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A87004	A discovery of the latitude of the loss of the earthly paradise by original sin. Occasioned by a disputation betwixt Mr. Matthias Rutton, min: of Boughton Munchalse in Kent, and the author hereof; branched out in these particulars, as followeth: I. First, an examination of his apologetical letter, with a full answer thereunto. II. Secondly, six arguments to prove that original sin exposed Adam and his posterity but to the first death. III. Thirdly, a discovery of the false and corrupted ministers by ten characters. IV. Fourthly, a discovery of the true ministers by ten characters. / By George Hammon, pastor to the Church of Christ meeting in Biddenden in Kent.	Hammon, George.	1655 (1655)	Wing H502; Thomason E1680_1; ESTC R209154	79,445	216

sign and none shall be given them And furthermore I said That if you were as careful to read the Scriptures and being frequent in them as you were to look after your Tithes you might have remembred that John the Baptist who was a very great Prophet did shew no sign or mark at all yet all that that he said was true Joh. 10.41 and this was the sum of that I said which you call rayling The last thing you say appears to be full of confusion for in the first Clause of your last Verse in which you say that such as wee are given up The meaning thereof is this That God hath given us up to be cast out of his favour not only intending to harden us but also to harden himself against us not intending any means shall do us good cutting us from mercy delighting in our destruction this is meant by giving up to a reprobate sense And yet now in the last Clause of your Verse you pray That the Lord would open our eyes so that in one place you cast us as far as you can into Hell and say That God hath done so in his account already Do I wrong such a generation of men if I should call them Babels Brats I leave the Reader to judge But as for your prayer I matter it not whether you pray for us or curse us which is your most usuallest practice for I know that the prayers of such are abomination according to the Word of the Lord Prov. 28. vers. 9. I shall speak no more to the Letter at present but exhort you to repent from your dead works and beleeve the Gospel and be Baptized for remission of sins before the Decree pass and there be no remedy The Servant of all men for Christs sake George Hamman Now Sir having answered your Letter I shall not leave you so but shall further clear the truth of what I have affirmed by word and writing and that by several Reasons or Arguments as followeth Arg. 1. That opion that affirmeth God may change in what he hath absolutely Decreed is false and erronious but your Opinion that Original sin bringeth Adam and all his Posterity liable or guilty to the second Death and yet we see Adam and all his Posterity are not punished with the second Death maketh God changeable in what he hath absolutely Decreed ergo your opinion is false and erronious The Major part of the Argument I suppose will not bee denied and that you know well that God changeth not and therefore the Sons of Jacob are not consumed The Minor I shall thus prove from Gen. 2.17 which faith But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil thou shalt not eat of it for in the day thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely dye or in dying thou shalt dye Here we may see God did absolutely Decree and also declare his Decree That if Adam did transgress that Law hee should dye Now if that Death included there do presuppose the second Death as well as the first then if all do not dye the second Death as well as the first Gods Justice is not satisfied but his Decree frustrated for God cannot bring any secondary means to frustrate that which he hath absolutely Decreed or disappoint the satisfaction of his Justice When I say he cannot my meaning is this That the Will of God with the Attribute of his Truth doth guide the Attribute of his Power so that he can do nothing but what is righteous according to truth If God may bring a secondary means to disappoint the satisfaction of his Justice he may as well bring a secondary means to disappoint the satisfaction of his Mercy whereby the Justice of his Mercy be not executed In plaineness of words my meaning is this That if the Lord would after he had said Adam should dye and all his eternally and yet afterwards prepare life and glory for so many of them as would accept of it may hee not as well prepare a Hel for persons who have continued faithful unto death whose reward is a Crown of Life But now to answer an Objection or two Obj. 1. The first Objection is from the example of Ninivie for the Lord said Forty days and Ninivie shall be destroyed and yet it was not destroyed from which word many conclude that God doth change in his Decree Ans. To this I answer That God did not change his Decree but did decree to change his Dispensation of Mercy or Judgement according to the Creatures obedience or disobedience for God had declared his Decree long before Jonah was sent to Ninivie That at what instant be spake of a Nation or Kingdom to pluok up or destroy if they did repent of their evil hee would repent of the evil he thought to do unto them Jerem. 18.7 but wee see Ninivie did repent from the King on the throne to the Begger on the dunghil And hence it comes to pass that God could not destroy them though he told Jonah hee did intend such a thing as concerning them and thus we see God doth not alter in his Decree although he doth Decree to alter his Dispensation of Mercy or Judgement according to the Creatures actings Hence it comes to pass though Adam should have enjoyed all Paradisical glory not been rooted up for ever yet for his disobedience he was rooted up drove out of the Garden with the loss of all that aforesaid injoyment and God that seeth things before time that shall be in time and calleth things that shall be as if they were saw Adam the very same day that hee did Transgress not only dying in dying thou shalt surely dye but also saw Adam and his posterity returned unto Earth from whence hee was taken so the Sentence is true in his account that calls things that shall be as if they were So much briefly to the first Objection Obj. 2. The second Objection is That the Promise did intervene Adams Sin and the Sentence Ans. I answer That makes not to the taking away of the Punishment of it hence it comes to pass though the Promise hath been made flesh and dwelt amongst us and hath been dead and risen again yet no whit of the punishment is abated so that God can as well cease to be as he can cease to be unfaithful in the true execution of the Attributes of his Justice or Mercy But I conceive the reason why the Promise did intervene was because he would not leave his Creatures without some comfort as if he should have said Adam there was a time when thou mightest have eaten of every Tree in the Garden unless that Tree in the middest and in pleasure and not in sorrow but now thou shalt eat in sorrow all the days of thy life until thou returnest unto that lump of Earth from whence thou wast taken therefore thou maist see what thou hast got by harkning to the voyce of the Serpent and thy Wife yet this

be saved but the Lord shall cut the work short in righteousness so that when his people are in great trouble then he shall stand up as a Deliverer Dan. 11.1 Matth. 24.21.22 View well these Scriptures and you shal see that that opinion is false that affirmeth That the Saints shall flourish in such a condition before mentioned while they live in this corrupted Tabernacle of flesh and so I pass to the Third Particular shewing you how Christ and the Saints shall reign together in the Kingdom and shall begin with the words of the Apostle which saith that the Saints are joynt-heirs with Jesus Christ in these words If Sons then Heirs Heirs of God and Joynt-heirs with Christ if so be that we suffer with him that we may bee glorified together Rom. 8.16 17. Now we know a Joynt-heir is an equal sharer or when two are made alike in the injoyment of one thing for so faith the Apostle Now are we the Sons of God but it doth not appear what we shall be but when he shall appear wee shall be made like him 1 Joh. 3.1 2 3 4. they shall be like him in Glory in Majesty in Honour in a word every way like him only he in all things shall have the preheminence Moreover I shall adde a plain text of Scripture in the which we shall see that the Saints and Christ shall reign together in these words Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first Resurrection for on such the second Death shall have no power but they shall be the Priests of God and of Christ and reign with him a thousand years The which also agreeth with the words of the Prophet that saith A King shall reign in Righteousness and Princes shall decree Judgement and Saviours shall come up of Mount Sion and judge the Mount of Esau and the Kingdoms shall be the Lords Revel. 20.6 Isa. 32.1 Obadiah 21. therefore let the Saints be joyful in glory let them sing aloud upon their beds let the high praise of God be in their mouthes and a two-edged sword in their hands to execute vengeance upon the Heathen and punishment upon the people to bind the Kings in chains and the Nobles in fetters of Iron that they may execute upon them the Indgement that is written this honour have all the Saints praise yee the Lord so that it is a faithful saying if we suffer with him we shall also reign with him Psal. 149.5 6 7 8 9. 2 Tim. 2 12. So having shewed that Christ and the Saints shall reign together unanimously I shall also shew you that excellent peace that there shall be in the time of his reign throughout the Earth as saith the Prophet The whole Earth is at rest and quiet they shall break forth into singing the Mountains and Hills shall bring peace unto the people by Justice hee shall judge the poor of the people and he shall save the Children of the needy and subdue the Oppressors they shall fear thee so long as the Sun and Moon indureth from generation to generation he shall come down like the raine upon the new-mowen Grasse and as the showers that water the earth in his days shall the righteous flourish and abundance of peace so long as the Moon indureth his Dominion shall be from sea to sea and from the rivers to the ends of the earth and they that dwell in the Wilderness shall kneel before him and his enemies shall lick up the dust in that day it shall be said wee have a strong City salvation hath the Lord appointed for Walls and Bulworks open yee the Gate that the righteous Nation that keepeth the truth may enter in thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose minde is stayed on thee because he trusteth in thee Isa. 14.7 Psal. 72.3 4 5 6 7 8 9. Isa. 26.1 2 3. From hence wee may see what great peace there shall be in the term of Christs reign there is good reason why there shall be such great peace upon these two accounts the first is Because the Devil shall be bound and shall not stirre up Nations to Warre which is his practise when he is loose The second Reason is Because that at the great destruction of God the Great Antichrist all the Weapons of Warre shall be burnt and those that remain which were not brought up to Warre upon the Mountains of Israel shall bee converted into other service namely Their Swords shall be beat into Plow-shares and their Spears into pruning-hooks for Nation shall not rise up against Nation neither shall they learn warre any more Ezek. 39.9 10. Isa. 2.4 Mich. 4.3 Revel. 20.3 From hence it comes to pass that the people in that day shall be led forth in peace and the Mountains shall break forth before them into singing then shall the Law go forth out of Sion and the Word of the Lord out of thy Jerusalem then shall the saying be made good that is written All thy Children shall be taught of God and great shall be the peace of thy Children So that be will extend peace to her like a River and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream Isa. 2.3 cap. 54.13 cap. 55.12 Isa. 66.10 11 12 13 14. Psal. 127.7 and 125.5 Nah. 1.15 and so I shall leave these Scriptures and the Fourth and pass to the Fifth thing in order which is to shew you the people whom Christ and the Saints shall thus rule with a rod of Iron and that is the ungodly even such as have afflicted the people of God and the Sons of them who have afflicted the people of God for so saith the Prophet The Sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee and all they that despised thee shall fall down at the soals of thy feet and they shall call thee the City of the Lord the Sion of the holy one of Israel Agreeing with that of Malachy To you that fear my Name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing under his wings and yee shall grow forth like Calves in the shall and yee shall tread down the wicked for they shall be like dust under the soals of your feet for thus saith the Lord after this glory hath he sent me unto the Nations which spoyled you for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of mine eye for behold I will lift up my hands upon them and they shall be a spoyl to their Servants and yee shall know that the Lord of Host hath sent me Sing and rejoyce O Daughter of Sion for I will come and dwell in the midst of thee faith the Lord Mal. 4.2 3 4. Zech. 2.8 9 10. Hence you may see that the enemies of God and his people shall be subdued by Christ and the Saints like as the Aegyptians of old were spoyled by the Israelites when they came out of Aegypt so shall all the ungodly Aegyptians be spoyled at the last as you may see Exod. 3.22 Cap. 11.2 Isa.

to enjoy the pleasure of Sin for a season knowing assuredly that those that live in pleasure were dead while they lived and so were an ill savor in the nostrils of God Heb. 11.25 1 Tim. 5 6. and so having showed you the instability and the breviousness of all the things of this life I shall also show you the vanity and the little peace that they speak to a Soul here or at the great day of Account but rather trouble and vexation of Spirit as you may see from the words of him that had the greatest experience that ever any before or since had as you may see by the discovery of what he did injoy in that which followeth I said in my heart Go too now I will prove thee with mirth therefore enjoy pleasure and behold this also is vanity I said of laughter it is madd and of mirth what doth it I sought in my heart to give my self to Wine yet acquainting my heart with Wisdom and to lay hold on Folly till I might see what was that good for the Sons of men which they should doe under the Heavens all the dayes of their life I made me great works I builded me houses and planted me vineyards I made me gardens and orchards and planted trees in them of all kinds of fruits I made me pools of water to water therewith the wood that brought forth trees I gat me servants and maidens and had servants born in my house Also I had great possessions of great and small Cattel above all that were in Jerusalem before me I gathered me also silver and gold and the peculiar treasure of Kings and Princes I gat me men-singers and women-singers and the delights of the Sons of men as Musical Instruments and that of all sorts so was great and increased more than all that were before me in Ierusalem also my wisdom remained with me and whatsoever my eyes desired I kept nothing from them I withheld not my heart from any Joy for my heart rejoyced in all my labour and this was my portion of all my labor then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought and on the labour that I had laboured to do and behold all was vanity and vexation of spirit and there was no profit under the Sun for riches profit not in the day of wrath but righteousness delivereth from death Prov. 11.4 Ficclesiast 2.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11. From hence you may see and many more Scriptures that might be added the vanity and non-profit as well as the brevity of all the enjoyments below that excellent inheritance that shall be given to the Saints at the appearance of Iesus Christ and therefore gird up the Ioins of your mind and hope to the end And so I pass to the Third Use The Third shall serve to reprove thou art reproved poor Soul whosoever thou art that art so foolish that hast a prise put into thy hands and doest not ingage thy heart to make use of it the Lord will reprove thee at his appearance because thou hast not made use of that Talent he gave thee and will command that thou shalt be bound and be cast into utter darkness where there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth for ever O let that sad president of Esau be a warning unto thee the which when he had sold his birth-right afterwards when he would have inherited the blessing he was rejected and found no place of repentance though he sought it carefully with tears Heb. 12.26 27. Gen. 27.28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40. From hence we see that persons are reproved that do so much hunt after the enjoyment of the world so that they thereby lose their heavenly inheritance More you may see also from the words of our blessed Saviour wherein he reproveth an ungodly generation of men that strive to be rich in this world when they are not rich in the graces of God he saith Thou Fool this night shall thy Soul be required of thee and then whose shall all those be that thou hast labourea for Luke 12.16 17 18 19 20 21. See more in the Parable But Abraham said Son remember that thou in thy life-time receivedst thy good things and Lazarus evil things but now he is comforted and thou art tormented Luke 16.15 From which words we may see that such as delight more in the enjoyments of the things of this life then they doe in suffering for Christs sake and the Gospel looking at that glorious Kingdome that shall come when Abraham Isaack and Jacob and all the holy Prophets and all the faithfull Saints shall enter into that inheritance of glory they shall be cast out to utter darknesse and banished from the presence of God and the holy Angels for ever Matt. 8.11 12. cap. 13.42 43. So we may see such Souls are worthy of reproof which when the Lord hath bestowed a Talent upon them and given them time and means of grace and yet doe not ingage their hearts to make use of it And so I pass to the fourth Use The fourth use is a word of caution that I shall desire thee Christian Reader to lay to heart which is no other than the same that our blessed Saviour gave to his Disciples in these words Take heed to your selves lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkennesse and the cares of this life lest that day come upon you unawares for as a snare it shall come upon all them that live upon the face of the whole earth Watch ye therefore and pray always that ye may be counted worthy to escape those things that shall come to passe and stand before the Son of man Luke 21.34 35 36. What a sad thing will it be for Souls that are not prepared for their great Bridegroom when the noise shall be made the Bridegroom comes therefore take heed of carelesse security Take heed watch and pray for thou knowest not when the time is Moreover Blessed is that servant that when the Lord comes is found watching Mat. 25.13 Lu. 12.37 Mat. 26.41 5ly The fifth use is an use of direction In order to the attaining of this heavenly inheritance first seek it before and above all things in the world and then I can assure thee thou shalt find it the which if thou dost find it will fill the closet of thy Soul with glorious and durable riches for proof of this that thou shalt find it and that thou shalt be made rich by it see Prov. 8.17 18 19. 20. in these words I love them that love me and those that seek me early shall find me riches and honour are with me yea durable riches and righteousnesse My fruit is better than gold yea fine gold and my revenue than choice silver I lead in the way of righteousnesse in the midst of the paths of judgement that I may cause those that love me to inherit substance and

I will fill their treasure So that those that seek first the kingdom of Heaven and the righteousnesse thereof and seek it as hidden treasure that is to say above all things in the world without doubt the Lord will rise and rain everlasting righteousness upon such souls Hosea 10.12 Prov. 2.3 4 5. 1 Chron. 28.9 Mat. 9.33 So much to the first means in order to the attainment of this inheritance The second way to attain to this inheritance may be observed from the wise Merchant man who when he had found the Pearl of great price sold all that he had to gain that price so also must thou when thou seest an excellency in Jesus Christ thou must break off thy sins by righteousnesse and part with all that is near and dear unto thee for he that comes to Christ and hates not Father and Mother Wife and Children Lands and living nay and his own life cannot be his Disciple not that I mean that thou shouldst hate the person of thy Father or thy Mother or Wife or Children and the like neither did Christ mean so in that speech of his but to cast them out of their affections when they come in competition with Christ but still to honour and respect their persons though slight their counsel Luk. 14.26 27. Mat. 10.34 35 36 37 38. so that this is the second way to attain this Heavenly inheritance or Pearl of great price Thirdly as thou must forsake all and break off thy sins by righteousnesle so thou must increase in thy piety and virtues thou must not stand still but thou must add to thy Faith Virtue Knowledge Temperance Patience and Godlinesse for so an entrance shall be administred into his heavenly Kingdom 2 Pet. 1.5 6 7 8 9 10 11. so that from hence thou mayst see that the way or means to enter into that heavenly inheritance is to grow in grace not to stand still not be luke-warm not to have a name to live and be dead but to excel in virtue The fourth and lastly as thou must seek that inheritance above and before all things and as thou must forsake all things for the attainment of that precious inheritance when thou hast found it so as to part with all and break off thy sins by righteousnesse and as thou must also grow in Graces adding to thy Faith Virtue and so forth So in the fourth and last place thou must goe on and persevere till death not turn back or be weary or faint in thy mind for that is the way to inherit that glorious inheritance even that immortal crown of life and to sit down with Christ in his Throne where thou shalt abide for ever and ever 2 Tim. 4.4 5 6 7 8. Jam. 1.12 Rev. 2.10 cap. 3. v. 9. compar'd with 12. v. 2.7 cap. 21.7 And so I shall passe unto the sixth use The sixth use is a use of inducement to win thee or move thee to prise that Kingdom which is to be at the Revelation of Jesus Christ for then the Tabernacle of God shall be with men he shall dwell with them as also saith Iohn in these words I heard a great voice from Heaven saying the Tabernacle of God is with men and he will dwell with them and they shall be his people and he will be their God and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes and there shall be no more death neither sorrow nor crying neither shall there be any more pain for the former things are passed away and the redeemed of the Lord shall come to Sion with Songs and everlasting Joy shall be unto them and the great King of the whole earth who is the Son of the most high and the great Bridegroom of the Bride shall gird himselfe and make them sit down at meat and they shall raign with him as long as the Sun and Moon endureth Luk. 12.37 Rev. 21.3 4 5. Esa. 35 10. these privileges in that kingdom shall be above Angels for not unto the Angels hath he put into subjection the world to come whereof we speak but that he hath put it into subjection to the Saints is clear as you may see from these Scriptures Psal. 149.6 7 8 9. Obedi 21. Mal. 4.3 4 5. Rev. 2.26 27. from hence we may see the great gainers Saints will be if it be so that they lose all the enjoyments of this life provided they doe but attain that inheritance 1 Tim. 4.8 cap. 6. ver. 6. 1 Cor. 3.22 But on the other hand if thou shouldest lose that inheritance and the glorious presence of that infinite glory which was so glorious that when Peter and John saw but a glimpse of it they said It is good for us to be here I say if thou shouldest loose chis enjoyment although by it thou maist gain all the friendship in the world the riches and quintessence thereof yet thou wouldest be a great loser Matt. 17.4 Mark 8.36 Christian Reader thou art not travelling to an earthly Kingdom or Inheritance but unto Mount Sion and unto the City of the living God the heavenly Ierusalem to an innumerable company of Angels to the General Assembly and Church of the first born which are written in Heaven and unto God the Judge of all things and the Spirits of Just men made perfect where thou shalt enjoy the presence of God in whose presence there is fullnesse of Joy and at his right hand pleasure for evermore Psal. 16.11 Heb. 12.22 23. The second inducement is from the Freeness of the giver of this Inheritance that whether thou art rich or poor high or low noble or ignoble thou maist attain to this Inheritance for the Lord commands his Messengers to offer it freely to every Creature Mar. 16.15 Rev. 22.17 Moreover he proclaims this his loving kindnesse by the Prophet saying Oh every one that thirsteth come ye to the waters and he that hath no mony come buy Wine without money and without price why do you lay out your money for that which is not bread and your labor for that which profits not Esay 55.1 2. From hence we may take notice of these two things First how the Lord exhibiteth himself freely to every Creature and blames such as are contented with Husks when they may have the Bread of Life freely The third Inducement or Motive to move thee or incourage thee to seek after this Inheritance is from the consideration of thy condition when the Lord is pleased to cast his eye of pity upon thee it is not at that time when thou appearest amiable or lovely by reason of thy virtues and graces which is in thee but when thou wast a deformed Creature by reason of lying in the blood of the pollution of thy Sin and it was also when no eye pittied thee neither could Angels or men do thee any good In this appeared the love of God indeed as saith the Apostle We know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ that though he were