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A13755	A treatise of faith, and of some principal fruits thereof Deliuered in two sermons, vpon the third chapter of the epistle of Paul to the Ephesians, verse the 12. With some additions and enlargements, tending to the satistaction of such as are in doubt, whether they haue faith or no, and to the comforting of such as are troubled about the weakenesse of their faith. By G. Throgmorton, minister of the word of God.	Throgmorton, George.	1624 (1624)	STC 24052; ESTC S101278	55,089	232

and good issue out of all our troubles If hee vouchsafe vs the honour to call on him to speake or petition to him its certaine it s his purpose to free vs Psal 10. last vers When a King is purposed to destroy a Rebell or offender he commands him to be kept close prisoner and not come forth to make or present any petition to come into his sight or speake to him but if he giue him leaue to goe abroad though with his Keeper in restraint only with libertie to vse his friends and best meanes it shewes there is hope of his inlargement and of the Kings purpose to free him So if wee haue libertie to goe to Christ by Faith and take him by the hand and vse him our Mediatour by him to petition to God and make our suites its assured securitie to bee heard and deliuered Hereby wee may also know if we haue beene fed with Christ haue drunke his blood and spirit or the spirit obtained by his blood in the Sacrament we shall then sing and praise Christ his benefits our mouthes will be opened as Psalme 22.26 and Ephes 5.18 Likewise if we be the redeemed of the Lord Iesus and his seruants by redemption he will giue vs a new mouth and language to praise and honour him The receiuing of a new language is a note and marke and indeede a bond of subiection Thus the ancient Romanes did plant their language the Latine tongue in the countries which they conquered And the Kings of Spaine cause the Indians to speake Spanish Whom God conquers by his Word hee plants his Word in their hearts in their mouthes Where Christ or Satan raigne in the heart their language and voice or tongue is in their mouth If Christ dwell in the heart by faith hee will giue a great 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the mouth Eph. 3.17 with 12. verse and Heb. 3.6 The Beast of Rome exalted by Satan the Dragon or the Dragon reigning in the Heathen Emperours and their successors gaue them a mouth to speake as a Dragon As Christ especially reignes in his Ministers and sets vp his Kingdome in others by them preaching the Gospel of the Kingdome so hee giues them a speciall mouth and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 aboue others 2. Cor. 13.3 So he promiseth to Moses in a speciall manner to be with his mouth to conquere Pharaoh and to redeeme his people and to giue his Disciples a mouth wisedome against which all their aduersaries shall not be able to speake or resist but it shall conquere them and all their wisedome pollicy sophistry and all the wisedome of this world and of the Princes of this world which come to nought Mens beastly prophane earthly and fleshly speech mouth and language sheweth that they are base slaues and vassals to the flesh belly earth and Satan Contrary holy and godly speech and the Word and Truth of God in mens mouthes holy conference of diuine things shew Christ to reigne within When the word of Christ dwels in vs plenteously Col. 3.16 and wee abound in all speach and in all wisdome as 1. Cor. 1. not in excellency of humane speach wisedome but as 2. Cor. 6.11 As God raignes by his word and it s his kingdome so where he sets vp his Kingdome in any mans heart and soule it giues him the lip of excellencie and a mouth of glorie as to Christ speaking with that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and authoritie and not as the Scribes Mat. 7. verse the last God rules and gouernes all by his Word Hee stilleth the raging of the Sea by his Word Reu. 19. The word of God is King of Kings and hath many Crownes vpon his head conquering the Beast and false Prophet and sends them to Hell and the rest that is the Kings of the Earth are slaine by the sword that comes out of the mouth of him that sits on the white horse that is sanctified godly ministers which sword is the gospel of the kingdome For Christ raignes by his Word in the mouthes of his true Ministers contrarily Antichrist raignes by the Temporall sword His Kingdome stands not in his mouth word preached as of the true Prophets Reuel 11.5 Out of whose mouth came fire to deuoure their aduersaries that is the holy Gospel in spirituall and powerfull preaching For thus it becommeth true Ministers to fight and to kill their aduersaries verse 5. But the Beast that comes out of the bottomelesse pit makes warre against them with the Temporall sword and kils their bodies verse 7 8. for their kingdome stands in Temporall Power Honour and Dignity Christes Kingdome is his Word Preached Antichristes Kingdome and power stands in Kings and Princes power the tenne hornes of the Beast wherewith he is armed to gore wound the body of Christ From Adam to the building of Babel the Church of God was one and vniforme and all the seruants of God confessed one faith in one language and professed their obedience and subiection to the kingdome of Christ in one language the Hebrew the Primitiue holy Tongue till the confusion of Languages came in at the building of Babel In the Primitiue times all the Churches and seruantes of Christ professed their obedience and subiection to Christ the Lorde that had bought them by one vniforme confession of Faith till spirituall Babylon erected brought a confusion of Languages and differing confessions of Faith and of the worshippe and seruice of Christ in diuers articles of Doctrine and Discipline of differing formes of Churches betweene Sardis Philadelphia and Laodicea which will continue till Babylon it selfe be destroyed and then the vniuersall Church shall be vniforme in all Nations and one confession of faith both of Iewes and Gentiles professing their ioynt subiection and seruice to Christ their Lord in one forme of confession of faith in one holy language and forme of worship praising God with a ioynt Halleluiah Reuel 19.1 the generall state of the vniuersall Church and the common forme of Diuine worship and praising from the first calling and rising of it out of Egyptian bondage and Antichristian darkenesse to this time is a new song before the Throne of God now raigning ouer them being redeemed from the tyrannie of Antichrist A new song of praise and worship not before heard for many ages Reuel 14.3 The song of Moses and of the Lambe chap. 15.3 the song of a small number chap. 14.3 But now that Babylon is destroyed and both Iewes and Gentiles called and Church inlarged by the comming in of the fulnesse of the Gentiles the common forme of Diuine worship praising of God is altered and brought to the first and Primitiue auntient forme from the Creation which is Halleluiah See Reuel 19.1 2 3 4 5 6 7. 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we haue boldnesse and accesse with confidence by the faith of him THere are two principall radicall and fundamentall graces in a Christian heart and inward man viz. Faith and Repentance Hebrewes 6.2 Repentance from dead Workes and Faith towards God These two rootes shew themselues by fruits in life and conuersation Repentance shewes it selfe in hating and flying sinne and in vsing all meanes of abstaining from sinne and vanities Faith shewes it selfe in motions and imployments towards God which are chiefely these two 1. Our Accesse to God by Manuduction as led by Christ which makes vs confident in going to God because we are led and goe not of our selues As with all care and feare we flie all sinne by repentance so we must boldly and confidently goe to God being led by Christ taking vs by the hand 2. The second motion or imployment is freedome of speech The first is of the inner man the second of the outward man The worke and imployment of Faith in the soule called that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by which we most serue honour and attend on God as Ioh. 6.29 Heb. 6.10 1. Thess 1.3 stands in these things here set downe in this verse 1. We take Christ our Mediatour by the hand and lay hold on him 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is that faith which laies hold on his Person 2. Hauing him by the hand and led by him to God we haue accesse to God goe to him 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 3. We goe with boldnesse and confidence being so led and hauing such a guide as the second Person in Trinitie the Sonne of God 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 4. Beeing come to God in this confidence led by Christ we open our minds and hearts and speake to him freely with open face without feare or shame Of these in their order 1. Faith laies hold on Christs Person and takes him by the hand in all motions to God and in all things wherein we haue to doe with God We must haue nothing to doe with God without Christ our Mediatour As the Iewes had no dealings with God no accesse to him but by the high Priest taken from among men Heb. 5.1 and ordained for men in all things appertaining to God Therefore they first went to the high Priest before they went to God So we must first goe to Christ before we goe to God Iohn 14.6 Heb. 7.25 The soule cannot thinke of going to God but it thinkes of laying hold of somewhat by which to be imboldned to goe vnto God to finde acceptance with him Therfore it saith to it selfe Mich. 6.6 7 8. Wherewith shall I come before the Lord and bow my selfe before the high God who or what shall warrant me a worme dust and ashes to goe to so high and a great God Reason and flesh saith 10005. of rammes and ten thousand and fiue riuers of oyle and some great thing answerable to so great a God No man can apprehend the Highnesse and Greatnesse of God aboue himselfe and thinke of going to him but he must also thinke of what hee must bring to God But Faith as it only sees aright the height and greatnesse of the most High God and the face of tha Father of glory in the glasse of the Gospel wherin also hee hath reuealed and offered vs a Mediatour answerable to himselfe and to his glory so faith onely answeres this question and resolues the soule saying Hee hath shewed thee O man what is good and what the Lord requires of thee There is nothing great and good enough for God but Christ his Sonne He is infinitely abased if any thing neuer so great or good bee thought fit to present to God or to warrant vs to goe to him but onely Christ his Son Especially we thinke too basely of his Maiestie and Glory if wee conceiue that the same offended by sinne and dishonoured can bee satisfied by any creature but by his onely Sonne the second person in Trinity and shall wee thinke to giue the fruit of our body for the sinne of our soule No it s onely the fruit of the Virgines wombe that Branch and Off-spring of Dauid the onely begotten Sonne of God Now Faith first laies holde on the humane nature of Christ as a handle fit for mans nature to lay sure hold on and as the hand of the Sonne of God fit for vs to grapple or graspe and imbrace as our owne flesh For it cannot lay hold on the God-head its fire consuming in the man-hood it imbraceth the God-head dwelling in it bodily Colos 2.9 As he that holds a Lanthorne by the handle receiues and holds also the light thit is in the Lanthorne So he that by Faith laies hold on Christs flesh and body as the Lanthorne laies hold on Christ the second Person and the fulnesse of the God-head and hee is Emanuel God with him Matth. 1. Vse In going to God some lay hold on their workes as the Pharisie Luke 18. some on Saints and Angels as the Papists let vs onely lay hold on Christ 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2. Heb. 2 c. 12.2 hauing hold on Christ he goes before and leads and wee follow him as our 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and our fore-runner Heb. 6.18 19 20. 1. Pet. 2.25 We were as sheepe that went astray following our lusts but now are returned to the Shepheard of our soules that hee may lead vs to God It s nothing what sinnes wee turne from if we turne not to Christ to leade vs to God the chiefe good it s nothing what euils wee auoid if we goe not streight to God and make straight steps to our feet This leading by the hand is opposed as a Medium or middle vertue or motion to two extreames First desperation whereby Deuils and wicked Men flie from God and come not to him but as drawne and compelled and that with horrour and hatred of God Secondly presumption of proud and blind Iustitiaries that goe to God of themselues as the Pharisie Luke 18. not led by the hand of a Mediatour but trusting to themselues As Sathan leades all wicked mens soules to Hell so Christ leades the soules of all Saints to God That is called the Spirit of the world which swayes the whole world Ephes 2.2 this the Spirit of Christ swaying all his body and members Hee onely leads vs because hee onely remooues whatsoeuer makes vs vnworthy or vnfit to come or feares and discourageth vs to come vnto God and giues vs whatsoeuer makes vs acceptable as his Person merits sacrifice c. Hee came downe from the bosome of the Father to bring vs thither and was made flesh for this end that by the hand of his flesh wee might lay hold on him crucified and risen againe and so be drawne by him to God He is that ladder of ascension to God Iohn 3.13 Vse Shall wee not then goe to Christ who is come downe from Heauen to vs and