Epitome ugaiainonton logon, or, A taste of the truth as it is in Jesus consisting of ten questions and answers, and a brief exposition upon the same : whereunto are added ten generall directions ... intended chiefly for the benefit of my countreymen, kindred, and acquaintance in Lancashire / composed by John Jackson, M.A.

6 Qu••st Will God save all men by Iesus Christ, whom he sent into the world to save sinners?

Answ. He that beleeveth on the Sonne hath everlasting life, he that beleeveth not the Son, shall not see life: but the wrath of God abideth on him. (a) 1.1

The free grace of God hath so far appeared to all where the Gospel cometh, as that God freely offers his whole Christ unto all (b) 1.2 without excluding of any effectually to call his who are amongst this all, to unite them by faith unto him, to beget them anew, to recon∣cile them to himself, to adopt them for his, to pardon them all their sinnes, to redeem them out of the hands of all their enemies, to make them wise unto salvation, to sanctifie them throughout both in their bodies and souls, and everlastingly to save them; (c) 1.3 Whereby he plainly shews that he damns none under the Gospel meerly because he will, (d) 1.4 but also because people will not accept of his Christ freely offered unto them; (e) 1.5 And yet God is so free, in his free grace, as that he saves none by it, but his chosen vessels of mercy for whom onely Christ died, (f) 1.6 and to whom onely power is given to beleeve; (g) 1.7 And therefore though you were born a Christian of Christi∣ans, descended of the stock of the godly, bap∣tized in your infancie, and have had Christ in the word and Sacraments freely offered unto you, to be all in all to save you: yea, though you professe to have all repentance, and faith, and to doe and suffer the will of God in every thing; yet all your all, and Christ that is all in all, will avail you nothing at all to your justification and salvarion without the faith of Gods elect, which worketh by love, works of holinesse to God, works of righte∣ousnesse to men. (h) 1.8 O then, trust not in your priviledges, professions of faith, performances, tears, repentances, good meanings, devotions,

good praiers, good deeds, many sufferings, nor in your joyes, inlargements, nor in any of your own righteousnesses or graces: (i) 1.9 But count all your all, nothing at all, without Christ, but such things as will rather condemn you, then justifie you, damn you, then save you; And all that you may win Christ, and be found in him, not having your own righte∣ousnesse, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousnes which is of God by faith. (k) 1.10

Notes

• (a) 1.1

  Ioh. 3.36.
• (b) 1.2

  Mar 16.1•• Ioh, 7.37.
• (c) 1.3

  Cor. 1, 30. Eph. 1.3, to 17
• (d) 1.4

  Ezek. 33.11.
• (e) 1.5

  Ioh. 5.40. Mat. 23.27. None are saved by Christ but Elect belee∣vers for whom Christ died.
• (f) 1.6

  Ioh. 10.15, 28, 19. Rom. 8.28, to 38.
• (g) 1.7

  Act 13 48. Your privi∣ledges and performan∣ces will a∣vail you no∣thing with∣out faith in Christ.
• (h) 1.8

  Gal. 5.6. Phil. 3.1, to 5. Heb. 4.2. Iam. 2.19, 20. to 26.
• (i) 1.9

  Isa. 64.6. Phil 3.3, to 9 See the con∣clusion of the directi∣ons.
• (k) 1.10

  Phil. 3.8, 9.