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A02912	An advertisement or admonition, unto the congregations, vvhich men call the new fryelers in the lowe Countries, wrirten [sic] in Dutche. And publiched in Englis. VVherein is handled 4. principall pointes of religion. 1. That Christ tooke his flesh of Marie, haveing a true earthly, naturall bodie, 2. That a Sabbath or day of rest, is to be kept holy everie first day of the weeke. 3. That ther is no succession, nor privilege to persons in the holie thinges. 4. That magistracie, being an holy ordinance of God, debarreth not anie from being of the Church of Christ. After these followes certen demandes concerning Gods decree of salvation and condemnation.	Helwys, Thomas, 1550?-1616?	1611 (1611)	STC 13053; ESTC S116912	57,734	190

advisednes to consider vvhat vvas the seperation vvall betvvixt the Ievve the gentill Th-appostle Rom. 3.1.2 declares plainely what is vvas in these vvords The preferment of the Ievve the profitt of circumcision is much everie manner of vvay for cheiflie because vnto them were of creditt cōmitted the oracles of god this was the divisiō vvall vvhich the Lord had set vp betvvixt the Iewe the gentill in that he gave his statutes ordināces to Israell to keep● not debarring the gētills at all frō ēioying the benefitt of his statutes ordināces as the lord sheweth Exo. 12.49 One lavv shal be to him that is borne in the land and to the strainger that dwelleth amongst you This then was the preferment and the devision wall that the Iewes kept the oracles and the Gentills must have them at their hands for if the gentills had themselves possessed the land of Canaan And the holie Citie and the Temple and all the holie thinges they had bene all polluted in their hands but when the Iewes had the possession of all the holy thinges and communicated them vnto the gētills they were holy to them Thus could the gentills have no benifitt of the holy thinges except they came to the Iewes and receyved them from them and so enioyed them vnder them This then is so plaine as anie thinge can be that the partition wall betwixt the Iewe and the gentill was in respect of the previlige that belonged to the person of the Iewe in that to the person of the Iewes the oracles were committed to be kept for as wee have shewed there was the same law of ordinances for the gentill as for the Iewe but the gentill must receive them from the Iewes and they must come vp to Ierusalem to worship with the jewes Act 8.27 and joh 4.20 This stopp of the partition wall hath Christ broken downe That he might reconcile both vnto God in one body by his crosse and slay hatred thereby makeing peace Eph. 2.16.15 Thus hath the Lord of himself made peace both with jewe gētill now not preferring anie one people above another in giveing his oracles to thē to keepe but hath made his convenant with all both jewe gētill they that are a farr of they that are neare Act. 2.39 Eph. 2.17 To everie mā that doth good shal be glorie and honor and peace to the jew first and also to the grecian For there is no respect of persons with god Rom. 2.10.11 There are now by gods appointment no more straingers and forreyners but through Christ all both jew and gentile have an entrance vnto the father by one spirit Ephes 2.19.18 not standing in need of admittance by men And what people soever either jew or gentile are biult vpon the foundation of Th-appostles and Prophetts Iesus Christ himself being the ch●●te corner stone in whome all the building cuppled together groweth vnto an holie Temple in the Lord they are built together to be the habitation of god by the spiri● Ephes 2.20.21.22 And therefore no people are bound to seeke to men to be built a habitatiō of god But the doctrine of Th-appostles by the worke of the spirit is sufficient All this proves the partition wall is broken downe which is that the oracles are not now commited to anie people of creditt to keepe that all should be forced to come to them as the gentills were of necessitie constrayned to come to the jewes Christ hath slayne that hatred saith Th-appostle and hath reconciled the gentills to god and so god is equally favourable to them both that is to all men for all were either jewes or gentils God doth not favour anie one in respect of committing his orracles to be kept they are now left free to all that come according to that prophecie of scripture Psai 55.1 Hoe every one that thirsteth come ye to the waters and ye that have no silver come buy and eate Come I say buy wine and mylke without silver and without monie This then being confessed of al that have anie knowledg in the religion of God that the seperation wall is broken downe and being rightly vnderstood also that the seperation wall was a personall previlige vnto the peculiar nation of the jewes by genealogie which was to keepe the oracles of God by Succession amongst them selves from generation to generatiō and the gentiles that were without could not be admitted to the holy thinges but by them this being the c●vision vvall and this being broken dovvne and the gentiles let in the doore sett open for all freedome libertie proclaymed That by the blood of jesus christ vvee may be bold to enter into the holy place by the nevv and liveing vvay which he hath prepared for vs through the vaile that is his flesh Heb. 10 1●.20 Hereby all Succession is abolished all previlige and pr●l●…ment to perticuler persons in keeping the holy oracles is taken away and they are free for all men that beleeve to 〈…〉 for wee are all the sonnes of God by faith in Christ Iesus There is neither Iewe nor Grecian there is neither bond nor free ●…e is neither male nor feemale or we are all one in Christ Iesus Gal. 3.26.8 Now they then that will set vp Succession and 〈◊〉 have all the orac●es of God committed to them and that all 〈…〉 receive the ordinances of Christ from them they herein build vp the per●… wall againe they challenge to themselves the prefermēt of the Iewe they stopp the entrance into the holie place by the new and liveing way which Christ hath made by his blood they deny that any people built vpō the foundatiō of Th●appostles Prophetts by the spirit can be the ●…on of God they will not permitt mē to be the sonnes of god by faith all these thinges are nothinge available without mē come to thē be admitted by them men cannot have Christ except they have thē nor be joyned to christ except they be ioyned to them nor putt on christ except they putt on thē Lett all the godly but equally iudg betwixt you and vs whether this be not to sett vp the 〈…〉 wall againe W●…h is to give a speciall previlege ●…d prefermēt to the people more then another and that none may enioy the holy thinges but from their persons which wee de●…e may yet better be observed well vnderstood that you or what people soever manteyne Succession o● will have a previlege or preferment in the possession of the holie things it doth apperteyne is tyed to your persons the power and auctoritie you challenge it is in your persons for it is not in your gifts ād doctrine for set●… by your persones tye vs not to them and then wee will preferr the gifts doctrine of Th-appostles before yours and wee wil be directed by thē And the aucthoritie and preferment you challēge is not in your office for sett by your persons

that Adam had free povver over his vnderstanding vvill affections vvhen he did these thinges to the glory of God Our Nynth 9 Adam haveing then freevvill povver from God in by his creation to obey live hovv can it possibly be said that God in his eternal decree decreed him or anie man to condemnation VVee disire a Godly carefull consideration reveivving of these things for vpon this ground depends the vvhole cause of Predestination and gods decree cōcerning salvatiō cōdēnatiō for if Adā had freevvil povver to obey vvhich never mā that knevve God yet denyed then hovv could God decree anie man to condemnation and if Adam had not freevvill and povver to obey then God decreed he should disobey sinne then hovv can it be denyed but God hath decreed men to condemnation so is vniuersall redemption vtterly overthrovvne for hovv could Christ redeame all God decree some to be condemned But if Adam had freevvill and povver to obey then God decreed no man to condemnation and if God decreed no man to condemnation before the begining of the vvorld then the lambe slayne from before the begining of the vvorld must needs be given a Redeamer for all men And then are all men bound to glorifie God in that he hath given a Saviour and meanes of salvation for them But if he be not given a saviour for all men then the greatest part of men in the vvorld have no cause to glorifie God therein And vvee demaund vvhether this be not greatly to rob god of his honor herein And let vs yet requier one thinge more at your hands that baptize infants vvhether you do not of faith baptise thē as being redeamed by Christ in that you declare them as appeareth in your forme of baptisme to be sanctified in Christ and therefore that they ought to be Baptized as mēbers of the Church vvhich is the bodie of Christ Surely it cannot be but that you faithfullie beleeve that all the infants you Baptise are redeamed by Christ or els you vvould not Baptise them into the name of Christ acknovvledg thē members of his bodie And if you do hold all the infants you Baptise to bereadeamed by Christ then if your rule of perticuler Redemption perticuler Predestination be a true rule you must needs hold that all Dutch-land must be saved and no one of them can be condemned and so must you hold the like of all England all France all Scotland and generally of all the Nations vvhose Baptising of infants you approve of And in that you approve of the Baptising of all the Turkes and all the Heathens vvhat soever their infants if they should come vnto the acknovvledging of the faith of Iesus Christ vvhich vvee hope none can say but they may do you not 〈…〉 plaine shevve that you ho●d Christ ha●h R●ed thē also thus you hold that Ch●ist hath Rede●med all the vvorld if you 〈…〉 vndestād yourselves in your ovvne 〈…〉 vvee beseech you to 〈…〉 on be able through Go 〈…〉 of your faith herein Oh that wee might on Christs be half require you with Godly carefull advisednes throughly to consider of these few thinges so simplie and plainely set downe That al the honor and praise that is due vnto Christ for that his great worke of Redemption might freely be given vnto him and that none that profe●e and feare his na●e would s●●ve to lessen his vnspeakeable worke of mercie herein whereby they do not onely lessen the honor and praise due vnto him for that his so gracious worke of redeaming all without respect of 〈◊〉 but they do also depri● 〈…〉 of God of 〈◊〉 vnderstanding of Gods 〈…〉 and mercie vnto all being all but vnder●d the ●me transgression in Adam by whose 〈…〉 condemnation went over all the which 〈…〉 Christ was for given Adam and then must it needs be forgiven to all his posteritie seeing God doth nor punish the Child for the fathers sinne espe●ially forgiveing the father that sinne Let men be●re how they take from the word of God and so flee●e vengeance that is to come vpon all those that shall so do Grace be vvith you Amen ANd whereas it is suspected that they which hold vniuersal Redemption do or must hold freewill wee desire to testifie vnto all for the cleering of our selves from the suspect of that most damnable heresie that god in mercie hath thus farr given vs grace to see That who soever holds vniuersall red●ption by Christ they cannot hold frewill if they have anie vnderstanding ffor freewill d●th vtterly abolish Christ and destroy 〈◊〉 and set 〈◊〉 workes for freewill is to have absolute power 〈◊〉 mans self to worke righteousnes and obey god in perfect obedience And such men need no Christ and if anie shal be so blind as to thinke that Christ restored man into his former estate of Innocencie thē must there needs be a new tree of knowledg of good and evill for there is no other way shewed in the Scriptures for a perfect man that is restored to Adams estate to sinne but by eating of that tree and if man be restored to perfection or if all men fell not in Adam as the scriptures testifie they did Rom. 5.12.18 then man hath power in himself to obey and then some may yet obey and so stand no need of Christ VVe knowe not anie certentie of these mens opinions therefore wee will not enter into them onely one man once told vs he had freewill but wee found him to hold so manie other horrible opinions wherein he was so obstinate as wee had no faith no have anie further conference with him To these men onely thus much do wee say that thus speaketh the word of god Gen. 5.2 God created Adam in the likenes of god made he him and vers 3. Adam lived an hundreth and thirtie yeres and begat a child in his owne likenes after his jmage If mē cannot see heare that Adam begat not a could in the likenes of god but in his owne likenes and that the likenes or jmage of god which is Perfection righteousnes and true holines doth differ and is cleane contrary to the likenes and jmage of sinfull Adam who when he began ●heth his sonne was of himself an imperfect vnholy vnrighteous man If they cannot see this then are they void of all knowledg of god And thus much wee leave for a remembrance to all those that stand for freewill that they may looke backe in whose jmage and likenes they are begotten and if their fathers begatt them in the jmage of God then are they certenly perfect ●oly and righteous and so have freewill but if then 〈◊〉 begatt them in their owne jmage and likenes as Adam begatt Sheth his sonne then let them with David cry out and confesse Behold I was borne in iniquitie and in sinne hath my mother conceived me Psal 51.5 And if they confesse that they were borne in iniquitie conceived in sinne as the holie man David was how doth the devill bewitch them to make them thinke that they are perfect and have freewill For our selves wee confesse with Th-appostle Rom. 7.18 wee knowe that mvs that is in our flesh dwelleth no good thinge And Christ hath taught vs Io. 3.6 That which is borne of the flesh is flesh and therefore must needs onely do the workes of the flesh that which is borne of the spirit is spirit and therefore all that are borne of the flesh must be borne againe before they can be spirituall And wee confesse with the same Appostle 1. Cor. 1.30 That wee are of God onely in Christ Iesus who of god is made vnto vs wisedome and righteousnes and sanctification and redemption Eph. 2.8.9 By grace onely are wee saved through faith and that not of our selves but of the gift of god not of workes Let it heere be observed that faith is a Created quallitie in man as knowledg is which being sanctified by the spirit of grace is knowledg to salvation and faith to salvations And therefore our saviour Christ sheweing that knowledg is not sufficient saith Not the knowers of my will but the doers are justified And the holy ghost speakeing of faith saith Faith without works is dead sheweing that the devills beleeve Iam. 2. And therefore faith is not a new gift but it is Grace in Christ which Th-appostle saith in this place is the gift of God whereby mens knowledg and faith are sanctified to salvation and so are saved by grace onely through faith sanctified by that grace of god in Christ And this grace of god which is his mercie by Christ hath god given to all ffor that grace of God that bringeth salvation vnto all men hath appeared Tit. 2.10 but all receive it not as Pa●●e and Barnabas testifie against the Iewes Act. 13 4● 〈◊〉 Yee put from you the word of God and 〈◊〉 yourselves vnworthy of everlasting life And Stephen ●●ith to them Act. 7.51 Yee 〈…〉 the holy ghost Now wee pray that the great 〈◊〉 of such as by the d●ce● Sati●● and 〈…〉 carried into these errors before spoken of and wee knowe not into how manie 〈◊〉 grevious damnable may not be a stumbling block to hinder a●●e gracious ●att from se●ching seekeing after ●●raccing 〈…〉 of god they hold Let the bl●●ed truth of god be never the l●s●e beloved liked of because manie that pro●e● it hold fearefull errors but rather embrace● and vse all godly diligence to bring them out of their errors if it be possible least they perish in them which is greath to be feared in manie of them THE END The Helvvys