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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30316	The Spiritual anatomy of man in which is considered I. the happy state of mans integrity in his first creation, II. the woful apostacy of man from God, by his original sin ..., III. mans restoration by ... Jesus Christ, and the excellency of the Covenant of Grace, IV. the whole series of Christian duties ..., V. the particular cases of affliction, especially spiritual defection ..., VI. the great encouragement to believers, for patience and perseverance ... : to which is added an index of the whole contents / published by Andrew Burnet ...	Burnet, A. (Andrew)	1693 (1693)	Wing B5753; ESTC R15370	202,954	328

often as their superstitious fopperies lead them to it not remembring or wilfully not believing that Christ entered once for all within the Vail and that their superstitious worship is the old yoak which neither the Jews nor their ●athers could bear and was a Figure for the time then present and could not make him that did the Sacrifice perfect as pertaining to the Conscience and onely i●posed until the time of Reformation but Christ coming an High Priest of good things to come and by his own blood entered once into the holy place and obtained eternal redemption for us and thereby abolished the shadow of Sacrifices Heb. 9.9 10 11 12. By his own final Sacrifice so as the Body being come we should stay no more on the shadow The third branch of Christs Mediatory Office for Believers is to be their King The honour wealth and safety of a Nation and People do commonly depend on the good or bad qualification of their Kings Rulers and Governours and we see in all Histories that the Prosperity and happiness of a people hath been according to the Vertue or Genious of their Princes Rulers and Governours and we find in Scripture it is a Curse to a Nation when Children are set over them Eccles 10.16 and the Church complains as her greatest afflictions Servants have ruled over us and Princes are hanged up by the hands the faces of Elders were not honoured Lam. 5.8 12. And that this of having Childish Governours not endowed with suitable faculties of governing is a great Judgment on a Nation experience tells us for that thereby all the Fountains of Justice are corrupted and men either do that which is right in their own Eyes as when there was no King in Israel or a King not capable or sufficiently qualified for Government or the Judges and Inferiour Governours are culled out of Favorites or men of disposition with the unqualified Governour and thus as a Judgment for the sins of King and People Justice which is the only preservative of the Body Politick is corrupted The wicked walk on every side when the vilest Men are exalted Psal 12.6 and according to that Scripture Judgment is turned away backward and Justice standeth afar off for Truth is fallen in the Street and Equity cannot enter yea Truth faileth and he that departeth from Evil maketh himself a Prey Isa 59.9 to 16. And as the folly of Princes corruption of Judges Interruption Decay or wresting of Justice is one of the greatest Judgments on a People or Nation so on the other hand It is one of the greatest Blessings that can attend a People or Nation when their King Governours or Rulers are of the Wise Just and Prudent Blessed art thou O Land when thy King is the Son of Nobles and thy Princes Eat in due season for strength and not for drunkenness Eccles 10.17 And therefore the Lord promiseth to his People as a special token of his love and Kings shall be your Nursing Fathers and their Queens your Nursing Mothers Isa 49.23 I will restore your Rulers as at the first and Judges as at the beginning Isa 1.26 I will make your Rulers Righteousness and your Exactors Peace If then the glory and safety of a People be in the right frame and Constitution of Government and due qualification of their Governours how great reason then have they to rejoice who have Christ for their King and Governour As was said of the People of Israel what Nation or People are like unto thee whose God is the Lord for in him dwelleth all fulness of perfection He is King of Kings and Lord of Lords Rev. 17.14 In him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead he is the only Potentate 1 Tim. 6.15 In whom is lodged all the treasures of Wisdom Knowledge Holiness and all Excellency Isa 11. to 6. He is that wonderful Counsellour the mighty God the everlasting Father the Prince of Peace of the increase of his Government there shall be no end Isa 9.6 In fine in him are treasured up all the excellencies necessary to com●leat a King and Governour as shall be more particularly branched forth in discoursing of the particular terms of the new Covenant which he performs to his People and for them The Office of a King chiefly consists in these three First To Rule his People by his Laws Secondly To Protect them by his Power Thirdly To Reward them by his Bounty The Laws of Kings and Nations especially amongst the more civilized and Christian are commonly such whereby the Prerogative of the King and the Rights of the People are reciprocally preserved and provided for and under the dominion of Jesus Christ we are not to question but that all his Laws which are framed by the Council of Heaven are all holy and just and full of safe preservatives of the spotless Righteousness of Heavenly Majesty and proper boundaries of Christians duties as in Psalm 19.7 to 12. and are the Laws of the Spirit and not of the Flesh Rom. 7.12 14. chap. 8.1 2. holy just and agreeable to every exigent of a Christians case and condition and are in themselves so choice and delightful that the renewed of God delight therein as shall be cleared at length in the ensuing discourse and this is the consolation of Believers that Christ as he is the Son so is he the word of God and in him all the Promises of God are yea and Amen 2 Cor. 1.20 The second branch of Kingly Power is To Protect his People which Christ doth more eminently in many respects than any other King First By defending and preserving them from falling into evils or dangers He shall give his Angels charge over thee to uphold thee in all thy ways least thou dash thy foot against a Stone Psalm 91.11 Fear thou not for thou shalt not be ashamed neither be thou confounded for thou shalt not be put to shame for thy Maker is thy Husband the Lord of Hosts is his Name the Holy One of Israel the God of the whole Earth shall he be called Isa 54.4 5. Secondly When they are in trouble he upholds them and keeps them from perishing under their Burthens Can a Woman forget her sucking Child c. Behold I have graven thee on the Palms of my hands thy Walls are continually before me Isa 49.15 When thou passest through the Waters I will be with thee and through the Rivers they shall not overflow thee when thou walkest through the Fire thou shalt not be burned neither shall the Flame kindle upon thee Isa 43.2 Thirdly When they are in troubles he strengthneth them by his Grace and assists them with Patience until he give them an outgate thy Children shall make haste thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee lift up thine Eyes round about and behold these gather themselves round about and come to thee as I live saith the Lord thou shalt surely cloth thee with them all as with an Ornament and

oblige Men beyond their pretended Interest what Allyances or Treaties tye Princes from Usurpation or Encroachments may it not be too much charged on most of the greatest form on Earth which was said of Philip of Macedon amicitias utilitate non fide colebat his Interest not his Promise obliged him Secondly If we look on the World in respect of the Politick Constitution what Nation Country or People shall we find quiet from Commotions Disturbances Rebellions or Mutinies either from the Oppression Tyranny or Usurpation of the Soveraign or the Murmurings Jealousies and Mutinous Uneasie and Discontented Humours of the Subject Doth not Judah vex Ephraim and Ephraim envy Judah Is 11.13 doth not the Church Complain Servants have ruled over us and none delivered out of their Hands Kings are hanged up by their Hand the faces of Elders were not Honoured Lam. 5.8 12. Is not the whole World at Enmity Nation against Nation and Nations divided by intestine Wars and Contentions This Enmity is not only between Man and Man but hath also infected the Beasts of the Field Fish of the Sea and fouls of the Air whereas in Mans first State he had all of them given him for use with Dominion over them they are turned wild run into Rebellion and not to be subdued or made useful but by force and many are not only useless but destructive and they also are at War amongst themselves destroying one another so that in place of all the Sons of God shouting together for Joy as in the first State we now hear the noise of Wars Malice Envy and Destruction and whereas at first God looked on all that he had made and it was very good Gen. 1.31 afterwards for the Degeneracy thereof It repented God that he had made Man on the Earth and it grieved him at his Heart Gen. 6.6 and whereas all things were good when first Created and given to Man for use the Scripture tells us That the Friendship of the World is Enmity with God and whosoever will be a Friend of the World is the Enemy of God If any Man love the World the love of the Father is not in him Ja. 4.4 1 Jo. 2.15 If then the Heavenly Harmony Union and joyful Shoutings of the Sons of God was Ravishing and Refreshful even to sitting down under that shadow with great delight and being sick of Love when Man and the Creation was in its first Integrity when we look on the black and defaced Countenance of Man and Creatures defiled with all manner of Sin and Pollution and the World with all Deformity of Wickednesses and Contention and being Branded with Gods displeasure How great reason have we with the Church to cry out How is the Gold become Dim How is the most fine Gold changed and with David to say Wo is me that I Sojourn in Mesech and dwell in the Tents of Kedar Ps 120.5 If the Soul of Righteous Lot was grieved at the Iniquity of Sodom how much more Reason have Men now adays to grieve for that universal Deluge of Abominations which overflow the whole while earth in serious Reflection of Man in his Integrity and the Beauty of the Creation and the present Degeneracy under Sin and Misery and being Anxious to understand that Mystery why the World once approved of God to be good and given to Man should afterwards be stamped with Gods Curse and Displeasure as in the foregoing Scripture I was entertained with that of Eliphas the Temanite Shall Mortal Man be more just than God shall a Man be more pure than his Maker Job 4.17 which lead me to enquire into the particular causes of this great Catastrophe and to understand the meaning together with the Justice of God and the Mistery of his Love to believers in Christ Jesus In this enquiry I was led up to the Fountain of Gods bounty to Man by which he was made in the likeness of God in Righteousness true Holiness and Knowledge according to the Image of him that Created him and had the other Creatures given to him for use with Dominion over them under the Tenure of his Obedience and under the Commination and Assurance of Death on his Transgression I had no sooner viewed the Happiness of his first Estate when I was led to the Record of his Transgression by putting forth his Heart to Rebellion and his Hands to the Trespass and then found the Judgment entred against him by which he was degraded of his Soveraignty and Enmity was sown between him and the Creatures and the Earth accursed for his sake Gen. 3.14 to 20. And here with the Prophet we may put the question is Man the Darling of the Creation made lately in Gods own Image and Lord of all the Creation is he now a Servant a Home-born Slave why is he spoiled The Answer is in the Text hast thou not procured this to thy self In that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God for my People have committed two Evils they have forsaken me the Fountain of Living Waters and hewed themselves Cisterns broken Cisterns that can hold no Water Jer. 2.11 13 14 17. And with the same Prophet we may cry out with Astonishment Be Astonished O Heavens and be horribly afraid be ye very desolate saith the Lord Jer. 2.11 And here is this Riddle resolved shall Mortal Man be more Just than God Shall Man be more pure than his Maker Man hath forsaken God and followed his own Inventions therefore God must be just to bring upon him the Judgment threatned viz. the forfeiture of all his Priviledges and make him smart under the folly of his own Devices They hatch Cockatrice Eggs and weave the Spiders Webb he that eateth of their Eggs dyeth and that which is crushed breaketh into a Viper their Webb shall not become Garments neither shall they cover themselves with their Works their Works are Works of Iniquity Is 59.5 6 7. Hence we find God is Just in punishing Man for his Transgression and Man by his Folly hath brought himself and Posterity to ruin who through the Pride of his Concupiscence abode not in his Integrity but in repining against God hath brought himself and Posterity under Servitude to Sin Misery and Death Thus while with Rachel weeping for her Children and refusing to be Comforted because they were not Jer. 31.15 I was plunged in oppression of Thoughts and heavily Lamenting that so glorious a Fabrick of Gods Handy-work as in the first Creation in Holiness and Integrity should be polluted by Sin and defaced from the primitive Beauty and as Moses pleading with God from the Arguments of his own Glory and Power in behalf of his People of Israel Num. 14.11 to 17. heartily wishing that glorious and first Image might again be restored in Man after the Image of him that Created it I was led to that Scripture My thoughts are not your thoughts neither are your ways my ways saith the Lord for as the Heavens are higher than the Earth so are

invade the first agressor to confine him to such limits as he may not for the future be capable of doing further injury and thus of necessity it must be in the Christian Warfare against Satan the World and the Flesh so that this War is founded upon such implacable enmity that it must be continued without hope or expectation of any peace end or terms of accommodation for these three reasons First The Soveraigns of this War are of Interests incompatible so that of necessity the victory must turn to one side before the War can be ended Secondly The Parties and Combatants are under different and incompatible Laws so can never be reconciled Thirdly All terms of Treaty or Capitulation are by command forbid in this War First The Soveraigns of this War are of incompatible Interest and therefore the War must be perpetual until one of the Parties be destroyed Christ is the Generalissimo of the Christians Army Satan the Mammon of this World the Flesh and Lusts thereof makes up the competition how incompatible then must it be with the right glory honour and interest of Christ who in his own right is King of Kings and Lord of Lords to suffer a Rival to his Inheritance though for his wise ends he let Satan loose for a while to tempt and sift the Nations and draw the Children of Darkness into snares and distruction and to try the Faith and Patience of Gods own People in which the wicked Men are Gods servants and instruments however to suffer their power to prevail is altogether inconsistent with the absolute power and Soveraignty of Jesus Christ and although Satan and his Emissaries have fought many Battels against Christ and his Church they have still been overcome in all of them and shall be overcome until Christ bring Judgment into Victory and overcome him who hath the power of Death even the Devil Rev. 12. to 12. chap. 17.14 Oh Death I will be thy Plagues O Grave I will be thy Destruction Repentance shall be hid from mine Eyes Hos 13.14 Death is swallowed up into Victory O Death where is thy sting O Grave where is thy Victory the Sting of Death is Sin and the strength of Sin is the Law but thanks be to God who hath given us the Victory through our Lord Jesus Christ 1 Cor. 15.54 to 56. The Lord of Life hath told us we cannot serve God and Mammon we must reject the one if we serve the other so that their Interest being inconsistent we must onely be of one side there is no fellowship between God and Belial So that they cannot divide Interests therefore there is a necessity to be on Christs side The Son of the Bond Woman which is Sin and Satan the World and Lusts thereof cannot Inherit with the Son of the Free Woman which is Christ Jesus Gal. 4.30 Secondly The Combatants of these two Armies have different and inconsistent Laws and these Laws are so relative and in such affinity with the several interests of the Soveraigns that of necessity perpetuates the War so as no end can be expected except by absolute victory of one or other side All Christs Soldiers are new Creatures renewed in the Spirit of their Mind have the same Mind in them which was in Christ Jesus are under Spiritual and Holy Laws subject to his Will according to that Portion of his Spirit which he hath given them spiritually not carnally minded walk and live according to the Law of the Spirit and not of the Law of the Flesh they are not led with malice revenge envyings slanderings back-bitings murmurings and cruelties which are the works of the Flesh Gal. 4.19 20 21. But they are led after the Laws of the Spirit and live in all gentleness meekness holiness charity and kindness as the works of the Spirit Ephes 4.19 Ephes 4.22 to end Gal. 5.22 23. But on the other hand these under Antichrists Banner neither are nor can be subject to the Laws of the Spirit for they are of the Flesh and live after the Flesh To be carnally minded is Death but to be Spiritually minded is Life and Peace because the carnal Mind is enmity against God for it is not subject to the Law of God neither indeed can be so that they which are in the flesh cannot please God Rom. 8.6 7 8. The Flesh Lusteth against the Spirit and the Spirit against the Flesh and these are contrary one to the other Gal. 5.17 So we see that the Laws of these pretenders to Dominion are so opposite to one another that it is impossible to reconcile them Thirdly The third thing which perpetuates this War is that no treaty capitulation or agreement can be between these parties this enmity is so laid by God himself that Satan must bruise Mans Heel and the Seed of the Woman must bruise Satans Head to the end of the World Such enmity is between God and Mammon that the love of the one is inconsistent with the service of the other Know ye not that the Friendship of this World is enmity to God whosoever therefore will be a Friend to the World is the Enemy of God Jam. 4.4 Love not the World nor the things of the World if any man love the World the love of the Father is not in him 1 Joh. 2.15 Thus the Interests and Laws of these two parties being so inconsistent there is no Room for any treaty hopes or possibility of accommodation for that the Spiritual Man hath antipathy to the Lusts of the Flesh and the Carnal Man cannot be subject to the Law of holiness because of the enmity of his mind and therefore the holy Apostle is so far from accommodating the matter between Lust and Holiness Flesh and the Spirit that he would not have the Spiritual Man to keep any Communication with the unfruitful works of Darkness What fellowship hath God with Belial a clean thing with an unclean who can touch pitch and not be defiled therewith evil communication corrupts good manners Wherefore he forbids all tampering with the specious pretensions of the World or Earthly things Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the World why as though living in the World are ye subject to Ordinances taste not touch not handle not these things all which perish in the using after the Doctrine and Commandments of Men Col. 2.20 21 22. The Holy Apostle Paul in another place is more severe where he commends the Repentance not to be repented of and in the effects of sorrow and repentance he saith Behold this self same thing that ye sorrowed after a Godly manner what carefulness it wrought in you yea what clearing of your selves yea what indignation yea what fear yea what vehement desire yea what revenge yea what zeal 2 Cor. 7.11 In which we see what expressions of vehement zeal against corruption and sin which are the works of the Flesh by these expressions vehement desire indignation and revenge is implied such implacable