A survey of the spirituall antichrist opening the secrets of familisme and antinomianisme in the antichristian doctrine of John Saltmarsh and Will. Del, the present preachers of the army now in England, and of Robert Town, by Samuel Rutherfurd ...

CHAP. XLVI. That there is grace inherent in the Saints, beside that free favour and good will that is in God.

WEe accord not with Antinomians who say, that grace is onely in Christ, none in us, they are but a 1.1 gifts and effects of grace in us,* 1.2 saith Towne. The new b 1.3 creature, the c 1.4 armour of God, and d 1.5 love is nothing but Christ. But wee say, Grace, or free favour, is in Christ, as the cause, root, spring; but this is the infinite God, freely of meere grace, imparting his goodnesse, mercy, redemption, calling us without hire or money; and this indeede is not in us, but in him; but there is a grace created the fruit of this free grace in God, that is in us subjectively, and inherently, and denominates us gracious, and new creatures; grace is in Christ, as the floure in the root, but in vs, as the smell, that comes from the floure, and is com∣municated to us who have senses. The Scripture saith, 1. If any man be e 1.6 in Christ, he is a new creature; a new creature cannot be Christ the Creator; the new man is created in righ∣teousnesse, and * 1.7 true holynesse; and these be created graces in us: as the lusts of the flesh, contrary to these are not the first A∣dam, but the fruits of this sinne, so neither can these bee the second Adam. 2. The Armour of God, Ephes. 6. Faith, Hope, the Word of God, Prayer, the chiefe parts of that armour have Christ for their object, and subject, and wee are to pray in Christs name, then they cannot be Christ himselfe, faith may be weake, Christ cannot be weake; prayer lesse fervent, Christ not so. 3. The Scripture saith, God putteth in the * 1.8 Saints a heart of flesh, a new heart, g 1.9 powreth water, that is, his spirit on the h 1.10 thirsty ground, the Spirit i 1.11 of grace and supplication on the Family of David; writes his k 1.12 Law in our inward parts, gives, l 1.13 a circumcised heart. 4 There is an in-biding princi∣ple, m 1.14 The seed of God remaining in the Saints, n 1.15 the annoy∣ting that teacheth them all; Grace in o 1.16 Timothy, p 1.17 faith un∣fained dwelling in him, and his grandmother. 5. The Saints are denominated q 1.18 new creatures from grace inherent r 1.19 faith∣full and sanctified in Christ Jesus, s 1.20 borne againe of God,

Sonnes, and heires, t 1.21 partakers of the Divine nature, u 1.22 Kings and spirituall Priest▪ to God, x 1.23 changed and renew∣ed. 6. From this y 1.24 Libertines say, there is no difference be∣tweene hypocrits and beleevers, whereas they are blessed, meeke, shall see z 1.25 God, shall be satisfied, have a great reward in heaven; which is falsely said of a 1.26 hypocrits: and its neere of kinne to that foule errour. b 1.27 The Spirit works in hypo∣crits, by gifts, and graces; in the Saints immediatly, whereas the Saints doe many things from the feare of God, c 1.28 from Faith, d 1.29 from humility, and * 1.30 meekenesse, which are graces in them, and it neighbours with that heresie, that Christ acteth im∣mediatly in the Saints, hee being incarnate in them, and they f 1.31 Christed and Godded with him; Christ dwelling in their flesh, which maketh every Saint, Christ, and the onely begotten Son of God; and it sides with that error g 1.32 that the efficacie of Christs death doth kill the activity of all graces, and that h 1.33 all the activity of a beleever is to act sinne, there being nothing in him but sinne; Christ without acting all in him.

Notes

• a 1.1

  Town ass. Pag. ••3.
• * 1.2

  G••••ace inhe∣rent.
• b 1.3

  Rise, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••r. 7.
• c 1.4

  Er. ••. Er. 15.
• d 1.5

  2 Cor. 5.17.
• e 1.6

  2 Cor. 〈…〉〈…〉
• * 1.7

  Col. 3.••.••0. Ezech 36 26, 27.
• * 1.8

  Col. 3.••.••0. Ezech 36 26, 27.
• g 1.9

  Esai. 44.3.
• h 1.10

  Zach. 12.1
• i 1.11

  Ier. 31 32.
• k 1.12

  Deut. 30.6.
• l 1.13

  1 Io••. ••.9.
• m 1.14

  1 Io••. 2.37.
• n 1.15

  1 Tim. 4.
• o 1.16

  •• Tim. ••.6.
• p 1.17

  2 Cor. 5.17.
• q 1.18

  1 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 1.••. Rom. 1.6.7. Epes. ••.1, 2. Phil. 〈…〉〈…〉.
• r 1.19

  I••h. 3▪••.
• s 1.20

  1 Pet. 〈…〉〈…〉. Rom. 8.17.
• t 1.21

  2 Pet. 1.4.
• u 1.22

  Rev. 1.5, 6.
• x 1.23

  Rom. 12.••. Ephes. 4.23.
• y 1.24

  Rise, ra••gne. er. 16.
• z 1.25

  Matth. 5.
• a 1.26

  Iob 27.8. Iob. 20.5, 6, 7, ••. Math. 7.2••.
• b 1.27

  Rise, raigne, er. 18.
• c 1.28

  Iob 31.••3. Heb. ••1.7
• d 1.29

  Heb. 11.10, 25, 26.
• * 1.30

  Col. 3.1••, ••3
• f 1.31

  Rise, raigne, er. 11.
• g 1.32

  Rise, raigne, er. 35.
• h 1.33

  Rise, raigne, er. 36.