissenting places of Scripture to the 9th and 11th of the Romans for their union in Sense one with another but I have here laid a Foundation for others to do it who if they are not with Israel under Blindness of Heart must readily agree to what I have said That all the Punishment for Sin is to happen in this Life and the Valley of Jehosophat in Joel 3. figurates the Graze which is the Punishment of all Men for Sin And this may be plain that by a Valley is meant the Grave when we consider that the Valley of Achor is called the Door of Hope Hos 2. 15. that is by the Grave we enter into Glory We are sown a Natural Body we shall rise again a Spiritual Body So that if we consider that only Death was threatned before Adam's Fall for his disobeying God's Commands and that in the Sweat of his Face he should eat his Bread which signifies the continued Series of Punishment for continuing in unavoidable Sin so long as he is in the Flesh Hence put altogether and you can find no other Punishment than in this Life for Sin and that no more than we are able to bear For Christ bad all our Iniquities laid on him and by his Stripes we are healed Isa 53. Object But some enjoy much Pleasure here yet are great Sinners shall they all receive alike I answer It hath been proved that all Israel shall be saved And there is no question but amongst such Multitudes the grossest Sins have been committed From the Scepter to the Spade all receive some Distress or other as Sickness Trouble of Mind Crosses and all Disappointments whatsoever tho some more than others and those that know most Troubles here will the more esteem Happiness hereafter to all Eternity I have no more to say than this that this Doctrine enables us above all other Doctrines to perform the highest Duties of Christianity and what can we expect to do more than to love our God with all our Hearts and our Neighbour nay our Enemies as our selves This Doctrine leads us to the Angelical Frame of the Apostles who being despitefully used yet prayed for and blessed those that persecuted and hated them It likewise gives us a serene Frame of Spirit continual Joys and Comfort in Afflictions a fervent Love to God and a desire or rather a panting after a Dissolution that we may be embraced in the everlasting Arms of our Saviour where are Joys and Pleasures for evermore FINIS THE Mystery of Iniquity laid Open AND THE Doctrine of FREEWILL fully Refuted By proving That Sin is an Infirmity By THOMAS MOOR For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good Pleasure Philip. 2. 13. LONDON Printed in the Year 1695. THE PREFACE TO THE READER Friendly Reader IN the first Part I have plainly proved the Salvation of all Men and in this I shall as fully prove that Sin is an Infirmity and God designed it to enter into the World and Death by Sin that he might make known his manifold Wisdom in a Crucified Christ he being a Lamb slain from the Foundation of the World For we may observe that when God created Adam● be created him Male and Female Gen. 1. 27. and so long as Adam was in that State he did not fall neither was he in a Possibility to fall But God seeing it was sit Adam should have a Companion cast him into a deep Sleep and separated the Female Nature from him of which he formed Woman Now God could as well have made Woman of the same Matter that he made Man with But God made her out of Man that there might be a Magnetick Love between them Now seeing the Devil could not tempt Adam therefore he a●●ost Eve and perswades her so she being tempted then she tempts Adam and so God suffered his Command to be broken But some may say it is against the Justice of God to command and yet design it to be broken I answer that in Gen. 22. we read God tempted Abraham and commanded him to offer up his Son Isaac for a Burnt-offering and when Abraham was just going to execute the Command God would not suffer him to do it So that God commanded Adam not to do a thing yet suffered him to do it and he commanded Abraham to do a thing yet suffered him not to do it So likewise God sent