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A49338	Mercy triumphant, the kingdom of Christ enlarged beyond the narrow bounds which have been wont to be set unto it by Edward Lane, minister of the Gospel ; being an antidote against a book lately come out, of Doctor DuMoulin's, called Moral reflections upon the number of the elect, wherein the said author will prove by Scripture, that not one in a hundred thousand (nay probably not one in a million) from Adam down to our times shall be saved.	Lane, Edward, 1605-1685.	1680 (1680)	Wing L333; ESTC R17029	54,157	64

deserve to be marked with a black Coal of perpetual Infamy and to be held accused Sed a fabis Abstinendum the Memory which is here made and commended is to be Inter Cognitores not Inter Contemptores nor Consultores not among Despisers Censurers or Jgnaroes but among such as know God and are acquainted with his Grace and who will therefore say upon better Warrant than these Judges of evil thoughts Fiat verbum dei ruat Coelum God will have a Generation Maugre the Malice of Hell which shall secretly and to the World undiscernably spring up out of this cursed Root and be born again For to this purpose saith the Psalmist this man was borne there and again this man was born there viz. In the City of God signifying that many the singular Number being put collectively for the Plural should be born there not of Chush nor of Miszraim nor of Canaan though their Progenitours by Nature but of God who as he formed man at first out of the Dust of the Earth so can he form in these Egyptians Babylonians Phylistins Tyrians Morians the new Creature out of the Rubbish of Cham and Canaan c. in a way and manner unknown to us as seemeth good unto him Materials indeed very unfit unapt and uncapable of such a Form but that the second Adam being 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 had his Birth also with them and in them for so saith the Psalmist again this man was borne there that is in St. Austins Sense and a very good Sense it is Altissimus qui fundavit Civitatem factus est in eâ i. e. the most High viz. Jesus Christ who establisheth Sion was born there his Birth it was that produced theirs And doubtless if they were formed by Christ or as the Apostles Word is Christ was formed in them though neither Moses nor the Prophets nor Pastors nor Teachers did with their Midwifery give their Attendance at the Travel we must say they were also as new Creatures born again when the Children were at the Birth God alone gave strength to perfect it Hereupon followeth singing and rejoycing in Heaven among the Angels of God Luk. 15.10 where all Springs of spiritual Joy do flow abundantly Thus it is usual with us here in this World when our Children are borne among us safe and sound Singers and Players on Instruments Praecontor et Chorus are called to make our Mirth increase and our Joy to be more abundant If then Gods Heart be enlarged and his Mercies extended towards his poor Creatures the Heathen and consequently towards the major part of mankind to save them from their Sins is it fit that we should be straitned in our Bowels to them what though Multitudes in the World have not such means of Salvation as we have The use that we are to make hereof is to be thankful and fruitful in all holy Obedience not to Despise much less to Condemne others who may be as dear in Gods account as our selves for like as weighty Eares of Corne have been seen commonly to grow out of the compass of the tilled Feild yea as Corne hath grown up abundantly without any Tillage at all or any sort of Husbandry bestowed upon it called therefore by People in all places self-sown and rather than God will suffer his Family here on Earth to want and his Glory thereby to be lessened he will feed them with the Corne of Heaven so may God have a People dear unto him scattered abroad in the World without the Verge of his visible Church and the Seed of his Word and Grace may without the use of ordinary means spring up in the Hearts of Men dwelling in that dark places of the Earth though the way and manner of its springing be best known unto himself neither are we worthy to be of his Counsel in it We read of sundry Persons in Scripture viz. Job and his three Friends and Jethro and Naaman and Cornelius with many more who did worship the true God having for ought we see small means of true knowledg besides the working Spirit of a gracious God that enlightned them inclining their Hearts to a willing submission to his Law which being so have we not good reason to think because Gods Mercies sail not the same of others in all the Generations that have been and to hope the like of many more in the Generations that now are and that are to come In short let a case be here put according to the common way of Arguing A good King hath a care of all his Subjects without exception his Protection reacheth to them all they all have the Benefit of his Lawes and if it lay in his Power he would make them all Rich and happy yea he would make them all Kings like himself that so he might have the more Honour by their Subjection to him though they for the generality of them keep themselves low and beggerly by their want of Wisdom for the improvement of his Favour In the mean time he chuseth out some to stand continually in his Presence to be his Nobles Lieutenants and Counsellours of State while other are kept at a distance from him that the Majesty of his Peson and the Glory of his Kingdom might not be exposed to contempt in the sight of his Enemies by their Sordidness and Simplicity whom nevertheless when by their taking more special notice of his goodness or by his sending his Son Incognito to make his Mind better known unto them which he can and will do by his secret Instructions they thereupon come to be wiser and more worthy of his Sight and Presence he will receive them all without any distinction into his Grace and Favour but when any shall offend by breaking his Laws who yet are but few in a well-ordered Commonwealth compared commonly with those that are Loyal and obedient he then maketh them to feel the Smart of his Displeasure some by condigne Penalties laid upon their Persons and Estates and other by suffering Death and Torture according to the quality of their Offences Here is the case and whether or no the Circumstances do suit well with our present matter in hand I will leave to my Readers discretion let him make the comparison But seeing the Proverb often proves true viz. Longum iter per praecepta and we may add thereto per Comparata little good is to be done by telling men of Rules or putting Cases let us further see what force there may be in an Example which if rightly applied will suffice to convince the upstart Judges of this World Ni sapis exemplis desipiendo sapis who are hasty to pronunce a Sentence of Eternal Condemnation upon a numberless Multitude of People Men Women and Children and that before such time as a Legal Trial hath past upon any of them which is worse than that we read of in the Psalme which nevertheless is an abhorrency to all Flesh to murther the Widow and the Stranger and

Mercy Triumphant THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST ENLARGED Beyond the Narrow Bounds which have been wont to be set unto it By Edward Lane Minister of the Gospel BEING An Antidote against a Book lately come out of Doctor Du-Moulin's CALLED Moral Reflections upon the number of the Elect. WHEREIN The said Author will prove by Scripture that not one in a Hundred Thousand nay probably not one in a Million from Adam down to our Times shall be saved LONDON Printed for William Crooke at the Green Dragon without Temple-Barr 1680. TO THE READER Christian Reader A Certain Book hath lately been scattered among us Entituled Moral Reflections upon the number of the Elect proving plainly as it pretendeth from Scripture-Evidence that not one in a hundred Thousand nay probably not one in a Million from Adam down to our times shall be saved It is certainly a very bold Sally that is hereby made upon us all poor men the whole World over Tanto Hiatu to drive us like Sheep so furiously into such a dreadful Precipice from whence there can be no recovery The Commander of this Sally is it seems by the Word fixed upon the Front Dr. Lewis du Moulin late History-Professor in Oxford which the Printer as his Antesignanus carryeth before him that he might be the more formidable For as for the Word viz. proved plainly by Scripture Evidence I will not say it is a plain Lie though I might without any Offence before wise Men but it is a false Alarm as this following Discourse shall cleerely demonstrate Which Discourse though it was never intended to put a Stop to his Carriere for I had not so much as heard of it till about the time of writing this Epistle but it was only commended to the Inspection of an honest Judicious Friend a Minister of the Gospel in or about London with whom I have some Acquaintance and because I would not lean too much to my own Understanding nor yet rely upon the Judgment of one single man in a Matter of this Moment I did desire it might be imparted to others also by him that they might give their Opinion of it But assoon as I heard of this Furious Zealot that he had proclaimed the worst Defiance that can be imagined against the major part of mankind and that in such peremptory Terms not to be endured by any who are not void of all Humanity I could not be quiet in my Mind till I had caused this poor Scout armed some Months before to go with as much speed as might be to proclaim the Peace with which I had Entrusted it Not but that I like well of this Doctors Zeal in taking men off from their sinful Security of which there is great need in this Generation only we must not as good Job adviseth us speak wickedly for God but I utterly abhor his Wresting of Holy Scripture to make it a Patron to his Corrupt Phansy He considers not poor man how much Disservice he hath done to Jesus Christ by this Pestilent Book nor how much he hath gratified the Devil by it His Arguments are generally Vain and Childish which I could easily make evident But I doubt not some that are more able will undertake him who with a full strength both from Scripture and right Reason will sufficiently make the Folly of them manifest nor is it likely he should scape without a severe Check from our Universities which Will not I presume suffer our Church and Nation to be tamely Deluded in a Point that deeply concerns the Honour of our great Redeemer Jesus Christ and that by a French Foreiner He is indeed a Stranger unto me I knew I confess one of his Name about fifty Years past that was a Lecturer in a Church near London-Stone but for this Doctor I never so much as saw him that I know of nor heard of him till I heard of this Pamphlet of his so destructive to the precious Souls of Men and by which I would I had not had the Occasion now to know him but knowing him so far as I do I wish heartily he may have Grace to repent him of this his pernicious Tenet wherein he utters Words bordering upon Blasphemy viz. That what he writes of this Subject is as great a Truth as any can be in the World Os durum Apage Rather it may be said there can scarcely be found a grosser Untruth than this that he hath now published But as I have said I wish he may repent of it by a timely Retractation of it in publick that he may wipe off that soul Blot which he hath by it brought upon his Name and that he may himselfe escape thereby the Hazard he is in of running Headlong into the same Danger whereto he judges many Millions of People more dear it may be in Gods account than himself which Danger Mr. Baxter whom he so highly Extols was careful to avoid for thus he writeth in the second Part of his Defence of the Principles of Love Pag. 40. I confess saith he I Affect none of the Honour of that Orthodoxness which consisteth in Sentencing Millions and Kingdoms to Hell whom I am not acquainted with But this Doctors Ambition is to be the Chair-man amongst all the rest of these Judges of evil Thoughts viz. to pronounce the Sentence though the best of it is his Sentence will not be Enrolled in Heaven when his Rashness in pronouncing it will without Repentance be there upon Record against him He hath likewise it seems Ingratiated himself with a noble Personage to whom he Dedicates his Book and whom he humbly Beggs to lay at her Honours Feet for Protection But it is scarce to be believed that upon a diligent Searching into the Matter any of a noble Extraction Virtuous Disposition and Christian Education will so much as Countenance him in this his Unchristian Assertion Nevertheless should he so far prevail with his sly Insinuations as to obtain a Patronizing of it for my part my Resolution shall ever be this Floreat Evangelium ruat Caelum Farewel E. L. Mercy Triumphant THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST ENLARGED Beyond the narrow Bounds which have been wont to be set unto it IT hath been a Tradition a long time among all sorts of People Learned and Unlearned That because our Lord Jesus Christ in his Sermon on the Mount gave such strict Precepts that never any Lawgiver did the like adding withal a severe Warning to his Disciples in these words Enter ye in at the strait Gate for wide is the Gate Mat. 7.13.14 and broad is the Way that leadeth to Destruction and many there be which go in thereat Because strait is the Gate and narrow is the Way which leadeth unto Life and few there be that find it Meaning probably thereby that they should not take to themselves that Liberty which was commonly used by other People in the World but be very exact in observing those Rules of an elevated Nature which he had set them