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A94353	Elijah's mantle: or, The remaines of that late worthy and faithful servant of Jesus Christ, Mr. John Tillinghast. Viz. I. The conformity of a saint to the will of God. On Act. 21.14. II. The will of God and Christ concerning sinners. On Gal. 1.4. III. No condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus. On Rom. 8.1. IV. Christs love to his owne. On Joh. 13.1. V. True gospel humiliation. On Zach. 12.10. VI. The most effectual means to kill and subdue sin. On 1 Joh. 2.2 VII. The advocateship of Jesus Christ, a great ground of saints comfort and support under sins and infirmities. On 1 Joh. 2.2. VIII. The only way for saints to be delivered from the errors and evils of the times. On 1 Tim. 6.11. IX. Of the Old Covenant, from Gal. 4.30. being so farre as the author had proceeded, in a treatise of the two covenants, before his death. Published by his owne notes.	Tillinghast, John, 1604-1655.; Manning, John, d. 1694.	1658 (1658)	Wing T1172; Thomason E1557_1; ESTC R203796	263,858	498

comforting himself in this his reward should bee with God Hereupon God comes off more friendly Is is a light thing that thou shouldest bee my servant to raise up the Tribes of Jacob and to restore the preserved of Israel as to say that is not worth the dying for I value thy sufferings more than so I will give thee for a salvation to the ends of the earth So that Christ struck up a Covenant with the Father in behalf of those hee saves and all that are his own they are his by Covenant 5 They are Christs own by Jointure or Inheritance What a man hath as a Jointure or an Inheritance may bee called his own Beleevers are Christs own in this respect Deut. 32.9 For the Lords portion is his people Jacob is the lot of his inheritance Zach. 2.12 And the Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land and shall choose Jerusalem again 6 They are Christs own by a resignation of themselves and all they have and a subjection to him When a man hath resigned himself and all hee hath to another and subjected himself to bee wholly ruled and governed by him acknowledging all homage and obedience due to him hee may bee called that other and not his own Thus Beleevers are Christs own beleeving they imbrace him for a King as well as for a Saviour Rev. 15.3 King of Saints 7 They are Christs own by possession Possession the Proverb saith is an eleven points of the Law the meaning is that a man that hath possession will lay a great claim to right especially if a man have possession in a just and a legal way then possession is a double right Christ hath beleevers for his own in this respect for hee dwells in them by his Spirit 1 Cor 6.19 What know yee not that your body is the Iemple of the Holy Ghost which is in you which yee have of God and yee are not your own By faith Eph. 3.17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith 8 They are Christs own by Marriage-union Christ hath linked beleevers to himself in the bond of spiritual marriage hee having betrothed them to himself Hos 2.19 20. And I will betroth thee unto mee for ever yea I will betroth thee unto mee in righteousness in judgement and in loving-kindness and in mercies I will even betroth thee unto mee in faithfulnesse and thou shalt know the Lord. So that as when a man and woman are married the husband may say to his wife Thou art my own and the wife to the husband thou art my own each challenging propriety in one another So Christ and beleevers Christ may say of the beleever hee is my own and the beleever of Christ and thou Lord art my own 9 They are Christs own by membership being members of that spiritual invisible body of which Christ is head which is set forth under the Parable of the Vine and branches Joh. 15. and as the head may say of every member this is mine that is a member belonging to that body of which I am head so may Christ say of every beleeving man and woman this man and woman is my own for hee shee is a member of that body to which I am head 3 That Christ hath a love to his own appears 1 From the very nature of propriety which loves that thing I have a propriety in above other A Father loves his childe above anothers Why hee hath a propriety in it it is his own The husband loves his wife shee is his own Propriety is a begetter of affection 2 From that special respect hee hath to them above others 1 Hee hath special pity and compassion towards them in all their sufferings Isa 63.9 In all their affection hee was afflicted and the Angel of his presence saved them in his love and in his pity hee redeemed them and bee bare them and carried them all the dayes of old Heb. 4.15 For wee have not an High Priest which cannot bee touched with the feeling of our infirmities but was in all points tempted like as wee are yet without sinne Chap. 5.2 Who can have compassion on the ignorant and on them that are out of the way for that hee himselfe also is compassed with infirmity 2 Hee hath a special eye over them to see to it that none hurt them Psal 105.12 13 14 15. When they were but a few men in number yea very few and strangers in it When they went from one Nation to another from one Kingdome to another People hee suffered no man to do them wrong yea hee reproved Kings for their sakes saying Touch not mine Anointed and do my Prophets no harm 3 Hee hath a special care of them to see they shall not want 4 That this love of Christ to his own is a choice and an everlasting love 1 It is a choice love for 1 It is Father-like love Psal 103.13 Like as a father pitieth his children so the Lord pitieth them that fear him 2 It is a conjugal love What love more choice than Marriage-love it is to bee loved as a man loves himself Eph. 5.28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies Christ hath married beleevers his love to them is marriage-Marriage-love 3 It is dying love Such love as makes him dye for the party loved This is the greatest love of all Joh. 15.13 Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends If greatest love bee dying love then Christ did not dye for all as some will have it for hee doth not love all with the greatest love 2 It is Everlasting love 1 Love arising from an everlasting cause where the cause is everlasting the effect must bee so too What is the cause why Christ loves beleevers Why meerly his good will and leasure hee loves because hee will love This cause being everlasting the effect must bee also everlasting 2 Love supported by everlasting Pillars 1 The Pillar of his Unchangeablenesse Heb. 13.3 Jesus Christ the same yesterday and to day and for ever Mal. 3.6 For I am the Lord I change not 2 The Pillar of his Truth and Faithfulnesse Christ is the true and faithful one It is a part of unfaithfulnesse to love a while and then to cease to love Christ is no such lover 3 The Pillar of his everlasting remembrance Isa 49.15.16 Can a woman forget her sucking-childe that shee should not have compassion on the Son of her womb yea they may forget yet will not I forget thee Behold I have graven thee upon the Palms of my hands thy walls are continually before mee FOR APPLICATION As there are two things mainly held forth in the Text both which I have in the doctrinal part spoken unto 1 That beleevers are Christs own 2 That Christ loves his own with a peculiar and everlasting love So in my Application I shall speak someching to both For the first Is it so that beleevers are Christs own

1 He presents the persons of his Saints before his Father saith Christ such a thing I plead for and behold here is the Person see what hee is in how near relation to me they are those that thou hast given me they are mine and they are thine see Lord they are no other I speak for 2 Hee presents all the wants of his Saints he spreads these before God Lord they want preserving grace persevering sanctifiing c. 3 He presents his owne merits and righteousnesse before his Father Lord saith Christ is there no righteousness in this poor sinner behold here is righteousness Doth thy Justice require satisfaction behold here it is I have glorified thee it may bee Lord these sin and dishonour thee but I have glorified thee 4 Hee mannageth their cause as his own in his own Name Hee takes up their cause and saith Lord their cause is my cause it is the cause I am ingaged in and have dyed for Joh. 17.10 I am glorified in them as to say Lord if it were onely for them indeed thou mightest deny mee but their cause is my cause their cause and mine their glory and mine is linked together 5 Hee useth arguments with the Father hee doth not barely plead but useth arguments What arguments in John 17. the pattern of Christs Intercession in heaven doth Christ use with his Father vers 6 7 8 9 10 11 c. Hee answers all the Objections that Satan brings against poor souls See Zach. 3.1 2. And hee shewed mee Joshua the high Priest standing before the Angel of the Lord and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him And the Lord said unto Satan The Lord rebuke thee O Satan even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee is not this a brand plucked out of the fire 6 Hee useth authority in pleading Joh. 17.14 Father I will hee layes a kinde of heavenly command as I may say upon the Father hee leaves his petitions as his will which must bee fulfilled 6 The Prevalency of Christs Intercession 1 The person pleading is a great person Heb. 4.14 a great High Priest and that in a threefold respect First great indignity such will bee heard hee is King of Kings Secondly great in power and so able to give whatsoever hee pleads for and therefore undoubtedly will not let his prayers bee lost All power is given to mee So Joh. 14.13 14. And whatsoever yee shall aske in my Name that will I do that the Father may bee glorified in the Son If yee shall aske any thing in my Name I will do it If anything in heaven or in earth bee useful for Saints hee can command all Thirdly great in favour with God long acquaintance makes persons great in favour Christ was from eternity brought up with the Father near relation makes persons great in favour and Christ is the onely childe of God A man that is great in favour will prevail when another cannot 2 The person hee pleads with is his Father Hee is Gods Son his onely Son the pleading of a Son is very prevalent with his Father This the Apostle makes use of Heb. 4.14 Seeing then that wee have a great High Priest that is passed into the heavens Jesus the Son of God let us hold fast our profession Yea hee is such a Son as was ever obedient to his Father and hee pleads this his obedience Had you a childe that never angred you and hee should come and say Father I never angered you I pray do not deny mee such a request could you deny him when all the servants in the house cannot procure such a thing to bee done the Son doth but come and say Pray Father let it bee done and it is done Jesus Christ cannot but prevail because it is his Father hee pleads with 3 The cause hee pleads is a cause of Justice Many times when a great person or one in near relation to the Judge pleads though his cause bee unjust yet hee carries it what then will Christs pleading do who is so great in so near relation to the Judge and hath a just cause too think you Will not hee prevail 4 The person hee pleads with is our Father which further shews the prevalency of Christs Intercession If a Father have a childe hee loves dearly a little intreating will make him willing to do any thing for his good But now if another dearly beloved Son should come and plead for this childe with his father and the childes Father too how prevalent would that plea bee 5 God hath appointed him this as his office to plead Hee is an Advocate called by God Heb. 5.4 5. And no man taketh this honour unto himself but hee that is called of God as was Aaron So also Christ glorified not himself to bee made an high Priest Psal 2. Ask of me God would never have put Christ into this office were hee not willing to bee prevailed with whensoever Christ pleads God remembers that hee put Christ into this office and this makes his pleading very prevalent 6 God is as willing to give those things hee pleads for as hee is to plead for them If a man bee but willing to give there needs not much argument to prevail saith Christ Joh. 16.26 27. I say not I will pray the Father for you for the Father himself loveth you as to say I do not say that you shall have all meerly because I pray as if the Father were unwilling and my praying made him willing no nor so The Father himself loveth you and is willing to give you mercy though I pray not as to say I need not to pray for any want of love that is in the Fathers heart to you or willingness to give mercy if that were all I need never pray How willing then must hee needs bee when I pray 7 Why Christ is a Saints Advocate 1 Reason Because it is a part of his office viz. his Priestly office and Christ will not have any of his Offices lye vacant 2 Because it is much for Christs honour that the whole work of our salvation from first to last should bee so mannaged as that hee should still have a hand in it and every part thereof 8 How this makes for our support and comfort against and under all our sinnes and infirmities Answ In these three things 1 By Christs Advocateship God the Father is put in continual remembrance of that full and satisfactory sacrifice which was once offered for sin Hence Christ who intercedes for ever Heb. 7. his blood is said to speake Heb. 12.24 And to the blood of sprinkling that speaketh better things than that of Abel How did Abels blood speake Not with an audible voyce but by a teal representing Cains sin before God the Father 2 By Christs Advocateship there is a continual application of pardon to the soul Christs death did purchase his intercession doth apply and the application of pardon although it were perfected at once yet it