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A42711 Election and reprobation scripturally and experimentally witnessed unto &c. wherein the love of God in Christ is freely and clearly held forth to all mankind ... / by ... William Gibson. Gibson, William, 1629-1684. 1678 (1678) Wing G681; ESTC R30407 94,220 120

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not to come to me for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven Mat. 19. 14. Concerning doing Good J. B. thou art a great Enemy to the Command of Christ who saith Be ye Perfect c. pag. 26. Thou bringest those words in Psal 14. which say There is none that do Good no not one Answ Those words were spoken of Mankind in the Fall to a Generation of Evil doers In the same Psalm God said Have all the Workers of Iniquity no Knowledge who eat up my People as they eat Bread and call not upon the Lord And in the next Verse he saith God is in the Generations of the Just and Righteous Here thou mayst see that there was a Just and Righteous Generation and those were Hated and Persecuted by the Workers of Iniquity for the Good that appeared in them which though the Lord was the Principal Worker of yet they as Instruments in his hand were acted in what was Righteous and Good Mat. 12. 34 35. And Christ saith The GOOD MAN out of the GOOD Treasure of his Heart bringeth forth GOOD things and the Evil Man out of the Evil Treasure of his Heart bringeth forth Evil Things By this thy Ungodly Plea against Christ's Command thou declarest thy self to be one of the Evil Men who brings out of thy Evil Treasures thy Evil Words against the plain Command of Christ and of God who said Be Holy for I the Lord your God am Holy and against the Doctrine of the holy Man who saith Cleanse your Hands ye Sinners Purifie your Hearts you Double-minded c. And again Let the Wicked for sake his Way and the Vnrighteousman his Thoughts let him Turn unto God and he will have Mercy on him c. Again Without Holiness no man shall see the Lord and Holiness becomes the Lords House forever And the Apostle said unto the Saints The House or Temple of God is Holy which House or Temple ye are And the Apostle Paul said to Christian Romans I am perswaded of you that ye are FULL the of all GOODNESS c. Rom. 15. 14. And again to the Hebrews Chap. 13. 16. the Author saith To do GOOD and to Communicate forget not for with such Sacrifice God is well-pleased Again Gal. 6. 10. Paul Exhorted the Saints To do GOOD unto all men especially to the Houshould of Faith And again to the Thessalonians Ever follow that which is GOOD And again Hold fast that which is GOOD 1 Thess 5. 15 21. Again Paul to Timothy the first Epistle Chap. 6. Vers 18. Charge them that are Rich in this World that they be not High-minded that they do GOOD and be Rich in GOOD WORKS c. Thus it appears from the Testimony of the holy men of God that the People of God both under the Law and Gospel were commanded to do that which was GOOD and by his power they were enabled to do GOOD So this is written in Love to J. B. as a just Rebuke for his Contempt of Christ's Command and encouraging People to continue in that which is Evil. Concerning the Righteousness of God and also of Man's own Righteousness J. B. as a Plea for Evil doing saith All our Righteousness are as filthy Rags and saith the Church confesseth so Isa 64. 6. Answ In this Chapter the Prophet Representeth and Lamenteth the Sinfull Apostatized State of the Jews saying Our Iniquities have carried us away like the Wind all our Righteousness is as filthy Rags In the same Chapter he also saith to the Lord Thou meetest him that rejoyceth and worketh Righteousness those that remember thee in thy Way Here again thou mayst see that there were two Generations one remembring God in his Way and working Righteousness therein and the other in their Iniquities which carried them away as the Wind. J. B. Though all the Righteousness of the Jews in their Apostacy were and are as filthy Rags yet the Righteousness of the true Christians the Church in God made of Living Stones chosen and precious are not as filthy Rags It were horrible Blasphemy to say so for Christ is the Righteousness of the true Christians as saith the holy Apostle But of him are ye in Christ Iesus who of God is made unto us Wisdom Righteousness Sanctification and Redemption see 1 Cor. 1. 30. J. B. Take notice of this Christ was and is in the true Christians made of God unto them Wisdom which Wisdom did and doth lead them out of sin which the Wisdom of the Serpent hath led into so Christ the Power and Wisdom of God who leads them out of Unrighteousness which is Sin he did and doth become THEIR Righteousness who Redeemeth and Sanctifieth them And this is the Righteousness which we the People of God called Quakers own stand and Plead for and NO OTHER This is the Righteousness which the Apostle Paul desired to be found in and not in his own Righteousness which was of the Law which he did sometime hold up in opposition to Christ the Substance as may be seen at large in his Epistle to the Philippians Chap. 3. The same Apostle said of the Jews in their Apostacy thus For they being Ignorant of God's Righteousness and going about to Establish their own Righteousness have not submitted themselves to the Righteousness of God for Christ is the end of the Law for Righteousness sake to every one that believes Rom. 10. 3 4. Christ offered up himself through the Eternal Spirit as a Lamb without Spot and Blemish who by offering up himself once for all put an End to the Jews Offerings of Lambs the Blood of Bulls and Goats and all the rest of their Carnal Shadowy Ordinances which could not take away Sin nor make the Comers thereunto Perfect as appertaining to the Conscience But the Unbelieving Jews continued their Sacrifices in opposition to Christ the Substance who had ended them and so they sought to be justified by the Shadowy Works of the Law which Christ had ended and though it was a Righteous thing in the sight of God that the Iews should observe and practice those Outward Shadowy Works of the Law which he had commanded until Christ had ended them yet when Christ had ended those Works by his one offering they still continued in them this was an Unrighteous thing in Gods sight therefore he rejected them yet they looked upon and judged what they did to be Righteous and this the Apostle esteems their own Righteousness so they did not submit to the Righteousness of God WHICH IS CHRIST but stumbled at the stumbling Stone as it s written And TOO like these are many of the Professors of our Times who hold up those JEWISH Shadows which never were a Command to us Gentiles in Opposition to Christ Jesus who saith I am the Light of the World and he that follows me shall not walk in Darkness but have the Light of Life and saith Believe in the Light that you may be the Children of the Light Now as