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A01889	Spiritual marriage: or, The vnion betweene Christ and his Church As it was delivered in a sermon at Westminster, the first of Ianuarie. Anno Dom. 1626. By Iames Baillie, Master of Arts.	Baillie, James, Master of Arts.	1627 (1627)	STC 1203; ESTC S120307	33,214	58

of Adams lost posteritie as he according to his purpose and pleasure of his will hath decreed to make partakers of the kingdome of glory according to the election of grace before the foundation of the world and therefore in the fulnesse of time sent him into the world and as it were planted him in the graue who by and by Math. 28. within the space of three dayes like a liuely root sprang vp and rested not till his top mounted vp to heauen and till his branches were spread to the vtmost ends of the earth till the Gospell was preached to the most remote regions vnder the Sunne euen to the Scythians Sauromatans Aethiophians Persians and Indians and within a short space after CHRISTS ascention which may seeme wonderfull not only the Roman * Empire Tertull. adversus Iudaeos cap. 7. 8. Sed Brittanorum loca Romanis in accessa Euangelio Christi subdita sunt but euen those places of Britain speaking of Scotland which the Imperiall sword was neuer able to vanquish or subdue are now vanquished become subiect vnto the Gospell of CHRIST but this shall yet seeme more wonderfull if we shall but consider those that haue vanquished both the Roman Empire and those whom the Roman Empire could not conquer and what sort of men they were SOPHRONIVS Patriarch of Ierusalem tels vs 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 our fishers saith he our Publicanes and that tent maker speaking of St PAVL hath constrained all nations all people 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to imbrace the Lawes of CHRIST crucified and yet the manner how this was done how this conquest was made is most wonderfull of all for it was done non pugnando not by fighting sed patiendo but by suffering suffering of tortures of chaines of imprisonings and of death it selfe and the more their sufferings was the greater their persecution was the larger was their victories for their blood was the seed of the Church and the more abundantly that it was sowne the Lord did reape the greater haruest of true beleeuers to bee ingraft in him that is their euerlasting stock and roote which neuer shall be consumed by time Two feets of grafts The branches or grafts are twofold externall and internall as to the first all the members of the visible Church entred into a profession of Christ externally baptized with water but not with the holy Ghost may be called externall members or grafts But this kinde of graft will suffer an amputation or cutting off and will come within the presinke of that Rom. 11.22 If thou remaine not in his bountifulnesse thou shall also bee cut off for they haue not the sop of grace ministred vnto them from the stocke of life but are as dead-trees hauing leaues without fruit 2. Tim. 3.5 I meane good fruit they haue fruit indeed but it is labrusca non vua some sower or hedge grape not good to eate but no sweet grape Like that which grew in Baal-hamon 8. Cant. 11. Howsoeuer it hath a faire shew like gawdie flowers among the corne yet fitly it may bee compared to Sodoms apples outwardly faire but rotten inwardly to that which glisters like gold but when it is touched is found to bee but copper but most properly to ESAV who did lye in the bellie with IACOB borne and brought vp in IZACKS house which for the time was the Church of God marked with the same Sacrament of circumcision too but because he proudely dispised grace was rejected so shall it stand with all those that shall bee baptized in the true Church and remaine not in Gods bountifulnesse neither shall it auaile them any thing that by an externall forme of ingrafting they haue beene joyned to the societie of the visible Church But by the contrary it shall stand as an evidence in that blacke roule and register of a bad conscience against them and most justly shal it make them to be punished with double stripes because they knew their masters will and did it not The internall grafts are of those that beside their externall ingrafting and entering in the visible Church by the Sacrament of Baptisme are also internally ingrafted by the holy spirit and the baptisme with fire in this roote IESVS in such a firme manner and condition that Christ is in them and they in Christ they are ingrafted by Gods right hand grounded in faith rooted in charitie watered by the word of Gods ministerie digged and manured by the discipline of Magistrates and in euery manner of good worke brings forth a plentifull vintage of good and sweete grapes which are pressed in a contrite heart raised vp to a liuely and confident thankefulnes And as wine is cōmonly knowne by the tast and colour so is this too For its taste is a good conscience within its colour is a holy conuersation without These grafts may say with the Apostle Now we liue yet not we any more Gal. 2.20 but Christ liueth in vs. They haue in them the same minde that was in IESVS and this is a faithfull witnesse an vnfallible argument vnto them of their vnion with Christ and that they are ingrafted in him and by the contrary seeing contraries must bring forth contrary sequels those that are not ruled quickned by the spirit of Christ are not ingraft in this roote neither haue they as yet any vnion or conjunction with him and so the Apostle Rom. 8.9 Rom. 8.9 tels vs If any man haue not the spirit of Christ the same is not his Not assuredly for those that are not ruled by this spirit they cannot chuse but wander and goe astraying walking after the flesh by which they cannot be absolued from judgement from Tophet and adjudged vnto everlasting life and thus much for the stock and grafts And now I come to the manner of ingrafting which is twofold A twofold ingrafting secret and manifest secret in Gods eternall counsell for before the foundation of the world was layed and long before that man was created God knew his owne children and by inserting their names in the booke of life did eternally and before all time ingraft them in this stocke and roote CHRIST IESVS their redeemer Secondly it is manifest and done in time but spiritually wrought by the holy Ghost who creating faith in our hearts makes vs to goe out of our selues transire in Christum transport our selues into Christ and so to relye vpon him that by his spirit wee are quickned by his light wee are illuminated and by the continuall furniture of his grace we perseuere and increase in spirituall strength and courage and so liues in him that wee die in our selues Zach. 4. and to the world In the 4. of Zachar. As euery lampe of the golden Candlesticke hath its owne pipe thorow which these two Oliues which stand with the ruler of the whole world Simile emptie themselues in the gold so euery member of the Church of CHRIST receiueth grace from that

the Law that which should be abolished but the Gospell glorious and that which remaineth that vnder the law the Iewes did onely see but thorow a vaile but we in our Church vnder the Gospell behold as in a mirror the glory of the Lord with open face O vnthankfull Gentiles O ingratefull Christians and O most ingratefull England of all the Christians in the world for howsoeuer that other Nations may pretend some excuse yet surely O England thou is vnexcusable especially these 60. yeares in which this sunne of the glorious Gospell hath continually without ecclipse shined in thy Horizon and still doth runne his circular motion and yet neuerthelesse what is the darknesse in which wee doe not walke Alas I meane what iniquitie doe we not drinke in like water What is the vanity after the which we doe not seeke And what is that grace of GOD which wee turne not into wantonnesse Especially leauing at this time all other things this glorious Gospell this spirituall Manna this heauenly food the plentie whereof produceth nothing but a loathing of the same except it be most rarely cook'd in and garnished with humaine conceites to satisfie your daintie appetites when it is cooked to you after this manner which is a sort of Preaching too much vsed in this Land and deserueth more discommendation yet are yee contrary to all other creatures vnder the sunne that grow the fairer the fatter and the better too the more choise diet they feede on as for example when trees are remoued to a more fertile soyle they will spread further and be more fertile then before when cattell are put into a better pasture they will be of a greater growth and labour better too But it is not so with vs No for after never so learned a sermon there will be both disliking liking of it but this liking tendeth not to retaine the principall parts thereof in our memories and to practise the same in our liues and conuersations No No but onely a liking that the Preacher did well and that he is a good Scholler and this is all and if it bee so it is much too But O Lord I pray thee that giueth both the will and the deed to thy people to bestow vpon them new hearts to renew within their bowels a right spirit that they may apprehend thy bountifulnesse toward them and magnifie thy Name for such plentifulnesse of thy word sowen amongst them in regard whereof many Nations like a Forest stands not put to tillage and for such light in thy glorious Gospell in respect whereof many yea almost all people are but conducted by the Moone which I beseech the O Lord neuer to extinguish neuer O Lord to let the Sunne of thy Gospell in this Land set so long as the Sunne and Moone endure Fifthly the Church is taken among Christians for the whole body and assembly of the Elect and of those that GOD by the way of sanctification hath predestinated to bee the heyres of the Kingdome of glory and this Church is composed of three sorts of The Church of the Elect composed of three sorts of men people first of such as were vpon the earth but now are not because their soules and their bodies are sundred their bodies till the day of judgement are committed to the graue where they must returne vnto the earth out of which they were taken but their soules are conjoyned with CHRIST in heaven which one day shall bee reunited againe to their bodies and magnifie God both in body and soule and this is called The triumphant Church because the members thereof haue ouercome by the good fight of Faith powers principalities and spirituall wickednesse in this life and now in that other life which is much better then this they tryumph and haue receiued albeit not fully the fruits of their labour and GOD hath giuen them beautie for ashes the oyle of ioy for mourning and the garment of gladnesse for the spirit of heavinesse Secondly this Church of the Elect is composed of men that are vpon earth presently aliue fighting against sinne Sathan the world and their owne corrupt affections making their Election sure vnto themselues by well doing but or it bee long shall be no more and this is the Militant Church the members whereof are visible as men but not as members of this Church and elect men because Election is not discerned by the eye but charitably presumed on by faith and good workes which are inseparable companions as the Sunne and light fire and heate water and aliquiditie so that if a man want good workes wee may boldly say hee hath no faith but wee dare not affirme for all this that hee is not a vessell of Election because Election is a thing which God hath reserved to himselfe yea it is altogether vnknowne to a man himselfe it runneth so secretly vntill the time that by his internall vocation God make it manifest and knowne to him so that when I see a prophane man a persecuter an vnfruitfull tree I may say and that with reason that such a one hath no faith and as yet is not internally called but that God hath not elected him and will not call him it is a damnable presumption and to diue in the bottomlesse gulfe of GODS vnrevealed will and to fall within the compasse of that which our Saviour expresly dischargeth Math. 7.1 Iudge not that yee bee not iudged for with what iudgement yee iudge yee shall be iudged Thirdly this Church of the Elect is composed of such as are not but shall bee as are not yet borne but are in the counsell of GOD registrated and inrolled to bee borne to fight in his warre in future time and ordained to obtaine victorie This Church of the elect Foure names giuen to the Church of the elect hath many names in Scripture especially foure First in the 1. of Pet. the 2. chapter and 9. verse It is called a Chosen generation and herein is distinguished from all other Churches Distinguished from all other Churches First from the Church of the Heathen and Infidels which is generatio malignantium a Wicked generation Secondly from the Church of the Papists which is generatio Antichristianorum an Antichristian generation Revel 17. a great Whore arrayed in purple and scarlet gilded with gold precious stones and pearles sitting vpon many waters people multitudes Nations tongues and seaven Mountaines which raigneth over the Kings of the earth giving heed vnto Spirits of errour teaching Doctrines of Devils forbidding to marry and commanding to abstaine from meates which God hath created to bee received with giving thankes drunken with the blood of Saints and with the blood of the Martyrs of IESVS I meane with the blood of many good Christians as Lyons in France called Waldenses from IOHN WALDVS as they call vs Calvinists from CALVIN whom their King to his immortall infamie and dishonour excited by the Papacie did most cruelly butcher with the blood