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A88080 The glorious truth of redemption by Jesus Christ, rescued out of the hand or unrighteousnes. Or the doctrine of redemption rightly stated: wherein, 1. All Arminian and Pelagian glosses and absurdities are refuted. 2. All carnal allegations and reasonings silenc'd. 3. All concern'd scriptures seemingly discording, reconcil'd. 4. The doctrine of redemption clearly held forth, according to the harmony of scripture, and analogie of faith. By W.L. Levitt, William. 1652 (1652) Wing L1828; Thomason E681_7; ESTC R206784 25,340 46

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Christ in such places of Scripture upon which they would plead a toleration for their intolerable idleness is that men and women in the use of lawful means should have their dependance upon God and that as Christians should not over-incumber themselves with worldly business so as to neglect the one thing necessary so in the midst of the moderate use of the creature and of their lawful callings they should cast of● all immoderate and inordinate care relying upon God who careth for them for it 's an unwarrantable and extreme presumption and a temptati●n of God by a particular or private interpretation of Scripture to serue such a senseless sense as this For although a man rise early and go late to bed and eat the bread of carefulness all will be but as put into a bottomless bag unless God give a blessing And thus these Scriptures that seem so to thwart one another being comparatively and joyntly considered are really reconcil'd and hold forth one and the same thing John 11. 17. For the Law came by Moses but Grace and Truth by Jesus Christ Rom. 3. 19. What the Law saith it saith to them that are under the Law c. v. 20. By the works of the Law shall no slesh be justified Rom. 7. 6. Now we are delivered from the Law Rom. 10. 4. For Christ is the end of the Law to al● that believe Eph. 2. 15. Having abolished the Law of Commandments Mal. 2. 6. Remember the Law of Moses Mat. 5. 17. 18. Think not that I am come to destroy the Law but to fulfil it v. 19. Till heaven and earth perish one jot or tittle of the Law shall not escape till all be fulfilled v. 20. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments and teach men so shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven but whosoever shall do and teach them the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven Rom. 7. 12. Wherefore the Law is holy and the Commandment holy and just and good Divers other Scriptures of like concernment Gal. 3. 10. Rom. 7. 46. Gal. 2. 19. 1 Tim. 1. 9. Rom. 16. 14. Gal. 2. 16 21. Gal. 3. 2. 4. 21. ● 3. Eph. 2. 15. Mat. 11. 13. Luke 16. 16. Acts 13. 39. Rom. 3. 28. 4. 13. 15. 7. 4. 9. 32. c. Other Scriptures of like concernment Mat. 15. 3. Mark 12. 30. Rom. 13. 9. Eph. 6. 2. John 2. 4. Mark 10. 17 19. Luke 1. 6. John 14. 21. Acts 28. 23. Rom. 2. 13. 3. 20. Gal 3. 24. James 2. 11. John 1. 3 4. Mat. 19. 16 18 19. Mark 12. 29 30. John 15. 10. 1 Cor. 7. 19. Neh. 10. 29. Rev. 22. 14. 1 John 2. 4. c. These Scriptures and many more of like import not here mentioned being compared one with another hold a sweet and holy harmony one with another nay although each Text were particularly discussed yet being Evangelically interpreted according to the Analogie of Faith would not at all differ Yet men of corrupt minds by sinister and private construction of them draw forth such a sense as may suit their own fancy although they bring them into a direct opposition although such private Interpretations are quite contrary to the Word of God as in 2 Pet. 1. 20. and is cause of not only that old Antinomian but all other heresie and error it 's an old heresie new vampt to say The Law is of no use to Believers now in Gospel times For certainly as the Gospel was of special use to Believers in times of the Law so is the Law of precious use to Believers in Gospel times viz. the Moral Law I wonder of what use the Law of God the ten Commandments given in Mount Sinai were to Abraham Isaac Jacob Noah Job Daniel c. that it is not to every Believer in these days No man thinks they were saved by the works of the Law or expected Justification by the Law but by faith nevertheless it was the rule of their sanctification and obedience it was the way they walked into life although not the cause of life and so it must be to all the godly in Gospel times although not the cause of Justification yet it 's the standing rule of their sanctification obedience and conversation This error ariseth principally from the mis-interpretation of the word Law which is severally in Scripture to be accepted Somtime intending the Ceremonial Law somtime the Judicial somtime the Moral Law somtime the penalty of the Law as Col. 2. 14. Eph. 2. 15 c. there it intends the Ceremonial Law in Acts 23. 3. 1 Tim. 1. 9 10 11. there the Judicial Law and the penalty thereof is intended the Judicial Law being a rule of life in Civil respects none are concern'd in the penalty thereof but evil doers So although the penalty of the Moral Law belongs to none but unbelievers and ungodly wretches yet it 's a rule of life to all even to the most precious people of God It was the comendation of Zachary and Elisabeth that they walked in all the commands of God unreprovably for any man to say the Law is of no use to Believers is I say an old desparate heresie that brings hundreds of Scriptures by the ears which is prevented by an holy humble judicial and impartial comparing one Scripture with another and interpreting one by another It 's confest that the damnatory the domineering nay the justifying power of the Law is abolished as in a legal sense yet evangelically interpreted every Believer is saved by a Law of works as between God the Father and Jesus Christ the mediator of our peace who hath fulfilled the Law for us and therefore salvation is of free grace to us yet withal know this no man shall ever receive benefit by the fulfilling of the Law by Christ that practises not obedience to that very Law for as Jesus Christ was the Angel of the Covenant that conducted Israel to Canaan that appeared in the Bush Exod. 3. 2. Acts 7. 35. the same hath left this lesson to all that love him and will follow him to the heavenly Canaan to keep his Commandments And thus those Scriptures before mentioned although they seem to speak a contrary language are to be reconciled Come we now to those Scriptures that concern the present Controversie which because very many there can be no expectation of a particular account of every or any one of them neither is it my purpose Yet by Gods grace I intend so to ballanee the account as to give in the summa totalls of them all so far as is necessary to the matter in hand according to the holy Spirit that speaks in them 1 Cor. 15. 22. For as in Adam all dy even so in Christ shall all be made alive Rom. 5. 18. Likewise then as by the offence of one the fault came on all men to condemnation so by the justifying of one the benefit abounded to all