The Scripture Gospel defended, and Christ, grace, and free justification vindicated against the libertines…

Is it any other to be for Religion, and to preach and labour, and suffer for it, if it have no Goodness in it, and will do no good, and must thus be believed? That is good that doth good. Dr. Crispe is large and earnest in telling us, that nothing that we do, must be done to do us any good, or give us the least Gain or Advantage, nor must such a Thought come into our hearts, that we shall be ever the better for it; for Christ hath already done all that we need. And if it do us no good, it doth good to none. To God it can do none; if we be righteous, what do we give him. Our goodness extendeth not to him, by adding any thing to him. Psal. 16.1, 2. And to men it can do no good, if it can do none to our selves; for either those men be elect, or not: If they be elect, all their good was perfected by Christ, as well as ours before they were born: And it will be as great an injury to Christ, to endeavour to do them any good, as our selves: And this either to their Souls or Bodies; for Christ hath purchased all good for both: Oh what an Antidote against Charity is here, and against doing good to all men, especially to them of the Household of Faith, and against feeding Christ in his Members!

Is it any other to be for Religion, and to preach and labour, and suffer for it, if it have no Goodness in it, and will do no good, and must thus be believed? That is good that doth good. Dr. Crispe is large and earnest in telling us, that nothing that we do, must be done to do us any good, or give us the least Gain or Advantage, nor must such a Thought come into our hearts, that we shall be ever the better for it; for Christ hath already done all that we need. And if it do us no good, it doth good to none. To God it can do none; if we be righteous, what do we give him. Our goodness extendeth not to him, by adding any thing to him. Psal. 16.1, 2. And to men it can do no good, if it can do none to our selves; for either those men be elect, or not: If they be elect, all their good was perfected by Christ, as well as ours before they were born: And it will be as great an injury to Christ, to endeavour to do them any good, as our selves: And this either to their Souls or Bodies; for Christ hath purchased all good for both: Oh what an Antidote against Charity is here, and against doing good to all men, especially to them of the Houshold of Faith, and against feeding Christ in his Members!