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A23675 Several discourses ... being some remains of William Allein ... / carefully copy'd from his own notes and publish'd at the request of his hearers. Alleine, William, 1614-1677. 1697 (1697) Wing A1074; ESTC R17275 203,641 416

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shall bring to pass whatever the word hath said if you can believe Whatever ye shall ask believe ye shall receive it and ye shall receive it 't is the word of God I will never fail thee nor forsake thee Believe and the Power of God shall make it good John 3.36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting Life If any drink of the Waters I shall give when thou passest through the Waters I will be with thee and through the Fires c. Isa 43.2 Whoever shall gather together against thee shall fall c. Rest now on these Promises the Power of God shall make them good How much comfort do we loose what weaknesses and failings are we subject to how much Sin do we fall into and how much sorrow do we create to our selves and all for want of resting on the Divine Power and Efficacy of the word So say to Unbelief Get thee behind me Satan thou art an offence to me the greatest Enemy to Peace and Holiness Hereby 't is that we savour not the things of God his precious word but the things that be of Men. Arg. 2. 'T is drawn from the Holiness of the Word Holiness consists in a conformity to the will of God and giving Glory to him This is a Principle ingrafted in Man's heart That God is to be worshipped and that all Glory must be given to him and that his Will is the Supreme Law now in the word is the will of God perfectly revealed The Moral Law requires that which none can deny but 't is most just and equal that it should be done In the Law of Nature we Sinners could never have read the will of God but he having given the Moral Law which is nothing but the Law of Nature so much is lest of the Law of Nature that there is none but in their Judgments must needs be convinced that we are bound in Conscience to obey it so that the word gives us a perfect rule of Holiness it shews what God is it advances him infinitly above all things which we must set to our Seals should be so it says he is God and there 's none besides him that of him are all things that he is the chief good and our happiness stands in enjoying him and in his favour is our life And it shews that he must be worshipped with our whole selves Soul and Body that it is the worship of the Heart and Spirit he specially requires i. e. that we fear him and love him and put our trust in him it shews the vanity of the Creature and infinite perfection of God it discovers the Evil of Sin and the Beauty of Holiness 't is a Creature-emptying and God-advancing word Whereas in other Doctrines and Religions besides the word 't is otherwise as in Popery and Popish Traditions there is much Ceremony but little Substance outward pompous and bodily service little or none of the heart The honour that is due to God is given to Saints Idols are worshipped instead of God And in the Turkish Alcoran happiness is placed in outward pleasures and carnal delights Now it is far otherwise in the Scriptures In a word these three things well weighed if we can judge of any thing in matters of Religion viz. That the Scripture still gives all Glory to God and places all Happiness in God and that it sets forth conformity to God and communion with God as our perfection and also shews an exact way for attaining to both the Law as a rule for conformity and Christ as the way to communion with God these things being seriously considered by us would amount to a demonstrative and most convincing Argument That this is the very word of God Use This may shew us that if we would be Holy we must look to the word and take that for our rule If we would Glorify God and be Glorified by God Study the word and if we would worship God aright we must take the word for our rule Evermore to the Law and Testimony Isa 8.20 if you speak not and walk not according to this rule 't is because there is no light in you If the Custom and Tradition of men prevail more then the word 't is because you are ignorant of the holiness and perfection of the word Arg. 3. Is drawn from the fulfilling of Prophecies and Promises Prophecies of the Old Testament exactly fulfilled in the New As those great Prophecies of Christ concerning which we often find this or that was said or done That it might be fulfilled which was spoke by the Prophets Math. 1.22.2.15 8.17 12.17 13.35 21.4 27 35. Mark 14.49 15.28 Luke 4.21 John 12.38 13.18.17.12 And many Prophecies of the word have been fulfilled as that which is spoken of the Beast Rev. 13. having seven Heads and ten Horns and another v. 11. a Beast having two Horns like a Lamb which set forth the Civil and Ecclesiastical Roman Empire and when the Pope got both into his hands he was both these Beasts and that Babylon spoken of is Rome for that is the only City that hath reigned over the Kings of the Earth Rev. 17.18 Those that will Study the Revelations and observe the workings of God's Providence shall see some of those Prophecies now fulfilling And so for Promises Some there are that can say God hath been as good to them as his word to them he hath said Call on me on the time of trouble I will hear some do know that God is a a God hearing Prayers Christ says Come to me c. some have come to Christ and been refreshed by him and some having had unspeakable Terrors yet thus have been filled with as great Consolations Use This should be a means to strengthen our Faith in the word know assuredly that as Paul said Act. 27.25 it shall be even as he hath said it shall be to those that fear him and trust in him as he hath promised The People of God heretofore have so found and acknowledged 1 Kin. 8.56 Blessed be the Lord that hath given rest to his People according to all that he hath promised there hath not failed one word of all his good promises and many of us have had sweet experience of Promises being fulfilled which is the sweetness of a Mercy to see it first in a promise by Faith and then to receive it out of the bowels of the promise now this should be food to nourish our Faith Psa 74.14 Thou breakest the Heads of Leviathan in pieces that is destroyed Pharaoh and his great Host in the Sea and gavest him to be Meat for the People inhabiting the Wilderness that is to be meat for Faith so should those promises that God hath fulfilled be to us God hath broken the heads of many Leviathans some inward Corruptions are subdued Armies of the ungodly are many times scatter'd this should be food for our Faith why should we doubt of the fulfilling any promise when God hath begun to fulfil
it shall be to those The Reading in the Margin is very considerable for he shall be with them the unclean shall not be there because the Lord shall be with them there as before the Lord their Righteousness the wayfaring men tho' Fools shall not err therein Tho' in themselves Fools without Divine teaching yet being taught of God they shall not err Verse 9. No Lyon shall be there nor any Ravenous Beast shall go up thereon None to affright them out of those Paths but the Redeemed shall walk there and as here Dwell there They shall be Pillars in the Temple of God and go no more cut Rev. 3.12 We read of lively Stones 1 Pet. 20.4 made so by coming to Christ the living Stone so are Saints the Materials of the Church Stones but living Stones seeing Stones upon one Stone was Seven Eyes Zech. 3.9 So hearing Stones speaking Stones and walking Stones so these Pillars shall be lively Pillars walking Pillars going in the House of God but never going out of its Paths they shall be Paths to dwell in 6. Verse 14. I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the Earth thou shalt get above all former troubles and Persecutions Rev. 17.7 The Woman the Mother of Harlots hath a Beast carrying her on which she rides having Seven Heads and Ten Horns and this Woman Verse 15. Sitteth on People Multitudes Nations and Tongues on these she rides they carry her and on those she rides over the Saints and treads them down who are the true worshippers and rides over their backs This Woman rides upon the High places and High Persons of the Earth which carry this Woman giving up their strength and power to the Beast which is called before the Woman here 's a Beast riding over the true worshippers whose condition is suitable to what is said Isa 51.23 They said to thy Soul bow down that we may go over and thou hast laid thy Body as the ground and as the street to them that went over The great Whore says to the Soul bow down and would have them submit their Souls and Consciences to her and to receive her Doctrine Commands c. But observe when Souls are call'd for the Saints will not yield them to bow down but thou hast laid thy Body as the ground Saints chuse to have their Bodies trodden down rather then to bow down to an Idol with their Souls This hath been long the condition of the true witnesses and so will whilst the Woman rides but what is said there I will take the Cup of trembling out of thy hands and put it into the hands of them that af●●ict thee which say thus to thy Soul Observe Rev. 17.16 The Ten Horns that is the Ten Kings that give up their power and strength to the Beast shall hate the Whore shall throw off their Rider and shall make her desolate and naked and eat her Flesh and burn her with Fire And then shall the true Church ride upon the High places and be above former troubles How was this fulfilled to the Jews after their return from Babylon when they were subject to their Enemies and had seldom any breathing time from their troubles Doubtless then this Prophecy looks far beyond these times 7. 'T is Promised and Prophecied I will feed thee with the Heritage of Jacob thy Father Q How doth this prove that this Prophecy respects Gospel-times and in special those times when the Jews shall be called Ans Thus. When the Jews came out of Babylon it was but Judah that returned And so one upon the place who would understand it only of the Jews returning from Babylon straitens the sence thus The Heritage here meant is the land of Canaan part of which was the Land of Judah and so when 't is said to ride upon the High places of the Earth by Earth in general saith he we are to understand the Land of Judah in particular But observe the promise is I will feed th●e with the Heritage of Jacob thy Father and it was the whole Land of Canaan was Jacob's Inheritance and so the Promise of being fed thus includes the calling and bringing back of the Ten Tribes when the stick of Joseph and Judah shall become one Jacob gave all his Sons an Inheritance in Canaan and now when this Prophecy shall be fulfilled then all the Tribes shall be called and have their Lot as is fore-told Ezek ult Now observe as it appears that these Promises have respect to the Gospel times so the condition of them is a strict observation of the Sabbath-day under the Gospel And so in this Prophecy of the Old Testament we find a Jus Divinum for the Christian Sabbath which may well go under its old and first Name though another also be given it under the New Testament The Lord's day which now we are to observe by vertue of the Fourth Commandment tho' the day be changed and the Fourth Commandment does require us now to observe the first day of the week that being made a Christian-Sabbath by divine appointment as much as it did the Jews to observe the seventh day which may be cleared by an Instance in the Second Commandment which hath a negative part not to make any graven Image forbidding Men to institute and appoint ways of Divine Worship and an affirmative part requiring us to worship God in these ways and in the use of these Ordinances which he hath commanded So under the Law the Second Command did bind Men to observe the Ordinances of Circumcision the Passover and offering Sacrifices And now under the Gospel it bind us to observe Gospel Ordinances as Baptism the Lord's Supper c. But the Second Commandment remains the same only hath different respects so the Fourth from the beginning and under the Law did oblige to the observing of the seventh day and now the first day yet the Command is in matter the same there 's no change in the Command only it hath different respects Quest How doth this change appear and how will it be made out that Christ commanded the observation of the first day Answ It 's evident there was Apostolical and Christian practice of it in the Primitive times and so ever since then were the solemn meettings for Worship Act. 20.7 Upon the first day of the week when the Disciples came together to break Bread Paul Preached unto them till midnight And then Collections were made for the Poor 1 Cor. 16.2 As on the first day of the w●ek when Christ rose the Disciples were assembled Jesus came and stood in the midst of them so from this time this was kept as the Christian-Sabbath and it may be well thought that Christ commanded the Apostles to observe it Act. 1.2 3. Christ gave Commands by the Holy Ghost unto the Apostles and spake of the things pertaining to the Kingdom of God Now this is a great thing that pertains to the Kingdom of God upon Earth or if Christ