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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50394	Love to the life, or, Some meditations upon loving, and washing in the blood of Christ together, with a tast of gospel-promises, as the churches stock, or, believers patrimony. By R.M. the Benjamin of his Fathers house.	Mayhew, R. (Richard)	1674 (1674)	Wing M1440; ESTC R217769	43,513	159

to God for Man so the● is a sanctification wrought by God in Man If the Blood o● Bulls and of Goats and th● ashes of an Heffer sprincklin● the unclean sanctified to th● purifying of the flesh Heb. 9.13 14. Ho● much more shall the blood 〈◊〉 Christ who through the etern● Spirit offered himself without spot to God purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God Here 's purging and purifying here 's sanctifying and spiriting unto Service but how through blood That is through an Application of Christs blood and this application is through Faith For the Apostle wordeth it Rom. 3.25 Whom speaking of Christ God hath set forth or so ordained to be a propitiation or mercy-seat but how through Faith in the Blood So that all arrive at a Satisfaction with respect to Justification and Sanctification concerning this Blood Christ was satisfied in shedding his Blood God was satisfied in Christs shedding his Blood And Man is satisfied because interessed in this Blood that was shed being delivered not from a Conscience of Sin only but from a Conversation of Sin also And washed us from our Sins in his own Blood Why Christ washeth from Sin in his own Blood Christ washeth from Sin in a two fold Respect in respect of the Necessity of it an● in respect of the commodity by it Reasons In respect of the Necessity of it It is expedient that one should dye for the People and that the whole Nation perish not There 's a Necessity of Christs Blood and that for these two Reasons among others Because Man had sinned Man is defiled and therefore Man must be washed Every man in a state of Nature is a Bartimeus the Son of the unclean as the word signifieth Oh Soul here 's thy pedigree though an Emperor was thy Father yet Adam was thy Grand-Father To this purpose the Apostle speaks Wherefore Rom 5.12 as by one Man sin entred into the World and Death by Sin and so death passed upon all Men for that all have sinned Or in whom all have sinned so the Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Every Man and Woman living in the Region of depraved Nature is a Nero a Sinner as the word signifie Man is defiled and that from Head A Capitead Calcew to Foot that as the Philosopher saith concerning the Soul it is in every part where there is Life there is the Soul Tota in toto ●ota in qualibet parte for the Soul is the Life so what ever is in us and commeth from us and is acted by us receive a defilement from us Sin is like a Leprosie over the whole man like a Gangrene spreading over the whole Soul There is therefore a necessity of Christs Blood in order to Pardon and in order to Purity Because God would be satisfied God is infinite in his Attributes as well as in his Essence Justice is one of Gods Attributes and God will not loose one of his Attributes If Man sin God will avenge this sin upon the Person or upon the Passover As Man had sinned so God would be satisfied yea satisfied the same way he was offended 1 Cor. 15.21 By Man came Death by man came also the Resurrection of the dead In respect of the Commodity by it The Blood of Christ is advantagious in a manisold respect At this Door of Christs Blood enters Redemption Is not Redemption a great thing to be rescued out of the hands of the roaring Lyon is not this a great Mercy This is through Christs Blood Eph. 1.7 In whom we have Redemption but how through his Blood At this Door of Christs Blood enters Remission Is not Remission a great thing Pardon of Sin is not only a singular but also a plural Mercy Heb. 9.22 this Remission is through Christs blood Without shedding of blood no Remission At this Door of Christs Blood enters Access to God Is not Access to God a great thing Access to a mortal Monarch is eyed as a great thing but what is Access to an immortal God then Sin had set God and Man at an infinite distance Christs Blood bring these together The Apostle speaking of Christs preaching Peace to them which were asar off and to them which were nigh subjoins joins this Eph. 2.17 18. For through him we both have an Access by one Spirit unto the Father At this Door of Christs Blood enters Acceptance with God There 's an Acceptation through Christ and his Blood as to Person and as to Performance There is through Christs Blood an Acceptation as to Person Man was indebted and the Blood of Christ went to pay the Reckoning Eph. 1.6 Ye are bought with a price Christs Blood went for pay To the praise of the glory of his grace wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved There is through Christs Blood an Acceptation as to Performance As God hath respect to the Person of an Abel so to the Oblation of an Abel but respect to both through Christ Christ is a merciful and faithful high Priest Heb. 2.17 in things partaining to God to make riconciliation for the Sin of the People At this Door of Christs Blood enters Salvation Is not Salvation a great thing Is not this worth the hearing worth the having Is not Damnation a bitter Pil a bitter Potion This Salvation is through Christs 〈◊〉 from Wrath and from 〈◊〉 〈…〉 If the wrath of a King be as the Messenger of death 〈◊〉 what 's the wrath of a God then the wrath of the God of Gods then Christ by his blood saveth from wrath Rom. 4.25 Who was delivered for our offences and raised again for our Justification From Sin As the Blood of Christ saveth from the Guilt of Sin so from the Filth of Sin He shall save the People from their Sins Mat. 1.21 As Christ is a Saviour for Sin so from Sin What Vse may be made of this Lastly that Christ wash●th from Sin in his own Blood Here are three uses USE Caution Comfort Counsel Now this Use hath a double Aspect By way of Caution and looks unto the washed and unwashed Now if so there must be a distinct discussion in a way of Caution Art loved To the washed and washed be cautioned then against sinning for Christs Blood must go for washing Beloved what all the water in the Sea cannot do the Blood of Christ can do If thou beest washed from Sin 't is by Christs Blood What Man in his wits will be lavish of his blood Oh what Soul in love with Christ being loved of Christ will be lavish of Christs Blood Soul if there be sinning by Thee and Mee his Blood must go for washing Hath not Christ bled enough already when he hath bled to death to an accursed death but must he bleed again That as he was pierced again must he bleed again Jo. 20.27 Come Thomas reach hither thy hand and thrust it into

us form our Sins in his own Blood Doth Christ wash from Sin To the washed in his own Blood sense then thy Heart with the Nature of Sin Sin defileth the Soul and Christs Blood must go to wash it Sin makes man a perfect Black and 't is Christs Blood must make him perfectly White Tit. 1.15 Vnto the pure all things are pure but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure but even their Mind and Cinscience is defiled Doth Christs Blood wash from Sin Take then a view here of mans insufficiency to wash himself Jer. 13.23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the Leopard his spots Man any man must live in his ulcers lye in his ulcers dye in his ulcers and be damned for his ulcers if Christ in his own Blood wash him not from his ulcers Doth Christs Blood wash from Sin pray then for the Blood of sprinkling upon all thy Sacrifices and Service It was the saying of One Oh trust not in Man that shall dye Earl of Strafford nor in the Son of Man that shall be made as Grass There 's no Confidence in Princes the only thing that stands by a man is the Blood of Christ and the Testimony of a good Conscience And I have read of another Mr. Herbert whose saying was when he heard any of his good works mentioned Ah! it is a good work if it be washed in the Blood of Christ 1 Pet. 1.2 Of this blood the Apopostle speaks And sprinkling of the Blood of Jesus Christ Doth Christs Blood wash from Sin wonder then the Riches of free-Grace Washing is but an effect and Consequent of Loving Here 's loving and then washing yea washing from Sin from all Sin and that in Blood yea in Christs own Blood Who loved Me and gave himself for Me. That is Gal. 2.20 who loved Me and out of love gave himself to Death for Me. Doth Christ wash from Sin in his own Blood Improve then this Text and Truth as an Antidote to expel Poyson May not this Text serve and be improved as a Counter-poyson And washed us from our Sins in his own Blood May not this Text and Truth be improved as an Electuary for the Soul And washed us from our Sins in his own Blood For instance Art tempted yet washed Oh say the Soul I am tempted dayly tempted greatly tempted tempted to curse God and die Job 2.9 Art tempted yet washed here 's an Antidote for this poyson And washed us from our Sins in his own Blood Art troubled yet washed Oh say the Soul I see all things come alike to all There 's no new thing under the Sun Oh I am troubled troubled on every side and my Troubles come like waves 2 Cor. 4.8 Art troubled yet washed And washed us from our Sins in his own Blood Art reproached yet washed Oh say the Soul I suffer much in my name and am accounted an Achan 1 Cro. 2.7 the Troubler of Israel Art reproached yet washed And washed us Art hardned yet washed Oh say the Soul my heart is like an Adamant harder then a Flint Ezech. 3.9 Art hardned yet washed And washed us Art hated yet washed Oh say the Soul I am hated hated of Relations It may be said of them concerning me as was of Ammon concerning Tamar 2 Sam. 13.15 That the hatred where with they hate me is greater then the love where with they have loved Me. Art hated yet washed And washed us Art poor yet washed Oh say the Soul I am poor I am like the poor Widow Mark 12.42 that had her two Mites which made but a Farthing Art poor yet washed And washed us Art persecuted yet washed Oh say the Soul I am hunted hunted as a Partridge in the mountains 1 Sam. 26 20. Art persecuted yet washed And washed us Art unbelieving yet washed Oh say the Soul my Faith is at a low Ebb and like the Noblemans Son Jo. 4 47. at the point of death Art unbelieving yet washed And washed us Art weak yet washed Oh say the Soul I am weak the outward man weakens dayly weakens greatly Oh I may say with the Apostle the time of my departure is at hand 2 Tim. 4.6 Art weak yet washed And washed us Art disserted Lastly yet washed Oh say the Soul 't is Night now Midnight now Oh the Face of God is hid now not a smile and a shine now not a glimps and a glaunce now Oh I may say as the Psalmist doth Psal 30.7 thou didst hide thy Facc and I was troubled Art disserted yet washed And washed us May not now this Text and Truth be improved as an Antidote Christ loving his washeth his yea out of love to his washeth his and that from Sin in his own Blood Who loved us and washed us from our Sins in his own Blood THE Churches Stock OR Believers Patrimony Gal. 3.16 former part But to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made IF there be a Context I shall humbly take leave of that In the Text you have the Persons and the Predicate The Persons Abraham and his Seed His Seed what Seed His Believing Seed his Spiritual Seed his Seed by the free-Woman And that this is the Seed you may run and read in the words following the Text He saith not And to Seeds as of many but as of one and to thy Seed which is Christ Not Ishmael and Isaac but Isaac and not Ishmael Not Esau and Jacob but Jacob and not Esau not those born after the Flesh but those born after the Spirit And to thy Seed which is Christ of whom Isaac was a lively and a lovely Type To Abraham and his Seed And to thy Seed which is Christ Now in that compleat Genealogy of Christ Luke the third you have among other things this Luke 3 34. who was the Son of Abraham And to thy Seed which is Christ that is Christ and all that are Christs Christ and all that are chosen and called in and by Christ both Jews and Gentiles And that this is thee Seed of Abraham who is stiled the Father of the Faithful is evidently evident Rom. 9. from the sixth to the fourterth Verse The Predicate That which is spoken concerning these is that the promises were made unto these To Abraham and his Seed were the promises made The Persons are Believers and the Promises are their Patrimony Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made That those all those Meditation and only those who are Gospel-Believers have a Gospel-right to Gospel-promises That Abraham was a Believer who doubts And that this Seed which are called his Seed are Believers none need to doubt by what I think I have already written So that what I have made the matter of my Meditation and presented as the Doctrinal-Truth doth without straining arise out of the Text. That Gospel-believers have a Gospel-right to Gospel promises In the prosecution of this proposition suffer an innocent