A39674:897
Planelogia, a succinct and seasonable discourse of the occasions, causes, nature, rise, growth, and…
Planelogia, a succinct and seasonable discourse of the occasions, causes, nature, rise, growth, and remedies of mental errors written some months since, and now made public, both for the healing and prevention of the sins and calamities which have broken in this way upon the churches of Christ, to the great scandal of religion, hardening of the wicked, and obstruction of Reformation : whereunto are subjoined by way of appendix : I. Vindiciarum vindex, being a succinct, but full answer to Mr. Philip Cary's weak and impertinent exceptions to my Vindiciæ legis & fæderis, II. a synopsis of ancient and modern Antinomian errors, with scriptural arguments and reasons against them, III. a sermon composed for the preventing and healing of rents and divisions in the churches of Christ / by John Flavell ... ; with an epistle by several divines, relating to Dr. Crisp's works.Planelogia, a succinct and seasonable discourse of the occasions, causes, nature, rise, growth, and remedies of mental errors written some months since, and now made publick, both for the healing and prevention of the sins and calamities which have broken in this way upon the churches of Christ, to the great scandal of religion, hardening of the wicked, and obstruction of Reformation : whereunto are subjoined by way of appendix : I. Vindiciarum vindex, being a succinct, but full answer to Mr. Philip Cary's weak and impertinent exceptions to my Vindiciæ legis & fæderis, II. a synopsis of ancient and modern Antinomian errors, with scriptural arguments and reasons against them, III. a sermon composed for the preventing and healing of rents and divisions in the churches of Christ / by John Flavell ... ; with an epistle by several divines, relating to Dr. Crisp's works.
London: printed by R. Roberts for Tho. Cockerill, 1691
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(2.) It bereaves him of another glorious Royalty. The Scripture everywhere makes our Justification the result and fruit of the meritorious death of Christ, Rom. 3. 24, 25. Rom. 8. 3, 4. 2 Cor. 5. 19, 20. Gal. 3. 13, 14. Eph. 1. 7. But if men were justified from Eternity, how is their Justification the fruit and result of the blood of the Cross? as it plainly appears from these Scriptures to be. Nay,
(2.) It bereaves him of another glorious Royalty. The Scripture everywhere makes our Justification the result and fruit of the meritorious death of Christ, Rom. 3. 24, 25. Rom. 8. 3, 4. 2 Cor. 5. 19, 20. Gal. 3. 13, 14. Eph. 1. 7. But if men were justified from Eterternity, how is their Justification the fruit and result of the blood of the Cross? as it plainly appears from these Scriptures to be. Nay,
(3.) This Opinion leaves no place for the satisfaction of Justice by the Blood of Christ for our Sins. He did not die, according to this Opinion, to pay our debts. And here Antinomianism and Socinianism meet, and congratulate each other. For if there were no debts owing to the Justice of God from Eternity, Christ could not die to pay them: and 'tis manifest there were no debts due to God's Justice from Eternity on the account of his Elect, if the Elect were from Eternity justified; unless you will say, a person may be justified, and yet his debts not paid: for all Justification