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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10030	Three sermons vpon the sacrament of the Lords Supper. By the late faithfull and vvorthy minister of Iesus Christ, Iohn Preston, Dr. in Divinity, chaplaine in ordinary to his Majestie, master of Emanuel Colledge in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher of Lincolnes Inne	Preston, John, 1587-1628.	1631 (1631)	STC 20281; ESTC S115171	49,613	90

the Passover not a jot of old leaven but we must part with it Now this is the nature of leaven It is alwayes purging out and it will be purging out while we are here only the efficacy and strength thereof remaines not Then thinke with thy selfe is all new in me looke what naturall disposition I haue had looke what naturall lusts and desires I haue had see what acts I was wont to doe what old haunts and customes I haue had looke what old company I kept what old courses I tooke what my tract hath beene is all this altered and every thing become new for saith he it must be a new creature a new nature That is it is not enough for a man to haue a new course for a fit to haue new purposes and a new change that comes like flashes I say that is not enough you may haue many new thinges in you that may be in old hearts like peeces of new cloath in old garments that will doe thee no good at all the Lord regards not that like new wine in old vessells so it is where there are some new things that are good things in themselves in a carnall and old heart they are not fit for the heart and therefore they never stay long there So saith the text Put a new peece into an old garment and it makes the rent greater Therefore all must be new I say there must be a new nature that these new things may be there even as the severall creatures are in their severall elements as the elements are in their owne place as the plants are in their proper soyle as the branches are vpon their own roote For then they florish then they hold out then they continue Therefore see whether this vigor this efficacy this vertue hath gone out from Christ into thy heart whether it hath not only renewed all in thee but also hath given thee a new nature That is whether it hath wrought such a change in thee that all the wayes of godlines and new obedience become in a measure naturall to thee so that thou canst doe them cheerefully even as we heare and see and doe naturall actions and that thou dost them without wearinesse for you know things that are naturall wee are not weary of them And so thou wilt doe them constantly for what is naturall stayes and abides by us that it outgrowes and out-wearies what ever is in us beside Now hath there a vertue gone out from Christ that hath wrought all this in you that hath made all new hath not only done so but hath made it naturall to thee But you will say must it needs be so cannot Christ take and comprehend mee but there must bee this wonderfull change wrought who can bee saved then I haue then but little hope when I am vpon my death bed and then shall looke vpon my old nature and find no such worke as this wrought vpon me Beloved I beseech you consider this that there is a necessity of it It is so and it must bee so and except you have it you cannot be saved you see the words in the Scriptures are most cleare Whosoever is in Christ is a new creature Doe but consider whether it be so or no there must be withall a new heaven and a new earth You see that was the great promise that was to bee fulfilled in our times of the Gospell was it not a new preisthood was it not a new covenant hath not the Lord said there must bee a new heauen and a new earth That is new graces from heaven and a new company of men wrought on and changed by those graces Shall old Adam those that are borne of him shall they receiue a power from him to make them like to him to carry his Image to bee corrupt and carnall and sinfull as hee is And doe you not thinke that the New Adam the Second Adam shall haue as much efficacy in him to make those new creatures that are in him that come to him Certainly there is as much power life and vigor in the new Adam to change every man that is in him that comes to him and to make thē new creatures as in the old Adam to make them like him Besides hath not Christ said plainely I came not into the world to saue soules only that is not my busines alone though that was a great part of the businesse and errand for which he came into the world but saith he I came to purifie a people to my selfe zealous of good workes in the 2 Tit. Now if that were the end of Christs comming dost thou thinke that hee will loose his end And therefore its impossible that any man should be saved or haue part in Christ and that he should be in Christ and Christ in him except his heart be purified so as to be zealous of good workes If Christ dwell in thy heart thou mayst easily know it for dost thou thinke that Christ will dwell in a foule and uncleane place hath he not pure eyes And therefore it is certaine wheresoever he dwells that place must be a fit Temple for him to dwell in Wherefore of necessity he must cleanse thy heart he must fashion it and keepe it pure and cleane and sweet so as it may be a fit Temple for him and his Spirit to dwell and delight in Besides doth he not looke to his glory in all those that belong to him hee hath many eyes to looke upon them as it were there are many spectators men and Angells to see what they are and how they behaue themselues If hee should haue a company of men to belong unto him that are carnall perverse and worldly minded that haue crooked wayes like other men would this bee for his honour would it not bee said Like men like Master would it not reflect upon him Certainly it would and therefore the Lord so orders it that those whom he hath redeemed should bee holy in all maner of conversation Saith hee you must be as I am else it will bee for my dishonour As I am holy so every one of you must be holy in all manner of conversation Therefore let no man deceiue himselfe to thinke he can goe away and yet be in Christ and be saved through Christ and the mercies of God in Christ when there goes out no such vertue and power from Christ to change him to worke on him to alter him to make him another creature And therefore I beseech you in the examining of this for its a matter of great moment to consider with your selues if this be wrought in you or no whether you finde any experiment effect of this mighty power efficacy and vertue and let mee bring you a little to particulars Hath there gone out a vertue from him to enable thee to beleeue There is a faith required in the Deity there is a faith required in the Deity