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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34599	A conference Mr. John Cotton held at Boston with the elders of New-England 1. concerning gracious conditions in the soule before faith, 2. evidencing justification by sanctification, 3. touching the active power of faith : twelve reasons against stinted forms of prayer and praise : together with the difference between the Christian and antichristian church / written by Francis Cornwell ...	Cotton, John, 1584-1652.; Cornwell, Francis.	1646 (1646)	Wing C6335; ESTC R17280	52,817	177

there needâ—th no preparation the almighty â—ower of God calleth them to be his people that were not his people 1 Pet. 2. 10. And by calling them to be so hee maketh them to bee so Rom. 9. 25 26. As hee saith inHosea I will call them My people which were not my people and her Beloved which was not beloved Verse 26. And it shall come to passe that in the place where it is said unto them Yee are not my people there shall they be called The children of the living God While Satan the strong man keepeth the house Christ the stronger cometh upon him and bereaveth him of his armour and divideth the spole Luke 11. 21 22. Wee are dead to our first husband the Law by the body of Christ Rom. 7. 4. and therefore it is by the vertue of Christs death we have fellowship with Christ and that giveth the deadly stroak unto our first husband The second Question WHether a man may evidence his justification by his sanctification The state of the Question is thus unfolded First To take a mans sanctification for an evident cause or ground of his justification is flat Popery Secondly To take a mans sanctification for an evident cause or ground of that faith whereby hee is justified is utterly unsafe for faith is built upon Jesus the Christ the head corner stone Ephes 2. 20. Mat. 16. 16. and not upon works A good work floweth from faith not faith from them Thirdly To take common sanctification that is such a reformation and a change of life as floweth from a spirit of bondage restraining from sin and constraining unto duty and sometimes accompanied with enlargement and comforts in duty yet without the sense and feeling of the need of Christ and before union with him to take such a sanctification for an evident signe of justification is to build upon a false and sandy foundation Fourthly That when a man hath first attained assurance of his faith of his justification by the witnesse of the Spirit of Christ in a free promise of grace made to him in the bloud of Christ Acts 13. 38 39. hee may discern and take his sanctification as a secondary witnesse or an evident signe or effect of his justification The Question being thus stated I propound the Question thus Whether a man may gather the first evidence or assurance of his faith of his justification by his sanctification Wee hold in the Negative part The first Argument As Abraham came to the first assurance of his justification so wee and all that beleeve as Abraham did for hee is made a patterne to us in point of justification Rom. 4. 23. Now it was not written for his sake alone that it was imputed to him V. 24. But for us also to whom it shall be imputed if we beleeve on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead V. 25. Who was delivered for our offences and raised againe for our justification But Abraham came to his first assurance of his sanctification not from any promise made thereunto but from a free promise of grace Rom. 4. 18. Who against hope beleeved in hope that hee might become the father of many nations according to that which was spoken So shall they seed be V. 19. And being not weak in faith he considered not his own body now dead when he was above an hundred yeares old neither the deadnesse of Sarahs wombe Vers 20. He staggered not at the promise of God through unbeliefe but was strong in faith giving glory to God Vers 21. And being fully perswaded that what hee had promised hee was able to performe Vers 22. And therefore it was imputed unto him for righteousnesse The promise was absolute and free So shall thy seed be as the stars of heaven this hee beleeved with full assurance of faith resting onely on the faithfulnesse and grace and power of him that promised Rom. â— 21. Therefore wee and all the children of Abraham come to our first assurance of our Justification not from our Sanctification or from any promise made thereunto but â—â—om the free promise of grace The secoud Arguwent No man can take his assurance of the faith of his Iustification But as God will declare and pronounce him righteous in Christ Iesus But God will not declare and pronounce us righteous in Christ upon the sight and evidence of our sanctification Therefore we cannot take the assurance of the faith of our Iustification from the sight and evidence of our sanctification The Assumption is proved thus If God justifieth us that is declareth and pronounceth us to bee righteous he doth then declare his owne righteousnesse that he might be just Then he doth not declare us to be righteous in Christ upon the sight and evidence of our sanctification which is a righteousnesse of our owne But when God justifieth us that is first declareth us and pronounceth us to be righteous he doth declare his owne righteousnesse that he might be just Therefore he doth not first pronounce and declare us righteous upon sight and evidence of our sanctification which is a righteousnesse of our owne The proofe of the Proposition It will not stand with the righteousnesse of God to declare and pronounce a man just upon the sight of such an imperfect righteousnesse as our best sanctification is And therefore when God declareth and pronounceth us righteous He doth it not upon any sight of any sanctification or righteousnesse of ours But onely upon the sight of the perfect righteousnesse of Christ imputed unto us The proofe of the Assumption That when God justifieth us that is when he first declareth and pronounceth us to be righteous he doth declare his own righteousnesse that he might be just as Paul speaketh Rom. 3. 26. and the justifier of him which beleeveth on Jesus And it is the speech of David that when God declareth himselfe to bee just hee declareth onely the sinnefulnesse of the Creature Psal 51. 4. The third Argument If the promise be made sure of God unto faith out of grace Then it is not first made sure to faith out of works But the promise is made sure of God to faith out of grace Rom. 4. 5. to him that worketh not but beleeveth on him that justifieth the ungodly his faith is accounted for righteousnesse Therefore the promise is not made sure to faith out of works From the opposition of Grace and Works Rom. 11. 6 Aud if by grace then it is no more of workes otherwise grace is no more grace The opposition standeth not onely betweene grace and workes but beweene grace and the merits of works now no man ascribeth the assurance of faith in the promise to the merits of works The opposition standeth not only betweene grace and the merits of works but between grace and the debt due to workes For so the Apostle Paul expresseth it Rom. 4. 4. Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of graco but of debt If

learned saying Read this I pray thee Anâ— hee saith I am not learned Esay 29. 11 12 So that it is not in him that is learned noâ— in him that is unlearned to discover the mystery of iniquity by which Antichrisâ— hath filled the Temple so full of smoak that no man can see how to enter into it untiâ— God enlighten him which caused the Lord Jesus in the dayes of his flesh to break out into an Eucharistia of praise looking on his Disciples I thank thee O Father Lord of heaven and earth that thou hast hid these things from the wise and learned and hast revealed them unto babes Even so O Father because it seemed good in thy sight Mat. 11. 25 26. That the whole glory in discovering of truth to any might be given unto God Thirdly Know gentle Reader who art a searcher after truth in these inquiring times that the Publisher wrote this Treatise to discover that the difference lieth not so much amongst us in point of Baptisme as it is about the Doctrine of the Faith of Jesus the Christ the Sonne of God which whosoever beleeveth and confesseth that Jesus the Christ is the Son of God it is lawfull to baptize him Act. 8. 36 37 38. And to which Faith of Jesus the Christ and Baptisme the promise of receiving the gifts of the holy Spirit is given Act. 2. 38 39. And though for publishing this mystery of Faith which hath been hidden for some Ages and Generations that are past hee suffer reproach and contempt from the hands and tongues of some yet if the will of God be so it is better hee suffer for well-doing then for evill Yet the love that hee beareth to the loyall Covenanters in the Nation constraineth him to doe it rather then his Country-men should ever remaine in blindnesse under the power of Antichrist Thine who is the unworthiest of all the servants of Christ who is content it should be said of his good name that is as a precious oyntment as Luther said of Moses his body Let it die and rot so God may be glorified and Jesus the Christ exalted in all his royall Offices FRAN. CORNWELL A DESCRIPTION Of the Spirituall TEMPLE THe Spirituall Temple of the New Testament the New Jerusalem which came downe from heaven the Bride prepared for the Lambe the Lord Jesus the Christ Revel 21. 2. may not be unfitly compared to the materiall Temple of Jerusalem in the letter whose foundation stone was of earth whose materials were hewen stones compacted into one edifice or Temâ—le the furniture thereof was an Altar a Sacrifice and a Priesthood who were made after the law of a carnall Commandement Heb. 7. 16. which was typicall and was not to continue for ever but onely to the time of Reformation and then the glory of it should vanish away In which materiall Temple none must come thither to worship but the circumcised Jewes and Proselytes for the uncircumcised and unclean were an abomination and must not enter in at the gates thereof Ezek. 44. 6 7. And for the defects the people of Israel and Judah committed in their worship so long as they continued in their integrity the high Priest went once every yeare into the Holy of Holiest and that not without bloud to offer up for himselfe and for the errours of the people Heb. 9. 7. Yea and great were the priviledges that belonged to the Jewish Church To them saith Paul pertained the adoption and the glory and the Covenants and the giving of the Law and the service of God and the promises Who are the fathers and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came who is over all God blessed for ever Amen Rom. 9 4 5. But Christ being come an high Priest of good things to come by a greater and a more perfect Tabernacle not made with hands that is to say not made of this building Heb. 9. 11. reareth up a spirituall structure or house 1. Whose Foundation was the living stone who hath life in himselfe Jesus the Christ 1 Cor. 3. 11. Seeing other foundation no man can lay save that is laid Jesus the Christ 1 Pet. 2. 4. For there is salvation in none other Acts 4. 12. 2. The spirituall Materialls are such as are borne of water and of the Spirit Joh. 3. 5. Who are they which are born of the Spirit Such men and women as through a Gospel Ministry are brought to beleeve and manifest by their confession that Jesus who was crucified dead and risen is the Christ is borne of God 1 Joh. 5. 1. For no man can say that is confesse that Jesus is the Lord but by the holy Spirit and being born of water they are manifested to be lively stones that have received life from Jesus the Christ the living stone 1 Pet. 2. 4. and fit spirituall materialls to be set into the spirituall house 1 Pet. 2. 5. 3. What is the Forme of this spirituall house Union They which gladly received the word were baptized and were added unto the Church and so were compacted into one spirituall house whereof Jesus the Christ is Lord Heb. 3. 6. But Christ as a Sonne over his owne house whose house are we if wee hold fast the confidence and the rejoycing of the hope firme unto the end And these continued stedfastly in the Apostles doctrine and fellowship in breaking of bread and prayers c. Act 2. 41 42. The Furniture of this spirituall â—ouse of the new Testament whereâ—f Jesus the Christ is the King Priest â—nd Prophet is a Priesthood Saâ—rifice and an Altar but all spiriâ—â—all First The Priests whether they â—e Male or Female they are all â—ne in Christ Gal. 3. 28. Yea every â—ember of this spirituall house are â—ade Kings and Priests to God the Faâ—her Revel 1. 6. Yea and the whole Church united into a body is a choâ—â—n Generation a royall Priesthood an â—oly Nation a peculiar People that they â—â—ould shew forth the vertues of him that hath called them out of darknesse into â—is marvellous light Which in times â—ast were not a â—eople but are now the people of God 1 Pet. 2. 9 10. Secondly The Sacrifices that â—â—ese Priests offer are all spiriâ—uall 1. The first is Prayer which the â—pirit of Christ formeth in the heart â—f a beleever whereby hee layeth â—pen all his spirituall and temporall wants unto God his Father in the name and mediation of Jesus Christ through whom hee hath received a promise to bee heard and to have his request granted Joh. 16. 23 24. 2. Secondly Praise is a spirituall sacrifice offered up unto God continually that is the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name Heb. 13. 15. Which is done by praising God in Psalmes and Hymnes and spirituall Songs which the Spirit oâ— Christ formeth in us to sing and make melody in our hearts to thâ— Lord Ephes 5. 19. Col. 3. 16. What is a Psalme It is a rehearsall of those

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