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A64283	Nathanael, or, An Israelite indeed lively portraied, and evidently proved to be an object most worthy both of our admiration and imitation, his priviledges and characters are also layd down : together with a discovery of the sinfulness and miserie of all hypocrites and strangers from the common-wealth of Israel / by Faithfull Teate ...	Teate, Faithful, b. 1621.	1657 (1657)	Wing T613; ESTC R41538	79,460	204

oath and say Lord I have many enemies too strong and subtile for me but be thou my strong rock I have a deceitfull backsliding heart but thou art a true God purge out mine hypocrisie and heale all my backslidings Thou requirest that I should serve thee in holiness and righteousness without feare but thou hast bound thy self as wel to me as mee to thy self grant me thy grace and power to do thy will Da Domine quod jubes jube quod vis and banish far from me all slavish feare by planting thy love in mine heart for perfect love doth cast out slavish feare 1 Joh. 4.18 2. This covenant is established in the hand of a mediator Jesus Christ who hath paid our whole debt Heb. 12.24 though we cannot satisfie for the least farthing and he is able to work all our works in us and for us Isa 26 12. Adam indeed soon brake his covenant though he were in innocency because he stood by his owne strength but the second Adam God and man is our upholder who is bound in the covenant of grace with us and for us to whom the Lord hath said In an acceptable time have I heard thee and in a day of salvation have I helped thee and I will preserve thee and give thee for a covenant of the people to establish the earth to cause to inherit the desolate heritages that thou maist say to the prisoners go forth to them that are in darknes shew yourselves Isa 49.8.9 God promiseth to help and preserve him that he may help and uphold us Are we in darkness he will be our light Are we weak he the Lord Jehova wil be our everlasting strength Do we fall he will raise us up Psal 37.24 Though we break the covenant he hath kept it to the utmost Thirdly To render us yet more secure Act. 2.38 39. God hath confirmed this covenant that he wil be our God and guide unto death by outward seals commonly called Sacraments Baptisme and the Lords supper as circumcision is called the seal of the righteousness of faith Rom. 4.11 As also by the inward seal of his holy Spirit who beareth witnesse with our spirits that we are the children of God Rom. 8.16 as the Apostle saith 2 Cor. 1.21 22. Now he which establisheth us with you is God which words with you are added lest some weaker Christians should demur and surmise that the Apostle and strong christians may well say so but we may not be so bold Yes saith the Apostle you may avouch somuch as well as I or any other He who establisheth us with you in Christ and hath annointed us is God who hath also sealed us and given the earnest of the spirit in our hearts Here is a seal and an earnest both mentioned and annexed to Gods covenant and oath that we might have strong conso●ati●n who have fled for refuge to lay hold up●n the hope set before was Heb. 6.18 Argumen 2 Secondly That which mov d God to enter into covenant with them was his love God loveth them for the love of God is the original and fountaine of all the Saints blessedness and dign●●y which two may all along be distinguished but cannot be separated The primary product of this love is our election from all eternity Eph. 1.4 which is therefore called the election of grace Rom. 11.5 The object of this grace is the Israel of God as appeareth by the Lords compellation Isa 44.1 2. Heare now O Iacob my servant and Israel whom I have chosen Thus saith the Lord that made thee who will also keep thee Feare not O Iacob my servant and thou Jesurun Whom I have chosen The consideration hereof emboldened David against all his ranting enemies Psal 4.2 3. O ye sons of men said he to them how long will you turne my glory into shame But know or be it known to you that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself These only have their names written in the Lamb's book of life Rev. 21.27 whereas all others who have forsaken the Lord the fountain of living waters shal be written in the Earth Jer. 17.13 They are built upon the rock of ages the foundation of God which stands su●e 2. Tim. 2.19 all others shal be like the chaff which the winde driveth to and fro Psal 1.4 Secondly This love moved God to send his onely begotten son in the fulness of time into the world to die for them that whosoever beleeve on him might not perish but have eternal life Joh. 3.6 Here we have the privative part of our happiness they shall not perish but be delivered from hell and the positive part they shall have eternal life Reader stand here and meditate what the terrors and torments of hell are from whence Christ by his death hath freed us and what the joyes and glory of Heaven be which he hath purchased and prepared for us And when you can fully conceive how great these two are or how great Christs love is who hath done both these for us then and never before will you be able to conceive how great the beleevers honour and happiness shall be Thirdly As the love of the Father induced him to give us his Son Isa 9.6 so the love of the Son moved him to give himselfe for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savour Eph. 5.2 and that he might redeeme us from all iniquity Tit. 2.14 and consequently from hell Now might the damned Spirits be certified that they should at last be released out of those intolerable torments which they suffer and we have deserved and in the end be invested in celestial glory thought it should be gra●●ed them not til after some thousand of yeares first expired what a great mercy would even they account it And will not you seek to know this how you may escape hell and attain everlasting glory Sect. 3 Argument 3 Thirdly On these his b●loved hath Iesus Christ conferred his S●cred spirit a gift of gifts that thereby we may know that he dwelle●h ●n us and we in him 1 Illumination 1 Joh. 3.24 By whom we 1. are enligh ened to know what is the hope of his calling and what are the riches of the glory of his inh●ritance in the Saints Eph. 1.18 How earnest was bl ssed Paul who rightly apprehended this mercy of illumination in praying for others that they might have it who wa●ted it and in rendering thanks for them who had obta●ned it And will not you be aff●cted therewith to seek it till you find it and to bless God for it when you have it 2 Vivification 2. By the operation of this Spirit are they q●ick●ned who were dead before in trespasses and in sins Joh. 6.63 Now put these two together Prov. 15.30 If the light of the body be so pleasant as Solomon averreth how much more delightfull is the light of the soul and if temporall

as an uncleane thing Isa 64.6 yet in a threefold respect their hearts may be truely said to be cleane 1. As they are justified by faith God imputeth not to them their owne sins but the righteousness of his sonne Rom. 4.6 by whose blood they are cleansed from all iniquity 1 Joh. 1.7.9 so that they confess their sins to God Christ interposeth his merits and telleth them they are cleane every whit Joh. 13.10 and this made David so confident in his prayer to God Psal 51.7 Purge me with hysop and I shall be cleane wash me and I shall be whiter then snow 2. In respect of regenerating or sanctifying grace God hath begun to purify their hearts by faith Act. 15.9 Thirdly Their unfaigned desires are to have their hearts cleansed as appeareth by Davids prayer Psal 51.10 Create in me a clean heart O God Fourthly Their constant endeavours are since they have received such promises and grace withal to clea●se themselves as the Apostle teacheth fron all filthyness not onely of the fl●sh but also of the Spirit and to perfect holiness in the feare of God 2 Cor. 7.1 And for that end 1 They hide the word in their hearts that they may not sin against God Psal 119 11 2 They keep their hearts with all diligence well knowing that from thence spring the issues of life Pro. 4.23 3 They suffer not vain thoughts to lodg in their breasts Jer. 4.14 but carefully expel all evil imaginations and disorderly affections which therefore are compared to strangers and wayfaring men who come into an other mans house but tarry not there long as Augustine interpreteth that passage in Nathans parable 2 Sam. 12.4 There came in a traveller unto the rich man A traveller not an Inmate 4. They are much afflicted and in great bitterness and sorrow of spirit when they seriously reflect upon their soules and find them out of order by reason of pride hypocrisy or any other obliquity they weep and mourne yea their laughter is turned to mourning and their joy to heaviness and they humble themselves before the Lord as St Iames commandeth Iam. 4.9.10 and though they enjoy outward health and prosperity yet are they wearie of their very lives by reason of their inward exorbitances and lusts Fifthly they are like to a living spring which worketh uncessantly day and night till it hath purged out the filth that by any means is cast into it so can not they rest till they have washed themselves in the fountain opened for sin and uncleannesse Zach. 13.1 Sixthly being jealous of their owne hearts which by nature are deceitfull above all things and desperately wicked so that none but the Lord who searcheth the heart and tryeth the reines can know it Jer. 17.9 10. And withall being conscious to them selves how unable they are to subdue their unruly passions and vile affections they pour forth many and fervent prayers to God in the name of Christ to discover to them their hidden corruptions and to clense them from their secret sinnes as may be seen in David Psalm 139.23 24. Search me O God and Know my Heart Try me and Know my Thoughts See if there be any wicked way in me and lead me into the way everlasting and Psalm 19.12 Clense thou me from secret faults Application Hereby it may appeare that such bebelong not to the Common-wealth of Israel who 1. boast of the goodnesse of their hearts 2. that hold thoughts to be free 3. who never watch over their hearts 4. that never are troubled about the filthynesse of their inward parts 5. never wash them in the blood of the immaculate Lamb 6. nor pray for wisedome to discover nor power from on high to purifie and order them aright This is one of the liveliest and surest Symptons whereby you may know whether your heart be right with God or no● It is true others cannot judge immediately of them but God can and doth and will one day bring to light the hidden things of darknesse and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts and then shall every man have praise of God 1 Cor. 4 5. Oh therefore judg your selves that you may not be judged of him to eternall condemnation Chara ∣ cter 5 5. As when Jacob personated his brother Esau yet his father though he were blind discerned his voyce Genesis 27.22 The voyce is Jacobs voice saith he but the hands are the hands of Esau So ordinarily may a true Christian be discovered by his dialect or language for he speaketh best his mothers tongue called the language of Canaan Isaiah 19.18 which consists 1. In abstaining from evill talk 1 Pet. 3.10 for he that will love life and see good dayes must refraine his tong●e from evill and his lips that they speak no guile But if at any time he over shooteth and breaketh out into distempered words either offensive to his God or infections to his neighbour knowing that evill communication infecteth good manners 1 Cor 15.33 1. he recalleth himselfe 2. confesseth his sin to God with selfe-abhorrencie and humbleth himselfe for it as Job did in his answer to the Lord Job 40.4 5. Behold I am vile what shall I answer thee I will lay mine hand upon my mouth Once have I spoken but I will not answer yea twice but I will proceed no further Thirdly he resolveth for the future to bridle his tongue better as David did Psalm 39.1 I said I will take heed to my wayes that I sin not with my tongue I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me Fourthly he prayeth the Lord to set a Watch before his mouth and to keep the door of his lips Psa 141.3 as unable to doe it himselfe Fifthly It is a dayly vexation to his righteous soul to hear others to dishonour God by their uncircumcised lips and prophane discourses Lot vexed his soul day by day as well in hearing the Sodomites unlawfull speeches as in seeing their unlawfull deeds 2 Pet. 2.8 and of old they used to rent their garments when they had heard any to speak blasphemie Secondly the Language of Canaan consists not onely in shunning of evill words but also in bringing forth good things out of the good treasu e of his heart as an evill man out of the evill treasure bringeth forth evil things Mat 12.35 For as the righteous bath the law of God in his heart so his mouth speaketh of wisedome and his tongue talketh of judgement Psalm 37.30 31 according to the Apostles charge Eph. 4.29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth but that which is good to the use of edifying that it may minister grace to the hearers Now bring your selves to this test Application for by mens words they shall be justified and by their words shall they be condemned Tit. 1.10 Ma● 12.37 Hereby 1. all unruly and vaine talkers cursers customary swearers railers and scoffers that walk after their own ungodly

another of them as Judas was hanged upon the silver hook of profit Herod was blown up with the blast of applause and Dives sunk in the gulf of voluptuousnesse but when they all joyne together in one there is hardly any avoiding of their sollicitations which take with us the more easily 1. when they are suitable to any of our inclinations 2. be●ause they yeeld present contentments ● are in some sort necessary without which we think we cannot well be ● and in themselves they are not ab●●lutely prohibited and therefore are ●ot altogether unlawfull * Licitis perimus omnes but onely ●nfull profits are destructive witnesse Achan who seeing among the spoyls ● goodly Babylonish garment and two ●undred shekles of silver and a wedg of Gold c. coveted and took them ● the ruine of himself and his family ●os 7.21.25 and Gehazi who took ●wo talents of Silver with two chan●es of garments from Naaman the Sy●an whose leprosie also clave unto him ●nd his seed for ever 2 Kings 5.26 27. ●he former of these exchanged his life for filthy lucre the latter lost his health to gaine wealth to whom let us add wicked Ahab who sold himselfe for Naboths vineyard 1 Kings 21.25 and that you may not make the like bargain remember the Question in the Gospel Mark 8.36 what shall it profit a man to gaine the whole world and lose his owne soule So vicious pleasures termed the lusts of the flesh war against the soul 1 Pet. 2.11 And when they are extinct leave weeping and howling behind them Jam. 5.1.5 as inordinate affectation of worldly credit and dignity keepeth out true honour and bringeth in everlasting shame and infamie for truth it selfe hath spoken it If any man desire to be first the same shall be last of all and servant of all Mark 9.35 and he that exalteth himself shall be abased Luke 14.11 All these three are condemned together 1 Iohn 2.15 16 17. Love not the world neither the things that are in the world for all that is in the world the lusts of the flesh the lusts of the eyes and the pride of life is not of the father but is of the world which doom is backed with a threefold argument 1 These things are not of the Father 2. they are inconsistent with the * Grynaeus in hunc locum Cyprian Cum mun dus oderi● Christianum quid amas eu● qui te odit Serum 4. Demortalitate Love of the father 3. the world passeth away and the lusts thereof Lastly all these three were contemned by Moses that worthy servant of God for which he is highly commended Heb. 11.24 he 1. despised the honours of the world he refused to be called the son of Pharaohs daughter 2. he rejected worldly pleasures chusing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God then to enjoy the pleasures of sinne for a season verse 25. 3 He vilified the pelfe of the world esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches then the treasures in Aegypt if it be demanded What enabled him to do so The Answer is given they did all this as you also may doe by faith for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward v. 26. This life is the time of doing service in the close of the day will be a time of receiving wages Sect. 1 Hitherto the outward Lets now the inward impediments are to be discussed which are more difficult and dangerous yet because some of them are of the same alloy with the former I shall ●e briefer in them Inter●ll im●dment ●●norance 1. Ignorance keepeth off thousands from joyning themselves to this small number of Israelites indeed Pharoh did not know who the Lord God of Israel was Exod. 5.1 2. And therefore the world knoweth us not because they know not the father whose sons we are 1 John 3.1 Every true Israelite hath Manna given him to eat of but it is hidden and a white stone with a new name written thereon but none knoweth it saving he that receiveth it Rev. 2.17 2. Prejudice is a great remora many take the true Israelites 2 prejudice for so many Gypsies I meane hypocrites and the less wonder is it because they are too prone to take one another for no better As Jobs friends adjudged that upright person to be such one after another Aske Bildad the Shuit what he thinketh of Job he concludeth he is an hypocrite Job 8.13 Zophar the Naamathites verdict agreeth with the foreman 's Chapter 20 5. But Eliphaz the Temanite it may be will be more charitable no he answers both like an Echo and styles him an hypocrite Job 15.34 yet all this while Jobs conscience acquitteth him Chap. 27.5 6. and the Lord when he cometh to decide the controversie doth not onely acquit him but preferreth him before all three of them Job 32.7 8. But what will the men of the world thinke and say when they hear true Israelites themselves not only questioning their estates but crying out as the church did in great extremities my hope is perished from the Lord Lam. 3.18 3. 3. Vnbeliefe As faith maketh those in whom it is children of Abraham and blessed with him Galat. 3.7.9 children of the promise Chap. 4.28 children not of the bondwoman but of the free v. 31. yea children of God Gal. 3 26. and heirs according to promise v. 29. so by unbeliefe were many even of the Jews broken off Rom. 11.20 And what hindereth them now above sixteen hundred yeares from being graffed in again nothing but unbeliefe for the Apostle foresheweth that they also if they bide not still in unbelief shall be graffed in for God is able to graffe them in againe v. 23. A 4th internal obstacle is Inconsideration 4. Inconsideration when a man beginneth in part to be convinced and almost perswaded with king Agrippa to be a Christian Act. 26.28 yet waveth such thoughts and suffereth not the word to sink down into his heart and dwell there til it hath wrought a thorough change in him and doth become an engraffed word which is able to save his soul Jam. 1.21 but quencheth the motions of the holy Spirit in him and so proveth abortive 1 Thess 5.19 5. Prophaness A 5. Hinderance is Prophaness of Spirit without which outward objects of pleasures and profits could not bewitch poore soules so far as to make them to prefer lying vanities before their owne mercy Jonah 2.8 Esau-like who for one morsel of meat profanely made an irrecoverable sale of his birth right Heb. 12.16 6. Sloath. 6. * Otium est hominis vivi sepultura Senec. l. 1. Ep. 82. Slothfulness casteth many into a dead sleepe Pro. 19.15 and then neither can they heare good counsell nor embrace any good offers nor see nor feare any mischiefe nor shun any enimies or imminent dangers though the house be on fire over their heads or the ship wherein they are sleeping be in extreame perill of