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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A84741	Truths vindication of election, and reprobation Wherein is shewed, Christ the cause of election; sin the cause of reprobation. The iustice of God is likewise cleared from that which is layd upon him by many; (namely) that some shall one day be damned for unbelief, and yet he never gave a Christ for them to beleeve in. Most of the strongest objections that scriptures or reason can make, answered. By William Fouler minister of the gospel at Ingworth in Norffolk.	Fowler, William, minister of Ingworth, Norfolk.	1652 (1652)	Wing F1639; Thomason E1376_4; ESTC R209255	16,436	44

Truths Vindication OF Election and Reprobation Wherein is shewed CHRIST the cause of Election Sin the cause of Reprobation The Iustice of God is likewise cleared from that which is layd upon him by many namely That some shall one day be damned for Unbelief and yet he never gave a CHRIST for them to beleeve in Most of the strongest Objections that Scriptures or Reason can make Answered By WILLIAM FOULER Minister of the Gospel at Ingworth in Norffolk Try all things hold fast that which is good God is not willing that any should perish but come to life and be saved For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth saith the Lord God Wherefore turn your selves and live ye London Printed for the Author and are to be sold by Thomas Mathews at the Cock in Pauls Church-yard 1652. The Epistle to the Reader Courteous Reader THat which causeth me to bring forth these few lines to publique view is these Reasons First to clear the gracious God so far as he hath enabled me of Heaven and Earth from that which poor dark creature lay upon him which is that he will as most say condemn some one day for not believing in his Son Christ and yet never gave a Christ for them to believe in but without reference to sin or transgression hath left most of the sons and daughters of men from all eternity in a perishing condition Secondly I have published this because poor sinners may see there is mercy yet for them in Gospel-declarations what the Gospel speaks it is truth there being in God no contrary desire or end Thirdly that those soules which find experimentally these truths of God within them they might advance the glory of God and the riches of his Grace in Jesus Christ and walk up unto him with holy lives and conversations Fourthly to satisfie severall Christian friends which are importunate that others may feed of the same Bunches of Grapes as they do that they may long after that spiritual Canaan which bears sweet fruits giving forth its fruit in due season My desire is that all to whom this small peece shall come they would with a single eye weigh what is layd down for Grounds and how proved I know it will be under the censure of some but it matters not it is not he who man approves but whom God approveth the spirituall will be able to judge of it And thus Reader I commit thee to the great God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ desiring this may be profitable for the comfort of thy soul Resting Thine in every Office of the Gospel WILLIAM FOWLER Truths Vindication OF Election and Reprobation GOd the Father hath been pleased to make forth himself a God of great love to Mankind having bowels of compassion to poor sinners tenders of Mercy towards them when the creature durst not look the Father in the face having sinned against him I mean when we were in Adam he being a publique man that is the whole Creation being in him his sin became ours Rom. 5. 18. and we became noxious before the Father and in a naked condition sewing Fig-leaves together to cover us In this estate did the Fathers great love appear by sending of his Son Jesus Christ to Redeem these poor fallen ones Iohn 3. 16. God so loved the World that he gave his onely begotten Sonne that whosoever beleeveth should not perish but have everlasting life Quest Did Christ redeem all those that were last in Adam Answ Yea Rom. 5 18 So likewise then as by the sin of one condemnation Thus Mr. Tindales translation reads it came on all men even so by the Justifying of one cometh the righteousness that bringeth life upon all men That is Christ being Justified and Righteous did undergo for the lump of Mankind bearing that was due unto man in his own body Isa 53. 4. He hath borne our griefs And upon this accompt he brought life upon all that is by his sufferings did satisfie divine Justice a Isa 53. 11. for the sin that Adam brought upon us whereby life came in I say by his death came life as many as dyed in the first Adam are made alive in the last Adam 1 Cor. 5. 22. 2 Cor. 5. 14 15. Quest But it is commonly sayd that it were just with God to take and cast into hell so soon as they are born into the World Answ I say that punishment which was due unto us by the sin of the first Adam is taken away by the death of the second Adam Heb. 9. 15. That by the meanes of death for the redemption of the Transgressions that were under the first Testament compared 2 Pet. 1. 9. Now if any say damnation in hell shall be given for Adams sin I demand where that Scripture is to be found Quest But is it not said by David that he was shapen in iniquity and in sin his mother conceived him Ps 51. 5 And we are by nature the children of wrath Eph. 2. 3. And Job querieth Job 14. 4. Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean therfore sure there is original sin Answ David I suppose speaks of the sin of his mother he speaketh not of damnation neither doth Paul nor Iob. But the blessed Apostle Paul saith Ephes 2. 23. They were by nature the children of wrath that was when they walked according to the course of the world when they walked acording to the Prince of the air when their conversation was after the flesh fulfilling the desires of the flesh and mind In this estate he all that are such actors are the children of wrath now untill the creature cometh to maturity they cannot walk according to the course of the World or the Prince of the air these cannot fulfill the lusts of the flesh and mind So that you see this maketh not for damnation as being simply born into the World neither doth that blessed man Job affirm any such thing I will not deny but that we by nature are unclean and stand in opposition against God but there is of God given forth to the creature through Christ to change nature and to bring the soul home to himself as I shall shew afterwards By this I hope you see that none shall perish for Adams sin take some ground from Scripture Ezek. 18. 4. 20. nay most of the Chapter is to this purhose Object But God saith in the 20 Exod. 5. That he will visit the sins of the father upon the children unto the third and fourth generation Ans I grant it but see the same Text telleth you who they are they are the haters of God that is if the father and the son are both haters of God both dye for it but he vvill shew mercy on thousands that love him the 18 of Ezek. doth clear this Quest But if this be so then all children that die in their infancy are saved Answ It may well be so concluded upon for I do not

of themselves with mankind nor Thieves nor Drunkards nor Revilers nor Extortioners shall inherit the Kingdom of God compared with Eph. 5. v. 5 6. Let no man deceive you with vain words for because of these things commeth the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience From these you see that condemnation is inflicted for these as well as unbelief Ans How is it possible that men should be Teachers in Israel and know not these things I grant the wrath of God nay condemnation commeth on those that commit those things but these are the works of Unbelievers I say unbelief is the cause that such sins are committed for which things sake commeth the wrath of God on the children of disobedience that is unbelief where the soul is an unbeliever there such sins are committed But where the soul is united to Christ through the Spirit that soul is a true believer that soul is born of God that soul abideth in God See 1 John 3. 9. he that is born of God sinneth not that is doth not wittingly and wilfully rush on sin or thus that which is born of God doth not nor cannot sin v. 6. but the unregenerate part is warring against the Spirit so in many things we offend all so by this you see who they are and for what men are damned namely for unbelief see Joh. 3. 18 19. This is the condemnation that light is come into the world but men love darkness rather than light because their deeds are evill compared with the 36. vers He that believeth on the Son hath life he that believeth not the Son shall not see life but the wrath of God abideth on him likewise In the 8. ch of John ver 24. saith Christ to the Jews if ye believe not that I am he ye shall die in your sins And that is full for this purpose Mark 16. 16. He that believeth not shall be damned And this must needs be the sin against the Holy Ghost spoken of Matth. 12. 31 32. I mean finall and totall unbelief he that never believeth Indeed I know there hath been abundance spoken and written about the definition of this sinne against the Holy Ghost what it should be some say this some that and most say it is to sin against knowledge which cannot be for then who would be saved for the Lord knoweth that both Ministers and People have sinned against knowledge that hath been acted by both which the conscience hath been perswaded ought not to be done But thousands can now speak experimentally that there is remission of sinnes yea can behold a reconciled God through Jesus Christ for what hath been acted by them wilfully But those that persist in unbelief and despise the Gospell shall find no mercie these are said Heb. 16. 29. to do despite to the Spirit of Grace And thus much to prove unbelief the condemning sinne much more of this nature might be said but I forbear and proceed to the fourth Reason Indeed some of these Objections should have been placed before Fourthly Gospell Ministers must needs preach Christ dyed for all First because it sets forth the great love of God to poor sinners without respect of persons Rom. 2. 11. Secondly thereby the creature is left without excuse having a Christ to beleeve in that they might bee saved Joh. 3. 17. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world but that the world through him might be saved compared with Joh. 1. 9. he is that is Christ the true light that lighteth every man that commeth into the world Thirdly Because this being a truth that Christ dyed for all doth clear the Eternall Father condemnation being of mans self Hosea 13. 9. O Israel thou hast destroyed thy self and our blessed Saviour saith to the Jewes O Ierusalem Ierusalem which killest c. how often would I have gathered thy children together as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings and yee would not Luk. 13. 34. And how is condemnation of mans self but for refusing of their own mercy Jonah 2. 8. vers And how doth the soul refuse its own mercy but by slighting of Jesus Christ but by spurning against the Gospell Prov. 1. 20 21 22 23 24 25. And truely this is the condemnation of most in the world to despise the Gospel to refuse Christ in the Gospel loving pleasure and sinne more than the wages of righteousness counting the waies of God even strange waies according to that saying by the Prophet Hosea 8. 12. The sum of all is this that those that one day perish as many shall shall not perish because Christ dyed not for them but because they have refused despised and stood in opposition against him Salvation of God and condemnation of mans self FINIS