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A62549	Six severall treatises ... by the late worthy and faithful servant of Jesus Christ, John Tillinghast ; published by his own notes.; Selections. 1657	Tillinghast, John, 1604-1655.; Petto, Samuel, 1624?-1711.; Manning, John, d. 1694.	1657 (1657)	Wing T1180; ESTC R21376	167,572	313

as thou hast done what say you to Paul and others Object 5. But Christ doth not belong to me Answ 1. Thou shouldest not hearken to an objection which tends to drive thee from Christ when he commands to come to him 2 If God gives thee a heart to come then is the matter out of doubt Christ belongs to thee for beleeving gives thee a right Gal. 3.22 That the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might bee given to them that beleeve 3 Whether Christ belong to thee or no it s better to cast thy self upon him and dye in obedience than to run from him and dye in disobedience 4 Whatsoever makes against faith is assuredly from the Devil and not to bee beleeved this doth so Object 6. But I am not elected Answ 1. Election is a secret secrets belong to God I am not to question Gods secret will whether or no I am elected but to obey his revealed will which commands to beleeve 2 The way to know election being a secret is not to question the same but beleeve in hope against hope Heb. 11.1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen 3 Upon this ground thou shalt never beleeve for if thou canst not know thine election but by beleeving and wilt not beleeve till thou knowest thou art elected thou shalt never beleeve 4 By this thou wrongest Gods intention in revealing it who never revealed it to keep souls from coming to Christ but to strengthen their faith being come 5 Thou hereby settest one part of Gods will against another that which discovers election against that which requires beleeving 6 Thy questioning thou art not elected proves not the thing if any thing the contrary because Satan the father of lies tells thee so Object 7. But I have no power to come to Christ Ans Seek a power of God see a Promise for encouragement Isa 40.29 30 31. He giveth power to the faint and to them that have no might he increaseth strength vers 30. Even the youths shall faint and be weary and the young men shall utterly fall vers 31. But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength they shall mount up with wings as Eagles they shall run and not be weary and they shall walk and not faint Obj. 8. But I have not a heart to seek Ans Hast no tongue neither seek though with thy lips God may give a heart whilst thou art speaking Hos 14.1 2 Take words and turn to the Lord say unto him take away all iniquity and receive us graciously Obj. 9. But alas I have a long time sought a power and finde none which hath made me weary and to give over seeking Ans 1. God is a free Agent and therefore will not be limited to time or ways in working but will work when and how he pleaseth and likewise an infinite being and therefore a Creature may not comprehend him in time which destroys his infiniteness but leave him all time to work in his own It was Israels fault to limit God Psal 78.41 Yea they turned back and tempted God and limited the holy one of Israel 2 Thou hast not sought perhaps in faith therefore not found what thou seekest for Jam. 4.3 Yee ask and receive not because yee ask amiss Israel sought righteousness yet obtained not why Rom. 9.31 32 with Chap. 11.7 Israel which followed after the Law of righteousness hath not attained to the Law of righteousness vers 32. Wherefore because they sought it not by faith So 3 Wilt thou say because thou hast not thou never shalt this conclusion follows not 4 God works all for the glory of his grace which as yet may be more magnified in denying than giving when a soul can live no longer without a mercy it comes with a welcome and grace is exalted hence God oft seems to deny a mercy not because hee wil not give but because the extreamity is not so great as may stand with the advancement of his grace in giving Isa 30.18 And therefore will the Lord wait that he may be gracious unto you and therefore will he be exalted that he may have mercy upon you Isa 33.10 Now will I rise saith the Lord now will I be exalted now will I lift up my self Isa 63.12 13 14 Where is he that put his holy Spirit within him that led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm dividing the water before them to make himself an everlasting name vers 13. That led them thorow the deep as an horse in the wilderness that they should not stumble vers 14. As a beast goeth down into the valley the Spirit of the Lord caused him to rest so didst thou lead thy people to make thy self a glorious name 5 The longer a thing hath been sought the more sweet and satisfying when found long seeking will make Christ sweeter Mercy sweeter 6 Thou faintest and art weary see what God saith to one in this condition Isa 40.28 to the end Hast thou not known hast thou not heard that the everlasting God the Lord the Creator of the ends of the earth fainteth not neither is weary There is no searching of his understanding 7 Adde to thy seeking waiting if inferiors wait on Superiors much more should creatures on the Creator seeking shews want and desire this may have self-love in it waiting shews subjection to God and submission to his will this is true Self-denial to such a blessing is pronounced Isa 30.18 Blessed are all they that wait for him Object 10. But I am filled with fears as I think none that I am a rejected person a cast-away and therefore in vain to come Answ This ariseth onely from Israels mistake Isa 40.27 My way is hid from the Lord and my judgement is passed over from my God Yet see her folly vers 28 29 c. Hast thou not known Yea Sion from the same mistake saith as much yet false Isa 49.14 15 16. But Zion said The Lord hath forsaken mee and my Lord hath forgotten mee vers 15. Can a woman forget her sucking childe that she should not have compassion on the Son of her womb yea they may forget yet will not I forget thee vers 16. Behold I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands thy walls are continually before mee It can be nothing but sin can make thee think thus See what God saith to it Jer. 51.5 For Israel hath not been forsaken nor Judah of his God of the Lord of hosts though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel Object 11. But I have been with Christ and since am a notorious backslider and dare not come again Answ Though it hath been thy sin to run from him yet now it is thy duty to come again to him thou hast not been so ready to run away but hee is as ready to receive thee Consider but one example of God to Israel Jer. 2.3 both Chapters 1

knowing well by good experience the worth of him did till she had found him shee runs about the streets seeking of him shee meets one and asks him Can you tell mee of my Beloved No away shee goes and runs to another Can you tell mee of my Beloved No So you should have men and women now do if they did but apprehend what a promise were worth you should have them go home and the man would not be at quiet to eat his dinner or go to bed at night but hee would run to such an honest man his neighbour and say O good neighbour I was told to day what unspeakable worth the promises are of and how that all these are to bee had in Christ Can you tell mee how I may come to have this Christ mine that so all these may bee mine and if hee could not answer him satisfactorily hee would run to the next honest man his neighbour and ask him after the same manner Ah were the worth of Promises known you should have many a poor man here that hath a godly wife or a godly childe that knows Christ though it may bee hee hath little cared for them now go home and the husband would say Ah wife I heard the worth of promises and that all these are in Christ couldest thou tell mee somewhat of Christ now And the father or mother would say Ah son ah daughter indeed I have not loved thee as I should but childe I heard the worth of Promises and that all these are in Christ couldest thou tell mee somewhat of Christ now And if poor sinners would do thus how many godly wives hearts would leap to hear this coming from their carnal husbands and godly children to hear this from their carnal parents Sinners O close with Christ then all the Promises shall bee yours Some of you are Marriners and going out to Sea and now suppose as such things have befallen others your ship should sink under you or bee cast away by stress of weather as soon as you are in the Ocean what would a promise then a pardon of sin of God being your God be worth Some of you are Souldiers and though you are here yet you do not know how soon you may bee called out to meet your enemies in the field and suppose there thou that now drinkest and art merry shouldest bee shot thorow or run thorow and lye wallowing in thy blood and gasping for breath what then would a promise of the forgiveness of thy sins of heaven everlasting life be worth O come to Christ Object 1. My sins are so great I dare not come Answ 1. Greatness of sin should not keep thee from Christ who came to save the greatest sinners 1 Tim. 1.15 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners of whom I am chief 2 Thy greatest sin is not to come to Christ Unbeleef is the greatest sin under the Gospel Mark 16. v. 14. Afterward hee appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat and upbraided them with their unbeleef and hardness of heart because they beleeved not them which had seen him after he was risen Luke 24. v. 25. Then hee said unto them O fools and slow of heart to beleeve all that the Prophets have spoken Rom. 11. v. 20. Well because of unbeleef they were broken off If it were under the Law then much more under the Gospel but so it was Psal 78. v. 18. to 23. And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust yea they spake against God they said Can God furnish a table in the wilderness v. 20. Behold hee smote the rock that the waters gushed out and the streams overflowed Can hee give bread also Can hee provide flesh for his people v. 21. Therefore the Lord heard this and was wroth so a fire was kindled against Jacob and anger also came up against Israel v. 22. Because they beleeved not in God and trusted not in his salvation Heb. 3.19 They could not enter in because of unbeleef The sentence of damnation in the Gospel is pronounced against sinners not as sinners but unbeleevers Mark 16. v. 16. He that beleeveth and is baptized shall be saved hee that beleeveth not shall bee damned Joh. 3.18 Hee that beleeveth not is condemned already because he hath not beleeved in the name of the onely begotten Son of God vers 19. This is the condemnation that light is come into the world and men loved darkness rather than light vers 36. Hee that beleeveth not the Son shall not see life but the wrath of God abideth on him 2 Thess 2.12 That they all might bee damned who beleeved not the truth 3 Saints of former ages have made this a ground of incouragement not of discouragement Psal 25.11 For thy names sake O Lord pardon mine iniquity for it is great 4 All manner of sin the greatest is pardonable Mark 3. v. 28. Verily I say unto you All sins shall bee forgiven unto the sons of men and blasphemies wherewithsoever they shall blaspheme but he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness 5 Gods design in the last age is to declare the exceeding riches of Grace Eph. 2.7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness towards us through Jesus Christ This is shewn in pardoning great sinners Object 2. But had I a broken heart I could come mine is as a flint I dare not Answ Either it is in thy power to get this or out of thy power the former none will grant if the latter then come to Christ for it The way to have thy heart broken is to come to Christ Goats blood dissolveth the Adamant which the hammer cannot break so the blood of Christ dissolveth the Adamantine heart Zach. 12.10 They shall look upon me whom they have pierced and they shall mourn for him as one mourneth for his onely son Ezek. 16. last That thou mayest remember and be confounded and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame when I am pacified towards thee for all that thou hast done saith the Lord God Object 3. But I shall presume in coming to Christ. Answ 1. Not so long as thou expectest all not for thy merit but his mercies sake 2 Not so long as thou hast no resolution to have Christ and hold any sin Object 4. But I have been an enemy to him an opposer scoffer at his wayes and people Answ It is sad to oppose but consider 1 That all that ever have been reconciled have had enmity in their natures to Christ and his wayes which hath not hindred their reconciliation Eph. 2. v. 1 2 3 4. Col. 1.21 And you that were sometimes alienated and enemies in your minde by wicked works yet now hath hee reconciled 2 That there are many soules now in heaven who have acted forth their enmity in as high a way

Their backslidings were many Jer. 3.22 I will heal your backslidings 2 They were backsliders in divers and sundry wayes Jer. 3.1 Thou hast played the harlot with many lovers 3 Their backslidings in world and deed were as foul and great as could bee Jor. 3.5 Thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest 4 They had been backsliders for a long time vers 25. Wee have sinned against the Lord our God wee and our fathers from our youth even unto this day and have not obeyed the voyce of the Lord our God 5 Backslidings open and publick vers 6. Hast thou not seen that which backsliding Israel hath done she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree and there hath played the harlot They had before them examples of others going in such paths with Gods anger against them yet took no warning vers 7 8. And I saw when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away and given her a bill of divorce yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not but went and played the harlot also 7 Against resolutions and promises Jer. 2.20 For of old time I have broken thy yoke and burst thy bands and thou saidest I will not transgresse when upon every high hill and under every greene tree thou wandrest playing the harlot 8 Against corrections Jer. 2.30 In vaine have I smitten your children they received no correction 9 Against Intreaties Chap. 3.7 And I said after she had done all these things turn thou unto me but she returned not 10 Wilfully Chap. 2. v. 31.25 But thou saidest there is no hope no for I have loved strangers and after them will I go 11 They justified themselves in their doings Chap. 2.35 Yet thou sayest because I am innocent surely this anger shall turn from me behold I will plead with thee because thou sayest I have not finned Yet these backsliders are wooed again and again to return Jer. 3.1 Thou hast played the harlot with many lovers yet return again to me saith the Lord v. 4. Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me My Father thou art the guide of my youth And vers 7. I said after shee had done all these things turn thou unto mee vers 12. Go and proclaime these words towards the North and say Return thou backsliding Israel saith the Lord vers 14. Turn O backsliding children saith the Lord for I am married unto you vers 22. Return yee backsliding children and I will heal your backslidings Behold wee come unto thee for thou art the Lord our God Object 12. But I fear I am but an hypocrite Answ Come that thou mayest bee sincere Christ calls at the door of Laodicea yet a formal hypocritical Church yea God spreadeth forth his hands to such Jsa 65.2 compared with 5. I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people which walketh in a way that was not good after their own thoughts vers 5. Which say stand by thy self come not near to mee for I am holier than thou these are a smoak in my nose a fire that burneth all the day What now poot soul hast thou to object but that thou mayest come to Christ and cast thy self into his arms and bosome O Come Come Come behold everlasting arms open to receive thee Come prophane person formalist here 's heaven and salvation to bee had freely if you have hearts to take it all for a nothing-creature O Come Drunkard wilt thou lye and rowl like a Swine in thy drunkenness and not come to Christ and have a heaven Swearer wilt thou rend Gods name and reject a heaven Unclean person wilt thou prize thy lusts above a Christ a heaven O no no Fie for shame Come likewise poor doubting soul cast thy self into Christs arms hee will not cast thee out Take Hesters resolution If I perish I perish I will perish in doing my duty and going in to the King If I dye I dye however I will dye doing my duty and hanging upon Jesus Christ say to thine own soul as once the Lepers who sate in the gate of Samaria said one to another a King 7.4 If wee say wee will enter into the City then the famine is in the City and wee shall dye there and if we sit still here we dye also now therefore come and let us fall into the hoast of the Syrians if they save us alive wee shall live and if they kill us wee shall but dye So say If I stand where I am I dye if I return to old courses I dye likewise what then I will venture on Christ if hee save mee alive I live if hee kill mee I can but dye Amen Proposit 2 That all the promises of God made to sinners in Jesus Christ shall certainly and assuredly bee fufilled and accomplished It s cleared 1 King 8. v. 56. Blessed be the Lord that hath given rest unto his people Israel according to all that he promised there hath not failed one word of all his good promise which hee promised by the hand of Moses his servant God made a promise to Moses of giving rest c. to the people of Israel this promise God was punctual to a word in the fulfilling of it And this was a promise of the Law made to Moses the Law-giver on the behalf of that people Now if God were so punctual in fulfilling the promises of the Law which were made to Moses and given into his hand for that people that he would not fail in a tittle how much more punctual think you will hee bee in fulfill those promises which are made to Christ and given into his hand of the Saints such as all the promises of Law and Gospel now are to the people of God Now for the fuller clearing of this truth both that it is and must bee so I shall lay before you some Demonstrative grounds which may serve to strengthen and confirm our faith in this great point That all the promises made in Christ shall most certainly be fulfilled and accomplished Demonstrat 1. From the Text They are in Christ 2 From the great obligations lying upon God the Father and Jesus Christ to see to it that the promises be fulfilled Engagement 1. Promises cost Christ dear before he had them though they are a gift to us yet Christ paid for them The first Adam had the promises for nothing but he by his fall squandring away the promises none of his seed could ever have been partakers of any of them had not Christ the second Adam stepped in and by paying a price to his Father Justice redeemed the promises again Now the price was no less than his owne life and the promises having cost Christ so dear this obligeth him to look to it that they be fulfilled Engagem 2. Christ cannot put the promises to other use For for himself hee hath no need of them the evil Angels and good too God did in a manner