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A16506	The true vvay of a Christian, to the nevv Ierusalem Or, a three-folde demonstration: first, of the excellencie of the true and sauing knowledge of Christ; and the meanes to attaine it: with the antiquitie, necesitie, and benefit of catechisme. Secondly, of our vnion and communion with Christ, and his Church. Thirdly, of our new creation in Christ, by the blessed Spirit. With diuers questions, and cases of conscience, most comfortable for a Christian. Deliuered first in briefe, in a sermon preached at Paules-Crosse, the first Sunday in the new yeere, 1617. And newly reuised and enlarged by Immanuel Bourne ...	Bourne, Immanuel, 1590-1672.	1622 (1622)	STC 3419; ESTC S106545	102,817	130

Act of faith but obiect that iustifieth It is not the acte of our faith and beleeuing or the acte of our holinesse that maketh vs acceptable in the sight of God although these graces are required in vs But the Obiect of our faith the thing receiued the patterne of our holinesse Christ Iesus whom wee must striue to be like Mat. 17.5 and in whom God the Father is well pleased with vs. As it is not the hand that receiueth the plaister and Simil. 1 applyeth it to the soare that cureth the wound but the plaister it selfe and the vertue of that which is applyed so is it not our faith or the vertue of that bee it neuer so strong and the fruite of it at the best that it can be in this life but the vertue of Christs merits applyed that iustifie vs before God and procure safety vnto vs. 2. A Christian must not content himselfe with a weake faith nor despaire if his faith be not strong And therefore although thou oughtest not to content thy selfe with a weak faith but to vse al good means the oftē hearing of the word of God the often receiuing of the blessed Sacraments and prayer to encrease it yet if it be but weake thou must not presently deny thy selfe the benfite of Christ For as a hand shaking with the palsey may as truely receiue a plaister and lay it to Simil. 1 the wound as a hand that is firme though it cannot doe it in so firme a manner so a weake faith may as truely receiue Christ and apply his merits to cure the wounds of our soules though it be not so free from ●auering and doubting as a faith that is stronger And for the sence and feeling of the loue of Gods law in thee or of the loue of God vnto thee these are rather effects and fruites of faith then faith it selfe and therefore if thou canst not alwayes finde these to be in thee thou oughtest not for this to conclude that thou hast no faith that God loueth thee not that thou art not in Christ nor Christ in thee For as thy sanctification 3. Faith and holines not alwayes seene in Gods children so thy faith may sometimes bee like the fire couered with ashes the effects of which heate and light are neither felt nor seeene of those that stand by but if the fire be vncouered they both are made manfest yea how great a matter will a little fire kindle how great Simil. 1 a flame of diuine loue may arise in thy soule from the sparkes of grace that lye hid in it Iam. 3.5 yea what assurance of Gods fauour of peace of conscience or the like when it shall please God to kindle those sparkes with the breath Simil. 2 of his Spirit Or as a sicke man may for a time loose his taste and yet be recouered to health againe so a sicke and weake faith may through infirmities and manifolde temptations for a time loose the sence and taste of diuine loue and yet in time bee refreshed with comfort againe And as the light of the sunne is oftentimes eclypsed Simil. 3 and hid from vs and yet when the thicke clouds or the obiect interposed is banished it shineth bright again so it is with the light of Gods grace it is often hidden and eclypsed in vs by the clouds and mysts of temptations by our naturall corruption by falling into sinne or the like which breedeth a dulnesse in our soules towards all the workes of pietie and deuotion And yet when the mystes are gone and these hinderances remooued the diuine graces begin to shine againe and the warmth of spirituall devotion and happy assurance is kindled in vs. Simil. 4 In a word as a tree in the Winter may outwardly seeme to be dead hauing neither leaues nor fruite which are signes of life vpon it yet hath it the sappe secret at the roote which at the Spring time will cause it bud forth in abundance and shew the life of it to the eies of all So is it often times with the faith of Gods children in the Winter of temptations it may seeme to be dead and neither seene nor felt in the heart of man but when the Spring time of Gods grace approcheth then will it be liuely and operatiue and shew forth the life and vertue of it both to thy selfe and others 4. The true knowledge of our estate in this life an excellent meanes of Comfort Be not daunted then with any temptations but resist them with boldnes and if this spirituall grace be asleepe or this day of holy deuotion and Diuine comfort be ended despaire not of mercy but waite with patience and praier till thy loue be awakened and till the day Starre of heauenly zeale and blessed peace be risen in thy heart For God doth often exercise his children with long trials before he giue them deliuerance and yet all at last turnes to their good Rom. 8.28 God did try the Israelites forty yeeres in the wildernesse before hee brought them to Canaan when he might haue led them a farre neerer way and they had many enemies before they could get possession of the land of Canaan which is a true type of our spirituall warfare in the wildernesse of this world to the Canaan of heauen Prou. 3.11 Through many tribulations temporall and spirituall we must enter into the kingdome of heauen Acts 14.22 Great are the troubles of the righteous but the Lord will deliuer thē out of all Psa 34.19 Mark the vpright man and behold the iust for the end of that man is peace Psal 37.73 His morning may be cloudy his midday stormy with doubts and feares and his own corruptions but his end shall haue a calme The end of that man is peace Our light afflictiō which is but for a momēt 2 Cor. 4.17 worketh vnto vs an excellent waight of glory Stay thy self then in hope till Christ thy heauenly Bridegroome returne with a gracious smile vnto thee Then shalt thou see and feele the virtue and power of that Sunne of righteousnesse in the sweet fellowship of the Spirit of truth to thy eternall comfort Then shalt thou be re-assured of thy new Creation that thou art in Christ and Christ in thee If any man be in Christ he is a new Creature And the reason and confirmation follow in the next place Because vnto this man old things are passed away and behold all things are become new This is the second generall of my Text consisting of two particulars the Autumne 2. ● The Autumne of my Text. or rather Winter and the Spring But because the Autumne and Winter is commonly tedious I wil not bee too tedious in the Autumne but briefly passe it through and hasten to the Spring of my Text and so to a conclusion because the time hasteneth Old things are passed away Quae autē vetera transierunt quae facta sunt noua saith S. August S. August de

deferring their repentance vntill their ends they oftentimes come to an end without repentance and if thou hast beene forgetfull of God all thy life time how canst thou thinke that God wil be mindfull of thee at thy death God sometime takes a man away and giueth him time and grace sometimes hee giueth him time but not grace to repent and sometimes neither grace nor time There is a terrible example of this related in the life of S. Thomas Moore In vita Thom. Moore cap. 32. of a certaine prophane wrech who liuing wickedly all his life was wont shamelesly like an Atheist to boast that he cared not for repentance for he could bee saued with the saying of three words though it were at the point of death But marke his end before he came to be old riding post haste ouer a broken bridge his horse stumbled and not being able to stay him when he saw he must needs fall into the water he let loose the raines and cryed out with this fearefull exclamation Capiat omnia daemon Horse and man to the diuell and thus with his three words in stead of being saued for ought wee know hee went downe quicke into hell Oh then beloued let vs not deferre and put off our new Creation but labour truely for it while we haue time 3. This new creation is to be sought while we haue time The feast of dedication amongst the Iewes was in the winter when they did dedicate their new temple vnto God It is now winter and the time of the new yeare oh then let vs likewise dedicate the new temples of our soules and bodies as a new-yeares-gift vnto him Our Sauiour offers vnto vs the new Roabes of his righteousnesse for a glorious new-yeares-gift Let vs then put off our olde ragges of sinne as we put off our old cloathes but let vs not put them on againe for this new-yeares-gift of our new Creation is a garment of great price of excellent vertue that must not be put off neither night nor day for it is like a coat of male to defend our soules from all the poysoned darts of sinne and Satan 4. The auoyding of occasions an excellent means to preuent sinne Annal August If we be made new by Christ let vs not make our s●lues old againe by sinne Art thou made whole sinne no more saith our Sauiour lest a worse thing happen vnto thee Auoide all occasions that may cause thee with Lots wife to looke backe towards Sodome It is related of Henry the fift King of England who after his fathers death obtained the scepter that he called together all his old familiars with whom he had liued dissolutely and giuing them some gifts hee bound them vpon paine of their liues that except they became new men they should neuer come neere the Kings Court lest by their familiarity either he himselfe might he corrupted or hee might be drawne by them to corrupt iustice and iudgment so carefull was that Princely Conuert to auoyde all occasions that might bring him backe vnto euill And thus should euery Christian be watchfull to auoyde all enticements that may withdraw his heart from Christ vnto sinne like that young man of whom S. Ambrose S. Ambrose lib. 2. de poenitent cap. 10. maketh mention that hauing been in loue with a harlot going into a strange country he left his wicked loue and became a new man and therefore at his returne home againe meeting the harlot he passed by her as if he had not known her but she called to him in her wonted manner Non nosti me Hast thou not knowne me my loue Ego sum it is I to whom the young man answereth At ego nom sum ego But I am not I I am not as I was I was not as I am I am now become a new man and therefore thy old enticements shal not preuaile against me And blessed is the man that can behold this blessed change in himselfe that when those three entizing harlots the world the flesh and the deuil shall labour againe to deceiue him by alluring him to his wonted sinnes can answere with this young man Ego non sum ego I am not I I am now become a new creature and therfore my oldnesse is passed I am free from the bondage of sinne and become the seruant of righteousnesse that I may haue the fruit vnto holinesse and the end euerlasting life Rom. 6.22 5 O beloued the day of our conuersion of our new Creation is our new-yeares day The day of our new conuersion is our new yeares day to be celebrated with ioyfulnesse for euer and because so long as we liue in our mortall bodies we sinne euery day lesse or more against God euery day should be our new-yeares day wherein we should dedicate our selues Rom. 12.1.2 our soules and bodies as a new-yeares-gift vnto God Wherfore as merchants tradesmen vse euery yeare to cast vp their accounts to see what they haue gained or what they haue lost so let vs euery yeare nay euery month euery weeke yea euery day cast vp our spirituall account and see what we haue gained or what we haue lost how far we haue gone forward or how backwards in perfecting the worke of our new Creation And as the crowing of the cocke did put Peter in mind of his new conuersion so let the returne of the yeare the crowing of the cocke the rising of the Sunne and the striking of the clocke put vs in remebrance of our new Creation so that euery yeare euery day euery houre we may striue and labour to be new men in Christ wholly conformed to the image of our Sauiour And thus if we do 6. The newnesse of grace is rewarded with newnesse of glory God will giue vnto vs the most glorious and blessedest new-yeares-gift that our hearts can desire we shall haue a new King our blessed Sauiour to rule ouer vs a new captaine the blessed Spirit to guide vs a new light the light of grace to enlighten vs in this world and the light of glory to make vs glorious for euer in the world to come We shall haue a new city the heauenly Hierusalem which is aboue a new vnion and Communion with God the Father with Christ our Sauiour and the blessed Spirit and the Saints and Angels in glory for euer And then my Text shall be verified in a higher nature Old things are passed away and behold all things are become new And to close vp all with prayer This new King new Captaine new law new light new city that heauenly Hierusalem new vnion and Communion first in grace here after in glory in heauen God of thy eternall and infinite mercy grant vnto vs all and to thy whole Church for the pretious merits of thy dearely beloued Sonne and our blessed Sauiour to whom with thee and the holy Spirit one God in Trinity and Trinity in Vnity be ascribed as is most due all glory honour and prayse might maiesty and dominion from henceforth and for euer Amen FINIS