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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69920	The discovery of the most dangerous dead faith by John Eaton ...	Eaton, John, 1574 or 5-1641.; Eaton, John, 1574 or 5-1641. Abrahams steps of faith.; Eaton, John, 1574 or 5-1641. True treasure of the heart.	1642 (1642)	Wing E114; ESTC R23218	43,616	232

the firmament that is clothed with the glorious robes of Christs perfect righteousnesse making her wheresoever she sitteth or walketh to shine as glorious in Gods eyes as the sunne shineth glorious in our eyes when shee shineth in her brightest hue Thus hath Christ made his Church to himselfe a glorious Church Ephes 5. 27. And hath the moone under her feet that is the righteousnesse of the Law directing the feet of her walking and conversation here before men and shining by sanctification declaratively to man-ward Matth. 5. 16. as the moone shineth and giveth light that is man walking in the dark night of this world and yet hath this moone of sanctification on under her feet as of small esteeme in comparison of the glorious sunne of Christs perfect righteousnesse with which she is clothed Phil. 3. 8 9. And hath a Crowne of twelve stars upon her head that is hath the doctrine of the Gospel taught by the twelve Apostles and all faithfull Ministers likened to stars Rev. 1. 16 20. in highest esteem as her chiefest ornament or crowne And thus we see how Christ who knew no sin was made sinne for us that we might be made the righteousnesse of God by true faith in him 2 Cor. 5. 21. And thus much bee briefly spoken of the excellency of the two parts of free iustification 4. Fourthly and lastly for the right understanding and powerfull laying forth of the excellency of free Justification we must deeply consider and diligently lay forth the excellent effects and precious fruits of free Justification which are briefly all needfull blessings both temporall and eternall but chiefly and especially these sixe following 1. First that by this free Justification we are reconciled to God and so restored into his love and favour again that all anger and displeasure of God being ceased and abolished towards us God is well pleased and at peace with us as it was notably prophesied by the Prophet saying I will heale their backslidings and I will love them freely for mine anger is turned away from him Hosea 14. 4. But how came wee to bee thus healed why Christ was wounded for our transgressions Christ was broken or bruised for our iniquity The chastisement of our peace was laid upon him and with his stripes we are healed Esay 53. 5. Therefore saith the Apostle being justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Iesus Christ Rom. 5. 1. 2 The second excellent effect is that by the very hearing meditating and reading to search into the truth and learning of this benefit of free Justification the holy Ghost is freely and experimentally given unto us to dwell in us and to take up our souls and bodies to be his blessed temples to dwell in us as these and such like Scriptures teach Received ye the spirit by the works of the Law or by the hearing of faith that is of free Justification preached Gal. 3. 2. For whilst Peter was preaching of the death and resurrection of Christ justifying and freely saving Gods people even whilst he was speaking the holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word Acts 10. 44. Therefore saith S. Paul Know you not that your bodies are the temples of the holy Ghost which is in you 1 Cor. 3. 16. and 6. 19. For if any man have not the spirit of Christ the same is none of his Rom. 8. 9. For when Paul preached the resurrection of Christ that from all things from which they could not be justified by the Law of Moses by Christs resurrection every one that beleeveth is justified Then the beleevers were filled with joy and with the holy Ghost Acts 13. 39. 52. 3. The third excellent effect of Free Justification is that the justified person is by the holy Ghost thus dwelling in him so united and truly married as a glorious Bride and Queene so effectually unto Christ that he is made a very member of Christ flesh of his flesh and bone of his bone Therefore did the Apostle say Know yee not that your bodies are the members of Christ Yea he that is joyned to the Lord is one spirit 1 Cor. 6. 15 17. For saith Paul As the body is one and hath many members and all the members of the body though they be many yet are but one body even so is Christ for by one spirit are we all baptized into one body whether we be bond or free and have beene all made to drink into one spirit 1 Cor. 12. 12 13. Now therefore ye are the body of Christ and members for your part vers 27. Yea I say so truly and effectually that wee are members of his body and of his flesh and of his bones Ephes 5. 30. Oh how truly doth the Apostle call these benefits thus freely wrought upon us by the blood of Christ unsearchable riches Eph. 3. 8. God make us to search into them deeper 4 The fourth excellent effect of our free Justification is that hereby we are adopted and made the true children even sonnes and daughters of the living God Therefore doth St. Iohn say As many as received him namely to justifie them by his blood and death to them he gave the prerogative or dignity to bee the sonnes of God For Christ hath redeemed us from under the Law that wee might receive the adoption of sonnes And because we are sonnes God hath sent forth the spirit of his sonne into our hearts to cry Abba father Gal. 4. 5 6. And therefore S. Iohn crying out in admiration of this great dignity said Behold what love the Father hath shewed toward us that wee things of nothing Psal 144. 4. should be called the sonnes of God And now we are the sonnes of God but it is not made manifest what wee shall be but wee know that when he which is the son shall appeare we shall be like him 1 Iohn 3. 1 2. 5 The fifth excellent effect of this free Justification is that by it wee are made assured heires of eternall glory For so saith S. Paul That we being justified by his free grace are made heires of eternall life Tit. 3. 7. For if we bee children we are also heires even heires of God and joint heires with Christ Rom. 8. 17. For whom God justifieth them he also glorifieth Rom. 8. 30. And therefore is free Justification called the justification of life Rom. 5. 18. Wherefore Paul testifieth thus I reckon that the sufferings of this life are not worthy to bee compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us Rom. 8. 18. 6. The sixth excellent effect of free justification is that by it we are made as the upshot and fulnesse of all that our hearts can wish truly blessed For saith Saint Paul David pronounceth that man or that woman to be a blessed man or a blessed woman to whom the Lord imputeth righteousnesse without works Rom. 4. 6. whereof hee testifieth further to the Galathians saying The Scripture that is the Spirit of God speaking

words nor deeds to the causes to the nature or to the effects of the things which they seeme to see grant and hold Because though they be great Doctors yet they know not what they speake nor whereof they affirme and even as it were confidently swear to 1 Tim. 1. 7. especially in the spirituall benefits and mysteries of the Gospell And so are Saint Iames his double-minded men tossed to and fro like a wave of the sea and are unstable in all their wayes of Religion and these obtaine nothing of the Lord Iames 1. 6 7 8. And all their seeming strong faith is indeed before God nothing else but meere unbeliefe as Christ testifieth of such saying There are some of you namely that professe by beleeving that you are my Disciples but ye beleeve not For Iesus knew from the beginning who they were that beleeved not and who should betray him John 6. 64. And this dead faith being like a dead man that cannot stay up himselfe to stand upon his owne feet nor rest upon his owne strength they goe about to set him up and to underprop this dead man that is this dead faith with the rotten staffe of their workes And hereupon giving but a flourish of praise now and then to faith in generall they being utterly ignorant and void of true justifying and saving faith doe dwell in rest upon and stay up themselves and their dead faith principally by workes And hereupon doe in their hearts dignifie and in their words magnifie extoll and extort with legal arguments a preposterous sanctification repentance mortification grace and graces Popishly and falsly understood new life holy and righteous walking universall obedience to all Gods commandements sincerity humiliation uprightnesse fastings regeneration Popishly also and falsly understood and such like workes extorted as I said with legall arguments of I hope of rewards and speedings well if wee doe them and with feare of punishments and speeding ill if we have them not which how much the more they are thus preposterously exacted and legally extorted so much the more under termes and titles of the Gospell such Preachers teach but the light of nature the pride of workes and the vain-glory of man and so do withdraw people from Christ to hang upon their owne workes and doings by resting upon the Popish rotten pillar that God accepts the will for the deed and so doe drown Christs glory free Justification doe destroy faith waste and consume the Church of Christ teach a false bastard sanctification and are those dangerous seducers of soules that the faithfull are commanded as they will continue chast Virgins to Christ and not to bee beguiled with Eve by the subtlety of the Serpent and seduced from the simplicity of their faith that is in Christ to discerne and take notice of as they are described 2 Cor. 11. 13 14 15. where the Apostle forewarneth and thereby sufficiently fore-armeth all the children of wisdome by thus plainly describing them They professe themselves Apostles that is sent forth of God But they are saith Paul false Apostles and they are great workers but saith hee deceitfull workers How deceitfull transforming themselves saith he into the Apostles of Christ that is as if they were the true Ministers of Christ and taught the true Gospel of Christ and no marvell for Satan himselfe is transformed into an Angel of light and therefore it is no great thing if his Ministers transform themselves as though they were the Ministers of ' righteousnesse that is calling earnestly for all works of righteousnesse But their end shall be according to their workes and righteousnesse that is though they see me to bee the principall men that shall bee saved yet the same Apostle threatens to them certaine destruction Which he warneth of purpose that wee may not beleeve every spirit but rather try the spirits by this description whether they bee of God 1 Joh. 4. 1. Seeing these are the wolves whereof Saint Paul gave warning Acts 20 29. 30. that should arise up out of the allowed Ministry and should teach not seeming false things but onely 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 preposterous things or true things out of order setting the cart before the horse that is caring more to call for works and a good life than they care whether the people have assurance of the sound faith of their free and perfect Justification whereby although the people beare them record and applaud them that they have the zeal of God yet it is not according to the knowledge of free Justification Because by a carnall understanding of free Justification they being ignorant of the righteousnesse of God must needs goe about to stablish and set up the golden calf of their own and the peoples own righteousnesse of their supposed sanctification works and well doings and by thinking secretly in their heart with the Papist that free Justification is easily learned and is ready to open the gate to the people to live wickedly and loosely they seldome and slightly preach free Justification and thereby shew that they have not submitted themselves to the righteousnesse of God Rom. 10. 2 3. And so are the Ministers of Satan as the true Protestants say and are white Devils that preach a secret Idolatry under the likenesse of the true Ministers of the Gospel and for darkning and giving a Iudas his kisse to free justification which onely makes the true Church of Christ and by which onely Christ reignes in his Church as a free and glorious Redeemer and Saviour doe stand ipso facto accursed of God and excommunicated by Saint Paul though in all other gifts and as they say graces they bee like Angels from heaven as Saint Paul testifieth Gal. 1. 8 9. And because the greatest multitude of holy religious ones in a cold love to Christ and a hot love to themselvs in their owne doings and vaine glory care not to try the spirits whether they bee of God or no 1 Iohn 4. 1. therefore God sends them these zealous and holy working Preachers in the dead faith as strong delusions Ezek. 14. 9. that they should beleeve lyes and bee damned because they receive not the love of the truth of the wedding garment being the onely saving truth Gal. 3. 1. to 8. that they might bee saved 2 Thes 2. 10 11 12. and that onely makes us free John 8. 32. And being freed from the bondage and servile yoke of works that the children of God in the old Testament were under Gal. 3. 23 24 25. and chapter 4. 1 7. doth make us stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free and not to be entangled in the said yoke of bondage againe Gal. 5. 1. whereas contrariwise such zealous legall Professours are either seeming humble proud Pharisees confident in their owne well-doings Luk. 18. 11 12. or else ever wounded in their soules distracted into sects and troubled in their consciences about their life and doings And God in just judgment for the