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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93771	Vindiciæ redemptionis. In the fanning and sifting of Samuel Oates his exposition upon Mat. 13. 44. With a faithfull search after our Lords meaning in his two parables of the treasure and the pearl. Endeavoured in several sermons upon Mat. 13. 44, 45. Where in the former part, universal redemption is discovered to be a particular errour. (Something here is inserted in answer to Paulus Testardus, touching that tenet.) And in the later part, Christ the peculiar treasure and pearl of Gods elect is laid as the sole foundation; and the Christians faith and joy in him, and self-deniall for him, is raised as a sweet and sure superstructure. / By John Stalham, Pastour of the Church at Terling in Essex.	Stalham, John, d. 1681.	1647 (1647)	Wing S5187; Thomason E384_10; ESTC R201450	156,279	216

a Covenant of grace while he fights for a Covenant of works and nature all along as he speaks of the non-elect or reprobate as * Fideles verò minimè decet Reproborum in gratiam Ecclesiam turbare inquit ipse Test The. 294 295. himself cals them Now I leave it to others to ravel his bottom and to exauthorize this Authour from the number of Classick and Orthodox Truth is not afraid to enter errours den because though it be dark truth carrieth a light with it to search it out I shall desire my Countrey-Reader to peruse all that I commend to him in the controversie with a Bible in his hand and with humility and self-deniall in his heart My learned Reader I intreat may have Testardus in his left-hand and the two Testaments in his right What is practicall will serve for all who have spirituall palats and can relish spirituall nourishment Let Jesus Christ be thy Pearl and Treasure and thou wilt not make him common Jesus Christ in his Birth Life Death Resurrection Ascention Session Intercession at Gods right-hand is not ordinary nor for all but for the man and Merchant that findes him hideth him joyeth in him and selleth all to make sure of him So we preach so ye have believed and so we shall and must still believe that we may be saved And for you M. Oates my Countrey-man as I have acquainted my Reader in generall so I must charge it upon you as the principall stickler in these parts with your new Gospel and Baptisme that you provok't me both to the preaching and printing of what here followeth in reference chiefly to the Parables and your Exposition First You preacht in the town and to some of my ordinary hearers and fellow-Members without my leave then you defended what you had preacht to him that noted from your mouth You returned me word from Colchester goal whither and when as thinking it a fit time and place for reflection I sent for your Recantation that you would fain see me in print And you seconded it at Chelmsford-Assizes to my face in the Market-place that if I came forth if you did not answer me you would procure one that would You may remember I then admonisht you as a Christian to forbear the spreading of your errour You told me you took it to be a truth but if you have no surer props to uphold it then you gave me at that time and place Actum est de tua causa For then and there you informed me you learnt this Doctrine of the Church of England and to my answer you were an apter Scholar then I who never suckt such milk from her brests and to my question where your Reply was Doth not the Catechisme in the Service-book teach it Where in Answer to the Question What dost thou chiefly learn in these Articles of thy belief It is said First I believe in God the Father c. Secondly I believe in God the Son who hath redeemed me and all man-kinde But remember what I left with you at a present parting upon those words partly out of your desire lest the people should flock about us partly out of my respect to what the holy Ghost saith Go from the presence of a foolish man when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge That Book nor Catechisme never went for the Doctrine of the Church of England but as Prelaticall spirits might have framed those words or as you with them have wrested the sense so you did act the Prelats part For as I since finde in the Title of that Catechisme it was to be learned of every childe before he be brought to be confirmed by the Bishop It seems you learnt it from your childehood and it may be the Bishops hands have been upon you at Confirmation though not at Ordination You are a true sonne by this Confirmation it may be I am sure by your Doctrine of the Prelaticall Church and an Apocryphall text is good enough for Apocryphall doctr●ne A plainer text it was for your darling point That Christ died for the bulk of man-kinde then the mans buying of the field in the Parable you wot of from which you have as it were made your appeal to the Church of England To that you shall go But first we must agree What is the Church of England Dare you say the Prelaticall company or the profane multitude This were to speak against light Turn you rather to the 19. of the 39. Articles put out an 1562. and you w●ll finde what a visible Church is viz. A Congregation of faithfull men c. A Congregation of faithfull men in England is a Church in or of England Now what Church or company of faithfull men will you select as a pillar of your supposed truth that hath held out your doctrine of universal Redemption I shall call forth three witnesses as a sufficient enumeration 1. The company that agreed to the 39. Articles They * Art 2. acknowledge That Christ suffered was crucified dead and buried to reconcile his Father to us and to be a sacrifice not only for originall guilt but also for all actuall sins of men But t is one thing for Christ to be a sacrifice for all sins of men originall actuall another thing for him to die for all mens sins or to d●e for the expiating of the sins of every singular man 2. The company of * Confession of the faith of 7 Anabaptist Churches in London 7. Congregations of your own way of Anabaptisme who though they be distinct in respect of their particular bodies for conveniency sake yet are all one in Communion They a Sect. 5. acknowledge The elect which God hath loved with an everlasting love are receemed c. And that b Sect 17 See also Sect. 21 Christ being consecrated c. hath fully performed and suff●red all those things by which God through the bloud of that his Crosse in an acceptable Sacrifice might reconcile his Elect only 3. The company or companies of faithfull men who differ only or chiefly in point of Baptisme from you and those fore-named in London but are with joynt-consent united and knit together in fellowship of the Apostles doctrine breaking of bread and praiers Produce me any of them who for these 100. years and upwards have in England held forth your doctrine of universal Redemption as the Doctrine of the Church of England or of the Churches in England No they have ever been more pure in Doctrine what-ever pollutions too many we have had the Lord humble us and make us ashamed for them in Discipline I hope by this time you will be ashamed with a shame and sorrow that brings forth repentance not to be repented of And my hearts desire to God for you and the rest of my seduced Countrey-men in Norfolk Norwich Lin is that they may be reduced with you and saved with you For I bear you record that you have a zeal