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

substance Yes Iohn 1. 1 14. 1 Iohn 5. 20. Heb. 2. 14 16 17. Luke 1. 27 31 35. Well then do not those Hereticks called Marcionits and the Anabaptists err who maintain That Christ is not a true Man but onely the Appearance Shape or Form of a Man Yes Do not likewise the Manicheans err who maintain That the Body of Christ is not of the substance of the Virgin Mary but a heavenly Body brought from Heaven to the Womb of the Virgin Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because Christ is said to be made of a Woman Gal. 4. 4. 2 Because the Word was made Flesh Iohn 1. 4. 3 By an induction of the essential parts of a Man and sinless infirmities which were found in him First He was endued with a rational Soul Iohn 12. 27. Secondly He had a real and substantial Body and denyed he was a Spirit only Luke 24. 39. Thirdly Christ did hunger Mat. 4. 2. Fourthly He was wearied and thirsty Iohn 4. 6. Lastly He was sad he groaned in Spirit and was troubled Iohn 11. 33. and verse 15. He wept None of which sinless perturbations can agree to an Appearance Shape or Form of a Man 4 Because He was made of the seed of David according to the Flesh Rom. 1. 3. and descended of the Iews Rom. 9. 5. 5 Because the promises were made in the seed of Abraham Gen. 12. 3. and Gen. 18. 18. 6 Because He took not on him the nature of Angels but he took on him the seed of Abraham wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren Heb. 2. 16 17. 7 Because otherwise he could not have satisfied in our place the Justice of GOD seing it had been unjust for another Nature to have suffered punishment than that Nature which had offended and sinned Quest. II. ARE there two whole perfect and distinct Natures in Christ the God-head and the Man-hood inseparably joyned together in one person Yes 1 Cor. 8. 6. Eph. 4. 5. Well then do not the Nestorians err who maintain the Union between the Divine and Humane Nature not to be Hypostatical but only by way of Assistence and that as there are two Natures in Christ so there are two Persons one proper to the Divine Nature another proper to the Humane Nature Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because unless Christ-God-Man were but one Person the Merit of his Death would not be of so great value as to redeem the Elect from infinite and eternal punishment seeing hence cometh all the value and worth of his death that the same Person who was God did suffer and die for us 2 Because otherwise Christ had been swallowed up and devoured by the wrath of God against the sins of the Elect which he himself undertook 3 Because Christ if he had not been both God and Man in one Person he could not have been a Mediator for a Mediator must be One 1 Tim. 2. 5. Quest. III. IS the Godhead and Man-hood in Christ united without Conversion Composition or Confusion Yes Luke 1. 35. Col. 2. 9. Rom. 9. 5. 1 Peter 3. 18. 1 Tim. 3. 16. Well then do not those old Hereticks the Eutichians err who maintain that as the Person of Christ is One so his Nature is made One by a composition or Confusion of the two Natures together Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because such a Composition is impossible seing the Divine Nature is most perfect and cannot lose any of its own perfection unless we would affirm the Divine Nature to be mutable and changeable 2 Because that same Christ who according to the Flesh descended of the Iews is over all God blessed for ever Rom. 9. 5. 3 Because this doctrine takes away all means of Mediation for by taking away the distinction between the Natures they take away the Natures themselves and so neither could Christ have suffered in our place because not Man neither could he have given any vertue value or worth to his sufferings because not God Quest. IV. DID Christ endure most grievous torments immediately in his soul Yes Mat. 26. 37 38. Luke 22. 44. Matth. 27. 46. Well then do not the Papists err who maintain that the soul of Christ even from its first creation was never affected with any sadness or sinless perturbation of mind Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because the Scripture testifies that his soul was sad unto death Matth. 26. 37. 2 Because the Apostle Iohn testifies that when Christ saw Mary weeping for her brother Lazarus he groaned in Spirit and was troubled Iohn 11. 33. Iohn 12. 27. 3 Because his soul was exceeding sorrowful even unto death as was cited before Matth. 26. 37. 4 The same thing is proven from Christs desertion whereby the actual fruition and enjoying of Gods favour as to his sense was interrupted and broken in the midst for a time but in no wise altogether taken away which made him cry upon the Cross My God my God why hast thou forsaken Me. Matth. 27. 46. Eph. 5. 2. Quest. V. HAD the Lord Iesus by his perfect obedience and sacrifice of himself which he through the eternal Spirit once offered up unto God fully satisfied the Iustice of his Father Yes Rom. 5. 9. Rom. 3. 25 26. Heb. 9. 14 16. Heb. 10. 14. Well then do not some otherwise Orthodox err who deny Christs Active Obedience to be a part of his satisfaction performed in our place Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because the Active disobedience of the first Adam made us all sinners therefore we must be made Righteous by the Active Obedience of the second Adam Rom. 5. 19. 2 Because Christ not only offered himself to the death for us but for their sakes that is for the Elects sake he sanctified himself that is he gave up himself as a holy sacrifice Iohn 17. 19. 3 Because it behoved Christ to fulfil all righteousness Mat. 3. 15. 4 Because we stood in need not only of the expiation of sin for saving us from eternal death but of the gift of righteousness for obtaining eternal life according to that precept and demand of the Law Do this and thou shalt live And therefore Christ is not only called our Ransom but the end and perfection of the Law to every one that believeth Rom. 10. 4. That is the aim of giving the Law by Moses is that thereby men being brought to the knowledge of their sin should flie for refuge unto Christ and his righteousness as he that hath perfectly fulfilled the Law for us 5 Because the passive obedience of Christ was not in it self meerly and purely passive but his active obedience did challenge the chief and principal part in it Psal. 40. 7. Then said I lo I come in the volume of the book it is written of Me. With these words our Saviour Christ declareth his willing Obedience to accept of undergo and execute the Mediatorship by GOD imposed

is no such thing as Venial sin as it is explained by the Popish-church upon which false Foundation is built this fancy of Purgatory Rom. 6. 23. 2 Because temporal punishments do not extend themselves beyond this life Rom. 8. 18. 2 Cor. 4. 17 18. 1 Peter 5. 10. For in this life onely the Godly receive their evil things as the Wicked receive their good things Luke 16. 25. 3 Because after the fault is pardoned there remains no punishment to be undergone Ezek. 18. 22. Psalm 32. 1 2. Micah 7. 19. Rom. 8. 1 33. 4 Because the Thief upon the Cross that was converted did not suffer afterwards any punishment in Purgatory Luke 23. 43. Neither could his death and confession upon the Cross be accounted a perfect satisfaction as the Adversaries affirm because he did acknowledge he had received the due reward of his deeds Luke 23. 41. He that suffers as a Murderer or as a Thief or as an evi doer his punishment cannot be accounted a satisfaction 1 Peter 4. 15. 5 Because they that die in the Lord rest from all their labours Rev. 14. 13. 6 Because Christs satisfaction for the sins of Believers is most full compleat and perfect and doth not need our imperfect satisfactions whether for the Fault or the Punishment Isaiah 53. chapter Titus 2. 14. 1 Iohn 1 7 Heb 10 14 Col. 1 20 21 22. Neither by our sufferings in Purgatory is Christs satisfaction applyed to us First because our sufferings there cannot be an instrument for applying Christs Merits to us For on GODS part we have the Word Sacraments and the Spirit as means for applying his merits to us On our part we have Faith Was it ever heard of in the Word of GOD that the Lord made use of exquisite torments for applying his Grace To apply Mercy by the executing of Justice Is forgiving debt applyed by exacting the debt Shall pardon be applyed to by the punishing of us Quest. IV. WIll such as are found alive at the last day not die but be changed Yes 1 Thess. 4. 17. 1 Cor. 15. 51 52. Well then do not the Papists err who maintain that such as are found alive at the last day shall die Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because Christ is ordained of GOD to be Judge of Quick and Dead which distinction would be needless if all truely Died Act 10. 42. 2 Because the Apostle says as was cited we shal not all sleep but be changed which place of Scripture is not to be read we shall all therefore sleep as the Papists say putting in the Greek particle oun for ou therefore for not Because this illative particle oun cannot agree sufficiently with the Apostles Preface Behold I shew you a mystery This Mysterie is not death it self but a change in place of death which is a great Mystery indeed 3 As the Resurrection of many of the bodies of the Saints was a preamble of the great Resurrection of our bodies Mat. 27. 52. So the translating of Enoch that he might not see death seems to be a preamble of this change in place of death Heb. 11. 9. Quest. V. SHal the Dead be raised up with the self same bodies and none other although with different qualities which shall be united again to their Souls for ever Yes Iob 19. 26 27. 1 Cor. 15. 42 43 44. Well then do not the Socinians Arminians Anabaptists Photinians and Marcionites err who maintain that the same individual body is not raised up which we carried about with us here and laid down in the dust but another body made of Air or of some matter more subtile than Air altogether void of flesh and blood made a-new by Christ Yes Do not likewise many of the Quakers err who maintain also That the same individual body is not raised again but that there is a change thereof in substance as well as in quality Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because it is evident from Scripture Phil. 3. 21. that there shall be a transforming of those vile bodies at the Resurrection to be fashioned after the glorious body of Christ and so not the forming and making of a new one which is hard to conceive if the same individual body should not be raised and if this change here spoken of be as well in substance as in quality 2 Because the Apostle sayes He that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies and therefore not bodies made of Air by his Spirit that dwelleth in you Rom. 8. 11. 3 The same Apostle sayes For this corruption must put on incorruption and this mortality must put on immortality 1 Cor. 15. 53. 4 Because the Iustice of GOD requires that the same individual bodies shal receive rewards or punishments which have done good or evil while life remained 2 Cor. 5. 10. Rom. 2. 6. Eph. 6. 8. 5 Because the body of Christ who is the efficient cause of our Resurrection 1 Cor. 15. 4 12 13 16. rose again that same individual body Luke 24. 39 40. Quest. VI. SHal the bodies of the unjust by the power of Christ be raised to dishonour Yes Acts 24. 15. Iohn 5. 28. 29. Phil. 3. 21. Well then do not the Socinians err who maintain there shall be no resurrection of the unjust Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because the Apostle sayes We must all appear before the Judgment-seat of Christ that every man may receive the things done in the body 2 Cor. 5. 10. 2 Because the hour cometh in the which all that are in their graves shall hear his voice and shall come forth they that have done good unto the resurrection of life and they that have done evil unto the resurrection of damnation Iohn 5. 28 29. 3 Because the Apostle sayes being accused before Tertullus there shall be a Resurrection of the dead both of the Just and Unjust Acts 24. 15. 4 Because according to the Enochs Prophesy the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his Saints to execute Judgement upon all and to convince all that are ungodly among them Iude verses 14 15. 5 Because many of them that sleep in the dust of the Earth shall awake some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting contempt Daniel 12. 2. CHAP. XXXIII Of the Last IUDGEMENT Question SHal the wicked who know not GOD and obey not the Gospel of Iesus Christ be casten into everlasting torments and be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power Yes Matth. 25. 31 to the end Rom. 9. 22 23. Acts 3. 19. 2 Thes. 1. 7 8 9. Well then do not the Socinians err who defining eternal death to be the extinguishing of the Body and Soul maintain that the wicked are to suffer no torment in hell and that their whole punishment will be to be deprived of Eternity or anihilated that is both Soul and Body turned into NOTHING Yes Do not likewise the Origenists and some Anabaptists err who think that not only the wicked but the Devils themselves after many torments in hell shall be received by GOD into favour and be made blessed and happy Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because the Apostle affirms almost in so many words that which we have asserted 2 Thes. 1. 7 8 9 10. 2 Because Life Eternal and Death Eternal are in Scripture opposed to one another in the same sense Mat. 25. 46. But Life Eternal in Scripture is not taken for being simply Eternal but for being Eternally happy or to be in a blessed Eternal state and condition Psalm 133. 3. Therefore Eternal death must be taken in Scripture not for anihilation or being turned into Nothing but for an Eternal wretched and miserable state and condition 3 Because the Scripture saves but the children of the kingdom shall be casten into utter darkness there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth Matth. 8. 12 13. 4 Because the Scripture affirms expresly that the wicked are tormented in hell Luke 16. 24. Next there are some degrees of torments there but there are no degrees in non esse that is in not to be 5 Because Abraham saves expresly there can no man pass from the place of torment to the place of bless and happiness Luke 16. 26. 6 Because the torments of the wicked are called a Worm that dieth not a fire that cannot be extinguished 7 Because the Scripture sayes that the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever Rev. 14 11. Rev. 19. 3. 8 Because the wicked will be carried into everlasting fire prepared for the Devil and his angels Matth. 25. 46. And the same wicked are to rise again to shame and everlasting contempt Daniel 12. 2. And to suffer the vengeance of Everlasting fire Iude verse 7. And now only is the accepted time and now is the day of Salvation 2 Cor. 6. 2. FINIS * In magnis voluisse satest

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

Well then do not the Anabaptists err who maintain that it is lawful in swearing to use words of Equivocation Yes Do not likewise the Papists err who maintain Mental reservation to be lawful in swearing Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because the Scripture requires from all men in their common dealing one with another in their discourse and conferences Verity and Simplicity Matth. 5. 37. Eph. 4. 25. Much more are these things required in Swearing wherein God is called to be witness of the truth of those things which are asserted 2 Because the Lord threatneth such as use guile and deceit in their words Psalm 15. 4. Psalm 24. 4. Gal. 2. 11 12 13. 3 Because the Lord requires in every Oath truth righteousness and judgement Ier. 4. 2. 4 Because Equivocations and Mental Reservations are against the very end of an approven Oath which is to put an end to all debate and controversie 5 Because if Equivocations and Mental Reservations were lawful in vain should the Lord have made laws against lying for a lie may be excused by Mental Reservation 6 If Equivocations and Mental Reservations were allowed they would take away all commerce among men and would make Bonds Contracts and Charter-parties of none effect Quest. IV. IS a Religious Vow to be made to GOD alone and not to any creature Yes To GOD alone Ier. 44. 25 26. Psalm 76. 11. Well then do not the Papists err who maintain Vows may be made to Saints departed and to Cenobiarchs that is to Priors of Monasteries or Abbeys Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because Vows are a part of our gratitude and thankfulness due to God only for his favours and mercies conferred upon us Psalm 50. 14. Psalm 66. 13 14. 2 Because we are commanded in the Word to make our vowes to God and perform them But no where are we appointed to make our vows to Saints departed Psalm 58. 14 3 Because God only is the trier and searcher of the heart and it is he only that knoweth the sincerity of the mans mind that voweth and is able to punish such as violate and break their vows Deut. 23. 21. 4 Because the Lord threatneth those severely that had vowed to any other Gods but to himself alone and accuses them of a very great sin Ierem. 44. 25 26. Quest. V. ARE Popish Monastical Vows of a perpetual single life professed poverty and regular obedience so far from being degrees of higher perfection that they are superstitious and sinful snares in which no Christian may intangle himself Yes Matth. 19. 11 12. 1 Cor. 7. 2 9. Eph. 4. 28. 1 Peter 4. 2. Well then do not the Papists err who maintain Monastical Vows of perpetual single life professed poverty and Regular Obedience to be degrees of higher perfection Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because a Vow of a perpetual single life is unlawful For no man ought to Vow the performance of that for which he hath not a promise of strength to perform But no man hath a promise of perpetual Continency which is necessarly required to a perpetual single life Nay Christ says expresly that the gift of Continency is not given to all men Mat. 19. 11. 2 Because marriage is honourable among all men and the bed undefiled Heb. 13. 4. 3 Because the Apostle bids every man take his own wife for shuning of Fornication 1 Cor. 7. 1 2 9. 4 Because the forbidding of Marriage is a Doctrine of Devils 1 Tim. 4. 1 3. Next the Vow of professed Poverty is unlawful 1 Because the Lord did not allow Beggars to be among his people of old Deut. 15. 7. 2 Because Agur wished that the Lord might not give him poverty least he should steal and take the name of God in vain Prov. 30. 8 9. 3 Because the Lord will have every man to eat his bread in the sweat of his face Gen. 3. 19. 4 Because the Apostle commands the Thessalonians to work with their own hands 1 Thes. 4. 11. 5 Because professed poverty hindereth a greater good to wit our charity and benevolence towards the poor and indigent members of Christ which is contrary to the Apostles Rule Eph. 4. 28. The Vow of Regular Obedience is likewise unlawful 1 Because it makes us the servants of men which is contrary to the Apostle Ye are bought with a price be not ye the servants of Men viz. to do any thing for the service or obedience of men Superiours which should be repugnant to the Commands of the service of God Or suffer not your selves in spiritual things to be brought in bondage by any men that you should not freely use that which the Lord hath made free to us 1 Cor. 7. 23. CHAP. XXIII Of the Civil Magistrate Question I. HATH GOD armed the Civil Magistrat with the power of the Sword for the defence and encouragement of them that are good and for the punishment of evil doers Yes Rom. 13. 1 2 3 4. 1 Peter 2. 13. 14. Well then do not the Socinians err who maintain that it is not the duty of the Civil Magistrate to punish the guilty with death Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because GOD hath expresly commanded that transgressing Idolaters be put to death Deut. 17. 7. Deut. 19. 21. 2 Because it appertains to the office and duty of the Magistrate to punish the guilty with death Rom. 13. 4. 1 Peter 2. 14. 3 Because the capital punishment of evil doers makes others stand in awe and fear to offend Deut. 13. 11. Deut. 19. 20 4 Because if the Magistrate shall neglect to inflict due punishment the Lord himself will be avenged on that Magistrate 1 Kings 20. 42. Num. 25. 4. 5 Because he that smitteth a man so that he die shall surely be put to death Exod. 21. 12. 6 Because all that take the sword shall perish by the sword Matth. 26. 52. Namely without a lawful call or order for it They shall perish by order and command of the Magistrate to whom the Lord hath given the sword for this same very end to punish evil doers with death Gen. 9. 6. Rom. 13. 4. Quest. II. IS it the duty of the Civil Magistrate to take order that all Blasphemies and Heresies be suppressed all the ordinances of God duely settled administred and observed all abuses in worship and discipline reformed all Idolaters Gainsayers and other obstinate dissenters be obliged and forced to quite their tenets and opinions and conform themselves to the true worship and service of God according to his Law Yes Isaiah 49. 23. 2 Chro. 15. 12 13. 2 Chro. 34. 33. 2 Kings 18. 4. 2 Kings 23. 1 to the 26 verse Ezra 7. 23 25 26 27 28. Lev. 24. 16. Well then do not the Quakers and other Sectaries err who judge it Antichristian and the practise of the Church of Rome that the Civil and Supream Magistrate with the assistance of the Church and her Censures should by his coactive

some have openly contradicted others CAAP. XXXII Of the State of Men after Death and of the Resurrection of the Dead Question I. ARE the Souls of the Righteous being made perfect in holiness received into the highest Heavens where they behold the Face of GOD in Light and Glory Yes Acts 3. 21. Ephes. 4. 10. Well then do not the Greeks Arminians Anabaptists and Papists err who maintain that the Souls of the Righteous are not presently after death admitted to enjoy happiness which consists in seeing of GOD but are put into some Mansion though it be not a Heavenly one yet a place above Hell where they enjoy even until the Resurrection some Heavenly Delight and Recreation without seeing of GOD Yes Do not likewise the Socinians err who affirm That the Souls of the Righteous after death until the Resurrection are extinguished and put out to speak so Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because the Souls of the Righteous after Death are with Christ in Heaven and enjoy that blessed Vision Phil. 1. 23. Acts 3. 21. Ephes. 4. 10. 2 Because the Spirits of Iust Men after Death return to GOD and are received by GOD Eccles. 12. 7. Acts 7. 59. Note that Solomon onely speaketh of the people of GOD. Yet some understand it of the Souls both of Believers and unbelievers which are both sentenced by GOD as supream Iudge immediately when a man dieth every man to his place the Souls of Believers to Heaven of unbelievers to hell 3 Because the Saints departed together with the Angels are said to sing perpetually Praises and Thanksgiving before His Throne Rev. 4. 6 9 10 11. Rev. 5. 8 9 10. Rev. 7. 9 10. 4 Because Christ promised that the Thief should be with him in Paradise that same very day he died Luke 23. 43. Paul also calls it the third Heaven 2 cor 12. 2. 4. 5 Because the Spirits of just men are said to be made perfect in holiness and glory and placed in the Heavenly Ierusalem with the Angels Heb. 12. 22. 23. 6 Because the Apostle sayes that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved we have a building of GOD an house not made with hands eternal in the heavens 2 Cor. 5. 1 2. 7 Because the same Apostle sayes therefore we are alwayes confident knowing that whilst we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord 2 Cor. 5. 6 8. 8 Because the souls of the righteous after death are comforted and carried into Abrahams bosom Luke 16. 22. 25. Quest. II. ARE the souls of the wicked cast into hell where they remain in torments and utter darkness reserved to the judgement of the great day Yes Luke 16. 23 24. Acts 1. 25. Iude 6 7. verses 1 Peter 3. 19. Well then do not the Greeks and others err who maintain that the souls of the wicked are not adjudged to hells torments till after the resurrection Yes Do not likewise the Socinians err who maintain that the souls of the wicked shall never be tormented in hell Yes By what reasons are they confuted 1 Because the particular judgement of every single man follows immediately his departure out of this life Heb. 9 27. 2 Because the soul of the rich Glutton after it departed from his body was tormented in the flames of Hell Luke 16. 22. 23. 3 Because the souls of wicked men departed go to their own place that is to hell Acts 1. 25. 4 Because the souls of wicked men are no less punished in hell than the Apostate Angels Iude verses 6 7. 5 Because the Spirits of those who in the time of Noah were disobedient are said to be in prison 1 Peter 3. 19. This prison is Hell Matth. 5. 26 27. Quest. III. DOTH the Scripture acknowledge any other place than heaven and hell for souls departed from their bodies No. Well then do not the Papists err who besides these two places have devised other four First a place called Limbus patrum in which the Faithful who died before Christs passion have been shut up as in a dark prison under ground and being without torment and for the time wanting happiness have been keeped closs there until Christs Resurrection and ascension into heaven Secondly a place called Limbus infantum in which Infants which die without Baptism suffer the eternal punishment not of Sense but of Loss The third is a most pleasant Meadow in which as in a Royal prison the Souls that are in it want happiness yet suffer no punishment of Sense except what ariseth from the delay of happiness but only of Loss This place seems to be the Elisian Fields taken out of the sixth book of Virgils Aeneiods The fourth place is called Purgatory which is a middle place between heaven and hell in which are the Saints who have departed from this life without making satisfaction by temporal punishments for their venial sins yet have gone thither for the guilt of their punishment the fault whereof is pardoned in this life that when they have satisfied and are well purged from every spot and blemish they may be admitted to that blessed Vision in seeing GOD for ever Do not I say the Papists err who besides heaven and hell maintain other four places for souls departed Yes By what reasons do you confute Limbus patrum 1 Because the Souls of the Faithful that departed before Christs passion were made Inhabitants of the same Heavenly Ierusalem with the Angels Heb. 12. 22 23. 2 Because the Spirits and Souls of the Faithful that died before Christ suffered returned to GOD who gave them Eccl. 3. 21. 3 Because the vertue of Christs sacrifice did no less extend it self to Believers under the Old Testament than to Believers under the New Rev. 13. 8. 4 From the example of Enoch and of Moses and Elias which two before the passion of Christ were seen upon the mount with him Gen. 5. 24. 2 Kings 2. 11. Luke 9. 30 31. Heb. 11. 5. By what reasons confute you Limbus Infantum 1 Because the Covenant belongs to the Children of Believers though not baptised in which Covenant glory and life eternal are promised Acts 2 39. 2 Because Christ said that the Kingdom of Heaven belonged to little children though not baptised Matth. 19. 14. 3 Because the Infants of the Israelites dying before the eight day were not shut up in Limbus Infantum as the Adversaries themselves confess But the Nature and Essence of Baptism under the New Testament and the Nature and Essence of Circumcision under the Old are the same Col. 2. 11 12. 4 All the Arguments which are brought against the absolute necessity of Baptism do clearly overturn this fiction of Limbus Infantum Thirdly There is no such place as a most pleasant meadow in which as in a Senatorian prison the Souls that are in it want Felicity yet suffer no punishment of Sense This was made evident in the First Question Lastly there is no such place as Purgatory 1 Because there