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The distinction between "absolute certainty" and "moral certainty" is an important one to remember in conversations regarding the subjects of baptism.
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This is a helpful book from @BaptistBooks. A paedobaptist turned Baptist, and a treatment we’d expect from James Haldane.
'Article 16
Although a true believer, whether baptized or unbaptized, is in the state of salvation, and shall certainly be saved; yet in obedience to the command of Christ every believer ought to desire baptism, and to yield himself to be baptized according to the rule of Christ in His Word. And where this obedience is in faith performed, there Christ makes this His ordinance a means of unspeakable benefit to the believing soul (Acts 2:38; 22:16; Rom. 6:3-4; 1 Peter 3:21). And a true believer that here sees the command of Christ lying upon him, cannot allow himself in disobedience thereunto (Acts 24:16).'
- Benjamin Cox, An Appendix to a Confession of Faith (1646)
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Corporate worship and church membership:
“What shall I render to the LORD for all his benefits to me? I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD, I will pay my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people.”
Psalm 116:12-14
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If Andrew Fuller saw the state of the West today he would not be surprised:
'The human heart has ever been averse from the gospel of Christ, but the turn or temper of the present age is peculiarly in favour of infidelity. In much the same manner as in former ages men were violently attached to a persecuting superstition, they are now verging to the opposite extreme, and are in danger of throwing off all religion. Our temptations, and those which will attend our posterity after us, are likely, therefore, to be widely different from what they have hitherto hitherto been. Hitherto nominal Christianity has been no reproach; but reproach has attached itself to the other side. The case, in this respect, may soon be altered. Men grow bold in avowing their contempt of Christianity; and many among the dissipated part of the youth are following their example. Now if characters of this description should spring up in sufficient numbers, not only to keep each other in countenance, but to turn the tide of reproach against Christians, as a company of wrong-headed enthusiasts, we shall soon see which side the mass of mankind will take. Their characters being loose and profligate, they have long felt themselves condemned by the gospel; and this is a matter that does not sit very easy upon them. Nothing has kept them from rejecting it before but the disgrace that would follow upon their becoming open infidels; whenever, therefore, this disgrace shall be removed, we may expect them to go off in great companies. The slightest observation of human nature must convince us that the greater part of mankind, even in religious matters, are governed by fashion; n; they go with "the course of this world." So great an influence has the tide of public opinion upon them, that even where it is not altogether agreeable to their own views and inclinations, they are, nevertheless, frequently carried away by it; but if it be thus where public opinion and private inclination are at variance, it must, of course, be much more so in those cases wherein they are agreed. This will be like a union of the wind and tide; and the vessel which is carried along by such a joint influence can scarcely have any thing left to impede its progress.'
‘The Nature and Importance of a Deep and Intimate Knowledge of Divine Truth’, in The Complete Works of Andrew Fuller (1856), p. 563.
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'It is not unlikely that almost all our religious controversies will soon be reduced to one, upon which the great body of men will divide. Is Christianity true or false? Is there a God? Is there a heaven and a hell? or is it all a fiction? Agitated by these important questions, the greater part of the inhabitants of Europe, and perhaps of America, including our own posterity, may rank either as real Christians or as open infidels.
What shall we say to these things? Ought they to depress us? We ought, undoubtedly, to feel for the welfare of men's souls, and cannot but feel for those who are more intimately connected with us; but upon any other principle I know not that they ought to have any such effect upon us. God is upon his throne; his church is upon a rock: whatever "hour of temptation may be coming upon the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth, those who hold fast the word of his patience will be kept through it." "All things work together for good to them that love God." With these views Christians may rejoice, and rejoice always.'
Andrew Fuller, ‘The Nature and Importance of a Deep and Intimate Knowledge of Divine Truth’, in The Complete Works of Andrew Fuller (1856), p. 563.
If Andrew Fuller saw the state of the West today he would not be surprised:
'The human heart has ever been averse from the gospel of Christ, but the turn or temper of the present age is peculiarly in favour of infidelity. In much the same manner as in former ages men were violently attached to a persecuting superstition, they are now verging to the opposite extreme, and are in danger of throwing off all religion. Our temptations, and those which will attend our posterity after us, are likely, therefore, to be widely different from what they have hitherto hitherto been. Hitherto nominal Christianity has been no reproach; but reproach has attached itself to the other side. The case, in this respect, may soon be altered. Men grow bold in avowing their contempt of Christianity; and many among the dissipated part of the youth are following their example. Now if characters of this description should spring up in sufficient numbers, not only to keep each other in countenance, but to turn the tide of reproach against Christians, as a company of wrong-headed enthusiasts, we shall soon see which side the mass of mankind will take. Their characters being loose and profligate, they have long felt themselves condemned by the gospel; and this is a matter that does not sit very easy upon them. Nothing has kept them from rejecting it before but the disgrace that would follow upon their becoming open infidels; whenever, therefore, this disgrace shall be removed, we may expect them to go off in great companies. The slightest observation of human nature must convince us that the greater part of mankind, even in religious matters, are governed by fashion; n; they go with "the course of this world." So great an influence has the tide of public opinion upon them, that even where it is not altogether agreeable to their own views and inclinations, they are, nevertheless, frequently carried away by it; but if it be thus where public opinion and private inclination are at variance, it must, of course, be much more so in those cases wherein they are agreed. This will be like a union of the wind and tide; and the vessel which is carried along by such a joint influence can scarcely have any thing left to impede its progress.'
‘The Nature and Importance of a Deep and Intimate Knowledge of Divine Truth’, in The Complete Works of Andrew Fuller (1856), p. 563.
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I would that more predominantly black churches today were aware of these great men, but I doubt that most even know who they are, perhaps with the exception of Richard Allen in the A.M.E. denomination.
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"The Amyraldian humanization of God was the threat to orthodoxy most vigorously resisted by Francis Turretin."
James Dennison Jr., "The Twilight of Scholasticism: Francis Turretin at the Dawn of the Enlightenment," Protestant Scholasticism, eds. Carl Trueman and R. Scott Clark
'It is not unlikely that almost all our religious controversies will soon be reduced to one, upon which the great body of men will divide. Is Christianity true or false? Is there a God? Is there a heaven and a hell? or is it all a fiction? Agitated by these important questions, the greater part of the inhabitants of Europe, and perhaps of America, including our own posterity, may rank either as real Christians or as open infidels.
What shall we say to these things? Ought they to depress us? We ought, undoubtedly, to feel for the welfare of men's souls, and cannot but feel for those who are more intimately connected with us; but upon any other principle I know not that they ought to have any such effect upon us. God is upon his throne; his church is upon a rock: whatever "hour of temptation may be coming upon the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth, those who hold fast the word of his patience will be kept through it." "All things work together for good to them that love God." With these views Christians may rejoice, and rejoice always.'
Andrew Fuller, ‘The Nature and Importance of a Deep and Intimate Knowledge of Divine Truth’, in The Complete Works of Andrew Fuller (1856), p. 563.
If Andrew Fuller saw the state of the West today he would not be surprised:
'The human heart has ever been averse from the gospel of Christ, but the turn or temper of the present age is peculiarly in favour of infidelity. In much the same manner as in former ages men were violently attached to a persecuting superstition, they are now verging to the opposite extreme, and are in danger of throwing off all religion. Our temptations, and those which will attend our posterity after us, are likely, therefore, to be widely different from what they have hitherto hitherto been. Hitherto nominal Christianity has been no reproach; but reproach has attached itself to the other side. The case, in this respect, may soon be altered. Men grow bold in avowing their contempt of Christianity; and many among the dissipated part of the youth are following their example. Now if characters of this description should spring up in sufficient numbers, not only to keep each other in countenance, but to turn the tide of reproach against Christians, as a company of wrong-headed enthusiasts, we shall soon see which side the mass of mankind will take. Their characters being loose and profligate, they have long felt themselves condemned by the gospel; and this is a matter that does not sit very easy upon them. Nothing has kept them from rejecting it before but the disgrace that would follow upon their becoming open infidels; whenever, therefore, this disgrace shall be removed, we may expect them to go off in great companies. The slightest observation of human nature must convince us that the greater part of mankind, even in religious matters, are governed by fashion; n; they go with "the course of this world." So great an influence has the tide of public opinion upon them, that even where it is not altogether agreeable to their own views and inclinations, they are, nevertheless, frequently carried away by it; but if it be thus where public opinion and private inclination are at variance, it must, of course, be much more so in those cases wherein they are agreed. This will be like a union of the wind and tide; and the vessel which is carried along by such a joint influence can scarcely have any thing left to impede its progress.'
‘The Nature and Importance of a Deep and Intimate Knowledge of Divine Truth’, in The Complete Works of Andrew Fuller (1856), p. 563.
If Andrew Fuller saw the state of the West today he would not be surprised:
'The human heart has ever been averse from the gospel of Christ, but the turn or temper of the present age is peculiarly in favour of infidelity. In much the same manner as in former ages men were violently attached to a persecuting superstition, they are now verging to the opposite extreme, and are in danger of throwing off all religion. Our temptations, and those which will attend our posterity after us, are likely, therefore, to be widely different from what they have hitherto hitherto been. Hitherto nominal Christianity has been no reproach; but reproach has attached itself to the other side. The case, in this respect, may soon be altered. Men grow bold in avowing their contempt of Christianity; and many among the dissipated part of the youth are following their example. Now if characters of this description should spring up in sufficient numbers, not only to keep each other in countenance, but to turn the tide of reproach against Christians, as a company of wrong-headed enthusiasts, we shall soon see which side the mass of mankind will take. Their characters being loose and profligate, they have long felt themselves condemned by the gospel; and this is a matter that does not sit very easy upon them. Nothing has kept them from rejecting it before but the disgrace that would follow upon their becoming open infidels; whenever, therefore, this disgrace shall be removed, we may expect them to go off in great companies. The slightest observation of human nature must convince us that the greater part of mankind, even in religious matters, are governed by fashion; n; they go with "the course of this world." So great an influence has the tide of public opinion upon them, that even where it is not altogether agreeable to their own views and inclinations, they are, nevertheless, frequently carried away by it; but if it be thus where public opinion and private inclination are at variance, it must, of course, be much more so in those cases wherein they are agreed. This will be like a union of the wind and tide; and the vessel which is carried along by such a joint influence can scarcely have any thing left to impede its progress.'
‘The Nature and Importance of a Deep and Intimate Knowledge of Divine Truth’, in The Complete Works of Andrew Fuller (1856), p. 563.
'If a writer start up, in almost any connexion [denomination], let his performance be ever so weak or extravagant, yet, if he possess but a sufficient quantity of overbearing assurance, he will have his admirers; and some serious people, too, will be in danger of being turned aside. How are these things to be accounted for? I conceive the principal reason is, that Christians content themselves with a superficial knowledge of Divine things. Great numbers, from a dislike to controversy, will never take any pains to understand the difference between one set of religious principles and another. They have no desire to enable themselves to distinguish between true and false reasonings. They are too apt to take it for granted that what they have imbibed is truth, and that nothing can be advanced, with the least colour of reason, for the contrary: when, therefore, an argument appears with a little plausibility on its face, it has only to obtain a reading or a hearing, and their assent is gained.'
- Andrew Fuller, ‘The Nature and Importance of a Deep and Intimate Knowledge of Divine Truth’, in The Complete Works of Andrew Fuller (1856), p. 562.
'The knowledge which carnal men acquire of Divine things puffs them up; and while they think they understand great things, they know nothing as they ought to know it.'
- Andrew Fuller, ‘The Nature and Importance of a Deep and Intimate Knowledge of Divine Truth’, in The Complete Works of Andrew Fuller (1856), p. 558.
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“Therefore, since the secret will of God is always done, as has been said, and can be hindered by no reason, since it is most omnipotent: for that reason it can in no way be said that God simply and properly willed or wills that all men in general be saved.”
“And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: so Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.”
- Hebrews 9:27-28
Gill's commentary on Leviticus 19:32 is helpful here. It's common when reading the works of puritans engaging in debate with their elders (in age or office) to have a sense of respect and decorum. John Beart models this well in his response to Joseph Hussey's work denying the free offers of the Gospel.
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Sat 24th Oct. God willing we meet to Give Thanks and to Glorify God for His goodness mercy and grace. A chapel He prepared for we, His church to meet
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A good word from Spurgeon about the dangers of too much busyness in service crowding out walk with the Lord
HT: @SpurgeonMBTS
