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A01725	Foure sermons vpon seuerall partes of scripture, preached by George Gyffard, preacher of the worde, at Maudlin in Essex	Gifford, George, d. 1620.	1598 (1598)	STC 11859; ESTC S117695	68,936	149

is in man For this cause also euen as the naturall body of man hath diuerse members so there are ascribed members to the old man as when he saith Mortifie therefore your earthly members Colos 3. And then reconeth vp particularly those members of the old man euen vnclean vices as you may reade in that Chap. Then he saith Knowing this that our old man is crucified with him Here the manner of the death is noted by which this our old corruption of sinne is slaine teaching withall that it is not crucified but in the crosse of Christ for he saith With him This our old man will retaine his force and power vntill hee be slaine it is not in man to come out of the bondage of his natiue corruption vntil it be wounded to death and nothing there is that can giue that deadly stroke vnto it but onely the death of Christ wherfore it is said to be crucified with him When a man is in Christ and so the efficacy of Christs death hath crucified his old mā yet there is still a body of sinne there doth remaine that whole dead carkasse though not with the force and dominion it had before which daylie by little and little is consumed abolished for so the words of the Apostle are that the body of sinne might be destroyed First the old man is crucified that so the body of sin may be destroyed Behold here what is wroght by the redeemer Sinne in mans nature may be espied and many goodly precepts may be giuen against it with perswasions to come out of it but all in vaine vntill it be crucified with Christ Moreouer this we are to note that the slaine body of sinne though through the burial of christ it do cōsume is diminished in the regenerate so that frō day to day the remnāts of sin haue lesse lesse force in thē yet it remaineth in them none are fully deliuered from it so long as they liue in this world for you may reade what the great Apostle cryeth out touching himselfe O wretched man that I am who shall deliuer me from this body of death Rom. 7.24 This slaine body of sinne doth still annoy al the faithfull but as he giueth thanks there we shal bee fully deliuered by Christ Iesus our Lord. Nowe followeth the end why our old man is crucified namely that henceforth wee should not serue sin By nature we are all in bondage wee are vnder a most tyrannous Lord that ruleth ouer vs euen sin wee doe our seruice and obedience thereto Christ doth set vs free from this bondage as he saith If the sonne make you free then are you free indeede Iohn 8. and it is by slaying the tyrant wherefore he saith He that is dead is free from sinne Wee all knowe this that death setteth the bond seruant free from his master Here-upon S. Paule doth reason that if we be dead with Christ vnto sinne then are we freed from it So that you may plainely see that they that doe in such sort professe the Gospell of Christ as that they doe continue still in sin are little acquainted with this that Christ came to slay sin that wee by dying there-unto might be set free frō the seruice and bondage thereof And now to the other point which is that hee which is once crucified with Christ so is ded to sin the same must needs as we shewed before rise with him liue with him wherevpō it followeth that he which so hath died risen with Christ can neuer returne againe vnto the spiritual death which is to liue to sin This point is not common I meane euery one doth not vnderstand it and therefore I doe pray you to marke well the speeches of the holy Apostle Wherefore if we be dead with Christ wee beleeue that we shal also liue with him This hath a necessary consequence as you haue seene before in the similitude of a plant where the science grafted in growing to the stocke doeth die and liue with it If thē we be dead with Christ vnto sinne If the power of his death hath crucified our old man then doe we beleeue that we also rise with him vnto the new life for hee rising vp to life how should we being plāted into him and growing vnto him but rise also to life with him This is the first step vnto the matter now in hand Then in the next place he addeth that Christ being enrred into that heauenly life neuer returneth out of it to die anie more This is so euident that he saith Knowing that Christ beeing raised from the deade dieth no more death hath no more dominion ouer him If death haue no more dominion ouer him then can he neuer returne from that glorious life for life is not taken away but by death Nowe that death shall haue no more dominion ouer him he sheweth by this reason that in that he dyed he dyed once to sinne but in that he lyueth he lyueth to God This was the cause why Christ dyed euen that he might satisfie for the sinne of the world and that he might destroye sinne This being once done there is now no cause why it should euer bee done againe for the full satisfaction is made at once for euer and sinne by his crosse shall bee vtterly dissolued But touching his life the Apostle saith he liueth to God his life then is perpetuall and euerlasting Thus much touching Christ the head And now hee commeth to the application of it in the members Likewise thinke yee also that ye are dead to sinne but are aliue to GOD in Iesus Christ our Lord. First in these wordes the Apostle willeth vs not barely as the worde is translated to thinke for that is but an opinion but to conclude as it were necessarie by a Syllogisme for that speech he vseth that wee are deade to sinne and are aliue to God through Christ Iesus our Lord. Here now lyeth the force of his matter as Christ dyed but once for to satisfie for sinne to slay it so all the true members of Christ can but once die to sinne Sinne or the olde man being once crucified in them and hauing receiued the deaths wound can neuer reuiue againe Christ dyed once to sinne so his must die but once to sin for being in him can they be off and on now dead to sin now aliue vnto it Most true it is that sinne is in the faithfull by degrees put downe and not at once but yet it is at once by the death of Christ slaine Then the partie in whome the old man is once crucified and slaine is also rysen with Christ and is partaker of the new life and so with him or rather in him is aliue to God Then marke the drift of the Apostle If Christ could die but once to sinne and then liueth for euer then they that be in Christ can die but once to sinne and likewise doe liue with him to God for

He that hath this worldes good and seeth his brother in neede and shutteth vp his compassion from him how dwelleth the loue of God in him 1. Iohn 3. ver 17 O cursed loue of money that caryeth men from the loue of God It is no maruaile that Saint Paul saith The loue of money is the root of all euils 1. Tim. 6.10 For he saith there that they which would be rich fall into temptation and into a snare and into many foolish and noysome lustes which drowne men in destruction and perdition O will some man say if the wordes of Saint Paul are so strictly to be taken how could some that haue bene preachers of the Gospell couet riches and loue money so much as they haue done Is it not found by common experience that neuer any haue bene more couetous or more loued money or haue sought riches and worldly pomp● more then some that haue preached the Gospell Shall we say that such Lighters walke in so dangerous a way Doe such forsake the true and liuing God and worship an idol Surely God is no respecter of persons such are so farre off from all excuse that of all others they fall into the deepest condemnation for while they take vpon them in wordes to set forth the glorious Gospell of Iesus Christ and giue so fowle example in deede what doe they but pull downe the dignitie of the Gospell causing the weake to stumble and the blinde to wander out of the way To returne to our matter for laying vp the good foundation against the time to come I will conclude with two sayings of the scripture the one of king Salomon the other of the prophete Isay Thus saith Salomon He that hath mercie vpon the poore lendeth vnto the Lorde and the Lorde will recompence him that which he hath giuen Prouerbes 19.17 And thus saith the Lord by Isay That thou deale thy bread to the hungrie and that thou bring the poore that wander into thine house when thou seest the naked that thou couer him and hide not thy selfe from thine owne fleshe then shall thy light breake forth as the morning and thine health shall growe speedily Thy righteousnesse shall goe before thee and the glorie of the Lorde shall imbrace thee Then shalt thou call and the Lorde shall answere thou shalt crie and he shall say heare am I. If thou take away from the middes of thee the yoake the putting forth of the finger wicked speaking if thou power out thy soule to the hungrie and refresh the troubled soule then shall my light spring out of the darkenes and thy darkenes shall be as the noone-day And the Lorde shall guide thee continuallie and satisfie thy soule in drought and make fatte thy bones and thou shalt be like a watred garden and like a spring of waters whose waters faile not and they shall be of thee that shall builde the wast places c. Isay chap. 58. verse 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. The Lorde for his sonnes sake giue vs grace to followe this holy precept that we may attayne eternall life The end of the first Sermon THE SECOND Sermon 1. Iohn Chap. 5. 7 For there are three which beare recorde 〈◊〉 heauen the Father the word and the holy ghost and these three are one 8 And there are three which beare record in the earth the spirite the water and the bloud●● and these three agree in one 9 If we receyue the witnes of men the witnes of God is greater for this is the witnes of GOD which he testified of his sonne 10 Hee that beleeueth in that sonne of God hath the witnes in himself he that beleeueth not God hath made him a lyar because he beleeued n●● the record that God witnessed of that his sonne 11 And this is that recorde that God hath giuen vnto vs eternall life this life is in that his son 12 He that hath that sonne hath that life and he that hath not that son of God hath not that life 13 These things haue I written vnto you that beleeue in the name of the sonne of God that yee may know that ye haue eternall life and that yee may beleeue in the name of that sonne of God EVerie worde of God is pure Prou. 30.5 The whole Scrip●ure is giuen by diuine inspiration and is profitable c. 2. Tim. ● 16 And what soeuer things haue bene writen afore-time haue bin writen for our learning Ro. 15.4 It is our dutie ●hen a● humble and obedient schollers of Christ to giue care vnto euerie part of Gods word And moreouer a● some parts thereof doe principally excell so are wee the more willinglie to learn them Such is this which I haue now read vnto you as you may perceiue by the cause for which S. Iohn affirmeth he wrote it saying These things haue I writē vnto you which beleeue in the name of that son of God that ye may know that ye haue eternall life and that ye may beleeue in the name of that sonne of God ver 13. What higher point then this for a man to know that he shall be saued What greater ioye and felicitie can be fall vnto any Indeede many doe holde that it is vnpossible for anye man while hee liueth here to knowe for certaintie that hee shall be saued How can any man tell say they that he shall be saued Can any goe vp to heauen and there see that his name is written in the booke of life The Papistes proceede yet further and they say it is pride wicked arrogancy for 〈◊〉 man to affirme that he doth knowe he shall be saued Humilitie they say doth teach men alwaies to stand in doubt Most true it is that their doctrine of mens merites must needes breed all doubting and pride intole●able it is for any man to say he knoweth his owne good works doe merite or deserue eternall glorie in the heauens and that he is sure he shall haue it for the same But let these passe with their Antichristian doctrine giue eare to S. Iohn who saith These things haue I written that ye may kn●w that ye haue eternall life and that ye may beleeue c. But before we handle the words let vs see how they depend vpon the former part of this Chapter In the first verse you see it is thus writen Who soeuer beleeueth that Iesus is the Christ is borne of God This is euen the ground of this whole matter namely that the newe and spirituall birth goeth inseparably with faith for he saith who so euer beleeueth that Iesus is the Christ speaking of the true and liuely faith he is borne of God 〈◊〉 so he is the child of God Whereupon it followeth on the other side that who soeuer is not regenerate but committeth the deedes of the flesh though he seeme to beleeue yet he hath not the true and liuely faith but that which the holy Ghost calleth a dead faith hee is not the childe of God