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A74654 A brief and plain exposition of the creed, commonly called the Apostles Creed. By Christopher Cartwright minister in York. Cartwright, Christopher, 1602-1658. 1649 (1649) Wing C683; Thomason E1421_1*; ESTC R209463 35,241 119

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But as sinne is committed against God as it is a transgression of his Law so authoritatively onely God can forgive sinne I even I am he that blotteth out thy transgressions c Isai 43. 25. Who can forgive sinnes but God onely Mark 2. 7. The Scribes that spake those words were right in the doctrine onely they were wrong in the application of it Their position was good that onely God can forgive sinne but their supposition was naught that Christ was but a meer man and so their inference was false that Christ did blaspheme in taking upon him so to forgive sinnes as he did Sinne is forgiven onely through Christ As it is God onely who doth forgive sinne so it is onely Christ both God and man the Mediatour betwixt God and man for whose sake sinne is forgiven Christ told his Apostles That repentance and remission of sinnes should he preached in his Name c. Luke 24. 42. Peter told the Jews that him to wit Christ hath God exalted to be a Prince and a Saviour for to give repentance to Israel and forgivenesse of sinnes Act. 5. 31. Be it knewn unto you therefore men and Brethren said Paul that through this man is preached unto you forgivenesse of sinnes And by him all that beleeve are justified from all things from which you could not be justified by the Law of Moses Acts 13 38 39. Christ by his Blood hath satisfied for our sinnes so that thorow him onely we must expect forgivenesse of them Behold the Lamb of God said John Baptist pointing at Christ which taketh away the sinnes of the world John 1. 29. He is the propitiation for our sinnes 1 John 2. 2. Your sinnes are forgiven you for his Names sake 1 John 2. 12. What is required of those who would have forgivenesse of sinnes Now if we would have the forgivenesse of our sinnes there is required of us 1. Repentance Christ ordained that repentance and remission of sinnes should be preached in his Name Luke 24. 47. First repentance and then remission of sinnes No remission of sinnes without repentance So Acts 5. 31. Christ is a Saviour to give repentance to Israel and remission of sins When they that were pricked in the heart with Peters Sermon said What shall we doe to be saved Peter answered Repent c. Acts 2. 37. 38. So Acts 3. 13. Repent and be converted that your sinnes may be blotted out Now repentance imports sorrow for sin I will acknowledge mine iniquity I will be sorry for my sinne Psal 38. 18. And forsaking of sinne Let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts and turne unto the Lord and he will have mercy upon him and to our God for he will abundantly pardon Isai 55. 7. 2. Faith Through this man viz. Christ is preached unto you forgivenesse of sinnes And by him all that beleeve are justified c. Acts 13 38 39. This faith or beleeving is a laying hold on Christ an adhering unto him and a relying on him for the obtaining of mercy and forgivenesse To as many as received him to them he gave power to be the sonnes of God even to them that beleeved on his Name John 1. 12. There to beleeve in Christ is to receive Christ So Christ is said to dwell in our hearts by faith Eph 3. 17. 3. To forgive others Thus Christ hath taught us to pray unto God to forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespasse against us Matth. 6. 12. And he addes For if yee forgive men their trespasses your heavenly Father will also forgive you But if ye forgive not men ther trespasses neither will your Father forgive your trepasses Matth. 6. 14 15. and see Mat. 18 from the 21. Verse to the end of the Chapter Of the resurrection of the body The resurrection of the body There is a spirituall resurrection the rising again of the soule from the death of sinne to the life of grace of which resurrection something was spoken before but this is not all the resurrection that is to be expected as it seems some affirmed saying that the resurrection is past already 2 Tim. 2. 18. But there shall be also a corporall resurrection a rising again of the Body though the soul be separated from it and it be laid in the dust and turned to dust yet the soul shall be re-united to it and it shall be raised up This seems incredible to a meer naturall man the Philosophers at Athens marvelled when they heard Paul speak of it Thou seemest said they unto him to be a setter forth of strange gods because he preached unto them Iesus and the resurrection Asts 17. 18. And Verse 32. When they heard of the resurrection of the dead some mocked others said we will hear thee again of this matter But they that beleeve Gods Word beleeve this that the dead shall rise again I have hope towards God said Paul which they themselves meaning the Jews his adversaries also allow that there shall be a resurrection of the dead both of the just and unjust Acts 24. 15. I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day said Martha of Lazarus being dead Iohn 11. 24. The Sadduces a sect among the Jews denyed the resurrection as wee read Mat. 22. 23. and Acts 23. 8. But as Christ said unto them they erred not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God Matth. 22. 29. The Power of God shewes that he can raise the dead and the Scriptures shew that he will doe it Why should it seem a t●ing incredible unto you that God should raise the dead Asts 26. 8. He that could make all things of nothing can certainly raise up the body although it have passed thorow never so many transmutations And that God will do this the Scriptures clearly testifie unto us See Dan. 12. 2. Joh. 5. 28 29. and 1 Cor. 15. the whole Chapter Reason also grounded upon Scripture doth evince as much For 1. The body having been partner with the soul either in righteousnesse or in sinne it is meet that the body should also be partner with the soul either in the reward or in the punishment We must all receive the things done in the body according to that which we have done whether it be good or evill 2 Corinth 5. 10. As the things were done in the body so the reward must likewise be received in the body 2. For the Saints their resurrection is particularly proved by the resurrection of Christ he being the Head and they his Members For as the Head rose again so must the Members as Christ rose again so must they that belong unto Christ and are his The Scriptures often inferre the resurrection of Christians from Christs resurrection See 1 Cor. 15. 12 13 16 20 21 22 23. and 2 Cor. 4. 14. and 1 Thess 4. 14. What a change there shall be of the body at the resurrection Christ shews saying In
nigh unto all that call upon him even to all that call upon him in truth Psa 145. 18. The Saints have communion with Christ 2. The Saints have communion with Christ he being their Head they his Members Christ is the Head of the Church Ephe. 5. 23. We are members of his bodie c. Ephes 5. 30. They have the communion of his body and of his blood 1 Corinth 10. 16. not onely a Sacramentall communion which the wicked may have by receiving the outward Sacrament but a reall although a spirituall communion by faith For Christ doth dwell in their hearts by faith Ephes 3. 17. By faith they eat the flesh of Christ and drink his blood Iohn 6. 53 54. with 57. By Christ thorow faith in him they have accesse unto God and acceptance with God Rom. 5. 1 2. By him they have confidence to make known their requests unto God and assurance to obtain of God whatsoever is requisite and needfull for them Ephes 3. 12. Iohn 16. 23. The Saints in heaven have more immediate and full communion with God and with Christ being more immediately and fully joyned unto them 2 Cor. 5. 6 7. Phil. 1. 23. The Saints have communion one with another 3. The Saints have communion one with another as having near relation one to another being Children of one and the same Father and Members of one and the same Bodie and having near conjunction one with another as being indued with one and the same Spirit Gal. 3. 26. and 1 Cor. 12. 27. Ephes 4. 4. and 1 Corinth 12. 13. The Saints have the communion of the Holy Ghost 2 Cor. 13. 14. the fellowship of the Spirit Phil. 2. 1. they must needs therefore have communion and fellowship one with another As for the Saints in heaven what communion they have one with another the Scripture speaking sparingly we must not be overbold to enquire onely thus much is unquestionable that they have some communion in that kinde rejoycing one in anothers happinesse and glorifying God one for another For Charity never faileth 1 Cor. 13. 8. yea in the Saints in heaven it is made perfect And it rejoyceth not in iniquity but in the truth 1 Cor. 13 6. There being such a distance betwixt the Saints in heaven and the Saints on earth there can be no such communion betwixt them as they of the Church of Rome pretend to wit that the Saints in heaven should pray particularly for the Saints on earth and procure those good things for them that they stand in need of and that the saints on earth should pray unto the Saints in heaven and make them Advocates and Mediatours whereby to prevaile with God For besides that this is most injurious as they practise it unto God and unto Christ we being onely to pray unto God in the name and mediation of Jesus Christ Psalm 50. 15. Matth. 6. 9. Iohn 16. 23. 1 Tim. 2. 5. Besides this I say the Saints in heaven are not acquainted with the particular estate of the Saints on earth Iob 14. 21. And therefore there can be no such communion betwixt them although in respect of that which was said before of charity we cannot but conceive that the Saints in heaven do in generall think on the Saints on earth and wish them the same happinesse which they have obtained And so the Saints on earth blesse God for the Saints in Heaven thinke and speak honourably of them and imitate the vertues that were in them Prov. 10. 7. Luke 1. 48. Heb. 6. 12. and 13. 7. As for the Saints on earth they have communion among themselves so as to consider one another and to provoke unto love and good works Hebr. 10. 24. to teach and admonish one another Col. 3. 16. to comfort one another 1 Thess 4. 18. to pray one for another Iames 5. 15. to succour and releeve one another as every one hath received the gift so to minister the same one to another c. 1 Pet. 4. 10. of forgivenesse of sinnes The forgivenesse of sinnes This benefit is peculiar to the Church The Prophet speaking of Sion saith The people that dwell therein shall have their sinnes forgiven Isai 32. 24. It is a part of the Covenant that God hath made with his people that he will forgive their iniquity c. Ier. 31. 33. The Saints themselves even the best upon earth have need of it If thou Lord shouldest mark iniquities Lord who should stand But there is forgivenesse with thee c Psal 130. 34. See Psal 32. 1 2. What sin is and the severall kindes of it Sinne is a transgression of the Law 1 Iohn 3. 4. It is either originall or actuall Originall sin is that which every one brings with him into the world Adam by his fall losing that righteousnesse in which he was created and conveyng sinne and corruption into all that by naturall generation proceed from him Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean not one Iob 14. 4. Behold I was shapen in iniquity and in sinne did my mother conceive me Ps 51. 5. By one man to wit Adam sinne entred into the World that is into all mankinde Rom. 5. 12. Actuall sinne is that which every one makes himself guilty of in his life and conversation All like sheep have gone astray Isa 53 6. Actuall sinne is either a sinne of commission or of omission A sin of commission is when that which is forbidden is committed a sinne of omission is when that which is commanded is omitted There are many other distinctions of sin which it were too tedious and not necessary to rehearse What forgivenesse of sinne is how expressed in Scripture Forgivenesse of sinne is a not imputing of it God was in Christriconciling the world unto himself not imputing their trespasses unto them 2 Cor. 5. 19. It is called a covering of sin Blessed is the man whose iniquity is forgiven and whose sinne is covered Psal 32. 1. And a blotting out of sinne According to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions Psal 51. 1. Other such like expressions also there are whereby forgivenesse of sinnes is set forth in the Scripture To forgive sin belongs only unto God Onely God can forgive sinne As sinne is committed against man as it is an injury done unto him so he may and ought to forgive it Luke 17. 3 4. If thy brother trespasse against thee rebuke him and if he repent forgive him And if be trespasse against thee seven times in a day and seven times in a day turne again to thee saying I repent thou shalt forgive him Ministers also may forgive sinnes declaratively so as to preach and publish forgivenesse of sinnes to such as repent and beleeve Whose soever sinnes ye remit they are remitted c. John 20. 23. Be it known unto you therefore men and brethren that through this man Christ is preached unto you forgivenesse of sinnes Act. 13. 38.