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A04540	A Christian plea conteyning three treatises. I. The first, touching the Anabaptists, & others mainteyning some like errours with them. II. The second, touching such Christians, as now are here, commonly called Remonstrants or Arminians. III. The third, touching the Reformed Churches, with vvhom my self agree in the faith of the Gospel of our Lord Iesus Christ. Made by Francis Iohnson, pastour of the auncient English Church, now sojourning at Amsterdam in the Low Countreyes.	Johnson, Francis, 1562-1618.	1617 (1617)	STC 14661; ESTC S107828	395,581	331

the latter that are not at all any causes of the former Rom. 8 29 30. 1 Pet 1 2 18 19 20. and 2 6 10. Mat. 11 25 26. Act. 13 48. and 14 16. Psal 81 12. Esa 29 10. Rom. 11 2 5 10.33 36. Some testimonies of auncient Writers Iustine Martyr saith God is not in the cause that such as are predestinate are unjust vvhether Angels or men but everie one by his owne fault is such a one as he shall appeare Iustin Martyr in Dialogo cum Tryphone Iudaeo Augustine saith They seek to know the causes of the will of God when as the will of God is it self the cause of al things that are For if the wil of God haue a cause then there is some thing that goeth before the will of God which is wicked to beleeue August tom 1. lib. 1. de Genes contra Manichaeos cap. 2. And moreover In them that were not yet borne and as yet had not done any thing there could not be any regard of deserts c. But if it be said that their conversation to come made the difference in the judgment of God then surely that shal be made of no effect vvhich the Apostle spake before saying Not of works Rom. 9 11. But seeing he saith generally Not of works there he vvould also haue vvorks past and to come to be understood to wit works past which were none at all and works to come which vvere not as yet Ibid. tom 7. lib. de Predest Gratia cap. 7. And again Hovv then said he unto these you are not of my sheep Ioh. 10 26. Because he savv that they vvere predestinate to eternall destruction not prepared to life eternall by the ransome of his blood Ibid. tom 9. tractat in Iohannem 48. Isidorus also saith There is a double or tvvo fold Predestination eyther of the elect unto rest or of the reprobate unto death Isidor de summo bono lib. 2 cap. 6. And Fulgentius saith The vvicked are predestinate unto the second death of the soule that is to the lake of fyer and brimstone Fulgent ad Monimum lib. 1. cap. 27. And hitherto concerning Gods decree of Election Reprobation CHAPTER III. Touching generall Redemption VVHether Christ haue not by his death according to the counfess and decree of God redeemed onely the elect from their sinnes and from the vvrath of God due thereunto and not all and every one in the vvorld none excepted therefrom Esa 53 ch compared with Rom. 8 33 34. 1 Thes 1 10. Psal 16 2 3 4. c. vvith Act. 2 25 36. Matt. 1 21. and 26 28. vvith Dan. 9 24 27. 1 Cor. 5 7. vvith Exod. 12 3 11 12 13 14. Joh. 10 15. Ephes 1 4 14. and 5.23.25 Tit. 2 13 14. Heb. 2 10 17. and 9 22 24 28. and 13 20. 1 Pet. 1 2 3 4 18 21. Revel 21 27. 1. Because they that are redeemed from their sinnes by the death of Christ are also delivered from the wrath to come and in Christ are justified quickned and begotten again to a living hope by his resurrection from the dead to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that fadeth not away being reserved in heauen for us 1 Thes 1.10 Rom. 8.33.34 and 4.25 vvith Esa 53 chap. and Ephes 2.5.6 1 Pet. 1.2.3.4 Which grace is peculiar onely to the elect and not to all in the vvorld whosoever As appeareth by the Scriptures here noted before in the generall Position and many other the like in the vvord of God 2. The Prophets teach us that the righteousnes which novv Christ hath brought in is an everlasting righteousnes vvhereas that vvhich Adam had at the first was quickly lost and foone gone Dan. 9.24 vvith Eccles 7.29 Psal 49.12.20 And the Apostles teach us that the Redemption which Christ hath obteyned for us by his death is an eternall Redemption Eternall I say not onely in respect of the typicall or temporall Redemption and reconciliation made by the Priests in Israell but also in regard of the fruit and benefit vvhereof the redeemed are in deed made partakers to eternall righteousnes and salvation by Iesus Christ Heb. 9.12 vvith ver 24 28. and Dan. 9.24 27. Rom. 8.23.29.30 Luk. 21 28. Psal 16.3 11 and 130.7.8 Ezec. 43.18 27. vvith Hebr. 1.3.14 and 2.5 9.10.11 17.18 and 4.14.15.16 and 5.9.10 and 6.17 20. and 10.14 and 13.10.11.12.20.21 Ephes 1.4.7.14 1 Pet. 5.10 1 Cor. 1.30.31 Where yet further to this end may be considered how the Scripture speaking of our Redemption doth by this word sometimes meane the price and raunsome which Christ hath payed answered for us unto God sometimes our full enjoyning of the fruit effect thereof in eternall glorie Ephes 1 7.14 1 Cor. 1 30. 1 Pet. 1 18 19. vvith Luk. 21 28. Rom. 8.23 Like as the word Regeneration may sometimes be understood of our nevv birth that is begun in this life sometimes of our whole and full renevving to the enjoying of eternall glorie in the life to come Tit. 3 5. and Iohn 3 3. 1 Pet. 1 3 4. vvith Mat. 19 28. and Act. 3 21. 2 Pet. 3 13. Wherein we may also obserue how they which are partakers of the one shal likevvise be partakers of the other As vvhom the Lord once loveth and accepteth in his beloved Sonne Iesus Christ them he loveth to the end Rom. 8 37 38 39. and 9 11 13. vvith Mal. 1 2. Ephes 1 5 6. and 5 2 25 27. Ier. 31 3. and Iohn 13 1. and 15 13. vvith 10 15 16 17 27 28. So as then if all and every one in the vvorld without exception of any be redeemed by the death of Christ it vvould follow that all should be saved having an eternall righteousnes and redemption and being made partakers of the loue of God and regeneration to eternall life And so the Reprobate should be redeemed and saved asvvell as the elect and the unrepentant unbelevers most vvicked in the world should be partakers of eternall redemption righteousnes and salvation by Christ asvvell as the repentant and the beleevers and most godly that ever vvere Which is against the vvhole course of the Scriptures throughout 3. Besides that such generall redemption cannot stand vvith that uncessant and unreconciliable enmity which God himself upon the fall of man did put between the seed of the serpent the seed of the vvoman Gen. 3 15. By the seed of the serpent I understand with † Piscat in Gen. 3 15. c. others the wicked reprobate who are of their father the divell as Christ shevveth Iohn 8 44. and by the seed of the vvoman Christ himself specially and in Christ al the faithfull elect that come of that our first mother Eva there spoken off 1 Joh. 3 7 8 9. Heb. 2 11.14 15. Rom. 16 20. Gal. 4 4 5. 1 Cor. 15 54 57. Novv if synce the fall Christ hath redemed all in the vvorld whosoever euen the wicked and reprobate then

5 21. and 5 1 10 11. 1. Because the graces and fruits aforesaid namely the spirit of adoption faith in Iesus Christ with the fruits thereof are certain pledges and assurances of Gods eternall election unto salvation as hath ben shewed before pag. 222. Novv as God himself so his decree and loue toward his elect for salvation is unchangeable therefore it cannot be that those vvhom he hath chosen unto life eternall should by him again for ever be rejected and become reprobate unto condemnation and so to fall utterly from the Lord to be deprived for ever of his quickning spirit and saving faith in Iesus Christ Mal. 3 6. and Exod. 3 14 15. Jam. 1 17. Heb. 6 17 18 19 20. Mat. 24 24 31 34. 1 Sam. 15 29. Psal 102 13 14 27 28. Ier. 31 3. Joh. 13 1. compared with 2 Cor. 1 19 22. Rom. 8 15.16 Gal. 4 6. and 5 22 23. Ephes 1 3 14. Phil. 1 6. Tit. 1 1 2. Rom. 8 29 39. 2 Els it vvould follow eyther that such were not the Lords giuen unto Christ or that the Lord is overtaken and deceived in his decree election of grace or not able to preserue them by his grace power to eternall life but that they vvhich are his sheep for whom Christ layd dovvne his life might notvvithstanding perish and be plucked out of his hands Contrarie to the doctrine of Christ Mat. 24 24 31 35. Ioh. 3 8 14 15 16. and 5 24. and 6 35 37 39 40 56 57 58. and 10 15 27 28 29. And contrarie to his prayer Ioh. 17 20.24 with 14 16. Contrarie also to the doctrine of the Prophets and Apostles Esa 54 9 10. and 55 3. with Act. 13 34. Jer. 31 31 37. and 32 40. Habak 2 2 3 4. with Rom. 1 16 17. and 4.20 25. and 8.29.30 1 Pet. 1.3 4 5. 1 Iohn 5.4.13.18 Revel 13.8 and 21.27 and 22.6 9. And contrarie to their assured perswasion recorded for our instruction and comfort in the Scriptures vvhen they say I know that my Redeemer liveth and that he shal stand at the latter day upon the earth c. Job 19 25. And againe I know whom I haue beleeved and I am perswaded that he is able to keep that which I haue committed unto him against that day 2 Tim. 1 12. And vvhen the Apostle speaketh of all the elect saying Who shall lay any thing to the charge of Gods elect It is God that justifieth who is he that condemneth It is Christ that dyed yea rather that is risen again who is euen at the right hand of God who also maketh intercession for us Who shall separate us from the loue of Christ Shall tribulation or distresse or persecution or famine or nakednes or perill or sword c. Nay in al these things vve are more then conquerours through him that loved us For I am perswaded that neither death nor life nor Angels nor principalities nor powers nor things present nor things to come nor height nor depth nor any other creature shal be able to separate us from the loue of God which is in Christ Iesus our Lord. Rom. 8 33 39. 3. Neyther els could vve in this life haue assurance of salvation in Christ but should still be wavering and in doubt and so be left without sound comfort in the midst of the manifold tentations and afflictions of this life Like as cometh to passe by the erroneous doctrine of the Papists in this and other like points of their religion Contrarie also to the assured promise of God the true nature of faith and the gracious testimonie of Gods spirit and fruits thereof in us Besides the examples of such as are recorded in the Scriptures to haue had assurance of salvation and of perseverance to the end As vvas shewed in some examples here before Psal 119.49.50 and 56.3.4.9 13. and 62 1.2 and 116.10 vvith 2 Cor. 4.13.14 Psa 55.3 vvith Act. 13.34 Iohn 5.24 and 6.35.37.39.40 and 10.27.28.29 and 14.27 and 16.33 and 20.31 Rom. 4.20 25. and 8.16 39. 2 Cor. 1.21.22 Gal. 4.6.7 and 5.22.23 Ephes 1.13.14 and 4.30 Phil. 1.6 Tit. 1.1 Hebr. 2.10.11.17.18 6.17 20. 11 ch 1 Pet. 1.2 6. and 2 Pet. 1.3 10. 1 Ioh. 5.4.13 4. Els also the righteousnes vvhich novv we haue by the redemption of Christ should not be more stable and firme unto us then the righteousnes vvhich Adam or the Angels had by creation in that first estate of integritie For Adam fell from his righteousnes and many of the Angels also from theirs leaving their first estate Whereas they vvhich are redeemed by Christ and made partakers of his righteousnes having it once sealed in their hearts by the spirit of God shal never loose it again For the redemption vvhich Christ hath wrought for the elect and the righteousnes vvhich he hath brought in for us by his death is eternall Dan. 9.24 Hebr. 9.12.24.28 and Rom. 8.15.23.30.33.34 38.39 2 Cor. 1.21.22 Ephes 1.7.13.14 compared vvith Gen. 1.26.27 and 3.1 7. Psal 49.12.20 Eccles 7.29 2 Pet. 2.4 Jude ver 8. And they vvhich trust in the Lord and are built upon Christ the rock by faith in him are as the Scripture saith like mount Sion vvhich cannot be removed but standeth for ever Psal 125.1 And like the vvise man which buildeth his house on a rock against vvhich all the raine floods vvinds and stormes that fall and beat upon it can not prevaile to make it fall because it is founded upon a rock Mat. 7.24.25 and 24.24 5. Besides that if one of the elect and faithful beleevers in Christ may vvholly fal away from the Lord be rejected for ever then also might another and another and so all of them For vve haue all like precious faith vvith the Apostles themselues though in several measure and degrees through the righteousnes of God and our Saviour Iesus Christ 2 Pet. 1.1 And thus the faith novv spoken of is fitly called the faith of Gods elect Tit. 1.1 If therefore any and so all of the elect and faithfull beleevers in Christ might vvholly fall avvay from the Lord and be rejected for ever how then were the decree of Gods election eternall and unchangeable as vvas shevved before hovv should the promise of God to his people be certain everlasting how is the covenant of Gods grace certainly confirmed by the death of Christ for salvation to his elect through the blood of his crosse vvhere and what should be the benefit of Christs faithfull keeping and preservation of his people vvhat vvould be the fruit and comfort of the gracious presence and povverfull working of the Spirit of Sanctification in us Finally vvhere should now be the certaintie and stabilitie of the grace power glorie and kingdome of God in Christ for and through the salvation of the elect and faithfull Which the whole Scripture teacheth us to ascribe unto God with praise thanks for evermore Mat. 6.9 13. compared vvith Ephes 1.3.4.5.6.7

those in whom Christ delighteth that is to the Saints that are great excellent and noble being made the sonnes of God in Christ ver 3. vvith 1 Ioh. 3 1. Joh. 1 12. For whom Christ dyed and rose again from the dead is set in glorie at the right hand of God vvhere are pleasures for evermore Psal 16. And that thus we may understand and apply this Psalme unto Christ and to the work of his redemption and mediation vve may learne by the Apostles themselues so alledging applying it other psalmes accordingly Act. 2 25 36. compared with Psal 16 8 11. and 110 1. 132 11. 9. They whom Christ hath redeemed by his death haue remission of sinnes through the blood of his crosse receiue the spirit of adoption of sonnes are sanctified renewed and made conformable to the image of Christ are never separated from the loue of God vvhich is in Christ Iesus become members of that body vvhereof Christ is the head and Saviour are the Saints of the High ones or of the high places and haue the Angels sent forth to minister for them as being the heires of salvation Ephes 1 7. Col. 1 12 14. Rom. 8 15 39. Gal. 4 4 7. Exod. 29 36 37. and Ezec. 43 13 27. with Heb. 13 10 12. and 2 9 11. and 10 14 19 20. Tit. 3 4 7. Phil. 3 10. Ephes 1 3 23. and 5 23 27. Dan. 7 13 14 18 25 27. with chapt 9 24 27. Psal 91 11 16. Mat. 18 10 11. Heb. 1 3 13 14. Of vvhich graces and benefits seeing all are not partakers but the elect and beleevers onely therefore also the Redemption of Christ and the fruit thereof perteyneth to these onely not to all in the vvorld whosoever 10. Christ at his first comming vvas once offered to beare the sinnes of the Many unto vvhom expecting him he shall appear the second time vvithout sinne unto salvation Heb. 9 28. Which second appearance of his seeing it shall not be unto all for salvation but onely to the many spoken off who are the heires of salvation as may be seen in 1 Pet. 1 2 5. Matth. 25 31 46. 1 Thes 1 10. and 2 Thes 1 6 10. Tit. 2 11 14. 1 Ioh. 1 2 3. in the other Scriptures aforesaid therefore also Christ was offered to beare the sinnes onely of them and not of all in the vvorld whosoever whatsoever they be Herevvith also accord sundry speaches of auncient writers As vvhen Ambrose saith God knovveth vvhat the Spirit desireth Rom. 8 26 27. and vvhat is the mynd of the Spirit because he maketh intercession for the Saints as it is written because euen the Spirit maketh intercession for us For they for whom Christ suffered and whom he hath cleansed with his blood for them doth the spirit also make intercession Ambros tom 2. libr. 5. epist 23. And Augustine The Donatists vvould not agree that by the name of the World the church could be signified contrarie to the words of the Apostle who saith 2 Cor. 5.19 God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself and contrarie to the words of the Lord himself who said The sonne of man came not to judge the world Ioh. 3 17. 12 47. but that the world through him might be saved For the world cannot be reconciled to God and saved by him unlesse that by the name of the World the church be understood which onely being reconciled by him is saved August tom 7. lib. contra Donatist And again He that spared not his owne sonne Rom. 8 32 33. with ver 29.30 but delivered him up for us all how shall he not with him also freely giue all things unto us But to whom To us that are foreknowne and predestinated justified glorified of whom it followeth Who shall lay any thing to the charge of Gods Elect August tom 9 tractat 45. in Iohan. Again also Hovv then said he unto these ye are not of my sheep Because he saw they were predestinate to eternal destruction Ioh. 10.26 not ordeyned or purchased to eternall life by the raunsome of his blood Ibid. tractat 48. in Iohan. And Cyrill likewise Christ is novv also subject to the Father Hebr. 9.14 1 Pet. 1 19 20 21. yet not for all but onely for them that beleeue in him for whom he offered himself as a lambe without ●●ot unto the Father that he might offer them unto God being freed from all sinne Cyrill Thesauri lib. 10. cap. 8. CHAPTER IIII. Touching freewill or power in our selues unto good since the fall VVHether true conversion unto God saving faith in Iesus Christ be not the free gift of God and the vvork of his grace powerfully vvrought in us to his praise and glorie And is not of our selues or in the povver of our freevvill as grace is offered to receiue or to refuse it to beleeue or not to beleeue as we will our selues but is vvholly the free gracious and povverfull work of God in us as is aforesaid Eph. 1 ch and 2 1 8 9 10. Phil. 1 29. and 2 13. Col. 1 12 13 21. 2 Thes 1 3 11 12. Ioh. 1 5 11.12 13. and 3 3 6 27. and 6 44 65. Act. 16 14. and 26 15 18. Gen. 6 3 5. Deut. 30 6. Job 15 16. Psal 51 5. and 100 3. Prov. 27 22. Ier. 31 18 33. Ezech. 11 19 20. and 16 6. Iam. 1 17 18. 1 Ioh. 3 1. Heb. 12 2. and 13 20 21. 1. Because saving faith holynes is a fruit of Gods election of grace and therefore is the vvork of his grace povver in us to his praise Act. 13 48. Ephes 1 3 4. and 2 8 9. Tit. 1 1. Of vvhich see here before pag. 222. 2. It is God that maketh us and not we our selues to be his people the sheep of his pasture Psal 100 3. Ioh. 10 16 27 29. Heb. 13 20 21. 1 Pet. 2 25. It is Gods vvork alone vvho as he created us at first according to his owne image and likenes so also createth regenerateth renevveth us againe by his Spirit in Christ according to his image in righteousnes holynes of truth Gen. 1 26 27. vvith Ephes 4 24. Col. 3 10. Ier. 31 18. Lam. 5 21. Euen the heathens themselues acknovvledge for our naturall life that vve are the generation of God in vvhom vve liue and moue and haue our being as the Apostle alledgeth out of their ovvne vvritings Act. 17 28. And should not then Christians much more acknowledge for our spirituall life that our new birth and regeneration is of God that as our first generation for our naturall life is not of our ovvne selues nor in our ovvn power to vvork or hinder it so neyther our regeneration or new birth but is the good powerful vvork of God in us by his Spirit through Iesus Christ to whom he giveth us and out of vvhose hands none is able to take us Psal