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A47098	A plain and familiar discourse on justification being the substance of four sermons, preach'd at the morning-lecture, at Pinners-Hall, in Broad street, the third, tenth, seventeenth, and twenty fourth days of September, 1693 / by Elias Keach.	Keach, Elias.	1694 (1694)	Wing K110; ESTC R13909	34,472	38

A Plain and Familiar DISCOURSE ON Justification Being the Substance of Four SERMONS Preach'd at the Morning-Lecture at Pinners-Hall in Broad street the Third Tenth Seventeenth and Twenty fourth Days of September 1693. By ELIAS KEACH Taken in Short-Hand as they were deliver'd Review'd by the Author and Publish'd at the earnest Request of divers Christian Friends Acts 13.38 39. Be it known unto you therefore Men and Brethren that through this Man is preached unto you the forgiveness of Sins And by him all that believe are Justified from all things by which ye could not be Justified from the Law of Moses Acts 4.12 Neither is there Salvation in any other for there is none other Name under Heaven given or amongst Men whereby we must be saved LONDON Printed for John Harris at the Harrow in the Poultrey MDCXCIV ERRATA PAge 4. line 6. for the Law read the Gospel p. 7. l. 33. r. the Offence p. 11. l. 9. f. Christ r. Christ's p. 14. l. 8. put in we might prevail p. 15. l. 2. r. the efficient p. 16. l. 18. f. the found r. he found p. 19. l. 35. to Spiritual add and Eternal p. 23. l. 6. r. if he had not Sin in him ib. l. 8. leave out as p. 24. l. 21. f. his Obedience r. our Obedience p. 25. l. 5. leave out I told you p. 27. l. 27. r. an Act of the Creature p. 28. l. 39. put out to have Righoeousness p. 30. l. 23. put out it p. 31. l. 2. r. to be considered p. 32. l. 26. f. interest with Christ r. interest in Christ THE Epistle Dedicatory To those Christians which heard these Sermons from the Pulpit Intirely Beloved THE importunate Desires of many of you have Midwiv'd this imperfect Discourse into the World tho' much against my Inclination and indeed the Reluctancies and Struglings in my Mind about it have hindered the exposing of it to public View until now not because I am in the least measure ashamed of that great and fundamental Truth which is the Subject of this Discourse or unwilling the World should know my Judgment herein This cannot be reasonably supposed if it be considered that these Sermons were not Preached to a few in a Corner but to a very considerable number of People and at a Meeting-Place of as great Note as any in London But because of the Shortness Broken and Abrupt manner of handling it and also considering that many Learned and Worthy Men are in Print on this Subject and lest I should be thought Ambitious to be numbered among them altho' so far as I am acquainted with my own Heart I can say I esteem my self altogether Vnworthy to be Book-Bearer to the least amongst all those Orthodox Ministers that have treated on this Subject however to accomodate your Desires I have adventured to break through the Crowd of Impediments which seemed to lye in the way and having taken a short Review of the whole as it was taken in Short-Hand I find you have in great part the Substance of what I delivered unto you tho' something considerable is omitted but nothing added For I considered if I had put it into another form clipp'd dress'd and made any considerable Additions to it to please the Curiosity of this Censorious Age it would have look'd so much unlike what I Preach'd at Pinners-Hall that you would find your selves disappointed it not proving the same you expected The Discourse was designed for ordinary Capacities and poor plain-hearted Christians for their Information and Establishment in the Truth and I dare say without blushing the Food in this Dish is wholsom Food tho' I am perswaded every Body will hardly believe it and that not a few will utterly reject it because it is not set forth and garnish'd to their Minds but it being intended for the needy and hungry Soul and not for dainty and nice Appetites tho' it may not sute and agree with the punick Stomachs of the latter yet it will please and contribute Nourishment to the Souls of the former if the Lord accompany it with his Blessing which is the Earnest Prayers of Your Affectionate tho' unworthy Servant for Christ's sake Elias Keach 4th Day of the 11th Month 1693 4. A Plain and Familiar DISCOURSE ON Justification c. Rom. 3. xxiv Being justified freely by his Grace thro' the Redemption that is in Jesus Christ I Have continued longer on my last Subject than I did at first intend and I considered if I had proceeded it would have spent all the time that I had to stay in this place and for divers Reasons I thought it convenient to pitch on this Subject of Justification The Apostle in the foregoing Verse informs us of the miserable State that all Men are in by Nature and in this Verse he comes to shew how we come to be delivered out of that Misery and to be defended from that Curse and Wrath that was due to us by reason of Sin and that is freely by God's Grace through the Redemption that is in Jesus Christ Being justified from hence forward the Apostle describes all the Causes and Properties of Justification revealed to us in the Gospel And the 1. Cause is the undeserved Grace and Favour of God 2. The meritorious Cause is the Redemption and Reconciliation purchased by Christ 3. The Instrumental Cause or rather that which evidences that it is imputed is Faith 4. The Final Cause is the Glory of God and the Salvation of his Chosen The property of it is that all humane boasting may be excluded Freely That is there being nothing in the Creature that did induce God no foreseen Faith nor Gospel Obedience but it is all of the free Grace of God through the Redemption that is in Jesus Christ The word Redemption is taken sometimes into a larger Sense i. e. for all manner of Deliverances but here it doth properly imply such deliverance that is brought to pass by paying of a Ransom according as Christ saith Mat. 20.28 And to give his Life a Ransom for many The Doctrine or Observation that I shall raise from the words is this viz. That Justification is wholly of the free Grace of God through or by the Imputation of what Christ hath done for us or his perfect Righteousness In speaking to this point of Doctrine I shall 1. Shew you some things previous to the opening of what Justification is 2. Open what Justification is or how or in what sence you may take it 3. Shew you how it is wholly of Grace through the Redemption by Christ and the Imputation of his perfect Righteousness 4. Shew you the Nature of that Faith which apprehends and applies this Righteousness and which is sometimes said to justifie us as Rom. 4.5 But to him that worketh not but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly his Faith is counted to him for Righteousness 1. I shall shew you some things previous to the opening of what Justification is And 1. This must be

cannot be actually freed till such time as we have actually a Being our Freedom from Eternal Wrath is brought about by Christ by his satisfaction And our deliverance from Sin and Satan Christ merited and procured for us and that long ago tho' my Beloved we are not actually united to Christ thro' Faith therefore tho' Christ hath long ago brought into the presence of God a perfect Righteousness yet it is not proper to say that we are actually Justified till we have a Being and this benefit be actually applied to us It is no more proper to say so than to say an Heir is an actural Possessor of an Estate when he is first intitled to it for tho' Christ did long ago lay down a plenary satisfaction at the loot of God's Justice and we were virtually Justified When he rose from the Dead and virtually Glorified when he Ascended in●o Heaven yet we are not actually justified till we have a Being and are in actual Union with the Lord Jesus Christ by the Spirit What Christ did he did as our Surety who hath espoused our case and our being in actual Union with him brings us to have a legal and personal Right to his Righteousness to Justification and Eternal Life Consider first therefore what it is that is imputed to us in order to Justification which you have heard is the Active and Passive Obedience of Christ Secondly Consider the end and Reasons why this Righteousness is imputed to us and that is 1. The honour of God in all his Divine Attributes for there his Justice is compleatly satisfied and so his Mercy takes place 2. The second end was to answer the just demands and fully to establish the Sanction of God's holy Law we could never be remitted as such as were perfectly obedient unless it was by this way and the Lord Jesus Christ did establish the Sanction of God's Holy Law 3. It was to bring in the pardon of Sin in a Judicial way through Christ's Suffering without which we could not be Righteous no not by the Imputation of the most perfect actual Obedience because that our Sins would ly still upon us therefore the Lord Jesus Christ he takes away our Sins he bears that burthen himself and suffers for it and carries that into the Land of Forgetfulness therefore know also that as we partaking of the sinful nature of the first Adam were condemned as proceeding from his Lo●●s so by partaking of the holy nature of the second Adam his Obedience being imputed to us we are actually Justified which is evidenced to us by Faith But now give me leave to speak a little by way of Vse and Applicati●● 1. Here is a Use of Information you may see my Beloved from hence the Nature Order and Causes of Justification how that our Salvation depends wholly on Christ's glorious Undertaking as the Matter of our Justification 2. That the sin of the first Adam and Death thereby is imputed to you as you proceeded from him till you are Translated in the second Adam and so receive a new nature from him 3. This informs you that till your own filthy Garments be put off this Robe of Righteousness cannot be put on 4. This informs us that we are by nature worse than naked for we are very filthy we are burdened with a Load of Sin and Corruption and Christ must take away the Guilt and condemning Nature of Sin this I say must be Removed so well as we Cloathed c. 5. This informs us that God's imputing Christ's Righteousness is his putting on us this Wedding Garment But Secondly Here is a Vse of Comfort also consider O Believer what comes in what Profit what Advantage what Glory comes in by Justification 1. All you Believers you are acquitted and pronounced Just and Righteous before God 2. You have a full Discharge whatsoever Satan may say or Conscience for want of more light may say you have a full Discharge 3. This is also for your Comfort you are delivered from the Curse of the Law and the wrath of God 4. You appear all Glorious before God without spot or wrinkle for he looks on you in Christ 5. Consider you have an intrest in all that is purchased by our Lord Jesus 6. Finally you shall Eternally be saved and all the powers of Hell cannot hinder you of it But Thirdly A Vse of Terror 1. To such who have not Christ's Righteousness imputed to them for their Sins both Original and Actual are imputed to them 2. You have no Interest with Christ not will not unless his Righteousness be imputed to you through Faith 3. God is a Consuming Fire to all such Divine Holiness cannot but loa●h such Divine Justice cannot but consume you if you have no Righteousness but your own Fourthly Here is a Vse of Caution that we all take heed least we err in this great point of Justification O! how prone are we to seek Justification by our own Works but as Christ was made Sin for us so are we made Righteousness in him Now we are not made Righteous before God by Inherent Righteousness but by imputed Righteousness Fifthly Here is a Vse of Counsel Saints go to Christ your all is him take this Counsel and Advice your Mediator he is your Surety go to him don't look into your selves for any thing don't build on your selves for Righteousness but go to Christ he is your Surety and he pleads his own Merits for you 1 John 1.2 If any Man sin we have an Advocate with the Father c. who doth or may plead Father I took Flesh by thy Order I suffered and died in their stead and gave my self a Ransom for them I was wounded to heal their Wounds I bore their Sin and their Sorrow Oh condemn them not O holy Father for their Iniquities did all meet in me and shall they sink who believe in me I have brought in Everlasting Righteousness for them I have wrought out a Righteousness in my own person for them I have procured all the Blessings that they are Intitled to all comes from me Now consider as Christ pleads with the Father his own Righteousness so you are to plead with the Father Christ's Righteousness there is nothing that will stand you in stead in the last day but Jesus Christ and his Righteousness To whom with the Father and Holy Spirit be all Glory for Ever and Ever AMEN I should now have proceeded to the fourth thing namely to shew you the nature of that Faith which arightly apprehends and applies this Righteousness But I see my time is gone I must therefore leave it to another season if it please God to afford it c. FINIS