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A19493 Three heauenly treatises vpon the eight chapter to the Romanes Viz. 1 Heauen opened. 2 The right way to eternall glory. 3 The glorification of a Christian. VVherein the counsaile of God concerning mans saluation is so manifested, that all men may see the Ancient of dayes, the Iudge of the World, in his generall iustice court, absoluing the Christian from sinne and death. Which is the first benefit wee haue by our lord Iesus Christ. Written by Mr. William Cowper, minister of Gods word.; Heaven opened Cowper, William, 1568-1619. 1609 (1609) STC 5919.5; ESTC S108989 320,789 380

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sermonibus_fw-la serm._n 23._o for_o he_o that_o walk_v after_o the_o flesh_n shall_v at_o length_n encounter_v with_o death_n three_o profitable_a help_n of_o a_o godly_a life_n psal._n 119._o determination_n supplication_n consideration_n our_o life_n shall_v be_v a_o daily_a progress_n in_o godliness_n our_o adversary_n satan_n sin_n &_o death_n be_v strong_a but_o our_o saviour_n be_v strong_a rom._n 16._o 20_o in_o what_o a_o vile_a bondage_n we_o live_v by_o nature_n ber._n hom_n 4._o three_o thing_n to_o be_v consider_v in_o this_o bondage_n how_o a_o law_n be_v ascribe_v unto_o sin_n basil_n hexam_n hom_n 10._o what_o we_o hope_v to_o be_v after_o this_o life_n ber._n the_o persecutione_n sustinenda_fw-la cap._n 11_o 1_o john_n 3._o 2._o what_o present_o we_o may_v be_v our_o deliverance_n from_o this_o bondage_n be_v to_o be_v ascribe_v unto_o christ_n only_o heb._n 13._o 9_o re●_n 7._o 10._o isai._n 42._o 8._o mercy_n of_o god_n show_v upon_o other_o shall_v confirm_v we_o if_o we_o repent_v to_o look_v for_o the_o like_a to_o ourselus_fw-la 2_o tim._n 1._o 16._o bernard_n preacher_n not_o partaker_n of_o that_o mercy_n which_o they_o pronounce_v to_o other_o be_v most_o miserable_a acts._n 8._o 21._o psal._n 18._o 51._o sin_n &_o death_n god_n have_v conjoin_v who_o shall_v separate_v they_o gen._n 20._o 3._o chris._n hom_n 5_o ad_fw-la popu_fw-la ant._n what_o a_o deceiver_n satan_n be_v in_o tempt_v to_o sin_n gen._n 34._o cypr._n lib._n 1._o epist_n 8._o sin_n seem_v sweet_a but_o the_o fruit_n thereof_o be_v bitter_a aug._n hom_n 42_o rom._n 6._o 21._o comfort_n for_o the_o godly_a who_o be_v trouble_v with_o the_o tentation_n of_o sin_n joshua_n 9_o our_o begin_a deliverance_n from_o sin_n the_o lord_n shall_v perfect_v 1_o cor._n 1._o 8._o phil._n 1._o 6._o how_o we_o be_v deliver_v from_o death_n both_o first_o and_o second_o aug._n the_o civet_n dei_fw-la li._n 21._o ca._n 3_o second_o death_n have_v three_o degree_n aug._n de_fw-fr verb._n apost_n ser._n 33_o how_o christian_n be_v exercise_v with_o terror_n of_o conscience_n which_o in_o the_o own_o nature_n be_v forerunner_n of_o the_o second_o death_n the_o nature_n of_o the_o first_o death_n change_v to_o the_o christian._n amb._n de_fw-fr bono_fw-mi mort_fw-fr cap._n 4._o explication_n of_o the_o confirmation_n here_o follow_v a_o explication_n of_o the_o confirmation_n of_o his_o general_a proposition_n he_o snew_v how_o we_o be_v free_v from_o the_o condemn_a power_n of_o sin_n the_o law_n can_v not_o save_v us._n impotency_n of_o the_o law_n to_o save_v we_o appear_v in_o two_o thing_n it_o crave_v that_o which_o now_o our_o nature_n can_v not_o give_v it_o give_v not_o that_o which_o our_o estate_n now_o crave_v miserablle_n blind_a be_v they_o who_o seek_v life_n in_o perfect_a observance_n of_o the_o law_n yet_o such_o be_v all_o the_o child_n of_o adam_n by_o nature_n the_o impotency_n of_o the_o law_n come_v not_o of_o the_o law_n which_o be_v good_a but_o 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which_o he_o give_v not_o to_o his_o superior_a redemption_n here_o consider_v first_o that_o we_o be_v buy_v servant_n that_o which_o cost_v christ_n full_a dear_a man_n sell_v good_a cheap_a second_o swor●_n servant_n three_o we_o have_v receive_v wage_n before_o hand_n for_o service_n to_o be_v do_v mal._n 1._o 10._o but_o many_o receive_v that_o from_o the_o true_a god_n which_o they_o return_v no●_n to_o he_o but_o sacrifice_n to_o idol_n hos._n 2._o 8._o eph._n 5._o 18._o a_o double_a debt_n lie_v upon_o we_o the_o one_o the_o debt_n of_o sin_n which_o ●e_n must_v seek_v to_o be_v forgive_v the_o other_o the_o debt_n o●_n obedience_n which_o we_o must_v seek_v to_o perform_v a_o threefold_a comfort_n for_o the_o godly_a for_o the_o debt_n of_o obedience_n the_o lord_n to_o who_o we_o owe_v it_o give_v we_o wherewith_o to_o pay_v it_o 1_o chron._n 29._o 14._o he_o accept_v for_o a_o time_n part_n of_o payment_n the_o more_o we_o pay_v of_o this_o debt_n the_o more_o we_o be_v 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6._o 8._o this_o life_n be_v a_o thorow-way_n or_o middle_a passage_n either_o to_o heaven_n or_o hell_n eccles._n 11._o 3._o they_o who_o live_v in_o sin_n be_v dead_a and_o yet_o a_o worse_a death_n abide_v they_o in_o hell_n the_o least_o degree_n of_o their_o punishment_n shall_v be_v a_o fearful_a famine_n of_o all_o worldly_a comfort_n joell_n 1._o 12._o reu._n 18._o 14._o why_o that_o second_o death_n be_v call_v a_o wrath_n and_o a_o wrath_n to_o come_v the_o place_n of_o the_o damn_a show_v the_o greatness_n of_o their_o judgement_n reu._n 21._o 8._o esa._n 30._o 33._o jude_n verse_n 6._o mark_n 9_o 48._o 1_o pet._n 3._o 19_o math._n 5._o 22._o the_o universality_n of_o it_o nothing_o in_o man_n shall_v be_v without_o pain_n &_o all_o god_n plague_n shall_v concur_v to_o punish_v he_o the_o eternity_n of_o it_o in_o the_o most_o regenerate_a there_o be_v some_o thing_n that_o need_v to_o be_v mortify_v for_o out_o of_o the_o stony_a rock_n spring_v noisome_a weed_n cyrill_n that_o which_o god_n work_v in_o we_o he_o call_v it_o our_o work_n phil._n 2._o 12._o therefore_o we_o shall_v be_v humble_a and_o give_v god_n the_o glory_n 1_o chro._n 29._o 14_o presumptuous_a opinion_n of_o merit_n damn_v aug._n de_fw-fr verb._n apost_n serm_n 2_o 1_o cor._n 15._o 10_o aug._n hom_n 14_o aug._n de_fw-fr verb._n apost_n ser._n 14._o a_o trial_n of_o our_o mortification_n death_n to_o sin_n take_v not_o life_n away_o but_o restore_v it_o sanctification_n be_v a_o work_n of_o difficulty_n for_o it_o be_v a_o birth_n a_o death_n a_o circumcision_n etc._n etc._n the_o knife_n by_o which_o beastly_a lust_n be_v slay_v to_o be_v sacrifice_v mac._n hom_n i._o temporal_a life_n be_v not_o the_o recompense_n of_o righteousness_n and_o why_o 1._o cor._n 15._o 19_o gal._n 2._o 20._o he_o prove_v the_o last_o part_n of_o his_o precede_a argument_n the_o operation_n of_o the_o spirit_n be_v either_o universal_a extend_v to_o all_o his_o creature_n comfort_n the_o beginning_n progress_n and_o perfection_n of_o our_o salvation_n be_v from_o he_o heb._n 12._o 2._o in_o that_o we_o can_v not_o walk_v without_o a_o guide_n we_o ●re_n warn_v that_o we_o be_v but_o babe_n act._n 8._o 30._o 31_o it_o be_v good_a religion_n to_o turn_v god_n precept_n into_o prayer_n psal._n 43._o 3._o psal._n 143._o 10_o we_o ought_v to_o follow_v our_o guide_n as_o israel_n do_v the_o lord_n in_o the_o wilderness_n a_o threefold_a operation_n of_o the_o spirit_n in_o the_o son_n of_o god_n why_o in_o his_o first_o operation_n he_o be_v call_v a_o spirit_n of_o bondage_n to_o fear_n by_o the_o preach_n of_o the_o law_n he_o discover_v sin_n and_o wrath_n due_a to_o it_o which_o cause_v fear_n mat._n 3._o 10._o he_o be_v not_o here_o compare_v the_o godly_a under_o the_o law_n with_o the_o godly_a under_o the_o gospel_n a_o servile_a fear_n a_o filial_a fear_n psal._n 130._o 4._o a_o diabolical_a fear_n james._n 2._o 19_o from_o what_o sort_n of_o fear_n be_v we_o exempt_v in_o 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than_o if_o he_o have_v say_v the_o gall_n of_o bitterness_n be_v in_o he_o and_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n when_o he_o say_v that_o man_n be_v in_o his_o sin_n flesh_n or_o in_o the_o flesh_n do_v thereby_o express_v a_o far_o great_a corruption_n of_o his_o wretched_a nature_n then_o if_o he_o do_v say_v that_o sin_n and_o fleshly_a corruption_n be_v in_o he_o syricius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n expound_v this_o place_n of_o marry_a person_n wrongful_o affirm_v that_o they_o be_v in_o the_o flesh_n and_o so_o can_v please_v god_n flat_o against_o the_o apostle_n own_o commentary_n for_o he_o write_v this_o epistle_n to_o the_o godly_a roman_n among_o who_o be_v many_o marry_a person_n such_o as_o aquila_n and_o priscilla_n who_o afterward_o he_o commend_v for_o godliness_n and_o of_o who_o he_o say_v verse_n 9_o you_o be_v not_o in_o the_o flesh_n because_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n dwell_v in_o you_o so_o do_v the_o apostle_n expound_v it_o himself_o and_o therefore_o the_o pope_n be_v 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the_o godly_a he_o subjoin_v but_o as_o for_o you_o you_o be_v not_o in_o the_o flesh_n for_o the_o spirit_n of_o god_n dwell_v in_o you_o again_o no_o sort_n of_o me●_n be_v more_o ready_a to_o appropriate_v unto_o themselves_o the_o comfort_n of_o god_n than_o they_o to_o who_o they_o belong_v not_o and_o therefore_o for_o their_o sake_n the_o apostle_n subjoin_v the_o caution_n if_o any_o man_n have_v not_o the_o spirit_n of_o christ_n the_o same_o be_v not_o he_o where_o first_o we_o may_v learn_v that_o the_o word_n of_o god_n ought_v so_o to_o be_v handle_v and_o receive_v apply_v that_o it_o shall_v be_v apply_v to_o the_o comfort_n of_o those_o who_o be_v the_o son_n of_o consolation_n and_o to_o the_o conviction_n of_o other_o the_o apostle_n do_v now_o you_o see_v apply_v his_o former_a doctrine_n let_v they_o to_o who_o he_o write_v see_v the_o comfort_n and_o admonitton_n which_o out_o of_o it_o rise_v unto_o they_o so_o ought_v we_o always_o to_o handle_v and_o hear_v 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