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A85735	A demonstration of the resurrection of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; and therein of the Christian religion. Very usefull for the further satisfaction and confirmation of all good Christians; as likewise for the confutation and conviction of those that have a Jewish or atheisticall spirit in them. / Written by Richard Garbutt, Bachelour in Divinity, sometimes fellow of Sydney Colledge in Cambridge, and afterwards preacher of the Gospel at Leeds in Yorshire [sic].	Garbutt, Richard.; Jackson, Nathaniel, d. 1662.; Cartwright, Christopher, 1602-1658.	1656 (1656)	Wing G207; Thomason E1693_1; ESTC R202150	67,066	193

huge army of tall souldiers well appointed and runing with their naked bodies in the thick of them should deale their blows so fast and so bestirre them that they should kill some wound others lead others away Captive vanquish all and themselves receive no harme would not all say that this were a work Divine What were the twelve silly Apostles but these twelve men unskilfull of warre c what was the whole world but a huge huge army of tall souldiers well appointed against them what was the running of those twelve men with naked bodies into the midst of the army but the venturing of the Apostles upon the pikes point in the midst of the world up in arms against them what was the bestirring themselves so of those twelve men killing some c. but the bestirring themselves so of the twelve Apostles in the world as to subdue a great part of it upon the field and to foile all the rest that they could not withstand them what was the receiving no harm of those twelve themselves in the midst of all that garboile but the continuing of the Apostles so long undestroyed amidst all the uproare and garboile of the world against them Having obtained help of God I continue unto this day continue in spite of all the worlds being in an uproare against me witnessing both to small and great c. And Act. 26.22 We have this treasure in earthen vessels 2 Cor. 4. that the excellency of the power may be of God and not of us What was the Apostles subduing the world and casting downe every high thing that exalted it self against the knowledge of God but the silly Rams horns making the high walls of Jericho fall downe flat Joshua 6.20 or Gideons silly Barley cake tumbling in the hoste of Midian and overturning the tent Judges 7.13 And therefore to put all together whence but from the power of him that was risen from the dead sending the power of the holy Ghost upon the Apostles and their labours could such a Doctrine to such a world by such twelve or thirteen men to adde Paul to the dozen have beene effectually preached surely he that was set at the right hand of the Father had remembred what he had said John 15.16 I have chosen you and ordayned you that you should go and bring forth fruit and that your fruit should remaine And this this was that did the deed else what hope that they should have gone and brought forth such fruit in the conversion of the Gentiles such plentifull fruit such lasting fruit Not without good cause for one part of the mystery of Godliness is this 1 Tim. 3.16 God believed on in the world not without good cause that Paul calls the worke of the Gentiles-conversion the opening of a doore Act. 14.27 1 Cor. 16.9 2 Cor. 2.12 Act. 12. Chrys Hom. 34. and 76. in Matt. Hom. 7. in 1 Cor. if God had not miraculously opened this doore as he made the Iron gate to open to Peter of its own accord the Gentile had stood without for ever Fourthly Whence had the primitive Christians and Converts such extraordinary grace of holiness of life but from the power of him that was risen from the dead sending the power of the holy sanctifying spirit upon them Act. 2. Consider those three thousand first converted Act. 4. And the five thousand Consider their extraordinary piety unity community Their extraordinary piety ' towards God testified by their zeale in religious exercises They continued stedfastly in the Apostles Doctrine c. Their extraordinary Vnity or agreement among themselves And all that believed were together 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 not so much in place for three thousand one place would hardly receive them as in affection they were of one heart and one Soul Act. 4.32 Lastly their extraordinary community for communion of all things to the mutuall help one of another and had all things common c. See but the backwardness now adays in these Christian duties and acknowledge their forwardness in the same to have been the very finger and worke of Gods spirit They continued stedfastly or indefatigable in the Apostles Doctrine c we perhaps are but quarterly or monthly or fortnight men or women herein or if weekly then forenone people onely or if so good as afternoone people too yet our yawnings our nods yea and perhaps our Naps too argue our sluggishness in these duties but they continued indefatigable c. Again they even the multitude of them that believed which is signanter spoken signanter that a multitude and a multitude of raw converts should be so were so united and knit in one that they had all as 't were but one heart and one Soul but one heart and one Soul to act and move so many many bodies three thousand Chap. 2. nay five thousand Chap. 4. Whereas we run division so that it were a very wonder to see now but three or five men to be that which three nay five thousand men were then even to have but one heart and one Soul laughing and weeping all together nilling and willing all the same things nay rather for five of us our Saviours words what if they proved true that five should be divided three against two and two against three but they even the multitude of them that believed being about five thousand were of one heart and of one Soul Again for outward fortunes they had all things common They that had goods and possessions sold them and they sold them not to retaine the money in their own hands to give a little as they listed but they laid it down at the Apostles feet alienating away the right of it from themselves to serve for the common stock wholly and this they did when they could looke for no other but present persecution that money in their purses in their flight when they were persecuted would have done well This they did also without the Apostles exhorting them thereto as is intimated by the phrase laid it down at the Apostles feet namely the Apostles being unwilling to receive it and plainlier expressed by that of Peter to Ananias While it remained was it not thine own c. This Lastly they did having no doubt some of them wives and children to take care for of their own and were they thinke you without affection to their own that had such affection to every Christian Let our own hearts now tell us whether this that they did could well be any thing else but the very finger and worke of the spirit this that whereas the world huncheth to give a little of that they have they gave all whereas the world huncheth to give these little in time of peace they gave their all when nothing but persecution could be looked for whereas the world not with all the exhortations that can be used they without exhortation at all whereas the world thinkes wife and children

tormenting anxious feares for our owne deaths as being assured that Christ is not onely risen from the dead but risen as the first fruits to ensure the glorious Resurrection of all those that belong to him This use of thankfulness for so great a blessing the Apostle makes Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ 1 Pet. 1.3 which hath begotten us againe to a lively hope by the Resurrection of Jesus from the dead And here St. Paul in the present Chapter O death where is thy sting O grave where is thy victory Thanks be to God which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ And indeed he that considers what death is backed with sin and the unalterable Law of God can easily be moved to thankfulness for victory over it through our Lord Jesus Christ and his death and Resurrection Seventhly if Christ be risen as the first fruits c. then let these bodies of ours be sacred and holy to him here which we looke should be glorious and happy in him hereafter in him as glorified members of him a more glorious head he will never make him a glorious member that is not first a holy member never deliver him from the bondage of death that does not seeke first to be delivered of sin never deliver him from the corruption of the grave that does not seeke first to be delivered from the corruption of lust If it were possible that any member of Christ in Heaven should either be a sinfull member or a poor contemptible member sooner should it be a poor contemptible member then a sinfull member our Saviour sometimes here upon earth had a vile contemptible body but never a sinfull body looke we therefore that these bodyes of ours should be happy and glorious in him hereafter let them be sacred and holy to him here Think with thy selfe when gluttony and drunkenness dishonours thy body is this drunken body fit to be a member of Christs glorious body when filthyness and uncleanness defiles thy body is this filthy body fit to be a member c thinke with thy selfe when violence bribery injustice cozenage and trading Legerdemanie cleaves to thy hand is this hand fit to be a member of Christs glorious body c when pride envy avarice adultery sits in thy eye is this eye fit to be a member of Christs glorious body c when profane and cursed speaking horrible swearing slandering backbiting c. furres thy tongue is this filthy furred tongue fit to be a member of Christs glorious body c How does the Apostle reason against the abusing of the body by the sinne of fornication 1 Cor. 6.13 Now the body is not for fornication but for the Lord and is it fit that that body that is the Lords body looks to be raised up a glorious member of him already a glorious head is it fit that body should be for filthyness and fornication If we will needs so dishonour our selves as to make our bodyes the members of harlots let us know that Christ will not so dishonour himselfe as to make the members of harlots his own members If therefore Christ be risen as the first fruits c. he will not have like Nebuchadnezzars image the head to be of gold and any of the members though the very feet the lowest to be of base clay and dirt Eighthly If Christ be risen as the first fruit then let us be bold to venture these bodies of ours be it unto the death in behalfe of him and his glory who dyed for us and rose againe to ensure the glorious Resurrection of these bodies our bodies are not so sure our owne now that we have them and are clothed with them as when they are off at his bidding he does but lay them up in a sure wardrobe to restore us them again far better then we doft them off so much deceived were those heathenish persecutours that burning the Christians gathered up the ashes of their bodies and threw them into the river Rhone to be carried away who knowes whither that they might make the Christians without all hopes of the Resurrection but little knew they that they had a head in Heaven that as those bones by prophecying came together bone to his bone so by but speaking unto them could make all those ashes come together were they never so scattered with the four winds Euseb 5. see how this the ensurement of our glorious Resurrections in and by Christ is made a speciall ground and motive in Scripture for our sufferings 2 Cor. 4.14 Act. 20.20 1 Cor. 15.32 Gal. 6.12 so we believe and therefore speake speake without concealment of any part of the truth of the Gospel though thereby we procure our selves great persecution at the hands of the Jews and what is the ground of his boldness Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus so 1 Tim. 6.13 Exhorting Timothy to constancy in the Gospel whatsoever befell upon it 2 Tim. 2.8 upon what ground does he it sc this Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead Rev. 2.8 c. so the Lord exhorting the Church of Smyrna to endure tribulation for his names sake upon what ground does he it sc this these things saith the First and the Last which was dead and is alive c. And so though you dye in his cause feare not he will make you alive againe if therefore Christ be risen as c. Ninthly If Christ be risen as the first fruits let us while we are in these bodies of ours be constant and abundant in all good works knowing that our labour none of it all shall be lost but a day shal come when if we could be sorry for any thing it should be especially for this that we have slugged it so much in the work of godliness Let not thine heart envy sinners Prov. 23.17 18. for surely there is an end even that end 1 Cor. 15.24 and thine expectation shall not be cut off And have hope towards God Act. 24.15 16. that there shall be a Resurrection c. and herein do I exercise my selfe to have a conscience alwayes void of offence both towards God and man And here in this Chapter after the Apostle hath sufficiently proved Christs Resurrection and also our glorious Resurrection in him This is the very use he makes of it in the last verse 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Therefore my beloved be ye stedfast setled grounded confirm'd in the infallible faith of Christs and your Resurrections and unmoveable not onely setled but unmoveably setled that nothing be able to shake you from that stedfastness not the violence of Tyrants persecuting you not the subtilty of Philosophers seeking to circumvent you and if you continue thus stedfast and unmoveable in this your faith what will then follow but that you should abound not be spare and scanty but abound and that not when you are ready to lay downe these bodies of yours onely but alwayes Abounding alwayes in the work of the Lord. 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