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A treatise of faith and repentance by Francis Fuller ...
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Fuller, Francis, 1637?-1701.
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the Promise of the Messiah as being that which was Abraham's Riches and Isaac's Dowry for Rebekah and it is the Happiness of Believers that all the Promises which are in Christ their Head Yea and Amen certain and fulfilled 2 Cor. 1. 20. are theirs for they are Heirs of the Promise and by Faith inherit Jam. 2. 5. the Promise and by inheriting are rich in Faith richer than any without it for they are all but Heirs of Vanity If the Grace of Faith is theirs the Privileges of Faith are theirs also 5. We have Victory over all our Enemies 1. Over Sin in the Guilt and Filth of it There was an Altar and a Laver under Exod. 30. 28. the Law the Altar for Sacrificing the Laver for Washing one for Guilt the other for Filth both typifying the double Benefit by the Death of Christ who came by Water and Blood by Blood to expiate the Guilt of Sin by Water to wash away the Filth of it And by Faith in him we have a relief under all our Fears against both 1. The Guilt of Sin Under all the stingings of this fiery Serpent it brings healing by looking up to Christ the brazen Serpent in whose Sides the Sting was left under all the guilty Aggravations of it which cause the Soul to swoon it fetches a Vertue from his Blood that expiated the Guilt and appeas'd the Wrath due Ephes 1. 7. to it which as a reviving Cordial brings it to life again I had fainted Psal 27. 13. unless I had believed Under all the Accusations of the Law it causes it to triumph in him in whose Condemnation its damning Sentence was repeal'd in whose Death its killing Power was destroy'd by whose Blood the Hand-writing of Ordinances that was against us more terrible than that upon the Wall of Dan. 5. 5. Col. 2. 14. Belshazzar's Pallace was blotted out so as never to be read more and removes all fear from under its Arrests by going to him the Surety of the New Testament not only as one able to discharge the Debt and passing his Word for it but as one that has made Heb. 7. 22. Rom. 8. 34. full paiment of it Who is he that condemneth It is Christ that has died 2. The Filth of Sin Our Sanctification is God's Will 1 Thess 4. 3. part of his Covenant-will and part of Christ's Purchase for he died to redeem from Sin and a Fruit of his cleansing Blood and by Faith in this Blood we are delivered from the Power of Sin as well as the Guilt from the Guilt by the Value of it and from the Power by the Vertue of it There is a healing Vertue in Christ's Blood to dry up the bloody Issue of Sin for it pacifies by the Merit and purifies by the Efficacy of it 2. Over the Devil The Devil the strong Man the Prince and God of this World an Enemy terrible to afright and strong to hurt bloody and cruel seeking to devour and fighting to destroy an unequal Match for us an Enemy too strong for us of our selves to contend with was by Christ the Captain of our Salvation fought upon the Cross the higher Ground and overcome the God of Heaven cast down this God of the World and brought him under his Feet He has conquer'd this Conqueror and led this captivating Enemy captive and by Faith in him we share in this Conquest and by Faith alone in him it is that we stand and make good our Ground against him in our Spiritual Warfare He was slain viz. in his Power not in his Person by Christ our Head who fought him in his own Person and got the Day His Weapons are taken away Quoad judicialem potestatem non quoad exercitium his Force enfeebled and his Power crush'd his Empire broken down his Authority taken from him and his Policies defeated for he is wounded in the Head but yet he remains as our Enemy still he is not troden under our Feet tho' he is under Christ's he shall shortly when all Christ's Enemies are made his Footstool then he shall be under our feet but not till then it will not be long before God as the Apostle says will bruise Rom. 16. 20. him under our feet but till then he shall bruise our Heel not the Heart but Heel the farthest part from the Head and Heart touch us he may but not with a deadly touch to try us but not so as to destroy us he is no Tactu qualitativo 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 more the Leo vorans and Draco terribilis but yet he has some Teeth left some strength to oppose some strength as an Enemy but no great strength for he is an Enemy in Chains a captiv'd Enemy an Enemy but not so cowardly as not to assault us nor yet so couragious as not to flee from us but not Jam. 4. 7. unless resisted Without resisting there is no conquering and without Faith there is no resisting this Lion will flee at the sight of the Fire of Faith and the force of all his Darts will be repell'd by this Shield for it is Metal of Proof The Shield cover'd the Armour as well as the Body and the Shield of Faith is not only our Armour but the Armour of all our Armour the Heb. 11. 34. Strength of all our Graces and the Grace in which our principal strength consists they waxed valiant in Fight by Faith and according to the strength or weakness of it we shall be more or less valiant in Fight and victorious 2 Cor. 1. 24. 1 Pet. 5. 9. by it By Faith we stand and if by Faith we stand the Devil will either flee or fall before us 3. Over the World in the Good and Evil Things of it 1. The Good Things Tho' these things in themselves are not evil yet they many times prove so they are no Enemies to us yet through the Corruption within and the Devil from without they become Materials of Lust and war against us he gets into these and by them into us as he did into our first Parents and overcomes us but by Faith we are antidoted against this Poison of the Serpent for through Faith we understand by Heb. 11. 3. whom the World was framed and how and by Faith we understand what the things of the World are viz. That they are all Vanity and as such Eccles 12. 1. not much worth our seeking For Things that are vain and empty cannot make us happy whilst we have them nor miserable if we have them not That they are but common Blessings Eccles 9. 12. the Gifts of common Bounty to Good and Bad may be given in Hatred and with-held in Love Since therefore they are no Signs of God's Love they deserve but little of ours That they will rather hinder than further us in our Christian Race disturb us in our way to Heaven and Mark 10. 23. make the entrance into it