Antinomians deny all conditions of the covenant of grace, of justification, or of salvation, or that the Gospel zhath any conditions at all. Yea athough ye should not believe, yet God is faithful, and cannot deny himself to be your Redeemer. So (saith bSaltmarsh) its not the way of a covenant cthat the Gospel useth, but rather the promise or grace and salvation. It is true, if we take a condition. 1. For an antecedaneous qualification going before Redemption, the Gospel is no covenant of grace, so as God will neither redeem us in Christ, nor propose a covenant of grace, nor transact covenant-ways to be our God, while we believe. So faith is no condition. Antinomians ignorant of the doctrine of Protestants, fancied that of us; Nor doth it follow, as Crisp and Antinomians say, Faith, obedience, and repentance are not conditions, because pardon, and justification, and salvation go before them; or because by them we purchase not Christ, it only followeth, they are not such conditions as are antecedent, and purchase Christ, which we grant. 2. If a condition be taken in Law terms for a condition, qualification, or some thing that issueth from free will, without the determining grace of Christ, and such a condition as salvation and righteousness imputed dependeth on, in a proper way of condition; so faith is neither strictly a condition of justification, nor of righteousness, or salvation; because God of mere grace worketh, both the condition, faith and the thing conditioned; for a condition is properly a qualification, ⟨p. 40⟩or work to be done by a party,5 by way of contract, league, and bargain, and done, of the parties own strength, as the one side, half, or quarter of a covenant, that obligeth the other party, to bestow a favour or reward for the performed condition, as Armenians say, and neither in this sense, do we ascribe a condition to men. 1. Because Christ as surety undertaketh by promise to fulfil both our part, and his own, I will writ my Law in their dhearts. Christ subscribeth the covenant for me, and himself, and leadeth our trembling hand at the pen, and causeth us consent; in this notion, the Gospel is all promise, rather then a covenant, or a bargain; and there is neither limb, nor lith, nor joint of the covenant, but its all pure grace, both work and wages.
ANtinomians deny all conditions of the covenant of grace, of justification, or of salvation, or that the Gospel zhath any conditions at all. Yea athough yee should not beleeve, yet God is faithfull, and cannot deny himselfe to be your Redeemer. So (saith bSaltmarsh) its not the way of a covenant cthat the Gospel useth, but rather the promise or grace and salvation. It is true, if we take a condition. 1. For an antecedaneous quallification going before Redemption, the Gospel is no covenant of grace, so as God will neither redeeme us in Christ, nor propose a covenant of grace, nor transact covenant-waies to be our God, while we beleeve. So faith is no condition. Antinomians ignorant of the doctine of Protestants, fancied that of us; Nor doth it follow, as Crispe and Antinomians say, Faith, obedience, and repentance are not conditions, because pardon, and justification, and salvation goe before them; or because by them we purchase not Christ, it onely followeth, they are not such conditions as are antecedent, and purchase Christ, which we grant. 2. If a condition be taken in Law tearmes for a condition, qualification, or some thing that issueth from free will, without the determining grace of Christ, and such a condition as salvation and righteousnesse imputed dependeth on, in a proper way of condition; so faith is neither strictly a condition of justification, nor of righteousnesse, or salvation; because God of meere grace worketh, both the condition, faith and the thing conditioned; for a condition is properly a qualification, ⟨p. 40⟩or worke to be done by a party,5 by way of contract, league, and bargaine, and done, of the parties owne strength, as the one side, halfe, or quarter of a covenant, that obleigeth the other party, to bestow a favour or reward for the performed condition, as Arm•nians say, and neither in this sense, doe wee ascribe a condition to men. 1. Because Christ as surety undertaketh by promise to fulfill both our part, and his owne, I will writ my Law in their dhearts. Christ subscribeth the covenant for me, and himselfe, and leadeth our trembling hand at the pen, and causeth us consent; in this notion, the Gospel is all promise, rather then a covenant, or a bargaine; and there is neither limbe, nor lith, nor joynt of the covenant, but its all pure grace, both worke and wages.
- zCrispe Ser. 6. vol. 1. p•. 160.16•.162.
- aPower of love, pag. •1.
- bSaltmarsh Free grace. pag. •06.207.
- cSaltmarsh Free grace, pa. 152.153▪
- 5What a cond•••on […].What a cond•••on 〈…〉.
- dJer. 31.33, 34. […]. 32.19, 40 […] 5•.11. H•b▪ 8 10. Ezech. 36.26.Ier. 31.33, 34. 〈…〉. 32.19, 40 〈…〉 5•.11. H•b▪ 8 10. Ezech. 36.26.
