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A71272	The result of false principles, or, Error convicted by its own evidence managed in several dialogues / by the author of the Examination of Tylenus before the tryers ; whereunto is added a learned disputation of Dr. Goades, sent by King James to the Synod at Dort.	Womock, Laurence, 1612-1685.; Goad, Thomas, 1576-1638.	1661 (1661)	Wing W3350; ESTC R31825	239,068	280

be part of their duty What shall they say to the Lord when he comes to check them for these oblations of their blind zeal saying Who hath required these things at your hands In short therefore seeing such as play the Voluntier's in Gods service find so little acceptation from him 't is a madness in any man to trouble himself about any spiritual performances till he finds sufficient grounds to convince him that God prescribes and requires them as conditions subordinated to his salvation If they be not of faith they are sin Rom. 14. 23. Diotrephes Why I wonder Sir you can find none of these when God hath chosen Faith with the fruits thereof a diligent prosecution of holy duties to be such conditions and accordingly you may find them indispensably required in every page of the Holy Ghost Securus Whatever be the judgment of your private spirit the Synod of Dort hath resolved otherwise and their Authority I hope you will yield to and that Authority hath rejected it Cap. 1. de Divina praedest Reject 3. as a pernicious Errour That the good pleasure and purpose of God from among all possible conditions or out of the order or rank of all things did choose as a condition unto salvation the act of faith in it self ignoble and the imperfect obedience of faith and was graciously pleased to repute it for perfect obedience and account it worthy of the reward of everlasting life Diotrephes I presume the Smod intended to explode it as an Errour that there was no election of persons but of qualities and methinks their words seem to incline towards this sense for they reject in that Article the Errours of those who teach That the good pleasure and purpose of God whereof the Scripture makes mention in the Doctrine of Election doth not consist herein that God did elect some certain men rather than others but in this viz. that among all possible conditions God did choose the act and obedience of faith as a condition unto salvation c. Securus If this were all they aim'd at in that Rejection to reject it as an Errour in those that taught there was no Election of persons but of things they rejected just nothing for it was an Errour so far from troubling the Belgick Churches that it was never taught by any man amongst them that which they rejected therefore was this That faith and the obedience of faith were chosen by Almighty God as a condition unto salvation and the following proof makes it evident For by this pernicious Errour they add the good pleasure of God and merit of Christ is weakned and that of the Ap●stle is out-faced as untrue 2 Tim. 1. 9. God hath call●d us with a holy calling not according to our works but according to his purpose and grace which was given to us through Christ Jesus before the World began Diotrephes I will not spend time to vindicate the sense of the Synod in that Article of Rejection but this is the plain truth in few and easie words if I am not mistaken That Faith which is an effectual acceptance of and affiance in Christ as Christ was chosen and ordained by God the condition of justification and Mr. Baxter life By this faith so constituted the condition we are actually justified as 't is the performed condition of Gods promise Disput of Justific p. 312. To the same sense the Brittish Divines delivered their Suffrage at the Synod in these words Non negamus esse ejusmodi beneplacitum Dei in Evangelio patefact●m q●o statuit fidem eligere in conditionem conf●rendae salutis id est quo actualem salutis adeptionem saltem respectu adultorum ex fidei praecedentis conditione suspensam esse voluit We do not deny say they such a good pleasure of God to be revealed in the Gospel whereby he determin'd to choose faith for the condition of conferring salvation that is whereby he would have the actual obtaining of salvation at least in respect of the Adult suspended upon the condition of fore-going faith and this is that joyful and salutary tydings that is to be promulgated in the Name of Christ among all Nations Thus those Divines Securus Methinks this is repugnant to that inference of the Apostle So then it is not of him that willeth nor of him that runneth but of God that sh●weth mercy Si divinae misericordiae exerendae seu exertae causa sola sit liberrima Dei voluntas saith Rom. 9. 16. Mr. David Dicson If the sole cause of the exertion or egression of the divine mercy be the most free will of God then the Ad locum cause thereof is not in the will of man nor in his good works or actions but in God alone It is not of him that willeth saith he therefore it is not of the free-will of man It is not of him that runneth saith he therefore it is not from the actions or endeavours of man that any man is beloved elected or that he obtains mercy and the blessing and consequently it depends upon God alone who sheweth mercy And Deodati his Note upon the place is this Seeing that the Election is of pure mercy it cannot be attributed to any will or endeavour of man Diotrephes To my apprehension * Mr. Baxter's Treat of Convers pag. 295 296. the meaning is not that our salvation is not in him that willeth or in him that runneth the Apostle talketh of no such thing but it is about the giving of the Gospel or the first special grace to them that had it not For * Mr. Baxter ib. pag. 296. 〈◊〉 if you ask the reason of mens salvation it is not given in Scripture barely from the will of God but from the faith and obedience of men for it is an act of rewarding justice as well as of paternal love and mercy And therefore we must distinguish very warily betwixt the Decree of God and the execution of it Election unto salvation is absolute it respects no condition or qualification in the person to be elected but salvation depends upon the condition of faith and obedience Securus If unbelievers disobedient and rebellious persons be chosen to salvation and it be not in Gods power to revoke that Election as the Hassien Divines concluded at the * De persev●r Aph. 5. p. 215 par 2. Synod at Dort I can see no necessity of faith and obedience for if God chooseth us unto salvation that is if he wills to have us saved being disobedient what reason is there why he should not be able to make us partakers of salvation being disobedient Is not Election the Decree of saving and doth not God execute his Decree for the same reason for which he made it If so why can he not actually save us without faith and obedience as well as Decree or will to save us without them Diotrephes He decrees to save us meerly for his good pleasure but he will actually

a man is not justified by works * Gal. 2. 16. Being justifi●d freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Jesus Chri●● * Rom. 3. 24. And that you may not pretend there is more required unto our salvation than unto our justification the same Apostle tells us plai●ly otherwise F●r by grace are ye saved saith he through faith and that not Ephes 2. 8 9. of your selves it is the gift of God not of works l●st any man should boast Would you have your wedding garment of your own spinning Are you desirous to be sound having on your own righteousness * Cum venerit Deus ad judicium non nisi r●nunciando meis merit is inveniri po●ero in Christo d●stitutus omni siducia in m●●rum operum inhaer●n●e justitia indutus impu●ata illa Christi just●tia quae a Deo grat is da●ur per sidem nobis applicatur Dicson Ad Phil. 3. 9. See the Notes of Beza and others on Phil. 3. 9. Or as you are cloathed in the sweet smelling rayment of your elder brother Hath not Christ a two-fold ri●hteousness and are they not both imputed to the Elect What then Are we afraid his active obedience is less sufficient to adorn and dress us up for glory than his passive is to secure and shelter us from shame and torment If the holy Scripture proclaims our salvation to be as free a benefit as either that of Justification or Election why should we give our selves the temptation of a needless trouble by distinguishing them and what saith the Scripture of the three Election standeth not upon works but in the purpose and good will of him that calleth Rom. 9. 11. not of works but by grace Rom. 11. 5 6. And it saith the same of justification too * Qui dicunt quod Deus fidem ipsam fideiobedientiam imp●rfectam pro p●rfecta legis obedientia reputet vitae aeternae praemio gratiosè dignam enseat Hi contradicunt Scripturae Rom. 3. 24 25. Et cum impio Socino novam peregrinam hominis coram Deo justificationem contra totius Ecclesiae consensum inducunt Syn. Dordr cap. 2. Reject 4. Rom. 3. 24. with Gal. 2. 16. Being justified not by the works of the Law but freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus And it saith no less of salvation Ephes 2. 8. For by grace y● a●c saved and the Apostle doth oppose works to mercy in the business of salvation Tit. 3. 5. Net by works of righteousness which we have done but acc●rding to his mercy he saved us And therefore he saith Rom. 6. 23. Eternal l●fe is the g●ft of God and what is freer than g●f● I find this comfortable Doctrine held forth exactly by Dr. Spurstowe in his Wells of Salvation opened where he saith Were the way which leads to Heaven a Ladder of duties and Page 51 52. not a golden Chain of free-grace I could not but fear that the higher I climb the gr●ater would my fall prove to be every servi●e being like a br●ttle round that can bear no weight and the whole fr●me and ●eries of duties at the best f●r short of the L●dde● 〈◊〉 Jacobs vision which had its foot standing upon the E●r●● an● its ●op reaching to Heaven bu● the whole way of salvation from first to last is all of meer grace that the promise might be sure Rom. 4. 16. Every l●nk o● the golden Chain is made up of fr●e mer●y Election is free Ephes 1. 5. Vocat●on free 2 Tim. 1. 9. Justification free Rom. 5. 34. Sanctification free 1 Cor. 6. 11. Gl●●ification free Rom. 6. 23. Diotrephes Eternal life is not given but to such persons as are antecede●tly qualified by the performance of such conditions as God hath prescribed in order to it Securus Have I not already sufficiently overthrown your conditions by most plentiful and irrefragable Authority But I will and this God promiseth Ezek. 36. 26. A new heart will I give you And Matth. 13. 11. To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven saith our Saviour who is also said to give Repentance Acts 5. 31. And in many other places Faith and Repentance are said to be the gifts of God as Phil. 1. 29 Acts 11. 18. 1 Tim. 2. 26. From these and such like Texts and the expressions used in them of Gods giving c. Our Orthodox * Censura Confess cap. 17. par 3. pag. 236. Amesii Cor●● p. 257 258 Divines do infer not only the absolute Decree of Election but also a most free inconditionate and irresistible collation of what is promised or affirmed in them respectively and that to be performed in nobis sine nobis as the Synod of Dort determines Now eternal life being the special gift of God as well as the new heart faith repentance c. If you suspend the obtaining of that gift upon any condition to be performed by us you will much endanger the purest Orthodox Doctrine and give advantage to the Remonstrants by the force and example of such interpretations to invalidate those Arguments which are drawn from the said Texts to prove those absolute Decrees and such an irresistible conversion Diotrephes Sir I hope you are not so great a stranger to the Book of God but that you know good works are called for in every page and upon all occasions Securus That is not the question called for or not called for but how and to what end they are called for Inter Act. Sy● Nat. Dord par 43. pag. 213. I remember well the Divines of Drent in their Examen and judgment upon the third and fourth Articles of the Remonstrants they tell us a main end why common grace and gener●l g●f●s are bestowed upon men is Ut s●ci●tas humana poli●ia conserventu● for the benefit of humane society and to this purpose indeed I find the Apostle directeth Titus That they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works adding his Reason th●se things are good and profitable unto men But the Apostle may understand lawful Trades and Callings by good works in that place but they are not such which you contend for in order to salvation Diotrephes Nay Sir more then so we are exhorted to be rich in good works in order to our own assurance and comfort 2 Pet. 1. 5 10. Give diligence add to your faith vertue c. Wheref●re the rather give diligence to make your Calling and Election 〈◊〉 And Maccovius who defen●s Justification before Faith yet he saith * Vbi supra Quò magis cr●sc●t sides ●ò magis etiam Justificationis sensus seu fructus ub●rior emergit Rom. 1. 17. The more our Faith increaseth the more sweet and plentiful will be the sense and fruit of Justification that springs up to us Securus For that assurance and those relishes and consolations upon 't I am perswaded they are more

that a harmless person be made miserable and then to will that he be made a sinner that he may be made miserable as it were in a way of justice and far be it from us to ascribe such proceedings to the righteous Judge of all the World Desolatus If this be all the account you can give of the Decree of Reprobation I pray what will you make that power and liberty to consist in which the Apostle doth assign to Almighty God in the Act of Election and Reprobation under that similitude of a Potter Samaritanus A liberty to dispose of the same lump for several ends and uses as he finds it more stubborn or pliant under his hand upon a second working for we must conceive the Apostle speaks of such a lump of Clay as was first marr'd in the hands of the Potter Jer. 18. 4. * Read that Chapter throughout Rom. 3. 23. Ver. 12. Hence he concludes that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God Sinned I say not in the loins of Adam only but personally and actually for he saith They are all gone out of the way they are together become unprofitable there is none that doth good no not one Now in the disposal of this lump God declares his Power and Soveraignty 1. By assigning glory to some part of it that is to Believers for it pleased God to save them that believe 1 Cor. 1. 21. and this is the Election of grace Rom. 11. 5. And 2. By awarding shame and destruction to others viz. to unbelievers who are therefore said to be broken off because of unbelief Rom. 11. 20. And this is exactly consonant to the resolution of our Saviour to whose hands the Regiment of the Church is committed John 3 35. 36. The Father loveth the Son and hath given all things into his hand he that believeth on the Son hath everlasting lif● and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life but the wrath of God abideth on him And indeed this is the very Key that the Apostle hath put into our hands to open his meaning in those Chapters to the Roman chap. 9. 30 31. What shall we say then or what shall we conclude That the Gentiles which followed not after righteousness have ●ttained to righteousness even the righteousness which is o● faith but Israel which follow●d after the Law of righteousness hath not attained to the Law of righteousness wheref●re because they sought it not by Faith c. Desolatus The Apostle speaking of the Elect saith God hath predestinated them unto the Adoption of Children by Jesus Christ according to the purpose and good pleasure of himself who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will Eph. 1. 5 11. where he attributes the Election and Adoption of such persons to Gods meer good pleasure purpose and the counsel of his own will and the counsel of God that shall stand Samaritanus To satisfie you in this there is no more to be considered but wherein this good pleasure purpose and counsel of God consists and 't is in this That whereas mankind was ●nthral'd to Satan sin and death Christ establish't to be a Mediatour and Saviour in the execution of those Offices of King Priest and Prophet had Commission to proclaim a great spiritual Jubilee for the liberty and salvation of as many as were willing upon his terms to accept of their Redemp●ion To this purpose you may at your leisure consult these Scriptures Isa 42. 1 2 3 4 6 7. chap. 49. 1. to 10. chap. 61. 1 2 3. Zach. 6. 12 13. Hence the Apostle saith There is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus Rom. 8. 1. Colos 1. 27. Christ in you the hope of glory And because the terms which Christ propounds or the condition which he requires of us in order to our actual Liberty and Redemption is Faith in the gospel-Gospel-sense * See and compare these three parallel places Gal. 5. 6 Jam. 2. 22. 1 Cor. 7. 19. Gal. 6. 15. therefore the same Apostle saith Ye are all the Children of God by faith in Christ Jesus Gal. 3. 26. For as many as received him to them gave he power to become the Sons of God even to them that believe on his name John 1. 12. who are therefore said to be chosen in him Eph. 1. 4. But on the other side such as despise the Benefit of this Jubilee or Acceptable year and will not have Christ to reign over them but being fond of their old Master and Service continue in the obedience of his laws and lusts they shall die and perish in their thraldom Exodus 21. 5 6. Rom. 6. 16. 2 Pet. 2. 19. Luke 19. 14. with 27. This is clearly Gods whole pleasure purpose and counsel in the Gospel and This shall stand Whereupon the Apostle saith If an Angel from Heaven preacheth any other l●t him be accursed Gal. 1. 8 9. Desolatus What will you say to that of the Apostle ascribing all to God's Will Rom. 9. 18. Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy and whom he will he hardneth Samaritanus I shall not insist to tell you in what sense God is said to harden It will be sufficient to enquire a little further into God's Will in these particul●rs of shewing mercy * Pro●s●s cu●us vult miseretur ●u●m vult inducat Sed haec voluntas Dei injusta esse non potest venit enim d● accul●iss●●nis meritis quia ipsi peccatores cum prop●er ge●er●●e peccatum unam m●ss●m f●cerin● non tamen null ●●st in●er ●os diversitas praec dit ●●go aliquid in pec catoribus quo qu●mvis nondum sin● justificati digni efficiantur justificatione item ●re● dit in ali●s peccatoribus quo digni sint obtusion● Aug. Lib. quaest 83. Quaest 68. and hardening respectively And as was declared even now it is God's absolute Will to have mercy upon Believers as such and to harden Vnbelievers as such So the Apostle Rom. 11. 7. What then Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for but the election that is Believers represented by those who had not bowed the knee to Baal vers 4. hath obtained it mercy unto justification and life and the rest unbelievers * See Rom. 3. 3. who going about to establish their own righteousness did not submit themselves to the righteousness of God Ch. 10. 3. The righteousness which is of God through the faith of Christ as it is stiled Phil. 3. 9. These were blinded or hardned See Rom 9. 30 31 32. Desolatus But forasmuch as Faith is a work as our Saviour witnesseth John 6. 29. the Apostle seems to exclude that utterly in this Election of Grace For he Argues thus Rom. 11. 6. If by grace then is it no more of works otherwise Grace is no more Grace But if it be of Works then is it no more Grace otherwise work is no more work Samaritanus