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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A95930	The only deliverer from wrath to come, or, The way to escape the horrible and eternal burnings of Hell By Thomas Vincent.	Vincent, Thomas, 1634-1678.	1671 (1671)	Wing V446C; ESTC R43945	22,465	40

and this cannot be removed until Gods Justice be satisfied the other is perfect actual obedience unto Gods Law and without this there can be no attaining eternal Life and Glory the first Covenant of works so Man in his fallen State being still in force Do this and Live and the Soul that sinneth shall dye now man being finite cannot satisfie Gods justice for his sins and being a Sinner cannot yield perfect actual obedience to Gods Law but the Lord Jesus Christ hath done both for man 1. Christ by his sufferings and death upon the Cross did make satisfaction unto Gods justice he being made a curse for us Gal. 3. 13. And undergoing equivalent punishment punishment unto the damned storment and being God-man though the humane nature only did suffer yet the Divine nature in the same person did put an infinite value upon the sufferings of the humane and so became a sufficient satisfaction unto Gods infinite justice and hereby he hath purchased remission of sins and deliverance from wrath to come 2. Christ hath yeilded perefect actual obedience unto the Law he hath fulfilled all righteousness that not having a righteousness perfect of our own his might he made ours and we might attain life thereby this passive and active obedience of Christ which you should labour to understand and that Christ had not this righteousness for himself he had no sin of his own to suffer for but it was in our stead and as our surety and this righteousness was intended for us and being the righteousness of such a person is highly efficacious to attain that for which it was designed as will appear by the Covenant 3. Labour for a thorow understanding of the Covenant and that both the Covenant which God made with Christ in the behalf of man and the Covenant which God hath made with man through Christ 1. Acquaint your selves with the Covenant God made with Christ in the behalf of man whatever worth and value there was in the righteousness of Christ yet God might have required a personal righteousness and satisfaction and Christ's righteousness might have stood us in no stead but God did eternally Covenant and agree with Christ that if he would take Humane nature and work out a righteousness for fallen man it should be accepted that if he would take to him the body he should prepare for him and make his Soul an Offering for sin that is suffer what his justice did require for the sins of Man that he should see his Seed and justifie many Isa 53. 10 11. It is through this Covenant with Christ that Christ righteousness is accepted in the behalf of Sinners God having agreed before that so it should be 2. Acquaint your selves with the Covenant God hath made with Man through Christ wherein upon the account of Christ God hath promised remission of sins and eternal life Heb. 10. 16 17. This is my Covenant that I will make with them saith the Lord I will put my Laws into their hearts and their sins and iniquities I will remember no more 1 John 2. 25. This is the promise which he hath promised even eternal life If ever you be saved from eternal wrath and attain eternal life it must be by vertue of this New Covenant of Grace wherein God doth engage himself to give what his Son hath purchased 3. Labour to be acquainted with the nature and use of faith which is the Tenour of the Covenant of Grace the Tenour of the Covenant of work was Do and Live the Tenour or that required to give an interest in the Covenant of grace is Believe and Life Faith joyns the Soul unto Christ the Mediatour of this Covenant and giveth an actual interest in him and his purchase and whatever is promised through him in the Covenant Faith is a resting of the Soul alone upon Christ and an application of the promises of Pardon and life unto the Soul Faith is not only a discerning but applying or laying hold on Christ's righteousness without us whereby it is imputed to us or accounted once by God as if it had been our own personal righteousness If ever you would be justified that is have your sins pardoned and your persons accepted as perfectly righteous in the sight of God it must be by Faith renouncing your own righteousness as imperfect and insufficient apprehending and applying resting and trusting in Christ's perfect righteousness 4. Apply your selves unto God in Prayer that he having given his Son for you would also him give to you and that he would give you Faith to receive him and apply him beg this again and again with confession of your sins and sense of your want of Christ and never leave asking until you obtain attend also upon the Word where it is Preached most purely and powerfully for the working of Faith which cometh by hearing Rom. 10. 17. And then in the strength of the Lord put forth the hand to lay hold on Christ and labour to cast your selves upon him resigning withall your selves up unto him not only to be saved but also taught and ruled by him Obj. I know it will be objected that if we seek thus to be delivered from wrath to come by Jesus Christ and Faith in his righteousness without us and not by internal righteousness and that of works that this will open a door to Licentiousness Ans I Answer That this is an old Objection against the Doctrine of justification by Faith even in the days of the Apostles when the Doctrine was first Preached But as then so also now this Doctrine doth not give any liberty to sin for however we cannot be saved by inherent righteousness and any of our good works yet we cannot be saved without them none assert more highly that there must be Regeneration and Sanctification a new heart and new life otherwise there can be no admission into Heaven no escaping of the damnation of Hell Yea further we say that the same Faith which is an instrument of justification is also a part of Sanctification being a heart purifying grace Act 15. 9. That as Faith is a hand to lay hold on Christ's righteousness without us so it is a hand to receive supplyes of grace and spirit from Christ for the quickning of us unto newness of Life yea I may say there can be no real inherent righteousness withou an interest by Faith in Christ's imputed righteousness there may be some thing like it a righteousness of some kind there may be but not of the right kind not a righteousness which springs from the true principle which is saith and therefore not a righteousness that is pleasing unto God for without Faith it is impossible to please God Heb. 11. 6. So that if you would have inherent righteousness and walk so as to please God you must belive in the Lord Jesus and fetch grace from him in whom all fulness doth dwell Col. 1. 19. If you would have lust mortified the world crucified and overcome the Devil who endeavoureth by his temptations to draw you unto sin you must by Faith draw vertue and strength to do it In a word if you would deny Ungodliness and Worldly lusts and live soberly righteously and Godly in this present evil world you must do it by Faith But how to attain the principle and practice of Godliness I may else where give direction Had I room I might speak much by way of exhortation to such as have attained an interest in Christ and the deliverance purchased by him in a word learn to admire free grace to be very thankful and watchful to endeavour the bringing others to Christ to adorn your profession to be blameless and harmless the Disciples of Christ without rebuke in the midst of a crooked and perverse Generation among whom you should shine as Lights in the World here that so you may shine like Stars yea like Suns in the Kingdom of your Father for ever FINIS Books of this Author Printed God's Terrible Voice in the City being a Re-Plague and Fire in London Christ's certain and sudden appearance to Judgement Fire and Brimstone from Heaven in the Burning of Sodom formerly From Earth in the Burning of Aetna lately In Hell to Burn the wicked eternally These Printed for George Calvert and to be Sold at his Shop at the Golden Ball in Duck-lane Words whereby we may be Saved and Words of advice to young Men. Printed for T. Parkhurst and to be Sold at his Shop at the Golden Bible on Londen-Bridge The Foundation of God Standeth Sure or an Answer to W. Pens Sandy Foundation Shaken

of such high dignity of such admirable beauty and such wonderful Love as the Lord Jesus Christ who came down from the Father and clothed himself with our nature for this end that he might become our Saviour and Redeemer our Surety and Advocat and that he might deliver us from wrath to come 2. See here the value of Christ's Death without shedding of Blood there is no Remission Heb. 9. 22. And if no remission then no deliverance from wrath to come if guilt doth remain punishment will ensue and that of God's eternal wrath in Hell It was not the blood of Bulls and Goats Sacrificed under the Law that could remove guilt and procure remission of Sin Heb. 10. 4. For it is not possible that the blood of Bulls and Goats should take away Sin But it was through Christ's Sacrifice of himself once for all and shedding of his blood upon the Cross that Remission of sins and by consequence this deliverance from wrath to come was purchased It was not thousands of Rams or ten thousand rivers of Oil or all the Treasures of the Earth that could have procured remission of Sin because all this would have been no satisfaction unto Gods Justice but the Blood of Jesus who is God-man hath satisfied Gods Justice by his death Christ hath paid the full price which was due for sin surely then his death is of greater value than the riches were there so many of ten thousand worlds 3. Here see the excellency of Faith we read in the first Epistle of Peter of a precious Christ Chap. 2. 7. And of Christ's precious Blood Chap. 1. 19. And of precious Faith also Chap. 1. 7. Of all other graces Faith is called precious and it hath above other graces a peculiar excellency not in respect of it self so much but in regard of it's object as it doth give Interest in the precious Christ and make application of his precious Blood whereby we come to attain a share in this deliverance by Christ from wrath to come Christ is most precious as the Author of our deliverance Christ death is most precious as the merit of our deliverance and Faith is most precious as the instrument of our deliverance 4. Here see what a Priviledge it is to have the Gospel Preached amongst us which is a means to make discovery unto us of Jesus Christ the only Deliverer from wrath to come as also to work Faith in us which cometh by hearing Rom. 10. 17. Whereby alone we come to have Interest in Jesus Christ and his deliverance Such as are without the Gospel are in darkness and unbelief and are hastening forward towards the regions of eternal darkness and they know not whither they are going It is of more use to have the Light of the Gospel than to have the light of the Sun and the total removal of this light is a greater judgement than any temporal calamity since it is the means to prevent eternal misery Vse 2. For Examination Is Jesus the only Deliverer from wrath to come it concerneth all of you them to examine your selves whether you have an Interest in this Jesus and the deliverance from wrath which he hath purchased and through him alone is to be obtain'd All of you are Sinners you were born in sin and you have liv'd in sin and should you dye in sin too as certainly as the guilt of sin doth lye upon you so certainly will the wrath of God come upon you without an Interest in Jesus Christ there can be no escaping for you you may know whether you have an Interest in Jesus Christ by your Faith by your Life by your Love by your Likeness and by your Obedience 1. If you have an Interest in Jesus Christ then you have Faith I don't mean an Historical Faith only to believe the History and report which the Gospel doth give of Jesus Christ what he hath done and suffered nor a temporary Faith which is the food presumption of some formal hypocrites whereby they may seem to cleave unto Christ when indeed their hearts cleave chiefly to sin whereby through misapprehension of Gospel Priviledges and misapplication of Gospel promises they may attain unto some kind of fleshly love and joy which endures but a while and they usually if put upon great tryals do end in open Apostacy But if you have an Interest in Christ indeed you have a true justifying Faith whereby being first convinced of sin humbled and emptied of your selves resolvedly parting with all your sins as to affection and sincerely renouncing all your own righteousness as to dependance you cast your selves upon Christ lean and depend upon him expecting remission and Salvation alone through his perfect righteousness made yours by imputation Have you by Faith discerned Christ have you by Faith applyed Christ are you by Faith joyned unto Christ have you been by Faith taken off your own bottoms and built upon Christ the chief corner stone have you by Faith been cut off your old Stock and engrossed into Christ the choice Vine have you by Faith been divorsed from sin and married unto Christ the best Husband are you indeed got unto and into Christ by Faith and have you received him into your hearts by Faith without this true faith there can be no true union to Christ without union to Christ there can be no Interest in Christ without Interest in Christ there can be no remission of sin no Salvation and deliverance from wrath to come 2. If you have an Interest in Christ you have Life 1 John 5. 12. He that hath the Son hath Life and he that hath not the Son hath not life He that hath an Interest in Christ the Son of God hath life he shall have Eternal life hereafter and he hath Spiritual life which is eternal life begun here such besides their natural life which they receiv'd from their Parents in their generation they have a principle of spiritual life which they receive from the Spirit of God in their regeneration they are the only persons that are quickned from their Spiritual death but he that hath not the Son hath not life such shall never see life hereafter but the wrath of God abideth on them John 3. 36. And they are spiritually dead here they are dead in trespasses and sins Eph. 2. 1. You may know whether you have an Interest in Jesus Christ by your spiritual Life I do not say by your constant liveliness this may be wanting at sometimes in true believers but you may know it by your spiritual life you were dead but you are alive and you may know your spiritual life by your spiritual motion from sin and towards God by your spiritual senses to discern between good and evil by your spiritual appetite after Christ and his righteousness and communion with God in his ordinances and the like if these be no symptoms of this spiritual life in you it is a sign that Christ is not in you and if Christ be