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A77730	The antinomians Christ confovnded, and the Lords Christ exalted. In which is contained a briefe confutation of Dr. Crispe and Mr Lancaster. Also, a combat with the Antinomians Christ in his den, his arraignment; and the fainting soule built upon the true rocke, against which the gates of hell shall not prevaile, Mat. 6.18. Imprimatur James Cranford.	Bakewell, Thomas, b. 1618 or 19.	1644 (1644)	Wing B527; Thomason E17_16; ESTC R11989	75,787	71

attained to this righteousnesse because they sought it by faith but Israel 〈◊〉 not attained to this righteousnesse wherefore because they saught it not by faith Rom. 9.31 32. so then we must have faith before and by which we must receive the righteousnesse of Christ for before faith was wrought in the soule there was none righteous no not one that every mouth may be stopped and all the world may be guilty before God marke I doe not say guilty before men but before God for all have sinned till the righteousnesse of God be imputed to us which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all that beleeve for there is no difference Rom. 3.10 19 22 23. but the Doctor would faine be justified without faith against the cleere light of the Scripture and cannot tell how to make it appeare therefore he almost yeelds but yet he hath one starting hole more saying although faith justifies yet saith he this faith is confined in the person of Christ and not in us I ans with Paul even we have beleeved in Iesus Christ that we might be justified by the faith of Christ that the promise by faith of Iesus Christ might be given to them that beleeve Gal. 2.16.3.22 but when he comes to make his matter good at the end of the seventh Sermon he unawares confounds all that he hath said both before and after in this point for saith he we are all like Jeremiah in the dungeon when Christ comes into us and he is like Ebedmelike who let downe the ropes of his faith and puls us out so then here you see Ebedmelike did not goe downe to Jeremiah but cast downe the ropes by which he drew him up to him so our Ebedmelike Iesus Christ doth not first come into our filthy soules while the divell rules and reignes but first he casts downe the grace of faith into our soules and by that faith he drawes us out of our sinfull condition so then our Ebedmelike did not goe downe and get upon our backs as we goe to breake a horse and as a Physician powres downe the Physicke in spite of the Patient but first reacheth downe the ropes of faith and presently we are made willing to come out for by this rope of faith Christ and us are 〈◊〉 together ●either doth the rope of faith manifest to our selves nor others So● it was cast into the dungeon and as hard to be knowne as justification it self for Jerenmiah had the ropes yet he saw them not till he came out neither did he see Ebedmelike till he was out yet he trusted by that rope to get on although he saw it not so Job although thou hidest thy face from me and holdest me for thine enemy yet saith he though he slay me yet I will trust in him Job 13.15.24 and saith the Prophet he that walketh in darknesse and sees no light let him trust in the name of the Lord and stay upon his God Isa 50.10 but both Crispe and Lancaster affirmes that faith acts no longer then it manifests it selfe for say they faith is the evidence of things not seene Heb. 11.1 but I had rather take Pauls word then both theirs who saith we walk by faith and not by sight 2 Cor. 5 7. sight is reserved till faith is ended then we shall see Christ face to face 1 cor 13.12 but doth faith evidence all things to them that they beleeve hence I gather that their faith is the evidence of hell for they beleeve it if they be not Atheists and it is not seene and there is a bastardly faith very full of confidence as the true borne faith of a Christian like the stony ground full of joy which failes them when they have most need of it but saith Crispe faith acted by beleevers is full of sinne but if this man had knowne what true faith had been he would rather have said that faith acted by beleevers is full of Christ and a weak faith may take hold on Christ and be justified as well as a weak eye could look on the brazen Serpent and be healed Iohn 3.14.15 so then God justifies by pronouncing us just and christ justifies by his merits purchasing it for us and Faith justifies by applying those merits of christ to our selves and works alone declare it Iames 2.21.25 or thus as faith acts by receiving or taking christ and his righteousnesse so it justifies and as it works by love and acts all other graces so it sanctifies and manifests it selfe to our selves and others this they deny saving that act which justifies is manifestation The fourth head of errours is about the new covenant In his sixth Sermon he saith christ hath made a covenant without any conditions on our part page 124. and he saith in way of condition of the covenant we must doe nothing page 128. he sayth it is probable that christ was the first covenant page 124. but was christ the first covenant then how came the first to be faulty will they tax christ with faults which was without sinne and againe how came the second covenant better then the first and built upon better promises Heb. 8.8 9. is any thing better then christ and any promises better then those that are made in him me thinks men should be ashamed and tremble to preach and print such hellish blasphemy so then the first covenant was made to Adam all mankind in him by nature and the second covenant was made to christ both God and man and to all the elect as they are in him by grace now as no man was bound to the conditions of the first covenant nor guilty of the breach of it till they have a being in him by nature so none of the elect are bound to the conditions of the second covenant till they have a being in him by grace but both Crispe and Lancaster affirme that this new Covenant is without conditions on our part I answ in this they shew themselves to be sonnes of Belial that say of God and Christ his Annoy ●ed let us break heir bonds asunder and cast their cords from us Ps 2.2.3 but this is to about 〈◊〉 new Covenant and quite overthrowes the Gospell of Jesus Christ I do admire h●y are not ashamed to call it a Covenant when as they deny the conditions of it I must confesse Lamaster was ashamed to call it a Covenant and would have it to be only a legacy or a will or testament but this we grant as wel as he that we have nothing but what was freely given us of God by will or testament but this testament and the new covenant may stand well together for the first Adam had nothing but what he received from God as a free gift yet that did not nullifie the conditions of the covenant and make it voyd to him and his posterity so the second Adam receiving grace without measure Iohn 3.34 and out of his fulnesse we receive grace for grace Iohn 1.16

Secondly we may know the true God from all false gods by this that he is infinite First in his unmeasurable greatnesse Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised and his greatnesse is unsearchable Psal 145.3 Behold God is great and we know him not Job 36.26 Behold heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot containe thee 2 Chr. 6 18. He is omnipresent in all places Whither shall I goe from thy presence To heaven thou art there to hell thou art there to the bottom of the sea thou art there Ps 139.7 8.9 But no other God is so Secondly God is infinite in his unmeasurable age and time of his being there was none before him nor shal e any after him He is Alpha Omega the first and the last Rev. 1.8 His days cannot be searchen out Job 36.26 Thy yea●es have no end Psa 202.27 From everlasting to everlasting thou art God Psal 90.2 The Lord is the true God he is the living God and an everlasting King Jer. 10.10 But no other God is so Thirdly God is infinite in his wisedome understanding Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisedome and knowledg of God how unsearchable are his judgments and his wayes past finding out Rom. 11.33 Great is the Lord his understanding is infinite Psa 147.5 The Lord knows the hearts of men Psal 94.11 He seeth not as man seeth he looketh on the heart 1 Sam. 16.7 Hee knowes all things John 21.17 Thine eyes are open upon all the wayes of the sons of men Jer. 32.19 All things are naked and open unto the eyes of him with whom wee have to do Heb. 4.13 Yea the darknesse hideth not from thee but the night shineth as the day the darknesse and the light are both alike unto thee Psal 139.12 But thus no other God can do Fourthly God is infinite in this that he is unchangeable or immutable The finite creatures change daily But the Lord is the same yesterday to day and for ever Heb. 13.8 I am the Lord I change not Mal. 3.6 With him there is no variablenesse not shadow of turning Jam. 1.17 The heavens wax old as a garment and as a vesture shal be changed But thou art the same for ever Ps 102.27 Heb. 1.12 God said to Moses I am that I am Exo. 3.14 That men may know that thou whose name alone is Jehovah art the most high over all the earth Psal 83.18 Hee hath his being of and from himselfe being alone Independant who gives ceing to all his promises all creatures have their being from him In him we live move and have our being he giveth to all life and breath and all things Acts 17.25.28 Therefore he alone is unchangeable but all other Gods are vanity Zech. 10.2 Fifthly God is infinite in his righteousnesse and holinesse The Judge of all the earth will do right Gen. 18.25 The Almighty will nor pervert judgement he accepteth not the persons of Princes nor regardeth the rich more then the poore for they are all the work of his hands Iob 34.12.19 And his holinesse is such that cannot be defiled with sin although he is in all places where sin is committed and hath a hand in all finfull actions The hand that is stretched out to slay another is moved by the Lord and the tongue that blasphemes his holy Name is moved by him For in him we live move and have our being Acts 17.28 Yet he is righteous in all his wayes and holy in all his works Psal 145.17 His work is perfect for all his wayes are judgment a God of truth without iniquity just true is hee Deut. 32.4 Hee wil by no meanes cleare the guilty Exod. 34.7 Nor spare his owne Son when our sins were imputed to him Rom. 8.32 Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God 1 Sam. 6.20 The Angels cover their faces as not being able to behold the glory of his holinesse and they cover their feet being ashamed that he should behold their infirmity And they cry out one to another saying holy holy holy Lord of Hosts the whole earth is full of thy glory And the Prophet cryes out saying Woe is me for I am undone because I am a man of unclean lips and I dwel in the middest of a people of uncleane lips For mine eyes have seen the King the Lord of Host Isa 6.2.3.5 For who among the Gods is like unto thee glorious in holinesse Exod. 15.11 Sixtly God is infinite in power he can do more then he wil do Mat. 3.9 Is any thing too hard for the Lord Gen. 18.14 Ier. 32.17 Who hath resisted his will Rom. 9.19 Our God is in the heaven and hath done whatsoever he pleased Psal 115.3.135.6 Our God in fixe dayes made the heavens the earth the sea and all the creatures in them Exod. 20. But those gods that have not made the heavens and the earth even they shal perish from the earth and from under those heavens But our God hath made the earth by his power he established the world by his wisedome and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion Ier. 10.11 12. Then let us not halt between two opinions When the people saw his power they fell on their faces and said the Lord he is the God the Lord he it the God 1 Kings 18.21.39 Of what did the Lord make the world and by what meanes is it continued and upheld Answ The Lord made all things of nothing Things that are seen were made of things which do not appeare Hebr. 11.3 And he upholdeth all things by the word of his power Heb. 1.3 For the earth hangeth upon no thing Iob 26.7 But was man made of nothing Answ The first matter was made of nothing being the earth and the rest of the Elements And then the Lord God formed the body of man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrills the breath of life and man became a living soule Gen. 2.7 But had not the woman also a soule given to her Answ Yes Hannah poured out her soule before the Lord 1 Sam. 1.15 And saith Mary my soule doth magnifie the Lord and my spirit rejoyceth in God my Saviour Luke 1.46 47. And the Lord opened Lidia's heart that she attended unto those things that were spoken by Paul Acts 16.14 And Mary kept the sayings of Christ in her heart Luke 2.19.51 In what estate or condition was man created Answ In a blessed estate In the image and likenesse of God which consisted in knowledge Col. 3 10. In righteousnesse and true holinesse Ephes 4.24 And in his soveraignty over all the creatures here below Gen. 1 28 Psalm 8.6 7 8. Wherefore did God create all things Answ God made all things for his own glory The heavens declare the glory of God and the earth sheweth forth his handy worke Ps 19 1 The Lord made all thing for himselfe Pro. 16.4 In what did God require that Adam should glorifie him Answ In fulfilling a Covenant