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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77022	The churches glory, or, The becoming ornament being a seasonable word, tending to the provoking, encouraging, and perfecting of holiness in believers ... : whereunto is added, A glasse for the unconverted ... as also, several articles of faith briefly laid down for the further establishment and confirming of the faithful / by Josias Bonham, sen. of Byfield in Northamptonshire.	Bonham, Josias.	1674 (1674)	Wing B3592; ESTC R42680	146,195	373

and their Redemption from the gift of Sin and their Justification unto Life to consist in Christ by vertue of his Death Burial and Resurrection as a Propititation and Atonement by him made unto his Fathers satisfaction and acceptation upon the conditions of Faith and Repentance that is to say upon their embracing of him believingly unto a dependency upon his Merits alone for their Justification from Sin unto Life and Repentance unto a purpose of Heart to live to Christ in his Laws and Counsel contained in his VVord and hence it is that Baptism is sometimes called the Baptism of Repentance for the Remission of Sins Luk. 3.3 First because by Gods Requirement it is to be attended with Repentance in the Subject unto a purpose of heart to live to God as contained in the Covenant Secondly because by Baptism God doth visibly signifie both unto the Believer acting in Baptism and also his Church that he accepts that person unto a free Remission of its Sins and also to all his Church-Priviledges contained in his Covenant Thirdly because a Believer in Baptism doth signifie both to God and Man its Acceptance of Christ and Repentance unto a purpose of Heart to live to Christ by whom he receiveth the Atonement contained in the Covenant Fourthly because a Believer doth in Baptism resemble Christ in his Death Burial and Resurrection by which our Atonement was obtained Therefore saith the Apostle we are buried with him in Baptism into Death that like as Christ was raised up by the Glory of the Father even so we also should walk in newness of Life for if we have been planted together in the likeness of his Death we shall be also in the likeness of his Resurrection knowing this that our Old Man is crucified with him that the Body of Sin might be destroyed that henceforth we should not serve Sin Rom. 6.4 5 6. Whence note that the Gospel-Baptism is a Resemblance of the Death Burial and Resurrection of Jesus Christ unto Believers Christ descended down into Death and the Grave taking upon him the weight and burthen of the Sins of sinful Men that went astray a Believer descendeth in Baptism down into the Water an Eliment of Death where it gaineth power and and is therein by the Administrator buried or overwhelmed taking upon the Command and the Example of Christ for its Rule thereunto his Will for to obey and taking upon him the Merits of Christ whereby his Sins are done away Christ ariseth out of the Grave by the Glory of God the Father purposely to live unto the Glory of God the Father but one thing here among the rest I mind He leaves his heavy burthen of Sin behind The Believer ariseth up out of the Water as out of a Grave by the Glory of God the Father's Grace with purpose of heart to live unto the Glory of God the Father through the power of Grace and here one thing as before I mind He leaveth all his former Sins behind all done away by vertue of Christs Blood by Faith applied in this similitude And now saith Ananias to Saul why tarriest thou arise and be baptized and wash away thy Sins calling on the Name of the Lord Act. 22.16 not that the Water in it self washeth away Sin but the particular application of Christs Death Burial and Resurrection with the Ends Use and Efficacy thereof by Faith as they are to the Eye of Faith represented by the Act of Baptism with three Motions in the Water as going down into the Water buried in the Water and arising up out of the Water as aforesaid the which Baptism with the form of Words thereto is the Gospel-Baptism approved by the Divine Counsel of God to be the visible sign and token of his Covenant made in Christ unto Believers wherein God signs to them his Acceptation of them unto the Priviledges of his Covenant they sign to God their Acceptation of the Covenant and Christ the Mediator thereof to live to him according to his Mind and Will contained in the Covenant The Apostle Peter speaking of Noahs Ark and eight Souls therein saved by water saith Like Figure whereunto even Baptism doth now save us not the putting away the filth of the Flesh but the Answer of a good Conscience towards God by the Resurrection of Jesus Christ Two things are here laid down as Instruments of Noahs Safety the Ark and the Water They get into the Ark and the Water carrieth up the Ark above the deluge to their preservation But we are principally concerned to look unto the original Ground of their Preservation which was First Gods Command and Counsel to Noah discovered Secondly Noahs Faith in embracing and acting accordingly Noah believes God makes Preparation and gets into the Ark and therefore Hebrews 11. attributes their Safety unto Gods Command and Counsel and to Noahs Faith By Faith Noah being warned of God c. Noah herein had the Answer of a good Conscience towards God he acted sutable to his Will revealed and was preserved Like Figure whereunto Baptism now saveth us saith Peter not the washing away the filth of the Flesh but the Answer of a good Conscience towards God by the Resurrection of Jesus Christ Three things are here considerable in these words of Peter First Baptism is here said to be of a saving nature Secondly wherein it cometh so to be of a saving nature and that is said to consist in the Answer of a good Conscience towards God Thirdly how it cometh to be of a saving nature and that is by the Resurrection of Jesus Christ But why by the Resurrection of Jesus Christ First because that the Resurrection of Jesus Christ is a sure confirmation to us that Jesus Christ hath suffered Death shed his Blood for the obtaining a free and full Remission of Sins unto a Justification from the Guilt thereof and from the Condem thereunto belonging even to as many as believe on his Name Secondly by the Resurrection of Jesus Christ we have a sure Confirmation 1. That he ever liveth to be a Mediator between God the Father and Man as the chief Prophet to his People 2. That he ever liveth to make Intercession for his People as their High-Priest 3. That he ever liveth to be the sole Head King and Lawgiver for Rule and Government unto his People for their Direction Protection and Preservation into a full poss●ssion of Salvation according to the Covenant Thirdly by the Resurrection of Jesus Christ we have sure Confirmation that he ever liveth to raise us up out of the Grave 1 Thess 4.14 2 Cor. 4.14 by his power unto an estate of Immortality and eternal Life we being on him and conforming to him according to the conditions of the Covenant Herein God commended his Love unto us saith the Apostle in that while we were yet Sinners Christ died for us much more than being now justified by his Blood we shall be saved from Wrath through him for if when we were Enemies

for us and why so for thou hast wrought all our Works in us other Lords besides thee have had Dominion over us but by thee only will we make mention of thy Name Isai 26.12 13. It may be said of a Souls coming to God in the Name of Christ as aforesaid as David said of his and the peoples Willingness to offer Provision for the building of the Temple But who am I and what is my People that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort for all things come of thee and of thine own have we given thee 2 Chron. 29.14 For such a frame of Spirit doth flow from a supernatural Work wherein the Creature is taught of God the Duties which he performs do flow as Fruits and Effects of what he hath received from the Lord to the Glory of his Name Thirdly a Christian comes to the Father in the Name of Christ not only upon the account of the Commands nor only because Christ by Divine Discoveries hath wrought an earnest Desire in him after further Enjoyments but also when he comes unto the Father upon the account of the Merits of Christ making his Address to this or the like effect saying Most glorious God and merciful Father in Jesus Christ although my Sins of Omission and Commission by which I have transgressed thy holy and just Law and offended thy Majesty do render me not only unworthy of the least of thy Mercies but also worthy of thy just Condemnation to proceed against me yet forasmuch as thy only Son Jesus Christ in the prosecution of his Prophetick Office hath revealed unto my Soul that the exceeding Riches of thy Grace and free Mercy to thy unworthy Creatures is so abounding that thou hast given thy Son who hath fulfilled thy Law by his actual Obedience thereunto to the end that I thy poor Creature which stand condemned thereby by reason of my manifold Sins whereby I have transgressed the same might receive a free full and absolute Remission Pardon and Deliverance from the Guilt Dominion and Punishment of Sin having an interest in the Righteousness which thy Son by his Obedience hath obtained through the Exercise of that supernatural Grace of Faith wrought in my Soul by the Influence of the Word and Spirit of thy Son I therefore thy poor unworthy Creature am emboldened and somewhat enabled to appear before thee in hope of Acceptation forasmuch as the Riches of thy Grace and free Mercy to thy unworthy Creature is so abounding that thou hast not only given thy Son to fulfil thy Law by his actual Obedience but also passively to suffer the Ignominy and Reproach of the World and patiently to yield and offer up himself in obedience to thy Will and determinate Counsel unto Death even the most shameful Death of the Cross shedding his most precious Blood and undergoing the Terrors of Divine Wrath due unto us for our Transgressions upon which account thou hast declared thy self to be a God well pleased in thy Son and reconciled unto such as through a true and lively Faith are united to unto Him whom thou hast raised again from the dead and set at thine own right hand in Glory now to appear in thy glorious presence for us as an Interceder and Advocate Now therefore most righteous Father as thou hast given unto thy poor Creature this new and living way unto the Throne of Grace to approach thy presence with free access I come unto thee utterly renouncing all my own Righteousness as being not any ways meritorious or deserving the least of the Mercies which thy poor Creature doth enjoy and casting my whole dependency upon the Merits of Jesus Christ my only High-priest Mediator and Advocate for my acceptance with thee I beseech thee therefore even upon the account of thine only Son to grant me a free and full pardon of all my Sins and to seal the assurance thereof unto my Soul by that illuminating quickening sealing and sanctifying Spirit of Truth which proceedeth from thy blessed self and from thy Son my blessed Saviour Therewith do thou enlighten my Understanding that I may understand thy Mind and Will contained in thy Word therewith confirm my Judgment in thy Truth and let me experience the Demonstrations of thy Love in Christ therewith transform and rectifie my rebellious Will and bring it to a conformity to thy Will in all things thereby inable me to mortify my Corruptions and let not Sin have dominion over me thereby do thou draw my Affection unto thy self and let not worldly Vanity be my delight O do thou replenish and satisfie my thirsting Soul In want of Grace we sadly may Our sad Estate condole Nothing but Grace can satisfie The thirsting Christian Soul Grace is attained by that Soul That unto God doth cry By Prayer in the Name of Christ That asks believingly with the rich treasures of thy Grace in Christ through the operating power of thy Spirt of Truth that my heart may abundantly rejoyce in thy saving Benefits and be thoroughly furnished to praise thy Name O Lord hear accept and answer thy poor Creature in these and all other particulars which thou in thy infinite Wisdom judgest most expedient for thy poor Creatures temporal and eternal well-being to the Glory of thy Name even for the meritorious Name sake of thy Son my only Redeemer and Advocate by whom I have received Command Direction and Encouragements to appear before thee for whom thy poor Creatures have always cause to bless and praise thy holy Name unto whom with thee and thy holy Spirit be ascribed as is most due all Glory Power Praise and Obedience by us thy Creatures everlastingly Amen Thus have I briefly delivered my Apprehensions concerning the Creatures going to God the Father by Prayer in the Name of his Son Jesus Christ wherein we may take notice of some particulars as First what great Concernment Christ is to the Believing Soul now in the days of his Exaltation whose Name is a prevailing Principle with the Father in the behalf of all those that come unto God therein Secondly how highly it doth concern every Soul to have an Eye of Faith fixed on him and consider him with a due consideration in all his Benefits Thirdly consider that as I am upon a use of Direction towards the Attainment of that excellent Ornament Prayer in Christs Name is an excell nt means for the attaining to an estate in the Ornament Holiness because it hath precious Promises thereunto annexed Holiness so Prayer in the Name Christ is not one of the least of the means whereby it is attained inasmuch as Jesus Christ who is Truth and cannot lye hath crowned the Duty with a Promise of the Fathers Gift as he hath said Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my Name he will give it you Joh. 16.23 And lest any should reply Lord we know not the Father and how shall we come unto him he annexeth this Promise also to the other

troubles and oppositions the world would raise against them in their faithful obedience unto him so that as the reward of Inheritance is sure and certain to the faithful so the more full accomplishment thereof will at the second coming and glorious appearing of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ be performed But of the day and hour knoweth no man saith our Saviour no not the Angels in Heaven but the Father only Matth. 24.36 But as a Thief in the Night will it come suddenly upon all that dwell upon the Earth the which doth invite every soul to a diligent watchfulness in the way of God and a patient waiting in the expectation thereof Matth. 24.42 The Husband-man saith Saint James waiteth with long patience for the precious fruits of the Earth until he receive the former and latter Rain Be ye also Patient stablish your hearts for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh Jam. 5.7 Cast not away therefore your cenfidence which hath great recompence of reward for ye had need of Patience that after ye have done the will of God ye might receive the promise for he that shall come will come and will not tarry now the Just shall live by Faith c. Heb. 10.35 36 37. Saint John saith he saw under the Alter the Souls of them that were slain for the Word of God and the Testimony that they held crying how long Lord wilt thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the Earth and white Robes were given to every one of them and it was said unto them that they should rest for a little season until their fellow Servants also and their Brethren that should be killed as they were should be fulfilled Rev. 6.9 10. It may be the Lord hath some of his Servants yet to suffer for his sake that his comeing is yet prolonged And white Robes were given them and it was said that they must rest for a little season c. whence Note first That Innocent blood cryeth for the hastening of Christ's coming to judge and revenge its cause against its Persecutors and the Lord will assuredly in due time answer the cryes thereof Secondly Note That Christ's Perfection with the Reward of Salvation being sealed and assured to a Soul by the influences and opperations of the spirit of Christ as a pledge of the Fathers love and special favour should be unto every such soul of an inducing nature to move and draw forth the soul to exercise faith and patience to wait upon the Lord with a dependency upon him to plead its cause and to revenge its wrongs and to perform the accomplishment of all his promises in his own time he that believeth maketh not hast he waiteth God's time as the best time Wherefore considering that the management of a design for holy attainments is attended with such encouragements as God's Approbation and Command and his promise of assistance in the way of attainment and his crowning our endeavours with perfection in his Son and with a Reward of an Eternal Inheritance to be fully possessed by the holy people the Saints of the most high God at the second coming of Christ personally bringing his reward with him therefore Beloved Building up your selves on your most holy faith praying in the Holy Ghost keep your selves in the love of God looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto Eternal Life Jude v. 20. CHAP. XII Containing a Use of Comfort and Consolation unto those persons that are industrious in the management of a design for holy attainments in the way of God's Counsel CHristian Friends having related something in the former Chapter concerning a Reward of Inheritance or Kingdom to be possessed by the holy people at the second comeing of Jesus Christ personally as a matter or ground of encouragement unto Holiness so for a ground of Consolation I would put into consideration something of the priviledges the heirs of this Inheritance shall possess in the possession thereof But I must confess that my capacity is too narrow to comprehend and tongues of Men and Angels too short to declare the excellencies of those priviledges in the latitude thereof But when we shall come to experience the priviledges of that Inheritance by a full possession thereof in the glorious presence of the Majesty of the Eternal Deity in the Heavenly Mansions we may with admiration say as the Queen of Sheba concerning Solomons Wisdom and Magnificence that the one half had not been declared to us And as the Queen of Sheba was by the report she had heard drawn forth to make an experiment of Solomons Magnificence by putting her self upon a Journey to his Court So hoping that some souls may be provoked to put forth it self upon a journey towards the Heavenly Court in the paths of Holiness upon the report of the excellent priviledges thereof to an experiencing of the Magnificence of the same although not the one half be declared Consider with me these few particulars as privilegdes appertaining to the heirs of the aforesaid Inheritance or Kingdom to be experienced by a perfect possession at the second coming of Christ personally The first general priviledge including many particulars we shall consider to consist in that excellent and glorious change of the body which at that day shall be effected in the Resurrection thereof with a uniting of body and spirit in which glorious change the body will be Immortal no more subject unto death a spiritual body no more subject to hunher thurst cold sickness nor any putrifaction whatsoever an Incorruptible body no more subject to sin temptations sorrow fears tears nor terrors neither from the apprehensions of any oppression by man nor any displeasure of Almighty God but a glorious body altogether capable of beholding the glorious Essence beautifical presence of the glorious Majesty of the Lord which excelleth the beholding with a mortal eye for evidences hereunto see 1 Cor. 15. Rev. 7.16 Rev. 21.4 Our Conversation is in Heaven saith the Apostle from whence we look for the Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ who shall change our vile bodies that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious Body according to the working whereby he is able to subdue all things to himself Phil. 3.20 21. We know saith Saint John that when he shall appear we shall be like him for we shall see him as he is 1 Joh. 3.2 Now we see through a glass darkly but then face to face now we know in part but then shall we know as we are known 1 Cor 13.12 He that hath this hope purifieth himself even as he is pure O thou that art in the management of a design for Holy Attainments here is a ground of comfort encouragement and consolation to thy soul although men may kill this vile body and cut thee off in the way they cannot deprive thee of thy end thou shalt be raised again a glorious body like unto him who is able to subdue all things unto