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Of the internal and eternal nature of man in Christ.
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Pembroke, William Herbert, 3rd Earl of, 1580-1630.
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1654
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loved the Church and gave himself foâ— it 26. That he might sanctifie and cleanse it with the washing of water by the Word 3. Whereas page 5. line 6 7 8. we declare that after the peace and love of God are perfected in us we find the beasts who lived before within us in enmity now agreeing with each other as sometime those in Noahs Ark lived in amity we desire you to understand that there are two sorts of lusts desires and affections in us the one of these are reformed according to upright nature and kept in due subjection to the Spirit having a true proportion and temperature among themselves and these are the beasts here meant which were signified by the clean beasts that entered into Noahs Ark and according to the tradition of the Hebrews these had a distinct or several room apart for themselves in the Ark. The other are unnatural inordinate thoughts lusts and passions these are the brute beasts which we do awaken by breaking our wills off from the will of God of which beasts we spake page 7 in the 4 last lines in the beginning of page 8. and in the 9 also and these are very soul unclean and deadly beasts 4. Whereas page 8. line 12 13 we said Then you shall evidence that it is sown a natural body and it is raised a spiritual body there is a natural body and there is a spiritual body our clear intent was to intimate that besides our outward body of the four Elements which shall be raised up again in one pure Element according to some writers which are Authors of singular credit there is an inward body of inordinate members which must be sown or buried in mortification that a new spiritual and incorruptible body may rise up in stead thereof 5. VVhereas page 12. line 11 12. there is mention of one and another Adam one of them was created a living soul another must become a quickening Spirit as it is there hinted for there is a twofold Adam so termed by the Apostle 1 Cor. 15.45 And so it is written The first man Adam was made a living soul the last man Adam was made a quickening Spirit And so much we have expresly mentioned page 8. line 17 18. where we used the words of the Apostle though we coted him not The first Adam may be understood both of our first parent and of our earthly and natural man also but the second Adam or man from Heaven is Christ himself of which the first was a figure as the Apostle witnesseth Romans 5. v. 14. Nevertheless death raigned from Adam to Moses even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adams transgression who was the figure of him that was to come 6. VVhereas we say page 17 line 1 2 But to do this you must get you into the Cross the Virgin fire into the Bride we would not be so understood as if these three were one and the same thing for first The Cross in a large sence meaning signifies the whole work of our Humiliation Repentance and Regeneration as page 19. line 1 2. we use it where we with S. Paul 1 Cor. 1.18 say that the preaching of the Cross of Christ is to them that perish foolishness but to them c. And thus to sink down in our selves by the sense of Gods wrath and to become humble penitent and tractable to do and suffer the will of the Lord is the first step to that Cross of which we give a touch in many places as pag. 22. li. 13. pag. 16. and page 30. and lines 12 13. But the spiritual Cross in a more peculiar notion is the like patience or sufferance of Christ through which we dye voluntarily unto all temptations and allurements of sin and are enabled to persevere in the greatest tryals of faith till through the power of Christs assisting grace we have gotten the victory And upon this account S. James exhorts us thus Chap. 1. v 3 4. But let patience have her perfect work in you that you may be perfect and entire wanting nothing But the Virgin fire or fire of Faith is in it self a fire of Light a Love-fire and yet a consuming fire to all darkness and iniquity And finally the Bride is that Jerusalem aforesaid which followeth in order after the iniquity is consumed 7. Whereas we make mention also in page 17. line 5. first of the Saints Purgatory and immediately after of the fiery Tryal out of 1 Pet. 4.12 we took occasion from the purging fire which we had mentioned to speak of our condition and trouble which we must necessarily pass through whilest we are under the Refiners hand but the fiery Tryal it self ariseth not so much from that fire which in it self is soft and gentle as from the fiery darts and temptations of the Devil mentioned by the Apostle Ephes 6.16 Above all taking the shield of faith wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked and from fierce and fiery persecutions by which the Saints are sometimes tryed also 8. Whereas in the same 17 page line 12. we say That by taking up our Cross dayly which is the sufferance of Christ aforesaid we enter into the Holy the sacrifices which we through the help of Christ offer up unto God therein are our sin-offerings of Repentance our whole burnt-offering of mortification and our death-offering in passing through a spiritual but yet a temporary Hell and all this in conformity to Christs voluntary offering himself upon the Cross and sufferings in the flesh which is the thing we hinted at in page 4. line 8 9 10. the words are these namely VVho cometh through fire to drink of the living waters into the inward society of Love yet through this Holy we enter into the most Holy where Christ the chief high Priest first brings unto us gifts and offerings of unvaluable price as the final Remission of sins the heavenly Bread and Wine whereof that of Melchisedec was a figure and the everlasting Benediction of all heavenly Treasures of which you may see more at large Hebr. 7. v. 3. Without father without mother without descent having neither beginning of days nor end of life but made like unto the Son of God abideth a Priest continually and then enables us to offer unto God the sacrifices of everlasting praises not of sins but remission of sins Thus you may understand the Authors meaning to the Hebrews how Melchisedec was Without father mother having neither descent beginning of days nor end of life but made like unto the Son of God which St. Peter confirmeth also in his first Epistle Chap. 1.23 Being born again not of corruptible seed but of incorruptible by the Word of God which liveth and abideth for ever And Chap. 2.5 6. Ye also as lively stones are built up a spiritual house an holy Priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifice acceptable to God by Jesus