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A65372	Believers priviledges and duties and the exercise of communicants; holden forth in severall sermons: preached on diverse texts and at severall occasions. By the learned, pious and laborious servant of Jesus Christ, Mr Alexander Wedderburne first minister of the gospell at Forgan in Fife; and thereafter at Kilmarnock in the West. Part first.	Wedderburn, Alexander, d. 1678.	1682 (1682)	Wing W1238; ESTC R219480	104,769	240

how lamentable is it Thirdly the principles as they are sure so are they exceeding sweet David had more joy in Gods testimonies then in all riches All the contentment Ranters have in their carnall pleasures are but as swyn in a dunghill their glasse goes soon out an hours communion with God though in a prison yea the reproach of Christ as counted by Moses who was learned in all the wisdome of Aegypt is greater riches then the treasures of Egypt And Paul who was not a little learned in the Grecian wisdome counted all these dung for the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the superlativenesse of the knowledge of Christ Thirdly It is yet the more lamentable that there is abundance of strength allowed to follow our principles if it were depended upon the rock followes us and the rock is Christ he is not only ready to do what we ask but above all we can ask or think he deals with us as Naaman with Gehazi when he run after him and prayed him to give him one talent I pray thee sayes Naaman take two It is indeed much to walk up to our principles but we baike beside meall we are able to do all things throw him that strengthens us and yet to contradict our principles is sad Lastly it makes it yet more lamentable that there are such excellent encouragements so great are ward abyding the walking according to them neither is it long to the time when he that soweth in the spirit shall of the spirit reap Immortality and life everlasting we are not threshing in the waters but sowing in a certain expectation of a harvest of glory and yet to contradict our principles All these laid together evidence how lamentable our contradicting our principles is I shall only adde 3. helps for walking up to our principles and so close 1. Consider often that there are many things we do out of obedience to the Law of God we abstain from murder adultery wait on ordinances think it necessary to be somewhat more circumspect about the time of a Sacrament how unreasonable is it then to contradict the lawes of the same God in other things no lesse peremptorly commanded under no lesse penalty God spake all these words saying is the preface to all the commands of the law If some of them had only proceeded from God and others from Baal or the God of Ammon we might easily dispute and dispense with our selves but God spake all these words 2. Keep up constant intercourse with Christ as the fountaine of sanctification do not with him as some do with the old cloak that they will take about them when their is a shoure and cast it off as soon as it becomes fair again Some in sicknesse seek their pardon as one would runne into a ruinous house when their is rain but would not dwell there If we were dwelling in him and abyding in him and walking in him it would be lightsome to walk by our principles the want of these influences exceedingly occasions our contradiction to them 3. Stand not upon reproaches that often lye in the way of following these principles These men are drunk with new wine said the multitude of the Apostles when the spirit descended on them no sayes Peter Acts 2.16 this is that which was spoken by the Prophet Joel if thou can produce a line of the Bible thou walkest by the Kings Law which ought to rule all the subjects reproaches then are the fruits of their distemper A SERMON On Eph. 5.25 Husbands love your wives even as Christ also loved his Church and gave himself for it THere is nothing more suitable to a feast of love then to treat of that love which gave a rise to the feast this is to handle the Gospell of the day often believers at such occasions are so much in tossing their fears and doubts that they forget obedience to that precept do this in remembrance of me My purpose therefor in this Sermon is to glance a little from the words read at the love of Christ manifested in the work of redemption The Apostle from 22. vers of this Chap. is leaving directions for the right ordering of relations among men shewing to each one the dutyes of their relation among the rest these words containe a rule for husbands And in the rule we have a precept and a pattern The precept Husbands love your wives the Parterne as Christ loved his Church and gave himself for it The note of similitude As which does knitt the precept and patterne together does not import any equality in degree that ought to be betwixt the love of the husband to his wife and the love of Christ to the Church but only some similitude in kinde For 1. This equality is simply impessible not only for the nature of man corrupted for so many things God hath commanded are impossible so all gracious qualityes are impossible but it is impossible for the nature of man even as it is created and pure Adam could not performe obedience of infinite value and merit as Christ hath done in loving his Church and giving himself for it Beside 2. God cannot in justice require of meer man obedience proceeding from a personal union of the divine and humane natures such as Christs love manifested in giving himself for his Church was Hence divines prove well that Christs obedience to the death was properly meritorious because it was actio indebita for tho Christ-man be tyed to obey yet not to performe so noble obedience in regard Christ as God can come under no law oblidging to obedience So that neither could God require such perfect love nor was it possible even for Adam to performe Therefore all imported in the note of similitude is some kinde of resemblance betwixt the Husbands love and Christs to his Church as is evident from severall other Scriptures where the same is used Gal. 4.14 Ye receaved me as an Angell of the Lord yea even as Christ this imports not an equality in degree betwixt the receaving of Paul and Christ but some similitude and resemblance Thy will be done in earth as it is in Heaven in that perfect patern of prayer and many such we might instance in the Scriptures But since in this Sermon I purpose not a particular handling of the words I shall not insist in a particular explication of them I shall only take one general observation from them and insist upon it at this time Observation That the love of Christ manifested in the work of redemption is matchless and may fitly be made a patern and copie to the love required in the most intimat relations In prosecuting this point which so Genuinly ariseth from this Scripture there are two things I shall premise for opening of it First my purpose is not to speak of the love of Christ in the full latitude of it as it comprehends the love of benevolence beneficence and is the root and fountaine whence issewes all the acts of