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A81727	Gospel-Glory proclaimed before the sonnes of men, in the visible and invisible worship of God. Wherein the mystery of God in Christ, and his royall, spirituall government over the soules and bodies of his saints, is clearly discovered, plainly asserted, and faithfully vindicated, against the deceiver and his servants, who endeavour the cessation thereof, upon what pretence soever. / By Edward Drapes, an unworthy servant in the gospell of Christ.	Drapes, Edward.	1648 (1648)	Wing D2139; Thomason E472_27; ESTC R205811	164,938	187

according to the effectuall working in the measure of every part making increase thereof edifying it selfe in love Eph. 4. 16. Hence it is that Saints are said to live in Christ and Christ in them Fourthly Christs church is the mountain of the Lord Psal 2. 6. a mountain looking towards heaven ascending from the earth a mountain It is the mountain of the Lord. visible a city on a hill which cannot be hid Mat. 5. 14. Fifthly It is Gods vineyard I am the vine and yee are the branches It is Gods vineyard saith Christ as the branches are all upon one tree so Christ and his are members all of one body branches of that stock which is Christ Jesus who lops of all withered branches Iohn 15. 1 2. Sixtly It is Christs garden that Christ takes delights in to walke It is Christs garden in I am come into my garden saith Christ my sister my spouse he feedeth among the lillies he delights even in his church to gather his pleasant fruits● 't is a walled garden in which is an everlasting fountain to water and refresh it 't is a garden well trimmed continually weeded wherein are all manner of fruits both new and old 't is an orchard of precious plants set by the water side I might further shew you 't is Gods tabernacle in this world moving from place to place till it attaines to its own countrey 't is Gods temple wherein his holinesse dwels 1 Cor. 3. 11. his presence is there the Arke of the Covenant the mercy-seat the incense of a sweet smelling savour unto God are there God is prayed to praised and admired there In the middest of my brethren saith Christ I will sing praise unto thee 't is Christs friend sister and spouse she is the Kings doughter all glorious within her beauty is excellent her relation is noble she is a Queen Psalm 45. 10. united to Christ the king of kings married unto him in everlasting bonds of loving kindnesse 't is a royall priesthood a holy nation a chosen generation born of God united under one king subject to one and the same lawes being a pure and undefiled people she is Christs love dove and undefiled one she is all faire she is but one Cant. 6. 't is a flock of sheep feeding together having one chief shepheard who separates them from the goates and keepes them from wolves who knows them by name 't is his sheepfold wherein all his sheepe are folded together not stragling up and down but in flocks together that follow the Lord Jesus knowing his voyce Chap. 10. 'T is a candlestick of pure gold to hold forth the true light of the Lord 't is a dove innocent and gentle feeding on the choysest food 't is the communion of Saints wherein Christ and Saints mutually communicate each to other Christ to them light life joy freedome and glory they to Christ praise honor reverence and songs of deliverance 't is a Communion wherein they communicate each to other of al those treasures the Father of Spirits hath communicated to them 't is a ship in this world tossed up and down yet safely arrives at the haven of everlasting glory through the guidance of their skilfull Pilot the Lord Jesus It is the Kingdome of priests a Kingdome of kings a kingdome from above the Kingdome of heaven whose head Iawes and inheritance are all heavenly Thus mayest thou see its nature to be spirituall pure peaceable mighty gracious and glorious being one with the Father and the Son and with each other visibly in the Father and the Son I might dwell longer here but I must passe forward The next thing I shall handle is the power of this Church The power of the Church which is very large consider what power a Kingdome family city or body hath for the well-ordering governing and increasing of its selfe this church hath the same I shall branch its power forth in severall particulars 1. In receiving of members 't is a houshold that can admit none to In receiving in members be of the family but such who are enrolled as houshold servants that this power is in them is evident for Paul went to Jerusalem and assayed to joyne himselfe to the disciples but they were all afraid of him Yet they were persons with whom he indeavoured to joyne himselfe which he had ignorantly done had not they a power to receive him Acts 9. 26. 27. Againe Phebe a servant of the Church of Cenchrea being to goe to the church of Rome Paul commends her to them desiring them to receive her in the Lord as becommeth Saints where note Paul commends her to the whole church to all the Saints there who were to receive her but that the church hath this power is evident for as I shall shew you presently they have power to cast out also now this receiving in of members ought to be discharged faithfully any person baptized desiring according to his duty to walk with any particular congregation except any should know by a visible demonstration that he was unworthy ought to be received But how ought the church to receive them that are members of another congregation Quest If a member of one congregation should have occasion to goe Answ to another they ought to be recommended from the Church or some particular brethren to them which is plaine in the case of Phebe's going to Rome Paul wrote a commendation to the Church at Rome desiring them to receive her Rom. 16. so in the case of divers others as when he sent Tichicus to the church of the Colossians he writes to them that he was a beloved brother a faithfull minister and fellow servant in the Lord. Colos 4. 7. 8. Quest But what if by a providence unknown to the Church or unexspected by him a member should be cast into another congregation having no such letter of recommendation may not the church receive him To this I say first if any member knowes him or her to be a brother or a sister his declaration or testimony is sufficient to the Church as is evident in the case of Pauls joyning with the Church at Jerusalem while he abode there it was upon Barna bas his testimony of him Acts 9. Secondly but if none knowes him the Church upon the profession of his faith and obedience to the commands of Christ and of his orderly walking may except they know any thing to the contrary receive him for the reason why the church at Jerusalem received not Paul was because they had heard what mischief he had done but here the church needs much wisdome and if they can I judge they would doe well to inquire of him if he be to remain among them lest he be one that should come in privily to In admonishing and reproving members sow tares amongst the wheate Thirdly The church hath power in admonishing and reprooving their members now admonition is twofold either in instructing of them or a

was given to him the Devil taking advantage of the Creatures mutability for God did not neither was he bound to make the creature immutable spake to the woman by a Serpent even a natural Beast of the earth that eats dust and creeps on her belly Eve would be wise beleeved the Devil ate of the Tree brake the Law and so came to know good and evil shee knew not good and evil before but now she felt the evil and died that is the evil of fear and shame the fruit of sin seized upon them This Tree was a Tree of triall to them of their obedience now sin came and death by sinne Adam was turned out of the Garden sorrow encompassed them the Tree of life a visible Tree pointing out Christ denied them because God would shew the riches of his grace and the glory of his justice had Adam eaten of that Tree of life he and all his posterity had lived for ever but God would not suffer it but would advance justice in the condemnation of some and so keeps him out with a staming Sword that is to say his Law or mighty power Thus do we continually the thing forbidden to us we are not contented with our sphere surely this consideration renders God just in our ruine and 't is only mercy that saves any of us Thus man was plunged in this darknes yet Christ came as a light shining in darknes but the darknes the dark sinfull heart of man comprehended it not but opposed it Christ saith he is the true light the Messia the Son of God that life eternal is in him the Jewes neglected rejected scorned and abused him so do many now by which they adde iniquity to iniquity and are justly Condemned for their sinnes But that I may the more clearly demonstrate the falsity of this assertion consider these following Arguments Those that Christ died for hee offered a Sacrifice for for his death was a Sacrifice for sinne as I have at large proved before Arg. to prove Christ died nor for all men Argument 2 But Christ offered not a sacrifice for all men therefore he died not for all This second proposition is clearly proved if you consider this That all those for whom this Sacrifice was offered are sanctified and perfected by it having through it Remission of sinnes which is evident for by one Offering hath he perfected for ever them that are sanctified and again We are sanctified through the offering of the body of Christ once for all he bore the sinnes of many and by that Sacrifice he carried them away that God remembers them in a way of judgement no more This will be more manifested if you consider what I shall say in the vertue of Christs death But there are a people that shall never be made perfect nor have sinnes done away this is so evident by it self that it needs no demonstration consult with the 25. Mat. and you may there if you doubt sinde a resolution Having thus handled the Subjects for whom this Sacrifice was To whom this sacrifice was offered offered I am now come to shew you to whom it was offered namely to GOD to an offended displeased and angry Majesty That could not endure Sinne and which threatened death to Sinners GOD saith Fury is not in me How then say you GOD is an angry God Object The same GOD that saith fury is not in me saith also They are Sol. full of the fury of the Lord. So that we must know fury wrath anger is in God by a Law which is the righteous dispensatinn of justice and judgement by his owne Law against the breakers of it And yet fury is not in God that is God in Christ hath so taken away the Cup of trembling and the dregs of his fury that fury is not in him to his Children for GOD in Christ is love full of love GOD in the Law is a recompencer of tribulation and anguish to all that obey not the Gospel of Christ Chap. XI Sheweth the excellent vertue of this Sacrifice appearing by its sweet and comfortable effects and that in four considerations THis Sacrifice is better then all other sacrifices transcends all under the Law comprehends all manner of excellency in it self and the vertue whereof appeares First In that the Lord Jesus by this one Sacrifice interposed between Christ inter-1 posed between God and man God and poor silly sorry man between Gods wrath vengeance and fury and sinfull rebellious man Gods hand of justice was up mans neck upon the block ready for his fatall and finall destruction Even as Abrahams hand was up ready to slay his Sonne But as then the Angel stept in and laid his hand on Abrahams Sword so the Angel of our new Govenant immediately interposed himself and became that Ram in the bush that was ready to dye in our stead and be offered for us that we might be spared so Christ held Gods hand and staved off his wrath as I may so say and now sets forward not onely to respite mans misery for a short time But Secondly He mediates betweene God and man for a reconciliation Christ mediates between God and man man was the offender sentence was given against him to condemnation nothing was wanting to compleate his misery but a full execution and eternity to locke him up fast in wrath and torment Now the Lord Jesus interposes himselfe to make up the breach and therefore is he called The Mediator betweene God and Man the Man Christ Jesus the Mediator of the New Covenant He it is not duties not prayers not fasts not the performances of the Creature that makes reconciliation and attonement for the sins of the people Thirdly By this sacrifice he hath given full satisfaction to God Christ hath given satisfaction to God the Father the Father for whatever he could lay to our charge Man as I said before was condemned to dye wrath was threatned he became a debtor to the Law Now the Lord Christ undertakes the payment of his debt he would answer the Law and pay whatever the Law could demand even to the utmost farthing he became the end of the Law for righteousnesse sake he died and became a curse for it is written Cursed be every one that hangeth on a tree that we might be blessed and live for ever Yea further The Lord Jesus that he might be a perfect Saviour bore our sinnes in his owne body on the Crosse and the Father laid on him The iniquities of us all and he was numbred among and judged as the transgressors Which holds forth to me the Father Isaiah 53. 12. speaking if I may so say after this manner to his Son Son wilt thou undertake for this man this sinfull man his sinnes are as searlet his offence is great the punishment is as great thou must take all his sinnes and faults upon thy selfe and stand in his stead and suffer whatever I have threatned upon him thou must

her head her owne honour and glory must be covered without controversy when paul saith He permits not a woman to speake in the Church he forbids not all manner of speaking for then if the Church should demand any question of her she might not answer which certainly she may So that I say this speaking that she is debarred of is teaching as the brethren who are prophets may all doe one by one she must not so teach in the Church to dishonour her head But if God hath given greater gifts to them then to the brethren How women ought to improve their gifts I shall shew them how they ought to improve them viz. by taking a brother home to their houses as Priscilla did Apollos and there instructing him in the way of the Lord more perfectly or by teaching one another modesty sobriety meeknesse humility love and holinesse this I am sure is their duty therefore saith Paul to Titus The aged women must be teachers of good things teaching the young women to be sober to love their husbands to love their children to be discreet chast keepers at home good obedient to their husbands that the word of God be not blasphemed Tit. 2. 3 4 5. Thirdly The end of prophesy it serves for the Church for building up in faith knowledge feare and love for exhortation from sinne to righteousnesse for comfort in feares doubts terrours temptations the end of that as of all other Ordinances is to glorifie God and serve our spirituall generation Our City is built on Mount Sion compact within it selfe Fiftly The gift of being a helper in the Gospel of Christ Aquila Gift of helps ' what and Vrbane and many more were Pauls helpers in Christ this is a gift whereby Saints are made able to be helpfull either in accompanying of the ministers of the Gospel in preaching to the world or in any service of the church Sixtly Governments this is a speciall gift given to some persons Gift of Government what in the Church for the ordering its affairs in due order without confusion whereby they are able to know when the members in the church are confused and to rectifie them I say this gift is usefull in any church of Christ this gift is called ruling Roman 12. 8. wherein they are inabled to rule the church of God as a well disciplined family there are other gifts spoken of in the Scripture as faith charity prayer prayse and the like some of which I shall speak of by and by But there was in the Apostles dayes other gifts then these viz. tongues Obj. miracles heating interpretation and surely if there be a true church there must be the same gifts now That is a great mistake 't is not required that all these severall Sol. gifts should be in every particular church but these are gifts distributed as the Lord seeth good we have gifts differing according to the grace given us The Lord is the dispenser of gifts to every man severally as he will to one one thing to another another and though we say it is needlesse for every church to have all the gifts they had in the Corinths yet we are not without sufficient gifts for the being of a true church the manifestation of the Spirit being given to every one to profit withal in his own place and order there is a gift of wisdom of knowledge of discerning spirits of prophecy of helps of governments of charity of teaching included in knowledge wisdome and prophecy so that we will not murmure for what we have not but blesse God for what we have and pray for more to him who giveth liberally and upbraideth not Chap. XI Of the Ordinances Order Ministry and Communion of the Church THe Ordinances of this Church I shall now speak of having The Ordinances of the Church viz. Prayer spoken already of prophesie which is a gift and an Ordinance to be practised are these following First Prayer all things are to be sanctified by the Word of God and prayer this was practised in the Church with an audible voice Act. 4. 24. so Paul kneeled down prayed with the disciples Act. 20. 26. Now prayer is the pouring out of the soul to God by way of supplication for the supply of ourwants by Jesus Christ which prayer is or ought to be the continnall posture of Saints spirits according to that of Paul pray continually therefore we shall find the church continuing in prayer Acts. 2. 42. this is a speciall part of divine worship whereby we acknowledge Gods preheminency our relation subjection and obedience unto God I might here shew you the prevalency of the prayers of Saints with God had I time but I shal conclude this with these three things which I desire may alwayes accompany prayer First Faith beleeving that God is that he heares us and is gracious and mercifull and will answer Secondly Watchfulnesse watch unto prayer watch and pray watch over thy heart thy corruptions to suppresse and subdue them Thirdly Constancy continue in praying for he will in due time answer cast not away thy prayers but expect their returne loaden with blessings Secondly Praise Praise is that the Lord takes delight in and Praise yet hath in himself no addition of honour by it the true praise of God is the acknowledgement of the glory and excellency of the Lord 't is the declaration of the goodnesse of the Almighty this praise is to be in the mighty congregation I will give thee thanks saith David in the great congregation I will praise thee among much people Psalm 35. 18. 145. 1. Christ and the Saints both sing praises in the church together unto God the Father this true praising of God from the power of the Spirit did the Psalmes sung upon musicall instruments under the law point at the gift of singing Psalms is not a composition of Davids Psalms into Meter through Of finging Psalmes a naturall faculty which Psalms the Priest or the Clarke names and all the people must fing together this begets a confusion and is a meer tradition for such a practise hath no more bottom then Organs or Choristers or Singing men and women in the Church of the Gospel which surely we will not plead for now The melody of Psalmes is not in the ear but in the heart to the Lord. Eph. 5. 19. To sing Psalmes in the Gospel is a speciall gift given to some particular member in the church whereby he doth blesse praise or magnifie the Lord through the mighty operation of the Spirit Ep. 5. 18 19. which is to beperformed I say by one alone at one time to the edification one of another and therefore it is an Ordinance flowing from a cheerfull heart if any be merry let him sing Psalmes that is to say let him blesse God that all should sing together is denied by Paul who saith how is it brethren when yee come together every one of you hath a Psalme they