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A64283	Nathanael, or, An Israelite indeed lively portraied, and evidently proved to be an object most worthy both of our admiration and imitation, his priviledges and characters are also layd down : together with a discovery of the sinfulness and miserie of all hypocrites and strangers from the common-wealth of Israel / by Faithfull Teate ...	Teate, Faithful, b. 1621.	1657 (1657)	Wing T613; ESTC R41538	79,460	204

as an uncleane thing Isa 64.6 yet in a threefold respect their hearts may be truely said to be cleane 1. As they are justified by faith God imputeth not to them their owne sins but the righteousness of his sonne Rom. 4.6 by whose blood they are cleansed from all iniquity 1 Joh. 1.7.9 so that they confess their sins to God Christ interposeth his merits and telleth them they are cleane every whit Joh. 13.10 and this made David so confident in his prayer to God Psal 51.7 Purge me with hysop and I shall be cleane wash me and I shall be whiter then snow 2. In respect of regenerating or sanctifying grace God hath begun to purify their hearts by faith Act. 15.9 Thirdly Their unfaigned desires are to have their hearts cleansed as appeareth by Davids prayer Psal 51.10 Create in me a clean heart O God Fourthly Their constant endeavours are since they have received such promises and grace withal to clea●se themselves as the Apostle teacheth fron all filthyness not onely of the fl●sh but also of the Spirit and to perfect holiness in the feare of God 2 Cor. 7.1 And for that end 1 They hide the word in their hearts that they may not sin against God Psal 119 11 2 They keep their hearts with all diligence well knowing that from thence spring the issues of life Pro. 4.23 3 They suffer not vain thoughts to lodg in their breasts Jer. 4.14 but carefully expel all evil imaginations and disorderly affections which therefore are compared to strangers and wayfaring men who come into an other mans house but tarry not there long as Augustine interpreteth that passage in Nathans parable 2 Sam. 12.4 There came in a traveller unto the rich man A traveller not an Inmate 4. They are much afflicted and in great bitterness and sorrow of spirit when they seriously reflect upon their soules and find them out of order by reason of pride hypocrisy or any other obliquity they weep and mourne yea their laughter is turned to mourning and their joy to heaviness and they humble themselves before the Lord as St Iames commandeth Iam. 4.9.10 and though they enjoy outward health and prosperity yet are they wearie of their very lives by reason of their inward exorbitances and lusts Fifthly they are like to a living spring which worketh uncessantly day and night till it hath purged out the filth that by any means is cast into it so can not they rest till they have washed themselves in the fountain opened for sin and uncleannesse Zach. 13.1 Sixthly being jealous of their owne hearts which by nature are deceitfull above all things and desperately wicked so that none but the Lord who searcheth the heart and tryeth the reines can know it Jer. 17.9 10. And withall being conscious to them selves how unable they are to subdue their unruly passions and vile affections they pour forth many and fervent prayers to God in the name of Christ to discover to them their hidden corruptions and to clense them from their secret sinnes as may be seen in David Psalm 139.23 24. Search me O God and Know my Heart Try me and Know my Thoughts See if there be any wicked way in me and lead me into the way everlasting and Psalm 19.12 Clense thou me from secret faults Application Hereby it may appeare that such bebelong not to the Common-wealth of Israel who 1. boast of the goodnesse of their hearts 2. that hold thoughts to be free 3. who never watch over their hearts 4. that never are troubled about the filthynesse of their inward parts 5. never wash them in the blood of the immaculate Lamb 6. nor pray for wisedome to discover nor power from on high to purifie and order them aright This is one of the liveliest and surest Symptons whereby you may know whether your heart be right with God or no● It is true others cannot judge immediately of them but God can and doth and will one day bring to light the hidden things of darknesse and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts and then shall every man have praise of God 1 Cor. 4 5. Oh therefore judg your selves that you may not be judged of him to eternall condemnation Chara ∣ cter 5 5. As when Jacob personated his brother Esau yet his father though he were blind discerned his voyce Genesis 27.22 The voyce is Jacobs voice saith he but the hands are the hands of Esau So ordinarily may a true Christian be discovered by his dialect or language for he speaketh best his mothers tongue called the language of Canaan Isaiah 19.18 which consists 1. In abstaining from evill talk 1 Pet. 3.10 for he that will love life and see good dayes must refraine his tong●e from evill and his lips that they speak no guile But if at any time he over shooteth and breaketh out into distempered words either offensive to his God or infections to his neighbour knowing that evill communication infecteth good manners 1 Cor 15.33 1. he recalleth himselfe 2. confesseth his sin to God with selfe-abhorrencie and humbleth himselfe for it as Job did in his answer to the Lord Job 40.4 5. Behold I am vile what shall I answer thee I will lay mine hand upon my mouth Once have I spoken but I will not answer yea twice but I will proceed no further Thirdly he resolveth for the future to bridle his tongue better as David did Psalm 39.1 I said I will take heed to my wayes that I sin not with my tongue I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me Fourthly he prayeth the Lord to set a Watch before his mouth and to keep the door of his lips Psa 141.3 as unable to doe it himselfe Fifthly It is a dayly vexation to his righteous soul to hear others to dishonour God by their uncircumcised lips and prophane discourses Lot vexed his soul day by day as well in hearing the Sodomites unlawfull speeches as in seeing their unlawfull deeds 2 Pet. 2.8 and of old they used to rent their garments when they had heard any to speak blasphemie Secondly the Language of Canaan consists not onely in shunning of evill words but also in bringing forth good things out of the good treasu e of his heart as an evill man out of the evill treasure bringeth forth evil things Mat 12.35 For as the righteous bath the law of God in his heart so his mouth speaketh of wisedome and his tongue talketh of judgement Psalm 37.30 31 according to the Apostles charge Eph. 4.29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth but that which is good to the use of edifying that it may minister grace to the hearers Now bring your selves to this test Application for by mens words they shall be justified and by their words shall they be condemned Tit. 1.10 Ma● 12.37 Hereby 1. all unruly and vaine talkers cursers customary swearers railers and scoffers that walk after their own ungodly

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Serveth for exhortation Since then Christ our Lord inviteth you to behold an Israelite indeed imitate ye God Angels and good men turne the eyes of your mindes towards these excellent ones on the earth Psal 16.3 Gen. 23.6 princes of God children of wisedome the most glorious conquerors in the world rare new creatures cloathed with the Sunne perfect in beauty transcendently rich endued with honour and the spirit of glory partakers of the divine nature 2 Pe. 1.4 Having the glorious angels for their attendants This your sight will be well pleasing to God Motives for as all the works of Gods creation and providence are to be minded by us Ps 143.5 so especially are these first fruits of his creatures whom he hath begotten with the word of truth Psal 143.5 Eph. 2.10 Jam. 1.18 who are His workmanship created in Christ Iesus unto good works Eph. 2.10.2 There can be no danger in the contemplation of this beauty as there may be and too often is in gazing upon other faire objects as David found by experience and the sons of God in seeing the daughters of men that were faire Gen. 6.2 for he that looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart as our Lord witnesseth Mat. 5.28 But thirdly this sight wil bring great profit with it to the spectators Here we shall see the beauty of holiness which will enflame our hearts with the love of it * Cic. offic l. 1. as the heathen said vertue would do if it could be seen with the eyes and we read that many who beheld Lazarus after he was raised fr●m death believed and thereby themselves were raised from the death of sin John 12.9.11 Joh. 12.9.11 St Peter affordeth us two remarkable instances of this the former is of Christians even under persecution living among heathens whom he counselleth to have their conversation honest among them that whereas some speak against them as evil doers others by their good works which they shall behold may glorifie God in the day of visitation yea by this meanes the very persecuters themselves may become true professors 1. Pet. 3.12 The other is of wives though the weaker vessels whose pious and meek demeanor may be an occasion of converting their ignorant and unbeleeving husbands on whom the word as yet cannot work 1 Pet. 3.1 2. Likewise ye wives saith he be in subjection to your own husbands that if any obey not the word they also may without the word be wonne by the conversation of the wives while they behold your chast conversation coupled with fear Vse 2 Secondly this serveth for our direction in two things 1. What are we chieffly to behold in this true Israelite Answ 1. his original he was borne in Zion the city of God whereof glorious things are spoken and which the highest himself shall establish Selah Psal 87.2.5 He is of the seed royal begotten not of corruptible but incorruptible seed the word of God which liveth and abideth for ever 1. Pet. 1.23 borne not after the flesh but after the spirit Joh. 3.5 more then a servant even a son and if a son then an heire of God through Christ Gal. 4.7 2. Observe his life and conversation Brethren saith Saint Paul mark them which walk so as you have us for an ensample Phil. 3.17 3. Mark him in his sufferings and the issue thereof Behold saith the Apostle we count them happy which endure ye have heard of the patience of Job and have seen the end of the Lord Jam. 5 11. How couragious have some been even under persecution daring and provoking their tormentors and crying out to them as Tertul. l. ad Scapulam Magis damnati quàm absoluti gaudent Tertull. relateth Crudelitas vestra est gloria nostra 4. View wel his catastrophe or the end of his life as it is in Psal 37.37 Mark the perfect man and behold the the upright for the end of that man is peace Again This directeth us concerning the manner how he is to be observed namely 1. with an eye of recognition he is to be known and acknowledged by us Isa 61.9 All that see them shal acknowledge that they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed 2. With an eye of complacency and love As David was accepted in the sight of all the people and also in the fight of Sauls servants 1 Sam. 18.5 3. With a respectful eye as the prophet Elisha regarded the presence of king Jehosaphat who professed that had it not been for his sake he would not have somuch as looked upon Jehoram king of Israel nor have seene him 2 King 3.14 4. With a joyfull eye as they that feared God were glad when they saw David Psal 119.74 5. This fight ought to be joyned with a desire of adhesion as when Jonathan saw Davids valour his soul clave to him 1 Sam. 18.1 and when Judah and Benjamin and many other saw that the Lord was with Asa the king they fel to him out of Israel 2 Chro. 15.9 6. It must be accompanied with a desire of imitation in that which is right Those things saith St Paul which ye have both learned and received and heard and seen in me doe and the God of peace shal be with you Phil. 4.9 Lastly we should looke upon them with an eye of sympathy 1. If they be regular in their lives it should afford us occasion of joy as Paul absent in the flesh yet was present with the Colossians in the spirit and rejoyced to behold their order and stedfastnes of their faith in Christ Col. 2.5 2 If they be in prosperity we should congratulate with them so the Psal m●st prayeth Lord let me see the good of thy chosen that I may rejoyce in the gladness of thy nation that I may glory with thine inheritance Psal 106.5 3 If any of them be at any time in distress we must cast an eye of compassion and pitty upon them Heare all people and behold my sorrow saith the church in captivity Lam. 1.18 So when the father saw the penitent prodigal he had compassion and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him Luk. 15.20 Vse 3 Thirdly this may serve for discovery how purblind or squint-eyed the men of this world are who can see no excellency in the children of God The reason hereof is rendred 1. Joh. 3.1 the world knoweth them not because it knoweth not the father yea it was prophesied of Jesus Christ that he should be fairer than the children of men Psal 45.2 yet when he cometh into the world he hath no forme nor comeliness and when we shall see him there is no beauty that we should desire him which is spoken of the very elect as well as of others before they become beleevers 1 Pet. 2.7 and then is Christ indeed precious to them and not before How then can the unbeliever spie any beauty in the members of Christ

I will spare them as a man spareth his own Son that serveth him Isaac was no lesse dear to Abraham because he had many servants to one Son so God set his love upon Israel though they were the fewest of all people Deut. 7.6 7. 2. 2. Impediment their outward meaness Neither let their outward meaness offend you for then as many of the unbelieving Jewes were offended with Christ Jesus their head for this very cause Mark 6.3 so if you had lived and seen him in the daies of his flesh you would have been offended at him also As the evangelicall prophet foretold Isa 53.2 3 he shall grow up as a root out of a dry ground he hath no forme nor comelinesse and when we shall see him there is no beauty that we should desire him He is despised and rejected of men a man of sorrowes and acquainted with griefe and we hid as it were our faces from him he was despised and we esteemed him not Are they poor in the world Hearken saith James my beloved brethren Jam. 2.5 Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in Faith and heires of the Kingdome which the Lord hath promised to them that love him Jam. 2.5 Doe they seem to you to be simple weak and base give eare to another Apostle See your calling brethren how not many wise men after the flesh nor many mighty nor many noble are called 1 Cor. 1.26 not many wise mighty and noble saith he yet some such are called and therefore are they wise mighty and noble because God hath called and chosen them Right Noble are they as the Bereans are called more noble then others because they received the Word with all readiness of mind Truly wise are they in as much as Jesus Christ is made of God to them wisedome And no lesse m●ghty be they for the Lord Jehovah is their everlasting strength who trust in him for ever Isa 26.4 3. The worlds contrariety to them 3 Let none like worse of them because the world hateth them speaketh evil of them and persecuteth them for so did the wicked of old Psalm 83.4 Come said they and let us cut them off from being a nation that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance 1. Hatred 1. Doth the world hate them marvell not at it 1 John 3.13 2 Christ hath foreshewed his disciples that it must needs be so and the Scripture must be fulfilled Mark 13.13 ye shall be hated not of some but of all men for my names sake but he that shall indure to the end the same shal be saved 3. he rendreth the reason of it in his prayer to his father John 17.14 I have given them thy word and the world hath hated them because they are not of the world as I am not of the world 4. for their encouragement he giveth them to understand that it hated him before it hated them John 15.18 and can we expect better entertainment then our Lord 5. none hate them but such as are the children of the devil as God hath revealed to his elect from the beginning Gen. 3.15 I will put enmity saith God to the Serpent between thee and the woman between thy seed and her seed 6. they that hate the righteous shall be cloathed with shame dishonour Psalm 35.26.7 God hath sworn to deliver all that fear him out of the hand of all that hate them Luke 1.71.74 8 The Lord shall appear one day to their joy and their enemies confusion Isa 66.5 Secondly 2 Reproches be not deterred from entring into the way of holinesse for fear of cruel mockings grievous reproaches calumnies of wicked men for 1. their tongues are set on fire of Hell Jam. 3.6 and they cannot but run when the devil driveth them 2. They are a generation of Vipers how then can they being evill speak good things Mat. 12.34 3 Christ hath made it a note of an execrable person when all men speak well of him saying to such wo unto you when all men speak well of you for so did their fathers to the false prophets Luke 6.26 4 Christ himselfe escaped not the scourge of the tongue nor was there ever any more lashed therewith than he who is most-worthy to be praised for all eternity 2 Sam. 22.4 whence he inferreth Mat. 10.24 25. The Disciple is not above his master nor the servant above his Lord It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master and the servant as his Lord if they have called the Master of the house Beelzebub how much more shall they call them of the household 5. Fear them not therefore for there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed and hid that shall not be known verse 26. that is God in due time will set all to rights The Apostle having respect to this distinguisheth between Gods judgment and mans judgement or day as it is in the greek Text saith with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you or of mans judgement but he that judgeth me is the Lord. Therefore he exhorteth us to judg nothing before the time untill the Lord come who both will bring to light the hidden things of darknesse and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts and then shall every man have praise of God 1 Cor. 4.3 4 5. 3 3. Suffering from Gods immediate hand Be not discouraged by reason of the sufferings of Gods chosen in this life either from Gods immediate hand but consider in your hearts that as a man chasteneth his son so the Lord chasteneth his people Deut. 8.5 for blessed is the man whom he chasteneth and teacheth out of his Law Psalm 94 12. and If you indure chastening God dealeth with you as with his sons but if you be without chastisement whereof all are partakers then are you bastards and not sons Heb. 12 7 8. That which moveth God to correct his children is love and his end is their own profit for though afflictions seeme for the present not to be joyous but grievous neverthelesse afterward they yeeld the peaceable fruit of righteousnesse to them that are exercised thereby Or from men Or men as Gods instruments permitted for their tryall either to deprive them of their meanes outward comforts and relations but readily forgoe all for Christ who hath assured u s that every one that forsaketh houses or brethren or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands together with liberty and life it self for his names sake shall receive an hundred fold and shall inherit everlasting life Mat. 19.29 Usurers put out their mony after the rate of an hundred for six to the great hazard of their souls but here you may have an hundred for one from a sure hand with the salvation of your souls to boot Quest But how do those who lose any thing especially their lives for Iesus Christ receive an 100. fold in this