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A95609	A Scripture-map of the wildernesse of sin, and vvay to Canaan. Or The sinners way to the saints rest. Wherein the close bewildring sleights of sin, wiles of the Devill, and windings of the heart, as also the various bewildrings of lost sinners, yea, even of saints, before, in, and after conversion; the necessity of leaning upon Christ alone for salvation, with directions therein: as also, the evident and eminent danger of false guides, false wayes, false leaning-stocks, are plainly, and practically discovered. Being the summe of LXIV lecture sermons preached at Sudbury in Suffolk, on Cantic. 8.5. / By Faithful Teate, M.A. minister of the Gospel.	Teate, Faithful, b. 1621.	1655 (1655)	Wing T615; Thomason E839_1; ESTC R203761	372,945	489

expressed to be a Guide Gal. 5.16 Walk in the Spirit there he is supposed to be a way In the same manner that Christ whom you have heard the Scriptures declaring to be a Guide calls himselfe as you shall hear a way That is the Word of truth shews us both where and how to walk The spirit of truth shews us both in what way and according to what Rule we ought to walk Christ finally who is the truth leads us by himself as he is the Guide to walk in himself as he is the way that brings us to the Father Where I shall observe unto you That as Israels Guides so their way to Canaan was a type of Christ as our way out of this Wildernesse of sinne to out soules rest 2. That Christ the guide is also the way 3. How Jesus the guide came to be the way And lastly What manner of way Christ is unto the soul 1. 1. Israels way out of the wildernesse a type of Christ Then Israels way out of that Wilderness to that Canaan was a figure to shadow forth Christ unto them and Us as the onely true way unto true Rest wherefore when the Apostle to the Hebrews had largely been discoursing of Israel in the Wildernesse Chap. 3. to the end from thence he takes occasion to urge closely on the Hebrews the posterity of that old Israel that they neglect not to believe on Christ as being that sinne by which they would indeed lose their way to the spirituall Canaan and rest of the people of God as their Fathers had done who could not enter in because of unbeliefe chap. 3.19 In the next words viz. ch 4.1 Let us therefore saith he fear lest we also come short and how are we said at any time to come short of our journey but when we come short of our way and why were they charged to come short of the way but because they came short of the faith read verses 2 6. And what doth he presse these Hebrews to doe to the intent they come not short of that Rest but to believe on that Jesus the great high Priest who is passed into the heavens and so is become our way to the throne of Grace in whom we may come for that is the language of the Text and that with boldnesse that we may obtain grace and mercie to help in time of need Heb. 4.3 11 14 16. Nay be plainly tells them that if any of their Fathers ever reached that Rest which remaines for the people of God it was not Jesus the sonne of Nun verse 8. but Jesus the Son of God verse 14.15 16. through whom their way was to come and appeare before God or that gave them that Rest 2ly Now that Jesus is the WAY 2ly Iesus the Guide is also the way the One and Onely WAY to the Father in whose presence is the fulnesse of joy and from whose presence are the times of refreshing whereof you have heard and so consequently that Jesus Christ is the onely way for bewildred sinners to come to the Saints Rest take I pray you his own witnesse concerning himselfe whom we know to be the faithfull and true witness Rev. 1.5 3 15. When Thomas asks the selfe-same Question which I am perswaded the poor lost souls of you would faine be satisfied in Lord saith Thomas How shall we know the way Joh. 14. verse 5. that is the way to the Mansions or Rest spoken of verse 2. Christ answers his Question fully and so fully makes good our present Discourse ands fully I am perswaded satisfieth your solicitous desires and soul-enquiries verse 6. I am the way no man cometh to the Father but by me 3ly How Christ the Guide comes to be the way 3ly But and if thou demand how Christ the Guide comes to be the Way understand it thus The are two things to be considered in Christ which were also both in Moses enabling him as was Moses to be a Guide 1. That he be a Prophet that is One able to direct the Way so was Moses 2. That he be a Prince that is One having power to command into that way so directed and so was Moses In both these Moses was a Type of Christ as a Guide Christs Office being Propheticall to Direct and Princely to Command soules to walke in the wayes that hee shewes them Thus Moses was a fit Guide and so is Christ But then there is another requisite to make Christ the guide to be the way also and in this Moses came short of typifying Christ but Aaron by whom they were also led Psal 77.20 Though short before makes up that defect now and that is Note that he be a Priest The people were not to offer sacrifices immediatly or by themselves but they were to bring them to the Priests and the Priests were to be their way unto the Lord and all as cleare Types of Christ our way to the Father Now then had Christ been onely Prince and Prophet he might have been an able guide but he could not have been a waie but Christ being King Priest and Prophet the chiefe of Kings the chiefe of Prophets and the chiefe of Priests must needs be the chiefe of Guides and the chiefe of Waies I thinke the Scripture's very plaine Jo. 14.6 Jesus saith I am the way the truth and the life I will expound or paraphrase it thus I am the King the Priest and the Prophet for I thinke those three words in the Text answer the Threefold office considerable in Christ I am the truth that 's I am the Prophet I am the life that 's I am the Prince I am the waie that 's I am the Priest That Christ as he stiles himselfe the Truth relateth unto his Propheticall Office none I thinke will deny that Christ as he stiles himselfe the life that is one giving life to his people speakes of his Kingly Office may as well be granted for this is the peculiar prerogative of Christ as King above all other Kings other Kings can bid people goe c. but Christ by bidding them can them goe and this is without all contradiction Christs very Kingly Office to give such commands in the new Creation as God the Lord did in the Old he said let there be light and there was so so Christ to Lazarus Come forth and he did so so to the Diseased Take up your bed and walk and they did so and so Christ to the Spouse Come with me from the Lyons den c. Cant. 4.8 and she doth so as in our Text. Therefore is the soveraignty of Jesus Christ as Truth and Prophet he shews the way as Prince he gives life the fountaine of motion to walke in that way Otherwise he might call and command ten thousand times and we stirre no more then dead Carkasses Other Kings can onely spare or take away life where it is but Christ can give life where it is not There wants yet another word to

a bad Cause such paines will Satan take to turne aside the way of poore ones so Zach. 3.1 He shewed me Joshuah the high Priest standing before the Angell of the Lord and Satan stood at his right hand to resist him It was the High Priests Office to stand and plead with God for the people It was it seemes Satans worke to stand at his right hand and to plead against both him and them So when a poore soule goes to plead at the Throne of Grace Satan will be sure as an adverse solicitor to bee there and to plead against them And as some have observed it to be the worke of corrupt Lawyers to invalidate the suite of poore ones on whose side the right hath beene by defaming themselves or their witnesses by Obloquies Opprobri●● Calumnies and reproaches and all to turn their right out of the waie just so doth Satan What saith Satan dost thou come to the Throne of Grace as interested in God What thou a Believer thou a Child of God Remember such a day what a lie thou toldst remember what a vaine heart thou hast had what a worldly minde how proud and how passionate thou hast been and if thou canst now prove a beleever who may not with such like wretched Calumnie● is this corrupt solicitor Satan ready to turne our very prayers and repentance and faith and all out of the way I appeal herein to your own experiences Secondly 2. As a souldie● in the field You have Satan sometime personating a souldier in the field and still his businesse is to turne poor souls out of their ground and way Paul saith 2 Tim. 4.7 I have fought a good fight I have kept the faith I have finished my course So if you would keepe the way of believing which is your way and finish your Course therein you must resolve to fight for it there 's no holding your ground otherwise therefore saith Paul to you also Put on the whole armour of God that you may be able to stand against the bewildrings of the Devill Eph. 6.1 Sure it requires the shield of faith the Helmet of hope the breast plate of righteousnesse c. and all these require the management of a souldier to stand your ground to withstand your Adversarie in the evill day and then having done all to stand Thirdly 3. As a Minister in the Pulpit you have Satan somtime personating a Minister in the Pulpit what paines should a godly and Consciencious Minister take to lead into and to keep poor souls in the way such will Satan take to turne them aside from the way 2 Cor. 11.14 15. Satan himself is transformed into an Angell of light therefore it is no great thing if his Ministers also be transformed as the Ministers of righteousnes What sad experience have we of the preaching-Devill and of the pulpit-Devill in these times in those that are so sadly and strangely led away 1 Tim. 4.1 You have mention made of these two together seducing spirits and Doctrines of Devills The spirits that preach the Devills Doctrine will be sure to be seducing spirits This is a truth however that place be understood Thirdly 3. Head All his practices you shall find Satan engaged in different practises and all in order unto soul-bewildrings His waitings his watchings his huntings his wrestlings c. are laborious imployments yet he is sedulous and diligent in them all unto this end As First you have Satan waiting upon God 1. His waiting or upon the soul For Satan to wait upon God I believe is the hardest service to him imaginable certainly that damned and despairing spirit cannot but tremble even to the height of an hellish horror when he looks God in the face yet upon God for all that will hee wait amongst the sons of God Iob. 1.6 and you may finde the end of this was to turne the upright man into crooked paths Yea beloved Satan will stand as a suiter and wait as a Petltioner at Gods door Simon Simon Satan hath desired to have thee and what did hee with Peter when hee had him he led him first into temptation and into a transgression by the temptation 2. His watching Secondly You have Satan watching as 't is said of the wicked Ps 10.8 9. He lies in the lurking places of the Villages in the secret places doth he murther the innocent His eyes are privily set against the poor He lyeth in wait secretly as a Lyon in his Den. Friends know that Satan lies in the very secret places of your hearts to watch your hearts and if he watch them 't is to this purpose that the rentings of a Lyon even that a Wildernesse-death may come upon them No sooner were Davids eyes upon Bathsheba but Satans eyes were as intently upon David 3. His hunting Thirdly you have Satan hunting and that 's laborious Exercise Jeremiah laments in Lam. 4.18 19. They hunt our steps that we cannot go in our streets Our persecutors are swifter then the Eagles of Heaven they pursued us upon the Mountains they laid wait for us in the Wildernesse If you view this scripture with a spirituall eye and do but think of your spirituall persecutors you may take up a sadder lamentation Surely Satan is a mighty hunter upon the account of that scripture 2 Tim. 2.26 That they may recover themselves out of the snare of the Devill that we 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the word signifies taken alive in hunting by Satan at his will Therefore saith the Apostle in the verse before if peradventure God would give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth You may easily see whither it is that Satan leads them that hee takes alive in hunting Fourthly You have Satan wrestling 4. His wrestling and that Exercise you know calls out all the strength and requires choicest diligence Now all the paines that hee takes in wrestling too is to cast them and so to throw them out of the way That you may be able to stand against the methods of Satan Eph. 6.11 For wee wrestle not with flesh and blood but with principalities and powers ver 12. First Then if it be so Use If Satan take such paines to bewilder souls 1. Conviction to sinners that are so mad as to take paines to bewilder themselves that Satan takes so great pains to bewilder poor ones let me speak to the mad wanderers and bewildred wretches of the World whom Satan cannot take paines fast to bewilder but they will take paines enough themselves to bewilder their own soules as if the Devill could not lay snares enough for the unclean person or the like he will lay them for himself You have mention of some Isa 30.11 that say to the Prophets Go you out of the way turn aside out if the path and cause the holy one to cease from us That is turn you aside that you may turn us aside Oh! how sad is it where a man shall say

the Action she comes up leaning upon one to whom solely she commits to whom wholly she submits her selfe upon one with whom she dares fully trust to whom she freely can yeeld her selfe she leans with all complacential satisfaction with all conjugall subjection 'T is her beloved she leans upon Now the End of this Action is the foresaid Motion she leanes on him to come up by him This is a Mystery but it is spoken of Christ and Converts of Christ and his Church A Mystery say I and so saith the Text a matter worthy the enquiring after and admiring at Who is she that comes up from the Wilderness Who is she that comes leaning upon her beloved ye daughters of Jerusalem look out at your windowes and aske who comes yonder 'T is your sister 't is your sister the daughter of your Mother she was dead but she is alive again born dead by her that once bare her but raised up under the Apple tree by him that now bears her she was lost but she is found she was cast out into the wilderness in the day that she was born to the loathing of her person but now she comes up from the wilderness leaning on her Lord in the day of her espousals Call her no more Mara but Naomi for the Lord hath dealt very graciously with her see how she leanes and look how he perfumes behold how she looks like pillars of smoke with all powders of the Merchant So let the Lord Jesus be glorified in his Saints so let him be admired in all them that believe Who is this that commeth from Edom with dyed Garments from Bosrah There 's a wondering at the Bridegroom Who is this that comes up from the VVilderness Here 's a wondering at the Bride He that speaks in righteousness mighty to save is the Bridegroom Isai 63.1 She that needs a Righteousness and a mighty salvation is the Bride 'T is a joy in heaven and a wonder on earth to see them together and never never like to be put asunder she leans on her beloved that is her Lord Jesus Christ her Lord that commands her to come from Lebanon Cant. 4.8 Her Jesus that inableth her to come home from the wilderness Lu. 15.4 5 6. Her Christ that perfumes her with Mirrhe and Frankencense with all Powders knowledge righteousness and true holinesse as Prophet Priest and King while she comes up from the wildernesse Cant. 3.6 And as you have Prophet The fourth main Doctrin There is no salvation for lost soules but onely by leaning on the Lord Jesus Christ Priest and King in one Christ so she leanes on the Lord Jesus Christ in one beloved Come we therefore to The fourth and last maine Observation viz. There is no coming up from the Wilderness of sin but onely by leaning upon the Lord Jesus Christ that is Gospel-reliance on Jesus Christ is the onely way of salvation to lost sinners Lost souls had need be leaning souls for there is no recovery of the sinner but by recumbency on the Saviour Eve was the first that was in the transgression she comes out of the wildernesse though an exile from Paradice looking at Christ in her promised seed whom she therefore names SETH Gen. 5.25 A foundation to be leaned upon Abraham of old hath respect unto his day and bottoms his joy thereupon Joh. 8.56 David though his Father yet calls him Lord Lu. 20.43 And in the day of Calamity this Lord saith David was my stay Psa 18.18 The word is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 * In sustentaculum of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in Niph Jnnixus est and properly signifies the Lord is my leaning stock And Mary though his Mother while the Child was yet unborn leans for salvation upon the Babe in her womb Lu. 1.47 He is the annointed the accomplished Saviour Proof of the point sent on purpose to seek and to save that which was lost Luk. 19.10 Neither is there salvation in any other for there is no other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved Act. 4.12 Christ is that living stone to whom we must come that Corner stone upon which all the building doth leane and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded and unto them that believe he is precious beloved indeed of the leaning soule 1 Pet. 2.6 7. And even in this sence may I say Other foundation can no man lay than which is laid which is Jesus Christ Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soul c. This is the great Commandement in the Law Thou shalt lean on the Lord thy Redeemer with all thine heart and with all thy soul c. This is the great Commandement of the Gospel Look unto me and be ye saved all the ends of the Earth surely shall one say In the Lord have I righteousness and strength in the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified and shall glory Isai 45.22 24 25. I shall therefore endeavour the proof of the point 1. By taking from under you your other supports 2. By roling your soules with mine own upon Jesus Christ And 1. For Negative proofe of the point by way of removal of other leaning stocks 1. Negative By removal of other leaning stocks I may say in the general of all other supports what is said of the Hypocrites His hope shall be cut off and his trust shall be a spiders wed He shall lean his upon house but it shall not stand he shall hold it fast but it shall not indure Job 8.14 15. A poore house you will say that falls if the Owner of it doe but leane unto it such are all Christless supports to the lost soule 'T is recorded of Absalom That having no Children for his Name and Memorial to rest upon he built him a Pillar 2 Sam. 18.18 that was before that he had or else when he had buryed the Sonnes spoken of Chron. 14.27 Let those soules that never have heard of a Christ to rest upon make Pillars for themselves of other things But as one living Son would be better then a thousand dead Pillars so is one living Saviour of infinitely more value then 10000 dead supports for thy poor soule to leane upon I shall speake particularly to these nine the onely likely leaning stocks Particularly these nine none of which shall without a Christ stand thee in stead when thou leanest upon them First If thy leaning stock be thine old acquaintance with God as Creator 1. Leaning upon God as Creator 't is as nothing if it goe alone in order to salvation many poor creatures have this and no more to lean to VVhat do you think God that made me will damn me yes truly I doe thinke so if thou have no more to say for thy selfe for if this were enough to salvation none no not Devils should be damned It is not old acquaintance as a Creature but new

Let me plead with you let me earnestly exhort you as you love your soules and would not dye in your sinnes if Christ be a GUIDE to lean upon Him if Christ be a WAY to walke in him What saist thou poore lost soule that art lost indeed lost in thy selfe bewildred in thy selfe undone in thy selfe what wouldst thou have what seekst thou for saist thou Oh! I would have a Guide I seeke a Way Friend God hath provided behold both in one beloved Loe this I have searched and found it and so it is hear thou and know thou it for thy good 1. Christ is a Guide 1. Israels guidances were all Types of Christ as our Guide First Christ is the Guide take hold on him 1. Know That all the Guidances that Israel had of old to lead them out of that their Wildernesse were but Types of Christs spirituall guidance of lost soules out of the spiritual wildernesse of sin The principall guidances of the old Israel were the Pillar of Cloud the Angel Moses Aaron and Josuah 1. The Cloud The Pillar of Cloud you have historified in such language as plainly enough speaks this guidance and Christ in it Exod. 13.20 You find Israel in the wilderness and then it followes verse 21. And the Lord Christ went before them by daie in a pillar of Cloud there 's the Type to lead or guide them in the way this Pillar was to guide them as the Pillar of fire to enlighten them This Cloud is brought downe to Christ as a figure of Gospel-Baptism into him 1 Cor. 10.1 c. Here they are said to be under the Cloud and verse 2. they were baptized in the Cloud The Cloud an Old-testament-type and Baptism a New-testament-Ordinance goe together in this Text to shew that Christ and the Cloud went together in the other Text and by the rule of proportion as the Rock in the fourth verse is said to be a spiritual Rock that followed them and that Rock was Christ so may I say that that Cloud that went before them was a spirituall Cloud and that Cloud was Christ 2ly The Angell Their next Guidance that I shall speake of is the Angel you have this mentioned and Christ in it Exo. 23.20 Behold I send an Angel before thee to keep thee in the way and to bring or guide thee to the place which I have prepared for thee The language of the next words verse 21. speakes this Angel to be Christ being not to be attributed unto any mere Creature Beware of him and obey his voice and provoke him not for he will not pardon thine iniquities for my name is in him Therefore also is this Angell said to be their Saviour and he that saved them which was Christ alone is said to be the Angel of Gods presence Isai 63.9 This is the Angel that was in the Church in the Wildernesse who spake to Moses on Mount Sina and with our fathers Act 7.38 Farther That Moses and Aaron were their great Guides 3ly Moses and Aaron is expresly averred Psal 77.20 He led his people through the Wildernesse by the hand or guidance of Moses and Aaron And that they were manifest types is the great subject of the discourse of the Author to the Hebrewes Chap. 3. ch 5. ch 8. ch 9. c. Lastly That Josuah their last guide 4ly Josuah All these were guides to Israel and types of Christ who conducted them to Canaan is an eminent Type of Christs guidance appeares clearly from his Name the same with Jesus a Saviour his succession to Moses as Christ also came after the Law Rom. 8.3 His perfecting salvation for the people as Christ also saves to the uttermost Heb. 7.25 his leading them to the Land of Rest as Christ our Jesus is said doe Heb. 4.8 9 14 16. so that we may in our spiritual bewildrings have strong consolation could we leane upon Christ under the Types aforementioned could we studie him more and understand him better even under Old-testament-Representations So then wouldst thou have a Cloud to guide thee an Angell to goe before thee a Moses to lead thee a Josuah to bring thee into Canaan and dost not finde all these in Christ 't is either thy grosse ignorance or great unbeliefe wherefore beware of Christ and obey his voyce follow his guidance walke in his footsteps and leane on his Arme if ever thou intend to come up from the Wildernesse 2ly Christs guidance was the sum of the Covenant 2ly If you looke into the holy Covenant the Oath which God sware unto Abraham the mercy promised to our forefathers Luk. 1.72 73. And there finde your soules in the Wildernesse that I have spoken of in darknesse and in the shadow of death you shall also finde this to be the summe of the Covenant that Christ should thence GUIDE our feet in the way of peace v. 79. 3ly Christ was trained up in and acquainted with the Wilderness 3ly As Guides are as it were trained up in and made acquainted with the dangerous and difficult passages of perilous and desolate waies so was our Saviour as to all the windings of the Wildernesse of sinne Wherefore he that was given as you have heard before to be our Guide was led of the Spirit into the Wilderness I take it to be a materiall Wildernesse but it was that he might be tempted of the Devill Mat. 4.1 And in that Wildernesse he was forty daies tempted of the Devill Luk. 4.2 And in all that time was Christ learning out the various windings and entanglings of the waies of temptation and paths of sinne Satan shewes him the greennesse and pleasant places of the Wildernesse and glory thereof to entangle him Luk. 4. verses 5 6 7. Satan leads him from way to way and from turning to turning from pride and presumption verse 3. to covetousnesse and voluptuousnesse verse 6. from thence to selfe-murther and tempting of God verse 9. from sinning against Scripture to sinne with authority from Scripture verse 10. because Christ urg'd Scripture against him And though the History be but short yet were these viewes of the Wildernesse so long that it seemes our Saviour had a full sight of all the Wildernesse but never was bewildred in any part of it for had he been so we had been lost to all eternity Wherefore when the Apostle had beene comparing our state to Israels in the Wilderness Heb. 3. and 4. he leads us to Christ as our guide ch 4.14 and assures us for our comfort that he was viz. in the dayes of his temptation in the wilderness in all points marke that tempted like as we are yet without sinne and so you have both together in one Scripture Heb. 4.15 Fourthly For that very end was Christ thus trained up as it were in 4ly To the end he might be able to lead us out of the Wildernesse and acquainted for some time with this wildernesse that he might be a sutable and