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A04166	Christs ansvver vnto Iohns question: or, An introduction to the knowledge of Iesus Christ, and him crucified Deliuered in certaine sermons in the famous towne of New-castle vpon Tine. By Thomas Iackson, Dr. of Diuinitie, vicar of Saint Nicolas Church there, and fellow of Corpus Christi Colledge in Oxford.	Jackson, Thomas, 1579-1640.	1625 (1625)	STC 14306; ESTC S107447	127,240	218

of their falling vpon the fiue Kings of the Amorites truely miraculous and sure ratifications of Ioshuah's and his followers beliefe Yet whether Satan permitted by God applicare actiua passiuis to make choyce of his owne Agents or Instruments bee not able so farre to improue the strength of naturall causes or so combine them that they should produce as great hailestones as those were is more than any sober Philosopher will take vpon him to define Howeuer the production of the like or greater tempest then this was is not enough to perswade this or that point of controuersed doctrine For suppose some poore Amoritish Widdow pittifully oppressed by one or more of these fiue Tyrants had out of the bitternesse of her soule about this time presented her complaints to Nemesis at Rhamnus a place wherein the power of this reuengefull Lady was in the conceit of the heathen vsually manifested in as remarkeable and peculiar sort as the vertue of our Lady in the opinion of the Romish Catholikes is at Hall or L●retto in respect of other places Imagine againe those hailestones had falne vpon the fiue Kings vpon the poore Widdowes returne into Canaan from Rhamnus how easily might the supplyant haue bin perswaded by Satan that this great miracle had bin effected for her sake and by the power of the imaginary Goddesse Nemesis whom she serued It was not then this miraculous storme but the consonancy of its miraculous effect vnto Gods promise or prediction made to Ioshuah to wit the manifest execution of that GODS sentence whom Ioshuah worshipped maugre all the Gods whose ayde these Kings of the Amorites had supplicated against Israel which was to confirme the faith of the Israelites vnto Gods promises For the Lord had said vnto Ioshuah when the Gibeonites supplicated his assistance against the Kings of the Amorites that dwelt in the mountaines Feare them not for I haue deliuered them into thine hand there shall not a man of them stand before thee Ioshuah vpon this request of the Gibeonites warranted by God came vnto them suddenly and went vp to Gilgal all night And as the Lord had promised so it came to passe for the Lord discomfited them before Israel and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon and chased them along the way that goeth vp to Bethoron and smote them vnto Azekah and vnto Makkedah And it came to passe as they fled from before Israel and were in the going downe to Bethoron that the Lord cast downe great stones from heauen vpon them vnto Azekah and they dyed they were moe which dyed with haile-stones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword Iosh. 10. v. 8 9 10 11. 36. For conclusion the greatest wonderment or miracle that in this age can be wrought must be tryed by this onely touch-stone of faith Gods written Word whether it proceed from God and his messengers or from Satan and his Instruments Now seeing the Scriptures or Rule of faith hath manifested vnto vs wherein the Kingdome of Christ and the Kingdome of Satan or Antichrist doe consist the point wheron euery miracle or wonderment must be examined is this Whether it tend to the establishment of the Kingdome of God or of Christ in our soules or to the erection or propogation of the Kingdome of Antichrist through this world Suppose some man or woman amongst vs were really possest of a whole legion of Diuels that some Turkish Iewish Muscouitish Greeke or Romish Priest should take vpon him by exorcisme to make all the Diuels goe out of the Parties body possessed one after another in as visible and conspicuous manner as hee could driue bees out of their hiue through a quill or pen and cause euery one of them to tell you his name or what place he holds in Hell yet the true vse of such miracle or wonderment could be no other than to resolue you that there may be a reall possession of some bodies in this age and a reall dispossession of these Diuels which had taken possession of it But if the party which had thus really dispossest them should vpon this wonderment exhort or require you to beleeue that that visible Church whereof he is a Priest or member is the onely true Church of God whose proposals or doctrines you are absolutely bound to beleeue without further examination or tryall of them by the written Word of God the rule of faith this were a true infallible argument that the wonder was wrought by the power and slight of Satan not by the vertue and power of God or of Christs true messengers For if wee duely consider what aduantage or possession Satan might by this means gaine ouer our soules if any Diuell in hell would bee so proud so obstinate or wilfull as to refufe to obey any Priest Iew or Turke that would adiure him to depart vpon these conditions out of any mans body which he did possesse reason common sense might instruct vs that Beelzebub the Prince of Diuels his assistants would vse all the power they could to vexe or tormēt such a wilfull Diuell as an Apostata a Rebell or Traitor that would not aduance their kingdome when he might Wherefore if any Priest or other shall at any time tempt you to admit of the infallibility of the Romish Church or to beleeue in all poynts as that Church beleeueth only vpon fame or sight of such a wonder wrought by one of her children yee stand bound in conscience and vpon the allegiance which you owe to Christ to craue respite vntill you can informe your consciences whether the acknowledgement of such absolute infallibility as the moderne Priests and Iesuites ascribe vnto the moderne Romish Church or the submission of your beliefe vnto all her doctrines especially to this be not a flat Apostasie from Christ vnto Satan and a true acknowledgment of his Soueraigntie made vnto the Church of Rome as to his proxie or deputy for this purpose Againe if any Priest should worke such a wonder as hath beene mentioned by such exorcisme as they vse as by applying the consecrated Hoast as they call it their crucifixes or holy-water vnto the partie affected or by examining the Diuels by oath vpon the Sacramēt you are bound in conscience likewise to craue respit to be resolued whether these or the like solemnities or ceremonies as they haue vsed of late in this Land bee not magicall sacrifices true and proper feats of witcherie and sorcerie These are points wherein no exorcist no Romish Priest or Iesuite this day liuing in this Land can giue any ingenious vnderstanding man any tolerable satisfaction The former poynt concerning the infallibility of the Romish Church is else-where handled at large and I shall be willing to acknowledge my selfe a thankfull debtor vnto any Priest or Iesuite or other wel-willer of the present Romish Church that shall giue mee occasion or ground of reason to thinke better of their Religion in this

that I will powre out my Spirit vpon all flesh and your Sonnes and your Daughters shall prophesie your old men shall dreame dreames your young men shall see visions And also vpon your seruants and vpon the hand-maides in those dayes will I powre out my Spirit And it shall come to passe that whosoeuer shall call on the name of the Lord shall bee deliuered for in Mount Zion and in Ierusalem shall bee deliuerance as the Lord hath said and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call And againe Isaias 44. vers 3 4. I will powre water vpon him that is thirsty and Flouds vpon the dry ground I will powre my Spirit vpon thy Seed and my blessing vpon thine off-spring And they shall spring vp as among the grasse as Willowes by the Water-courses The first words of this later Prophesie were literally and historically fulfilled in the baptisme of Iohn the later part of it is as it were an Euangelicall explication of the mysticall sense of the former words And Iohn Baptist might from this place alone easily collect that although hee might powre water vpon mens bodies though hee did plunge or wash such as are compared to dry Land in the waters and by this externall Sacrament ingraft them in the stocke of Abraham yet he could not powre out the Spirit of God or bestow the blessing of increase vpon them This hee knew must be the worke of him that sent him who had bestowed some portion or measure of the Spirit or blessing here mentioned vpon him as a sure pledge or experiment of the like blessing to bee bestowed on others specially on such as had beene partakers of his Baptisme From the same place likewise Iohn might easily gather that the baptisme of water wherewith hee himselfe baptized was in order of time to goe before the baptisme of the Spirit which was mystically prefigured by it and fore-told by our Sauiour in the fore-cited place Iohn 7. vers 38. though as we said before in a figuratiue or allegoricall sense which Saint Iohn in the next words after vers 39. hath expounded vnto vs This spake hee of the Spirit which they that beleeue on him should receiue For the Holy Ghost was not yet giuen because that Iesus was not yet glorified Iohns meaning is the Spirit was not powred out in such plentifull measure as this place of Isay and that other of the Prophet Ioel did import For after our Sauiours glorification all such as were baptized with water were likewise baptized with the Holy Ghost most of them filled with the Spirit of Prophesie or gift of tongues enabled to conuey the words and waters of life vnto the soules of others All this was fore-signified by the holy Ghosts descending vpon our Sauiour at his comming out of the water For his baptisme was a prefiguration of his death and resurrection and by his resurrection he was really declared to be the Sonne of God and fulfilled the Psalmists prediction Thou art my Sonne this day haue I begotten thee Psal. 2. Which prediction was further ratified and the meaning of it determined by the voyce from heauen This is my beloued Sonne in whom I am well pleased The same truth thus often declared aswell by predictions as by matters of fact or reall euent was finally testified by the descending of the holy Ghost vpon his Apostles and Disciples So that another Branch of Saint Iohns meaning or if you will another shoote of the former branch is That the holy Ghost at the time when our Sauiour vttered those words Hee that beleeueth in me c. did not appeare as an authentique witnesse to ratifie his Doctrine His testimony concerning our Sauiour was reserued till our Sauiours glorification after which it was publique frequent and visible Iesus saith Saint Peter whom ye slew and hanged on a tree Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Sauiour for to giue repentance to Israel and forgiuenes of sins Act. 5. v. 30 31 32. And we are his witnesses of these things and so is also the holy Ghost whom God hath giuen to them that obey him This giuing of the holy Ghost in visible maner was that baptisme of Christ which was opposed to the baptisme of Iohn and that the world might know and beleeue it came immediately from Christ and not from Iohn nor from the Apostles or from the Sacrament which they administred it was giuen to some and these by condition Gentiles before they had beene partakers of Iohns baptisme or any Mosaicall rite or Sacrament Act. 10. 44 47. While Peter yet spake these words the holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word Whence he concludeth Can any man forbid water that these should not be baptized which haue receiued the holy Ghost aswell as we Saint Peter tooke more special notice of our Sauiours words from this experiment in Cornelius and his family than hee did from the holy Ghost descending in clouē tongues vpon himselfe and his fellow Apostles which had beene baptized And as I began to speake the holy Ghost fell on them as on vs at the beginning Then remembred 1 the Word of the Lord how that hee said Iohn deed baptized with water but yee shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost Acts 11. 15 16. Saint Peters beliefe in this point was grounded vpon our Sauiours words and confirmed by this experiment Iohn Baptists beliefe of the same conclusion was grounded vpon the Prophet Isaias predictions Iohn did foretell the same truth which our Sauiour did before he was acquainted with him or knew him by face and yet Iohns knowledge or beliefe of this mysterie was confirmed by a visible signe by the descending of the holy Ghost Concerning which and the maner how Iohn came to know our Sauiour before he baptized him with the signes of the time that did accompany or ensue vpon his baptisme we are in the next place to make enquirie 48. From the former Dialogue betweene the Priests and Leuites and Iohn Baptist concerning his office and ministery of Baptisme you may obserue that Iohn was carefull to preuent two inconueniences First the false opinion which the people had conceiued of him as if he had bin the Messias himselfe and secondly to preuent all suspition of compact or collusion betweene Iesus of Nazareth whom he afterward proclaimes to be the Messias and himselfe And vnto this suspition both parties had beene more lyable if they had beene aswell acquainted before our Sauiours baptisme as afterward they were Not to speake of our Sauiours knowledge who knew all things for Iohn the Baptist hee had a true prenotion or distinct beliefe of these generals or indefinites 1. That the time wherein the Messias was to bee manifested vnto Israel was now approaching 2. That the Messias was to repaire vnto the place where hee baptized there to bee declared or manifested vnto Israel 3. That the Messias after his manifestation was to