it can do us no harm 2. VVhen our sins are pardoned we may be assured our Souls shall be saved for God glorifieth all whom he justifieth Rom. 8.30 Whom he justified them he also glorified Tit. 3.7 That being justified by his grace we should be made Heirs according to the hope of eternal life 3. Jesus Christ by his death and sufferings hath obtained for all that are his freedom from eternal condemnation and this is a ground of strong consolation under all the troubles of this life and against the fears and terrours of Death There is not any one person that belongeth to Christ that hath an interest in Christ that shall come into condemnation Rom. 8.1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus That our Lord Jesus Christ hath redeemed all that are his from eternal condemnation is evident several wayes 1. Because Christ dyed for us Rom. 8.34 Who shall condemn It is Christ that dyed The Death of Christ is our security from Eternal Death He laid down his life on purpose to ransome us from Eternal condemnation Math. 20.28 The Son of man came to give his life a ransome for many out of respect to and for the sake of this ransome God will deliver all that are Christs from going down into the bottomless pit Job 33.24 Deliver him from going down into the pit for I have found a ransom 2. The ground and cause of our Condemnation is taken away by the Death of Christ which is sin For God condemneth no man but for sin and therefore Christ having by his Death taken away our sins hath taken away condemnation from us 3. God out of respect to the death and sufferings of Christ hath promised that none that believe in Christ shall come into condemnation Joh. 3.16 18. God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth on him should not perish but should have everlasting life He that believeth on him is not condemned Job 5.24 Verily verily I say unto you he that heareth my word and believeth on him that sent me hath everlasting life and shall not come into condemnation but is passed from Death unto Life 4. The Keys of Hell are in the hands of Jesus Christ he hath power to cast into Hell and to keep out of Hell whom he pleaseth Rev. 1.18 I am he that liveth and was dead and behold I am alive for evermore Amen and have the Keys of Hell and of Death And if the Keys of Hell be in the hands of Christ then all they that are Christs are upon sure grounds that they shall not come into condemnation for he will not in any wife cast any of his Members into eternal torments Joh. 6.37 Him that cometh unto me I will in no wise cast out And seeing all they that are Christs are redeemed from eternal condemnation this may comfort them under all the troubles of this world and against the fears and terrors of Death It may scatter and dispel all our sorrows and fill our hearts with joy and gladness when we understand and believe that we are ransomed and delivered from eternal torments Isa 35.10 The ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with Songs and everlasting joy upon their heads they shall obtain joy and gladness and sorrow and sighing shall flee away This hath relation to the deliverance of the Jews out of the Babylonian Captivity which was a type of our deliverance from eternal misery when God brought them out of their captivity they were filled with joy and singing Psal 126.1 2. When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion Then was our mouth filled with laughter and our tongue with singing Now if there were such joy and singing by the ransomed of the Lord that were delivered from Babylon what joy and gladness may arise to the ransomed of the Lord from their deliverance from Hell torments Hell is a worse place than Babylon the captivity of Babylon was but for 70 years but Hell torments are for Eternity David speaks of his deliverance from Hell as an unexpressible Mercy and that he would praise God with all his heart and glorifie him for evermore for such a great mercy Psal 86.12 13. I will praise thee O Lord my God with all my heart and I will glorifie thy name for evermore for great is thy mercy toward me and thou hast delivered my Soul from the lowest Hell And this his deliverance from the lowest Hell was a comfort to him when the proud rose up against him and the assemblies of violent men sought after his Soul ver 14.17 When we know and believe that we are freed from condemnation by the death of Christ this may cause us to triumph over death when we are killed all the day long and counted as Sheep for the slaughter Rom. 8.34 36 37. Who shall condemn It is Christ that dyed For thy sake we are killed all the day long we are accounted as Sheep for the slaughter Nay in all these things we are more then Conquerors through him that loved us When we are freed from condemnation we may triumph over Death though we walk in danger of Death all the day long more than Conquerours triumph over their conquered enemies IV. They that are Christs have a sure and undoubted right to eternal life and that sure hope which they have of eternal life is a ground of strong consolation under all the troubles of this life and against the fears and terrours of Death They that are Christs have a sure and undoubted right to Eternal Life 1 Joh. 5.12 He that hath the Son hath Life It is not said he shall have Life but he hath Life that is he may be as sure of it as if he had it already He hath an undoubted right an unquestionable Title to eternal life He hath it in the purpose and decree of God he hath it in the promise of God And that by life here is meant eternal life is evident from the following words they that have Christ dwelling in their hearts by Faith have a sure ground and foundation for their hope of eternal glory Col. 1.27 Christ in you the hope of Glory That all that are Christs have an undoubted right to and sure grounds to hope for eternal Life may be demonstrated several wayes 1. Our Lord Jesus Christ dyed on purpose that he might purchase and procure eternal life for all that should believe on him Joh. 3.14 15. As Moses listed up the Serpent in the Wilderness so must the Son of man be lifted up that whosoever believeth on him should not perish but have eternal life By the lifting up of the Son of man is meant his suffering death upon the Cross Joh. 12.32 33. And this death he suffered that he might purchase eternal life for all that should believe on him 1 Thes 5.9 10. God hath not appointed us unto wrath but to obtain Salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ
thy strength O Lord and in thy Salvation how greatly shall he rejoyce 3. As Christ comforts his afflicted people by the gracious visits which he gives them so also by raising and strengthning their Faith in times of trouble and causing them to stay themselves upon God in an evil day For the staying the mind upon God is a means to keep the Soul in peace under the greatest dangers Isa 26.3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee because he trusteth in thee 4. Jesus Christ comforteth his afflicted people with the hope of Eternal Life which he promiseth to such as are in a suffering condition if they continue faithful to the death Rev. 2.10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer be thou faithful unto Death and I will give thee a Crown of Life 2 Tim. 2.12 If we suffer we shall also reign with him Rom. 5.2 And rejoyce in hope of the glory of God Vse I. If an interest in Christ be such a ground of Consolation then here is reproof 1. For those that content themselves with a Worldly Interest and take no care no pains to get an interest in Christ but neglect Christ Such mens case is sad For 1. The world is a poor portion for all worldly enjoyments abstracted from God and Christ are nothing but vanity and vexation of Spirit 2. All the world will avail a man nothing when he comes to dye It will give no ease to a troubled Conscience no pardon of Sin no help to Heaven 1 Tim. 6.7 We can carry nothing of it away with us into another world 3. They that have neglected Christ and the Salvation purchased by Christ shall not escape the wrath of God in the other World Heb. 2.3 2. For those that have an interest in Christ and yet live very discontentedly either for want of some things which they desire as Parts Riches Friends a setled Condition or for the loss of some things which God hath taken away from them or because of some crosses or troubles that they meet with in the World Vse II. Of Examination Have we a true saving interest in Christ can we say Christ is ours and we are his Quest How may we know whither Christ be ours A. 1. If we love him Cant. 2.16 My Beloved is mine and if our love to him exceed our love to all other things and persons in the World if he be our best Beloved Christ doth not own those as having an interest him that love any thing above him Mat. 10.37 He that loveth Father or Mother more than me is not worthy of me That such as love God and Christ above all things have a saving interest in Christ is evident because eternal Life is promised to them Jam. 2.5 Heirs of the Kingdom which God hath promised to those that love him Quest How shall we know that we love Christ above all things A. 1. When we desire Christ above all things in the world Psal 73.25 So that if God should ask us as he did Solomon what shall I give thee we would say Lord give us thy self for our God and thy Son for our Saviour 2. When we esteem Christ above all things so as that we count them as dung in comparison of Christ and are willing to part with any thing so that we may win Christ Philip. 3.8 3. VVhen the love of God in Christ puts more joy and gladness into our hearts than the enjoyment of all the world or it would be a greater joy to us than the whole world if God would manifest his love to us Psal 4. 6 7. 2. If we are Christs then Christ is ours that 's another Character in the Text. Cant. 2. 16. My Beloved is mine and I am his Now we may know we are Christs 1. If we have solemnly given up our selves to Christ with a sincere heart without any secret reserves of any Lust resolving that by the help of his grace we will deny our selves take up our Cross and follow him 2 Cor. 8.5 Mark 8.34 2. If his interest will prevail with us beyond our own interest and his will above our own wills if his word be our rule and his glory our end that is a good evidence that we are Christs Isa 63.19 VVe are thine thou never bearest rule over them As much as to say they are the Lords over whom the Lord bears rule Psal 119.94 I am thine I have sought thy precepts When in doubtful Cases we seek out the will of Christ and follow the will of Christ that shews us to be his 3. When we are Christs Servants Act. 27. 23. VVhos 's I am and whom I serve And the great end why we desire to live is to do service for Christ Phil. 1.21 4. When we are tender and careful of Christs glory John 17.10 I am glorified in them that are mine and thine 3. The Spirit of Christ sent down into our Hearts is a certain Evidence of an interest in Christ 1 John 3.24 Hereby we know that he abideth in us by the Spirit that he hath given us Rom. 8. v. 9. Q. How shall we know that we have the Spirit of Christ A. 1. If we have an obediential frame of heart Ezek 36.27 compared with Rom. 8. 7. The carnal heart is enmity to the Law of God and therefore when we are caused to obey Gods Statutes that is from the Spirit put within us 2. We may know we have the Spirit by the fruits of the Spirit which are Faith Love Peace Joy Long-suffering c. Gal. 5. 22 23 c. Vse III. Of Exhortation Exhort 1. To such as want an interest in Christ that they would above all things seek to get Christ What Solomon saith of Wisdom Prov. 4.7 The same may I say of Jesus Christ who is called the Wisdom of God Jesus Christ is the principal thing therefore above all things get Jesus Christ Exhort 2. To such as have an interest in Christ to labour for the knowledge of it that every one may be able to say Christ is mine and I am his Q. How shall we attain to the knowledge of our interest in Christ A. 1. Examine your selves by those Characters the Scripture gives of an interest in Christ and more particularly about your Faith 2 Cor. 13.5 And if you cannot make any clear work hereof at one time try what you can do at another 2. Pray earnestly to God to manifest your interest in Christ It is in his light that we see light Psal 36.9 Pray as David Psal 35.3 Say unto my Soul I am thy Salvation And if you can't obtain the knowledge of your interest in Christ by much seeking to God yet follow on to seek him and then in Gods good time you shall know the Lord to be your God in Christ Hos 6.3 Isa 24.9 Zech. 13.9 3. Accustom your self to trust in God in all your straits fears dangers and temptations For the more you trust in God the
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A discourse of the prodigious Abstinence of Martha Taylor Index biblicus multi-jugus or a Table of the holy Scripture wherein each of its Books Chapters and particular matters are distinguished and Epitomized The day of Grace with the Conversion of a Sinner by Nathanael Vincent An easie and useful Grammer for the learning of the French Tongue by Mr. Gosthead Gentleman The Miners Monitor or advice to those that are employed about the Mines A Protestant Catechism for litte Children A Scripture Catechism by Samuel Petto A Catechism according to the Church of England Nero Tragidea Cornelianum dolium Wilsons Catechism Elenchuus motuum nuperorum in Anglia Cackaines Poems Croftons Foelix Scelus or prospering-profaneness provoking holy conference by Zach. Crofton Gramaticus Analyticus by the same Author Alexanders advice to his Son H. Excellency of Christ set forth Phelps Caveat against Drunkenness Lamentation for the loss of a good man Antidote against desperation Bury against Drunkenness Wadsworths last warning to Sinners Dr. Wilkinsons Counsels and Comforts to afflicted Consciences Cappello and Bianco a Romance Calys Glimpse of Eternity Period of humane Life Defence of Period of humane Life both written by the Author of the whole Duty of man c. An Answer to the period of humane Life Survey Quakerism Tho. 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