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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33930	A confession of faith, published on special occasion wherein is contained the substance of the most material principels of the Gospel and Christian faith, in contradistinction to the errors and heresies by some held and maintained, in opposition thereunto : whereunto is annexed a postscript, with brief animadversions on some things contained in a confession of faith, lately published in the name of the elders and brethren of many congregations in London and the countrey / written by Thomas Collier.	Collier, Thomas, fl. 1691.	1678 (1678)	Wing C5275; ESTC R32494	30,415	69

A CONFESSION OF FAITH Published on special occasion WHEREIN Is contained the Substance of the most material Principles of the Gospel and Christian Faith in contradistinction to the Errors and Heresies by some held and maintained in opposition thereunto Whereunto is annexed A POSTSCRIPT with brief Animadversions on some things contained in a Confession of Faith lately published in the name of the Elders and Brethren of many Congregations in London and the Countrey Written by THOMAS COLLIER 〈◊〉 8. 20. To the Law and to the Testimony if they speak 〈…〉 according to this Word it is because there is no light in them Tim. 3. 8 9. Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses so do these also resist the truth Men of corrupt minds reprobate or of no judgment concerning the faith But they shall proceed no further for their folly shall be manifest unto all men as theirs also was LONDON Printed for Francis Smith at the Elephant and Castle in Cornhil near the Royal Exchange 1678. A Confession of Faith I. Concerning God 1. I Believe that there is one only true God the Great Almighty one who hath his Being in and of himself and hath given Being unto all things the great Creator and Preserver of all things Deut. 6. 4. Isa 4. 21. 2 Cor. 8. 6. Gen. 1. 1. Act. 17. 24 to 28. That he is an Infinite Spirit most Holy Wise Just Merciful and Faithful Joh. 4. 24. 1 Sam. 2. 2. Isa 6. 3. Psal 147. 5. Isa 40. 28. Deut. 32. 4. Zeph. 3. 5. Exod. 34. 6. Mic. 7. 8. Tit. 3. 4. Deut. 7 9. Tit. 1. 2. Eternal and Omnipresent in all Places Deut. 33. 27. Isa 57. 15. Psal 139. 7 to 12. 2. Yet I do believe according to his Word that his most glorious Habitation Dwelling-place and Throne is in Heaven Isa 57. 15. and 66. 1. 3. I do believe that God made Man upright in his own Image and that by Sin he fell from that Estate into an Estate of Sin and Death Eccl. 7. 29. Gen. 1. 27. and 3. 17 18 19. Rom. 5. 12. 4. I do believe as the great foundation-principle of Truth and of Faith that God loved the World in the gift of his Son Joh. 3. 16. 1 Joh. 4. 14. which was the only means and way designed of God for the recovery of Man out of his faln Estate Gen. 3. 15. and 22. 18. Act. 4. 12. 1 Cor. 15. 21 22. 5. As I do believe that God is so do I believe that he is a Rewarder of them that diligently seek him this being one special Article of the Christian Faith Heb. 11 6. II. Concerning Christ Jesus our Lord. 1. That he is the Son of God and the Son of Man truly God and Man made of the Seed of David according to the Flesh Rom. 1. 3 4. conceived by the Holy Ghost in the Womb of the Virgin Mary according to the Scriptures Isa 17. 14. Jer. 31. 22. Mat. 1. 22 23. 2. That he was begotten known and realized in his whole Person by the Father before Time both God and Man as he was made Flesh and dwelt among us in Time yet his Humanity not in Being till made Flesh of the Seed of David Heb. 1. 6. Col. 1. 15. and therefore he is said to come out from God and down from Heaven Joh. 3. 13. and 6. 51 62. and 16. 28 30. and 17. 8. 1 Cor. 15. 47. Eph. 4. 9 11. and that it was he by whom all things were made Joh. 1. 1 2 3 10. and that the Father Son and Spirit are in nature and essence one yet in office and relative properties and operations are three and yet an unity in nature and concent in Will and Work Joh. 5. 17 19. 3. That after he had finished the Work he had to do in the World by which he declared himself to be the Son and sent of God the Messiah promised Joh. 5. 36. and 10. 25. and 17. 4. and 20 30 31. according to the great love of the Father and the end for which he sent him into the World he gave himself a Sin and Peace-offering to God the Father for the sins of the World Joh. 1. 29. and 6. 51. 1 Tim. 2. 6. Heb. 1. 1. 1 Joh. 2. 2. and as an effect thereof hath sent forth the Gospel of his Grace by commission to be preached to the World that whoever do believe and obey him therein may have the saving Benefits thereof Mar. 16. 15 16. and that the Father and the Son in this wonderful transaction had real love to the World therein and hated none That when God is said to hate any it is because of Sin and not as his Creatures that in this sense he is good to all Psal 145. 9. and seeks to save them from their sins Joh. 3. 16 17 18 19. and that Jesus Christ crucified is the only Foundation of Christian Faith and not in the divine Nature only 1 Cor. 3. 11. and 2. 2. The Reasons why I believe this general love of God and Christ to the World in this wonderful Gospel-undertaking are 1. Because the Scripture saith it and if I should not so believe I should as many others do make God and Christ Lyars which is the great and damning sin 1 Joh. 5. 10. with Mark 16. 15 16. But he that believeth the testimony that God hath given of his Son hath set to his Seal that God is true Joh. 3. 33. 2. Because the denial hereof rooteth up the foundation of Gospel-preaching there being three things that God hath set in unity in this matter that Man may not put asunder without nulling the whole design of God in the Gospel viz. of Gospel-preaching of Life to the World on the terms thereof First The general love of God to the World in the gift of his Son Joh. 3. 16 17. Secondly And sutable to this general Love of God to the World is Christ giving himself a Sacrifice for the sins of the World Joh. 6. 51. The Sacrifice must be as large as the Fathers love else it answers not his Will and End in giving his Son Heb. 10. 7. Thirdly Sutable to this general Love and general Sacrifice is the general Commission for publishing thereof to the World that so they might understand and believe this Love and be saved Mar. 16. 15 16. These three are as large one as the other and stand in unity take away the general Love of the Father and the general Sacrifice of the Son and the general Commission ceaseth it being grounded on the two former so that deny the two first and it ends Gospel-preaching 3. As an Effect because the denial hereof rooteth up the Foundation of Gospel-Faith for if the Foundation of Gospel-preaching be removed then Gospel-Faith must cease it being no part of the Doctrine of the Gospel that Christ was a Sacrifice only for a few it can be no part of Gospel-Faith so to believe if it were the Doctrine of the Gospel must give a very