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A18605	The summe of all, (namely) Gods service, and mans salvation And a briefe of mans dutie to God concerning both: which is, seeking to serve God while hee lives, and to be saved, when hee dyes. By William Chibald, rector of S. Nic. Col. Abby in Old Fishstreete.	Chibald, William, 1575-1641.	1630 (1630)	STC 5133; ESTC S116462	49,654	304

sinnes by free pardon and forgivenesse of them all and whereby also they are accepted as righteous in Gods sight by the merit of Christs righteousnes both of his life death imputed unto them Mat 9.2 Rom 3.25 4.6 7. 2 Pet. 1.1 2. Reconciliation whereby sinners being freed from Gods anger and displeasure justly incurred and provoked by their sinnes they are againe received into his love favour and friendship Matth 3.17 Col 1.21 3. Adoption whereby of the children of disobed●ence of wrath and of the Divell which they were in Adam and by their sinnes Ephes 2.2 5.6 Ioh 8.44 they are made the children of God and heires of the Kingdome of heaven Gal 4.4 5.6 Eph 1.4 5 6. P. What degree of salvation doe the faithfull attaine at the end of this life M. It is this First and generally they depart in peace Luke 2.29 for their soules are parted from their bodies in Gods favour they are carried to heaven Luk 16.22 and received thither Acts 7.50 They dye in Christ 1 Thess 4.16 they sleepe in Iesus verse 24 they dye in the Lord Revel 14.13 they dye the death of the righteous Num 23.10 they depart to the Father Iohn 13 1. As soone as they are departed this life their soules are with Christ in Paradise which is Christs Kingdome Luke 23.42.43 even when their bodies are unburied or lye in the grave and therefore this salvation is called the salvation of the soule 1 Pet 1.9 Heb 10.39 for the spirits of just and perfect men are in heaven Hebr 12.25 And well may the faithfull depart in peace when they dye seeing when they lived they were justified by faith and had peace with God Rom. 5.1 Good cause have they if they forget not to consider it not to feare to dye seeing they know that the sting of their death is taken away 1 Cor 15.55 by Christ who through his death hath overcome him that had the power of death that is the Divell Hebr 2.14 and seeing they are perswaded that death shall not separate them from the love of God which is in Christ Iesus Rom 8.38 39. Secondly and more specially 1. The bodies of the faithfull at the end of this life are at rest from their labours paines and diseases and are free from sense of all miseries and vexations Revel 14.13 Isai 56.1 2. 2. Their soules are wholly freed from originall and naturall corruption for the flesh which was therein while they lived is wholly killed destroyed For they are carryed into heaven Luk 16 22. into which no uncleane thing can enter Revel 21 27. 1 Cor 15.50 P. And what degrees of salvation doe the faithfull attaine unto at the end of the world M. It consists of 2 branches whereof the first concernes the body the second belongs to the soule and bodie too P. What happines receives the body at the end of the world M. It is this Of a naturall dead weake corruptible and mortall body which it was when it was alive in the world and lay in the grave it is raised a spiritual living strong incorruptible and immortall body and being raised from death to life it is restored to its former being and shape complexion and proportion yet without any defect or blemish in a most comely manner for it is a glorified body 1 Cor 15.42 to 46. P. Yea but it seemes to naturall reason an impossible thing for a dead body to rise and live againe M. True but Christians know by the light of the holy Scriptures that the dead body shall rise from death to life not by any power in it selfe or by the meanes of any naturall cause but by a supernaturall even the power of God Matth 22.29 Iosh 22.1 Thess 4.16 P. How may I bee drawne better to beleeve the Resurrection from the dead M. By these seaven Reasons 1 The testimony of Christ who sayd that all that are in the graves shall heare Christs voyce and come forth unto the Resurrection Iohn 5 28 29. 2 The promise of it made by God unto the Patriarks Act 26 6 7 8. 3 The faith hope of Gods children who in all ages beleeved it hoped and lookt for it Acts 23 6 24 15. Iohn 11 24. 4 The practise of many Heathen who in hope of the Resurrection washed the dead bodyes of their freinds departed before they buryed them 1 Cor 15 29. Acts 9 36. 5 The proofe and experience of many recorded in the Scriptures who have risen from death to life Mat. 27 52 53. Ioh. 11 35. 6 The appoynting of a day of iudgment at the second comming of Christ Act 17.30 31 32. Ioh 5 28 29. Dan 12.2 7 The Resurrection of Christ himselfe from death to life to be the first fruits of them that sleepe 1 Cor 15 20. 1 Thes 4 14. 1 Pet 1.3 For the gathering in of the first ripe fruites doe giue hope to the husbandman of ripening gathering in of the rest afterwards P. Indeed these Reasons cleerely and unanswerably doe prove that the dead shall rise againe and that there shall bee a Resurrection from the dead But you sayd it was a branch of happines unto the faithfull that their bodyes rose from death to life how may this bee prooved M. This also may be sufficiently proved out of the Scripture and that by these 7 reasons also 1 Because it is said that they are counted worthy of the Resurrection Luke 20 35. Therefore the Resurrection is a favour consequently a branch of happinesse unto them 2 Because they are called the children of the Resurrection Luk 20 36. and they are so called as in other respects so in this because they rise Gods children as they lived and dyed are in his favor which is a great happinesse 3. Because they are said to be equall to the Angels when they are raised Luke 20.36 and the Angels are happy for nothing but happinesse can befall them 4. Because the Apostle saith that if the faithfull did not rise they were of all men most miserable 1 Cor 15.19 therefore because they doe rise againe they are happy 5. Because when they are raised from death to life they are called blessed for Christ will call unto them and say Come ye blessed of my Father Matth 25.34 6. The resurrection from the dead is a degree of happinesse because as it hath beene said before the naturalnesse weaknes corruption and morrality of the body is abolished and destroyed and by the resurrection it is made a spirituall strong incorruptible and immortall body yea it is raised a glorified body to be made fit to enter into and enjoy the glory of heaven 1 Cor 15.41.50 7. And lastly the resurrection of the body from death to life is a degree of happines because the assured expectation of it did work in the faithfull both more grace and also more peace and comfort in their consciences Acts 24.15 16. Psal 16.9 1 Thess 4.17 P. Sir I cannot

which it reproves or doe the duties which it commands or be refreshed with the comforts it affords or bee terrified from sinne with the threatnings of it P. What are the severall parts of the word that we must performe duties vnto when they are preached M. They are foure chiesly 1. the commandements of the word 2. the promises 3. the threatnings 4. the good examples of the godly doings and sufferings of godly persons recorded in it P. What are the Commandements of the word M. The commandements of the word The commandements of God are those parts thereof which binde and enjoyn the doing of good actions and which forbid the committing of evill actions in thought word and deede P. And what duties of service to God doe properly concerne the commandements of the word preached M. These three 1. Obedience in doing the good actions commanded and in leaving undone and forbearing to doe the evill actions forbidden Rom. 2.13 Ioh. 13.17 Matth. 7.24 and that for conscience sake Genes 39.9 Iam. 2.11 and constantly Rom. 2.7 Gal. 3.10 2. Vsing al good means whereby wee may be furthered in our obedience Psal 119.10.11 3. Refraining all means occasions and opportunities whereby wee may be hindered in our obedience Psal 119.101 P. What are the promises of the word The promises of the word M. Gods promises are those parts of the word wherein God covenants with his people to bestow upon them upon their faith and repentance the things of this life that may be good for them and of the life to come 1 Tim. 4.8 Psal 34.10 P. And what duties doe properly belong to the promises of the word preached M. These foure 1. Faith whereby wee beleeve the truth of them and trust in Gods power goodnesse and faithfulnes for the performance of them 2 Tim. 1.12 2. Hope in God assuredly to looke for the performance of them Psal 119.81 42.5 3. Ioy or rejoycing in the good things promised and hoped for Psal 119.162 4. Patience to waite Gods leisure till we be made partakers of them without limiting God the time or meanes Heb. 10.36 6.12 Rom. 8.25 Psal 130.6 123.2 Isay 28.16 P. What are the threatnings of the word M. Gods threatnings are parts of his word The threatnings of the word wherein God denounceth to bring vpon sinners for their infidelity and impenitency temporall spirituall and eternall judgements P. And what duties of service to God doe properly concerne these threatnings M. These two 1. Trembling and astonishment at the very hearing of them Ier. 36.16.24 2. Feare to sinne against God lest the evills threatned in them doe come vpon vs Revel 18.4 P. What are the examples of the word M. Certaine presidents The examples of the word and particular patternes of the faith obedience and patience of Gods servants and children recorded in the Bible P. And what duties properly concerne these holy examples M. These two 1. An honourable memoriall of them and of their good name seeing God was glorified by them Matth. 28.13 5.16 2. A sincere purpose and endeavor to imitate and follow their patternes in the practise of the like duties Luke 10.37 Heb. 6.12 P. Sir I thanke you for your labours touching my service to God in respect of the first religious exercise and part of Gods publike service I pray you goe on now with the second which is the receiving of the Sacraments and first tell me what the receiving of the Sacraments is M. Receiving the Sacraments Duties in respect of receiving the Sacraments is a part of Gods worship wherein by taking certaine creatures and using certaine actions about them appointed by God and by setting them apart by the word and prayer from common and civill use to a sacred use there is thereby signified and remembred Christ his death and also the benefits and merits thereof are sealed and assured to all true beleevers 1 Cor. 11.28 Rom. 4.11 6.2 3. P. How many be there of these Sacraments that are to be received M. Two 1. Baptisme 2. the Lords Supper P. What duties of obedience and service to God belong to the receiving of these Sacraments M. They be of two sorts 1. Some which be common to the receiving of both the Sacraments Some that bee proper to each of them P. What be the duties that be common to the receiving of both the Sacraments M. These two 1. In respect of our bodies wee must looke vpon the creatures and actions about them appointed by God to be used in the administring of them for the remembring of Christ and for the setting forth of his death and wee must permit the Minister to administer vnto us those creatures and actions to this end and also receive them from him when they are administred to vs by him Act. 8.38 Mark 16.16 Ezra 6.21 2. In respect of our soules 1. wee must meditate on the nature and parts use and end benefit and comfort of the Sacraments 2. We must remember with thankfulnesse the death and blood-shedding of Christ shewed and set forth therein 3. Wee must by faith apply to our selves the merits of Christs bloody death to the washing away of our sinnes and to the nourishing of our souls in the life of grace to the life of glory 1 Cor. 10.16 P. What duties to God are proper to the receiving of the Sacrament of Baptisme M. These two 1. Duties in respect of praying to God Desire and endeavour by prayer and examination to finde in our selves the efficacie and benefit thereof to the cleansing of vs from the power and punishment of our sins Rom. 6.3 4.2 Conscience to doe what wee have professed and to performe what wee have promised when wee were baptized namely to renounce the service of sinne and to continue Gods faithfull servants For hereby we shall manifest to our selves and others that our soules are inwardly and spiritually baptized with Christs blood and Spirit as well as our bodies are outwardly by the water and Minister Ioh. 3.5 1 Pet. 3.20 21. P. And what duties are proper to the receiving of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper M. The duties proper to that Sacrament have beene as you know plainely and largely delivered by me in a Booke called Spirituall exercise to procure a good appetite unto and a good digestion of the Lords Supper to which I referre you for more particular instruction P. Sir I blesse God for these your directions touching the receiving of the Sacraments which is the second religious exercise of Gods publike service I pray you proceede to the third which is Prayer and therein first tell mee what it is M. Praying to God is a part of his publike service wherein we call vpon him and beg of him either the bestowing of good things upon us or the removing of hurtfull things from us Psal 50.15 P. What duties of service concerne prayer to God M. They are of three kindes for they belong either 1. to the matter of

be sanctified and seasoned to our reformation and consolation in Christ P. What was Christs action at his death whereby he merited our salvation M. He willingly la●d downe his life when by his divine power hee might have held it and none could have taken it from him Iohn 10.17 1 Iohn 3.16 Hereby Christ offered up himselfe a propitiatory sacrifice to God his Father for the ransome of mankind Gal 4.5 Heb 10.6 7 8 and hereby hee redeemed the Elect from the second death which is damnation and from the tyranny of the Divell Hebr 2.14 Iam 5.20 Acts 26.18 P. What was Christs resurrection and the merit of it for our salvation M. Christs resurrection was the freeing of himselfe from the power of death under which hee was held in the grave some part of three dayes and the uniting againe of his soule which was in heaven to his body which lay in the grave Christ merited hereby that the faithfull should rise againe from death to life as members of his mysticall body and be begotten to a lively hope of their owne resurrection by the power of his 1 Cor 15.19 20. 1 Pet 1.3 1 Thess 4.14 P. What was Christs Ascension and what did he merit thereby tending to our salvation M. Christs Ascension was his leaving to live any longer on the earth as man and his entring into heaven both in soule and body there to continue till the end of the world Acts 1.9 10 11. Hebr 4.14 By Christs Ascension into heaven he tooke possession of it for the faithfull that at the end of their lives he might receive their soules thither Acts 7.59 and at the end of the world he might receive into it both their soules and bodies Iohn 14.2 Heb 6.20 P. What was Christs sitting on the right hand of God the Father in heaven and what did hee merit thereby for our salvation M. Christs sitting on the right hand of the Father in heaven is his partaking as man of heavenly glory farre above all creatures Hebr. 1.3 The merit thereof is his Intercession for us Hebr. 7.24 25 for in heaven hee continually appeares in Gods presence for us Heb 9.24 to present all his merits unto God his Father for our benefit that God beholding the worth of them hee might continually apply the vertue and benefit of them to the conversion and salvation of his Elect successively to the worlds end P. Now you have shewed mec what were the act on s of God the Father and God the Sonne which they wrought for the effecting of mans salvation I pray you also tell mee what were the actions of the Holy Ghost for that end M. They were of two kindes The actions of the holy Spirit for effecting mans saluation 1. Such as he wrought in Christ that was to be the Saviour of the world and 2. such as hee wrought in them that are to bee saved by him P. What were the actions wrought in Iesus Christ by the Holy Ghost for the bringing to passe of mans salvation M. They were three 1. the sanctifying of the seede of the woman for the framing of his body thereof as hee was man Luke 1.35 2. The declaring of him to be the Saviour of the world by descending upon him like a dove Matth 3.16 Iohn 3.33 3. The filling of him with the gifts and graces of the Spirit above measure Iohn 3.34 and above his fellowes Hebr 1.9 P. What are the actions of the Holy Spirit which he workes in them that are to bee saved for the effecting thereof M. They are two 1. Regeneration or bringing them into the state of grace 2. Preservation or keeping them therein P. Sir I have heard much of Regeneration but I doe not well understand it I pray you therefore cause mee to understand better what it is M. Regeneration is an action of the holy Spirit The Regeneration of the holy Spirit whereby Christians are begotten again borne againe and renewed or made new againe 1 Pet 1.3 Iohn 3.5 Tit. 3.5 P. Wherein doth the holy Spirit regenerate Christians M. Not in making new the substance of their soules nor in enduing their soules with new parts powers and faculties But Regeneration consists in healing and recovering rectifying and amending purging and sanctifying with a new supply of grace the former parts powers and faculties that were wholly depraved and corrupted with sinne through Adams disobedience Ecclefiast 7.29 P. To what end doth the holy Spirit regenerate Christians by his grace M. For a twofold end in respect of themselves P. Which is the first M. To enable them to serve God sincerely and acceptably in this world Hebr 12.28 in newnesse of spirit Rom 7.6 and in newnesse of life Rom 6.4 For they are created anew in Christ Iesus unto good workes which God had before ordained that they should walke in Eph 2.10 This they could not doe as they were begotten of their parents for so they were begotten in sinne Psal 51.5 and borne of and after the flesh Iohn 3.3 Gal. 4.29 which cannot please God Rom 8.8 And therefore to the end they may bee fitly disposed and effectually enabled to doe the holy duties of Gods service they must be made new men and women for the image of God which through Adams sinne was defaced in them as touching right knowing willing and doing Gods will must againe be renewed in them Col 3.10 Eph. 4.24 P. What is the second end why the holy Spirit doth regenerate Christians M. It is to order them and to set them in the way to heaven which is to make them meete partakers of that inheritance Col 1.12 For without holinesse no man shall see the Lord Hebr. 12.14 Into the new Ierusalem of heaven shall in no wise enter any uncleane thing Revel 21.27 And flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdome of God 1 Cor. 15.50 Now they can not goe to heaven as they are begotten of their naturall parents for so they are the children of disobedience Eph. 5.6 the children of wrath Eph 2.3 and the children of the Divell Iohn 8.44 And therefore to the end they may be made capable of salvation they must by the holy Spirit bee turned from darkenesse to light and from the power of Satan unto God that they may receive an inheritance with them that are sanctified Acts 26.18 19. For holinesse is the way to happinesse and grace unto glory P. But by what meanes doth the holy Spirit regenerate Christians and make them new M. By the incorruptible seede of the word of truth Iam 1.18 which is the word of God 1. Pet. 1.23 which is the Gospell 1 Cor. 4.15 1 Pet. 1.23 which is the Preaching of Iesus Christ Rom. 16.25 and of salvation Act. 13.26 In whom they are begotten againe 1 Pet. 1.3 and created anew Eph. 2.10 And therefore you ought carefully to attend upon this ordinance which is the power of God to salvation to them that beleeve Rom. 1.16 P. I pray you Sir What