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Show 6 Art AtldrefJ to 'Prouflanf.!; VoL.l. 1 ' · hich Chrift feems to fum up his blelfed Doc J679· There are. Tw? P¥bcs,'}m w ll Thmgr wborfoever ye t»ould that Alen fhou/d ~ tnne: OnetsthiS, ereb/a fi thz;utbe LawandtbePropbtts; Whtch Part II. do to )'Oil, do )t' even f oro 1 m; 0deftroy but to fulfil. But the other Pai · Setl:. ~· (by the Way) Chn1t came not ~0 firft rel~ting only to our Dc:~.hngs with Mat.7. u. fage fecms to be mor& full, t e hendmg our Duty both to God and Men, Men ; thts Second Pa JgJ.co;p~b God wztb aUt by Heart a11d wub aU tby. Mat. 22. ·n, viz. Thou ./bolt Love the or ln ~ the firfl and great Commandtne1lt: and ;8, 39• SoMI, tznd Wttb all thy Mmf/ 1 foatr love thy Ne1gbbo11r as thy fdf. On tbeje the fecond II !tke 111110 IT, JOt L d the Propheu. two C~m'flandments ba~gpa~r:tl~ona~fa:he Chufhan Religion~ the grt'nt Com· Thts IS rhf ~~~ft." a de the certain Token of Dtfctplelbtp, A f/t'W Com. mandmt'nt o . n • n tVt' unto ou, that Jt' Love one another, ttl I John 11· 14, mamfmt'nt (fatd Chnfi) 1 g l e one~nother . By tbu jhaJJ all A1en know, 1~. havt' lovt"J. you, that {c aljo gv e love one to ;nor her Agam Chrift fpeaks that Jt' are my Difttp t'l, if yc IIV Commtmdmcn't 1 Jt' jha/1 abtde tn my Lot~e, John 1h l'o, to hts Dtfc1ples; If ye / e}f ~YC mmundmenu 'and abide in bts Love· .And u, '·h •7· evt'n at 1 Nave kept my at cr I o Love Mt' a~otbcr ot 1 have lovt'd )ON. tbu u my Commandment, that ~e J if ye do w!Jatfoever I command ) M , Yea, once more: Yc 111{ ttJY f.J.~h~~ hath m} Commandments and !ueptt!J that )014 Love one t1110I u r. a;d h~ that /overh me, jhaU he loved of my pfl6 t hem, bt tt u thatlbvttb "'/' 11 ifefi my fd/ to bzm · hut be that lovctb John 14· 21. t bel , and 1 wrlllove tm an WI s;'that only thofe are Friends and DtiCI-me no1, k.tep_ ft bJtU;{ "'' Sa[zng[~ SJymgs and keep his Commandmenrs , and ples of Chn e usdt at 0f n IS Love· for upon this one ComQ')andmept ~be Great Cornman ment o a ' do all the reft depend{( . bvious fmce he that loves God abo\•e all, And indeed the Rea on N very 0 f his' Commandments fhall be fl!..gh red: Will leave all for G.o~ . ~bone :Ill much more love the Ho~~.foo!d oj }1mb. And he th:Jt loves hts et~ :gur h thetr Faith in Chrilt works by Well rnay-fuch be Tr1Jef C {JIJ'~nr,n; p=~tr . He that dwells in this Lo\ C, Love, by the Po.wer o t 1ST tv) for he is. Love. .And m tbu be recoil)- ' John4, ' 6 • !;;}~'J'/:,;l~~,c~.;f•;;,ffh: :lar}~/,•;,~fo 0bJ: 8{f:;'£~f:,:pmg Lit~' ~t~ foever beiltve1b IR ')lin, 0* l ' d wn hu Life for rn Tbu u my J'ohn 1~. 12• herem drd Chriftf: ~~i'tfl ;utt,vj/1o~1=~e :notber, as I have hroed.y o11; 11, 14o Commandment, 3.1 n .M b !JH that 4 Man ./ay down bu Lije for anJ greaur Love bath no aj I a; ted~ mhatforoer 1 command you. Indeed bu Fnend~; >:~ ar£ my Fn~ lid' /nd offered u~ One Common Sacrifiu for he gave hlS Lt e or the o'ffir ' of htmfelf, once f or aU, be barb fo1 Mankind . And by t~u One ertnJ dfrchar ed a~d token tnto FavoJJr, rl em Reb. 10. ever perfeOtd, t~at lS1 )uzued an elrbe S~zr;t of Grace and SanOificarzon that are fanOifo ji; w; bRVC rec_CJ.X zt recezve not the Benefit of thttt Sa&rz .. 111 tbtJr Heart!; or J11c 111 reJl.J• ' fice. bur Damnatron to tbenlvefi.lfby the E[ernal Spirit, is a gre:J.t Part ThiS Holy O!fenn~ up~ ·'~ e hath both confirmed HIS Blelfed Melfa&• of Htt fWej]iabjhl~; s ora~deL:fe E~erhfiing, to as many as truly believe m ofRemlflion of 10 ' H of. if PropttUttiOn f or all tbat have finnetl, His Name, and ha1b grv~n 1mJe a if God . Inrornuch that God is faid by and thereby come fhort/ 1 J/'t GJO:l }uftifie; of him whtcb bebevetb 111 Jefin, ~~~;,:· 2~, ~bo!'G~lh~h"b]e:~r:~.'7 ujilo'b;nha PR:~ijfitza!:zo4 s7::~i~t ~~~~:;,b;b:O~;Z'rf:e Jularc bu R1g uou.J neJ 1 or 1 t Folf~b:~•;p~ Y~f.a ~f j~~~ G~;:,i~:·;~d'&t B~l~~~0D{r;i~\~kj.l;~~e~hi both y t e po f the e it One God and One MeduUQr betwten o 1 Tim.2·~·~· fidl in thefc W.Mrds tbrrfl Je/111• who gave' hitpfelj a Ranfom for f1U, t,P_ ~~ nnd .Men, tdbe T.an The Apoftle ]obn exprelfeth it thus' . Jllylttlf£ Ofitl Ttfli}ied m ue. 1111t. • " that ou Sin not; and if.any .A1nn m~ 1 John 2. u . dren, thtfe Tbmgr wnre 1 un_t}. 'b 'F. tf;t y ]tjl iS Chrift the Riz!HtOM ; IJ.e net!·, tre have an .AdvP&att wtt ~ I ~ 4l r, ~s VoL. I. A~ .AJdrefs ta 'Protejlanu: 763 ;t the Prbpiliati(}n f~r our Sinr1 O'J~ nor for our1 only, but alfo f or the Sim of r679, .,he whole W?rld. . So that_to be bnef,_ the Chrijlion Creed, iO f<a as it is Dl!- ~ c!aratory, h~s em1nently tn a Confell1on of there P:uriculars: Of the Di· P:.m. u. VIne. Authonty of the New, IJS wen of the <?ld Tcfiament Wrirings, and Sea. ~- partJculaJ_ly of thefe Grear, ~ene;al, ~nd Obvious .Truths rhcrein cli.pref- · fed, to wtr~ O[G9d, ~n~ Cbrijl, b!s Jllmtc/e}-, Doflr~~te, Death, Rrji1rreUi011, .Advoct~tejlnp or A1tdumon, 1be Gifr of /}It Lit(ht, Spirh .or Grau: Of faith, and Repent lince from DenJ !J'ork.t umo Remij]ion of Stf/11 keep111g bit Com· ttundments, and laftly, ,Of Eternaf Recompcnce.-- Lefs, once, than all this, wo~ld ha:e done; and 1t does nor Chew rbe Age more ChrifiiJn, bur more Cuuo~s, t~dee~ more InjtdeJ,. to be fure more Captious and Froward, TIJar thtre tt thrs S11r m.rde abour External Creeds of Cvm»Junion: For Difiruft of Brethren,_ and Incredulity among Chriftbns, are no fmall Signs of their De-tay of ~anH rowuds Go~ : l"rom the Bt'ginning it Wtu not Jo. Bu~ It ~ar be here ob)eEled, How ./hal! we k11ow tlMr f11cb n Declaration of Fmth u Smcere? I anfwer, By rtcurnng to that Evidence which God jhaQ give IllS. .They c_h.H c:10 Try Spirit.t underrhe A1ofi Sbcqrllke-Clorhing, have t John4; rhe moll: tm":ledtate an~ ~ertain Pro?.f. and fuch an One there iS by the SJ- ,•our and Rehfh the _Spmr of God giVes, to them that have it, of the Spirits Of Men : But let H fuffice, that Chrifl hath told us, By their Fr11.it.r ye :Mat. 16.2~ jhlll know them. If any Alan, fays Chrift, wiU come after me, le1 birn lake up his Crufr and follow fne: And in another Place he tells' us thus: My 1 h • Sheep hear my Voiu, and I k11~w them, and they foUow m~ ·; chat is, they are 0 0 IO. 2 P. led br my Spirit, they live my Life, they obey my DoEtrine, they are of my own Nature. And the Apofile Peter aff'urcs us, Tb~t Trut Faith p11rifos Afls 1~. 9? th~ Heart, ohd no Impurit)'_ ~an flow fro~ o P11:e Heart.- You ma-y know this Fmih by that Way, by wh1cli Abrahams Fatth 'Wat known to be True, to wit, Obedimu. He believed God, that is, He obeyed God J he fubmitted to the Will of God, and relied upon his Goodnefs : As if he h~d faid, and he faid it doubtlefi to himfelf, He that gave me my Son by a Atirade, can work Rom. 4; another to fave him: To God oa Things ore pcffible. It is called by th·e 2Cor. 4- tj; Apofile Pttlll, The Spirit of Ftti!b:; fomething more near and inward, than ;JOY External Articles a~d Declaration of Faith : That from whence all True Confeffions and Good Works camel which made the Apoftle Poulchus to fay, We give Thanks to God (J/wttyt for yo11 ttl!, making Altmion of you in 1 Thef. 1• 2,~ our Prayert, rcmembring wilhout ceojing, your fllorknf Fail b. 'Twas this trueFttirh, that brings forth Wor,b of Rigbtto1Jfnif.r, by Which '.Jlhel off( red to God, Enoch was tranjlaud, Xoah wa:; f,11xd. It is faid of him, that he became the Heir of the Rigbuot~fncfr which is by Faith. By this FaitH .Abrttbam left his own Country, and obeyed the Voice of God. By Fahb Mofu was prefc:rved from his Childhood; aod when he can\e to Years, refufed to be called the Son of l¥JLt(onh'.t Dauj.hter; By Failh he forfook JEgypr, and palfed the Red Sea. By F•irb the Walls of 'fericbo fell down, and Rabab was fa ved. By Failh Gideon, Barak, Sampfon, Jcpb~ tha, David, Sam11e/, and the Prophets, Jubdued Kingdoms, wrought Righa teoufnef3, obtained Promifes, {lnpped the Mourbs orLyons, quenched the Violence of Fire, efcnped the Edge of the Sword, with much more, too Heb. 1i; 1arge to be Utter'd here. This is that F.1irb, wHich rhe Apofile lamer magnifies againfi all (:~lfe Faiths f Faith(fays he) i{ir btU not Works, U dtnd. A Mtn may fa}', Tboll ]am.2.17,1t, haft Faith', ,md I hdve Works:; jhew me t"/ Faidt wi1bour thy Works, and '9' :0• u,u; I wiU focw tbte my Faiih by my \Vorks. An as if he had fore-feen rbe Pl1rher "21' 4' made by the Men ofCreed1 and Artidu, he fpeaks on this wile ; .Tho.:J bt'- lievefl that tbtre is ont Got!, tbou flofl weU; the D7vils ~lfo bef1eve an~ tremble. But wilrtbou know, 0 varrt .Man, that Fanh waho111 Works, ;r JenJ? WtUnot Abraham our Fa1her, ju(lified by Wo1k.i, when he ha~ offi: red Iraac bH Son upon tbt' Allar? Su(l tho1J how Fairh wrougbr umb Ius Works? and by Wotks Wai Faith made perfdl.- And he was call~d the Friend of God. VerY norable and i9forming is that. Expreffion ?f.h1s! The Dtvils alfo htlitve 411d ttlmble ;-and as if he had fa1d, the Devll bel1eves' ~ t,. a'J |