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A93437	The doome of heretiques: or, A discovery of subtle foxes, who were tyed tayle to tayle, and crept into the Church to doe mischiefe. As it was delivered in a sermon at Wickham-Market in Suffolke, upon the fast day, being the 26 of May. 1647. / By Zeph: Smyth, minister of Gods Word. Imprimatur, Ia: Cranford, August 22. 1648.	Smyth, Zeph. (Zephaniah), fl. 1646-1648.	1648 (1648)	Wing S4363; Thomason E467_7; ESTC R204204	27,627	23

to condemnation he did decree likewise to permit them to destroy themselves as did those who stumbled at Christ 1 Pe. 2.8 though God did ordaine Cain and Pharaoh and Judas to condemnation yet through their sinnes they bring to passe Gods purpose sain his envy murther cruelty and desperation this brought his ruine and destruction and Pharaoh by his contempt of God cruelty to his people obstinacy and hardnesse of heart wrought out his ruine so Iudas his covetousnesse treachery treason to his Lord and Master Jesus Christ desperation procured his ruine so hereticks by their pride vaine glory selfe-conceitednesse wickednesse deceiving and being deceived they ruine themselves and thus they themselves bring to passe Gods purpose Reason of the doctrine is That he might magnifie the glory of his justice as well as the glory of his mercy the glory of his justice in inflicting punishments upon the vessells of wrath and the glory of his mercy in saving his people he hath created all things for his owne glory and the wicked for the day of wrath Prov. 16.4 For as the godly shall for ever set forth the glory of his mercy so the wicked shall for ever set forth the glory of his justice We come in the next place to answer objections May some say If God hath ordained some to condemnation how shall we know who they bee or how many there be of them Ans Secret things belong to God but things revealed to us and our children Deut. 29.29 We have nothing to do to pry into Gods secrets as whether so many of a hundred or so many of a thousand shall be saved and the rest damned or whether this man or that woman be an elect vessell or a reprobate that is onely knowne unto God the foundation of God standeth sure and hath his seale the Lord knowes who are his and the Lord knowes who are not his but we know not neither is it necessary that we should know thus much we may know that God hath elected some and rejected others for this he hath revealed in his word and that the number he hath elected is but a remnant in comparison of the rest of the world as in Rom. 11.5 There is but a remnant according to the election of grace but how many in a towne or a kingdome no man can determine it is not for the minister to say so many in my parish are reprobates for the housholder to say so many in my family such a sonne or such a daughter or such a servant is a reprobate we know not but God may let the day of his power come upon them and bring them in to Jesus Christ it is not for a particular man to determine concerning himselfe he is a reprobate he knowes not but that God may shew mercy to him therefore we have nothing to do to be so curious as to pry into Gods secret counsell Object This doctrine of reprobation is not fit to be preached because it is the next way to make people despaire Ans First It is a part of Gods counsel and therefore ought to be preached how can a Minister with Paul Act. 20. say I have not ceased to make known to you the whole counsell of God if they do not with Paul teach the doctrine of Reprobation Secondly It is the doctrine of Christ Mat. 20.16 Many are called but few are chosen the doctrine of Paul Rom. 9 10 11. Chapters in all three chapters how doth the Apostle insist upon Election and Reprobation and Saint Iude in the Text Peter 1 Epistle 2.8 did Christ live now and the Apostles these men would tell them too their doctrine were not fit to be preached Thirdly When a fundamentall truth comes to be questioned the question is Whether because some suck poyson where they might suck honey by stumbling at religion whether the truth should not be preached seeing by the same rule we may say Christ is a stone of stumbling unto some therefore Christ is not to be preached though the wicked by reason of the corruption in their hearts suck poyson from this doctrine yet the fault is not in the doctrine but in their wicked hearts for the doctrine is rather a doctrine they might suck honey from if they would from hence give all diligence to make their calling and clection sure But to this doctrine the Pelagians are adversaries also for they deny the doctrine of Reprobation and affirme that Christ dyed for all without exception alledging that text in 1 Ioh. 2.1 He is a propitiation for our sins and not for ours only but also for the sinnes of the whole world For answer to this First I pray observe how these men confound Election for if all be reconciled where is Election for to elect is to chuse out some from amongst the rest as Ioh. 15.19 I have chosen you out of the world that is from amongst the rest of the world where I gather some were chosen and some refused Secondly I pray observe how they corrupt the true sense of the text for the world is foure-fold in Scripture there is the elementary world which God created Gen. 1.1 and which we read of Heb. 11.3 Through faith we understand that the world was framed by the word of God so that the things that are seen were not made of things which did appeare Secondly There is the reasonable world and that is all mankind without exception Ro. 5.12 By one man sinne entred into the world and death by sinne and so death went over all men that is all the world in Adam all dye Thirdly There is the Elect world and this is spoken of in the text He is a propitiation for our fins and not ours only but also for the sins of the whole world that is the whole world of beleevers agreeing with 2 Cor. 5.19 God was in Christ reconciling the world to himselfe not imputing their sins unto them he doth not speak of such a world as can possibly perish any one of them for if Christ have reconciled them it is impossible any thing past present or to come should separate them from the love of God Rom. 8. latter end of the Chap. but Christ doth reconcile this world he makes attonement for them he offered himselfe a sacrifice for them he is a propitiation not onely for their sinnes they did commit before conversion but if after conversion they sinne through frailty and weaknesse he is a propitiation for that too and none of their fins shall be laid to their charge therefore sayes the text 2 Cor. 5.19 Reconciling the world to himselfe not imputing their sins to them and if he do not impute their sinnes to them they shall all be saved but the Pelagians themselves do not affirme that all mankind shall be saved but acknowledg some of this world may perish then let every godly man take notice how they abuse this text of Scripture to prove that Christ dyed for all the world without exception when both