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A13541	The Kings bath Affording many sweet and comfortable obseruations from the baptisme of Christ. Gathered by Thomas Taylor, preacher of the word of God at Redding in Barkshire.	Taylor, Thomas, 1576-1632.	1620 (1620)	STC 23831; ESTC S102223	77,312	281

the chariot of his Gospell that vnlesse we will wilfully shut our eyes and make our condemnation heauyer than theirs that neuer heard of him we must needs see the light shining so brightly The like may bee said of all those damnable heretikes who haue denied Christ either in his natures or offices and here wee must for euer renounce the damnable heresie of the Church of Rome who though in word they hold the doctrine of faith yet in deed and by expresse consequent deny both the natures and all the offices of Christ and so professe a false christ in whom they cannot meete with saluation The case of worldly and carnall gospellers is no better who professe Christ their Iesus not their Lord denying him their hearts and liues and yet with their mouthes say Lord Lord. Againe seeing God hath professed that Christ is that his Beloued in whom he is onely well pleased away with other mediatours other intercessors none can be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 but he He onely was found worthy to open the booke Reuel 5. 5. God neuer professed himselfe well pleased in any but he though with many hee hath been Away with those fond deuices of merits and workes of supererogation away with Popes pardons vnlesse wee can bring such a voyce from heauen for any other man away with foreseene faith and foreseene workes with which some men say God was pleased and so moued to elect his people No no onely Christ is the delight of God hee is delighted in nothing but him and that which he sees through him giue him the honour of a sufficient Sauiour able to appease and please his Father able to tread the Wine-presse alone or else giue Gods testimonie the lye as all they doe that dote vpon any other meanes of pleasing and appeasing God than Christ alone Lastly seeing our selues out of him can finde no acceptance let vs labour to be found in him and to know that we are in him which must be our onely comfort both in life and death then let the law curse the deuill accuse sin stand vp against vs hell-gates set themselues wide open for vs if wee can say Christ is ours wee shall be vpheld while other Iusticiaries fall But how shall wee know that we are in Christ By these rules 1. If wee be led by his Spirit Rom. 8. 9. 2. If wee crucifie the affections and lusts Gal. 5. 24. 3. If we be new creatures 2. Cor. 5. 17. 4. If we perseuere in the obedience of faith Heb. 3. 14. The generall vse of this whole testimony is set downe Math. 17. 5. Heare him for by this voice Christ is now appointed both 1. The Doctor and chiefe Prophet of the Church more excellent then Moses for He is faithfull as the Sonne in all the house of God 2. The high Priest of our profession whose lips must preserue knowledge infinitely aboue Aaron a most mercifull high Priest able to saue them that come vnto God by him seeing he liueth for euer to make intercession for vs. 3. The only King of his Church a greater than Salomon of whom all the Kings of Israel were but shadowes who only maketh Lawes for his Church and of such power as they binde conscience which no King nor Lawes can doe 1. Hee is the Angell of the great counsell the chiefe Doctor and Interpreter of holy Scripture the Iudge of all controuersies and interpretations and therefore onely to be heard What is not the Church to be heard the Preachers of the Word to be heard yea the one as the Spouse of Christ the other as Ministers of Christ only Christ himselfe as receiuing this dignity to be the onely Master of his Church they had streams but hee the fountaine of wisedome hee had treasures of wisedome hid in him 2. This is a note of the true Church both of Iewes and Gentiles Ioh. 8. 47. He that is of God heareth the words of God my sheepe heare my voyce and Ioh. 10. 16. Other sheepe I haue which are not of this fold that is the Gentiles not yet called these must be brought vnto me for they shall heare my voyce 3. Christ the Lord of the holy Prophets hath put an end to all prophecies ceremonies reuelations and dreames these many extraordinary meanes whereby he taught his Church of olde and now God hath spoken vnto vs by his Son to whom all they made way Heb. 1. 1. He is that Messiah of whom the Samaritan woman said Ioh. 4. 25. I know that the Messiah will come and when he shall come he will declare all things They that liued before him made account to heare him because hee was expected from the bosome of the Father to reueale all the will of God and all necessary trueth concerning saluation how much more should we who haue heard all things all his doctrine and seene his miracles as the Samaritans did Ioh. 4. 42. We haue heard him speake our selues 4. If wee consider our owne naturall blindnesse and grosse ignorance in the things of God how apt wee be to seduction schisme heresie delusion wee shall see how necessary it is to heare him nay seeing God hath of mercy set him out to preserue vs from these euils great and detestable shall our vnthankfulnesse be to turne away from him Now if it be asked how wee must heare Christ the answere is this 1. Hee must now be heard in the voyce of his Ministers to whom he gaue gifts at his ascension and of whom he said Hee that heareth you heareth mee so farre as they can prooue that which they teach to be his voice they must be heard and further we must not heare Fathers Doctors Councels nor the Pope of Rome for himselfe is still the chiefe Doctor and chiefe Interpreter of the Scriptures and Iudge of all controuersies in Religion 2. To heare him is not onely to lend him our eares in the ministry for many Iewes Pharises wicked Romans c. heard his owne gracious words and yet heard him not but to heare him is 1. to repent and beleeue the Gospell for this was the beginning and summe of Christs preaching Math. 4. 17. and Ioh. 12. 36. Beleeue in the Light that yee may be the sonnes of the Light 2. To loue one another This is the new Commaundement That we loue one another Ioh. 15. 12. and is most expresse 1. Ioh. 3. 23. This is the commanment That wee beleeue in the name of his Sonne Iesus Christ and loue one another 3. To obey him in whatsoeuer he commandeth His sheepe heare his voyce and follow him and Math. 28. 20. Teach them to obserue and to doe all things that I haue commanded you Heereby many sorts of men are reproued that heare not the voyce of Christ Papists heare the voyce of the Church and of traditions reuelations false miracles yea the voyce of Antichrist the Atheist heares the voyce of reason Lawes of men and perswasions