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A96866	Justification by faith: or, a confutation of that antinomian error, that justification is before faith; being the sum & substance of a sermon / preached at Sarum; by Benjamin Woodbridge, minister of Newberry in Barkshire. May 26. 1652. Imprimatur, Edmund Calamy.	Woodbridge, Benjamin, 1622-1684.	1652 (1652)	Wing W3424; Thomason E673_18; ESTC R207183	23,288	41

be given he is not our God nor we his people for it is in vain for God to give Faith for an end which may be well enough attained without Faith But God promiseth to give Faith that he may be our God and we his people Jer. 31. 33. Heb. 8. 10. Ezek. 11. 19 20. and 36. 25 26 27 28. 37. 23 24 26 27. besides multitudes of other Scriptures I have onely one observation to adde which the most learned amongst the Jewish and Christian Writers do often take notice of and that is this That God is never said to be our God in reference to his giving of the first grace but onely in reference to the blessings which he promiseth to them that have Faith Heb. 11. 16. He is not our God that he may give us Faith but is every where said to give us Faith that he may be our God In times past you were not a people but are now the people of God 1 Pet. 2. 10. And now I might spare the pains of further proof of the position last defended a Viz. That we are in not Covenant before Faith yet to the Scriptures already advanced let me adde a few more Isa 55. 3. Come unto me that is Believe in me John 6. 35. and I will make an everlasting Covenant with you 2. The voice of the Gospel which is the Covenant of Grace is every where Believe in the Lord Jesus and thou shalt be saved in opposition to the Covenant of Works which saith Do this and live Rom. 10. 5. 6. 9. This is the Covenant whereof Christ is Mediator Heb. 9. 15. That they that are called unto Faith shall receive the promise of the eternal inheritance 3. The Covenant of Grace is preached to every man and every man called upon to fulfil the conditions of it that he may receive the blessings of it which condition is Faith Heb. 4. 1 2 10. Is there an absolute promise made to every man that God will give him grace or is it sense to exhort men to take hold of Gods Covenant as the phrase is Isa 66. 4 6. or to enter into Covenant with God if the Covenant be onely an absolute promise on Gods part or to exhort men to be stedfast in the Covenant of God to hold fast the faith and their confidence in Christ as the Scriptures are wont to do Heb. 3. 12 13 14. and 10. 23. or to accuse and blame and damn men for unbelief and rejecting of the Gospel Was it ever known that men should be counted worthy of death for not being the objects of an absolute promise 4. If the Covenant of grace be an absolute promise then no men in the world but wicked ungodly men are in covenant with God When a covenant is fulfilled it ceaseth to be any more a covenant In this life we are properly said to be in covenant with God when we shall be perfected in glory in the heavenly kingdom we cannot properly be said to be in covenant Now absolute promises of grace are made onely to wicked men when grace is given them then is the covenant so far forth fulfilled and so far forth they cease to be in covenant and so none but wicked men shall be perfectly in covenant with God But it is beside my purpose work to follow this pursuit any further Thus then you have with advantage the copy of the Sermon you have often desired to which though it is likely somthing is or will be said which at this distance I am never like to hear of yet sure I am that nothing can be answered consistent with the truth of Scriptures I am sorry for the breaches that are amongst you for the grief of the godly and the hardning of multitudes to their own destruction The God and Father of the Lord Jesus restore you to peace and quiet that spirit of Division that is gone abroad amongst you to his Grace I commend you rest Imprimatur Edm. Calamy May 26. 1652. Yours in the nearest bonds Benj Woodbridge FINIS