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A33720 A discourse of Christian religion, in sundry points preached at the merchants lecture in Broadstreet / by Thomas Cole ... Cole, Thomas, 1627?-1697. 1692 (1692) Wing C5029; ESTC R964 181,099 443

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temptation sometimes of shewing their parts in speaking Learnedly against the truth and whilst they seek to bafflle others they baffle themselves into a belief of those errors which for Disputation sake they at first so stifly maintained being not able to answer their studied Objections they are judiciously punished for making so bold an attempt against the truth God giving them up to strong delusion to believe lyes I conclude That every Sinner whose heart God inclines by the Preaching of the Gospel to rely upon Christ for Salvation hath right so to do and from this first Faith in Christ habitually disposing the Soul to all holiness do arise actual repentance and new obedience as the fruits and effects of that Faith evidencing the truth of it to the great comfort of all sincere Believers Thy faithful Monitor And hearty Well-wisher of thy Soul 's Eternal good T. C. The Contents of this Book 1. CHrist in us the Hope of Glory Col. 1. 27. Page 1. 2. What it is to know God in Christ Joh. 8. 54 55. 113. 3. Christ the only Saviour of his People from Sin Luke 1. 77. 183. 4. Christ the Great Redeemer of Body and Soul 1 Cor. 6. 20. 251. 5. Christ the only Mediator of the New Covenant Heb. 12. 24. 283. 6. Christ the Foundation of our Adoption Gal. 4. 5. 333. 7. The Necessity of preaching Christ 1 Cor. 1. 23. 373. ERRATA PAge 5 l. 1. for in glory r. is glory p. 12. l. 20. for 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 p. 19. l. 5. for Believers r. believers p. 59. l. 16. for longing r. longings p. 74. last line blot out other p. 117. l. 6. for put Death r. put to Death p. 126. l. 20. for at last r. at least p. 189. l. 27. for then his r. then this p. 286. l. 16. for commed r. commend CHRIST THE Hope of GLORY COL I. 27. That God would make known what is the Riches of the Glory of this Mystery among the Gentiles which is Christ in you the Hope of Glory IN handling these Words I shall observe this Method 1. Speak to the Coherence 2. Explain the Terms of the Text. 3. Draw both parts of the Text together into one Doctrinal Observation The Coherence lies thus Colosse was a City in Phrygia in the lesser Asia where by the Ministry of Epaphras a Church was gathered and soon after troubled by certain Seducers pressing upon them the Observation of Mosaical Ceremonies and many Human Traditions Epaphras goes to Rome to acquaint Paul with the present state of this Church verse 8. whereupon he as the great Apostle of the Gentiles upon whom the Care of all the Churches lay writes this Epistle to the Collossians taking notice of their Conversion to the Faith and giving Thanks to God upon that account v. 3. Praying for them That they might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding that they might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing and be strengthned with all might unto all patience and long-suffering with joyfulness verse 9 10 11. Then he takes occasion to set forth the Excellency of Christ preached unto the Gentiles laying open the Benefits of our Redeemer vers 12 13 14. And then he gives an admirable Character of the Divine Person of the Redeemer from the 15 th verse to the 23 d. exhorting them thereupon to persevere v. 23. by divers Arguments drawn from the Necessity of Perseverance from the Multitude of those who had embraced the Gospel from his own Ministry from the Afflictions they suffered for the Gospel v. 24. and from that Obligation that lay upon him to preach the Gospel to the Gentiles v. 25. extolling the Dignity of the Gospel as a Mystery hid from Ages but now made manifest to the Saints v. 26. And in the beginning of this 27 th verse he sets forth the Riches of this Mystery He shews in the Words of the Text how all this is contained in Christ of whom they were now possessed they had him in their very hearts dwelling there which is Christ in you the Hope of Glory So much for the Coherence I now come to open the Terms of the Text To shew you what is meant by Christ and what by the Hope of Glory And because there is more of Mystery in the first part of the Text Christ in us than in the second part the Hope of Glory not but that there is great Mystery in this too as will appear by and by But I say there is more of Mystery in the first part because we have some Natural Notions of Hope and Glory that may help to lead us up into the Spiritual Sense of the Apostle here But we can have no natural Notion of Christ being in us this is above all the Apprehensions of Reason and must be taken in by pure Faith from the Word of God revealing it Therefore I will dispatch the second part of the Text first and shew What we are to understand by the Hope of Glory First What by Hope Secondly What by Glory All Hope presupposes Desire tho every Desire doth not amount to Hope It must be desire continued Hope implies that Desire maintain'd and kept up in the Soul We may have a sudden liking a pleasing transient fancy to such or such a thing from the first glance of the eye upon it this is not properly Hope The Moralists tell us it is durabilis Affectus a durable permanent fixed habitual Desire when the Mind is set upon such a thing dwells upon it must have it is continually reaching out after it from an eager Propensity towards it so as it cannot be satisfied without it This is continued Desire strong Desire Valdè vult the Will is bent upon it cannot be taken off from looking waiting and longing after it And this is the Nature of that Hope in the Text. Secondly What are we to understand by Glory which begets all this waiting and longing Desire Now Brethren I must rise upon you a little We have a great Subject before us I will give you first the plainest Exposition of it and then go as far higher as I can By Glory we commonly understand the Happiness of Saints in Heaven the Perfection of Grace in Glory It is the highest Degree of that Good that man is capable of to Eternity It is the Consummation of Divine Election The actual accomplishment of all that Good that God intended man from Eternity Having given you this plain Account of Glory let us now look a little further into it and consider it as flowing from God the Fountain of it Let us as well as our weak eyes will bear look upon this Excelling Overcoming Object Heavenly Glory It is called Rom. 5. 2. The Glory of God because God is the Author of it He is the Fountain and first Subject of it and therefore he is stiled Acts 7. 2. The God of Glory and the Father of Glory Eph. 1. 17. 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