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A12384	Certain notes of M. Henry Aynsworth his last sermon. Taken by pen in the publique delivery by one of his flock, a little before his death. Anno 1622. Published now at last by the said writer, as a love token of remembrance to his brethren to inkindle their affections to prayer, that scandalls (of manie years continuance) may be removed, that are barrs to keep back manie godly wise and judicious from us, wherby we might grow to farther perfection again	Ainsworth, Henry, 1571-1622?; Robinson, John, 1575?-1625. aut; Staresmore, Sabine.	1630 (1630)	STC 227; ESTC S115946	14,398	34

Holy Ghost and those that are his subjects must be meeke and humble and therefore let all take heed that they be not offended at Christs meannesse nor yet stumble at the afflictions that come for his sake The 3. thing elect of God and precious Whence we may observe how opposite the actions of God and men are men make no accompt of Christ but count him vile but God honours and preferres him it is prophecyed of him that he should grow as a branch out of a dry ground so saith the Prophet Esaie of him and David compares him to a worme and no man despised of men yet this hinders not Gods respect of him for after suffring he came to glory Thus it is with all his people although they are despised of men yet are they in accompt with God God accompts them his treasure he pitcheth his tabernacle amongst them with whom he will dwell Christ is called the elect of God by the Prophet Esaie my servant whom I have chosen so wee are chosen in Christ before the world was God givs us eternall life by him In that Christ is elect and we in him it is to shew the assurance of salvation by Christ as Christ dyed and went to glory so shall we also even as God did regard him as his onely begotten sonne in whom he is well pleased notwithstanding all his basenesse in the worlds esteem so doth God accompt of all true Christians for this is for farther manifestation of the glory of God in accepting them in his sone Christ. Ye also as livinge stones are builte up a Spirituall House As in the first place we said it is not enough to come to Christ in our persons but we must adjoyn to his Church so now we must not content our selves with personall good but we must seek farther perfection to becom members of his visible Church It is not lawfull for Christians to wander in the world or to live alone nor to adjoyn themselves in communion with false Churches but as it is in the Acts The Lord added to the Church such as should be saved unto this estate all are bound to come and so to be made pertakers of all Christs graces who couples all the bodye together for this cause are they called living stones in similitude from the stones of the temple cōpacted into one bodye but the stones of the Temple were liveles these living and herein they differ As the first Temple was a figure of Christ so also it signifyed all the bodye of the faithfull who make all one house over which Christ is set If we then be his house let us hold fast our rejoycing to the end Moreover although those stones in that first Temple built by Salomō were without life yet God tooke possession of it and dwelt in the middest of it how much more with them that are a temple joyned together of living stones Now as this is for incouragement to all to become members of his Church so also it sheweth who are the fit members of his Church even those onely that are living stones And in that the members of the Church ought to be living stones it should teach us not to be idle in good works faith without works is dead and just men live by faith by faith we are made pertakers of the death of Christ and all other benefits Christ is the head of the body As is the nature of the head so must the members be and as the parts of the body naturall have life from the head so also we from Christ as he is the head and is living so ought all true Christians that come to him it is a thing against nature that a dead body should be fastened to a living head and therefore whoever is not fastened to him by faith cannot be made partakers of his life therefore however hypochrites may come into the Church by their seeming regeneratiō yet not having the life of God in them they can receive no benefitt from Christ by the ministery of man But because we are to insist upon the similitude of a building we will return to that We are built into an house three manner of waies first by the gifts of the spirit when God gives ability to build up one another by the graces we receive frō the Spirit of God 2. Besides these there are offices proceeding from the Lord Christ of which some were maister builders as the Apostles and Prophets next after them the Euangelists upō the Doctrines they taught and writt the church is builded as the Apostle testifyes to the Ephes. 2. 20. 21. To these he adds the ordinary ministery of the church Pastours and Teachers Eph. 4. 11. 12. Vnto these two we have a third namely the operations of God the father who makes his word powerfull and effectuall giving us grace to understand and apply it and to bring forth the fruit of it so that from the Father Sonne and Holy Ghost we receive life these benefitts here spokē of and so become a spirituall house This spirituall house is opposed to the matereall house builded by Salomon which was but a figure as the Apostle saith to the Hebrewes We are therefore to bee carefull that the graces of God be not received in us in vaine but that we grow in grace in faith and holines that we may be built up an holy house habitation by his spirit In this life we are but in the growth but in the life to come we shall come to be perfect men nowe in the mean time we are to know we are in this world as Christ was in this world still growing There is all waies an end of building as the Apostle saith Eph. 2. 20. The whole church is built upon the foundation of the Apostles and Prophets Iesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone in whom all the building is coupled together 1. groweth to be an holy temple in Lord wherby the holy Ghost shews the state of the Church figured by the Temple The second end is in the 22. verse to be the habitation of God by the Spirit hence is it the holy Ghost saith know ye not that your bodye is the temple of the holy Ghost Thus being the temple of God we may build upō the assurāce of the Lords promise of dwelling amongst us as it is said I will walk dwell amongst them and pitch my Tabernacle amongst you I will be your God ye shall be my people thus the most heavenly promises are sett downe under this mystery the full accomplishment wherof shall be fullfilled in the world to come In the mean time as Salomon prayed at the dedicatiō of the Temple behold the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee so we may say what are we that God should dwell amongst us or that he should poure out the graces of his

CERTAIN NOTES of M. HENRY AYNSWORTH HIS LAST SERMON Taken by pen in the publique delivery by one of his flock a little before his death Anno 1622. Published now at last by the said writer as a love token of remembrance to his brethren to inkindle their affections to prayer that scandalls of manie years continuance may be removed that are barrs to keep back manie godly wise and judicious from us wherby we might grow to farther perfection again Matth. 9. 37. 38. Surely the harvest is great but the labourers are few Wherefore pray the Lord of the harvest that he would send forth labourers into his harvest Imprinted 1630. To my beloved brethren in the faith and fellowship of the Gospell in all places specially those my native countrymen resident in Amsterdam grace and peace from our God in Christ. BEloved the Scripture tells us that while the Ark of God taryed in Kiriath-jearim the time being long for it was twenty years all Jsraell lamented after the Lord 1. Sam. 7. 2. The same affections me thinks I perceive in manie of you even for the sundry years absence of the Lords ministers wherby our comfortable portion in the Lords house is greatly lessened for being left now as sheep upon the bare commons I fear we may truely cry with the Prophet My leannes my leannes and with all being divers times hurryed and torn with the loud out cryes and hard handling of furious and unmercifull spirits who under pretence of godly zeal and hatred against sin ungodlily massacre the true living members of Christs body and by pulling out the squared living stones indanger the fall of the house And herewith considering what reproach not onely our selves but also the truth it self sustains by reason of such courses for now the wayes of Syon mourn in that few or none come to her solemnityes so that we may truely take up that complaint of the Prophet Lament 1. 8. Ierusalem hath greivously sinned therefore shee is in derision all that honoured her despise her because they have seene her filthines yea she sigheth and turneth backeward And besides all this the vigilant adversary is as forward to discourage and dishearten us by slaundering our holy practise with scisme and profanesse Who duely weighing these things brethren cā refraine pitying us as our saviour Christ did the multitude because they were dispersed and scattered abroad as sheepe having no shepheard But this being now toward the end or last dayes love in men towards others is growen cold every man seeking his own and not that that is Christs Therefore brethren let us at last learn to be wise for our selves in weighing the daunger of biting and devouring one another which tends to the consuming one of another Gallat 5. 15. Let us hereafter study to be quiet 1. Thess. 4. 11. and if any yet lust to be contentious we must answere with the same Apostle We have no such custom 1. Cor. 11. 16. And touching those that seeme to be possessed with Diotrephes spirit who are unwearyed to prate against us with malicious words not therwith content thrust them out of the Church that witnes for us and testify against their iniquitye what shall I say of them since they reject the word of God and all wholsom counsell for their amendement contrary to the very letter of the 38. Article of our published confession of faith but onely leave them to the Lord who onely hath power to change them or cutt them of In the mean time read consider that affectionate exhortation of the Apostle Rom. 16. 17. Now I beseech you brethren mark them diligently which cause division and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned and avoyd them for they that are such serve not the Lord Jesus Christ but themselves Yet least they should take themselves hereby to be wronged if nothing be said farther amongst the manie evills done us I have thought fitting to give the Christian reader a tast of some to will them in the fear of God to consider their waies in their hearts and judge without partiallity their courses by the law of God so may they soone see how injuriously and irregularly they have walked ever since the death of our wise faithfull and honoured guides who spake enough to declare our daunger and the means through Gods blessing to avoid it for who can forget those oft pressed speaches of our Teacher upon his death bed when he earnestly exhorted even to his last breath to Christian moderation in the affaires of the Church as the main thing wherein our tranquilly would consist and he had greate reason to urge it upon some because manie yeares experience bad taught him how feirce unadvised preposterous he had found some to be left now in main trust as the principall from time to time in kindling fire that their wisedom and understanding found work enough to quench And the last deceassed Elder that best knew him that was principally aymed at said in direct words that it would never be well with the Church while it was guided by a strangers head who can deny his words to be true hitherto nay let even himself and his privy counsellours speak whether in their firey zeale they did not instantly so far forget our Teachers counsell for moderation that they sought up and forced into the Church new causlesse troubles contrary to the Law Gospell as the Church of Leyden plainly proved to them contrary to the very letter of the 8. Position of our Apologie For when even in a meere matter of advise desired of us by another Church the Church here had come to a peacable conclusion to the content of ech part that differed in matter of judgment and that the Elder had solemnly promised to write a letter accordingly certain discontented brethren made a meeting to change that solemn agreement of the Church the Elder consenting acting with them which he bringing and reading to the Church it was instantly blamed in the Elder for writing contrary to the Churches joynt agreement and his own promise and so he was turned back after much striving by him his confederats who were afterwards discovered as guitly of that they unjustly had censured others for willed to write the first peacable agreemēt that the church might not be farther troubled but in soms absence minded chief the next Lords day there was advantage taken of the time the letter brought again unaltered in the least and by a strong and violent hand those manie masters then so far prevailed against those that pressed the former conclusiō that the letter was consented to by the Church to be sent away as it was onely crossing out my name because I could be no testimonie in that my name was produced for and now the Church was so transported that they refused so much as to signify under their letter either that some brethren were differing minded thereto or to take the advise