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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77762	The great doctrines of the gospel of Christ owned, believed and asserted in several declarations or sermons preached in London, by sundry servants of Christ of the society of Christian Quakers.	Budd, Thomas, 1648-1699.	1694 (1694)	Wing B5358A; ESTC R227790	110,751	214

Chi●dren So that God's People that are und●● this New Covenant they have access to Go● as Children to a Father they come with a ho● Boldness and Freedom into his Presence Master of a Family hath in his House both Se●vants and Sons and Daughters and yo● know there is a greater Nearness and Affect●on between a Man and his Sons and Daug●ters than between him and his Servants Master of a Family loves his Children bett● than he loves his Servants so on the oth●● hand Children if they be dutiful love the● Parents with a purer Affection with a mo● free kind generous and noble Affection tha● they that are Servants love their Masters The Love of a Servant towards God is me●cenary and for the Reward but the Love o● God's Children is a free and filial Affection they say unto God Lord I love thee for th● self because thou art good and the most exce●lent Being and there is none like or equal ●nto thee in Heaven or on Earth I love thee ●ecause thou hast given me a Heart to love ●ee thou hast made me partake of a Child's Nature thou hast given me the Heart of a Child that I might love thee My Friends the Love of those that are ●ervants is a mercenary Love and their Fear 〈◊〉 a servile Fear a Fear of Punishment The ●ove of God's Children is a filial Love a ●ee and generous Affection a Love whereby ●he Soul is changed and brought under the New Covenant a Love to God for his own ●ake not only for his Blessings and for his Gifts but chiefly and principally for himself ●ot only because they believe that when they ●lie they shall go to Heaven and that because Heaven is a blessed Place and that therefore ●hey are glad they have such a Place to go to but they love God above Heaven who is bet●er to them than Heaven it self and they can ●ay with David Psalm 73.25 Lord whom ●ave I in Heaven but thee and there is none ●pon Earth that I desire besides thee Thirdly Another difference between that common Illumination which is common to all Mankind and that which is special and pecu●iar to those under the New Covenant may ●ppear in his Teaching them God teacheth Sinners saith the Psalmist Good and upright is the Lord therefore will he teach Sinners in the way God by his universal Illumination teacheth Men many things concerning himself and their Du●y to him in a general way but God teacheth his People under the New Covenant by r●vealing and making known to them clear● and distinctly Christ Jesus the Mediator 〈◊〉 the New Covenant God giveth them t●● Light of the Knowledge of the Glory of God 〈◊〉 the Face of Jesus Christ 2 Cor. 4.6 Go● maketh known to his People this great M●stery of Christ as he is the Mediator betwe●● God and them So we read in the Epistle 〈◊〉 the Hebrews Heb. 12.22 But ye are com● unto Mount Zion and to the City of the li●ing God the heavenly Jerusalem and to an i●numerable Company of Angels to the gener●● Assembly and Church of the First-born whic●● are written in Heaven and to God the Judg● of all and the Spirits of just Men made perfect and to Jesus the Mediator of the New C●venant and to the Blood of Sprinkling th● speaketh better things than that of Abel The● is no approaching to God but through th● Man Christ Jesus But you may say How shall they com● unto God by the Man Christ Jesus the Mediator that never saw him with their bodil● Eyes nor never heard him with their Bodil● Ears How then can they come unto Jes●● the Mediator of the New Covenant who they have neither thus heard nor seen Blessed be God that hath given thousand and ten thousands and hundreds of thousand to understand this great Mystery of comin● to God by the Man Christ Jesus whom the never saw with their Bodily Eyes nor hear● with their Bodily Ears The like Objectio● may be made against coming to God who ●annot be seen with bodily Eyes for he is a ●pirit and invisible yet there is a coming to God Heb. 11.6 He that cometh to God must ●elieve that he is We have now no Oppor●unity nor occasion of seeing Christ with bodily Eyes or hearing him with our bodily Ears yet we may come to him by Faith Who worketh this Faith God's blessed Spirit When is it wrought and where and how is it wrought It is wrought in God's ordinary way by Preaching when Christ is preached by those that he hath qualified and fitted by his blessed Spirit when he is thus preached by the Power of his own Holy Spirit Faith is wrought in the Hearts of those that hear not of all for some believe the Gospel and ●ome believe not Thus it hath been all-a-long where-ever the Gospel hath been preached some believe and others do not believe I say the Word of the Gospel as it is preached and complied with it is like Rain and Snow that falls upon the Earth it returneth not in vain but hath a Service though it make not all the Parts of the Earth fruitful all Places are not alike fruitful some remain barren still Thus saith the Lord by the Prophet Isa 55.10 11. For as the Rain cometh down and the Snow from Heaven and returneth not thither but water●eth the Earth and maketh it bring forth and bud that it may give Seed to the Sower and Bread to the Eater so shall my Word be that goeth forth out of my Mouth it shall not return unto me void but it shall accomplish● that which I please and it shall prosper in th● thing whereto I sent it When the Gospel is preached in any Congregation in any City Town Country or Nation it cannot be expected that all should be converted it cannot be expected that the good seed should fall every where in good Ground No it may be one part is good Ground but where the seed is sown according to Christs Parable of the sower Mat. 13.3 4 5. Some seeds fell by the way side and the Fowls came and devoured them up some fell upon stony places where they had not much Earth c. And when the Sun was up they were scorched and because they had not root they withered away and some fell among Thorns and the Thorns sprung up and choked them but others fell into good Ground and brought forth Fruit. Blessed be God that hath taught us this great Mystery of coming unto God by Christ Jesus the Mediatour whom we have not seen with Bodily Eyes nor heard with Bodily Ears VVe have access to God by him and we have access to the Mediatour by his precious Blood and by his Blessed Spirit And Faith is a great mystery it well deserves to be called the mystery of Faith and the mystery of it is this it joyns Believing Souls to God through the Man Christ and to the Man Christ whom they have not seen with Bodily Eyes according to those words

hath laid upon him the Iniquity of us all He bare ou● sins in his own Body upon the Tree that w● being dead to Sin should live unto Righteousness by whose Stripes we are healed Grea● hath been the love of God to us he hat● given his Son to die for us and his Spirit t● live in us and he calls us in the Day of Visitation How may we know when he calls wil● some say When by his good Spirit he stirs in th● Heart and strives in thy Soul checks thee an● reproves thee for Sin as often as thou findes● anything in thy Conscience that reproves the● for what is evil this is the Voice of the So● of God John 5.25 Verily verily I say un● you the hour is coming and now is when th● Dead shall hear the Voice of the Son of God an● they that hear shall live Even those that ar● dead in Sins and Trespasses shall be quickene● by the Voice of the Son of God For as th● Father hath life in himself he hath given unt● ●he Son to have Life in himself And hath ●iven him Authority to execute Judgment al●o because he is the Son of Man Marvel not at this for the hour is coming in which all that are in their Graves shall hear his Voice and shall come forth they that have done good unto the Resurrection of Life and they that ●ave done Evil unto the Resurrection of Damnation Blessed be the Lord who hath made known ●s Mind and Will unto us we have the Spi●it of Truth within us and the holy Scriptures without us It is a great Mercy that ●hey are vouchsafed to all Nations and that ●hoy have been wonderfully preserved in all Ages and Generations from the Primitive ●imes to this day and have come to us safe through so many different Hands and all the Copies of Holy Writ agreeing in Words and Sense without any cousiderable difference Let us bless God for this singular Blessing and Mercy vouchsafed to us Tho' I would not Idolize the Scriptures ●et I do highly esteem and honour them We ●ead Luke 16.27 That in the Parable of the ●ich Man he speaks to Abraham after this manner I pray thee Father that thou wouldst send Lazarus to my Father's House for I have five Brethren that he may testify unto them lest they also come to this place of Torment Abraham saith unto ●im They have Moses and the Prophets let them hear them And he said Nay Father Abraham but if one went unto ●hem from the Dead they will repent And he said vnto him If they hear not Moses and the Prophets neither will they be persuaded tho' one rose from the Dead therefore to the Law and the Testimony the Testimony is in our Consciences and the Law is written outwardly but effectually and inwardly upon the Hearts there is no disjoining what God hath joined Therefore if any one should bring any other Doctrin that is contrary to the Holy Scripture or if an Angel from Heaven preach any other Gospel we are not to receive it It hath been the Spirit of Antichrist in all Ages and the Man of Sin that hath endeavoured to undervalue the holy Scriptures who as the Apostle saith opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God or that is worshipped so that he as God sitteth in the Temple of God shewing himself that he is God This Spirit of Antichrist where-ever it is it secretly undermines the holy Scriptures therefore it concerns you to keep close to the Law and the Testimony Let me in true love to your immortal Souls desire every one of you to mind the work of your Salvation and to work it out with fear and trembling and God will work in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure Examine your selves and prove your selves whether you are in the Faith take heed that you be not led by a Spirit of Error to the Law and to the Testimony If any Man think that he is wise in many things let him not presume to be wise above that which is written lest he need to come and learn again what he doth not know and hath been taught Great is the Mystery of Godliness and great also is the Mystery of Iniquity therefore you are concerned to examine your selves and to prove all things and hold fast that which is good You are a seeking and enquiring People else you would not have been here at this time And what can inform you better than the gift God hath been pleased to give unto you together with the holy Scriptures examine your selves whether when you have proved all things you hold fast that which is good Make it appear that you are good Christians by your righteous and heavenly Conversations and by your holy Walk make it appear that you are true Disciples of Christ that you are Followers of the Lord Jesus and endued with his Spirit by being holy in all manner of Conversation Take heed of indulging thy self in any sin take that Counsel which is given by our Lord Jesus to all his Followers Matth. 5.30 If thy right hand offend thee cut it off and cast it from thee for it is profitable for thee that one of thy Members should perish and not that thy whole Body should be cast into Hell Live so as to be always ready for the coming of the Lord Jesus that you may be found among the wise Virgins The Kingdom of Heaven is likened unto ten Virgins which took their Lamps and went forth to meet the Bridegroom and five of them were wise and five of them were foolish Here are abundance of Professors in this City that would be taken for Virgins and Followers of Christ but they are too like those five foolish Virgins that took their Lamps and took no Oil with them whereas the Wise took Oil in their Vessels with their Lamps while the Bridegroom carried they all slumbered and slept and at Midnight there was a Cry made behold the Bridegroom cometh go ye out to meet him then all those Virgins went and trimmed their Lamps and the foolish said unto the wise give us of your Oil for our Lamps are gone out but the wise answered not so lest there be not enough for us and you go you rather to them that sell and buy for your selves And while they went to buy the Bridegroom came and they that were ready went in with him to the Marriage and the Door was shut afterwards also came the other Virgins saying Lord Lord open to us but he answered and said Verily I say unto you I know you not O take heed that this be not your woful and deplorable Case at the coming of Christ to Judgment but prepare and be in readiness that you may have an abundant entrance into his everlasting Kingdom Take my words into consideration and lay aside every weight and the sin that doth easily beset you and run with Patience your heavenly Race that you may so