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A66347 Gospel-truth stated and vindicated wherein some of Dr. Crisp's opinions are considered, and the opposite truths are plainly stated and confirmed / by Daniel Williams. Williams, Daniel, 1643?-1716. 1692 (1692) Wing W2649; ESTC R24559 134,616 268

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that believeth and is baptized shall be saved but he that believeth not shall be damned And as this Grace under this Sanction of Life and Death was to be urged so it 's added Mat. 28. 20. Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you Among which no doubt is included what he told the Apostles when first commissioned Mat. 10. 14 15. Whosoever shall not receive you and hear your Words when you depart out of that House or City shake off the Dust off your Feet Verily It shall be more tolerable for the Land of Sodom and Gomorrah in that Day of Judgment than for that City Ver. 32 33. Whosoever shall Confess me before Men him will I confess before my Father which is in Heaven But whosoever shall deny me before Men him will I also deny before my Father which is in Heaven Ver. 37. He that hath loved Father or Mother more than me is not worthy of me 38. He that taketh not his Cross and followeth me is not worthy of me 41. He That receiveth a righteous Man in the Name of a righteous Man shall receive a righteous Man's Reward These are part of Christ's Speech to his Apostles when he first sent them to preach and so from Heaven he taught Paul to preach Act. 26. 18. See how Paul instructs Timothy to preach 1. He enumerates very many Duties which he was to urge and exhort 2. He frequently requires him to back these Exhortations with Promises in case of Obedience and Threatnings in case of Disobedience I shall instance a few 1 Tim. 4. 8 9. Godliness is profitable unto all things having the Promises of this Life and that which is to come This is a faithful Saying and worthy of all Acceptation What are the Promises of the Life to come to Godliness Yea though it 's now with some no true Saying Ver. 16. Take heed to thy self and thy Doctrine for in doing this thou shalt both save thy self and them that hears thee Here 's pressing to doing with a Promise of Life 1 Tim. 6. 6 9. Godliness with Content is great Gain But they that will be Rich fall into Temptation and a Snare and into many foolish and hurtful Lusts which drown Men in Destruction and Perdition Ver. 17. 18. Charge c. that they do Good willing to Communicate laying up in store for themselves a good Foundation against the time to come that they may lay hold on eternal Life 2 Tim. 2. 11 12. It is a faithful Saying for if we be dead with him we shall also live with him if we suffer we shall also regin with him if we deny him he will also deny us Can any Man think we ought not to plead with Men and Preach as Christ and his Spirit charge us Or would he appoint us to preach what is not his own Will or Gospel 2. In this manner did Christ and his Apostles preach the Gospel Read Christ's Sermon on the Mount Mat. 5. Are not Graces urged by promised Blessings and denounced Threatnings the first none can doubt the last is as evident Ver. 13. Good for nothing but to be cast out 19. Least in the Kingdom of Heaven Ver. 20. Except your Righteousness exceed the Righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees you shall in no case enter into the Kingdom of Heaven Ver. 22. In danger of Hell-Fire 26. Thou shalt not come out thence 30. If thy Right Eye offend thee pluck it out and cast it from thee for it 's profitable for thee that one of thy Members should perish and not that thy whole Body should be cast into Hell See the Parable of the Seed of the Talents Virgins Marriage Supper Was it not he that declared He that believeth not the Wrath of God abideth on him If you believe not you shall dye in your Sins If you repent not you shall all likewise perish Vain World that think they can out-preach Christ or that theirs is Gospel which obstructs the very things that his Ministry was designed to He that knew the Scheme of Truths used his Satisfaction as the great Motive to Obedience but not as what made it needless in its own place The Apostles obeyed and imitated Christ. The first Sermon of Peter includes this Act. 2. 38. 40. Repent and be baptized every one of you for the Remission of Sins c. for the Promise is to you and to your Children and as many as the Lord shall call And with many other Words did he testifie and exhort saying Save your selves from this untoward Generation Read his Epistles and see how he moves by Threatnings and Promises and preacheth Duties The Apostle Paul giveth the Sum of his Ministry to the Ephesians c. Act. 20. 21. Testifying both to the Jews and Greeks repentance towards God and faith towards the Lord Jesus ver 26 27. I am pure from the blood of all men for I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God It 's he that saith If any man love not the Lord Jesus let him be an Anathema Maranatha What a man soweth that shall he reap He will come in flaming fire to take vengeance on all that know not God and obey not the Gospel What he saith of FreeGrace and Christ's Righteousness in Opposition to Man's Merits doth not clash with what he saith of the Necessity of Graces and Duties as the required Terms of such Blessings as God promiseth to them The Apostle James is as express as can be read his Epistle and Doubt and it seems to be written against some Libertines who perverted the Doctrine of Grace delivered by Paul And Peter expresly speaks of these Mens wresting Pauls Epistles in this very Point as I could fully prove 2 Pet. 3. 16. Read the Epistle of Jude and he agrees with the rest in arguing for Holiness from Threats and Promises 3. When the Gospel is said to be preached you 'll find that then Graces and Duties were preached under a Gospel Sanction Act. 15. 7. The Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the Gospel What this was see Act. 10. from ver 34. to 44. Of a truth I perceive that God is no Respecter of Persons but in every Nation he that feareth him and worketh righteousness is accepted with him The Word which God sent unto the Children of Israel Preaching Peace by Jesus Christ He is Lord of all c. he commanded us to preach unto the People and to testifie That it is he which was ordained of God to be Judge of Quick and Dead To him gave all the Prophets witness That through his Name whoever believeth in him shall have remission of sins Rev. 14. 6 7. I saw another Angel in the midst of Heaven having the everlasting Gospel to preach unto them c. saying with a loud Voice Fear God and give glory to him for the hour of his indignation is come and worship him that made Heaven and Earth So Act. 147 15 17. 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man draw back my soul shall have no pleasure in him But we are not of them that draw back unto perdition but of them that believe to the saving of their souls Heb. 10. 38 39. Is this a Threatning or not VVill not Christ deal with Men according to it Is it not true of all Persons Do not say the elect Believer will not fall away I think the same but yet is it the less true that even he shall perish if he fall away Nay Doth not God by these Threats contribute to keep him from Apostacy Ask thy self Is not this Threatning such as should govern our Expectations if we should turn Apostates So Heb. 12. 14. Without holiness no man shall see the Lord. This is used as an Argument to persuade us to follow Holiness and can you suppose it argueth at a lower rate than this Be Holy or you shall never see God's Face Unholiness will keep you from God's Presence Consider such places as For these things the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience Eph. 5. 6. If you live after the flesh you shall die Rom. 8. 13. 2. Salvation is promised to Perseverance True Holiness Sincere Obedience or Good Works And the Accomplishment of these Promises to these is called an Act of Righteousness These are Gospel-Promises because Salvation is promised on Terms so below Perfection The Texts are innumerable that include these Promises Rev. 2. 10. Be thou faithful unto death and I will give thee a crown of life 2 Tim. 4. 7 8. I have fought a good fight I have kept the faith henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness which the Lord the righteous Judge will give me in that day Rom. 18. 3. If you mortifie the deeds of the flesh by the spirit you shall live Heb. 6. 10. God is not unrighteous to forget your labour of love c. 2 Thes. 1. 6 7. The Righteousness refers to the Truth of the Promise not the Proportion of the Work Obj. These describe the Men whom God will save Ans. True but not as mere Natural Signs but as Moral instituted Signs They are Qualifications which God appoints as Pre-requisites to the Blessings They are not Meritorious but they are made by the Promise Necessary to our partaking of these Gifts and the Neglect of them would exclude our Interest in the Blessing Obj. These are Concomitants of them th●● shall be saved Ans. The same Answer tha● is given to the last will serve to this And I add They are not instead of Christ they cannot add to what is proper to a Christ nor will they suffice without Faith or an Interest in Christ or without Pardon But they still signifie more than such Concomitants as some esteem them They are not like the Place of one's Birth or our Names or ou● Parents or Death c. All which are Concomitants of a Man that is saved but the● are Characters designed by the Promise the●● are things without which the Gospel-Rule will exclude Men from Heaven and condemn Men into Hell let their Pretences be what they will Rev. 22. 14. Blessed are that that do his commandments that they may have right to the tree of life and may enter in for without are dogs Mat. 5. 20. Except you● righteousness exceed the righteousness of the scribes c. 3. Consider the respect to Glory which ou● Good Works have in Scripture-dialect They are as Seed to the Harvest Gal. 6. 7 8 9. As 〈◊〉 Way to one's proposed place Eph. 2. 10. As Means to an End Mat. 5. 8. As Work to one's Wages Mat. 20. 1 7. Foundation to 〈◊〉 Building 1 Tim. 6. 19 c. The Gospel declares no less a Connexion between Good Works and Glory though they merit nothing 4. God declares the Obedience and Works of Believers as rewardable of Grace through Christ. They shall walk with me in white for they are worthy Rev. 3. 4. Great is your Reward in Heaven Mat. 5. 12. If I do this willingly I have a Reward 1 Cor. 9. 17. Col. 3. 24. Rev. 22. 12. Come ye blessed of my Father c. For I was an hungry and ye gave me meat c. Mat. 25. 34 35. It 's true it 's a Reward from the Benignity of a Father not from the Dignity of the Work It 's from the Ordination of the Promise which is owing to the Merits of a Christ and not any Claim of the Performance And so tender is God of the Honour of his Goodness herein that the Second Article of our Creed must be That he is a Rewarder of them that diligently seek him Heb. 11. 6. 5. By perseverance in these Exercises we are to work out our Salvation Phil. 2. 12. We lay hold of Eternal Life 1 Tim. 6. Lay up a treasure in heaven Luk. 12. 33. We run the race for the prize 1 Cor. 9. 24. VVe fight for the Crown c. And is it as good sit still as to be doing thus for to help us Heaven-ward Reader Lay these things to heart and canst thou account persevering Holiness and Obedience useless things Are they so indifferent to Happiness as the Doctor represents them How much of the Bible must be expunged ere his Opinion deserves credit Though I know our corrupt part too well likes a Dispensation from striving to enter in at the strait Gate III. The Third thing I should prove is That many other Blessings besides mere Eternal Life are promised to the Exercise of several Graces and Performance of Duties This is so easie a Task that I would leave it to the most ignorant but to read the Bible with his own Eyes VVhat mean such places The effectual fervent Prayer of a righteous man availeth much Jam. 5. 16. VVill no Prayer or cold Prayer avail as much If these things be in you and abound they make you that you shall neither be barren nor unfruitfull in the knowledge of Christ 2 Pet. 1. 8. VVill the want or scanty degrees of Grace do the same So 2 Pet. 1. 10 11. Give all diligence to make your calling and election sure c. for so an entrance shall be administred to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of Christ. May one be assured without diligence Or shall we enter Heaven with the same full sail though we be negligent and unassured 2 Cor. 9. 6. He that soweth bountifully shall reap bountifully he that soweth sparingly shall reap sparingly But then shall we reap as liberally if we sow not at all or sow sparingly VVhere shall I stop when the Scriptures are so full of Instances And sure I need not prove that Repentance and earnest Prayer contribute to preserve a Nation when God so many times urgeth these to this end when he hath promised and performed Deliverance hereupon when he complains so oft that he must destroy for want of these and lays the Destruction of places always on neglect of these Jer. 18. 7 8 9 10. Isa. 1.