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A46755	Two treatises the first concerning Gods certaine performance of his conditional promises, as touching the elect, or, A treatise of Gods most free and powerfull grace, lately published without the authours privitie, and printed corruptly, by the name and title of Solid comfort for sound Christians : the second, concerning the extent of Christs death and love, now added to the former : with an additionall thereunto : both of them preached at New-Castle upon Tine ... / by Robert Ienison ...	Jenison, Robert, 1584?-1652.	1642 (1642)	Wing J565; ESTC R2256	76,502	298

doe or not to do the things commanded and exhorted ●unto seeing such commāds and exhortations are made to all especially in the Church in common to good and bad 3 Both they in part and chiefely Papists would hence establish besides the other freedome of will which we hitherto have overthrowne I answer then in particu●ar to the doubt propounded The answer 1 Our strength now is not to be measured by Gods commandements Three things first ●wee must not measure our strength by Gods commādnents so much wee may ●nd must learne out of Scripture God commands us to love him saying Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart with all thy soule Mat. 22.37 and with all thy minde So also wee may read in Deut. Deut. 30.6 6.5 Yet the same Lord tells us also that hee himselfe must first Circumcise our hearts to love him Saying by Moses The Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart and the heart of thy Seed to love the Lord thy Ge● with all thine heart and wif● all thy seule that thou ma●● live And to the like effect are all those places named concerning Faith remiss●● of sin Repentance new ob●dience Perseverance yea● humility all which God requires at our hands yea and exhorts us unto yet as we● have seene See Sect. 9 10 11 12 13 14. we worke no● these but God by his effectuall grace and according to his promise worketh them in us So to specifie ●it and to shew it in some of these more expressy Christ saith Come unto mee all yee that labour yet the same mouth saith Mat. 11.28 No man ●an come unto mee Iohn 6.44 except the Father which hath sent mee draw him So God bids us ●urne Turne ye even unto me ●ith all your heart c. Ioel 2.12 Yet ●aith Ephraim Ier. 31.18 Turne thou ●e I shall bee turned And ●he Church Lament 5.21 ●urne thou us unto thee O ●ord and we shall bee turned ●nd in very deed wee can●ot suspirare sigh for sin ●nlesse God doe first in pi●are inspire and breathe it ● Rom. 8.26 God must ●ause his winde to blow breath into us the Spirit of Life before these waters of repētant teares doe flow Psal 147.18 So againe Learne to doe well Isa 1.17 and Ia. 2.12 So doe as they c. And here Happy are ye if y● doe them And yet saith our Saviour Christ Without me ye can doe nothing Iohn 15.6 And so for knowledge David speaketh thus 1 Chrs. 28.9 And thou Solomon my Son know thou the God of thy Father c. And here If we know these things c. ●●at 11.27 And yet saith Christ No man knoweth the Father save the son and hee to whensoever the Son will reveal● him And John 6.46 SECT 26. SEcondly 2 Gods precepts and exhortations are grounded on his promise such Exhortations and Precepts have their foundation ground not on our naturall power but on Gods promises as is said 1 Thes 5.23 24. and on the new Covenant So the very God of peace sanctifie you wholly and I pray God your whole spirit and soule and body bee preserved blamelesse unto the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ then it followes Faithfull is he that calleth you who will also doe it Phil. 2.12 13. So worke out your owne Salvation with feare and trembling For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to doe of his good pleasure So Wash yee make yee cleane Isa 1.16 Ezek. 36 2● saith God by his Prophet Isa But by his Prophet Ezekiel I will sprinkle Water upon you and yee shall be cleane and I will clense you So walke before me Gen. 17.1 Ezek 36.27 Rom. 6.12.14 an bee thou perfect And I wild cause you to walke in my statutes Lastly Let not sinne reigne in your mortall bodies And Rom. 6.12.14 sinne shall not reigne or have Dominion over you c. Rom. 6.12.14 SECT 27. THirdly 3 These exhortations are not yet in vain 1. Not in regard of the reprobate who thus are told what they shold have done Luke 12.47 and lastly I● say that yet such Exhortations and Commandments are not in vaine but serve for very good ends and that both in regard of the reprobate and Elect. 1 The reprobate are hence put in minde what they should doe or should have done and what once they had power to have done Secondly thus they are left without excuse 2 They are thus convinced as was Pharach Exod. 8.1 as knowing Gods will but not doing it and Gods justice is thus made more manifest in their condemnation they cannot say they now perish for want of meanes but because they are awanting to the meanes Such commands then are not in vain though the thing commanded bee not performed for God hath other ends which hee is not bound to make knowne to us why ●he commands such things God sends Moses to Pharaoh ●bidding him say unto him Let my people goe that they may serve me● Which was often repeated yet the e●ent shewed that the secret pleasure and purpose of God was that hee should not let them goe yea God also told Moses so much saying Exod. 11.10 Pharaoh shall not hear●en unto you and a reason ●s given that my wonders may be multiplied in the Land of Egypt And see Rom. 9.17 and Exod. 9.16 And then it is added the Lord hardened Pharaohs heart so that he would not let the Children of Israel goe out of his Land Now though Pharaoh as others his like now stood bound to obey this Commandement And the Cōmandment in regard to God is not in vaine yet Gods chief ayme herein was not Ph●raohs obedience but to convince him of Rebellion and hardnesse of heart and so according to Gods intention it was properly a Commandement of Conviction so I may say as sound Divines have said before me 〈◊〉 Gods Word in the ministery of it where the command is given to all to Repent and believe is not to delud● men though effectuall grace be not given to all so to doe That Commandement though it should of all in duty be obeyed and though in the intent of the Minister who is to preach Faith and Repentance 2 Tim. 2.25 and to call them thereunto even those that oppose themselves it have onely one end namely the Salvation of those hee preaches unto yet as the event makes it plaine by which God declares at length what his purpose was in the intention and counsell of God it hath diverse ends in them that are ordained ●o eternall Life it is a precept of obedience because God will fully enable them to doe that which hee commandeth In the rest it is a Commandement of tryall or conviction that to unbelievers their sin might be discovered and all excuse cut off Thus when the precept is given to believe but not the

grace of Faith God doth not delude but reprove and convince men of unbeliefe and that in his justice because when they believe not they sinne against grace offered them and in some measure given them So that from such Exhortations made in common to all wee may not conclude that God hath the same and alike good minde and intent infallibly to save all Object Yet God is not unjust in so doing Though God thus should attaine his end and so in regard of him the Commandement should not be in vaine Yet should not this savour of great injustice and cruelty to require a thing impossible to man left to himselfe I answer True Why 1. 2. 3. 4. if God had not given man power and a possibility 2. If Man had not willingly disabled himselfe and drawne it upon himselfe by his owne fault 3. If man should now by grace aske as he should this ability to obey God and to acknowledge his owne impotency and bewaile it Yea 4. If God were bound to give it without asking for man was at first made according to the Image of God and had power sufficient given him to have done whatsoever God should at any time have required of him So that if man through his own default hath lost this power to obey God yet God hath not lost his right to require his Obedience which he may justly doe though he know man unable to discharge it Hee may require it of a proud sinner to convince him and to leave him without excuse as a man may require and call for a debt of a great valew which the debtor falling into decay through his own ryotousnes carelessenes cannot now repay especially if the debtour carry himselfe insolently and malepartly against the Creditour as such men doe against God who may thus stoppe his mouth and put him to silence yea to shame But seeing they in a sense of their own inability doe not aske this grace and power from God God is not bound to give it unto them But fifthly the truth is man in the Gospell is not left wholly to himselfe God both offers and gives more grace then he answers so that if man repent and believe not when God calls him to it hee sinnes against grace offered him and against the Gospell through his owne default whether contempt or negligence and so incurres greater condemnation then such as have not the same helpes meanes and grace offered them 3. 3 They are thus restrained and the godly live more peaceably by them These Exhortations and precepts unto which are annexed curses and punishments upon disobedience are howsoever to restraine their naturall corruption as in Herod which else would breake out unto all outrage So that there would be no living for the godly in the world if the feare of punishments upon their disobedience did not restraine the wick●●d Or howsoever God 4. in his justice may doe this for the increase of their sin their further hardning after they have once hardned themselves against his grace and just Condemnation as Isa 6.9.10 Heare ye but understand not and make the heart of this people fat SECT 28. SEcondly Such precepts are not in vaine in regard of the elect 1. Vnconverted who thus 1. Are taught to deny themselves and fiye to Christ the Elect may be considered first as unconverted And first then such Exhortations and Cōmands are not in vaine ●inasmuch 1. As they prove to be the meanes of their Conversion whilest seeing ●hereby and finding upon ●riall their own impotency ●o doe the thing required ●nd consequently their mi●ery if the things be not done they are forced to fly ●ut of themselves to seeke ●elpe where helpe may be ●ad and that is from Christ 〈◊〉 who is also preached and ●ffered to such as thus ●roaning under their owne ●urthen seeke and come to ●im for ease Mat. 11.28 ●ome unto mee all yee that la●ur and are heavy laden c. thus the very Law is ●id to be our Schoolema●er to Christ Gal. 3.24 seeing it ●oves a preparation to Conversion by accident yet by Gods singular providence towards his electones who in a manner are forced to acknowledge their own unrighteousnesse and impotency to despair of themselves and to seeke righteousnesse and life i● Christ the redeemer by Faith Gal. 3.21 22. according to that 〈◊〉 there had beenè a Law give● which could have given life ver●y righteousnesse sho●● have beene by the Law But to Scripture hath concluded 〈◊〉 under finne that the prom●● by Faith of Iesus Christ mi●● be given to them that believ●● This then teacheth the● what especially to beg 〈◊〉 Gods hand And to seek help where it only may be had namely there newing of their nature b● his power Yea and stirre● them up to beg the same to pray for grace and to use all good meanes besides as the Word and Sacraments whereby they might attaine to saving and effectuall grace Thus God bids his people turne unto him saying Ezck. 33.11 Turne yee turne yee from your evill wayes for why will yee dye Oh house of Israel And they pray to him now sensible of their owne inability saying Lam. 5.21 Turne thou us ●ob Lord and we shal be turned Let us runne Heb. 12.1 1 Cor. 9.24 saith the Apostle with patience the ●ace that is set before us And so runne that yee may obtaine Now the affection of Gods people is expressed in that of David Ps 119.32 I will runne the way of thy Commandements when thou shalt enlarge my ●eart And by that of the Church Cant. 1.4 Draw me and we will runne after thee Thus againe David speaking to God Psal 119.4.5 Thou hast commanded us to keepe thy precepts diligently It seemes then it is in our power so to doe No therefore hee knowing his own impotency flyes to God by prayer saying O that my wayes were directed to keepe thy statuter And thus the Imperative in Scripture doth not beget the Potentiall but only the optative Hence Da Domine quod jubes jube quod vis non frustra subebis Au. de bono persever ca 20. S. Austin Lor● give mee power to doe wh● thou commandest then conmand and require of me wh●● thou pleasest and thou sh●● not require it in vaine And accordingly it may be noted that there is not any thing required of us in all Gods Commandements ●oth Legall and Evangeli●all but for the effect of it ●ve are directed enjoyned ●nd called upon to seeke ●he same of God by prayer ●n some or other of the pe●tions of the Lords Prayer ●s might be at large decla●ed and as I elsewhere have ●hewed So that if God ●quire our obedience as every where hee doth both for matter and manner say ●ng So speake yee Iam. 2 12. and so doe ●ee c. And here Happy are yee if yee doe them This should but stirre us up to pray as