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A29282 Living water, or, Waters for a thirsty soul drawn out in severall sermons upon Rev. 21:6 / by W. Bagshavve ... Bagshawe, William, 1628-1702. 1653 (1653) Wing B433; ESTC R2699 66,248 270

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Living Water OR WATERS FOR A Thirsty SOUL Drawn out in severall SERMONS upon REV. 21.6 By W. BAGSHAVVE Preacher of the Word and Minister at Glossoppe LONDON Printed by E. Cotes for Henry Seile over against S. Dunstans-Church in Fleetstreet 1653. To the Right Worshipfull Col. JOHN BRIGHT Grace and Peace be multiplied Ever Honoured Sir IT is commonly storied concerning one of the Persian Princes that he kindly entertained a Peasant who being destitute of a better Present presented him with a litte Water And I question not but conclude that you will shew your self as truly and more spiritually noble in bidding your deeply engaged servant welcome who is bold to meet you with a little of this Cordiall not common Water So hath the Lord who cals things that are not as if they were honoured me in your eyes that you may as too many do ever-value the messenger And I hope the Lord will so honour himself in your heart that you shall never as the most doe undervalue the message Long may you live to receive a cup of this Water from and to give more then a cup of other Water to a Prophet in the name of a Prophet Blessed be the Fountain of living Waters who hath caused this Dew of Heaven to lye long on the place near you And oh that poor souls may for ever call the Lord blessed who through four such precious though earthen channels causeth this River to empty it self among you the streams whereof make glad the City of God The Lord shewre down this rain of spirituall blessings upon you and yours and continue you to be an owner in disowning times of him and his So prayeth he who desireth ever to entertain you in his heart who hath been so deceptably entertained in your house Sir Your very obliged Servant especially in the Lords Work W. BAGSHAVVE REV. 21. part of the 6. vers I will give unto him that is athirst of the Fountain of the Water of life freely THe chief points of this Book are reduced under three heads cap. 1 v. 19. Iohn being commanded to write things past present and to come The last and greatest part is Propheticall referring to the greater and lesser world That which concerns the Church or lesse world is that wherein is foreseen and foresaid the Church her Conflicts her Conquests her Triumphs Whether the former part of this Chapter set forth the state of the Church triumphing on Earth or triumphant in Heaven I shall not absolutely determine Yet though the connexion of this with the precedent Chapter seems to him that this glorious day shall be in the day of Glory after the Great day of Judgement that the time of it shall be after Time And though the 4. verse of this Chapter seems to second this Interpretation seeing that Saints are like to go with tears in their eyes to Heaven gates they being whilest under the Mount in a vale of Bacah I humbly conceive Order of place will neither prove the former argument undeniable neither yet if we understand the verse comparatively will the latter be sufficiently available especially if we consider other phrases in this place 1. Vers 2. The New Jerusalem is said to come down from God out of heaven and so seemeth not to import the state of the Church with God in Heaven 2. Vers 3. The Tabernacle of God is said to be with men which some conceive is an allusion to the Jewish Tabernacle and an intimation that the state here described is unglorified Saints then abiding with God in his Tabernacle and not yet all dwelling in his holy Hill in an estate resembling a Tabernacle which may be changed not Mount Sion which cannot be moved 3. In this estate God is said to be with his Saints not they with God 4. It rather appeareth to be a Prophesie Now with submission I suppose though promises may not be fully accomplished till we come in Heaven yet we may expect the fulfilling of Prophesies on earth and wait till that be seen which hath been foreseen Howsoever 't is safe to say that those who yet are no Millenaries hence may hope for the enjoyment of speciall and evident manifestations of God to his people in the state of grace though the compleat and full discovery be reserved for the state of glory Now because good men cannot hear of these excellent things but they will long for them here is added this free and gracious Proclamation I will give unto him that is athirst c. In these words we may observe 1. The Division of the words A gracious promise proclaimed I will give of the Fountain c. 2. A gracious disposition declared To him that is athirst In the Promise we have included 1. The greatnesse of the Giver I who am Alpha and Omega 2. The graciousnesse of the Gift set forth 1. By the substance of it Water 2. The substantialnesse of it Water of Life 3. The durablenesse of it Of the fountain of the Water of life 4. The freenesse of it in that God gives it and in that he gives of it freely The first Doctrine clearly implyed in Doct. 1 and deduced from the Text is this That there is Water of Life In the prosecution hereos I shall first endeavour to shew what we may understand by this Water of Life viz. 1. The merits of Christ Water in the ceremoniall washings under the Law and in the Sacramentall washing under the Gospel hath been and is used to signifie the Bloud of Christ sati●fying as well as the Spirit of sanctifying Heb. 10.19 That Bloud which some are supposed to tread under foot having been herewith sanctified as it cannot be soundly understood of the Bloud of Christ Macula sunt peccata qua estendit lex aqua est sanguis Christi quemosten dit Evangelium as if they were therewith sanctified really and internally so it may be safely understood of Baptismal water representing the Bloud of Christ wherewith they were sanctified visibly and externally And we may therefore by this Water of life under stand his merits and not only his Spirit because that deliverance by his merits in respect of price is the ground of the deliverance by his Spirit in respect of power The foundation of that reconciliation which the works in souls being laid when he wrought ●●econciliation for souls 2. The Spirit of Christ Christ comes to poor soules by Water and Bloud and not by Bloud alone but by Water and Bloud He who did much for them on earth doth much in them from heaven And in Scripture the Spirit is compared to Water and to Water of Life and the Holy Ghost expounds the Text of Christ having spoken of Rivers of living Water Joh. 7.38 39. that this he spoke of the Spirit 3. Ezek. 47.1 2. The free grace of God the Father flowing through the Sonne by the Spirit We read of Waters of life issuing out of the Sanctuary which as they