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A36528	The proviso or condition of the promises, the strait, but the straight-way that leadeth unto happiness being the substance of two sermons preached at Wilton, March the first, 1656, upon 2 Cor. 7. 1. : now published at the request of some of the parishioners and auditors then present / by Tho. Drayton ...	Drayton, Thomas, d. 1658?	1657 (1657)	Wing D2148; ESTC R11014	24,534	69

THE Proviso or Condition OF THE PROMISES The Strait but the Straight-way that leadeth unto Happiness Being the Substance of Two SERMONS Preached at Wilton March the First 1656. Upon 2 COR. 7.1 Now published at the request of some of the Parishioners and Auditors then present BY Tho. Drayton Dr in Divinity LONDON Printed by Tho. Newcomb 1657. THE Proviso or Condition OF THE PROMISES The Strait but the Straight-way that leadeth unto Happiness 2 COR. 7.1 Having therefore these promises dearly Beloved let us cleanse our selves from all filthiness of flesh and spirit perfecting Holiness in the fear of God THat this Text is a Conclusion or Inference out of the Apostles former Conference or Discourse none that observe that Illative note 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or therefore will deny And as the three last Verses of the former Chapter are an Introduction to this so it is a Genuine Deduction therefrom in which the Illative Particle set apart we have two general parts The first is a loving and a winning compellation in the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Beloved or Dearly Beloved The other is an Apostolical Imposition or Charge Having therefore these promises let us cleanse our selves from all filthiness of the flesh and of the spirit perfecting holiness in the fear of God To begin with the first of these It is said of Samuel 1 Sam. 3.19 That the Lord did let none of his words fall to the ground so will I not pass over any one word in the Text untouched Dearly Beloved This title the Apostle useth not complementally nor formally but in reality and truth for these Corinthians were intirely beloved of St. Paul not with the common love onely which we ow to all men but with a special affection and that upon a threefold accompt 1. As they were born and begotten from above 2. As they were his Spiritual Brethren and Fellow-members in Christ And 3. As they were his own Off-spring and the Fruits of his labor in the Lord 1 Cor. 4.15 For in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the Gospel Whence we have two Instructions 1. That there are not onely Natural but Spiritual Relations to be found among men especially in the Church and Congregation of the Saints 1 Cor. 4.14 I write not these things to shame you but as my beloved sons I warn you 2. That this Spiritual Consanguinity is or should be as effectual to beget mutual and reciprocal affection as the natural affinity is yea far more forcible 1 John 3.1 Every one that loveth him that begat loveth him that is begotten of him And here he saith Dearly Beloved but pass we now from the Compellation to the Imposition wherein the Apostle doth evidence the truth of his love unto them in two things 1. In minding them of the antecedent promises set down in the close of the foregoing Chapter Having therefore these promises 2. In exciting them to eye observe and fulfil the condition of the same lest they should come short of them in the end Let us cleanse our selves from all filthiness of the flesh and of the spirit perfecting holiness in the fear of God Our Apostle Chap. 4.10 of his former Epistle tells us That according to the grace of God which was given unto him he as a wise Master-builder had laid the Foundation and that another buildeth thereupon But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon The former part of that Verse he hath verified as elswhere so in this Text the latter part which is the Caution lieth upon my self and all other Ministers in these days to look unto it namely what and how we build upon this Foundation In this part of the Text then we have two subordinate Members the Apostles ground-work Having therefore these promises and then his superstructure Let us cleanse our selves from all filthiness of the flesh and of the spirit or these two A true supposition Having therefore these promises and then an advice imposition and injunction Let us cleanse our selves c. Or in plain terms the Apostle's Doctrine and the use which he makes of it the former being matter of Grace and Promise the latter matter of Command and Duty Of which the ground-work is first to be surveyed 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 This part of the Text we may call the Believers Patrimony or rather his evidence for that which he hopeth for and is to seek after Heb. 11.1 Faith is said to be the ground or substance of things hoped for and the evidence or demonstration of things not seen which is especially ratione objecti in regard of the promises on which it is built In this then are three particulars to be seriously viewed 1. The interest of Believers or of the yong itinerant Saints 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 these promises And 2. The persons that have special interest in them to wit Converts and Believing Saints such as these Corinthians were 3. What interest these have therein for the present For the first of these we may here take notice 1. That the best interest that the yong Saints have for all manner of blessings not yet enjoyed are the rich precious and most infallible promises of God Heb. 11.13 These all died in the Faith not having received the promises but having seen them afar off and were perswaded of them And 2. whereas the promises of God are of two sorts concerning either Corporal or Spiritual things 1 Tim. 4.8 But godliness is profitable unto all things having a promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come We may note that the Spiritual promises such as these are to which St. Paul relates are the greatest promises 2 Pet. 1.4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises that by them we should or might be made partakers of the Divine Nature having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust 3. Observe that among many Spiritual promises those to which our Apostle here refers us are not the meanest or the least as is implied in the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which is here not onely a Relative but a Demonstrative Noune or Pronoune Now then to take them in the order of nature first it carrieth us back to the promise of Reception Vers 17. of the former Chapter And I will receive you Where the Apostle seemeth to look back to Jere 3.14 and other such like places Secondly He transmits us to Verse 16. where the Lord saith That he will be our God and we shall be his people according to Levit. 26.12 Jere. 31.33 and many other places of that import Thirdly He leads us back to the 18 Verse where the Lord promiseth to be our Father and to take us for his Sons and Daughters according to Isai 43.6 Hos 1.10 This word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or these is also Signal or Demonstrative and sets forth the transcendency of the phrases in these particulars First In the Author of them who is