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A62549	Six severall treatises ... by the late worthy and faithful servant of Jesus Christ, John Tillinghast ; published by his own notes.; Selections. 1657	Tillinghast, John, 1604-1655.; Petto, Samuel, 1624?-1711.; Manning, John, d. 1694.	1657 (1657)	Wing T1180; ESTC R21376	167,572	313

3.5 Mortifie therefore your members which are upon the earth fornication uncleanness the mortification of the outward man And in vers 8. Put off all these anger wrath malice blasphemy There is the mortification of the inward man 2 For Vivification that likewise lieth in two things There is the vivifying of our Graces and the quickning of our Duties or our hearts to obedience The last comes from the former Our Graces bring forth our Duties and our Duties are but the actings of our Graces So that the things wee are to live by faith in in our Sanctification are the mortification of all sin whether in the outward or inward man the vivification or quickning of all Graces and of our hearts to every duty Quest 2. How doth faith act or put forth it self in this business of Sanctification Answ Here according to the two parts wee shall proceed and shew how faith acts in the business of Mortification and Vivification Quest 1. How doth faith act in the business of Mortification Ans 1. Faith doth discover to the soul that the old man the unregenerate and unmortified part that is in every one of us was carried up by the Lord Jesus upon the Cross and there did receive a deadly wound And that Jesus Christ our Redeemer and second Adam did take upon him that nature in which the first Adam fell and so did give a mortall blow to the body of sin and death by suffering in that nature Therefore the Apostle saith Rom. 8.3 What the Law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh God sending his Son in the likeness of sinful flesh for sin condemned sin in the flesh Christ took the likeness of sinfull flesh and by death condemned sin in the flesh that is did give a blow to sin in the flesh in the humane nature that hee took upon him therefore the Apostle saith Rom. 6.6 That our old man is crucified with him Christ took it up upon the Cross with him and gave it a mortall wound Now faith doth discover this to the soule when the soule findeth sin strugling and striving within then saith Faith this sin striving is a part of that body of death that is in the Saints now O my soul look up upon the Cross and see that body of death dying therefore O my soul go out against it and so faith encourageth the soul to go out against sin 2 As Faith shews the soule sin crucified with Christ so it shews the soul that the design of the Lord Jesus in giving a mortal blow to the old man and body of death upon the Cross it was this the weakning of the power of sin and the subduing of it in the Saints that sin might bee so dispowred that it might not reign nor rule in the Saints but bee continually in a declining languishing condition therefore it is said Rom. 6.6 Our old man is crucified with him that the body of sin might bee destroyed hee doth not say It is destroyed presently Christ took it up upon the Cross gave it a mortal wound that it might bee destroyed in order to the destruction that having the power broken the Saints might the more easily get power over it As an enemy that is already wounded though a Gyant is easily overcome So though sin bee strong as a Gyant Jesus Christ hath wounded sinne therefore his strength being taken away is the more easily subdued Faith shews the soul Christ saith Faith What did Christ give sin a mortal wound that it might bee destroyed O then let not sin live O then sin shall not live in mee 3 Faith shews the soule that there is a continual streaming forth of vertue and efficacy from the Lord Jesus Christ for the killing and subduing sin within Faith doth as it were set open the Fountaine of the Bloud of Jesus Christ streaming out towards and upon it for the healing of the Leprosie of Sin and this is that which faith layeth hold upon when it strugleth with sin Paul when hee was contending with this Old man when he cryeth out O wretched man that I am Rom. 7.24 presently he casts his eye upon Jesus Christ and saith I thank God Faith sheweth the soul the efficacy and vertue that is in the Bloud of Jesus Christ for the killing sin 4 Faith is much in calling out the soul to the promises of mortification we have a promise of mortification Rom. 6.14 Sin shall not have dominion over you for you are not under the Law but under grace The soul that lives by faith when it findeth sin strong it taketh hold of the promise and goeth to Christ and saith Lord thou hast said sin shall not have dominion over me behold here is such and such a corruption too hard for me Lord behold here is thy promise look upon thy promise remember thy promise subdue my corruption it first goeth to the promise and armeth it self with strength in the promise and then cometh and fighteth against sin and that is the matter wee are so often foyled with sin because we try to combate with sin before we go to the promise When a soul lives by faith for the subduing of sin there is first a going to the promise and then it encounters with sin with success 5 Lastly Faith doth beget and maintaine in the soul a secret perswasion though for the present it is compassed about with a weight of infirmities yet God will support it under all and in Gods time it shall be a conquerour over all Though I be for the present molested with sin yet a day will be I shall be a Conquerour and all these my enemies shall be under my feet I shall set my feet upon the necks of all my sins one day and this carries the soul couragioussy out to fight against sin for the present Quest 2. How doth faith act in the business of vivification Ans 1. Faith eyeth much the Resurrection of Christ and maketh the soul labour much after knowing Jesus Christ in his Resurrection Phil. 3.10 That I may know him and the power of his Resurrection and Fellowship of his Sufferings being made conformable to his death Here are the two great things we are speaking of for hee is pressing after perfection of Grace which consists in these two to have fellowship with Christ in his death for mortification and to know Christ in his Resurrection for vivification and quickning As mortification comes by a dying Christ so vivification cometh by a living Christ 2 Faith that sheweth the soul how that in the Resurrection of Christ he was raised up and quickned with Jesus Christ Faith sheweth the soul that in Jesus Christ it is quickned already as its common person therefore the Apostle Paul speaking of Jesus Christ as this common person saith Ephes 2.5 6. Yo● who were dead in trespasses and sins he hath quickned with Christ and made to sit together with him in heavenly places Faith shews the soul how that in

time it is humbled and admiring God and cryeth out What shall I say What shall I do O what shall such and such corruptions lodge within mee When there is a purging the soul then the evidence is true 2 If thy evidence when it is lost bee out of thy power to recover it again when it is injoyed out of thy power to keep it When it cometh in at first by an Almighty power throwing down all before it and thouloosest it and canst not regain it it is a sign it is no evidence of thy own making for if it were of thy own making thou mightest get it up again Nor it is no evidence of the Devils making to humble the soul to make God all to make the soul more watchfull If thou wouldest clear up thy interest in Christ then entertaine nothing that may go against that interest Some things do darken it as 1 Groundless fears and surmises give not way to such fears for the further off you will be from God they drive you from God 2 Giving way to reason against thy faith Some souls will dispute out the case to the utmost not to mee and not to mee and so stand reasoning out faith It is faith whereby thou must see thy interest if thou blindest the eye how shalt thou see I speak not to loose livers 3 Vnstedfastness in the doctrine of Christ As a mans principles are so is his faith if his principles be uncertain so is his faith If his knowledge bee too and fro hee is not setled Do not change opinions as men do fashions I mean in the principles of grace foundation truths of the Righteousness of Christ Justification c. for if thou dost thou shakest all for thy evidence being from thence this being taken away thou fallest Use 6. To all that are without Christ Are these things so that all the promises are made to us in Christ then Come to Christ How should the consideration of this provoke every poor beggared soul now to make a close with Jesus Christ Thou poor soul which if thou wert to dye to morrow hast never a promise to run to to take comfort in to bear thy poor dying soul upon O come to Christ and all shall bee thine for all the promises are his they are all in him and by having him thou shalt have all O souls did you but know the worth of Christ in this respect I mean considering this that all the promises are stored up in him you would not go quietly out of this place you would not sleep one night more without hearts breathing after Christ and rowling your selves on him Saith Christ to the woman of Samaria Joh. 4.10 If thou knewest the gift of God and who it is that saith to thee give me to drink thou wouldest have asked of him and he would have given thee living water So say I poor soul if thou didst but know the gift of God Jesus Christ if thou didst but know the worth of Christ If thou didst but know what precious promises what multitudes of them and what transcendent worth is in every one the meanest of them are in Christ thy heart would not contain without breathing thy tongue would not be silent any longer without asking the Father to give thee this Christ O how many poor souls now here which did they but know the worth of one promise would now cry out to God O Christ Christ Christ Lord give this Christ to mee and to mee Were the worth of promises known then the worth of Christ in whom all the promises are would bee better known Put case man woman thou wert sure thou shouldest dye to morrow and hadst now all the sins that ever thou hast committed from thy cradle to this day lying upon thee and burdening of thee and thy conscience tormenting thee for them and thou wert at hell gate and hell fire ready to receive thee and swallow thee up for ever what then in thy account would a promise of pardon and remission of sins a promise of heaven and eternal life bee worth What Why all that I have in the world saith the man yea a whole world ten thousand worlds were there so many or had I so many But it may bee some of you are so blockish and senseless and regardless of things of this nature that by this that I have said you are so little acquainted with such things you would not know the worth of a promise therefore to speak in a more familiar way and to shew you the worth of a promise a little from things you do know Put the case now man or woman thou wert condemned to dye some cruel death full of the greatest tortures that can bee imagined such a death as some Histories tell us one Ravillac which traiterously murdered the King of France was put to who had first one of his hands cut off then the other then was carried to the place of execution where hee had the flesh of his body plucked off with burning red hot pincers and then incisions and holes were made into the fleshy parts of his body and there they poured in scalding melted lead and so kept him alive some dayes torturing of him in this and a more cruel manner till in the end hee dyed Now suppose thou wert condemned to dye such a death as this was and this were to be executed upon thee to morrow if so bee the Prince should come to thee over-night and give thee a promise of pardon that hee would pardon thee and save thee from this cruel death what thinkest thou suppose the case were so in thy account would such a promise bee worth O I am perswaded if the case were so thou wouldest not know how thy heart would bee so extraordinarily taken to speak the worth of it the very hearing of a word of pardon at such a time would so overcome thee as that thou wouldest be ready to dye for joy And poor soul know it that such a promise as this is but a poor promise not worth the being called a promise in respect of the promises of God in Christ the meanest the least of which are far greater and of more invaluable worth than hundreds of such as this This is onely a promise of temporal life and of deliverance from a temporal punishment which may last three or four dayes but the promises of Christ are promises of an eternal life and of deliverance from eternal torments and if one of these promises of Christ are of so great and of such invaluable worth then what is Christ himself in whom all the promises are in whom there are innumerable promises of such great value every one of which sinner shall bee thine Christ being thine O sinners sinners did you know but the worth of a promise and so the worth of Christ your hearts would presently fall in love with him and you would run about as the Spouse in the Canticles who having lost her beloved and