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A50250	An heart-melting exhortation together with a cordiall consolation presented in a letter from New-England to their dear countrymen of Lancashire : which may as well concern all others in these suffering times / by Richard Mather ... and William Tompson ...	Mather, Richard, 1596-1669.; Tompson, William, d. 1666.	1650 (1650)	Wing M1273; ESTC R3673	23,412	92

and notwithstanding all his glorious profession of religion his good estimation amongst others or the good opinion that he hath or hath had of himself he will at death everlastingly perish from the glorious and saving presence of God because it is a most infallible and divine truth that must stand for ever and all flesh shall finde it so that he that hath the Sonne hath life and he that hath not the Sonne hath not life 1 Joh. 5.12 It were therefore much to be desired that there were in men such an heart as was in the Apostle Paul who having many legall priviledges and having been zealous of legall duties so that in respect of the righteousnesse of the Law he was blawelesse yet counted all these things losse for Christs sake for whom he suffered the losse of all and did judge them to be dung that he might winne Christ and might be found in him not having 〈◊〉 own righteousnesse which 〈◊〉 the Law ●ut that which 〈◊〉 by the faith of Christ even the righteousnesse which is of God by faith Phil. 3.4 5 6 7 8 9. An excellent lesson and worthy to be learned by every Christian yea a lesson that must be learned in some measure of truth by all those that must be saved For Christ himself prescribes it as the first particular to him that would be his disciple that he must deny himself Mat. 16.24 And by a mans self that must be denyed he means this self-righteousnesse as well as other things For sure it is that if ever a man must be saved he must be saved by Christ because there is not salvation in any other Act. 4.12 and if by Christ then ● man must beleeve in Christ for without faith a man can have no union nor communion with Christ nor ever please God Eph. 3.17 Heb. 11.6 And if a man have faith in Christ then Christ must be precious in his sight for unto them that have faith he is precious 1 Pet. 2.6 And if Christ be precous in any mans sight then he must loath himself in his own sight and not only cast away all the practice o● wickednesse but all trust and confidence in the filthy rag● of his own righteousnesse Isa. 64.6 that so selling all that ever he hath he may buy that most precious Pearl the Lord Iesus Christ and his righteousnesse Matth. 13.45 A Pearl of such inestimable worth and value that he is most unspeakably happy that ●ath it and of such absolute necessity that they are most wretched and accursed who ●ive and die without it Lastly to name no more particulars This is another and not the least of the sinnes for which our Countreymen should be humbled and repent in the sight of God viz. that the authority and will of Christ Jesus in Church-administrations hath been no more acknowledged and regarded For sith he is the only King and Lord and Law-giver to his Church Psal. 2. ●6 Jam. 4.12 therefore his Church and all things in his Church ought to be established and ordered according unto his appointment or if it be otherwise his royall authority is injured thereby Now if his appointment in these matters were observed then Churches for the quality of their matter should consist of none but Saints and visible beleevers Isa. 60.21 Ezek. 44.7 9. Zach. 14. ult. Ephes. 1.1 and for the quantity thereof no greater number but one Congregation 1 Cor. 14.23 Then functions and offices of ministery which are not from heaven but from men Mat. 21.25 should not be tolerated in his Church nor any of those functions and offices be wanting which the Lord Jesus hath appointed and ordained Eph. 4.11 Phil. 1.1 1 Tim. 5.17 Then none should be chosen or received unto any office in the Church but such as are qualified with gifts for their places 1 Tim. 3.2 3. c. nor should their entrance into their places be without the choice and free consent of the Church Act. 1.23 6.3 5. 14.23 and when they are entred they should execute their places with all diligence and faithfullnesse 1 Cor. 4.1 1 Tim. 5.17 and the worship which in these Churches should be performed should not be by the precepts and canons of men but according to the will and word of God with discipline administred according to the rule of Christ●Mat 18.15 16 17. In all which particulars the Lord knows there hath been great swerving from the appointment of Christ both in your Countrey and in other places of England in that prophane and vile men have been allowed for members of the Church and the signs and seals of the body and bloud of Christ prophanely administred to such whom the Scripture calleth dogges and swine Matth 7.6 Also in that besides the Congregationall Church appointed by Christ there have been Diocesan and Provinciall Churches which he appointed not and Arch-Bishops Lord-Bishops Deans Chancellors and many more functions and offices in the Church which were all invented and devised by men and Pastors Teachers Elders and Deacons which he himself appointed greatly neglected and out of use Many have been admitted to the ministery which have been altogether unfit for any such weighty and sacred emploiments and obtruded upon the Congregations by Patrons and Prelates and when they have been in their places have been most negligent and unfaithfull therein not minding the glory of God nor the salvation of the peoples souls and Ecclesiasticall Discipline hath been administred by Officers and Laws and Canons and Courts and worship performed by Service-book and Ceremonies in many particulars of all which it may be truly said they are things which the Lord never commanded nor did they ever come into his heart as Jer. 7.31 But here it may be some man may say If things have been amisse in these particulars what is that to us we hope it is not our fault Such an one we would pray to consider that in many particulars the people have been willing enough yea too willing of these corruptions that have been invented and imposed by others as when the Prophets prophesied falsly and the Priests did bear rule by their means and the people loved to have it so Jer. 5.31 And where it hath been so that the people have been willing of these corruptions there the people have reason to be humbled for them though the things were first invented and imposed by others But say it had been against their mindes that such corruptions have been practised yet it should greatly grieve a godly heart to see such injury done to Christ Jesus a● that other laws besides his and other Lords besid●s him should have dominion over the people of God Isa. 26.13 and such injury done unto the Church of Christ a● that by means of these usurpations and impositions of men sh● should be bereaved of a grea● part of that spirituall liberty which was purchased for her by the price of his precious bloud and lastly it should grieve every Christian heart in

and so iniquity shall not be your ruine for the Lord hath said and sworn that as he liveth he taketh no pleasure in the death of the wicked but rather that he turn from his way and live turn you turn you wherefore will you die The very Angels of heaven will be glad at the day of your conversion But if you harden your hearts and refuse to hearken to the gracious call of the Lord your damnation is just your bloud will be upon your own heads you have been warned and warned again and again by many worthy Ministers and messengers of God that have preached in your Congregations and amongst others you have been warned heretofore by us in preaching and now by us in writing But besides this sinne of prophanenesse and open ungodlinesse there is another evill no lesse dangerous which is often found amongst them that professe more purity and reformation of life and that is when men blesse themselves in their own righteousnesse and think their condition safe and good meerly because of some legall reformation without any feeling of their need of Christ any high prizing of him any earnest longing for him any true relying or resting on him That it is incident to professors to offend in this kinde is plain by that which is written of the Pharisees that they trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others and accordingly one of them is brought in boasting of himself before God that he was not like other men he was no extortioner no adulterer no unjust person nor like that Publican but he fasted twice a week he gave tithes of all that he possessed and the like And it is said of the nation of the Jews generally that they being ignorant of the righteousnesse of God and going about to establish their own righteousnesse did not subject themselves to the righteousnesse of God Which place doth also shew the dangerous condition of all such justitiaries in this respect that being so full of their own righteousnesse they submit not themselves to the righteousnesse of God nor unto Christ Jesus who is the end of the Law for righteousnesse to every one that beleeves But of this you may be sure that whatever a mans righteousness may be unlesse he were one that had never sinned he hath nothing in him that is of any worth for the present justification of his person nor for the everlasting salvation of his soul For the text is plain that in Gods sight there is no flesh living that can be justified Psal. 143.2 And therefore such holy men as David Daniel Nehemiah Paul and others durst not stand to be tried and justified that way Psal. 143.2 Dan. 9.18 Neh. 13.22 Phil. 3.9 but have been glad to fly for this matter only to the free mercy and grace of God and the righteousnesse of Christ Jesus which is by faith and you will finde that it will be best for you to do the like It may be you will say We have no need to be told of this for we are not Papists to hold justification by works but do beleeve that justification is by faith only without the works of the Law Neverthelesse we cannot think it needlesse for men to be put in minde of this matter I partly because there are many the Lord knows in that dear countrey of ours who discover themselves to be deeply tainted with this as well as other points of Popery and partly because this Popery this pride and self-love is naturall to all the sons of men being a part of that originall sinne which is common to all as well as to those that make direct profession of popery and therefore your selves unlesse you were free from all originall corruption are in danger of this relying upon self-righteousnesse as well as Papists nay we fear be it spoken without offence that there are sundry amongst you that do so rely indeed and though they be not outwardly culpable in respect of popery and prophanenesse but professe a stricter and purer way yet in very truth are in no better condition to God-ward then others are as being utterly without part and portion in Christ Jesus For the manifesting whereof we hope you will easily grant that whoever hath no more religion in him but what might have been attained if Christ had never been such an one whatever relgion he may seem to have is certainly without Christ and in a state of death unto this day And that so it is with many professors may appear by this that trouble of conscience for sinne and reformation of life after that troubler is all the religion that is found in many professors for let a man attain to these two to be stung in conscience for his sinne and afterwards to take up a stricter course of life in the practice of good duties as praier in his family frequenting of Sermons conversing with Christians and such like and how many are there that hereupon would account themselves and be accounted by others to be right good Christians and in a most blessed condition Whenas the truth is all that is here mentioned is no more then might be wrought by the Law though Christ Jesus had never come into the world For a serious consideration of the curses of the Law being threatned might produce the one and the serious consideration of the duties of the Law being pressed urged might produce the other but both the one and the other without Christ and consequently both the one and the other without salvation sith there is no salvation without Christ Wherefore dear friends in the bowels of Jesus Christ we do beseech you examine your selves whether it be thus with you or with any of you ask your selves this Question whether any Evangelicall and saving work of grace and faith in Christ be yet wrought in your souls or whether all that yet you have had experience of doe amount to no more but legall affrightment and legall amendment And if upon examination any soul amongst you shall finde his condition to be no better then this that here we are speaking of in the name of God let such a soul be deeply humbled and repent in dust and ashes for this amongst all his other sinnes that he hath prized Christ no more thinking himself to be rich and encreased in goods and to have need of nothing because of legall duties and ●●mmon graces not knowing how through want of Christ Jesus in his soul he hath all this while been miserable and wretched and blinde and poor and naked And let a man consider with himself and the Lord grant that he may consider it seriously that it is not all this humiliation and reformation that can make satisfaction to the justice of God for any one though but the least of all his manifold transgressions nor justifie his person in the sight of God and therefore if he die in this condition which God forbid he will certainly die accursed