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B04886	No power but of God, and yet a power in every creature, or, A word in season, to all men not void of grace, or deprived of reason wherein is held forth that the Almighty God is not wanting to us in impowering of us, but we are wanting to him, in not improving our talent for him ... / by Robert Purnel.	Purnell, Robert, d. 1666.	1651 (1651)	Wing P4238A; ESTC R187132	119,586	280

the day 〈◊〉 Redemption It will be of singular use ●…hen to Christians to endeavour to dis●…ern between the motions of the Spirit of God from the motions of our own spirits ●…hat when we finde a motion begin to arise ●…n us before it come to action we may ●…ither suppresse it or cherish it if it come ●…rom our own spirits then to quench it and bring it into captivity to the obedien●● of Christ If from the Spirit of God th●● let the motion arise let thy will will t●● thing let thine affections affect it that 〈◊〉 that motion may end in action Object But how shall I know when t●● motion doth arise from the Spirit of Go●… and not from mine own spirit Answ 1. The motions of the Lords Sp●…rit doth move thee to that and onely tha●… which is agreeable to the spiritual sense 〈◊〉 the Scriptures 2. The true Spirit doth move us to tha●… which doth tend to the denying of o●●selves and the exalting of God alone in th●… person of Jesus Christ See Joh. 16. 13 14. 3. The motions of Gods Spirit are no●… carried on but with abundance of oppos●…tion opposition within you and witho●● you on the right hand and on the left 4. When two motions arise within yo●● together as it were and both seem to be a●…cording to the Scripture and both seem t●● exalt God and to deny self then befo●● thou prosecute either consider as in th●… presence of God whose servant thou ar●… which of these things that I am moved unt●… will be most for the honour of God the●… that doe If the Mistresse command the Se●…vant to clean such a room immediately and 〈◊〉 to touch any thing till that be done 〈…〉 iles the Maid is in the midst of her 〈…〉 rk the childe falls in the fire the servant 〈…〉 ves the work and runs and takes up the 〈…〉 lde and is commended of her Mistresse 〈◊〉 so doing So that which doth make 〈…〉 st for the glory of God and for our spi 〈…〉 ual advantage is first to to be done and 〈…〉 th undoubtedly proceed from the Spirit 〈◊〉 God I might instance in many other 〈…〉 ticulars as to examine the rise of the 〈…〉 tion next the prosecution and thirdly 〈◊〉 ends but I forbear So then the first 〈…〉 son why I have endeavoured to prove 〈…〉 re is a power natural and a power spi 〈…〉 ual is that we might so know it as to 〈…〉 ploy it to the best advantage A second reason is to prevent as much 〈…〉 n me lyeth the further spreading of 〈…〉 se grosse and dangerous errours that 〈…〉 l follow if there be not a power in the 〈…〉 ature which he hath received from the 〈…〉 eator either in his Creation or Rege 〈…〉 ation to prevent those evils First if there be not a power in men 〈…〉 ther natural or spiritual but onely 〈…〉 d in them then all the creatures abuse 〈◊〉 nature laid to the creatures charge in the first and second Chapters of the Rom 〈…〉 must be taken off the creature and laid 〈◊〉 on God Secondly if there be no spiritual po 〈…〉 in a man spiritualized then it is no sin 〈◊〉 him to neglect all spiritual duties and he may charge all his omissions and all 〈◊〉 commissions upon his Maker For he wo●●● have done whatsoever he had been c●●manded if he had received any power Y 〈…〉 might have been teachers of others by 〈◊〉 time if you had improved your pow●● saith Paul Heb. 5. 12. This people did not answere the Lo●… and say they had no powere and so for th●… commissions they did not charge them 〈◊〉 on God as our Ranters do at this day a●● that they be liars St. James will testi●● 1 James 13. 14 15 16. in the 13. vers 〈◊〉 no man say when he is tempted he is tempte●… God for God cannot be tempted with evil nei 〈…〉 tempteth he any man v. 14. But euery ma●… tempted when he is drawn away of his own 〈◊〉 and inticed v. 15. Then when lust hath concei●● it bringeth forth sin and sin when it is fini●● bringeth forth death v. v. 16. Do not erre my 〈◊〉 ved b ethren Whosoever then doth cha 〈…〉 the most ighteous God with our unri●●teous actions doth erre in the highest 〈◊〉 ture I have admired at the subtilty of Sathan ●…nd the simplenesse of men to say That ●…od is the authour of sin these be liars ●●ke their father the Devil who was a liar ●●om the beginning Let me tell thee O ●●in man let me tell thee That the Al●…ighty God cannot commit sinne if he ●●ould for if thou didst know what God is ●●d what man is if thou didst know what is ●●e nature of God and what is the nature 〈◊〉 sin thou wouldest know that they can●●t dwell together Now sin is a transgression of a Law but ●…od is under no Law and therefore cannot ●●nsgresse there is none above God to give ●…ule to him by which he should walk ●●erefore his own will in his rule he is ●…odnesse it self and therefore cannot do ●●y thing but what is good So that which is justly called sin in us ●●nnot be called sin in him if he should do 〈◊〉 same thing viz. If thou kill a man ●●ou hast sinned against the Law of God ●●d the Law of Nature and against the ●●ws of men if God overthrow Pharoah ●●d all his host in the Red-sea he hath done ●…evil he hath broken no Law if he send the ●…tilence and slay every man in the City hath not sinned if he drown all the world at once he hath committed 〈◊〉 evill If thou or I should take any thing that another mans from a thread to a shoo●… latchet we have sinned by thest But if the Lord command the Isra●…li●● to borrow Jewels of silver and of gol●… and rayment of the Aegyptians the Lo●● hath not sinned in bidding them do it n●● they in taking it Wherefore let God be true 〈◊〉 every man a liar Canst not thou be content●● to father thy sin upon thy brother or siste●… or neighbour as thou doest many times b●… must thou father it upon the most ho●● Lord doest thou know what thou dost 〈◊〉 in this thing will he not be avenged 〈◊〉 such a wretch as thee Oh remember fr●● whence thou art fallen and repent And now to wind up all that I shal at pr●…sent say to the Power of the Creator giuen fo●● to the creature Let me tell thee if thou find●… any thing required of thee to be done h●● no ability to do it consider there was ab●…lity once given thee in the first Adam whi●● thou hast lost by thy fall in him and it●… just with God to require that now of th●… which once he gave thee then consider t●● as thou hast lost by the first Adam so th●… hast gotten by the second Adam so th●… 〈◊〉 enabling thee thou canst with Paul 〈◊〉 all things 〈…〉 nd that

will be the next thing that I shall 〈…〉 deavour to lay before thee Thy fall in 〈…〉 e first and the manner there of and thy 〈…〉 stauration by the second Adam and the 〈…〉 ory there of And do desire that some 〈…〉 e or other that hath a greater discovery 〈◊〉 the mind of God in these things con●●rning The power of God and the power of the ●…eature concerning the power Natural and ●●e power Spiritual I should intreat them to ●●ld it forth to publique view for I am ●…re there is great necessity of it that man ●…ight know his own strength For I am consident that I my self and ●…any others have left undone many things ●…at we ought and might have done for ●…ot knowing our own strength where with ●…od even the God of power had strength●●ed us Wherefore I do in the presence of 〈…〉 y Maker declare unto the whole world ●…hat I was not straightened in him but in ●…ine own bowels That he hath not been ●…anting to me first not only to give me ●●ength but secondly to supply me in re●●wing that strength day by day Where●●re let God be true and I and all neglecters if 〈…〉 e charge God with not enabling us lyars Rom. 3. 4. Let God be true and every man a lya●● Oh then let not the righteous God 〈◊〉 charged with your unrighteousnesse an●… let not the most holy God be charged wi●● your unholinesse But stirre up the talent th●… is in thee as in 2 Pet. 1. 13. Do as Jacob did wrestle with God l●● him not go till he blesse thee give him n●● rest till he make Jerusalem the praise of t●● whole earth Isa 52. 1. Awake put on t●● strength O Sion put on thy beautiful garment●… O Jerusalem thou holy City open to hi●… for he now knocks flie to this City of r●…fuge and thou shalt be safe For the name 〈◊〉 the Lord is a strong tower the righteous run to 〈◊〉 and are safe If thou didst but see him tho●… wouldest admire him and count all thing●… vanity in comparison of him if thou did●… but know him thou wouldst be so ravishe●… with the love of him that many waters co 〈…〉 not quench it If thou didst but taste hi●… thou wouldst hunger and thirst after hi●… more then doth the Hart after the water●… brooks Oh taste and see that God is gracious It's life to know him it 's heaven to behol●… him it 's melody to hear him it 's endless●… happinesse to enjoy him Let it be our ca●… to obey him and improve all our strengt●… for him let us not spend our money for th●● which is not bread and our pains for that which ●●l not profit Let us run the wayes of his com●●ndments for he hath enlarged our heart and ●●d that he that doth these things shall never ●●moved Improve thy power for him part ●●th thine estate for him give and it shall be ●●en thee again Luk. 6. 38. Good measure pressed ●●n and shaken together and running over Me thinks I hear the voice of thy Saviour 〈…〉 ing to thee O thou obedient sonne come ●●e thou hast been faithful in a little I will ●…e thee more come enter into thy Masters joy 〈◊〉 thine obedience to me did arise from thine in●…est in me manifested to thee by me NOw I shall speak to our Fall in the first Adam and of the subtlety of Sathan ●…erein There be two things of absolute necessity ●●r a Christian to be well acquainted with ●●z 1. Our fall in the first Adam 2. Our restauration by the second A●…am Upon these two points doe the two ●…estaments frequently treat insomuch ●…hat thou canst hardly read one Chapter ●…ut more or lesse thou shalt find the Pro●…het or Apostle speaking to one or both states or something conducing thereunt●… and some Chapters speaking and treati●● wholly of that two fold state as Rom. 5. ●… Nay I have observed that when I ha●● heard a Gospel-Sermon wherein were m●…ny particulars or when J have heard go●● ly men in a long debate about the prin●●ples of religion I have J say observ●● that the summe and substance of their d●● course or teaching hath for the most pa●● been to shew what men were in the first 〈◊〉 dam and the misery of all in that state 〈◊〉 else what they be in the second Adam a●● the glory of that state And when my m●…mory hath been too weak to comprehe●… the abundance of particulars that J ha●… heard J referre all that J have heard 〈◊〉 these two particulars and found singul●● benefit thereby viz. What do J know mo●● now by all that J have heard this day th●… J did before of the state J was in a●● of the state J am now in First then of the first Adam the Scriptu●● speak of him in a two fold state 1. The first is the state of innocencie b●…fore he fell 2. And secondly of his state of mise●● after he was fallen Of the first of these states J shall say n●… thing it being well known to most men ●●d of the second of these states I shall speak ●●r write but a very few words Adam and Eve being in Paradise and ●●oking upon themselves as indeed they ●…ere the most excellent peeces of all the ●…reation bearing the Image of their Crea●…or the Lord left them a Law and left them ●…o the freedome of their own will if they ●…id obey to live if they did disobey to dye ●…ut through the temptation of Sathan ●…hey both soon cast off their Makers pre●…epts and through the temptation of Sa●…han they transgressed the commandement ●…f God in eating the forbidden fruit and ●…hereby fell from the state of innocency ●…herein they were created and so brought ●…pon them and all their seed the losse of ●…ommunion with God and his displeasure ●…nd obtained a curse so as we are by nature ●…he children of wrath bondslaves to Sa●…han and justly liable to all punishments ●…n this world and that which is to ●…ome O thou Adam what hast thou done for ●…hough it was thou that sinned thou art ●…ot fallen alone but we all that came of ●…hee O the infectiousnesse of Sinne ten ●…housand times more infections then the Plague and Pestilence for many have live●… in the City when the noysome Pestilen●… hath been and yet have been free but b●… hold this original transgression hath sprea●… it self into all the corners of the earth 〈◊〉 that no man woman or childe that eve●… was now is or hereafter shall be is fr●● from that infection and that original sin●● as the root bringeth forth actual transgre●…sion as the branches sins of omission o●… commission as the fruit Oh thou Adam what hast thou done 〈◊〉 though it was thou that hast sinned tho●… art not fallen alone but we all that came 〈◊〉 thee as being then in thee are infected b●… thee O miserable men that we are who shall 〈◊〉 liver us from this body of death

breach and the restorer of paths to dwell in So that what we lost in the first we hav●… made good to us by the second Adam wi●● many additions as in Rom. 5. Much mor●… Much more Much more five times in th●● Chapter is that word viz. in the 9 10 1●… 17 20 verses which is there laid down 〈◊〉 declare that our gains by Christ is mo●● then our losses by our first Father thoug●● that was very great The first Adam brought us under t●● breach of the Law and the curse due ther●… unto the second Adam being the Lord J●…sus Christ the Lord of glory and King 〈◊〉 Saints hath delivered us from the La●… viz. First from the curse of the Law Secondly from the condemning pow●● of the Law First from the curse of the Law For 〈◊〉 was made a curse for us as you may see 〈◊〉 large Gal. 3. 10. 13. v. compared togethe●… So also upon him was laid the iniquities of us a●… Isa 53. 6. and not onely our sinnes but a●… the punishments due to us for them of wh●… nature kind and quality soever as you 〈…〉 y read at large in that fifty third Chapter 〈◊〉 Isaiah from the first verse to the last 〈◊〉 that whole Chapter Rom. 6. speaks of 〈◊〉 sufferings for us and our freedome by 〈◊〉 It would make a larger Volume then ●●ntend to make of this whole Book if I ●●uld but onely name the Chapters and 〈…〉 ses in the Old and New Testament that 〈◊〉 speak to this thing So I shall end this 〈◊〉 point with the words of Pa●● He was 〈…〉 de sinne for us that knew no sin 〈…〉 that we 〈…〉 ht be made the righteousnesse of God in 〈◊〉 Secondly he hath freed us from the con●●ning power of the Law to which the ●●iptures speak abundantly I will men●●●n but one or two for all Rom. 8. 34. Who ●●e that condemneth it is Christ that dyed c. 〈…〉 o shall lay any thing to the charge of Gods ●…ct it is God that justifieth Rom. 8. 1. There is condemnation to them that are in Christ and you desire to know who they are th●…y 〈◊〉 those that walk not after the flesh but after 〈◊〉 Spirit Nay in a sense being warily under●●od we are delivered from the moral Law Christ Jesus the second Adam There is the Ceremonial Law and the ●●itical Law the Judicial Law and the Moral Law that we are delivered from 〈◊〉 two former most of us do know a 〈…〉 that in a sense being warily understood 〈◊〉 are delivered from the two latter very 〈◊〉 do know If the Scriptures do say we be not un●●● the Law why is it thought such an i●… proper word for a Christian to say too A Dialogue between the Law and th●… Gospel Or between a Believer and the Law Law THe Law saith If thou wilt 〈◊〉 these things thou shalt live 〈◊〉 them Lev. 18. 5. Gospel Not he that doth this but 〈◊〉 that believeth in me shall live Joh. 11. 26. Law A man is justified by works a●… that I will prove Jam. 2. 21. 24. Gospel A man is justified by faith wi●● out the works of the Law Gal. 2. 19. Rom. 4. 5. Law If thou wilt not do these thing●… require of thee I will curse thee and there ●…ave thee Gal. 3. 10. Believer But Christ was made a curse for ●●e and so freed me from thee Gal. 3. 13. Law Thou hast committed such and ●●ch sinnes but not brought a sacrifice for ●●em Believ Oh but take notice of that Scrip●●re Matth. 9. 13. I will have mercy and not ●…crifice Law But thou hast gone beyond the ●●unds of mercy for thou hast committed ●●ch sinnes which God will not accept sa●●ifice for Believ But what sinnes are those that ●●ere is no sacrifice to be accepted for Law First there is no sacrifice that will 〈◊〉 accepted for presumptuousnesse Num. 〈◊〉 30. 2. No sacrifice to be accepted for negle●●ng Circumcision Gen. 17. 14. 3. No sacrifice for breach of the Sabbath ●●y Exod. 31. 15. Believ Oh but my faith layes hold on ●●e that promised to cleanse me from all ●●y sinnes saith the believing soul 1 Joh. 〈◊〉 So O Law I have nothing to do with ●●e in all these things Law But thou shalt know that I will have to do with thee for I am thy Schoo●… master Gal. 3. 24. And Christ himself sait●… Matth. 5. 17. He came not to destroy me a●● Paul saith He doth not make void b●… establish me Rom. 3. last vers Belieu It 's true thou wast a Schoo●… master and in some sense thou art so stil●… but he that is come to Christ Is not und●● a Schoolmaster Gal. 3. 25. And the Lo●● Christ came to fulfill thee Matth. 5. 17. a●● if fulfilled by him what dost thou requi●● of me and whereas Paul saith He do●● establish thee that i●… in thy place and roo●… and so the Law is good if a man use it la●… fully 1 Tim. 1. 8. Law But saith the Law Dost thou ma●● no account of me Dost thou not know i●… deed that tho●… act under me Believ I am not under thee the Lo●● tells me so by the mouth of Paul Rom. 10. Christ is the end of the Law to all that believ●… Again Paul tells me from the Lord Ro●… 7. 6. Thou art dead and I finde it writt●● in 2 Cor. 3. from the 11. vers to the 〈◊〉 four times in that one Chapter Thou a●… done away Law Dost thou think saith the Law I were at an end or dead that Ministers a●● Preachers would preach me up in almo●● every Pulpit as they do and set me up as a ●●le to the people yea and most of the ●●ople of this Nation do stand for me ●●ough they do not obey me Believ O Law see the Lord speaking by ●●l and answering this question for me Tim. 1. 7. There be many that do teach the ●●w understanding neither what they say nor ●●at they affirm And further I finde in ●●ripture these things of thee viz. Thou art weak Rom. 8. 3. Thou art un●●ofitable Heb. 7. 18 19. compared toge●●er Thou art dead Rom. 7. 6. Thou art ●●ne away 2 Cor. 3. 11. Law I pray answer to these ensuing ●…ueries saith the Law if not let me ●●ll thee Thou shalt know that thou art ●…nder me First what shall convince thee of sin if I ●●all not Secondly what shall work sorrow for ●●n if not my Threats and Judgements Thirdly what shall cause thee to forsake ●●n if I shall not Believ First the Spirit shall convince ●●e of sin Joh. 16. 8. Secondly the looking upon Christ ●…hom I have pierced or if you will Christ ●…ooking upon me after my sin as he did upon Peter will cause me to weep and r●…pent Rom. 2. 4. The goodnesse of Go●… leads to repentance Thirdly the sweet love of God is no●… become my Schoolmaster to lead me int●… the paths of all righteousnesse Tit. 〈◊〉 11. 12.

Law Christ was made under me an●… did observe me so as to obey me and h●… commanded thee to learn of him Matt●… 11. 28. and to walk as he walked 1 Jo●… 2. 6. Believ If Christ was made under th●… Law and did yeeld obedience to the Law why it was for me that he might set m●… free Gal. 5. 1. Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath set us free and b●… not intangled again with the yoke of bondage O Law wilt thou turn Extortioner to take thy due in my Surety and impriso●… me too when Christ hath paid the deb●… that I owed thee to a penny and hath take●… up the bond and can celled it Col. 2. 14. Law But saith the Law I would have thee to know that the dearest servants o●… Christ as well as Christ himself have been under me what fayest thou of David Psal 38. ●… I having shewed him his sin and pronounced his terrours he cryeth out My sin●… are too heavy for me to bear And Jeremiah 〈◊〉 Prophet lay a long time under me 〈◊〉 the whole book of the Lamentations doth ●●undantly testifie I could instance in al●…ost all the Saints in the Old and New Te●●●ments that lay under me And dost thou ●●ink thy self wiser then they and so make ●●e also of none account Believ The Lord for bid that I should ●…ake my self wiser then they or co●…pare ●…y self with them David and Jeremiah they ●…ere both glorious instruments to set forth ●●e praise power and wisdome of God ●●t O Law this let me tell thee I have now ●…eat cause to praise magnifie and admire ●…od in his wonderful love to me in that he ●…ave me a being in this latter day wherein ●●ere is greater light and a clearer mani●●station of his free justification by saith ●…ithout the works of the Law Rom. 3. 28. ●…nd that he hath freed me from thee O ●…aw and spirit of bondage that I and o●…hers have a long time lain under Rom. ●…0 4. Gal. 4. 4 5. Rom. 6. 14. Rom. 〈◊〉 6. Law But wilt thou not own me so as ●…o take me for thy rule of life Believ No by no means and that ●…or these reasons First thou art dead to me Rom. 7. 6. an●… I am dead to thee Rom. 7. 4. Secondly because thou wouldest be u●… profitable to me if I should observe the for save me thou canst not for that is 〈◊〉 grace Eph. 2. 5. 8. Thirdly I will not serve thee because am not under thee Gal. 3. 25. but after th●… faith is come I am no longer under Schoolmaster Law Well for all this mind what ho●● and heavenly David said of me Psal 119. Then shall I not be ashamed when I have resp●●● to all thy commandments Believ He that believeth on him as t●● Scripture saith shall not be ashamed Rom. 1●… 11. 28. Isa 16. Law Though thou and others do 〈◊〉 little esteem of me because you do not 〈◊〉 the excellencie that is in me yet let me t●● thee that I am glorious so that the chi●…dren of Israel could not behold the face 〈◊〉 Moses when he received me 2 Cor. 3. 7. Believ If that which was done away w●● glorious much more that which remai●… is glorious even the Gospel 2 Cor. 3. 11. Law But saith the Law If thou ca●● clearly prove by Scripture that the Lo●● that gave me to Moses did limit me a tim●… and that I was not to continue to the end 〈◊〉 the world in my full power force and ●●rtue I will be silent Believ That I will presently prove Gal. 〈◊〉 19. Wherefore then serveth the Law faith ●●ul why it was added because of transgres●●on till the seed should come c. Now this ●●ed is Christ and this Christ is come where●●re O Law give place Law Have I been so strictly observed in ●…ll ages ever since I was given forth and ●…hat by those men that were accounted the ●…ost religious men upon the face of the ●●rth and dost thou O sally m●…n and a few ●…uch as thou that art ignorant and dost ●…ot know the Law dost thou I say think ●…o make me void Believ I do not make thee void but ra●…her establish thee in thy place and room ●…om 3. 31. and so in 1 Tim. 1. 8. But we ●…now that the Law is good if a man use it law●…ully Again if I had lived in those dayes in which thou wast in force I had been under ●…hee as well as those you name before and 〈◊〉 do conceive that thou O Law wast in full ●…orce power and vertue from the time that Moses received thee upon the Mount untill Christ came in the flesh Nay and after he came in the flesh tho●… wast in force until the Lord Jesus had su●…mitted unto thee in all thy demonstration●… and obeyed thee in all thy precepts so th●● there was not one thing that thou require●… to be done but he did do it till at lengh●… there was no more required so Christ d●…clares it was finished Joh. 17. 4. I have finis●…ed the work that thou gavest me to do c. Nay O Law he did not only yeeld ob●…dience to thy commands and so fulfill●● thee but he did suffer all thy torments an●… judgements as if he had broken thee Tho●… couldest but require a compleat and inti●● obedience both in principles and practi●● and in case of disobedience to suffer t●● punishment due to such a sinne or sinne this was all thou hadst to say Now t●● Lord Christ took mans nature and wa●… made under thee and in all things obse●…ved thee in point of action and submitt●● to thee in point of suffering And if tho●… ask me how this obedience of Christ th●… second Adam is become mine Let me as thee O Law how was the transgression 〈◊〉 the first Adam imputed to me was I not 〈◊〉 his loyns and so partaker of his sinne 〈◊〉 natural generation and am I not also 〈◊〉 the second Adam by spiritual regeneratio●… a●…d so partaker of all his obedience and ●●●hteousnesse by communication Read ●●derstandingly 1 Cor. 1. 30 31. 2 Cor. ●…1 Law If thou and a few such as thou art 〈◊〉 winde and twist your selves out of my ●●wer as not to hearken to me in my pre 〈…〉 s nor fear me in my threatnings yet let 〈◊〉 tell thee O man That the greater part ●…en and women that ever have heard of 〈◊〉 are yet under me and shall be judged 〈◊〉 Christ according as they keep me or ●●ak me Believ That the greater part of men ●●d women that ever heard of thee are still ●●der thee I have granted before in what I ●●●e said in answer unto thee And where●…hou sayest they shall be judged by thee 〈◊〉 by Christ according as they keep or ●●ak thee there is something in it though ●●nnot fully grant it First there is some●●●ng in it for our Lord Jesus Christ ●●aching to the Jews which were under 〈◊〉 Law

things yet they ●…nowledge me in their deeds just as those ●●rds of Paul Rom. 9. 32. Wherefore because 〈◊〉 sought it not by faith but as it were by the ●●●ks of the Law for they stumbled at that 〈…〉 bling stone Now this word as it were ●●t were unfolded as now it lyes sealed 〈◊〉 should finde most men seeking righte●●snesse if not absolutely by the Law 〈◊〉 as it were by the works of the Law 〈◊〉 Believ In this that thou hast said O ●●w I have nothing to except against for ●●e we both agree though there was a ●●s-understanding between us at first yet it true the fault is not in thee O Law that ●●n put thee in the room of Christ no ●…ore then the brasen Serpent was in fault ●●om the people did Idolize the fault ●●s in the people and not in the Serpent at this day mens seeking righteousnesse 〈◊〉 thee becomes their own evill not thine ●●d as thou hast said though men will not knowledge that they seek righteousnesse 〈◊〉 the Law yet they doe seeke it as it were by the workes of the Law Now here lyeth one of the greatest 〈◊〉 ferences between the Law and the Gosp●● both speak of working and both speak resting onely herein lyes the difference ●●der the Law before Christ was come 〈◊〉 people were to work first and rest aft●●wards that is they were to work six day●… and rest the seventh when they had d●● their work then enter into rest n●● under the Gospel we are to rest first 〈◊〉 work afterwards for as the Sabbath of 〈◊〉 was the last day of the week so our Lo●● day of rest is the first day of the week 〈◊〉 are first to receive a Kingdome that cannot moved Heb. 12. 28. and then next to se●● God acceptably with reverence and godly f●● We are first to believe and then in then●… place to shew our faith by i●● works 〈◊〉 are first to see our interest in the promis●… and then to cleanse our selves from all filthi●● of flesh and spirit Into what soever house 〈◊〉 enter we are to say peace be to this house first fore we are to shake the dust off our feet as a w●… nesse against them So much concerning fr●●dome from the Law by Christ that fulfill the Law c. What Christ hath delivered us from and restored us unto Shall onely speak of two things more 〈◊〉 briefly viz. First what we are delivered from by ●…hrist Secondly what we are restored unto First what are delivered from and here 〈◊〉 I might instance in many things I shall ●●ely make mention of two First we are delivered from sinne Secondly from death the wages of sin First we are delivered from sinne Isa 〈◊〉 6. it was all laid upon him and so we came free Rom. 6. 18. 22. verses com●●red together 1 Pet. 2. 24. 2 Cor. 5. 21. ●…atth 8. 17. Rom. 6. 11. Col. 1. 22. 1 Thess 〈◊〉 13. Secondly those and onely those that ●●e in Christ are delivered from death the ●●ges of sinne O death saith Christ I will ●●thy death Isa 25. 8. He hath swallowed up ●●th in victory 1 Cor. 15. 55 56 57. O death ●●ere is thy sting O grave where is thy victory ●●e sting of death is sinne and the strength of ●●e is the Law But thanks be unto God who ●●eth us the victory through our Lord Jesus ●…rist c. So then by Christ a believer is ●●ed from the Law First from the curse Secondly from the condemning powe●… Thirdly from sinne and Fourthly fro●… death Secondly let us a little consider as wh●● we be delivered from so what we are r●…stored unto I shall not undertake to 〈◊〉 forth this in the heigth and breadth dep●● and length but onely give a hint to it 〈◊〉 I have ability and time knowing that I a●● straitned in both Ye were servants you be now friends 〈◊〉 Christs Joh. 15. 15. And if that be too little ye are Sonn●… and Daughters If that be too little are calls you his B●●thren and Sisters Heb. 2. 11. If that be too little he calls you h●● Chosen Spouse and Wife Rev. 21. 9. If that be too little he tells you that yo●… be members of his own body 1 Cor. 12. 12 If that be too little he tells you that yo●… be heirs with him Rom. 8. 17. If that be too little to expresse the abu●…dantnesse of his love to you he tells yo●… That the glory which the Father gave to him 〈◊〉 hath given to you that you may be one as 〈◊〉 Father and he is one If that be too little he tells you Tha●… you be joyned to the Lord you are one spirit 1 Co●… 6. 17. If this be too little he tells you indeed ●…hat all these things above-mentioned are ●●t a taste of what you shall shortly be Joh. 3. 12. Oh thou most noble overcomming Saint ●●rvant of the most High God heir of pro●…ises and Son of Sion Consider what ●●ou art come from and now by Christ ●●me to Heb. 12. 22 23 24. But ye are come ●●to Mount Sion and to the City of the living ●…od the heavenly Jerusalem and unto an innu●…erable company of Angels to the general assem●●y and Church of the first born which are writ●●n in heaven and to God the Judge of all and to ●●e spirits of just men made perfect and to Jesus ●●e Mediator of the new covenant and to the ●…ood of sprinkling that speaketh better things then ●●at of Abel Now manifestly and truly mayest thou ●…ay I am my beloveds and my beloved is mine ●●e that toucheth me toucheth the apple of his ●●ye My Father is so tender of me that he ●…akes all the wrongs done to me as done ●…o him●…elfe he that persecutes me perse●…utes him Act. 9. 4. And he that hath pity ●…nd compassion on me the Lord takes it as ●…one to himself Matth. 25. 40. David said Who am I that I should be son in ●…aw to King Saul but I may say Who am I that I should be Son and heire yea cohei●● to the King of Kings I was a dry a●● barren tree fit for nothing but burning b●● I shall flourish like a tree planted by t●● rivers of water O how often did he call how earnest●● did he knock how powerfully did 〈◊〉 strive how long did he wait upon me b●…fore my stubborn heart would yeeld If 〈◊〉 had never loved me I had never loved hi●… If he had never drawn me I had never r●● after him If he had never sought me 〈◊〉 had been straying in the wildernesse of in●…quity and feeding in the fields of vanity 〈◊〉 most are but now he hath avouched himself to be mine and I have avouched m●… self to be his Hos 2. 19. I will betroth thee 〈◊〉 me So I became the Bride the Lamb●… wife First Christ comes and woes me 2 Co●… 5. 20. Secondly he gets my good will and became his 1 Joh. 12. Thirdly he makes my soul fruitfull Joh.