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             A brief vindication of three passages in the Practical catechisme, from the censures affixt on them by the ministers of London, in a book entitled, A testimony to the truth of Jesus Christ, &c. / By H. Hammond D.D.
             Hammond, Henry, 1605-1660.
          
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             1648.
          
           
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           A
           BRIEF
           VINDICATION
           OF
           THREE
           PASSAGES
           
             IN
             THE
          
           PRACTICAL
           CATECHISME
           ,
           FROM
           The
           Censures
           affixt
           on
           them
           by
           the
           
             Ministers
          
           of
           
             London
             ,
          
           in
           a
           Book
           
             ENTITLED
             ,
             A
             Testimony
             to
             the
             truth
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           By
           
             H.
             Hammond
          
           D.
           D.
           
        
         
           LONDON
           .
           Printed
           for
           RICHARD
           ROYSTON
           in
           
             Ivy-lane
             ,
          
           1648.
           
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           A
           VINDICATION
           OF
           THE
           PRACTICAL
           CATECHISME
           .
        
         
           SEeing
           it
           again
           appears
           to
           me
           by
           a
           
             book
             ,
          
           that
           came
           to
           this
           town
           on
           Saturday
           last
           ,
           (
           entitled
           ,
           
             A
             Testimony
             to
             the
             truth
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
          
           &c.
           pretending
           to
           be
           subscribed
           by
           52
           
             Ministers
             of
             Christ
             within
             the
             Province
             of
             London
          
           )
           that
           it
           is
           Gods
           good
           pleasure
           to
           deliver
           me
           up
           to
           be
           evill
           spoken
           of
           ,
           and
           accused
           ,
           and
           to
           bear
           a
           yet
           deeper
           part
           of
           his
           bitter
           cup
           ,
           then
           many
           others
           of
           my
           Brethren
           have
           done
           ,
           I
           desire
           to
           bless
           and
           praise
           his
           name
           for
           this
           his
           goodnes
           and
           mercy
           to
           me
           ,
           and
           to
           embrace
           all
           those
           ,
           who
           have
           joyn'd
           their
           hands
           to
           be
           instruments
           in
           this
           ,
           as
           those
           whom
           by
           
             Christs
          
           command
           (
           particularly
           belonging
           to
           me
           on
           this
           occasion
           )
           I
           am
           bound
           
             to
             love
             ,
             to
             blesse
             ,
             to
             pray
             for
             ,
          
           and
           not
           to
           think
           of
           any
           other
           way
           of
           return
           toward
           them
           .
           This
           ,
           I
           
           thank
           God
           ,
           I
           can
           most
           cheerfully
           do
           ,
           and
           would
           satisfie
           my self
           to
           have
           done
           it
           in
           private
           ,
           between
           
             God
          
           and
           my
           own
           soul
           ,
           were
           there
           not
           another
           occasion
           ,
           which
           makes
           it
           a
           little
           necessary
           for
           me
           to
           say
           somewhat
           publickly
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           the
           vindication
           of
           the
           
             truth
             of
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
          
           which
           they
           ,
           who
           are
           willing
           to
           give
           
             testimony
          
           to
           it
           ,
           will
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           take
           from
           me
           in
           good
           part
           .
        
         
           These
           men
           
             p.
          
           4.
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           second
           branch
           of
           their
           testimony
           ,
           (
           which
           it
           seems
           by
           
             p.
          
           37.
           the
           whole
           number
           of
           the
           52
           Ministers
           have
           subscribed
           )
           make
           mention
           of
           
             unsound
             opinions
             ,
             especially
             abominable
             errours
             ,
             damnable
             heresies
             ,
             and
             horrid
             blasphemies
             ,
             which
             are
             broached
             and
             maintained
             here
             in
          
           England
           
             among
             us
             ,
             under
             the
             notion
             of
          
           New
           lights
           ,
           
             and
             new
             truths
             ;
             many
             of
             which
             they
             have
             reason
             to
             judge
             destructive
             to
             the
             very
             fundamental
             truths
             of
             Christianity
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           
             All
             of
             them
             utterly
             repugnant
             to
             the
             sacred
             Scriptures
             ,
             the
             occasion
             of
             much
             grief
             of
             heart
             to
             all
             the
             friends
             of
             truth
             and
             piety
             at
             home
             ,
             the
             scandal
             and
             offence
             of
             all
             the
             Reformed
             Churches
             abroad
             ,
             the
             unparalleld
             reproach
             of
             this
             Church
             and
             Nation
             ,
             totally
             inconsistent
             with
             the
             Covenant
             ,
             and
             the
             covenanted
             Reformation
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             word
             ,
             the
             very
             dregs
             and
             spawn
             of
             those
             old
             accursed
             heresies
             which
             have
             been
             already
             condemned
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           After
           this
           preface
           and
           expression
           of
           their
           zeal
           to
           Gods
           truth
           ,
           they
           conclude
           the
           period
           with
           a
           profession
           ,
           that
           they
           
             more
             particularly
             abominate
             these
             infamous
             and
             pernicious
             errours
             of
             late
             published
             among
             us
             ,
             and
             hereafter
             recited
             in
             this
             ensuing
             Catalogue
             ,
          
           viz.
           
             Errours
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           In
           this
           Catalogue
           ,
           three
           particulars
           there
           are
           recited
           from
           the
           
             Practical
             Catechisme
             of
             H.
             Hammond
             ,
          
           2.
           Edit.
           
             London
             ,
          
           1646.
           
        
         
           From
           which
           premises
           ,
           I
           suppose
           ,
           any
           Reader
           will
           conclude
           ,
           
           that
           those
           three
           particulars
           are
           by
           these
           Ministers
           thought
           guilty
           of
           all
           those
           Charges
           which
           they
           had
           affixt
           to
           
             All
          
           the
           unsound
           opinions
           ,
           &c.
           noted
           by
           them
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           that
           they
           are
           
             utterly
             repugnant
             to
             the
             sacred
             Scriptures
             ,
             &c.
          
           and
           in
           the
           modestest
           of
           their
           expressions
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           
             infamous
             and
             pernicious
             errours
             .
          
        
         
           Upon
           this
           supposition
           ,
           I
           hold
           it
           my
           duty
           by
           setting
           down
           these
           three
           particulars
           punctually
           ,
           to
           refer
           it
           to
           all
           impartial
           Christians
           to
           judge
           whether
           it
           be
           
             a
             Testimony
             to
             the
             truth
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           to
           passe
           such
           censures
           on
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           is
           recited
           by
           them
           ,
           
             p.
          
           9.
           and
           it
           is
           this
           ,
           That
           
             Christ
             was
             given
             to
             undergo
             a
             shameful
             death
             voluntarily
             upon
             the
             Crosse
             ,
             to
             satisfie
             for
             the
             sin
             of
          
           Adam
           ,
           
             and
             for
             all
             the
             sins
             of
             all
             mankind
             .
          
        
         
           This
           is
           thus
           plainly
           set
           down
           in
           their
           catalogue
           of
           
             infamous
             &
             pernicious
             errors
             ,
          
           but
           without
           the
           least
           note
           to
           direct
           what
           part
           of
           this
           proposition
           is
           liable
           to
           that
           charge
           ,
           any
           farther
           then
           may
           be
           collected
           from
           the
           title
           of
           the
           
             Errours
          
           under
           which
           't
           is
           placed
           ,
           viz
           :
           
             Errours
             touching
             universal
             or
             general
             redemption
             .
          
           From
           whence
           I
           presume
           to
           discern
           their
           meaning
           to
           be
           ,
           that
           to
           affirm
           Christ
           to
           have
           
             satisfied
             for
             ,
          
           or
           
             redeemed
             all
             mankind
             ,
          
           is
           this
           
             pernitious
             errour
          
           by
           them
           
             abominated
             .
          
           And
           such
           I
           confesse
           I
           should
           acknowledge
           it
           to
           be
           ,
           if
           it
           had
           any
           right
           to
           be
           joyn'd
           with
           that
           other
           by
           these
           men
           set
           under
           the
           same
           head
           
             [
             that
             the
             damned
             shall
             be
             saved
             ]
          
           but
           I
           hope
           that
           error
           hath
           received
           no
           patronage
           from
           that
           
             Catechism
             ,
          
           nor
           sure
           from
           that
           assertion
           of
           
             Christs
             redeeming
             all
             mankind
             .
          
           These
           two
           propositions
           being
           very
           reconcileable
           ,
           that
           
             Christ
             redeemed
             all
             men
             ,
          
           and
           yet
           that
           the
           whole
           number
           of
           the
           impenitent
           ,
           unbelieving
           ,
           reprobate
           world
           shall
           
           never
           be
           
             saved
          
           by
           him
           .
           If
           there
           were
           any
           need
           of
           it
           ,
           I
           should
           easily
           shew
           the
           way
           of
           reconciling
           these
           two
           ,
           by
           adding
           that
           the
           great
           Benefits
           of
           
             Christs
             Death
             ,
          
           which
           I
           affirm
           to
           be
           general
           ,
           are
           given
           upon
           
             condition
             ,
          
           not
           
             absolutely
          
           (
           as
           
             Gods
             love
          
           to
           the
           
             world
             ,
          
           &
           ,
           the
           effect
           of
           it
           ,
           
             giving
             his
             Son
             ,
          
           is
           not
           designed
           ,
           that
           all
           
             absolutely
             ,
          
           but
           that
           all
           
             conditionally
             ,
          
           i.
           e.
           
             whosoever
             believeth
             in
             him
             ,
             should
             not
             perish
             ,
             but
             have
             everlasting
             life
          
           )
           and
           that
           they
           which
           do
           not
           perform
           that
           
             condition
          
           (
           as
           God
           knows
           a
           great
           multitude
           doe
           not
           )
           shall
           never
           be
           
             saved
          
           by
           his
           
             death
             :
          
           To
           which
           purpose
           is
           that
           of
           
             Prosper
             ,
          
           one
           far
           enough
           from
           all
           kindnesse
           to
           the
           
             Pelagians
             ,
             Redemptor
             mundi
             dedit
             pro
             mundo
             sanguinem
             suum
             ,
             &
             mundus
             redimi
             noluit
             ,
          
           &c.
           
             the
             Redeemer
             of
             the
             world
             gave
             his
             bloud
             for
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             the
             world
             would
             not
             be
             redeemed
             .
             ad
             Gall
             :
             cap.
          
           9.
           
           But
           ,
           to
           confine
           my
           discourse
           (
           without
           consideration
           of
           the
           
             consequences
          
           )
           to
           the
           assertion
           it self
           ;
           I
           desire
           it
           may
           be
           observ'd
           ,
           that
           this
           was
           not
           crudely
           set
           down
           in
           that
           
             Catechisme
             ,
          
           but
           with
           this
           immediate
           addition
           [
           
             to
             tast
             death
             for
             every
             man
             ,
             Heb.
          
           2.9
           .
           ]
           by
           that
           plain
           testimony
           of
           Scripture
           confirming
           the
           truth
           of
           what
           was
           asserted
           ,
           as
           punctually
           as
           could
           be
           imagined
           .
           For
           sure
           
             [
             every
             man
             ]
          
           signifies
           all
           mankind
           ,
           as
           that
           notes
           
             singulos
             generis
             humani
             ,
          
           in
           the
           largest
           notion
           of
           the
           word
           ,
           and
           
             tasting
             death
             for
          
           them
           is
           satisfying
           for
           their
           sins
           .
           If
           this
           testimony
           (
           so
           clear
           ,
           that
           it
           alone
           hath
           ,
           to
           my
           knowledge
           ,
           convinc'd
           one
           as
           learned
           a
           man
           as
           doth
           in
           this
           Church
           of
           ours
           maintain
           the
           doctrines
           contrary
           to
           the
           
             Remonstrants
          
           )
           be
           not
           thought
           sufficient
           to
           support
           this
           assertion
           ,
           I
           shall
           then
           
             ex
             abundanti
          
           adde
           these
           other
           plain
           testimonies
           ;
           Not
           only
           that
           of
           
             Gods
             giving
             his
             only
             Son
             ,
          
           mention'd
           by
           
             Christ
             ,
          
           as
           an
           effect
           or
           expression
           of
           his
           
             love
             to
             the
             world
             ,
          
           
           (
           which
           it
           would
           not
           be
           ,
           if
           he
           did
           not
           give
           him
           for
           the
           
             world
             ,
          
           whom
           he
           is
           said
           to
           
             love
          
           )
           but
           (
           to
           prevent
           all
           distinctions
           concerning
           the
           notion
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           signified
           ,
           only
           the
           Elect
           )
           more
           particularly
           these
           two
           ;
           First
           that
           of
           2
           
             Pet.
          
           2.1
           .
           where
           
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           i.
           e.
           
             Christ
          
           is
           plainly
           said
           to
           have
           
             bought
          
           (
           i.e.
           paid
           the
           price
           ,
           satisfied
           for
           )
           
             them
             ,
             who
             deny
             him
             ,
             and
             bring
             upon
             themselves
             swift
             destruction
             :
          
           to
           which
           agrees
           that
           of
           1
           
             Cor.
          
           8.11
           .
           where
           the
           
             weake
             brother
             ,
          
           of
           whom
           't
           is
           said
           ,
           that
           by
           another
           mans
           scandal
           he
           
             shal
             perish
             ,
          
           is
           described
           to
           be
           one
           
             for
             whom
             Christ
             died
             .
          
           The
           other
           testimony
           which
           I
           shall
           adde
           ,
           is
           that
           of
           S.
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           2
           
             Cor.
          
           5.14
           .
           which
           I
           desire
           the
           intelligent
           Reader
           to
           observe
           :
           Where
           speaking
           of
           the
           
             constreining
          
           obliging
           
             love
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             we
             thus
             judge
             ,
             that
             if
             one
             died
             for
             all
             ,
             then
             were
             all
             dead
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           surely
           ,
           
             All
          
           in
           the
           full
           latitude
           ,
           not
           only
           the
           
             elect
          
           but
           
             All
          
           others
           ;
           and
           this
           conclusion
           the
           
             Apostle
          
           inferrs
           by
           this
           
             medium
             ,
          
           because
           
             one
             ,
          
           i.e.
           
             Christ
             died
             for
             all
             ,
          
           which
           being
           a
           proof
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           must
           certainly
           be
           as
           true
           ,
           and
           as
           acknowledged
           (
           if
           not
           more
           )
           as
           that
           which
           't
           is
           brought
           to
           prove
           ;
           and
           particularly
           the
           
             [
             all
             ]
          
           for
           whom
           he
           
             died
             ,
          
           be
           as
           unlimited
           as
           the
           
             [
             all
             ]
          
           that
           were
           prov'd
           from
           thence
           to
           be
           
             dead
             ,
          
           or
           else
           the
           
             Apostle
          
           could
           not
           
             judge
          
           (
           as
           he
           saith
           he
           doth
           )
           or
           conclude
           the
           
             death
          
           of
           
             all
          
           in
           
             Adam
          
           by
           that
           
             medium
             .
          
           From
           this
           arguing
           of
           the
           
             Apostle
          
           I
           shall
           make
           no
           question
           to
           infer
           ,
           that
           in
           S.
           
             Pauls
          
           divinity
           ,
           
             Christ
             died
             for
             all
             who
             are
             dead
             in
             Adam
             ;
          
           and
           on
           that
           occasion
           I
           shall
           adde
           ,
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           that
           the
           contrary
           doctrine
           [
           of
           
             Christs
          
           not
           dying
           for
           all
           ]
           was
           by
           the
           
             Antients
          
           affixt
           on
           
             Pelagius
          
           upon
           that
           ground
           ,
           of
           his
           affirming
           that
           all
           (
           i.
           e.
           that
           Infants
           )
           were
           not
           faln
           in
           
             Adam
             ,
          
           and
           so
           needed
           not
           to
           be
           redeem'd
           by
           Christ
           .
           Thus
           it
           appears
           by
           
             S.
             August
             :
             cont.
          
           2.
           
             Epist.
             Pelag
             :
             l.
          
           2.
           
             c.
          
           2.
           
           
             Pelagiani
             
             dicunt
             Deum
             non
             esse
             omnium
             aetatum
             in
             hominibus
             mundatorem
             ,
             salvatorem
             ,
             liberatorem
             ,
             &c.
          
           and
           when
           the
           
             Massilians
             ,
          
           to
           vindicate
           themselves
           from
           that
           charge
           of
           S.
           
             Augustines
             ,
          
           confesse
           that
           
             Christ
          
           died
           
             for
             all
             mankind
             ,
          
           (
           as
           it
           appears
           by
           
             Prospers
             Epistle
          
           )
           
             Prosper
          
           expresses
           no
           manner
           of
           dislike
           of
           that
           confession
           ,
           but
           forms
           other
           charges
           against
           them
           .
           And
           the
           truth
           is
           ,
           there
           is
           scarce
           any
           antient
           writer
           before
           
             Pelagius
             ,
          
           but
           hath
           directly
           asserted
           
             Christs
          
           dying
           for
           all
           ,
           The
           testimonies
           of
           
             Irenaeus
             ,
             Clemens
             ,
             Origen
             ,
             Macarius
             ,
             Cyril
             of
             Jerusalem
             ,
             Eusebius
             ,
             Athanasius
             ,
          
           and
           many
           others
           might
           readily
           be
           produced
           ,
           if
           that
           were
           needful
           .
           And
           then
           let
           it
           be
           guest
           also
           ,
           which
           of
           the
           two
           positions
           ,
           the
           affirmative
           or
           the
           negative
           ,
           best
           deserves
           the
           charge
           of
           being
           the
           
             spawn
             of
             those
             old
             accursed
             heresies
             ,
             which
             have
             been
             already
             condemned
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           The
           same
           I
           could
           adde
           from
           many
           the
           learnedst
           
             Protestants
             ,
          
           which
           never
           were
           thought
           to
           be
           tainted
           with
           any
           antient
           or
           modern
           heresie
           (
           though
           others
           I
           know
           have
           exprest
           themselves
           otherwise
           )
           but
           I
           need
           not
           such
           auxiliaries
           .
           To
           conclude
           this
           point
           ,
           I
           suppose
           in
           affirming
           or
           vindicating
           this
           position
           ,
           I
           have
           born
           
             testimony
          
           to
           the
           
             truth
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           from
           whom
           ,
           and
           whose
           Apostles
           I
           professe
           to
           have
           learn'd
           this
           truth
           ,
           and
           to
           conceive
           it
           (
           for
           the
           sense
           of
           it
           )
           as
           fully
           testified
           by
           plain
           Scriptures
           ,
           as
           many
           Articles
           of
           the
           Creed
           ;
           and
           for
           the
           expression
           used
           in
           the
           
             Pract
             :
             Catechisme
          
           of
           
             [
             all
             mankind
             ]
          
           I
           must
           acknowledge
           to
           have
           learn'd
           it
           from
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
          
           (
           of
           which
           I
           do
           yet
           with
           joy
           professe
           my self
           an
           obedient
           son
           and
           member
           )
           in
           those
           words
           of
           her
           
             Catechisme
             ,
          
           establisht
           by
           
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             ,
          
           and
           inserted
           in
           the
           Book
           of
           
             Liturgy
             ,
          
           where
           I
           was
           taught
           ,
           [
           
             to
             believe
             in
             God
             the
             Father
             ,
             who
             created
             me
             and
             all
             the
             world
             ,
             In
             God
             the
             Son
             ,
             who
             redeemed
             
             me
             and
             all
             mankind
             ,
             and
             in
             God
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             who
             sanctified
             me
             and
             all
             the
             elect
             people
             of
             God
             ;
          
           where
           
             mankind
          
           as
           it
           is
           of
           a
           
             narrower
          
           extent
           on
           one
           side
           then
           all
           the
           world
           of
           creatures
           ,
           so
           is
           it
           to
           be
           understood
           of
           a
           
             larger
             ,
          
           then
           
             all
             the
             elect
             people
             of
             God
             ;
          
           and
           so
           much
           for
           the
           first
           charge
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           is
           set
           down
           
             p.
          
           15.
           and
           it
           is
           this
           ,
           
             That
             neither
             Paul
             nor
             James
             exclude
             or
             separate
             faithful
             actions
             or
             acts
             of
             faith
             from
             faith
             ,
             or
             the
             condition
             of
             justification
             ,
             but
             absolutely
             require
             them
             ,
             as
             the
             only
             things
             by
             which
             the
             man
             is
             justified
             .
          
           What
           is
           thus
           set
           down
           I
           acknowledge
           to
           be
           
             in
             terminis
          
           in
           the
           
             practical
             Catechisme
             ,
          
           but
           cannot
           easily
           guesse
           wherein
           the
           error
           or
           perniciousnesse
           is
           conceived
           to
           lie
           ,
           unlesse
           it
           should
           possibly
           be
           thorow
           a
           mistake
           of
           the
           phrase
           
             [
             the
             only
             things
             by
             which
             the
             man
             is
             justified
             ]
          
           as
           if
           by
           that
           speech
           should
           be
           understood
           ,
           either
           that
           the
           
             faithful
             actions
             or
             acts
             of
             faith
             without
             faith
             it self
             ,
          
           were
           the
           
             only
             things
             by
             which
             we
             are
             justified
             ,
          
           or
           else
           that
           all
           the
           things
           there
           spoken
           of
           ,
           
             Faith
             ,
          
           and
           
             faithful
             actions
             ,
          
           or
           
             acts
             of
             faith
          
           are
           the
           only
           CAUSE
           ,
           and
           so
           some
           CAUSE
           of
           our
           
             justification
             ,
          
           or
           by
           which
           ,
           as
           by
           a
           CAUSE
           ,
           we
           are
           justified
           ;
           either
           of
           these
           I
           confesse
           might
           passe
           for
           an
           error
           ,
           but
           both
           these
           doctrines
           I
           have
           sufficiently
           disclaim'd
           ;
           and
           indeed
           in
           this
           very
           proposition
           't
           is
           affirm'd
           that
           the
           
             faithful
             actions
             or
             acts
             of
             Faith
             are
             not
             excluded
             or
             separated
             from
             Faith
          
           (
           which
           they
           must
           be
           if
           they
           justifie
           without
           
             Faith
          
           )
           
             or
             the
             condition
             of
             justification
          
           (
           
             i.
             e.
          
           from
           that
           faith
           which
           is
           considered
           as
           ,
           and
           affirm'd
           to
           be
           the
           
             condition
          
           of
           our
           justification
           )
           but
           
             by
             those
             two
             Apostles
             absolutely
             required
             ,
          
           to
           what
           ?
           why
           
             to
             faith
             ,
             or
             the
             condition
             of
             our
             justication
             ,
             as
             the
             only
             things
          
           together
           with
           it
           by
           which
           as
           by
           a
           
             condition
             ,
          
           and
           only
           so
           (
           as
           't
           is
           clearly
           set
           down
           all
           over
           that
           part
           of
           the
           Catechisme
           ,
           which
           handles
           
             faith
          
           or
           
             justification
          
           )
           
           
           
           the
           man
           is
           
             justified
             .
          
           This
           I
           suppose
           may
           give
           these
           men
           some
           light
           of
           their
           mistake
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           such
           :
           but
           if
           they
           understand
           the
           speech
           as
           then
           and
           now
           I
           do
           ,
           and
           yet
           think
           it
           error
           ,
           and
           pernicious
           ,
           I
           must
           then
           only
           prove
           that
           what
           was
           said
           from
           S.
           
             James
          
           and
           S.
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           was
           not
           by
           me
           falsly
           imposed
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           then
           they
           must
           either
           maintain
           my
           speech
           ,
           or
           fall
           with
           me
           in
           the
           same
           condemnation
           .
           That
           S.
           
             James
          
           doth
           not
           
             exclude
             or
             separate
             faithful
             actions
             ,
             or
             acts
             of
             Faith
             ,
             from
             Faith
             ,
             or
             the
             condition
             of
             justification
             ,
             but
             require
             them
             ,
          
           (
           
             i.e.
          
           Faith
           ,
           and
           faithful
           actions
           ,
           or
           acts
           of
           faith
           )
           
             as
             the
             only
             things
             by
             which
             ,
             as
             by
             a
             condition
             ,
             the
             man
             is
             justified
             ,
          
           will
           be
           clear
           by
           the
           definition
           of
           a
           
             condition
          
           in
           
             Logick
             ,
          
           and
           the
           plain
           words
           of
           S.
           
             James
             ;
          
           A
           
             Condition
          
           is
           a
           qualification
           of
           the
           s●bject
           required
           to
           make
           him
           capable
           ,
           or
           a
           
             causa
             sine
             quâ
             non
             ;
          
           and
           so
           a
           condition
           of
           justification
           is
           no
           more
           ,
           then
           that
           without
           which
           a
           man
           cannot
           be
           justified
           ;
           and
           that
           as
           the
           direct
           affirmation
           of
           S.
           
             James
             ,
             c.
          
           2.24
           .
           
             Ye
             see
             that
             by
             works
          
           (
           
             i.
             e.
          
           faithful
           actions
           ,
           or
           acts
           of
           faith
           )
           
             a
             man
             is
             just●fied
             ,
             and
             not
             by
             faith
             only
             :
          
           and
           again
           ,
           
             Faith
             if
             it
             have
             not
             works
             ,
          
           v.
           17.
           and
           
             Faith
             without
             works
             ,
          
           v.
           20.
           
             is
             dead
             ,
          
           and
           so
           ,
           sure
           ,
           not
           such
           as
           by
           which
           we
           are
           justified
           .
           From
           whence
           I
           form
           this
           
             syllogisme
             ,
             That
             ,
             without
             which
             ,
             in
             S.
             James's
             opinion
             ,
             we
             are
             not
             justified
             ,
             and
             by
             which
             joyn'd
             with
             faith
             we
             are
             justified
             ,
             not
             by
             faith
             only
             ,
             is
             not
             by
             S.
             James
             excluded
             or
             separated
             from
             Faith
             or
             the
             condition
             of
             our
             justification
             ,
             but
             required
             together
             with
             Faith
             ,
             as
             the
             only
             things
             by
             which
          
           (
           as
           by
           a
           condition
           
             the
             man
             is
             justified
             ;
          
           But
           
             without
             acts
             of
             faith
             or
             faithful
             actions
             ,
             in
             S.
             James's
             ●●●mon
             ,
             we
             are
             not
             justified
             ,
             and
             by
             them
             we
             are
             justified
             ,
             and
             〈◊〉
             by
             faith
             only
             ,
          
           Therefore
           
             faithful
             actions
             ,
             or
             acts
             of
             ●●●th
             are
             not
             by
             St.
             James
             excluded
             or
             separated
             from
             
             Faith
             ,
             or
             the
             condition
             of
             our
             justification
             ,
             but
             required
             together
             with
             faith
             ,
             as
             the
             only
             things
             by
             which
          
           (
           as
           by
           a
           condition
           )
           the
           
             man
             is
             justified
             .
          
        
         
           The
           first
           proposition
           is
           clear
           from
           the
           nature
           of
           a
           
             condition
             ;
          
           the
           second
           from
           the
           words
           cited
           out
           of
           S.
           
             James
             ,
          
           and
           then
           I
           hope
           the
           conclusion
           will
           neither
           be
           
             error
          
           nor
           
             pernitious
             .
          
        
         
           Then
           for
           S.
           
             Paul
          
           't
           is
           made
           evident
           in
           the
           
             Pract
             :
             Catech●sme
          
           that
           the
           faith
           by
           which
           according
           to
           his
           doctrine
           
             Abraham
          
           was
           justified
           (
           and
           not
           by
           works
           )
           
             Rom.
          
           4.
           was
           not
           only
           a
           depending
           on
           God
           for
           the
           performance
           of
           his
           promise
           (
           which
           yet
           was
           a
           
             faithful
             action
             ,
          
           or
           
             act
             of
             Faith
          
           )
           but
           also
           a
           resigning
           himself
           up
           wholly
           to
           him
           to
           obey
           his
           precepts
           ;
           or
           more
           clearly
           ,
           was
           a
           
             Faith
             ,
          
           which
           ,
           howsoever
           it
           was
           tried
           by
           promises
           or
           commands
           ,
           did
           answer
           
             God
          
           in
           
             Acts
             of
             faith
             ,
          
           or
           
             faithful
             actions
             ;
          
           and
           so
           was
           accepted
           by
           God
           (
           without
           absolute
           unsinning
           obedience
           ,
           much
           more
           without
           obedience
           to
           the
           
             Mosaical
          
           law
           ,
           
             i.
             e.
          
           without
           
             works
          
           )
           all
           which
           is
           clear
           in
           the
           story
           of
           
             Abraham
             ,
          
           and
           I
           suppose
           need
           not
           farther
           be
           evidenced
           .
           And
           then
           concerning
           S.
           
             Pauls
          
           part
           in
           the
           businesse
           ,
           my
           syllogisme
           shall
           be
           this
           ,
           
             He
             that
             affirms
             Abraham
             to
             be
             justified
             by
             that
             Faith
             ,
             which
             ,
             howsoever
             't
             was
             tried
             ,
             did
             answer
             God
             in
             acts
             of
             faith
             or
             faithful
             actions
             ,
             doth
             not
             exclude
             or
             separate
             Faithful
             actions
             or
             acts
             of
             faith
             from
             faith
             ,
             or
             the
             condition
             of
             our
             justification
             ,
             but
             absolutely
             requires
             them
             ,
             &c.
          
           But
           S.
           
             Paul
             affirms
             Abraham
             to
             be
             justified
             by
             that
             Faith
             ,
             which
             howsoever
             't
             was
             tried
             ,
             did
             answer
             God
             in
             faithful
             actions
             ,
             or
             acts
             of
             faith
             ,
          
           Therefore
           
             S.
             Paul
             doth
             not
             exclude
             or
             separate
             faithful
             actions
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           The
           first
           proposition
           I
           conceive
           wants
           little
           proving
           ,
           after
           that
           which
           hath
           been
           already
           premis'd
           in
           this
           matter
           .
           
           And
           for
           the
           second
           I
           shall
           desire
           that
           
             Abrahams
             faith
             ,
          
           as
           it
           hath
           justification
           attributed
           to
           it
           by
           Saint
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           may
           be
           viewed
           both
           in
           the
           4
           to
           the
           
             Rom.
          
           and
           the
           11
           to
           the
           
             Heb.
             
          
           In
           the
           former
           his
           
             faith
          
           was
           tried
           by
           the
           promise
           of
           a
           numerous
           seed
           ,
           &c.
           and
           he
           answered
           that
           with
           one
           
             act
             of
             faith
             ,
          
           or
           
             faithful
             action
             ,
             believed
             in
             hope
             ,
             beyond
             hope
             ,
          
           v.
           18.
           was
           
             strong
             in
             Faith
             ,
          
           and
           
             gave
             glory
             to
             God
             ,
          
           v.
           20.
           was
           
             fully
             perswaded
             ,
             that
             what
             God
             had
             promised
             ,
             he
             was
             able
             to
             perform
             ,
          
           v.
           21.
           all
           which
           what
           are
           they
           but
           
             acts
             of
             faith
             ,
             or
             faithful
             actions
             ;
          
           all
           ,
           which
           (
           when
           the
           object
           of
           the
           
             faith
          
           is
           Gods
           absolute
           promise
           )
           the
           matter
           is
           capable
           of
           ,
           and
           for
           this
           it
           
             was
             counted
             to
             him
             for
             righteousnesse
             ,
          
           or
           he
           was
           justified
           ,
           
             ver.
          
           22.
           and
           thence
           sure
           I
           may
           conclude
           ,
           that
           these
           were
           so
           required
           ,
           as
           the
           
             condition
          
           by
           which
           he
           was
           ,
           and
           without
           which
           he
           should
           not
           be
           justified
           .
           In
           the
           11
           to
           the
           
             Heb.
          
           many
           other
           
             acts
          
           of
           his
           
             faith
             ,
          
           or
           
             faithful
             actions
          
           are
           mentioned
           ;
           v.
           8.
           
             by
             faith
             he
             obeyed
             to
             go
             out
             of
             his
             own
             Country
             ,
             not
             knowing
             whither
             he
             went
             ,
          
           and
           v.
           9.
           
             by
             faith
             he
             sojourn'd
             in
             a
             strange
             land
             ,
          
           v.
           10.
           
             by
             faith
             he
             expected
             a
             city
             ,
             that
             hath
             foundations
             ,
          
           v.
           17.
           
             by
             faith
             he
             offer'd
             his
             Son
             ,
          
           and
           v.
           19.
           
             counted
             that
             God
             was
             able
             to
             raise
             him
             up
             from
             the
             dead
             ,
          
           v.
           20.
           
             by
             faith
             he
             blessed
             Isaac
             concerning
             things
             to
             come
             .
          
           What
           are
           all
           these
           but
           acts
           of
           faith
           ,
           or
           faithful
           actions
           in
           all
           kinds
           of
           tryals
           ?
           And
           therefore
           I
           suppose
           all
           this
           being
           out
           of
           Saint
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           as
           the
           former
           out
           of
           Saint
           
             James
             ,
          
           't
           will
           be
           no
           error
           or
           pernitious
           from
           their
           very
           words
           to
           have
           affirm'd
           this
           doctrine
           ,
           and
           affixt
           it
           on
           them
           .
           I
           suppose
           also
           this
           may
           serve
           for
           the
           second
           proposition
           .
        
         
           The
           third
           is
           set
           down
           
             p.
          
           18.
           from
           
             Pract.
             
             Catech.
             p.
          
           120.
           and
           t
           is
           this
           ,
           That
           
             [
             thou
             shalt
             not
             take
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Lord
             thy
             God
             in
             vain
             ]
             is
             undoubtedly
             no
             more
             then
             [
             thou
             shalt
             
             not
             forswear
             thy self
             .
             ]
          
           To
           this
           Charge
           I
           answer
           first
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           a
           little
           strange
           ,
           that
           a
           bare
           explication
           of
           a
           phrase
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           a
           part
           of
           the
           third
           Commandement
           in
           
             Exod.
          
           though
           it
           were
           acknowledged
           false
           ,
           or
           forc'd
           ,
           should
           yet
           be
           so
           far
           improvable
           by
           any
           ,
           as
           to
           come
           under
           the
           title
           of
           an
           
             infamous
             pernicious
             error
             ,
          
           a
           
             spawn
             of
             the
             old
             accursed
             heresies
             ,
             &c.
          
           and
           be
           capable
           of
           all
           those
           other
           aggravations
           at
           first
           mention'd
           ,
           which
           being
           affixt
           to
           all
           the
           errors
           in
           the
           Catalogue
           ,
           must
           also
           be
           affixt
           to
           this
           which
           is
           set
           down
           for
           one
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           But
           then
           secondly
           ,
           for
           the
           truth
           ,
           (
           most
           undoubted
           certain
           truth
           )
           of
           this
           explication
           ,
           or
           interpretation
           thus
           censured
           ,
           I
           have
           formerly
           at
           large
           made
           it
           appear
           ,
           that
           the
           words
           
             [
             to
             take
             the
             name
             of
             God
             ]
          
           signifie
           to
           
             swear
             ,
          
           and
           no
           more
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Hebrew
          
           which
           we
           render
           
             in
             vain
             ,
          
           signifies
           
             [
             falsly
             ]
          
           and
           is
           so
           rendred
           in
           the
           ninth
           Commandement
           ,
           and
           agreeable
           to
           that
           ,
           
             Psal.
          
           15.
           
             to
             lift
             up
             the
             soul
             to
             vanity
             ,
          
           is
           to
           swear
           by
           the
           soul
           or
           life
           
             falsly
             ,
          
           as
           it
           there
           follows
           ,
           
             nor
             sworn
             to
             deceive
             his
             neighbour
             ,
          
           and
           beside
           my
           own
           judgement
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           back'd
           with
           the
           consent
           of
           as
           learned
           as
           this
           age
           hath
           ,
           or
           the
           Antient
           Church
           had
           any
           ,
           I
           conceiv'd
           that
           I
           had
           a
           most
           authentick
           warrant
           from
           
             Christ
          
           himself
           ,
           who
           renders
           it
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           
             thou
             shalt
             not
             forswear
             thy self
             :
          
           For
           so
           we
           read
           
             Mat.
          
           5.
           
             ye
             have
             heard
             that
             it
             was
             said
             to
             them
             of
             old
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             not
             kill
             ,
          
           and
           again
           in
           the
           same
           manner
           ,
           
             thou
             shalt
             not
             commit
             adultery
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           That
           of
           the
           10
           Commandements
           delivered
           in
           
             Sinai
             ,
          
           and
           brought
           down
           by
           Scripture
           ,
           to
           them
           his
           present
           auditors
           ,
           one
           Commandement
           was
           ,
           
             thou
             shalt
             not
             kill
             ,
          
           another
           ,
           
             thou
             shalt
             not
             commit
             adultery
             ,
          
           and
           so
           again
           in
           the
           very
           same
           form
           of
           words
           ,
           another
           ,
           
             Thou
             shalt
             not
             forswear
             thy self
             ,
          
           From
           which
           I
           did
           assure
           my
           
           self
           (
           and
           so
           stil
           do
           )
           that
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           is
           as
           directly
           the
           interpretation
           (
           in
           Christs
           judgment
           )
           of
           the
           first
           part
           of
           the
           third
           Commandement
           ,
           as
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           or
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           of
           the
           seventh
           and
           sixth
           ,
           and
           so
           that
           it
           is
           
             undoubtedly
             no
             more
          
           the
           one
           then
           the
           other
           .
           And
           indeed
           this
           was
           the
           only
           occasion
           of
           delivering
           those
           words
           in
           the
           
             Pract
             :
             Catech.
          
           to
           shew
           that
           Christ
           did
           not
           misreport
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Commandements
           ,
           nor
           yet
           refer
           to
           any
           other
           place
           ,
           but
           that
           Commandment
           in
           those
           words
           of
           his
           .
           And
           though
           I
           have
           many
           other
           things
           ,
           that
           I
           could
           say
           to
           that
           matter
           ,
           able
           to
           free
           that
           speech
           from
           all
           imaginable
           inconveniences
           (
           especially
           when
           in
           that
           place
           Christs
           prohibition
           is
           explain'd
           to
           be
           against
           all
           kind
           of
           swearing
           (
           by
           any
           other
           as
           wel
           as
           by
           God
           )
           in
           ordinary
           conversation
           ,
           or
           in
           any
           case
           but
           wherein
           it
           is
           necessary
           to
           confirm
           by
           oath
           )
           yet
           I
           am
           very
           willing
           to
           leave
           the
           matter
           here
           ,
           upon
           this
           account
           at
           this
           time
           given
           of
           it
           ,
           
             i.
             e.
          
           in
           my
           opinion
           on
           Christs
           score
           ,
           and
           not
           fear
           what
           any
           ingenuous
           Reader
           wil
           charge
           on
           me
           for
           this
           interpretation
           .
        
         
           I
           beseech
           God
           to
           forgive
           them
           which
           have
           brought
           this
           unnecessary
           trouble
           upon
           the
           Reader
           :
           and
           for
           my self
           I
           have
           to
           them
           these
           two
           only
           requests
           ,
           1.
           
           That
           they
           wil
           examine
           themselves
           sincerely
           ,
           and
           as
           in
           Gods
           sight
           ,
           what
           the
           motive
           or
           design
           was
           ,
           which
           perswaded
           them
           to
           single
           out
           me
           alone
           (
           who
           professe
           my self
           ,
           and
           am
           by
           all
           that
           know
           me
           ,
           acknowledg'd
           to
           hold
           nothing
           contrary
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
             ,
          
           and
           wil
           justifie
           it
           to
           any
           man
           that
           knows
           what
           the
           Church
           of
           
             England
          
           is
           )
           and
           joyn
           me
           with
           the
           broachers
           of
           all
           the
           blasphemies
           and
           heresies
           of
           this
           age
           :
           And
           2ly
           ,
           that
           they
           wil
           lay
           to
           heart
           the
           consequences
           which
           may
           naturally
           flow
           
           from
           hence
           ,
           if
           God
           do
           not
           uphold
           weak
           Christians
           ,
           who
           seeing
           so
           many
           doctrines
           of
           very
           distant
           natures
           blended
           together
           ,
           with
           the
           same
           brand
           of
           
             [
             heresie
             and
             blasphemy
             ,
             infamous
             and
             pernicious
             ]
          
           fasten'd
           on
           them
           ,
           and
           no
           kind
           of
           proofs
           annext
           ,
           that
           any
           are
           such
           (
           beside
           the
           judgment
           of
           the
           Censors
           )
           may
           possibly
           find
           some
           of
           them
           to
           be
           the
           infallible
           truths
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           be
           tempted
           (
           if
           they
           have
           not
           stronger
           antidotes
           then
           this
           bare
           
             Testimony
          
           wil
           afford
           them
           )
           to
           have
           the
           same
           thoughts
           of
           the
           other
           also
           ;
           Or
           if
           not
           ,
           whether
           they
           wil
           not
           be
           inclined
           to
           have
           the
           same
           severity
           and
           condemnation
           for
           me
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           asserter
           of
           such
           propositions
           as
           these
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           taught
           to
           have
           for
           the
           authors
           of
           those
           other
           
             blasphemous
          
           propositions
           ,
           and
           so
           be
           tempted
           to
           uncharitablenesse
           .
        
         
           Having
           said
           thus
           much
           ,
           I
           shall
           hope
           it
           may
           find
           some
           good
           successe
           among
           some
           who
           have
           subscribed
           that
           
             Testimony
             :
          
           But
           if
           I
           am
           mistaken
           in
           all
           of
           them
           ,
           I
           shall
           then
           desire
           that
           this
           improsperous
           Paper
           may
           gain
           me
           but
           thus
           much
           ,
           that
           either
           the
           first
           subscriber
           Mr
           
             John
             Downam
          
           (
           who
           did
           License
           the
           Printing
           of
           this
           very
           Book
           ,
           from
           whence
           all
           these
           pretended
           Errors
           are
           cited
           )
           or
           else
           Dr
           
             Gouge
             ,
          
           or
           Mr
           
             Gataker
             ,
          
           who
           are
           foremost
           of
           the
           second
           rank
           ,
           or
           some
           other
           person
           of
           learning
           and
           Christian
           temper
           wil
           afford
           me
           their
           patience
           personally
           ,
           and
           by
           fair
           Discourse
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Christian
           way
           ,
           to
           debate
           the
           truth
           of
           our
           pretensions
           ;
           and
           for
           this
           I
           shal
           wait
           their
           leisure
           .
        
         
           
             H.
             HAMMOND
             .
          
           
             From
             my
             Study
             ,
             Christ-Ch
             :
             in
             Oxon.
             
             
               Jan.
               24.
               
               Munday
               .
            
          
        
         
           The
           End
           .