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A91475	Good tydings for sinners, great ioy for saints; or, A word to the world, and two to those that are chosen out of the world. Wherein is held forth, first, the sweet tenders of grace from the father through the son to all dejected sinners; he invites them, he woes them, he intreats them, nay, he beseecheth them to accept of mercy. In the second part of this book, called, Two words to those chosen out of the world, is spoken to the saints under their severall forms, taking notice first of the things commendable in them: and in the second place reproving them for things amisse among them. With a short prophesie of the downfall of presbyterie, independencie, anabaptismie, vaine notions, free-will. With a brief description of a true church-state, against which the gates of Hell shall not prevaile; it being founded upon a rock, it will stand against all waves and storms, that either men or devils can raise against it. I will give you all one heart, and one way. Then the Lord shall be one, and his name one. / Robert Purnell.	Purnell, Robert, d. 1666.; Parnell, Robert, attributed name.	1649 (1649)	Wing P542; Wing P4234; Thomason E557_12; ESTC R27528	60,728	77

it shall melt with fervent heat then if the rocks and mountains might fall on thee thou wouldest think it a favour to hide thee from the face of him that sitteth on the Throne and from the wrath of the Lambe for the great day of his wrath is come and who shall abide it Rev. 6.16 17 c. Then shalt thou hear that dreadfull sentence passe on thee Matth. 25.41 Depart from me yee Cursed into Everlasting fire prepared for the Devill and his Angels Consider a little this dolefull sentence 1. Thou must depart from the presence of the Lord. 2. Thou departest not blessed but a cursed wretch Depart from me yee cursed 3. Not onely into fire but into everlasting fire no hope of returning 4. The companions that thou shalt have there are the Devill and his Angels Depart from me yee cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the Devill and his Angels And this dreadfull day will come as a thiefe in the night 2 Pet. 3.10 In which the heavens shall passe away with a great noise and the element shall melt with fervent heat and the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burnt up c. Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved 2 Pet. 3.11 What manner of persons ought you to be in all holy conversation and godlinesse Oh! then take heed Watch and pray for you know not how near the time is Mark 13.33 The day of the Lord commeth as a thiefe in the night 1 Thess 5.2 Wherefore beloved seeing that you look for such things be diligent that you may be found of him in peace without spot and blamelesse 2. Pet. 3.14 Thirdly consider if it should be a few moneths or years before this great and terrible day come yet it may not for ought that thou knowest be many dayes no not so much as many houres or minutes before thy particular end come in which thou shalt be gasping for life and breathing out thy last breath If then thou look up God will appear as an angry Judge if thou look down the bottomlesse Pit will strike terrour into thee on thy right hand thy sins stand accusing thee on thy left hand the Devill is ready to execute Gods eternall sentence upon thee within thee thy conscience gnawing without thee thy friends bewailing So that look which way thou wilt above thee beneath thee within thee without thee every object will adde to thy miserie Therefore Oh remember thy Creator in the dayes of thy youth before these evill daies come Eccles 12.1 Intreat the Lord as David did Psal 39.4 Lord make mee to know mine end and the measure of my daies what it is That I may know how fraile I am And wilt thou know how fraile thou art oh vaine man then consider One scripture saith of thy dayes it is as water spilt upon the ground 2 Sam. 14.14 Another scripture saith Our dayes are like a shaddow Psal 102.11 And as if that were too long Job saith Job 7.7 My life is but a winde Psal 102.3 Our daies consume like smoak Wee all doe fade as a leafe Isa 64 6. All flesh is grasse and all the glory of man as the flower of the grasse the grasse withereth and the flower thereof falleth away 1 Pet. 1.24 And as if all these resemblances signified too much length to hold forth the shortnes of our life the holy Ghost doth contract it shorter Psal 39 5. Thou hast made my dayes as an hand breadth And as if that resemblance also were too long he saith in the same verse Mine age is as nothing Well then doth the scripture in many places say We are like a buble of the brooke a tale that is told or a dream Oh how should the serious consideration hereof teach thee so to number thy dayes that thou mightest apply thine heart to true and perfect wisdome Or as the wise man saith Eccles 12.6 Remember thy creator before the silver cord be loosed or the golden bowle be broken for as death leaves thee so Judgement will finde thee c. In a word it is a point of high wisdome to be often thinking and meditating of out latter end for the Lord himself faith Deut. 32.29 That they were wise that they understood this to consider their latter end So he that made thee teach and perfect thee Two Words to those chosen out of the World NOw I shall come to speak two words to those that are chosen out of the World First Generally to all the Saints Secondly More particularly to the Saints under those titles or forms by which they are most commonly known 1 The word in generall To all that are truly godly for now to you I speak even to you my fellow members and brethren in Christ Awake awake Put on t●y strength O Sion put on thy beautifull garments O Ierusalem thou holy City Isa 52.1 Arise my beloved and come away 2 Can. 10.13 For the day is dawning and the day-star arising in your hearts 2 Pet. 1.19 Oh Saints Consider a little upon what ground you stand upon what foundation you are built doest thou believe there was such a Christ as the scriptures mention Doest thou believe that this Christ took thy nature and also thy sins Doest thou believe that in this thy nature he fulfilled the law took it away nailed it to the Crosse and so is become the end of the law to all that believe also freed thee from sin past present and to come and so from death the wages thereof doest thou conceive that God will make good his gracious promises in particular these Isa 25.7 8 c. He will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people and the vaile that is spread over all nations He will swallow up death in victory And the Lord God will wipe away tears from of all faces And the rebuke of his people shall bee taken away from off all the earth Doest thou believe that the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters the Sea and that We shall all know him from the greatest to the least Jer. 31.34 Doest thou believe those words which the Lord spake to Daniel chap. 7.27 And the kingdome and the dominion and the greatnes of the kingdome under the whole heavens mark this word under the whole heavens shall be given to the people of the Saints for their kingdome is an everlasting kingdome and all dominions shall serve and obey them Doest thou believe those words Isa 30.26 Moreover the light of the Moone shall be as the light of the Sun and the light of the Sun shall be sevenfold Doest thou believe that the Lord will wipe away all tears from off all faces and that there shall be no more sorrow nor crying neither shall there be any more pain Revel 21.4 Doest thou believe what the Lord saith in Isa 35.10 And the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Sion with songs and everlasting

envy Judah nor Judah vexe Ephraim Then the Kingdome and the dominion and the greatnesse of the Kingdome shall bee given to the Kingdome of the Saints Whose Kingdome is an ever lasting Kingdome and all dominions shall serve and obey them Dan. 7.27 Then the Nations that will not serve thee that is Christ in the Saints shall perish Isa 60.12 Now God having given you all one heart and one way as it is written Jer. 32.19 Now shall bee brought to passe that saying Isa 11.6 7 8. The Woolfe shall dwell with the Lambe and the Leopard shall lye downe with the Kid c. verse 9. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all mine holy mountaine for the Earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the Sea The envy of Ephraim shall depart and the Adversaries of Judah shall be cut off Then all you the Israell of God shall have your Fathers law written in your hearts Then you shall cease teaching one another saying know the Lord for they shall all of them know mee from the least to the greatest of them saith the Lord Jer. 31.34 My deare friends I have much more to write unto you of these things but being more straitned in time than in love at present I shall passe by many things first concerning the restitution of all things spoken of Rom. 8.19 20 21 22 23. and Acts 3 20 21 22 23 24. And to in many other Scriptures which for present I omit and then what shall follow upon the restitution of all things Rev. 11.15 Rev. 21.2 3 4. These things were in my heart to write of distinctly seeing that all as well Saints as sinners are extreamely ignorant of these tnings though most clearly held forth in Scripture that a man can hardly speake of them though he speaks no more than the History holds forth but one is offended and another is troubled therefore at present I am silent therein As our Lord said I have more things to speake but yee cannot beare them now and this Scripture likewise Hast thou faith have it to thy selfe c. So I passe by that which thou shalt shortly enjoy and come to speake a few words of what many of the Saints doe already enjoy and oh that all the Saints did but truly consider these ensuing things which I never received of man neither was I taught them by man but of God alone Thou that art a beleever consider First The law that thou hast broken Christ hath kept fulfilled and taken away Secondly Thy sinnes which were many both originall and actuall of omission and commission thy sins past those present and those to come are all laid upon Christ and the wages due to them heereceived Thirdly Consider Upon what accompt thou now standest before the Father not of thine owne righteousnesse but the righteousnesse of Christ Fourthly Consider That thou being made free from sin doest reckon thy selfe so Rom. 6.11 Likewise reckon your selves to be dead indeed unto sin but alive unto God Fifthly When thou art thus built upon Christ and thus rooted and grounded in him Ephe. 3.18 19. Then thou shalt be able to comprehend with all Saints what is the height and depth breadth and length of his love and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge Now followes the fruit of this knowledge The soule that is enlightened will not goe on in sinne but the love of Christ will constraine him from a course of sinne I shall speake a word to every one of these particulars briefly and plainely 1. Of the first the Law that thou hast broken Christ hath kept fulfilled and taken away The Law required obedience of thee Christ comes and yeelds obedience for thee and imputes it to thee Rom. 5.19 As by the disobedience of one many are made sinners so by the obedience of one shall many bee made righteous The Law required the keeping of every title of the first and second Table Christ comes and walkes up to it step by step So that the Law could no sooner require obedience but presently Christ yeelds obedience as it was in the old Testament prophesied and in the new testified of him The Law required an holy life Christ lived a holy life The Law required perfect obedience as well in the principles as in the practise Christ yeelds it in both The Law requires death for the least disobedience and though Christ had not broken it in any title yet hee representing the persons of those that had broken it became obedient unto the Law in this also Phillip 2.8 And being found in fashion as a man he humbled himselfe and became obedient unto death even the death of the Crosse And that the Law is done away by Christ see 2 Cor. 3. foure times in that chapter it is said to bee done away Also Rom. 7. Rom. 10.4 and so the 2 3 4. chap. to the Galathians and many other Scriptures 2. Consider Thy sinnes which are many both originall and actuall of omission or commission against the first Table or the second thy sins past present and to come are all laid upon Christ and the wages due to them hee received Isai 53 6. And the Lord hath laid on him the iniquities of us all 1 Pet. 2.24 Who himselfe bare our sins in his owne body on the tree c. 2 Cor. 5.21 Hee hath made him to be sin for us that knew no sin that we might bee made the righteousnesse of God in him Mat 8.17 Himselfe tooke our infirmities and bare our sicknesses 3. Consider Upon what accompt you stand before the Father viz. not of your own righteousne but upon the accompt of the righteousnesse of Jesus Christ 1 Cor. 1.30 Hee is made unto us wisedome righteousnesse sanctification and redemption Phil. 3.9 And be found in him not having mine owne righteousnesse which is of the Law but that which is through the Faith of Christ the righteousnesse of God by Faith 4. Consider If the Law be fulfilled thy sinnes pardoned and thou now standest before thy Father by the righteousnesse of another Then thou canst not but looke upon thy selfe as free from sin and so breake forth as in Rom. 6.11 Likewise reckon your selves dead unto sinne indeed but alive unto God Being then made free from sinne yee became the Servants of Righteousnesse Rom. 6.18 But now being made free from sin and become Servants to God yee have your fruit unto holinesse and the end everlasting life Rom 6.22 Collo 1.22 Hee hath reconciled you in the body of his flesh through death to present you holy and unblameable and unreprovable in his sight 1 Thess 3.13 Now one that is 1. Holy 2. Unblameable 3. Unreproveable must needs be free from sin 5. When thou art thus rooted and grounded in love thou shalt be able to comprehend with all Saints What is the breadth and length and height and depth and to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge Ephe. 3.18 So shalt

that will not serve the Lords turn if a sinner will but go towards the Lord mercy will not go a foot-pace but runs to meet him yea mercy draws him and puts him upon comming at first-step The sonnes pace is he arose and came he came walking towards his father this is the fathers pace he ran the sonne most needed to have run his belly was pinched with hunger yet hee onely walkes but his father runs bowels full of mercy out-pace bowels pinched with hunger 5. I see him falling upon his necke that is he hugg'd and embraced him How fall on his necke Who would not have beene loath to have touched him yea to come neare him Is he not in his loathsome stinking rags Smels he not of the Swine hee kept Could a man come neare him without stopping his Nose Would not a man bee ready to cast up his Stomach upon such an embracement Mercy is not nice and dainty will God thus embrace a Prodigall in his loathsome rags Oh sinner be encouraged to draw neare to God for the worst of all wickednesse and basenesse in the world cannot make him rejct thee Ezekiel 16.4 5 6. 6. But yet behold a greater wonder than all the rest I see him kissing his Sorne who could have brooked to have imbraced a person in so futhy a pickle Much lesse would any one kisse such a one what kisse those lips that had beene so lately lapping in the Hogs-Trough Those lips that had so often kiss'd those base and beggerly Harlots Kisse him A man would rather have thought he would have kick'd him and yet his Father kisseth him There is a passage somewhat like this Gen. 33.4 And Esau ran to meet him and embraced him and fell on his Neck and kissed him A strang and wonderfull thing that hee that had threatned to kill him and came now upon that errand to kill him and all his That his heart should bee so strangely altered by God that killing should bee turned into kissing It was very strange that Esau should kisse Jacoh but it is more strange here that this Father should kisse this Prodigall Read and consider well these Scriptures Joh. 1.29 Behold the Lambe of God that taketh away the sins of the World Luke 2.10.11 Behold I bring you good tydings of great joy that shall bee to all people That is That unto you is borne this day in the City of David a Saviour which is Christ the Lord. John 3.16 God so loved the World that he gave his onely begotten Son to this end that all that beleeve in him should not perish but have life everlasting John 3.17 God sent not his Son into the world to condemne the world but that the world through him might be saved 1 Tim. 1.15 This is a true saying that Christ came into the world to save sinners of whom I am chiefe Heb. 13.12 Jesus that he might sanctifie the people with his own blood suffered without the Gate 1 John 2.1 2. If any man sinne wee have an Advocate with the Father Jesus Christ the righteous and hee is the propitiation for our sins and not for ours onely but also the sinnes of the whole world Rev. 5.8 Thou wast killed and hast redeemed us to God out of every kindred tongue and people Psalm 145.19 Hee will fulfill the desire of them that feare him Zach. 13.1 The Lord hath opened a Fountaine for sinne and for uncleannesse He every one that thirsteth come then Isaiah 55.1 Blessed are they that bunger and thirst for they shall be filled Math. 5.6 If any man thirst let him come unto mee and drinke John 7. ver 37 38. And hee that commeth to me I will in no wise cast off oh marke I will in no wise cast him off John 6.37 that is there is no corruption in thee nor all thy enemies without thee that shall so farre prevaile with mee as that I shall forsake thee Oh then come unto mee come unto mee all you that are heavy laden and I will undoubtedly give you rest 1. Consider Hee that hath made these promises is able to make them good 2. Hee is not onely able to doe it but hee is willing to doe it hee delights in it 3. Hee is not only able and willing but he is faithfull too in keeping promise In so much that not one title shall faile of all that he hath promised He never saith Seeke yee me in vaine 1. Take notice the Lord keepes open house Rev. 22.17 Let him that will come and take of the water of life freely 2. Because of our backwardnesse to come he invites Isa 55.1 He every one that thirsteth come 3. Hee answereth objections and taketh away all excuses in these words come without money and without price though thou hast not righteousnesse to commend thee to mee yet come without money and without price 4. He assures thee thou shalt be welcome John 6.37 Him that commeth to me I will in no wise cast off 5. Hee tels thee that if thou come thou shalt not loose thy labour He will give thee rest Mat. 11.28 Hee will give thee rest from thine owne righteousnesse that thou shalt see thy acceptance in the righteousnesse of another and so cease from thine owne Hee will give thee rest that is hee will still those troubles that arise in thine heart and take off those veiles from thine eyes and the bondage that lay upon thy heart and shew thee that he hath set the free from hell death law sinne past present and to come and so gives thee faith which is the evidence of things not seene which will evidence this to thy soule Thy soule no sooner apprehends this but presently it wil be ready to break forth in these words of Mary Luke 1.46 47 48. My Soule doth magnifie the Lord my Spirit hath rejoyced in God my Saviour For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaid c. And now to draw to a conclusion for as I said in the beginning I have but a Word to the World 1 He gives free liberty to come 2. Hee invites thee 3. He will bid thee welcome 4. He will case thee of all thy troubles Object But thou wilt say Heare are indeed sweet rules and blessed promises amongst these things that you have layd downe But I have no abillity to walke in the one nor heart to embrace or beleeve the other and I finde it written Jer. 10.23 The way of man is not in himselfe It is not in man that walketh to direct his steps Answ But consider hee requires nothing of thee but what he hath promised hee will inable thee to doe For instance Isa 1.16 He requires thee and saith wash thee and make thee cleane put away the evill of thy doings cease to doe evill Learne to doe well Here is his precept and thy duty Now turne from this precept to that promise Jer. 3● 8 I will cleanse them from all their iniquities whereby they have sinned against mee Now

when thou goest about that duty required and findest thy selfe unable then looke to that same promise And in the apprehension thereof thy soule shall looke up and goe about the worke in the strength not of thy selfe but of the mighty God of grace who hath spoken and will doe it for thee So for Repentance He commands thee to repent Acts 17. ●0 Thou goest about it but findest the worke of Repentance true and unfayned too hard for thee to performe Then turne from this precept to that promise Acts 5.31 And when thou there seest that hee that hath commanded thee to repent even the God of power and truth and that cannot lye hath engaged himselfe to enable thee to the performance thereof wilt thou not bee encouraged Againe He commands thee not to let sin reigne in thee Rom. 6.12 And is not the promise nigh thee ver 14. that it shall not reigne in thee Object Thou wilt say These promises indeed are made to the Elect and to Saints Answ Let that bee granted Yet art thou excluded Canst thou say thou art not elected How wilt thou prove it wilt thou dive into the secret Counsell of God It is too deepe for thee to fathome Doest thou complain that thy wicked life doth evidence it Well Consider then hast thou denyed Christ So did Peter hast thou persecuted Christ did not Paul so And yet for all this were not they elected In a word There is not a man or woman under the whole Heavens can justly or truly say he or shee is not elected of this many reasons and testimonies might be given but I would not be tedious Hee commands thee to love him with all thy heart with all thy strength and with all thy soul Deu. 10.12 and Deut. 30.6 The Lord comes in with his promise saying I wil circumcise thine heart and the heart of thy seed to love the lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soule that thou mayest live He commands Col. 3 5. To mortifie thy earthly members which are upon the earth c. And Micah 7 19. he undertakes the worke Hee will subdue our iniquities and cast all our sins into the depth of the Sea 2 Cor. 15.2 The Lord saith by Paul Thou must keepe in memory what is preached unto thee But thou wilt say as most doe thou canst not remember then have recourse to that promise John 14 26. There the Lord undertakes and promiseth to thee saying Hee will teach thee all things and bring all things to thy remembrance whatsoever he hath said unto thee So David Psal 25 5. intreates the Lord to teach him and instruct him in his way And in Psal 25.12 The Lord undertakes the worke and Psal 32.8 The Lord saith to him I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt goe I will guide thee with mine eye And so for all things whatsoever the Lord thy God requireth of thee in any Scripture In the same or another Scripture hee comes in with his sweet and blessed promises of assistance to enable thee unto it He knows right well as saith Jeremiah chap. 10.23 Ehe way of man is not in himselfe it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps In a word consider There bee many of the greatest promises amidst the greatest precepts So Deut. 10.20 Hee commands thee to feare him and Jer. 32.39 Hee comes with a sweet promise saying I will give thee an heart to feare mee and in another Scripture I will put my feare into your hearts Truly friend the consideration of this will sweeten all the commands of the Lord unto thee and it will cause thee to set about what is required in the strength not of thy selfe but of the Lord then goe on and bee strong in him and in the power of his might Now to draw to a conclusion consider these particulars First That if after all these sweete encouragements invitations entreatings perswasions beseechings thou continue still in unbeliefe and will not come to him that thou mayest have life although hee doth protest that him that doth come to him hee will in no wise cast out John 6.37 It is the greatest of thy sinnes and it may be thou shalt heare the Lords voyce changed and telling thee the axe is laid to the root of the tree and hee that brings not forth good fruit shall be hewen downe and cast into the fire Or suppose thou shouldest heare him saying to thee as once he was to Jerusalem Mat. 23.37 Oh Jerusalem Jerusalem how often would I have gathered thy children together even as a Hen gathereth her Chickens but yee would not Behold your house is left unto you desolate Prov. 1.24 25. Because I have called and yee refused I have stretched out my ha●d and no man regarded verse 26. I also will laugh at your calamity and mocke when your feare commeth Reade and well consider that in Heb. 12.16 17. Esau having slighted and undervalued his birth-right would afterwards have repented but could not though hee sought it with teares Therefore to day if you will heare his voyce harden not your hearts Secondly Consider The day is at hand in which all the Nations of the world all the Tribes Kindreds and Tongues under the heavens that now are ever were or shall be I say all both small and great shall be gathered together before the judgement Seat of Christ Math. 25.32.33 34. c. Yea the Sea shall give up her dead and the Grave shall give up her dead Death and Hell shall give up their dead Rev. 20.12 13 14. In another place wee reade that we shall all appeare before the judgement Seat of Christ and all that ever thou hast done good or evill shall be laid open before all the world all thy sins secret and open shall be brought to light and thou shalt bee judged according to thy workes Math. 25.32 33 34 35. Rev. 20.12 13. Then when the secrets of all hearts are laid open if thou art found a beleever in the Lord Jesus Christ and that thou hast made him thy confidence then thou shalt in that terrible day stand up with boldnesse 1 John 4.17 And thy Judge which is thy Saviour shall say to thee as in Matth. 25.34 Come yee blessed of my Father inherit yee the Kingdome prepared for you from the foundation of the world then shall all teares bee wiped from thine eyes and sorrow and sighing shall flye away there shall bee ease without payne beauty without blemish credit without disgrace in a word thy priviledges and enjoyments shall be so great as the heart of man cannot conceive much lesse his tongue report for thou shalt be like him 1 John 3.2 But if thy name be not writen in the Lambs book if thou continuest still in unbelief and endest thy days with an evill life Oh what a terrible day will this be unto thee 2 Pet. 3.12 The heavens shall be on fire and dissolve the earth also