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A84337	The axe, against sin and error; and the truth conquering. A sermon on Matthew 3. 10. Now also the ax is laid to the root of the trees, therefore every tree, that bringeth not forth good fruit, is hewn down, and cast into the fire. At which, a Christian confessed, she was converted; and because it did good to her, desired it might be preached again at her funerall, that it might do good to others, ... wherein are shewed the causes of the sword upon England, and on the Lutherans, and the remedies that must be used, before the judgements cease. / Written by John Eachard, M. A. of Trin. Col. Camb. and pastor of Darsham in Suffolke. Published according to order.	Eachard, John, 17th cent.	1646 (1646)	Wing E46; Thomason E322_26; ESTC R200585	51,668	51

Christendome Christ is come as a thief by the judgement of a plundering robbing spoyling stealing pillaging civill war upon all sects Here is an Ark for you to be saved in come unto your baptisme what foolery have you professed Can you get a better remission of sins then Christ hath procured for you in his own blood in your baptisme If you should wash your selves an hundred yeers with all your tears and mortification and holy walking though these may give some satisfaction to the conscience yet you cannot wash your selves more clean from sin before God then Christ hath made you in baptisme and by his blood And seeing Christ hath made you everlastingly righteous in baptisme by putting on of Christ you cannot make your selves more righteous before God by all the works in the world then the wedding garment hath made you already and if you go about to make your selves more righteous by works before God you defile his garments you may make your selves more righteous before men but you cannot make your selves more righteous or more holy then Christ hath made you in baptisme and therefore all you sects come to your baptisme into this Ark and be saved from the blood of Gods wrath coming upon Christendome for the contempt of Christs counsell And all you Sadduces that are prophane and loose livers that believe not your resurrection for you purifie not your selves as he is pure 1 John 3. 3. Come home to believe your baptisme and you shall have your part in the first resurrection for blessed and holy is he which hath part in the first resurrection and the second death shall have no power over you The first resurrection before God is in baptisme as Col. 2. 12. though before men it be at conversion and faith Bring forth fruits worthy of amendment of life i. bring forth fruits in Christ believe you are in him that is true in that his Son Jesus Christ and let this faith cause you to bring forth fruits of piety and charity And think not to say we have Abraham to our father for I say unto you that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham He told them of their thoughts nourish not such proud thoughts as these that you have Abraham to your father you have a Church you have the Word and you have Sacraments you are the children of the martyrs for I tell you all you are cursed by the Law for not continuing in all things written in the book of the Law to do them and therefore come and believe your baptisme or else you are cursed for ever For God is able of these stones yea stony hearted people by baptisme to raise up children unto Abraham and give them faith to believe it Gal. 3. 9. and to take away the stony heart and give them hearts of flesh Ezek. 36. 26. For Now the ax is laid to the root of the trees every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into he fire Now Christ is come by baptisme and faith to make you good trees to bring forth none but good fruit every tree every church or sect or particular man that bringeth forth sin before God is hewn down and cast into the fire of Gods wrath Every man or church that will not believe his baptisme that by it he is baptized into Christ and ingraffed into him and made a good tree in Christ and bring forth good fruit before God he is hewn down by the Law and cast into the fire of Gods wrath for he believeth not that he hath the Son that he hath his blood that hath washed him from all his sins before God nor Christs righteousnesse to make him everlastingly righteous therfore the wrath of God abideth upon him John 3. vers. last What is meant by the Ax It is taken materially for an●…strument to cut down trees So Deut. 20. 19. Thou shalt not cut down the fruit trees with an ax when thou besiegest a city for thou mayest eat of them for the tree of the field is mans life but it is taken metaphorically for Gods Decree and Judgement as in this place Now is the decree of God come forth that every one that is not made a good tree by baptisme into Christ is hewn down and cast into wrath In the time of the Law there was sacrifice for wrath but now baptisme for men to get into Christ now no more sacrifice for wrath So Dan. 4. 11. 14. 21. Hew him down is the Decree of the most High So Zeph. 2. 1 2. Gather your selves together gather your selves together O nation not worthy to be beloved before the decree come forth for Gods decrees are never to be recalled The ax at the root is baptisme What is meant by trees Metaphorically by trees are meant men as is plain by Jothams Parable Judg. 9. 8. The trees went forth to anoint a king over them and they said to the Olive Come thou raigne over us but the Olive said Should I leave my fatnesse whereby by me they honour God and man and go to advance me above the trees No I am content with my estate to honour God in that estate I am created I will be content with my calling to honour God and man in that I must forsake my fatnesse and by taking of an higher calling of a King I may so dishonour God and man and the Fig-tree would not forsake his sweetnesse and good fruit to be a King nor the Vine would not forsake his wine whereby he cheered God and man to be King to which he was not called of God he should displease God and man but the Bramble would be King though most unfit for it that would do no good to them but scratch and fire them Also where the tree falleth there it lieth whether towards the South or the North Eccles. 11. 3. i. in what estate men die whether in a good estate or bad to heaven-ward or to hell so they lie So the persecutors of Jeremiah said Let us destroy the tree with the fruit i. let us destroy Jeremiah and his Prophesie Let us destroy the Preacher and his preaching but thou Lord God of Sabaoth that judgest right let me see thy vengeance upon them Jer. 11. 19. declaring the destiny of all such as plot to destroy a faithfull Pastor and the tree to be hewn down was Nebuchadnezzar Dan. 4. 21. So Jude 12. Corrupt trees whose fruit withereth twice dead and plucked up by the roots are men that are dead by originall sin and then dead by actuall sin Reprobates that cannot repent are cast into the fire of Gods wrath and then heap up wrath against the day of wrath and of the declaration of the just judgement of God Rom. 2. 5. What is meant by hewn down i. They are cut down before God that refuse or will not believe baptisme by Gods Law and Decree for as Samuel hewed