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A57064	The lightless-starre, or, Mr. John Goodwin discovered a Pelagio-Socinian and this by the examination of his preface to his book entituled Redemption redeemed : together with an answer to his letter entituled Confidence dismounted / by Richard Resbury ... ; hereunto is annexed a thesis of that reverend, pious and judicious divine, Doctor Preston ... concerning the irresistibility of converting grace.	Resbury, Richard, 1607-1674.; Preston, John, 1587-1628. De gratia convertentis irresistibilitate.	1652 (1652)	Wing R1134; ESTC R18442	131,505	254

preveniency efficacy and peculiarity of Grace I shall shut up this Discourse with certaine determinations of the second Arausican Councell which Councell was held about the middle of the fifth Century Canon 3. If any man saith That the Grace of God may be conferr'd by Humane invocation but not that Grace it selfe makes that it be invoked by us he contradicts the Prophet Isaiah or the Apostle saying the same I was found of those that sought me not I appear'd openly to those who asked not for me Can. 4. If any man contends That God expects our will that we may be cleans'd from sinne but doth not confesse that by the infusion and operation of the Holy Ghost it is brought to passe in us that even we will be cleans'd he resists the Holy Ghost affirming by Salomon that the Will is prepared by the Lord and he resists the Apostle wholsomely preaching that It is God that workes in us to will and to doe according to his good pleasure Can. 5. If any man saith that as the increase so the beginning of faith and the very affection of beleeving by which we beleeve upon him who justifies the ungodly and come to the Regeneration of Baptisme is not in us by the gift of Grace that is by the inspiration of the Holy Ghost correcting our will from ●nfidelity to faith from ungodlinesse to godlinesse but naturally he is an Adversary to the Apostles determinations blessed Paul saying We are confident that he that hath begun this good worke in you will finish it untill the day of our Lord Iesus Christ and that to you it is given for Christ not only to beleeve but to suffer for him And yee are saved through faith and that not of your selves it is the gift of God For they that say that faith whereby we beleeve on God is naturall doe after a sort define all that are strangers to the Church of Christ to be Beleevers Can. 6. If any man saith That Mercy from God is bestowed upon us beleeving willing desiring endeavouring labouring watching caring asking seeking knocking without the Grace of God but doth not confesse that it is wrought in us by the infusion and inspiration of the Holy Ghost that we may beleeve will or be able to doe all these things as we ought to doe and doth subjoyne the ayde of Grace either to humility or mans obedience and doth not agree that it is the gift of Grace it selfe that we are obedient and humble he resists the Apostle saying What hast thou that thou hast not received and by the grace of God I am that I am Can. 7. If any man avouch That by the strength of Nature we can thinke any good that belongs to the Salvation of eternall life as we ought or that we can chuse or consent to the saving that is Evangelicall preaching without the illumination and inspiration of the Holy Ghost who gives unto all sweetnesse in consenting to and beleeving the truth he is deceived by an Hereticall spirit not understanding that voyce of God in the Gospel saying Without me yee can doe nothing and that of the Apostle Not that we are sufficient of our selves to thinke any thing as of our selves but our sufficiency is of God Can. 8. If any man contend That some may come to the grace of Baptisme by Mercy others by Free-will which as it is evident is depraved in all that are borne of the transgression of the first Man he is proved an Alien from the right faith for he doth not affirme that the free will of all men is weakned by the sinne of the first Man or certainly he thinkes it so hurt as that yet some may be able to search out the Mystery of eternall life by themselves without the revelation of God which how contrary it is the Lord himselfe proves who testifies not that some men but that no man can come unto him but whom the Father drawes As he saith likewise to Peter Blessed art thou Simon the son of Ionah for flesh and bloud hath not revealed this unto thee but my Father which is in heaven And the Apostle No man can say that Iesus Christ is the Lord but by the Holy Ghost Can. 9. It is of the gift of God both when we thinke rightly and keep our feet from falshood and unrighteousnesse for as often as we doe good God workes in us and with us to work Can. 10. The Divine ayde is alwayes to be implored even by the regenerate and the Saints that they may come to a good end or that they may abide in a good worke Can. 19. The nature of man though it should remaine in that integrity wherein it was Created yet could it in no wise keep it selfe without the ayde of the Creator whence since without the Grace of God it could not keep safe that health which it received how without the Grace of God shall it restore what it hath lost Can. 20. Many good things are done in man which man doth not but no good things doth man which God doth not make man to doe Can. 22. No man hath of his own but a lye and sin but if any man have truth and righteousnesse of that fountaine it is which we ought to thirst after in this wildernes that being as it were bedewed with some drops from it we may not ●aint by the way To the same purpose with these is the five and twentieth Canon which because it is something long and we have in these sufficient I forbear to transeribe CHAP. XII ANd now Reader thou mayest tax me for my prolixity in this Argument let me plead my excuse in a word or two 1. We shal be shorter in many other things hereafter which we may the better be because we have been so long here 2. Thou hast by this discourse something to recompence the length of it as 1. The severall states of the Pelagian heresie declared 2. The doctrine of naturall corruption how utterly impotent unto all saving good man is thereby dead in sin under the power of the devill altogether in the dark about averse from adverse to the things that according to the mystery of godlinesse accompany salvation 3. The doctrine of saving grace if thou beest any thing attentive thou mayst observe that 1 For the nature of it It is by the supernaturall operation of the spirit plainly of divine originall and extraction in opposition to what is naturall to fallen man 2 For the Subject of it that the Understanding is the subject of internall illumination by the holy ghost that the Will is the subject of renewing of regenerating of quickening of so●…ing of subduing of healing of rescuing of effectuall of determining of transforming of clean●ing of infranchising Grace 3 For the Distinctions of Grace First Prevenient and Subsequent that prevenient grace findes many unwilling and resisting makes him of unwilling willing of resisting obeying that subsequent Grace carries on what by prevenient Grace was begun in

Lord But nothing is so contrary to this intention as for any man so to boast of his merits as though he had done them to himselfe and not the Grace of God but that Grace which differenceth the good from the bad not that which is common to good and bad From Election many heare the word of truth some beleeve others gaine-say these therefore will beleeve these will not who knowes not this who denies But for as much as in some the will is prepared of the Lord in others it is not prepared verily we must distinguish what comes from his Mercy and what from his Judgement What Israel sought saith the Apostle he obtained not but the election hath obtained and the rest were blinded Behold Mercy and Judgement Mercy in the election which hath obtained the righteousnesse of God but Judgement upon the rest which were blinded and yet these because they would beleeved these because they would not did not beleeve therefore Mercy and Judgement are done even in the wills themselves for Election is of Grace not verily of Merits Therefore freely hath the Election obtained what it hath obtained there was not something of theirs that went before which they first gave and recompence was made to them for he saved them for nought but to the rest who were blinded as it is not there concealed retribution was made All the wayes of the Lord are Mercy and Truth but his wayes are unsearchable unsearchable therefore are his Mercy whereby he freely acquits and his Truth whereby he justly condemnes cap. 7. But haply they say the Apostle distinguisheth faith from workes and Grace he saith is not of workes he doth not say it is not of faith true but Christ saith Faith likewise is the worke of God Joh. 6. So therefore the Apostle distinguisheth Faith from Workes as in the two Kingdomes of the Hebrewes Iudah is distinguished from Israel when as yet Iudah is Israel for yee are saved by Grace through faith and that not of your selves it even faith is the gift of God and faith is not of workes lest any one should boast and all that the Father hath given me shall come unto me What is this shall come to me but shall beleeve in me but that it may be done the Father gives No man can come to me except the Father which hath sent me draw him And they shall all be taught of God and every one that hath heard of the Father and learned comes to me If every one that hath heard of the Father and learned comes truly who comes not hath not heard of the Father nor learned for had he heard and learned he would come Farre removed from the apprehensions of the flesh is this Schoole in which the Father is heard and teacheth to come to the Sonne There is likewise the Sonne himselfe because he himselfe is the Word of the Father whereby he so teacheth neither deales he with the eare of the flesh but of the heart there is together likewise the Spirit of the Father and the Sonne for neither doth he not teach nor doth he teach apart because we say the workes of the Trinity are inseparable and he is verily the Holy Ghost of whom the Apostle saith Having the same Spirit of faith Farre removed I say from the apprehensions of the flesh is this Schoole in which God is heard and teacheth we see many come to the Sonne because we see many beleeve in Christ but where and how they have learned this of the Father we see not verily this grace is secret but that it is grace who doubts This Grace therefore which by Divine bounty is after an hidden manner given unto the hearts of men is by no hard heart refused because it is therefore given that the hardnesse of the heart may first of all be removed when therefore the Father is inwardly heard and teacheth to come to the Sonne he takes away the stony heart and gives a heart of flesh as he promised by the Prophet Ezek. 36. for so doth he make the sonnes of the Promise and the Vessels of Mercy which he hath prepared unto glory why therefore doth he not teach all that they may come to Christ but because all whom he teacheth in mercy he teacheth but whom he teacheth not in Judgement he teacheth not because he will have mercy on whom he will have mercy and whom he will he hardens but he hath mercy bestowing good he hardens recompencing according to desert But why he teacheth not all the Apostle opens so farre as he thought fit to be opened Rom. 9. 22 23. Hence it is that the word of the Crosse is foolishnesse unto them that perish but to those that are saved the power of God All these God teacheth to come to Christ all these he will have saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth for if he would have taught those to come to Christ also to whom the word of the Crosse is foolishnesse without doubt even they had come too for he neither deceives nor is deceived who saith Every one that hath heard and learned of the Father comes to me farre be it therefore that any man should not come who hath heard and learned of the Father When therefore the Gospel is preached some beleeve some doe not beleeve but they that beleeve whilst the Preacher sounds without they heare and learne of the Father within but they that beleeve not they heare without not within neither doe they learne that is to the one it is given to beleeve to the other it is not given which afterwards is more openly spoken No man can come to me except it he given him of the Father Therefore to be drawne by the Father to Christ and to heare and learne of the Father is nothing else but to receive the gift of the Father whereby to beleeve in Christ. For he did not distinguish Hearers of the Gospell from no Hearers who said No man can come to me except it be given him of the Father but Beleevers from unbeleevers Faith therfore both begun and finished is the gift of God and that this gift is given to some and not given to all he cannot doubt who will not oppose most manifest holy Scriptures Chap. 12. When we come to little ones and to the Mediator betwixt God and man the Man Christ Jesus all assertion of humane merits going before the Grace of God falls to the ground because they are not distinguisht from the rest by any good preceding merits that they should belong to the deliverer of men nor he by any preceding humane merits when he is a man also was made the deliverer of men For Infants Originall sinne being by the Grace of God forgiven or by the Judgement of God not forgiven when they dye they either passe by Regeneration from an evill to a good state or by Originall corruption from an evill to an evill state And Lib. de bono persever