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spirit_n	deed_n	flesh_n	mortify_v	5,880	5	10.8136	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59597	Two clean birds, or, The cleaning of the leper as it was unfolded in a sermon preached before the right honourable Ferdinando, Lord Fairfax, Generall of the northern forces, and the most of his army, on the fifth day of February, 1642 (being the Lords day, and by his honor appointed to bee kept as a fast upon speciall occasion) at Selbie, in the West Riding of the county of Yorke / by Iohn Shaw, pastor to the church at Rotheram in the same county.	Shawe, John, 1608-1672.	1644 (1644)	Wing S3031; ESTC R29354	29,441	41

ashes yea sinfull dust yea stranger a little courtesie to a stranger is much Ephes 2.12 Yea enemies now as Saul said a man would scarce spare his enemy how few keep how few dye for his enemie yea dead enemies Ephes 2.1 5. especially considering that he knew how ill wee deserved this how little many would profit by it how much contemne how ill requite it adde to all this how voluntary and free no way compelled all this was John 10.17 18. So as though hee knew hee should die at Jerusalem yet hee would goe thither though hee knew and foretold that Judas would betray him yet hee meetes him when Peter advised him to save himselfe he rebukes Peter and when they asked him if he was the Christ he denyed not but witnested a good confession was there ever love like this love who heares this but will breake out and say his mercy his mercy endures for ever behold his free scarlet love Againe Christs savoury obedience hee expressed in that hee observed the whole Law fulfilled all righteousnesse Mat. 3.15 Kept the Ceremoniall Law was circumcised the eight day and offered for his offering according to the Ceremoniall Law Hee kept the Judiciall Law in being subject and obedient to their Magistrates Lawes Kept the Morall Law every point of it in both Tables for the Object with his whole man heart tongue and life for the Subject and all his life for continuance yea denyed himselfe and performed the most difficult points Behold Christs savoury Obedience Psal 51.7 9. The third part is the preparation of these Materials for and application of these to the Leper The dying bird noting Christs humanity must be killed over an earthen vessell full of running water so that the bloud of the slaine bird must fall into and be mingled with the water in the vessell This water and bloud typified that which Saint John expresseth to have beene fulfilled when water and bloud came out of Christs side John 19.34 Noting our justification by his bloud our sanctification by the water 1 John 5.6 It must be running water from a fountaine not pond or puddle water that dries up in summer but a fountaine of mercy in Christ that flows continually for the Churchesuse Zac. 13.1 Heb. 9.14 The earthen vessels are the Ministers of the Gospell so Saint Paul expounds it 2 Cor. 4.7 though poore men like your selves yet wee hold out to you most pretious treasure even the ●●●●irs of Christ for the justification and Sanctification of his church Its Gods way that Christ should be revealed to us by these earthen vessells and not by Angels God sent not the Angell to teach the Eunuch but the Angell was sent to the earthen ●●ssell Philip that he might hold out the water and bloud to the ●thiopian Act. 8.26 35. If a Devill should come with a fire-brand ●●t of hel● it would not doe us so much good as the teaching by earthen vessels Dives in his humane invention thought the former way the better Luke 16.27 30. that if one come from Heaven they would repent but God that appoints the end and gives the blessing must onely appoint the meanes Luke 16.29 31. which is not to speak to us by himselfe Deut. 5.25 28. nor Angell nor Divell but to hold out Christ with all his benefits to us in and by earthen vessels take heed how you despise on Ministery our Prophesying 1 Thes 5.19 20. because though we are poore Vessels yet we hold out Pretious treasure look not upon our out-side only as they on Christ Is not this the Carpenter are not his kin●ed here with us Marke 6.2 3. for he that despiseth our Ministery despiseth not man but the Ordinance of God Thes 4.8 and 5.13 for in so doing you contemn this pretions water and bloud and put away eternall life Act. 13.46 The living Bird must be dipt in the bloud of the dead Bird ere the Leper be sprinkled noting to us that hee that must save us from sin must not onely bee God nor onely man but both joyned together God and Man for our redemption 1 Tim. 2.5 Man to suffer death for God could not dye God to conquer death for mere man could not Man because man had sinned God because God was offended c. yet as the corner-stone hee might reconcile together in one both God and Man Phil 2.6 7 8. Ephes 2.16 Yet all this will not do the Leper any good except it be sprinkled upon applyed to him so v. 7 the Priest must besprinkle the Leper seven times shadowing hereby b●th to Jew and Gentile that Christs comming from Heaven shedding his bloud sing againe and flying away to Heaven will not clense any soule not ●u●e any Leper though in it self a sufficient Plaister except we be sprinkled with it except it be applyed to us Fourthly but when a poor leprous sinner is once cleansed converted called justified c. when he is thus besprinkled with Christs merits may hee now live as he list no see the fourth part of the Text viz. the cleansed Lepers conversation he must shave off his experements all his hair of head beard c. wash his flesh and cloths offer sacrifice c. v. 8 9 10. he must still be pumping out corruption fighting daily 1 Tim. 1.19 mortifie the deeds of the flesh Rom. 8.13 be daily cleansing himself from all pollution both of flesh and spirit 2 Cor. 7.1 and shave off that supersiuity of naughtinesse and wash away that filthinesse that stickes close to the best James 1.21 If any poor captive soul marry with the God of Israel Jesus Christ there must be pairing of nails and shaving of haire as the captive Maid did that married a man of Israel Deut. 21.12 and be daily sacrificing and sowing to the spirit G●ll. 6.7 Having now somewhat opened these four precious streams that water this garden of God Gen. 2.10 let me like a man that hath run up a great hill and thereby himself out of breath look down a little upon the Text and draw from every part one observation like so many buckets full of these cleer streams to water the lambs of Christ Obser 1. And first from the pollution or defilements observe that sinne is a most filthy loathsome evill the ceremoniall type or shadow is gone but the substance or thing signified therby viz. the filthinesse of sinne that still concernes both Jew and Gentile the Jewish shell is broke but the kernall hath a lasting morality yet as all the types of Christ came far short of Christ the Antitype so all these pollutions come far short of the filth of sinne which they signified Those sinnes which men count but jests or toyes how basely doth the Scripture style them i. e. Covetousnesse which men call good husbandry the Scripture calls filthy lucre Tit. 1.7 wanton talk which men call mirth and je●ing the Scripture calls filthy communication Coll. 3.8 filthinesse and foolish talking Ephes 5.4 yea the filthinesse of