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A57151 Preaching of Christ opened in a sermon preached at St. Peters Church in the city of Norwich at an ordination Septemb. 22, 1661 / by Edward Reynolds ... Reynolds, Edward, 1599-1676. 1662 (1662) Wing R1272; ESTC R15378 18,113 56

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and plenitude of the holy Scriptures Deut. 4. 2. Prov. 30. 6. when we speak of the means of salvation of the rules principles and grounds of faith and worship of the adequate subject of Evangelical preaching we must keep to the law and testimonies if we speak not according unto them it is because there is no light in us Isa. 8. 20. no doctrine is necessary or sufficient to carry us unto Heaven but that which first came down from heaven Thus we preach Christ Jesus the Lord as the Author both of our Mission and of our Message II. We preach Christ Jesus the Lord as the Matter and substance of our preaching there is not any matter of preaching which doth not either explicite or reductive comprise Christ in it We preach Christ crucified 1 Cor. 1. 23. I determined not to know any thing among you save Jesus Christ and him crucified 1 Cor. 2. 2. All materials of Religion are contained under four heads Agenda Credenda Petenda Participanda duties to be done mysteries to be believed mercies to be implored seals to be imparted 1. Of the Agenda the Law is the Rule and this is a Schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ Gal. 3. 24. Consider it as Covenant of Life and so it sends us unto Christ by whose onely obedience the Righteousnesse thereof hath been fulfilled for us I am not come to destroy the Law but to fulfill it Mat. 5. 17. by whose onely sufferings and satisfaction the curse thereof hath been removed from us Gal 3. 13. Christ is the end of the Law Rom. 10. 4. Consider it as a Rule of living and so also it sends us unto Christ. 1. His spiritual Doctrine openeth the sense and wideness thereof unto us for his commandment is exceeding broad this was one great end of his Sermon in the Mount to vindicate the Law from the narrow glosses which had been cast upon it 2. His most holy example leads us in the way of it that we may walk as he walked 1 Pet. 2. 21. 1 John 2. 6. 3. His holy Spirit and Grace and his love shed abroad in our hearts enable and constrain us to the obedience of it I am able saith the Apostle to do all things through Christ who strengthened me Phil. 4. 13. We must never preach the Law without Christ. As it was delivered so it must be preached In the hand of a Mediator Gal. 3. 19. when we discover the disease we must shew the Physician So God to Adam 1. Conviction where art thou then consolation the seed of the woman shall bruise the serpents head Gen. 3. 9 15. So John Baptist to the multitude first generation of Vipers then bring forth fruits worthy of Repentance Luke 3. 7 8. So Christ to Laodicea first thou art poore and blinde and naked then I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried Rev. 3. 17 18. Thus Omnia Agenda lead to Christ. 2. Omnia Credenda contained in the Gospel are comprized in Christ. 1. All the Doctrines of the Gospel as is evident by every Article of the Creed I believe in the Father as the Father of Christ By whom he made the world Col. 1. 16. and in whom he is our Father John 20. 17. I believe in the Holy Ghost who is the Spirit of Christ Rom. 8. 9. Gal. 4. 6. Vicarius Christi who brings him and his comforts to the soul. I believe the holy Catholick Church the Spouse of Christ the Body of Christ the fulness of him that filleth all in all Eph. 1. 23. caput corpus unus est Christus I believe the communion of Saints our communion is with the Father the son as K. of Saints 1 Joh. 1. 3. and with holy Angels and men as subjects to that King The Remission of sins and this is from him It must be preached in his Name Luke 24. 47. The resurrection of the body and this also is from him The Son quickeneth whom he will John 5. 21 25. John 11. 25. The life everlasting and this from him Christ in us the hope of glory Col. 1. 27. 2. All the Promises of the Gospel have their foundation and stability in Christ they are in him yea and Amen 2 Cor. 1. 20. He the purchaser of them by his propitiation He the procurer of them by his Impetration He the fulfiller of them by his Princely Administration 3. All the Comminations of the Gospel lead us to consider Christ as the Sanctuary and Refuge through whom they are by believers to be avoided as the Prince and Judge by whom they are upon unbelievers to be inflicted Acts 10. 42 43. 13. 39. 4. The whole Covenant of Grace leads us unto him For as the Covenant of Works was made with the first Adam in behalf of his posterity so the Covenant of Grace is made with the second Adam in behalf of his posterity He being both God and man is equally concerned in the Interests of both and accordingly he preserves Gods interest by his satisfaction and righteousnesse and mans interest by reconciliation and blessedness He is the Surety of the Covenant for the satisfaction of God Heb. 7. 22. and he is the Mediator of the Covenant for the reconciliation of man Heb. 8. 6. Thus omnia credenda lead unto him 3. Omnia Petenda All things to be prayed for do necessarily carry us unto Christ. His Father the answerer of our prayers I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ Eph. 3. 14. His Spirit the Author of our prayers The Spirit of the son in our heart crieth Abba Father Gal. 4. 6. His Name the argument of our prayers Whatsoever ye ask the Father in my Name he will give it you John 16. 23 24. His Intercession the efficacy of our prayers this the Incense offered with the prayers of all Saints on the golden Altar Rev. 8. 3. 4. Omnia Participanda lead unto him Baptisme simulacrum mortis Resurrectionis Christi the image of the death and resurrection of Christ wherein we are planted and regenerated to his life and likenesse The Lords Supper the Memorial of the death of Christ wherein we feed and feast upon him as our Passover which was sacrificed for us 1 Cor. 5. 7 8. In one word we preach him 1. In his Office as the Christ anointed of his Father 2. In the great Ends of those Offices which are to be our Jesus to save us and our Lord to Rule us to be a Prince and a Saviour to give Repentance and Remission of sinnes Acts 5. 31. III. We preach Christ Jesus the Lord as the great End of all our preaching that thereby we may advance his interest and promote his designs that he may see of the travel of his soul and be satisfied That his people may be gathered his body edified his Saints perfected his enemies subdued his Gospel propagated his name glorified and he finally admired in all them that believe 2 Thes. 1. 10. These are in se