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act_n	church_n	member_n	visible_a	3,063	5	9.7114	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43568	Christ displayed as the choicest gift, and best master: from Joh. 4. 10. Joh. 13. 13. Being some of the last sermons preached by that faithful and industrious servant of Jesus Christ, Mr. Nathaniel Haywood, sometime minister of the gospel at Ormschurch in Lancashire.	Heywood, Nathaniel, 1633-1677.	1679 (1679)	Wing H1757; ESTC R218948	147,704	290

he hath called to the profession of the Go●pel He gives authority to some for edification not to destruction 2 Cor. 20.8 13 10. Accord●ng to the power which the Lord hath given to edification and not to destruction Mark 13 34. as a man taking a far Journey gave authority to his servants 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the charge of his domestical affairs he appoints officers sets every one in his place and furnishes him with gifts suitable to his place and cuts out every one his task or work Eph. 4.8 When he ascended or assumed this Lordship he gave gifts to men He gave some Apostles some Prophets some Evangelists some Pastors and Teachers 1 Cor. 12.28 God hath set some in the Church first Apostles secondarily Prophets thirdly teachers c. He appoints Ministers to be stewards to distribute to every one in his family their due proportion by way of feeding and governing and they are all accountable to this Lord. 4. Prescribing administrations for their food physick and all necessaries 1 Cor. 12.5 There are differences of adminstrations but the same Lord 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 diversities or distinctions of ministries Ecclesiastical functions for the use and benefit of his house that none of his servants may want what is good and fit for them he appoints stewards and rulers over his houshold to give every one their meat in due season Mat. 24.45 and overseers to feed the Church of God and to take care of his Flock which he purchased with his own blood Act. 20.28 to preach the Word and dispense the Sacraments Mat. 18.17 Tell it unto the Church that is the governing and ruling Church which was invested with the power of binding and loosing saith Cameron ver 18 and the subject of the power of jurisdiction to whom belong the censures of excomunication absolution 1 Cor. 5.4 5. By the power of the Lord Iesus Christ c. 5. Conferring gifts and temporal mercies and deliverances upon them Eph. 4.7 To every one is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ gratia gratis data gifts for edifying the Church 6. Correcting them in this life for their miscarriages Judgment commonly begins at the house of God He judges them in this world that they may not be condemned with the world 1 Cor. 11.32 Rev. 3.19 As many as I love I rebuke and chasten be zealous therefore and repent Rev. 2.16 Repent or I will come unto thee quickly and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth Ver. 22. Behold I will cast her into a bed and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation except they repent of their deeds He suffers the world to do that which he will not endure in his own Family His servants will never be faithful to him nor find him faithful to them if he did not sometimes chastise them 7. Calling them to account in the end and rewarding and punishing according to their works Mat. 25.19 After a long-time the Lord of those servants cometh and reckoneth with them and gives them their hire that had been labourers in the Vineyard Mat. 20.8 All must stand before the judgment-seat of Christ Rom. 14.10 2 Cor. 5.10 We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ that every one may receive the things done in the body according to that he hath done whether it be good or bad He hath sundry sorts of servants some that are only titular and complemental call him Lord and Master but are unprofitable wearing his badge but refusing his work profess him but in works deny him using the name of the Lord but transgressing the rule of their Lord the reward of these is to be cast into utter darkness Mat. 25.30 His faithful servants shall be rewarded with his presence who served him in his absence and shall enter into the joy of their Lord. 3. Christ hath yet a more special Lordship over true believers living members of his body that are justified and sanctified servants to him in their hearts Rom. 14.18 He that in these things that is righteousness peace and joy serveth Christ is acceptable to God and approved of men that have the kingdom of Christ within them Luke 17.22 The weapons of this kingdom are not carnal but spiritual and mighty and so his conquest of them 2 Cor. 10.4 The former were members of the Church these are the members of Christ and this Lordship is exercised and put forth by his 1. Drawing them in by effectual calling making them willing in the day of his power Psal. 110.3 as he is exalted to be a Prince and a Saviour to give them repentance and remission of sins Acts 5.31 putting his Laws into their minds and writing them upon their hearts Heb. 8.10 This calling by his word and effectual operation of his spirit doth bring them not only into the visible but into the invisible Church uniting them to Christ the head as well as tying them to the members and whereby grace is not only offered but conferred is a calling in a saving manner according to his purpose the immediate consequence of the election of his grace 2. Suppressing in them whatever is opposite to his rule and overcoming all enmity to his will manifesting and magnifying his grace and strength in their infirmities and making his power to rest upon them 2 Cor. 12.9 10.4 5. Pulling down of strong holds and casting down reasonings and imaginations and every high thing that exalteth it self against the knowledg of God and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ not only curbing but curing their nature and changing the whole man 3. Qualifying them for his service and enabling them to do his work making them ready to do his will A● people prepared for the Lord Luke 1.17 making them vessels unto honour purged and sanctified meet for their masters use and prepared unto every good work 2 Tim. 2.21 If he find employment he will give endowments too if an errand a tongue if a word an hand if a burden a back I can do all things through Christ which strength●neth me saith Paul Phil. 4.13 as the Apostle laboured according to his working which worketh in him mightily Col. 1.29 So carrying them on in his ways with renewed strength they walk and are not weary they run and faint not ●sa 40.28 29 30 31. 4. Giving them freedom to and in his work he makes them free Iohn 8.32 Free from sin that they become his servants Rom. 6.18 from the guilt power and bondage of sin 1. By releasing their debts pardoning their sins Acts 5.31 it 's an Act of Christs Lordship and Princedom to remit and forgive sins 2. By loosing their bonds and breaking the snares and fetters of them He proclaims liberty to captives and opening of prison to them that are bound Isa. 61.1 2. Rom 8.2 The Law of the spirit of life in Christ Iesus hath made me free from the Law of sin and death