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A54652 A caveat against covetousness occasioned by some scandalous and pernicious fruit of it, in one amongst us, whose heart went after it / written for admonition to others, by Charles Phelpes. Phelpes, Charles. 1668 (1668) Wing P1974; ESTC R13348 74,727 85

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2. 11 12. and otherwise we cannot flee from what is reproved for we have no sufficiency of our selves as of our selves to think any thing that is good We shall therefore together shew that those that hear the word may take heed of this iniquity and by what means in general we say the Gospel of Christ is the power of God to salvation to every one that believes Rom. 1. 16. the law opens no door of repentance but saith cursed is every one that continues not in all things written in the book of the law to do them Gal. 3. 10. But now Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the Law Gal. 3. 13. and the declaration hereof is the great instrument God makes use of for delivering us from every path of the destroyer Psal 17. 4. and 119. 9. The Law of the Lord of or concerning him who is Lord of all is perfect compleat entire converting the soul both at first and so continually it is converting the soul whether men are converted by it or no Psal 19. 7. with this the Apostle was sent to open mens eyes and to turn them from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God Act. 26. 17. 18-22 23. There are in this Gospel contained great and glorious arguments that we may be delivered from this present evil world and these are powerful to this end because Christ by his spirit is present therewith even to the end of the world and so with his servants in their faithful declaring it without hidden things of dishonesty so that while Paul plants and Apollo waters God sails not to give increase whether m●n receive it or no 1 Cor. 3. 5-7 and they that receive this testimony of Jesus with the heart and keep it in believing remembrance shall prove it to be the power of God hence the Apostle saith to the Corinthians who were some of them covetous ye are washed c. in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the spirit of our God 1 Cor. 6. 10 11. 2 Pet. 2. 20. and 1. 1. 18 19. Now then to this end that we may take heed and beware of covetousness and to shew we may do so we shall a little particularly consider what is contained in this testimony of Jesus in each of the three branches for our helpfulness viz. in what he hath done and is become in what he is now doing and in what he will do hereafter 1. In this Testimony of Jesus in what he hath done and is become is shewed to us that Jesus Christ the Word who was with God and was God was made flesh for sinful mankind and laid hold of the seed of Abraham and Adam in that body which the Father prepared for him whereby his ear was opened and he fitted to do the will of God in being further abased for us and doing what was needful to our being brought back to God in order whereto he had the trespasses of the world even the guilt of all those trespasses which occasioned the first breath and enmity between God and mankind imputed to him For God made him who knew no sin to be sin for us 2. Cor. 5. 19-21 He bare our sins in his own body to and on the tree and God therefore went to law with him He was wounded for our transgressions bruised for our iniquites he by the grace of God tasted death for every man Heb. 2. 9. He was delivered for our offences and is raised again for our justification and such the vertuousness and preciousness of his personal abasement and sufferings in the vertues whereof he is taken from prison and judgement that he hath redeemed us in himself from the curse of the law purged away our sins from before the presence of God slain the enmity that was between God and us taken out of the way all that was contrary to us abolished our death and spoiled principalities and powers and made a shew of them openly triumphing over them in himself and so hath made peace for us by the blood of his Cross Gal. 3. 13. Isa 53. 5 6. Eph. 2. 14-16 Col. 2. 14 15. 2 Tim. 1. 9 10. And hath recovered restored and brought back our loss into himself so that there is compleatness for us in him he hath not onely taken away and removed the guilt of our first sin and sinfulness from before the presence of God but having offered himself a spotless sacrifice to the Father throug the eternal Spirit hath obtained power to make reconciliation for the sins of the people which are condemnable according to the rule of the glorious Gospel Heb. 7. 27. and 2. 17. through this man is preached to us the forgiveness of sins Act. 13. 37 38. and he hath restored our nature in himself to perfect innocency integrity and righteousness and is filled with all the fulness of grace and truth Joh. 1. 14-17 and hath obtain'd eternal redemption for us Heb. 9. 12. and confirmed a new Testament of great and precious promises of all things that pertain to life and godliness and an everlasting covenant 2 Cor. 1. 20. Heb. 13. 20. So that he is become a rich and full fountain in which there is pardon peace righteousness spirit promises eternal life 1 Joh. 5. 10 11. Yea all things are delivered to him of the Father Math. 11. 27. all things are here ready a feast of fat things prepared for all people Isa 25. 6. All things that the Father hath is his Joh. 16. 15. and he in our nature and for us is glorifyed with the Fathers own self with the glory he had with him before the world was Joh. 17. 5. The Father hath so loved the Son because he laid down his life that he might take it up again that he hath given all things into his hand Joh. 3. 35 with chap. 10. 17 18. made him both Lord and Christ the last Adam the quickning spirit the Lord the fountaine of living waters wisedome righteousness sanctification and redemption he is beautiful and glorious excellent and comely for our escaping he is the foundation God hath laid in Zion the fountaine of forgiveness grace and spirit God hath given him glory that our faith and hope might be in God and this perfection is in him for every man and it was the work of the Apostles and is of those that so walk as they have them for an ensample to warn every man and teach every man in all wisdom that they may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus that they may shew all men where compleatness is prepared for them even durable riches and righteousness that they may not be at a loss or put upon it to seek bread rest peace and feeding in desolate places but may know assuredly by the light of this Testimony that he is the rest for the weary and he the refreshing 1 Cor. 15. 45. Isa 4. 2. Col. 1. 28 29. Isa 28. 12-16 Now then in this first great and fundamental branch