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A90832	The vindication of Christ and his ordinances from the corrupt and false glosses made thereon by the subtil and deceivers of these times. By Christopher Pooly, minister of the word at great Missingham, in Norfolk.	Pooly, Christopher, 1575 or 6-1653.	1652 (1652)	Wing P2860; Thomason E682_1; ESTC R206797	181,996	208

decreed of God before God for the justification and salvation of the elect before the world That man himself doth not nor can do the work of the holy Law and commandement of God that is good before God and Positi 3. acceptable to God as it is mans work That Christ doth in man all that is done good and righteous before God by his holy Spirit sent to man of grace making his Elect fitted instrements thereof as he pleaseth There are Antipositions made to these namely to the form as followeth First although all times things and acts were present with God before the world yet they were not alike present God seeth things as they are difference of time and circumstance adhering he seeth election before time justification in time and remission of sin after it is commited He seeth not these ab aeterno Answ I take it if all times things and acts were present with God before the world there is neither past nor future time no difference of time and circumstance before God although to man there seemeth difference of time and circumstance as past present and future God seeth and knoweth al things as present to him election justification remission of sin whensoever committed although those and other things are not in mans sight estimation until they are manifested and then as they are manifested Gods will and his acts before himself are together unchangeable The gifts Rom. 11. ●9 and calling of God are without repentance And the gifts which God giveth to the creatures were not unknown and undecreed of God to the creature untill such time as they did appeare manifested to the creature neither is the creature uncalled of God before him until his calling be manifested to man the Apostle Paul maketh it clear to be before God before the world Those saith he which God knew before those also he predestinated to Rom. 8. 19 30. be made like to the image of his Son And whom he predestinated them also he called and whom he called them also he justified and whom he justified them also he glorified The Apostle doth not say that those which God knew before the world he would afterward predestinate he would afterward call afterward justifie afterward glorifie But he saith those which he knew before the world he predestinated called justified and glorified them before himself unchangable although these do not appear and are manifested to the creature till fulnesse of time The second Antiposition is That man not having the Spirit may and can do Morall works yea good Morall works before God and that man having the Spirit can do Morall good works much more yea and spirituall also by the instrumentall assistance of the Spirit Answ I take it the Scribes and Pharisees did Morall good works before men as fair in mans sight as any other then or sithence but I do not find them said to be as good and righteous be or● God And I take it if the Spirit be only an instrumentall assistance to them which have the Spirit so Christ is at the will and disposition of man as the instrument is at the disposition of the workman and to be procured by mans art and power to be his instrumentall assistant a great dishonor to Christ Paul called himself Rom. 1. 1. a servant and instrument of Jesus Christ but he never called Christ his instrument or servant The third Antiposition is That man having the Spirit hath inherent sanctification and holinesse in himself and may bring forth and do the works of holinesse as the Agent thereof righteous in the sight of God And this Position they say the words of Christ uphold which say Except your righteousnesse exceed the righteousnesse of the Scribes and Phraisees ye shall not enter into the Kingdome of heaven Mat. 5. 20. This exceeding righteousnesse to be had to enter into the Kingdome say they is the inherent holinesse and righteousnesse which they have which have the Spirit by the sanctification of the Spirit Answ But I take it the exceeding righteousnesse to be had of those which enter into the Kingdome of heaven spoken of by Christ is the righteousnesse of Christ by imputation to his Elect Believers not the inherent supposed righteousnesse in themselves which they have by the sanctification of the Spirit whereby they say they are inabled to do the works of holinesse and righteousnesse as the Agent thereof before God For the Apostle saith alledging David for a witnesse That man is the blessed man that is to enter into the Kingdom of heaven unto whom the Lord imputeth righteousnesse without works And that further to uphold inherent righteousnesse and holinesse in man by the sanctification of the Spirit do further alledge the Apostle which saith to the believing Corinthians neither unrighteous men nor fornicators idolaters adulterers wantons buggerers thieves covetous drunkards railers nor extortioners shall enter Cor. 6. 9. 10 11. into the Kingdome of heaven and such were some of you but ye are washed ye are sanctified ye are justified in the name of the Lord Iesus and by the Spirit of our God He saith they were now washed sanctified and justified by the Spirit Answ But I take it this doth not prove although these believing Corinthians were washed now sanctified and justified now in their own knowledge and light in the name of Jesus and in the Spirit of our God when God gave the light to them that they were not washed sanctified and justified before this in the sight of God by Jesus Christ the Lamb slain from the beginning Nor doth it prove that they had now inherent holinesse and righteousnesse in themselves to do the works of holinesse and righteousnesse before God at that time I take it Believers have still inherent corruption and sin in themselves which corruption is in every part and parcell of soul and body as the Apostle of Christ saith A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump 1 Cor. 5. 6 If they had inherent holinesse and righteousnesse in themselves in every part of soul and body the same would expell them from corruption and so there should be no corruption and sin in Believers for two contraries are not in one subject together at the same time if it be light it is not dark if it be cold there is not heat inherent When a stronger then the strong man cometh saith Christ he taketh away the strong mans armor dispossesseth him and divideth the spoils Luke 11. 21 22. But of the operation of the Spirit in Believers and of the mortification and sanctification of the Spirit it is said more afterward We find it recorded in Scripture that Moses Lot Reuben and the rest of the Patriarches Iob Moses Aaron David Peter c. after they had the Spirit had corruption which brought forth sin mentioned and no doubt but other sin not mentioned in them And I take it Doctrine of inherent holinesse and righteousness in man by the sanctification

Christ saith in earnest of himselfe and all Believers In many things we sin all and all the evill Jam. 3. 2 which I would not that I do meaning in the body And againe by the works of the Law shall no flesh be justified by no works done in the body Rom. 7. 15 And againe the Law maketh nothing perfect meaning holy and righteous in the sight of God And again If perfection had been by the Rom. 3. 20 Law what need had there been of Christ saith the Apostle And so Heb. 7. 19. because from hence with the other forecited Scriptures It must necessarily follow that no man neither Believers nor Unbelievers Heb. 7. 11 shall be justified saved and inherit the Kingdome of Heaven Therefore they adde that God hath his Book wherein he hath the number of all the sins and good deeds of men as Job speakes Thou hast numbred my steps and dost not delay my sins And God hath the Job 14. 16. Ballance of his Sanctuary wherein he shall weigh the sins of men as he commanded the Prophet to cut off the numberlesse haires of his head signifying the sinnes of the People and weigh them in the Ballance And God charged Moses that hee should do justly in judgement Ezek. 5. 1. according to line weight and measure which no doubt he doth Lev. 19. 35 and will ever doe himself And God cried woe to the Scribes and Pharises for omitting the weighty matters of the Law whereby it appeareth that God weigheth and will weigh the workes of his Law done by Mat. 23. 23 men And as God shall finde at the time of his judgement the sinnes of men Believers or Unbelievers to be in his arithmeticall account more or lesse then his righteous and good deeds and in his geometricall account as he shall find his good deeds weighty or lighter then his evill done in the body so he shall give to every man as his worke shall be every man shall receive according to that he hath done in the body whether it be good or evill Yet say they It is the Justice of God which is alwayes mixt with mercy That to the man whose good deeds overcome his bad the good reward should be given unto him and that hee should receive the same which the Apostle proveth in plaine words say they To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the Tree of Life which is in the midst of the Paradice of God See more Rev. 2. 17. and Rev. 2● 7 3. 21. And therefore say they the Apostle adviseth Believers to provide that they may overcome when they are judged and to overcome evill with that goodnesse And this say they is according to Rom. 3. 4 Rom. 12. 2● the proportion of Justice shewed of God to men and practized of the wisest To give the Crown and reward according to the greater voyce And likewise that the reward of evill should be given accordingly unto him whose evill deeds overcome his good in Gods said account And yet further they adde because the Apostle saith the unjust shall not inherit the Kingdome of Heaven That the man which overcometh in the number and weight of his good deeds because Rev. 14. 13 the works of every man followeth as the Apostle saith his works follow him They and their workes must before they shall inherit Heaven go through Purgatory The evill of the workes must be burnt and themselves purged with the fire of purgatory which 1 Cor. 3. 13. 15 they confirmed by the words of the Apostle It shall be revealed by fire The fire shall try every mans worke of what sort it is but hee shall be safe himselfe yet as it were by fire And they adde further that whereas some of the sinnes of Believers are not unto death called veniall sinnes which are to be prayed and offer pardon for upon repentance and for repentance thereof as the Apostle saith there is a sin which is not unto death for which let him aske and God shall give him Life for the sinnes which 1 Joh. 5. 16 are not unto death And there is a sinne unto death called mortall sinne I say not that thou shouldst pray for it for pardon or repentance All unrighteousnesse is sin but there is a sin not unto death They are For the veniall sins sins not unto death of Believers which they or other have prayed for and repented of Life is given already as purged those sinnes are done away and come not to account of number and weight But onely the mortall sinnes and the veniall sinnes of Believers unprayed for and unrepented of But I take it such as these erre not knowing the Scriptures unto whom the Gospell is hid For although all shall appeare before the judgement Seat give account and receive according to their workes done in the body good or evill yet all shall not appeare alike give account alike c. The Gospell is that believers shall appeare by and with their advocate 1 Joh. 2. 2. Jesus Christ the righteous we have an Advocate with the Father 1 Joh. 2. 1. 2 Jesus Christ the righteous and he is the propitiation for our sins The Believers shall appeare as vessells of honour The Believers shall appeare in glory when Christ shall appeare wee shall also appeare in Rom. 9. 21 glory Collos 3. 4 Believers shall appeare with boldnesse as Lyons The righteous shall be bold as Lyons Pro. 28. 1. Christ is their Judge and Advocate and Mediator for their sinnes Eph. 3. 12 as he was the Sacrifice and Sacrifices None shall lay any thing to their charge for it is Christ their Judge that justifieth them 1 Joh. 2. 1. 2 But Unbelievers and Reprobates shall appeare naked clothed Rom 8. 33 with nothing but the Fig Leaves or the unavailable workes of the Law by themselves without any advocate to plead for them or Rev. 3. 17. maketheir peace As vessells of dishonour with shame and reproofe In feare and trembling having sinne the Law the Divell death and Isa 53. 6 Hell all against them laying those which they have done in the body to their charge So Believers shall give account by their undertaker their advocate Jesus Christ the righteous which is the propitiation for their Collos 2. 14 sinnes upon whom God hath laid all their iniquities and which hath taken their infirmities upon him which hath put out the hand writing of Ordinances that was against them he even tooke it out of the way and fastened it upon his Crosse of whose Soule God did see the travell and Esa 53. 11 was satisfied with it for their sins of his Elect to their justification for he shall beare their iniquities saith the Prophet is discharged and satisfied and nothing is to be ●aid 〈◊〉 the charge of Gods Elect Christ is the Account and the Accounter for Believers But infidels and reprobates must and shall account