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B04886	No power but of God, and yet a power in every creature, or, A word in season, to all men not void of grace, or deprived of reason wherein is held forth that the Almighty God is not wanting to us in impowering of us, but we are wanting to him, in not improving our talent for him ... / by Robert Purnel.	Purnell, Robert, d. 1666.	1651 (1651)	Wing P4238A; ESTC R187132	119,586	280

the rout they will be either taken or else return hacked and hewed and terribly wounded What is the cause that we be so easily and so often routed by Sathan why he comes and finds us unarmed hence it is that we have so many cuts and sores in our inward man we do not consider the strength and subtilty of our enemies and hence it is that we do not put on the whole armour of God Nay how many thousands of men and women be there nay of those that would be accounted pious Christians that are so far from puting on the whole armour of God that they ne're put on a peece of it Nay it is a rare thing to find a Professor that can tell one what this armour is and the right place of every peece hence it is that some do put the peece behind that should be before and that upon the foot which should be on the head and so though it be the armour of Christ you cannot fight in it it will be to thee as Sauls armour was to David unfit for service Surely Christians ●…f I see any thing of God this I do know ●…s one of the greatest evils that now reigns ●…mongst Professors their disordering what God hath ordered Take a thing that is ●…ood it is good but in its place put it a ●…ittle above or something beneath its place ●…he thing that is good in it self becomes evil ●…o you c. Again let us examine what necessity there ●…s for the sonnes of Sion thus to arm them●…elves Oh consider consider these ensuing ●…criptures Eph. 6. 11 12. Put on the whole ●…rmour of God there is the precept For we ●…restle not against flesh and blood but against ●…rincipalities and powers against the rulers of ●…arknesse against spiritual wickednesse in high ●…laces there is the reason Take heed that no ●…an deceive you saith our Lord Christ Mat. ●…4 4. For we be living in those dayes spoken ●…0 v. 24. There shall arise false Christs and false Prophets shewing great signes and wonders These are the dayes spoken to 1 Tim. 4. 1. Now the Spirit speaketh expressely that in the ●…ater dayes some shall depart from the faith giving ●…eed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils c. Oh what troops of men and women is Sathan driving before him Look up a little intreat the Lord to take the vail off thy spiritual eye and thou shalt see a great rode-way exceeding broad and very populous and drove after drove passing on not softly but swiftly they all ride post Mark diligently and thou shalt see Sathan that great Prince af the aire bravely mounted and richly clothed as their Generall marching before them and his Angels bringing up the rear Take a view of the Droves as they passe by thee and thou shalt see some of all ranks of men amongst them Me thinks I hear thee saying look look methinks I see a Parliament-man there me thinks I see here and there one of the Army and abundance of the Clergie there but they march more honourably then the rest for Satan their Prince hath made them File-leaders Look look what an innumerable company of men and women old and young high and low rich and poor are posting away to hel●… Now I see the words of Christ be true Mat. 7. 13. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction and many there be which go in thereat Now I see what is the meaning of that text Mat. 7. 22. Lord Lord have we not prophesied in thy name and in thy name have cast out devils and in thy name have done many wonderfull works Depart from me ●…aith Christ I never knew you How not know us and we have taught in thy streets and eat and drank in thy presence Depart saith Christ to them How depart Dost thou speak to us that have done so many wonderful things in thy name Lord let the word depart be given to the Ign rant and not to us that are Scholars Why saith Christ many of those whom you call Ignorant are the greatest Scholars in my school 1 Cor. 1. 26 27 28. Not many wise men after the flesh not many mighty not many noble are ●…alled but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound ●…he mighty and base things of the world and things which are despised hath God chosen yea and ●…hings which are not to bring to nought things that ●●re that no flesh should glory in his presence Oh how doth flesh glory in his presence if a man can speak scholastically though ●…he be not authentique how is he admired of men if he can speak eloquently and lay down things methodically which be but the gifts of nature how doth this flesh glory in his presence Methinks I hear a voice from heaven saying Come down thou proud self-seeking Flesh Thou hast set thy self in my Spirits place and hast caused the people to admire thee saying of thee as once it was said of Herod It is the v●…ice of God and not of man I will smit●… thee and the wormes shall destroy thee saith the Lord. In a word we may clearly see that Sathan hath his pits gins and snares for al●… degrees and degrees and ranks of men under all administrations form or forms He endeavours to cheat us in all things at all times and in●… all places But me thinks I see him lay the closest siege and raise the strongest batteries and plant his greatest peeces against these two things FIrst against the Doctrine of Christ Secondly against the Discipline of Christ 1. Against the Doctrine of Christ which tells thou art freely justified by grace Rom. 3. 24. in comes Antichrist and tels thee it i●… partly by grace and partly by works And so though thou dost not seek to be justified by the Law yet it is as it were by the works 〈◊〉 the Law Rom. 9. 3. 2. Wherefore because the sought it not by faith but as it were by the work●● of the law for they stumbled at that stumbling stone Consider these ensuing Scriptures which speak of justification by grace and if thi●… point were well understood men woul●… not so easily be led away with the error of th●… wi●…ked Ephes 2. 5. By grace are you saved a●● freely quickned when you were dead in your sin●● and v. 8. For by grace are you saved through faith and that not of your selves it is the gift of God Rom. 11. 6. And if it be by grace then it is no more of works c. And in Rom. 3. 24. Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ In a word Creation Election Redemption Justification and Sanctification are all of Free-grace to which both Old and New Testament speaks abundantly And for want of understanding this point the Papists erre in seeking salvation by works For want of understanding this

wiped from the eyes of his and 〈◊〉 there shall be no more sorrow nor paine ●●ereas thou and I have it may be neither ●●tience to wait nor faith to beleeve our 〈◊〉 interest in these things There be foure characters of a servant of Christ that I lately received from a frien●● 1. What is highest in thy judgement 2. What is dearest in thy affections 3. What is strongest in thy will 4. What is the most constant thing thy resolution So much shall serve at present to written of the temptations of the wor●● flesh and the devil and of the Armour Christ wherewith a Christian may defe●● himselfe and conquer his enemies and 〈◊〉 of the power natural and of the po 〈…〉 spiritual which is our duty to impro●● and all our remisnesse to be charged up our selves and not upon God and how serious consideration of this would be 〈◊〉 bar to stop that blasphemous princi●●● saying God is the author of sinne Of our in the first Adam and of our recovery by second Adam and how we may know th●● that are restored of Ordinances how t●● they be still in force Next I shall spe●● of Faith and then a few words to the ●●nisters An Epistle to the world Anot●●● to those chosen out of the world Of 〈◊〉 deliverances of the Saints and of their 〈…〉 ing too sudden in expecting deliverances A few words of Faith FAith is as it were the wings of the soule whereby the soule doth flye to heaven and bring downe it's evi●●nce under hand and seale Heb. 11. 1. 〈◊〉 Now this grace of Faith is of singular 〈◊〉 to Christians it is that first and princi●● wheele that makes all the other wheeles ●●move But most men be mightily as I ●●ppose mistaken in the true definition of ●●th Seeing then it is that whereby we live grace and it is that whereby we are ●●ried on to glory that we might not be ●●staken in that that is of such rare use to Give me leave to tell thee there is a Faith the History and a Faith of the Mystery ●●re is a Legal Faith and a Faith of ●●racles dead Faith and a temporary ●●ith c. There is an Evangelical Faith ●●ing the Faith of the Gospel Now men 〈◊〉 various in their thoughts of the true na●●re of this Gospel Faith I know one man 〈◊〉 Mr. H. D. that saith that this is the faith the Gospel to believe that Jesus Christ is 〈◊〉 Son of God and another saith that this the true faith of the Gospel viz. Faith is a holy and humble perswasion ground upon the word of God and witnessed his holy Spirit In a word most men 〈◊〉 give too general a definition of Faith 〈◊〉 general definition of the history with●● a particular application of the myst●●● will stand the soule in little or no stead the time of necessity Therefore I humb●● conceive that the faith of the Gospel th●● we are commanded to contend for Jude is such a Faith viz. Faith is a gift of God begotten in 〈◊〉 creature by the powerful preaching of 〈◊〉 word whereby the understanding is 〈◊〉 lightned whereby he believeth to be 〈◊〉 whatsoever is revealed in the word 〈◊〉 cepting receiving and resting upon Chr●● alone for iustification sanctification wi●● a particular application of Christ and a●● his benefits unto his own soul I say Faith is a gift of God begott●● in the creature by the powerful preachin●… of the word whereby the understanding enlightned so that he believeth to be tr●● whatsoever is revealed in the word 〈◊〉 cepting receiving and resting upon Chri●● alone for justification sanctifieation wi●● a particular application of Christ and 〈◊〉 his benefits unto his own soul c. Now the life of all lyes in the particu●●r application Psal 18. 2. The Lord is my 〈◊〉 and my fortresse and my deliverer my God strength in whom I will trust my Buckler and 〈◊〉 horne of my salvation and my high ●…ower ●●al 118. 28. Thou art my God and I will praise ●●e Thou art my God I will exalt thee Luke 46 47. And Mary said My soul doth magnifie 〈◊〉 Lord and my spirit hath rejoyced in God my ●●viour Joh. 20. 28. Thomas answered and ●●d unto him My Lord and my God! In the ●●xt verse Christ pronounceth him to be a ●●iever Gal. 2. 20. The life that I now live ●●ive by the faith of the Son of God who loved me ●●d gave himself for me Phil. 3. 8. For the excel●●cie of the knowledge of Christ my Lord c. general declaration without a particu●●r application will not assure the soule of ●●lvation Is not faith the first stone in the ●●iritual building and the first step in a ●…hristian race the first linke in our golden ●●aine of Christianity the first act of our ●…ew life that first degree of our holy con●…ersation the first round in our Jacobs lad●●r whereby we ascend up into the presence ●…f our Lord First there is in a true believer an assu●…ance of understanding Secondly there is an assurance of rejoy●…ing 1 Pet. 1. 8. Thirdly there is an assurance whi●● carrieth forth a soule to powerful a●● ings A Christian believeth that he who ma●● man was made man himselfe he believe that no man hath seen God at any time an●… yet he believeth that Moses talked with his face to face he believeth him to be borne 〈◊〉 time who was from everlasting and him be shut up in a narrow room whom heave●● and earth could not containe Religion is a mystery in every part of 〈◊〉 Faith believeth strange things Hope w 〈…〉 for the accomplishment of that which re●…son cannot comprehend and so for lo●● and patience and all other graces there 〈◊〉 a great mystery in the actings of each 〈◊〉 these as to instance in one for all a littl●… look upon faith and see what it believe concerning the Trinity and Election Justification and Sanctification and Repentance First concerning the Trinity He believes that the Father is not th●● Sonne and the Sonne is not the Spirit and yet the Father Sonne and Spirit are a●● but one He believes that God is Alpha and Omeg●… the beginning and the end and yet he be●● ●●ves that God had never a beginning and all never have an end He believes that the Father sent forth the ●●nne and that the Sonne sent forth the ●●pirit and yet he believeth they were never ●●parated the one from the other And concerning Election He believes that God is no respecter of ●●ersons and yet he believes that God elected ●●me and left others when he found no ●●fference And concerning Iustification He believeth that his qualifications doth ●…ot cause Gods love yet he would question ●…hether God loved him if he were not ●…ualified H●… works not for wages yet hath an eye ●…o the recompence of reward He believes that the most just God hath ●…unished the most innocent person and to ●…ave justified himself though a sinner he is often in