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A64243	The true light shining in darkness and dispelling the mists of errour arising from the darkness of man's heart, &c. promoted by the prince of darkness against the truth of God; in the matter of our justification: shewing, that by the deeds of the law, or mans own righteousness, no flesh can or shall be justified in the sight of God. The first part. By Tho. Taylor, the meanest and unworthiest of the servants and ministers of Jesus Christ; and now pastor to a small congregational church in Cambridge.	Taylor, Thomas, 1618-1682.	1693 (1693)	Wing T559; ESTC R219692	113,014	241

you all as my crown and my joy in the Day of Jesus Christ And though I cannot say of you all that I have begotten you by the Gospel no blessed be God that you were in Christ before my coming amongst you and that others labours were blest for that end to you yet this also I can say of some of you now in the Church and of others not yet joyned to it that I have begotten you through the Gospel unto Jesus Christ and that you are the seal of my Ministry and the proof of Christ speaking in me and by my Ministry unto your Hearts effectually yet in you all and concerning every one of you I do rejoyce in three things Namely 1. Your Election of God known of us and manifestly appearing in you by the Sanctification of the spirit unto Obedience and sprinkling of the Blood of Jesus Christ as 1 Pet. 1.2 Elect according to the foreknowledg of God the Father through sanctification of the Spirit unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ and 2 Thes. 2.13 14. But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you brethren beloved of the Lord because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth Whereunto he called you by our gospel to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2. Your abiding in the Truth and the Truth abiding in you and that you stand fast both in the Faith and love of the Truth that you may be saved When so many have departed from the Faith giving heed to seducing spirits and are as is to be feared given up to strong delusion to believe a lie that they all might be damned who believed not the Truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness as 1 Tim. 4.1 2 Thes. 2.11 12. Which sheweth the unction of the holy one to be in you as 1 John 2.20.21 But ye have an unction from the holy One and ye know all things I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth But because ye know it and that no lie is of the truth and again v. 26 27. These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you and ye need not that any man teach you But as the same anointing teacheth you of all things and is truth and is no lie and even as it hath taught you ye shall abide in him 28. And now little Children abide in him that when he shall appear we may have confidence and not be ashamed before him at his coming And in this I do rejoyce and will rejoyce in and over you all your stedfast abiding and walking in the Truth when there are so many deserters as 2 John 1. Whom I love in the truth and not I only but also all they that have known the truth for the truth sake which dwelleth in us and shall be with us for ever And 3 John 4. I have no greater joy than to hear that my Children walk in truth and again John 8.31 32. Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him If ye continue in my word then are ye my Disciples indeed And ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free 3. Your order in the Faith and fellowship of the Gospel as a Church which appeareth in your professed and declared subjection to the Government which Christ hath set in his Church and that because it is Christs appointment that so it should be and his Spirit works in you that willing and ready subjection and obedience as a fruit of your Faith upon which dependeth and followeth that blessed Peace that ye now have both in your own Consciences and among your selves it 's prophesied of Christ Isa. 9.7 Of the encrease of his government and of his peace there shall be no end upon the throne of David and upon his kingdom to order it and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever This belongs to the Kingly Office of Christ to whom only it appertaineth to give and appoint Laws for his Church and they must not appoint Laws for themselves nor can Man or any sort of Men in the World appoint or give Laws to the Church of Christ 't is Christ prerogative Royal and he alone sits and rains as King in Zion as Ps. 2.6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion Now this Government which Christ hath set in his Church is by a Faithful and approved Ministry as Pastors and Teachers freely chosen by the whole Church according to Christs mind and rightly set over them in the Lord as he hath appointed them to be Ephes. 4.11 12 13. And being so set as Acts 14.23 The Church and all the Members are to obey such and to have them in high esteem for their works sake and to be subject unto them in the true light and conduct of the word shining in their Ministry and therefore they are called Stars and Angels or Messengers from the Ministerial light and conduct they give to the Church from Christ himself the Sun of Righteousness and the Angel of the Covenant as Rev. 1.20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand and the seven golden candlesticks The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the even Churches The Churches therefore I say are to be subject to them and to obey them in the light of Truth shining in their Ministry from Christ the head as the Stars do shine in the Firmament with their lesser lights all borrowed from the Sun and for the proof of this let these Scriptures be considered and well weighed Heb. 13.7 8. Remember them which have the rule over you who have spoken unto you the word of God whose Faith follow considering the end of their conversation Jesus Christ the same yesterday and to day and for ever And again v. 17. Obey them that have the rule over you and submit your selves for they watch for your souls as they that must give an account that they may do it with joy and not with grief for that is unprofitable for you And 1 Tim. 5.17 18 19. Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour especially they who labour in the word and doctrine For the scripture saith Thou shalt not muzzle the Ox that treadeth out the corn and The labourer is worthy of his reward Against an elder receive not an accusation but before or under two or three witnesses Where the rule of the Ministry is secured of the double honour of Maintenance and Reverence and 1 Thes. 5.12 13. And we beseech you brethren to know them which labour among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you And to esteem them very highly for their works sake And be at peace

he had by himself purged our sins and brought in everlasting Righteousness for us as Dan. 9.29 To make an end of sins and to bring in Everlasting Righteousness sate down at the right hand of the Majesty on high Heb. 1.3 Now here is hope set before you in Christ fly for refuge and lay hold upon it by Faith and so lay hold on Eternal Life and lay hold on Everlasting Righteousness for Christ is Eternal Righteousness and Eternal Life to all that lay hold on him by Faith Who have fled for refuge Here is a reference and allusion to the Cities of refuge set apart by Gods special appointment from amongst the Cities of Israel which were in number six in convenient places and at convenient distances from all parts To the end that he that had slain a man at unawares might fly and there find refuge and safety from the Avenger of blood Numb 35.10 16. These Cities of refuge were Types and did point unto Jesus Christ the Holy Ghost thereby signifying and testifying before-hand Christ the True and Spiritual Refuge to Sinners amongst men from the Avenger of Blood with the vindictive and revenging Justice of God and his Infinitive Wrath gone out in pursuit of all guilty and bloody Sinners and Violaters of his Righteous and Holy Law And the benefit of these Cities of Refuge was not only extended to the Jews but also to the Strangers as v. 15. The Holy Ghost plainly testifying hereby the extent of this true Refuge in Christ unto the Gentiles as well a● to the Jews and that all that fled unto him should be safe and escape the pursuing Vengeance and Wrath of God due unto Sin and the Transgression of his Holy Law and the assurance of Safety and Refuge to Sinners flying unto Christ both of the Jew and of the Gentiles is laid in Christ bearing their Sins and fulfilling the Righteousne●● of the Law for them It being an Act o● Glorious Justice as well as an Act of Sove●raign Mercy and Grace in the Father to just●●fie him that believeth in Jesus as Rom. 3.26 and Isa. 53.11 That he might be ju●● and the justifier of him that believeth in Jesus And my Righteous Servant shall justifie m●●ny for he shall bear their iniquities O● therefore Sinner thou needest not fear Refug● in Christ Seeing not only the Grace an● Mercy of God but his Justice also to whic● I may add his Faithfulness and Truth in 〈◊〉 Word and Promise are thy security O● therefore Sinner fly for Refuge to lay ho●● upon this hope which is set before thee and which is sure and stedfast and entereth in within the Vail And for the setting home this Exhortation I shall add three Motives and give three Directions and so conclude this first branch of the Exhortation Motive 1. Sinner know that necessity is upon thee thou must fly or die and therefore I may say to thee as the Angels did to Lot when Sodom was destroyed Gen. 19.17 Escape for thy Life look not behind thee neither tarry in all the plain Escape to the Mountain lest thou be consumed There was an absolute necessity upon Lot in his present case to escape out of Sodom to escape to the Mountain or to be consumed in the Fire of Gods Wrath that was kindled against Sodom and the Cities of the Plain And so it is with thee Sinner Escape for thy Life and haste thee unto Jesus Christ for if the Avenger of Blood in pursuit of thee doth overtake thee out of Christ thou art a dead man a lost and undone man for ever and wilt be consumed in the Fire of Gods Wrath and Holy Indignation that is already kindled and will burn Eternally to the consuming all Unbelieving and Impenitent Sinners who live and dye out of Christ and are not found in him i. e. united to him by Faith sprinkled with his blood and cloath●d with his righteousness Oh! therefore fly unto Christ and get into him and so keep the blood of sprinkling lest he that destroyeth the first-born should touch thee Heb. 11.28 2 Motive Here is Refuge prepared and provided for thee in Jesus Christ How miserable were Man guilty Man faln under Sin and under the Curse of the Law and the Wrath of God if there were no Refuge fo● him no way to escape The condition o● Man of every Man would then be desperate as helpless and hopeless as that of the Devils but blessed be God the case is no● so with faln Man as it is with the faln Angels Grace free Grace hath put a difference oh let us adore God in it and cry Grace Grace to it there was no Christ to take the Nature of Angels or to take hold o● Angels as the word signifies Heb. 2.16 Bu● blessed be God there was a Christ found to take the Seed of Abraham to make an en● of Sins and to bring in Righteousness t● faln Man and now Salvation is ready Righ●eousness and Eternal Life is ready O● therefore fly unto Christ and take Refuge i● him and lay hold upon the Hope that is in Christ for thee 3 Motive Yea this Refuge is not a Refuge afar off but a Refuge near a Refuge at hand 't is but st●pping out of thy self and thine own Righteousness and thou art presently in Christ in this sure Refuge Great care was taken by God's Appointment that the Cities of Refuge should be in convenient places not too far off lest the distance should discourage the guilty Man-slayer and give advantage to the Avenger of Blood to prevent his escape thither But the Cities of Refuge were near both to them that lived in the Land of Canaan and also to them that lived beyond Jordan on the one side of Jordan and on the other that all might have opportunity and encouragement to fly thither Numb 35.14 Yea these Cities of Refuge as they were to be near so the way was to be prepared and made plain that there might be no letts or hinderances in the way of the poor guilty Man slayer that was to fly for his Life Deut. 19.3 Thou shalt prepare thee a way and divide the Coasts of the Land which the Lord thy God giveth thee to inherit into three parts that every Slayer may flee thither Even so it is with respect to the true Spiritual Refuge in Christ 't is a Refuge near at hand and not afar off that every guilty Sinner may fly unto it So that no Sinner hath reason to complain and say Who shall ascend up into Heaven i. e. to bring Christ down from above or who shal● descend into the deep i. e. to bring Christ back from the dead No Sinner say not in thine heart nor think that this Refuge is far off for the Word is nigh thee even in thine heart and in thy mouth i. e. the Word of Faith that we preach Rom. 10.6 7 8. And if thou wilt yet ask and further enquire what this Word of Faith is read Rom. 10.9

and in a state of Death and Condemnation they were not justified from Eternity no not one of them that Live and are Justified by Faith in Christ for they all and always thus judge that they were all dead i e. condemned and not justified before they believed in Christ and do freely confess the truth and therefore not one of them doth profess or can profess any such Faith that he was Justified from Eternity Part. 6. This Doctrine of Justification from Eternity denyeth and overthroweth the Doctrine of Regeneration or new Birth and the necessity thereof which Christ himself doth plainly affirm and urge upon every man in this World John 3.3 5 8. and so do all the holy Prophets and Apostles as may be easily proved if there were any so bold as to deny it Now he that is Justified by Faith in Christ and hath this power and priviledge given unto him to become a Son of God as every true believer hath John 1.11 12. he also is born of God as John 1.13 which were born not of blood nor of the Will of the Flesh nor of the Will of Man but of God as James 1.18 Of his own Will begat he us by the Word of Truth not one Believer and so Justified person in this World but he is born of God and begotten of God and so is born again as 1 Pet. 1.23 being born again not of corruptible seed but of incorruptible by the word of God which liveth and abideth for ever ver 25. And this is the Word which by the Gospel is Preached unto you so that not one person is or can be justified by Faith but at the same time and by the same word of Faith Preached to him and Believed by him he is also born again he therefore that saith he was justified from Eternity saith also that he was born of God from Eternity and he that was born of God from Eternity needeth not nor can be born again for Regeneration is but once and those that were born of God from Eternity are far from being new born Babes as all true Believers are after their first Conversion and Calling and as the Apostle Peter calleth and styleth them 1 Pet. 2.2 3. Part. 7. This Doctrine of Justification from Eternity denieth destroyeth and overthroweth the Doctrine of Repentance and Conversion to God by Christ and by consequence takes away the necessity thereof the holy Scriptures do every where establish both in the Old and New Testament the necessity of Repentance and Conversion to God as Isa. 55.6 7. Act. 3.19 Act. 26.17 18. Luke 24.45 46 47. But he that saith he was justified from Eternity by consequence saith that he had remission of Sins from Eternity and that his Sins were blotted out from Eternity for Justification is Remission of Sins as Psalm 32.1 2 3. And blotting out of Sins as Isa. 43.25 And so he needeth not to Repent and be Converted for asmuch as he had his sins blotted out from Eternity and was Righteous from Eternity and well it is if men of these notions and traditions which they have received to hold do not become as the Pharisees of old so Whole as they need no Physician and so Righteous in their own Eyes that like the 99 Just Persons they need no Repentance or Conversion as Luke 15.4 8. And if the name of Repentance and Conversion shall still be pretended to and boasted of amongst them it shall only consist in making Proselytes to this their Tradition of Justification from Eternity which they call the Gospel and a more glorious Light than former Ages have enjoyed And some have not blushed to affirm than perhaps the Apostles had But let them take heed lest that Wo come upon them spoken by the Mouth of Truth himself Mat. 23.15 Part. 8. This Doctrine doth frustrate and make void all the ends of Christ Death and Suffering which are the Justification and Salvation of Gods Elect for if they were Justified from Eternity what need was there of Christs dying to obtain that for them which they had from all Eternity So that if this Doctrine be true as they affirm then as the Apostle saith in another case Gal. 2.21 Christ is dead in vain Part 9. This Doctrine of Justification from Eternity destroyeth and overthroweth the Doctrine and Order of God's new Creation in Christ and making all things new in him which the Holy Scriptures do every where establish both in the Old and New Testament This is certain the Old Creation was first and before the New else it were not new Adam was before Christ or the first Adam before the Second as Rom. 4.12 and 1 Cor. 15.45 46 47. And so it is written the first man Adam was made a living Soul the last Adam was made a quickning Spirit howbeit that was not first which is Spiritual but that which is Natural and afterward that which is Spiritual The first or old Creation in Adam is the natural and the second or new Creation in Christ the Spiritual now that was not first which is Spiritual but that is first which was natural therefore the Workmanship of God in the natural or old creation was first And the workmanship of God in the new Creation in Christ is the Spir●tual and therefore last the second must be after the first or else 't is not second the new must be after the old or else the old is not old nor the other new Now Justification by Faith in Christ is Gods Workmanship in the new Creation as 2 Cor. 5.17 18. Therefore if any man be in Christ he is a new Creature old things i. e. the things of the first Creation in Adam are passed away behold all things are become new And all things are of God who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ. And therefore Reconciliation and Justification by Jesus Christ as ver 19. are parts of the new Creation in Christ as also is most manifest Eph. 2.8 9 10. 't is manifest I say that God at first setled all things So the first Adam and all men in him upon the foundation of the Law or Covenant of Works which settlement was broken or dissolved by the first transgression and Death entred upon all men by Sin and no hope or possibility of Righteousness or Life by that Law or Covenant any more therefore now God bringeth forth Christ the second Adam and settles all things again upon a new Covenant of Grace restoring Righteousness and Life by Jesus Christ to all that believe this is the new Creation that which is Spiritual Now therefore Justification and Salvation by Faith in Christ was not from Eternity because 't is Gods new Creation in Christ And forasmuch as the Old Creation and that which is Natural was not from Eternity but in Time 'T is manifest that Gods new Creation in Christ to any man in this World was not from Eternity but in Time for the first must be before the second and the old