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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91927	Collections, or brief notes gathered out of Mr Daniel Rogers's practical catechism for private use : and how hereby communicated to som private friends, towards the building of them up in their holie faith. / By R.P.	D. R. (Daniel Rogers), 1573-1652.; R. P.	1648 (1648)	Wing R1795; Thomason E1138_1; ESTC R210078	131,966	329

of Christ as flesh reckoned to his Divinitie made an equal satisfaction to God's offended Majestie The influence and valor of the divine nature assisting the humane for the fulfilling of the merit for if the Suretie fail in any point his undertakeing is uneffectual The Mediator then beeing to mediate between God and Man must needs bee God 1. In respect of those evils hee was to expiate as sin and uncleanness 2. those enemies hee was to vanquish as Satan death and wrath 3. Those good things hee was too purchase eternal righteousness the image of God and glorie hereafter in the presence of God Vsn I. Let this teach us to adore the Mysterie of the Godhead of Christ that wee rest in no inferior object whatsoever the world can affoard us But remember hee is God blessed above all and hath merited by his glorious power a glorious deliverance for his Church from death to eternal life Vse II. This affoard's us a notable ground of understanding a real difference of the persons in Trinitie God the Father send 's God the Son into the world to save it by the power of God the holie Ghost conveying and sealeing his merit to the Soul of the Elect. Now except there bee admitted a real distinction of the persons in Trinitie how shall one and the same God for beeing bee the partie satisfying and satisfied Vse III. Of Exhortation to all that are loaden with their sin desireing eas to com to this second well-spring of salvation and to drink water of life freely from it that is believ it for themselvs Especially let this beat down self in us in the matter of our conversion What should wee bring to God for our Redemption can wee bring any light to the Sun or drop to the Ocean all fulness is his hee must do all for and in us before and in conversion Again let us lay hold on Jesus Christ who hath satisfied God and taken away wrath Let this give a beeing and bottom of truth to all the promises of God in our soul And let us draw neer with confidence to the God of promises and comfort our heavie heart in the view of the hainous circumstances of her sin makeing it out of measure sinful Bee not dismaid hee that is thy Suretie made not thy peace for small and som but all and the greatest so that thy thought must bee how to receiv this fulness not for the greatness of this sin III Branch The Personal Vnion Union of both Natures into one Person by the unconceiveable work of the Spirit it 's much that Soul and Bodie but much more that Flesh and the Word should bee really in one Person The person of the Word took the nature of flesh therein to subsist It is called Personal Union to distinguish it from other Unions in Christ and all other Unions whatsoever In Christ there is a well-spring of Unions but no personal Union in them The Union of Christs Godhead with the Father and the Spirit is Essential with his invisible Church Spiritual and Mystical with Water in Baptism and Bread and Wine in the Lord's Supper Sacramental In other Unions the things united are One either by bare notional apprehensions as things understood by the fancie or els One by compounding as when of three or four drugs is made one med'cine or els by mixture and confusion as when Water and Wine are made one substance or els by Divine institution as when man and wife are made one flesh none of these are personal Unions But Personal Vnion is such an one as whereby both natures so retain their distinct properties unconfounded that yet they remain indissolubly united in the person without the least seqaration no not at death in the grave Vse I. This teache's us to conceiv aright of the person of Christ wee must com to God in and by the flesh of the Son the second person The equal tearm and object must bee the personal Union i e. the Manhood must as truly bee praied unto and adored as the Godhead Vse II. It teache's us a difference between the subsisting of Christs flesh and all other subsistings wee subsist in the union of bodie and soul which two make one and the same person but the manhood of Christ is no person or subsistence by union of soul and bodie but by assumeing the nature of man into the person of the Son of God so that the flesh hath no subsisting at all save in the upholding power of the Godhead as the plant Misselto hath no root of its own to subsist in but subsist's in another tree Vse III. To encourage the soul that is afraid to draw neer to God for reconciliation and mercie in Christ becaus of the estrangement of it self from God by loss of image Lo the Lord is willing to unite himself unto thee poor soul in his Son by vertue of his union with thy fearful frail nature For by this union he hath purchased a spiritual union between himself and the sinful soul How singular an encouragemement then should this be to a poor soul to fasten on the promise when hee see 's it assisted by this all-sufficient merit issuing from the union of both natures both suffering and meriting Quest What is the Vnction of Christ Answ It is a consequent upon this personal union whereby the Godhead made the Manhood full of himself and of all gifts and graces of the spirit meet to enable him to his work of mediation and by name separated him from men to bee excellent as to bee the Prophet Priest and King of his Church Hee was Priest to satisfie and pray for Prophet to teach and King to rule and deliver his people I. Vnction of Priesthood The Uuction of Priesthood is the chief part of the Unction of Christ becaus by vertue of that office hee performed the great work of satisfaction Two things are to bee considered in this Annointing of Christ our Priest 1. The peculiarness 2. The furniture of gifts For the first although there were many things in the ordinarie Priesthood of Aaron which resembled Christ for the general yet becaus there were many things verie different therefore the holie Ghost set's him forth by the type of Melchisedeck's Priesthood For as hee was without beginning and end in his storie so was Christ not as Aaron mortal mutable sinful Secondly the Furniture which this Unction filled the Lord JESUS our high-Priest withall and that without measure For as the fulness of the Godhead dwelt in him bodily so all the communicable gifts and excellencies thereof dwelt in him Eminent wisdom rightousness humilitie unblameablenes holiness separation from sinners and all other graces but as I take it one fruit of his Unction was his peculiar fitness to satisfie That holie free consent of his to the will of his Father to do and suffer and fulfil all righteousness I say this absolute and unstained Obedience to go thorow all difficulties meekly long-sufferingly cheerfully

them The first is usually called the protection of God over his own in Christ their buckler and shield in which sense it is said The beloved of the Lord shall dwell under his protection all the day long It is God's people scape all such crosses as befall the wicked as wicked Vse I. Oh! how patient should wee bee in such crosses as befall us in all kindes if wee considered that the greatest part of them which light upon us is not the least of them that pass by us Vse II. The truth is God's Saints ought to give thanks for they know not what how many how great sorrowes The second viz. Sustaining Redemption is that act of Christ whereby hee succoreth and supporteth all his in trouble And this standeth in the communion of the sufferings of Christ and his grace viz. 1. Of his sweeet Peace which hee giv's us My peace I give you my Peace I leav you 2. Of his meek and patient self-denial 3. Of his courage to bear and endure 4. Of his innocencie and good caus to defend them 5. Of the Spirit of prayer which crie's and grone's to him that can eas them 6. Of purgeing power whereby Afflictions prepare us for glorie 7. Of the issue of the Cross even the quiet fruit of righteousness 8. Of Victorie before-hand even while they are under the Cross 9. Of patience to wait till the hour of darkness bee over Vse I. This point should exhort us to applie our selvs to this priviledg in each cross that befall's us Is it not a mercie to bee thus cared for and pitied as children when the Lord put 's the wicked to their shifts and regard's not what betide's them Saul falling upon his sword desperately Ahimelech thrust through Achitophel and Judas hanging themselvs Is it not worth the while to see a believing Soul at his death lying as a Lamb as a Preacher as one burning but not consumed above fears above loves hopes wife children world self able to doe any thing through Christ that strengtheneth and susteineth 3 The third is Redemption or deliverance from Crosses either particular ones or all The Lord hath his healing in his wings even here for his people I grant there is a righteous Abel who perisheth in his righteousness But ordinarily when God's Mastick patch hath dried the rheum it fall's off of it self David Moses had an end of their crosses and as James saith Yee have heard of the afflictions of Job and what end the Lord made Long sickness long povertie long persecutions have had their end There is a day for us if wee can wait How many weak complexions in youth have enjoyed healthy age how many prisoners have been loosed how many poor ones bin enriched how many mens later daies have proved better then the first But becaus all redemption goe's not aforehand therefore there is another Redemption far more sure and that is full and final at their death and resurrection wherein all tears shall bee wiped away Vse I. This should make all afflictions seem light in comparison Rom. 8. and caus us to embrace it by hope saying If our hope were onely here of all others wee were most miserable Vse II. Let not thine heart mutter at the frequencie of thy crosses by the Divel by men or from the Lord but bless him for such partial deliverances as hee vouchsafeth thee in thy trials Vse III. Learn hence really to pick out the sap of that truth of Paul Phil. 2. To desire to be dissolved and to bee with Christ which is best of all Vse IV. Beg of God two things 1. To give us his Spirit of Redemption to frame us for this verie thing as Paul 2 Cor. 5. 4. to prize our ful redemption upon any terms 2. That he would feal us up thereby to an holy securitie VIII Benefit Regeneration Regeneration is taken for the begetting of God in the soul and the effect thereof Sanctification called in Scripture the New Man the New Creature the renewing of the holy Ghost the workmanship of God c. This Sanctification stand's in 2 things 1. The killing power of the Cross of Christ called Mortification 2. The quickning power of his resurrection called Vivification sealed up in the Baptism of the Spirit whereby wee are engrafted and emplanted into them both IX Benefit Glorification The last benefit is Glorification of the whole man after the resurrection in heaven which is the overplus of Christ's purchase and exceed's Adam's happiness consisting in the partakeing of that purchased possession of Glorie and immortalitie not of Paradise upon Earth but in the presence of God And this benefit is the fulness of all the rest it is the execution of the election of God for wee are chosen to glorie it 's the perfection of our imperfect union in this life it 's the end of our calling for wee are called to honor and immortalitie It 's the ●●●ness of our Adoption for wee have here the right but there the inheritance of Sons It 's also our final Redemption and Sanctification becaus● there all tears shall bee wiped away and death shall bee no more and wee shal do the will of God as the Angels and bee sanctified throughout in bodie soul and spirit without spot or blemish and so live eternally See Rom. 8. 30. and ult It stand's in two things 1. Negative happiness viz. The absence and voidness of all which com's short of this or opposeth it 2. Positive happiness viz. When the persons of the elect shall bee so enlarged in their souls and bodies and in each facultie and member thereof as to enjoy and comprehend and behold the Lord perfectly as they are comprehended Vse I. Let it teach us to avoid curiositie about enquirie of this depth and seek humbly and wisely to get our part in it here so shall wee know it one day by experience indeed Vse II. What persons should wee bee in spiritual respects if wee look for such promises how should wee purge our selvs in body and spirit from all uncleanness finishing our Sanctification in God●● fear Vse III. How should wee long for this happiness counting all our afflictions as light things through our hope revealed The Use of all these Benefits Vse I. If Christ bee offered thus together to the soul at once in all these and not in a bare manner it should bee a marveilous encouragement to each poor soul to believ Vse II. Examine whether Christ bee ours or no. Trial 1. Did Christ offered in the Gospel ever affect our hearts and ravish them with his loveliness the Lord we see offer 's him not bare but with all his furniture which way soever wee look wee shall discern his excellencie hee is one of ten thousand Can wee make a song of our beloved of his head his eyes locks neck bodie feet Surely els wee were never married to him except for his sake even our fathers hous was despised When Eliezer came to Rebecca to