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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47465	The display of glorious grace, or, The covenant of peace opened in fourteen sermons lately preached, in which the errors of the present day about reconciliation and justification are detected / by Benjamin Keach.	Keach, Benjamin, 1640-1704.	1698 (1698)	Wing K58; ESTC R19782	172,719	330

He is Faithful and cannot deny i. e. He can as soon cease to be God as cease to be True and Faithful Hence all Covenant-Blessings come to be so firm and sure In hope of Eternal Life which God that cannot lie promised before the World began Besides he hath given good Security even his own Oath he hath Sworn to his Covenant by his Holiness c. 4. An Ambassador is welcome if he comes to offer Peace on easie Terms Now The Terms upon which God offers Peace you have heard are very easie true on his part our Peace was made on hard Terms it was by the Blood of his own Son Had he said you shall have Peace upon a Sacrifice of a Thousand Rams or Ten Thousand Rivers of Oyl that might seem hard or if you would Offer your First-born in Sacrifice or run your Knife into his Throat and let out his Hearts Blood you would think those hard Terms but it is not your First-born but his First-born whose Blood must be let out to make your Peace you are but to look to him trust in Christ Hear and your Souls shall live What tho Faith will launch the Plague Sore and let out all the Filth and Corruptions of your Polluted Hearts will a Man think that is a Cure on too hard Terms Sirs the Spirit will cause you to vomit up that Poyson that you have taken down But is that too hard to save the Life of your Immortal Souls Is it hard to tell a Man he must give up the Traytor he has harboured in his House If he would have the King's Pardon or possess that Peace purchased by the Blood of his own Dear Son VI. That Love and Respect People shew to an Ambassador a Prince looks upon as shewed to himself because the Ambassador represents his Person and that Contempt which is shewed to his Ambassador he takes as cast on himself So Jesus Christ takes the Honour Love and Respect which is shewed to his Faithful Ministers as if it was shewed to him and the same Dishonour done to them as if it was done to himself He that heareth you heareth me and he that despiseth you despiseth me VII An Ambassador is to do his uttermost in order to accomplish his Ambassy and to bring the King's Enemies to accept of Peace So are Christ's Ministers they are to pray to intreat to beseech Sinners to be reconciled to God We pray you in Christ's stead c. Paul besought them with Tears Faithful Ministers are willing to spend their Lives to win Souls to Christ yea to die upon the spot to save one poor Sinner Knowing the Terror of the Lord we perswade Men. Our Great Master thought not his Blood too dear to make our Peace and shall Ministers think their Strength their Lives their Blood too much that so they might see the Travel of Christ's Soul I mean Sinners reconciled unto God or Christ's Blood by Faith sprinkled on their Hearts Many like the Minister's Dignity but few like their Work and Duty My Brethren it is a great Trust that is committed to them 1. The Charge of the Souls of Men that are more worth than all the World is committed to them 2. The wonderful Worth of Gospel Verities Truth is a rich Treasure We have this Treasure in Earthen Vessels this is committed to them 3. 'T is the Ambassy of that Peace which was made by the Blood of the Son of God that is committed to them 4. The Charge of the Church of God which he hath purchased with his own Blood is committed to them VIII An Ambassador is to keep close or exactly to his Instructions or to the Words of his Commission not to add to it alter it or diminish from it on pain of incurring his Prince's highest Displeasure so must Christ's Ambassadors keep close to their Commission Add thou not to his Word least he reprove thee and thou art found a Lyar they must deliver their whole Message There is a Curse pronounced to him that adds or diminisheth 1. They must in all things exalt Jesus Christ or seek the Honour alone of their Blessed Sovereign The whole of their Work is to magnifie Christ exalt Christ To Preach Christ the Lord and themselves but Servants for Jesus sake Not magnifie the Creature nor set the Crown on the Head of the Will of Man but throw the Creature down at Christ's Feet and to Teach all Men to account all Things done by them or in them in comparison of Christ but Dung or Dogs Meat for thus did Paul 2. They are to preach nothing to be Christ's Ordinance but what he hath instituted or positively appointed in the New Testament or Word of God they must look into their Commission Matt. 28.18 19 20. IX An Ambassador if his Soveraign sees he cannot succed in his Work or that Rebels will not have Peace nor lay down their Arms whilst the White Flag of Mercy is put out he orders him to proclaim War and puts forth the Bloody Flag and nothing but War Slaughter and utter Ruine follows So when Christ sees that his Ministers cannot prevail with Rebellious Sinners but that they remain Obstinate and Obdurant rejecting Peace upon the Terms of this Covenant or will not believe to be saved but seek their Peace some other way or continue in their Sins and Unbelief he orders them to shake off the Dust of their Feet as a Witness against them and so to proclaim War and such will fall into the Hands of Divine Wrath and Vengeance and Christ will at the last Day say Bring out those mine Enemies who would not that I should Reign over them and slay them before my Face And hence Wrath came on the Jews to the uttermost And saith Paul Lo we leave you and turn to the Gentiles X. When an Ambassador is called Home it is a sign the Patience of his Prince is worn out and that he will wait on his Enemies no longer What may'st thou then think O London Tremble tremble for how many Faithful Ambassadors in thee hath God called Home very lately Thy Day of Grace thou mayest fear draws to an end XI An Ambassador must give an account of his Ambassage to his Prince So Christ likewise will call all his Ministers to give an account to him how they have succeeded in their Work they must all appear before the Judgment-Seat of Christ and happy will such be who have been Faithful in all things unto him and have won many Souls to the Lord Jesus Christ and have their Accounts to give with Joy My Brethren there are one or two Disparities concerning the Work of other Ambassadors and the Ambassadors of Christ. 1. Other Ambassadors are impowered to make Peace betwixt States and Kingdoms or betwixt one Prince and another that are at variance they are not imployed only to proclaim Peace but to make Peace but this Christ's Ambassadors are not impowered to

given thee Luther was contented to be counted a Devil so that Christ might be exalted others make their End their God but these make their God their End The Glory of God saith one should be the Golden-Butt at which all our Arrows of Duties are shot the only way to be Crown'd in Heaven is to cast our Crowns at Christ's Feet on Earth VI. God's Covenant-People can say there is nothing which they enjoy that is of any worth without God be injoyed with it Therefore they know to want God is the greatest Evil and to enjoy God is the greatest Good if God be withdrawn all their Comfort is gone 't is Day when we have him but 't is Night when we want him What is Health and no God Riches and no God Pleasures and no God Honours and no God Relations Wives Children Friends and no God A little will do with God nay if we have nothing besides him we have enough nay all but if we have all other things and no interest in God we have nothing VII They that are God's peculiar People are a Holy People a Heavenly People a Humble People To this Man will I look that is Poor and of a Contrite Heart and that trembleth at my Word God resisteth the Proud but giveth Grace to the Humble Be ye Holy for I am Holy My People shall be willing in the Day of my Power in the Beauty of Holiness c. VII They are an Obedient People they walk in God's Ways and keep his Precepts For all People will walk every one of them in the Name of his God and we will walk in the Name of the Lord our God for ever and ever They yield Universal Obedience to God or do whatsoever Christ says and that too because they love him and also they are constant in their Obedience they keep God's Precepts always even to the end IX They are an Upright People a Sincere People Sincere in their Obedience Surely they are my People Children that will not lie not Children of Deceit or Falshood but Faithful and Upright in Heart They are called The Assembly of the Vpright that is Sincere Worshipers of God Israelites indeed in whom is no Guile no Falshood or no reigning Hypocrisie Moreover they are called The Generation of the Vpright Men of clean Hearts and Undefiled in the way or Perfect ones i. e. they want no Essential thing of True Christians X. God's Gospel Covenant-People are an United People being constituted or incorporated into a Church State according to the Institution of Christ in the New Testament being separated from the World in Worship and all Evil Traditions Customs c. Worshiping God in Spirit and in Truth giving themselves up one to another keeping all the Ordinances of Christ as they were once delivered to the Saints owning the Holy Scriptures to be the only Rule of their Faith and Practice having regular and ordained Officers viz. both Pastors and Deacons and walking in Love and watching over one another as becometh Saints XI Lastly The peculiar People of God love all the Children of God even such that differ from them in some things that are Circumstantials they love as Christ loves As they love him that begat so they love them also and all them that are begotten of him If God was your Father you would love me for I proceeded forth and came from God saith our Saviour he that loves the Father will love the Child so far as he resembleth the Father By this shall all Men know ye are my Disciples if you love one another He that loveth not his Brother abideth in Death And this is a sign that they are passed from Death to Life Brethren this Love is not in Word and in Tongue but in Deed and in Truth also How doth it appear you love your Wife your Children Even so let it appear you love all the People of God i. e. let nothing be too dear to part with for their sakes speak well of them and do much for them and bear them always upon your Hearts when you are at the Throne of Grace If you would approve your selves to be God's People this being so what shall we think then of him that hates any one of the Children of God or bears Malice in his Heart against him and reproaches him Thirdly I shall shew you what a great Blessing and Priviledge this is 1. Can there be a greater Priviledge than to be made God's own peculiar People For hereby God is their Father and they his Children 1. He loves them as his Children 2. He Feeds them as his Children 3. He Cloaths them as his Children 4. He Teaches them as his Children 5. He Pities them as his Children Isa. 63.9 10. 6. He Guides Leads and Protecteth them as his Children 7. He Chastens them in Love as his Children Heb. 12 5 6 7. 8. And lays up for them also as his own Children If Children then Heirs Heirs of God and joynt Heirs with Christ O! what an Honour is it to be the Sons and Daughters of God 2 Cor. 6.16 Of the Great God the King of Heaven and Earth Nay to be Begotten and Born of him Joh. 1.12 13. 2. They have the Priviledge to dwell in his House nay to dwell with God and to walk with God and to have Communion with him 1 Joh. 3. Moreover 3. Their Enemies are God's Enemies and their Friends are God's Friends the Angels that are God's Servants are their Servants and are sent to Minister unto them c. 4. They are Espoused by Jesus Christ they are the Jewels of his Heart Mal. 3.17 or his chiefest Treasure 5. God will never leave them nor forsake them And 6. All things shall work together for their good 7. And he will Crown them at last with Glory and Immortality Question What Assurance hath God given that they shall be his People for ever 1 Answ. Because his Love is Eternal or Unchangable his Love is their Security nothing can separate them from the Love of God which is in Jesus Christ our Lord. 2. The Decree and eternal Election of God is their Security 3. Because the Mercy of God which is in Jesus Christ our Lord endureth for ever 4. Because the Goodness of God indureth also for ever 5. Because his Covenant and Faithfulness can never fail in which they are made his People 6. Because he hath put his fear into their Hearts that they shall not depart from him 7. The Promise and Oath of God is their Security 8. They are Justified and Pardoned for ever 9. Christ's Suretiship is their Security they are put into his Hand and none can pluck them out These Things have been fully opened already as you have heard 10. The Death Resurrection Ascention and Intercession of