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A17419	The light of faith: and, way of holinesse Shewing what to belieue, and for what to striue together, earnestly contend, and suffer for in this contending age. And how to liue in all estates, conditions, and degrees of relation, according to this faith. In both, deliuering (as neere as might be, in the life of Scripture phrase:) only things necessary, as we meane to be saued, and auoiding vtterly things arbitrary, that distract, rather then direct a Christian. Collected out of holy Scripture by an vnworthy labourer in Gods vineyard, Richard Bifield pastor in Long-Ditton, in Surrey.	Byfield, Richard, 1598?-1664.	1630 (1630)	STC 4239; ESTC S107158	133,233	536

11. 28. 31. Mat. 5. 1 Cor. 10. 16. Vse Now it is required of euery one that would receiue worthily and not eate and drinke damnation that hee discerne the Lords body that hee examine himselfe and iudge himselfe for his sinnes that he forgiue those that haue Psal 26. trespassed him and that he grow in loue to the fellowship of the Saints and in hatred of all assemblies of wicked Idolaters and prophane persons §. VII The answere of a good conscience I beleeue THe Answere of a good conscience 31 Of faith 1 Pe● 3. 20. Ioh. 1. 1● 12. Hab. 2. 5. Ioh. 17. 3. Rom. 10. 10 is in this word I beleeue which is the receiuing euery one for himselfe of all and euery one of these truths into our mindes to know them and into our hearts to assent to cleaue to and rest vpon them for our iustification and eternall salu●tion and into our mouthes to confesse and professe them and into our whole man to liue the rest of our life in the power of them so that Gal. 2. 20. we may li●e by the faith of the Son of God who loued vs and gaue himselfe for vs. Such is the substance of our faith The pathes of holy life which guide men as they are Christians all their daies and euery particular day follow THE SECOND PART §. I. The order THey that thus beleeue Agend●s this matchlesse loue of God and his exceeding kindenesse to them in Iesus Rom. 5. 6. 2 Cor. 5. 14. P●al 119. 9 Christ haue the loue of God shed abroad in their hearts by the Holy Ghost which will constraine them ●o liue not to themselues but to him that dyed for them and rose againe The rule of such a life is Gods holy word which in our language containeth Gods will concerning vs. Wherefore it is to bee diligently attended that wee may learne what this life beseeming the Gospell and a Christian redeemed at so great a price may be and vnderstanding what the will of the Lord is it is necessary that we order our conuersation aright an heart to which worke the Lord without doubt doth giue to as many as shall see his saluation Psal 50. 23 Col. 1. 10. Pro. 10. 9. 14 8 Gal 6. 16 Psal 84. 11. If we shall thus doe wee shall walke in all pleasing wee shall walke vprightly and therefore surely we shall vnderstand our way the wisedome of a prudent man m●rcy also shall bee vpon vs and peace neither will the Lord with-hold any thing that is good for the Lord himselfe is the sunne and shield hee will giue grace here and glory hereafter and no good 〈◊〉 will he with-hold from t●em tha● walke vprightly Vp then and be doing and 〈…〉 e Lord will ●e with th●e But thou wi●●●s●y what should I doe● f●r●th direction I pres●nt th●e our of Gods word an Abstract of speciall precepts for the right ordering of thy conuersation wherein I desire not like an hand to point it out to others but as a fellow-traueller towards heauen res●●lue by Gods grace to be thy companion to tread wit● a right foot in the way of life Come then let Esa 2. 3. vs ioyntly walke in his pathes and he will teach vs of his waies The precepts of holy life not restrained to a daily direction are first general which concern 1. The qualifying of our persons who would liue holily 2. The helpes of an holy life 3. The manner of wel-doing secondly particular which order vs towards God other men our selues First the person ought to be rightly qualified we being all by nature a serpentine generation that will bite by the heele him that passeth on this way and a swift Dromedary trauersing the waies that lead to the chambers of death but not that broode of trauellers the generation Psal 24. 6. of them that seeke the face of the God of Iacob §. II Of the qualifying of the person that would lead a godly life 1. VVHosoeuer would 1 The person qualified to walke in an holy life liue and that well must be sure that hee breake off his former sinnes by vnsaigned repentance and become a new man and must looke to his faith both to be assured of his reconciliatio ●ith God through Iesus Christ and by beleeuing to draw forth vertue and grace from him to enable him to walke in the way of life for the uncleane cannot walke in this way Esa 35. 8. 9 it is called holy but it is prepared for those that beleeue and repent and these way-faring men Eph. 2. 2. Rom. 8. 8. 9. Gal 2 10. Ioh. 15 5. though fooles shall not erre therein till this also euery man is dead in trespasses and sinnes and walkes in the flesh and therefore cannot please God It is faith by which we liue or rather Christ liueth in vs now without him wee can doe nothing but if wee abide in him and he in vs we shall bring forth much fruit We● are in our naturall estate Lepers shut without the Campe and to rush into these walkes of new obedience not cleansed from this contagious leprosie is to pollute and defile all wee touch or haue to deale with The true cause why many that haue entred on the profession and practise of holy duties haue made no happy progresse and why some after long time haue fearefully fallen backe is no other then this they neuer laid a good foundation or made a good entrance by sound mortification That it may not thus fare with vs l●t vs know and practise what God requires of vs that wee might breake downe the power of our former sinnes and gaine some c●mfortable assurance of Gods loue in Iesus Christ in the pardon of them and so you must 1 Examine and try thy waies and turne to the Lord not contented that thou hast heard say we are all sinners n●r bearing thy selfe vpon that knowle●ge of thy sinnes which thou canst gaine by measuring thy selfe by thy selfe lest selfe-loue and a deceitfull heart doe beguile thee But the du●y required is to search and try thy s●lfe by the word of God and thence to take a true surucy of thy naturall filthinesse by sinne and that thou maist lay it deepely to heart take a rowle or bill of such offences against each Commandement as thou canst directly accuse thy selfe withall and learne to gage thine owne heart by that perfect law and because wee are by nature ready to make a mocke Pro. 14. 9. of sinne such is our spirituall folly therefore to know the heynous and odious nature of sinne in Gods sight weigh what it is 1 By the law which sheweth thee it is the offence of an holy and infinite iustice and m●iesty and the breaking of a law which thine owne heart approueth as spirituall holy iust and good it is Rom 7. 12 such an euill as separates betwixt God and thee it deserues for its wages death of body of soule

shall euer come to heauen This is the priuiledge of the Christian Church aboue the Iewish The graces and gifts of the Holy Ghost are powred forth on the Church in more plentifull measure in the time of the New Testament then they were in the Old §. V. Concerning the Church of God we beleeue The Holy Catholike Church THe Church is a company of 25 Of the Church Ioh. 17. 9. 14. Mat. 16. 18 Ephes 1. 3. 4. 5. men separate from the world gathered by the voyce of Christ in the ministery of his seruants which are his Cryers which company doe worship God in spirit and truth There was is and euer shall be to the end a true Church of God on earth Redemption Iustification Sanctification and Saluation with all spirituall blessings in heauenly places in Christ Iesus promised in the word belong onely to the Church This Church and euery member Esa 26. 1. 2 thereof is holy and shee is Catholique that is vniuersall so that in euery nation he that feareth Acts 10. 34 God and worketh righteousnesse is accepted of him Christ Iesus is the head of this Eph. 1. 22. 5. 23. Can. 1. 5 6 his body and the husband of this his spouse This Church on earth is militant liable to tentations crosses afflictions and oppositions of all sorts Now wheresoeuer the word of Esa 59. 21. 2. ● Eph. 5. 26. Mat. 2● 19 20. God is truely preached and embraced and the Sacraments rightly according to Christs institution administred there the Lord hath his Church Concerning her prerogatiues in this life 1 Communion of Saints ●● Of the communion of Saints Can. 6. ● There is a communion and fellowship of Saints they being knit all together into one with Christ by the holy Ghost that one 1 Cor. 12. Eph. 4. 4. 5. spirit and by faith and one with another by loue whence ariseth a glorious partaking mutually of all good things for as members of the same body they haue alike care one for the other and a fellow-feeling of wrongs and honour and labour to be of one minde and heart that there may be no schisme in the body and they employ their gifts for the good of the whole society 27 Of the forgiuenesse of sinnes 1 Ioh. 1. 10 Psa 18. 22. 51. 5. 2 Forgiuenesse of sinnes Euery man euen of this Church while hee is in this life needs forgiuenesse of sinnes and all the members of this holy Church here doe feele this need by reason of sinne dwelling in them of sinnes committed by them and of sinnes to which by nature they are more prone The Lord for his Sonnes sake Iesus Christ forgiueth the iniquity transgressions and sinnes Exod. 34. 6. 7. Psal 32. 1. 3. 4. Iob 33. 27. 28. 1 Ioh. 1. 9. Act. 3. 19. Rom. 4. 6. 7. 3. 20. 28. of all that truely repent so that he will neuer impute them nor punish them for them in this world nor in the world to come it is Gods free mercy that our sinnes are pardoned we are iustified freely by his grace through the bloud of Iesus Christ and the redemption which is in him of which righteousnesse and bloud-shedding o● Christ wee are made partakers by faith onely without the workes of the law for by the deeds of the law can no flesh be iustified in the sight of God Now being iustified by faith in Rom. 5. 1. the bloud of Christ wee haue peace with God The Ministers of the Gospell are sent by Christ with this authority that whosesoeuer sinnes Ioh. 20. 23. Mat. 18. 18. they doe forgiue according to the word of God which they are sent to dispense they are forgiuen in heauen and whosesoeuer sinnes they doe retaine according to the same word they are retained The resurrection of the body and life euerlasting At the last day the dead bodies 28 Of the resurrection Act. 24. 15. 1 Cor. 15. Iob 19. 13. 26. Ioh. 5. 28. 6. 44. 29 Of life eternall Rom. 6 23 of men the very same bodies in which both iust and vniust liued here though now laid in the dust and turned to corruption shall rise againe out of the dust of the earth and their own soules enter into them againe those that haue done euill to the resurrection of condemnation and those that haue done well to the resurrection of life euen of life euerlasting which is the gift of God through Iesus Christ our Lord and not the merit of our workes or any thing in vs. §. VI. These are the Articles of our beliefe to these God hath annexed two seales viz. Baptisme and the Lords Supper For wee are to beleeue and hold THat Christ hath ordained 〈◊〉 Of the Sacraments whole number nature two Sacraments alone and these two necessary to saluation Baptisme and the Lords Supper and that Sacraments are Signes giuen of God to bee seales of the righteousnesse of Faith euen of that righteousnesse of Iesus Christ brought in by his obedience to the death made ours by faith onely Vse they are to be vsed by vs as bands and vowes and solemne professions of our desires and endeauours after the beginnings and perfecting of In speciall of Baptisme the signe our faith and repentance The outward signe in Baptisme is the Ministers washing Mat. 28. 19 or dipping or sprinkling the beleeuer with water in the name of the Father of the Sonne and of the Holy Ghost The thing signified and sealed hereby to the beleeuing The grace Eph. 5. 26. Tit. 3. 5. penitent is the washing of the new birth by the Holy Ghost and the purging of the conscience from dead workes by the sprinkling of Christs bloud thereon by the same spirit of faith assuring vs of our adoption ingrafting into Christ deliuerance from Gods wrath forgiuenesse of sinnes communion with the Saints and resurrection of our bodies to life eternall The outward signe in the Of the Lords Supper the signe Lords Supper i● Bread Wine blessed broken powred forth and giuen by the Minister and taken and eaten and drunke by the faithfull The thing signified and sealed The grace to vs is the giuing of Christ by God the Father and Christ himselfe willingly giuing himselfe his body and bloud broken and shedde on the Crosse for our sinnes and transgressions that they might be forgiuen vs. which we must take eate and drinke by the hand and mouth of faith spiritually as it is offered to vs in the word of promise which saith This is my Body which is broken for you This is the New Testament in my bloud which is shed for you and for many for the remission of sinnes whereby our faith is strengthened and we grow in the assurance of Gods loue in the graces of his spirit in the life of holy duties in repentance towards God in loue of the communion of Saints in assured faith and hope of resurrection to life eternall 1 Cor.

loines may blesse vs and their cry drowne not the voyce of our singing Nay that the poore may tast of our goods whereby their heart may be brought to the loue and seruice of so gracious a God that delighteth in the prosperity of his seruants and their penury may bee relieued Hest 9 22 3 Obserue a rest from labors else cannot our hearts be lifed vp with that spirituall ioy and freedome from distractions as beseemeth so Angelicall a worke Rest take not for Idlenesse they are Idle whom the painefulnesse of action causeth to auoid labors whereunto God and nature bindeth them they rest which either cease from their worke when they haue brought it to perfection or else giue ouer a meane labour because a worthier and better is to be vndertaken God hath created nothing to be idle or ill imployed §. XIII The Sixt Fasting THe next duety is religious Of Fasting fasting What this is our age knoweth not almost to fast the poore either by their owne Idlenesse or by the rich men● vnmercifulnesse are compelled to fast religiously is our of vse with poore and rich Our Sauiour often stiled the Iewes this euill and adulterous generation sure now would he adde concerning vs this euill adulterous drunken and gluttonous generation We feast oft but not to God we fast neuer but when riot first hath assubiected vs to the prescript of the Physitian Thus it is come to passe that first we neede some direct proofe of the necessity large Encomium of the profitable vse of fasting before we gaue directions for the right manner of performance The former is not my particuler ayme yet receiue this in briefe 1 That Christians owe this as a duty Matth. 6. 16. Mat. 9. 14. 1 Cor. 7. 5. 2 And this duty is then to be performed when 1 Wee vndertake warre 2 Chro. 20. 3. 4. the example of Iehoshaphat 2 Or eminent iudgements are begunne or ready to fall on vs 1 Sam. 7. 6. 2 Sam. 12. 1 Chro. 21. 16. 1 Sam. 31. vlt. be they publike or priuate 3 Or greiuous sinnes are scand●lously committed Lev. 23 28. Whether our owne or the sinnes of-the times Ezra 10. 6 1 Sam. 7. 6. 4 Or the Afflictions of Gods people by enemies are vpon them or decreed against them Neh. 1. 4. Hest 4. 5 Or the accomplishment of some remarkeable promise is expected to bee fulfilled to the Church Dan. 9. 1. 6 Or iudgements are threatned by Gods Ministers according to a wise parallel of neuer-failing truth in Scripture and ruine-threatning sinnes in a common-wealth Ion. 3. 5. 1 King 21. 7 Or some are designed to some great functions in Church or common-wealth Act. 13. 4. 8 Or in case of spirituall desertions when the bridegrome is gone then is it time to mourne and fast in those dayes Matth. 9. 14. These are the seasons of this duty when the Lord calls to weeping and to mourning and to baldnesse and to girding with sackcloth Let not that be verified any longer vpon vs that it should be said and In that day behold ioy and gladnesse slaying Oxen and killing sheepe eating flesh and drinking wine let vs eat and drinke to morrow we shall dye then wee may feare lest that follow in the euent which followeth in the Prophesie And it was reuealed is mine eares by the Lord of hosts surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till you dye saith the Lord God of hosts Esa 22. 13. 14. 3 Now for the prayse of this holy Action the saying of Ambrose shall suffice in his booke De Helia et Ieiunio c. 8. Ieiunium continentiae magisterium est pudicitiae discipli●a humilitas m●ntis castigatio carnis forma sobrietatis norma virtutis purificatio anim● miserationis expensa lenitatis institutio charitatis illecebra senilis gratia custodi● i●●uentutis Ieiunium et alleuamentum infirmitatis alimentum salutis Fasting is the chiefe rule of continence the discipline of shamefastnesse the lowlinesse of the minde the chastising of the flesh the forme of sobriety the square of vertue the purifying of the soule the cost of 〈…〉 passion the instruction of gentlenesse the allurement of charity the grace of age the custody of youth the lightening of infirmity the food of health But rules for the right discharge of this worke is that agreeth to my purpose and here all shall be cleare if this distinction be premised A fast religious is either publike or priuate the publike is that which is appointed by the ciuill Magistrate and by the Church on great weighty and publike occasions and obserued by many families assembling in one or many congregations we haue no wa●rant for such assemblies but with the leaue commande of our gouernors Ioel 3. 7. 8. 2 Chro. 20. 3. the priuate is such as is taken on right grounds mouing thereto either by one man alone or by a priuate familie Hest 4. 16. Mat. 6. 17. 18. for priuate fasts to be kept by more families of Christians Scripture knoweth not nor alloweth If our gouernors see not the occasions or hid their eyes from the necessity of the duty when God calls for it priuate men and families apart may mourne and mourne for this iudgement in the midst of iudgements and if God call them at any time that by vertue of their places they may speake they ought modestly to intimate the necessity humbly craue the proclaiming of it freely rebuke the ●ayling Be not lesse carefull but better aduised to take vp this duty as God commandeth And for religious fasting be it Publike or priuate be it thus ordered 1 Let there bee abstinence from all the necessaries much more delights of this life for a ●ay at the le●st as from food and sleepe 2 Sam. 12. 16. 20. Ornaments Exod. 34. 4. 5. Matrimonial beneuolence ● Cor. 7. 5. Ioel. 2. 16. and workes of our calling that it be a Sabbath for rest Lev. 23. 32. delights of life Dan. 10. 3. recreations Esa 58. and workes of gaine in all these vse such abstinence as may afflict the body Lev. 23. 30. but yet with these two caueats 1 That the flesh bee tamed by our abstinence not killed or disabled for God●● seruice 2 That we do not these to be seene of men Mat. 6 16. 17. in a priuate fast eschewing wholly the shew in a publike not performing to the shew or to this end that we might be seene 2 Let the time bee spent in religious duties especially in humbling the soule for sinne Ioel 2. 12. 13. Psal 69. 10. I humbled my soule with fasting for thus religious fasting is differenced from all other by the end for which we abstaine viz to stir vp our zeale in prayer to confirme our attention in meditation to manifest our grief for displeasing God and to take spirituall reueng vpon our selues for offending 3 There must bee a r●linquishing and breaking off of our former sinnes especially of vnrighteousnesse and oppression of others Esa 58. 6. Such

will be but a wearinesse to God such as hee cannot away with Esa 1. 13. God will not regard his seruice who will regard iniquity in his heart But if thus thou prepare thy heart thou shalt lift vp thy face before God Iob 11. 13. 14. 15. 2 We follow Dauids example before we take vp the duty say vnto thee O Lord doe I lift vp my soule For the corruption of nature which we alwaies beare about vs is as a weight pressing vs downe and doth easily beset vs with vn●hearefulnesse distractions security fashionablenesse and the like vnderminers of holy affections Psal 25. 1. Heb. 12. 1. And when before all seruice Especially in Gods house in the publique assemblies in Gods house 1 Wee looke to our timely comming to bee present with the first flying thither with hunger and thirst after the meanes and resolue on the continuance there till the blessing be put vpon vs by the Minister Gods people are a willing people in the day of assembling of his armies in holy beauty Psal 110. 3. Esa 60. 8. Num. 6. 23. 24. 25. Ezek. 46. 10. 2 We encourage and call on others to goe with speed to seeke the Lord prouoking them by our owne readinesse Zach. 8. 22. Esa 2. 2. Prophecies that fore told of the Christians praise herein In these two duties the shew is good though not to doe it for shew in both thou shouldest secretly grieue for the neglect and contempt of others Psal 119. 136. 3 We looke to our feet when we enter into the house of God that our soules be not lifted off from that reuerence we should beare to the Lords most holy presence either by distractions or by any pompous and stately shewes of pride in apparell or gate which doth take off the affections from the feare wherewith wee ought alwaies to serue the Lord yea and others affections too no looke to both thy feet Eccles 5. 1. And let the Lord see and all others too that thou art ready and commest for that purpose to offer an obedient heart and eare to God and not the fooles sacrifice euen a seruice which they thinke must please God though they obey him not yea must buy at Gods hands a liberty to disobey a pardon to liue as they lust 2 For the execution or right discharge of all duties of Rules of right execution seruice to God we must remember 1 To doe all to God onely Of all seruice Angell-worshippers hold not the he●d Mat. 4. 10. Col. 2. 18. 2 To doe all in the name of Christ seeing our daily fra●●ties and the euill of our best workes and therfore relying on the merits and intercession of Christ to couer them and present them to God perfumed with the incense of his obedience Col. 3. 17. 3 To seeke the face of God and his strength resting in his approbation and taking heed wee doe not our seruice for the praise of men or for fashion-sake Psal 105. 4. Mat. 6. 1. 2. 4 To worship him with his owne worship according to the patterne receiued from God not according to the custome of the time or traditions of men Heb. 8. 5. 2 Chro. 17. 4. Mat. 15. 5 Not to worship him in an Image Commandement 2. This euill was noted to remaine in the time of Manassehs reformation the people did sacrifice still in the high places though to the Lord their God onely 2 Chro. 33. 17. Especially in his house And in discharge of all seruice to God in his house adde these rules to the former that thou mayest know how to behaue thy selfe in the house of God 1 Let all be done with one consent bee of one heart one mind one iudgement Zeph. 3. 11. saying The Lord will teach vs of his wayes and we will walke in his pathes with one mind and one mouth gloryfying God Rom. 15. 6. Esa 2. 2. 2 Let a speciall zeale and feruēcy of spirit fire thee as it were eate thee vp expressed not so much in shew of outward gesture as in loue to that place and the ordināces of God in the publike And an hearty ready performance of all duties there with more then ordinarie attention and intention of heart and mind bee there as a greene Oliue tree flourishing in the affections of godlines glorying in this mercy of God more then any worldly Doeg doeth in his wealth and flourishing in Kings fauors and courts Psal 69. 9. Psal 26. ● and 52. 8. 9. And further watching against all decayings of these ioyes in Gods Ordinances that we may be fat in our old age and well liking to shew that the Lord is vpright and that there is no vnrighteousnesse in him Psal 92 13. 14. 15. These are the Rules of preparation and execution of Gods outward worship in the whole The seuerall partes are such as follow §. VIII The first the hearing of the word read and preached THe Precepts that guide vs Of hearing the word herein respect vs before in after hearing Before hearing 1 Wee must lay aside these sinnes malice guile or deceit in our dealings with men hypocrisies or guile of spirit in our dueties to God enuy and euil-speakings as backebiting iudging grudging complaining slandering with all bitternesse of speech yea all maliciousnesse and all guile as the Apostle Peter exhorteth 1. Pet. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2. 1. and the Apostle Iames more generally All filthinesse and superfluity of naughtinesse Iam. 1. 21. These corruptions of heart and life must bee mortified if euer we would thriue by the word and all of them for a little leauen will sowre the whole lumpe a small roote of them will much infect 2 Wee must seeke meekenesse and lowlinesse meekenesse to calme our hearts from waiwardnesse passions and perturbations and humility that wee be not wise in our owne eyes and conceited of our gifts or abilities but set our selues down like schollers at the feet of God to receiue of his words Iam. 1. 21. Deut. 33. 3. 1 Cor. 3. 18. 3 Wee must be like children in our affections to the word to loue it and long for it delight in it and haue our hearts set on i● as affectionately as children doe naturally thirst after the Brest 1 Pet. 2. 2. esteeming it as our appointed food as the honey or the honey combe Psal 19. 10. Iob 23. 12. renuing daily these our affections so shall we grow by it as by sincere milke 4 Prayer is required for our selues looking to the Lord that teacheth to profit Psa 25. 1 Cor. 3. 6. 7. Es● 48. 17. and for the Minister Col 4. 3. 5 Knowledge of the Catechisme that we vnderstand the doctrine of the beginnings of Christ without which we shall be euer but dull of hearing Heb. 5. 11. 12. with 6. 1. 6 Resolution to obey in all things that are spoken to vs of God Act. 10. 33. To heare all his words not putting any of his statutes from vs though contrary to our