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A94353	Elijah's mantle: or, The remaines of that late worthy and faithful servant of Jesus Christ, Mr. John Tillinghast. Viz. I. The conformity of a saint to the will of God. On Act. 21.14. II. The will of God and Christ concerning sinners. On Gal. 1.4. III. No condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus. On Rom. 8.1. IV. Christs love to his owne. On Joh. 13.1. V. True gospel humiliation. On Zach. 12.10. VI. The most effectual means to kill and subdue sin. On 1 Joh. 2.2 VII. The advocateship of Jesus Christ, a great ground of saints comfort and support under sins and infirmities. On 1 Joh. 2.2. VIII. The only way for saints to be delivered from the errors and evils of the times. On 1 Tim. 6.11. IX. Of the Old Covenant, from Gal. 4.30. being so farre as the author had proceeded, in a treatise of the two covenants, before his death. Published by his owne notes.	Tillinghast, John, 1604-1655.; Manning, John, d. 1694.	1658 (1658)	Wing T1172; Thomason E1557_1; ESTC R203796	263,858	498

then would their trust be This trust in Ordinances was so great as that they did under it shrowd themselves in iniquity Micha 3.9 10 11. They commit all manner of iniquity and yet leane upon the Lord trust in him conclude for certaine hee was amongst them no evil should befall them What makes them conclude thus O they had the presence of Ordinances though they did sin and rebel yet they had their Temple among them and could offer up Sacrifices for their rebellions and this they thought made amends for all therefore when God will destroy their false trust he threatens them with the ruine of their City and their Temple the place of their worship vers 12. And because of this horrid abuse of their Sacrifices and Offerings making them by reposing their trust in them a most abominable Idoll God speakes disdainfully of their Sacrifices though yet they were things of his own appointment Hos 8.13 They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifice of my offerings and eat it but the Lord accepteth them not Now will hee remember their iniquity and visit their sins as to say Do they indeed sacrifice no such matter they onely bring mee a little flesh which I regard not but will punish them for it So Isa 66.3 Hee that killeth an Oxe is at if hee slow a man hee that sacrificeth a Lamb as if hee cut off a Dogs necke hee that offereth an Oblation as if hee offered Swines blood hee that burneth Incense as if hee blessed an Idol I count saith God your Sacrifices no other but as so many most abominable and detestable iniquities Memorable is that of Abijah 2 Chron. 13. whose faith riseth very high vers 12. Behold God himself is with us for our Captain O children of Israel fight yee not against the Lord God of your Fathers for you shall not prosper And by this faith a most glorious victory is obtained vers 18. Thus the children of Israel were brought under and the children of Judah prevailed because they relied upon the Lord God of their Fathers But what was this faith built upon why in great part though not wholly upon Duties and Ordinances as see vers 10 11. But as for us the Lord is our God and we have not forsaken him and the Priests which minister unto the Lord are the sons of Aaron and the Levites wait upon their businesse And they burn unto the Lord every morning and every evening burnt Sacrifices and sweet Incense the Shew-bread also they set in order upon the pure Table and the Candlesticke of gold with the Lamps thereof to burn every evening for we keep the charge of the Lord our God Obedience to the Commands and Institutions of the Lord and the presence and injoyment of Ordinances are two principal things upon which these high expressions of faith are grounded And observe notwithstanding the faith of this King did rise to so great a height yet was it not a true faith for of the same person it is said 1 King 15.3 That he walked in all the sins of his Father which he had done before him and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God as the heart of David his Father So that there may be great faith springing from Duties injoyment of Ordinances which yet notwithstanding is not true faith it is the faith of the Old Covenant but not the faith of the New 3 For Outward priviledges what confidence did the Jews lay in this external priviledge of being Abrahams seed Joh. 8.33 yet John Baptist tells them plainly that the foundation of their faith was an empty thing and would prove but a lying vanity Matth. 3.9 Thinke not to say within your selves we have Abraham to our Father as to say do not boast of this lay not your confidence here for I tell you it will deceive you you will finde a lie in it Such a confidence wee read of Ezek. 15.16 But thou didst trust in thine own beauty and playedst the Harlot God having by crowning Israel with many outward mercies and priviledges made them a Renown among the Heathen and very beautiful in the eyes of all through his comeliness put upon them vers 14. they presently lay a trust build a confidence upon this But thou didst trust in thine own beauty and what followed and playedst the Harlot False trusts do but open the door and lead to sin Notable is that place Isa 48.1 2. Hear yee this O house of Jacob which are called by the name of Israel and are come forth out of the waters of Judah which swear by the Name of the Lord and make mention of the God of Israel but not in truth nor in righteousness For they call themselves of the Holy City and stay themselves upon the God of Israel Observe here is a very great confidence laid upon an outward priviledge God by vertue of the Old Covenant gives himself as I have formerly said to Israel to be their God in a peculiar way so as that hee was not so the God of any other people this was a very great and glorious priviledge though no other as hath been observed but a conditional mercy which might bee forfeited and lost They ate too so taken with this that saith the Prophet they make mention of the God of Israel i.e. boast much of this God as their God yea saith the Prophet They stay themselves upon the God of Israel i.e. build much faith upon this that they are Israelites and God is the God of Israel therefore surely God loves us we must be happy yet observe all this boasting and beleeving was but a counterfeit They make mention of the God of Israel they stay themselves upon the God of Israel but not in truth nor in righteousnesse 4 For experiences and faith built upon them the example is famous Psal 106.11 12 13. God works a very glorious deliverance for Israel the waters cover their enemies not one is left What then What doth the experience of this miraculous deliverance work in them why see vers 12. Then beleeved they his words they sang his praise Now they beleeve yea so beleeve as that their hearts are filled with joy their mouthes with praises but observe this faith built upon experiences soon dyes as in the following verses They soon forgat his works they waited not for his Counsel But lusted exceedingly in the wildernesse and tempted God in the Desart And he gave them their request but sent leannesse into their souls Minde it Those that but just now had fat flourishing souls they beleeve sing praise their soules are presently lean Such is all the fatness and flourishing of the Old Covenant a dying fading thing 5 For Providences what faith doth Saul build upon a Providence 1 Sam. 23.7 Hee is hot in persecuting David David flying from place to place enters Keila● a walled Town Saul hears of it presently cries out a Providence God hath delivered him into my hand as to say I have hitherto feared

God was against mee and on Davids side I see now it is otherwise God takes my part hath shut up my enemy for mee A Providence seeming to smile upon him in his way makes him conclude God to bee his Friend when it was nothing to Thus much for the Outward blessings themselves The Condition required for the attaining and keeping of these was a diligent observance of what things the Moral and Judicial Lawes considered onely according to the Letter did require If they did what in the Letter of these Laws was commanded as in case they set up no other gods in their Land made no graven Images to worship did not take Gods Name in vain nor prophane his Sabbath nor behave themselves disobediently towards their Superiours nor were guilty of the acts of Murder Adultery Theft c. And so also for the Judicials by this Litteral obedience they came to have a right to all those blessings and mercies whether more common or special which were but meerly outward and temporary that is to say They should in doing these punctually and exactly as was required in the Letter of the Commandement bee blessed with long life in the Land of Canaan multiplication of their Nation advancement of them above other Nations have blessings attending them in City Field fruit of their bodies ground cattel in their basket store in their out-goings in-comings in their Store-houses and all they should set their hands unto have the victory and rule over their enemies bee freed from sicknesses diseases Famine Captivity c. Also they should so doing bee Gods peculiar people and hee would bee their God a Father Husband to them make them a holy Nation to himselfes crown them with peculiar dignity honor c. To the attainment of all these things a bare litteral obedience was sufficient and obedience of this nature was true obedience to the Old Covenant so farre as the same was a Covenant giving and dispensing Outward mercies and Priviledges onely And indeed that such an obedience there was is clear because as outward mercies of peace plenty c. were promised to Israel upon condition of their obedience so were these mercies oft-times enjoyed by them But now should wee conceive a spiritual obedience to the Law to bee the condition upon which these were injoyed then because obedience of this nature they were never able to give it would have been impossible for them to have injoyed these at any time Such therefore must the condition bee for outward mercies as they might perform which performing they had and did keep their mercies and not performing did lose them and come under a curse unlesse they did immediately upon every act of transgression which it were a thing impossible for them to do had the Condition I say been Spiritual obedience in which acts of disobedience are multiplied hourly flye for reliefe to the Ceremonial Law their City of refuge And because there was such an obedience as this required in the Old Covenant upon the due performance of which men might even upon the termes of the Covenant lay claim to outward mercies therefore I take it doth holy Hezekiah hee having kept the Old Covenant according to the Letter thereof when he was to plead for an outward mercy viz. continuance of life urge his obedience Isa 38.3 As also good Nehemiah spreads his obedience before God Neh. 13.14 And this obedience I conceive the young man meant and no other when hee said to Christ All these have I kept from my youth for had hee looked upon the Law in the spirituality of it neither hee nor any man living could ever make such a boast This likewise was the obedience Paul had in his eyes when hee saith of himself before his conversion that hee was as touching the righteousness of the Law blamelesse Phil. 3.6 The opinion therefore of the Jews that outward literal obedience was true obedience to the Law was not false onely it was short it was true obedience as to the attaining outward blessings only it was not the all of obedience the Law required And therefore Christ Mat. 5. where his large discourse upon the Law by way of exposition of it was dawn forth by the Pharises abuse of this opinion doth not in the least condemn the opinion it selfe of litteral obedience as if there were no such kinde of obedience at all sufficient for the attainment of any thing but only condemns their abuse of it and that improvement they made of this viz. That a man might enter into the Kingdome of Heaven and bee saved by it this hee shews could not bee but in case they sought salvation from the Law another kinde of obedience than this must bee given to it Secondly The Old Covenant had as well blessings spiritual and eternal as outward or temporary but yet so as that these were not as the former attainable by this Old Covenant as I shall shew presently Now that the Old Covenant had a Spiritual and eternal blessing held forth in it is manifest 1 From the contrary viz. a curse of eternal death coming in upon the breach of it Gal. 3.10 It is observable as I have formerly noted that these words relate to Moses his Covenant and are therefore quoted thence now if Moses Covenant did hold forth death eternal to the breakers of it then must wee also suppose on the contrary life eternal to bee held forth to him or them that should keep it 2 That opposition betwixt the Law and the Gospel the Old and New Covenant which the Apostle in his Sermons Writings especially in the Epistles to the Romans Galatians doth speak so much of plainly declares this for wherein lyes this opposition but herein viz. That in the one life justification salvation is held forth upon condition in the other freely and absolutely Herein I say lyes the opposition that the very same blessing is held forth in one one way in the other another And that the Law which the Apostle in his Epistles doth set in opposition to the Gospel is to bee understood of Moses his Law and not the Covenant of works made with Adam in Paradise is clear because hee quotes as I have said the very words of Moses curse speaks of the Law which was four hundred and thirty years after the promise made to Abraham which was given upon Mount Sinai which was the School-master Tutor and Governour of Gods people under the Old Testament that Law which the false Apostles did teach and cry up which was not Adams Covenant but the Covenant made by Moses all clearly shewing that the Law standing in opposite termes to the Gospel was according to the minde of the Apostle the Law of Moses if so then the ground of the opposition betwixt them lying in this that the Law gave life and salvation upon condition the Gospel freely it doth necessarily unlesse wee destroy the opposition it self by taking away the ground of if follow That Moses his