regenerate and renew As to pardon so to purifie As to deliver from the Guilt so from the Filth of Sin Thus Tit. 3.5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done but according to his mercy he saved us by the washing of Regeneration and renewing of the holy Spirit But both these justifying and Sanctifying you have connected and connexed 1 Cor. 6.11 And such were some of you but ye are washed but ye are sanctified but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God Now thus if I mistake not you are to understand it in the Text who washed us that is who justified us from the Guilt and sanctified us from the Filth of our Sins in his own Blood And washed us from our Sins in his own Blood What this Sin is that is washed from in Christs own Blood Sin in the Nature and Motion of it is a Transgression of the Law Sin supposeth a Law in being Rom. 4.15 For where there is no Law there is no Transgression But where there is Sin there is a Law and a Transgression of that Law 1 Jo. 3.4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth the Law for sin is a Transgression of the Law Yea Sin is not only the Transgression of a Law but of a good Law Rom. 7.12 For the Law is holy and the Commandement holy and just and good Yea the Transgression not only of a good Law but of Gods Law Psa 89.30 31. If his Children forsake my Law and walk not in my Commandements If they break my Statutes and keep not my Commandements Now the Law not only forbids the doing of evil whether in thought word or deed but also commands the doing of Good so that to omit the Good commanded as well as to commit the Sin forbidden is Sin whatever therefore doth transgress the Law of God in whole or in part is Sin whether it break an Affirmative or a Negative precept that is whether it be the Omission of Good or the Commission of Evil. From this all this Christs blood washeth And washed us from our Sins in his own Blood Whether Christ washeth from Sin in his own Blood As it is true none in Heaven nor on Earth nor under the Earth could open the Book and unloose the seven Seals thereof it is as true none in Heaven nor on Earth nor under the Earth can justify a guilty Soul and sanctifie a filthy Soul but Christ unto this my text speaks Who loved us and washed us from our Sins in his own Blood Eze. 16.9 Then washed I thee with water yea I throughly washed away thy Blood from thee thy Bloods from thee according to the Margent Then when when I passed by thee Eze. 16 6. When I passed by thee and saw thee polluted or troden under foot in thine own Blood I said unto thee Live Yea when thou wast in thy blood I said unto thee Live But what I is this This Jehovah God Thus saith Jehovah Eze. 16.3 God unto Jerusalem c. Now this Jeâ—ovah is God or Christ for the Son hath the same name with the Father Jer. 23.6 This is the name whereby he shall be called Jehovah our Righteousness 'T is Christ that washeth Eze. 36.25 26 27. I will sprinkle clean water upon you and ye shall be clean from all your filthiness and from all your Idols will I cleanse you A new heart will I give you and a new Spirit will I put within you and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh and I will give you an heart of flesh And I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to walk in my Statutes and ye shall keep my Judgements and do them But in short If to wash be to justifie then Souls are washed in Christs own Blood Rom. 3.24 Being justified freely by his grace but how through the Redemption that is in Christ Jesus And if to wash be to sanctifie then Souls are washed in Christs own Blood Hâ—b 13.12 Christ that he might sanctifie the People with his own blood suffered without the Gate How Christ washeth from Sin in his own Blood Christ washeth three wayes by his Word by his Spirit and by his Blood By his Word Christ hath appointed and approved his word as a means leading unto this end Jo. 17.17 Sanctifie them through thy Truth thy word is Truth As to wash is to justifie so to sanctifie Now though the word can do nothing without Christ no more then the Instrument can without the hand yet this Instrument together with the hand can justifie a condemned Creature and sanctifie a contâ—minated Creature By his Spirit The word that 's as the wax the Spirit that 's as the Seal upon that wax The Spirit indeed is the principal verb in the Sentence Sanctification properly is the work of the Spirit For as it is the proper work of the Fâ—ther to elect and of the Son to redeem so of the Spirit to sanctifie those Elected and Redeemed 'T is therefore called the Sanctification of the Spirit Ye are chosen unto Salvation 2 Thess 2.13 through Sanctification of the Spirit By his Blood As Christ washeth through his Word and through his Spirit so through his Blood But how may Christ be said Question to wash from Sin in his own Blood There is a virtual Solut. and an actual washing in Christs blood That is there is a Satisâ—action given to God for Man and a sanctification wrought in Man Virtual There is a satisfaction given to God Beloved There is the Active and Passive Obedience of Christ concerning his Active himself speaks I have finished the work Jo. 17.4 which thou gavest me to do Concerning his Passive himself also speaks It is finished Jo. 19.30 Here was the Cross and Crucifixtion of Christ as the Complement of All. These two his Active and Passive Obedience were jointly and equally concerned in giving Satisfaction to infinite Justice Now concerning these two his Action and Passion if I mistake not God saith Mat. 3.17 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased Or according to the Greek in whom I acquiesce God did acquiesce in him as Son as Mediator of the promise as one that did and dyed and so satisfied Christ himself did not only arrive at a Satisfaction by his Action and Passion but if I may speak it without Levity and with a holy Reverence arrived God at a Satisfaction by his Doing and Dying and that for All for whom he gave himself and unto whom he hath given and shall give himself Both which I think are legible in that oâ— the Prophet Isa 53.11 He shall see of thâ— Travel of his Soul and be â—atisfied by his knowledge shall mâ— righteous Servant justifie many for he shall bear their Iniquities Actual There is a Sanctification wrought in Man A there is a Satisfaction give
greater then the Love of the Husband to the Wife Conjugâ—l Love is at least ought to be great Love The Love of Abraham to Sarah was great of Isaac to Rebecca was great of Jacob to Rackel was great of Elkanah to Hannah was great of Augustus to his Livia was great who dyed in the Embraceme is of her with these words Livia nostri Conjugii memoresto vive vale which may thus be Englished Livia remember we were one live and farewell Man and Wife are one flesh and if both be living one Spirit so that this Love must needs be great but Christs is greater Husbands Eph. 5.25 love your Wives as Christ loved the Church and gave himself for it Where is there a Husband that gives himself for his Wife that gives himself to death for his Wife Or if he should what would it signifie She could never say with the Text who loved me and washed me from my Sins in his Blood This must not be said of any blood but Christs is not this then a peculiar Love Spiritual Christs Love is greater then the Spiritual Love of Christians Jonathans love to David was great and Davids love to Jonathan was great but Christs is greater what 's a spark to the Furnace a drop to the Ocean Such is the Love of Man to the Love of Christ God manifest in the flesh 'T is true David speaks very honourably of Jonathans Love 2 Sam. 1.26 Thy Love to me have been wonderfull passing the Love of Women But Christs Love is greater Christs Love is greatest Jo. 14.13 Greater Love hath no Man then this that a Man lay down his life for his Friend Christ laid down his life for Enemies as Enemies when and while Enemies Is not this now a peculiar Love What use may be made of this Lastly that Christ hath a peculiar Love for his peculiar People Hath Christ a peculiar Love for his peculiar People USE This then may be useful by way of Caution by way of Comfort by way of Councel Is Christs Love a peculiar Love By way of Caution take heed then of turning Love into Lust and loving kindness into lasciviousness To do evil that good may come and to be sinful because God is merciful and to be lustful because Christ is Love-ful is the Sophistry of the Prince of Darkness Dost argue from Grace to Sin from Love to Lust from Mercy to Iniquity from Immunity unto Impiety this is the Dialect of Hell and the Sophistry of the Prince of Darkness Rom. 3.8 Oh how do the Apostle thunder against such we are slanderously reported and some affirm that we say Let us do evil that good may come whose damnation is just Art loved be joyous Soul thou art more then a Conquerour through him that loveth By way of Comfort Oh you that have the Love of Christ shed abroad in your hearts by the Spirit of Christ this Text as a Cordial under your fainting Fits Who loved us Art tempted or troubled pained or panged distressed or disserted yet loved Me Duce vinces Rom. 8.37 who loved us Nay in all these things we are more then Conquerors but how through him that loved us Not only Conquerors but more then Conquerors It is a compound word and signifies more then simply to overcome 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 we greatly overcome we over and above overcome we overcome above measure or exceeding gloriously we do more then overcome we do Over-overcome as the Greek seem to read it It may well be read thus But in all these things we Over-overcome through him that loved us In all these things but what things were these These things ye may run and read Rom. 8.35 What shall separate us from the Love of God shall Tribulation or Distress or Persecution or Famine or Nakedness or Peril or Sword Here are seven bitter Dishes and shall these No In all these things we do Over-overcome Is not any one of these Dishes enough for any pallate in the World yet not one of these not any of these yea not all these shall separate from the Love of God But in all these things we do Over-overcome but how through him that loved us Now that thy Cup may be filled with Joy and Peace like the water pots of Galilee up to the very Brim suffer me to tell thee that Christs Love is the most sutable and soveraign Cordial Christs Love is the most sutable Cordial Those Cordials are most efficacious that are most natural and most suiting the Spirits Gal. 2.20 Christs Love is the Christians Life I live yet not I but Christ liveth in me Christs Love falls in with the Life of a Christian and therefore most sutable Christs Love is the most soveraign Cordial As Gods Love when he gave Christ is put for all Causes Jo. 3.16 So God loved the World that he gave his only begotten Son So Christs Love when Christians get comfort is put for all Cordials Is not that a lofty as well as a lovely Expression of the great Doctor of the Gentiles Rom. 8.38 39. For I am perswaded that neither Death nor Life nor Angels nor Principalities nor Powers Nor things present nor things to come Nor Height nor Depth nor any other creature shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Soul Christs Love contain in it the sum of the Gospel Christ being the sum of the Gospel and Love the sum of Christ God so loved the World that he gave Christ and Christ so loved the World that he gave himself contain in it the Pith and Marrow of all the Gospel This little word Love written in the golden letters of free-Grace in the blood of Jesus Christ is an Epitomy of the Gospel The Life of Christ was a perfect Mirror of his Love every action of it was full of Love and if we put all the Actions of his life together we may conclude that he was not born so much to Live as to Love Was there a word that dropped from his Lips but was sull of Love And as for his works they all speak Love so loud that the deafest ear may hear it Should we begin at the Temple where Christ disputed with the Doctors and â—low him to the Mount where 〈◊〉 was crucified by the Soulâ—ers we should see all the way â—ewed with Love-Reses Now 〈◊〉 loved then this Christ is â—hy Christ and this Love â—hy Love and is not this â—â—tter of Joy Go away then â—â—d be filled with Joy and â—ace through Believing Oh but there are Achans withâ—â— Object 1 Sauls within the Sons of â—erviab within Oh there are â—any Blots in my Scutcheon â—any Weeds in my Garden â—uch Rubbish in my House â—any Holes in my Coat much â—eâ—ven in my Heart Oh no â—eart like unto Mine Soul Solut. Christs Loâ—â— is greater â—en thy Lust and his Mercy â—en thine Iniquity If the Sun â—e
from God 2 Cor. 3.2 3. Ye are our Epistle written in our hearts known and read read of all Men For as much as ye are manifestly declared to be the Epistle of Christ ministred by us written not with Ink but with the Spirit of the living God not in tables of stone but in fleshly tables of the heart Are there not some of you here that remember the very first promise wherein Christ and your Souls met and you cannot forget that and other promises also Then a promise is given from God when it sutes the Souls condition For instance Art tempted Oh say the Soul my Temptations are wanton and wicked horrid and sordid brutish and blasphemous Blessed is the Man Jam. 1.12 that endureth Temptation for when he is tryed he shall receive the Crown of life which God hath promised to them that love him Now this suit is the Souls condition Art afflicted Oh say the Soul I can look no way but I may say Gad a Troop commeth My afflictions come like waves no sooner is one affliction over but another commeth Isa 63.9 In all their affliction he was afflicted He was affected with their affliction and they had his Affection under their Affliction This word sutes the present Condition Art persecuted Oh say the Soul 2 Cor. 4.9 Saul hunts after my Soul to take it Persecuted but not forsaken Though persecuted of Man yet not forsaken by God This falls in with the Souls condition and so looks like a word given from God Art disserted Oh say the Soul the Sun of Righteousness is gone down upon me and there 's a Cloud interposing between my Soul and my Saviour Isa 54.7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee but with great mercies will I gather thee Doth not this sute the Condition of the Soul Art reproached Oh say the Soul they lay to my charge things that I know not Mat. 5.11 Blessed are ye when men shall revile you and speak all manner of evil against you falsly for my sake Is not this word sutable Art impoverished Oh say the Soul my Barrel is empty and my Cruse empty Ps 34.10 The young Lyons do lack and suffer hunger but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing They shall not want any thing that is good that is for their good Is not this promise sutable and seasonale Art Unbelieving Oh say the Soul my Faith is at a low Ebb and I cannot make conclusion of Light in Darkness of Life in Death which is the true Logick of Faith 2 Tim 2.12 If we believe not yet he abideth faithful he cannot deny himself If not this a sutable word Art mourning Oh say the Soul mine Eye is like a Limbeck continually dropping I Isa 51.12 even I am he that comforteth thee Not I and another not I or another but I even I am he that comforteth thee This falls in with the present state Dost want Pardon Oh say the Soul I want a sight and a Sense of Pardon There 's no Salvation without Remission and yet I want a Sight and a Sense of that Isa 43.25 I even I am he that blotteth out thy Transgressions for mine own sake and will not remember thy Sins Is not this proper Hast back-sliden Oh say the Soul I have a sliding foot and a back-sliding Heart Hos 15.4 I will heal their back-sliding I will love them freely Is not this a proper promise Dost fear Oh say the Soul Lastly I fear I shall fall by the strength of this Temptation or this Corruption 2 Cor. 12.9 My Grace is sufficient for Thee for my power is made perfect in weakness A promise thus coming sutes the Souls condition and seems to me to be a promise given from God Art a Believer Triumph then thy Salvation is under Promise Soul By way of Triumph though Salvation be a great thing though it be a Soul-Salvation a Spiritual Salvation an eternal Salvation yet this Salvation is under promise and is entailed upon believing 1 Pet. 1 9. Receiving the End of your Faith the Salvation of your Souls As Faith shall have an End so there is the end of Faith and that 's Salvation receiving the end of your Faith even the Salvation of your Souls There must be believing till Faith come to an end if at the End you would receive the End of your Faith even the Salvation of your Souls When Faith shall have an End then shall the Soul have the End of Faith and that 's Salvation Receiving the end of your Faith even the Salvation of your Souls Soul take a Drop into thy Bucket pluck a Cluster from this Vine Gospel-Promises they are as it were the Veins of Christ whereby his Bloud is carried into all his body the Church Gospel-promises they are the Treasures of Comforts they are the Churches Stock they are the Believers Patrimony To Abraham and his Seed were â—he Promises made Heb. 6.17 It is the Priviledge and Dignity of true Believers to be called heirs of the Promise Oh Question but a Cloud seems to be impending Is not Sin reeling still Is not Satan raging still What course shall I now steer for the bitterness of Death is not yet past Solution Make Judgment of Gods Faithfulness not according to his Providences but according to his Promises God hath promised to keep his People and he will keep his Promise Providences may work counter but Promises are the same and are sure Whatever is uncertain the promise is sure An Estate may be lost Relations may dye and go to the Grave of Silence but the Promise is sure and the same Therefore it is of Faith Rom. 4.16 that 〈◊〉 might be by Grace why to the end the promise might be sure tâ— all the Seed To all the Seed but what Seed is this not 〈◊〉 that onely which is of the Law but to that also which is of thâ— Faith of Abraham who is thâ— Father of us all Now that thâ— Soul may be filled like thâ— water pots of Galilee up tâ— the very Brim with Joy and Peace through believing suâ—fer me to tell thee that thâ— promises are sure and the same For They are hid in the Scripture That the Gentiles should be feâ—low heirs Eph. 3.6 and of the same body and partakers of his promise but how through the Gospel They are hid in the Heart With the heart man believeth unto Righteousuess Rom. 10.12 and with the mouth â—onfession is made unto Salvation They are hid in Christ All â—â—e Promises of God 2 Cor. 1.20 in Him that is in Christ are YEA â—nd in him AMEN unto the â—lory of God by us But to end as I did begin Divine Promises they are hid â—n the Scripture but should that be made a Sacrifice then they are hid in the Heart Gospel-Promises they are hid in the Heart but should that be made a Sacrifice then they are â—id in Christ and are they not sure enough there Oh Soul â— am sure there they are sure Now Gospel-Believers have 〈◊〉 Gospel-Right to Gospel-Promises Art a Believer of â—he right Stamp these Promises then are thine and wilt thou go away with a Countâ—nance sad Oh Soul opeâ— thy mouth wide that it maâ— be filled with Grace and Peace For To Abraham and his Secâ— were the Promises made 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Luke 2.14 FINIS ADVERTISEMENT Books to be Sold by Beniamin Harris at the Sign of the Stationers Arms in Swithins Alley in Corn-hill near the Royal Exchange WAr with the Devil or The Young Mans Conflict with the Powers of Darkness By B. 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