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The travels of true godliness. From the beginning of the world to this present…
The travels of true godliness. From the beginning of the world to this present day, in an apt and pleasant allegory: showing, what true godliness is; also the troubles, oppositions, reproaches, and persecutions he hath met with in every age. : Together with the danger and sad declining state he is in at this present time, by errors, heresies, and ungodliness, or open profaneness. / By Benjamin Keach, author of a book called War with the devil, and Zion in distress, and The travels of ungodliness.The travels of true godliness. From the beginning of the world to this present day, in an apt and pleasant allegory: shewing, what true godliness is; also the troubles, oppositions, reproaches, and persecutions he hath met with in every age. : Together with the danger and sad declining state he is in at this present time, by errors, heresies, and ungodliness, or open prophaneness. / By Benjamin Keach, author of a book call'd War with the devil, and Sion in distress, and The travels of ungodliness.
Boston: printed by B. Green and Company for D. Gookin over against the Old South Meeting-House, 1745
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Godly. You do not argue well, I shall distinguish upon your first Proposition, i. e. that which doth secure presently, actually, fully, and formerly from Wrath, without any other cause intervening, is Justification; but I deny that Election doth presently, (as an immanent Act in God) actually fully and formerly discharge the Elect from Sin, Guilt and Wrath; no, it is but a purpose in God so to do, were they not really guilty or charged from ⟨p. 90⟩eternity, or did not God as much decree to charge his Elect with Sin, as he decreed also in and through' Christ, to acquit, justify or pronounce them discharged and free from Guilt, Sin and Wrath. Sir, the Elect are born in Sin, and Children of Wrath by Nature, which they could not be, if their Persons were justified from eternity, and so continue until Effectual Calling: Also was not the Death of Christ a necessary cause intervening between this Degree and their Discharge, for which they are discharged, and without which they could not so be? and doth not the Work of the Spirit, in uniting them to Christ, intervene also? You must therefore distinguish betwixt God's Decree and the execution of them. Election & the Death of Christ, 'tis true, secures them from the execution of God's Wrath, but it did not secure them from falling under the Sentence of his vindictive Wrath and Justice, and 'tis true, Sin shall not be imputed to them, to their Damnation in Hell; Election secures them from that, therefore when Paul saith, Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? Rom. 8.34. he speaks of such of them that are in Christ, ver. 31. or are effectually called, ver. 29, 30. namely Elect Believers; for you dare not deny but the Law of God doth lay heavy things to their Charge before, and what the Law of God doth, God himself doth.
Godli. You do not argue well, I shall distinguish upon your first Proposition, i. e. that which doth secure presently, actually, fully, and formerly from Wrath, without any other cause intervening, is Justification; but I deny that Election doth presently, (as an immanent Act in God) actually fully and formerly discharge the Elect from Sin, Guilt and Wrath; no, it is but a purpose in God so to do, were they not really guilty or charged from ⟨p. 90⟩eternity, or did not God as much decree to charge his Elect with Sin, as he decreed also in and thro' Christ, to acquit, justify or pronounce them discharged and free from Guilt, Sin and Wrath. Sir, the Elect are born in Sin, and Children of Wrath by Nature, which they could not be, if their Persons were justified from eternity, and so continue until Effectual Calling: Also was not the Death of Christ a necessary cause intervening between this Degree and their Discharge, for which they are discharged, and without which they could not so be? and doth not the Work of the Spirit, in uniting them to Christ, intervene also? You must therefore distinguish betwixt God's Decree and the execution of them. Election & the Death of Christ, 'tis true, secures them from the execution of God's Wrath, but it did not secure them from falling under the Sentence of his vindictive Wrath and Justice, and 'tis true, Sin shall not be imputed to them, to their Damnation in Hell; Election secures them from that, therefore when Paul saith, Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect?