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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66599	Totum hominis: or The whole duty of a Christian, consisting in faith and good life Abridged in certain sermons expounding Paul's prayer for the Thessalonians, Epist. 2. Chap. 1. Vers. 11, 12. By Samuel Wales minister of the gospel at Morley in York-shire.	Wales, Samuel.	1680 (1680)	Wing W295; ESTC R219294	77,526	242

and are upholden by the word of his power he gives unto every Man that comes into the World a reasonable soul he quickens sanctifies the elect Feeds them with his own flesh and bloud 1 Cor. 1.2 2 Co. 5.17 preserveth stablisheth enableth to every good word and work holds them in his hand supports them by his grace as the High Priest the names of Israel on his shoulders without him we have nothing can do nothing would return to nothing Therefore nothing is more meet than that Christians should wholly addict themselves to his glory Secondly Reas 2 consider the several relations of Christ unto Christians Is he not their Husband Must not all Wives give honour to their Husbands Is he not their King yea the King of glory are not subjects bound to honour their King Is he not their Lord and Master ought nor servants to count their masters worthy all honour Lastly he is their dear Redeemer who willingly disrobed and emptied himself of his regal glory and put on the homely mantle of humane flesh that he might ransom them with the price of his own bloud Therefore they owe themselves wholly to him and stand obliged to glorifie him in soul and body whose they are both in soul and body For to this end saith the Apostle Christ died for them 1 Co. 6.20 that they should not henceforth live to themselves but to him that died for them Hence the living Creatures are brought in saying with a loud voice worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive honour glory and blessing Thirdly Reas 3 It s no small honour which through Christ is already put upon them and from Christ they expect far greater in the next life They are now partakers of a glorious adoption a glorious shining righteousness glorious graces glorious joys they are called to glory and wait for a richly glorious inheritance an eternal weight of glory to be conferred upon them by Christ Now shall not those that have and look to receive so great glory from Christ endeavour so to live as Christ may have glory from them But alas Vse 1 how few will be able to stand if they be judged by this doctrine How many who call themselves Christians will be found lighter than vanity liars against the truth First many propound to themselves no other end of living here but hoording up riches building their nests on high serving their bellies wallowing in pleasures enjoying honours The glory of Christ their consciences being witnesses is no more thought on or remembred than if Christ had never bin of all other things this hath never troubled their heads Wel if Christ had ever visited these men with the light of life and by his spirit sent joyful tidings of salvation to their spirits it would be otherwise with them Never did man truly know Christ and what Christ hath done for his soul but was much taken up and transported in musing devising desiring to glorifie him Be not deceived if the Lords honour be a stranger in your minds memories intentions endeavours you are in darkness till this present and cannot be assured to your comfort that you have part in the rademption which is in Christ Jesus Secondly do not many live as if they had been made or born to the dishonour of Christ As 1. our idolaters who more stupid than the old Egyptians give the glory of Christ to creatures to their own works to the works of the Painter Carver Baker I fear these grand thieves are long since past shame and grace too Therefore the Lord Jesus requires at their hands the restitution of that honour which most sacrilegiously contrary to his crown and dignity they have robb'd him of 2 Our prophane swearers who tear the glorious name of Christ or ross his Titles unreverently in their Mouths these honour him as the Jews did when they spitted on him 3. All contemners of Christs ordinances and servants who shall one day find that whatsoever is done to things or persons bearing his Name Jesus Christ will take it and revenge it as done to himself 4. All wicked livers whose ungodly works cause that worthy Name by which we are called Jam. 2.7 to be blasphemed in the world We shall sometimes hear them detest and curse both Turk and Pope for persecuting it with the sword when themselves like arrant hypocrites in whom the love of Christ dwelleth not tread it under foot by their cursed and most abominable licentioasness Secondly Vse 2 Let all the Lords people study in all things and by all means to glorifie Christ Jesus Let his honour be dearer to us than all things For this cause were we redeemed † Is 43.21 called quickened that we should shew forth his praise l●●e to his glory Do not masters ●●ok their servants should be a credit to them The Angels of Heaven have no more noble imployment than to serve and honour the Son of God The Father hath committed to the Son the government of all things That all men might honour the Son as they honour the Father Joh. 5.23 If any desire direction for the practice of this most necessary lesson know that we must glorifie the Name of Christ both inwardly and outwarly Inwardly in spirit and affection 1. By stirring up and cherishing in our minds honourable thoughts of Christ an high esteem of him and his excellency of that incomparable goodness and power which he sheweth in leading us to salvation 2. By believing against hope and rea●on trusting on his grace and casting our selves wholly upon him in want of feeling and when all things seem to be against us 3. By intending his honour in every thing making it the mark at which we shoot and if we cannot be so happy as at all times to find that this is the end which before every action first comes to our minds and sensibly moves our wills yet must we strive to find in our selves after the action an high prizing and earnest thirsting after his glory far above all our own good temporal and eternal 4 By grieving heartily to see or hear him dishonoured by false worshippers false teachers carnal Christians 5. By often calling upon our hearts to admire and rejoyce in him more than all other things Outwardly both in word and work In word 1. By ascribing the whole glory of our salvation to him only 2. Speaking of him and using all his Names and Titles with such reverence as beseems so great a Lord. 3. Continual praising him for his mercy and truth towards us for the things he hath wrought daily worketh and will hereafter work for us speaking much good of him before others telling them what a wise powerful bountiful Lord we serve 4. Confessing him boldly before the sons of Men vindicating and maintaining by our Apologies his cause and truth when they are opposed and spoken against In work and conversation 1. By submitting our selves to the direction of his word in all things

Christ which gives power to merit from justice because the Apostle saith The just Judge will in the last day give a crown of Righteousness to all that love him I answer 1. Their Goli●h seems here to stagger for tho sometimes he maintain that good works do merit eternal life by reason of an inherent dig●ity which he endeavours to prove by seven most silly sophismes yet elsewhere he saith We attribute not to works such merit as hath an answerable wages due unto it from Justice and again setting aside the promise of God he is not bound so to accept our works as to reward them 2. That place of the Apostle is not to be understood of Justice commutative or distributive respecting mans merit but of Gods verity or fidelity who hath promised this Crown to all that strive lawfully the faithful fulfilling of which promise is a part of his Justice For else the Apostle should manifestly contradict himself as who in other places hath taught most plainly that grace and debt grace and mans works in respect of causation of salvation can never stand together that eternal life is a free gift not wages they shall never be able to make other construction of Pauls words yea ●uch a gift of grace as is not any way from our selves all the wit in the world shall never clude so perspicu●us a passage 3. This will better appear if we do briefly shew that the Scriptures do not know but overthrow the doctrine of mans merit for themselves cannot deny but it s a good rule in expounding Scripture to compare one place with another First therefore the faithful Israelites did not merit the possession of the land of Canaan Deut 9.4 5 6. Psal 4● 3 2. It s impossible man should merit by paying his debt but whatsoever we do or can do for God in this present world its debt 3. They that are but instruments doing all things by a power received from and continued by another cannot merit at his hands but such are we 4. Could we merit we might by our works make God a debtor to us but this may not be granted My goodness extendeth not to thee saith David which phrase is not to be expounded by that Thy vows are upon me O God that is have made me obliged and indebted to thee 5. If the best mans best works cannot endure the strict judgment of the Lord if the best men shall need mercy in the last day there is no place for merit But the first is true 6. We cannot deserve the least morsel of bread but must seek it at Gods hands like beggars Lastly if we must not look to have our Prayers heard and granted much less Heaven bestowed upon us for our merits But the first the Scripture teacheth Dan. 9.18 and Papists confess and therefore in one of their Missal-prayers they intreat God not to weigh their merits but to pardon their offences Secondly Let us look and trust only to this grace of God in Christ that we may find salvation renouncing and disclaiming all meriting causes of salvation in our selves and all creatures Let us never think of challenging any thing at Gods hand by desert much less the Kingdom that cannot be shaken They that put confidence in their works are like little children beginning to go by themselves who that they may stand more firmly take fast hold on their own clothes but alas they are never a whit further from falling Nay well were it if it were no worse but further they forsake their own mercy and are abolished from Christ Indeed we must labour strive run sight before we be crowned but when we have done all still we are to acknowledge our selves unprofitable servants and confess that Heaven is Gods free gift called a reward not because by our working it is deserved but because by God graciously promised Hold this fast that if Satan object thus unto thee on thy death-bed How canst thou hope for any part in the Kingdom of God who art conscious to thy self of so great sins so many haltings and imperfections thou mayest have what to answer indeed Satan it were something thou fayst and might shake me terribly if I did challenge or expect salvation for my own works my own preaching praying holiness zeal serving of God c. But I abhor my self my worthiness is none my righteousness is spotted my merit is hell 〈◊〉 depend aad rely only on the Lords mercy and Christs purchase this is my rock and portion for ever Notwithstanding this hindreth not but if Satan assault us another way we may lawfully look at Gods image graces and works in us as testimonies of our faith seals of the truth of our calling evidences that Gods grace hath not been ineffectual in us and that we are of the number of those to whom salvation is promised FINIS