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scripture_n	abraham_n	faith_n	righteousness_n	4,321	5	8.3974	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A82307	Christ held forth by the Word, the onely way to the Father. Or A treatise discovering to all, the difference betweene lawes, bondage, and the Gospels liberty. / By Ionas Dell.	Dell, Jonas, d. 1665.	1646 (1646)	Wing D911; Thomason E1170_2; ESTC R208813	20,080	52

attaine unto by the Law thou maist know thy selfe to be a sinner by it and so be under a curse but if thou meane to have life I told thee where it is to be had thou must deny thy selfe and take Christ for thy way to the Father though thou maist go to hell by the deeds yet if thou go to Heaven thou must go by Christ though the way to Hell be broad yet the way to Heaven is streight Mat. 7.14 that is so streight that there is no entring but by Jesus Christ so then it must not be by thy duties nor by performances nor by thine own righteousnesse our Saviour Christ did speake of some in his time Mat. 7.22 many will say Lord Lord unto me in that day have we not prophesied in thy name and in thy name cast out divills and in thy name have done many wonderfull works yet Christ will not own them Christ will looke upon thy righteousnesse as filthy rags as a poluted cloath Esa 4 5.24 so Salomon saith I saw a righteous man perish in his righteousnesse Now for a man to thinke to go to the Father by his own righteousnesse it is to perish and to fall short of Heaven and that Paul did know full well for saith he I desire not to be found in mine own righteousnesse which is of the Law but the righteousnesse which is of faith of Jesus Christ so then it is plaine that it is Christ alone that takes us from Bondage and thraldome and sets us at Liberty and then causes us to stand fast in that Liberty whereby he hath made us free Againe I will shew you what kind of Liberty Christ is to the Saints first he is a free way to the Saints they may goe boldly and freely to the Father by Jesus Christ Paul goeth boldly to God being confident that God would heare his prayers Heb. 4.16 Let us come with boldnesse before the Throne of Grace that we may obtaine mercy and finde grace in time of need so Christ saith come and take of the water of life freely there is benefit by having Christ for thy way he will give thee living water whosoever shall drink of the water which I shall give him shall never be more athirst but the water that I shall give him shall be in him as a well of water springing up unto everlasting life John 4.14 so you see Christ is a free way and a refreshing way and therefore behold with joy may you draw water out of the well of salvation Esa 12.3 Secondly Christ is a free way to all commers he is a way for drunkards and for swearers and for uncleane persons and for the ungodly Rom. 5.8 thus God commendeth his love to us in that while we were sinners Christ died for us Christ died for sinners there is not a barr set up against any person whatsoever though thou art a grievous sinner yet if thou canst believe that Christ died for thee he is as free a way for thee as for any other for what saith the Scripture Abraham believed God and it was accounted unto him for righteousnesse Rom. 4.5 but to him that worketh not but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly his faith is accounted to him for righteousnesse for if thou canst believe in Jesus Christ and if the free grace of Christ doth out-bid all thy lusts then Christ is thy way to the Father Rom. 5.6 do not say thou art a great sinner and therefore keepe of from God do not deprive thy selfe of Christ for Christ died for the ungodly Rom. 5.6 thou shalt not be condemned if thou do believe this is that which is required of thee by Jesus Christ that is to believe Zack 13.1 there is a fountaine opened for sin and for uncleannesse that is there is a way opened for the worst of sinners to come to God by Christ those that do come unto him he will in no wise cast of and if thou do come he will make thee cleane Christ will sprinkle cleane water upon thee and thou shalt be cleane therefore do not trouble thy selfe so much with the greatnesse of thy sins that they should be any barr in thy way to hinder thee from comming to Christ this is needlesse we have seene as great sinners as thou come to Christ Even such as crucified him yet Peter said unto them repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins Act. 2.38 What greater sins then these they did despise Jesus Christ they did spet upon him and put him to death what greater sin is there then this to put to death the Son of God yet saith he repent so say I though thy sins be great yet if thou repent and believe thou maist have Christ for thy Liberty and thy way to leade thee to the Father for this is good and acceptable in the sight of God 1 Tim. 2.4 for there is one God and one Mediator betweene God and man the man Christ Jesus so large is the call of Christ that he invites all to come to him and all that do believe in him shall be saved be their sins never so great O com to the Lord Jesus though thy sins be as Scarlet they shall be as white as Snow though they be as red as Crimson they shall be as Wool but some may object and say from 1 Tim. 4.2 that there is power in man to believe and be saved if they will but I deny that I deny that there is ability in any man by nature to believe Phil. 2.13 for it is God that worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure Rom. 8.16 it is not in him that runeth but in God that sheweth mercy as I said before so I say still that Christ most be our Liberty and way and let passe to the Father and he it is alone that delivereth us from the bondage of the Law from the bondage of corruption from the bondage of Ceremonies from the bondage of humane Ordinances which is the bondage of the Conscience under Tyranny Col. 2.20 you shall finde that the Spirit of God doth by Paul blast all those services at one breath intended by men and imposed of necessity upon the conscience in useing those prayers which the service of God anulleth the Apostle calls all such will worship as you may see Col. 2.23 though they pretended humility in all these inovations of men pretended to be loving and hamble yet all this worship is a will worship devised by man becoms a snare to Gods people and then againe this is that our Saviour Christ expresly condemns Mat. 15.9 it is a vaine worship Esa 1. and what is the reason of this what is the ground of all this but because their feare towards me was taught by the precepts of men Esa 29.13 this is the very ground why the service devised by men is a bondage before God and as nothing but meere hypocrisy