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A63017	The re-assertion of grace, or, Vindiciæ evangelii a vindication of the Gospell-truths, from the unjust censure and undue aspersions of Antinomians : in a modest reply to Mr. Anth. Burgesses Vindiciæ legis, Mr. Rutherfords Triall and tryumph of faith, from which also Mr. Geerie and M. Bedford may receive a satisfactory answer / by Robert Towne.	Towne, Robert, 1592 or 3-1663.; Bushell, Seth, 1621-1684.; Towne, Robert, 1592 or 3-1663. Monomachia, or, A single reply to Mr. Rutherford's book ...	1654 (1654)	Wing T1980; ESTC R23436	205,592	262

I knew him not But I perceive this to be your fundamental error for from the want of knowledge of the true nature and efficacie of this doctrine of Free-grace have you raised all slanders Christian liberty is carnal licentiousness to a Legal eye a loveless apprehension and a faithless heart Such spirits as are not principled for it cannot skill of it and misconceit breeds misreports and too much credulity is an easie inlet for the worst you can say into such a minde as receives not the love of the truth Grace is by him turned into wantonness c. Thus you bely him and they that are not of the light believe you and hence is the overflowing of your gall which hath so filled the veins and passages of your book with bitter invectives and falshoods If you had produced one clause rightly interpreted crying down true holiness in its due place and for its proper ends you might have had credit Yet true Evangelical sanctification will discover the vanity and unsoundness of Legal reformation It is not all one To serve in the oldness of the Letter and in the newness of the Spirit Also Christ our righteousness is the bond of union with God by faith in whom we abide in God and walk with him We cannot deal immediately with God in our own holiness Lastly you think we are out of love with sin onely for fear of an ill turn and do not hate it as sin as if the love of God and the love of sin could lodge in one soul or the Spirit received by the hearing of faith did not work and cause an antipathy and contrariety against sinfulness or that the chain of the Covenant of grace could be broken and one link or branch sundered from another If you so mistake your Patients we will not have your for our Physician FINIS Reader these books following are printed for Nath. Brook and are to be sold at his shop at the Angel in Cornhil 1. TImes Treasury or Academy for Gentry excellent grounds both divine and humane for their accomplishment in arguments of discourse habit fashion with a Ladies Love-lecture and Truths triumph summing up all in a Character of Honour By Ri. Brathwait Esq 2. Morton on the Sacrament In folio 3. That excellent Piece of Physiognomy and Chiromancy Metoposcopie the Symmetrical Proportions and signal Moles of the body the subject of Dreams to which is added the Art of Memory By Ri. Sanders Student Fol. 4. Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum containing several Poetical Pieces of our famous English Philosophers which have written the Hermetique Mysteries in their ancient Language By Elias Ashmole Esq 5. Chiromancie or the Art of Divining by the lines engraven in the hand of man by Dame Nature Theologically Practically in 19 Genitures with a learned discourse of the soul of the World and universal spirit thereof By Geo. Wharton Esq 6. Catholike History collected and gathered out of Scripture Councels and ancient Fathers modern Writers both Ecclesiastical and Civil in answer to Dr. Vane's Lost Sheep returned home By Edw. Chisenhale Esq 7. The whole Art of Survey of Land shewing the use of all Instruments but especially the Plain Table Whereunto is added an Appendix to measure regular Solids as Timber Stone useful for all that intend either to sell or purchase 8. An Arithmetick in Number and Species in two Books 1. Teaching by precept and example the operation in Numbers whole and broken by Decimals and use of the Logarithms Napyers bones 2. The great Rule of Algebra in Species resolving all Arithmeticall questions by supposition with a Canon of the powers of numbers fitted to the meanest capacity by Jonas Moore late of Durham 8. 9. Tactometrica or the Geometry of Regulars after a new exact expeditious maner in Solids with sundry useful Experiments Practical Geometry of Regular-like Solids and of a Cylinder body for liquid vessel-measure with sundry new Experiments never before extant for Gauging A Work very useful for all that are employed in the Art Metrical By Joh. Wyberd Dr. in Physick 10. An Astrological discourse with Mathematical Demonstrations proving the powerful and harmonical influence of the Planets and Fixed stars upon Elementary bodies in justification of the validity of Astrologie By Sir Chr. Heydon Knight 11. Magick and Astrologie vindicated in which is contained the true definitions of the said Arts and the justification of their practise proved by the authority of Scripture and the experience of antient and modern Authors by H. Warren 12. An Astrologicall judgement of Diseases from the Decumbiture of the sick also the way of finding out the cause change and end of a disease also whether the sick be likely to live or die By N. Culpeper 13. Catastrophe Magnatum or the downfal of Monarchy by N. Culpeper 14. Ephemerides for the year 1652. being a year of wonders by N. Culpeper 15. Lux Veritatis or Christian Judicial Astrology vindicated and Daemonology confuted in answer to N. Homes D.D. By W. Ramsey Gent. 16. The History of the Golden Ass 17. The Painting of the Antients the beginning progress and consummating of that noble Art and how those antient Artificers attained to their still so much admired excellency Israels redemption or the prophetical History of our Saviours Kingdom on earth By Robert Matton 18. An Introduction to the Teutonick Philosophy being a determination of the Original of the Soul at a Dispute held in the School at Cambridge at the Commencement March 3. 1646. By Charles Hotham Fellow of Peter-house 12. 19. Teratologia or a discovery of Gods wonders manifested in former and modern times by bloody rain and waters By I.S. 20. Fons Lachrymarum or a fountain of Tears from whence doth flow Englands complaint Jeremiah's lamentations With an Elegie upon that son of Valour Sir Ch. Lucas By J. Quarles 8. 21. Oedipus or a Resolver being a clue that leads to the chief Secrets in Nature and true resolution of Amorous Natural Moral and Political Problems By C. M. 22. The Celestial Lamp enlightning every distressed soul from the depth of everlasting Darkness to the height of eternal Light By Tho. Fettisplace 23. Nocturnal Lucubrations or Meditations Divine and Moral with Epigrams and Epitaphs By Robert Chamberlain 24. The unfortunate Mother A Tragedy By Tho. Nabs 25. The Rebellion A Comedy By T.R. 26. The Tragedy of Messalina By Nat. Richards 8. 27. The remedy of Discontentment or a Treatise of Contentation in whatsoever condition Fit for these sad and troublesom times By Jos Hall late B. of Exon and Norwich 12. 28. The grand Sacriledge of the Church of Rome in taking away the sacred Cup from the Laity at the Lords Table By the late Reverend Daniel Featly D.D. 4. 29. The cause and cure of Ignorance Error Enmity Atheism and Prophaness or a most hopeful way to Grace and Salvation By R. Young 8. 30. A Bridle for the Times tending to still the Murmuring to settle the Wavering to stay the Wandering to strengthen the Fainting By Joh. Brinsley Minister of Gods Word at Yarmouth 31. Comforts against the fear of Death wherein are several evidences of the work of Grace By John Collins of Norwich 32. Iacob's seed or the excellency of seeking God by prayer By Jer. Burroughs Minister of the Gospel to the two greatest Congregations about London Stepney and Cripplegat●● 33. The Zealous Magistrate a Sermon by Tho. Threscot 34. Britannia Rediviva or a Soverain Remedy to cure a sick Common-wealth preached in the Minster at Yorke before the Judges August 9. 1649. by J. Shaw Minister of Hull 35. The Princess Royal preached in the Minster in York before the Judges March 24. 1650. by Joh. Shaw Minister of Hull 36. Anatomy of Mortality divided into eight Heads 1. The certainty of Death 2. Meditations of Death 3. Preparations for Death 4. The right behaviour in Death 5. The Comfort in our own Death 6. The comfort against the Death of Friends 7. The Cases wherein it 's lawful or unlawful to desire Death 8. The glorious Estate of Gods Children after Death By George Strende 37. New Jerusalem in a Sermon for the Society of Astrologers August 1651. 38. Mirrour of Complements fitted for Ladies Gentlewomen Scholars and Strangers with forms of speaking and writing of Letters most in fashion with witty Poems and a Table expounding hard English words 39. Cabinet of Jewels discovering the nature vertue value of pretious Stones with infallible Rules to escape the deceit of all such as are adulterate or counterfeit by Tho. Nichols 40. Quakers Cause at second hearing being a full answer to their Tenets 41. Divinity no Enemy to Astrology a Sermon intended for the Society of Astrologers for the year 1653. By Dr. Tho. Swadlin 42. Historicall Relation of the first planting of the English in New England in the year 1628. to the year 1653 and all the material passages happening there Exactly performed 43. Select Thoughts or Choice Helps for a pious spirit A Century of Divine breathings for a ravished soul beholding the excellencie of her Lord Jesus By I. Hall B. of Nor. A new piece 44. The holy Order or Fraternity of Mourners in Zion To which is added Songs in the night or Chearfulness under Affliction By Ios Hall Bp. of Norwich A new Piece 45. The Art of Memory or a cure for a weak Memory Wherein the natural defects of that noble faculty are artificially repaired by the regular application of Images and Idea's easie to be apprehended by the meanest capacity and useful to all persons from the Gown to the Clown A new Piece 46. History of Balaam and Ionah and Iohn the Baptist in Verse with other Poems By Io. Harvy Esq A new Piece 47. Re-assertion of grace Vindiciae Evangelii or the vindication of the gospel Or a Reply to M. Anth. Burgess Vindiciae Legis and to M. Rutherford By Robert Towne A new Piece 48. Anabaptist anatomized and silenced or a Dispute with M. Tombs By Mr. Joh. Cragge A new Piece 49. Practical Divinity or the grounds of Religion in a Catechistical ●y By M. Christopher Love A new Piece

eternal love to us and why should you or any other think that Hezekiah so approved and commended a long time for a truly-Religious King should now call his spiritual estate into question or doubt no circumstance in the Text arguing any such thing and if it had been so he had gone far about to fetch his comfort and assurance from his works and life and it would have been very uncertain and weak when he had done And so this makes nothing at all against Doctor Crispe who would have all to derive their comfort and peace from the pure fountain even Faith in the satisfaction discharge and atonement made by Christ as the most direct neer and infallible way and not from works which must be first carryed to our Faith or assurance that our state is good there to be proved to be good and so at best can but secondarily and weakly seal that comfort formerly had by believing I think Hezekiah might be reproved and condemned Linguae impiorum est quotidiena sornax Aug. as by Rabshakeh so others neerer unto him for his zeal in demolishing Idolatry whereupon he going to God maketh him the witness of the righteousness of the things done and of the integrity of his heart in doing them Notitia nostri certior intue As David many times did being wrongfully charged by Saul and others and as it is our case who are falsly slandered as Antinomians and yet can and dare boldly go and appeal to God before whom all things are naked saying Thou knowest O Lord we are no Antinomians no Libertines Non est pl●x ponderis in alieno convitio quam in nostro testimoiro Teachers of licentious Doctrine c. and so the testimonie of Hezekiahs Davids and our Consciences being cleer of such things in the presence of God is a great support a sure defence and an effectual comfort against all those calumnies censures and false aspersions This is my rejoycing saith Paul being misreported to be what he was not the testimony of our Conscience that in simplicity and godly sincerity not with fleshly wisdom but by the Grace of God we have had our conversation in the world 2 Cor. 1.12 But now all this is touching things controverted between man and man where our innocency such as it is is and ever will be the best Buckler plea and comfort and it is not pertinent to what Doctor Crispe entreateth of or if this satisfie not I could add that as the Churches estate was then servile Gal. 4.1 2. and as servants not having the promised Spirit of Adoption they did all things rather ex timore then amore out of fear more then love so Hezekiah having discharged the office of a godly chief Magistrate and now being called upon by death to lay it aside presenting himself before the Lord hath his own thoughts to witness his integrity touching the generality of the course of his life and so they excusing and comforting him in that case do give him some boldness even as it is with a servant who hath answered the requirings and done the commands of his Master in the day of his accounts Thus it is one thing to be comforted from the inward testimony of my Conscience reflecting with an impartial eye upon my conversation in this world and finding it to be unblamable and in all integrity of heart especially when adversaries do accuse and speak evil of me Terret me tota vita mea nam apparet mibi aut petcataem aut tota florilitas Aus and another thing to fetch my peace and comfort thence concerning my spiritual estate and atonement with God he that is exercised with inward consticts and temptations will easily perceive how dangerous a thing it is to have the eye and consideration of the soul taken off Christ and his righteousness and to be set upon any work or qualification of our own then nothing but Christ all is accounted as dung and loss else our own righteousness as unclean and filthy rags Phil. 3.8 9. Isa 64.6 But without spiritual buffetings of Satan the Doctrine of Faith of Christ our righteousness our reconciliation and peace cannot be prized learned nor purely taught M. B. 11. They are necessary in respect of God c. a Leah though blear-eyed yet when she was fruitful in children said Now my husband will love me so may Faith say Now God will love me when it abounds in the fruits of righteousness Answ God is not as man his love to man is not begotten or caused by any thing he seeth in us he loveth before and without works even while we were enemies our mindes being in wicked works Rom. 5.8 Colos 1.21 thus the Word testifieth and Faith receiveth it what good he worketh in us or frameth and inableth us to work are they effects and fruits of his love not causes of it M. B. 12. In regard of others c. 1 Pet. 3.1 It is an exhortation to wives so to walk that their husbands may be won to the Lord So that thy life may convert him By the Word the Apostle meaneth the publike preaching Answ You rather make more obscure then cleer the sense and drift of the Apostle while you are minded to plead for good works you attribute too much to them Faith in Christ and conversion to God is by hearing of the Word Rom. 10.17 If the husband were an Idolatrous Ethnick or prophane yet by the sweet humble and dutiful carriage and vertuous life of the wife Maritos preparent ad amplexandam Christi fidem Calv. he might happily be gained to approve and like well of her Religion which had wrought such a sensible alteration and brought forth so plentiful and pleasant fruits in her and so be moved to give ear and attention to the Doctrine of the Christian Faith thus his minde becometh prepared and more ready to embrace that which did not so well please or perhaps was an offence before This is all that can be meant or intended in those words M. B. Obj. If good works be still necessarily requisite why then is not the Covenant of Grace still a Covenant of Works c. A. Although good works be requisite in the man justified or saved yet it s not a Covenant of Works but of Faith because Faith onely is the instrument to receive Justification and eternal life Answ I see no difference in effect between the Arminian Doctrine and yours in this you hold good works to be imperfect so they and you make all the promises of eternal life to belong and to be made unto them and what do they more 2 You Answer Although they be requisite in the Justified or saved before you said in a man to be Justified and saved yet it is a Covenant of Faith Answ Where do you finde it to be called a Covenant of Faith it is a Covenant of Grace and so it is entire without our Faith M.B. Good Works are to qualifie the subject