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A43587	The sure mercies of David: or, a second part of Heart-treasure Wherein is contained the supream and substance of gospel-mercies purchased by Christ, and promised in the covenant of grace, together with the several ways how they are made and are to be improved for the saints fort and defence, settlement and incouragement in shaking and back-sliding times. Being the fruit of some meditations upon Isa. 55. 3. By O. Heywood an unprofitable minister of the gospel.; Heart-treasure. Part 2.	Heywood, Oliver, 1629-1702.	1670 (1670)	Wing H1775; ESTC R216795	143,081	284

acceptable to God to see souls attracted to him by silken cords of love than scourged to him by severe flashes of wrath Christs souldiers are not so much prest for his service by compulsion as they are volunteers by a spontaneous motion all our duties should be free-will offerings But alas sirs how unwilling and forced are many of our performances how grumbling are we in our actings for God we go to God as though it were our burden not with that delight and chearfulness we ought consider sirs how readily God offers us mercy how freely Christ laid down his life for us how acceptable a work it is to the blessed spirit to apply these mercies to us and be ashamed to be so sour and dull in your performance yea consider the dispensation you are under a Gospel-Covenant made up of mercy and this should ripen our fruits to more sweetness and maturity than the old Testament-dispensation as you know Apricocks and other fruit that are upon a Wall under the direct influence or powerful reflection of the Sun-beams are sooner ripe and sweeter when ripe than such as are in the shadow so our fruits in Gospel-times should be better than theirs under the Law but alas how far do we fall short of Davids warm spirit for God or the holy acts put forth by the Saints of God under types and shadows when these sweet mercies were not so clearly revealed to them and the Sun of Righteousness beat not so hot upon them Ah Christians if you would study mercies more your spirits would be in a better frame for duty David saith I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy Temple Psal 5.7 observe it the sense of Gods mercy is an excellent ingredient in the Worship of God yea it begets an holy awe of God for these two are very consistent and indeed nothing is so prevalent a motive to duty and disswasive from iniquity and perswasive to the exercise of repentance as sense of mercy is this truth Scripture and experience will abundantly confirm But I have been too large on this subject only let Gods Children be humbled for their too too legal spirits and breath after a more Evangelical Spirit by the studying of these mercies rather than poring upon guilt and wrath So much for the fourth Use CHAP. X. V. THE fifth Use of Exhortation is to all sorts of persons to look after their share in these sure mercies of David and oh that I had a Tongue and Pen to drive this nail home Oh what a mercy now would it be if by these sure mercies of David and Discourses about them some soul were enamoured therewith and set in good earnest to make them its own But shall I need to use many arguments to perswade any poor soul to accept of mercy Yes certainly the most part of the World forsake their own mercies by observing lying vanities and they that can experimentally distinguish betwixt a gracious and graceless heart find that 't is the hardest thing in the World to close in with mercies in Gods way 't is an easie thing for a secure sinner to presume upon mercy to make mercy a pillow to sleep upon with ease to build Castles in the Aire and feed our selves with groundless conceits of the mercy of God this any one can do but to be got of our own bottoms to despair in our selves to accept of Jesus Christ give up our selves to God in Covevant venture a troubled heart upon the promises of Free-grace this is an high and hard work an arduous and difficult undertaking but this is done by every converted sinner and a soul never obtains mercy till it be indeed savingly converted 1 Tim. 1.13 if you be Lo-ammi Hos 1.6 9 not Gods people by way of Covenant you are Lo-ruhamah i. e. persons that have not obtained mercy Oh look after an interest in these sure mercies of David Consider 1. Nothing else in the World can be made sure we live in an inconstant World every thing is upon the wheel of change sublunary comforts are like the Moon sometimes at the full and sometimes in the wane nothing continues in a fixed station a man may be rich to day and poor to morrow therefore the Apostle calls them uncertain riches or uncertainty of riches in the abstract now then saith the Apostle Christians must lay up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come Bavyer Emp. of Germany said Hujusmodi comâ—arandâ—e sunt opâ—s quae cum naâ—fragio simul enatent Non est Paupertas pâ—curiae paucitas sed insatiabilitas quae si reâ—â—sserit qui bonus est dives quogâ—e fuâ—rit Clem. Alexand. Strom. lib. 2. 1 Tim. 6.17 18. Alas riches were never true to any that trusted to them the things of the World are like smoak or sand with which you cannot fill your hand who would be so fond of that which a man knows he cannot keep 't is the part of a wise man to purchase such an estate as he may enjoy friends goods honours health pleasures have their periods but these mercies are sure and everlasting Oh the vast difference it 's very considerable that the things that make us happy can only be made sure but the things of this World which cannot make us happy cannot be made sure and indeed whatever may be lost is not capable of making any truly happy now Heavenly things are durable as well as suitable to the soul therefore let us all take the counsel of our Lord Jesus in Mat. 6.19.20 Lay not up for your selves treasures upon earth where moth and rust doth corrupt and where Thieves break through and steal But lay up for your selves treasures in Heaven where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt and where thieves do not break through nor steal 2. Except you have an interest in these sure mercies common mercies are accursed to you nor indeed have you any real Covenant-title to any thing you enjoy whatever interest you have before men in foro humano yet in foro Dei you are in the Court of Heaven in a sort usurpers however you have forfeited all by actual rebellion and have but what you enjoy as condemned Prisoners or Malefactors to keep you alive till execution of the righteous sentence of condemnation Oh the woful condition of Unconverted sinners they are accursed with a Gospel-curse 1 Cor. 16.22 Prov. 3.33 and under a dreadful sentence of excommunication there 's a curse in their houses on their actions on their relations as to them there 's a curse upon their very blessings Mal. 2.2 there 's a plague in their apparel poison in their meat and we may say death is in the Pot as to all their enjoyments my meaning is nothing is truly sanctified or perfumed with Covenant-mercy and if God give it a commission whatever they enjoy may be their bane whithersoever they go a curse goes

spirit substantially he is and hath the treasury of Grace a store-house of riches to supply indigent Creatures in him are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge Col. 2.3 therefore of his fulness do we receive grace for grace Joh. 1.16 it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell Col. 1.19 and this is laid up on purpose for the supply of his members that from the head may be conveyed influences through the whole body Ephes 4.13 14 15 16. besides he is annointed with authority for these supplies Ephes 1.22 23. he hath put all things under his feet and gave him to be the head over all things to the Church which is his body the fulness of him that filleth all in all hence he tells his Disciples that all power is given to him in Heaven and Earth Mat. 28.18 adde to all this his fidelity that as Moses was faithful as a steward much more is Christ as a Son faithful to him that appointed him Heb. 3 2-6 Well now lay all these together and surely we need not question the certainty of Covenant-mercies Since Christ hath sufficiency authority and fidelity and is thus abundantly qualified for carrying on this Gospel-design he both can and will make good the mercies of the Covenant to the heirs of the promise especially considering 3. The Covenant of Redemption which is an admirable insuring act of free-grace ingaging all the persons of the Sacred Trinity to carry on this work especially God the Son of whom we are now speaking this Covenant of Redemption is that mutual compact betwixt God the Father and the Son concerning the saving of lost man wherein each did undertake to act his part in this great affair as thus God the father doth elect a certain number whom Christ was to Redeem he was to part with his beloved Son out of his bosome whiles he came to the earth to do this great work Isa 42.1 4 6. he was to uphold him incourage him put his spirit into him call him in rightousness hold his hand keep him and give him for a Covenant of the people give him to see his seed Isa 53.10 11. Cap. 49.5 and though they be but few in comparison of the World yet he will make him glorious and in time he will satisfie him in giving him the Heathen for his inheritance and the uttermost parts of the earth for his possession Psal 2.8 this is the ingagement on the Fathers part and then the Lord Jesus the Son of God promised the Father that he would assume the humane nature and so become man putting himself into the sinners stead becoming his surety fulfill all righteousness by obeying the Moral Law suffering for our breach of it be betrayed imprisoned accused condemned crucified buried that he should rise from the dead ascend into Heaven sit at Gods right hand intercede for Saints c. this part that Christ acted is fully laid down in Isa 53. throughout this was the great transaction betwixt the Father and the Son from all Eternity that there was such a mutual agreement See Titus 1.2 That this is no singular Doctrine but opened before See Mr. Bulkly Gospel-Covenant part 1. ch 4. p. 31. to p. 46 where 't is fully opened A so Mr. David Dickson in his Therapentica sac Book 1. chap. 4. p. 23. to pag. 71. in hope of eternal life which God that cannot lye promised before the world began to whom did God promise any thing before man was Created certainly he promised something to Jesus Christ concerning mans Redemption as before-mentioned such a gracious plot was laid and compact made betwixt the Father and the Son and he cannot lye nor deny himself So 2 Tim. 1.9 who hath saved us according to his own purpose and grace which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began i. e. as Christ was a common person as head instead of the elect so we were given to him by this Covenant and that from all eternity but how come we to know this that are but of Yesterday and so dim-sighted that we cannot see afar off Why ver 10. it is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ who hath abolished death and hath brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel for Christ revealeth all the secrets that were lockt up in the bosome of the Father Well then if this was the mutual stipulation betwixt the Father and the Son there is no question but they will be faithful to each other in the Old Testament God the Father trusted God the Son upon his promise to lay down his life and so brought thousands of souls to Heaven before ever Christ was incarnate or suffered and now when Christ hath gone through the greatest part of his task he trusteth God the Father to make good his part that he may fully see his seed prolong his dayes and that the pleasure of the Lord may prosper in his hand and certainly there cannot be any failing on either part Now this Covenant of Redemption is the Plat-form and foundation of the Covenant of Grace betwixt God and the Elect there is the same number and the like terms proportionably in both hence it is that although a believer find an unfaithful treacherous and unbelieving heart in himself daily departing from the living God yet this Covenant is built upon an higher and firmer Covenant betwixt God the Father and God the Son which cannot be broken and disanulled the Father and Son cannot deceive or be unfaithful to each other hence then it cometh to pass that the Covenant and the mercies thereof are so sure I shall conclude this head with that notable passage of Christs to his Father upon this very account Joh. 17.4 I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do i. e. I have hitherto made good and performed the conditions of the agreement on my part ver 5. and now O Father glorifie me with thine own self i. e. make good thy part in my exaltation this with reference to Christs persen then for his seed and members he tells the Father that he had performed his part to them in manifesting his name to them praying for them preserving of them and now when he was to leave them he desires the Father to do his part of the work in keeping those whom he had given him ver 11. in sanctifying and saving them 17.24 and can we imagine but that God will be faithful to his Son on the behalf of his Saints certainly he will for as they were Redeemed by the Son so they were Elected by the Father and as God the Father gave them to Jesus Christ by election ver 6. and Jesus Christ dyed for them and so Redeemed them so God the Son resignes them up again to the Father who will certainly keep them by his power through faith unto salvation 4. Another thing considerable concerning the insuring of Covenant-mercies by and

can easily wink all the bravery of this lower World into blackness and deformity and pitty the sottish sensless sons of men that take up their rest below and neglect the main concernments of Eternity Ah thinks the gracious soul what fools are these that chase these guilded vanities and pant after the dust of the Earth would to God they did but see with these enlightned eyes that Gods spirit hath helpt me to Oh that they did but taste the sweetness of that Grace that my soul is enamoured with they would thirst after the World no more but long for God yea this living loving God and never be content till they come to appear before God How blessed are they that have their sins pardoned hearts purged souls reconciled that have God for their portion and Heaven for their inheritance and eternal mansion 4. The mercies of the Covenant are enlarging and encreasing mercies the Christian that hath them is like the house of David that grows stronger and stronger these are tending to perfection and make the soul strive and thrive in holiness Prov. 4.18 going from step to step from strength to strength pressing towards the mark rising as the Sun unto Noon-day or as the water to the spring yea this water shall still be springing up to eternal life Joh. 4.14 Grace makes the soul long after means of growth and so increase with all increase of God till it be a perfect man in Christ the soul is insatiable and never saith it hath enough till it have arrived to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ Ephes 4.13 yea till it have attained to the resurrection of the dead Phil. 3.11 Oh sirs examine your hearts herein how do you come on and increase in Religion do you grow in grace in knowledge faith love humility repentance self-denyal and heavenly-mindedness where 's your proficiency have you found grace like a grain of Mustard-seed have these mercies ripened into the blade and full ear of deliberate and proportionable fruit-bearing a right Christian will never say he is good enough while he sojourns in this lower Region nor yet happy enough till he be with God in Heaven Thus much for the third Use which was an Use of Examination CHAP. IX IV. THE fourth Use is of Conviction Redargation and Reprehension and this falls heavy on the heads 1. Of Sinners 2. Of Saints 1. If the mercies of the Covenant be sure mercies as we have cleared fully Oh what folly are those souls guilty of that are Christless graceless careless souls that have no interest in these mercies and never trouble themselves about ensuring these Covenant-mercies to their own souls how many in the World are destitute of these mercies there is a Generation of Men and Women that live within the pale of the visible Church that may be called Lo-Ruhamah for they have not yet obtained mercy nay in the state they are in there is no mercy for them because they are not yet in Christ through whom these Covenant-mercies flow unconverted souls are unconcerned persons in these mercies these dogs have nothing to do with this Childrens Bread and yet who so apt to catch and snatch these precious dainties they love to hear the glorious priviledges of believers laid open as Justification Reconciliation Adoption and eternal life and yet we must sadly say they have nothing to do with these if they hear Discourses of Gods mercy how are they pleased tickled and even ravished and they make no question but they shall be saved as well as others and they think surely God that made them will not damn them but ask these poor souls whether they be savingly converted renewed ingrafted into Christ by faith alas they know not what this means they never asked their own souls the question nay they are ready to think that is a very needless enquiry or impossible to know however this never lay upon their Hearts and Consciences as necessary in order to clearing up this great case whether they have obtained mercy But let all ignorant sots know that he that made them will not have mercy on them Isa 27.11 let all prophane Rebels against the King of Heaven know that God will not be merciful to any wicked Transgressor Psal 59.5 Gods Attributes are all Analogal and Correspondent he will not cease to be just and holy that he may be merciful he will be merciful in his own way Mercy and Covenant shall go hand in hand 't is a ridiculous folly for men to conceit they shall have the Mercies of the Covenant that are not within the Covenant this is that fallacy that Logicians call fallacia dividendi conjungenda of dividing things to be conjoyned 't is most dangerous and damnable in Divinity when souls dream of having peace without grace happiness without holiness but let men know there 's no mercy but in the Covenant where no ark of the Covenant no seat of mercy where there 's no work of Grace there 's no Covenant of Grace where Christ is a Saviour he will be a Soveraign Act. 5.31 Act. 3.26 where he gives remission of sins he will give repentance his way of blessing is a turning persons from their iniquities God will not shew mercy to any but in his own way such must obtain mercy in converting Grace as obtain mercy in the enjoyment of pardoning Grace sanctification goeth along with Justification Paul obtained mercy by forsaking his own old courses 1 Tim. 1.13 God saveth us according to his mercy how why by the washing of Regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost Titus 3.5 they are saved from sin that are saved from wrath and Hell 't is a self-deceiving soul-damning contradiction to dream of pardoning without purging grace thousands in the World fancy a God to themselves made up all of mercy and let them do what they please they can bolster up themselves with this conceit God is merciful and so as God himself saith Psal 50.21 these things hast thou done and I kept silence thou thoughtst that I was altogether such a one as thy self but I will reprove thee and set thy sins in order before thee q. d. think not to make me a Patron of thy wickedness 't is true I spare thee and suffer thee to live quietly but forbearance is no acquittance think not I love thee because I afford thee outward mercies which thou abusest to licentiousness but I am resolved to take vengeance on thee I have justice as well as mercy and I have a season wherein I shall pour out the Vials of â—ny wrath upon Vessels of wrath that are â—itted to destruction a time is coming when â— shall tear you in pieces and there shall be â—one to deliver Oh sirs the condition of graceless unconverted souls is sad for 1. They are under a sure and sad sentence of condemnation for as the mercies â—f the new Covenant are sure to believers â—o the curses of the old Covenant are as

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