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A34599	A conference Mr. John Cotton held at Boston with the elders of New-England 1. concerning gracious conditions in the soule before faith, 2. evidencing justification by sanctification, 3. touching the active power of faith : twelve reasons against stinted forms of prayer and praise : together with the difference between the Christian and antichristian church / written by Francis Cornwell ...	Cotton, John, 1584-1652.; Cornwell, Francis.	1646 (1646)	Wing C6335; ESTC R17280	52,817	177

Christ I Iohn 2. 22. and will be partakers of their sinnes wee shall bee partakers of their plagues Revel 18. 4. And for our unbeliefe in persisting to persecute them that contend for the faith of Jesus the Christ Math. 16 16 17 18. The wrath of God abideth on them 1 Thess 2. 14 15 16. Fiftly There is no promise to any people that deny the Faith and Baptisme of Jesus the Christ that they waiting shall receive the gifts of the Spirit But rather that they shall be given up of God to strong delusions to beleeve a lye 2 Thess 2. 10. Because they received not the love of the truth that they might bee saved Verse 11. For this cause God shall give them up to strong delusions to beleeve a lye Verse 12. That all might bee damned that beleeve not the truth but have pleasure to continue in unrighteous practises 2 Thess 2 10 11 12. But there is a promise to all poore enquiring soules that in the time of their ignorance and unbeliefe have denyed Jesus the Christ their eternall King and Prophet aswell as Priest and now by the Spirit of God being convicted that they are lyars and Antichristian that deny the Father and the Son 1 Iohn 2. 22. And being pricked at the heart now trembling cry out Men and brethren what shall we doe The Spirit of Christ in the inspired Scripture saith Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Iesus for the remission of sins and yee shall receive the gifts of the holy Spirit Acts 2. 38. We have an instance of twelve Disciples found at Ephesus baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus and and Paul laid his hands on them and they spake with new tongues and Prophesied as Ioel the Prophet foretold Ioel 2. 28. I will powre out of my Spirit upon all flesh c. But were those Disciples Paul found at Ephesus that had beene baptized by Iohn the Paptist rebaptized by Paul In answering this objection I conceive First there was a vast difference betweene Faith and Baptisme Iohn preached before the suffering death and resurrection of Christ And the Faith and Baptisine Christ commanded his Disciples to preach after his Resurrection Luke 24. 46 47. Secondly Iohn the Baptist preached the Baptisme of repentance saying that they should beleeve on him that was to come after him Acts 19. 3 4. Whom Christ himselfe declareth to his Apostles being come in the flesh that he must goe up to Ierusalem fall into the hands of sinners bee killed and the third day rise againe but th● Disciples understood it not though it were declared to them and they were afraid to aske him Mark 9. 31 32. Much more John understood not that Christ should dye and rise againe from the dead First because it was not revealed to him though John sent two of his Disciples to demand of him Whether it were he that should come or shall we looke for another Christ answereth Goe tell John the blind see he deafe heare the dead are raised and the poore the Gospell is preached and lessed is he that is not offended in me Math. 11 2 3 4 5 6. Secondly Christ saith of John This was that Elias that was to come ●hat should prepare the way before him Mal. 3. 1. Thirdly Hee was the greatest Prophet borne amongst women for he saw him come in the flesh and said to two Disciples Behold that Lamb ●f God which taketh away the sinnes of he world John 1. 29. Yet hee that is he least member in the kingdom of heaven is greater then John because after the death and resurrection of Christ they could preach and declare that great myst●ry of godtinesse 1 Tim. 3. 16. that Iohn the Baptistnever knew But the Apostles after the resurrection of Christ he having opened their understanding that they might understand the Scriptures said unto them That it behoveth Christ to suffer and rise againe the third day that repentance and remission of sinnes should bee preached in his name amongst all Nations beginning at Ierusalem and yee are witnesses of these things Luke 24. 46 47 48. Again Iohn the Baptists baptisme was the Baptisme of water onely but had no promise of the holy Spirit annexed as himselfe confesseth Math. 3. 11. I indeed baptize you with water to repentance But he that commeth after mee is mightier then I he shall Baptize you with the holy Spirit and with fire Secondly The holy Spirit wa● not to bee given in his full measure untill Christ was glorified Iohn 7. 39 compared with Acts 2. 33. But to the Faith and Baptisme the Apostles preached after the death and resurrection and ascention of Christ into glory there was a promise of giving the gifts of the holy Spirit Acts 2. 38. Repent and b● Baptized every one of you in the nam● of Iesus for the remission of sinnes and yee shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit as the Prophet Ioel foretold Ioel 2. 28. and the twelve at Ephesus received Acts 19. 6. I affirme that the twelve at E●hesus that had beene Baptized by Iohn or his Disciples Ministry were re-baptized by Paul or them that were with him in the time of his Ministery for these ensuing Reasons First In respect of the different dispensations The Faith and Baptisme that these twelve had received from Iohn or his Disciples Ministerie though it was a saving Faith all the dayes of Iohn and his Disciples Ministry yet it was not a saving Faith after the death and resurrection and ascention of Christ into glory in the time of Pauls Ministery For Iohn and his Disciples preached the Baptisme of Repentance saying that they should beleeve on him that was to come after him that was in Jesus Christ that was to bee crucified But Paul and Timetheus preached that Jesus indeed is come and crucified dead and risen through whom all that beleeve shall have remission of sinnes Acts 13. 38 39. 1 Cor. 15. 3 4. Secondly Because this Faith that they had received from Iohn or his Disciples in the time of Pauls Ministery would not save them Because they denyed the Resurrection of Christ from the dead Looking onely for him to come and to be crucified and were ignorant that he was crucified dead and risen And then according to the doctrine of the Holy Spirit by the mouth of Paul 1 Cor. 15. 14. If Christ be not risen our Faith is vaine and our Preaching is vaine Thirdly If the Faith and Bap●isme of Iohn that declared that there was a Jesus to come to bee Crucified and the Faith and Baptimse of Paul that declareth that Christ dyed for our sins according to the Scriptures and rose againe the third day according to the Scripture 1 Cor. 15. 3 4. Be all one for substance as some of the Learned amongst us affirme then are wee found false witnesses of God because wee have testified of God that he hath raised up his Sonne Iesus

Faith hath put forth any act as we were all guilty of Adams sinne before we were active to reach forth any consent unto it Faith may be said to bee passive in our justification because it doth not lay hold on Christ to fetch Justification from him till Christ have first laid hold on us and imputed his righteousnesse to us and declared it unto us by his Spirit in a free promise of Grace And then Faith becommeth active actually to receive Christs righteousnesse and actually to beleeve on it either by way of dependance or assurance For the truth is seengi wee are not justified neither as it is a gift in us nor as it is an acting and working from us but in regard of his object the righteousnesse of Christ whch it receiveth Therefore which way soever Faith may receive Christ first or last by the same way we may be justified by it Now Faith of it selfe even the habit of Faith is an emptying grace and so is as an empty vessell fit to receive Christ and his righteousnes And both the act of Faith whether of dependance on Christ or of our assrance in Christ carrieth us out of our selves unto him and so maketh us fit to receive Christ and his righteousnesse Thus I have explained what I meane by a passive Faith Let me shew you that neither the Word nor the naming of it is an untruth from our best learned men of eminent worth for parts and abilities Calvine in his Institutions Lib. 3. cap. 3. Sect. 5. Quoad Justificationem Ursinus in his Catechisme Quest 60 Sect. 5. Potius Deum primum Chemierius de fide lib. 13. Chap. 6. Verissimum esse duo Doctor Amesius in Medullam Theologiae lib. 1. Cap. 26. Recepti Christi Paul Banes on the Ephesians 2. Vivificant He quicken us since he acknowledge a passive receiving of Christ he must acknowledge a passive Faith for there is no receiving of Christ but by Faith In a Booke of choice English Sermons that goeth under the name of Doctor Sybbs and our Brother Hooker and master Davenport there one stiled the Witnesse of Salvation on Rom. 8. 15. 16. where in Page 135. are these words In Justification Faith is a sufferer onely But in Sanctification it worketh and purgeth the whole man As for our Learned men that doe generally make Faith an instrumentall cause of their Justifica●ion I confesse it is true But I doe not understand them as Chenerius doth in the like case to meane no other kinde of causa then Cause sine qua non or Causa removens or prohibens For Faith keepeth the Soule empty of confidence in it selfe and maketh a way for the receiving of the righteousnesse of Christ Even as the poore Widdowes empty vessells made a way for the receiving the oye out of the Cruse whereas the fulnesse of the Vessell caused the stay The good Lord empty us more and more of our selves that wee may be filled with him Out of whose fulnesse wee receive grace for grace John 1. 16. Gloria sit soli Deo Twelve Reasons laid down against prescribed and stinted Formes of Prayers or Prayses BEcause it is against Gods glory in stinting unto him such a daily measure of Service consisting of Prayer or Praise and so hindering the spirituall petitions and phrases that otherwise would be if Gods good gifts were used It is against the dignity of Christ which hath qualified his Saints with a proportionable measure of the gifts of the Spirit for Prayer or Praise 1 Cor. 14. 15 16. in making their gifts needlesse and uselesse when they can serve themselves with Books and Formes without them It quencheth the gifts of the holy Spirit because it hath no spirituall imployment for Prayer nor Praise in his spirituall house 1 Pet. 2. 5. God is so jealous of his glory that hee cannot endure his worship should be corrupted with the least mixture of man Nadab and Abihu for offering with strange fire which God commanded them not were destroyed with fire from the Lord Levit. 10. 1 2. Vzzah for touching the Ark contrary to the order of the God of Israel was smitten dead and Israel had a breach made amongst them 1 Chron. 13. 9 10 11. compared with 1 Chron. 15. 12 13. Jeroboam devised worship at Dan and Bethel though hee pretended by it to worship the true God and advance the worship of Jehovah yet hee worshipped nothing but the Devils and Calves that hee made 2 Chron. 11. 15. And it became a sinne to Jeroboam and his house to destroy it root and branch and all the Kings that countenanced and upheld it 1 Kin. 13. 34. 2 Kin. 17. 21 22 23. But such as feared the Lord amongst them both Levites and Priests left their Cities and possession and of the people such as set their heart to seeke the Lord God of Israel came to Jerusalem So Jeroboams Kingdome weakned but Rehoboam that gave liberty of conscience to worship the true God strengthened 2 Chron. 11. 16 17. Now was God so jealous of his glory under the Law that hee that ●inned against that worship which God by Moses prescribed hee died without mercy how much severer punishment are they worthy of that sinne against the Sonnes authority seeing hee is Lord of the spiri●uall house whose house are wee Heb. ● 6. And the heavenly Father commandeth us to heare him Mat. 17. 5. and that in all things or our soules must perish Acts 3. 22 23 Now if we worship God in prayer or praise or any other way by any innovation or invention of man let us heare what our Prophet Jesus saith In vaine yee worship me teaching f●● Doctrines the Commandements of me● Esay 29. 13 14. Mar. 7 6 7 8. An● however it may seeme glorious 〈◊〉 our eyes yet God hath set th●● stigma on it That it is a vai●● worship I cannot worship God in a stinte● forme of worship in prayer a●● praise and the like lest I make 〈◊〉 selfe guilty of the bloud of Christ Christ by his death hath free me from the whole Ceremonia● Law so that if I consent to rea● againe what Christ by his dea● hath abolished I crucifie Chris● make my selfe gailty of his blou● and as much as in me lieth exp●● him out of the Nation Now the Ceremoniall Law h● his constitution in Israel either fro● Moses or from God Not from 〈◊〉 for hee was a servant in his ●ouse and hee did nothing in the Tabernacle nor about it but what God shewed him Exod. 25. 4. Acts ● 44. But the Ceremoniall Law 〈◊〉 his originall law from God Now if the death of Christ were ●f that power to put an end to the ●hole Ceremoniall prescribed ●orship so that whosoever should ●are it again should crucifie Christ ●nd make us guilty of his bloud c. ●hen that death of Christ is of ●●rce to put an end to mans Cerenoniall Worship But the first is true Ergo the ●●ter The Consequence is