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A61026 Free grace, or, The flowings of Christs blood free to sinners being an experiment of Jesus Christ upon one who hath been in the bondage of a troubled conscience ... / by John Saltmarsh. Saltmarsh, John, d. 1647. 1646 (1646) Wing S485; ESTC R28122 77,906 222

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own person they under the Law saw this day but afar off they saw but the blood of bulls and goats and grace and peace afar off but blessed are our eyes for we see and our ears for we hear that which many Kings righteous men have desired we see the Son of God bleeding himself and are under a more spiritual sprinkling then they they were under a fleshly purifying they were as children and servants that were not at age so had neither the use nor freedom of the heavenly inheritance they were subject to death and bondage we are delivered to serve him without fear they were kept under the school-mastership of the Law we now the fulnesse of time is come enjoy the pretious liberty of the sons of God the light which they lived in before was glorious compared with the darknesse the Nations lived in even under a region and shadow of death but it was darknesse compared with the light of the Gosp●l now light covers the earth and it is not such an enlightening as that of mount Sinai to bondage and fear a light with smoak in it and thunder in it or a light with types and terrour in it but a more clear comfortable and soul-refreshing light the beams of Christ now shine with grace and love upon the souls of his people like the Sun in the Spring-time in whose light there goes a vertue which causes the earth to spring and blossom so do the souls of the Saints under the Sun of righteousnesse now grace mercy and salvation is in the light thereof and love joy peace with all the fruits of the spirit do appear So as Gospel-times have the substance and body of Christ and all that is Christs the Gospel-ministery hath the flowings of the spirit Act. 2.17 18. Joh. 16.17 hath power and life in it to change the soul from glory to glory by the Spirit of the Lord 2 Cor. 5. Joh. 5.25 hath spiritual freedom to set souls at liberty from death and the curse everlasting righteousnesse is brought in Dan. 9. and the fulnesse of age is come so as the severity of the Law the Schoolmaster hath done whipping us we are now under grace Gal. 4.5 6. the Gospel-ministery hath Jesus Christ himself no signe of him no type of him here is no sacrifice now no Moses now but the very Son of God and with him a whole change of the Priesthood and Ordinances now no more Priests to reconcile God but God reconciled and Ministers of reconciliation the Ordinances few clear and spiritual and the ministery free and large no more to Jew onely but to Jew and Gentile even to the world God so loveth the world now that whosoever beleeveth shall have life Isai. 54.1 XLI In what kinde the Gospel is glorious THough the Gospel tels of glorious things yet they that overlook this glory may soon see little of it for in the word there is but a little noise A sad story of one crucified dead and risen all the out-side is but mean the ministery onely a plain businesse of tydings or the foolishnesse of Preaching 1 Cor. 1.18 The other wayes of it plain and homely some water for Baptism a little bread and wine for food The meanest and poorest most commonly for followers and friends of it not many noble nor many mighty 1 Cor. 1. The Ministers of it or preachers and publishers of it but homely What is Paul or Apollo's but Ministers by whom we beleeve 1 Cor. 2.5 The House of God or family or Church some poor ones called Saints in fellowship the Officers but few and plain Pastors Deacons Elders the Laws some bare words of entreaty as well as command all both Word Ministery Officers with all the doings and administrations that concern Christ all suited to a poor crucified dying Jesus to a state of humiliation And thus all so mean as to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishnesse 1 Cor. 1.23 Thus the Gospel looks on the worldly side of it Thus Christ neither striving nor crying nor any one hearing his voice in the streets Matth. 18.19 20. Thus is the work of salvation carried in a mystery This is the wisdom of God in a mystery 1 Cor. 2.7 8. And yet great is this mystery of godlinesse First In Jesus Christ himself though he look like the Carpenters Son yet he is the onely begotten Son of God full of grace and truth The brightnesse of his glory and expresse image of his person John 1.14 Heb. 1.2 The Word it self or Scriptures though a Word or Book like a common writing yet it is a Word of truth The power of God unto salvation Rom. 1.16 The Ministery though but a little plain teaching yet mighty to save to cast down high imaginations to reconcile and the Ministers of it Stewards of the Mysteries of God Ambassadours in Christs stead their feet beautiful with glad tydings to sinners 2 Cor. 47. 2 Cor. 5.20 The people of God or friends of this Gospel though counted the off-scouring of the world yet a spirit of glory resteth on them 1 Pet. 4.14 As dying and yet behold they live as sorrowful and yet alwayes rejoycing as poor yet making many rich as having nothing and yet possessing all things 2 Cor. 6.10 11. The Kingdom of God though a thing not seen yet righteousnesse peace and joy Rom. 14.17 XLII The form of the Gospel or way of dispensation THe Gospel is formed up of exhortations and perswasions We beseech you to be reconciled c. And suffer a word of exhortation c. And of conditional promises c. As Whosoever beleeveth shall not perish c. Of threatnings as he that beleeveth not is condemned c. Of Commandments If ye love me keep my Commandments c. Now this Gospel thus fashioned is on purpose for the better dispensing of it to the souls of his people that his divine and spiritual things might be more naturally conveyed in a notional and natural way as the Key is made fit to the Wards of the Lock And this is the end rather of this Gospel fashion then any supposed free-will in man as some imagine for the Gospel is offered not upon freedom of will in any but that those who are made to receive it should be wrought on in a way as neer to their own condition and nature or reason as can be for none are converted against their will but their will is spiritually changed and so they are made willing in the day of his power God doth not break up the hearts of his people but doth open them and stands and knocks Lydia's heart was opened and he stands at the door and knocks Revel. This is the Gospel-way of his enterance He doth not strive nor cry nor doth any one hear his voice in the streets He doth not force in himself nor any thing of his into the soul but brings in spiritual things so naturally as they cannot nay will not resist XLIII
of these who would persecute that Christ now whom hereafter they may preach But I have done and if I have erred in any thing for I see but in part and know but in part it is in filling out that Wine too freely which the Master of the Feast if I mistake not hath bidden me saying Drink yea drink abundantly O beloved Cant. 5. TO THE READER IN the Experiment of this soul you may see a Spirit of adoption in Bondage and one made poor in Spirit through the ignorance of the riches of grace and by a legal faith as I may say both under Grace and the Law at the same time Surely such legal beleevers are as much subject to death and bondage in their own apprehensions under the Gospel as they were before under the Law You have here the frame of this soul or the constitution and condition of a Spirit before conversion under conversion and under the relapse or falling back into the same sins and under the temptations for those sins and under a legal recovery out of those temptations and under a fuller revelation of grace and truth onely drawn out of their own experiences by which we may see what the want of the knowledge of Jesus Christ is And the more Christ is known and that love of God to the Sons of men which was manifest in the flesh the more that glorious liberty from the Law Sin and Satan is manifested in that soul This made Paul desire so to know nothing but Jesus Christ and him crucified And the more this light of the Gospel shines in the face of Jesus Christ the more doth the ignorance of flesh and blood dissolve and the shadows of the Law as doubts fears terrours which are cast in vanish before it For the day breaks and the shadows flie away The onely scope of this Discourse and Observations is to hold forth the glory of Free-grace and that by this one Experiment Wisdom might be justified of her Children O the riches of his grace O the fountain of his love O the exceeding and comprehensive freenesse and the flowing of his blood washing us when we are polluted in our own Thus he cals us beloved when we are not beloved and we who had not obtained mercy do obtain mercy And I thought my self not a little happy to have such an effectual door as this opened to deal with the experiences of a soul in this kinde And for the following Conference and for my Observations and other particulars I took this occasion to draw out my discourse of Grace and Gospel-glory from the faithful experiences of such a soul wherein the work of nature and grace and spirit and Satan was clearly visible and discernible rather then to found them upon meer notions and conjectural Principles For in the experiences of a soul we may more clearly discern the deep things of the Spirit reading them in the spirits of such as possesse Christ as in the Counterpane of the Scriptures for there truth answers to truth as in water face answers to face THE CONTENTS Of the Book CHAP. I. OF the Parties natural condition and how they felt themselves in their state of nature before they could perswade themselves they had taken Christ Pag. 1. Observations 1. Of the bondage that a meerly carnal man sins in and where true spiritual freedom is p. 3. 2. Of the resistings of sin and sorrowings for sin which are in a natural man p. 5. 3. How far many go in a formal profession and meer natural Religion raised up a little by the power of the Word p. 7. CHAP. II. OF the Parties first trouble for the sins they lived in which is supposed to be the time of conversion or calling or light from Christ p. 11. Observations 1. Of the Preachers several dealings with this Party to settle them and not in a way of beleeving first pag. 26 2. The unstablenesse of such as are not converted in a pure Gospel-way p. 33. 3. The several wayes which the Lord makes use on to salvation p. 35. 4. The want of true Gospel-knowledge in Jesus Christ is the cause of many distractions in beleevers p. 36. 5. The opening Jesus Christ in the Gospel is the best and surest way to deal with sinners p. 39. 6. A further opening of the doubtings of a soul not clearly discerning the power of the Gospel p. 43. 7. The working of the Spirit of Christ in a soul though not so clearly enlightned p. 46. CHAP. III. OF the Parties falling into the same sins in some measure which they had lived in in their unregenerate state from whence all their late bondage hath been P. 50. Observations 1. The danger of placing assurance most in mortification of sin p. 53. 2. The danger of drawing our comforts most from the change in the outward man p. 54 3. The spiritual condition in this life more in being justified from sin then cleansed from sin p. 56. 4. The greatest temptations upon sinning in an enlightned condition p. 57. 5. That back-sliding or relapsing is much mistaken and mortification of sin of the more mystical mortification beleevers have p. 59. 6. The sum of the mystery of mortification of sin in a beleever p. 65. 7. That there is danger in putting too much upon the sin of relapsing or back-sliding in beleevers p. 69. 8. The conclusion concerning the mystical and spiritual mortification p. 73. 9. Some Scriptures concerning falling away interpreted p. 75. CHAP. IV. THe Party after such openings of the frame of their spirit is now discoursed with upon certain particular Questions p. 78. The Parties several Doubts answered 1. That they are not therefore beloved of God or in Christ because they fell back again into sin p. 79. 2. Because they found not a change in the whole man p. 80. 3. Because they feel not themselves sanctified they think they are not justified p. 81. CHAP. V. THe Parties great Doubt concerning faith or beleeving p 92. 1. The great Gospel secret concerning faith or beleeving Ibid. 2. We are first to beleeve and all other gifts will follow p. 97. The several wayes opened how the mystery of Godlinesse and Free-grace hath been received in and in what degrees it hath been enquired for in this present age p. 106. 1. GOds first revealing himself to man in goodnesse and Free-grace p. 107. 2. Gods Free grace to sinners more discovered p. 111. 3. More of Gods Free-grace and Love of mans sin and redemption discovered p. 114. 4. The Son of God how considered in the work of Salvation p. 119. 5. Gods love manifested in the Gospel-expressions p. 124. 6. The new Covenant no Covenant properly with us but with Christ for us p. 125. 7. Gods manner of Covenanting p. 127. 8. They that are under Grace revealed are no more under the Law p. 128. 9. When God is said to be in Covenant with the soul Ibid. 10. A justified person is a perfect person p. 129. 11. Sin separates not