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A86526	The faithful covenanter. A sermon preached at the lecture in Dedham in Essex. By that excellent servant of Iesus Christ, in the work of the Gospel, Mr. Tho. Hooker, late of Chelmsford; now in New England. Very usefull in these times of covenanting with God.	Hooker, Thomas, 1586-1647.	1644 (1644)	Wing H2648; Thomason E81_18; ESTC R15313	27,284	46

at here Now brethren to set the truth upon his right ground for the opening of the point take notice of three things Three things First what are the termes required in the Covenant Secondly where in this Covenant consists or what is the substance of this Covenant Thirdly the reason why the Commandement is called a Covenant First of the termes required in the Covenant of us under the Gospel The tenure of the Law is in a double consider●tion First a legall performance of the Commandements Secondly an Evangelicall performance and obedience These are the two termes of conveyance of this Covenant The Law in the legall performance requires three things that a man out of his personall holinesse keepe it perfectly and exactly and that to purchase and obtaine life by this obedience This is obedience according to the strictnesse and rigor of the Law wherein it will not abate an haire of what God requires but it must be fulfilled every jot and that out of a mans owne personall holinesse and that in way of life Thus it was a Covenant betweene God and Adam onely Adam in his innocencie God gave him a good Law by vertue of which he should have lived if he had kept it and by that holinesse he had by gift and creation he was able to keepe every minime and tittle of the precepts of the Lord and to obtaine life thereby But this Covenant is not continued with us is not required at our hands no man doth or can performe the Law out of his owne holinesse and goodnesse exactly to obtain life thereby Rom. 6.24 We are not under the Law Rom 6.14 but under Grace that is we are not bound to the strictnesse and rigour of the Law that a man should not live if he have in him any weakenesse and failings therein we are free from the rigour and curse and punishment of the Law Secondly Evangelicall obedience Obedience to the Law of God according to moderation and the mitigation of the Gospel so farre as God is pleased to accept of what we can doe through Christ in way of thankefulnesse not what we should doe in regard of the exactnesse God looks for at our hands though we have no power of our own we can not performe the Law exactly yet if we according to the measure of grace received walk in this obedience as well as we can in token of our thankfulnesse this is the tenure of the Covenant made with us The second ●art of the conveyance of the Covenant in it take notice of three things First we have not power of ourselves to keepe it Secondly we cannot perfectly performe it by that power we have Thirdly when we walke in obedience to it we look not for life and salvation thereby The scope of Evangelicall obedience is to glorifie God and to expresse the Covenant by obedience in way of thankfulnesse and to procure comfort to our soules We are saved by the Covenant of faith Beleeve and live Ioh. 3.15.16.36 not doe and live This Covenant whereof we entreat and whereof the Text is to be understood is not the Covenant whereby we shall obtaine justification but an evidence and signe we are justified and accepted of God Rom. 8.3.4 Rom. 8.3.4 That which was impossible to the Law in that it was weake through the flesh God sending his owne Sonne in the likenesse of sinfull flesh and for sinne condemned sinne in the flesh That which was impossible to the Law c. that can never bring any man to salvation but onely Christ redeemed us fully and satisfied for us and he performed what God required and by that we stand just in the presence of God But being justified and made acceptable the Lord requires that we expresse the Covenant and walke answerable unto it expresse the vertues of him that hath called us Brethren you must not trust to your new obedience to expect life from it it is onely an evidence that God hath shewed mercy to you it makes not you good but shewes that you are good Evangelicall obedience according to the measure of grace received is all that God lookes for Not that there is worth in this to purchase salvation It is an evidence to us that the Lord graciously looks upon us in Christ Iesus it is the way that we must walke in to salvation Secondly Wherein doth this Covenant consist It stands in three things first when in inward uprightnesse and singlenesse of heart we labour to be caried in vertue of Gods command not to doe what God requires onely but because God requires it many of you come to the Church not because God commands it then you would not lie or be drunke or have secret base covetous humours for God commands you should not doe so as well as he commands you should come to the Church If a command cary in any thing it will cary in every thing But the frame of an Evangelicall heart is to the Covenant that is the spring of a mans practise the first mover the waight that makes him strik in obedience to every Commandement and approve inwardly of every Commandement of God have not a secret distast of some and a love of others he is covetous to be drunke but will not be covetous covetous to come to Church but will not humble his soule privately Though many failings be in him and many rubs and hubs in the way yet the bent of his soule is to Gods Commandement Cast a Bowle though there be a rub here and hub there in the way which turne it out yet it sals upon the Bias so an upright heart though he meet with many hinderances within and without yet the Bias of the soule the bent is to God-ward still to all his Commandements labouring to expresse the vertues of God which hath called him Secondly there must be an answerable expression and putting forth of this inward disposition and frame of heart outwardly in tongue and life If you had a good heart you would have a good life and a good tongue If it be within it will breake forth you that are fretfull proud stubborne peevish stout froward and nothing but fiddle faddle and lament it not and thinke your heart is good and you love the Commandements you deceive your selves If it were so you would have a good tongue too and be meeke and humble I will not give a Rush for that man Religion that is not in some measure obedient this way James 1.26 What saith the Apostle If any man seeme to be relig●ous and r●fra●ne not his tongue that mans Religion is in vaine There must be an expression of the inward goodnesse of the heart by the outward convers●…ion a good sap in the botome good b●anches and fruit on the lop Matth. 12.3 5. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth good things If goodnesse be in the heart brethren it will be brought forth in life If such bad

ware be in the shop there is as bad in the Warehouse sure if not worse This we call the inward and outward Covenant marke this you that thinke to smooth it over and carry it away with faire lookes and speake well and doe well outwardly but have durty corners within the heart is stubborne and rebellious against God proud stout malicious covetous These are in the outward Covenant as those whom the Lord complaines of Isa 1.2 Isa 1.2 Heare O Heavens and give eare O Earth for the Lord hath spoken I have nourished and brought up ch●ldren and they have rebelled against me vers 3. The Oxe knoweth his owner and the Asse his Masters crib but Israel doth not know my people doth not consider The wicked are in Covenant with the Lord outwardly but not inwardly the heart closes not with God they are not humble The Iewes were Gods people in outward Covenant but were disobedient and stubborne against the Lord. Thirdly there must be an answering the means of Grace with the measure of our uprightnesse and obedience He that hath received more must returne more to God brethren He that hath received more helps from the Almightie must returne more obedience you know how Farmes and Leases goe brethren he that hath a Lease of an hundred pound a yeere must not goe and pay but fiftie pound And he that hath one of fiftie pound goe and pay but twenty pound he that hath one of twenty pound goe and pay but tenne pound the Land-lord will not be put off so for his rent answerable to the Lease so must the rent be you that live in this Congregation sit at a high rate brethren your Leases are at an hundred pound a yeere looke that you pay God his full rent The people that are in a Towne that have a good honest Minister and carefull and painefull but he hath not those abilities that another hath expresse not that diligent power evidence of the Spirit in his Ministery the people that are in such a place sit at a good rate but they that have a faithfull eminent powerfull Minister they sit at marvellous high rents To pray little and doe little in good duties the Lord will not take this of a Dedham Christian that is for those that have small encouragements and a Sermon now and then and that but weake neither and creepe out once in a moneth to a Sermon there is a fiftie pound rent and a ten pound rent for such to pay but you sit at an hundred pound rent keepe touch brethren come off come off currantly Doe you thinke the Lord will lend his mercies for nothing No he prizes the life libertie and paines of his servants and their prayers at an exceeding high rate an hundred pound for a Prayer and an hundred thousand for an Instruction and doe you thinke with a prayer now and then and with a sigh and a wish that you could walke with the Lord to poppe off the Lord so No you sit at heavy rents and the Lord will call for accounts accordingly at the day of reckoning brethren this will breake some of your necks if it breake not your hearts now by repentance for your being behinde hand with the Lord in his rent and make you walke with the Lord better and keepe touch with him for the time to come But what is the reason that the Lord will call his Lawes and Commandements Covenants Reason The reason is this for I would have nothing untouched that you may be wise and understanding Christians because of the likenesse betweene and the resemblance of a Covenant that is made betweene two parties and the Law which is the Covenant which is given us of the Lord In a Covenant first there must be conditions and Articles of agreement betweene the parties offered and consented unto and secondly a binding one another to the performance thereof by Bond perhaps a paire of Indentures are drawne betweene them wherein is declared that they mutually agree he to make good the land and to pay thus much rent the other to let it him thus and thus It is just so here Marke the agreement betweene us and the Lord Deut. 28. Levit. 26. he propounds the Law and saith That if we will keepe the Law he will blesse us abundantly in all things house and land wife children at home and abroad in every thing we put our hand unto Then the people they agree and say Content Lord what ever thou saist we will doe Deut. 5.29 the Law thou hast given us we will keepe it it is holy just and good But then for the binding of one another you will say How shall we know God will performe his part and how shall the Lord know that we will performe our part to him what Bond is there for it The world is naught and one cannot tell who to trust and therefore God must binde us brethren to keepe our Covenant and we are not to think much that he should And we have Bond of him too because of our unbeliefe now the Bond is a corporall Oath passed from the one to the other The Lord takes a corporall Oath that if we will keepe his Commandements he will not be God if he blesse us not And so brethren you sweare too again on the other side to the Lord and did when you were baptized every one of you that you would be his people and obey his Lawes and Commandements The Lords people take a corporall Oath and a Curse upon themselves if they doe not keepe Covenant with the Lord. This belongs to us at this day for we entred into a Curse and desired that all the plagues and curses written in the Booke of God might light upon us if we keepe not the Commandements of the Lord Deut. 29.10 When the Lord had propounded the Covenant marke how he deales with the people Deut. 29.10 You stand this day all of you before the Lord your God your Captaines of your Tribes your Elders and your Officers with all the men of Israel vers 11. Your little ones your wives and the stranger that is in thy Campe from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water vers 12. Deut. 29.12 That thou shouldest enter into Covenant with the Lord thy God and into his Oath marke that brethren the Oath of the Lord which the Lord thy God maketh with thee this day marke that with us from Abraham to this day the Oath is taken in our Baptisme we take the Oath of Allegiance as it were in this kinde All you that have given your names to the Lord Jesus and have received grace from him you all stand here this day before the Lord and bring your childrē before the Lord in the day of a Fast else woe be to you that we may renew our Covenant with him We are to enter into his Oath the Oath of the Covenant betweene the Lord and us that the Lord