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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

would give unto them the spirit of wisedome and revelation in the knowledge of him that the eye of their understanding might bee more enlightned that they might know what the hope is of their calling and what the riches of his glorious inheritance is in his Saints Ephes 17 18. Againe as the former blind and proud knowledge is but literall so this true knowledge is spirituall which by the spirit discerneth and seeth the spirituall things of God both of the Law and of the Gospel especially discerning and seeing the invisible benefits and unsearchable riches of the Gospel wrought upon us by the blood death and resurrection of Christ according as they are spoken Rom. 4. 18. being impossible to humane reason bodily sight sense and feeling as these and such like Scriptures teach The eye hath not seen nor the eares heard nor hath entred in the heart of man that is the naturall man the things that God hath prepared for them that love him But God hath revealed them unto us by his spirit For the spirit searcheth all things yea the deepe things of God For what man knoweth the things of a man save the spirit of a man that is in him Even so the things of God knoweth no man save the spirit of God Now we have received not the spirit of the world but the spirit which is of God that we might know or as the originall word is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that wee might see the things that are freely given to us of God 1 Cor. 2. 9. to 13. But contrariwise the naturall or the man of the meere humane soul receiveth not or perceiveth not or approveth not the things of the spirit of God as they are spoken by the spirit For they are foolishnesse unto him neither can he know them because they are spiritually discerned but he that is spirituall discerneth all things vers 14 15. Againe hereupon did Paul say Yea doubtlesse I count all things but losse for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Iesus my Lord for whom I have suffered the losse of all things and do count them but dung that I may gain Christ that I may be found in him not having mine owne righteousnesse which is of the Law but that which is by the faith of Christ even that which is of God through faith Phil. 3. 8 9. Thus the spirituall man discerneth seeth and onely esteemeth and highly prizeth onely spirituall things and invisible to the bodily eyes and so hath an eare to heare what the spirit saith whereof the Lord Christ so often speaketh saying Hee that hath eares to heare let him heare Matth. 13. 9. and that which is often repeated Rev. 2. 3. chapters saying He that hath an eare let him heare what the spirit saith unto the Churches And these and only these doe compare spirituall things with spirituall 1 Cor. 2. 13. And thus much of the true spirituall knowledge Secondly hereof ariseth the true lively and justifying faith which truly saveth us consisting in having on the wedding garment of Christs perfect holinesse and righteousnesse making us so perfectly holy and righteous from all spot of sinne in the sight of God freely by faith onely without works that we feel true comfort peace with God in our hearts and joy in the Holy Ghost as these and such like Scriptures teach Esa 61. 10. I will greatly rejoyce in the Lord and my soul shall bee joyfull in my God why what is the matter what is the cause of such joy and great rejoycing why Hee hath cloathed me with the garments of salvation That is just matter indeed of great joy A man can wish no greater matter of joy than to be cloathed with the garment of salvation what is that garment of salvation why he hath covered me with the robes of righteousnesse as a Bridegroome decketh himselfe with his ornaments and as a Bride adorneth her self with her jewels But the feast of the Gospel being furnished with guests both good and bad the King came in to see the guests and saw there a man that had not on this wedding garment And hee said unto him Friend how camest thou hither and hast not on the wedding garment and he was speechlesse Then said the King to the servants Bind him hand and foot take him away and cast him into utter darknesse there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth Matth. 22. 10. to 14. Therefore get on the white robe that thou maist bee cloathed and thy filthy nakednesse doe not appeare Anoint thine eyes with eye-salve that thou maist see Rev. 3. 18. For all have sinned and are deprived of the glory of God but are justified that is made righteous againe freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Iesus Rom. 3. 23 24. For as by one mans disobedience many were made sinners so by the obedience of one shall many to the end of the world be made righteous Rom. 5. 19. That as sin hath reigned unto death even so might grace reigne by righteousnesse unto eternall life by Iesus Christ our Lord ver 21. Therefore being justified by faith we have peace with God Rom. 5. 1. And thus we are regenerated and freely made new creatures to Godward whereby we are made all new even the righteousnesse of God in this faith of Christ as Paul in spirit testified saying If any man be in Christ he is a new creature old things are passed away Behold all things are become new and all things are of God who hath reconciled us unto himself by Jesus Christ But how are all things become new why God hath made him to be sin for us who knew no sin to what end that we might be made the righteousnesse of God in him that is by this faith in him Thus are we become all new and so by relying and resting wholly and onely in these invisible riches wrought upon us by the blood of Christ impossible to our reason and contrary to our bodily sight sense and feeling we do so walke in the steps of the faith of our father Abraham as they are that we may not erre wander and go astray from them plainly described by Paul Rom. 4. 19. to 25. saying And he not weak in faith considered not his owne body now dead being almost an hundred yeares old nor yet the deadnesse of Sarahs womb neither did hee doubt of the promise of God concerning the justifying seed through unbelief But was strengthened in faith and gave glory to God being fully assured that hee which had promised would bee as good as his word though it seemed never so impossible to his present sent sense and feeling and was able to do it And it therfore was imputed to him for righteousnesse Now it was not written for Abrahams sake onely that it was imputed to him for righteousnesse but also for us to whom it shall bee imputed for righteousnesse which beleeve in him that raised up Iesus our Lord from the

new doctrine is this Mark 1. 27. Yea they count the same stark naught and meer foolishnesse as Saint Paul saith 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the naturall man or the man of a meere humane soul perceiveth not the things of the spirit of God but they are foolishnesse unto him neither can be perceive them 1 Cor. 2. 14. And because they are not truly humbled to tremble at every word of God to beleeve the same according as it is spoken agreeable to the greatnesse and majesty of God the speaker Rom. 4. 18. And because their foresaid legall zeale of their holy working is void of Christian love and charity therefore their feet are swift to picke quarrels to make a man an offender for a word and to turn aside the just for a thing of nought Esay 29. 21. And feeling their dead faith and corrupt worship of God to be as I said but touched then their blinde zeale calumniating as I said before the faith words and workes of true beleevers boyleth forth into our-cries of errours heresies and blasphemies And most innocent Christ himselfe shall among these not escape the black censure of being counted a seducer of the people and a blasphemer and troubler of the Church thus vilely speaking evill and blaspheming the things they know not as Iude saith verse 10. And being by their corrupt light of nature naturally born subtle sophisters against the light of grace and faith hereby out of the sweet flowers where the Bee sucketh honey they by the cunning art of malice do suck poyson And then cast the imputation thereof upon the truth with out-cries of errours heresies and blasphemies when all the heresie and blasphemie is the unbeliefe in their own hearts And thus being those truth-biting dogs mentioned in the Scripture Phil. 3. 2. that bark in the day-time at true men they stick not to charge the truth that it breaketh the peace of the Church and troubleth all Israel when it is not he as Gods word and the established doctrine of our Church largely teach that maintaineth the truth and holdeth fast the faithfull word Tit. 1. 9. But the unbeleevers in the dead faith that cavill and sophistrate and resist the truth These are they that trouble the Church that is make tumults because they can never with Nicodemus leave wrangling tumultuating deriding and scoffing at the truth of Christs mysteries as seeming errour and foolishnesse unto them untill their false bloody holy zeal of Gods glory proceed to the last marke of hypocrites even to smite Micaiah on the cheek saying When went the Spirit of the Lord from me to speake unto thee 1 King 22. 24. And so they run with speed to bitter accusations and bloody persecutions except they be either with Nicodemus and Paul truely enlightened and converted to the true faith or this seed of the serpent be for nibling at the heels of Gods faithfull children of God crushed in the head by the wise and godly Magistrate or as Cains brood be cast out of the house and Church of God as Ismaelites and so cut off by God himself as he saith Gal. 4. 30 Cast out the bond-woman and her sonne for the sonne of the bond-woman shall not be heire with the sonne of the free woman And then and not till then they cease to trouble the Church God at the last thus plainly manifesting to the world that although their foresaid holy and bloody blind zeale of Gods glory seem very beautifull and be highly esteemed before men and in their own account yet that it is most vile and horrible abomination in the sight of God as Christ himself testifieth of such saying ye are they that justifie your selves before men but God knoweth your hearts For that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God Luk. 16. 15. All this description and discovery of this dead faith gilt over with the blind zeal and confidence of an universall obedience to all Gods commandements is as pithily as briefly expressed by the established doctrine of our Church saying thus That such men as make a goodly shew of all good works and many holy and godly ordinances whereby they appear to the world the most religious and holy of all men yet being blind and void of true justifying faith that onely makes the inside of the vessell clean and pure Act. 15. 9 Christ that saw their hearts knew that they were inwardly in the sight of God most unholy most abominable and farthest from God of all men Against which Sects and their pretended holinesse Christ cryeth out more vehemently than he did against any other persons But why are such holy and godly men so abominable before God Because saith the established doctrine of our Church although they seeme to the world most perfect men marke I pray both in life and doctrine why what can be wished more yet is their judgement preposterous their doctrine sowre leaven and their life hypocrisie Serm. of mans misery Sermon of free Iustification and Sermon of good works And thus much of the markes to discerne who be in this dead faith which as none can discern and discover but he that is in the true faith because such an one onely hath the mind of Christ by which he discerneth all things but is judged of no man 1 Cor. 2. 15 16. So is the matter so weighty and worthy to bee discovered that I heartily wish that some man of a farre greater measure and gift of faith than my self would so point out and plainly lay forth the vilenesse of the same as that the uglinesse of it might appear unto all men as it is in it self yea I wish that every Christian were a Preacher and writer against this most dangerous dead faith 3. Now thirdly on the contrary side Because contraria inter se opposit a magis elucent that is Contraries set one against another doe shine forth the brighter Let us therefore consider the parts likewise of the true lively and saving faith which are these three First the true humble spirituall knowledge for the true knowledge is an humble knowledge feeling through a true sight yet but a weak sight the things of the kingdome of heaven being ever ready and willing to learne further and more even of our inferiours that bring the true word of God and pure Gospel of Christ to the further edifiing of us in our most holy faith Iude 20. As learned Apollos that was mighty in the Scriptures being a zealous preacher was willing to admit conference with Aquila and Prescilla a woman being instructed by them in the way of the Lord more perfectly hee preached Christ with great efficacy Act. 18. 24. to 28. Yea this true humble knowledge is ever crying out with David O open mine eyes that I may see the wonders of thy Law Psal 119. 18. For which cause Paul prayed fervently for the Ephesians and all other Christians whom hee had converted That God the father of glory