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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85175	The genealogie of Christianity and of Christians. Declared in a sermon at Mercers Chappel before the Right Honourable the Lord Maior of the City of London, April 28. 1650 and now thus published for the undeceiving of those, who say they are Christians, and are not, but do lie; and for the establishment and encouragement of those, who having named the name of Christ, do indeed depart (even in this hour of apostacy) from all iniquity, by C.F. one of the servants of the Lord Jesus Christ in the ministery of the new Testament.	Feake, Christopher, fl. 1645-1660.	1650 (1650)	Wing F570; Thomason E599_2; ESTC R202091	31,190	41

THE GENEALOGIE OF CHRISTIANITY AND OF CHRISTIANS DECLARED In a Sermon at Mercers Chappel before the Right Honourable the Lord Maior of the City of LONDON April 28. 1650 And now thus published For the undeceiving of those who say they are Christians and are not but do lie and for the Establishment and Encouragement of those who having named the Name of Christ do indeed depart even in this hour of Apostacy from all Iniquity By C. F. one of the Servants of the Lord Jesus Christ in the Ministery of the new Testament 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Anonym Christus non quaerit utrum adhaereas huic vel illi nationali Ecclesiae sed utrum a●haereas verae fidaei non utrum sis Romanensis Anglicanus Sco●●cus c. sed utrum sis vere sanctificatus et renovatus Daven in Coloss cap. 3. ver 11. London Printed for Peter Cole at the Printing-Press in Cornhill near the Royal Exchange 1650. To the Right Honourable THOMAS FOOT Lord Major of this famous City of LONDON My Lord HOw far the Great Antichrist and degenerate Church of Rome have eclipsed and thereby obscured the originall glory of true Christianity is best known to that remnant of overcomming Christians in this Age who are worthy in Christ his account to walk with him in white Assuredly Christendome as it is called for distinction sake is sunck into so low a degree of degeneracy as that in respect of Idolatry and Prophannesse of impiety and iniquity the Catholicks and Protestants also for the most part do so walk as if it were their studied design to render themselves utterly unlike to Iesus Christ and unto this kind of Christians he will profess at the last day I never knew you depart from me ye workers of iniquity Oh therefore how doth it concern the faithfull Disciples of Iesus Christ to bring forth the Register of the Genealogie of the primitive Christians to emblazon according to the rules of Gospel Heraldry the native honour of this thrice noble Family and that by an ornamental carriage and Conversation But alas how few do make it their holy ambition to display before the world the glorious Excellency of true Christianity by acting in the life and power of this New-Testament unction ●uc 1.17 It was Prophesied of John the Baptist that he should go before the Messiah in the power and spirit of Elias but it is the honour of the Saints now in these times of the Gospell to go in and out to do and to suffer in the power spirit of the Messiah or Christ himself may the number of such Christians be multiplied exceedingly may the great number of those that act walk in the power Spirit of Antichrist of the Dragon of the Beast of the false-Prophet decrease abundantly Rev 16.13 may the Generation of Renegadoes and Back-sliders of self-condemned Hereticks and Apostatized Professours who put the Son of God to an open shame that speak scornfully of the Word the Spirit the ways the Ordnances of Iesus Christ may they every one be snared and taken prevented and frustrated in al their un-Christian Ends and means tending thereunto may they never prosper in any of their Assemblies Teachings Exhortations which are of any tendency to the disparagement of the wholesome words even the words of our Lord Iesus Christ 1 Tim 6 3 4. and the doctrine which is according to Godlinesse and let all the Disciples of Christ all sincere Christians say Amen My Lord what thoughts of heart have been occasioned by your Honours Commandement and mine engagement for the printing of the ensuing Sermon is best known to the Author of so impersect and unpolished a Discourse upon such a weighty Theme There was always an utter aversenesse in my naturall Genius to appear on the Stage upon this account John 7.4 And I can say through grace I have never sought to he known openly or to shew my self to the world as being conscious to a great unsitnesse of Ingeny and to the want of Spirituall Dexterity for any work of this nature But since it is your Lordships pleasure that this Sermon should be preached over again in this other form behold after tedious attendance for dispatch upon the proper instruments of this kind of publication I humbly present it before your Honour this second time with some few convenient clauses here and there superadded beseeching God who hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise and the weak things of the world to confound the things that are mighty to command a Blessing upon these weak endeavours wherein I did and do aim at the new-Christianizing of such nominal Christians as are really without God and without Christ dead in trespasses and sins and I would to God that all that heard me that day were both almost and altogether Christians yea Christians upon the best account so as to be found unto great praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Iesus Christ Your Lordships to command in the service of the Gospel CHR. FEAKE Acts 11.26 The last clause And the Disciples were called Christians first in Antioch HIstory and Prophecy are the Alpha and Omega of the holy Scriptures and these two the Knowledge of things past from the beginning of the world 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and the foreknowledge of things to come until the ending of time et adhuc and beyond are the great desire and delight of the intellectual world All the sons of men naturally thirsting after nothing more than this kind of knowledge yea even the excellency and perfection thereof Now there are none other writings extant in the world worthy to be compared with the word of God in respect of these two For first if you take notice of Scripture History it takes the crown of glory from off the head of all other Histories for verity and antiquity all other Records are of a later date and have not the excellency and the glory of Truth infallible stamped on them Then secondly Praedictiones aliae suum gradum habent spiritustamen vaticinia longe supereminent Calv. if you consider Scripture Prophecies all other predictions and prognostications all the divinations that ever were in the world besides cannot be a paralel to these for their certainty and sufficiency Now this book of the new Testament it is an History of divers evangelical transactions undertaken and managed by the Lord Jesus Christ and his Apostles in the world immediately after his death resurrection and ascention into glory and the Church could not be well without it as ye may clearly discern by its great usefulnesse in a true Gospel reformation Providence I say hath well provided this part of the Scripture for the advantage of the Saints especially of those Disciples that come out of Babylon 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Act. 8.39 Let him that readeth understand wherein when they read and understand they may know in many particulars how