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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39120	Vindiciæ justificationis gratuitæ = Justification without conditions, or, The free justification of a sinner : explained, confirmed, and vindicated, from the exceptions, objections, and seeming absurdities, which are cast upon it, by the assertors of conditional justification : more especially from the attempts of Mr. B. Woodbridge in his sermon, entituled (Justification by faith), of Mr. Cranford in his Epistle to the reader, and of Mr. Baxter in some passages, which relate to the same matter : wherein also, the absoluteness of the New Covenant is proved, and the arguments against it, are disproved / by W. Eyre ...	Eyre, William, 1612 or 13-1670.; Owen, John, 1616-1683.	1654 (1654)	Wing E3947A; ESTC R40198	198,474	230

another time he would have taken my word for a greater matter I desired Mr. C. an Assembly man who sat next unto him to declare whether it were not so but he refused to speak though I urged him twice Had he remembred the words of our Saviour John 8.37 I dare say he would not have refused to perform so just an office At length a Gentleman that stood by one of the Parish Elders ingenuously acknowledged That I had truly alledged it Then Mr. W. denied their authority saying It was a Humane testimony I accepted his Answer and desired the people to remember what Mr. W. had told them knowing that many present would receive it sooner from him then they would from me That the Authority of the Assembly is but Humane and not Divine and Infallible and consequently That their Votes and Determinations are of no greater force then the Proofs and Reasons which do confirm them And therefore I immediately offered him Divine Authority in the Argument following If they with whom God did make the New Covenant when it was first revealed and exhibited were in that federal Act or Relation the types and figures of Jesus Christ then the New Covenant was made onely with Christ. For that which is attributed to a person as a type or figure belongs properly and peculiarly to the Antitype But all they with whom the New Covenant was made when it was first exhibited were in that federal Relation the types of Christ Ergo. The Minor was proved thus The New Covenant was made with Abraham but Abraham in his federal Relation or in receiving that Covenant was a type of Christ Ergo. Whereunto if it had been needful I had added divers other Instances as of Noah Phinehas David c. who in the respective Covenants which God made with them were also types and figures of Jesus Christ. The Covenant made with Noah Gen. 9.9 was as our Divines have observed the Covenant of Grace and that Scripture it self doth make it manifest Isai. 54.8 9. Now Noah in receiving the Covenant was a type of Christ for it followed immediately upon the offering up of his Sacrifice Chap. 8. v. 20 21. which clearly signified That all the effects of Gods Covenant are procured for us by that Sacrifice of a sweet smelling savor which Christ hath offered Eph. 5.2 So Phinehas his Covenant concerning the everlasting Priesthood Num. 25.12.13 was the very same which was confirmed by oath unto Christ Psal. 110.4 it was made with Phinehas as a Typical Mediator because he stood in the gap to turn away Gods wrath Verse 11. In like manner the Covenant made with David was the Covenant of Grace 2 Sam. 23.6 And therefore it is called The sure mercies of David Isai. 55.3 Now that David in receiving that Covenant was a type of Christ is evident from Acts 13.34 Psalm 89. verses 3 4 19 20 24 28 34 c. But I must return to Mr. W. who denied the Major viz. That the Covenant made with Abraham was the New Covenant which I proved in this wise If the whole New Covenant be comprised in this one promis● I will be thy God and the God of thy Seed then the New Covenant was made with Abraham But the whole New Covenant is comprised in this promise I will be thy God c. Ergo. He answered I deny all I replied to him That the Sequel is evident forasmuch as this promise is the sum of the Covenant made with Abraham Gen. 17. And the Assumption is acknowledged by all Divines that ever I met with nay the Apostle himself calls it the Gospel Gal. 3.8 If my memory fail not he affirmed That the Covenant made with Abraham was onely concerning temporal blessings as the Land of Canaan c. whereof Circumcision was a Seal I well remember That upon his often affirming that the New Covenant made with us is this Conditional promise If thou believest thou shalt be saved I offered him this Argument to evict the contrary If we are in Covenant or do partake of some benefits of the Covenant before we do believe then that conditional promise is not the New Covenant but we do partake of the same benefits of Covenant before wee doe believe Ergo. The reason of the Sequel is because the cond●tion must be performed before the benefit which is promised upon condition can be received The Minor was proved by a medium which Mr. Rutherford makes use of for the same purpose The Spirit which works Faith is given us before we do believe but the Spirit which works Faith is a blessing of the New Covenant and given us by vertue of the Covenant Ergo We do partake of some blessings or benefits of the New Covenant before we believe He denied That the Spirit which works Faith is given us by vertue of the New Covenant which I proved from the Tenor of the New Covenant mentioned Heb. 8.10 I will put my Laws in their minde c. and they shall all know me He denied That this was a promise of the Spirit which works Faith but rather of the Spirit of Adoption which follows Faith That it is a promise of the Spirit which works Faith was proved from John 6.45 where our Saviour having shewn that none do believe but by a Divine and Supernatural power No man can come to me except the Father draw him he addes It is written in the Prophets they shall be all taught of God i. e. God will give his Spirit unto all that are ordained to life which shall enable them to believe The places in the Prophets where this is written or promised are Isa. 54.13 and Jere. 31.34 which is cited by the Apostle Heb. 8. Then he denied That this was the New Covenant made with us whereunto I replied The New Covenant which is made with Spiritual Israel is the Covenant made with us but this Covenant is made with Spiritual Israel Ergo. His Answer was I deny all Though the Major be as clear as the Sun That all the Elect whether Jews or Gentiles are Spiritual Israel or the Seed of Abraham See the Ninth Tenth and Eleventh Chapters to the Romans and Gal. 3.26 29. And the Assumption is in the Text This is the Covenant that I will make with the house of Israel in those days c. And therefore I rejoyned Contra negantem principia non est disputandum and so our Conference brake off I have here given the Reader a true Narrative of our Discourse concerning this matter wherein I take the Lord to witness I have not wittingly concealed or added a syllable to vary either from his sence or my own § 2. I shall now return to his Printed Discourse and take things in the same order as they lie before us The Argument as he hath formed it runs thus If we are in Covenant before we believe then we are justified before we believe but we are in Covenant before we believe Ergo. Wherein