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A53308	The stone rolled away, and life more abundant an apologie urging self-denyal, new-obedience, faith, and thankfulnesse / by Giles Oldworth ...	Oldisworth, Giles, 1619-1678.	1663 (1663)	Wing O255; ESTC R8404	298,711	491

Redeemer who hath done [4] Rev. 5.9 and suffered so great things for us will in due time welcome us to his Fathers house [5] 1 Thes 4.17 and so shall we ever ever ever be with the Lord When [6] Psal 101.2 shall I come unto thee I will walk in thy house with a perfect heart O my Soul [7] Psal 37.34 Isa 49 23 40.31 wait for the Lord wait I say for the Lord O ye Saints of his rejoyce in the Lord [8] Phil. 4.4 3. The Doctrine applied again I say rejoyce Hallelujah Ye have I trust such is your patience [1] Mat. 13.51 understood all these things ye have seen every afflicting stone [2] Mar. 16.4 rolled away ye have seen a world of Troubles [3] Joh. 14.1 2 swallowed up in Mansions of glory ye have seen life in death yea and life [4] Joh. 10.10 more abundant too ye have seen the good [5] Deut. 33.16 Angel in my Text as it were face to face ye have seen his strong [6] Isa 41.21 reasons his seven reasons his seven spiritual Reasons I had almost said his seven [7] Rev. 3.1 Spirits Our hearts should be troubled should we neglect [8] Luk. 9.44 Application O blessed Spirit Application is thy (1) Jer. 30.21 work Thy work O blessed Spirit Thou hast opened (2) Luk. 24.45 our understandings open our (3) Act. 16.14 hearts too Lord the stone is rolled (4) Joh. 11.39 41 43 away raise up thy Lazarus Give us life give us life (5) Joh. 10.10 more abundant AND now whether I look back upon the troubles past and gone or whether I look up unto the Mansions already prepared let my tongue cleave unto the roof of my mouth and let my right (1) Psal 137.6 hand forget her pen if I prefer not my Soveraign above the head of my comforts Therefore though I forget not my (2) Prov. 25.6 distance my first Application shall be The Lively Pourtraiture of CHARLES the Second King of Great Britain France and Ireland c. TO THE SACRED MAJESTY Of our most GRACIOUS SOVERAIGN LORD in all Causes and over all Persons as well Ecclesiastical as Civil our Supreme Governour CHARLES second only to that blessed Martyr and glorious Saint his royal Father of Great Britain France and Ireland KING Defender of the Faith and next unto God and his Christ the Prince of our Peace My Lord O King LIve like your (1) Psal 112 6 Name for ever live (2) Psal 61.6 and be The same you are 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 (3) 2 Cor. 3.18 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Great as was your (4) Psal 132.1 Affliction and our (5) 2 Sam. 15.30 woe Good as late (6) Psal 61.8 116.14 2 Chro. 32.25 Vows Happy as we (7) Psal 144.15 Prov. 13.12 are now Thus thus I (8) Ezra 6.10 pray But let Applauses be Suppress'd by others and refus'd by me Not as undue nor that a zealous praise May too too much mans expectation raise Nor that words match not though when all is done Ne're yet could pensil fully paint the Sun But loe Believers Sir should we display Your brighter beams would ravish'd sin for joy Saw they your soul they would sleight heav'n again And doat on earth because on earth you reign I blame my fears From Charles no evils spring They walk with God who follow such a King Next unto Christ this Prince of our Peace may If Subjects please roll ev'ry stone away Next unto Christ He doth our life appear Good Subjects find life more abundant here That Truth that Peace which with [9] 1 Tim. 2.2 Isa 49.23 His Throne consist Lifts us from Earth to Heaven from Charles to Christ But the Stairs at Whitehall are no winding stairs Blessed be God there is no cause why I should borrow Verses feet to bring me to the Presence-Chamber there I need not there measure mine approaches where blessed be God the golden Scepter is always [1] Hesther 5.2 held forth As in Majesty and [2] Psal 82.6 Power so in Patience and Clemency King Charles the second resembleth his God God is a God (3) Psal 65.2 that heareth Prayer and his Servant Charles (4) Deut. 17.20 shutteth not his ear no not unto his meanest Subjects In prose therefore When I compare the troubles of these Disciples hearts with the Mansions that are set before them rather To the Kings most Excellent Majesty when I compare the 30. of January with the 29. of May and again the third of September with the 23. of April Verily if ever any Christian in the world had encouragement to believe in God and in the only Son of God your Sacred Majesty hath I trust the same God who hath delivered (1) 1 Cor. 1 10 will yet deliver Nations could not get Dominion over your sacred person I trust (2) Rom. 6.14 sin shall not The Lord hath raised and removed the many burdens but I trust not the many (3) Heb. 12.6 7 Psal 94.12 13 and 132.2 5 compared with 1 Cot. 3.16.17 blessings of your Majesties late sorows Should not afflictions so great as your Majesties have been be more and more sanctified unto your Royal soul alas your heart might then be troubled indeed Should you desist to believe in God who (4) Psal 89.27 placeth your Majesty higher then the Kings of the earth it might then be unto you and your Kingdoms a grief of heart Should not your Princely soul believe in that only Son of God who (5) Isa 53.8 Heb. 2.10 suffered more for your Majesty then your gracious Majesty suffered for your lost people this might also trouble your heart Lastly should your soul (6) Isa 53.3 neglect so great salvation should your soul despise the Mansions in your heavenly Fathers house then then your heart would be utterly perplexed everlastingly troubled and that beyond measure But although King Hezekiah did not render according unto the (1) 2 Chro. 32.25 benefit received I trust your most excellent Majesty will True the more God blesseth his (2) Job 1.10 servant Job the more the Devil (3) Job 1.11 seeketh his ruine No doubt where the Lord hath multiplied so unparalleld favours as are heaped upon your dread Majesty there the malice of Satan will be very wilte very full of (4) 2 Cor. 2 11 stratagems the Serpent once enraged will first (5) 2 Cor. 12.17 buffet then sting Nevertheless while your sacred Majesty figheth not only against (6) 1 Pet. 2.11 flesh and blood but even against (7) Eph. 6.12 Principalities and Powers the same God who (8) Psal 140.7 covered your royal head in the day of battle the same God your sacred Majesty hath to believe in The same Christ who delivered you from so (9) 2 Cor. 1.10 great a death the same Jesus your Majesty hath to believe

Model in the old Testament as is in this or in any other Kingdom under Heaven So the Model of our English Hierarchy may be proved lawfull though there be no such Model of Hierarchy in the New Testament c. Object Object The Scriptures (1) 2 Tim. 3.16 17. are a sufficient Rule 1. 1. Answer Answ Blessed be the Father of (1) James 1.17 Lights from whom cometh every good and perfect gift Knowledge doth cover our Island (2) Isa 11.9 as waters cover the sea Many very many exceeding many and exceeding (3) Pro. 4.4 9.3.13 18.20.15 precious are those English Treatises which exalt this whole Nation higher then ever Capernaum (4) Mat. 11.23 was exalted Possibly thou mayest so buy the (5) Pro. 23.23 Truth that thou mayest in the end sell all to purchase Christ should I commend unto thy spare (6) Pro. 17.16 moneys some few of them such of them as thou thy self wiltnot stumble at Such as The (1) By Thomas Goodwin Aggravation of Sin Great (2) By Rich. Egles Salvation tendred The (3) By Daniel Dyke Deceitfulness of mans Heart Wilful (4) By William Fenner Impenitency the grossest Self-Murder Gods (5) By Adam Harsnet Summons to Repentance The (6) By Tho. Hooker Souls Preparation for Christ The (7) By B. Prideaux Doctrine of Practical Praying The (8) By B. Prideaux Doctrine of Conscience The (9) By Jeremy Dyke Worthy Communicant The (10) By Dr. Sibs bruised reed and The Souls Conflict Tentations (11) By Rich. Capel Nature Danger Cure The (12) By Tho. Shepherd Sincere Convert and The Sound Believer A (13) By Jer. Burroughs gracious Spirit a choice and precious Spirit The (14) By R. Young Victory of Patience Gods (15) By Dr. Preston All-Sufficiency While I commend unto thee these or other Books better then these wilt thou reply Such Authors are therefore useless because the holy Scriptures are able to make thee (16) 2 Tim. 3.15 wise unto Salvation I trow not Thou wilt rather say These or the like works are therefore beneficial because they (17) Eccles 12.11 consent unto the Truth of the holy Scriptures Just so must I answer thee The Word of God giveth general Rules (18) Rom. 13.1 2. As at first God himself im nediately Exod. 33.14 15 16. 1 Sim. c. 8.7.12.12 ruled his people so at first Christ also himself immediately ruled his people but afterward entrusted their Government with Kings and Rulers successively as God had formerly done for the well ordering of Gods chosen people Now while our Parliamentary Statutes do in our State Affairs establish among us at King as Supreme Head in all Causes temporal and a Magistracy under that King A King as Supreme in all Causes spiritual and a Hierarchy under that King These our Paliamentary Statutes do manifestly prove beneficial unto the Churches of God while they make particular Applications of Gods general Rules 2. 2. Answer Answ Suppose before (1) John 13.13 Mat. 10.1 Luke 10.1 Christ ascended from earth to Heaven He his Twelve Apostles and his Seventy Disciples were in that Infancy that new-birth of the Church a sufficient number of Church Governours yet as the Church encreased in the number of Believers after Christs Ascension might not after Christ ascended other Church Governours be introduced consonant and subservient to these 3. 3. Answer Answ Certainly as in (1) Deu. 17.15 Ruth 1.1 1 Sam. 12.13 Kingdoms and in Common-wealths so (2) Isa 49.23 Rom. 13.6 compared with Mat. 28.20 in Churches such may be the form of Government as the Law-giver for the time being shall see most expedient for the propagation of the Gospel Christ hath (3) 1 Sam. 2.28 2 Cor. 3.61.6.4 his Ministery and his Ministry hath (4) Mat. 16.19 18.18 The power of the keyes just as his Magistracy hath the (5) Rom. 13.4 power of the sword but ever the modelling of this Magistracy and of this Ministery belongeth unto the (6) Exo. 18.19 Law-giver Moses that is God by Moses may single out (7) Exo. 28.1 Aaron and his Successors to be high-Priests the Levites to (8) Num. 18.5 serve at the Altar to (9) Num. 1.50.3 31. bear the Ark c. David may (10) 1 Chr. 15.11 -17. appoint Singers c. and Salomon (11) 2 Chr. 5.12 may require them to take their Courses in the Temple orderly like an Hoste In his time in answer to the heads of the twelve Tribes Christ had (13) Mat. 10.1 his twelve Apostles In answer to the seventy Elders he had (14) Luk. 10 1 his seventy Disciples So after his Ascension for the benefit of the Church were added (15) Act. 6.5 Ephes 4.11 Rom 12.6 1 Cor. 12.28 Deacons Evangelists Pastors Teachers and Bishops and why not other such like as the benefit of (16) 1 Tim. 5.9 Tit. 1.5 John 3.8 2 Sam. 6.5 1 Kings 8.64 1 Chr. 15.12.16.4 2 Chr. 29.30 34. Ezra 6.16 18. Nehem. 8.9.9.4 Christian Kingdoms and Chuches shall require I conclude then so far is our Hierarchy from being a rock of offence unto such as receive a love of the truth that they are undeniably a (17) Ephes 4.7 11. gift of the holy Ghost even (18) 1 Cor. 12.28 helps in Church-Government for where these celebrate thy name It is (19) Psal 68.25 well seen O my God how thou goest how thou my God and King goest in the Sanctuary The next Scandal if any ariseth from our Function it self and that not so much unto others among us as The Function it self unto the flourishing Nobility and Gentry of this Kingdom If these rule well may God have the Glory and themselves the praises due Nevertheless since they have been more for ruling like (1) 1 Sam. 7.15.12.4 Samuel then for (2) 1 Sam. 2.18.3.20 ministring before the Lord like Samuel since they have stumbled at holy Orders as somewhat below their quality and birth with all humbleness and earnestness I beseech them and others for them to recollect how little weight there is in the Stone of Offence For 1. 1. Not unworthy the highest Suppose not many mighty not many noble receive the Saving Faith Saving Faith is no whit the less precious just so be it that not many mighty not many noble minister before the Lord the Ministery of Reconciliation is no more whit dishonourable 2. Term the Persons in my Text how ye please look upon them look upon us under the lowest Notions which ye conceive Compare us unto Fisher-men Husbandmen Merchant-men Watch-men Soldiers Shepherds Labourers Messengers Servants sim these and the like expressions will be not our Reproach but your Instruction For instance your servants we are but your (1) See Mede upon 1 Cor. 4.1 Servants in the Lord Messengers we are but Messengers of Glad (2) See B.