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A92854	The humbled sinner resolved what he should do to be saved. Or Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ the only way of salvation for sensible sinners. Discovering the quality, object, acts, seat, subject, inseparable concomitants and degrees of justifying faith. The agreement and difference of a strong and weak faith; the difficulty of beleeving, the facility of mistake about it, and the misery of unbelief. The nature of living by faith, and the improvement of it to a full assurance. Wherein several cases are resolved, and objections answered. / By Obadiah Sedgwick, Batchelour in Divinity and late minister of the Gospel in Covent Garden.	Sedgwick, Obadiah, 1600?-1658.	1657 (1657)	Wing S2375; Thomason E900_1; ESTC R203520	234,690	315

use and efficacy of them but if we speak of the meritorious cause of Salvation None but Christ Christ alone In the fulnesse of it from whatsoever we need to be saved from that he can save us he is not a surety who undertakes such a number of our debts only but he is an atonement for all sins sinnes of nature and sinnes of life sins of ignorance and sins of knowledge sins before conversion and sins after conversion yea he will deliver us at length from all the concomitancy and presence of sinne and intirely from all temptations and all sorrowes and all diseases and all death All these in his time will he put under our feet In the efficacy of it Being God and man he suffered and dyed and thereby wrought the works of our Salvation at once he doth not dye every day to make our peace but having once offered himself that was so compleat and acceptable that it serves for ever The repetition of things in some causes imports imperfection for that which is still in doing is not perfectly done as the Phylosopher speaks of things in motion that whiles they are in motion they are imperfect but when they attaine that end and forme for which they move then they rest now Christ having once offered himselfe for to save us he rose againe and sate down at the right hand of his Father he repeates his sufferings no more Heb. 10. 14. By once offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified Heb. 9. 28. Christ was once offered to beare the sinnes of many and unto them that look for him shall he appeare the second time without sinne unto Salvation Thus for the importance of the title Jesus the next title is SECT II. CHrist Messiah in the Old-Testament and Christ in the New of the same signification Joh. 1. 41. We have found the Messiah which is by interpretation the Christ and this is a sweet word unto us that Jesus was Christ that he who was our Saviour was anointed The Lord hath anointed me to preach good tydings Isaiah 61. 1. And he was anointed with the Oyl of gladness Psal 45. 7. will you give me leave to let you see much excellencies in this short word We do speak much of Jesus and yet we are ignorant of the forme of his saving and we heare much of Christ but perhaps we understand not what force what comfort what happinesse is couched therein therefore I will unfold unto you 1. What this anointing of our Saviour doth import 2. Unto what he was anointed For the first the anointing of him in whom we are to believe doth signifie His singular and assured ordination to be our Mediator and to performe the work of our redemption When that the Prophet had poured the Oyl on the head of Jehu they presently blew the trumpet and said Jehu is King so when Zadock the Priest tooke a horne of Oyl out of the Tabernacle and anointed Solomon they blew the trumpet and all the people said God save King Solomon 1 Kin. 1. 39. as if he said this is the very person whō God hath appointed to rule over us In like manner because the Son of God is made a Christ because he is anointed we may infallibly conclude that that person who was God and man was appointed and singularly designed to be our Saviour and Redeemer so that we may with Iohn point at him Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sinnes of the world And therefore it is said that he was called that he was sealed that he was sent it was the Act of the whole Trinity to set the son apart to become our Saviour So now for Christ to be our Redeemer is no fiction but a reall thing nor was it undertaken presumptuously without a calling but by ordination and the institution of God An abundant qualification that is that person the Son of God being anointed or designed to be our Redeemer was enabled with all the richnesse of Grace and fitnesse of gifts every way required to performe the work of our redemption I have laid help said the Prophet Psal 89. 19. on one that is Mighty so is it here our Salvation is to be wrought by one who is enabled to compass and performe it Therefore we read of the pouring forth of the spirit on him and Jer. 31. 34. Psa 45. 7. Act. 10. 38. that without measure in a most eminent fulnesse even to an overflowing There was no want of holinesse which the Law could require either for nature or actions and no word of power to suffer or conquer Yea he was so adorned and beautified with abilities to save that he did not only at once go through the hard task of our Redemption but he still distills vertue down by his Spirit to save us more and more from our corruption c. A sweet and pleasant acceptation both to God and man look as the anointing Oyl which in the Law was reserved and bestowed by Gods appointment was compounded of the most fragrant and exquisite spices to intimate the sweet composition of Gifts and Graces so when it was poured forth it did cast abroad a most delightfull favour In like manner doth the anointing of Christ imply A most marvelous and gracious acceptation With God and so his Sacrifice was a sweet smelling odour it was the Golden Altar with Incense Rev. 8. 3. which went up to heaven with a sweet and delightfull well-pleasingness With men This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation that Iesus Christ came into the world to save sinners Tim. 1. 1. How much is the Church in the Canticles affected with the savour of this precious ointment O how much more precious then gold more delightful then all the rivers of Carnall pleasures is that Oyl of gladnesse wherewith the Son of God was anointed anointed to become the Saviour of my sinful soul Solomon speakes of Oyl which did give a cheerfull countenance sure I am if there be any thing which can revive the heart of a drooping sinner which can cheare or quicken his spirits which can put life into him it is this that God hath appointed his Son to dye for him and to save him SECT III. NOw for the second question viz unto what was Christ anointed For a satisfaction to this demand we must know that those who were anointed by Gods command were sequestred to singular and special offices thereby and there were three sorts of persons who were to execute three sorts of offices who were anointed First the Priest as we read of Aaron and the rest of that order Secondly The Prophet as Elisha by Elijah 1 Kings 19. 16. Thirdly the King as David by Samuel and Solomon by Zadock Now Christ differs from all others who were anointed we read that some were anointed to be Kings but not to be Priests nor Prophets others were anointed to be Priests but neither to be Prophets nor Kings others were anointed to

thou not heard of that accursed and despitfull death which I was put to numbred with transgressors cast out of the City nailed to the crosse pierced through the heart and yet my love to thy soul made me to poure out my soul an offering for thy sins Why and shall I veile my glory under the condition of a servant in vaine shall I combate and conquer Satan in vaine shall I beare the scorne of men the wrath of God the terrors of death the curse of the Law in vaine was not all this for thee shouldst not thou have susteined all this if I had not and must thou not if thou refusest him who hath done it and yet wilt thou prefer thy sins before me yet wilt thou not accept of me yet wilt thou not get faith to receive me have I sought thee freely bought thee so dearly and thou neglect and refuse me so easily Thirdly consider thou hast extreame need of a Lord Jesus 3. Motives Christ Excellency prevailes much with an ingenious nature and necessity with the worst when the Lepers saw that they must either venture their lives or die they would out into the Camp when the Prodigal saw he must famish abroad or repaire home he would then back to his fathers house Why Brethren the Captive doth not more need a Redeemer and the sick doth not more need a Physician then the sinner doth need a Christ and a Saviour Were we in Adams created innocency then we need not to look after a Saviour but we are fallen but we are broken but we are sold under sin but we are transgressors from the womb but we are by nature the children of disobedience and wrath Had we any stock left in our hands to set up our broken souls againe had we any strength to repaire our losse to recover our good to purchase our own peace and salvation but we are dead in trespasses Eph. 2. 1. we all fall short of the glory of God Rom. 3. 23. we are all without strength Rom. 5. 6. Could any thing be a Plank to the Shipwrack but Christ or an hand to lay hold on the rock but faith then we needed not to give such diligence for faith to believe but there is no salvation in any other name and there is no quality but faith to get us into Christ It is not the confidence which thou mayest put upon the faith of another which will do it as every mans soul is for his own body so every mans faith is for his own soul the wise virgins had no more oile then would serve their own Lamps and no mans faith is more then enough for himself Though Christ can save many yet faith saves him only who hath it It is not the confidence of a naked decree which will do it if God hath decreed to save me I shall be saved O no his decrees are his own secret wayes and the way which he hath opened to us is to get faith and to believe in his Son It is not an empty profession nor the worthlesse accesse of all the creatures that can ensure or save thy soul Only Christ none but Christ thou art wounded and Christ is thy plaister thou art dead and Christ is thy life thou art sold and Christ is thy ransome thou art an enemy and Christ is thy peace The debts are infinite the curse great the justice of God pure thy strength nothing and nothing satisfies and delivers but Christ and none hath Christ but the believer why then wilt thou not labor for faith Fourthly consider Christ is every way fitted to thy need 4. Motive Why Brethren gold will ransome a debtor to man it will not ransome a sinner from the Law an offender against God Why look upon your need aright and then judge who but Christ for a sinner There is guilt much guilt lying upon thy soul and who is the Priest to suffer to offer to satisfie to take away transgressions but Christ None can blot out the guilt of sin for us but he who had not a spot of sin in himself There is filth much filth defiling our natures poysoning our actions and who is the Prophet to enlighten to teach to change to cleanse from sinfulnesse but Christ None can teach us holinesse and obedience but he who was Holy undefiled separated from sinners and was obedient to the death There is dominion much dominion of sin prescribing a Law to our members sending out all insolent inclinations holding us in a willing subjection to every base lust and who is the King to conquer the heart to subdue iniquities to lead captivity captive to spoile principalities and powers to bid the captive go free to erect a thorne of righteousnesse and peace in the soul but Christ So that the wise love of God hath prepared and fitted Christ in all respects sutable to the exigencies and straits of a sinful soul and hath appointed faith to be that which shall put on this Christ upon the needy soul why then will we not labour for faith Fifthly God hath not only fitted a Saviour for thee but he 5. 〈◊〉 comes neer unto thee with him he deales mightily with thy soul ●o beleeve on him Thou hast the word of revelation to this very day wherein the mystery of thy salvation is made known and cleare unto th●e Thou needest not to say in thine heart Who shall ascend into heaven to bring Christ down from above or who shall descend into the deeps to bring up Christ againe from the dead But the word is nigh thee even in thy mouth and in thy heart that is the word of faith which we preach That if thou shalt confesse with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him him from the dead thou shalt be saved Rom. 6. 7 8 9. Thou hast the word of gracious proposition God hath offered Christ with all his plentiful redemption with his strong salvation unto thee yea he hath assured thee by his Word of John 3. truth which cannot lie nor deceive that if thou believest on him thou shalt be saved by him Thou hast the word of injunction which layes a bond of duty upon thee This is his Commandment that we beleeve on the Name John 3. 23. of his Son Jesus Christ Nay thou hast the word of penalty and correction God hath said that he will judge thee for not believing and that in the sharpest method of expression He that believes not shall be damned Nay thou hast the word of obsecration and gentle intreaty God stoops infinitely below himself he doth streine curtesie with thee God doth beseech you by us and we pray you in Christs stead to be reconciled to God Nay thou hast the word of expostulation why will you not beleeve why will ye die in your sins why will ye not come to me that you may be saved How often would I have gathered thee All the day long