The remedie of unreasonableness. Or The substance of a speech intended at a conference or dispute, in Al-hallows the Great, London. Feb. 11. 1649. Exhibiting the brief heads of Mr John Goodwin's judgement, concerning the freeness fulness effectualness of the grace of God. As also concerning the bondage or servility of the will of man. Occasioned by an undue aspersion cast upon him; as (viz.) that he held free-will in opposition to free-grace.
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             The remedie of unreasonableness. Or The substance of a speech intended at a conference or dispute, in Al-hallows the Great, London. Feb. 11. 1649. Exhibiting the brief heads of Mr John Goodwin's judgement, concerning the freeness fulness effectualness of the grace of God. As also concerning the bondage or servility of the will of man. Occasioned by an undue aspersion cast upon him; as (viz.) that he held free-will in opposition to free-grace.
             Goodwin, John, 1594?-1665.
          
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             London :
             1650.
          
           
             A reply to a verbal attack by John Simpson.
             The words "freeness .. effectualness" are enclosed in brackets on title page.
             Annotation on Thomason copy: "Feb 22 1649"; the imprint date has been crossed out.
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           Simpson, John, 17th cent.
           Free will and determinism -- Early works to 1800.
           Grace (Theology) -- Early works to 1800.
        
      
    
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             The
             Remedie
             of
             Vnreasonableness
          
           OR
           THE
           Substance
           of
           a
           Speech
           Intended
           at
           a
           Conference
           or
           Dispute
           ,
           In
           
             Al-hallows
          
           the
           Great
           ,
           
             London
             .
          
           Feb.
           11.
           1649.
           
           Exhibiting
           the
           brief
           
             HEADS
          
           of
           Mr
           
             John
             Goodwin's
          
           Judgement
           ,
           Concerning
           the
           
             Freeness
             Fulness
             Effectualness
          
           of
           the
           Grace
           of
           GOD
           .
           As
           also
           concerning
           the
           Bondage
           or
           Servility
           of
           the
           Will
           of
           Man
           .
           Occasioned
           by
           an
           undue
           aspersion
           cast
           upon
           him
           ;
           as
           
             (
             viz.
             )
          
           That
           he
           held
           Free-will
           in
           opposition
           to
           Free-Grace
           .
        
         
           And
           not
           rather
           ,
           as
           we
           are
           slanderously
           reported
           ,
           and
           as
           some
           affirme
           that
           we
           say
           ,
           Let
           us
           do
           evill
           that
           good
           may
           come
           ;
           whose
           damnation
           is
           just
           .
        
         
           Rom.
           3.
           8.
           
        
         
           Nonnulli
           Intelligentes
           citiùs
           volunt
           exagitare
           ,
           quod
           non
           intelligunt
           ,
           quàm
           quaerere
           ut
           intelligant
           :
           &
           non
           fiunt
           humiles
           inquisitores
           ,
           sed
           superbi
           calumniatores
           ,
        
         
           Aug.
           
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             John
             Macock
             ,
          
           for
           
             Lodowick
             Lloyd
             ,
          
           and
           
             Henry
             Cripps
             ,
          
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           their
           shop
           in
           
             Popes
          
           head
           Alley
           .
           1650.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           To
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           
             Good
             Reader
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Had
           not
           troubled
           thee
           with
           these
           Papers
           out
           of
           the
           Press
           ,
           had
           not
           the
           unreasonableness
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           ministred
           the
           occasion
           ,
           or
           necessity
           rather
           ,
           of
           the
           contents
           of
           them
           ,
           uncivilly
           denyed
           the
           liberty
           of
           an
           orall
           prolation
           of
           them
           ,
           when
           time
           ,
           and
           place
           ;
           and
           a
           good
           conscience
           ,
           required
           it
           at
           my
           hand
           .
           At
           the
           former
           of
           the
           two
           late
           Conferences
           or
           Disputes
           held
           in
           
             All-hallows
          
           the
           Great
           ,
           
             London
             ,
          
           between
           Mr
           
             J
             :
             Simson
             ,
          
           and
           my self
           ,
           he
           was
           pleased
           ,
           upon
           no
           occasion
           at
           all
           given
           by
           me
           ,
           to
           traduce
           me
           before
           the
           whole
           Congregation
           there
           assembled
           ,
           consisting
           of
           some
           thousands
           of
           people
           ,
           as
           a
           man
           holding
           
             Free-Will
          
           in
           opposition
           to
           
             Free-Grace
             .
          
           At
           the
           latter
           of
           the
           said
           Conferences
           ,
           perceiving
           him
           not
           altogether
           so
           knowing
           what
           my
           sence
           or
           opinion
           was
           in
           the
           said
           points
           ,
           and
           upon
           this
           ground
           ,
           fearing
           the
           like
           of
           his
           Friends
           and
           Followers
           ,
           who
           made
           up
           a
           great
           part
           of
           the
           present
           Auditory
           ,
           as
           well
           to
           relieve
           their
           ignorance
           herein
           ,
           and
           free
           them
           from
           the
           guilt
           of
           an
           unchristian
           surmise
           against
           their
           Christian
           Brother
           ,
           who
           never
           injured
           them
           ,
           nor
           any
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           in
           the
           least
           ,
           as
           also
           to
           wipe
           off
           the
           blot
           from
           my self
           ,
           which
           I
           had
           contracted
           by
           opposing
           uncivil
           men
           in
           the
           way
           of
           their
           error
           ,
           I
           was
           desirous
           to
           have
           given
           an
           account
           of
           my
           Faith
           touching
           the
           said
           particulars
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           Question
           agreed
           upon
           for
           present
           debate
           ,
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           those
           that
           were
           there
           met
           to
           hear
           .
           But
           he
           that
           had
           the
           face
           to
           charge
           unduly
           ,
           had
           not
           the
           heart
           either
           to
           stand
           by
           so
           unworthy
           an
           action
           ,
           or
           to
           acknowledg
           the
           unworthiness
           of
           it
           .
           For
           when
           I
           desired
           leave
           over
           and
           over
           ,
           and
           that
           with
           much
           earnestness
           ,
           to
           have
           given
           some
           brief
           account
           to
           the
           people
           of
           my
           judgment
           ,
           touching
           the
           things
           unjustly
           charged
           upon
           me
           by
           my
           Antagonist
           ,
           he
           peremptorily
           denyed
           it
           :
           and
           as
           oft
           
           as
           I
           made
           offer
           to
           speak
           upon
           this
           account
           ,
           he
           ,
           in
           a
           very
           unseemly
           manner
           ,
           and
           with
           clamour
           ,
           interrupted
           me
           ,
           and
           suffered
           me
           not
           to
           speak
           .
           Nor
           do
           I
           think
           that
           there
           can
           be
           an
           instance
           of
           a
           like
           unmanlike
           carriage
           produced
           out
           of
           al
           Histories
           or
           Records
           whatsoever
           ;
           I
           mean
           ,
           that
           a
           person
           wrongfully
           accused
           ,
           should
           not
           be
           permitted
           by
           his
           Accuser
           ,
           to
           speak
           what
           he
           hath
           to
           say
           in
           order
           to
           his
           purgation
           .
           Another
           cake
           of
           the
           same
           dough
           was
           this
           .
           When
           I
           reasoned
           thus
           against
           his
           most
           absurd
           (
           and
           indeed
           blasphemous
           )
           opinion
           of
           Gods
           reprobating
           men
           from
           eternity
           .
        
         
           
             If
             God
             reprobated
             men
             from
             eternity
             ,
             then
             he
             reprobated
             himself
             ,
          
           [
           there
           being
           ,
           neither
           thing
           ,
           nor
           person
           from
           eternity
           ,
           to
           reprobate
           ,
           unless
           men
           will
           say
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           reprobate
           himself
           .
           ]
        
         
           
             But
             God
             did
             not
             reprobate
             himself
             .
             Ergo
             .
          
           He
           ,
           with
           his
           train
           of
           Disciples
           ,
           (
           whether
           out
           of
           weakness
           ,
           or
           a
           worse
           principle
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           judg
           )
           expressed
           themselves
           with
           a
           kind
           of
           zealous
           indignation
           ,
           as
           if
           I
           had
           spoken
           blasphemy
           ,
           and
           affirmed
           ,
           that
           God
           
             reprobated
             himself
             ;
          
           whereas
           expresly
           ,
           and
           in
           so
           many
           words
           ,
           I
           affirmed
           the
           quite
           contrary
           (
           as
           the
           minor
           in
           the
           recited
           Syllogism
           plainly
           imports
           )
           charging
           that
           blasphemy
           ,
           as
           a
           direct
           and
           unavoydable
           consequence
           of
           his
           Opinion
           ;
           from
           which
           ,
           neither
           he
           ,
           nor
           his
           co-adjutors
           ,
           were
           then
           able
           to
           vindicate
           the
           said
           opinion
           ,
           nor
           will
           be
           able
           to
           the
           days
           of
           eternity
           .
        
         
           
             Ne
             verò
             ,
             ne
             me
             ad
             tales
             impellite
             pugnas
             .
          
        
         
           
             No
             more
             ,
             good
             Friends
             ,
             no
             more
             (
             I
             pray
             you
             )
          
           
             Of
             such
             Disputes
             ,
             and
             Disputants
             ,
             as
             these
             .
          
        
         
           But
           as
           
             Jehojakim
          
           got
           nothing
           by
           cutting
           the
           Prophet
           
             Jeremiah's
          
           first
           Roll
           in
           pieces
           ,
           but
           only
           the
           writing
           of
           another
           by
           the
           same
           Prophet
           ,
           with
           an
           addition
           of
           more
           
             words
             like
          
           unto
           those
           written
           in
           the
           former
           
             a
          
           :
           So
           neither
           hath
           my
           Antagonist
           gained
           any
           thing
           by
           stopping
           my
           mouth
           at
           the
           Dispute
           ,
           in
           not
           suffering
           me
           there
           to
           make
           streight
           ,
           what
           he
           had
           made
           crooked
           ,
           but
           only
           the
           publishing
           of
           the
           same
           things
           there
           intended
           to
           have
           been
           spoken
           ,
           to
           the
           cognizance
           of
           far
           greater
           numbers
           of
           men
           ,
           and
           this
           with
           some
           enlargement
           (
           though
           not
           much
           )
           in
           words
           of
           like
           consideration
           with
           them
           
             *
          
           .
           Farewel
           :
        
         
           
             Thine
             ,
             in
             the
             Lord
             Christ
             ,
             and
             his
             Truth
             ,
             JOHN
             GOODVVIN
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           The
           Substance
           of
           a
           Speech
           intended
           at
           a
           Conference
           or
           Dispute
           ,
           in
           All-hallows
           the
           Great
           ,
           London
           ,
           
             Febr.
             11.
             1649.
             
          
        
         
           THe
           Question
           to
           be
           taken
           into
           consideration
           and
           debated
           at
           present
           ,
           is
           ,
           
             Whether
             the
             Gentiles
             ,
             who
             wanted
             the
             Ministry
             of
             the
             Gospel
             by
             men
             ,
             had
             not
             sufficient
             means
             notwithstanding
             to
             be
             saved
             .
          
           I
           am
           here
           (
           God
           assisting
           )
           to
           make
           proof
           of
           the
           affirmative
           ;
           
             viz.
             That
             such
             Heathen
             had
             sufficient
             means
             for
             Salvation
             ,
             such
             a
             want
             notwithstanding
             .
          
           But
           first
           I
           must
           crave
           leave
           to
           open
           the
           state
           of
           the
           question
           ,
           and
           to
           declare
           in
           what
           sence
           I
           hold
           and
           maintain
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Heathen
             ,
             under
             the
             want
             of
             the
             Ministry
             of
             the
             Gospel
             by
             men
             ,
             have
             yet
             sufficient
             means
             vouchsafed
             unto
             them
             by
             God
             whereby
             to
             be
             saved
             .
          
           I
           have
           so
           much
           the
           greater
           necessity
           lying
           upon
           me
           to
           give
           you
           a
           clear
           and
           distinct
           account
           of
           what
           my
           sence
           and
           judgment
           is
           in
           the
           present
           Question
           ,
           because
           by
           some
           words
           which
           fell
           from
           the
           Opponent
           at
           our
           last
           Dispute
           in
           this
           place
           ,
           I
           clearly
           perceived
           that
           he
           altogether
           mistakes
           my
           opinion
           in
           the
           present
           Controversies
           .
           For
           he
           was
           pleas'd
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           I
           
             maintain
             Free-Will
             in
             opposition
             to
             Free-Grace
             ,
          
           (
           or
           words
           to
           this
           effect
           )
           and
           pleaded
           this
           as
           a
           ground
           ,
           why
           he
           could
           not
           give
           the
           right
           hand
           of
           Christian
           fellowship
           unto
           me
           .
           Now
           ,
           to
           
           satisfie
           both
           him
           ,
           and
           all
           you
           that
           are
           present
           ,
           I
           here
           declare
           this
           day
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           God
           and
           all
           his
           holy
           Angels
           ,
           before
           you
           ,
           and
           to
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           I
           hold
           no
           freedom
           of
           Will
           ,
           nor
           any
           thing
           else
           ,
           not
           any
           opinion
           whatsoever
           ,
           in
           any
           the
           least
           opposition
           to
           Free-Grace
           .
           Yea
           whensoever
           his
           opinion
           and
           mine
           ,
           touching
           the
           freedom
           of
           the
           will
           in
           man
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           in
           Jesus
           Christ
           towards
           men
           ,
           shall
           come
           into
           a
           clear
           light
           ,
           and
           be
           duly
           compared
           together
           .
           I
           know
           with
           the
           knowledg
           of
           a
           full
           assurance
           ,
           that
           his
           opinion
           will
           (
           of
           the
           two
           )
           be
           found
           to
           be
           the
           far
           greater
           Exaltress
           of
           free-will
           in
           men
           ,
           and
           the
           greater
           abaser
           of
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           .
           There
           are
           many
           hundreds
           present
           ,
           that
           have
           heard
           me
           from
           time
           to
           time
           deliver
           my
           judgment
           in
           publique
           ,
           and
           many
           in
           private
           ,
           touching
           the
           present
           Controversies
           :
           I
           appeal
           to
           them
           all
           ,
           
             conjunctim
             &
             divisim
             ,
          
           whether
           ever
           they
           heard
           me
           utter
           so
           much
           as
           the
           least
           word
           tending
           to
           exalt
           the
           freedom
           of
           the
           will
           of
           man
           unto
           that
           which
           is
           good
           .
           My
           present
           opinion
           is
           ,
           and
           my
           constant
           Doctrine
           hath
           been
           ,
           That
           the
           will
           of
           man
           destitute
           of
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           his
           co-operating
           assistance
           with
           it
           ,
           is
           ,
           or
           would
           be
           ,
           most
           desperately
           wicked
           ,
           and
           servile
           unto
           sin
           .
           Yea
           and
           further
           ,
           that
           notwithstanding
           the
           co-operative
           Grace
           of
           God
           with
           it
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           exceeding
           apt
           and
           prone
           to
           be
           led
           captive
           unto
           sin
           by
           the
           Devil
           .
           Whereas
           the
           opinion
           of
           my
           Antagonist
           (
           being
           truly
           and
           fairly
           interpreted
           )
           if
           it
           be
           contrary
           unto
           mine
           ,
           is
           ,
           That
           the
           will
           of
           man
           ,
           by
           means
           of
           the
           co-operating
           Grace
           of
           God
           with
           it
           ,
           becomes
           free
           after
           the
           manner
           of
           the
           freedom
           of
           the
           Will
           of
           God
           himself
           ,
           
             i.
             e.
          
           so
           free
           unto
           that
           which
           is
           good
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           unpossible
           for
           it
           not
           to
           move
           or
           to
           be
           carried
           out
           unto
           it
           .
        
         
           Concerning
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           ,
           there
           are
           three
           things
           ,
           wherein
           the
           glory
           of
           it
           consists
           :
           the
           freeness
           of
           it
           :
           the
           fulness
           or
           extent
           of
           it
           :
           the
           force
           or
           efficacy
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           Concerning
           the
           first
           of
           these
           ,
           I
           clearly
           hold
           ,
           and
           have
           upon
           all
           occasions
           constantly
           taught
           ,
           1.
           
           That
           the
           whole
           plot
           or
           counsel
           of
           God
           concerning
           the
           Salvation
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           is
           of
           free
           Grace
           ,
           of
           meer
           Grace
           ,
           and
           goodness
           of
           Will
           ,
           or
           pleasure
           in
           God
           .
           2.
           
           That
           his
           purpose
           of
           Election
           ,
           or
           Predestination
           of
           men
           unto
           life
           and
           glory
           ,
           is
           an
           act
           of
           free
           Grace
           also
           ;
           and
           that
           there
           was
           no
           obligation
           or
           necessity
           upon
           him
           to
           predestinate
           any
           man
           ,
           or
           any
           sort
           of
           men
           ,
           as
           now
           he
           hath
           done
           .
           3.
           
           That
           the
           gift
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           unto
           the
           World
           ,
           is
           a
           gift
           of
           free
           Grace
           ,
           and
           that
           God
           was
           no
           ways
           obliged
           
           hereunto
           .
           4.
           
           That
           ,
           to
           give
           or
           confer
           Justification
           ,
           Adoption
           ,
           and
           Salvation
           it self
           ,
           upon
           believing
           in
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           are
           acts
           of
           the
           pure
           and
           free
           Grace
           of
           God
           .
           5.
           
           That
           to
           give
           strength
           ,
           power
           ,
           and
           means
           of
           believing
           unto
           men
           ,
           is
           an
           act
           of
           meer
           and
           free
           Grace
           likewise
           .
           6.
           
           That
           it
           is
           of
           the
           free
           Grace
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           help
           ,
           and
           assistance
           thereof
           ,
           that
           any
           man
           doth
           ever
           actually
           believe
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Concerning
           the
           fulness
           ,
           or
           extent
           of
           this
           Grace
           ;
           my
           sence
           is
           ,
           and
           my
           Doctrine
           hath
           been
           ,
           1.
           
           In
           respect
           of
           persons
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           imprison'd
           or
           confin'd
           ,
           within
           the
           narrow
           Compass
           of
           an
           handful
           of
           men
           ,
           in
           comparison
           ;
           or
           that
           it
           extends
           it self
           ,
           either
           in
           the
           intentions
           of
           Salvation
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           provisions
           which
           it
           makes
           ,
           or
           affords
           unto
           men
           for
           Salvation
           ,
           only
           unto
           those
           few
           ,
           who
           come
           in
           time
           actually
           to
           believe
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           saved
           ,
           but
           that
           like
           the
           Sun
           in
           the
           firmament
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           it
           compasseth
           the
           whole
           Earth
           from
           the
           one
           end
           of
           it
           unto
           the
           other
           ,
           and
           stretcheth
           it self
           unto
           all
           men
           .
           2.
           
           In
           respect
           of
           the
           Good
           ,
           which
           it
           intends
           unto
           men
           ,
           my
           opinion
           is
           ,
           That
           it
           is
           exceeding
           
             full
          
           and
           comprehensive
           ,
           
             i.
             e.
             
          
           That
           the
           good
           ,
           or
           blessedness
           which
           God
           graciously
           intends
           unto
           men
           ,
           in
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           is
           a
           
             full
             ,
          
           absolute
           ,
           and
           compleat
           Blessedness
           ,
           containing
           every
           good
           and
           desireable
           thing
           in
           it
           .
           3.
           
           (
           And
           lastly
           ,
           for
           this
           )
           That
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           means
           ,
           which
           it
           vouchsafeth
           and
           exhibiteth
           unto
           men
           ,
           for
           the
           bringing
           them
           to
           the
           full
           enjoyment
           ,
           of
           this
           blessedness
           ,
           it
           is
           full
           and
           compleat
           also
           :
           so
           that
           the
           means
           ,
           which
           God
           graciously
           exhibiteth
           unto
           men
           to
           make
           them
           blessed
           ,
           are
           everyways
           sufficient
           for
           such
           a
           purpose
           ,
           or
           end
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Concerning
           the
           power
           or
           effectualness
           of
           this
           Grace
           ,
           I
           hold
           ,
           and
           teach
           (
           upon
           all
           occasions
           )
           1.
           
           That
           in
           the
           gift
           of
           a
           power
           ,
           or
           a
           sufficiency
           of
           means
           unto
           men
           ,
           whereby
           to
           believe
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           saved
           ,
           it
           is
           simply
           irresistible
           ,
           and
           that
           men
           cannot
           frustrate
           or
           hinder
           this
           operation
           of
           it
           .
           2.
           
           That
           what
           good
           thing
           soever
           any
           man
           doth
           ,
           he
           doth
           it
           through
           the
           assistance
           of
           the
           free
           Grace
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           is
           in
           no
           capacity
           or
           meetness
           so
           much
           as
           to
           conceive
           or
           think
           a
           good
           thought
           without
           it
           :
           3.
           
           And
           lastly
           ,
           That
           when
           any
           man
           actually
           believeth
           ,
           or
           is
           truly
           converted
           unto
           God
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           mightily
           strengthned
           and
           assisted
           by
           the
           supernatural
           ,
           or
           special
           Grace
           of
           God
           thereunto
           :
           So
           that
           the
           act
           of
           Conversion
           ,
           or
           believing
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           ascribed
           unto
           God
           ,
           not
           only
           as
           the
           sole
           Author
           and
           giver
           of
           that
           power
           ,
           by
           which
           men
           do
           believe
           ,
           but
           as
           the
           sole
           supernatural
           Actor
           also
           of
           this
           power
           in
           the
           Act
           it self
           of
           believing
           ;
           and
           that
           man
           ,
           when
           he
           doth
           believe
           ,
           
           is
           so
           far
           from
           having
           any
           cause
           ,
           or
           ground
           of
           boasting
           in
           himself
           ,
           because
           of
           this
           his
           believing
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           all
           the
           reason
           in
           the
           world
           to
           confess
           and
           say
           (
           in
           our
           Saviours
           prescript
           of
           words
           )
           That
           he
           is
           
             an
             unprofitable
             Servant
             ,
             and
             hath
             only
             done
             that
             which
             was
             his
             duty
             ,
          
           and
           that
           in
           abundance
           ,
           
             to
             do
             .
          
           Only
           I
           conceive
           that
           men
           are
           not
           necessitated
           by
           this
           Grace
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           any
           working
           thereof
           ,
           to
           believe
           ,
           whether
           they
           will
           or
           no
           :
           nor
           yet
           made
           willing
           upon
           any
           such
           terms
           ,
           but
           that
           there
           is
           a
           possibility
           left
           unto
           them
           of
           nilling
           ,
           or
           of
           remaining
           unwilling
           ,
           to
           any
           moment
           or
           point
           of
           time
           ,
           until
           the
           act
           it self
           of
           believing
           be
           produced
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           my
           opinion
           concerning
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           ,
           being
           truly
           compared
           with
           the
           opinion
           of
           those
           that
           dissent
           from
           me
           ,
           appears
           to
           have
           much
           more
           in
           it
           for
           the
           exaltation
           of
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           ,
           then
           theirs
           :
           and
           theirs
           much
           more
           in
           it
           for
           the
           exaltation
           of
           the
           will
           of
           man
           ,
           then
           mine
           .
           For
           1.
           
           My
           opinion
           makes
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           so
           free
           ,
           as
           to
           enrich
           the
           whole
           world
           ,
           and
           all
           that
           is
           called
           man
           in
           it
           ;
           and
           that
           without
           the
           least
           engagement
           upon
           God
           from
           men
           thereunto
           :
           Whereas
           their
           opinion
           imprisons
           it
           within
           a
           narrow
           compass
           of
           men
           (
           in
           comparison
           )
           and
           so
           bridles
           or
           stiffles
           the
           freeness
           of
           it
           (
           in
           that
           consideration
           .
           )
           2.
           
           As
           in
           one
           branch
           of
           their
           opinion
           ,
           they
           stiffle
           and
           destroy
           the
           glory
           of
           the
           freeness
           of
           it
           ,
           so
           in
           another
           ,
           they
           quite
           destroy
           the
           very
           nature
           or
           essence
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           make
           it
           to
           be
           no
           Grace
           at
           all
           .
           For
           that
           opinion
           ,
           which
           makes
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           fountain
           or
           cause
           of
           no
           other
           actions
           in
           men
           ,
           then
           such
           ,
           as
           God
           cannot
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Law
           and
           constant
           method
           of
           his
           remunerative
           justice
           ,
           or
           bounty
           ,
           reward
           ,
           destroys
           the
           very
           nature
           of
           Grace
           .
           And
           that
           the
           opinion
           ,
           maintained
           by
           our
           Opposers
           ,
           doth
           this
           ,
           is
           evident
           from
           hence
           ;
           
             viz.
          
           because
           that
           ,
           making
           men
           to
           act
           necessarily
           and
           unavoydably
           ,
           by
           means
           of
           the
           grace
           which
           is
           given
           them
           ,
           maketh
           them
           to
           act
           physically
           ,
           or
           as
           meer
           natural
           Agents
           ,
           and
           so
           reduceth
           all
           that
           they
           do
           by
           vertue
           of
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           the
           Law
           and
           Condition
           of
           meer
           natural
           actions
           ,
           which
           ,
           by
           the
           standing
           Law
           of
           Gods
           remunerative
           bounty
           ,
           are
           not
           capable
           of
           reward
           by
           God
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           That
           their
           Opinion
           ,
           tends
           many
           thousand
           degrees
           ,
           more
           then
           mine
           ,
           to
           magnifie
           the
           wills
           of
           men
           ,
           is
           evident
           thus
           :
           I
           affirm
           the
           wil
           of
           man
           even
           under
           the
           strongest
           and
           most
           effectual
           motions
           of
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           ,
           whereof
           it
           is
           capable
           (
           the
           nature
           and
           essential
           liberty
           of
           it
           only
           preserv'd
           )
           to
           be
           in
           a
           capacity
           of
           sinning
           ,
           and
           
           doing
           that
           which
           is
           evil
           (
           which
           is
           the
           greatest
           abasement
           of
           the
           will
           ,
           that
           can
           well
           be
           imagined
           ;
           )
           whereas
           the
           other
           opinion
           ,
           maketh
           the
           wills
           of
           men
           ,
           under
           the
           effectual
           motions
           of
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           unto
           that
           which
           is
           good
           like
           unto
           the
           will
           of
           God
           himself
           ;
           I
           mean
           ,
           necessarily
           and
           unchangeably
           good
           ,
           and
           free
           from
           all
           possibility
           of
           s●●●ing
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           highest
           exaltation
           of
           the
           will
           ,
           that
           can
           well
           be
           conceived
           .
           And
           besides
           ,
           that
           opinion
           ,
           making
           men
           unable
           to
           do
           righteously
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           ,
           when
           they
           sin
           and
           do
           wickedly
           ,
           takes
           off
           the
           shame
           ,
           and
           demerit
           of
           sinning
           from
           the
           wills
           of
           men
           ,
           and
           either
           casts
           them
           upon
           God
           for
           denying
           his
           Grace
           unto
           them
           ,
           or
           else
           resolves
           them
           into
           nothing
           .
           Whereas
           the
           opinion
           asserted
           by
           me
           ,
           affirming
           ,
           That
           men
           ,
           when
           they
           sin
           and
           do
           wickedly
           ,
           have
           sufficient
           means
           from
           God
           to
           refrain
           sin
           ,
           and
           to
           do
           righteously
           ,
           resolves
           the
           shame
           and
           whole
           demerit
           of
           sinning
           into
           men
           themselves
           ,
           and
           their
           wills
           ,
           and
           so
           renders
           them
           inexcuseable
           .
           Thus
           you
           see
           how
           unjustly
           ,
           and
           with
           manifest
           untruth
           ,
           I
           have
           been
           charged
           to
           hold
           Free-Will
           against
           Free-Grace
           :
           and
           how
           that
           my
           Accusers
           are
           the
           guilty
           persons
           themselves
           .
        
         
           Concerning
           my
           opinion
           about
           the
           death
           of
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           which
           is
           ,
           That
           he
           dyed
           for
           the
           Salvation
           of
           all
           men
           ,
           without
           exception
           of
           any
           ,
           and
           consequently
           for
           the
           Heathen
           ,
           as
           well
           those
           who
           do
           enjoy
           the
           oral
           Ministry
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           as
           those
           that
           want
           it
           ;
           I
           herein
           hold
           nothing
           ,
           but
           what
           was
           generally
           taught
           ,
           and
           received
           ,
           in
           the
           primitive
           Churches
           of
           Christ
           ,
           for
           three
           hundred
           years
           together
           ,
           and
           more
           ,
           next
           after
           the
           times
           of
           the
           Apostles
           (
           which
           are
           by
           all
           our
           modern
           Protestant
           Divines
           ,
           and
           by
           
             Calvin
          
           in
           special
           manner
           ,
           acknowledged
           for
           times
           ,
           wherein
           Christian
           Religion
           raigned
           in
           her
           greatest
           purity
           ,
           and
           soundness
           of
           Doctrine
           )
           as
           I
           am
           able
           to
           make
           substantial
           proof
           by
           express
           testamonies
           ,
           and
           these
           not
           a
           few
           ,
           from
           the
           best
           Records
           and
           Writers
           of
           these
           times
           ;
           as
           from
           ,
           
             Ignatius
             ,
             Hegesipp●●
             ,
             Ireneus
             ,
             Tertullian
             ,
             Cyprian
             ,
             Origen
             ,
             Athanasius
             ,
             Hilarius
             ,
             Eusebius
             ,
             Epiphanius
             ,
             Cyrillus
             Hierosolymitanus
             ,
             Nazianzen
             ,
             Gregorius
             Nyffenus
             ,
             Arnobius
             ,
             Lactantius
             ,
             Ambrosius
             ,
             Didymus
             ,
             Chrysostome
             ,
             Jerome
             ,
             Angustine
             ,
             Cyrillus
             Alexandrinus
             ,
             Theodoret
             ,
          
           (
           with
           many
           others
           ,
           )
           as
           from
           several
           Councels
           also
           .
           And
           that
           Gods
           predestination
           of
           men
           ,
           or
           purpose
           of
           Election
           ,
           depends
           upon
           his
           prescience
           or
           fore-sight
           of
           their
           Faith
           ,
           (
           an
           opinion
           clearly
           confederate
           with
           that
           of
           Universal
           Redemption
           by
           
             Christ
             )
          
           is
           both
           by
           
             Culvin
             ,
          
           and
           
             Beza
          
           themselves
           acknowledged
           to
           have
           been
           the
           
           judgment
           of
           many
           of
           the
           ancient
           Fathers
           
             a
          
           :
           and
           is
           proved
           by
           many
           particular
           instances
           ,
           and
           express
           testimonies
           ,
           by
           
             Gerard
             Vossius
          
           in
           his
           
             Historia
             Pelagiana
             ,
          
           lib.
           6.
           
           Thes.
           8.
           
           Concerning
           some
           few
           sayings
           ,
           found
           in
           some
           of
           these
           Authors
           ,
           which
           seem
           to
           be
           of
           a
           contrary
           import
           ,
           and
           are
           cited
           by
           some
           upon
           that
           account
           ,
           the
           truth
           is
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           but
           seemingly
           so
           :
           and
           they
           speak
           ,
           not
           of
           the
           purchase
           ,
           or
           procurement
           ,
           but
           of
           the
           application
           and
           enjoyment
           ,
           of
           the
           Redemption
           by
           Christ
           .
           Therefore
           (
           by
           the
           way
           )
           they
           that
           inform
           or
           tell
           you
           ,
           That
           
             Christ's
             dying
             for
             all
             men
             ,
             a
             sufficiency
             of
             power
             given
             to
             all
             men
             to
             believe
             ,
             an
             election
             of
             species
             or
             kinds
             of
             men
             ,
             not
             of
             persons
             ,
             personally
             considered
             ,
             &c.
          
           were
           held
           by
           
             Pelagius
             ,
          
           and
           condemned
           for
           Errors
           by
           the
           Orthodox
           Fathers
           of
           those
           times
           ,
           
           sin
           both
           against
           their
           own
           ,
           and
           your
           Souls
           ,
           and
           shall
           render
           an
           account
           unto
           him
           who
           judgeth
           righteously
           ,
           for
           dealing
           so
           unfaithfully
           and
           unchristianly
           ,
           by
           his
           people
           and
           Truth
           .
           They
           cannot
           prove
           ,
           that
           
             Pelagius
          
           ever
           held
           any
           one
           of
           the
           opinions
           mentioned
           (
           unless
           haply
           after
           that
           Recantation
           of
           his
           Errors
           ,
           whereunto
           the
           Arguments
           and
           Authority
           of
           the
           Orthodox
           men
           in
           his
           times
           ,
           brought
           him
           )
           but
           that
           he
           held
           Mr
           
             Simsons
          
           opinion
           ,
           which
           denyeth
           that
           Christ
           dyed
           for
           all
           men
           ,
           
           before
           ,
           if
           not
           after
           the
           said
           Retractation
           ,
           may
           be
           evidently
           proved
           from
           
             Augustines
          
           Epist.
           106.
           and
           from
           other
           testimonies
           ,
           that
           the
           same
           opinion
           was
           held
           by
           his
           followers
           .
           But
           of
           all
           these
           particulars
           we
           intend
           a
           further
           account
           ,
           when
           God
           shall
           give
           opportunity
           .
        
         
           Besides
           ,
           they
           that
           are
           competently
           acquainted
           with
           books
           ,
           cannot
           lightly
           but
           know
           ,
           that
           the
           Reformed
           Churches
           of
           the
           
             Lutherans
             ,
          
           with
           their
           Ministers
           and
           Teachers
           ,
           who
           have
           as
           great
           a
           zeal
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           for
           parts
           of
           knowledg
           and
           learning
           ,
           yea
           ,
           and
           for
           numbers
           also
           ,
           are
           not
           much
           inferior
           to
           those
           who
           follow
           
             Calvin
             ,
          
           if
           not
           superior
           to
           them
           ,
           in
           all
           ,
           do
           (
           in
           a
           manner
           )
           generally
           hold
           ,
           universal
           Attonement
           by
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           together
           with
           the
           other
           Opinions
           consequentially
           accompanying
           it
           :
           and
           Doctor
           
             Prideaux
          
           (
           a
           man
           sufficiently
           engaged
           and
           declared
           against
           those
           ancient
           Tenents
           of
           the
           Christian
           Church
           ,
           which
           now
           unjustly
           suffer
           under
           the
           name
           of
           
             Arminian
             )
          
           in
           his
           printed
           Lectures
           about
           these
           points
           ,
           still
           brings
           upon
           the
           stage
           the
           
             Lutherans
          
           and
           
             Arminians
             ,
          
           or
           
             Remonstrants
             ,
          
           hand
           in
           hand
           ,
           as
           his
           joynt
           adversaries
           
             b
          
           .
        
         
           Yea
           ,
           these
           Theological
           truths
           ,
           
             That
             Christ
             dyed
             for
             all
             men
             ,
             That
             God
             vouchsafeth
             sufficient
             means
             of
             Salvation
             unto
             a
             
             men
             ,
             &c.
          
           are
           so
           extreamly
           necessary
           in
           the
           managing
           of
           the
           affairs
           of
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           and
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           that
           as
           the
           
             Roman
          
           Orator
           said
           of
           Justice
           ,
           
             That
             it
             was
             so
             necessary
             for
             the
             preservation
             of
             Civil
             Communities
             ,
             that
             Theeves
             themselves
             ,
             who
             are
             enemies
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             live
             by
             injustice
             towards
             others
             ,
             yet
             cannot
             want
             it
             amongst
             themselves
             ;
          
           So
           neither
           can
           those
           men
           ,
           who
           profess
           enmity
           and
           opposition
           to
           the
           said
           Opinions
           ,
           hardly
           preach
           ,
           hardly
           write
           ,
           any
           thing
           to
           purpose
           ,
           concerning
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           but
           they
           are
           necessitated
           to
           make
           use
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           assert
           them
           ,
           either
           in
           expressness
           of
           terms
           and
           words
           ,
           or
           in
           their
           clear
           and
           manifest
           principles
           .
           The
           writings
           of
           
             Calvin
          
           himself
           ,
           and
           so
           of
           
             Bucer
             ,
             Musculus
             ,
             Vrsine
             ,
             Bullinger
             ,
          
           with
           several
           other
           Reformed
           Divines
           ,
           who
           are
           generally
           taken
           for
           men
           of
           a
           contrary
           Judgment
           ,
           yet
           do
           their
           writings
           (
           I
           say
           )
           frequently
           teach
           and
           avouch
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           as
           plain
           and
           ample
           terms
           ,
           as
           any
           Remonstrant
           can
           lightly
           express
           his
           sence
           about
           them
           .
           Yea
           ,
           these
           truths
           were
           too
           hard
           for
           the
           Synod
           of
           
             Dort
          
           it self
           ,
           and
           now
           and
           then
           gain'd
           testimony
           from
           them
           ,
           notwithstanding
           their
           solemn
           and
           sacred
           engagement
           to
           devote
           themselves
           and
           the
           best
           of
           their
           Synodical
           Endevors
           ,
           to
           oppose
           and
           suppress
           them
           .
           What
           I
           have
           now
           onely
           affirmed
           ,
           and
           this
           in
           the
           general
           ,
           I
           shall
           ,
           God
           willing
           ,
           and
           sparing
           me
           in
           life
           and
           health
           for
           the
           service
           ,
           in
           due
           time
           make
           to
           appear
           in
           particulars
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           if
           you
           ,
           that
           are
           present
           ,
           shall
           please
           narrowly
           to
           observe
           ,
           and
           consider
           ,
           the
           Sermons
           which
           you
           ordinarily
           hear
           from
           your
           Ministers
           ,
           or
           minde
           their
           printed
           books
           upon
           some
           subjects
           ,
           you
           shall
           ever
           and
           anon
           very
           apparently
           find
           such
           things
           asserted
           &
           delivered
           by
           them
           ,
           which
           cannot
           stand
           ,
           nor
           make
           any
           tolerable
           sence
           ,
           much
           less
           Divinity
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           credit
           and
           countenance
           of
           the
           Opinions
           I
           speak
           of
           ,
           and
           which
           they
           notwithstanding
           so
           zealously
           pretend
           to
           abominate
           .
           I
           could
           weary
           you
           with
           instances
           in
           this
           kinde
           :
           but
           if
           you
           will
           afford
           me
           your
           Christian
           patience
           in
           harkening
           (
           at
           present
           )
           unto
           two
           onely
           ,
           I
           shall
           excuse
           you
           for
           the
           rest
           ,
           till
           some
           better
           conveniency
           of
           time
           .
           The
           former
           of
           the
           two
           consists
           of
           several
           passages
           in
           a
           Sermon
           lately
           preached
           before
           the
           Lord
           Major
           of
           your
           City
           (
           and
           more
           lately
           printed
           )
           by
           Mr
           
             Powel
             ,
          
           an
           Arch-stickler
           about
           these
           late
           Disputes
           ,
           and
           a
           zealous
           Defender
           of
           that
           Faith
           ,
           which
           teacheth
           him
           to
           doubt
           whether
           
             Christ
          
           dyed
           for
           him
           ,
           or
           no
           ,
           yea
           or
           for
           any
           one
           of
           all
           those
           ,
           to
           whom
           he
           preacheth
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           makes
           a
           tender
           of
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           at
           any
           time
           ,
           yea
           or
           for
           any
           one
           of
           his
           Nation
           .
           Thus
           then
           Mr
           
             Powel
             ,
          
           
           giving
           a
           large
           testimony
           to
           that
           Truth
           ,
           which
           himself
           decryeth
           for
           an
           Error
           ,
           
             pag.
          
           39
           ,
           &
           40.
           of
           the
           said
           Sermon
           .
        
         
           
             
               Object
               .
            
             Oh
             Sir
             !
             this
             stands
             in
             my
             way
             :
             Though
             I
             〈◊〉
             Christ
             hath
             finished
             the
             work
             of
             mens
             Redemption
             ,
             and
             of
             mens
             Salvation
             ,
             yet
             I
             do
             not
             know
             whether
             he
             hath
             finished
             it
             for
             me
             ?
          
           
             
               Answ.
            
             Harken
             my
             beloved
             ;
             what
             ground
             have
             you
             to
             make
             a
             plea
             against
             your selves
             ?
             He
             hath
             done
             it
             for
             
               a
            
             
               sinners
               ,
            
             for
             the
             
               b
            
             
               ungodly
               ,
            
             for
             
               c
            
             
               rebels
               ,
            
             for
             the
             
               d
            
             
               world
               ;
            
             you
             are
             a
             
               sinner
               ,
            
             you
             are
             one
             of
             the
             
               ungodly
               ,
            
             one
             of
             the
             
               world
               ,
            
             what
             plea
             can
             you
             make
             against
             this
             ?
             why
             object
             you
             such
             an
             Objection
             against
             your selves
             ?
             If
             a
             Pardon
             be
             sent
             from
             a
             Prince
             to
             a
             company
             of
             Prisoners
             ,
             and
             the
             Messenger
             saith
             unto
             them
             in
             general
             ,
             Here
             is
             a
             Pardon
             for
             you
             ,
             from
             my
             Prince
             ,
             for
             what
             you
             have
             done
             against
             him
             ,
             come
             ,
             accept
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             you
             shall
             be
             free
             .
             Now
             if
             one
             should
             ask
             ,
             is
             the
             Pardon
             for
             me
             ?
             and
             another
             question
             .
             Is
             the
             Pardon
             for
             me
             ?
             He
             would
             answer
             ,
             It
             is
             for
             you
             that
             are
             Prisoners
             ,
             without
             exception
             ,
             if
             you
             accept
             of
             it
             .
             A
             Pardon
             is
             now
             sent
             unto
             you
             ,
             that
             are
             sinful
             men
             and
             women
             ,
             who
             are
             Prisoners
             under
             the
             power
             of
             Satan
             ,
             and
             sin
             ;
             I
             say
             to
             you
             all
             ,
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             hath
             sent
             forth
             his
             Pardon
             ,
             which
             runs
             thus
             ;
             
               I
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               ,
               the
               Son
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               the
               Saviour
               of
               sinners
               ,
               out
               of
               my
               free
               grace
            
             and
             mercy
             ,
             rich
             love
             and
             pity
             ,
             am
             willing
             to
             pardon
             ,
             and
             forgive
             ,
             the
             sins
             and
             transgressions
             of
             you
             all
             ;
             and
             that
             I
             will
             do
             really
             ,
             if
             you
             will
             come
             in
             ,
             and
             lay
             hold
             of
             this
             Pardon
             ,
             and
             of
             my
             Righteousness
             .
             Will
             a
             sinner
             now
             say
             ,
             Doth
             Jesus
             Christ
             mean
             me
             ,
             seeing
             he
             saith
             ,
             
               Whosoever
               comes
               unto
               me
               ,
               I
               will
               in
               no
               wise
               cast
               him
               out
               ;
               And
               whosoever
               beleeves
               on
               me
               ,
               he
               shall
               be
               pardoned
               ,
               and
               saved
               ?
            
             This
             word
             
               whosoever
            
             comprehends
             all
             ,
             and
             excludes
             none
             ;
             therefore
             object
             not
             against
             your selves
             ,
             neither
             refuse
             your
             own
             Salvation
             .
          
           
             
               Object
               .
            
             Oh!
             but
             though
             Christs
             invites
             all
             ,
             and
             makes
             promises
             to
             all
             that
             do
             come
             ,
             yet
             he
             intends
             not
             that
             all
             should
             be
             made
             partakes
             thereof
             ?
          
           
             
               Ans.
               My
               beloved
               ,
            
             Think
             you
             that
             Christs
             Intentions
             ,
             and
             his
             expressions
             ,
             are
             not
             one
             as
             real
             as
             another
             ?
             I
             tell
             you
             (
             and
             you
             may
             beleeve
             it
             )
             that
             
               he
               intends
               to
               pardon
               all
               ,
               and
               to
               save
               all
               ,
               as
               he
               expresseth
               it
               :
            
             He
             saith
             not
             the
             words
             onely
             ,
             but
             his
             heart
             is
             so
             also
             .
             But
             mark
             it
             well
             (
             and
             mistake
             me
             not
             )
             I
             do
             not
             mean
             that
             he
             saith
             absolutely
             ,
             
               I
               'le
               pardon
               all
               ,
               and
               save
               all
               ,
            
             and
             no
             more
             ;
             Oh
             ,
             no
             :
             but
             he
             speaks
             conditionally
             ,
             
               I
               'le
               pardon
               you
               all
               ,
               and
               save
               you
               all
               ,
            
             
             if
             you
             beleeve
             on
             me
             ,
             and
             accept
             of
             my
             Pardon
             .
          
        
         
           Certainly
           ,
           
             Arminius
          
           himself
           could
           not
           have
           
             Arminianiz'd
          
           in
           the
           point
           of
           Universal
           Redemption
           by
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           more
           plainly
           ,
           more
           pregnantly
           ,
           then
           he
           that
           speaketh
           such
           things
           ,
           as
           these
           .
        
         
           The
           latter
           instance
           hath
           for
           the
           Authors
           of
           it
           a
           full
           Comfort
           of
           52.
           grave
           Ministers
           ,
           in
           or
           about
           the
           City
           ,
           
             pag.
          
           32.
           of
           a
           little
           Treatise
           subscribed
           by
           them
           (
           or
           by
           some
           of
           them
           ,
           with
           the
           Names
           ,
           though
           without
           the
           consent
           ,
           of
           the
           rest
           )
           and
           published
           about
           two
           or
           three
           years
           since
           ,
           under
           the
           Title
           of
           ,
           
             A
             Testimony
             to
             the
             Truth
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             &c.
          
           where
           bewailing
           the
           prevailing
           of
           Errors
           and
           Heresies
           (
           so
           by
           them
           supposed
           )
           they
           bemoan
           the
           case
           of
           those
           ,
           whom
           yet
           other-while
           they
           judg
           the
           happiest
           men
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           thus
           :
           
             Thousands
             ,
             and
             ten
             thousands
             of
             poor
             Souls
             ,
             which
             Christ
             hath
             ransomed
             with
             his
             blood
             ,
             shall
             hereby
             be
             betrayed
             ,
             seduced
             ,
             and
             endangered
             to
             be
             undone
             to
             all
             eternity
             .
          
           Here
           we
           have
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Universal
           Redemption
           ,
           fully
           ,
           and
           with
           open
           face
           ,
           asserted
           ;
           in
           as
           much
           ,
           as
           they
           who
           are
           
             ransomed
             by
             the
             blood
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           are
           said
           to
           be
           
             endangered
          
           to
           be
           
             undone
             to
             all
             eternity
             .
          
           He
           that
           is
           in
           
             danger
          
           of
           an
           evil
           ,
           or
           misery
           ,
           may
           very
           possibly
           fall
           into
           it
           .
           
             Danger
          
           doth
           not
           onely
           imply
           a
           possibility
           ,
           but
           even
           a
           probability
           ,
           or
           likelyhood
           of
           suffering
           .
           So
           then
           ,
           
             if
             thousands
             ransomed
             by
             the
             blood
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           may
           be
           brought
           into
           
             danger
             of
             being
             undone
             for
             all
             eternity
             ;
          
           they
           very
           possibly
           may
           suffer
           such
           an
           
             undoing
             ,
          
           and
           so
           perish
           
             for
             all
             eternity
             .
          
           If
           the
           
             ransomed
          
           by
           
             Christ
          
           may
           perish
           
             for
             all
             eternity
             ,
          
           then
           
             Christ
             ransomed
          
           not
           the
           Elect
           onely
           ,
           of
           whose
           perishing
           there
           is
           not
           the
           least
           possibility
           ,
           but
           the
           Rebrobate
           also
           ,
           or
           those
           who
           perish
           ;
           and
           consequently
           ,
           all
           men
           .
        
         
           For
           any
           men
           to
           pretend
           or
           plead
           ,
           that
           though
           there
           be
           an
           impossibility
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           Purpose
           and
           Decree
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           those
           ,
           
             whom
             Christ
             hath
             ransomed
             with
             his
             blood
             ,
             should
             be
             undone
             to
             all
             eternity
             ,
          
           yet
           they
           may
           be
           said
           to
           be
           in
           
             danger
          
           of
           being
           thus
           
             undone
             ,
          
           in
           respect
           of
           such
           means
           ,
           which
           have
           a
           direct
           tendency
           towards
           the
           
             undoing
          
           of
           
             Souls
          
           in
           such
           a
           way
           ,
           as
           the
           spreading
           of
           Errors
           and
           Heresies
           is
           ,
           &c.
           such
           a
           pretence
           (
           I
           say
           )
           and
           plea
           ,
           as
           this
           ,
           is
           no
           salve
           at
           all
           for
           the
           sore
           .
           For
           there
           is
           not
           the
           least
           danger
           of
           suffering
           inconvenience
           by
           any
           such
           means
           ,
           or
           causes
           ,
           how
           likely
           or
           threatening
           soever
           ,
           in
           themselves
           simply
           considered
           ,
           to
           bring
           the
           inconvenience
           upon
           us
           ,
           which
           we
           certainly
           know
           to
           be
           throughly
           mated
           and
           over-ballanced
           by
           means
           and
           causes
           of
           a
           contrary
           tendency
           
           and
           import
           .
           Upon
           this
           account
           the
           Scripture
           it self
           frequently
           makes
           such
           demands
           ,
           as
           these
           :
           
             If
             God
             be
             for
             us
             ,
             who
             can
             be
             against
             us
             ?
             Who
             shall
             lay
             any
             thing
             to
             the
             charge
             of
             Gods
             Elect
             ?
             It
             is
             God
             that
             justifieth
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           Which
           kinde
           of
           arguing
           clearly
           implieth
           ,
           that
           where
           ,
           and
           in
           what
           case
           soever
           ,
           we
           have
           God
           for
           our
           security
           ,
           we
           are
           in
           no
           danger
           at
           all
           of
           suffering
           .
           And
           it
           is
           a
           Maxim
           in
           the
           Civil
           Law
           ;
           That
           
             Omnia
             invalida
             pro
             nihilo
             sunt
             habenda
             :
             i.
             e.
             
          
           All
           means
           that
           are
           insufficient
           ,
           are
           to
           be
           reputed
           as
           none
           .
           Souls
           that
           are
           secured
           by
           any
           Decree
           of
           God
           ,
           are
           in
           no
           more
           
             danger
          
           of
           being
           
             undone
             to
             all
             eternity
             ,
          
           by
           
             Errors
             and
             Heresies
             ,
          
           then
           by
           reading
           the
           
             Roman
          
           or
           
             Turkish
          
           Histories
           ,
           or
           by
           any
           other
           means
           ,
           how
           irrelative
           soever
           to
           such
           an
           effect
           :
           in
           as
           much
           as
           Errors
           and
           Heresies
           ,
           bear
           no
           more
           proportion
           in
           their
           destroying
           ,
           or
           
             undoing
          
           properties
           ,
           to
           the
           saving
           or
           preserving
           power
           of
           God
           ,
           then
           the
           reading
           of
           the
           said
           Histories
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           means
           ,
           how
           inconsiderable
           soever
           in
           their
           relation
           to
           the
           same
           effect
           .
        
         
           Nor
           is
           the
           instance
           from
           
             Act.
          
           27.
           wherein
           those
           ,
           whose
           lives
           God
           had
           promised
           to
           save
           ,
           are
           said
           notwithstanding
           to
           have
           been
           in
           danger
           of
           drowning
           ,
           of
           any
           better
           accommodation
           ,
           to
           deliver
           the
           said
           passage
           from
           the
           Orthodox
           errour
           of
           a
           cleer
           comport
           with
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Universall
           Redemption
           ,
           then
           the
           former
           arguing
           .
           For
           evident
           it
           is
           ,
           from
           those
           words
           ,
           
             ver.
             31.
             
             Except
             these
             abide
             in
             the
             ship
             ,
             ye
             cannot
             be
             saved
             ,
          
           that
           that
           expression
           of
           the
           Angel
           unto
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           vers.
           24.
           
           
             And
             lo
             ,
             God
             hath
             given
             thee
             all
             them
             that
             sail
             with
             thee
             ,
          
           did
           not
           import
           any
           absolute
           purpose
           of
           God
           to
           save
           the
           lives
           of
           all
           those
           in
           the
           ship
           with
           him
           ,
           but
           onely
           a
           conditionall
           ;
           it
           being
           a
           thing
           very
           frequent
           in
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           to
           expresse
           both
           such
           purposes
           ,
           and
           such
           promises
           ,
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           an
           absolute
           and
           un-conditioned
           form
           of
           words
           ,
           the
           execution
           and
           performance
           whereof
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           things
           purposed
           ,
           or
           promised
           ,
           are
           never
           the
           less
           suspended
           upon
           conditions
           .
           Instances
           hereof
           we
           shal
           (
           God
           willing
           )
           produce
           many
           upon
           a
           more
           material
           occasion
           .
           Therefore
           the
           safety
           of
           the
           lives
           of
           those
           men
           ,
           to
           whom
           
             Paul
          
           saith
           ,
           
             Except
             these
             abide
             in
             the
             ship
             ,
             ye
             cannot
             be
             saved
             ,
          
           was
           not
           under
           any
           absolute
           Decree
           or
           promise
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           the
           souls
           of
           those
           that
           are
           
             ransomed
             by
             the
             blood
             of
             Christ
          
           (
           according
           to
           the
           constant
           Assertion
           of
           the
           52
           subscribers
           of
           the
           passage
           mentioned
           )
           are
           ;
           God
           never
           subjecting
           any
           thing
           positively
           and
           absolutely
           decreed
           by
           him
           ,
           unto
           any
           condition
           whatsoever
           performable
           
           by
           man
           .
           So
           that
           the
           subscribers
           are
           most
           palpable
           selfinconsistents
           ;
           nor
           doth
           the
           instance
           now
           argued
           ,
           take
           the
           least
           pitie
           or
           compassion
           on
           them
           in
           covering
           that
           their
           shame
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           only
           this
           one
           word
           to
           add
           ,
           touching
           the
           sence
           ,
           wherein
           I
           hold
           a
           sufficiencie
           of
           means
           to
           beleeve
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           saved
           ,
           vouchsafed
           unto
           the
           Heathen
           ,
           who
           wanted
           the
           Ministry
           of
           the
           Gospel
           by
           men
           .
           By
           a
           sufficiencie
           of
           means
           to
           beleeve
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           understand
           an
           immediate
           sufficiencie
           ,
           but
           a
           mediate
           or
           remote
           sufficiencie
           .
           By
           an
           immediate
           sufficiencie
           of
           means
           to
           do
           a
           thing
           ,
           I
           mean
           such
           a
           sufficiency
           ,
           whereby
           a
           man
           is
           enabled
           to
           do
           the
           thing
           ,
           without
           having
           any
           more
           means
           in
           order
           hereunto
           ,
           then
           what
           he
           hath
           at
           present
           .
           Thus
           a
           man
           that
           understands
           a
           language
           ,
           and
           hath
           his
           sense
           of
           hearing
           perfect
           ,
           hath
           an
           immediate
           sufficiencie
           of
           means
           to
           understand
           the
           mind
           of
           him
           that
           speaketh
           audibly
           unto
           him
           in
           that
           language
           .
           He
           stands
           in
           need
           of
           nothing
           more
           for
           such
           a
           purpose
           .
           By
           a
           mediate
           or
           remote
           sufficiencie
           of
           means
           to
           do
           a
           thing
           ,
           I
           mean
           such
           a
           sufficiencie
           by
           which
           ,
           though
           a
           man
           is
           not
           inabled
           without
           further
           provision
           of
           means
           ,
           to
           do
           the
           thing
           ,
           yet
           he
           is
           inabled
           to
           make
           such
           a
           farther
           provision
           in
           this
           kind
           ,
           that
           having
           made
           it
           ,
           he
           becomes
           immediately
           qualified
           ,
           or
           able
           to
           do
           it
           .
           A
           man
           endued
           with
           reason
           ,
           memory
           ,
           and
           understanding
           ,
           &
           having
           the
           opportunity
           of
           an
           able
           teacher
           ,
           to
           instruct
           him
           in
           the
           knowledge
           of
           a
           strange
           language
           ,
           and
           which
           at
           present
           he
           understandeth
           not
           ,
           hath
           a
           remote
           sufficiencie
           of
           means
           to
           understand
           this
           language
           ,
           and
           by
           a
           due
           improvement
           of
           these
           means
           ,
           though
           remote
           ,
           is
           very
           capable
           of
           obtaining
           such
           a
           sufficiencie
           of
           means
           hereunto
           ,
           which
           is
           immediate
           .
           With
           this
           latter
           kind
           of
           sufficiencie
           ,
           I
           affirm
           ,
           the
           Gentiles
           ,
           who
           wanted
           the
           Ministry
           of
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           had
           notwithstanding
           a
           sufficiencie
           of
           means
           to
           beleeve
           to
           the
           saving
           of
           the
           soul
           .
           The
           Heathen
           were
           sufficiently
           qualified
           or
           furnished
           by
           God
           for
           the
           doing
           of
           those
           things
           ,
           by
           which
           they
           might
           ,
           and
           should
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           done
           them
           ,
           have
           been
           brought
           to
           an
           immediate
           capacitie
           of
           beleeving
           .
        
         
           By
           beleeving
           unto
           Salvation
           ,
           I
           mean
           such
           a
           Faith
           in
           God
           ,
           or
           such
           a
           dependance
           or
           reliance
           upon
           him
           ,
           which
           is
           proper
           and
           sufficient
           to
           have
           led
           them
           into
           such
           ways
           ,
           wherein
           God
           would
           have
           saved
           them
           ,
           had
           they
           walked
           in
           them
           ,
           according
           to
           that
           of
           the
           Apostle
           ;
           
             If
             there
             be
             first
             a
             willing
             mind
             ,
             it
             is
             accepted
             according
             to
             that
             a
             man
             hath
             ,
             and
             not
             according
             to
             that
             he
             hath
             not
          
           
             a
          
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A85412e-230
           
             a
             Ier.
             36.
             32.
             
          
           
             *
             Towards
             the
             latter
             end
             of
             the
             said
             latter
             Dispute
             ,
             with
             much
             ado
             I
             forced
             an
             opportunity
             to
             speak
             somewhat
             ,
             though
             very
             little
             ,
             of
             that
             which
             is
             presented
             unto
             thee
             ,
             in
             these
             Papers
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A85412e-520
           
             a
             Sic
             interposito
             praescientiae
             vtlo
             electionem
             ,
             nomoa●
             obs●u●ant
             ,
             sed
             origin●m
             aliund●
             habere
             singunt
             .
             Neque
             viro
             haec
             vulgo
             recepta
             p●●●o
             solius
             vulgi
             est
             .
             
               Habuit
            
             enim
             
               saeculis
               omnibus
               magnos
               Authores
               .
            
          
           
             Quod
             ingenue
             fatere
             ,
             nequis
             causae
             nostrae
             magnopere
             obsuturum
             con●●●●●
             ,
             st●orum
             nomina
             contra
             opponantur
             .
             
               Calv.
               Inst.
               l.
               3.
               c.
               23.
               
               S.
            
             1.
             
          
           
             Est
             etiam
             hic
             locus
             diligenter
             observandus
             ,
             adversus
             〈◊〉
             ,
             qui
             fidei
             ,
             vel
             operum
             p●aevi●●●●em
             saciunt
             electionis
             ecusam
             .
             in
             quem
             〈◊〉
             sane
             turp●ssimum
             ,
             Origenes
             vet●●es
             
               plaeolque
               ,
            
             tum
             Gracos
             ,
             tum
             Latinos
             adegit
             ;
             donec
             tand●m
             Dominus
             Augusitinum
             per
             Pelagia●os
             ,
             ad
             〈◊〉
             agnoscendum
             &
             Co●●igen●um
             errorem
             ,
             excitaret
             .
             
               Beza
            
             in
             .
             9
             
               ad
               Rom.
               
            
          
           
             b
             
               See
               his
               Lecture
            
             de
             Absolut●
             Decreto
             ,
             
               de
            
             Gratia
             universali
             ,
             
               de
            
             Perseverantia
             Sanctorum
             .
          
           
             a
             Rom
             5.
             8.
             1
             Tim.
             1
             15.
             
          
           
             b
             Rom
             5.
             6.
             
          
           
             c
             Psal
             68.
             18.
             
          
           
             d
             John
             6.
             51.
             
          
           
             a
             2
             Cor.
             8.
             12.