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A57130	The author and subject of healing in the church set forth in a sermon preached before the Right Honorable the Parliament of England at St. Margarets Church in Westminster, on Wednesday, April 25, 1660, being the day of their assembly / by Dr. Edward Reynolds ...	Reynolds, Edward, 1599-1676.	1660 (1660)	Wing R1239; ESTC R36785	18,560	46

remy Daniel and Nehemiah bewailing the breaches and desolations of Sion will finde it one principall evidence of a Godly man to poure out his complaint before the Lord when he is overwhelmed Psal. 102. 1. no desires so strong in t●…m as to have their eyes opened their hearts purged their sin removed their peace enlarged the truth of God vindicated his worship restored his ordinances preserved his presence continued in the midst of his people Promises of healing in God do awaken prayers for healing in them Isai. 19. 22. Jer. 31. 8 9 10. 33. 6. Hos. 6. 1. Isai. 57. 15. III. The Au●…hor of this healing is here the Sun of Righteousness who came purposely to binde up the broken hearted to appoint to them that mourn beauty for ashes c. Isai. 61 1 2 3. Concerning him let us consider 1. The reason of his Appellation 2. The manner of his healing For the Appellation he was called by Balaam a Star one that was to have dominion Num. 24 17 19. A great Light Isai. 9. 2. {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} the day Spring or Sun rising Luke 1. 78. A Bright Star of the morning Rev. 22. 16. an everlasting light that never goes down Jsai 60 20. That takes away all night Rev. 22. 5. The Apostle tells us that by Christ the Worlds were made H●…b 1. 2. The old visible world wherein is the natural Sun and a New heaven and earth wherein dwelleth Righteousness 2 Pet. 3. 13. unto which belongeth this Son of Righteousness And therefore the time of the Go●…el is called a day of Grace and Salvation 2 Cor. 6. 2. Rom. 13 12 13. And Beleevers children of the light and of the day 1 Thes. 5 5. W●…erein darkness of Error and Ignorance is dispelled and glorious things which had been hidden from ages and generations manifested unto the World Christ is the Light of the World to come as the Evangelical Church seemeth to be called Heb. 2 5. That Light John 1. 8. 3 19. An heavenly Light so Evangelical Doctrines are called {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Heavenly things John 3 12 31. Heb. 9 23. A full Light John 1 14. In him did all fulness dwell Col. 1 19. An Indeficient light which endures for ever as a faithful Witness in Heaven Psal. 89 36. Isai. 60 19. A primitive Independent Light which deriveth not his righteousness f●…om any o●…her fountain he sanctified himself by his own spirit John 17 19. A diffusive light which sheddeth it self on every other Vessel of Light of his ●…ess we all receive He silleth all in all John 1 16. Eph. 1 23. A moveing Light which goes through all the Earth to the ends of the world Psal. 19 3. 6. He came and preached peace to those afar off and to them that were nigh Eph. 2 17. An Operative influential and be●…gne Light which cometh with Life as well as with Lustre and therefore it is called the womb of the morning Psal. 110 3. 3. reviving restoring ripening the fiuits of the Earth Psal. 36 9. The means and manner of his Healing is by his Arising unto us There is a Sun extant at midnight as well as at noon but he comforts not us but by his rising Now this rising not●…th 1. His Incarnation the word which is translated 〈◊〉 Oriens the day-spring or sun-rising Luke 1 78. is in the original 〈◊〉 a Branch Zach 3. 8 And as here a Sun of righteousness so elsewhere a Branch of Righteousness Jer. 23. 5. 33 15. A Sun of Righteousness so he is the Lord from Heaven the Lord of David a Branch of Righteousness so he is the son and the Off-spring of David This is our comfort that he is as well Germen springing out of the Earth as Oriens looking down from Heaven Psal. 85 11. 2. His manifestation in spirit and power by the Gospel to the consciences of his people by the beauties of his Grace and Holiness illightning the mind inclining the will healing the affections converting the cons●…ience discovering to the Soul the deep things of God which is called the rising of the Day-star in the heart 2 Pet. 1. 19. 3. His rouzing men out of ignorance and security unto the businesses of an holy life for the sun riseth that men may go forth to their labours Psal. 104. 22 23. The light saith awake thou that sleepest Eph. 5. 14. Rom. 13. 11. 4. His Heavenly conduct and direction shewing us the way wherein we should walk and leading us therein discovering Enemies and temptations behinde us precipices gulfs snares and pits before us Luk. 1. 79. whereas he who walkethin darknes knoweth not whither he goeth Joh. 12. 35. The Sun of Righteousness thus rising doth heale us by his light and by his influence 1. By the light of his Heavenly Doctrine whereby he convinceth of sin and so discovereth our disease and then of Righ●…snes in him to pardon our sin and of Judgment to rescue us out of the dominion and power of Satan 2 By the Infuence of his ●…lessed Spirit efficaciously enforcing the word an ●…educing that vertue out of it by which it restoreth health and beauty to the Soul This is called the revealing of the arme of the Lord Isa 53. 1. and the hand of the Lord being with the word Act. 11. 23. 4. But Christ is in Heaven and we in Earth how shall we bring these together that the Medicine may be applied to the disease O●…ne agens agit per Contactum and this must be either Immediatione suppositi or Immediatione virtutis as Philosophers speak And we have both here his person being Divine is Immense omnipresent He filleth All in All His vertue is further conveyed unto us by his Wings the Beams of this sun of Righteousnes most swiftly and suddenly flying with his truth and grace into the Soul And these Wings are 1. His word and ordinances in which Christ is present with his Church Math. 18. 20. and presented to it Gal. 3. 1. The holy Doctrines of the Gospell and duties of worship are if I may so speak the Drugs and Materials the Balme of Gilead whereby spirituall diseases sinn and sorrow are cured As we find usually in the Gospell he did but speak the word and diseases were gon H●… cures were Commands His ordinances ar●… the Leavs of the Tree of Life which are fo●… healing of Nations Rev. 22. 2. 2. Any Illustrious providence sent down 〈◊〉 it were from Heaven when he doth terr●… things which we looked not for Thus he healed the fears of Israel by opening a way in the Red Sea and their murmurings in the wildernes by giving them Waters out of the Rock Thus he strengthned the faith of Constantine newly converted by the signe of the name of Christ in Heaven with this inscription in hoc vinces Wonderfull providences which bring any healing to discomposed and dilacerated Nations are as so many beames of the

do of his own good pleasure Phil. 2. 13. It is he that makes me to differ 1 Cor. 4. 7. ut Totum Deo detur qui Hominis voluntatem bonam et praeparat adjuvandam et adjuvat praeparatam as the incomparable Champion of the Grace of God St. Austin speaketh That the whole work may be ascribed unto God who both prepareth the good will of man that it may be holpen and helpeth it being prepared And againe Certum est nos velle cumvolumus sed ille facit ut velimus It is certain that we will when we do will but it is he that maketh us to will And again nos volumus sed Deus in nobis operatur velle nos operam●…r sed Deus in nobis operatur operari we will but God worketh ●…n us to will we work but God worketh in us to wo●…k also And again Ille facit ut nos faciamus quae praecepit nos non facimus ut ille faciat quae promisit He maketh us to do the things which he commandeth we make not him to do the things which he promiseth O that the wanton and proud wits of men would leave the Lord to do with his owne what it pleaseth him as he will certainly do notwithstanding all their passionate altercations Mat. 20. 15. and would let the difference between him that feareth the Lord and him that feareth him not be ascribed only unto the gift of grace without the which no man would feare him which rich grace a nullo duro Corde respuitur ideo enim datur ut cordis duritia primitus auferatur as the same Father speakes is not refused by any hard heart for it is therefore given that hardness of heart may be taken away Though man be free to resist grace yet he is not free to conquer it Gods mercy is victorious as well as his justice That which cometh into your mind shall not be at all that ye say we will be as the Heathen as the Families of the Countries to serve wood and stone as I live saith the Lord God surely with a mighty hand and with a stretehed out arm and with fury poured out will I rule over you Ezek. 20. 32 33. Where the Lord threatneth to conquer them with his mercy he will have mercy on whom he wil have mercy Si Deus miseretur etiam volumus ad eandem quippe misericordiam pertinet ut velimus I●… men would be but contented that God should use his free will in giving his grace as well as they contend for their owne free will to accept it if the time which is spent in disputing for free will were spent in begging it or if when we beg free will of God that we may accept grace and not refuse it we would but allow it consonant to Gods power and goodnes to grant us our petition and to cause us not to refuse it and certainly lex supplicandi legem statuit Credendi as Celestinus speaks we may beleeve that God will g●…ant what we pray for according to his will the world would not be so continually troubled with the hot and passionate disputes in these arguments as we finde it is certainly every humble and holy man will not onely think it his duty to praise God for that he gave him a power to convert but that he gave him Conversion it selfe and the very work of willing and turning unto God 3. We may here observe the double most different effect of the Gospell of Christ upon proud and penitent sinners a savour of death to one of life to the other 2 Cor. 2. 15. 16. fire to the one balsome to the other as the same perfume kils the vulture which revives the Dove the same Red Sea a passage to Israel a grave to Egypt the same pillar light to one and darknes to the other the same sun makes the Garden smell sweet and the Dunghill stink Great therefore must our care be what affections we bring to hearing the word It is given for life but we may find it u●…to death according to the disposition of heart we bring with us thereunto an honest and good Heart a meek and quiet Spirit a melted ●…oul ready to be cast into the mould of the word is the best preparation to meetwith Christ in his Gospel II. We see here Healing promised to those that fear Gods name and thence we may certainly conclude that the Holiest men do want healing 1. As we are like unto Christ per primitias Spiritus by the first fruits of the spirit so we are unlike unto him per reliquias vetustatis by the remainders of corruption There is not a just man that liveth and sinneth not Though the guilt of sin be removed in our justification and the power subdued in our sanctification yet the sickness and remainders of it are not abolished till our dissolution Ista vitia gratiâ dei medicante curantur prius ●…t reat●… non teneant deinde ut constict●… non vincant postremo ut omni ex parte Sanata nulla omnino remaneant as St. Austin speaks These Evils are cured by the Grace of God first that they may not hold us by their guilt next that they may not conquer us in the conflict and lastly that being throughly healed none of them may remain And these remainders of corruption the Lord here leaveth in us to be matter of daily ●…onslict of deep humbling of earnest Prayer ●…t sit quod pet●…ntibus largiter adjiciat quod confitentibus clementer ignoscat that he may bountisully give the things for which we pray and graciously pardon the sins which we confess 2. Besides our sins we are surrounded with Enemies and beset on every side with Temptations and though we have a promise of victory over them and sufficiency of grace against them yet we have no promise of absolute immunity that we shall be invulnerable by them The experience of our own Lapses and of the Holiest and greatest Saints sufficiently evidence unto us what poor and fraile Creatures we are when the Lord leaves us to t●…y us as he did Hezekiah 2 Cron. 32. 31. 3. Sorrow is the naturall Off-spring of sinn and temptation a sick and a wounded man cannot but feel the paine of that which weakneth him There are not any men more men of sorrow and acquainted with grief then they whose eyes are most open to see whose hearts most tender to feel the weight of sinn the terrors of God and the Assaults of temptation Being therefore subject to sins to wounds to sorrows no wonder if they stand in need of healing And indeed none call out so importunately for healing either for themselves or for the Ch●…ch of God as they that feare ●…is name Jer. 8. 22. Psal. 51. 8. 18. Psal. 38. 3●…9 He that ●…hall read the dolefull complaints of Job of Heman of Hezekiah and others mourning under the weight of sin and wrath of Je