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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15726	The ground of a Christians life Deliuered in a sermon at Harwood in Lancashire, the first day of December 1618. By Robert Worthington minister of Gods word at Acceington.	Worthington, Robert, minister of Gods word at Acceington.	1620 (1620)	STC 25999; ESTC S103650	35,929	86

was there any opposition in the Spirit of Christ which was both in Moses and the Prophets 1. Pet. 1. 10. 11 The doctrine of Moses and the Prophets rightly applied very profitable and Christ Of this saluation saith the Apostle the Prophets haue enquired and searched which prophesied of the grace that should come vnto you Searching when or what time the Spirit which testified before of Christ which was in them should declare the sufferings that should come vnto Christ and the glorie that should follow Yea the same Apostle affirmeth that We haue a 2. Pet. 1. 19. most sure word of the Prophets What letteth then but we may attend vnto the sound doctrine of Moses and the Prophets Furthermore the testimonie of the Apostle Paul is pregnant to this purpose who auoucheth That the whole 2. Tim. 3. 16. Corruption needeth correction as well as instruction Reproofes sometimes very needfull Scripture is giuen by inspiration of God and is profitable to teach improue correct and to instruct in righteousnesse therefore the whole Scripture is necessarie the Christian standing in neede of it either for ground of faith or rule of obedience both in his generall particular calling Like vnto these dreames is the errour of many Libertines who ground vpon that saying in Ieremiah After those dayes Ierem. 31. 33. saith the Lord I will put my Lawes in the● inward parts and write them in their hearts as also vpon that saying of the Apostle Yee are our Epistle written not with inke 2. Cor. 3. 2. 3. but with the Spirit of the liuing God Although it be true that the knowledge of the Law may be written naturally in mens hearts yet he commanded the same to be writtē in two tables of stone For how doth the Lord write this Law in our hearts How doth he seale vp vnto vs the couenant of our reconciliation and regeneration by the finger of his The preaching of the word the conduit pipe to conuey grace into our harts Spirit but by the doctrine of the Law and Gospell preached heard written read meditated Or how could the Apostles call themselues the Preachers of the New Testament if the Gospel could not be preached And in vaine should Christ bid vs Search the Scriptures Iohn 5. 39. Furthermore the Euangelists and Apostles call their doctrine which was the New Testament a Scripture or Writing as appeareth by that testimony of Luke who thought it meete to write Those Luke 1. 3. things which he had diligently searched out Luke 1. 3. as also Iohn witnesseth who saith That these things are written that ye may beleeue Iohn 20. 31. And the Apostle Paul thought it necessary to write as is plaine in his Epistles Phil. 3. 1. Thus we see that the men of God and The Spirit of God in the hearts of his people and his word agree together Ministers of the Gospell wrote by the Spirit the Gospell with inke the hearts of true beleeuers sanctified by the Spirit through the preaching of the Gospel answering correspondently that word which was both written and preached as was euident among those Conuerts at Corinth in whom was manifest the power of the Gospell the preaching of faith being the power of God to saluation to Rom. 1. 16. euery one that doth beleeue We see then by wofull experience that Satan transforming himselfe into an It is the work of Satan to draw men frō Gods word which is the ground of faith Angell of light seeketh to ground many a poore soule vpon seeming shadowes drawing them from the rocke of refuge and certenty namely Moses and the Prophets Euangelists and Apostles of Iesus Christ who haue written and spoken as the Spirit directed and gaue them vtterance Were not therefore the proud Anabaptist fuller of conceit then iudgement he would neuer paraphrase the sacred Scriptures in that manner as he doth as I haue already shewed and will further shew in one instance Christ saith Mathew 5. 34. Sweare not at all therefore Matth. 5. 34. saith he it is not lawfull in any case to sweare Whereas the Lord vpon necessitie hath commended and commanded a lawfull oath warranting the same both by example and precept as appeareth in Deut. 6. 13. Thou shalt feare the Lord thy Deut. 6. 13. God and serue him and shalt sweare by his Name Yea the Apostle testifieth vppon necessity an oath to be a very good thing An oath saith he for confirmation Hebr. 6. 16. is the end of all strife Thus by conceited exposition would this sect of people bring Christ to abrogate his Fathers law and derogate from his Fathers glorie A proud spirit vnfit to expound the Scripture whereas our Sauiour meaneth nothing lesse for his purpose is nothing else but to expound the Law and deliuer it from the grosse corruptions and deprauations He that willingly wresteth the Scripture neither respecteth God nor Christ of the Scribes and Pharises For they taught that the third commandement was to be vnderstood of periurie onely or false swearing therefore our Sauiour sheweth that in this commandement is forbidden not onely periury and false swearing by the Name of God but also all rash and ordinary swearing in our common talke whether by the Name of God or any of his creatures because swearing amisse by them redoundeth to his dishonour He therefore here forbiddeth all needelesse and superfluous All needlesse swearing is much forbidden in the Scripture oathes in our ordinary communication And as these do erre not knowing nor vnderstanding the Scriptures so do many others as namely the Carnall cauiller that ioyneth himselfe with the publike assemblies partaking of the same word and Sacraments with the Saints of God But this man would haue one line to be sufficient vnto saluation for he findeth it written in the Scriptures That Iohn 3. 36. Naturall men would haue all but they would do nothing he which beleeueth in the Sonne hath euerlasting life But if this man reade forward he shall see and finde That he which obeyeth not the Sonne shall not see life Such will like the doctrine of faith but they cannot well brooke the doctrine of repentance But if they attend or list to heare they shall heare Christ to be as rigorous as his Father both in summoning all men Marke 1. 15. Luke 13. 5. to repent as also in threatning woes against impenitents The Apostles as they preach faith so they preach sanctification Acts 2. 38. and amendment of life for it is the absolute will of God that we should 1. Thessal 43 1. Pet. 1. 15. be holy as the Lord our God is holy The whole word of the Lord therefore must be deliuered by the Ministers of the Gospell that the whole courses of mens liues may be guided by the rule of faith Christ and his Apostles did not alwayes Rom. 9. 10. 11 preach faith but according to the dispositions