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A35951	An expositon of all St. Pauls epistles together with an explanation of those other epistles of the apostles St. James, Peter, John & Jude : wherein the sense of every chapter and verse is analytically unfolded and the text enlightened. / David Dickson ...; Expositio analytica omnium Apostolicarum Epistolarum. English	Dickson, David, 1583?-1663.; Retchford, William.; Dickson, David, 1583?-1663. Epistle of Paul to the Hebrews.	1659 (1659)	Wing D1403; ESTC R7896	807,291	340

which may either extinguish or diminish the desire of the Divine Word Of this sort he recites five The first whereof is malice whereby any one purposely damnifies another 2. Guile whereby any one cunningly deceives his neighbour to his hurt 3. Hypocrisies or lyes in fact when one shews that good will in his countenance which he hath not in his minde 4. Envies whereby we are grieved at the good of others 5. Evil speakings whereby the fame of our neigbour is injured Vers. 2. As new born babes desire the sincere milk of the word that ye may grow thereby The second branch of the Exhortation is That they desirously receive the ●ound Doctrine of the Gospel as sincere milk The Arguments of the Exhortation are eleven Argum. 1. As the mothers milk is fit and natural nutriment for the infant so the Doctrine of the Gospel is meet for nourishing those that are spiritually regenerated Therefore we ought to desire and receive it Thereby Argum. 2. As infants grow up by milk so believers by the Doctrine of the Gospel and by the larger knowledge of the Divine Word grow up i. e. make further progress in newness of life Therefore ye ought to desire the Word of God Milk Argum. 3. The word is as it were spirituall rational sincere pure milk and free from all errour which can deceive no man most convenient for the feeding of the soul Therefore the Word of God is to be desired by you Vers. 3. If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious Argum. 4. The Word of God contains nothing besides the goodness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ towards believers whose sweetness they that have tasted cannot but desire it Therefore if ye have tasted that God is good the Word of God is to be desired by you Vers. 4. To whom coming as unto a living stone disallowed indeed of men but chosen of God and precious Argum. 5. Receiving the wholesome Doctrine of the Gospel as sincere milk ye come nearer every day to Christ obtaining a more straight and holy communion with him Therefore ye ought to desire the Word of the Gospel and greedily drink it in He illustrates this Argument by divers similitudes and superaddes therein other Arguments by way of Exhortation Stone Argum. 6. Confirming the former Christ will yield himself a firm and lively foundation of salvation very precious and of great esteem with God who admits no other foundation of salvation to you that drink in the milk of truth and to you that come to Christ according to the Word of God although Reprobates contemn and reject him Therefore the milk of Evangelical truth is to be drunk in and desired by you Vers. 5. Ye also as lively stones are built up a spiritual house an holy Priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifice acceptable to God by Iesus Christ. Argum. 7. Ye drawing nigh according to the Word of the Gospel shall not finde Christ onely a solid foundation but ye your selves also by the virtue of Christ more and more built up in him into one mystical body with other believers that ye may be a spiritual Temple wherein God may dwell Therefore ye ought to desire the milk of the Word Priesthood Argum. 8. Coming to Christ according to the Word of the Gospel ye are not onely consecrated and dedicated to God as his Temple but also ye obtain an holy Priesthood that ye may offer up better Sacrifices than those typical viz. the fruit of spiritual obedience which will please God and be grateful and acceptable to him by the intercession of Christ and so ye may obtain a greater glory than the typical Temple considered in it self had Therefore ye ought to desire the Evangelical milk of the Word Vers. 6. Wherefore it is contained in the Scripture Behold I lay in Sion a chief corner stone elect precious and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded He confirms these Arguments by divers testimonies of Scripture● and applies those testimonies to the present use for the quickning the endeavours of the Hebrews after the Doctrine of the Gospel The first testimony Isa. 28.16 proving the sixth Argument severally 1. That Christ is laid by God in the foundation of the Church for a corner stone which both adorns and holds the Edifice together which is full of honour and excellency elect and precious in Gods account and was first to be manifested in Sion or the Church of the Jews that from Sion might go forth the Law and the word of the Lord from Ierusalem And that hee should become a solid foundation to those that believe hee proves from this that they which believe in him shall not be confounded Vers. 7. Vnto you therefore which believe he is precious but unto them which be disobedient the stone which the builders disallowed the same is made the head of the corner 8. And a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence even to them which stumble at the word being disobedient whereunto also they were appointed He confirms the last branch of the sixth Argument viz. That they ought not to be moved at the scandal given by wicked men who have rejected Christ partly because it is sufficient that Christ is precious to Believers partly because unbelievers cannot take away the honour of Christ which is given by the Father Upon this account he cites the second testimony of Scripture from Psal. 118.22 c. From whence is proved 1. That Christ must be rejected of those who had rule in the Church 2. That their endeavours should be vain 3. It should come to pass that they who would not believe in Christ or they who would stumble against this stone should be ruinated and perish And here he cites the third testimony of Scripture from Isa. 8.14 4. That none will renounce Christ but Reprobates whom God hath appointed through and for their own obstinate incredulity to deserved destruction And here is comprehended the eighth ho●tatory Argument to the promoting of Evangelical Doctrine and to the sucking in the milk of truth concerning Christ. Because unbelief of the Word of Truth concerning Christ is a sign of reprobate and lost men or of those designed to destruction Therefore except yee would be accounted cast-aways desire earnestly the word of the Gospel Vers. 9. But ye are a chosen generation a royal Priesthood an holy Nation a peculiar people that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darknesse into his marvellous light Argum. 9. The honour of the Hebrew Nation which God gave to your Fathers Exod. 19. and elswhere is preserved in you Hebrews who believe in Christ Therefore you are bound to desire earnestly and receive the Doctrine of Faith But they are called a Royal Priesthood because they are partakers of Christs Kingdom and Priesthood yea constituted Kings and Priests by Christ. They are called a Chosen Generation because God adopted them before other people himself An Holy