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A51262	Clavis aurea; or, a golden key: by which hidden and mystical scriptures are opened and explained Wherein is clearly discovered and asserted, the doctrine of the salvation of all men. Also the mystery of iniquity laid open, and the doctrine of freewill fully refuted; by proving, that sin is an infirmity. By Thomas Moor.	Moor, Thomas, fl. 1695-1697.	1695 (1695)	Wing M2608BA; ESTC R216357	21,064	33

Moses several times to Pharaoh commanding him to 〈◊〉 the People go yet at the same time he told Moses that he had hardned Pharaoh's Heart that he should not let the People go Many places of Scripture may be brought of the like nature But the Oppossers will not believe these things because they cannot comprehend them with their narrow and clouded Capacities But saith the Lord As the Heavens are higher than the Earth so are my Ways higher than your Ways and my Thoughts than your Thoughts Isa 55. 9. I would have thee to lay by all Rashness and seriously consider these things and the Lord enlighten thy Vnderstanding which is the Desire of thy Soul's Friend Thomas Moor. The Mystery of Iniquity laid open and the Doctrine of FREE-WILL fully refuted c. WHEN Almighty God made Man he gave him a Law which he had no sooner received but he broke and if Adam had had an equal power of Scanding or Falling he would have stood longer than he did but it pleased the Divine Wisdom to suffer him to fall that it might be made known by the Church the manifold Wisdom of God according to the eternal Purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord Eph. 3. 11 And it hath pleased God to hide this mystery from Man that is from the generality of Men now almost six thousand years for Ignorance will not have Sin an Infirmity but must of necessity be wilful and that it must lye in the power of the Creature to avoid sin or it cannot be a sin and if there be a power of avoiding sin then there is a power in the Creature of doing good but St. Paul tells us positively Rom. 7. 21. I find then a Law in my members that when I would do good evil is present with me to will is present with me but how to perform that which is good I find not Rom. 7. 18. And St. Paul in Eph. 1. 11. We have obtained an Inheritance being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the Councel of his own will So that if God worketh all things in us as is evident Philip. 2. 13. then is Man wholly Passive and not able of himself to do good or evil and then consequently sin is an Infirmity Objection In Gen. 6. 56. It is said that when God saw the wickedness of Man It repented him that he made Man and it grieved him at the very heart Answer The Scripture tells us of false Teachers that should deny the Lord that bought them 2 Pet. 2. 1. What Murders and other horrid sins have been and now are daily committed none can be ignorant of And what was foretold by Christ and his Apostles we may by Reading observe as the Murder of the Apostles a falling away from the Faith and the latter days to be perilous times and Men to be lovers of themselves more than lovers of God Blasphemers c. 2 Tim. 3. And yet for all this God continues Man upon the Earth therefore it is not for want of foresight in God but his seeing sin committed and punished that grieves him This was said to them in the Old World when they lived many hundreds of years and the longer they lived the more sin they commited and the more punishment they endured which when God beheld it grieved him and our Saviour in Mark 13. 20. saith That for the Elects sake whom he hath chosen which are the Children of the Promise he hath shortned the days Now God having chosen a method undoubtedly the best to set forth his Attributes that Man thereby might the better know Godand himself and that Man through misery here might be the more perfectly happy hereafter ordained sin and punishment to be inseparable And Man being made Flesh and Blood is a sign that he was intended to be subjected to sin and so consequently to punishment so long as he is on this side the Grave now seeing such great sins are daily committed and yet God continues Man upon the Earth it argues that these things were predestinated at first Unbelief is so great a sin that Damnation in Scripture is made the punishment for it yet unbelief is an Infirmity which our Saviour testified while he was upon the Cross in saying Father forgive them they know not what they do and sure'y he that prayed for them was both able and willing to Pardon them and as St. Paul said had they known it They would not have Crucified the Lord of Glory 1 Cor. 2. 8. For Israel had a Zeal to God Rom. 10. 1. and therefore would have done any thing for the best Nature is for its Interest in all it is Interest that makes the Turks so Zealous for their Mahomet and from asking our selves the question we may judge of them did they think it more beneficial to believe in Christ than in Mahomet they would certainly do it and the same may be said of the Jews So that this unbelief that is compelted on the Posterity of Israel cannot be said to be a punishment for their Forefathers unavoidable unbelief but there is a Mystery in it hid from the World which Mystery I have already laid open before in the first Book of the Salvation of all Men. True Faith we know is the Fountain of good VVorks since it works by Love especially if such a Faith as the Apostles had could be obtained being accompanied with assurance of Salvation So Unbelief is the Fountain of evil Works it makes us depart from the Living God Take heed least there be in you a heart of Vnbelief in departing from the Living God Heb. 3. 12. Unbelief makes us set our Affections on Things Below as on Pride Covetousness Revenge Lust c. All Discourses concerning Freewill in matter of Works are not so material then since Works good and bad are but the Rivers that run from those Fountains of Unbelief and Faith and good VVorks are no farther meritorious than they are signs of true Faith except it can be proved that we can be saved by VVorks without Faith What doth it profit my brethren tho a Man say he hath Faith and hath not Works can Faith save him James 2. 14. Faith without Works is dead verse 20. I will shew thee my Faith by my Works verse 18. Therefore Freewill as touching true Faith which works by Love is chiefly to be discourst and that Faith being obtained good Works will follow And though we cannot perform in good Works the intent of our mind that we desire to do yet God accepts the VVill for the Deed as Paul saith Rom. 7. 16. If then I do that which I would not I consent into the Law that it is good now then it is no more I that do it but sin that dweleth in me c. That Unbelief is compelled on Man we have already proved now of Adam's fall it is plain from Eph. 3. That God created all things to manifest his manifold VVisdom

Clavis Aurea OR A Golden Key By which Hidden and Mystical Scriptures are Opened and Explained WHEREIN Is clearly discovered and asserted the Doctrine of the Salvation of all Men. ALSO The Mystery of Iniquity laid open and the Doctrine of Freewill fully refuted by proving That Sin is an Infirmity By THOMAS MOOR I thank thee O Father Lord of Heaven and Earth because thou hast these things from the Wise and Prudent and hast revealed them to Babes Matth. 11. 25. LONDON Printed in the Year 1695. The Preface to the Reader Christian and Friendly Reader WHoever thou art that happens to meet with this little Treatise my earnest Desire to thee is that thou would'st suspend thy rash Censure of the Subject till thou hast throughly perused it over and over and begged the Assistance of God's Enlightning Spirit to understand aright and also consider the Concurrence of Scriptures and always be sure to magnify and not lessen the Infinite Love and Mercy of God who in all Ages even from the Creation of the World has kept this Mystery concealed only to some of his faithful Servants the Prophets and such as were endued with a large Portion of the Holy Spirit therefore St. Paul 1 Cor. 2. 14. saith The natural Man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God for they are Foolishness to him neither can he know them because they are spiritually discerned So that for want of this Spiritual Guide these Mysteries have laid hid but God by the Prophet Malachi in the 4th Chapter says that Elijah shall come before the great and dreadful Day and shall turn the Heart of the Fathers to the Children and the Heart of the Children to the Fathers least the Earth should by him be smitten with a Curse But many will have this dreadful Day to be the Destruction of Jerusalem but that cannot be since a heavy Curse was there inflicted and therefore not turn'd away But when Elijah here spoken of comes he shall unite all in Love and join all Hearts into one all shall be in Harmony then shall the Prophecy be fulfilled that the Knowledg of the Lord shall cover the Earth as the Waters cover the Sea And they shall sing that angelical Song Rev. 15. 4. Who shall not fear thee O Lord and glorify thy Name for thou only art holy for all Nations shall come and worship before thee Then shall that part Rev. 14. 6. be fulfilled That the Angel shall preach the everlasting Gospel to every Nation and Kindred and Tongue and People These things I write not for to get my self a Name or to broach a new Opinion but after many Years of Discontent in Spirit and weary Travels to several Vniversities and conversing in my Travels in several Nations without Satisfaction at last it pleased the Divine Will by the Assistance of his Holy Spirit to assist me As to the Manner I shall pass by It may be some will say this will be an Encouragement to Sin I answer that Faith which works by Love is the most true And besides what Person soever there be that once comes to the Truth and to be perswaded in the Truth of this Doctrine but will always be offering up himself to his Creator so far as he is capable This Doctrine will most certainly be the best for uniting all into a firm Love and fit all to meet Christ at his Second Coming Which is the earnest Desire of thy hearty Friend Thomas Moor. CLAVIS AUREA or a Golden Key By which Hidden and Mystical Scriptures are opened and explained c. THE Holy Apostle St. Paul being converted and sent to preach to the Gentiles and many of the Gentiles receiving his Doctrine and they seeing the Jews would not receive it he being doubtful whether the Gentiles should not exalt themselves above measure and triumph over the Jews by thinking that now the Jews had rejected and they had received the Gospel that the Jews should be eternally damned and they to be the only Heirs of Salvation But Paul to remove this great Mistake comes and discovers the greatest of Mysteries to the Gentiles by telling them that altho the Jews were for a time excluded and they only to be of the Visible Church of Christ yet the Jews were not excluded Salvation and Paul says he hath declared all the Counsel of God Acts 20. 27. So that from Paul's Words I have deduced my Doctrine which I call a GOLDKN KEY and by which I prove the Salvation of all Men. And first I consider Romans 11. 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 and 33 verses The Words are these 25. For I would not Brethren that you should be ignorant of this Mystery lest you should be wise in your own conceit that Blindness in part is happened unto Israel until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in 26. And so all Israel should be saved as 't is written there shall come out of Sion the Deliverer and shall turn away Vngodliness from Jacob. 27. For this is my Covenant unto them when I shall take away their Sins 28. As concerning the Gospel they are Enemies for your sakes but as touching the Election they are beloved for the Father's sake 29. For the Gifts and Callings of God are without Repentance 30. For as ye in Times past have not believed God yet have now obtained Mercy through their Vnbelief 31. Even so have these also now not believed that through yo●● Mercy they also may obtain Mercy 32. For God hath concluded them all in Vnbelief that ●● might have Mercy upon all 33. O the depth of the Riches both of the Wisdom and knowledg of God! how unsearchable are his Judgments and his Ways past finding out EXPOSITION The Words Blindness in part can signify no other than part of Israel are Unbelievers Since in the 28th verse ●●● apparent that their Unbelief is so great that it makes them Enemies to the Gospel Here we are to observe also that since the Jews unbelief is to continue till the fulness of the Gentiles be come in Let us see how St. Paul came to know that the Jews unbelief should continue so long which will explain the word happen Blindness in part hath happened unto Israel Certainly we must grant this that seeing St. Paul foretold so long before that this Blindness which was happened to Israel and should continue till the fulness of the Gentiles that is till the Jews are called this Unbelief was determined by God and revealed to Paul by the Holy Ghost And this is confirmed in the 32d Verse that God hath concluded them all in Vnbelief that he might have Mercy upon all But some may say When is the fulness of the Gentiles I answer When the Jews are called the fulness of the Gentiles are come in and not before as Paul notes in the 25th verse Blindness in part hath happened unto Israel until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in Again Jerusalem shall be trodden down of