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A61649 Consolation in life and death wherein is shewed that interest in Christ is a ground of comfort ... begun in a funeral sermon occasioned by the death of Mrs. Ellen Asty, and since much enlarged : together with the life of the said Mrs. Ellen Asty / by Owen Stockton ... Stockton, Owen, 1630-1680. 1681 (1681) Wing S5697; ESTC R34617 76,502 170

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we make a covenant with the Lord that we will become his people and continue his for ever 2 King 11.17 Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord and the King and the People that they should be the Lords People Sect. 3. Several grounds of Consolation against the troubles of Life and the fears and terrors of Death arising from an interest in Christ We have seen what is meant by an interest in Christ namely an actual right to and propriety in Christ himself as our Redeemer and a right to and propriety in all the saving benefits purchased by his Blood VVe have seen also how Christ becomes ours and how we become his Now let us consider what solid grounds of comfort we may have both against the fears and terrours of Death and the troubles of Life from our Redemption by Christ or from interest in Christ and those saving benefits which he hath purchased for us I. Jesus Christ hath fully perfectly and for ever reconciled unto God all that are his The elect as well as others were by nature the Children of wrath Eph. 2.3 But by the Death and sufferings of Christ they are redeemed from the wrath of God both for present and time to come Rom. 5.9 Being now justified by his blood we shall be saved from wrath through him 1 Thes 1.10 Even Jesus which hath delivered us from wrath to come Our Lord Jesus Christ hath by his Death and sufferings fully reconciled all that are his unto God for ever Col. 1.19 20. Having made peace through the blood of his Cross by him to reconcile all things unto himself c. All that are Christs whether they be such as are already in Heaven or such as are still upon the Earth were reconciled to God by that bloud that he shed upon the cross All that are Christs in all ages of the world and in all places of the world are reconciled to God by Christ 2 Cor. 5.19 God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself And as Christ hath reconciled all that are his unto God so he hath fully and perfectly reconciled them to God and that for ever by his offering up himself a Sacrifice to God for them Heb. 10.14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified I shall open this fulness and perfection of this Reconciliation in three or four particulars 1. Jesus Christ by his Death hath so fully reconciled all that are his unto God that he is pacified towards them notwithstanding all their offences whether original or actual and will not impute any one of their offences to them 2 Cor. 5.19 God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself not imputing their trespasses unto them The nature of reconciliation lyeth in pacifying God for the offence our sins have caused and this pacification Christ our High Priest hath wrought for us Heb. 2.17 That he might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God to make reconciliation for the sins of the people And this pacification is so full that it is a pacification for all offences Ezek. 16.63 I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done saith the Lord. 2. Jesus Christ hath so fully reconciled all that are his unto God that God hath laid aside all his wrath against them and retaineth no fury at all against them Psal 85.3 Thou hast taken away all thy wrath thou hast turned thy self from the fierceness of thine anger Isa 27.4 Fury is not in me 3. Jesus Christ hath so fully reconciled all that are his unto God that the Lord hath sworn that he will be wroth with them no more Isa 54.9 17. This is as the waters of Noah unto me for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the Earth so I have sworn that I would not be wroth with thee nor rebuke thee This is the heritage of the Servants of the Lord. But some may say are not some of the Servants of Christ chastned very sorely and do they not complain that the wrath of God lyeth hard upon them as Heman Psal 88.7.16 How then is God true to his Oath that he will be wroth with them no more A. 1. The rebukes and chastnings of the Members of Christ do not come from wrath but love Rev. 3.19 Whom I love I rebuke and chasten 2. The people of God are subject to mistakes when they judge according to sence and not according to what is revealed in the word of God when they judge according to sence and feeling they may think many providences of God to be expressions of his wrath which they might understand to be all Mercy and to have no wrath in them if they did judge according to Faith and according to what they find in the word of God For there we read that All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his Covenant and his Testimonies Ps 25.10 3. When the Lord swears that he will not be wroth nor rebuke his Servants it is to be understood of Eternal wrath that he will not rebuke them so as to destroy for so rebuking is sometimes understood namely of eternal destruction Ps 9.5 Thou hast rebuked the Heathen thou hast destroyed the wicked thou hast put out their name for ever and ever For this is like the Oath of God concerning the waters that covered the Earth in Noah's time God hath sworn that the VVaters shall no more cover the Earth to destroy the Earth as it did in Noah's Floud yet notwithstanding this Oath God doth often chasten the Inhabitants of the Earth with unseasonable rain and flouds but not such as shall destroy the world So when the Lord swears that he will not be wrath with or rebuke his Servants it 's of eternal wrath of casting them away for ever yet he may and often doth chasten them with temporal chastisements 4. Jesus Christ hath so fully reconciled all that are his unto God that he hath not only pacified his Fathers Anger but he hath restored and brought them into the love and favour of God Rom. 5.1 2. By whom also we have access by Faith into this grace wherein we stand By grace here is meant the love and favour of God and by Christ we have not only peace with God but access into and continuance in the grace and favour of God By Christ we are brought into an higher degree of the love and favour of God than Adam did enjoy while he was in innocency For we are under a better Covenant and have better promises than Adam had Adam was in the favour of God yet so as he was capable of losing the favour of God and being a child of wrath And by his fall he did lose the love of God But they that are Christs are so confirmed in the love of God that Gods loving kindness shall never depart from them Isa 54.10 The Mountains shall depart and the Hills be