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blood_n	body_n	bread_n	jesus_n	17,437	5	6.7267	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25200	A sermon preached at sea, before the Honourable Sir Robert Robinson, Knight, principal commander of His Majestie's squadron of ships, now riding at Spitt-Head, November the 24th, 1678 before the administration of the Holy Sacrament, and oaths of allegiance and supremacy to the several commanders and officers of that squadron, in obedience to the King's command / by George Alsop ...	Alsop, George, b. 1638.	1679 (1679)	Wing A2903; ESTC R5430	14,734	38

cast out Devils and did many Wonders and yet Christ professeth he knows them not There must be Inward Holiness and Sincerity as well as outward Shew or else it comes to nothing Here then we see that the Collusion of the Church of Rome is blown away with the sound of this Doctrine for the Men of Rome say That outward works are available to Salvation though there be no Inward Conformity When as we see this Unworthy Guest made as Glorious a shew to the eyes of the World as the rest at the Table and yet was rejected by him that was the Searcher of Souls The Romanists say The very receiving the Bread only for the Priest drinks the Wine doth remit sins confer Grace and gives us a sure Title to the Kingdom of Heaven Contrary to the Doctrine of my Text and that of St. Paul who pronounceth the Unworthy Receiver Guilty of the Body and Blood of Jesus We see then let the Romanists say what they will 't is as much as our Souls are worth to come into the presence of God to eat and drink at his Table Unprepared you know what became of this Unworthy Guest in the Text. Should God make a strict search among us from the highest to the lowest can you think he would find but one Unworthy Guest but one Unworthy Officer among us I can charge none of you with Unworthiness but out of a tender regard to your Eternal good I beseech you as you value the Blood of Christ shed for you and the Salvation of your own Immortal Souls every man of you that is invited to this Blessed Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ strictly to Examin himself before he Eats of this Bread or Drinks of this Cup. And now to prevent the Danger which the want of this Wedding Garment may bring upon us First I will shew you what this Wedding Garment is Secondly The means how you may obtain it Thirdly How we must use it when we have obtain'd it First What this Wedding Garment is There is great difference among the Fathers what this Wedding Garment is One saith it is the New Man Another the observing the Commandements of Christ Another a Pure Conversation Another an Upright Heart Another Regeneration consisting in Faith and Repentance Another Faith Another Charity Another good Works Another Humility But St. Origen saith it is Christ and so undoubtedly it is because whoever will come unto God or partake of any Mystery of Salvation must be Cloathed with Christ as a Garment 1 Cor. 1.30 Who is made unto us the Faithful Wisdom Righteousness Sanctification and Redemption Christ as the Apostle saith covers all his as with a Garment We see plain enough that there are spots in the Moon but there are none in the Sun So in the best of our Graces and Worthiness there are stains and spots such as God would abhor to appear before him did not the Righteousness and Satisfaction of his Dear Son Jesus Christ cover us and appear for us Christ Jesus is the Wedding Garment that makes us acceptable to the Father without Christ what should we do t is his Righteousness that must cover our Unrighteousness 'T is his Humility that must cover our Pride 't is his Obedience that must cover our Disobedience 't is his Faith that must Cover our Diffidence 't is his Love that must Cover our Hatred 't is his Zeal that must Cover our Lukewarmness and then being Covered with Christ as with a Garment there can be no Condemnation unto us because as the Apostle saith we are in Christ Jesus for without the pretious Merits of Christ we are but Unworthy Guests Was ever Man or Woman sav'd by their own Works by their own Merits no not the Virgin Mary her self My Soul doth Magnifie the Lord and my Spirit Rejoyceth in God my Saviour these are Holy Mary's Words The Romanists will not allow of this Holy and Righteous Garment of Christ's Satisfaction to be sufficient but like David concerning Saul's Armour it is either too heavy or too long or too short and so they strut in a Popish Coat of their own Merit and Righteousness We read that Adam and Eve made unto themselves Coverings of Fig leaves to hide their Nakedness but God did dislike these and so made them Coats of Skins and Cloathed them therewith teaching us if we patch our own Satisfaction our own Works our own Dutys our own Merits together and cover our selves with them as with a Garment and rely upon them as having force and Efficacy to save and help us then are we no way fit to appear in the Presence of the Eternal God who accepts of no man but through the Merits Works and Satisfaction of his Son Jesus He that looks to be sav'd by his own merits will undoubtedly fall short of Heaven through his own presumption It is a saying of Job My own cloaths make me abhor'd so our own Works without Christ make us Loathsom in the Eyes of God Let us all then be persuaded to Cast off the menstruous Rags of our former Conversation Vse the old Man which is Corrupt according to the Deceitful Lusts and be renewed in the Spirit of our minds putting on the new man which after God is Created in Righteousness and true Holiness Labouring to be Uncloathed that we may be Cloathed upon that so we may be found in Christ not having our own Righteousness which is of the Law but of that which is through the Faith of Christ the Righteousness of God by Faith Phil. 3. ver 9. This is the Garment we must Labour for this is the Garment that we must strive and Endeavour to get for to cover our Poor Naked and Immortal Souls 2. Having shew'd you what this Garment is I will now shew you how it may be obtained A thing may be made ours by diverse means 1. We may buy it 2. We may earn it or deserve it 3. It may be given us 4. We may have it by way of Exchange And now that we may obtain this holy Garment of Christ's Righteousness t is the Counsel of Christ himself Rev. 3. ver 15. Buy of me gold tryed in the Fire that thou mayest be Rich and white Rayment that thou mayest be Cloathed that the shame of thy Nakedness do not appear But some will Object and say Object What must we buy Christ the Saviour of our Souls with Money as Judas sould him Buy him we must Answ though not as Judas sould him but as the Prophet speaks in Esa 55. ver 1. Without Money and without Price The reason of the Term Buying here mentioned is because there is a near resemblance between the Spiritual and the Material Buying 1. In the Buying of Material things wee see a want and need of them before we buy them 2. There is a Longing or Desire to be possessed of them 3. There is a Resorting to the place where they are to be had 4. There is a laying down of