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knowledge_n	jesus_n	light_n	shine_v	5,880	5	9.7269	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87161	A glimpse of divine light, breaking through a cloud of errours. Being an explanation of certain passages exhibited by anonymus, to the commissioners of White-Hall, appointed for approbation of publick preachers, against Joseph Harrison Gospel-preacher at Lund-Chappel in Lancashire, for the supposed delivering of which, he was denied approbation. / Published by the said Joseph Harrison, and proposed to the consideration of all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity.	Harrison, Joseph.	1655 (1655)	Wing H897; Thomason E841_7; ESTC R207225	67,448	83

Preach the Gospel Secondly the called to them Preach good works THis Passage may be resolved into three Queries 1. Whether there be two sorts of people the one called the other uncalled 2. Whether the Gospel only is to preached to the uncalled 3. Whether good works are to be preached to the called The first all sober christians hold in the affirmative yet because some there now are that maintain an universal calling of all of all sorts active at least if not passive Note 1. That by a people called are not meant a people called upon meerly by a Lecture read out of the book of conscience or the Dictates of a natural light For 1. Paul before his conversion or that light from heaven shined about him Acts 9. had this light within him and yet remained ignorant in unbelief and at the height that this could lead him unto persecuted Christ and the Church Neither can it be said that it was because of his not minding that light For 1. He laboured alwayes as much as possible for man to do to follow that light and profited more than his equals 2. Touching the law he was blamelesse and persecuted the Church out of pure zeale of acting according to this light 3. He bears the Jews record that they acted for God zealously according to this legal light and yet wanted knowledge or that Evangelical true light which shines from God in the face of the Lord Jesus 2 Cor. 4.6.4 The Jewes killed the Disciples and yet judged from this light that they did God good service not knowing indeed either the Father or the Son Joh. 16.2 3.2 Though all the Gentiles shew the work of the Law written in their hearts Rom. 2.15 yet not any work of the Gospel Nay where is it said that this light ever convinced Gentile of sin for not believing in Christ Is not this to be done by the Spirit of Christ Ioh. 16.8 Or where was ever Heathen savingly converted but by the foolishness of preaching The world by wisdom that is this light improved to the utmost knew not God And therefore it pleased God by the foolishnesse of preaching to save them that believe 1 Cor. 1.21.3 Adam had this light and it taught him first That he was naked 2. To Sew fig-leaves 3. And when those vanished at the voice of God to seek to hide himself under a thick covering But could neither teach him to confesse his sin and commit himself unto God nor tell him any thing of the seed of the woman That should break the head of the Serpent 4. The Apostle distinguisheth of a natural man and of a spiritual man And though he that is spiritual judgeth all things yet the natural man receiveth not the things of the spirit of God for they are foolishnesse unto him neither can he know them because they are spiritually discerned 2 Cor. 2.14 15. Nay what needed Christ to send the Spirit of truth to lead the Disciples into all truth If the light thy already had could have discovered it to them and effectually guided them thereunto 2. By a people called are not meant a people called upon meerly by a Lecture read from the book of the creature the Sun the Moon the Stars c. For 1. Though the heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament sheweth his handy works c. Yet the Psalmist concludes them all imperfect As to the converting making wise and true enlightening of the soul and ascribes all those effects unto the word of the Lord vers 7 8.2 Though the Philosophers and wise men might by contemplation come to know the eternal power and God-head Rom. 1.20 Or A Deum absolutum as Luther speaks yet could they know nothing of a God manifested in the flesh and justified in the spirit which the Apostle calls the mystery of godlinesse 1 Tim. 3.16.3 God did not make use of any of the stars of the old creation but created a new one called his Star Mat. 2.2 And thereby led the wise men blind fold as it were in a way they knew not to Iesus Christ But thirdly By a people called are meant a people called out of the world by the Spirit in the preaching of the Gospel To know the only true God and Jesus Christ whom he hath sent Io. 17.3 For 1. This is the only means appointed by Christ for calling a people to himself Mar. 16.5.2 Christ intercedes in a special manner for those that shall be so called Neither pray I for these alone meaning his Disciples but for them also which shall believe in me through their word Iohn 17.20.3 People in the writings of the Apostles are denominated {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} called {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} a Church or people called out only in reference to this call 4. By this it is that the true light comes into the world not only {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} appears or shines dimly through types and ceremonies as under the Promise and Law Iohn 1.1.4 5 nor to one Nation only as it did during Christs abode in the flesh Iohn 1.11 But now {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} it shineth forth clearly and effectually convincing the world of Sin Righteousness and Iudgement according to Christs promise or enlightening every man Iew and Gentile Greek and Barbarian even every creature Iohn 1.9.16.8 Mark 16.15 And yet 4. Some people of each sort or â singuli Generum in respect had to this Evangelical call are still uncalled either negatively as never having heard it or positively having heard and yet not so much as visibly yielded themselves obedient thereunto both are evident For if thousands live and die and never hear so much as that there is a Iesus 2. The Apostle witnesseth that of those that heard some mocked c. Act. 17.32 and brings Isaiah complaining Lord who hath believed our Report Rom. 10.16 Many may be called upon activè or quoad actum praedicandi and yet few called passivè or quoad effectum praedicationis In answer to the second Quere I say first the Gospel is to be preached to the uncalled For 1. Christ commands his disciples to go in to all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature Mark 16.15 Come for all things are ready Those very men are invited that were and while they were taken up with pleasures and profits insomuch that at the first hearing with one consent they began to make excuse Luke 14.17 18. Secondly preaching the Gospel is the meanes by which God calls the unregenerate to his Kingdom and Glory 1 Thes. 2.9.12 It is the power of God unto salvation Rom. 1.16 In Christ Iesus I have begotten you through the Gospel 1 Cor. 4.13 So that unlesse Ministers will refuse to use the means for conversion of sinners they must preach the Gospel to such Nay there is a necessity laid upon them and woe unto them if they preach not the Gospel 1