Anti-Socinianism, Title page 1 – Dedication 2
Anti-Socinianiſm, OR, A brief Explication of ſome places of holy Scripture, for the confutation of cerrain groſs Errours, and Socinian Hereſies, lately publiſhed by William Pynchion, Gent. in a Dialogue of his, called, The Meritorious Price of our Redemption,
Concerning
1. Chriſt's ſuffering the Wrath of God due to the Elect.
2. God's Imputation of ſin to Chriſt.
3. The nature of the true Mediatorial Obedience of Chriſt.
4. The Juſtification of a ſinner.
ALSO A Brief Deſcription of the Lives, and a True Relation of the Death, of the Authors, Promoters, Propagators, and chief Diſſeminators of this Socinian Hereſie, How it ſprung up, By what means it ſpread, and When and By whom it was firſt brought into England, that ſo we be not deceived by it.
By N. Chewney, M. A. and Miniſter of God's Word.
foreign. Ignat. ad Trall.
foreign. Epiph. Haereſ. 74.
LONDON, Printed by J. M. for H. Tw…ford, and T. Dring, and are to be ſold in Vine-Court, Middle-Temple; and at the George in Fleetſtreet, neer Cliffords Inn. 1656.
TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFUL, And his Ever Honoured UNCLE, HENRY CRISPE, Of Queax, in the Iſle of Thannet, Eſq
Sir,
YOur Commands have given Being (eſpecicially in Publike) to theſe Lines; and did I not believe they would paſs by the mercy of a Worſhipful Peruſal, I ſhould never have expoſed them to the Criticiſme and Comment of ſuch a Cenſorious Age as this, which under-values moſt things becauſe they are common; and many things, becauſe they are good. Though theſe poor Labours of mine can lay no Title to the latter, in reſpect of their Frame and Structure; they may in reſpect of their Subject, which is High and Sacred, our very Right and Intereſt unto Heaven; and ſo not only invite acceptance, but enforce it. As they are good Sir, vouchſafe them entertainment: The Noble encouragements you have hitherto given, and fair Interpretations you have made of things of this Nature, have even fully aſſur'd me of the ſame. I have made bold therefore to ſtamp your Name upon them, that others in our Age may be the rather induc'd to peruſe them; and that Poſterity alſo may know, as well as we, that you were one that durſt both countenance and maintain poor, ſimple, naked Truth, when flaunting Errour and Hereſie do almoſt bear down all before them. I dare aſſure you it is no ſmall honour to have a fixed heart in ſuch looſe times, and ſtayed feet in ſuch ſlippery places as your Worſhip hath lived in, and waded thorow: And it is both a comfort and an honour to, none of the meaneſt, that I can ſhelter theſe poor lines under the protection of one of your gravity, ſolidity, and other great ability, from the malignity of theſe erroneous days. What ſhall I ſay? God ſend Truth more ſuch Friends, and they in due time that recompence which the God of Truth hath promis'd to them, and reſerved for them. Conſtancy and Perſeverance are the way to it, and Faithful is he that hath promis'd it: To whoſe merciful Protection I commit and commend your Worſhip, with Sir Nicholas Criſp your Son, and the Vertuous Lady, the Lady Thomaſin Criſp, his wife, for whoſe ſake I was the more willing to engage in this quarrel, and to encounter with this ſuppoſed Goliah: Beſeeching God to crown your life with ſuch Bleſſings here, as may the better adapt and fit you for the Crown of life hereafter. So praying, reſts
SIR, Your humble Servant, and reſpective Kinſman N. C.
To the Right Worſhipful, his once Honoured Patron, and his ever Honoured Friend, Robert Hales of Howlets, in the County of Kent, Eſquire.
Noble SIR,
JNGATITUDE being a ſin, which not only Men, but Divels abhor, I could not, durſt not forbear the publiſhing of my Thankfulneſs for former, though Malice hath for preſent rendred me uncapable of future Favours, leſt Poſterity ſhould rank me among thoſe ingrateful wretches that are unthankful unto ſuch, as have been bountiful unto them. Neceſſity then obligeth me to this Publike Manifeſtation of the Thankfulneſs of my heart to you, for thoſe many expreſſions of Bounty and Goodneſs, which my hand hath received from You. But what are Verbal Thanks in reſpect of Real Courteſies? Yet God himſelf (in whoſe place ſomtimes You ſit, and in whoſe ſtead You Act) telleth us plainly, That a man is accepted according to what he hath, and not according to what he hath not. Accept then I pray You this humble and hearty acknowledgement of your Worſhips Real and Ready Favours, and ſuffer it to lie by You, as a laſting Monument of Your due deſerved Praiſe, and my juſt acknowledgements of Your Worth: And now ſeeing I can ſerve You no longer, as I deſire, give me leave to Bleſs You before I go. The Bleſſings of the Bed, and of the Board; the Bleſſings of the City, and of the Country; the Bleſſings of the Sea, and of the Land; the Bleſſings of the Basket, and of the Store; the Bleſſings of Heaven and Earth: in a word, all Bleſſings that were ever ſhowred down upon Mortals, be upon You and Yours, Your Vertuous Conſort, Your Hopeful Iſſue, Your Wellordered and Religious Family: And ſo Praying reſts
Worthy SIR, Yours at Command, in, and for the Lord, N.C.
Anti-Socinianiſm, OR A Brief Explication of ſome places of Holy Scripture for the confutation of certain groſs Errors, and Socinian Hereſies, lately publiſhed in a Dialogue, called The Meritorious Price of our Redemption, &c.
CONCERNING
1. Chriſt's ſuffering the wrath of God due to the Elect for ſin.
2. God's imputation of ſin to Chriſt.
3. The true nature of the Mediatorial obedience of Chriſt.
4. The juſtification of a Sinner.