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earth_n	bind_v	key_n	loose_v	3,794	5	10.2737	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A76023	Plain truths of divivinity [sic]. Collected out of the sacred Scriptures, & set forth by way of question and answer the best way conceived for the information of the judgement of the Christian reader. Wherein is set forth many excellent things which are not commonly publshed [sic]. Especially the destruction of Antichrist, and the yeare when it shall be: the coming of the Lord Christ to judgement, and his reigning with his saints for ever upon this earth, at the restitution of all things.	Alcock, John, fl. 1647.	1647 (1647)	Wing A887; Thomason E1176_4; ESTC R204909	45,978	119

actions as he was Mediator betweene God and man is all imputed unto them 1 Cor. 1.30 Rom. 5.19 Esay 9.6 Quest Then by imputation they are absolute holy and righteous Answ Yes verily they are so even absolute pure righteous and holy Numb 23.21 Quest Have they no other holinesse but this which is imputed unto them Answ Yes verily for as God doth impute holinesse unto them even the holinesse of Christ in whom alone they are accepted as righteous so also doth hee worke holinesse in them by his Spirit making them in some measure conformable to Christ renewing and sanctifying and making them holy and causing them also to work holinesse and righteousnesse which is one maine end of their election and of their Redemption by Jesus Christ Ephes 1.4 Luke 1.74 75. Quest Then it seemes that this holinesse is not attained by any power or vertue that is in them Answ No verily it is the free gift of God Ephes 28. Quest By all this that hath been said I gather that God did not elect any unto salvation upon the foresight of any workes or holinesse that was to be in them Answ It is very true he did not but it was his owne love and free grace that moved him for they are elected and chosen of God not for any foreseene holinesse but to be holy being his workmanship created in Christ Jesus unto good workes that they should walke in them Ephes 2.10 So that good workes are no cause of their Election but their Election is the cause of their good workes and good workes are an evidence both to themselves and to others also of their election but no cause thereof 1 Pet 1.2 Ephes 1.4 Quest Whereof doth that Church of Christ consist unto which all the speciall promises are made Answ It consisteth onely of such as are regenerate who are all Saints the members of Christ who are honoured with so many glorious Titles being called the Church and body of Christ his Spouse his habitation his Temple Sion Jerusalem and many such like 2 Cor. 6.16 Ephes 5.23 Cant. 4.8.9.10 Psal 87. 1 Cor. 3.16.17 Gal. 4.26 Ephes 5.30 1 Cor. 12.27 Quest What are those speciall promises that are made unto this Church Answ All promises of this life and of that which is to come 1 Tim. 4.8 Quest What are those speciall promises that concerne this life Answ They are such as concerne every one of them in particular or all in generall assembling together Quest What are those promises that concerne every one of them in particular Answ All good things as protection providence peace joy comfort the assurance of his love and the hope of eternall good things to come which doth comfort them in the midest of all their tryalls that befall them in this life Esay 43.1 2 3. Esay 54.7 8 9 10. Ioh. 13 1. Titus 2.13 2 Cor. 4.17.18 Quest What are those promises that concerne them all in generall assembling together Answ They are such as pertaine to the ruling and governing teaching instructing and comforting of this Church being met together in the name of Christ and to the well ordering of the same for the benefit of the whole body of Jesus Christ Ephes 4.8 11 12 13. Quest But the members of this Church are dispersed and cannot meet together how can some few members of the same reape any benefit by any speciall promise made unto the Church in generall Answ Yes doubtlesse they may and the Saints doe assuredly reape great comfort and benefit thereby yea every Congregation and company of Saints meeting together in the name of Christ may expect and tooke for the performance of the promises made by Christ to the whole Church for that which is made to the whole Church is made also to every part thereof Quest What are those speciall promises that concerne the Saints being gathered and met together in the name of Christ Answ Unto them thus meeting together hath Christ promised his presence to be in the middest of them and hath given unto them the keyes of the kingdome of heaven to bind and loose promising them to confirme and ratifie in heaven what they agree upon in earth binding in heaven whom they bind on earth and loosing in heaven whom they loose on earth promising them also perseverance notwithstanding the great malice of their Adversaries the gates of hell shall never prevaile against it Math. 16.18 19. Math. 18.20 Math. 18.18.19 20. Quest Doth not this power of binding and loosing belong to any other but onely to the Saints Answ No certainly it belongs to none other but onely to them neither are any fit for such a worke but onely the Saints neither is the promise of binding in heaven and loosing in heaven them who are bound on earth and loosed on earth made to any other but only to the Saints the true members of Jesus Christ and therefore whosoever they be that lay claim or title to this power and are not Saints doe claime and challenge that unto which they have no right Math. 16.18 19. Math. 18.19.20 Quest But is it not given to the Pastors and Ministers of the Church Answ Yes it is given chiefly unto them if they be Saints yet not only to them but also with them to the rest of the Saints their Brethren Quest But all the Saints are not fit to be imployed in this great worke Answ It is true that all the Saints may not be fit for this worke and therefore those are to be employed in the great affaires of the Church who have the greatest measure of Grace bestowed on them according to that saying of the Apostle 1 Pet. 4.10 as God hath distributed to every man so let him minister c. yet the least Saint is not to be despised or contemned who may be helpfull to the body whereof by Christ they are made members 1 Cor. 12.21 Quest Is it possible for the Saints in this life to know one another Answ Yes doubtlesse God doth declare and evidence them by his Spirit even to the consciences of his children that so they may rejoyce in the fellowship one of another and perform the duties required of them one to another to the performance of which the reward is promised which they cannot perform unlesse they know one another Math. 25. chap. 10.40 41 42. Quest But hipocrites may countterfeit true grace and make a show of holinesse and Satan can transforme himselfe into an Angell of light Answ All this is true you say but yet the Saints having the Spirit of Christ in them and knowing the nature of true grace are able to judge of and to discerne true grace from the counterfeit showes of hypocrites Quest But hipocrisie is hid in the heart and it is proper to God to know the heart and the Apostle saith 1 Cor. 2.11 That no man knoweth the things of a man but the spirit of man which is in him Answ It is true also but yet notwithstanding the hearts of others are