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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
doctrine_n	believe_v	faith_n	justification_n	2,510	5	8.9827	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01099	A shield of defence against the arrovves of schisme shot abroad by Iean de L'escluse in his advertisment against Mr. Brightman Here vnto is prefixed a declaration touching a booke intituled, The profane schisme of the Brovvnists. By Iohn Fovvler. Clement Saunders. Robert Bulvvarde.	Fowler, John, Brownist.; Saunders, Clement. aut; Bulwarde, Robert. aut	1612 (1612)	STC 11212; ESTC S102487	39,669	46

vrged Mr. Ainsworth therevnto that openly in their congregation before the rent was made Yea besides respect of the matter it self are they not specially bound for their old covenant sake to shew the Franciscanes their errour that by writing rather then to deale with strangers 19. FRom these instances above mentioned he drawes a terrible conclusion on this manner Therefore it doth necessarily follow that the estate of the church of England is worse then was the estate of those rebelles in the wildernes that there is nothing to be expected from Christe by any member thereof but a powring out of his eternal wrath vpon them In this peremptory sentence which he denounceth against the church of England he takes on him as if he would seeme to be one of those sevē angelles which having their breastes g●●ded with golden girdles do stand with the vialles of Gods wrath in their handes to powre ●ut ●is vengeance on the wicked but the truth is he is rather in this his doome like one of the angelles of Sathan that accuse the brethren condemning those whom God hath iusti●yed By this sentence he doth at once extinguish quench the whole light comfort of the gospell which teacheth that there is no condemnation to those that are in Christe beleeve in his name Rom 3. 28. and 8. 1. For such beleeves there are many in the church of England holding that doctrine of faith iustification whereby the faithfull the saintes in al the reformed churches do hope to ente● into life everlasting that whereby the Brownistes themselves must be saved if ever they enter into glory Now to denounce the aeternall wrath of Christe to those that have true faith what is it els but to abolish the gospell to destroy faith to make it of no effect If an angell frō heaven should come preach vnto vs as Delescluse here hath done yet ought we not to receive him Gal. 1. 8. But here the Brownistes obiect that true fayth shewes it self by workes which they say are apparantly evill in the church of England First their faith sheweth it self by these fruites by their ioy in the Lord their cōtinuall study delight in the word of God their cōtinuall invocatiō of the name of God every day their delight in the Sabath their love of the godly for the truth sake their vnfeigned sorow for their sinnes their patiēce for the testimony of Christe sundry other such like fruites which are the vndoubted certaine to kens of true saith Ps 89. 15. Ps 1. 2. Ioel. 2. 32. Esa 56. 4. 5. 6. Mat. 10. 41. 42. Mat. 5. 4. 10. 11. Secondly suppose other of their workes be evill suppose also that their refusall of separation were a sin yet seing it cannot be thought other then a sinne of ignorance that God had not opened their eyes in this matter what an absurd wicked thing is it in this estate to pronounce of them all without exception that there is nothing to be expected from Christe by any member thereof but a powring out of his aeternall wrath vpon them for who can vnderstand his faults and who is it but that he sinnes of ignorance and why not in the mysterie of the separation as well as in others especially it being such a poynt as the members of all other true churches can not comprehend the same Not with standing such errours the members of the church of England may be vpright with the Lord and accepted of him and made partakers of eternall salvation Ps 19. 13. 1. Cor. 13. 9. with 1. Cor. 1. 30. Ps 32. 1. 2. But to salve or mitigate this their vnchristian and hard sentence they tell vs that in such maner of sentences and iudgements they speak respectively viz. that the faithfull in England cannot be accounted true Christians in respect of their ministery in respect of their constitution in respect of their estate being so considered etc. In this exception the Brownistes do shew their vanity in seeking out frivolous pretences to colour their rash iudgements for first when as true and ●ound iudgemēt is to be given touching the estate of a Christian and an heire of salvation he is then to be considred not by the halfes or by some such and such respects onely but wholly and entirely with all his respectes togather And so a faithfull man considered not apart from his errours and ignorances but considered togather with them and with his faith is yet to be iudged and that absolutely a true Christian an heire of salvation suppose there besome manifest errours and offences vpon him yet his faith shewing it self in other manifest fruites thereof is a visible cover for all his offences seing the Lord hath manifested in his word that faith alone doth iustify and lay hold on everlasting righteousnes Gal. 2. 16. and 3. 7. Eph. 2. 8. and therfore such a one in his outward estate and profession is still a visible Christian notwithstanding any other visible iniquities wherein he ignorantly continueth Secondly when Christe at his last comming shall pronounce iudgement he will not consider men apart frō their constitution ministery governement etc. he will not say in such respect I condemne thee and in such respect I do iustify thee and save thee but he doth absolutely pronounce sentence either of salvation or condemnation And this iudgement of the Lord is generally manifested in his word according to his word will he iudge at the last day Ioh. 12. 48. Mark 16. 16. and therfore according to this word of the Lord the estate of of mē is absolutely to be declared without such respective cōsiderations and exceptions If the questiō had bene onely about the reproofe of some particular sin in any persō or about the comparing of one person with an other thē might they have iudged herein respectively for the mā that is a true Christiā may in some respect be worthily reprehended may in some respect be vnlike vnto others but when the question is about the iudgement of a true Christian about his obteyning of salvation then are such partiall respective considerations idle of no vse A man is in such case either absolutely to be condemned or absolutely to be iustifyed acquit Thirdly according to that respective iudgement every church yea every person in the world should be condemned stand vnder the wrath of God because every church every person doth erre commit sin in that respect being considered apart from Christe is accursed And according to this respective iudment of the Brownistes Delesculse in respect of those eleven corruptions which they lay vpon the reformed churches supposing they were iustly imputed vnto them might in like manner accordingly have pronounced of them all that there is nothing to be expected from Christe by any member thereof but a powring out of his eternall wrath vpon them seing no