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A41331	The real Christian, or, A treatise of effectual calling wherein the work of God is drawing the soul to Christ ... : to which is added, in the epistle to the reader, a few words concerning Socinianisme ... / by Giles Firmin ...	Firmin, Giles, 1614-1697.	1670 (1670)	Wing F963; ESTC R34439	271,866	392

the fan of temptations they will find to be matter of worth Dogmatical Faith is with them but of little worth because the Dogmatical Faith of most is nothing worth Let their principles be searched into how little of that Faith will be found to be divine Faith Lay by these principles that we have been in possession of these Truths concerning Christ his Person his Offices his Redemption for sixteen hundred years this was our Grandfathers and Fathers Religion it is the Religion of our Nation all men are of this Faith our King Rulers our Ministers who teach us are all of this Faith I say lay by these principles which are too short to make a Divine Dogmatical Faith What other reasons of their Faith can the greatest part of those who are called Christians and do assent to these Truths give you How do men generally condemn the Jews I wish these men would read Mr. Jackson's third Chapter of Sect. 2. of Justifying Faith cry out upon them as the basest people under the Sun because they did not believe in Christ and receive his Testimony which in their esteem was the easiest thing and had they been living then they would have believed in him I do not excuse the Jews what they might have learned by observing the Prophets which few of them read and the works which he did John 22.24 he gave them sufficient ground for their faith But though I do not excuse the Jews who yet had a pretty hard work to believe in my opinion and I tremble at Gods Judgments yet thou that canst thus easily condemn the Jews shewest thy self to be a proud a foolish an ignorant Gentile If thou hast not learned this That Faith is the gift of God Ephes 2.8 Every Act of Faith if it be Divine Faith even this of assent to these Divine Truths concerning Christ It is given you to believe Philip. 1.29 even this very Act is given Temptations will learn men to interpret Texts Though the Jews had the Prophets and Christ his preaching and Miracles yet Christ tells us John 6.65 No man can come unto me except it were given him of my Father And in ver 44. he saith None come unless the Father draw him Object You will say this is meant of saving Faith Answ I deny it not but observe the next words They must be all taught of God men must hear and learn of the Father before they come ver 45. That teaching hearing learning which are before coming belong to the understanding and this I am sure is one effect of that teaching and learning that he causeth the understanding to give this assent Hence then Dogmatical Faith in those who come to Christ if Divine Faith is the Fathers gift That this Faith is not such a slight thing as men make of it let me shew it a little further First What was the way the Tempter took to overthrow our first Parents and us in them Observe it well you will find he struck at this Faith of Assent this Historical Faith Gen. 3.1 4. Yea hath God said ye shall not eat of every tree of the Garden He puts the question and tries their Faith whether they did believe that which God had said to be true he tells the woman ver 4. Ye shall not surely die Just cross to God this which was the hedge to keep them from the Tree he labours to pull down and he doth that by weakning their faith in giving assent to the Threat of God as being true having once done that he quickly attained his design The woman could assent to him though not to God Secondly What Faith was that in Peter for faith it was the Devil aimed at appears by Christs speech to him Luke 22.32 that Satan struck at Observe it and it was this Historical Faith Peter Matth. 16.16 had made a good confession of Christ Thou art Christ the Son of the living God So again John 6 69. Thinks Satan this Peter is a brisk fellow very forward in his conressions it I can but get leave of God to get him unto my san I will try what he is whether he will hold to this confession it may be he will not be of the same mind though he thus now confess and profess he will dye for him and with him When Peter followed his Master and stood amongst the Servants Matth 26.69 to the end now was the time of winnowing Peter Luke 22.31 and now is that faith of his to be tried for so saith Christ I have prayed thy faith fail not when the Servant told him thou wast with Jesus Mat. 26.72 he denied with an oath I do not know the man What not know him This is strange When Christ put the question to his Disciples Whom do men say that I the Son of man am Matth. 16.13 and when ver 15. he put it to his Disciples to answer the question were not you the forward man that answered for all who he was And at another time John 6.69 did you not say We believe and are sure that thou art that Christ the Son c. it seems you did know and were sure who he was and what not so much as know the man now If your faith were not so strong to maintain your confession of him before these but it flabs must you lye so abominably to say you do not know him and bind it with an Oath and Curse So that Peter is far from assenting to that truth which before he confessed Thirdly What Faith was it the Author of the Epistle to the Hebrews did so fear lest the Hebrews should fall from it Observe it well and you will find it to be this Historical Faith concerning Christ his Person his Offices his Sacrifice that he was the body the substance of all the ceremonial legal shadows which doctrine they had assentted to but under temptations were in danger to fall from it and so all persecutions in the Church did arise from their Dogmatical faith persecutions did all endeavour to evercome that Faith in all ages and persecutions of the Church If Dogmatical saith once fall saving Faith cannot shand therefore Satan struck so at this Faith in the Hebrews and all the Churches Hence again those whisperings of temptations not in times of persecutions but at other times Titubabit sides si vacillat Scripturarum Divinarum Authoritas Aug. de Christ doct l. 1. c. 37. Are those Scriptures you read the Word of God Are you sure of it Is there a God Are you sure of it Christians at first startle to meet with such motions these are horrid things indeed at the first on-set it may be Satan draws of not follows too hard afterward comes again and follows his motions a little more at last not only from Satan but from the unbelief and atheisine of our own hearts the Soul comes to be so pestered with them that they make him almost distracted and now he that before made a tush at Dogmatical faith