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A51436 Religious meditations on Ecclesiastes, Chap. 12. vers. 13, 14 Mosse, John. 1699 (1699) Wing M2857A; ESTC R221919 20,870 69

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Gen. 6.5 and the punishment of death which sore-threatn'd his Rebellion in these terms Gen 2 17. In the day thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die was justly inflicted on him Whereby as he fell from that dignity he was placed in Ephes 4.24 from that Righteousness Knowledge and true Holiness he was Primitively endued with in disobedience to God Col. 3.10 listned to Satanical delusions and from thence Polluted Tainted and Defiled that pure integer and Divine Nature which God had Inspired him with So all his Posterity partaking of that corrupt Seed and Nature became disabled from succeeding him in those blessed Priviledges he enjoyed in his State of Integrity and not only so Isa 64.5 but also subject to the dismal effect and consequences of that corruption which are death and disability to perform the primary end of Man's Creation Rom. 5.12 Wherefore saith St. Paul as by one Man Sin entred the World and Death by Sin so Death passed upon all Men for that all have Sinned He likewise proved that all under Sin And again Rom. 3.9 Rom. 5.18.19 Therefore as by the offence of one Judgment came upon all Men to condemnation For as by one Man's disobedience many were made Sinners so by the obedience of one shall many be made Righteous Thus the cause of that Natural alienation from and repugnance to any thing of good is easily discover'd Adam became alienated in his mind and in like manner all his posterity by reason of wicked works and uncapable to render a due Reverence Honour and Glory to the great Creator But the condemnation is not because Adam sinned therefore as a Punishment due to that particular Sin all his posterity save a few peculiarly respected shall be punish'd The Text says Death pass'd upon all for that all have Sinned Which leads me to meditate on First The the cause of this universal deluge of Death Secondly The means of restoration to such a condition as to be capable of fulfilling our duties to God and Man Then first The cause that Death has come upon all being already in a great measure evinc'd I yet further prosecute to see more clearly the manner of it which will more evidently discover the reason of those innate inclinations to evil which naturally sway our minds As by one Man saith the Scripture before hinted Sin entred the World and Death by Sin Rom. 5.12 so Death pass'd upon all Men for that all have Sinned here 't is manifest that Sin entr'd the World by Adam's transgression and Death was the consequence unto him even a dying from God and the reason that Death came upon all his Progeny Rom. 6.23 is because all have Sinned and the reason that all have Sinned is because they partook of Psal 51.5 and are conceived in that Seed and Nature of fallen Adam which was of alienation from any thing of good so that all the natural affections are deviating from God and good all are by Nature Children of wrath and propense to evil and consequently all have Sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God Rom. 3.23.9 and become the Objects of his wrath 8.7 and so in a condition incapable to glorifie their maker which leads me to think of Secondly the means of restoration As our Protoparent by a transgression so damnable as not only deserving his own destruction Gen. 3.17 but the Earth was justly cursed for it did incur his Makers wrath and was punish'd by deduction of his former felicity and a corporal Death which some are ready to think he had else been never cursed with but more greivously by the danger of an eternal woe which was made the inevitable effect of unrepented Sin and as his posterity by Sinning tho' not after the same similitude Rom. 5.14 are justly expos'd to the same Misery and liable to undergo it So the Lord in infinite compassion to the Works of his Hands and in order to restore the whole Creation into that Glorious Liberty which Adam before his fall enjoyed Rom. 8.21 provided a means to be reconciled to poor lost and miserable Souls that do nothing naturally but offend their Maker and whose Sins and enormities are so encensive to divine Justice that nothing but an immense mercy can expiate A promise was made in love to Mankind even inexpressible in odium to the Serpent who had almost ruin'd the Master-peice of God's Handy Work and a just Damnation to fallen Lucifer and all his followers who not content with the station which God had set them in aspir'd to a greater place and so for them as a Punishment for their presumptuous Pride are chains of darkness for ever reserved which was Gen. 3.15 the Seed of the Woman shall bruise the Serpent's Head Man was captivated by Ephes 2.1 2 3. and became subject to the Prince of the power of the Air who rules in the Hearts of the Children of disobedience and worthy of an eternal deprivation from all bliss But the promise was given forth a redemption from the power of Satan and a restoration to the lost felicity Righteousness Knowledg and true Holiness and moreover to the Glory of the all-wise Creator and Redeemer be it said Man was upon performing his part in the Covenant entitled to an inheritance of a never ending Joy The assurance and earnest of which may cause all to Magnifie Praise Honour and for ever adore that most imense clemency of God as will the Condemnation to eternal woe cause a most deplorable reflection to those Souls that have willfully slighted the means of Caelestial Bliss 1 Pet. 3.18 which is the mercy of God in Jesus Christ the Son of his Love the Seed of the Woman who as he was God became also Man making a complete Saviour 1 John 2.2 Heb. 9.28 and laid down his Life for Sinners and became a propitiation for them even for all that beleive in his Name he procur'd for them a pardon by his Death and Salvation by his Life as 't is said reconciled by his Death Rom. 5.10 Ephes 1.4 Rom. 8.29 30. 2 Tim. 1.9 1 Pet. 1.18 and saved by his Life The Creator fore-seeing all things that should come to pass in time fore-provided a Saviour for those Creatures which were the principal part of his Workmanship even for all Mankind the mystery of this contrivance Natural Reason cannot fathom for as the Scripture testifies 1 Cor 2.14 the Natural Man perceives not the things of God neither indeed can he for they are Spiritualy discerned so no carnal comprehension can conceive or dive into this mystical redemption In Adam all die 1 Cor. 15.22 in Christ all are made alive in the original nature the nature of fallen Adam Ephes 2.1 all the Children of men are Dead in reference to the things of God As a corporal Death deprives of the use of all the outward senses the sight is lost notwithstanding