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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53508	A sermon preached at St. Michaels, Wood-Street, at the request of some Friends and now published to prevent mistakes / by Titus Oates ...	Oates, Titus, 1649-1705.	1679 (1679)	Wing O54; ESTC R15541	31,378	28

Office of a merciful and faithful high Priest but according to the most exact measure● and rules sollicite our case before Almighty God and by this means obtain relief for ou● necessities So verse 18. For that he himself hath suffered being tempted he is able to succour the● that are tempted For that it is undoubtedly true that the doleful afflictions that ou● dearest Redeemer underwent do with an high hand make it appear it was Gods desig● then that his Son should be compassionate by the unparallel'd experience of temptations he should be inclined to relieve and succour all that fall into temptations and afflictions that attend the best of men on this side the grave Estius saith plainly Whereas the holy Apostle saith that he might be a merciful high Priest it was Vt condoleret miseriae nostrae ex eo commiserationis affectu causam nostram fideliter ex animo apud Deum ageret hae enim partes erant Pontificis quas Christus praestare non potui● nisi naturae conditionis nostrae particeps esset cum multis aliis c. So that we have not onely the testimony of the Apostle and the Learned of subsequen● Ages but also reason plainly points at the same viz. that one great reason why Jesu● Christ did take upon him the seed of Abraham and was therefore stiled the Son of Ma● was that he might succour them that are tempted 2. That he might deliver them from the power and fear of death both of which were the dismal consequences of the transgression of our first Parents But of these in their Orders 1. The powers of death which is apparent from that of the Apostle Heb. 2 14. Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood he himself likewise took part of th● same that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death that is the devi●● You may easily call to mind what Adam entailed upon his posterity by his neglect o● eating of the Tree of life and by eating the forbidden fruit even eternal death under which the generality of Mankind were held till the coming of the Son of Man in the fulness o● time As in the first Adam all men die so in the second all shall be made alive 1. Cor. 15.21 By the miscarriage of our first parents way was made for a design of our Enemy the Devil to hold us under death Now therefore it is apparent that the end of Christs coming in the flesh and becoming the Son of Man was 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to abolish or to take away all force and power and to frustrate the design of the Devil as the phrase 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 doth import and cancel that testament by which upon the account of sin men coming into the world were bound over to death But Christ he being the son of man deliverd mankind from eternal death For although by Christs death temporal death is not taken away yet it is deprived of that reigning power over man as St. Paul elsewhere saith Ro. 5.17 Firs● if by one mans offence death reigned by one man c. of which reigning power I say death is devested so of its sting victorious progress Hence that of St. Paul 1 Cor. 15.55 56 57. 〈◊〉 death where is thy sting O Grave where is thy victory The sting of death is sin and the strengtho● sin is the Law But thanks be to God who hath given us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ who got the victory over death for us For it is apparent that Christ overcoming the sharpness of death did rescue man from the power of death so that it is impossible for man to be for ever held under it From all which we may easily gather this that Christians or Believers who are to be brought to Heaven by Christ are here in humane flesh and sufferings And seeing that Brethren or Fellow-children are of like natures Christ therefore who is called our Elder-brother is declared to have part with us in flesh and sufferings to this very end and purpose that he might frustrate and make void the design of him that was our enemy from the beginning which was to keep men under death and its raging power and to rescue man from the grave so that as in Adam all di'd so in him the second Adam all might be made alive 2. From the fear of death When Christ came into the world and did design to establish another Law amongst the sons of men upon which account he could not but expect because of the different nature of this Institution from that which they lived under and the corrupt dispositions that they had contracted by reason of sin that this his Law would be opposed and the professors of this new Law would be persecuted therefore like a great exemplar of true courage he suffers these experiences of temptation and affliction with●n his own Soul to this end that he might simpathize with and deliver them who through fear of death were in their life-time subject to bondage And therefore our Apostle St. Paul here layeth it as a foundation of comfort to them that dreaded persecutions because they fear death Now that they might be able to go on in the obedience of faith and act like Champions in their several stations and fight manfully against the opposers of his Gospel viz. the Divel the World and the Flesh the Apostle assures them that Christ hath redeemed them from death O death I will be thy plagues Hos 13.14 O grave I will be thy destruction Therefore if any be under any pressures of spirit upon the account of the profession of Christian Religion though they do not out-live and enjoy the promise of deliverance here in this life they shall rise again to eternal joy felicity through him that loved them gave himself for them is risen again from the dead is become the first fruits of them that slept Therefore the Apostle Heb. 2.15 saith that Christ did take our nature in order to deliver them who through fear of death were all their life-time subject to bondage From which I necessarily conclude that the reason why the Messias was the Son of man was that he might take away the fears of persecution and death it self which makes men so cowardly and keeps them in such awe that is in a most unchristian and servile condition whilst they see no hopes of deliverance Therefore Christians are by the same Apostle Heb. 12.1 2 3. admonished that in those afflictions that so easily beset men they ●ay aside all worldly love and fear that may incumber them in their Christian race and in order to this to look unto Christ Jesus who hath in himself endured the highest afflictions and will be sure to crown their sufferings with the greatest rewards if they follow him with all perseverance patience therefore let them consider his patience in enduring such notorious contradictions

against himself by which they might not faint nor be wearied in their minds Whereof saith he we being encompassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses let us lay aside every weight and sin which do so easily beset us and let us run with patience the race which is set before us Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross despising the shame and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself lest ye be faint and wearied in your minds Heb. 12.1 2 3. 3. I proceed now to the third Inquiry To what end Christ came into the World the Text tells It was to save that which was lost Here we must inquire I. What is to be understood by the word Save II. What by the word Lost III. How or in what sence Those were lost whom Christ came to save 1 What is to be understood by the word Save Here two things are to be considered First What those Evils were from which Christ came to save that which was lost Secondly What Priviledges he came to invest them withall for it is taken for granted that the holy and wise God did not design that Jesus Christ should come into the World only to deliver man out of the estate of perishing eternally but also to qualifie man for the enjoyments of such Priviledges Immunities as were consistent with a Creator to confer and a creature to possess I shall begin with the first Consideration First What those inconveninencies and dangers were from which Jesus Christ did come to save man and of these in the order as follows 1. To save man from the Law to bring him out from under those dispensations by which he could not reap any advantage in order to the remission of his sins for the first terms being broke with God by man they had no room left them for repentance by which they might obtain everlasting life and glory Neither did Moses's Law give or procure pardon of sin it being a Law that was weak and infirm now then if this be given us for granted it will follow That it must be the design of Christ to come into the World in order to deliver man from this Law for it is apparent that there was reason for the abolishing of this Law because it was so unable through mans weakness to do that which was designed to do viz the expiation of or cleansing us from sin Hence it is that St Paul tells us Hebr. 7.18 For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof Lex moralis non potuit expiare nec ceremonialis sanctificare Now these Lawes were not designed by Almighty God to effect the pardon of sin he giving most of them for a punishment for sin Wherefore then serveth the Law 〈◊〉 saith the Apostle Gal. 3.19 it was added because of Transgressions And it was given as a judgment upon the people of Israel as you may see Ezek. 20.24 25 Because they had no● executed my judgments but had despised my Statutes and had polluted my Sabbaths and their eyes were after their Fathers idols Wherefore I gave them statutes that were not good judgments whereby they should not live Now it is manifest that such Laws as those could make nothing perfect and therefore it was the design of the man Jesus to come into the World to save men from the Yoke of this Law and from the Curse entailed upon the same 1. From the Yoke of the Law see Gal. 4.4.5 where the Apostle shews us plainly that when the time was come when the Almighty and Everlasting God was pleased to lay the Mosaical Law aside then he sent his own Son in humane flesh who submitted to and performed the whole Law to redeem the sons of men from under those dispensations even from the Mosaical performances which was an insupportable yoke and while tha● Law lasted it was a partition wall that did hinder the Gentiles from a clear understandin● of the intentions that he had to do them good those that had the experience of the yoke looked upon it as a tempting of God to put it upon the neck of others they being excused from its servitude by vertue of Christs comeing into the world see Acts 15 1● Why tempt ye God to put a yoke upon the neck of the Disciples c. comparing this with th● words of the Apostle But when the fulness of time was come God sent his Son made of Woman under the Law to redeem them that were under the Law Now that this Law w●● such an insupportab●e burden doth not only appear from the nature of the Law it self but also from the design of God in giving it and the great occasion that moved the ete●nal God to impose it upon men and likewise from the insufficiency of it it being not abl● to procure any eternal reward for the keepers and observers thereof in the state they were i● 2. Christ designed to deliver man from the Curse of the Law and did actually b● his death accomplish this his design by being made a Curse for man see Gal 3 1● where the Apostle saith in express words Christ hath delivered us from the curse of the Law being made a curse for us for it is written Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree So that from hence we may observe That there was no means in the Law left to justifie any but rather to bring Curses on all and that is apparent because all have sinned se● ver 10. As many as are of the works of the law are cursed for it is written Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things written in the book of the law to do them Christ our blessed Redeemer hath been pleased to make a seasonable intreposition and make known the pardon of sin in a second Covenant and in order hereunto he did undergo the Curse of the Law by being hanged on a Tree Consider again those words of St. Paul As many as are of the works of the law are under a curse that is they are involved under the Curse for every sin they are guilty of so that they are in no possibility of being in a state of being justified hereby therfore Christ the great Restorer of the World did come to save and deliver man from the Curse of the Law Both of which particulars are I think sufficiently proved by the Apostle in Gal. 5.1 Stand fast therefore in that liberty wherewith Christ hath made you free and be not intangled again with the yoke of bondage Hence it is apparent he made man free from the snare and servility of the Law 3. Christ came to save men from their vain Conversation received by Tradition from their Fathers certain it is that the greatest Devotees to that Religion had not