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A89272 The vniversallity of God's free-grace in Christ to mankind. Proclaimed and displayed from 1 Tim. 2.6. and Hebr. 2.9. according to their genuine sense. That all might be comforted, encouraged; every one confirmed and assured of the propitiation and death of Christ for the whole race of mankind, and so for himself in particular. / Through urgent importunity, written by Thomas Moore. Moore, Thomas, Senior. 1646 (1646) Wing M2596; Thomason E332_1; ESTC R200737 160,443 208

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the reading of the Scriptures and use of spirituall gifts 3. To compare words spoken by and of God and acts done by him with words spoken by and of men and acts done by them as of like large extent and signification as some have done to dishonour God and to flatter and Idolize men 4. To addde too diminish from or alter and mingle the sense and sentences of Scripture as some for their own ends doe and the Devill did 5. To set one place of Scripture against and in contrariety with another to make voide the appearing sense in one that they might choose that which best liketh them as hath been usuall with many Adversaries to the Truth 6. To turne plain places and Narrations of Scripture into Allegories it is usuall with such as use to denie the truth of the litterall Sense of the Scripture and of the Resurrection and of serving God with our bodies 7. To confound together in one without distinction such things and in such respects as the Scripture maketh cleerly distinct as to instance some of them The end of Christ's Death and the Application of his Death And the salvation wrought on earth by Christ in his own body with God for men and the salvation in the application thereof he worketh from heaven by his Spirit inmen to God And God his love of Compassion and his love of delight And Election to Sonship and Predestination to the Adoption of Sonnes And Secret Election in God and Actuall Election of and by God And the manner of the Declaration of the Gospel and the manner of outward Worship The portion of Spirit sent forth before Christ came in the flesh and since his comming and Ascention And spirituall gifts graces Administrations Operations and outward Callings and Offices in the Church c. All which the Scriptu e maketh distinct but they are usually confounded by the inconsiderate and such as denie and darken things appertaining to the Foundation 8. To make sayings in first and second Person and restrictive Applications and Propositions for example of like large extent with sayings in the Third Person generally and propositi ns for the ground of Faith and usuall course of the unlearned and inconsid rate 9. To alleadge the change of times to justifie a contrary Sense or Doctrine or way to that plainly appearing in the Scriptures as an order of Fryars did for their by them called Eternall Gospel for these times In which they said That delivered by Christ and his Apostles must give place as the Old rights and Ceremonies did at Christ his Ascention And other Papists doe for blotting out the second Commandement and having Images in the worshipping of God because they say No such feare of Idolatry and Superstition in these times as when that command was given And so doe the Rhemists for their Translation use such Allegations 10. To invent lyes and slanders to make infamous such as will not be of the same opinion with themselves In which the Antichristian brood abounds And so have too many done in thi● very businesse also inventing and conceiting to themselves and giving it out to others That whosever beleeveth and confesseth that Christ is the Saviour of the World that he gave himself a Ransome for All men and by the grace of God tasted death for Every Man and alledgeth for the same Joh. 4.42 1 Tim. 2.6 and Heb. 2.9 They are false witnesses against Christ and his Apostles And they are Papists or at the best Arminians and Time-servers and of loose lives And doe and must of necessity hold that Christ dyed alike for all men that all by nature have free will to spirituall good That there is no Election That there is no grace here attaineable but what a man may fall from That whosoever beleeveth that Christ dyed for all men shall undoubtedly be saved and such like loathsome opinions as the Doctrine such slanderers oppose condemnes and the slandered abhorres In use of which corrupt wayes and dealing with the Scripture and with Beleevers and that all under colour of Allegation and right Interpretation of Scriptures how God is dishonoured and the Scripture made of no force I hope thy self discerneth But when this is done so to shut the door of Repentance and Faith against All Men as withall to teach them to abuse Scriptures to denie Gods Creation of all men and to deny that All men have sinned and shall dye and rise againe and come to Judgement or that it is their duty to speake the truth and render their dues to every man and withall opens a way for ushering all manner Heresies and Popish Superstitions as in the ensuing Discourse will in some measure appeare this is still worse for which cause I have to my utmost shunned all these wayes and observed carefully all I have requested of thee And this being granted thy answer will be very acceptable and received so farre as truth appeareth in it to me and all others that desire not to close our eyes or harden our heart against any truth testified by Scripture fairely dealt withall Lastly I desire thou take not this I have said as a challenge of thee or any to answer what is written in this Treatise but onely as a Testimony of my willingnesse to 〈…〉 I have written to be by Scripture thyed and if errour be the 〈…〉 to be discovered that I may see and confesse it that so nothing may be done through strife and contention ●●riving not for Victory but truth nor desiring any Victory but from being also encouraged hereto likewise by this perswasion That in some sort duety doth engage me for by Authority I was lead to make Protestation to maintaine so farre as lawfully I may the true Protestant Religion as it is exprest in the Doctrine of the Church of England against all Popery and Popish Innovations To which both the Tenet of Christ not dying for every Man and the abuse of Scripture and manner of arguing by which some would prove that contradictory Tenet doth set wide open the doore which is shut by the Doctrine of the Church of England which saith expresly Article 6. Holy Scripture containeth all things necessary for salvation so that whatsoever is not read therein nor may be proved thereby is not to be required of any man that it should be beleeved as an Article of the Faith or be thought requisite necessary to Salvation Article 20. It is not lawfull for the Church to ordaine any thing that is contrary to Gods Word Neither may it so expound one place of Scripture that it be repugnant to another wherefore although the Church be a witnesse and a keeper of holy Writt yet as it ought not to decree any thing against the same so besid●s the same ought it not to enforce any thing to be beleeved for necessity of Salvation Article 2. One Christ very God and very man who Suffered was Crucifyed dead and buryed to reconcile his Father to us and to