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None but Christ, none but Christ Intimating, that in Him, who is the Lord of Lords, and Prince onely, is to be found, the full and absolute cure of mans misery.
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Cotton, Clement.
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not yet felt thâ— spirituall sicknesse and also somewhat to refresh the memory of thâ—se who haue here is in a short summe discouered vnto thee some of the maladies of thy soule shewing thee how Christ is both the Physician and medicine of them seuerally as the title giuen to the Booke None but Christ none but Christ giues thee to vnderstand Touching the which if thou wouldest I should yeeld thee a reason then know that I tooke it not vp at randome but as I found them the words and those the last words of a constant Martyr of Christ Iohn Lambert by name which as I conceiue beeing vttered by him as the triumphant voice of faith after that hee had through the power of Christ put to flight the feare of Hell Sinne and Death c. as by doubling of them may appeare So by way of imitation I thinke them not tying any to sillables well beseeming the thoughts and speeches also of euery Christian vpon safe and sure grounds as in their dayly so euen in their last conflicts to be taken vp and vsed Not as if heereby it were my meaning to exclude See Ioh. 3.16 Titus 3.5 or shut out either the Father or the holy Ghost from hauing an hand in the worke of our saluation as well as Christ but attributing the same to him onely Rom. 8.34 as to the sole meritorious cause thereof And so I bid thee heartily farewell Thine in Christ C.C. NONE BVT CHRIST 1 Fall I Am fallen in a Rom. 5.12 Amos 7.2.5 Adam I am falne I am fallen Oh! who shall raise mee None but Christ who as hee is set for thy vprising Lke 2.34 so is hee b Heb. 7.25 perfectly able to c Ioh. 10.28 29. keep thee that thou fall not againe from thine owne stedfastnesse Iud. 24. 2 Guilt By my fall I haue offended au d Ier. 23.24 Psa 139.7 infinite Maiestie and who shall plead for mee 1 Samuel 2.25 None but Christ who beeing also an e Isai 63.1 Act. â—0 28 Isai 53.5 6 infinite Maiesty Rom. 9.5 hath by his owne bloud fully satisfied the iustice of his Father for thy offence this way committed against him 1 Pet. 2.24 Ephesians 5.2 f Iam. 4.3 Rom. 5.10 8.7 3 Enmity This offence hath bred enmitie betweene God and me Col. 1.20 21. who is meete to reconcile vs None but Christ 2 Cor 5.19 who by his g Rom. 3.25 Col. 1.20.21 blood hath not onely made perfect peace betweene God and thee but hath so ratified and confirmed the same Ephes 2. â—6 17. that nothing shall bee euer able to disolue it 4 Strangenesse This enmity hath bred h Eph. 4.18 strangenesse betweene God and mee Coloss 1.21 and who shall bring me into fellowship with him again i Ioh. 1.3 5 â— 7. k 1 Cor. 1.9 1 Pet. 3.18 None but Christ hath who suffered for sinnes the iust for the uniust not onely that hee might bring thee to God but hath also so l Rom. 5.2 setled this fellowship betweene him and thee who art by faith ingrafted into him that none shall bee euer able to breake it off againe Ioh. 1.12 Gal. 3.26 27. Ier. 32.40 Rom 8.35 5 Filth But alas m Iob 15.16 Leu. 13.45 Psal 51.5 I am vncleane I am vncleane For behold I was borne in iniquitie and in sinne hath my mother conceiued mee and who now shall cleanse mee Iob 14.4 n Zac. 13.1 None but Christ who not onely is that Lambe of God who taketh away the o Signifying that original sinne which is the fountaine of all sinne See Luke 2.23 sinne or the world Ioh. 1.29 but was also borne holy and conceiued by the p And thus we find in our nature that holinesse which by nature we want holy Ghost Luke 1.35 to couer the impurity of thy conception and birth Heb. 2.10 6 Darknesse And thus as a woefull wight Isai 60.2 Mat. 4.16 Ioh. 1.5 1 Ioh. 5.19 sit I in double darknesse hauing iustly lost by this my sorrowfull downefall with the q 2 Cor. 44. Deu. 29 20 light of Gods Image Eph. 4.18 the light of Gods countenance and who now shall bee a light vnto mee r Luk. 1.79 None but Christ who is come a light into this world to the end that whosoeuer beleeueth in him should not onely not abide in darknesse Ioh. 12.46 but might also haue the light of life Ioh. 8.12 7 Dead Not onely am I Å¿ Ioh. 1.5.8 Ephes 5.8 drenched in this wofull darkenesse but therein by nature I lie t Ephe. 2.5 Mat. 4.16 starke dead in trespasses and sinnes who shall now quicken me u Ioh. 5.25 None but Christ who is not onely come that thou mightest haue life 2 Tim. 1.1 that also in abundance Ioh. 10.10 but so to confirm thee in this life if thou beleeue in him that thou shalt neuer dye Ioh. 11.25 14 19. Beleeuest thou this 8 Corrupt But I sensibly feele to my vtter vndoing I feare that the diuell hath shed in to my whole man Rom. 6.6 Col. 2.11 the venome and poison of his cursed nature Ioh 8.44 Rom. 7.24 who shall cure me of it None but Christ who came not onely to lose the workes of the diuell in thee 1 Ioh 3.8 but which more is to make thee partaker of the diuine x Not of the substance but of the diuine qualities nature 2. Pet. 1.4 Heb. 12.10 9 Bondage And to this vile corruption am I by nature a seruant and z Ioh. 8.34 wretched bond-man who shall free mee from so wofull a slauery Rom. 7.15 None but Christ who came not onely to preach deliuerance to such miserable captiues as thou art Luke 4.18 but that in setting thee free thou mightest be a That is that we might haue not a fained â—â—t a true liberty and freedom from all infernall foes free indeed Ioh. 8.36 10 Penury A man may haue light life and liberty and yet perish for lacke of foode who shall furnish my poore b Psa 106.15 affammished soule with that Reuel 3.17 None but Christ who first if thou beest athirst bids thee come to him and drinke of the water of life Ioh. 7.37 and that c Isa 55.1 Reu. 22.17 freely not for a while to quench thy thirst but that in drinking of the water which hee shall giue thee thou mightest d That is such shal never be so thirsty but the spirit of grace as an euerliuing fountaine will be at hand to satisfie their thirst See Ioh. 7.38 neuer be more athirst seeing it shall be in thee a well of water springing vp into euerlasting life Ioh. 4.13.14 7.38 And hee also is that bread of life which came downe from heauen Ioh. 6.48 51. of which if by faith thou spiritually eatest it shall not only preserue thy soule from famishing and death but shall
of great matters hadst thou faith to beleeue it A. p Mar. 9 2â— I beleeue Now Lord helpe my vnbeliefe Q. I blame thee not in seeking thy Iustification from Christ but may not an hypocrite doe this as well as thou A. I doe from my soule as earnestly long to haue him made vnto me q 1 Cor. 1.30 Sanctification also See Psal 51.10 Q. How expectest thou sanctification from Christ A. By the worke of his Spirit 1 Cor. 6.11 Q. How doth the Spirit effect it A. By applying vnto my whole man the power of his death and resurrection Rom. 6.5 6. by the one killing by degrees all sinne in me Col. 2.11 12 13. by the other quickning me vnto new obedience Q. It seemes then thou not onely beleeuest that Christ will saue thee from the guilt and condemnation of sinne but will also r Tit. 2.14 deliuer thee from the power and bondage of sinne A. That is my beliefe indeed 1 Pet. 2.9 Q. Thou beleeuest truly for what God hath coupled together that ought no man to put asunder 1 Cor. 1.30 But couldest thou not bee content onely to haue sanctificatioÌ„ in thy toung that thou mightest be able freely to talke of religion 1 Iohn 3.18 A. No not so let it be Å¿ 1 Thes 5.23 thorowout or not at all 2 Cor. 7.1 1 Cor. 6.20 Q. Sanctification is a long way to walke in many difficulties accompanying it Rom. 7. May not the tediousnesse of the way cause thee in the end to breake off thy course and finally to giue it ouer A. I confesse I finde in my selfe but too mucâ— weakenesse this way yet my sure hope is that he who hath begun a good worke in mee 1 Thes 5.23 24. will not now leaue it vnperfected Phil. 1.6 Q. Some hauing made a long progresse in profession haue growne at the length to loath those 2 Tim. 4.10 meanes of saluation which once they seemed to loue and so haue separated the meanes from the end A. But God by his Word and Spirit Psal 8.4.1 2.3 4. hath taught mee otherwise Psalme 27.4 that is not to expect for Saluation from Him as the end without a constant endeuouring to vse all those helpes Psal 26.8 2 Pet. â— 5 vers 10. which he hath sanctified to leade me thereunto Q. I am glad it hath been my hap to heare these good things from thee I wish thee therefore to be of good comfort in the Lord for for ought I yet see thou art in the way to bee saued Onely a word or two concerning thy present condition How takest thou this thy visitation A. I take it as sent vnto mee from the hand of a very gracious and louing Father Heb. 12.5 Q. But commonly calamities in this kinde are tokens of Gods displeasure Lam. 3.39 Leuit. 26.15 A. In themselues they are so lighting vpon the wicked but I beleeue they are sent vnto mee in fauour and for my good Q. What is the ground of this thy perswasion A. Onely the t Rom. 8.18 word of truth which assures my conscience through the holy Ghost that it is so Reu. 3.19 Heb. 12.5 6. Q. And yet it may be long Psal 13.1 2. ere God send deliuerance A. Be it so Psal 62.1 5. yet I haue determined that my soule shall waite on God in hope and silence till his appoynted time come yea so I may come better out of this affliction than I went into it Iob 23.10 u Isai 28.16 I shall not much hasten to bee freed out of it Psal 86.17 Q. But if God should shew a token of his goodnesse vpon thee and presently turne thy sickenesse into health A. If he should do so my greatest feare is lest I should prooue vnthankfull 2 Chron. 32.25 Q. On the other side what if this sicknesse should be vnto death that is to the separating of the soule from the body A x Psal 23.4 Though I should walk through the valley of the shaddow of death yet would I feare none euill See Reuel 14.13 Q. Doest thou not apprehend the Graue into which thou must descend to be an y Ps 49.14 yrkesome and loathsome prison A. Yes considered out of Christ The graue saith one shall not grieue me because it was my Lords bed Mr. H.S. Pr. but looking vpon it through his buriall whereby he hath perfumed it for me it shall bee much sweeter to me than a bed of Roses Isai 57.1 2. Q. Thy flesh it may be shall lye rotting a long time in the graue A. And yet euen there shall my flesh z Psâ— 16. rest in hope Q. Thy dead bones seeming to be neglected of God and therefore neglected of men must as thou knowest be regardlesly tumbled hither and thither Psal 141.7 as if they were no better than vnprofitable rubbish Psa 139.14 15 16. A. My God that kept a register of them before they were wil much more be carefull of them Psal 34.20 Iob 19 26 27. now they are so that at the last day not the smallest shank-bone or piece of a shiuer thereof no not the least pick of dust shall bee wanting Ezech. 37.7 Q. What thinkest thou shall become of thy dead body in the end A. My Lord Iesus Christ who is the resurrection Ioh. 11.25 and the life will according to his faithfull word raise it vp at the last day Iohn 6.54 Q. Shall thy dead body then be onely raised vp at the last day See Mat. 27 52 53. Act. 3.21 See Beza Ser. vpon Mat. 27.52 53. A. No I verily beleeue that though this body bee turned into dust yet it shall be reunited againe to this soule which now inhabiteth in it Q. And shall this be all Iob 19.27 A Not so for being thus really vnited by the vnspeakeable power of God Rom. 8.23 1 Ioh. 3.2 Col. 3.3 4. I shal see Christ comming in the clouds for my full redemption out of all miseries and woe and no sooner shall I get a sight of him but I shall forthwith be changed in a moment 1 Cor. 15.52 and in the twinckling of an eye after which being with the rest of the Saints caught vp in the clouds to meete the Lord in the ayre 1 The. 4.17 I shall thenceforth bee euer with the Lord in whose presence is the fulnesse of ioy Psal 16.11 and at whose right hand are pleasures for euermore Conclusion BEe it vnto thee as thou hast said and seeing we looke for such things as these 1 Ioh. 3.3 the Lord giue thee and mee grace to bee diligent 2 Pet. 3.14 that we may be found of him in peace without spot and blamelesse before him at his comming Amen Amen FINIS A SHORT ADMONITION touching the heart Ier. 32.41 WHatsoeuer good thing GOD bestowes vpon vs hee doeth it with his whole soule and heart therefore if thou giue any thing to God Pro. 23.26 giue him thine heart If thou doe any thing for God â— Châ—â—n â— 21. doe it with all thine heart Beleeue in him also with all thy heart A◠〈…〉 Loue him with all thy heart Gen 10 1â— Obey him from thy heart 〈…〉 17. Feare him with thy heart Ier 3â— 40 Seeke him with all thy heart 〈◊〉 29.13 Turne to him with all thine heart 〈◊〉 2 1â— Reioyce in him with thine heart Zach. 10.7 Pray to him with thy heart Psalm 119.145 And praise him with thy heart Psal 119.7 If thou lay vp Gods Word in any place Luke 2.51 lay it vp in thy heart Prou. 8.23 If thou bee â—â—â—â—efull keeper of any thing let it bee of thine heart Say not but thou hast had warning FINIS