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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39353	Justifying faith: or, That faith by which the just do live briefly describ'd in a discourse on 1 Joh. 5.12. By the author of a late book, entitled Summum bonum, or, An explication of the divine goodness, &c. To this discourse is added, an abstract of some letters to an eminent learned person, concerning the excellency of the Book of common prayer, &c.	Elys, Edmund, ca. 1634-ca. 1707.	1679 (1679)	Wing E675C; ESTC R204257	23,218	50

able to Arise from the Dead Not in Thine own Naturall Power but thou mayst Certainly by the Power of the Lord of Life that Calls upon Thee to arise This Call this Commandement is Life Everlasting If Thou wilt not Stop thine Ears against it Thou shalt Live for ever But I do not yet understand this Mystery how I should Act in the Power of Christ Take it for Thine own Rely upon It in a Sense of Thine Interest or Propriety in It. How shall I do that why It is in a manner Thine own already because It is Freely offer'd unto Thee So that there can be no other Cause of thy Abiding in Death but the Perverseness of Thine own Will Because Thou wilt be a Fool and Embrace this Present World and Despise the Lord of Glory Because Thou wilt be the Worst of Mad men a Destroyer of Thy self a Lover of Death But oh why Wilt Thou dye Receive the Lord Jesus and He will give thee Power to become one of the Sons of God to have thy Conversation in Heaven He will make thee Partaker of Eternal Life of Joy Unspeakable and full of Glory And O that We would All Hearken with the utmost Propensity and Intention of our Hearts and Minds to the Voice of the Lord Our God Calling upon Us in the Words of the Blessed Psalmist with which I shall Conclude my Discourse Kiss the Son lest He be angry and ye Perish from the way when his Wrath is Kindled but a little Blessed are all they that put their Trust in Him AMEN HALLELUIAH AN ABSTRACT OF SOME LETTERS TO AN Eminent Learned PERSON Concerning the EXCELLENCY Of the BOOK of COMMON-PRAYER c. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 1 Cor. 8. 1. LONDON Printed for William Crook at the Green Dragon without Temple-Bar 1679. SIR I Humbly entreat you to tell me whether you do not Judge it Sinful to stay at home on the Lords Day rather then go to Church only to hear the Common Prayer Preaching doubtless is in no wise to be Neglected but this I must say that I cannot apprehend that that person has any Actings of that Faith which worketh by Love without which All the Knowledge we gain by Hearing Sermons does not Edify but only Puff up the Mind who when he comes to the Place of God's publick Worship knowing that he may not expect a Sermon there is not Confident that he shall be as much Edified by the Prayers Chapters c. as he should be by never so good a Sermon But however by reason of the Rarity of the Habit of True Christian Faith even in that part of the World which we call Christendome and the frequency of the long Interruptions of its Actings where it is Various fresh Expressions of Saving Truths which are apt to Excite the Minds of the Unsanctifyed by the Phantasie to give heed to the Sense they import are very Necessary But This is most evident that People are exceeding apt to take the Sensible Workings of their Soul stir'd up by the Novelty of Expression in Sermons the Emphatical Pronunciation of the Preacher c. for Fervency of SPIRIT which Sensible Motions I presume you will grant are of no value otherwise than as they are Subservient to Rational Abhorrence of all Sin of all Inordinate Affection to Finite Objects or to a Rational or Spiritual Inclination to the ONE INFINITE GOOD through JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD the Effectual Notices of which INFINITE GOOD how is it possible but we should be continually stir'● up unto in the Hearing of the Common Prayer we would Apprehend the Free Offers of the Spirit of Truth which the Father of Our Lord Jesus Christ makes unto us in an Unlimited Abundance in the Use of all such Means of Grace as He calls us unto Here I could Run out with much Fervor o● Indignation against the Despisers of these Means o● Grace Strong Guards from those Accursed Errors Socinianism c. which whilst I liv'd in Oxford seem'd to me to be coming in like a Mighty Torrent upon this Distracted Kingdom whil● the Frequent Professions of Belief of the TRINITY Gloria patri and the Three Creeds were ca● out of Our Churches If it be say'd what Reformation have we now c. I Reply that one Reason of this Kingdom 's Miscarriages I might say Abominations is that some of those that are syncerel● Learned Pious have not such an Esteem of ou● Liturgie as they Ought to have And hundreds ●● those that are thought by the Vulgar to be so ●● themselves Despise it or Countenance others in doing You give me not any punctual Answer to my Question whether you do not Judge it Sinful to stay at home though to read Good Books c. on the Lords Day rather than come to Church when nothing is to be heard there but the Common Prayer You say you are more against spending the Lords Day in Idleness or in any thing which is worse than in Hearing that alone I thank God I was never so Mad as to make a question of This I have nothing to say to it but that I dislike these words worse than the Common Prayer which seem to insinuate that It is not Good I am not guilty of ●lighting Preaching as 't is taken in contradistinction to Reading c. as you seem to Conceit I Affirm that to Suit or Proportion our Expectations of Grace in the Use of All Means whereunto we are Called to the Apprehensions of INFINITE Bounty c. is a Property of Saving Faith But say you GOD who appointeth several Means doth usually work according to them and when he withdraweth them it is a Judgment which it were not if he had promis'd as much Grace without them as with them I grant that God who appointeth several Means doth usually work according to them But I utterly Deny that when he withdraweth any Particular Means of Grace it is a Judgment to Him who is in the Act of syncere Love to the Blessed Jesus for such a one is at All Times and in All Places Under the Gracious Influences of the INFINITY of Light and Love directing him how by Submission to the Diuine Will withdrawing any Particular Means of Grace and by the Renewing his Resolutions to make a Right Use of all such Means as God shall at any time call him unto c. He may Receive of the Fullness of Christ in as great Measures as he could have done in the Use of the Means withdrawn from him The LORD give us both Understanding in all Things Now I have found the way by your Letter to discover your Thoughts concerning the Common Prayer in your Printed Papers I shall not trouble you with any more Post-Letters on that Subject but shall stick to the Defence of this Great Truth that the withdrawing of any particular Means of Grace is not a Judgment to him that is in the Act of Divine Love Against which you Argue thus That

by Faith for so the Apostle phrases it in his Prayer for the Ephesians that they might syncerely Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ That Christ sayes he may Dwell in your Hearts by Faith But alas what Stirs and Petulant Controversies have there been and are still continued amongst those that joyntly Profess the Christian Religion concerning the Nature of Faith in Christ of the Faith of GODS ELECT A man can hardly say any thing by way of Description of it but presently up starts one or other with some Argument to Disprove what we say I shall do what I can in Declaring my Sense of it to speak Convincingly and Unexceptionably and therfore I shall pass by all such Descriptions of it as I have found to have been Controverted though I do heartily Approve many of them as Implying the same Truth which I shall endeavour to set forth in these words The Faith we speak of Faith by which the Just do Live Faith that Overcometh the World Faith that worketh by Love is Such an ASSENT to the Truths contained in the Holy Scriptures which includes in its Nature the Trusting in God the Father Almighty Maker of Heaven and Earth for Grace and for Glory through the Merits of the Past Sufferings and the Power and Virtue of the Present Intercession of Jesus Christ His Only Son Our Lord. By Grace I understand Principally All those Measures of Holiness of Purity of Heart of Participation of the Divine Nature which are Attainable here upon Earth and Secondarily whatsoever the Onely Wise God Judges to be the Means of Attaining thereunto By Glory I understand the Full Perfect Eternal Enjoyment of the Holy Blessed and Glorious TRINITY in the Kingdome of Heaven By Trusting in God for Grace and for Glory Through the Merits and Incession of Jesus Christ I understand a Syncere Absolute Expectation from God of whatsoever He Knowes to conduce to our Eternal Happiness that is a Perfect CONFORMITY to Our Blessed Redeemer both in Body and Soul Upon the bare Account of His Promise to Give us Freely whatsoever we shall Ask of Him in the Name of His SON that is to say in a Syncere Beliefe that the SON Being Over All GOD Blessed for Ever did in Time for Us Sinful Creatures to Reconcile Us to the Holy Creator of All Things Take upon Him the Nature of Man Was conceiv'd by the Holy Ghost born of the Virgin Mary suffer'd under Pontius Pilate was Crucifyed Dead and Buried he descended into Hell the third day he rose again from the dead he ascended into Heaven and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead The Syncerity of this Belief consists in a True and Real Bent or Intention of the Heart to Live no longer unto our selves but unto him that Dyed for us and Rose again But here it may be say'd why do you not mention the Pardon of Our Sins must we not Trust in God for that also I Answer God's Pardoning of our Sins is implyed in the Giving us his Grace in making us Partakers of the Divine Nature in shedding abroad his Love in our Hearts by the Holy Ghost For they that are Partakers of the Divine Nature they that Love God Above All things from whence Necessarily flowes the Loving of Every Man as themselves They are in Christ and Christ in Them And you know the Apostle sayes There is no Condemnation to Them who are in Christ Jesus who walk not after the Flesh but after the Spirit Rom. 8. 1. From the Due Consideration of what has been say'd This most Important Truth shines forth most evidently That we cannot Do any thing Acceptable unto God but only in the Power of the Holy Blessed and Glorious TRINITY and hence it is that the Frequent Repetition of the Gloria Patri that most Excellent Doxologie Glory be to the Father c. And the like Frequent Mention of the Name and Merits of Jesus Christ Our Lord Hence it is I say that these Excellent Passages in Our Liturgie which some Naughty men have call'd Vain Repetitions cannot but be exceeding Pleasing and Satisfactory to All Truly Christian Devout Souls As for those who are still so Mad as to Dislike this Truly CATHOLICK Doxologie they are more Fit for our Pity than our Arguments And let that Pity ever Move us to Pray Our Almighty and most Merciful Father to Draw them out of those Waters of Strife those Loose Variable Turbulent Opinions and to Lead them by His Good Spirit in the Pleasant Wayes of Truth and Peace And now my Brethren Let us seriously Examine our own Hearts and See whether or no we are Spiritually Living or Dead Men. Does the main Stream of our affections Run out not upon the things that are on the Earth but the things that are Above where Jesus sitteth on the Right Hand of GOD Do we find any Rational Contentment and Satisfaction even in the Objects of our Sensible Sorrows in our Sicknesses and Reproaches in ●he Sicknesses and Reproaches of our nearest Friends and Relations or in any other kind of Affliction Certainly he that hath the SON he that Dwelleth ●n Love cannot but Know and Feel that the LORD Our GOD is as constantly GOOD in All that he Does as True in All that He Sayes that ●●her's nothing Absolutely and in its own Naure EVIL but only the Aversion of the WILL of the Creature from the Infinite Wise and Good Creator that All things work together for the Good of those that ●ove GOD and therefore he Rejoyceth in Tribulation and gives Thanks Always for all Things to God even the Father in the Name of Jesus Christ Do we indeed and in Truth Resolve through Christ enabling us to do Always to All men as we Would that in the like Case any one should Do unto Us If so then we begin to Live Then we begin to Satisfie our Immortal Soules which Finite Objects can never in any measure truly Satifie Then I say we begin to Satisfie our Thirsty Soules with the Participation of the Divine Nature with the Real Enjoyment of the Lord Our God who calls Himself the Fountain of Living Waters and He that drinketh of this Water shall never Thirst but it shall be in him a well of Water springing up into Everlasting Life Joh. 4. 14. Here it may be some Unsanctifyed man may say in his Heart but what if I find that I am in a State of Death what shall I doe I cannot give Life unto My self 'T is true Thou can'st not but CHRIST will give thee Life if Thou wilt not Reject it Awake thou that sleepest and Arise from the Dead and Christ shall give thee Light the Light of that Glorious Day that shall never End that Light in which thou shalt for Ever See and Enjoy Him in whose Presence there is Fullness of Joy and at whose Right Hand there are Pleasures for ever more But I am not