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A short essay of modern divinity, by Robert Dixon. D.D.
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Dixon, Robert, d. 1688.
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that bringeth Salvation hath appeared to all men Teaching us to deny ungodliness â—it 2.11 c. All Flesh shall see the Salvation of God â—oh 3.6 The same came for a Witness to bear witness of the Light â—oh 1.7 〈◊〉 .8.16 that all men through him might believe SECT XVI 3. A visible Judge pretended â—â—sible Judge the Judge is within us the Spirit its self beareth witness with our Spirits that we are the Children of God Let every man prove his own Work â—l 6.45 then shall he have rejoycing in himself alone and not in another 1 Joh. 3.21 If our heart condemn us not then have we confidence towards God Luke made Theophilus his own Judge of his Writings to him as the Apostle did them at Rome Corinth c. And the People made the Church Infallibility takes away the use of every man's Reason The Pope should conclude us by Conviction and not by Authority to make us to believe a Lie Ro. 1.19 That which may be known of God is manifest in them for God hath shewed it unto them 2 Cor. 4.1 2 c. As we have received Mercy we faint not but have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully but by manifestation of the Truth commending our selves to every man's Conscience in the sight of God for if our Gospel be hid it is hid to them that are lost in whom the God of this World hath blinded the Minds of them which believe not lest the Light of the Glorious Gospel of Christ who as the Image of God should shine unto them c. The Church is not visible nor Worldly as other Societies World and Church like Sosia and Mercury resemble at a vast difference SECT XVII 4. Liberty The Jews after hard service under the Law during their Minority when the Gospel came Liberty were Adult and Free The Gentiles knew no Minority but under Natures Law and upon the preaching of the Gospel were immediately Adult and Free The Jews lost their Carnal Priviledges which did them no Good for they were still Debtors responsible to the Law which could never be satisfied But when they and the Gentiles embraced the Gospel they were by the goodness of God immediately set at Liberty and invested with Spiritual Priviledges which did them good and set them everlastingly free from the Curse of all Law So the fulness of Time of the Gentiles came in suddenly all at once upon them for Adoption and Sonship without the Law And for their Faith they were made elder Brethren by Grace to the Jews which were the Elder Brethren by Nature As Jacob was the Younger to Esau the first Born The Jews had the first offer to keep their Birthright but they profanely rejected it so the offer was made to the Jews they refused So we turn to the Gentiles and they wisely accepted it The Sons of the Free-Woman were disinherited and the Sons of the Bond-Woman legitimated Great Grace by the Gospel greater than by the Law The Jews stood upon their Carnal Birth and Carnal Ordinances they were Abraham's Children and Mose's Disciples But the Gentiles by Faith were the true Children of Faithful Abraham and the true Disciples of Christ the Lord of Moses But between the Believing Jew and the Believing Gentile there is no difference at all We perceive by this that God is no respecter of Persons but in every Nation they that fear him and work Righteousness are accepted of him Those that honour God he will honour but those that despise him shall be lightly esteemed The Allegories of Sarah and Agar Esau and Jacob Jshmael and Isaac Mount Sinai and Mount Sion Jerusalem above and Jerusalem below are changed in their Natures and all are free in Christ Jesus who is all in all Ob. We are no Jews no fear of that Sol. We are a little Jewish some fear of that Ob. We are not Heathens for Idolatry Sol. We are something Heathenish for Superstition Therefore in Modern Divinity we distinguish carefully between Judaism and Paganism Conclusion Carnal and Spiritual Priesthood Law Altar Temple Sacrifice between Works Faith Liberty Bondage Flesh and Spirit rightly dividing the Word of Truth like Workmen that need not to be ashamed These are short Hints of the matter largely displaied in the Difference between the two Covenants in the Two Testaments of the Law and the Gospel FINIS
and sufficient for Salvation This may quiet all Ob. Of what use then are other Scriptures Sol. From a Child thou hast known the Holy Scriptures 2 Tim. 3.15.16.17 which are able to make thee wise unto Salvation through Faith which is in Christ Jesus All Scripture is given by Inspiration of God and as profitable for Doctrine for Reproof for Correction for Instruction in Righteousness that the Man of God may be perfect throughly furnished unto all good works All Scriptures are equally true but not equally important nor necessary in terminis The Death and Resurrection of Christ are of greater value then the Circumstances of them The Text is of more worth then the Comments Paraphrases and Glosses upon them As long as we believe the main we are safe for other things Errare possum Haereticus esse nolo Aug. Repentance and Faith are the whole Duties of man Every one that doth evil hateth the light Joh. 3.20.21 neither cometh to the light lest his Deeds should be reproved but he that doth Truth cometh to the Light that his Deeds might be made manifest that they are wrought in God The Kingdom of God consisteth in Righteousness and Peace and Joy in the Holy Ghost The Kingdom of Christ is within us Joh. 1.12 13. As many as received him to them gave he power to become the Sons of God even to them that believe in his name Which were born not of Blood nor of the Will of the Flesh nor of the Will of man but of God Of him ye are in Christ Jesus 1 Cor. 1.30 who is made unto us Wisdom and Righteousness and Sanctification and Redemption See the Sermon on the Mount per totum Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy Soul and with all thy mind Mat. 22.37.38 This is the First and great Commandment And the Second is like unto it Thou shall love thy Neighbour as thy self On these two Commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets Joh. 13.34 35 A New Covenant I give unto you That ye love one another as I have loved you that ye also love one another By this shall all men know that ye are my Disciples if ye have love one to another This is my Commandment Joh. 15.12 That ye love one another as I have loved you The hour cometh Joh. 4 21. when ye shall neither in this Mountain nor yet at Jerusalem worship the Father But the hour cometh and now is when the true Worshippers shall Worship the Father in Spirit and in Truth for the Father seeketh such to Worship him God is a Spirit and they that Worship him must Worship him in Spirit and in Truth We have known and believed the love that God hath to us God is love and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God and he in him 1 Joh. 4.16 Heb. 10.19 c Having boldness to enter into the Holiest by the Blood of Jesus By a new and living way which he hath Consecrated for us through the Vail that is to say his Flesh And having a High Priest over the House of God let us draw neer with a true heart in full assurance of Faith having our hearts sprinkled from an evil Conscience and our Bodies washed with pure Water Whom God hath set forth to be a Propitiation through Faith in his Blood Ro 3.25 c. to declare his Righteousness for the Remission of sins that are past through the forbearance of God c. One Mediator between God and Man Christ Jesus who gave himself a Ransom for all to be testified in due time If any man sin Tim. 2.5 6. we have an Advocate with the Father Jesus Christ the Righteous Joh. 2.1 2. and he is the Propitiation for our sins and not for ours only but for the sins of the whole World Mat. 16.24 If any man will come after me let him deny himself and take up his Cross and follow me c. He that believeth on him is not condemned Joh. 3.18 but he that believeth not is condemned already Joh. 8.12 I am the Light of the World he that followeth me shall not work in darkness but shall have the Light of Life Tit. 2.11 The Grace of God that bringeth Salvation hath appeared to all men c. SECT XV. 2. Morality despised is Christianity Morality Heb. 11.6 They that fear God and work Righteousness are accepted of him They that believe God believe Christ Without Faith it is impossible to please God for he that cometh to God must believe that he is and that he is a Rewarder of them that diligently seek him Ob. Moral Men have no Grace they are many of them in Hell Sol. This is the Language Ro. 2.26 c. of those that pretend to speak the Language of Canan Let us hearken to sound words If the Uncircumcision keep the Righteousness of the Law shall not his Uncircumcision be counted for Circumcision And shall not Uncircumcision which is by Nature if it fulfil the Law Judge thee who by the Letter and Circumcision doth transgress the Law For he is not a Jew which is one outwardly neither is that Circumcision which is outwardly in the Flesh But he is a Jew which is one inwardly and Circumcision is that of the heart in the Spirit and not in the Letter whose praise is not of Men but of God A Moral Man is a Christian by the surer side Speculations Mr. Hobs. Notions Forms are mistaken A good life saved Heathens The Light of Nature is God's Will though it be more highly revealed I must confess I have not yet made the proficiency in the Schools of our Ages as to see why the second Table and the Acts of it are not as properly the part of Religion and Christianity as the Acts and Observations of the First Table If I mistake in this 't is St. James that hath abused me Jam. 1.17 who saith Pure Religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this To visit the Fatherless and Widows in their Affliction and to keep himself unspotted from the World So the thing which in the new Dialect signifies nothing but Morality and Civility the same in the Language of the Holy Ghost imports true Religion and undefiled Such as we Sow such shall we Reap God will require no more than what he hath given We talk of Special Graces but Sanctification makes the Saints and Self-denial the Christians and he that doth Righteousness is Righteous and he shall live and not die Follow Peace with all men and Holiness without which no Man shall see the Lord. â—eb 12.14 Lord I have hoped for thy Salvation and done thy Commandments Christ said â—s 119.164 I must preach the Kingdom of God to other Cities also â—uke 4.43 for therefore am I sent The Kingdom of God is within you â—uke 17.20 The Grace of God