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A27029	The Scripture Gospel defended, and Christ, grace, and free justification vindicated against the libertines ... in two books : the first, a breviate of fifty controversies about justification ... : the second upon the sudden reviving of antinomianism ... and the re-printing of Dr. Crisp's sermons with additions ... / by Richard Baxter ...	Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.	1690 (1690)	Wing B1397; ESTC R20024	135,131	242

When Words are used in diverse Sences he that denyeth them in one Sence denyeth them not in another And he that mistaketh the meaning of a Word may deny the Word and yet hold fast the matter signifyed by it And he that speaketh the greatest Errour in Terms not understood may mean and hold the truth 2. And Consequences not dis●erned will n●● prove a man to be a real Heretick or one that holdeth not the truth which by such consequences he subverteth Therefore all Pa●i●ic●t●●s conclude that Consequences are not to be charged too far when not understood Ortho. Who k●oweth mens minds but ●y th●i● Words What ev●r they be to God who searcheth the heart they are damnab●e Hereticks in foro Ecclesiastico Reco●cil I excuse not the Words which I have largely accused I would save others from them I confess it is W●rds that the Church must judge of and judge by But it must be Words as signif●cant of the M●tter and of the Mind of the speaker And therefore the Church must try the speakers meaning by informing and convincing questions and explications I pray you tell me when you are Catechizing your Parishioners young or old do you me●t none that in ignorance speak words that subvert the Foundation And yet when you better search their meaning you may find that they mean better than they speak I write against all their dangerous words especially to save others from being drawn by them to errour and to Prevent the errour that the Church and Gospel may receive thereby Ortho. But if they defend them they are Hereticks For how else shall we know whether they deny not Fundamentals Rec●ncil I will tell you how Ask him first whether he believe the Fundamental Truth If he say yea Ask him whether if he knew that his Consequence contradicted or subverted it which of the two he would let go And by that you may know which it is that he holdeth fastest For Instance Ask such a one as Dr. Crispe whether he would hold that Christ was really a sinner and God made him such and the Essence of all our sins were his and none of ours if he knew that this were inconsistent with the perfection and Office of Christ and the truth of the Gospel Ask him whether he would hold that the sin of the Elect cannot possibly do them any hurt nor any Duty that they do be any means or help to their Good or Salvation if he knew that this were contrary to the Gospel and Free Grace and tended to mens damnation Ask him whether he would hold that our inherent and acted Righteousness did not make us so far Righteous and no whit furthered our Justification or Salvation if he knew this were a contradiction and against Christ Ortho. By this Rule we shall judge none Hereticks but Infidels f●r who will ●xpresly renounce Christianity but they Reconcil The Word Hereticks is variously used as men are inclined 1. Of all that are stiff in any hurtful Errour against sound Doctrine and so all or most Christians are Hereticks For all have many Errours and all men are too stiff in their own conceits 2. For those that consequentially subvert Essentials Amesius is not singular who saith in Cas Consc that Theology is so concatenated that every Errour by consequence near or remote subverteth the Foundation I would except only Genealogies Chronologies Topography Grammar some Prophecies Positives But of meer morals it is not improbable 3. For all that Schismatically separate from the Apostolical Churches and their Commmunion and gather Sects to themselves for the promoting of their Errors I provoke you to name to me any Text of Scripture that calleth any by the reproved Name of Hereticks that did not separate from the Catholick Church Though all Schismaticks be not Hereticks for some cause divisions in the Church and yet depart not from it Yet all Hereticks in ●cripture-sence were Schismaticks for 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signfieth ●ot only the choosing of a new Doctrine but also a new separated Sect and Church for the promoting of it Ortho. Th●se Libertines are generally Separatists Reconcil You are historically mistaken Dr. Crispe was a Conformist himself and so have been many hundreds who have held some of the forementioned mistakes Have you read Luther on the Galathians And Aepinus and Gallus and Am●s●●rphi●s and S●hlusseloergius and abundance such Lut●erans who damn George Major for saying That Good works are necessary to Salvation and that maintained that they were hurtful to Salvation tho' no doubt they meant that confidence in them was hurtful Have you read Islebius that turned from Antinomianism to be a Papist Bishop and helpt to rectifie Luther's Phrase by calling him to oppose him Have you read Learned Beza himself and many and many such excellent men both Calvinists and Lutherans of imputed Righteousness and against Imputing Faith for Righteousness and of the definition of Faith Till Camero Pla●eus Amyraldas Capellus Testardus Codurcus Bloudel Dallaeus Drelincourt stopt them and before them Melanchthon Bucer and after Cargius Olevian Vrsine Parcus Scultenus Wendeline Ludovicus Crocius Conradus Bergius Johannes Bergius Martinius and such other great Divines stopt them in Germany How many speak indesensibly How many Bishops and Conformists in England have held and written unjustifiable words about Justification Was Dr. Tully a Non-conformist No nor Mr. Ro●orough Mr. Walker and many such before the Assemblies times Though Dr. Gell Mr. Thorndike and many such did ill in inveighing against imputed Righteous●●ss in undistinguishing words yet too many by a very ill sence and sort of it gave them too much occasion which put so many Learned Judicious Divines to explain it of whom in England the chief were Ant. Wotton Mr. William Bradshaw Mr. Tho. Gataker Bishop Davenant Bishop Ro●ert Abbot Mr. William Fenner and other Zealous Converting Preachers such as Jo●n Rogers Tho. Hooker Tho. Shephard and the New-England Churches against Mrs. Hutchinson and Mr Wheeler that by Mr. Weld published the Narrative ●f the Antinomian Errors and of the strange Monsters from Mrs. Dyer and Mrs. Hutchinson and her death and of late Mr. Benj. Woodbridge Mr. Tho. Hot●hkis Mr. Tho. Warren Mr. Graile Mr. Jessop but especially Mr. Truman Mr. Gibbons of Blackfryers and Dr. Stilling fleet It is not a thing unknown that it was not only such as you call Separatists but many Bishops and Conformists that in opposition to Popery for want of distinguishing have such words about Imputation as encouraged the Antinomians Therefore you cannot take all as Hereticks in the Scripture-sence who hold the same Errors Ortho. Then we shall not know what H●resie is i● men d● not segregate themselves to propagat● it Reconcil You may know what opinions are pernicious or if you will Heretical when you know not whether the man be a Heretick that owneth them Even the Heretick Hereticating Papists say there must be an obstinacy against sufficient light of evidence And all ten●tiousness through prejudice

THE Scripture Gospel defended AND Christ Grace and Free Justification Vindicated Against the Libertines Who use the names of CHRIST FREE GRACE and JUSTIFICATION to subvert the Gospel and Christianity and that Christ Grace and Justification which they in zealous Ignorance think they plead for to the injury of Christ the danger of Souls and the scandalizing of the weak the insulting of Adversaries and the Dividing of the Churches Yet charitably differencing the wordy Errours of unskilful Opiniaters from their Practical Piety And the mistaken Notions of some Excellent Divines from the gross Libertine Antinomian Errours In Two Books The first A Breviate of Fifty Controversies about Justification written about thirteen years past and cast by till now after many provocations by Press Pulpit and Backbiting The second upon the sudden reviving of Antinomianism which seemed almost extinct near Thirty four years And the re-printing of Dr. Crisp's Sermons with Additions with twelve Reverend Names prefixed for a decoy when some of them abhor the Errour of the Book and know not what was in it but yielded by surprize only to declare that they believed him that told them that the Additions were a true Copy By RICHARD BAXTER an Offender of the Offenders of the Church by Defending the Truth and Duty which they fight against Lux oculos vexat ubi noctua luminis osor Putrida suspecti vexabunt ulcera tactus LONDON Printed for Tho. Parkhurst at the Bible and Three Crowns at the lower end of Cheapside 1690. HEB. 11.5 6. Without Faith it is impossible to please God He that cometh to God must believe that He is and that He is the Rewarder of them that diligently seek him Luke 19.17 Well thou good Servant Because thou hast been faithful in a very little have thou Authority over ten Cities So Mat. 25.21 Mat. 25.34 40 46. Inherit the Kindgom prepared for you from the Foundation of the World For I was hungry and ye gave me Meat In as much as ye have done it to one of the least of these my Brethren ye have done it to me And these shall go into Everlasting Punishment and the Righteous into Life Eternal Gen. 22.16 17 18. By my self have I sworn saith the Lord because thou hast done this thing and hast not withheld thy Son c. John 16.27 The Father himself loveth you because you have loved me and have believed that I came out from God 1 John 3.12 13. Whatsoever we ask we receive of him because we keep his Commandments and do those things that are pleasing in his sight and this is his Commandment that we believe on the Name of his Son Jesus Christ and Love one another Rev. 3.4 They shall walk with me in white for they are worthy Rev. 3.10 Because thou hast kept the Word of my Patience I will keep thee c. Mar. 7.29 For this saying go thy way the Devil is gone out c. Mat. 5.20 Except your Righteousness exceed the Righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees you shall in no case enter into the Kingdom of Heaven Mat. 12.36 37. Every idle Word that Men shall speak they shall give account thereof in the day of Judgment For by thy Words thou shalt be Justified and by thy Words thou shalt be Condemned Jam. 2.24 You see then that by Works a man is Justified and not by Faith only So v. 13. to the end Rom. 8.29 30. Whom he foreknew them he predestinated to be conformed to the Image of his Son that he might be the first born among many Brethren And whom he did predestinate them he also called And whom he called them he also justified and whom he justified them be also glorified Luke 18.13 14. I tell you This man went down Justified rather than the other Prov. 17.15 He that Justifieth the wicked and he that condemneth the Just even they both are abomination to the Lord. Of Faith imputed to Righteousness and our being Justified by Faith See Rom. 3.30 26. Rom. 4.11 22 23 24. He that considereth the different sence of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the first usually signifying the Practical or Preceptive matter that is Righteousness the second Active efficient Justification and the third the State of the Just Qualitative or Relative or ipsam Justitiam will the better expound the Word Justification as it is in our Translations Rom. 4.24 25. For us also to whom it shall be imputed not is before we believe if a Conditional we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead Who was delivered for our offences and was raised again for our Justification Not only obeyed and suffered for our Justification but was raised for it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 efficiently to make us just relatively and qualitatively and so to justify us and consequently to judge us just Exodus 23.7 I will not justify the wicked Obj. Rom. 4 5. He justifieth the ungodly Answ Yes By making him Just by Pardon Adoption and Godliness As he healeth the sick and raiseth the dead in sensu diviso Acts 2.38 Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of the Lord Jesus for the remission of sins 13.38 By him all that believe are Justified from all things from which ye could not be justified by the Law of Moses See Titus 3.6 7. 1 Cor. 6.8 9 10 11. Rom. 2.13 14. 1 Peter 1.16 17. 2 Co● 9.6 Rev. 20.12 13. And the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the Books according to their works c. Which is oft said in Scripture John 5.22.29 The Father judgeth no man but hath committed all Judgment to the Son and hath given him authority to Execute Judgment They that have Done Good to the Resurrection of Life and they that have done evil to the Resurrection of damnation 2 Tim. 4.7 8. I have fought a good fight Henceforth there is laid up for me a Crown of Righteousness which the Lord the righteous Judge shall give me at that day and not to me only but to all that love his appearing See Heb. 6.10 1 Cor. 15.58 Col. 3.24 Heb. 11.26 2. Thes 1.5 6 7. Mat. 5.12 Mat. 6.2.4.6 5.12 10.41.42 10.29 1 Cor. 9.17 Rom. 2.5.10 Mat. 7.4 1 Joh. 1.9 If we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness So Rom. 10.10.13 Mat. 6.14 15. If ye forgive men their trespasses your heavenly Father will forgive you But if ye forgive not men Neither will 1 Joh. 3.17 Let no man deceive you He that doth Righteousness is Righteous Isa 1.16 17 18. Cease to do evil c. Come now If your sins be red as crimson Isa 55.6 7. Seek the Lord while he may be found c. Let the wicked forsake his way c. Let him return to the Lord and he will have mercy on him c. Acts 10.35 In every nation he that feareth God and