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A91998	A den of theeves discovered. Or certaine errours and false doctrines, delivered in a sermon at a visitation holden at Baldocke in the county of Hertford, Decemb. 9. 1641. By Henry Denne, curate at Pyrton in Hertfordshire. And since printed by his owne appointment. Contradicted justly by many of the auditors. And confuted by Thomas-Atvvood Rotherham, now rector of St John Zacharies, London, and sometimes vicar of Iclkeford in Hertfordshire, neare Hitchin. Here you have the point of iustification by free grace fully handled, together with many difficult places of Scriptnre [sic] (much abused) plainly expounded; and some speciall cases of conscience resolved, whereby the weakest Christian, in the greatest conflict, may gather true and solid comfort. With severall tables very necessary and usefull for the reader. Published by authority.	Rotherham, Thomas Atwood, d. 1657.	1643 (1643)	Wing R2000; Thomason E251_3; ESTC R212516	114,466	110

not onely the separation of the soule from the body but the punishment which is inflicted upon us from an angry God so that it comprehends eternall destruction and thus every wicked man that is out of Christ is through the feare of death temporall as being the gate to eternall death all his life time subject to bondage The beleeving Jewes were not subject to this bondage they were the Sonnes of God and did receive the spirit of adoption and this slavish feare and bondage was taken away from them by Christ for they were the sonnes of God by adoption as well as wee Pa. 54. To prove that this was a bondage of conscience saith he What is it that makes death bitter but the sting of death and what is the sting of death but sin Wherefore they had conscience of sin This is a doctrine most injurious to the people of God in those times against the blood of Christ certainly the sting of death so of conscience was by Christ taken from them and they could say as well as beleevers now as it is (d) Nec quicquam obstabit quin olim corpora nostra resuscitentur fiat quod olim per propheras Apo●●olos praedictum est Gual in loc hom 87. Verba Prophetae vel Apostoli laetantis Hos 13.14 Glo. Ordin 1 Cor. 15.55 56 57. O death where is thy sting O grave where is thy victory The sting of death is sin and the strength of sin is the Law but thankes be to God who hath given us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ Pag. 55. he argues thus If the Jewes betweene Moses time and John Baptist were under the Law then under the curse that they were under the Law is proved Gal. 3.23.24 But if under the Law then under the curse Gal. 3.10 Can he prove that because the Apostle saith Before faith came we were kept under the Law therefore the Jewes were under the curse and from Moses to John Baptists time lived and died under the curse which must of necessitie follow Never did any man mis-apply and mis-interpret-Scripture more grossely for this place will prove clearely that their being kept under the Law was not a curse but a blessing upon them and that in a high degree 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 (e) Erat lex quoddam 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 munimentum quo circumse ptus populus ille conspicuus inexpugnabilis impermixtus usque ad Christum conservabatur ab aliis populis separatus permanebat Pareus in loc 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifieth to be fenced about with a garrison of men God did give unto this nation many particular priviledges they being a peculiar people unto himselfe as the morall Law written the Priesthood Rites Ceremonies and forme of government now the Law was quoddam 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is a wall of defence with which the people were hedged in round about and were conspicuous inexpugnable kept separated from other nations untill the comming of Christ thus to be kept under the Law was a peculiar favour of God to thē above al other nations in the world as God himself witnesseth Deut. 4.7 8. For what nation is there so great who hath God so nigh unto them as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for And what nation is there so great that hath statutes and judgements so righteous as all this Law which I set before you this day This place doth confute him the (f) Dicturi erant pscudoapostoli Etiamsi cōcedamus justitiam non manare ex lege sed ex gratuita in Christo promissione quum tamen Deus quem semper unum sui similem esse testatus est oeconomiam istam Mosaicam constituerit c. quo jure vis illam abo●ere Responder Apostolus temporariam fuisse istam oeconomiam Beza in loc scope and designe of the Apostle is to confute the false Apostles who were ready to say Although we grant righteousnesse not to come by the Law but from the free promise in Christ Notwithstanding God who is unchangeable did give the Mosaicall Law and oeconomie as you confesse to bring us to Christ how then can this stand with the unchangeablenesse of God that this Law should be abolished The Apostle makes answer that by Gods appointment this was but Temporarie and to endure but till faith came that is till Christs comming in the flesh for Faith is taken metonymically for the principall object of Faith and it were fearefully desperate to thinke that all the people from Moses to John Baptist lived so under the Law as that they were without faith in Jesus Christ Thus you see this place maketh against him and in stead of a curse pronounceth a blessing it being the blessing of God upon the Jewes to be kept under the Law till Faith came that is till Christs incarnation The beleeving Jewes before the comming of Christ were under the Law in respect of Ceremonies but not in respect of the malediction curse thereof To conclude this if by the Law of Moses we understand the Mosaicall Politie so the Law by the comming of Christ was abolished if by the Law wee understand the morall Law or ten Commandements the curse of the Law is and was ever taken away in regard of all true beleevers living in all ages of the world (a) Causa abrogationis manifesta haec est Deus singulari beneficio constituit politiam Mosaicam ut esser certa fedes certa gens quali Schola in qua servatetur doctrina de Filio Dei repeterentur promissiones adderentur illustrissima testimonia in qua certum esset Filium assumpta natura humana concionaturum esse fururum victimam resurrecturum esse editurum testimonia doctrinae quia Deus de his tantis rebus vult nos certos esse voluit autem postea finem esse hujus politiae Melancthon par 2. de leg pag mihi 251. And likewise consider it as a guard whereby the Jewes were fenced in and separated from all other nations so it is by Christs comming abolished Consider it as a rule of life Thus Angels are under the Law Adam before his fall the Saints now in heaven And none yeeld more subjection to it then they this subjection is their libertie and thus the Law considered as a rule of life is the will of God and is eternall as God himselfe Let us goe on and see how he can prove from Gal. 3.10 That the people being under the Law were under the curse The intent of the Apostle in this place is to prove justification by Faith in opposition to the workes of the Law as Vers 8 9. And the Scripture foreseeing that God would justifie the Heathen through Faith preached before the Gospel unto Abraham saying In thee shall all Nations be blessed So then they which be of Faith are blessed with faithfull Abraham for as

truth as it was in Christ Jesus who was ever to all beleevers as it is Joh. 14.6 The way the truth and the life No man cometh to the Father but by mee Moses could never come to the Father but by this way and this truth it is blasphemy therfore to say he did not speak according as the truth was in Christ Jesus who was ever that one truth in all ages of the world to all the people of God Againe had not Moses a Conscience sprinkled with the bloud of Christ and did he not in Christ apprehend Gods reconciled face to him in the full pardon and free remission of all his sinnes Why then if Moses spake truth according to conscience shadowing forth the bloud of Christ by the bloud of Bulls and Goats to bee that which did sprinkle the Conscience from dead workes to serve the living God it must needs bee that he spake the truth as it is in Christ Jesus Christ being ever the same in all Ages to the Consciences of all beleevers and certainely Moses spake nothing but what did accord with the truth as it was and is in Christ Jesus he being alwayes that same Truth But to prove this pag. 27. he saith this was the hidden mystery kept secret since the world began but now is made manifest Rom. 16.25 as though this was hidden all the time from Moses to John the Baptist It is strange a man should thus apply Scripture without unfolding the sense of it but it is his course throughout his Booke The scope (r) Quasi restimonii loco ne de praedicatione apostolica quisquam dubitare queat Scripturas propheticas commemotat ut admoneat Evangelii doctrinam nihil habere novi vel ficti sed id tradere quod prophetae olim futurum praedixerint Muscu in loc Hoc additur ne recens hujus Mysterii patefactio suspecta cuiquam fit infirma Testimonium inquit habet prophetarum Pet. Mar. in loc Adeo enim luculentum testimonium reddiderunt Evangelio prophetae omnes ut aliunde melius confirma●● nequeat Calvin in loc of this place if you consider the connexion with the 26. vers but now is made manifest and by the Scriptures of the Prophets according to the commandement of the everlasting God made knowne to all Nations for the obedience of faith is quite contrary to his application of it and makes against him And by the Scriptures of the Prophets The Apostle makes mention of this if any should make doubt of his Preaching as a sufficient evidence to prove that the Doctrine of the Gospell was no new or fained Doctrine And that he did deliver nothing but what of old the Prophets did foretell should come to passe And therefore it could not be a mystery hidden and kept secret from Moses and the Prophets as he affirmes falsely for then they should have foretold that which they knew not which no man well in his wits will speake or thinke They did foreknow and foresee all those things concerning Christ which afterwards were accomplished This you may see proved Luk. 18.31 Then he tooke unto him the twelve and said unto them Behold we goe up to Jerusalem and all things that are written by the Prophets concerning the Sonne of man shall be accomplished By (s) Secundum revelationem mysterii id est secreti scil de conversione gentium Si autem loquamur de mysterio incarnationis c. Aquin. Com●n Epist ad Rom. cap. 16. lect 2. mystery is understood First the calling of the Gentiles Secondly Christs incarnation This was the hidden mystery in regard of the Gentiles who before the comming of Christ did sit in darkenesse and in the shadow of death And now is made manifest and how could the (t) De gentibus nulla quaestio est quiante adventum Christi sedebant in umbra mortis nee vitam hanc aeternam quain Christus suis artulit aut intelligebant aut expetebant Qui poterant cum venturae Messiae praedictiones erant sacris Scripturis consignatae divina autem haec oracula crant Judaeis peculia suit igitur gentilibus simpliciter omni modo absconditum hoc mysteri●● Daven in loc Gentiles know this seeing the predictions of the Messiah to come were set downe and contained in the holy Scriptures And these divine oracles were peculiar to the Jewes onely Psal 147.19.20 He sheweth his word unto Jacob his Statutes and his judgements unto Israel he hath not dealt so with any Nation The Gospell was hid from the Gentiles simply Not so from the Jewes but comparatively in comparison of the cleare light and manifestation of it since the incarnation of Christ as the Apostle himselfe expounds it Ephes 3.5 which in other ages was not made knowne to the sonnes of men as it is now revealed unto his holy Apostles and Prophets by the Spirit So by this it is plaine it was in other ages made knowne To use then this Scripture namely (*) Perpende totū progressum mysterii suit quidem ab aeterno dispos●ū in Deo absconditum suit postea perprophetas patefactū in tempore hominibus ut crederent postremo agnitum revelatū gentibus Cadinal Tol. com in loc Rom. 16.25 to prove that this mystery was kept secret and hidden from the people of the Jewes from Moses to John Baptists time is a false interpretation and misse-application of it if he lookes into the 26. verse he may see this mystery is made manifest by the Scriptures of the Prophets thus you see his exposition is a contradiction if made manifest by their writings then manifested to them Againe he useth 1 Pet. 1.10 11 12. The mystery the Prophets searched after as if he could prove by this place that this mystery was hid and kept secret from Moses and the Prophets but this Scripture makes altogether against his absurdity and plainely proves the contrary The Apostles (u) Scopus Apostoli est removere calumniam illam qua etiam tum temporis doctrina Christiana gravabatur esse eam doctrinam novam atque hactenus inauditam atque incognitam contrarium ergo hic asserit Petrus declarans etiam ab ipsis pro phetis eam esse testificatam ac praedicatam Jacobus Lauren. com in loc aime here is to take off an aspersion which some at that time cast upon the Doctrine of the Gospell saying as it is Act. 17.19 May we know what this new Doctrine whereof thou speakest is They did account it a new unknowne unheard of Doctrine the Apostle affirmes the contrary declaring that it is the same which was testified and Preached by the Prophets themselves who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you Searching what or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signifie when it testisied beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glory that should follow So that from this place it is evident the Prophets did not onely declare the time but the