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A37371 A Declaration of the congregational ministers, in and about London, against antinomian errours, and ignorant and scandalous persons intruding themselves into the ministry 1699 (1699) Wing D655; ESTC R30977 18,241 80

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Justification from Eternity and in Christ saith We are in our own Persons made True Owners and Injoyers of Justification at that Instant when we first Believe which Act is the Completion and Accomplishment of the former and is that Great and Famous Justification by Faith which the Scripture so much Inculcates and almost only mentioneth yea and so speaks of it as if we were not Justified at all till then So 1 Cor. 6.9 Such were some of you but now ye are Sanctified now ye are Justified which before they were not And therefore before Faith the Scripture Pronounceth the very Elect even those whom Christ Died for Children of Wrath as well as others till they Believe Ephes 2.3 So as when we were said to be Justified by Faith it is not only because then Faith Apprehends that Justification which was in God's Breast before and that then we are Justified merely in Ford Conscientiae tho we were in Foro Dei as much as ever as some express it But further it must be said that even in Foro Dei in God's Court and according to the Judgment of that Open Court which God hath set up in his Word and according to the Proceedings of his Word which is the Rule he professeth to Judge Men by and therein he keeps to the Rule of his Word as Christ saith I Judge no Man but the Word which I speak shall Judge you John 12.47 48. God doth Judge and Pronounce his Elect Vngodly and Vnjustified till they Believe yea and by the Spirit of Bondage he Testifieth to their Consciences that before Faith they are Vngodly and Vnjustified and Children of Wrath If it were not a Real Truth the Spirit of God would not evidence this to them 2. What Dr. Goodwin here affirms is consonant to what 't is declared in the Savoy Confession For in Cap. 11. § 4. it is thus God did from all Eternity Decree to Justifie all the Elect and Christ did in the fulness of Time Die for their Sins and rise again for their Justification Nevertheless they are not Iustified Personally until the Holy Spirit doth in due time actually Apply Christ unto them And as in Cap. 3. § 6. They having fall'n in Adam are by their Original and Actual Sins Bound over to the Wrath of God and Curse of the Law and are made subject to Death with all Miseries Spiritual Temporal and Eternal So Cap. 6. § 6. Thus they continue till they are Effectually called as in Cap. 10. § 1. All those whom God hath Predestinated unto Life and only those he is pleased in his Appointed time effectually to call by his Word and Spirit out of that State of Sin and Death in which they are by Nature to Grace and Salvation by Jesus Christ. Besides as it is expresly said Cap. 1. § 4. That they are not Personally Justified till Christ be Actually Applied unto them So in the same Chap. § 1. 't is declared That those whom God effectually calleth he also Freely Justifieth by Imputing Christ's Active Obedience unto the whole Law and Passive Obedience in his Death for their whole and sole Righteousness they Receiving and Resting on him and his Righteousness by Faith And in the very next Section Faith thus Receiving and Resting on Christ and his Righteousness is the alone Instrument of Justification yet it is not alone in the Person Justified but is ever accompanied with all other Saving Graces and is no Dead Faith but worketh by Love The Third and Fourth Errours 3. That Pardoned Sin is no Sin and therefore God can't see Sin in his People to be Displeased with them for their Sins nor doth God express his Fatherly Displeasure against them by any Afflictions laid upon them 4. That Believers are not bound to Confess or Mourn over Sin as committed by them or Pray for Pardon of Sin in making a Daily Acknowledgment of a Need of it because 't was Pardoned before committed and Pardoned Sin is no Sin Our Opposition We have always held 1. That Pardoned yea Mortified Sins are truly and properly Sins 2. That God seeth the Sins of his own People and is Displeased with them for their Sins 3. That when Believers do sin it is their Duty to humble themselves Confess their Sins and pray for Pardon The Declaration of our Faith at the Savoy is so distinct and full against these Errours that whoever will consult the following Passages taken out of it cannot but think himself bound in Conscience to own our Orthodoxy For in Cap. 6. § 4. we affirm That the Corruption of Nature during this Life doth remain in those that are Regenerated and altho it be through Christ Pardoned and Mortified yet both it self and all the Motions thereof are Truly and Properly Sin In Cap. 11. § 5. God doth continue to Forgive the Sins of those that are Justified and altho they can never fall from the State of Justification yet they may by their Sins fall under God's Fatherly Displeasure and in that Condition they have not usually the Light of his Countenance Restored unto them until they humble themselves Confess their Sins Beg Pardon and Renew their Faith and Repentance In Cap. 15. § 2 3. Whereas there is none that doth Good and Sinneth not and the best of Men may through the Power and Deceitfulness of their Corruptions dwelling in them with the Prevalency of Temptation fall into Great Sins and Provocations God hath in the Covenant of Grace mercifully provided that Believers so Sinning and Falling be Renewed through Repentance unto Salvation That this Saving Repentance is an Evangelical Grace whereby a Person being by the Holy Ghost made sensible of the manifold Evils of his Sin doth by Faith in Christ Humble himself for it with Godly Sorrow Detestation of it and Self Abhorrency Praying for Pardon and Strength of Grace c. The Fifth Errour 5. That Believers ought not to be afaid of committing Sin because their Sins can do them no hurt Our Opposition If the Sins of Believers do Impair their Graces and Comforts harden their Hearts wound their Consciences hurt and scandalize others Grieve God's Holy Spirit Expose to his Fatherly Displeasure and bring Temporal Judgments too upon them then surely their Sins hurt them and they should be Afraid to commit them and if we have declared thus much in our Confession 't is sufficient to clear us from this Imputation And that we have freely and readily owned thus much is plain from what is in Cap. 5. § 5. The Most Wise and Gracious God doth oftentimes leave for a Season his own Children to Manifold Temptations and the Corruptions of their own Hearts to Chastise them for their former Sins or to Discover to them the hidden strength of Corruption and Deceitfulness of their Hearts that they may be Humbled and to make them more Watchful against all Future Occasions of Sin In Cap. 17. § 3. And tho they may fall into Grievous Sins and for a time continue therein