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A70945	Christ all and in all. Or, several significant similitudes by which the Lord Jesus Christ is described in the holy Scriptures Being the substance of many sermons preached by that faithful and useful servant of Christ Mr. Ralph Robinson, late pastor at Mary Wolnoth London. Which were appointed by the reverend author on his death-bed (if his brethren should think fit) to be published.	Robinson, Ralph, 1614-1655.	1656 (1656)	Wing R1705; ESTC R223720	320,677	592

soules nourishment The milk of the mothers breast was not more nourishing to the new-borne Ver. 2. infant then the Doctrine of the Gospel is to the souls of regenerated Christians 2. God had sanctified these to be the meanes of their spiritual growth As the childe grows by sucking the milk of the breast so do Christians grow by drinking in the Doctrine of Ibid. the Gospel 3. The Doctrine of the Gospel containes in it the sweetnesse of the love of God and of Jesus Christ towards them that beleeve he that hath tasted of this sweetnesse cannot but thirst after Ver. 3. it 4. By receiving into their hearts this doctrine they should have the closer communion with Jesus Christ To whom coming as to a living stone ye as lively stones are built up c. This he confirmes by an argument taken out of the Old Testament which is here cited and improved to illustrate the thing in hand This is in the Text wherefore it is contained in the Scripture Behold I lay in Sion c. Two things are considerable in the Text. 1. The denomination or litle given to Christ A chief corner stone 2. The Explication of this Title by the properties of it These are two 1. He is an Elect or chosen stone 2. He is a precious stone I shall first begin with the denomination A chief corner stone The sum is this The Church of God is here compared to a spiritual edifice or building Every true beleever is compared to a mystical stone in this building And Christ is here resembled to the Corner stone The Note from that first particular will be this viz. Doct. That the Lord Jesus Christ is the chief Corner stone of the spiritual structure of Gods Church Both Prophets and Apostles and Christ himself give ample Testimony to this truth 1. The Prophets which were before Christ do bear witnesse to this See Esay ●8 16. From this Testimony my Text is borrowed Behold I lay in Sion f●r a ●●undation a stone a tryed stone a preciou● corner stone a s●●●e foundation And the Prophet David long before him Psalme 118. 22. speaking of Christ hath these words The Stone which the builders refused i● 〈…〉 b● Headstone of the Corner 2. The Apostles which succeeded Christ they concur with the Prophets See that famous Testimony which is given before the greatest of Christs adversaries by Peter and John two of his Apostles Though Peter was the onely spoke●man yet doth John also agree with him Acts 4. 10 11. Be it known to you all and to all the people of Israel that by the Name of Jesus of Nazareth doth this man stand here before you whole This is the Stone which was set at nought by you builders which is become the Head of the Corner Hear also the Testimony of Paul which is both full and clear to this purpose Eph. 2. 20. Ye are built upon the foundation of the Prophets and Apostles Jesus Christ himself being the chief Corner stone 3. We may adde to these the Testimony of Christ himself hear it from his own mouth as it is recorded by three of the Evangelists Mat. 21. 42. Mark 12. 10. Luke 20. 17. Jesus said unto them did you never read in the Scriptures the Stone which the builders refused is become the Head of the Corner In the mouth of all these witnesses is this truth fully established Two things I sha●l here open 1. In what respects Christ is compared to the Corner stone 2. How he excels all other corner stones 1. For the first Christ is called the Corner stone in foure respects 1. In regard of sustentation The corner stone doth uphold the whole building if the corner of the house fall the whole structure comes to the ground The Holy Ghost speaking of the slaughter of Jobs children saith There came a winde from the Wildernesse and smote the foure corners of the house and it fell upon the young men and they are dead Job 1. 19. Some stones may drop out of the middle of the building and yet the building may stand but if the corners or foundation shrink the whole fabrick is dissolved Jesus Christ is the susteiner and upholder of his Church Therefore he is called the foundation stone as well as the corner stone Esay 28. 16. He is the great pillar that beares up his Elect. The Churches peace the Churches grace the Churches comfort the Churches salvation are all upheld and maintained by him Solom●n reared up two pillars of brass in the Porch of the Temple the one he called Jachin that is he shall establish the other Boaz that is strength 1 Kin. 7. 21. These two Pillars amongst other things did typifie the invincible stability and strength of the Church whereof the Temple was a sign and figure The Lord Jesus Christ is to his Church both Jachin and Boaz he is both the establishment and the strength of his Elect he is that golden pillar that beares up all The Poets have a fictitious conceit of Atlas a great Astronomer that he beares up the heaven upon his shoulders That 's but a fable the great body of the heaven is a burden insupportable to any creature Jesus Christ is really the great Atlas that bears the whole burden of the Church with all its concernments upon his shoulders Eliakim was in this a type of Christ the Prophet saith of him Esay 22. 21 22 13 24. that he shall be fastned as a naile in a sure place and he shall be for a glorious throne to his Fathers house And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his Fathers house the off-spring and the issue all vessels of small quantity from vessels of cups to all vessels of flagons This Eliakim was a figure of Christ for Rev. 3. 7. that which is here promised to him is attributed to Christ These things saith he that hath the key of David he that openeth and no man shutteth and he that shutteth and no man openeth He is that golden naile upon whom all the concernments of the Church both small and great do depend From vessels of cups to vessels of flagons all hang upon him The Prophet Esay foretelling his birth doth attribute this to him Chap. 9. 6. When he saith that the Government shall be upon his shoulder God hath devolved the whole care and weight of his Church upon him and upon him must we roll it 2. In regard of Vnion The corner stone is that Medium by which the walls of the house are united into one building Pull out the corner stones and the two sides of the house are separated one from the other Jesus Christ is he and he alone that doth unite the several stones of the spiritual building one to another This may be considered two ways 1. In reference to the uniting of the Jews and Gentiles Before Christ the Jew and Gentile were divided and separated one from another This separation did commence and begin after the return

of the body That their knowledge is stronger then it was at first that the habits of grace are strengthned c. This is by vertue of their implantation into the Vine Christ is the beleevers breast the beleever by sucking at the brest growes from a childe to a young man from a young man to an old man in Christ 4. Spiritual fructification The fruitfulnesse of the Branch is from the fulnesse of the Root The Stock sends out its sap to every Branch and so every branch buds and blossoms and brings forth fruit Abeleevers spiritual fruitfulness is from Jesus Christ Christ sends out his sap and fatnesse to him and then he doth according to his kind bud and blossome and bring forth fruits in his season This is that which followes immediately after the Text He that abideth in me and I in him the same bringeth forth much fruit for without me ye can do nothing 'T is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 separated from me ye can do nothing David Psalme 1. 3. tells us from whence our fruits spring namely from our implantation He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water which bringeth forth his fruit in his season So Psal 92. 13. 14. Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the Courts of our God They shall still bring forth fruit in old age c. This preheminencie these mystical trees have of the natural Old age makes the natural tree barren but it makes the mystical tree the more fruitful Consider what God saith to his people Hos 14. 8. From me is thy fruit found This the Church acknowledgeth when she calleth them Christs fruits Cant. 4. 16. They are borne by the Church 〈…〉 produced by Christ The● 〈…〉 fruits in regard of benefit but 〈…〉 Christs fruit in regard of production The Creation the Preservation the ripening of 〈◊〉 are from Christ They are our fruits in regard of Inhaesion but they are Christs fruits in regard of Procreation That Christian is either blinded with ignorance or filled with malice or swelled with pride who will not acknowledge his spiritual fructification to be from Christ 5. Spiritual fellowship The Branch by vertue of its ingraffing into the Stock hath fellowship with the Stock it doth partake of all the good of the Stock A beleever by vertue of his implantation into Christ hath spiritual fellowship with Jesus Christ in all his good things God is faithful saith the Apostle by whom ye are called into the fellowship of his Sonne Jesus Christ 1 Cor. 1. 9. He that is a Branch of Christ is spiritually married to Christ Hos 2. 19 20. I will betroth thee unto me for ever in righteousnesse in judgemene in loving-kindenesse in mercies and in faithfulnesse Marriage gives the wife an interest in all the good things of her husband His honours his riches his relations are now related to her Her name is set upon all the goods which are marked with her husbands name where he is Caius she is Caia where he is Master she is Mistresse By our implantation into Christ all his possessions are ours His honours are ours we are called by his name He Christ we Christians His riches are ours his relations are ours I ascend to my Father and your Father to my God and your God John 20. 17. Hereby 1. We communicate with Christ in his death Rom. 6. 5. All the fruits of his death are ours onely by reason of our ingraffing into him 2. Hereby also we communicate with Christ in the fruits of his resurrection Rom. 6. 5. We shall also be in the likenesse of his resurrection Hereby 3. we have communion with him in his life Rom. 6. 8. If we be dead with Christ we beleeve that we shall also live with him He will be for ever unto us a spring of spiritual life Because I live you shall live also John 14. 19. Herein do these spiritual Branches differ from the natural a natural branch may die though the Root live but a spiritual Branch of Christ can never die while there is life in Christ his Root Hereby 4. Do we participate of the Spirit of Christ the Spirit of Christ is ours because we are Branches of Christ in 1 Cor. 6. 17. He that is joyned unto the Lord is one Spirit Consider but one Text which doth fully shew our spiritual fellowship from this very ground 'T is 1 Cor. 1. 30. Of him are ye in Christ Jesus c. There are three things in this text First that beleevers are in Christ Secondly that their being in Christ is from Gods Donation Of him are ye in Christ Thirdly that by vertue of their interest in Christ it is that they come to have fellowship with Christ he is to them wisdome c. because they are in him He is their wisdom as he hath revealed salvation to them as he guides them in the way of salvation He is their righteousnesse as he hath perfectly obeyed the Law commanding and as he hath fully satisfied the Law 〈…〉 Sanctification to them as he hath 〈◊〉 them his Spirit to renue them by regeneration and he is their Redemption as he shall raise the● up at the last day and glorifie them Th●● much for Explication The Uses of this Point are of three sorts 1. Information 2. Exhortation 3. Consolation 1. For Information 1. We may learn from this Metaphor the nature of the union that is between Christ and beleevers The Doctrine of our spiritual union with Christ is a stupendious mystery therefore the Holy Ghost makes use of natural similitudes to set it forth Among others he makes use of this of the Vine and Branches Which teacheth us three properties of this Union 1 That it is a Real union The Branches and the Vine are not united appearingly but truly Christ and a beleever are united not imaginarily but really Though it be an invisible union to the eye of sense yet it is visible to the eye of faith Though it be a spiritual union yet it is a true union Hence it is that the Name of Christ is communicated to all his members 1 Cor. 12. 12. so also is Christ Not Christ personal but Christ mystical If the union were not in reality Jesus Christ would never impart his name to any of them 2. That it is a very strict union The union between the Vine and Branches is not a loose union but a close union by vertue of this union they are made one tree The union between Christ and a beleever is a very close union They are not united together as a wooden legge is united to the body onely by external bands and ligaments but as the natural legge is united to the body by inward bands by those influences of Spirits Animal and Vital which descend from the Head to the members The beleever is not tied to Christ onely by the bands of an outward profession but made one with Christ by a reall incorporation Christ