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truth_n	only_a	remove_v	vail_n	24	3	16.0781	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62549	Six severall treatises ... by the late worthy and faithful servant of Jesus Christ, John Tillinghast ; published by his own notes.; Selections. 1657	Tillinghast, John, 1604-1655.; Petto, Samuel, 1624?-1711.; Manning, John, d. 1694.	1657 (1657)	Wing T1180; ESTC R21376	167,572	313

great ground for hope to found upon if thou want any grace strength against sin still Jesus Christ as our Advocate must give it forth who is within the vail Lastly Jesus Christ in all those relations that hee stands in to his Children is within the vail Jesus Christ hath all those Relations he stood in here to his people hee stands in the same to his people in Heaven as a head Col. 1.18 Hee is the head of the body the Church Jesus Christ was now in heaven yet saith the Apostle Hee is the head of the body the Church And then Jesus Christ is a Husband now within the vail 2 Cor. 11.2 For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousie for I have espoused you to one Husband Christ is our Husband though within the vail And Jesus Christ is our Brother though within the vail Joh. 20.17 the words of Christ after his Resurrection to Mary Go to my Brethren he owns his under the title of Brethren after his Resurrection Look what Jesus Christ was after his Resurrection that hee is for ever for there is no alteration in Christ after his Resurrection but Jesus Christ after his Resurrection is a Brother to his Saints and therefore is that for ever to his Saints Jesus Christ in all those relations he stands in them still to his Saints And what an abundant ground of hope is this that we have one so near to us in Heaven within the vail Secondly The Covenant of Grace that is within the vail The bottome of a Christians hope that is within the vail The old Mosaical Covenant that was within the vail Moses carried his Covenant within the tipical vail Heb. 9.1 2 3 4. The first Covenant had Ordinances of divine service a worldly Sanctuary and after the second vail the Tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all which had the golden Censer and the Ark of the Covenant overlaid round about with gold wherein was the golden pot that had Manna and Aarons rod that budded and the tables of the Covenant The tables of the Covenant The old Mosaical Covenant was carried within the vail Now as Moses took his Covenant and carried it within the vail so likewise Jesus Christ who is the Mediator of that New and better Covenant he takes that Cavenant and carries it within the vail So that all that ground of hope that wee have from the Covenant of Grace which is the great bottome of a Christians hope all that is within the vail for Jesus Christ as Moses took his Covenant and carried it within the vail Thirdly All the promises of God are now within the vail they are all treasured and stored up within the Covenant the Covenant is the grand Promise and all the promises are in this Covenant now the Covenant being within the vail all the promises of God every promise of grace I would lay hold upon and ground hope upon are within the vail so all the ground that can bee for a Christians hope is within the vail There is a certain foundation his hope is carried into Heaven already if pitcht upon Christ our Forerunner the righteous one the great Sacrifice our Advocate Christ in all his Relations the Covenant of Grace the promises it is pitcht within the vaile For all these are within the vail Thirdly Why a Christians hope must bee fixed within the vail Answ 1. Because there is no safe anchoring place without the vail All is quick-sands as I may say take all the world it is full of quick-sands any thing on this side Heaven is a quick-sand who ever casts Anchor there casts Anchor upon a quick sand the only rock that will hold is within the vail therefore there is no Anchoring place but within the vail I shall make some use If it bee so That the onely ground for a Christians Anchor to bee fixed upon is within the vail Then this truth doth call upon many souls to remove their Anchors Remove your Anchor of hope or you are undone for ever O there is many a soul grounds his hope some where else Remove your Anchor else assuredly you will perish for ever If your Anchor bee cast without the vail First Art thou such a one as rests in morallity Some have cast their Anchor in the common rode of morallity and Civillity that is is the hope thou hast for heaven grounded upon this That thou art a Civil man observest the commands of God walkest honestly and justly amongst thy neighbours doing no body no hurt and therefore thou hopest thou shalt go to Heaven Is thy hope grounded upon any such thing as this As sure as thou art here thy hope is grounded without the vail and thou wilt suffer shipwrack Oh remove thy Anchor this will never bee an Anchor-hold thou mayest hold a while if there come a little blast thou mayest hold as an Anchor upon the quick sand but when the great storm comes the tempest of death thou wilt never hold it having not a firm rock it is on the sands if thou hast grounded upon this that thou art a Civil moral man not so bad as others others are worse and do not serve God so conscionably as thou dost and therefore thou hopest God will save thee O pluck up Anchor cast a new for assuredly this is below the vail it will never hold Secondly Art thou such a one as hast cast thy Anchor of hope not onely in the common rode of Civillity and Morallity but in the outward Court of Profession thou art not onely a Moral Civil man but a great Professor hast taken up a great profession prayes ever and anon come and frequent meetings or it may bee when thou comest home prayes read a Chapter because thou wilt do something answerably to thy Profession and therefore thou hopest God will save thee O is thy hope grounded upon this Then pull up Anchor too this is not within the vail thou must weigh Anchor for thou art yet short of Heaven below the vail where a Saint casts Anchor all this is below the vail when a man rests in his Profession praying some good doings thinks God should save him for this this is short of the vail Thirdly Is the Anchor of thy hope cast in the Sanctuary is it cast I mean in the visible Church Is all thy hope for Heaven grounded upon this that thou art a Church-member and art in the Church therefore thou hopest thou go to Heaven What a Church-member go to Hell I am a Church-member therefore I shall go to Heaven Is thy hope pitcht upon this that thou art in the Church O pull up Anchor too for thou art yet short of the vail thou hast not yet cast Anchor within the vail If thou ground thy hope upon this hopest God will save thee bee merciful to thee though thou hast many failings yet because a Church member got into the Church before conscience troubled thee but when got in to the Church thou art