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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87179	Good news to all people. Glad tydings for all men. God good unto all, and Christ the saviour of the world: or, The general point faithfully handled by way of exercise: or A sermon preached at Buckingham upon the 25 of March, being (as so called) Easter-day. By William Hartley.	Hartley, William, of Stony-Stratford.	1650 (1650)	Wing H974; Thomason E594_11; ESTC R206917	25,853	32

doctrine could have of their Auditory * Simile Suppose you and I with four or five hundred more were slaves in Turkey if a Merchant should come and say That the States of England had taken care to release some few of us but the names of the parties to be released that was not known what could this yield to the prisoners more than a doubtful hope But if the States Agent should tell the enslaved fellow Natives Here is a Release come for you all will not every prisoner joyfully conclude If for all then for me also The Doctrine of Predestination and Reprobation simply as persons leaves the creature in a continual suspence sometimes he thinketh he hath a right to Christ by election at another time he is at a stand in himself questioning what reason he hath to think so when the Doctrine of Gods Free-Grace to All gives him credence of Gods Universal Love to the World or all Mankind and consequently unto him The consideration whereof putteth him upon a duty of striving to make his Calling and Election in that love sure by good works Again Mark my beloved Friends how many Absurdities this Doctrine of Predestination and Reprobation of Mankind simply as persons casteth upon Almighty GOD. 1 Absurdity First The Doctrine of Reprobation chargeth God with Injustice Abraham in capitulation with God about the destruction of Sodom gathereth this conclusion That thou shouldst destroy the righteous with the wicked that be far from thee Which words though spoken by interrogation yet contain a positive conclusion viz. That it is far from God to condemn the righteous with the wicked and the Judg of all the World will judg righteously Now if Judgment take place before the Fact or condemnation precede the being of the person is it not to charge God with male-administration of Justice And as the Apostle hath it Where there is no Law there is no Transgression and sin is variation from a rule which is transgression of a Law Secondly The Doctrine of Reprobation of men as persons chargeth God with Partiality 2 Absurdity One of the ill consequences that should follow a King in Israel was that he should make some of their sons Captains others he should make Cooks and Confectionaries without any consideration had to the qualification in persons unto such an office only such men were appointed unto such employments meerly because it was his will As great personages will dignifie one mans child with the name of his Page and others must be his Foot-Boys If you will believe Peter God is no such Respecter of persons but he that serveth him shall be accepted and whoso fancyeth Election and Reprobation in God simply considered as persons rendereth God partial and a Respecter of persons Thirdly Remisness The Doctrine of Predestination and Reprobation of men simply as persons is a Doctrine of Remisness Security and Carelesness Take a creature when he hath concluded himself to be a predestinated person and so consequently of necessity must be saved if Conscience checketh him ever so much for his uneven walking he presently flies to this Refuge The best of Gods Children are subject to fall God sees no sin in his People Whom God loves he loveth to the end all which Scriptures are true in their places but not Arguments for Remisness Again A man that concludeth himself an elected person Security though he wilfully continueth in a notorious sin upon check of Conscience which is the witness of God in us he singeth his Soul this Requiem Lot David and Peter had their gross failings yet Children of GOD and so fancieth to himself Security Once more Take a prophane person Carelesness when he hath been taught this Doctrine That some as persons were chosen to life and others appointed to death meerly out of Gods decree and without any respect had to obedience and disobedience what 〈◊〉 conclusions doth this man draw If I shall be saved I shall be saved if I was appointed to be damned I shall be damned what need I care how I spend my time Was not the Thief upon the Cross a Chosen Vessel And thus poor Soul he bolstereth himself in his careless walking which if it were taught him That God Electeth or Chooseth the Righteous man to himself and rejecteth and turneth the Ungodly into Hell he would soon endeavor to turn over a new leaf and no more take up these preposterous expressions used in our generation concerning a lewd person I am sorry God gave him no more grace and of one that committeth felo-in-se becoming his own executioner That he was born to such an end and ordained so to do but rather speak the Apostles language where he saith Rom. 1.21 That when men know God and worship him not as God hence it is that they become vain in their imaginations committing evil with greediness Lastly It contradicteth Scripture 2 Sam. 22.27 Lastly The Doctrine of Election and Reprobation simply as persons contradicteth the whole scope and generality of Scripture With the upright man thou wilt shew thy self upright with the pure thou wilt shew thy self pure with the froward thou wilt deal frowardly 1 Sam. 2 30. c. And touching Eli's sons who were of the lineage of Aaron see what God saith Them that honor me I will honor and them that despise me shall be light esteemed And as I give my judgment that Doctrine which Iohn the Baptist preached Mat 3. should be seasonable for our times Now is the ax layd to the root of the tree and every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit shall be hewed down and cast into the fire And so to put men upon tryal of their faith in the Gospel by performance of Works answerable to the Gospel The Papists * Incidit in Sillam qui vult c. Silla was to set Works supereminent above Faith I wish the Protestants Charibdis be not to erect Faith without Works The Apostle Iames makes them paramount in Abraham demonstrating that Faith and Works ought to be equivalent in us Now I have done with this subject I crave my Text leading me thereto a word or two by digression In the times of this ignorance God winked c. From which observe with me the Apostles method you understand whom he spake to a Heathenish people wholy given to Idolatry yet take notice with what mildness of spirit he reproved them useth no railing at all but in love by way of argument convinceth the vanity of their worship telling them by way of encouragement that God 〈◊〉 willing to pass by or wink at their former ignorance provided now they would be changed in their mindes and repent wherein you may observe that the Gospel of Christ is to be declared by way of meekness and affable perswasions The Apostle hath an expression 2 Cor. 5.20 Now we are Embassadors of Christ we pray you in Christs stead to be reconciled unto God May not this