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Characters of a godly man both as more and less grown in grace / by Daniel Burgess.
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Burgess, Daniel, 1645-1713.
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Worship and Obedience agreeably to her holy Baptismal Engagement And finally he observes how the Doctrine of the Trinity is connected with all the Parts of Christian Religion and made the very foundation of it without which it cannot stand It is indeed a Mystery most Superlative not to be discovered or proved by bare Reason in whose Territories it dwells not And subtle and audacious Hereticks of old and at this day have used many guilty Arts to expel it out of our Faith But to a Child of God a bare Word of God is as good as a Demonstration and the Evidence of this Truth from thence received is Victorious And unto him the three Persons in one God are so great that he makes no more of any incroaching Creature than he that sees the Sun makes of a Candle Is this his God a jealous one yea and a jealous heart it is that he himself hath one that is exceeding watchful against every Idol Against every Creature that doth fawn and flatter and would become any part of its Portion He is as truly willing to have God for his Master as his Rewarder He would have no Pleasure but in pleasing God His highest Ambition in this World is to have the favour to receive his God's Commands and the grace to Obey them For in his eyes it is a truth most evident that neither Men nor Angels are capable of any higher honour than to be Objects of God's Love and Instruments of his Pleasure And this Faith is his Victory over the World and his governing Principle in the World and that whereby he here walks with God Not indeed without innumerable and unavoidable Infirmities and Faults but these break not off that blessed Walk For it is still renewed on God's part by Pardon and on his part by Repentance Neither is his holy Walk without use of those worldly Comforts that God alloweth us to take For he knows God ever made Thanksgiving Days to be Feast Days the temperate pleasure of bodily senses doth so much promote the spiritual pleasure and gratitude of our Minds And even under the old Law God appointed many Feasts for one Fast. He doth not dream that Enoch did not walk with God because he begat Sons and Daughters His care is that the lean Kine devour not the fat that sensual Delights be not Thieves but Servants unto spiritual Be it also added his said Walk with God is but by Faith not by full Vision in frequently interrupted and never compleatly sensed Peace and Triumphant Joy If he hath temporary Raptures of Third-Heaven-Joys they are but Temporary they be his Sweet-meats and Rarities not his daily Food And he knows to his Comfort that such Raptures be his Privilege only not his Duty Indeed if his weak Bottle could bear so strong Wine he would wish all his days spent in Extasies He would be glad to have every word that he speaks of God to be accented with sighs and every sentence emphased with tears But he knoweth that the Sun of Righteousness doth graciously quicken many Souls that he doth not in this World exuberantly Comfort Yea many that sit in darkness almost all their days and see but little light do nevertheless enjoy his saving Love and his wonderful Support thereby We all know the Sun in the Firmament doth in the Earths dark Bowels make Gold and precious Minerals Though therein he shews not his beautiful beams Nor can it be hard to think how the true Father of Lights should enrich unspeakably those whom He sees not fit to fill with the Joy of it presently In a word The Soul that He doth so enrich that Soul He doth Justify Sanctify and Glorify And as truly that Soul doth Justify Sanctify and Glorify Him Justifies him against all the Cavils raised at his Decrees Laws and Providences Sanctifies i. e. sets him as the sole Object of Fear Trust and Worship And also Glorifies him or Practically expresseth supream Estimation in conforming to his Preceptive Will in Natural Civil and Religious things Thus is the first Commandment written in this Soul Thus is God's Name hallowed thus is his Kingdom come and his Will done in it Mark 2. JESUS Christ is God and sits at God's right hand in his Soul My meaning is Christ as Mediator who is next to God in Heaven and is continually with God in Heaven is next to God in his Heart and continually with God in his Heart Qi Deum cogitat sine Christo dimidiat Deum Calvin Our Saviour must be considered in respect unto his eternal Essence and Person and in respect unto his undertaken Office In the first respect he is God equal with the Father and the Holy Ghost and so he hath been considered in the foregoing Mark. In the second respect he is God and Man by a Personal Union of both Natures and the servant of God by an astonishing Condescention of grace 1 Cor. 11.3 The head of Christ is God It is of Christ thus considered that all following is spoken Thus considered Jesus Christ is the Man that is God's fellow that is who is next unto God in point of honour who hath nearest and most intimate Acquaintance with God and who in all his Works is his Joint-worker Zech. 13.7 He is in the word declared to be King of Saints Head of all Principalities and Powers Exalted above every Name that is named in this World and in the World to come the Delight of God's Soul as Isai 42.1 Nor is it any wonder for in him all the fulness of the Godhead dwells bodily Unto him is given all Power in Heaven and Earth And the Keys of Death and Hell are in his hand Without his leave Satan could not enter into very Swine Him the very Angels and all the Church of God are bound to worship Let all the Angels of God worship him Heb. 1.6 Unto him shall the gathering of the people be That is as the Hebrew word signifyeth the bowing the submission or the worship of the People Gen. 49.10 Upon him depends all the Happiness of Men and of Angels all capable of Happiness For he is the HEAD of all Principalities and Powers Head as to Eminence and as to Government and Influence Again intimately he knoweth God's Ends Decrees Works For the Father sheweth him all things that himself doth Joh. 5.19 20. And finally God doeth nothing but he is his Co-worker in it God Reveals much to Men and Angels but 't is by Christ all of it ever since the Fall He the Essential Image is the Representative Image of God unto us We know not the Father not his Nature Will or way to effect his Will but by the Son Angels as well as Men bless the Lamb for opening of the Book Rev. 5. God upholds all Creatures but 't is by Christ Mediator He is given for a Covenant to the People to establish the Earth Isa 49.8 Heb. 1.3 God governs the world but it is by Christ My Father worketh hitherto