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A42401	An answer to a printed book, falsely intituled, A blow at the serpent It being truly a blow of the serpent, lately published by one Richard Coppin. Wherein, among many others, these following heresies, and abominable errours of his, are briefly, and plainly confuted out of the word of God. 1 That the deitie of Christ was united to the sinful nature of man, and consequently that his conception was impure. 2 That there is no resurrection of the body. 3 That the pains of Hell are not eternal. 4 That there is no general day of judgement, but such a temporal judgement only as befals men in this world. 5 That God will not destroy any man, but only sin in man. 6 That all shall be saved, the divel not excepted. 7 That the humane nature of Christ is not ascended into Heaven. By Edward Garland M.A. and minister of Gods word at Hartclip [sic] in Kent.	Garland, Edward.	1657 (1657)	Wing G259A; ESTC R223638	61,199	92

they were not at the Tabernacle yet they were of those that were written by Moses and presented unto the Lord and therefore the Lord put his spirit upon them Verse 26. Now I pray what Moses hath written your name and presented it unto the Lord Besides we must not gather general Rules from extraordinary examples Because Deborah and Huldah prophesied therefore shall any infer that Women ougth to teach in the Church Doth not the Apostle teach the contrary 1 Cor. 14. 34. 1 Tim. 2. 12 CHAP. 18. The subject of this Chapter is Original sin You speake much in the commendation of young children which were commendable in you were it not done for by-ends you set them forth in their most beautiful Characters but Latet anguis in Herba you would shroud an old Pelagian Heresy under them You magnifie their condition as being free from actual sin but your purpose in it is to denie Originall Sin You say They are not born in sin First therefore I will shew what Original sin is and that it is in all men by Nature and then answer your Cavills For the better understanding of it we must know there were in Adam before his fall three things 1. The substance of his body and soul 2. The faculties and 3. The qualities of them that is to say the image of God consisting in a conformity of all his wi●l and affections and powers to Gods will Now when Adam sinned he did not lose the substance or faculties of his soul and body but the conformity of his will and Affections and powers to Gods will and consequently in stead of that comes want of Original righteousnesse and a pronesse to sin and wickednesse Now that this is in all mankinde by nature appears in Psa. 51 5. behold I was shapen in iniquity and in sin did my mother conceive me Eph. 2. 3. We are all by nature the children of wrath Gen. 6. 5. Again the Circumcision of infants under the Law proves something there was in the soul that ought to be cut away which God promised to do Deut. 30. 6. Likewise the Baptisme of Infants doth shew there is something unclean that hath need of cleansing which God hath promised to do Iohn 3. 5. Titus 3. 5. Ephesians 5. 26 27. The death of infants doth confirm it who die not ex necessitate naturae but ex merito peccati not out of the necessity of nature but for the punishment of Original sin for the wages of sin is death or death is the wages of sin Rom. 6. 23. now it cannot be meant of actual sin and therefore it must be for Original sin Which is cleer out of Rom. 5. 12 18. Your argument ab injusto that it is an hard thing to say that thousands are now in hell for Original sinne Who art thou that disputest with God Rom. 9. 20 if they be the children of Christian Parents there is hope of mercy though they die without the Sacrament of Baptisme because they are born within the Covenant If they be the children of Infidels we may remember the book of life which no man knows but God therefore we may suspend our judgement therein So it is we know whosoever is not found written in the Book of life shall be cast into the Lake of fire Rev. 20. 15. But a strange thing it is that this should be a hard saying to you if any man said so who deny the perpetuity of Hell fire You object Mark 10. 13. And they brought young Children to him that he should touch them This place makes against you it shews there was somthing in them that was to be healed or else they would not have brought them to Christ to be touched you confesse it is brought to prove the Baptisme of Infants and so it is not without reason for if they be born of beleeving parents as those were otherwise they would not have brought them to Christ to be touched and blessed then have they as good right to the Sacrament of Baptisme as the Children under the Law had to the Sacrament of Circumcision in regard the promise was made to Abraham and to his seed and to all that are afar of even as many as the Lord our God shall call Acts. 2. 39. You object Matth. 18. 2 with an absurd exposition of it For his Disciples striving for superiority his answer related particularly to their ambition that they should not strive for Superiority but be converted and become humble otherwise they should not enter into the kingdom of Heaven but let me ask you what then should become of them you should have done well to have expounded that also but it was not for your purpose Also the conference of Christ and Nicodemus Iohn 3. 4. This makes not on your side doth not Christ plainly tell him except a man be born again of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God He gives a reason for it in the next Verse That which is born of flesh is flesh c. Lastly you contradict your self fouly in this Chapter you say you denie not the Baptizing of Children with water to them that are free to do it and immediately you call Baptisme Iohns administration of water and say it was onely to last Iohns time and then to be made void CHAP. XIX It is the saying of the Apostle 2 Tim. 3. 13. That evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse deceiving and being deceived Here we have it verified in you for here you are grown to such to such an height of impudence that you dare out-face a truth as apparent as the light at noon-day You say We have no ground from the Lord Iesus Christ by precept nor example to Baptize with water What say you to that of Ioh. 3. 5. before mentioned where our Saviour tells Nicodemus that except a man be born of water and the spirit he cannot enter into the Kingdome of God Likewise that of our Saviour himself Mat. 28. 19. Go therefore and teach all Nations Baptizing them in the name of the Father Son and holy Ghost Have we not examples for it also read Iohn 4. 1 2. Again can you answer to that of the Eunuch Acts 8. 36. And as they went on their way they came to a certain water and the Eunuch said see here is water what doth hinder me to be Baptised and they went both down into the water both Philip and the eunuch and he Batised him v. 38. The very name or signification of the word Baptisme from {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} may confute you moreover water is one of the parts of the Sacrament Is it not called the Laver of Regeneration Titus 3. 5. wherein Christ doth wash and cleanse his Church 1 Cor. 6. 11. and such were some of you but ye are washed c. Eph. 5. 26. that he might sanctifie and cleanse it with the washing of water by the Word

reason of which the word of truth might be evil spoken of but that they may be mindeful of that excellent admonition of the Apostle 2 Ioh. 7. 8 9 10 11. For many deceivers are entred into the world who confess not that Iesus is come in the flesh This is a deceiver an Anti-Christ Look to your selves that we loose not those things which we have wrought but that we receive a full reward Whosoever transgresseth and abideth not in the Doctrine of Christ hath not God He that abideth in the Doctrine of Christ hath both the father and the Son If there come any unto you and bring not this Doctrine receive him not into your house neither bid him God-speed for he that biddeth him God-speed is partaker of his evil deeds CHAP. 14. You argue those that do preach the Doctrine of Damnation telling the people that they are eternally damned are no Gos●el-Ministers do preach from an evil spirit but Christ did not preach this Doctrine of eternal damnation to any for he did preach salvation to all men and the acceptable year of the Lord and to prove this you quote Luk. 4. 18. Iohn 3. 17. To tell you your Major or Minor is false or to treat you after the manner of Disputants is a thing passeth your understanding therefore I shall answere you thus Those that preach according to the Commission Christ gave unto his Disciples to preach at his departure are Gospel preachers but those that preach damnation to the impenitent and unbelievers as well as Salvation to the penitent and believers preach according to that Commission therefore they are Gospel preachers Mark 16. Go into all the World and preach the Gospel that is he that believes and is baptized shall be saved and he that believeth not shall be damned is not here damnation to the unbelievers as there is Salvation for believers Are they not commissionated to preach this throughout the World and did they not faithfully perform it Read Rom. 2. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. where the Apostle pronounceth Glory Honour Immortalitie and Eternal life to every man that worketh good but denounceth tribulation and anguish wrath and judgement at the day of wrath and revelation of the just judgement of God to the impenitent that obey not the truth but obey unrighteousness Likewise in the 2. Thes. 1. 6 7 8 9. Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompence Tribulation to them that trouble you and to you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from Heaven with his mightie Angels in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God and that obey not the Gospel of our Lord Iesus Christ who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord c. read also 2 Pet. 2. 2 3 4 5. and the whole Epistle of Iude. I hope you will not say now these men were not Gospel-preachers or that they had not the spirit of God for it was after the day of Pentecost when the cloven tongues descended and sat upon them Acts 2. 1 2 3. But let me ask you one question when Christ gave unto his Disciples the keys of the kingdome of Heaven wherein did the power of the keys consist Was it not in binding as well as in loosing You will finde it was in Iohn 20. 23. You falsely and impudently say that Christ never preached damnation to any but Salvation to all Certainly you have read Christs Sermon upon the Mount and it is most certain you understand it not for it is plain Mat. 5. 21 22 23 24. and in the 29. It is better that one of thy members perish then that thy whole body should be cast into Hell Mark 6. 11. It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in that day of judgement then for that Citie Likewise read Mat. 23 from the 13. verse to the end of the Chapter and you shall finde how many woes are pronounced by Christ there and the greater damnation to Hypocrites for their holy pretences verse 14. and the 30. It seems plainly you know not what you say and care not what you affirm that you are led by the spirit of falshood and errour and not by the spirit of truth who dare thus boldly contradict the truth But that text of Mat. 23. 14 and 33. quoted by Mr. Sanbroke I perceive confounded you that you know not what to say or at least said you knew not what something nothing to the purpose which was That Christ was then a fulfilling the Law which you your self overthrow at the latter end of this disputation Page 64. out of Heb. 13. 8. Iesus Christ the same yesterday to day and for ever Now if he were the same yesterday as certainly he was for he was the lamb slain in Gods decree ab origine Mundi therefore he had fulfilled yesterday Gods account but if it were so yet it doth not lessen your fault who have falsely affirmed that Christ preached not damnation to any but salvation to all Not to pass over your playing Legerdemain with the Scriptures your saying that Christ told the Pharisees that the kingdome of God was to be revealed in them and which should suddenly come unto them and that they hearing this demanded of Christ when the kingdome of Heaven should come also that Christ answered them The kingdome of Heaven comes not with observation Now let any one read that Chapter of Woe and damnation to the Pharisees Mat. 23. and he shall finde there is no such question or answer in that Chapter nor in that Evangelist neither is there any thing like it and therefore you falsifie the Scriptures to make a colourable answer to that which is unanswerable and what you quote out of the 17. of Luke 20. 21. is spoken upon another occasion and the answer concerned not the Pharisees but was directed to the Disciples verse 22. and he said unto his Disciples c. I think there is no man so deluded except your self as to think that Christ should tell the Pharisees that the kingdome of Heaven was within them of whom he had given this Testimony in the words before that their inside was full of extortion and excess that they were like unto painted Sepulchers full of dead mens bones and of all uncleanness But you say the Kingdome of Heaven was within the Scribes and Pharisees though yet they knew it not But Christ that knew all things knew them intus in cute he knew their conditions and concluded they were a generation of Vipers and should not escape the damnation of Hell You tell us our Schools will never teach us this lesson of knowing Christ within us First you are ignorant what Doctrine the Schools teach and I therefore can give no account of it a fools bolt is soon shot praised be God our Schools teach no such doctrine as you teach nor any of the

3. to maintain the same errour but to what purpose let the world judge The Prophet there shews that when Christ should come he should refine his silver that is his Church the sons of Levi the purest of his Silver for even they stood in need of purifying now can the reprobate be called the purest of his silver your argument deserves to be hist at rather then answered Read the 5. verse following and there you shal finde that Christ takes another course with them where it is said I will come neer to you to judgement I will be a swift witnesse against the sorcerers against adulterers against the falseswearers c. So you may see it is against the persons not against their sins agreeable is that in 2 Pet. 2. 1 2 3. c. Your last Proofe is Reve. 15. 8. And the Temple was filled with smoke c. I will first shew the true meaning of the place and then observe the unfitnesse of your Allegory The Spirit of God in the 14. Chapter foretells the day of judgement verse 19 20. but before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord he signifies several horrible judgements that should fall upon the kingdom of Anti-Christ Chap. 16. Now that they might know these judgements came not by chance he shews from whence they came and that was from the Temple of God from above ver. 5. which Temple was filled with smoke which signifies the glory of God as in 1 Kin. 8. 10 11. 1. He doth it to admonish us that we pry not too narrowly into Gods judgements for they are incomprehensible but to wait untill the day when all secrets shall be made manifest 1 Cor. 4. 5. Let us See now what your Allegory can deduce from this Because God before the day of judgement will send seven fearful Plagues from above upon the earth that is upon the followers of Anti-Christ the men which have the mark of the beast and wors●ip his image Rev. 16. 1 2. on the wicked and such as shed the blood of the Saints ver. 6. therefore will he not destroy any man not the impenitent unbeleeving Reprobate excepted for this that you indevour to assert in this Chapter and now consider what a conclusion you have made and how your Allegory is vanished CHAP. 20. Page 78. In this Chapter you tax the Magistrates and ministers for illegal proceedings against you I know it is the Custome of such companions as you to be the first accusers that thereby they may seem to be innocent I am a stranger to their proceedings against you but onely by the relation of them yet not so much to some of the persons but that I know them to be men of that integrity that they would not wrong you as the event will questionlesse make manifest And whereas you say you are charged for being a Blasphemer it is evident you are so and therefore cannot justly complain of any injustice done you in that particular for any Good Christian that reads your book will assuredly condemn you of Blasphemy because you make God the Author of your lies wresting and perverting the Scriptures to serve your wicked purposes For your confidence in boasting that you are clear and innocent in your own spirit it moves me not nor any man els that hath heard and read of the practices of the devil For we know there is a spiritual witchcraft and Satan doth delude the phancies of Hereticks as well as of Witches Gal. 3. 1. making them beleeve they are what they are not hence it came to passe that many false Christs false Prophets and false Apostles when they were nothing else but devils in Samuels mantle I remember two notable examples I have read of to this purpose the one of old the other of late that of old is in Eusebius lib. 5. Cap. 14. of Montanus the Heretick who being strongly deluded by the Spirit of errour uttered strange Doctrines contrary to the truth and yet boasted that he had the spirit and the gift of Prophesie as also did his two trulls calling themselves Prophetesses when they were deluded by the foul spirit as appeared by their desperate ends for Judas like they became their own Executioners The second example shall be that of wicked Hacket Copping and Arthington in the reign of Queen Elizabeth 1591. This wicked impostor gave out he was extraordinarily annointed with the Holy Ghost and sent forth Coppinger and Arthington his seduced Varlets under the name of two Prophets mercy and judgement to preach him up in the City of London to tell the people that Christ was come with his fan in his hand to judge the earth and that he lodged at Walkers house neer Broken-wharf and if they would not beleeve it let them come and see it and kill him if they can these accursed Hereticks lived and died in their damnable error Hacket was hanged drawn and quartered and his two false prophts died the one in the Counter the other in Bride-well a just judgement of God on such Blasphemers are not here strong delusions who would not wonder at this if he did not know the wiles of Satan in deluding the mindes of such as God hath given up into his hands for your contempt of the truths St. Paul 2 Thes. 2. 10. 11. I do not therefore wonder at your confidence but I pitty your blindnesse your are deadly sick and not feel your disease struck with the sting of the Serpent yet do not feel your pain but die singing I shall therefore desire God if it be his will to give yo a sight and feeling of your own miserable condition and deliver you out of the snare of the Devil who hath taken you captive and holds you fast making you an unhappy instrument to deceive your self and to seduce others I shall desire all good Christians to avoid your society that so you may be ashamed and they not infected with your damnable errours for your words do fret like a cancer 2 Tim. 2. 17. I shall then conclude with the words of St. Paul Rom. 16. 17 18. and Tit. 9. 3 10 11. Par enim est ut nos qui sumus Christiani omnes c. For it behoveth us that are Christians to eschew all such as open their mouthes against Christ and such as are alienated in minde from him as enemies of God and rotten sheep corrupting the sense of mans minde c. as Alexander Epist. Alex Socrat. lib. 1. cap. 9. FINIS Nec fonte labra prolui caballino nec in bicipiti somniasse Parnasso memini ut fic repentè Poeta redirem Auli Persii prologo * Moriae Encomium Qui Bavium non odit amat tua Carmina Maevi Hor. Parturiunt Montes nascitur ridiculus Mus. Deut. 4. 19. * Eze. 22. 28. * 2 Cor. 11. 15. 〈◊〉 23. Cap. 2. Page 7. 8. Page 8. Chap. 3. Page 11. Page 11. Page 15. Page 16. 17. 2 Cor. 3. 21● Page 8. Page 9. Page 18. 2 Thes. 2. 10 11 12. Page 8. Page 23. Page 22. Page 23. 1 Tim. 3. 16. Page 24. Page 21. Page 32. Page 33. Page 34. Page 35. Page 36. Page 37. Page 3● Page 37. 38. Page 38. Page 33. Page 39. ● Thes. 4. 14. Page 41 Page 42. John 1. 18. Page 41 42. Page 43. Page 44. Page 45. Page 45 Page 45 46. Jam. ● 2. * Rev. 12. 17. * Verse 9. Page 50. line 10. Page 50. Page 51. Page 51. ● Page 51. ● Page 52. Page 53. Col. 1. 12 13. Page 55. Ibid. Page 58. Page 59. Page 61. Page 61. vid. Mat. 6. 6. 7. 19. Page 61. Page 61. Page 62. Page ibid. Page 63. Page 63. Page 63. Rev. 17. 18. Page 68. Wisd. 11. 24. Heb. 4. 2 3. Object 1. Teren. Obj. 2. Object 3. Object 4 Object 5. Object 6. Object 7. Object 8. John 17. 9. Object 9. Object 10. Page 68. Page 68. Gal. 6. 1. Mat. 25. 21. Page 71. Page 71. Page 71. Page 73. Page 72. Page 73. Page 72. Page 72. Page 73. Page 76. Page 76. Read Pro. 16. 4. Hab. 1. 12. Rom. 9. 12. Iud. 1. 4. Heb. 1. 12. Exod. 38. 32. Rev. 7. 8. 80 20. 15. Page 76. ●al. 1. 2. Page 77. Page 79.