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Antinomianism discovered and confuted
Antinomianism discovered and confuted: and free-grace as it is held forth in Gods word: as well by the prophets in the Old Testament, as by the apostles and Christ himself in the New, showed to be other then is by the Antinomian-party in these times maintained. / By Thomas Gataker, B.D. and pastor of Rotherhith.Antinomianism discovered and confuted: and free-grace as it is held forth in Gods word: as well by the prophets in the Old Testament, as by the apostles and Christ himself in the New, shewed to be other then is by the Antinomian-party in these times maintained. / By Thomas Gataker, B.D. and pastor of Rotherhith.
London: printed by T.R. and E.M., 1652
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He might have said, which mans corrupt and carnal heart, until it be wrought upon by Gods Spirit, and prepared by Christ, (who is said to igive as well repentance, as remission of sins; yea first repentance and then remission of sins; to Israel; and to bless 2them as well by turning them away from their iniquities, as by discharging them of the guilt thereof) is very loth to condescend unto; and we therefore have invented a readier way, and a shorter cut for them, without all that ado. But let them carry men on along, so long as they please, in a fools paradise; unless the conditions, that Gods Prophets (for there is no new way to Heaven now, but the same that ever was) and Christs Apostles propound to all that look for salvation by Christ, be performed, there is little hope for any man to attain life eternal; ⟨p. 39⟩unless some other way can be discovered that the Word of God hath not. But you see the man is humorous, and very hard to please by any way that these Legal Teachers take, tho never so consonant to Scripture. And therefore although that Peter, when
He might have said, which mans corrupt and carnall heart, until it be wrought upon by Gods Spirit, and prepared by Christ, (who is said to igive as wel repentance, as remission of sins; yea first repentance and then remission of sins; to Israel; and to bles 2them as wel by turning them away from their iniqities, as by discharging them of the gvilt thereof) is very loth to condeseend unto; and we therefore have invented a readier way, and a shorter cut for them, without all that ado. But let them carry men on along, so long as they please, in a fools paradise; unles the conditions, that Gods Prophets (for there is no new way to Heaven now, but the same that ever was) and Christs Apostles propound to all that look for salvation by Christ, be performed, there is little hope for any man to attain life eternall; ⟨p. 39⟩