A Dangerous Plot Discovered · Anthony Wotton
A Dangerous Plot Discovered, Chapter 11
CHAP. XI. The point of falling from Grace
| Maſter Mountagu. | The Church of Rome. | The Church … England |
| I See no reaſon why I may not confidently maintaine falling from grace, Appeale, page 37. | He that is Iuſtified, may loſe the grace of iuſtification, which hee haeth receiued, Con. Tren…, ſeſſ. 6. can. 23. | After that we hauehave receiued the holy Ghoſt, wee may depart from grace giuen: therefore they are to be condemned, which ſay they can no more ſinne as long as they liue here, Artic. 16. |
| In the ſecond part of the Homily of falling from God, we are ſent vntounto a concluſion, not onelyonly of totall lapſe for a time, but alſo of finall ſeparation, and for euer, which is alſo according to the Doctrine expreſſed in the Articles: for he that ſaith a man may fall away, and may recouer, implyeth withall, that ſome men may fall away, and may not recouer. | By eueryevery mortall ſinne, a man doth loſe the grace of Iuſtification, which hee hath receued, cap. 15. | |
| Which ſentence m…ſt now be accounted his owne: becauſe he brings it as the Doctrine of our Church: & he profeſſeth, Appeal page 48 what that Church beleeueth, I beleeue; what it teacheth, I teach. |
Sometime the El…ct, Called, the Iuſtified, ſuch as Peter was, doe fall totally from Gods grace. Appeale, page 16.
By a wicked life, men doe fall away from grace, Appeale p. 36. By all which places alledged we hauehave his mind in this point to the full: I will ſet it downe in ſeuerall propoſitions, for the more eaſe of memory and vnderſtanding, and follow his order thus,
1 A man may fall away from grace.
2 A man may fall away from grace totally and finally.
3 The Elect, and Iuſtified, doe ſometime fall away totally.
4 By ſinne a man doth fall from grace.