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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31037	The Christian temper, or, A discourse concerning the nature and properties of the graces of sanctification written for help in self-examination and holy living / by John Barret ...	Barret, John, 1631-1713.	1678 (1678)	Wing B907; ESTC R20482	253,096	440

such conditions but his Grace worketh by means and a conditional Promise is his stablished means to draw Mans Heart to the performance of the Condition which well considered is a sufficient answer to the Arguments that are commonly urged against the conditionality of the Promises As the Spirit worketh powerfully within so he useth that word from without Direct to sound Convers p. 289 290. as his Instrument which worketh sapientially and powerfully to the same work And the like observation we may take concerning the Threatnings in the Word Therein ordinarily some such evil as we naturally abhor and dread is threatned either to excite us to our duty which our corrupt hearts and natures are exceeding backward to or to deter us from Sin to which we are naturally prone and strongly inclined Now to apply these things to the point in hand The Believer is made sensible what a Sinner he has been and what woe and wrath is due to Sin and Sinners that indeed he has deserved Hell for his Portion yet withal he believes according to the Word that God is in Christ reconciling Sinners unto himself that he so loved the World as to give his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth on him should not perish but have Everlasting Life that Jesus Christ is the only and an all-sufficient Saviour that he is willing as well as able to save those that come to God by him But withal that there is no coming to him only as a Saviour so as to find welcome but he must come to him also as a Leader and Commander resolving sincerely to obey and follow him that without taking his Yoak upon us we cannot find rest for our Souls To these things a Believer cannot but subscribe These things are set home and kept close to his Heart and such Truths as these being mixed with Faith firmly assented to they work effectually Thus he deliberately makes choice of Christ as the only meet help for his Soul in all the World Now go to Hypocrites and Unbelievers and it appears they have but some faint and weak Assent to the foresaid Truths Did they really believe Heaven and Hell and that without an interest in Christ there is no hope of Heaven but to Hell they must go all the World cannot save them how is it possible they should make so light of Christ as they do preferring a momentary pleasure or a little worldly pelf before him which a true Believer accounts but dung and trash If you tell a Man there is a Lyon in the way behind him with open mouth ready to devour him and he flees not as for his Life does it not plainly shew that he believes not what you say So that Sinners do not flee to Christ it shews they do not believe their misery and danger out of Christ Or if sometimes they have strong Convictions that startle and terrify them they have Arts and Devices to put them off They will not suffer them to stay Their corrupt Wills and Affections call off their thoughts from such things as most nearly concern them As we read Mat. 13.15 Their Eyes they have closed lest at any time they should see with their Eyes and hear with their Ears and should understand with their Heart and should be converted and I should heal them Their Eyes they have closed Thus poor Sinners wink hard shut the Windows to keep out the Light that they may still sleep on in Sin Or when they can be no longer quiet as they are then they bribe their Consciences and deceive themselves with a seeming Faith a seeming Conversion a seeming Reformation which they take up with as sufficient as poor Laodicea thought her self rich Thus by one means or other they are kept off from a serious and deliberate closing with the Lord Jesus But then come to a sound Believer and he is as sure that the Word of God will prove true as that there is a God which is as sure as that there are any Creatures in the World and so that Heaven and Hell are not Fancies which have a being only in Mens imaginations but unquestionable realities that all Miseries and Sufferings in this life are case and pleasure compared with the Torments of Hell and Miseries of the Damned and all the Pleasures and enjoyments of this Life but pain and loss compared with the Joys of Heaven that if ever he be saved he must be saved by Christ and that he cannot hope to be saved by Christ but in his own way Thus he sees it unquestionably his grand concern to accept of Christ as he is offered And such Truths being set home by the Spirit with Power and Evidence they have a mighty force to pull down strong-holds and carnal reasonings in the Heart against them to bring into Captivity every Thought to the Obedience of Christ And thus the Will and Affections are wrought upon And what sorrow then See Dr. Preston of Effectual Faith p. 204. to think of ones former natural and sinful State and what Fear O what will become of me if I get not a Part and Interest in Christ If I fall short of Heaven at last then where am I how miserable shall I be to Eternity And what vehement desire after Christ Give me Christ or I die And what resolution in the Will I will go to Christ and give up my self to him and cast my self upon him If I perish I perish Lord whither should I go Thou hast the words of Eternal Life Thus a Believer consents and closeth with Christ deliberately upon clear conviction that he has no other way to take 3. A true Believer consents unfeignedly and heartily True Faith is Faith unfeigned 1 Tim. 1.5 A Sound Believer does not take up with a profession of Faith in Christ and of subjection to him does not think it enough to say Lord Lord to speak honourably of him but hath his heart opened to receive the King of Glory The Lord Jesus Christ is his desire and choice indeed And as he had rather have Christ alone for his Portion than the whole World without him so he had rather be subject to the Laws of Christ than freed from them Though the Flesh is still lusting in him against the Spirit and the Law in his Members rebelling against the Law of his Mind yet he can truly say his Will is more to Christ and to his Service than to please and gratify the Flesh and to serve Sin And he repents not of any thing he does for Christ but is grieved and ashamed that he does no more and that what he hath done has been done in no better manner but he heartily repents of his serving Sin heretofore and of what he hath done displeasing unto Christ And in the ordinary habitual and prevailing bent of his will he is for taking part with Christ and his Laws against the lustings of the Flesh against the motions and workings of remaining corruption in him He is so

Christians yet a poor weak Christian should not conclude he has no Grace because he hath not so much as others Thou mayst have the truth of Grace in thee tho at present thou canst discern little or no growth Christ's Family is made up of Saints of different stature his School consists of Scholars of several Ranks and Forms Some are but Babes in Christ some grown Christians There are some little Children weaklings some young Men grown up to some strength some Fathers old Disciples Christians of great standing and experience Some are but Novices some are riper and by reason of use have their Senses more exercised and their Graces more improved Thou that art but weak be humble what cause hast thou to be humble when the best of Saints such as far excel thee have no cause to be proud Yet be not thou discouraged Christ will not break the bruised Reed nor quench the smoking Flax. He will gather the Lambs with his Arm and carry them in his Bosom and will gently lead those that are with young And yet out of weakness thou mayest be made strong And though thy beginning be but small thy latter end may greatly encrease And further note touching the signs of Grace I have here laid together what a * Dr. Manton on Jam. 1.22 pag. 188 189. Learned Man hath There are three sorts of Marks some are only exclusive others inclusive and between these a middle sort of Marks which he calleth positive Exclusive Marks are to shut out bold pretenders The inclusive Marks are to shew the measures and degrees of Grace and are rather intended for Comfort than for Conviction which if they be found in us we are safe and in the state of Grace but if not we cannot conclude a nullity of Grace The use of these Notes is to comfort or to convince of want of growth Again there is a middle sort of Marks which he calleth positive and they are such as are always and only found in an Heart truly gracious So he These positive Marks and Signs I confess are fewer As Mr. Baxter † Method for peace of Conscience Direct 11. pag. 88 c. See also Sermon of Right Rejoicing p. 26 27. hath laid down five expressing the nature of saving Grace which may be comprised and summed up in this one scil A preferring God and Christ Grace and Glory before any way of Sin before any carnal Self-interest before all the Honours Riches and Pleasures of the World a preferring the former I say in our practical estimation in our deliberate and hearty choice and in our true serious and faithful endeavours Get this one Point well cleared and then thou mayest know thou art one of another Spirit from the Men of the World a Citizen and Heir of Heaven And therefore know I had no Design in laying down so many Notes and Signs of the several Graces here described to set weak Christians on the Rack or to encrease and multiply their Doubts and Fears As I have already granted the truth and being of Grace may be known by a Few well cleared And I hope upon a serious and deliberate reading it will not be difficult to observe which are most necessary and most satisfying by which especially we are to try our selves But I doubt not ad bene esse and for fuller satisfaction it may be of great use and advantage to Christians thus to understand the true Nature several Properties and genuine proper Acts and Effects of every Grace And thus indeed the Treatise may serve not only as a guide in the trial and discovery of Grace but also as a Rule and Directory and help to the kindly exercise of Grace Now Reader if thou art serious give me thy hand and joyn with me in this I hope I can say hearty request That the God of all Grace would vouchsafe his Blessing to accompany it Which if he deny thou mayest have an handful of leaves here but no Fruit. 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Hypocrisie P. 412. l. 1. blot out of By reason of the Authors far distance from the Press other Errata possibly are escaped which the Reader is entreated to correct or pardon OF Spiritual Knowledg COL 1.9 And to desire that ye might be filled with the Knowledg of his Will in all Wisdom and Spiritual Understanding Multitudes perish for lack of Knowledg Hos 4.6 and many perish with Knowledg Saving-Knowledg is rare The Knowledg of the most will aggravate their Condemnation The clearer their Light here the hotter their Flames hereafter Luk. 12.47 That Servant which knew his Lords Will and prepared not neither did according to his will shall be beaten with many Stripes Rom. 2.9 Tribulation and anguish upon every Soul of Man that doth evil of