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A57067	Some stop to the gangrene of Arminianism lately promoted by M. John Goodwin in his book entituled, Redemption redeemed, or, The doctrine of election & reprobation : in six sermons, opened and cleared from the old Pelagian and late Arminian errors / by Richard Resburie ...	Resbury, Richard, 1607-1674.	1651 (1651)	Wing R1136; ESTC R16922	72,771	138

sure to them Rom. 4.16 Before we pass to the tenth and last particular from the Doctrine of Election hitherto opened we may take notice of two or three mis-shapen Monsters nourished in the Arminian Doctrine 1. The uncertainty of called mans spiritual and finall condition 2. The uncertainty or rather impossibility of Gods fore-knowledge thereof 3. Temporary Election and Reprobation 1. For the first It being inconsistent with the liberty of mans wil according to their Doctrine that God should in the cal of a sinner determine his wil by the work of the holy Ghost so as that it cannot come to passe but the sinner shal obey his cal And for perseverance in the grace of his cal the liberty of mans wil requires say they that when God hath done all that he doth for any yet may man for the issue not persevere Hence it must needs follow that all is at meere peradventure whether any one of all the sonnes and daughters of men should be saved or not whether ever there should have been any Militant Church upon earth or Triumphant in heaven or not whether Christ should haue taken our nature upon him his offices have done and suffered all in vain or not 2. For the second For as much as mans condition both for grace here and glory hereafter depends upon the use of his wil imbracing or resisting the cal of God continuing in or falling from the grace received in his cal and they wil not allow that God shal by his decree particularly determine how this or that man shal use his wil and they require it as essential to the liberty of mans wil that he may as to the event imbrace or refuse the motions of Gods Spirit whether in his call or after it how can it bee that what is no way certaine to be as having no certain foundation neither in God nor man can be certainly fore-known the certain fore-knowledge of that which is no way certaine and determined involving a contradiction Hence they are wont to decline this argument of Gods foreknowledge and sometimes some of them spare not to deny it 3. For the third Hence it must follow that the Election of any person cannot be till the last moment of life the reprobation of any person not til the time of obstinacy in sinne for they make faith and final perseverance therein substrate to election unbelief and obstinacy in sinne substrate to reprobation Now this must be either actual or in the fore-knowledge of God but in the fore-knowledge of God it cannot be according to their Doctrine as we but now proved therefore it must be actual and so election and reprobation not eternal but in time therefore no decrees or imminent acts of God Hence they speake sometimes not much incongruously to this result of their Doctrine Arminius tels us of an external act of reprobation and wee hear from his followers and those of greatest note that Election is not confirmed from everlasting that it is revocable that men sometimes of elect become reprobate and of reprobate elect c. What portents of opinion these are even Qualia credibile est rictu ruct asse trifauci Cerberon stygii monstra tremenda lacus The former Doctrine with cleare evidence of Scripture truth hath already manifested to the praise of his glorious grace or to the praise of the glory of his grace Eph. 1.6 There are foure things in the decree of Election making much for the glory of his grace 1. That it is to such great blessings in Christ the greatest of blessings and the foundation of the rest Eph. 1.3 4 5. 6. 2. That it is so effectuall thereunto as in the building of the Temple at setting up the top-stone there was loud acclamations of grace Zach. 4. so here in the accomplishment of all blessings prepared in Election when God shall be admired to all eternity in those that believe 2 Thes 1.10 in his decree of Election the foundation of faith and all blessings consequent upon faith shal this admiration ultimately fix 3. That it is so free in opposition to all works and faith in man it being and abiding wholly of him that calls not believers but unto faith nor the holy but to holinesse as formerly hath been declared 4. That it is peculiar it so imbraceth some as refuseth others that it is accompanied with the decree of Reprobation Rom. 9.22 23. there is nothing more ravishing the heart of a believer whether here or in heaven then this consideration Why did God set his love upon me and chuse me unto life refusing so many others They that pretended much to the advancement of free-grace are for vniversal grace universal redemption and such an election or no election rather as may stand therewith betray no little ignorance how wise soever they seem in their own eyes of the grace of God indeed and the true arguments of his glory arising from his grace THE FOURTH SERMON ROM 11.7 But the rest were hardned WE now come to the Decree of Reprobation 1. For the word opposite to Election Isai 41.9 2. For the thing it may be gathered partly from the precedent Doctrine of Election partly from expresse Scripture concerning it It is the eternal decree of God whereby hee hath meerly because he would hated the rest of men the same is true of the Angells but wee confine our discourse to man besides his Elect so as to appoint them to dishonour and destruction for ever by sinne for the glory partly of his soveraigne power over man partly of his revenging justice upon perishing sinners and lastly of the riches of his mercy upon his chosen and saved ones This description wil be clearly made good in the particulars of it by looking backe into the former discourse that we shal not need to be long upon it 1. That there is in God a decree opposite to the eternal decree of Election is manifest Rom. 9.11 as hath by a threefold argument been proved in opening that Verse in the first Sermon as likewise by opening the 14 15 16 17 18. Verses at the beginning of the second Sermon and the second Observation upon them I must here and divers times hereafter in this discourse of Reprobation refer the Reader to what hath been spoken in opening the ninth to the Romans c. both because repetitions of the same thing would needlesly increase the bulke of this discourse and breed confusion in the understanding 2. That it is his decree of hatred this hatred opposed to electing love is manifest Rom. 9.13 that it is such an hatred as refers to the exclusion out of the Covenant of life and to eternal death is there proved in handling the third instance upon Ver. 10 11 12 13. joyntly in the first Sermon as likewise in the third Sermon almost at the beginning in handling the third particular that Election is for eternal life The proofe thereof carrying along with it the proofe of this too that Reprobation

of sin so they conclude if this be just arguing there is no sinne in the world but God must be the Author of it whether he will it or not if we can imagine that God permits sin besides his will for it is sin in man to permit another to sin when he hath power in his hand and that without the least trouble to himself to prevent it 2. Is there the same kindred and Consanguinity betwixt God and all the sons and daughters of men without exception that there is betwixt the living Creatures and their young ones it is true we are his off-spring or of his kind Act. 17.29 inasmuch as we have our life and being in him and were created in his image but to be his sons and daughters depends upon his Covenant in the hand of Christ made on the behalf of the peculiar and chosen seed now for them let the whole world perish not one of them shall miscarry Rom. 4.16 Ioh. 8.35 Ioh. 11.52 2 Tim. 2.19 Esay 53.10 3. Their own objection falls in full weight upon their own heads who teach that ruinous Doctrine of final apostacy that they who are truly the children of God having embraced his Covenant by true faith may yet fall from the state of life totally and finally and so perish for ever 4. Wherein doth this cruelty appear that God should condemne hardned sinners is that cruelty no that he should harden wilful sinners viz. give them up to hardnes of heart as a punishment of their former sins is that cruelty no that he should not recover from sin all the Sons and Daughters of Adam without exception is that cruelty no that he suffered Adam to sin and imputed his sin to his posterity is that cruelty no All these things they grant Scripture-evidence being so clear for them though some of them true sons of their Father Pelagius would gladly if for shame they durst and some have put shame here deny the imputation of Adams sin and so originall sin in one of these two then or in both together must be the cruelty that unto Adam was denyed that aid of grace without which it could not be as to the event that he should stand that God decreed antecedently to the fore-sight of sin the sins of men but it hath been proved already that this is no cruelty in God but the charge of cruelty hereupon is blasphemy in man Instance But at the least God is not so mercifull according to this Doctrine as the Scripture sets him forth Reply 1. And how is he so powerfull and so perfect as the Scripture represents him if any thing fall out beside his decree and the full purpose of his will 2. The Scriptures which speak most this way have been cleared already and therein we have discovered how inconsistent it is with the nature and happinesse of God that in any thing his will should be frustrate 3. There are two sorts of mercies 1. Common in the blessings of this life these are to all the children of men Acts 14.16.17 2 Peculiar in the blessings of eternall life those which shall surely make for it here the Apostle avoucheth a difference Rom. 9.18 and this founded meerly in the will of God vers 11.13 these are onely to the Elect Ephe. 1.3.4 and how clear the current of Scripture is for this hath formerly been abundantly made good the greatness of the Lords mercy is declared extensively in the former that they are to all even to those who live and dye his enemies intensively in the latter 1. That they are so excellent in their nature 2. That they are so peculiar as we have formerly seen at the end of the third Sermon So that if the Holy Ghost knowes by what argument to commend the mercies of God to man he that denies the former mercies to belong to all or affirmes the latter to belong to all derogates from the mercies of God indeed These are the two main Objections made against the former Doctrin accusing God a third now followes tending to excuse man Object 3. The former Doctrine takes away the liberty of mans will and so quits him of all sin liberty of wil being necessary to every sinfull action Upon two grounds do they conceive the liberty of mans will overthrown 1. In that God hath decreed his sin 2. In that God moves his will when he wills sinfully the motion that is from God upon the wil of man determining it in its operation whence man must sin of necessity and therefore not freely and so his sin is no sin the objection against the liberty of mans will is the same in actions not sinfull Ans 1. For the decree 1. It is most clear by Scripture and hath been formerly proved that the actions of mans will both good and evill are decreed by the Lord. Let us here onely give some speciall and remarkable instances 1. For good actions embracing the call of God in the conversion of a sinner is decreed Rom. 9.11 Rom. 8.28 30. Acts 13.48 the faith and obedience of converted sinners in an holy course is decreed Ephe. 1.4 2 Thes 2.13 The obedience of Christ fulfilling the will of God in performing the great work of mans Redemption was decreed 1 Pet. 1.20 Heb. 10.7 for evill actions The crucifying Christ by the Jews and Romans was decreed Acts. 4.27 Absoloms incest was decreed as is manifest in that it was fore-told by God 2 Sam. 12.11 and generally whatsoever was fore-told as that which should certainly come to pass and not conditionally as Nineve his destruction must needs be decreed for if God have not determined that either by his works or permission whatsoever he hath fore-told shall come to passe then may his word be falsified hence then the bitter persecutions of the Church by her wickedest adversaries the faith and patience of the Martyrs in all ages is decreed To instance in the rage of mystical Babylon the faithfulnesse of the Virgin-company the true Church of Christ overcoming her temptations to instance further in the Kings of the Earth first subjecting themselves unto that whore afterwards hating and destroying her in the conversion of the Jewes and with them the fulnesse of the Gentiles these are all foretold as those things which should certainly be and therefore were they all decreed and how much of the will of man and the workings thereof is in all these things who can but see 2. Yet hence is no infringement of the liberty of mans will because the decree as such is an action in the breast of God makes no change in man or in his condition till it come to excution 3. The decree establisheth mans liberty forasmuch as God hath decreed that man shall wil it is now beyond all peradventures that he shall wil for the counsels of God shall stand but how certain soever it is that he shall wil so certain it is that he shall worke freely for to will is in the motion of the will to