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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19694	A treatise of faith wherein is declared how a man may liue by faith and finde releefe in all his necessities : applied especially vnto the use of the weakest Christians / by Ezekel Culvervvell.	Culverwell, Ezekiel, 1553 or 4-1631.	1623 (1623)	STC 6113.5; ESTC S4074	171,849	534

as certainly bee partaker of Christ and all his benefites which are the things sealed as he is partaker of the outward seals the certainty whereof depends on Gods truth and faithfulnesse as in his word so in the seales thereof who doth as truely giue that which he promiseth and sealeth as hee doth freely giue any promise or seale We doe iustly account him no honest man who will not bee as good as his word much more him who will seale a couenant and yet not performe it Be it farre off then from any Christian to impute this to God that hee giues vaine words and seales and doth not as truely giue that which hee promiseth and sealeth But the sole cause why many who come to the word and Sacraments Why many profite not by the word sacraments are not partakers in them of Christ who is truely on Gods part offered in them is this That they doe not inwardly by faith receiue that which is promised and sealed as they do outwardly receiue the word and seale It shall be our wisedome then whensoeuer we goe to the word and Sacraments specially to labour for faith that thereby we may as truely receiue Christ in them offered as wee doe receiue outwardly the word and seales thereof For the receiuing of the word we haue said enough Now for our Sacraments Few profite by Sacraments I cannot sufficiently bewaile the vniuersall abuse of them which is so grieuous that they being by God in loue left to his Church as a speciall meanes to further their saluation so many are by their vnworthy receiuing of them made more guilty of condemnation which comes to passe not onely by that grosse prophanenesse which is in all carnall Protestants who onely for custome Law or credit come to the Sacraments without any knowledge or conscience 2. But in many of some better sort who haue some care for their soules there is either such ignorance or negligence that they neuer did worthily receiue the holy seales and therefore neuer found the sweete fruites of them 3. Yea that which is more to bee lamented this may bee found in not a few of those who haue receiued true grace and bee indeed Gods children to whom onely these seales of right do belong yet these seldome or neuer attaine that comfort by the holy Sacraments which indeede they ought and might were not the fault in themselues For proofe hereof I require euery one who would see the truth of this complaint to examine himselfe in this question what sensible good hee hath receiued by his Baptisme For my part I haue demanded this question of many who were of good esteeme in the Church who had litle to say in this point and I make no doubt but the like may bee found in many others who are to seeke in this matter so farre off bee they from enioying that great gaine which is to be got hereby which in speciall consists in these two first that by our baptisme we be more assured of our saluation by Christ and secondly that thereby we be more 〈…〉 leade a godly conuersation both which be euidently the fruites of true baptisme The same may be saide of the Lords suppo● which in a further do 〈◊〉 to assure vs of our growth in grace and small perseuerance 〈…〉 how few come from the communion so sure of Christ and all his benefits to bee theirs as the woman marryed at the Church doth come home assured of the man whom she hath marryed and all his to bee hers for her vse and comfort Yet I 〈…〉 thus and it cannot 〈◊〉 but our 〈◊〉 when it is 〈◊〉 so If I were demanded what I conceiue to bee the chiefe cause why it is not thus Want of farth I would say want of Faith which ariseth in many frō want of cleere light to see Gods minde in ordaining these Sacraments In some 〈…〉 slight account they make of these And in the best sort of these from the sight of their vnworthinesse which makes them feare that they cannot be made partakers of so great a benefit For whose sake I specially write these to helpe their weake faith that thereby they may find this benefite To which purpose I would haue well considered that which before was touched concerning Gods intention in ordaining these holy signes seales Right end of seales which we call Sacraments which was to helpe our weake ●aith that whereas the Lord hauing in his word made vnto vs sinners many promises of alg●ace in Christ which if the fault were not in our selues might be sufficient to vphold our faith in the assurance thereof yet he seeing how slowe of heart wee are to beleeue his word did for the confirmation of our faith giue vs these outward and visible pledges of his loue that wee knowing him to bee faithfull may bee more assured yea put out of doubt that wee shall as certainly be made partakers of Christ himselfe and all his merits as wee are of the outward signes of his couenant as Gen. 17. 10. This is my couenant which yee shall keepe betweene mee and you and thy seed after thee Euery 〈…〉 child among you shall bee circumcised And very oft that which properly belongs to the things sealed is giuen to the outward seale to shew that on Gods part they be neuer parted For this cause were the Lords people commanded to circumcise the foreskinne of their 〈◊〉 Deut. 10. 16 and the Lord promised that He would circumc●se them hearts Ier. 4. 4. and the heart of their seede Deut. 30. 6. The like is saide of Baptisme Rom. 6. 3. That wee are buried with Christ by Baptisme Col. 2. 1. and for this cause it is called Baptisme of 〈◊〉 for remission of sinnes Mar. 1. 4. And our sinnes are said to be washed away Act. 22. 16 and that Baptisme saueth Heb. 10. 22 All which belongeth to the blood of Christ 1 Pet. 3. 21. as 1. Ioh. 1. 7. that is All his sufferings which doth wash and 〈◊〉 us from all our sinnes Reu. 1. 5. And in this sense our Sauiour Christ saith We must bee 〈◊〉 of water Ioh. 3. 5. that is bee made Gods children by receiuing Christ as Ioh. 1. 12. The like is saide of the Lords Supper when our Lord Iesus did ordaine it hee speaking of the bread Mat. 26. 26 28. said This is my body and of the wine This is my blood of the new Testament meaning that these outward signes and seales were most sure certain pledges of his body and blood which hee did as truely giue to be spirituall food as he gaue the bread and wine to be bodily food to euery beleeuer And for the same cause the Apostle saith The cup of blessing which we blesse 1 Cor. 10. 16. is it not the Communion of the blood of Christ The bread which we breake is it not the Communion of the body of Christ for that we