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A81727	Gospel-Glory proclaimed before the sonnes of men, in the visible and invisible worship of God. Wherein the mystery of God in Christ, and his royall, spirituall government over the soules and bodies of his saints, is clearly discovered, plainly asserted, and faithfully vindicated, against the deceiver and his servants, who endeavour the cessation thereof, upon what pretence soever. / By Edward Drapes, an unworthy servant in the gospell of Christ.	Drapes, Edward.	1648 (1648)	Wing D2139; Thomason E472_27; ESTC R205811	164,938	187

corruptible things by himselfe for he is without beginning or end of dayes 13. God is a living God he is not a dumbe or deafe Idoll but one that lives for ever Time moulders all Idols in the dust but God is a living God God is not subject to time this infinite being cannot dye that is to say be subject to dissolution or corruption 14. Lastly God is present every where he cannot be circumscribed God is present in all places for he is an infinite one thou canst not say God is not here for he is every where knowing all thoughts searching all hearts if thou canst tell me where God ceases to be there will I prove to thee God is bounded limited and finite which in no sense can be said of the infinite being his spirit and presence are every where where ever God is there he imprints an appearance of himselfe to be there if thou goest into heaven that is to say into the highest place of glory the Psalmist will tell thee God is there Yea if thou makest thy bed in hell God is there There exercising his wrath justice and indignation If thou thinkest to hide thy selfe in darknesse the darknesse is as light to the Lord the darknesse and the light are alike unto God that is to say his power knowledge and wisedome cannot be separated from any place or from the understanding of any thing There is such darknesse in us that we cannot see but there is no darknesse in God that seeth our darknesse by his own light Psalme 139. Thus having according to my measure brought forth my understanding of what of God may be knowne viz. his power wisedome light love justice presence and the like all which tearms the Lord uses to expresse what he is to us in a way of relation to his creatures in tearmes that his servants are after some small measure capable to understand I shall proceed in the next place to shew wherein this excellency of the Lord Jehovab our God doth appeare Chap. III. Sheweth wherein that which may be knowne of God to us is made manifest viz. in the Creation and in the Lord Jesus and how it appeares in the Creation THat God is and that he is immutable incomprehensible mercifull wise c. he hath given us a very lively testimony to seal the truth of it God being unwilling to hide himselfe and his great glory decreed to bring it forth which we shall see clearly 1. In the Creation 2. In the Lord Jesus Both these are made manifest in the Scriptures These are the Golden pipes which empty forth the Golden uncorruptible Oyle of joy gladnesse and righteousnesse amongst the Candlesticks into the Lamps of the Sanctuary even into the hearts and spirits of the Church of the first borne whose names are written in the Lambs book of life These are the two great Ordinances which are displayed by the eternall word of God according to the Scriptures which are those Conduite-pipes which carry in them al that may be seen known understood or enjoyed of God by the Sonnes of men I shall speak of The Creation holds forth God both but in the first place of the Creation which is a glorious book in which hee that runs may reade and understand the excellency of the Lord which is which was and which is to come The meanest most naturall capacity may read God in every line of the Creation which shewes First That there is a God The invisible things of him from the Creation The Creation shews the God-head of the world are clearly seen being understood by the things that are made even his eternall power and God-head Rom. 1. 20. That is to say though God is invisible yet that which may be known of him is clearly seen that is understood by things that are visible Now the thing that may be known is this viz. his Power and God-head That there is a Divine Eternall God is apparent if we consider that there is not the least little thing in the whole creation or great thing which leadeth us not Step by Step into a GOD-HEAD In this World there are four degrees of things viz which have being which have life which have sense and which have reason some things have all four some againe only one yet every one preach forth this God The Earth Sea and Aire are very spacious bearing and sustaining all things that have life sense and reason and yet are themselves void of life sense or reason they are the nearest to not-being to annihilation The Plants besides being have life and draw nourishment and refreshment from the earth and aire The Beasts have being life and sense and seeke their food from the earth and plants Man hath all being life sense and reason he enjoyeth the Elements feedeth on beasts and plants and commandeth other creatures and discourseth of all things above and below Loe here this wonderfull order One thing serving another nothing is for it selfe From whence comes this distribution one thing serving another Who distributes things in this order From whence had they all their Originall Whether had they it from themselves or from another If from them selves either they had it alwaies or in time Alwaies they had it not for we know we our selves that now are once were not and if we had our originall in time How come we to have it since there was a time when we were not at all Surely we must conclude the author original distributer and proportioner of all these things in such an order and degree is one that was before us is above us which can be no other then God Himself Let us descend into particulars and consider the Elements of which things are compounded as fire earth aire and water Fire and water are contary so is the dry to the moist the nature of contraries is to destroy one another none of these two can be coupled without a higher power Surely this leads us to consider that great judge and wise disposer that orders things after such a strange manner We see very beautifull buildings stately palaces and our mindes presently without pausing upon it saith surely here hath bin some gallant work-man Thou seest a watch and presently viewest the ballance then the wheels and so at the last comest to the spring and seest that moving the watch but yet thou askest presently who made this spring and so comest to the watch-maker and beholdest motion in the watch while he that made it moves not at all thou seest the Sun move and must needs conclude it hath a first mover and that is none but God a begining-lesse and end-lesse Beer which must needs be the very God-head 2. So likewise as the world shewes there is a God it shews there is but one God for all things in the world point at unity Earth The Creation shews that there is but one God water aire fire are all for to make up on body all

and to order the whole worship of God according to what they found written So that I say t is not miracles but a command of Christ or a good hand of Christ upon a soule discovering his duty to him that is the ground of the administration of Ordinances which is likewise evident in Peter who finding the Scripture that speakes of Judas saying Let his habitation be desolate and his Bishorick office or Acts 1. charge let another take And so finding their duty from the Scripture presently sets upon the matter to choose an Apostle in Judas his stead That I may end this Discourse we are to consider that we have the Apostles and the miracles that Jesus and the Apostles wrought with us that there needs no pleading for Apostles againe in the flesh nor miracles neither for by having the Apostles I meane their workes their writings their word their Gospell their spirit which is the whole counsell of God for us And so have we their miracles that is to say they are still before our eyes according to the saying of Christ They have Moses and the Prophets when they had onely their writings and not the bodies of either And according to that saying in John And many other signes truly did Jesus John 20. ult which are not written in this Booke But these are written that yee might believe that Jesus is the Christ the Son of God Moses and the Prophets Christ and the Apostles are all in the Scriptures which Through faith in Christ Jesus are able to make us perfect to every good worke So that now for any to expect other miracles it argues they finde not nor feele the power of Christ in them by the Spirit who are likely to meet with miracles but indeed they are such as Anti-Christ shall worke to deceive the Nations who shall come and is come already with power signes and lying wonders But certainly seeing so many pretend to speake by the spirit and to be sent by Object the spirit and there is but one true proper preaching the word of truth and yet these crosse oppose and contradict each other how shall I know which to embrace there must be some miracle to confirme the truth from errour Truly to this I answer That miracles are no certaine signes of Sol. the true Gospell nor infallible grounds of judging of it for Anti-Christ shall worke miracles so that except we know whether the miracles be true or fained from Christ or Anti-Christ we should be never the nere So that I say againe First we can never tell which of them is in the truth except it be revealed to us by the spirit of truth which is onely able truly to judge of miracles and of the differences of things that in the midst of tenne thousand errours knowes how to single out the truth of Jesus being onely of its owne nature So that againe I desire thou mayst not seeke after a signe like a foolish and adulterous generation left while with Herod thou wouldst have Christ but with a desire to see some miracle from him thou fallest short of Christ and Christ worketh none at all before thee as indeed he for the most part if not alwaies refused to doe to them that demanded them of him But notwithstanding if thou shalt yet say surely none may preach except Apostles and them that are so sent as they were I shall onely say this to thee Thou mayst as well expect Christ to come againe in the flesh to call more Apostles to beare witnesse againe of his resurrection which surely would be a very darke practise and blinde expectation Therefore let us remaine with this confidence that those whom God by his spirit gives a message to and enables them to declare it for the gathering of the Saints into the fellowship of the Gospell are true approved Ministers of the Lord Jesus But if they be true Ministers of the Gospell why doe they not doe as the Apostles Object did viz. preach the Gospell to every creature I answer That every one of the Apostles did not preach the Sol. Gospell to every Creature but amongst them some were principally Apostles of the Circumcision while Paul was a Minister or an Apostle to the Gentiles But againe Some that preached the Gospell preached it but in some particular places as many brethren that went to some Cities specified in the 8. and 11. of the Acts. So that a man may be a Minister of the Gospell to the world though he never goeth out of his owne City or Country But some as Paul and others were to goe to severall Countryes who were furnished with the gift of tongues for that purpose which gift all that preached the Gospel had not neither is the gift of tongues needfull but for preaching to the persons of a strange language I am now come to the manner how it must be administred How the Gospell is to bee preached Infallibly which is 1. Infallibly Certainly Assuredly the Gospell they must preach must not be Yea and Nay but Yea and Amen in Christ Jesus they must preach the words of God the words of truth 2. In the name of God They must not goe forth in their own In the name of God authority but in Christs Therefore are they called Ambassadors of Christ 3. Plainly Not in the entising words of mans wisedome but in demonstration Plainly of spirit and power in words easy to be understood 4. And Lastly It must be preached fully The word of the Gospell Fully must be declared fully not onely for conversion but for building up in the things of God whoever believeth and is baptized shall be saved teaching them to observe all the commands of Christ To end this Chapter I shall speake a word or two to the subjects The subjects to whom wee must preach the Gospell to whom good newes is to be preached which are sinners as sinners enemies as enemies prisoners as prisoners he brings liberty for Captives righteousnesse for sinners which is the acceptable day of the Lord to sinners not that they may continue in sinne but that they may be made righteous To sinners both of Jews and Gentiles the Gospell of the Kingdome is to be preached among all nations for the obedience of faith Chap. II. Discourseth of Baptisme in foure particulars proving that Baptisme was commanded to be preached and practised that Saints were baptized Shewing the severall sorts of Baptisme spoken of in the Scriptures manifesting the Baptisme of water to be preached by the Disciples and practised by the Saints THE Gospell to be preached and the Preachers thereof being made manifest with the subjects to whom glad tydings are to be divulged for the obedience of faith In the next place I shall shew you that not onely glad tydings are to be preached to sinners but they being converted are to be informed of their duty Therefore saith Christ Teach them to observe all things which I have commanded

Gospel-Glory PROCLAIMED BEFORE THE SONNES OF MEN In the Visible and Invisible Worship of GOD. WHEREIN THE MYSTERY of God in Christ and his royall spirituall Government over the soules and bodies of his Saints is clearly discovered plainly asserted and faithfully vindicated against the Deceiver and his Servants who endeavour the Cessation thereof upon what pretence soever By EDWARD DRAPES an unworthy Servant in the Gospell of Christ I am he that liveth was dead behold I am alive for evermore Amen and have the keyes of hell and death Rev. 1. 18. Take heed brethren lest there be in any of you an evill heart of unbeliefe in departing from the Living God But exhort one another daily while it is called to day lest any of you be hardned through the deceitfulnesse of sinne Heb. 3. 12 13. London Printed for Francis Tyton and are to be sold at his shop at the three Daggers nigh the Inner Temple Gate Fleetstreet 1649. TO THE CHVRCHES OF CHRIST in London and in all other places who worship the Lord in Spirit and Truth according to the Commandements of the everlasting God especially to that particular Society of whom I am a Member Grace mercy truth and peace be multiplyed from the Lord Jesus Precious and dearly beloved Brethren IN these perillous times when ungodlinesse ranges from place to place and blasphemy against the God of Truth and Children of righteousnesse spreads it selfe like an overflowing streame or contagious disease whereby Truth seemes to be fallen in the street and many who formerly esteemed it their glory to be professors therof According to the prophesyes which went before of them have departed from it and abandoned the profession of it my spirit was exceedingly moved within me to publish this Discourse as to the consideration of these who have already shooke of Christs easy yo ake from their shoulders that they may see From whence they are fallen repent and doe their first works So especially to your view who through grace Have followed the Lamb in all his righteous paths that You may continue to the end that no man may take your Crown from you My owne infirmities and many sinister Considerations did strongly importune my silence yet notwithstanding them all and those lying prophesies which some ignorantly divulged of my renouncing or disclaiming this worke before it came to light through the sufficiency of the Lord Jesus I have now made it publicke being well assured The gates of hel shal never prevail against the truth herein contained I do professe had I seen the Lord carrying forth any of my brethren whose abilities in judgment and clearness of expression far exceed mine to have undertaken a work of this nature I should have rejoyced in my owne silence But hitherto have I not known any to stand up in this cause and surely if all should be silent The Stones would speake The daily objections and loud out-cryes against the truth of Jesus which God directs us to walk in as if a compleat victory was gained against the commands of the Lord extraordinarily moved my spirit To cast my mite into the Treasury To expose my talent for your service which I have according to the measure given me performed Not with entising words of mans wisedome to please itching ears but with plainnesse and simplicity of spirit and words to the understanding of the meanest capacities And wherever you find any words you understand not which I am perswaded will not be many necessity not my owne desire enforced their use lest any seeming materiall objections that I have yet heard of should passe unanswered What through pretence to God Spirit Mystery power light revelations and perfection and the crying down of the plain simple and righteous commands of a crucified and yet exalted Jesus as legall beggarly fleshly formall traditionall carnall The power of godlinesse is trampled under foot Delusions notions and impostures being lifted up to the subversion of many souls who forsake Christs easy yoake light burthen and strait paths for Antichrists dangerous licentiousnesse carnall security and broad destructive roads who like the man that was possessed with a Legion of Devils that dwelt among the tombes whom no bands nor fetters could hold but he brake them all and was driven of the Devil into the wildernes wil not endure Christs laws but break them all neither Scriptures nor Ordinances can hold them who often times cry out with him What have we to doe with thee O Jesus A wildernesse of unconstancy barrennesse and unprofitable shrubs will be their portion the Tombes the painted outsides of things will be their habitation till Jesus the true Son of God command this uncleane spirit to depart from them And then shal we again see them who before in truth were naked to be cloathed and in their right minds Let not mens boastings or shoutings Lo here is Christ and there is Christ subvert you for know assuredly those who now say in their hearts They will ascend into heaven and exalt their Throne above the Stars of God and will sit upon the mount of the Congregation and ascend above the heights of the Clouds and be like the Most High Yet they shall be brought down to hel to the sides of the pit be cast forth as an abhominable branch And you precious ones Who by patient continuance in wel doing seek for glory honor and immortality shall be crowned with eternall life their mountains shall be abased and your valleys exalted Behold in this ensuing Treatise Power Light Mystery God Christ and Perfection unveiled and advanced Ordinances duties and visible worship in their proper places and spheres also established Christ is here represented to you as your King Priest and Prophet purchasing your happiness commanding your obedience discovering your duty rewarding your faithfulnesse to death with a crown of life I did intend in this Treatise to have presented to you a discovery of the wiles snares stratagems and devices of the man of sin whereby he subtilly attaines to to a high degree of Lordlinesse over his poore Captives whom he takes alive at his pleasure and wherewith he invades the Tents Tabernacles of the Saints of the most High God and likewise to have laid open the severall officers and offices in the true Church of Christ with their nature use end but fearing the Reader through its tediousnes should be wearied or by the greatnesse of its price the world abounding with so many Bookes already be discouraged I purposely deferred that work till the Lord shall vouchsafe me another opportunity Whoever shall peruse this Booke and finde in the words or sense mis-pointing or other faults escaped in the printing I desire they would in love amend them the most materiall being already corrected to their hands at the end of the Booke and that they would seriously reade what is contained in it before they censure and then Let them judge righteous judgement To you my brethren and fellow companions

wherein of the resurrection of the body with an answer to some object against it p. 79 80. Of perfection p. 81. Whether it may be attained in this lise p. 81 82 83. Of Christs Judgement the Law by which he judgeth the Subjects whom he judgeth the sentence that is pronounced p. 83 84. wherein is shewed what Hel is p. 84. Whether the day of judgement be yet p. 85. Chap. 18. p. 86. Of Faith Prayer Feare and reverence Love and Praise of God p. 86 87. Of the true power and manner of worshipping God in the Spirit p. 87 88. Of the Visible Worship of God Chap. 1. p. 83. OF the Gospel that is to be preached to the World p. 89 90. Of the Ministers of this Gospel p. 91. That there are true Ministers of the Gospel in our daies p. 92. marks to know them p. 93. with an answer to severall objections against a visible Ministry in our daies wherein is handled the doctrine of Miracles p. 94 95 96 97. Of the manner how the Gospel must be Preached viz. infallibly in the name of God plainly and fully p. 97 98. The Subjects of which ministry of the Gospel are sinners as sinners p. 98. Chap 2. p. 98. Of Baptism of water of the Holy Ghost and fire of afflictions p. 98 99 100 101. Chap 2. p. 98. That Christ commanded baptism of water to be preached and practised and was performed p. 102. 105 106. That the command of Christ Go teach and Baptize is meant of water baptism p. 102 103 104. Chap. 3. p. 106 Chap. 4. p. 112 That Christ is the Author or Instituter of water Baptism p. 106 107. Of the unity and difference of Johns and Christs Baptisme of water p. 107 108 109. Of the excellent nature end and use of the Baptisme of water p. 109 110 111. Of the Administrator of Baptisme with an answer to severall obj against it p. 112 113 114. Of the true subjects of Baptism p. 114. Whether it be lawfull to Baptize infants p. 115. With an answer to the principall arguments for it p. 117 118 119 120. Chap. 5. Of the true manner of performing this Ordinance which is by dipping p. 120. proved 1. From the signification of the word 2. From the nature of the Ordinance p. 120 121. with an answer to some obj against it p. 121. 122. Of the true principle leading forth to baptize p. 122 123. Of the true power enabling to conform to it and whether a Saint may be said to be ever without power to do his duty p. 123 124 125. Chap. 6. p. 118. Of the continuance of water Baptisme which is till Christ comes again visibly to good and bad proved from severall Scriptures p. 118 119 120 129. Chap. 7. Containeth severall answers to twenty obj against the practise of the Baptisme of water in our dayes wherein those Scriptures which many pretend do speak the downfall of this doctrine are explained and mens mistakes made manifest p. 142. Chap. 8. That beleevers being baptized ought to be added to some particular congregation p. 143 144. What the visible Church of Christ is p. 144 145. with an answer to this Qu. viz. Whither there may not now be a true visible Church without Baptisme of water p. 147 148. Chap. 9. Of the nature of a true church p. 148. T is the city of God Christs body the Lords mountain Gods vineyard Christs garden c. p. 149 150. Of the power of this church in receiving of members p. 151. Of admonishing of members p. 152. what a private and what a publique offence is p. 152. the difference between admonishing reprooving and rebuking what p. 153. few directions to be observed in reprooving p. 135. Of the power of the church in determining controversies about civill and indifferent things p. 153 154. Of their power in casting out of members and what it is to be delivered to Sathan p. 154. and for what causes 155. what a heretick is ibid. the church may receive members when cast out upon repentance p. 155 156. Chap. 10. p. 156. Of the duty of members towards the church p. 156. Of members to the church and of the Church towards its members p. 157. Of the gifts of the Church a word of wisdome of knowledge discerning of Spirits and prophesies p. 158. Of the true power of prophesie and who may prophesie p. 158 159. whither women may speak in the church p. 159 160. how women should improve their gifts 160. the gifts of helps and Government what 161. Chap. 11. 162. Of the Ordinances of the Church viz. Prayer Prayse p. 162. Of singing Psalmes Fasting and charity 163. Whether all Saints are to have all things common p. 164. Of breaking bread of the subjects nature and duration of it p. 164 165. Of the order of the church 165 166. Of the ministry of this church p. 166. Of the churches communion with the Father ib. with each other with other churches in advice in supplying each others wants p. 167. An Alphabeticall Table of the chiefe heads contained in this Booke A. ADministrator of Baptisme who pag. 106. c. Affections of man Christs enemies 75 All the word explained 36 Anger of God what 44 Angels are Christs souldiers 77 Apostles their office 91 Ascension of Christ what and its virtue 60 B BAlaams knowledge what 67 Baptisme of afflictions what 101 Of the Holy Ghost and fire what 100 Of Water 98 c. Its nature 109 110. Its subjects 114. The manner how to be performed 120. It s continuance 126 to 130. Of the difference and unity of Iohns and Christs Baptisme 107 108 109 c. Bloud of Christ what 27 It justifies 46 Breaking bread Vide in Lords Supper C CHrist what he is anointed of God 19 20 23 c. 61 68 69 c. Chastisement for sin what its virtue 57 58 Charity what it is 163 Church of the Gospell what 143 144 Its subjects 144 to 147. It s nature 149 150. It s power 151. It s order and what it is 165 166. It may be without officers in it Ibid. Of its communion 166 167 Circumcision ended in Christs death 58 Is no ground for Infant Baptisme 117 118 119 Civill differences to bee ended by the Church 153 154 Common Whether all things ought to be common 164 Common salvation what 41 Communion of Churches what and wherein 167 Consecration of Christ what and how performed 23 24 Covenant no proofe of Infant Baptism 116 Creation shewes the Godhead 12 to 18 Curse of the law what and how freed from it 53 to 57 D DAy of judgment what and when 84 85 Death of Christ our sacrifice 26 27 28 Deyill conquered by Christs death 59 Discerning of spirits a gift what 158 E ENemies of Christ what 73 74 Evangelists their office 91 F FAther what he is 21 22 Faith what 86. We are justified by it 47 48 Fall of Adam what and how accomplished 43 Fasting what 163 Feare of God