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A03603	The paterne of perfection exhibited in Gods image on Adam: and Gods covenant made with him. Whereunto is added an exhortation, to redeem the time for recovering our losses in the premisses. And also some miscellanies, viz. I. The prayer of faith. II. A preparative to the Lords Supper. III. The character of a sound Christian, in 17. markes. By T.H.	Hooker, Thomas, 1586-1647.	1640 (1640)	STC 13726; ESTC S114073	99,925	398

that might overwhelme him but hee that hath his eyes in his head can foresee them so wisedome is able to descry inconveniences and helpe us against them Let therefore our owne profit be a meanes to provoke our hearts to get understanding §. 4. Quest WHat was the image of God in the will Ans How ever we see not our soule Of Gods image in the will yet there is a spirituall substance in every man which is immortall and hath two faculties Understanding and Will. Now the faculty of the Will is like the hand that puts away or takes any thing The will is like an unruly horse that casts his rider I will do what I will though reason crosse it This will whereof we now speake was graciously regulated when it came out of the hands of God Now for the Answer Holinesse and righteousnesse were imprinted in the will of Adam Eph. 4.24 The Apostle to the Colossians made knowledge a part of the spirituall image of Adam and now he addes holinesse and righteousnesse which were seated in the will Luk. 1.75 Christ hath redeemed us that we might walke before him in holinesse and righteousnesse all our dayes In the answer are 2. things 1. That holinesse and 2. That righteousness were there Of these in order Quest What is holinesse An. A spirituall power Holinesse what or frame put into the nature of Adam inabling him to doe Gods will and fitting him to love God above all Three things are in this description 1. It is a spirituall power It is not the very nature of the faculty of the will but a frame put into the will that sets it on and carries it out to God for the will of it selfe is not able to close with God but onely so farre as it is carried out to him As it is in the body the tongue is the instrument of tasting of it self it cannot taste but there is a moisture there that makes it taste hence if it be evilly affected it tasteth evill sweet things seeme soure and soure things seeme sweet or as it is with the hand it cannot worke about any thing barely as it is an hand unlesse it receive strength and motion from the vitall faculty for a dead hand or a benummed hand can exercise it selfe about nothing so it is with the will that power of it self cannot rellish the things of life and happinesse but it must be an holy will that can close with an holy God it is not barely the will but there must bee an wholesome constitution put into it and then it can close with an heavenly God having this heavenly frame Hence it is death to the wicked to bee under the ordinances of God The devils have a naturall faculty of will but corruption possesseth it and therefore they abhorre the holinesse of God because they themselves are unholy but Adams will had a spirituall frame of holinesse put into it whereby it was able perfectly to please God 2. There was a readinesse and promptnesse put into his will whereby hee was able easily to bestow himselfe upon and comfortably to bee carried unto the doing of the will of God When the wheels of a clock are rightly ordered they go on speedily Adam was the clocke of God and the maine wheele was the will when the rust of sturdinesse hangs on the will the motion to God-wards is hindered but had our wills this oyle of holinesse they would runne on chearily in the service of God Men slight the means of grace and cannot close with the ordinances of God because their wills are unholy As it is with sin Rom. 7.23 it leads a man captive to the commission of evill it puts a promptnesse into the heart to incline it to evill so holinesse puts a quicknesse into the will which carries it on joyfully to performe the will of God 2 Tim. 2.21 If a man will purge himselfe he shall be a vessell of honour fit for the Masters use and prepared for every good worke While a mans heart is like an uncleane vessell he is not prepared for any good work but when his heart is purged he is fit for every good work Deut. 28.47 Thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulnesse and gladnesse of heart God will be served but with what heart with a joyfull and a merry heart This gladnesse comes from the holinesse that was in Adam 3. He was by this able to love God above all and this was the performance of the first Table and this above all implies three things To love God above all hath three things 1. He did prize God more then what ever God could doe for him nay more then salvation it selfe Psal 73.26 When he was dazeled with the prosperity of the wicked mark what he sayes The Lord is my strength and my portion for ever as if hee should say I esteeme of God above all A man makes an high account of his patrimony so doth David esteeme of God Psa 73.26 If a man love father or mother more then mee Mat. 10.37 hee is not worthy of mee nay a man must love God-better then his life Psal 63.3 Thy loving kindnesse is better then life then the life of my wife then the life of my child nay it it is better then mine owne life 2. He made choice of God above all As a man prizeth a thing so hee will make choice of it When we come into a shop look what commodity wee prize wee will take so was Adams choice of God Psal 73.25 Whom have I in heaven but thee The renewed soule counts all things dung and drosse in comparison of Christ Adam had by vertue of this frame that power that if all the world were offered him yet hee would chuse God above all 3. Hee was able to have his heart carryed with great intention of soule to bestow his minde upon the Lord. When Adam did chuse God above all then hee had power to have his heart carried with greatest extent of strength to him for thus it is commanded by our Saviour to the Lawyer in the Gospel Matth. 22.37 Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy might with all thy strength so was Adam carried with the utmost of his strength to close with God If God should have threatned Adam would have trembled if hee should have revealed his goodnesse Adam would have been inlarged in love thereof if hee should have revealed his name Adam would have honoured it This frame of his will made him carry himselfe proportionably to Gods will to the utmost of his strength A man must love his neighbour with his whole heart not with some of it yet not with his whole strength A man may love his neighbour too much but when hee comes to the love of God he must love him as much as he can Adam ought to have loved his neighbour with his whole heart yet it was not required of Adam to love his neighbour as

that which is before to the reward of the high calling in Jesus Christ if by any means I might attaine unto it Ob. Is this the price Yes But then some may object and aske May a man of himselfe purchase salvation Ans No no nothing so Man cannot deserve it at the hands of God No merchant can get a commodity unlesse hee layes downe something for it so it is here unlesse we part with sin and pleasure and the like we cannot have these And these are the rates that God hath set on his wares that 's the reason why they are called purchasing As a man cannot have commodities unlesse hee purchase them 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 unlesse hee payes for them just so it is here wee cannot have these unlesse wee buy them at these rates that God hath set downe and that is called purchasing Now when wee come into the market Rules for buying at Gods market that wee may buy those things wee want at the best hand observe these foure rules wee are all carefull to buy at the best hand most care ought to be taken for the purchasing of grace and salvation 1. We must runne betimes to the market wee must take the day before us wee must seek after the means of grace and salvation and seek it in the first place Wee must know that there is no buying but in the market and all men that need repaire thither and wee must rise betimes in the morning and be at the opening of the market In the little countrey villages you know there are no markets nor no commodities that wee need if a man stands in need of a commodity it is to bee had no where but in the market thither he must repaire just so it is here In every town there is not fasting and praying and preaching then you must goe where it is so that if we have not means at home wee must seek for them abroad When Josephs brethren wanted corn in the time of famine they went to Joseph their brother for hee had laid up some for them There is corne in Egypt there is praying and preaching in such a towne there you may buy corne Ye should use all meanes and take all paines to heare the Word and though men scoffe at you yet tell them that market-men must doe so Dan. 12.4 Many shall run to and fro and knowledge shall be encreased 2 Chron. 11.16 It is said there that the people forsooke all and went up to Jerusalem to sacrifice to God Many times a man goes four or five or sixe miles to a market I confesse a man might make a shift for a while without a market by borrowing of his neighbours but a man cannot live without a market long no not the best gentleman in the countrey so a gracious heart cannot live without the Word Mat. 24. The text saith Wheresoever the dead carcasse is thither the Eagles will resort so it is with the Saints of God if there bee any Eagle-minded they will resort thither where Christ is taught and there seeke for Christ as the Eagles for the carcasse If he be a dung-hill sparrow then he will be content to live among the flyes such men can live whether there bee any market or no whether there bee fasting or praying or no they care not Isa 2.3 The people there say Come let us goe up to the mountaine of the Lord to the house of the God of Jacob that hee may teach us of his waies Each man calls his neighbour Come let us goe to the market or to the faire so should the Saints of God Come let us goe unto the house of the Lord unto mount Zion c. There are a generation that are content to have commodities cryed at their doores will not come out for them to buy them oh surely such men never knew the want of grace As they must come to the market so they must come with the first Pro. 8.34 We must waite at the gate of Wisdome we should bee with the formost in the towne not stay as many doe till halfe Gods service is past Psalm 103.4 My soule saith David doth even waite untill the morning watch so wee should wait all opportunities to be first in the Church and tarry till the last When Peter was to come to Cornelius his house Act. 10.24 before hee came they were all there A good husband or a wise merchant will goe betimes to the market goe and stand at the townes end and see what good cattle comes in and what good penny-worths may be bought so that by this means he hath all the best before him and seeing all the good penny-worths will let none goe out of his hand Oh that yee were as wise for your soules as you are for your bodies to come betimes He that comes betimes hath the chiefe all the holy petitions sweet promises of the Gospel and uses of instruction admonition reproofe and comfort But for a man to come late when the prayers are finished and the Minister hath tooke out his Text and hath delivered such points and such Doctrines he loses all the benefit of them and why he came after they were delivered as when the dayes of Fasting were wee came at the last duty when as many sweet prayers and heavenly petitions had been put up to the Lord and what is the reason you got no benefit by them oh you lost your market you must seek to the means with the first 2. When you are come to the market you must attend upon it You must bestow your selves upon the meanes that God hath bestowed upon you you must come for some good end A wise man as hee comes to the market betimes so when hee comes there hee attends it hee will not stand hanging about stalls or slip into an ale-house yea rather an hell-house but he will attend his businesse and see how the market goes and observe the penny-worths hee will see the choice things in the market and will not let a good penny-worth passe his hands so should a good Christian bee attentive and listen not suffer any choice thing to slip from him You must attend the market for your go upon life and death upon salvation or damnation therefore do not lose your market Rev. 3.2 Bee watchfull let not a good penny-worth goe out of your hand but hold it fast A wise merchant sees a commodity and layes hold on it and will not let it goe hee will cheapen it and will not let it goe out of his hands for feare he should lose it so when the Word meets with you hold it fast oh that 's my sin say and that belongs to me Pro. 4.13 The text saith Lay hold on instruction let her not goe keep her for shee is thy life Deale with it as men do many times with a commodity if they set on it they will have it whatever it cost them Oh that men were thus set upon Christ