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A34251	The Confession of faith of those called Arminians, or, A declaration of the opinions and doctrines of the ministers and pastors which in the United Provinces are known by the name of Remonstrants concerning the chief points of Christian religion / translated out of the original.		1684 (1684)	Wing C5791; ESTC R26041	123,515	276

and the Evils indeed which he threatneth that we seriously fear them and the good Things which he promiseth that we do with a firm and undoubted Faith expect them Lastly That we do not so long as we serve Christ too much fear the force and power † Psal 2. 3. 27. 46 throughout Joh. 10. 29. Rom. S. 31 c. Of his Blessedness either of the Devil or Death or Hell or Tyrants or any of other Enemies or for their sakes ever commit or do any thing unworthy of the Name of Christ 23. Because he is most blessed and indeed of perfect Blessedness and glorious Majesty it is our Duty that we earnestly aspire unto or breath after a participation of his Glory and Joy according to our measure and therefore desire to be perfectly united with him after Death to see him face to face and to be blessed and satisfied with the fulness of his House and being supported with this desire and hope unshaken that we sincerely do all things that he commandeth carefully avoid those things which he forbiddeth Lastly That we bear with courage whatsoever he will have us to bear although the Punishments of the most bitter and most ignominions Death were to be undergone by us for his Name And thus far concerning the Nature of God in common or absolutely considered CHAP. III. Of the Holy and Sacred Trinity 1. BUt God is considered by way of The Mystery of the Trinity distinction and relatively under a three fold * Mat. 28. 19. Joh. 14 16 26. 15. 26. 1 Cor. 12. 4 5 6. 2 Cor. 13. 14. Hypostasis or three Persons under which indeed he himself in his Word hath manifested his own Godhead to be considered of us oeconomicall● i. e. by way of dispensation and with respect to it self And this † 1 John 5. 7. Trinity is Father Son and Holy Ghost As one Hypostasis or Person of the Godhead is * 〈◊〉 without cause that is unproduced and unbegotten another is produced of the Father by Generation or the only begotten of the Father Lastly Another in peculiar manner proceedeth from the Father and the Son or floweth from the Father by the Son 2. For it is the * 1 Cor. 8. 6 Eph. 4. 6. Father only that is The distinction and order of the Persons void of all Original or altogether unbegotten and proceeding from none other but who yet hath from Eternity communicated his own Deity both to his only begotten * Joh. 1. 18 3. 16. Rom. 8. 32 Son not indeed by Creation † Job 1. 6. 2. 1. 38. 7. in which respect the Angels are called the Sons of God nor by gracious | John 1. 11 12. Gal. 3. 26. Adoption by which we that are Believers are also the Sons of God nor only by the * Joh. 3. 35. 5. 22 c gracious communication of Divine Power or Authority and Supreme Glory as he is Mediator but also by a true but yet secret and ineffable † Ps 2. 7. Heb. 1. 2 c. Joh. 1. 18. Generation and also to the Holy Spirit proceeding from both | Joh. 15. 26. Gal. 4. 6. 1 Cor. 2. 11 12. by likewise a secret emanation or spiration and therefore the Father is most justly counted the Fountain and Original of the whole Duty 3. The Son therefore and Holy Their Communion of or in the same Deity Spirit although as to both their hypostasis and manner and order of having the Deity they be truly distinct from the Father yet are they truly partakers of the same Deity or Divine Essence and Nature absolutely and in common considered with the Father as amongst other considerations is chiefly proved from the Divine * Joh. 1. 1 2 c. 20. 28. Rom. 9. 5. Col. 1. 15 c. Heb. 1. 2 c. Rev. 1. 2. 3. 4. almost throughout Names or Titles † Isa 11. 1 c. 63. 10. 1 Cor. 2. 10 c. 3. 16 c. 6●9 22. 12. 4. 11. Act. 5. 4. 13. 2. 20. 28. Mat. 12. 31 32. also from the Divine Properties and Operations which are every where in the Sacred Scriptures clearly given to them both And here is the sum of the whole Apostles Creed wherein we profess that we believe in one God the Father Almighty c. And in his only begotten Son c. And lastly In the Holy Ghost 4. And these things may suffice concerning A pious Caution concerning this Mystery even this Mystery the which indeed to treat of very soberly prudently and religiously we judg altogether necessary and very safe as far as may be to express the same in the proper and express Phrases or Words of the Holy Ghost Since the Spirit of God himself * 1 Cor. 2. 10 c. Joh. 1. 18. Mat. 11. 27. must best know himself and be best able most rightly and truly to express his own Nature nay farther and hath also been pleased as far as is necessary and sufficient to declare the same unto us in his Word whom we ought so long reverently most religiously to follow until at length we † 1 Joh. 3. 2 1 Cor. 13. 12. see God himself face to face know him perfectly as he will then indeed in that glorious World to come hold forth himself most clearly to be seen and known of us And thus far indeed of God himself CHAP. IV. Of the Knowledg of the Works of God 1. IN the second place there come to Of the Works of God their various Vse be considered the Works of God whereby he manifesteth his own Glory and communicateth certain good things unto us and in some respect holdeth forth himself to be known of us and which consequently are a certain Foundation whereon there is grounded a right and authority in God * Exod. 20. throughout Deut. 32. 6 c. Ps 136 throughout Act. 17 24. c. Rev. 4 11. by vertue or reason whereof he may and of Right usually doth require Worship of us both for matter and manner or kind as he pleaseth also a Justice and Equity according unto which we are obliged to yeeld unto him wholly and entirely such Worship † Mal. 1. 6. 2. 10. as himself according to his due right requireth of us 2. These kind of works fall under a 1. Division into Decree and Execution twofold consideration 1. As they were fore-known and fore-ordained of God | Act. 15. 18. Eph. 1. 4 c. 1. Cor. 2. 7. 2 Tim. 1. 9. 1 Pe● 1. 20. before all ages or before the Foundations of the World were laid which are wont in one word to be called his Decrees 2. As they are manifested in time or according to the manner and order now long since most wisely established and pitcht upon in the Divine Decree whether general or special or absolute or

longer have or account them for his people and therefore doth righteously withdraw from them the † Joh. 12. 35. Luk. 13. 24. 17. 22. Mat. 10. 14 c. Act. 14. 16. Rev. 2. 5 c. Grace of his holy Spirit which hath been so often despised by them yea sometimes also he thinks not meet to bestow upon them those outward means which he is wont ordinarily to make use of for the Salvation of his people to wit by leaving them in their own darkness and sins without true Pastours Godly Teachers or Monitors and diligent Searchers out of Truth 3. Next followeth Blinding and 2 Blinding Hardening | Isa 6. 9. Mat. 13. 14 15. Joh. 12. 40. Act. 28. 26. Hardening to wit when these sinners being now left destitute of the light of Heavenly Truth are by Gods permission and just judgment deeply involved in * Rom. 9. 18. 11. 8. gross ignorance and errours and in wonderful and divers manners seduced and when they are given up to their own † Rom. 1. 24 26. c. unclean lusts or left to their vile or filthy affections or are on every side exposed to the temptations delusions and snares of | 2 Cor. 4. 4. 2 Thess 2 11 12. Satan also when their wicked counsels endeavours and * Psal 10. 4 c. 71. 4 c. Jer. 44. 17 18. Deut. 32. 14 15. practises are suffered for a time to go on with some happy success and themselves for a while to sin scot-free lastly | Ezek. 14. 5 9. Isa 63. 16 17. when manifold occasions of erring and sinning are presented to them and their † Eph. 4. 19. Rom. 11. 8. Consciences in the mean while are not pricked or troubled with any sad remorse or serious sorrow for their sins committed c. All which things indeed and very many other more of like sort profane men are wont to turn to their own destruction From whence there groweth or encreaseth more and more a strange blindness of mind an obstinate hardness of heart and filthy greediness of sinning and finally a thick and gross darkness that is a certain brutish ignorance of God and secure profaneness of life 3. Exemplary punishing doth wholly seize and possess them And sometimes indeed those acts are seconded and followed even with | Exod. 9. 16. Act. 12. 21. 5. 5. 1 Cor. 10. 5 c. 2 Pet. 2. 5 6. Jude 4 5 6. 4 Eternal Damnatiou some exemplary also and publick punishment of these men in this life and such as is visible or obvious to the sight of all 4. The penal acts that pertain to the life to come are most usually contained under the words of the Wrath and Vengeance of God also of * Mar. 3. 29. Rom. 2. 5. 2 Thess 1 5. 2 Pet. 2. 9. 3. 7. Jude v. 7. Judgment and Condemnation † Rom. 5. 16. 8. 1. whereby God will not only by judgment irrevocably pass or give away | Mat. 8. 12. 22. 13. 25. 41 46. from the wicked and unbelievers immortal glory but will also inflict upon them the torments of Hell and eternal punishments Which indeed shall be done openly at the last day when he shall throw them together with the Devil and his Angels into everlasting fire * Mat. 25. 41. Jude v. 7. 2 Thess 1. 9. that there they may be punished with everlasting destruction being banished from the presence of God and his glorious power 5. And these things being thus finished The new World to come there shall immediately † 2 Pet. 3. 13. Rev. 21. 1 c. 22. 1 c. arise that new World wherein dwelleth Righteousness and where Jesus Christ our Lord and King having wholly or utterly destroyed all his Enemies shall deliver up or restore the Kingdom to | Rev. 2. 3. 1 Cor. 15. 24 c. God and his Father that from thenceforward God may be all in all CHAP. XXI Of the Ministry of the Word of God and of the Orders of Ministers 1. ANd this indeed is the Will of The use necessity of the Sacred Ministery God which is necessary for us to know for that it consists of such like most holy Precepts and so excellent Promises the which that it might become known unto miserable mortals and be continually set before their eyes it pleased that great Pitier or Compassioner of mankind that it should not only be tacitly insinuated or conveyed into them * Mat. 28. 19 20. Act. 10. 41 c. Rom. 10. 14 15. 2 Cor. 5. 19 20. 2 Tim. 4. 2 c. The immediate Election sending of Ministers by private reading of the sacred Scripture but also that it should by open and publick preaching be every where proclaimed and daily and openly as it were implanted and inculcated or beaten in to them 2. And that it might be rightly or duly performed there was first of all necessary a solemn and immediate both election or separation † Rom. 10. 15. Eph. 2. 20 c. Rev. 21. 14. and mission or sending forth of some certain men for the discharge of the said office and the same indeed accompanied and backt with an infallible instruction and a certain irrefragable authority or spiritual power Wherefore the Lord Jesus pitched upon or designed him | Act. 1. 8. 10. 41 c. 1 Cor. 12. 28 c. Eph. 4. 11. certain Ambassadors extraordinary as eminent and singular Ministers of his and furnished them with all gifts * Mar. 16. 15 c. Act. 2. 1 c. 2 Cor. 12. 12. Heb. 2. 3 4. and virtues of the Holy Ghost necessary for the discharge of this their Embassage and † Act. 13. 1 c. ch 16. 6 7. continually so ruled governed strengthned and confirmed them that they did not only once alone openly publickly declare this Will of God and solidly by all kinds of signs and miracles establish and confirm the same but also every where gathered them | Eph. 4. 12. Act. 14. 21 c. 15. 36. 19. 8. Assemblies or Congregations of pious men among whom the preaching of this his Will as far as might be might always flourish and be preserv'd whole and entire to wit for the continual edification or building up of all that were called in the true and saving Faith of Jesus Christ 3. And indeed these first and chief The singular authority of the Apostles Preachers were * Mat. 10. 1 c. 28. 19 20. 1 Cor. 12. 28. the Apostles who as in teaching and gathering Churches so in the governing and keeping them together used such Authority † 1 Cor. 5. 3 c. 2 Cor. 10. 1. 2 c. 13. 10. 2 Thess 3. 6 14. as they had immediately received from the Lord Jesus to wit | 1 Thess 2. 13. 2 Thess 2. 19. 2 Tim. 3. 14. such