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A10194	The perpetuitie of a regenerate mans estate VVherein it is manifestly proued by sundry arguments, reasons and authorities. That such as are once truly regenerated and ingrafted into Christ by a liuely faith, can neither finally nor totally fall from grace. It is also proued, that this hath beene the receiued and resolued doctrine, of all the ancient fathers, of all the Protestant churches and writers beyond the seas, and of the Church of England. All the principall arguments that are, or may be obiected against it, either from Scripture, or from reason, are here likewise cleared and answered. By William Prynne Gent: Lincolniensis.	Prynne, William, 1600-1669.	1626 (1626)	STC 20471; ESTC S115319	355,787	462

onely meanes to keepe men from committing sinne should cause them for to sinne with greater boldnesse and security Is it not grace that only that restraines and keepes men backe from sinne Is it not grace and that onely which makes men to detest abhor and vtterly renounce all sinne and dare you then affirme that perseuerance in the state of grace will imbolden and incourage men to rush into all kinde of sinne doubtlesse you are much mistaken and deceiued in affirming it and it is an infallible argument that you are so ●…arre from hauing any truth of grace within you that as yet you know not what this true grace is of which wee now dispute Secondly regenerate men they are dead to sinne they haue crucified the flesh with the 〈◊〉 and lusts thereof and therefore though they cannot sall from grace yet they cannot yet they dare not sinne against the Lord. This is Pauls reason Rom. 61 2. What shall wee say then shall wee continue in sinne that grace may abound God forbid how shall wee that are dead to sinne liue any longer therein the true regenerate Saints of God they are dead to sinne therefore they cannot liue any longer to it they haue put off their coate how then shall they put it on they haue washed their 〈◊〉 how then shall they defile them they are regenerated sanctisied and dead to sinne therefore they cannot therefore they will not runne into it though they cannot fall from grace Thirdly the true regenerate Saints of God they are redeomed from their sinnes that they might no longer liue vnto them but liue vnto the Lord they are now made Kings and Priests vnto God the Father to offer vp spirituall all sacrifices vnto him they are now quite other persons then they were before and therefore they scorne now to stoope to those base and filthy sinnes which might defile their soules and 〈◊〉 their professions they are now the sonnes of God and heires of heauen they are now the vessels and ●…emples of the holy Ghost and they haue vowed to fo●…sake their sinnes and lusts and to keepe themselues vnspotted from the world and therefore now though they cannot fall from grace yet there is such an holy ingenuity and magnanimitie wrought within them that 〈◊〉 they scorne for to how and yeeld to sin or to sell themselves as slaues and 〈◊〉 to it Fourthly the true regenerate Saints of God they hauethe loue of God which is shed abroade in their hearts by the holy Ghost which loue is preserued and increased in their hearts and soules by the assurance of their constant and finall perseuerance in the state of grace Now this loue of God doth so worke vpon their hearts and soules and so awe and curbe them that they dare not sinne against the Lord for feare of greeuing offending him though God would neuer disinherite them for their sinnes A dutifull and louing fonne that honours and respects his father though he be sure of his fathers loue and fauour to him yet hee dares not to offend him because hee honours and respects him God is an exceeding good gracious and louing Father vnto all his Saints and they are exceeding dutifull and louing vnto him yea they estimate his louing kindnesse better then life it selfe Psal. 63. 3. and therefore though they cannot fall from grace yet they dare not yet they will not sinne against him for feare of greeuing and offending him Fifthly the true regenerate Saints of God they haue the holy Spirit of God within them who doth sway and ouerrule their wills their hearts and soules and will not so much as suffer them to doe the sinne and euill that they would when they haue any euill and sinsull lusts or thoughts arising in their hearts the holy Ghost doth crush and quell them when they are running on to any sinfull actions the holy Ghost doth pull them backe and quite restraine them causing them to walke in his statutes and to keepe his commandements and doe them so that they cannot will or do●… the euill that they would as you may reade Ezech. 32. 6. 27. Rom. 7. 25. c. 8. 1 2 13 14. Gal. 5. 16 17 25. 1 Iohn 3 9. and 5. 18. therefore though they cannot fall from grace yet they will not yet they cannot rush more boldly into sinne Sixthly the true regenerate Saints of God though they cannot fall from grace because God will preserue them and cause them for to vse the meanes which should preserue them in the state of grace yet they know that they cannot perseuere but by vsing of the meanes they know that sinne will hinder them much in this their perseuerance and therefore though they cannot fall from grace yet because they must vse the meanes to perseuere in grace they dare not plunge themselues presumptuously into any sinne Seuenthly though the Saints of God can neuer fall from grace yet they dare not to allow themselues in any sinne because they know that euery sinne the which they doe commit it doth wound and pierce the sides of their gracious and louing Sauiour and crucifie him afresh they know that hee is wounded payned and grieued with their sinnes and therefore they dare not to commit them but pray against them as Dauid did Psal. 19. Lord keepe me●… from presumptuous ●…nnes When any good Christian is tempted vnto any sinne though the sinne i●… selfe could neuer hurt him yet hee reasons thus with himselfe What hath not my blessed Sauiour been crucified already for my sinnes haue I not wounded and grieued him enough already but I must wound and grieue and crucifie him yet once againe O no I will not nay I dare not doe it though I might gaine a thousand worlds I will not shew my selfe such a gracelesse and vnthankfull wretch I will rather die I will rather doe or suffer any thing then sinne against him This is the resolution of euery Christian soule and therefore though he cannot fall from grace yet hee dares not yet he will not sin Lastly to omit all other reasons The true regenerate Saints of God though they cannot fall from grace yet they dare not sinne against the Lord. For though the Lord hath promised neuer to disinherite or cast them off neuer to take away his graces or his euerlasting mercies from them yet if they sin against him he hath threatned and hee will performe it that hee will chastise them with the rod of men and with the stripes of the children of men that he will visite their iniquitie with rods and their sinne with stripes 2 Sam. 7 14 15. and Psal. 89. 30. to 34. God will chastise them as sonnes though he condemnes them not as enemies and rebells this his fatherly correction and chastisement then is sufficient to keepe them from presumption and to restraine them from rushing into sinne though God neuer disinherits or casts them off And so you see what a false what a

same couenant in effect with his children as he doth here I saith God will giue you an heart of flesh and I will put my spirit within you and cause you to walke in my statutes and yee shall keepe my iudgments and doe them It is God himselfe and not man that doth cause the issue and euent so in the 1 Iohn 3. 9. Whosoeuer is borne of God doth not commit sinne for his seed remaineth in him neither can he ●…inne because he is borne of God it is the new birth and the seede of grace not mens freewill that doth keepe them from committing sinne and cause them for to perseuere in grace they doe not beare the roote but the roote them Rom. 11. 18. they doe not perserue their graces but their graces doe preserue them from falling from the Lord It is the feare of the Lord that keepes men close to God that causeth them to auoid sin and to depart from euill Psal. 4. 4 Prou 3 7. cap. 8 13. cap. 14. 2 16 26 27. cap. 15. 33. cap. 16. 6. cap 19 23. cap. 28 14. Eccle. 8. 12 13. cap. 12. 13. Psa. 19. 9. and diuers other places are expresse in it that it is thefeare of God which doth preserue vs from sin keep vs from departing frō the Lord and not we our selues therefore this their glosse that the euent and issue of our perseuerance dependeth on the ●…eedeme of our owne wills and not vpon the Lord and those graces which hee giues vnto vs is but false and quite repugnant to the Scriptures it is God onely that doth worke all our workes for vs it is he and not our selues that doth preserue vs from falling and worke this grace of perseuerance in vs. I●…ay 26. 12. and Phil 4. 13. Secondly I reply that God doth giue vs one heart and one spirit that hee doth put this feare into our hearts to that onely end and purpose that wee should not depart from him but that we should feare him for euer if therfore we should cease tofeare the Lord and depart away from him then he should loose his end which cannot be admitted A wise man will not loose his end when as he is able to effect it much lesse will God so then this place and couenant is yet vnanswered nay I may be bold to say that it cannot be answered The third sort of promises which I meete with the Scriptures that make for my conclusion they are these that the righteous shall hold on their way and proceede from grace to grace and from strength to strength without fainting that their graces shall neuer faile nor yet decay but alwaies gr●…w and increase From which I frame this third argument Those that shall hold on their way and proceed from grace to grace and from stength to strength without fainting those whose graces shall neuer faile but still grow greater and stronger it is impossible for them either finally or totally to fall from grace But God hath promised that all such who are once truly regenerated and ingrafted into Christ by a true and liuely faith shall hold on their way and proceed from grace to grace and from strength to strength without fainting so is the expresse text Iob. 17. 9. the righteous shall hold on his way and he that hath cleane hands shall be stronger and stronger Isay 40. 29 30 31. he giueth power to the faint and to them that haue no might he increaseth strength Euen the youths shall faint and be weary and the young men shall vtterly fall but they that waite on the Lord shall renew their strength they shall mount vp with wings as Eagles they shall runne and not be weary they shall walke and not faint the Lord will strengthen and support them he will helpe them and vphold them with the right hand of his righteousnesse and cause them to proceed from strength to strength till they all appeare before him in Zion Psal. 29. 11. Psal. 31. 24. Psal. 84. 7. Psal. 119. 33. Isay 41. 10. cap. 46. Ezech. 34. 16. Hosea 14. 9. and 2 Cor. 4. 16. Yea God hath promised that their graces shall not faile Luke 22. 31. 32. that they shall not waxe old nor bee corrupted Math. 6. 20. Luke 12. 33. God hath promised that their sun shall no more 〈◊〉 downe●… neither shall their moone withdraw it selfe Isai 60. 20. those that do but once drinke of the waters of life and grace shall neuer thirst but those waters shall be in them a well of water springing vp into euerlasting life Iohn 4. 14. their graces shall bee still on the growing hand they shall waxe stronger and greater then they were Iob. 17. 9. Prou. 4. 14. Isai. 40. 29 31. cap. 44. 4. Psa. 92. 13 14 15. Col. 1. 10 11. 2 Thes. 1. 3. 2 Iohn 2. 2 Pet. 3. 18. and Reu. 2. 19. Therefore it is impossible for them either finally or totally to fall from grace What can be here replyed I cannot yet coniecture The fourth sort of promises that make for my present purpose are these That God will stablish and confirme his Saints vnto the end that he will keepe them from euill and preserue them blamelesse euen vnto the comming of Christ from which this fourth argument will arise Those whom God himselfe hath promised for to establish and confirme vnto the end those whom he hath promised to keepe from euill and to preserue blamelesse euen to the comming of Iesus Christ it can not be that they should euer fall finally or totally from grace But God hath promised to all such as are once truly regenerated and ingrafted into Christ that hee will establish and confirme them vnto the end Psa 89 35 37. 1 Cor 1 8. Rom 16. 25. Ephes 3 18 Col 1 11. cap 2 5 6 7. 1 Thes 3 13. 2 Thes 2 17. cap 3 3. Ier 32 41. and Amos 9 15. which are expresse in point that he will keepe them from euill and preserue their soules and bodies holy and blamelesse euen to the comming of Iesus Christ. 2 Thes 3 3 the Lord is faithfull who shall stablish you and keepe you from euill 2 Tim 4 18 the Lord shall deliuer me from euery euill worke and preserne me to his heauenly kingdome 1 Cor 1 8. who shall confirme you to the end that ye may be blamelesse in the day of our Lord Iesus Christ and 〈◊〉 Thes 5 23 24. the very God of peace sanctifie you wholly I pray God your whole spirit and soule and body may be kept blamelesse vnto the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ faithfull is hee that calleth you who also will doe it God will establish and confirme vnto the end all such as are once truly regenerated and ingrafted into Iesus Christ 〈◊〉 will 〈◊〉 them from 〈◊〉 keep them blamelesse and h●…ly vnto the 〈◊〉 of our Lord Iesus Christ as these forecited Scriptures fully proue therfore it cannot be that they should euer fall finally or