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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A78211	The strong man ejected by a stronger then he. In a sermon preached at Gloucester, the 15th of May, 1660. Being the day his Royal Majesty, King Charles the second, was proclaimed. Shewing, how the strong man Satan is cast out of the palace of the heart, and the Lord Christ possessed thereof. With some application to the present ejectment of the late usurper, Satans confederate, out of the royal palace, and the Lords Christ, King Charles the-second possessed thereof. By Wil. Bartholmevv, M.A. and Vicar of Campden in Gloucester-shire.	Bartholomew, William, vicar of Campden.	1660 (1660)	Wing B979; Thomason E1033_3; ESTC R208957	21,945	35

promises made unto us yea and Amen in Christ fetcheth vertue from his blood our Antidote to repell that poyson and to quench those fiery darts which otherwise would drink up our spirits Receive Christ Jesus into your hearts by Faith set open the everlasting doors and let the King of Glory come into his Palace then let Satans temptations fly like Darts and Arrowes so thick as they may seem to darken the Sun we shall fight in the shade even under the shadow of the wings of the Sun of righteousnesse we shall be safe under his Feathers his faithfulnesse and truth shall be our Shield and Buckler But secondly besides the darts of his temptations 2. Subduing our corruptions he is furnished with armour from our own sins and lusts True but Christs conquest is over Sin as well as Satan he hath delivered us from the punishment of sin by his death and from the power of sin by his Grace Yet all this still upon the condition of the new Covenant to wit a lively Faith in Christ Jesus manifested by Repentance from dead works and a care to live righteously This is not a cause meriting Christs victory but a condition a qualification necessarily required in all that shall partake of his victory which if by us performed then our sins shall never be our ruine Not our sins past he hath cast them all into the depths of the Sea he will blot them out of his remembrance which is in some sort to make them as if they had never been And for those present remainders of sin he will abate their strength by the power of his grace convert our Members to be weapons of righteousnesse unto God and bring us daily to a more intimate communion with himself in knowledge love and obedience Yet thirdly 3. Paying the debt the Law requires of us There is another parcel of armour Satan makes not a little use of the Law He drawes up a charge against us as debtors to the whole Law by us violated and broken and therefore exposed to the wrath of God which is even a consuming fire But ever blessed be our Redeemer and surety Jesus Christ he hath paid the whole debt the debt of universal and exact obedience which we did owe to the Law as a Covenant of works that he hath paid It behoveth us saith he of himselfe to fulfill all righteousnesse The debt of malediction and wrath which the Law inflicteth as a curse that he hath paid being made a curse for us and having done so much he hath wrung the evidences out of Satans hands so that now there is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus The Law being satisfied the deluge of Gods wrath is abated and dryed up and the Father looking on Beleevers through his Son in the midst of Wrath remembers Mercy For is his wrath a Fire the water that flowed out of his side hath quenched it Is it a Cup he hath drank it the potion killed him but cured us Is it a Wine-presse he hath trodden the Wine-presse of his Fathers wrath alone and none of the people were with him Is the severe Justice thereof to be satisfied he hath done it without the impeachment of an iota Is it a debt he hath paid the utmost farthing And to establish the hearts of Beleevers and penitent sinners in this truth that they may have strong consolation it was not without a Mysterie that the Lord sent an Angel to roule away the Stone from the Sepulchre of Christ what needs an Angel he was God as well as Man If stones cleave asunder at his Passion they would remove at his Resurrection True but an Officer an Angel is sent to testifie the debt is paid the Law is satisfied the Prison door is opened and the Prisoner may come forth Let not Satan now boast of his armour his own policy our Sins or the Laws claim Christ hath taken away all his armour wherein he trusted and divideth his spoiles The last Improvement of this great conquest and victory And divideth his spoyles 4. Dividing the spoyls which is spoken in regard of Whereof we have have a good comment in the 4. Chapter of the Epistle to the Ephesians and the 8. verse He hath led Captivity captive and given gifts unto men He hath led Captivity captive 1. Persons is either taken actively or passively actively he that did lead his people his Elect captive to wit the Devil him Christ hath led captive and p Epist Jud. v. 6. reserved him in everlasting chaines under Darknesse unto the Judgement of the great Day Passively he hath led Captivity captive i those that were led captive by Satan the Lord Jesus hath turned their captivity and brought them under his Government to march under his Banner to fight his Battles and to receive his pay Thus then he divides his spoyles disposeth of Satan as his Prisoner of Satans Vassals for his own Free-men so many of them as renounce Satan and come under him for protection Again 2. Gifts and Graces as he divideth his spoyles i he hath given gifts unto men even to the rebellious if they will lay down their weapons of Rebellion take up the gauntlet in his quarrel and go into the field against Sin and Satan Look what we have lost by Adams fall who was foyled by Satan and by our own wilfull disobedience is all restored to us by Christs victory Particularly the Image of God perfect Liberty the Celestial Paradice withall the inexhausted treasures of Grace and Glory conteined in them First 1. The Image of God The Image of God that rich spoyl that best robe Christ hath put upon us so that if you ask a Beleever whose Image and superscription he bears Gods q Col. 3.10 Eph. 4.24 being renewed by Christ in Knowledge in Righteousnesse and Holinesse after the Image of him that created him Secondly 2. Perfect liberty perfect Liberty For if the Son make you Free then are you Free indeed Free from Sin and Free from Death from the terror of the one and from the torment of the other Only abuse not your Liberty saith the Apostle it is a freedome from sin but a freedome to service that having your Heart set at liberty you may the more cheerfully run the wayes of Gods commandements Thirdly 3. The celestial paradise the Celestial Paradise r Col. 1.13 he hath delivered us out of the Power of Darknesse and translated us into the Kingdome of his dear Son a Kingdome of Grace in possession s Ver. 20. the Kingdome of God is come upon you and of t Luk. 22.23 glory in reversion These are the rich spoyles our most puissant conquerour divides amongst his Soldiers I appoint unto you a Kingdome as my Father hath appointed me And having brought your Meditations hither here I shall endeavour to lodge them with some short Application and the shorter it will be because so much