An explicite declaration of the testimony of Christ: according to the plain sayings of the Gospel: and therein, of the purposes, promises, and covenants of God, as by Gospel declared. With, a consideration of a question stated about faith. By Thomas Moore, Senior.
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- An explicite declaration of the testimony of Christ: according to the plain sayings of the Gospel: and therein, of the purposes, promises, and covenants of God, as by Gospel declared. With, a consideration of a question stated about faith. By Thomas Moore, Senior.
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2. That whereas by Nature they are the children of wrath as well as others, and dead in trespasses and sins; That faith and holiness, which they are in due time invested withall, whereby they are made beleevers and Saints, and distin∣guished from all others what ever, is an effect and fruit of, and flows from Gods eternal purpose, concerning their salvation or election, their faith being as to the manner of its bestowing, peculiarly of the operation of God; And as to its distinction from every other gift, that upon any account, what ever is so called, in respect of its foun∣tain termed, The faith of Gods Elect.
2. For the manner of their obtaining of this precious Faith, it is by Gods giving to them, that holy Spirit of his, whereby he raised Jesus from the dead, to raise them from their death in sin, to quicken them unto newness of life, endowing them with a new life, with a spiritual, gra∣cious and supernatural habit, spreading it self upon their whole souls, making them new creatures throughout (in respect of parts) investing them with an abiding prin∣ciple, being a natural genuine fountain of all those spiri∣tual acts, works and duties, which he is pleased to work in them, and by them of his own good pleasure.
3. That the holy and blessed Spirit which effectually and powerfully works this change in them, is bestowed upon them, as a fruit of the purchase and intercession of Jesus Christ, to dwell in them, and abide in them for ever; Upon the account of which inhabitation of the Spirit of Christ in them, they have union with him, i. e. one and the same Spirit, dwelling in him the head, and them the members.
4. By all which as to their actual state and condition, they are really changed from death to life, and from dark∣ness to light, from an universal habit of uncleanness unto holiness, and from a state of enmity, stubbornness, and re∣bellion, &c. into a state of love obedience, delight, &c. And as to their relative condition, whereas they were children of wrath, under the curse and condemning power of the Law. They are upon the score of him, who was made a curse for them, and is made righteousness to them,
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accepted, justified, adopted, and admitted into that family of heaven, and earth, which is called after the Name of God.
These alone are they of whom we treat of whose state and condition, perseverance is an inseparable adjunct, &c. So far he.
For his stating the question about perseverance, what that is, I do not meddle with, it may be consented in of all hands; But for the faith and Saintship, I shall consider it, because he begins and ends his discourse or description of these, with setting them forth, as those alone of whom the discourse is: Also having before confessed not to stand for the former kinde of faith: And this he hath set forth, is in such dark and unscripture-like language (though many be quoted) that let but the mixtures, put in about the former kinde of faith, beleevers and Saints. Confessed, True in its kinde, be removed, as being no parts of it, as they are not: And there is nothing in this description, that will stand, but what is found in that, which will appear in every particular of his mentioned concernments, and what is that then contended for; let them be considered, and the rather, because there is but one true kinde of faith, and all else false. I desire there∣fore the Concernments may every one be considered ac∣cording to Scripture, and Scripture-language, without prejudice.
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Page 13. & 14 Sect. 22.
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Rom. 8.28, 29 Act. 13.48. Eph. 1.4. 1 Pet. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
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Tin 1.1.
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2 Pet. 1.1. Rom. 8.11. Eph 1.19, 20. & 2, 1-5.6, 8, 10. Mat. 7.17, & 12, 13 Gal 2 20 1 Joh. 5.12 2 Cor. 5.17 1 Thess. 5.23 Gal. 5, 22, 23 1 Joh. 3.9 Eph. 2.10. 1 Pet. 1.22 Phil. 2.13. Joh. 14.1, 26, & 15 22, & 16, 7, 8 Rom 8.10, 11 1 Cor. 6.19. Ro. 5.3. 1 Jo 4.13. 2 Tim. 2.14 1 Cor. 6.17, & 12.12, 13 Eph. 4. 1 Joh. 3.14 Eph. 2.2. Rom. 6.11, 13, & 12.8, 9 Act 26.18 Eph. 5.8. 1 Thes. 5 4 Col. 1.13. 1 Pet 2 9 Eze. 36.25 Zich. 13 1 Isa 4.3.4 Eph 5.11. 1 Cor. 6.11 Ro. 1.10. Eph. 2.12.13, 14 15. Col. 1.21. Heb. 12.22. Eph. 2 3. Gal. 3.13. Ro. 8.1. 2 Cor. 5.21 Col. 2.10. Ro. 5.1. & 8.32, 3 1 Joh. 3.1.2. Eph. 3.15