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A42138 Gospel truths scripturally asserted in answer to Joseph Hallett's twenty seven queries by John Gannacliff and Joseph Nott. Gannacliff, John.; Nott, Joseph, d. 1699. 1692 (1692) Wing G199; ESTC R30399 24,916 51

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and manifest God's forbearance in order to reconcile Mankind and obtain Redemption for all 6. And did not Christ dye for all Men tasted Death for every Man Qu. 9. Whether Christ has not a Body in Heaven now And whether he continues not to be a Man as well as God still Answ Yea to both we do believe that Christ has a Body and that he is in Heaven and that he continues to be the Heavenly Man as well as God still Glorified with the same Glory that he had with the Father before the World was according as he Prayed John 17. 5. Qu. 10. Whether Christ doth not now Intercede with the Father for Holy Souls in Heaven And if so what this Intercession is Answ This Query appears Unlearned and Unscriptural where does the Scripture say that Christ doth now Intercede for Holy Souls in Heaven and for what end Though he be in Heaven Intercessor and Mediator for Mankind or Souls on Earth Now this we do believe that there is one Mediator between God and Man the Man Christ Jesus for the Apostle speaking concerning Christ saith He is able to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him seeing he ever Liveth to make Intercession for them Heb. 7. 25. Christ doth not only make Intercession for Sinners that their Sins may be forgiven them but for them also that are delivered from Sin that they may be preserved out of Sin and that they may be where he is as is evident from Christ's Words for he saith I pray not that thou should●st take them out of the World but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil And he farther saith Father I will that they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am that they may behold my Glory which thou hast given me John 17. 15. 24. And this is the Intercession which Christ makes for his People which is according to the Will of God Qu. 11. Whether Christ will not at the last Day at the Dissolution of the World come to Judge the whole World appearing in his Manhood pronouncing the Wicked Accursed and the Holy Blessed Answ The Lord Jesus Christ will Judge the World in Righteousness and reward every Man according to his Works the Wicked Accursed the Righteous Blessed Acts 10. 42. He commanded us to wit Christ to testifie that it was He that was Ordained of God to be Judge both of Quick and Dead because he hath appointed a Day in which he will Judge the World in Righteousness by that Man of which he hath given Assurance to all Men in that he hath raised him from the Dead See Acts the 17. and 31. And we have this Assurance and do believe that at the last Day the Man Christ shall come in his Glory to Judge all People according to his own Testimony for he saith When the Son of Man shall come in his Glory and all the holy Angels with him Then shall he set upon the Throne of his Glory and before him shall be Gathered all Nations and he shall Separate them one from another as a Shepherd divideth his Sheep from the Goates and he shall set the Sheep on his Right hand but the Goates on the Left Then shall the King say unto them on his Right Hand Come ye Blessed of my Father Inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the Foundation of the World And then shall he say also unto them on the Left Hand Depart from me ye Cursed into Everlasting Fire prepared for the Devil and his Angels Matth. 25. 31 32 33 34 41. Qu. 12. Whether the Rule according to which the Judge will proceed in Judging of Persons at that Day will be the Light within or the Gospel of Christ Answ This Query is unlearned and unscriptural the Gospel of Christ and his Light within are inseparable and not divided According to which Gospel and Light he will Judge the Secrets of Men yea the whole World in Righteousness The Gospel of Christ thou seemest to be Ignorant of who art Ignorant of the Light and Spirit of which Paul said he was made an able Minister not of the Letter but of the Spirit which gives Life And the Gospel is the Power of God to Salvation and Life and Immortality is brought to Light by the Gospel and we who have received it can Bles the Lord for it And Christ saith This is the Condemnation of the World that Light is come into the World But Men Love Darkness rather then Light because their deeds are Evil. Qu. 13. Whether now in the times of the Gospel there ought not to be a Mininistry that is whether some particular Persons ought not to be appointed and set apart solemnly for the Preaching of the Gospel and the Administration of Baptisme and the Lord's Supper And whether such Ministers ought not to have an Allowed Maintenance from the People Ans Here are several Questions in cluded in this Query To the first Yea there is and Ought to be a Gospel Ministry in this Gospel-Day 2. Such Ministry as is appointed and called by Christ 3. To Preach the Gospel 4. Such a Ministry may be without having a Commission to Baptize with Water any more then Paul had 5. Not Commissionated to Administer the Lords Supper in the Sign and Figure but to turn People to Christ Jesus that he may Administer it in the Substance that is the Bread of Life and Cup of Blessing at his Table in his Kingdom which is the Substance 6. Such Ministers Preach the Gospel freely not for either set or forced Maintenance and yet to have their necessities freely relieved when in Want Ministers of Christ we own that Turn People from Darkness to Light and from Satans Power to the Power of God which is the Gospel and none can preach the Doctrine of Faith Grace Conversion and Spirit truly without the Light of Christ which shineth in the Heart and giveth the knowledge of them and the true Ministers and Gospel they received was not of man nor by man but by the Revelation of Jesus Christ They received it freely and preach'd it freely We do not read that they agreed with any People for a settle'd Maintenance as is now practiced and they were careful not to make the Gospel chargeable to any and wrought with their Hands many times to avoid it a thing you were never brought up unto neither did they make a Merchandize of the Word as many of you do of their Words So you may see what Ministers such are who are seeking their Gain from their Quarter Qu. 14. Whether it be lawful now in these Gospel-times for Women to Speak or Preach in publick Assemblies for the publick Instruction of others Answ Yea for Women divinely Inspired when called thereunto and we do believe that it is as Lawful now for Women to Preach as it was in former Ages there were Prophetesses both in the time of the Law and Prophets and in the Apostles dayes for
Priviledge that doth attend those that walk therein for he saith God is Light and in him is no Darkness at all If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in Darkness we Lye and do not the Truth but if we walk in the Light as he is in the Light we have fellowship one with another and the Blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all Sin 1 John 1. 5 6 7. Well then the Nations of them which are saved shall walk in the Light Rev. 21. 24. And the Lord sent the Apostle Paul to turn People from Darkness to Light Acts 26. 18. But what have the Watchmen of the Night the Merchants of Babylon been a doing these many Years Why they have laboured to keep People from the Light and Wo and Misery will be their Portion if they Repent not Qu. 4. Whether they believe any such thing as Original Sin that is Whether every Man is a Sinner and defilled from his very Birth Or whether Children when born into the World have their Natures depraved and corrupted by Sin Answ If by Original Sin be meant the first Sin of Adam there was such a Sin But all have not sinned after that similitude nor is every Man or Child a Sinner depraved and corrupted by Sin from his Natural Birth The Prophet Ezekiel saith This Proverb shall no more be used in Israel The Fathers have eaten sower Grapes and the Childrens Teeth are set on edge Behold saith the Lord all Souls are mine both the Soul of the Father and the Soul of the Son are mine the Soul that sinneth it shall dye Ezek. 18. 2 3 4 5. Jer. 31. 29 30. Shall we ascribe the Wages of Sin to those that never sinned Christ said Suffer little Children to come unto me and forbid them not for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven Matth. 19. 13 14. Mark 10. 13 14. And Christ saith Whosoever shall not receive the Kingdom of God as a little Child shall not enter therein Some were said to be sanctified from the Womb as John the Baptist the Prophet Jeremiah Chap. 1. 5. Before I formed thee in the Womb I knew thee and before thou camest out of the Womb I sanctified thee and ordained thee to be a Prophet unto the Nations But as to the General estate of Mankind the Apostle hath made known what man is by Nature dead in Sins and Trespasses and how man is saved 2 Ephes You hath he quickened who were dead in Trespasses and Sins Ephes 2. 1. And you who were dead in Sins and the Vncircumcision of your Flesh hath he Quickened together with him Forgiving you all your Trespasses 2 Ephes 5. When we were dead by Sins hath he quickened us together in Christ by whose Grace we are saved 2 Thes 2. 13. But we ought to give Thanks alwayes for you Brethren beloved of the Lord because God hath from the beginning chosen you to Salvation through Sanctification of the Spirit and Belief of the Truth Qu. 5. Whether the Soul or Spirit of a Man is Immortal Whether it will never dye Or Whether the Soul lives whilst the Body lies rotting in the Grave Answ Yea Immortal never Dyes but ever Lives which are all one The Querist might have spared such impertinant Reitterations Yea we believe and that really as the Body goeth to Dust so the Spirit returns to God that gave it for if in this Life we have hope only we are of all Men most Miserable Qu. 6. Whether the Bodies of the Saints shall be raised again by the Power of God out of their Graves at the last day Answ Yea Spiritual we believe according to Scripture the Resurrection of Just and Unjust and that each shall receive a reward according to things done in the Body The Righteous unto Everlasting Life and the Wicked unto Everlasting Condemnation Well but now we may say as the Apostle Paul said Awake to Righteousness a●d Sin not But yet some one may say How are the Dead Raised up and with what Bodys do they come Thou Fool that which thou sowest is not Quic●ened except it Dye and that which thou sowest thou sowest not that Body that shall be But God giveth it a Body as it hath pleased him and to every seed his own Body There are Coelestial Bodys and Bodys Terrestial but the Glory of the Coelestial is one and the Glory of the Terrestial is another There is a Natural Body and there is a Spiritual Body A●d as ●ne have born the Image of the Earthly we shall also bear the Image of the Heavenly but this I say Flesh and Blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God neither doth Corruption Inherit Incorruption 1 Cor. 15 34 35 36 37 38 40 44 45 50. Qu. 7. Whether Christ that suffered without the Walls of Jerusalem was true God and also true Man I demand a full direct Answer to this Question and pray let there be no Equivocation or shiftings here Answ Yea Christ was true God and true Man tho' it was as Man that he suffers for the Divinity and Manhood of Christ see Matth. 1. 23. John 1. 1 2 3 4. Prov. 8. 22 23 24. to the en● Psal 33. 6. Coll. 1. 16 1● Eph. 3. 9. Heb. 1. 2. Rom. 9. 5. Rev. 3 14. 1 John 5. 20. Psal 45. 6 7. Heb. 1. 9. Isa 9 6. 7. Chap. 32. 2. John 10. 29 and Chap. 14. 28. Rom. 1. 3 4. 1 Cor. 15. Chap. 3. 4 5 6 7 8 45 47. 1 Tim. 2. 5. Gal. 3. 20. Heb. 8. 6. chap. 9. 15. chap. 12. 24. And if the Querist will not believe us but think we Equivocate let him ask us no more Questions until he be more charitable Qu. 8. Whether Christ by his Holy Life and painful Death Satisfied the Justice of God that was offended by the Sin of Man and thereby merited Pardon of Sin and all other Mercies and Blessings for us Answ This Query appears not consistant in the matters implyed between satisfying offended Justice and Pardon of Sin or between a Strict payment and a forgiveness of the Debt Yet no doubt God was well pleased and so satisfied in his Dear Son Christ being the Son of his Love both in his Life Suffering and Death and all the Worth Merit Desert and Dignity thereof and truly ascribed unto Christ in Holy Scriptures for the universal good of Mankind we must needs own and highly esteem yet not as intended to acquit the Guilty nor to indemnifie Pardon or Justifie Persons in their Sins or without Faith in his Name true repentance and Conversion But that they may come under these conditions and receive Pardon thereupon Antiquery 1. How did Christ satisfy the offended Justice of the Father 2. Did he undergo vindicative Justice in the Offenders stead 3. Did he pay all the debt in Man's stead 4. And was it for all Mankind or for some only 5. Or did he not rather appease stay and suspend the Execution of Divine Vengeance and Wrath