Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	judgement_n	sin_n	sinner_n	2,057	5	7.5058	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86329	The order of causes. Of [brace] Gods fore-knowledge, election, and predestination. And of mans salvation or damnation. Laid down so clearly, and proved so plainly by the scriptures, that even the meanest capacity amongst rational men may understand it, to their great satisfaction. As also, whether Christ died for all, or not for all: with the causes and effects that may follow or not follow, seriously considered, meekly controverted, and plainly proved by the scriptures of truth; to the great satisfaction of all rational people fearing God. By Henry Haggar, a servant of Christ, and of the congregations of his saints.	Haggar, Henry.	1654 (1654)	Wing H188; Thomason E735_20; ESTC R206976	22,700	32

excuse But now how shall the Lord judge the world in righteousness by that man Christ Jesus whom he hath ordained if the man Christ Jesus did not die for the world And therefore the Scripture saith that to this end Christ died and rose again and revived that he might be Lord both of the dead and living Rom. 14 9. which quick and dead he will judge at his appearing and his kingdom 2 Tim. 4.1 And when he doth judge them he will judge them according to the Gospel but how can he judge them in righteousness according to the Gospel when there was never any Gospel for them or mercy offered to them Obj. But if Christ died for all and God was willing that all should be saved why then are not all saved Answ Because they believe not in the onely begotten Son of God who is their Saviour John 3.18 and God called and they refused he strerched out his hand and they regarded not he counselled them but they would none of his counsels he reproved them but they set at nought all his reproofs but followed after lying vanities and so forsook their own mercies and denied the Lord that bought them and brought upon themselves swift destruction and because they received not the love of the truth that they might be saved therefore if you would know wherefore God gave them up to strong delusions to believe lyes that they all might be damned who believed not the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness Sec Prov 1 24 25 26. 27 28 29 30 31 32. 2 Pet. 2 1 2.2 Thess 2. 10 11.12 And again Christ saith How oft would I have gathered yon together as a Hew gathereth her Chickins under her wings and ye would not Mat. 23. 37 And this is the reason why some men are not saved for God never promiseth life and salvation to any man whether he will or no but threatneth death and everlasting destruction to them which believe not and obey not the Gospel 2 Thess 1.8 9. Obj. But then you hold freewil and that men may be saved if they will Answ I hold nothing but what the Scripture salth and that you shall give me leave to hold neither do I believe that any man hath or ever had any will or power of himself without God to do any thing that is good for in him we live move and have our being but in and through and by God and Christ we may do all things for the Lord is a Sun and a Sheild and will give grace and glory and no good thing will he withhold from them that will walk uprightly Psal 84.11 and he hath given Christ to death for all men as I have proved already at large and He that spared not his onely Son but delivered him up for us all how shall he not with him give us all things Rom. 8.32 and his hand is streched out all the day long to a stift-necked gainsaying people What man is there that knoweth not that if he make use of all the will power and understanding that God hath given him the Lord will double his talent give him more And that the Lord have given all men enough to leave them without excuse I have already proved in the former part of the book and if any man would have more they must improve that which they have faithfully for he that is faithful in that which is least will be faithful also in much but he that is unjust in the least will also be unjust in much Luke 16.10 And what man is he that doth not know that he is not condemned for not doing that which he cannot possibly do but for leaving undone that which God hath given them power and ability to do let any man deny it if he can And now whereas it is a question whether all men may be saved if they will I answer What should hinder them if they be willing for first God is not willing that any should perish Secondly God is willing that all men should come to the knowledge of the truth and be saved 2 Pet. 3.9 〈…〉 m. 2.4 and Chust is willing for he came not to judge the world but to save the world and how did he weep over Jerusalem and how oft as a foresaid would he have gathered them together as a Hen doth her Chickins but they would not And now what hinders mens salvation but that same they would not Consider well and judge Obj. But it is not in him that willeth nor in him that runneth but in God that sheweth mercy Rom. 9.16 Answ Very well then it seemeth by that Scripture that men have freewill to be saved and indeed I wonder what man alive desires not to be saved but it seems their willing c running in their own wayes will not attain it it was not Cains sacrifice nor the Scribes and Pharisees long prayers and fastings with disfigured faces nor yet their giving almes to the poor and Tythes of all they possessed that could give any of these a mansion in Heaven and why Because they sought it not by faith but by the works of the Law Rom. 9.30 31 32. and so it is to this day men would with Balaam gladly die the death of the righteous and O who would not be saved but then they should come at Christs call and turn at his reproof and wait for his counsels who is the wonderful Counsellor and live to him that died for them walking in all the Commandments and Ordinances of Christ blameless hearing him in all things whatssoever he shall say to them and following him wheresoever he go and when they have done all this with a good conscience be contented to bear the reproches and shame that belong to the Cross of Christ and to have men yea wicked men and some devout and honorable men and women persecute and revile them and say all manner of evil sayings on them falsely for his name sake and indure all this patiently with such a spirit as can pray for the salvation even of their worst enemies as for their own soul as Christ who when he had fulfilled all righteousness was numbered amongst the transgressors and crucified between two theeves and at that time prayed for his enemies when we can thus follow Christ then happy are we for the Spirit of God And of glory doth rest upon us See 1 Pet. 4.12 13 14 15. and the greater is our reward in heaven for in like maner persecuted they the Prophets before us But I confess this way is so narrow and this gate is so straight that few can enter and walk therein except they learn of Christ who is humble and meek and then they will finde rest to their souls and by and through him who is the Door they will go in and out and finde pasture See Mat. 5.10 11 12. Thus we see that although it be not in him that willeth nor in him that runneth in his own wayes and after the imaginations of his own heart yet it is in him that will run in Gods wayes and follow Christ in his Commands and Ordinances wheresoever he go for it is in God that sheweth mercy who hath indeed shewed mercy unto sinners and the worst of sinners in sending his onely begotten Son to die for them to take away their sins to call them to repentance to give them the knowledge of Salvation by the remission of their sins through his mercy yea through the tender mercy of our God whereby the Day-spring from on high hath visited us to give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death and to guide our feet in the way of peace Luke 1. who before did not know the way of peace Therefore now let all men take heed how they sin against such rich mercy freegrace as is offered to them even to the worst of sinners by the Lord in the Gospel of Truth which is the glad tidings of our Salvation lest mercy rise up in judgement against them in the great day and lest they sin against that true Light that is come into the world to enlighten every man which is Christ who by his word and spirit hath made known to the sons of men whatsoever he saw in the bosome of the Father yea even the whole counsel of God which is necessary to Salvation Therefore let all men take heed of shutting their eyes against the light of the glorious Gospel of of Jesus Christ For this is the condemnation that light is come into the world and men love darkness rather then light because their deeds are evil Reader consider what is written for thy instruction in the Scriptures of truth and read them and consider them again and the Lord give thee understanding in all things Henry Haggar FINIS

henceforth live to themselves but to him that died for them and rose agin And Paul saith 1 Tim. 2.5 6 that there is one God and one Mediator between God and man the Man Christ Jesus who gave himself a ransome for all to be testified in due time From whence the Reader may do well to consider that if we may understand the Scripture as it is written that there is one God and one Mediator so also we may understand from the same scripture that the same Mediator gave himself in due time a ransome for all Again Paul saith in the same Epistle ch 1.15 that it is a faithful saying worthy of all acceptation that Christ came into the world to save sinners of whom Paul was the chief Whence I conclude If he came to save the chief of sinners then surely he left none without a Saviour and means of salvation Again he saith to Titus ch 2.11 that the grace of God that bringeth salvation to all men hath appeared And Heb. 2.9 That he by the grace of God should taste death for every man And 1 John 2.2 that he is the propitiation for our sins and not for ours onely but also for the sins of the whole world And chap. 4 14. he saith speaking of himself and the rest of the Apostles We have seen and do testifie that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world Thus we have the testimony of all the Prophets the Angel of God Christ the Lord himself all his holy Apostles agreeing together in one to prove that Christ died for all mankinde and by him grace mercy and eternal life is offered to all and the worst of sinners The substance of which I shall in order once more put down that you may take notice of the sweet harmony of Scriptures in the proof of this pretious truth which is thus That the Lord laid upon him the iniquities of all that went astray Isa 53.6 that he gave himself as ransome in due time for all men yea the chief of sinners 1 Tim. 2.6 chap. 1.1 5. that he by the grace of God tasted death for every man Heb. 2.9 that he is the propitiation for our sins and not for ours onely but also for the sins of the whole world I John 2.2 that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world 1 John 4.14 that he is the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world that all men through him might believe Joh. 1.7 29. and to him give all the Prophets witness that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins Acts 10.43 and Christ testifieth of himself that God so loved the world that he gave his onely begotten Son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life John 3.16 and this is glad tidings of great joy to all people Luke 2.10 And thus the pleasant harmony of Scriptures out of the mouths of so many faithful witnesses which none dare deny must needs make sweet melody in the hearts of all true believers But now it remaineth for me to speak to those Objections which are usually brought against these Scriptures To which I shall give a brief yet through the help of the Lord I hope a satisfactory Answer And to that end I shall summe them all up into four heads thus The common Objections are raised against the word all men and the word every man the word world and the word whole world Which are managed thus that Christ died for all the Elect for every one of die Elect for the world of believers or the whole world of the Elect. To which I answer That Christ died for the Elect I freely grant because he died for all men every man and the whole world as aforesaid that but he died for the Elect as they were Elect or because they were Elect I utterly deny and will shew the contrary by the Scriptures anon But first I will consider the Objections whether they arise naturally from the Scriptures or no which will appear thus If the Scripture nowhere speaks of a world of believers and Elect persons then we have no ground to believe that Christ died for a world of believers and Elect persons But the Scripture nowhere speaks of such a world Therefore we have no ground to believe Christ died for such a world Nay the Scriptures are so far from calling believers and Elect persons a world that they are opposed against the world as appeareth by the words of Christ John 15.19 If ye were of the world the world would love his own but because ye are not of the world but I have chosen you out of the world therefore the world hateth you But now if we should grant these men their Argument it would destroy their own principle which is That none of the Elect can perish But that some that Christ died for may perish is evident in these words of Paul And so shall thy weake brother perish for whom Christ died 1 Cor. 8.11 But if Christ died for none but the world of Elect as they say then some of the Elect may perish And thus their folly is manifest Therefore I shall now shew by the Scriptures what world Christ died for Rom. 5.6 When we were yet without strength in due time Christ died for the ungodly vers 8 But God commendeth his love towards us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us vers 10 For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son much more being reconciled we shall be saved by his life From all which we clearly see that Christ died for the world of ungodly and for the world of sinners and for the world of his enemies yea for the world of unjust 1 Pet. 3.18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins the just for the unjust that he might bring us to God But the Elect as Elect are not unjust for who shall lay any thing to the charge of Gods Elect It is God that justifieth who is he that condemneth c. See Rom. 8 33 34. Therefore he died not for the Elect as or because they were Elect but even for the world that John speaks of when he saith We know we are of God and the whole world lyeth in wickedness 1 John 5.19 Obj. But the Saints and those that shall be saved were once sinners as well as others Eph. 2. Answ But that was not as they were Elect in Christ but as they were reprobates or void of judgement concerning the faith out of Christ without God without hope yea enemies in their mindes by evil works See vers 1 2 3 11 12 13 c. all which hath been the condition of the best of Gods people until they be justified by faith and made nigh by the blood of Christ for Jews and Gentiles are all under sin and every mouth stopped and all the world guilty