against mee and my prayers Lam. 3.8 who shall giue me accesse to the throne of Grace None but Christ thy onely mediator 1 Ioh. 2.2 1 Tim. 2.5 who by the vaile of his flesh hauing made thee a new and liuing way into the holy place Heb. 1â— 19 20. sits at the right hand of God the Rom. 8.34 Father Rom. 8.24 making request for thee so as in stead of fearing to haue free accesse thou maiest with reuerence be bold to goe to the Throne of grace Heb 4.16 with confidence to haue all thy lawfull suits granted Heb. 10 19. for thy Mediators sake 1 Ioh. 5.14 Ioh. 14.13 23 Conscience But for all this I yet feele secret griping of conscience continually affrighting me with a world of accusing thoughts Rom. 2.15 who now shal be as able so willingly to appease and quiet them None but Christ who being stiled the Prince of Isai 9.6 peace and therefore our peace-maker in heauen and in earth Luk. 19.38 and 2.14 became first in his own person a preacher and publisher of peace both to them that were affarre off Act. 10.36 Ephe. 2.13.14 and to them that were neer yea and as if that had beene to little did at the last by the blood of his Crosse purchase for thee that peace of conscience which passeth all vnderstanding Col. 1.20.2 Act. 20.28 of which that none might depriue or strip thee off Ioh. 14.27 16.33 Looke into his last Will and Testament where thou hast this legacy by himselfe bequeathed thee to haue and to hold as thine owne for euer Therefore now comfort thy selfe with these words ¶ Here the afflicted began a little to pause and hauing receiued much refreshing and good satisfaction from those seuerall answers which a good conscience hitherto framed to his seuerall demands and doubtings â— Pet. 3.21 ceased from further obiectings and began thus to be a little cheared and reuiued Well then I finde and feele to my no litle ioy and contentment that there is None indeed but Christ in heauen or earth according as thou O good conscience hast still affirmed that can fully set mee a poore captiue free from my fearefull downfall and misery Mat. 1.21 Psal 73.25 1 Pet. 3.21 Luk. 4.18 1 Tim. 1.15 And then after some further pantings and breathings faith hauing put as it were a new life into him he brake foorth into this passion 2 Cor. 4.13 of admiration and thankfulnesse And it is true indeed O thou louer of men Pro. 8.31 Iob. 7.20 O thou preseruer of men â—â—b 7.20 that thou hast set thine eyes and thy heart vpon such an one Iob. 14.3 7.17 Was thy loue to mee so ardent and thy compassion so exceeding abundant that from thy seat of Maiesty and glory â—oh 17.5 Pro. 8.22 thou wouldest for my sake bow the heauens yea after a sort euen thence Isai 64.1 break thorow the fulnesse of time being come in thine owne person to visit me Gal. 4.4 Luk 1.78 and to expose thine holy selfe to shame Isai 50.6 Luk. 22. â—4 Ioh. 19.34 and spitting to sweating bleeâ—ing and last of all to dying that thou mightest preserue such an one as I from euerlastingly perishing Ioh. 3.14 15. Lord Psal 116.1 that I knew what by way way of thankefulnesse now to render thee Thou farre excellest aboue all the praise Nehe. 9.5 Psal 106.2 that a poore creature on earth can giue thee And yet for as much as thou hast said that who so offereth thee praise glorifieth thee Psal 50.23 O let my poore soule which from deadly thrall thou hast redeemed magnifie thee Luke 1.46 47. Psal 103.5 Let my spirit also which by the sauour of thy good oitnments thou hast so cheered and reuiued reioyce Cant. 1.2 Isa 61.10 and alwaies make her songs of thee Let my tongue mouth Isai 45.23 and vncircumcised lips confesse thee Sweetly O Lord Iesus hast thou Cant. 1. â— with the kisses of thy mouth kissed me therefore shall my knees euer bee bowed vnto thee Phil 2.9.10 Psal 119.106 Tit. 2.14 Rom. 12.1 2 Cor. 7.1 Yet I haue sworne and will also performe it that my selfe soule body life liberty c. and all shall thy grace assisting beâ— vowed and consecrated to thy honor and glory 1 Cor. 10.31 For thou Lord art holy Isai 57.15 inhabitest the eternity and yet dwellest with the contrite and humble spirit and with such an one as trembleth at thy word So as in mee sweet Lord is now fulfilled the saying that is written the sacrifices of a contrite spirit and a broken heart thou neither hast nor neuer wilt despise Psal 51.17 Well may I now say that thy name to mee a desolate wretch hath beene as an ointment poured out Cant. 1.3 and therefore hath thy seruant out of the abundance of his heart found in his heart after this sort 2 Sam. 7.27 to expresse and poure forth the loue and thankefulnesse of his soule Luk. 7.47 vnto thee To thee therefore O Father of mercies and God of all comfort and consolation 2 Cor. 1.3 who hast so loued mee vnworthy Ioh. 3.16 1.18 as out of thine owne bosome to send thy onely begotten Sonne for mee and all mankinde lost into the world Gal. 4.4 made of a woman that thus hee might become our true and very Immanuel Mat. 1.23 And to thee O Lord Iesus Christ Ioh. 10.18 who voluntatily laidest downe thy life for mee to preserue mee from eternall death And to thee also O holy Spirit by whose diuine light my blinde eyes haue beene illuminated to see as by the Law Eph. 1.17 18. Rom. 3.23 1 Ioh. 3.1 Ephes 2.4 3.19 my wofull misery so comfortably by the Gospell to behold this superexcellent and surpassing loue and mercie of the Father and the Sonne and thereto hast wrought that wonderfull grace of Faith in my heart Rom. 10.17 to beleeue that all this loue is and hath bin extended to me as wel as to any other Gal. 2.20 yea that it hath bin by thee O blessed Spirit shed abroad abundantly in my heart Rom. 5.5 and hast so sealed mee vp to the day of redeÌ„ption that I shall not so vncomfortably Ephe. 1.13 4.30 as formerly I haue done call into question the certainty and assurance of my free adoption Gal. 4.6 To Father Sonne and holy Ghost I say one diuine Essence three distinct persons be ascribed in heauen and earth by Angels and men as is most due all wisedome power praise and glory eternally Amen and Amen A NECESSARIE aduertisement to the Reader AS it is an infallible truth that neither a mans person Gen 4.4 Rom 8.8 Heb. 11.4 Ioh. 14.6 nor actions can please God till himselfe be in Christ so it is as true
None but CHRIST NONE BVT CHRIST Intimating THAT IN HIM WHO is the Lord of Lords and Prince onely is to be found the full and absolute cure of Mans misery The fifth Edition with some new Additions Acts 4.12 Neither is there saluation in any other for among men there is giuen none other Name vnder heauen whereby we must be saued LONDON Printed by Io. Beale for Na. Newbery and are to be sold at the Star in Popes head Alley 1629. TO THE RIGHT HONORABEL ALLEN COTTON Lord Maior of the City of London all comfort in Christ Right Honourable AS Christ is said to bee the Author and finisher of our Heb. 12.2 faith so is he the proper cause of all spirituall ioy and reioycing Ioh. 8 5.6 Luk. 1.44 Christ alwayes brings with him all true health and happinesse Maâ— 4. â— By Christ Gods iustice is satisfied Ephes 5.2 his wrath appeased 1 The. 1.10 the curse of the Law abolished Gal. 3.13 Sin 1 Cor. 15.55 56 57. Death and Hell vanquished the Deuill subdued Heb. 2.14 and our selues and soules onely by Christ eternally saued 2 Tim. 1.10 Seeing Christ then is not ashamed to own vs Heb. 2.11 wee should not bee ashamed to owne him no not if neede be Mar. 8.38 before an adulterous and sinfull generation But as in heart to beleeue in him Rom. 10.10 so with mouth and tongue to confesse him with our soule to magnifie him Luke 1.46.47 and with our spirit within vs euermore to be vttering foorth of his most worthy praises To this end I presumed some yeers since with the poore widdow to cast into the Lords Treasurie this small Mite called None but Christ the which howsoeuer it hath beene often imprinted yet hitherto dedicated to none but vnto your Honourable Selfe The causes moouing me hereunto are not a few Especially when I call to remembrance that vnfained loue which at the first sprang towards mee from your deare Brethren and my faithfull and worshipfull good friends Mr William and Master Roger Cotton both well reported of for good workes and euer since their decease hath been most freely and firmely rooted and settled toward mee in your worthie selfe And not onely so but for many yeeres really expressed to the no little comfort of mee and mine In lieu whereof Right Honorable Lo here by way of gratitude and thankefulnesse a little Balme Gen. 43.11 a little Honey a little spices Myrrh c. of each I say a little which out of my extreme pouertie 2 Cor. 8.2 I doe most willingly ioyfully and cheerefully present your Honour withall at your first initiation into your so great and weighty a calling wherein that as another happie Boaz you may carry your selfe worthily in Ephratah and bee famous in this our * London a plentifull store-house as of corporall so of spirituall bread Bethelem there shall not bee wanting his poore prayers who euer rests Your Honors humbly at commandement CLEMENT COTTON TO THE READER AMongst the many miseries that haue light vpon vs by the fall of our first parents those of the soule are chiefest and amongst them this is not the least that though we be conuinced by the Word and Spirit to be forlorne creatures yet we naturally shun to take any knowledge thereof No man is rocked so fast asleepe in the cradle of securitie but at one time or another this alarum rings in his eares Rom. 3.19 2â— Eccle 11 9. 12.14 Thou hast sinned and therefore must come to iudgement But who trembleth in himselfe at the sound thereof that he might finde rest in the day of trouble Hab. 3.16 It cannot bee but these troubled thoughts will now and then fasten vpon the most hard-hearted and impenitent sinner Dan 5.6 Act. 24.26 surely all things are not wel betweene God and me and what will become of me another day 1 Pet. 4.10 And yet where is he for all that who will presently fall to searching iudging of himselfe Lam. 3.40 1 Cor. 11.3 that he might not be iudged of the Lord No the heart of man is naturally swolne with such a diuellish pride Rom. 8.7 8. Isai 65.2 that though hee know God is and will bee his Iudge Rom. 2.16 yet will hee not make supplication to his Iudge Iob 9.15 1 Pet. 5.5 6 And albeit we know that GOD resisteth the proud and hath decreed in himselfe to staine all the glory thereof Isa 23.9 Dan. 4.34 yet walke we on still in our pride against him But who was euer fierce against him and prospered 1 Cor. 10.22 Iob 9.4 Thou then that art as yet in thy naturall estate I wish thee in the name of GOD speedily to examine thy selfe vpon thy bed Psal 6.4 Zeph. 2.1 and betweene the Lord and thee propound these questions to thy soule Soule what saist thou to the guilt of Adams sinne Rom. 5.12 It is imputed to thee I pray thee how shall wee answer it Thou knowest that this guilt binds vs ouer to eternal death Rom. 5.16 6.23 Psal 139.7 2. Cor. 5.10 there is no fleeing for vs from the face of the Iudge what shall become of thee and me Act. 17.31 in the day of the Lords wrath Thou knowest that all our righteousnes is but as filthy clouts Isai 64.6 Iob 14.4 Psal 67.7 how shall wee be able to stand before the Lords pure eyes Hab. 1.13 which can behold no impurity Thou knowest also that our sinnes are aboue measure sinfull yea Ezra 9.6 farre exceeding the sands of the sea Rom 7.13 both for weight and number Psal 40.11 Psal 38.4 must they not needs then sinke vs to hell without recouery For Gods sake O my soule let vs looke about vs whilst space Reuel 221. place and meanes are allotted vs Isai 55.6 ponder wee seriously these things in time Let vs I pray thee take vnto vs words and now Hos 14.2 euen now turne againe vnto the LORD from whom wee haue too too long Isa 53.6 most wofully erred Beseech we him that he would take away all iniquity and receiue vs graciously that wee may euâ—r hereafter render him the calues of our lips Thus or in the like manner should euery one that meane to escape the iudgement of GOD Rom 2.30 and the iust damnation of hell Mat. 23.33 question and reason with his owne soule For it is not the guiltlesse Luk. 15.18 19. 18.13 but the guiltie that prizeth a pardon it is not the whole but the sicke Mat 9.2 that is glad of the Physician So if sin make thee not sicke at the very heart Act. 2.37.4.38 thou wilt not esteeme of Christ nor of the saluation which hee hath brought for all broken-hearted sinners Luk. 4.18 no more than of a rush Math. 22.5 A little to helpe thee then that hast
not yet felt thâ— spirituall sicknesse and also somewhat to refresh the memory of thâ—se who haue here is in a short summe discouered vnto thee some of the maladies of thy soule shewing thee how Christ is both the Physician and medicine of them seuerally as the title giuen to the Booke None but Christ none but Christ giues thee to vnderstand Touching the which if thou wouldest I should yeeld thee a reason then know that I tooke it not vp at randome but as I found them the words and those the last words of a constant Martyr of Christ Iohn Lambert by name which as I conceiue beeing vttered by him as the triumphant voice of faith after that hee had through the power of Christ put to flight the feare of Hell Sinne and Death c. as by doubling of them may appeare So by way of imitation I thinke them not tying any to sillables well beseeming the thoughts and speeches also of euery Christian vpon safe and sure grounds as in their dayly so euen in their last conflicts to be taken vp and vsed Not as if heereby it were my meaning to exclude See Ioh. 3.16 Titus 3.5 or shut out either the Father or the holy Ghost from hauing an hand in the worke of our saluation as well as Christ but attributing the same to him onely Rom. 8.34 as to the sole meritorious cause thereof And so I bid thee heartily farewell Thine in Christ C.C. NONE BVT CHRIST 1 Fall I Am fallen in a Rom. 5.12 Amos 7.2.5 Adam I am falne I am fallen Oh! who shall raise mee None but Christ who as hee is set for thy vprising Lke 2.34 so is hee b Heb. 7.25 perfectly able to c Ioh. 10.28 29. keep thee that thou fall not againe from thine owne stedfastnesse Iud. 24. 2 Guilt By my fall I haue offended au d Ier. 23.24 Psa 139.7 infinite Maiestie and who shall plead for mee 1 Samuel 2.25 None but Christ who beeing also an e Isai 63.1 Act. â—0 28 Isai 53.5 6 infinite Maiesty Rom. 9.5 hath by his owne bloud fully satisfied the iustice of his Father for thy offence this way committed against him 1 Pet. 2.24 Ephesians 5.2 f Iam. 4.3 Rom. 5.10 8.7 3 Enmity This offence hath bred enmitie betweene God and me Col. 1.20 21. who is meete to reconcile vs None but Christ 2 Cor 5.19 who by his g Rom. 3.25 Col. 1.20.21 blood hath not onely made perfect peace betweene God and thee but hath so ratified and confirmed the same Ephes 2. â—6 17. that nothing shall bee euer able to disolue it 4 Strangenesse This enmity hath bred h Eph. 4.18 strangenesse betweene God and mee Coloss 1.21 and who shall bring me into fellowship with him again i Ioh. 1.3 5 â— 7. k 1 Cor. 1.9 1 Pet. 3.18 None but Christ hath who suffered for sinnes the iust for the uniust not onely that hee might bring thee to God but hath also so l Rom. 5.2 setled this fellowship betweene him and thee who art by faith ingrafted into him that none shall bee euer able to breake it off againe Ioh. 1.12 Gal. 3.26 27. Ier. 32.40 Rom 8.35 5 Filth But alas m Iob 15.16 Leu. 13.45 Psal 51.5 I am vncleane I am vncleane For behold I was borne in iniquitie and in sinne hath my mother conceiued mee and who now shall cleanse mee Iob 14.4 n Zac. 13.1 None but Christ who not onely is that Lambe of God who taketh away the o Signifying that original sinne which is the fountaine of all sinne See Luke 2.23 sinne or the world Ioh. 1.29 but was also borne holy and conceiued by the p And thus we find in our nature that holinesse which by nature we want holy Ghost Luke 1.35 to couer the impurity of thy conception and birth Heb. 2.10 6 Darknesse And thus as a woefull wight Isai 60.2 Mat. 4.16 Ioh. 1.5 1 Ioh. 5.19 sit I in double darknesse hauing iustly lost by this my sorrowfull downefall with the q 2 Cor. 44. Deu. 29 20 light of Gods Image Eph. 4.18 the light of Gods countenance and who now shall bee a light vnto mee r Luk. 1.79 None but Christ who is come a light into this world to the end that whosoeuer beleeueth in him should not onely not abide in darknesse Ioh. 12.46 but might also haue the light of life Ioh. 8.12 7 Dead Not onely am I Å¿ Ioh. 1.5.8 Ephes 5.8 drenched in this wofull darkenesse but therein by nature I lie t Ephe. 2.5 Mat. 4.16 starke dead in trespasses and sinnes who shall now quicken me u Ioh. 5.25 None but Christ who is not onely come that thou mightest haue life 2 Tim. 1.1 that also in abundance Ioh. 10.10 but so to confirm thee in this life if thou beleeue in him that thou shalt neuer dye Ioh. 11.25 14 19. Beleeuest thou this 8 Corrupt But I sensibly feele to my vtter vndoing I feare that the diuell hath shed in to my whole man Rom. 6.6 Col. 2.11 the venome and poison of his cursed nature Ioh 8.44 Rom. 7.24 who shall cure me of it None but Christ who came not onely to lose the workes of the diuell in thee 1 Ioh 3.8 but which more is to make thee partaker of the diuine x Not of the substance but of the diuine qualities nature 2. Pet. 1.4 Heb. 12.10 9 Bondage And to this vile corruption am I by nature a seruant and z Ioh. 8.34 wretched bond-man who shall free mee from so wofull a slauery Rom. 7.15 None but Christ who came not onely to preach deliuerance to such miserable captiues as thou art Luke 4.18 but that in setting thee free thou mightest be a That is that we might haue not a fained â—â—t a true liberty and freedom from all infernall foes free indeed Ioh. 8.36 10 Penury A man may haue light life and liberty and yet perish for lacke of foode who shall furnish my poore b Psa 106.15 affammished soule with that Reuel 3.17 None but Christ who first if thou beest athirst bids thee come to him and drinke of the water of life Ioh. 7.37 and that c Isa 55.1 Reu. 22.17 freely not for a while to quench thy thirst but that in drinking of the water which hee shall giue thee thou mightest d That is such shal never be so thirsty but the spirit of grace as an euerliuing fountaine will be at hand to satisfie their thirst See Ioh. 7.38 neuer be more athirst seeing it shall be in thee a well of water springing vp into euerlasting life Ioh. 4.13.14 7.38 And hee also is that bread of life which came downe from heauen Ioh. 6.48 51. of which if by faith thou spiritually eatest it shall not only preserue thy soule from famishing and death but shall