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A93931	A second champion, or, Companion to truth: Wherein is shewed these particulars, or tenets. 1 Of miracles. 2 The reasons wherefore so few imbrace the gospell. 3 Of the first covenant, and the second covenant. 4 Of the father and the son. 5 Of Heaven. 6 Of Hell. 7 Of Glory. 8 Of faith. 9 Of the resurrection, and the eternall judgement. 10 Of visible worship. 11 A postscript. By Richard Stookes preacher of the Gospell	Stooks, Richard, fl. 1651-1652.	1650 (1650)	Wing S5740cA; ESTC R231910	98,234	235

mouth of God in all their Doctrine speaking of the Resurrection and the day of judgement and preaching the judgements of God against wicked men which was a great part of their Doctrine in all their preaching and whether do not those that deny the Resurrection question all the rest of their Doctrine to be false by this their Tenet of denying the Resurrection for if their Doctrine of the Resurrection be false then why may not you also question all the rest of their Doctrine to be false for deny the Doctrine of the Resurrection and you may as well deny all the rest but how vile and wicked this Tenet is let all wise men try and judge 15. Whether is not this a most Atheisticall Tenet to deny the Resurrection and whether is not this the same that the Atheists hold in 2 Pet. 3. 4. saying Where is the promise of his comming for since the Fathers fell asleep all things continue as they were from the beginning of the Creation and being ignorantly willing of this their wicked Tenet not knowing that One day with the Lord is as a thousand yeares and a thousand yeares as one day for the Lord is not slack of his comming as some count slacknesse but is long suffering to us ward not willing or consulting that any should perish but that all men should come to a change Ver. 8. 9. And thus you see there were such Atheists in the Apostles times who were wilfully ignorant of the Resurrection and the comming of Christ but this shal be the perdition of ungodly men to their utter destruction and now I shall further prove that there is a Resurrection 1. Christ will tell thee that there is a Resurrection when he saith I am the resurrection and the life Joh. 11. 25. that is he is an infallible testimony of the Resurrection in being risen from the dead and hath trampled death under his feet and hath shewed us that as he rose from the dead so also shal we be raised up by the same power and when he was asked a question concerning Marriage he told them they erred not knowing the Scripture and the power of God for in the Resurrection they neither married nor were given in marriage but were like unto the Angels of God in heaven Mat. 22. 29 30. And as touching the Resurrection have you not heard in the Prophets what God spake saying I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob now God is not the God of the dead but of the living and that the Saints shal be recompenced at the resurrection of the just Luke 14. 14. and that they that shall be accounted w●●thy to obtaine that world and the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage neither can they doe any more for they are equall with the Angels and are the children of God being the children of the Resurrection Luk. 20. 34 35 36. and Moses shewed you at the Bush of the Resurrection ver 37. And Christ saith further Marvell not at this for the houre is comming when all that are in the Graves shall heare his voyce and shall come forth they that have done good to the resurrection of life and they that have done evill to the resurrection of condemnation Joh. 5. 28 29. and thus you see the words of Christ which are sufficient to satisfie any reasonable man that there is a Resurrection 2. Christs Apostles will tell thee that there is a Resurrection of which they are witnesses Act. 1. 22. Preaching through Jesus the resurrection of the dead Acts 4. 2. and for which Doctrine Paul was called in question for preaching the resurrection Act. 24. 22. For since by man came death by man also came the resurrection of the dead 1 Cor. 15. 22. and therefore the Apostle pressed forward that he might be made partaker of the glory of this resurrection Phil. 3. 10. 11. and this was a principle of the Gospell that they taught as you may see Heb. 6. 2. And in the 11 Heb. the Apostle sheweth you an epitome of the glorious Acts of the Saints of former times what they under-went that they might obtaine the glory of a better Resurrection Heb. 11. 35. And so we are bego●ten to a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ 1 Pet. 1. 3. For God hath hath raised up the Lord Christ and will also raise up us by his owne power 1 Cor. 6. 14. And knowing that God the Father which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Iesus and shall present us with you 2 Cor. 4. 14. and thus the Apostles cleare the truth of this Doctrine that there is a resurrection 3. The day of Judgement will tell thee that there is a Resurrection and thus saith the wise Solomon For God shall bring every work into judgement with every secret thing whether it be good or evill Eccles 12. 14. And therefore Christ saith It shall be more tolerable for Sodome and Gomorrah in the day of judgement then for those that reject the Gospel Mat. 10. 15. And I say unto you that for every idle word that men shal speak they shall give account thereof in the day of judgement for by thy words thou shalt be justified and by thy words thou shalt be condemned Mat. 12. 36 37. And saith Christ The words that I have spoken shall judge you at the last day Joh. 12. 48. And therefore Christ is ordained of God to be a judge of the quicke and the dead Act. 20. 42. For God hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousnesse by the man Christ whom he hath appointed Act. 17. 31 And the disobedient or wicked treasure up wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgement of God Rom. 2. 5. And when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my Gospel Rom. 2. 16. And we shall all stand before the judgement seat of Christ Rom. 14. 10. For to this end Christ hath dyed and rose againe that he might be the Lord both of the dead and living vers 9. For we must all appeare before the judgement seat of Christ that every man may receive according to that he hath done in the body whether it be good or bad 2 Cor. 5. 10. And it is appointed for all men once to dye and after that commeth judgement Heb. 9. 27. And Enoch the seventh from Adam prophesied of this saying Behold the Lord commeth with ten thousand of his Saints to execute judgement upon all Jude 14 15. For the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to reserve the unjust to the day of judgement to be punished 2 Pet. 29. And the Angels are reserved in chaines of darknesse untill the judgement of the great day Jude 6. And thus I have shewed that there is a Judgement For it is appointed for all men once to dye and after

these dayes such as hold there is no Resurrection but in this life and such are in but a sad condition whose hope are perished from the Land of the living and goe out of this world worse then they came in for when they came into this world there was some hope in them to receive a better world but now the death of these men is worse then their birth and beginning but the Resurrection is that which is desired of all the Saints hoping and longing for the day for their Redemption to wit the Resurrection of the dead for then the Saints shall enter into their inheritance which was prepared for them from everlasting time and therefore for my owne comfort and for the comfort of the Saints I shall endeavour to speake a word or two of the Resurrection and first I shall prove that there is a Resurrection and then I shall shew how we shall be raised Now the reasons to prove that there shall be Resurrection are these First God doth declare to all the world that he did not intend the creature should dye for ever because he sent his Sonne to declare to the contrary that all men shall rise and that he is the resurrection of the dead John 11. 25. and the first fruits of them that sleepe and that as he was raised from the dead so shall all men be raised by the same power and shall conquer and trample death under their feet 2. There will be a Resurrection that God may manifest his great power to all men in raising them from the dead that thereby it may be seen how glorious he is in all his undertakings in so wonderfull an act as to raise them from the dead by his glorious power which will be manifest at that day 3. That he might fulfill his promises who hath promised that we shall see him as he is and shall injoy his face and presence in the Throne of his glory with that glorious company of Angels that attend his presence to behold his beauty and to joy in his presence where is fulnesse of joy and pleasure for evermore 4. There shall be a Resurrection that hee may give unto every one according to his works and reward the Saints with blessing and the wicked with cursing and to give to every man according to his desert 5. There is a Resurrection because that God hath promised to restore the Creation to its first purity in making a new heaven and a new earth where in shall dwell righteousnesse and to make his power and glory appear as at the first 6. It hath beene the beleefe of the Saints that there shall be a Resurrection Job saith I know that my Redeemer liveth and that hee shall stand at the latter day upon the earth and though this flesh be destroyed with wormes yet in my flesh shall I see God whom I shall see for my selfe and mine eyes shall behold him though my reines be consumed within me Job 19. 25 26 27. and then shall the gates of death be opened Job 38. 17. And David saith Thou settest me before thy face for ever Psal 41. 12. And Esay saith Thy dead men shall live together with my dead bodies shall they arise Awake and sing ye that dwell in the dust for the dens is as the dens of herbs and the earth shall cast out her dead Esay 26. 19. And the Apostle to the Heb. 11. doth recite a Catalogue of the Saints who all dyed in the faith and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth that they might obtaine a better resurrection as vers 23. 35. 7. If there be no Resurrection then the faith of the Saints is void and all their hopes are perished and their glory is at an end and they all as lost creatures and their condition very sad 8 If there be no Resurrection then the Saints have lost their reward and all their labour is in vain in seeking for a better Kingdome and a better inheritance for if there be no Resurrection then there is no heaven nor no glory after this life then we shall never injoy the presence of God and Christ nor those glorious Angels nor the heaven of glory 9. If there be no Resurrection then the wicked will be in a better estate then the godly for they have had their portion in this life and have glutted themselves with the pleasures of this world and have had all the delights of the sonnes of men and have satisfied their hearts to the full and the people of God have weaned themselves from all the pleasures and delights of this world and have lost all the glory thereof and have been despised of all men in hopes of a better life and all in vain if there be no Resurrection 10 If there be no Resurrection the wicked shall never be punished for all the wickednesse that they have acted against the Lord then they will never bee called to account for all their blaspheming his glorious Name their swearing and cursing their drunkennesse and whoredome with their shedding of innocent blood their wicked pride and basenesse with all their abominations if there be no Resurrection this is the day they looke for then they might commit all wickednesse with greedinesse for what should they feare if there be no Resurrection 11. If there be no Resurrection then the Devills shall not be punished for they are reserved in chaines of darknesse till the great day but if there be no Resurrection then there will be no judgement and so they will never be punished and they would not cease to reigne nor injoy ●●eir wicked power for ever then what need the Devils feare and tremble if there be● no Resurrection they need not fear any judgement to come 12. If there be no Resurrection then we may live as we list and injoy all the pleasures we can in this life to injoy the sight of our eyes and the desires of our hearts and eate and drinke and be merry for to morrow we dye and so all our glory is at an end for then we have onely our portion in this life if there be no Resurrection then all our glory is at an end 13. Those that hold this Tenet to wit that there is no Resurrection whether doe not they question whether there be a God for if there be no Resurrection then they may question whether there be a God or if there be a God yet he is not able to performe his promises for he hath made many large promises that there shall be a Resurrection but he is not able to performe it for there shall be none and what do these men else but question God and the power of God and whether is not this blasphemy think you in the highest nature and whether shall not this great God one day judge such Sadduces as these are 14 Whether doe not those that deny the Resurrection question all the Prophets and Apostles and that which they spake by the

Grave but the smiles of God will bring me to Heaven and therefore it is better to dye in the favour of the Lord then in the favour of men for were I a lover of the World I were an enemy to God I desire to leave the honours riches and pleasures of this world for a better I am willing to leave the glory of this life for I looke for a better for I desire to undergoe all the fury of Hell to have a Heaven My time is but short I desire to bid adiew to the world for what is the world but vanit● all the honours are but dishonours and all the riches i● but poverty all the joy is but sorrow and all the pleasure is but displeasure and had I no better comfort then what is in this life I were in a sad condition for I live in hope of a better resurrection and so I hope dost thou which if thou dost thou wilt like my workes the better and so farewell Richard Stookes A Second CHAMPION to the TRVTH CHAPTER 1. Of working of Miracles ANd first I shall begin to speak of Miracles which so many dote upon in these dayes waiting for visible signes and some great Revelation and to them I shall say as Christ said unto the Scribes and Pharisees that the Kingdom of God cometh not with observation for they looked that Christ should come with abundance of earthly pompe and glory but Christ tells them they were deceived for the Kingdom of God consisted not of outward glory and excellency for saith he the Kingdom of God is within you it is more of substance then of shew more glorious within then without and the Miracles more inward then outward Miracles of a more spiritual nature to appear in the inward man to the beating down of every strong hold and therefore those outward miracles are swallowed up of inward miracles of a more glorious nature the one being a type of the other as the outward man was a type of the inward man and therefore my work shall be in this Chapter to shew you my reasons why I conceive that Miracles in a visible way a●e to cease in that age So that this is my meaning that the Miracles of Christ and his Apostles in a visible way were to cease in that age 1. Because Miracles were to testifie of Christs coming in the flesh and therefore when Christ came he came with signes and wonders as his casting out of Devils Mat. 12. 22. and Luke 11. 17. Of his healing the sick and curing them of their Diseases as you may see Mat. 15. 30. In giving sight to the blind and hearing to the death and speech to the d●●● making the lame to go as raising up the d●●● and all this he was to do to manifest himself to the World that he was the Christ Is●i●● 35. 5. 6. chap. 61. 1. Mat. 11. 5. And thus 〈◊〉 came to be known of John Baptist as you 〈◊〉 see Mat. 11. 4. 5. Together with the 〈◊〉 of the Holy Ghost descending upon him in the likeness of a Dove Luke 3. 22. John 1. 33. And thus he was manifest to John as to all the World doing such works as never man did whereby he might appear to be the Christ to leave all men without excuse as John 15. 24. in doing such works as were never done from the beginning in opening the eyes of the blind John 9. 32. and in shewing such signes wonders which were not before recorded least the world should take up to much time in the searching thereof and in doteing more upon his acts then upon the end of his coming John 20 30. 21. 25. As also further the Apostles were gifted for the same end to manifest Christ to be come in the flesh working miracles both before and after his ascensio● that thereby they might manifest to the World that he was the Christ and for that and they were promised by Christ to receive the gifts of the Holy Ghost Luke 24. 49. which was performed in Acts 2. 1. 2. The gifts of the spirit being powred upon them insomuch that they were able to speak infallibly to work Miracles and to speak with new Tongues and to understand all Languages under Heaven 〈◊〉 2. 6. Even for this very end that they 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that he was the Christ both at 〈◊〉 and to the 〈◊〉 pa●ts of the Earth Act. 1. 8. And thus the Lord granted signes and wonders to be done by the hands of the Apostles to give Testimony to the word of his grace Act 14. ● who did manifest to the world that all the wonders that they wrought were in the name and power of Jesus Acts 4. 10. shewing in their preaching that this was the end for which Miracles were on foote even to testifie of Christ Acts 2. 22. And this was one end for which Miracles were given to hold forth the coming of Christ 2. Miracles were to confirm the Covenant of grace which was to be established as firm as the first for when the first Covenant was given out it was ratified with signes and wonders for all the Mountaine was on fire and there were thunderings and lightnings and voices and so terrible was the sight that it made Moses the man of God tremble So terrible were the signes Heb. 12. 18. 19. 22. And thus you see the first Covenant was ratified with Miracles and so also was the second which is a better Covenant estableished upon better promises Heb. 8. 6. And also more glorious Miracles of a more spiritual nature for the Miracles of the first Covenant were more outward and terrible But the Miracles of the 2. Covenant are more inwardly 〈◊〉 comfortable which did accompany the Appostles in their Ministry confirming the truth by signes and wonders Mark 16. the last Act. 19. 10. 11. And thus did the Lord Jesus Christ himself also confirm the Doctrine of the Gospel with more Miracles then ever any word was before from the beginning of the World so that you may see that the Doctrine of Christ and his Apostles wanted not Miracles to confirm it God the Father also bearing witness with signes and wonders and divers gifts of the Holy Ghost Heb. 2. 4. That it might appear the Covenant was the more glorious and more excellent firm and sure being so wonderfully ratified and confirmed with Miracles And thus you see a second Reason wherefore Miracles were on foot even to confirm the truth of the Gospell Now a third reason wherefore Miracles were on foot was this even to confirm the calling and Ministry of the Apostles who were to lay the Foundation both for Doctrine and practise which the World was to follow in after Ages to the end of the World For we are built upon the Foundation of the Prophets Apostles Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone Eph. 2 20. In being the Authour both of their Doctrine and Practise and therefore you see it was requisite that Miracles should

covenant Now the parties covenanting are the Father and Son for the Father strikes a covenant with the Son that he should teach all men and to do his will in declaring glad tidings to all the sonnes and daughters of men and to manifest his love to the world as you may see John 3. 16. so that if they do imbrace the grace and mercy offered them they may live and this doth appear by the words of the Father himselfe that this is truth for he saith As I live I will not the death of a sinner but that he live Ezek. 18. 32. and doth manifest the same in Isai 49. 6. where he saith That it was a small or light thing that Christ should be his servant to raise up the Tribes of Jacob and to restore the desolations of Israel but I will also give thee a light to the Gentiles and thou shalt be my salvation to the end of the earth to establish the earth and to cause to inherit the desolate heritages that thou maist say to the prisoners come forth and to them that are in darknesse shew your selves Isai 19. 6. 8. 9. And thus you see the Engagement of the Father For it is good and acceptable in his sight that he will have all 〈◊〉 to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth 1 Tim. 2. 3. 4. and consulteth not that any man should perish but that all men should come to repentance 2 Pet. 3. 9. And for this end the Father hath inabled the Son with all sufficiency being full of grace and truth and giving all power into his hands whereby he might be the better inabled to do the same and thus the Father frees himselfe in giving all sufficient power unto the Son whereby he might teach all men and to performe the Covenant on his part and thus you see the incomprehensible love of the Father that he should engage himselfe thus unto the world that he would send his Son to be a Teacher to all the world so that this is the condemnation that light is come into the world and men love darknesse rather then light And so it doth appear that the Father is not wanting on his part to give light unto the Son that the Son might not be wanting on his part to give light to the world And then in the next place the Son strikes a covenant with the Father for these are the parties covenanting as you may see 1 Tim. 2. ● For there is one Mediator between God and man the man Christ Jesus who is called the ●●gel of the Covenant And the Mediatour between God and man who strikes a covenant with the Father saying Lo I come to do thy will O God for thus it is written of me in the volume of thy book to do thy will O God Heb. 10. 1. And so the Son covenants with the Father to do his will For I came to do the will of him that sent me and to declare his mind to the world and so he teaches all men as he himselfe doth declare when he saith When I am ascended I will draw all men unto me John 12. 32. And these are the words of Christ who was never wanting to fulfill his word for he drawes all men as you shall see First By the Works of creation As the heavens declare the glory of God and the earth sheweth forth his handy-worke day unto day uttereth speech and night unto night teacheth knowledge and there is no place where their voyce is not heard for their line is gone through the whole earth and their words unto the end of the world Psam 19. 1. 2. 3. and thus you see Christ drawes all men by the works of creation every creature indeed being a Gospel-Teacher Col. 1. 23. For that which may be known of God is manifest in them even the eternall power of God and the Godhead so that they are left without excuse Rom. 1. 19. 20. so that Christ drawes all men by the workes of creation which are as a naturall eye to see the Sun Secondly Christ drawes all men by Gospel-manifestation and therefore the Gospell is to ●e preached to all Nations Mat. 28. and th●●ery creature Marke 16. And they have not obeyed the Gospel is not for want of hearing for the sound of the Gospel is gone through the earth and their words unto the end of the world Rom. 10. 18. The Gospell being preached to every or in every creature as you may see Col. 1. 29. and therefore Christ himselfe doth declare that the Gospell must be preached to all the world as you may see Mat. 24. 14. for a witnesse to all the world before the end shall come And thus Christ is not wanting to preach the Gospell For as by the sinne of one man death came upon all men to judgement even so by the righteousnesse of one the free-gift came upon all men to justification of life Rom. 5. 19. For this is the command of God that all men should believe in the Son he that doth not maketh God a lyer because he believes not the record that God gave of his Son 1 John 5. 10. And thus you may see that Christ is not wanting on his part to teach all men For this was the end of his coming that all men through him might believe Thirdly He drawes all men by the spirits revelation which was prophesied of before that he would poure out of his spirit upon all flesh Joel 2. 28. and that all flesh should see the salvation of God Mat. 3. 8. 〈◊〉 that grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared unto all men teaching them Tit. 2 11. so that all men through him might believe John 1. 7. For he is the light of the world and the true light that lightens every man that cometh into the world John 1. 9. And thus he hath promised to do unto the worst of men as to the simple ones and such as delight in their scorning yea unto fools that hate knowledge and would have poured his spirit upon them had not they rejected it as you may see Prov. 1. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. saying Vnto you Oh men do I call and my voice is to the sonnes of men but seeing I have called and you have refused I will also refuse you saith the Lord. And thus you see the truth of this thing now will you say that Christ is wanting to teach any man the way to salvation whereby he might be saved and if he be you will lay the fault in him which he doth deny saying This is the condemnation that light is come into the world and they love darknesse rather then light because their deeds are evill and will not come to the light John 3. 19. 20. And thus I have shewed you how Christ doth performe his part of the covenant in a word or two which is to teach all men whereby they might believe and imbrace the Gospell and lay hold of eternall life