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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85302	Animadversions upon Sir Henry Vanes book, entituled The retired mans meditations. Examining his doctrine concerning Adam's fall, Christs person, and sufferings, justification, common and special grace; and many other things in his book. / By Martin Finch, preacher of the Gospel.	Finch, Martin, 1628?-1698.	1656 (1656)	Wing F941; Thomason E1670_2; ESTC R208407	75,370	163

only Jewes by nature but sinners of the Gentiles this mystery of salvation by Christ Jesus from the beginning of the world hath lain hid in God that though something of it was discovered to Adam Abraham Moses and the Prophets yet as v. 3.4 5. the mystery of Christ in other ages was not made knowne to the sons of men that is so fully and plainly as it is now revealed to the holy Apostles and Prophets by the spirit and so Colos 1.26.27 It s said this mystery hath been hid from ages and generations but now is made manifest to the Saints to whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery that among the Gentiles Christ was Preached and believed to he the hope of glory so that this place is not meant of Christs being in the higher image the image of God in originall and substance as the Author would have it and for the other words that God created all things by Jesus Christ if we understand those words according to the 1 John that all things were made by the word so that without him was not any thing made that was made it will not make in the least for the Authors second image but this place I take rather to be meant of the new creation spoken of 2 Cor. 5.17 Eph. 2.24 that he saveth all his people Jewes or Gentiles and maketh them new creatures by Jesus but take it which way we will it is true that God created all things by Jesus Christ but I say I take it rather to be of the Spirituall creating and so saith the Apostle Paul Eph. 2.10 we are Gods workmanship created in Christ Jesus to good workes which God before ordained that we should walke in them Page 89. He saith that the death of Christ must not be confined to his offering up in the daies of his flesh but what he did then in a visible manner in mans nature he did from all eternity in an invisible manner in his Heavenly and mysticall state That place Heb. 9.27.28 will be against the Author do what he can for it tells us Christ was once offered that is but once he speakes exclusively and see Hebr. 7.27 that he did it at once and so Heb. 9.12 and saith v. 25. that Christ doth not offer himselfe often as the High-Priests of the law that offered often entring into the holy place every yeare with the blood of others and Heb. 10.10.11.12 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all that is to offer himselfe but once as a secrifice for our sins not like the High-Priests that stood daily Ministring and offering oftentimes the same sacrifice but this man after he had offered up one sacrifice for sins for ever sate down on the right hand of God and v. 14. for by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified I know not how the holy Ghost could more plainly confute this Author then in these words I have set downe out of that Epistle doth this Author thinke that Christ from eternity was wounded for our transgressions was crucified and put to death in the flesh and his soule made an offering for sin was bruised and put to greife by Gods eternal decree and purpose he was thus to suffer for our sins in the body prepared him in the volume of Gods booke it was written of him that he should come thus to do the will of God in suffering for our sins the just for the unjust and in the daies of his flesh did suffer nothing but what God had appointed and afore determined but Christ never died and suffered for our sins untill he was made flesh and dwelt among us but I know what this Author means by Christs death that is to say his being broken and crucified to the lower image to goe up into the higher the image of God in originall and substance and thinketh this was from eternity and that we shall examine in its proper place The next thing we shall consider is what the Author saith Page 77. That they proclaime their short-sightedness into Christs fullness and rich grace I wonder who of us are not short-fighted herein as knowing but in part and seeing as thorough a glasse darkly 1 Cor. 13. That looke upon the Lord Jesus as an accidentall provision onely that God had in reserve in case of the entrance and coming in of sin and saith there was no other way whereby the creature could obtaine a sure safe incorruptible and immorall life but by faith in Jesus Christ who was from the begining the right object of faith to Angells and men if they would have received him on the seventh day before the coming in of sin This Author doth not very fairely lay downe the judgment of others in this business for they from whom he differeth in this matter doe hold that God from all eternity did purpose to save the elect by Christ and that fall of man did not make any change in God that he should do any thing upon it which he had not determined and purposed from al eternity to do which counsel of his stood firme and constant and the fall of man gives accasion to the Lord to shew what he eternally intended which was to mignifie his rich and free grace in saving his elect in such a wonderfull way of justice and mercy as by sending his onely begotten Son that we might live thorough him laying our iniquities upon him that by his stripes we might be healed but yet he that thus eternally intended to make Christs soule an offering for sin decreed the fall of Adam and to glorifie the riches of his mercy another way that considering Gods decree and eternall counsell it was impossible but Adam should fal and so it is a vain and frivolous question whether Christ should not have come if he had not fallen Servetus that we spoke of before O stander were of this opinion with this Author that Christ should have been incarnate whether Adam had fallen or no such entertainement unthankful men give to the glad tidings of the gospel that Christ came into the world to save siuners that instead of admiring the great inestimable love of God herein and coming to Jesus the Mediator of the new Covenant that they might have life dore about questions that instead I say of thankfulness for this great salvation and looking up to Christ this brazen serpent that they may be healed fall a disputing that this brazen serpent should have beene set up whether men had beene stung with the fiery serpents or no but instead of their speculation herein let us say with the Apostle 1 Tim. 1.15 this is a faithfull saying and worthy of all acceptation that Christ came into the world to save sinners which we had never been if we had not fallen for God made man righteous and Gal. 4.4.5 God sent his son made of a