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mercy_n	jesus_n	sin_n	sinner_n	3,659	5	7.4408	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A95338	Truths conflict with error. Or, Universall redemption controverted, in three publike disputations. The first between M. John Goodwin, and M. Vavasour Powell, in Coleman-street London. The other two between M. John Goodwin, and M. John Simpson, at Alhallowes the great in Thames-street: in the presence of divers ministers of the City of London, and thousands of others.	Goodwin, John, 1594?-1665.; Weekes, John.; Powell, Vavasor, 1617-1670.; Simpson, John, 17th cent.	1650 (1650)	Wing T3167B; Thomason E597_2; ESTC R202232	95,080	122

that should hear him viz. Object Oh Sir this stands in my way Though I know Christ hath finished the work of mens Redemption and of mens Salvation yet I do not know whether he hath finished it for me Answ Harken my beloved what ground have you to make a plea against your selves He hath done it for * Rom. 5. 8. 1 Tim. 1. 15. sinners for the † Rom. 5. 6. ungodly for * psal 68. 18. rebells for the world you are a sinner you are one of the ungodly one of the world what plea can you make against this Why object you such an objection against your selves If a pardon be sent from a Prince to a company of prisoners and the messenger saith unto them in generall here is a pardon for you from the Prince for what you have done against him come accept of it and you shall be free Now if one should ask is the pardon for me and another question is the pardon for me He would answer it is for you that are prisoners without exception if you accept of it A pardon is now sent unto you that are sinfull men and women who are prisoners under the power of Satan and sin I say to you all the Lord Jesus hath sent forth his Pardon which runs thus I the Lord Jesus the Son of God and the Saviour of sinners out of my free grace and mercy rich love and pity am willing to pardon and forgive the sins and transgressions of you all and this I will do really if you wil come in and lay hold of this Pardon and of my Righteousnesse Will a sinner now say doth Jesus Christ meane me seeing he saith Whosoever comes unto me I will in no wise cast him out and whosoever believes on me he shall be pardoned and saved This word whosoever comprehends all and excludes none therefore object not against your selves neither refuse your owne salvation Object Oh! but though Christ invites all and makes promises to all that do come yet he intends not that all should be made partakers thereof Answ My beloved Think you that Christs intentions and his expressions are not one as reall as another I tell you and you may believe it that he intends to pardon all and to save all as he expresseth it He saith not the words only but his heart is so also But mark it well and mistake me not I do not mean that he saith absolutely I 'le pardon all and save all and no more Oh no but he speaks conditionally I 'le pardon you all and save you all if you believe on me and accept of my pardon M. Powell Go on Sir go on read all baulk not the condition there is that which followes that clears it read all or none M. Goodwin A second instance which I would read unto you is out of a small Treatise published by most of the Ministers in the City two and fifty in number out of a pretence to give testimony to the truth of Jesus Christ against errors and heresies Pag. 32. Thousands and ten thousands of poore souls which Christ hath ransomed with his blood shall hereby be betrayed seduced and indangered to be undone to all eternity First here is the Doctrine of universall Redemption fully asserted inasmuch as they that are ransomed by the blood of Christ are said to be in danger of being undone to all eternity For danger implies not a possibility only but a probability and likelihood of falling into and suffering what they are in danger of Now if the ransomed of Christ may be in danger of perishing then the ransomed are not the elect only in your sense but they that perish and consequently all men I could bring you twenty other instances besides these which do assert preach and affirm and that constantly from day to day the very self-same Opinions and Conclusions which now they quarrell with and make such matter of Errour and Heresie of and things of such a dangerous nature I say they cannot preach without them nor write without them M. Cranford Concerning these questions that have been disputed you all hear the Arguments that have been brought and how they have been answered I add nothing to that M. Goodwin hath told you that all the Churches and Teachers of the Churches for the first 300. years after Christ taught no other Doctrine but what he teaches concerning Election Redemption Vniversall Grace and such like Now here I make this Proposition unto him let him but name one Father within 300. years after Christ that taught all these Doctrines and I will yeeld the truth of the Argument Eusebius in the fourth Book of the Ecclesiasticall Story speaking of the death of Polycarpus tells us this story that the Jewes did intreat the Governour that they might have the body of Polycarpus lest the people should turne away from following of Christ to worship him These are the words of the whole Church of Smyrna for saith he they were ignorant that we could not turne from Christ not that died for all the world but onely for all those that were saved out of the world This was the Doctrine then preached it would be too long to go over all particulars Secondly whereas he cites that all the Lutherans were of his Opinion who were as many and as learned and zealous as others I say againe let him looke upon the writings of Horsinius against Huburnus who was much of his Opinion and specially of Sopinius a briefe catalogue and consent of the Lutheran Divines and I believe that Mr. Goodwin or any others who can examine these bookes they will be of another mind And for that which be cites out of Mr. Powell he is able to answer for himselfe but this I discerne that he skipt that which would give light to all the businesse though he did earnestly intreat him that it might be read M. Goodwin Sir I cannot beare you in this I did not skip one word M. Cranford For that passage which he cites out of a book written by the Ministers of the City of London in their testimony against Errors and Heresies I confesse my hand is to it I say M. Goodwin makes a very ill use of that to think that it conduces any way to his opinion It 's true we say this that there may be a danger of destroying of thousands for whom Christ died by broaching those errors and schismes But this doth not infer that therefore they for whom Christ died may perish no more then that which Paul said Acts 27. Unlesse these abide in the ship ye cannot be saved Though God had promised them all their lives yet were in danger of perishing if they stayed not in the ship We may say and we do teach a necessary connexion between the means and the end that is between faith and salvation and so between unbelief and destruction and this is no hinderance but that we may say that such a thing in natura sua is apt to produce such an end though in respect of the over-ruling power and counsell of God it shall never do it So these Errors and Heresies are in their own nature apt and fit to destroy and drown soules in perdition even those for whom Christ died though God hath promised so to guide them by his grace and holy Spirit and to lead them into all truth that the evill one shall not touch them but that they shall persevere finally unto the end There is a connexion between the means and the end things may be apt and fit to indanger soules in respect of second causes though there be no possibility for them to miscarry by them M. Goodwin What though there be no possibility can a man be in danger of miscarrying in that wherein there is no possibility of miscarrying M. Cranford I deny your consequence for all possibilities are not i● regard of the decrees of God but in respect of the second causes for we know that all things are possible to God M. Goodwin I have onely a word or two to speak more and so I have done Whereas you please to say that I skipt in M. Powells Book I professe I did not skip one word so farre as I read That M. Powell may be of another mind in some other place perhaps neare at hand I deny not And so I say that these men are so contradictious and inconsitent with themselves that it is a shame that men of learning and parts should speak at such a rate of contradiction as they do from time to time And for that which you say concerning this that there was never a Father for the first 300. yeares after Christ that was of my judgment you give that to Mr. Beza and Mr. Calvin that they would not have given to you But I shall give an account of that to the world in due time And as for the Lutherans that they generally I did not say all hold these opinions you may read Dr. Prideaux he still joyns together the Lutherans and Arminians in these Questions as his joynt adversaries M. Simpson The controversie between the Moderator and M. Goodwin is nothing to the present purpose for we are not so much to consider what the Lutherans and Calvinists hold as what God holds forth in the Word of truth And I hope it hath been proved that the Tenets of Mr. Goodwin are contrary to that FINIS Errata PAge 16. l. 4. 5. read Adjective without a Substantive p. 33. l. 3. Ministry r. mystery p. 40. l. 6. for r. as p. 41. l. 30. as r. at p. 45. l. 17. r. would not give p. 49. l. 27. canceale r. conceale ibid. l. 32 33. asserters r. assentions p. 51. l. 37. was r. am p. 55. l. 21. r. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 p. 75. at the end of l. 14. insert mind why I should not explaine