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A35959	Truths victory over error, or, An abridgement of the chief controversies in religion which since the apostles days to this time, have been, and are in agitation, between those of the Orthodox faith, and all adversaries whatsoever, a list of whose names are set down after the epistle to the reader : wherein, by going through all the chapters of The confession of faith, one by one, and propounding out of them, by way of question, all the controverted assertions, and answering by yes, or no, there is a clear confirmation of the truth, and an evident confutation of what tenets and opinions, are maintain'd by the adversaries : a treatise, most useful for all persons, who desire to be instructed in the true Protestant religion, who would shun in these last days, and perillous times, the infection of errors and heresies, and all dangerous tenets and opinions, contrary to the word of God.	Dickson, David, 1583?-1663.; Sinclair, George, d. 1696.	1684 (1684)	Wing D1412; ESTC R3405	145,943	378

evil tree cannot bring forth good fruit Matth. 7. 17. 2 Because the carnal mind is enmity against GOD for it is not subject to the Law of GOD neither indeed can it be Rom. 8. 7. 3 Because we have nothing in our selves which we have not received whereby we may differ from others 1 Cor. 4. 7. 4 Because whatever is not of Faith is sin Rom. 14. 23. Heb. 11. 6. 5 Because we are not able of our selves to think a good thought but all our sufficiency is of GOD 2 Cor. 3. 5. 6 Because before conversion we were dead in trespasses and sins Eph. 2. 2 5. 7 Because not by works of righteousness which we have done but according to his mercy he saved us by the washing of Regeneration and renewing of the holy Ghost Titus 3. 5. 8 Because we were sometimes that is before conversion darkness Eph. 5. 8. 9 Because Christ says without me ye can do nothing Iohn 15. 5. Quest. V. IS a Man in effectual calling onely passive until being quickned and renewed by the holy Ghost he is thereby enabled to answer this call and to embrace the Grace offered and conveyed in it Yes 1 Cor. 2. 14. Rom 8. 7. Ephes. 2. 5. Iohn 6. 37. Iohn 5. 25. Ezek. 36. 27. Well then do not the Papists and Arminians err who maintain That a Man in his conversion is not passive but active Yes By what reasons are they confuted Before I do this it is to be observed that when I say a man is passive in his Conversion I do not think he is physically passive as a stock or a stone while an Artist is about to make a Statue of them but Morally or rather Spiritually as a Man is Spiritually dead which is a true and real death though he be naturally living The 1 Reason by which they are confuted is this because we are dead in trespasses and sins Ephes. 2. 1. 2 Because we are the servants of sin until we be made freemen by the Son of GOD Iohn 8 34 36. 3 Because we are by Nature under the power of Satan and of darkness Acts 26. 18. Col. 1. 13. 2 Tim. 2. 26. 4 Because it is God that worketh in us both to will and to do of his own good pleasure Phil. 2. 13. 5 Because the Flesh lusteth against the Spirit Gal. 5. 17. 6 Because tho Scriptures ascribe that whole work to God and no part of it to Man Eph. 2. 8 9 10. Quest. VI. ARE Elect Infants dying in infancy Regenerated and saved by Christ through the Spirit who worketh when and where and how he pleaseth Yes Luke 18. 15 16. Acts 2. 38 39. Iohn 3. 3 5. 1 Iohn 5. 12. Well then do not the Anabaptists err who maintain that no Infants are Regenerated Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because Iohn the Baptist was filled with the Holy Ghost even from his Mothers Womb Luke 1. 15. 2 Because the Propher Ieremiah was sanctified from his mothers Womb Ier. 1. 5. 3 Because the promise is made to believing Parents and to their Children conjunctly Gen. 17. 7. Acts 2. 39. 4 Because of such says Christ is the kingdom of Heaven Mat. 19. 14. 5 Because the Apostle calls Children which are descended but of one Parent in covenant with God holy 1 Cor. 7. 14. 6 Because God hath promised in the second Command that he will shew mercy unto thousands that are descended of believing Parents Exod. 20. 6. Quest. VII CAN any not elected although called by the Ministry of the Word and having some common operations of the Spirit truely come to Christ and so be saved No. Matth. 22. 14. Matth. 7. 22. Matth. 13. 20 21. Heb. 6. 4 5. Iohn 6. 64 65 66. Iohn 8. 24. Well then do not the Arminians err who maintain that there is sufficient Grace given to all Men for their conversion to whom the Gospel is preached Yes Do not likewise the Quakers err who maintain that every man hath so much grace given of God as if he would improve it would bring him to heaven Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because Christ says to his Disciples to you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven but to them it is not given Mat. 13. 11. 2 Because it is said of the Jews they could not believe because God had blinded their eyes and hardned their hearts Iohn 12. 39 40. 3 Because Christ said to his Disciples there are some of you that do not believe therefore said I unto you that no man can come unto me except it were given unto him of my Father Iohn 6 64 65 4 Because the Prophet Isaiah complains who hath believed our report or to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed cap 53 1. 5 Because many are called but few are chosen Mat. 22. 14 6 Because men in nature do not discern neither can they know the things of the Spirit of God 1 Cor 2. 14. 7 Because the most part of the World are buried in gross darkness and have their understanding darkned and are alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them because of the blindness of their hearts Eph. 4 18. CHAP. XI Of IUSTIFICATION Question I. DOTH GOD freely justify those whom he effectually calleth not by infusing righteousness into them but by pardoning their sins and by accounting and accepting their persons as righteous not for any thing wrought in them or done by them but for Christs sake alone Yes Rom 9 30 Rom 3 24 Well then do not the Papists Socinians and Quakers err who maintain that the righteousness whereby we are justified before God is not without us but within us and inherent Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because if inherent righteousness did justify us then good Works would justify us but the Scripture denys that Rom 3 20 Therefore says the Text by the deeds of the Law shall no flesh be justifyed in his sight And verse 28 therefore we conclude that a man is justified by Faith without the deeds of the Law See Rom 4 6 Gal 2 16 Eph. 2 8 9 Titus 3 5 In all which places works are secluded expresly from our justification 2 Because the Righteousness whereby we are justified is not our proper own 2 Cor 5 21 For he to wit God hath made him to be sin for us who knew no sin that we might be made the righteousness of God in him Phil 3 8 9 and be found in him not having my own righteousness which is of the Law but that which is through the Faith of Christ the righteousness which is of God by Faith 3 Because we are not justified by the Law Acts 13 38 39. 4 Because our Justification is given to us freely Rom. 4 4 5. Rom. 11. 6. 5 Because our inherent righteousness is imperfect 1 Kings 8 46 For this Scripture says there is no man that sinneth not See that parallel place 1 Iohn 1 8 Where it

sins Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because he that offendeth his Brother ought to return to him saying I repent Luke 17. 3 4. 2 Because Christ did even value so much a private mans offence that he was not to be admitted to the Altar with his gift until he was reconciled to his Brother Matth. 5. 23 24. 3 Because the incestuous person was not received into the communion of the Church of Corinth before he had evidenced his repentance by satisfying the Church 2 Cor. 2. 6. 4 Because publick confession of sin glorifies God Iosh. 7. 19. 5 Because those who sin must be rebuked before all that others also may fear 1 Tim. 5. 20. Quest. VIII ARE those who are offended bound to be reconcilled to the offending party he declaring his Repentance and ought they in love to receive him Yes 2 Cor. 2. 8. Well then do not the Novatians and Anabaptists err who maintain that Professors of Religion falling into publick scandal especially in denying the Truth in the time of persecution are no more to be received into the Church even though they Repent Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because Christ says if they Brother trespasse against thee rebuke him and if he repent forgive him and if he trespass against thee seven times in a day and seven times in a day turn again to thee saying I repent thou shalt forgive him Luke 17. 3. 4. 2 Because for a Heathen and Publican that is one casten out from the communion of the Church he only is to be esteemed who neglecteth to hear the Church Matth. 18. 17. 3 Because such as have offended the Church after submission to the churches censure ought to be comforted the Church ought to make their love known to them and receive them again into communion least happly their grief and sorrow increasing they be swallowed up 2 Cor. 2. 7 8. 4 Because if a man be overtaken in a fault they who are Spiritual ought to restore such an one in the Spirit of meekness considering themselves least they also be tempted Gal. 6. 1. 5 Because if men repenting of their faults committed against their Brethren and fellow Christians be not received into the communion of the Church both they and the Church are in hazard lest Satan by his devices gain an advantage of them 2 Cor. 2. 10. 11. 6 Because Miriam who for her sedition against Moses was shut out from the Camp seven days was brought in again Num. 12. 15. So was the incestuous person received into the communion of the Church 2 Cor. 2. 8. CHAP. XVI Of GOOD WORKS Question I. ARE Good Works onely such as GOD hath commanded in his holy Word and not such as without the warrant thereof are devised by men out of blind zeal upon any pretence of good intention Yes Micah 6. 8. Rom. 12. 2. Heb. 13. 21. Matth. 15. 9. with 1 Sam. 15. 21 22 23. Isa. 29. 13. 1 Pet. 1. 18. Rom. 10. 2. Well then do not the Papists err who maintain That not only such works are good which are done according to the Will and Law of GOD but others also which are commanded by the publick Authority of the Church though over and above what the Law of GOD requires And that those also are good Works which are done out of a good intention to advance GODS Glory or to perform Worship to Him though they be not commanded by GOD Yes Do not likewise the old and late Libertines err who maintain That the difference between good Works and evil depends onely upon the private and particular Opinion of every man For they think that no work ought to be called evil but in so far as he that doth it thinks it evil Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because Good works are described by the Apostle to be such as GOD before hath ordained that we should walk in them Eph. 2. 10. 2 Because GOD expresly commands that every man must not do that which seems good in his own eyes but onely such works as he hath commanded and must neither add thereto nor diminish from it Deut. 12. 8 32. Iosh. 1. 7. Prov. 30. 6. Rev. 22. 18. 3 Because the Lord openly testifies that in vain they do worship Him teaching for Doctrines the commandments of men not requiring that Will-worship which Phantastick men would give him Isaiah 1. 13. Matth. 15. 9. Micah 6. 6 7 8. Col. 2. 23. 4 Because the Scribes and Pharisees are severely rebuked by Christ that made the Commandment of GOD of no effect by their Traditions Matth. 15. 6. And it is often mentioned in the Books of the Kings and Chronicles as a fault in the Kings of Iuda that the High-places were not taken away And how severely were the Israelites punished for their worshipping of the Golden-Calf Exod. 32. And for worshipping the Calves which Ieroboam set up at Dan and Bethel all know 1 Kin. 12. 28. 5 Because the Law of God is the perfect Rule and Square of good works To the Law and to the Testimony if they speak not according to this Word it is because there is no light in them Isaiah 8. 20. 6 Because without Faith it is impossible to please God Heb. 11. 6. But Faith hath alwayes a respect to the Word of God Quest. II. ARE good works done in obedience to Gods commandments the fruits and evidences of a true and lively Faith Yes Iames 2. 18 22. Well then do not the Antinomians and Libertines err who deny That Believers ought to make evident to themselves and others the truth of their Iustification by good works as fruits of a true and lively Faith Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because Christ sayes by their fruits ye shall know them for a good tree bringeth forth good fruit Matth 7. 16 17 18. 2 Because we are commanded to make sure our Calling and Election by good Works as by the fruits of Faith 2 Peter 1 5 6 10 11. 3 Because in Scripture there are delivered many undoubted and sure marks of Regeneration taken from the fruits of Faith and good Works 1 Iohn 1 6 7 and 1 Iohn 2 3 and 1 Iohn 3 9 10 14. Quest. III. IS our ability to do good Works wholly from the Spirit of Christ and not at all from our selves Yes And that we may be enabled thereunto besides the Graces already received is there not required an actual influence of the same holy Spirit to work in us both to will and to do of his good pleasure Yes Iohn 15. 4 6. Ezek. 36. 26 27. Phil. 2. 13. 2. Cor. 3. 5. Well then do not the Pelagians err who maintain That Good works done by the strength of our free-will are conform to the Law of God and worthy of the Kingdom of Heaven Yes Do not likewise the Papists err who maintain that good works may be done by a meer general and common influence from God Yes Do not lastly the Arminians err who

or oblige him to give any thing as due And according to the order of Gods justice he can receive no favor from us nor can any creature confer any benefit on him Ps. 16. 2. Iob 22. 2 3. Truely where there is no favour done there can be no Merit for merit presupposeth a benefit accepted 4 Because our works are imperfect as well as to Parts as to Degrees Gal. 5. 17 Is. 64. 7. Deut. 27. 26. A Perfection of parts is when we have a Part of every Grace and are renewed in some measure in every power and faculty of the whole man though we be not come to the just and due measure in any of them A perfection of Degrees consists in the compleat measure of our conformity and our exact correspondence to the Law of God in respect of all whatsoever it requires 5 Because Christ says so likewise ye when ye shal have done all those things which are commanded you say we are unprofitable servants we have done that which was our duty to do Luke 17. 10. 6 Because the Good Works which we do are not ours but it is God that worketh in us both to will and to do 1 Cor. 4. 7. Gal. 5. 22. Phil. 2. 13. 7 Because that heavenly blessedness to be given to the saints is expresly attributed to the mercy and pity of God Plalm 103. 4. Matth. 5. 7. Titus 3. 5. Eph. 4. 6 7 8. 8 Because when the Apostle proclaims death to be the wages of sin he doth not affirm life eternal to be the reward of Good Works but the free and gracious gift of God which we obtain by Christ even in our sanctification whereof the Apostle here Rom. 6. 23. Which free Gift hath for its end eternal life Not that it merits this for then it should not be a gracious gift but because Christ hath merited this for us and shal of free Grace give it to us as the following words through Iesus Christ our Lord shew 9 Because God will have us to buy without money or price Wine Milk Honey that is to receive all things requisite and necessary for our spiritual life for Nothing and eternal life it self Isaiah 55. 1 2 3. 10 Because Christ should not be a perfect Saviour if any thing from us were to be added to the righteousness of his Merit But Christ is a perfect Saviour Eph. 1. 7. Eph. 2. 7 8 9. 1 Iohn 1. 7. Acts 4. 12. 11 Because our best works have such a mixture of corruption and sin in them that they deserve his curse and wrath so far are they from meriting Isa. 64. 6. But we are all saith the Prophet as an unclean thing and all our righteousnesses are like filthy raggs 12 If the works of regenerated men did deserve eternal life then should the whole contrivance of the Gospel be subverted and the same very way of Life layed down which was in the Covenant of works as is clear from 2 Cor. 5. 21. The Gospel is so contrived by the infinite Wisdom and Goodness of God that there is a judicial transferring of our sin as a debt on Christ the Cautioner and a translation of his righteousness and merit to be imputed to us for our justification without the least respect to our works Quest. VII ARE Works done by unregenerate men although for the matter of them they may be things which God commands and of good use both to themselves and others are they I say sinful and cannot please God Yes Hag. 2. 14. Titus 1. 15. Amos 5. 21. 22. Hos. 1. 4. Rom. 9. 16. Titus 3. 5. Well then do not the Papists err who maintain that not only all the works of unregenerate men are not sinful but also that some of their Works do indeed Merit and deserve somewhat from God namely as they speak by Merit of Congruity that is as they are agreeable to the Law of God Yes There is also as they say a Merit of Condignity by which the works of the Regenerate which follow justification deserve eternal life not from the imputation of Christs righteousness but from their own intrinseck worth and proportionableness to the Reward Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because as a good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit neither can a corrupt rotten tree bring forth good fruit Matth. 7. 18. 2 Because all unregenerate men are dead in Trespasses and sin Eph. 2. 1. 3 Because all the works of unregenerate men are done without Faith and so cannot please God Heb. 11. 6. Rom. 14. 23. 4 Because if unregenerate men were able to do Good Works or perform any duty which deserved somewhat from God than would it follow that a man were able to do some good of himself which is contrary to Iohn 15. 5. Phil. 2. 13. 5 Because it is clear from Scripture that before renewing grace all are the children of wrath who of themselves cannot have a good thought nor any active concurrence or putting themselves forth to the utmost for their own Conversion 2 Cor. 3. 5. Therefore no plea for merit by any improvement of mens natural abilities see Rom. 9. 15. CHAP. XVII Of the Perseverance of the SAINTS Question I. CAN they whom GOD hath accepted in his beloved effectually called and sanctified by his Spirit either totally or finally fall away from the state of Grace No. Shall they certainly persevere therein to the end and be eternally saved Yes Phil. 1. 6. 2 Pet. 1. 10. Iohn 10. 28 29. 1 Iohn 3 9. 1 Peter 1. 5. 9. Well then do not the Papists Socinians Arminians and some Ring-leaders among the Quakers err who maintain that the Saints may totally and finally fall away Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because the Saints are built upon the Rock and not upon the Sand therefore when temptations of any kind assault they can never fall nor can the gates of hell prevail against them Matth. 7. 24. Matth. 16. 16 18. 2 Because he that hath begun a good work in the Saints will finish it untill the day of Jesus Christ Phil. 1. 6. 3 Because Paul says nothing can separate us from the love of God Rom. 8. 35 38 39. 4 Because they that fall away have never had true justifying Faith Luke 8. 13 16. 1 Iohn 2. 19. 5 Because it is impossible for the Elect to be seduced Matth. 24. 24. I say impossible not in respect of the will and power of the Elect themselves but in respect of the immutability of Gods Decree concerning them and of his purpose of keeping them powerfully against seduction according to his promises of which he cannot repent see Iohn 10. 28. Rom. 8. 38 39. 1 Peter 1. 5. 6 Because they that believe in the Son of God have life eternal 1 Iohn 5. 13. Iohn 6. 47 54 58. And they have passed from death unto life and shall never thirst nor hunger any more Iohn 6. 35. 7 Because God hath promised in his Covenant that though he chastise his own

or shall be in time Acts 15. 18. Iohn 21. 17. Heb. 4. 13. But all things which come to pass in time could not have been infallibly known from eternity but in the Decree of his divine Will 2. From Gods natural way of working in time 1 Cor. 12. 6. Rom. 11. 36. whence it is evident that God worketh effectually and immediately in time all things which are done but he worketh by his will those things which he will have to be in time after that manner and in that time how and when they come to pass Psal. 115. 3. But that Act of willing cannot happen to God in time but hath been in him from all eternity because God is unchangeable Iames 1. 17. 3 By enumerating several instances concerning which the Scripture affirms particularly that they have been decreed by GOD as the sufferings and death of Christ Acts 2. 23. The glorifying of those that are to be saved Eph. 1. 4 5. 1 Thes. 5. 9. And the foreordaining the rest to damnation to be punished for their sin Iude v. 4. The like may be said of other things which come to pass in time see Psalm 33. 11. Psalm 115. 3. Isaiah 46. 10. Prov. 19. 21. That the Liberty and Freedom of the will and contingency of events is consistent with the Decree is clear from Acts 2. 23. Acts 3. 17 18. Acts 4. 27 28. Gen. 45. 5. Quest. II. IS the Decree of Predestination namely the Decree of Election and Reprobation absolute from the meer good will and pleasure of God Yes And is it particular concerning a certain number of Persons Yes 2 Tim. 2. 19. Iohn 13. 18. Well then do not the Lutherians and Arminians err who maintain the Decree of Predestination to be general and conditional depending upon persevering Faith which they affirm depends upon the will of man and foreseen infidelity and want of faith Yes Do not likewise the Papists and Socinians err who maintain the Decree of Predestination to be general and to depend upon good and evil works with Perseverance in them Yes By what arguments are they confuted 1 From the Apostle Paul who maketh the good will and pleasure of God the only cause why this man is chosen and another as worthy rejected and casten off Rom. 9. 11 12 13 14 15. Where he moves an objection against the justice of God and answers it 2 Because our blessed Saviour assignes it to the good will and pleasure of God that to some the mysteries of Faith for their conversion are revealed and that they are hid from many others who are nothing worse but in some respect better Matth. 11. 25 26. 3 Because a man of himself hath no good thing in him whereby he may be differenced from another but what he hath freely gotten from God 1 Cor. 4. 7. 4 Because the grace of Regeneration justifying Faith effectual Calling and perseverance to the end are given to all the Elect and to them only according to the eternal Decree of God and therefore are Effects not Causes or pre-required conditions of Election Rom. 8. 30. Acts 13. 48. Matth. 24. 24. 2 Tim. 1. 9. Iohn 15 16. Eph. 1. 3 4 5. Matth. 13. 11. Rom. 11. 6 7. Quest. III. HAth it pleased God according to the unsearchable Counsel of of his own will whereby he extendeth or withholdeth mercy as he pleaseth for the glory of his Soveraign power over his creatures to pass by and to ordain the rest of mankind to dishonour and wrath for their sin to the praise of his glorious Iustice Yes Rom. 9. 17 18 21 22. Iude verse 4 Matth. 11. 25 26. 2 Tim. 2. 19 20. Well then do not many of the Quakers and others err who maintain that God never ordained any man to perish eternally Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1. Because Christ thanked his Father Lord of Heaven and Earth because he had hid those things from the wise and prudent and had revealed them unto Babes Matth. 11. 25 26. 2 Because the Scripture faith to Pharo even for this same purpose have I raised thee up that I might shew my power in thee and that my name might be declared throughout all the Earth Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy and whom he will he hardneth Hath not the Potter power over the clay of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour and another unto dishonour What if God willing to shew his wrath and to make his power known endured with much long suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction Rom. 9. 17 18 21 22. 3. Because in a great house there are some vessels to honour some to dishonour 2 Tim. 2. 19 20. 4. Because the Apostle Iude says there are some who of old were ordained to this condemnation ungodly men Note that the cause of this reprobation is not mans sin but the absolute will and good pleasure of God Mans sin indeed is the cause why God will punish but no occasion why he did ordain to pass by or to punish man This Decree is just because God has power over man as the Potter hath power over the clay Neither is the end of this Decree the condemnation of the creature but the manifestation of Gods Justice Lastly sin is the effect of mans free will and condemnation is the effect of Justice but the Decree of God is the cause of neither Quest. IV. ARE any other redeemed by Christ effectually called justifyed adopted sanctifyed and saved but the Elect only No Iohn 17. 9. Rom. 8. 28. Iohn 6. 64 65. Iohn 10. 26. Iohn 8. 47. 1 Iohn 2. 19. Well then do not the Papists Quakers Socinians and Arminians err who maintain That all men even Reprobates are redeemed by Christ and that many Reprobates are effectually Called Iustified Sanctified and Adopted Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 From the Golden Chain which cannot be loosed mentioned by the Apostle Paul Rom. 8. 30. Whom he did predestinate them he also called and whom he called them he also justified and whom he justified them he also glorified 2 Because those and those only believe whom GOD hath ordained to Life Eternal Acts 13. 48. Titus 1. 1. 3 Because Christ himself says to the Iews but ye believe not because ye are not of my Sheep My Sheep hear my voice and I know them Iohn 10. 26 27 28. Ye are not of my Sheep that is of the Elect which the Father hath given me 4 Because Christ would not pray for the World but for the Elect only Iohn 17. 9. 5 Because the Election or Elect have obtained it and the rest were blinded namely who are not elected and effectually called Rom. 11. 7. 6 Because Christ says greater love hath no man than this that a man should lay down his life for his Friends Such a love he never had to Reprobates whom he professes he never knew Iohn 15. 13. with Matthew 7. 23. 7 Because according to the Scripture Christ died

10. 1 Cor. 9. 8 9 10. 1 Peter 2. 13. 14. Matth. 5. 17. 38. 39. Well then do not some err though otherwise Orthodox who maintain that the whole Iudicial Law of the Jews is yet alive and binding all of us who are Christian Gentiles Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because the Judicial Law was delivered by Moses to the Israelites to be observed as to a Body Politick Exod. 21 chapter 2 Because this Law in many things which are of particular right was accommodated to the Common-wealth of the Iews and not to other Nations also Exod. 22. 3. Exod. 21. 2. Lev. 25. 2 3. Deut. 24. 1 2 3. Deut. 25. 5 6 7. 3 Because in other things which are not of particular right it is neither from the Law of Nature obliging by Reason neither is it pressed upon Believers under the Gospel to be observed 4 Because Believers are appointed under the Gospel to obey the civil Laws and commands of those under whose Government they live providing they be just and that for Conscience sake Rom. 13. 1. 1 Peter 2. 13 14. Titus 3. 1. Quest. V. DOTH the Moral Law for ever bind as well justified persons as others to the obedience thereof and that not only in regard of the matter contained in it but also in respect of the Authority of God who gave it Yes Rom. 13. 8 9 10. Eph. 6. 2. 1 Iohn 2. 3 4 7 8. Iames 2. 10. 11. Well then do not the Antinomians err who maintain that Believers under the Gospel are not obliged to the obedience of the Moral Law Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because Christ sayes he came not to destroy the Law and the Prophets that is to alter or disannul the doctrine of the Law or of the Prophets Matth. 5. 17. 2 Because he says in the following verse I say unto you till heaven and earth pass one jot or one title shal in no wise pass from the Law till all be fulfilled Matth. 5. 18. 3 Because whosoever shal break one of these least Commandments and shall teach men so he shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven that is shall not at all be esteemed there or shall not enter thereinto verse 19. 4 Because that after the Apostle Paul hath concluded the justification of Believers to be of free Grace he subjoines Do we then make void the Law through faith God forbid yea we establish the Law Rom. 3. 31. 5 Because all the Precepts of the Moral Law belong to the Law of Nature naturally ingraven upon the hearts of men which cannot be abrogated but oblige all men perpetually and necessarly from Natural Reason it self Rom. 2. 15. 6 Because all the Precepts of the Moral Law are repeated in the Gospel and injoyned to all Believers by Christ Matth. 19. 17 18 19 20. Rom. 2. 13. 7 Because Paul adjoyneth and proposeth to Believers under the New Testament both a command and a promise of the Decalogue as properly belonging to them Eph. 6. 2 3. 8 Because the Apostle Iames setteth forth to Believers the moral law as a Rule of life which they are obliged to observe and by breaking of which they are convinced of sins Iames 2. 8 9 11. 9 Because whosoever committeth any sin against the Moral Law shall never enter into the kingdom of God 1 Cor. 6. 9 10. Gal. 5. 21. 10 Because this Tenet of the Antinomians turns the Grace of God into wantonness overturneth the end of Christian liberty and of the coming and death of Christ and paveth a way leading to all impiety and the indulging of the lusts of the flesh and fostering the Dominion of sin contrary to these Scriptures Iude verse fourth 1 Iohn 2. 16. 2 Peter 2. 18 19 20. Rom. 6. 14 15 16. Luke 1. 74 75. Tit. 2. 11. 12. 1 Tim. 6. 9. Rom. 6. 21. 22 23. 11 Because Believers ought to study good works Titus 3. 8 to which they are created in Christ that they should walk in them Eph. 2. 10. 12 Because Christ will render to every man at his last coming both to the good and the bad according to their works Rev. 22. 12. Matth. 25. 34 35 41 42. Quest. VI. ARE true Believers under the Law as a Covenant of Works to be thereby justified or condemned No. Rom. 6. 14. Gal. 2. 16. Gal. 3. 13. Gal. 4. 4 5. Acts 13. 39. Rom. 8. 1. Well then do not the Papists and Socinians err who maintain that Believers under the Gospel are justified by their obedience to the Law of God the Law I say either Moral or Evangelical and condemned for the transgression thereof Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because by the Law is the knowledge of sin Rom. 3. 20. 2 Because for as many as are of the works of the Law are under the curse Gal. 3. 10. 3 Because there is not a Law given which could have given life to fallen man Gal. 3. 21. 4 Because Christ is not dead in vain for if righteousness be by the Law then Christ is dead in vain that is without cause reason need or fruit Gal. 2. 21. see Iohn 15. 25. 5 Because it was promised by God about 430 years before the promulgation of the Law that all the Nations of the earth should be blessed in the seed of Abraham Gen. 22. 18. Gen. 12. 3. with Gal. 3. 16 17 18. 6 Because Christ is become of no effect to them that are justified by the Law they are fallen from Grace Gal. 5. 4 7 Because Believers ought to wait through the Spirit for the hope of righteousness by Faith Gal. 5. 5. 8 Because the Apostle though a strick Observer of the law counted all his works but loss and dung that he might be found in Christ not having his own righteousness which is of the Law but that which is through the Faith of Christ the righteousness which is of God by Faith Phil. 3. 8 9. 9 Because Christ is made of God to Believers righteousness 1 Cor. 1. 30. 2 Cor. 5. 21. 10 Because they that seek righteousness not by Faith but by their works do not attain to it And contrarywise they that seek their righteousness by Faith and not by their works do attain to it Rom. 9. 30 31 32. 11 Because Christ is the end of the Law for righteousnes to every one that believeth Rom. 10. 4. 12 Because the justification of men under the Law or Covenant of works is by the law and by the works of the law but the justification of men under Grace or the Covenant of Grace is by Faith Rom. 10. 5 6 8 9. 10. Gal. 3. 11 12. Lev. 18. 5. But Believers now are not under the Law or the Covenant of works but under Grace or the Covenant of Grace Rom. 6. 14 15. Gal. 5. 18. 13 Because Believers under the New and Old Testament are saved by the Grace of Jesus Christ and not by the Law Whose yoke none were able to bear That

is none were able perfectly to keep nor to be justified thereby Acts 15. 10 11. 14 Because whosoever transgresseth the Law in the least is under the curse of it Gal. 3. 10. Deut. 27. 26. And deserveth death and a curse Rom. 6. 23. Ezek. 18. 4 20. But all men even the Regenerate sin dayly and transgress the Law of God and so are guilty of all Iam. 1. 13 compared with Iames 2. 10 and with 1 Iohn 1. 8. 15 Because Good works do not go before justification but follow after it Titus 1. 15. Heb. 11. 6. Rom. 14. 23. Rom. 3. 9 10 23. 16 Because the righteousness of God which is by Faith in Jesus Christ is manifested unto all and upon all by Moses and the Prophets For all the Apostles do witness that whosover believeth in Jesus Christ shall have remission of sins Rom. 3. 21 24 25. Acts. 10. 43. 17 Because Justification is from the free Grace of God Rom. 3. 24. Not by the Works of the Law otherwise Grace should be no more Grace nor work any more work Rom. 11. 6. 18 Because the good works of Believers are unclean and defiled Isa. 64. 6. Gal. 5. 17. 19 Because it is said by the Spirit of God the just shall live by Faith Hab. 2. 4. Gal. 3. 11. 20 Because it is written that Abraham believed God and it was imputed to him for righteousness Gen. 15. 6. Rom. 4. 3. But to him that worketh not but believeth on him that justifies the ungodly his Faith is counted for Righteousness Rom. 4. 5. 21 Because believers must not glory in themselves but in God only Rom. 4. 2. Rom. 3. 27. 22 Because by the obedience of ONE many shall be made righteous as was foretold by the Prophet Isaiah 53. 11. And is asserted by Paul Rom. 5. 17. 23 Because Justification by Faith and not by Works is expresly taught at large by the Apostle in that third to the Romans and third to the Galatians CHAP. XX. Of Christian Liberty and Liberty of Conscience Question I. IS GOD alone Lord of the Conscience and hath left it free from the Doctrines and Commandments of men which are in any thing contrary to to his Word or beside it in matters of Faith or worship Yes Iam. 4. 12. Acts 4. 19. Acts 5. 29. Matth. 23. 8 9 10. 2 Cor. 1. 24. Matth. 15. 9. Well then do not the Papists err who contradict this both in doctrine because they teach that the Pope of Rome and Bishops in their own Diocesses may by their own authority praeter Scripturam beside the Word make Laws which oblige and bind the Conscience under the pain of everlasting death and in practise because they have obtruded and do obtrude many Ecclesiastical Rites and Ceremonies as necessary in worship without any foundation in Scripture Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because there is one Law-giver who is able to save and to destroy Iames 4. 12. Therefore no Pope no Prelate nor any meer man can be a Law-giver 2 Because Christ rejects the Commandments of men from the worship of God Matth. 15. 9. 3 Because the Apostles refused to obey the orders of the Council since they were contrary to the Commands of God Acts 4. 19. Acts 5. 29. 4 because the Lord threatens to do a marvellous work among his people because they drew near to him with their mouth as the most part of the Ceremonial service is but a drawing near to God with the mouth but had their hearts removed far from him Isaiah 29. 13 14. 5 Because Christ expresly forbids such subjection and obedience to the Commands of men Matth. 23. 9 10. 1 Cor. 7. 23. 6 because the Apostles themselves forbids all will-worship such as the Popish Ceremonies are Col. 2. 18 21 22 23. 8 Because the Apostle Paul withstood these false Brethren unawars brought in who came in privily to spie out his liberty which he had in Christ Jesus that they might bring him into bondage to whom he gave place by subjection no not for an hour that the truth of the Gospel might continue where he lays so much weight upon Christian liberty that if that were taken away the truth of the Gospel would perish likewise Gal. 2. 4 5. 9 Because the Apostle commands Believers to stand fast in their liberty wherewith Christ hath made them free and not to be intangled again with the yoke of bondage Gal. 5. 1. 10 Because Ceremonies are superstitious being a vice opposite to Religion in the excess commanding more in the Worship of God than he requires in his Worship Quest. II. IS not the requiring of an implicit Faith and an absolute and blind obedience to the Church or any Man a destroying of liberty of Conscience and Reason also Yes Rom. 10. 17. Rom. 14. 23. Isaiah 8. 20. Acts 17. 11. Iohn 4. 22. Hos. 5. 11. Rev. 13. 12 16 17. Ier. 8. 9. Well then do not the Papists err who require an Implicit Faith to all the Decrees and Ordinances of their Church and Pope and a blind obedience to their commands without a previous judgement of discretion Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because no man performing any duty out of blind obedience can be perswaded in his mind of the will of God therein and so he that doubteth is damned because it is not of Faith Rom. 14. 23. 2 Because all things must be examined and proven by the Rule of the Word Isaiah 8. 20. 1 Iohn 4. 1 2. 3 Because the Apostle says prove all things and hold fast that which is good 1 Thes. 5. 21. 4 Because blind obedience makes us the servants of Men which is contrary to 1 Cor. 7. 23. And against the command of Christ forbidding us to call any man Father on earth Matth. 23. 9. 5 Because absolute obedience is only due to God whose commands are all most just himself being the alone Law-giver Iames 4. 12. 6 Because every man ought to be ready to render a reason of the hope which is in him 1 Peter 3. 15. This no man can do who receives the Commands of Superiors with an Implicit Faith Quest. III. DO they who upon pretence of Christian Liberty practise any sin or cherish any lust destroy thereby the end of Christian Liberty Yes Gal. 5. 13. 1 Peter 2. 16. 2 Peter 2. 19. Iohn 8. 34. Luke 1. 74 75. Well then do not the Libertines err who maintain that the true Christian Liberty which we ought to follow and use is to take away all difference between Good and Evil to esteem nothing of sin nor to be touched with any Conscience or sense of it that every man ought to follow the swing of his own lust Yes Do not likewise the Antinomians err who maintain almost the same very Tenet and opinion Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because we being called to liberty ought not to use our liberty for an occasion of the flesh Gal. 5. 13 And that with well

is said if we say we have no sin we deceive our selves and the truth is not in us 6 Because if we were justified by inherent righteousness we would have matter to boast of which is contrary to Pauls doctrine Eph. 2 9 Not of works least any man should boast 7 Because the righteousness of a Christian man is the justifying of the ungodly Rom 4 5. Quest II DOTH GOD justify men by imputing Faith it self the Act of believing or any other Evangelical obedience to them as their righteousness No. Rom. 4. 5 6 7 8. 2 Cor 5 19 21 Rom 3 22 24 25 27 28 Tit 3 5 7 Eph. 1. 7. Ier 23 6. 1 Cor 1. 30 31 Rom 5 17 18 19. Well then do not the Arminians err who maintain that Faith it self and the Act of Believing is imputed to us for righteousness Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because Faith is that by which we receive righteousness Acts 26 18. Therefore if it be that by which we receive righteousness it cannot be righteousness it self because that which is received is far different and another thing from that whereby we receive it 2 Because we are not justified by inherent righteousness as is proven evidently against the Papists in the last foregoing Question all which reasons do clearly evince that we are not justified by the imputation of Faith it self or by the act of believing as our righteousness Quest. III. IS Faith which is the alone instrument of justification alone in the person justified No. Is it ever accompanied with all other saving graces and is no dead Faith but worketh by Love Yes Iames 2 17 22 26. Gal. 5. 6. Well then do not the Papists err who maintain That justifying Faith may be truely and really separated from Love saving Hope and all the rest of the Christian vertues Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because as the Body without the Spirit is dead so Faith without works is dead also Iames 2. 26. 2 Because Faith worketh by Love Gal. 5. 6. that is by shewing forth the works of Love in us towards GOD and our neighbour 3 Because Faith purifies the heart Acts 15. 9. 4 Because he that hath Faith is in Christ but he that is in Christ bringeth forth much fruit Iohn 15. 5. 5 Because those who have Faith are buried with Christ and walk in newness of life Rom. 6. 4. that is in holiness and purity which accompany Faith 6 Because he that saith I know GOD and keepeth not his Commandments is a liar and the truth is not in him 1 Iohn 2. 4. Quest. IV. DId Christ by his Obedience and Death fully discharge the debt of all these who are thus justified and did he make a proper real and full satisfaction to the Fathers justice in their behalf Yes Rom. 5. 8 9 10. 1 Tim. 2. 5. 6. Dan 9 24 26 Heb 10 10 14 Isa 53 4 5 6 10. 11 12. Well then do not the Papists err who maintain That Christ hath not made a full satisfaction to Divine Iustice for the sins of those who are justified and that Humane satisfactions do in part satisfy the Iustice of GOD for sin Yes Do not likewise the Socinians err who deny all true and proper satisfaction to Christs sufferings Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because the Prophet sayes he hath born our griefs and carried our sorrows was wounded for our transgressions was bruised for our iniquities Isaiah 53 4 5. 2 Because by one Offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified Heb. 10. 14 3 Because Humane satisfactions being finite can never satisfy in part or in whole the infinite Justice of GOD for the punishment of sin Iob 35. 6. 4 Because he hath blotted out the hand writting of Ordinances which was against us which was contrary to us and took it out of the way nailing it to his cross Col. 2. 14. 5 Because there is nothing more frequent in Scripture than that Christ was a propitiation for our sins Rom 3. 25. 6 Because Christ sayes I lay down my life for my sheep and no man taketh it from me but I lay it down of my self Iohn 10. 15 18. 7 Because the Son of man came to give his life a ransom for many Matth. 20. 28. see the first of Tim. 2. 6. Ephes. 5. 2. Gal 3. 13. Rev. 5. 9. 1 Iohn 2. 2. Quest. V. ARE the Elect justified until the Holy Spirit in due time actually apply Christ to them No. Col. 1. 21 22. Titus 3. 4 5 6 7. Well then do not the Antinomians err who maintain That the Elect are justified from eternity or when the price of Redemption was payed Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because all that are justified have been strangers and enemies to GOD and children of Wrath Ephes. 2. 3. Col. 1. 21. Titus 3. 3. 1 Cor. 6. 10 11. 2 Because none are justified until they believe in Christ Gal. 2. 16. knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but by the Faith of Jesus Christ even we have believed in Jesus Christ that we might be justified by the faith of Christ. Quest. VI. CAN those who are justified by reason of their sins fall under Gods Fatherly displeasure and not have the light of his countenance restored unto them until they humble themselves confess their sins beg pardon and renew their faith and repentance Yes Psalm 89. 31 32 33. Psalm 32. 5. Psalm 51. 7 8 9 10 11 12. Matth. 26. 75. 1 Cor. 11 30 32. Well then do not the Antinomians err who maintain that GODS love and favour towards those that are once-justified cannot consist with his anger and chastisement towards them Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because Christ says as many as I love I rebuke and chasten Rev. 3. 19. 2 Because David was chastened for his Adultery and Murder 2 Sam. 12 10. 3 Because the Lord says if my children forsake my Law and walk not in my judgements then will I visit their transgressions with the rod and their iniquity with stripes Psalm 89. 30 31. 4 Because God was provoked with the sins of the Corinthians for which he punished them 1 Cor. 10. 22. And 1 Cor. 11. 30. Quest VII IS the Iustification of Believers under the Old Testament one and the same in all respects with the justification of Believers under the New Testament Yes Gal. 3. 9 13 14. Rom. 4. 22 23 24. Heb. 13. 8. Well then do not the Socinians err who maintain that the manner of justification is not one and the same under both the Testaments Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because Abraham was justified by Faith in Christ Gen. 15. 6. And he believed in the Lord and it was counted to him for righteousness That is God of his meer Grace held him righteous and justified that had no righteousness in himself whereby to subsist and stand before his justice seat and

that through Faith in his promises and in the promised Mediator 2 Because Isaiah teacheth that both himself and other Believers were justified by the knowledge of Christ Chap. 53 11. 3 Because the holy Ghost expresly testifies that Christ died for the Believers under the Old Testament Heb. 9. 15. 4 Because the justification of believing Iews under the old Testament and believers under the New are compared between themselves as equal Acts 15. 11. CHAP. XII Of ADOPTION Question I. ARE those who are taken into the number and enjoy the liberties and priviledges of the Children of God and have his Name put upon them and receive the Spirit of Adoption are they I say ever cast off No. Are they sealed to the day of Redemption and inherit the promises as heirs of everlasting Salvation Yes Lam. 3. 3. Eph. 4. 30. 1 Pet. 1. 5. Well then do not the Lutherians err who maintain that the Chlidren of God some of them may be cast off for a time totally though not finally Yes Do not likewise the Arminians Quakers and Socinians err who maintain that those who have received the grace of Adoption may be cast off totally and finally Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because all the children of God are keeped through faith unto Salvation 1 Peter 1. 5 2 Because Christ hath prayed for the preseverance of all Believers Iohn 17 20 Iohn 11 26 And all those that are adopted are the children of God by faith Gal. 3 26 3 Because no man that is born again as are all the children of God doth sin that is he suffers not sin to reign over him for his seed remaineth in him that is Gods seed whereby he is born again namely the Word of God 1 Peter 1 23 Iohn 3 5 6 Remaineth in him that is doth not totally perish but abideth thence foreward working the fruits of regeneration once begun in them Phi 1 6 See 1 Iohn 3 9 4 Because all the children of God request the Father by the Son that he may grant them perseverance to salvation Matth 6 13 which perseverance is most needful to them for that end Matth 24 13. But Believers when they seek things needful to Salvation in the name of Christ according to his promise are alwayes heard Iohn 14 13 14 Iohn 16 23. 5 Because the Gifts and Calling of GOD are without Repentance Rom 11 29. 6 Because all those who are justified are glorified Rom 8 30 But all who are Adopted are endued with Faith and are justified Gal 3 26. 7 Because Christ keepeth all his Adopted Ones that none can pluck them out of his hand or his Fathers hand Iohn 10 27 28 29. 8 Because perseverance is a gift promised by GOD to all the Elect in the covenant of Grace Ezek 36 26 27 28. Ezek 11 19 20 Ierem 31 31 32 33. 9 Because justifying Grace is a Well of Water springing up into everlasting life in every man to whom it is given Iohn 4 14. And the Saints are like unto trees planted by the rivers of waters which bring forth their fruit in their season Psalm 1. 3. CHAP. XIII Of SANCTIFICATION Question I. ARE they who are effectually Called and Regenerated having a new Spirit created in them farther sanctified really and personally through the vertue of Christs death and resurrection by his Word and Spirit dwelling in them Yes 1 Cor. 6. 11. Acts 20 32. Phil 3 10 Rom 6 5 6. Iohn 17. 17. Well then do not the Antinomians err who maintain That those who are justified are sanctified onely by the imputed holiness of Christ not by infusing inherent holyness or any Spiritual qualities into them by the help of which they are enabled to live holily Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because the Apostle says follow peace and holiness with all Men without which no man shall see God Heb. 12. 14. 2 Because the fruit of the Spirit is Love Joy Peace long-suffering Gentleness and Faith Gal. 5. 22. 3 Because they who are in Christ bring forth good fruit Iohn 15. 5. 4 Because they who belong to Christ have crucified the Flesh with the affections and lusts Gal. 5. 24 25. 5 Because the Apostle commands us to work out our salvation with fear and with trembling Phil. 2. 12. 6 Because we ought to purify our selves from all filthiness of the Flesh and Spirit perfecting holiness in the fear of God 2 Cor. 7. 1. 7 Because we ought to grow in Grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ 2 Pet. 3. 18. 8 Because the Lord circumcises the hearts of the Elect that they may love the Lord their God and taketh away the heart of stone Deut. 30. 6. Ezek. 36. 26 27. Quest. II. IS Sanctification imperfect in this life there being some remnants of corruption abiding in every part Yes 1 Iohn 1. 10. Rom. 7. 18 23. Ps 3. 12. Well then do not the Antinomians and many of the Quakers err who maintain That those who are justified are perfectly sanctified Yes Do not likewise the Papists Socinians and Anabaptists err who maintain the same but differ in the manner Yes By what reasons are they confuted But first consider that the Antinomians defend that the most perfect holiness of Christ is imputed to us and is made ours there being no inherent holiness in us nor required of us But the Papists Socinians Quakers and Anabaptists affirm and maintain a perfect inherent holiness in this life They are confuted 1 Because there is no man that sinneth not 1 Kings 8. 46. 2 Because if we say we have no sin we deceive our selves and the truth is not in us 1 Iohn 1. 8 3 Because in many things we offend all Iames 3. 2. 4 Because there is not a just man upon the earth that doth good and sinneth not Eccles. 7. 20. 5 Because we are all as an unclean thing and all our righteousnesses are as filthy raggs Isaiah 64. 6. 6 Because the Psalmist prayeth that GOD would not enter into judgement with him for in thy sight says he shall no man be justified Psal. 143. 2. 7 Because no man can say I have made my heart clean I am pure from my sin Prov. 20. 9. 8 Because the Apostle complains heavily concerning indwelling sin Rom. 7. 18 23. 9 Because the Saints are obliged to seek pardon of sin every day Matth. 6. 12. 10 Because the Lord sayes he that is holy let him be holy still Rev 22. 11. CHAP. XIV Of SAVING FAITH Question I. IS the grace of Faith whereby the Elect are enabled to believe to the saving of their Souls the work of the Spirit of Christ in their hearts Yes Heb. 10. 39. 2 Cor. 4. 13. Ephes. 1. 17 18 19. Well then do not the Pelagians err who maintain Faith to be a thing natural who attribute the being thereof to our selves and to the strength of our corrupt Nature Yes Do not likewise the Arminians err Who though they grant

Faith to be the gift GOD yet they deny Faith to be given according to the precise will of GOD for the saving of some men Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 I confute the Pelagians for Christ sayes no man can come to me that is believe unless the Father that hath sent me draw him Iohn 6. 44. 2 Because the Apostle sayes for unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ not onely to believe in him but also to suffer for his sake Phil. 1. 29. 3 Because that which is natural is proper to all but all men have not Faith 2 Thes. 3. 2. 4 Because Faith is reckoned up among the fruits of the Spirit Gal. 5. 22. 5 Because the very desire it self of believing is from GOD and not from our selves Phil. 2. 13. 6 Because Christ is the Author and Finisher of our Faith Heb. 12. 2. By what reasons do you confute the Arminians 1 Because Faith is given to the Elect onely and to such as are ordained to life eternal Titus 1. 1. Acts 13. 48. 2 Because he that believes shall be saved Mark 16. 16. Iohn 3. 15 16 18 36. 3 Because GOD wills precisely the glorifying of all those whom he justifies Rom. 8. 30. But they who have Faith are justified Rom. 5. 1. 4 Because GOD wills precisely the gloryfying of all those whom he inwardly and efficaciously calleth Rom. 8. 30. But all that believe in him are powerfully called 2 Thes. 2. 13 14. 5 Because all the Children of GOD are heirs of GOD and joynt-heirs with Christ Rom. 8. 17. But how many soever believes in his Name to them he gave power to become the Sons GOD Iohn 1. 12. Quest. II. IS Faith the Fruit of Christs purchase Yes Titus 3. 5 6. Titus 2. 14. Ezek. 36. 25 26. Well then do not the Arminians err who deny Faith and other saving Graces to be Christs purchase or the fruits of his death Yes Do not likewise others of the same kind err who granting the gift of believing not to flow from mans free-will or from any sufficient grace bestowed upon all maintain That it flows from GODS Soveraign good-will thinking fit to bestow that gift upon some whom he hath elected and not upon others without respect to the merits of Christs death Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because if this be all that Christ hath purchased by his death that GOD might save fallen man upon condition he believe then Christ might attain his end in dying and yet not one soul be saved by his death 2 Because it makes Christ a Titular Saviour onely purchasing salvation to all without any full and certain intention of applying it to any 3 Because it is promised to Christ the Mediator as a satisfaction to him for his sufferings that not only many through Faith in him shall be justified but that certainly he shall see his seed and the fruit of his Soul Isaiah 53. 10. 4 Because the washing of Regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost under which all particular graces may be comprehended are said to be shed on us aboundantly through Jesus Christ Titus 3. 5 6. 5 Because the Lord hath promised to remove from us the heart of stone and to give us a new heart to cleanse us from all our idols and wash us with clean water But these promises are in one bundle with the promises of his pardoning our iniquity and remembring our sins no more Ezek. 36. 25 26. Ierem. 31. 33 34. 6 Because Christ is made unto us Wisdom Sanctification and Redemption no less than righteousness under which Faith and all saving graces needful to the working out of our Salvation are comprehended 1 Cor. 1. 30 31. 7 Because we are said to be blessed with all spiritual blessings in Christ Iesus Ephes. 1. 3. which by his merit are communicated to us And is not Faith and saving Grace to be accounted among the Spiritual blessings 8 Because it is not a meer possibility of Redemption but actual Redemption that the Saints in Heaven praise and extol Christ for Rev. 5. 9 12. An Arminian cannot well sing a part of this song while he thinks in his heart he is no more beholden to the Lamb for his Redemption than Cain and Judas Quest. III. DOth a Christian by Faith believe whatsoever is revealed in the Word for the Authority of GOD speaking therein Yes Iohn 4. 42. 1 Iohn 5. 10. Acts 24. 14. 1 Thes. 2. 13. Well then do not the Papists err who commend and extol Implicit Faith and who define Faith rather by Ignorance than by Knowledge Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of God and therefore there can be no Faith without knowledge Rom. 10. 17. 2 Because all believers are taught of God Isaiah 54. 13. Iohn 6. 45. 3 Because Christ sayes this is life eternal to know thee the onely true God and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent Iohn 17. 3. 4 Because the Prophet Isaiah sayes by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many chap. 53. 11. Quest. IV. ARE the principal Acts of saving Faith Accepting Receiving and Resting upon Christ alone for Iustification Sanctification and Eternal Life by vertue of the Covenant of Grace Yes Iohn 1. 12. Acts 16. 31. Gal. 2. 20. Acts 15. 11. Well then do not the Papists err who maintain Faith to be nothing but a naked assent to the truth revealed in the Word it being placed by them in the understanding onely Yes Do not likewise the Sccinians err who put no difference between Faith and the Obedience of Works Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because to believe is to receive Christ which is an Act of the Will Iohn 1. 12. 2 Because Faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen Or Faith is a firm ground or a firm confidence that is which causeth to subsist or stand firm the things which are promised by God in Christ and which therefore are expected by hope which is not done only by an assent to Gods promises in our understanding but also by a trusting to the same in our will I say faith is a firm ground of the things which are hoped and an argument of things not seen Or a conviction in Greeke Elegchos for Faith respecting GODS Revelation and Promise convinceth and assureth the heart of man more strongly of the truth of a thing than any other argument brought from natural Reason can do Heb. 11. 1. 3 Because we are justified before GOD by Faith Rom. 5. 1. but we are not justified by a bare and naked assent to the truth otherwise the Devils should be justified Iam. 2. 19. Neither are we justified by the Socinians Faith which is every where condemned in Scripture Rom. 3. 20 28. Gal. 2. 16. Eph. 2. 8 9. Phil. 3. 9. Titus 3. 4 5. CHAP. XV. Of REPENTANCE Question I. IS Repentance unto life an Evangelical

children for their faults yet he will never take away his mercy and loving kindness from them Psalm 89. 30 31 32 33 34. Ier. 32. 38 39 40. 8 Because that Golden chain that Paul speaks of cannot be broken Rom. 8. 30. Whom he did predestinate them also he called c. 9 Because Christs says this is the Fathers will which hath sent me that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing Iohn 6. 39. 10 Because we are keeped by the power of God through Faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time 1 Peter 1. 5. 11 Because he hath prayed for us that our Faith fail not Luke 22. 32. Iohn 17. 20. Quest. II. CAN Believers by reason of their sins and failings incurr GODS displeasure and grieve his holy Spirit come to be deprived of some measure of their Graces and Comforts have their hearts hardned and their consciences wounded hurt and scandalize others and bring temporal judgements upon themselves Yes Isaiah 64. 5 7 9. Ephes. 4. 30. Psal 51. 8 10 12. Rev. 2. 4. Cant. 5. 2 3 4 6. Isa 63. 17. Psalm 37. 3 4. 2 Sam. 12. 14. Psal. 89 31 32. Mark 16. 14. 1 Cor. 11. 32. Well then do not the Antinomians err who maintain That the sins of the Regenerate do not displease GOD and cannot grieve his holy Spirit and that Believers are not chastised in any wise for their sins Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because the Prophet says thou art wroth for we have sinned Isai. 64. 5. 2 Because it is said that the thing which David had done namely his Murder and his Adultery displeased the Lord 2 Sam. 11. 27. 3 Because the Scripture testifies that the sins of Believers grieve his holy Spirit Eph. 4. 30. 4 Because the Saints by reason of their sins are deprived of some measure of grace and consolation Psalm 51. 8 9. Rev. 2. 4 5. 5 Because the Lord hath inflicted temporal punishments upon Believers for their faults Psalm 89. 31 32. 2 Sam. 12 11. and 24 15. 1 Cor. 11. 30. CHAP. XVIII Of assurance of Grace and Salvation Question I. MAY they who truely believe in the Lord Iesus and love him in sincerity and endeavour to walk in all good conscience before him May they I say be certainly assured in this life that they are in the state of Grace and being enabled by the Spirit to know the things which are freely given them of GOD may they without extraordinary revelation attain thereunto Yes 1 Iohn 2. 3. 1 Iohn 3. 14 18 19 21 24. 1 Iohn 5. 13. 1 Cor. 2. 12. Heb. 6. 11 12. Ephes. 3. 17 18. Well then do not the Papists err who maintain that no man can be sure namly sure by divine Faith of Gods peculiar favour towards himself without extraordinary revelation Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because the Apostle commands us saying Brethren give all diligence to make your calling and election sure for if you do these things ye shall never fall for so an entrance shall be ministred unto you aboundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ 2 Peter 1 10. 11. Heb. 6. 11. 2 Because the Apostle commands the Corinthians to examine themselves whether they be in the Faith 2 Cor. 13. 5. 3 Because the Scripture proposes and setteth forth sure Marks and Tokens by which a Believer may be infallibly assured that he is one of the number of Christs sheep Iohn 10. 4 5 27 28. And that he is one of Christs Disciples Iohn 13. 35. Nay it is the scope of the whole first Epistle of Iohn to propose such sure Marks to Believers whereby they may know that they have life eternal 1 Iohn 5. 13. 4 Because the true Believer may be perswaded that neither death nor life nor any other thing can separate him from the love of Christ Rom. 8. 38. 39. Where the Apostle not only speaketh of himself but of them to whom he writes 5 Because Believers have received the Spirit of Adoption whereby they cry Abba Father and he himself witnesseth with their Spirit that they are the children of God Rom. 8. 15. 16. 6 Because Believers have received not the Spirit of the World but the Spirit which is of God that they might know the things that are freely given to them of God 1 Cor. 2. 12. Quest. II. IS this certainty a bare conjectural and probable perswasion grounded upon a fallible hope No. But is it an infallible assurance of Faith Yes Heb. 6. 11. 19. Heb. 6. 17 18. Well then do not the Papists and Arminians err who maintain that the assurance of salvation is only conjectural or at the most only probable which hath for its foundation a failling and fadeing Faith Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because assurance is from the testimony of the Holy Spirit witnessing with our Spirits that we are the Children of God Rom. 8. 16. 2 Because this assurance is founded upon the promises of God who cannot lie Isai. 54. 10. Iohn 3. 36. 3 Because Believers are sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise which is the earnest of their inheritance but he that receiveth the earnest not only hath right to the possession but knows assuredly that he hath that right and shall be put in the actual possession thereof Eph. 1. 13 14. 4 Because God willing more aboundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel confirmed it by an oath that by two immutable things in which it was impossible to God to lie we might have a strong consolation Heb. 6. 17 18. Quest. III. IS the infallible assurance of Faith founded upon the divine truth of the promises of Salvation and upon the inward evidence of those Graces unto which these promises are made Yes Heb. 6. 17 18. 2 Peter 1. 4 5. 1 Iohn 2 3 and 1 Iohn 3. 14. 2 Cor. 1. 12. Well then do not the Antinomians err who maintain that none ought or can gather any comfort or assurance of Salvation from his own works of holiness but that a Believer ought to lean and rest upon the alone testimony of the Spirit without any Marks or Signs from which testimony he may say they be fully assured of the remission of his sins and of his own salvation Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 From the example of the Saints who gathered their comfort from the fruits of Faith and works of holiness as David did Psalm 119. 6. And as Paul did 2 Cor. 1. 12. 2 From the reckoning up of Marks which are held out in Scripture by which Believers may be known from unbelievers as mutual love Iohn 13. 35. Observing and keeping his Commandments 1 Iohn 2. 3. Doing of righteousness 1 Iohn 3. 14. And loving the Brethren 3 Because unless Faith be proven by Marks true Faith cannot be discerned from presumption neither can assurance rightly founded be discerned from a delusion of Satan 1