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A63552	The faith of the Chvrch of England concerning Gods work on mans will pvblikely confirmed by the svbscriptions of all the famous martyrs, and divines thereof : faithfully gathered out of the authenticke records of the Chvrch / by Francis Tayler ...	Taylor, Francis, 1590-1656.	1641 (1641)	Wing T276; ESTC R10772	33,137	62

be left altogether to his own will and made his owne onely keeper To dreame of attaining to a perfect keeping of Gods law here on earth without a great power in mans will were to set a man quite beyond the Cape of all good hope It is not then an unnecessary labour to play the midwife and to cut this navell-string of free-will and send these Arminian impes abroad into the wide world to cry for foode Vndermining was ever held a more sure and lesse dangerous way to overthrow cities then the tempest of Canons If the foundation of Arminianisme berased by the plaine doctrine of our Church the walles of it must with Dagon fall downe before the Arke The proofes are all upon record The words are therefore set downe least the Adversary should complaine of forgery or the reader be to negligent to search them out himselfe The Lord guide us all to the knowledge of his truth dispell the mists of errors confirme his servants in love and peace on earth and bring us to glory in heaven Thine in Christ Iesus FRANCIS TAYLER Clapham The faith of the Church of England concerning Gods worke on mans will The Preface IN all disputations the first thing to be done is to set out the right state of the question Which if it be misunderstood men fight with their owne shadowes We agree often in words when we differ in the sence Our conclusion that we must drive at throughout the whole worke must be this that God works alwayes powerfully and effectually upon the will of man in the regeneration of a sinnner Nothing is difficult but the terme of effectuall working whereby we doe not understand onely in a generall sence that some effect or other follows upon Gods work nor yet that regeneration follows after Gods worke oftentimes for so it may though it be not an effect of it Neither do we intend that God so takes advantage of the time place affection and disposition of a man that he offers grace to him in such a point of time as he knowes that mans will is inclined to receive it for this were to commend Gods wisdome in regenerating of us but to deny any worke of his power in it and to make regeneration not Gods worke but the worke of mans will Our meaning plainely is that in the worke or regeneration God works so powerfully upon mans will that regeneration infallably followes as an effect of it and that this kind of working powerfully is onely found in such as are elected before and all in whom God works thus are by that powerfull work of his regenerated So that the cause of their regeneration is not any way their own will but Gods powerfull working in them by his spirit Neither doth God work thus in any other but such as prove converts for if he did work so powerfully in others they would have been regenerated also In a word there is a particular powerfull work of Gods Spirit in his elect only whereby they all and onely they are truly regenerate In others there may be illumination and some weak motions to goodnesse in their wills but alwayes in effectuall because they are left to mans will and God doth not so work in them as he doth in his elect Where God powerfully works there regeneration necessarily follows where he doth not there it cannot follow We will reduce all to fourteen heads all which confirme the former conclusion against the power of mans will and demonstrate Gods powerfull work The proofe of each is the words of the records Sometimes we shall make use of the title in some prayers given to God because we doubt not but the wisdome of the Church in her prayers would give such titles to God as were most answerable to the things in those prayers desired of God The conclusion is let the Reader well weigh the heads themselves and the arguments brought to prove them and conclude in his own soule which is the doctrin of the Church of England CHAP. I. Of our own insufficiency WE will begin with our own insufficiency to any good and shew what matter the books allow us to set it out so farre forth as arguments may be taken from thence to prove an effectuall work of God upon the will of man in the work of regeneration Where in generall I observe that the books put no difference in unregenerate men but make all their wills alike dead in sins and trespasses unable to beleeve untill they be quickened by God Which takes away the new Arminian conceit that where the Gospel is preached there is a power given to all that heare it even before regeneration to beleeve if they please by the use of which power some do beleeve others that have as much power will not use it to beleeve in Christ The books that make all alike dead in sins auke to goodnes till they be actually regenerate acknowledge no such difference This is but a trick to avoyd the odious names of naturall power in the will and Pelagianisme It is a monstrous opinion in nature that a thing should have a naturall inbred motion wrought in it before any life be wrought in it so is it in grace that their should be a power wrought in mans will whereby of it own free inclination it should be able to live spiritually or not to live as it list yea which is more absurd be able to move it self in the highest spirituall action that can be before it be actually regenerate or have in it any true spirituall life Now let the words of the book declare mans insufficiency and let every one collect from thence Gods-powerfull operation in mans conversion FAith giveth life to the soule Sermon of good works Part. 1. and they be as much dead to God that lack faith as they be to the world whose bodies lack souls Sinne is come into the world Sermon two of the Passion and so come that it cannot be avoided It cannot be chosen but we must needs fall often That which is born of the Spirit Hom. for Whitsunday Part. 3. is spirit as who should say Man of his own nature is fleshly and carnall corrupt and naught sinfull and disobedient to God without any spark of goodnesse in him without any vertuous or godly motion onely given to wicked thoughts Sermon for Rogat week Part. 1. 2 Cor. 3.5 Sermon of Repentance Part. 1. and evill deeds Paul brings in his beliefe we be not saith he sufficient of our selves as of our selves once to think any thing but all our ablenesse is of Gods goodnesse We must beware and take heed that we do in no wise think in our hearts imagine or beleeve that we are able to repent aright or to turn effectually unto the Lord by our own might and strength Ioh. 15.5 For this must be verified in all men without me ye can do nothing 2 Cor. 3.5 Again of our selves we are not able as much

Commandements Grant we beseech thee Almighty God that the words which we have heard this day with our outward eares may through thy grace be so graffed inwardly in our hearts that they may bring forth in us the fruit of good living Sanctify and wash these children with the Holy Ghost Prayer 1. in Baptisme that they being delivered from thy wrath may be received into the Arke of Christs Church being stedfast in faith joyfull through hope and rooted in charity may so passe the waves of this troublesome world that finally they may come to the land of everlasting life I desire my Lord God our heavenly Father Cat in common prayer booke quest 13. who is the giver of all goodnes to send his grace unto me and to all people that we may worship him serve him and obey him as we ought to doe Daily increase in these thy servants Prayer 1. in confirm thy manifold gifts of grace the spirit of wisdome and understanding the spirit of counsaile and ghostly strength the spirit of knowledge and true godlinesse and fulfill them O Lord with the spirit of thy holy feare Almighty and everliving God Prayer 3. which makest us both to will and to doe those things that be good and acceptable unto thy Majesty The Lord so fill you with all spirituall benediction and grace that you may so live together in this life The Blessing in marriage that in the world to come you may have life everlasting Send thy blessing upon these thy servants Prayer 2. in Matrim that they obeying thy will and alwayes being in safety under thy protection may abide in thy love to their lives end Grant that this man may love his wife according to thy word Prayer 4. and also that this woman may be a follower of holy and godly Matrons Almighty God poure upon you the riches of his grace sanctifie and blesse you Prayer 5. in Matrim that ye may please him both in body and soule and live together in holy love unto your lives end Give this thy servant grace so to take thy visitation Prayer 2. in visita of the sicke Prayer 3. that after this painfull life ended he may dwell with thee in life everlasting Renew in this thy servant most loving Father whatsoever hath been decayed by the fraud and malice of the Devill or by his owne carnall will and frailenesse Thou most worthy Judge eternall Sentence 4. in the buriall Last prayer in buriall suffer us not at our last houre for any paines of death to fall from thee We meekly beseech thee O Father to raise us from the death of sin unto the life of righteousnesse O Holy Ghost Visit our mindes and unto us Veni Creator Spiritus thy heavenly grace inspire That in all truth and godlinesse we may have true desire To us such plenty of thy grace In the same bymne good Lord grant we thee pray That thou mayst be our comforter at the last dreadfull day Grant we pray not with lips alone Lords pray by D. Coxe Prayer last in order Deacons But with the hearts deepe sigh and grove Make these Deacons to be modest humble and constant in their ministration to have a ready will to observe all spirituall discipline that they continuing ever stable and strong in thy Sonne Christ may well use themselves in this office Almighty God our heavenly Father Prayer 2. in Consecr of Bishops who hath given you a good-will to doe all these things c. Governe us by thy holy Spirit to frame in us a newnesse of life therein to laud and magnifie thy blessed name for ever Prayers in the fast 1625. Coll. 1. and to live every one of us according to the severall state of life whereunto thou Lord hast ordained us in godly feare and trembling before thee Grant us grace and true repentance stedfast faith Prayers in the fast 1625. Coll. 1. and constant patience that whither we live or die we may alwayes continue thine and ever praise thy holy name and by thy great mercy be pertakers of grace in this life eternall glory in the life to come Grant us a due care and conscience in our selves to use all good meanes of recovery Prayer 6. added to the Letany that neither we tempt thy Majesty by presumption in contemning of the contagion or neglecting of the meanes of avoiding removing and repressing the same neither despaire of thy goodnesse or murmure against the providence if we be not so soone eased and delivered as we desire but that we may submitting our selves in all things to thy good will and pleasure seeke thy mercifull favour for our release and succour by true faith and repentance use the meanes for ease which thou givest us with care and diligence helpe the afflicted and preserve the whole with compassionate pitty and charity and finally depend upon thy providence and waite for thy gracious deliverance with constant hope and patience Send us light in our understanding Prayers in the fast 1626. Pray 1. added to Letany Art 10. readinesse and obedience in our will We can doe nothing pleasing to God without Gods grace through Christ preventing us that we may have a good will and working with us when we have a good will In the man that is born again the understanding is inlightned Rogers on that Art Prop. 3. and the minde wholly changed and the body is made able to produce good works They that are predestinated are both justified by faith Prop. 7. on Art 17. and sanctified by the Spirit and shall be glorified in the life to come Grant that the King may through thy grace in all honour Prayer for March 27.1 Pr. added to Letany Last prayer save one vertue and godlinesse continue his glorious reigne over us many yeers Blesse the Kings royall allyance with the dew of thy heavenly Spirit that they ever trusting in thy goodnesse and protected by thy power may after death obtain eternall glory The Scriptures have power to turn through Gods promise Hom. of exhort to read Script Part. 1. In the same place Part. 2. and be effectuall through Gods assistance In reading Gods word he profits most that is most turned into it that is most inspired with the holy Ghost Read not the Scriptures without daily praying to God that he would direct your reading to good effect In the same place Ser. of Salu. Part. 1. In the same place Serm. of Truth Part. 1. Sermon against adultery In the same place Let us pray to God that we may speak think beleeve live and depart hence according to the wholsome doctrin of the Scriptures True faith is not ours but by Gods working in us A true and lively faith is the gift of God God gave the Fathers then grace to be his children as he doth us now We are sanctified and made holy by the blood of Christ through