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A64243	The true light shining in darkness and dispelling the mists of errour arising from the darkness of man's heart, &c. promoted by the prince of darkness against the truth of God; in the matter of our justification: shewing, that by the deeds of the law, or mans own righteousness, no flesh can or shall be justified in the sight of God. The first part. By Tho. Taylor, the meanest and unworthiest of the servants and ministers of Jesus Christ; and now pastor to a small congregational church in Cambridge.	Taylor, Thomas, 1618-1682.	1693 (1693)	Wing T559; ESTC R219692	113,014	241

〈◊〉 a second Adam of a more glorious Perso● to be brought forth in the Humane Natur● and of the Seed of the Woman or that th●● could possibly ever be that a clean thing should be brought forth out of an unclean But behold here the Wisdom of God defeating the subtilty and the power of God defeating the malice and power of the Devil who had now got the Power of Death in his Hand as Heb. 2.14 had got the Keys of Hell and Death and had as he thought lo●● up Adam and all Mankind with him so fast ●ithin these Gates that none could come to ●eliver him but behold the second Adam Christ Jesus by the Power of God of the ●eed of the Woman holy harmless and ●eparate from sinners being conceived in the Womb of the Virgin and born of her with●ut sin according to the Promise made to Adam and now declared immediately after his fall Gen. 3.15 The Seed of the Woman shall bruise thy i. e. The Serpents Head And here as the Serpent had deceived the Woman and brought her first into the transgression so this old Serpent the Devil was deceived by the Woman of whose Seed by the Power of the highest is brought forth this second Adam this man Christ Jesus who is made a quickning Spirit 1 Cor. 15.45 to quicken or make alive that which was dead as ver 22. who also was not as the first Adam of the earth earthy and therefore easily overcome as he was but the Lord from Heaven as ver 47. and therefore able to raise up all his after his own Image to bear the Image of the Heavenly as ver 49. and to triumph over Death and Hell as ver 55 56 57. Oh Death where is thy Sting And thus the admirable Power of God was manifest in bringing forth such a person as Jesus Christ in the Humane Nature Jesus Christ the Righteous and the propitiation for our sins and our Advocate with the Father whose office and work it was to bring down this Righteousness of God from Heaven to us 2. Instance The Infinite and Eternal Power of God was also as much seen and manifested in Christ bearing our sins in this Humane Nature in his own Body on the Tree and first let us consider what a burden what a weight sin and the guilt of sin is when it is charged and laid upon the Conscience by the Power of God and this may be considered in the Angels that sinned Angels are greater in power than we as 2 Pet. 2.11 Angels that excel in strength or Psal. 103.20 Angels who are Spirits i. e. not flesh and blood as we are weak and feeble Angels that are not hay and stubble as we are but a flaming Fire Psalm 104 4 yet these high and mighty Angel these strong and powerful Angels that were naturally the first-born of Gods first or old Creation and the excellency of Creature strength when they had once sinned and God comes to charge them with Folly and lay the guilt and punishment of sin upon them how doth it sink and break all the Powers and Spirits of the Angelical Nature and casteth them down into the deepest darkness and despair and that from the highest light glory and confidence of their First and Heavenly state and presently cast them down from Heaven to Hell 2 Pet. 2.4 so unable were they each of them to bear the burden i. e. the guilt and punishment of their own Sin And 2. Let us consider sin in man and how unable man is to stand when God shall mark Iniquity as Psal. 130. 3. If thou Lord shouldst mark Iniquities O Lord who shall stand i. e. none shall or can stand no Nation or Kingdom no House or Family no Person under Heaven no not the Church or People of God can stand if God should mark Iniquity and punish Sin but with his Temporal Wrath and Judgments in this World there is none could possibly stand for who can stand when God is Angry And who knoweth the power of his Wrath The Sinners of the old World did know something of it but they could not stand before it it swept them all away with the Waters of a Flood And whither did it sweep them It swept them down to Hell 1 Pet. 3.19 The Spirits now in Prison and that Prison is the Prison of Hell Luke 16.23 And in Hell c. The Sinners also of Sodom and Gomorrah did know somewhat of this Wrath but they could not stand before it They could no longer as stout and hard hearted as they were bear up under this burden and weight of their own Sin for it brought a dreadful shower of Divine Vengeance upon them a Shower of Fire and Brimstone from the Lord out of Heaven by which they all perished as Gen. 19.24 25. Francis Spira also knew somewhat of this Wrath and Burden of his own Sin when God laid it upon his Conscience in the guilt and punishment due to it but he could not stand but went despairing out of this World and without any hope or comfort as to the next as to what did appear And it may be some of you here present and if you have not I am sure others have known something of this matter when God hath been angry but for a moment and hath laid sin in the guilt of it upon Conscience It made them sink immediately under utmost despair and bereaved them of all hope comfort and patience that had not Infinite Mercy stept in to their relief they had gone despairing down to Hell The damned Spirits in Hell know more of the Power of Gods anger and the weight and burden of Sin laid upon their awakened and terrified Consciences than any in this World have done or can do and their Torments are intollerable Luke 16.24 There the Worm dieth not and the Fire is not quenched They are for their sin a Sacrifice to Divine Wrath and they are salted with Fire and salted with Salt and so are eternally Roasting in the Fire of Hell Mar. 9.48 49. and yet they do not know all the Power of Gods Wrath nor feel all the tormenting Power of the Fire of Hell they feel much and fear more They suffer that which is intollerable and yet they fear what they have not yet felt but must further feel and suffer to all Eternity Oh Eternity Eternity Oh the Wrath of God that is not only eternal but infinite They know not the utmost they know not the end of it nor can know For that which is Infinite hath no bounds or limits and that which is Eternal hath no end Therefore last of all Now consider this second Adam the Man Christ Jesus who though he had no sin of his own to answer to God for for he did no sin nor was guile found in his Mouth Isa. 53.9 He knew no sin as 2 Cor. 5.21 yet he had the sin of the World i. e. Jew and Gentile laid upon him and did bear it in his

Angels to have conceived thereof 1 Cor. 2. v. 9. But as it is written eye hath not seen ●or ear heard nor hath it entred into the heart ●f man the things that God hath prepared for them that love him which is quoted out of Isa. 64.4 For since the beginning of the World men have not heard nor perceived by the ear neither hath the eye seen O God besides thee what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him And doubtless this Righteousness of God by Faith in his Son is one and not the least of those things and these words of the Prophet neither hath Eye seen O God besides thee doth not only exclude the Eye and Wisdom of Man but of Angels also So that it is the Eye of God only that hath seen and his Wisdom alone that hath contriv'd this wonderful thing And it is therefore called not only the Wisdom of God as 1 Cor. 1.24 but also the Wisdom of God in a Mystery as 1 Cor. 2.7 And the hidden Wisdom ordained before the World for our glory And the Wisdom which none of the Princes of this World knew as verse 8. For had they known it they would not have crucified the Lord of Glory 3. Parti This Righteousness is also th● Righteousness of God and he is the Autho● of it As his Infinite Power hath effect●● and performed it in and by his Son Jesu● Christ as his Infinite Grace alone hath de●signed and conferred and his Infinite Wi●●dom alone contrived and declared so also 〈◊〉 Infinite Power alone hath effected and broug●● it forth and therefore Christ in bringing in this Righteousness is called The Wisdom 〈◊〉 God and the Power of God 1 Cor. 1 2● And admirable indeed it is and worthy 〈◊〉 serious and particular consideration to observ● how the Infinite Power of the Godhead m●●nifested it self and wrought in Christ f●● effecting and bringing forth of this Right●●ousness and this we may consider in 〈◊〉 particular Instances thereof As namely 1. Inst. In the bringing forth of h●● Son Jesus Christ into the Humane Nature● what an emanation and irradiation of th● Divine and Eternal Power of the God●head was therein manifested to the admi●ration and wonder of Angels and Men Namely 1. In that a Virgin should conceive an● bring forth a Son as the Prophet had foretold Isa. 7.14 This was impossible with men but things that are impossible with men are easie with God And therefore here was a manifestation of the Divine and Infinite Power in effecting that by its own immediate operation which in the course and order of things as to men was impossible 2. In that a man should be brought forth of the Seed of the Woman and partaker of Flesh and Blood i. e. of all the Infirmities of the Humane nature and yet without sin this also was a further manifestation of the power of God And as things stood with Adam after the fall was altogether as impossible as that a Virgin should conceive For Adam being first corrupted and the Humane Nature depraved by Sin it became impossible in the way of ordinary Generation which God had ordained for the propagation and continuation of man in the World that ever any particular man or person of mankind should be born of a Woman and in that respect be truly the Seed of the Woman who was first in the Transgression and yet be clean from the corruption of the Humane Nature and be without Sin as Job 14.4 Who can bring a clean thing ●ut of an unclean Not one That is not one amongst all the Creatures 'T is above and beyond the Power and Energy of any Creature in Heaven or Earth to effect such a work To bring a clean thing out an unclean And so again Job 15. ●● What is man that he should be clean A●● he which is born of a Woman that he sho●●● be Righteous But here behold a Miracle i●●deed A wonder of Divine Power and E●●ficacy A man one in the Humane Nature and brought forth in the fulness of Tim● that is perfectly clean and free from all th● Original and Inherent Corruption of Ma● Nature and one which is born of a Wo●man and yet Righteous Righteous above what Adam was in Innocency and abov● what the Angels of Heaven were in the sta●● of Original Purity one more holy tha● Saints more holy than Angels and yet ● Man with all the Infirmities of Mans N●●ture and yet born of a Woman a clea● thing indeed brought out of an unclean And therefore this holy this clean and harmless Son of Man and separate from Sinners was not brought forth in a way of ordinary Generation but by the immediate Energy and Power of the Most High working i● a miraculous and extraordinary manner a● was expresly declared by the Angel to the Virgin Mary Luke 1.35 The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee and the Power of the Highest shall over-shadow thee therefore als● that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God and therefore his generation was peculiar to himself the miraculous and extraordinary manner of which Thoughts are wanting in us to conceive and Words much more to express as it is written Isa. 53.8 And who shall declare his Generation And surely herein that old Serpent the Devil was greatly deceived and disappointed of his expectation for as when he tempted Cain to Murder Abel he thought he had thereby made all sure the Seed of the Woman in the Person of Abel being now cut off But little did he think then of another Seed appointed by God to the Woman instead of Abel whom Cain slew but when Seth was born the mystery of God was revealed to the Faith of the Woman and the Confession of her Mouth plainly declared the Faith that was in her heart as to another Seed in whom the Genealogy and Line was to descend down even unto Christ as Gen. 4.25 For God said she hath appointed me another Seed instead of Abel whom Cain slew So also in the first Temptation here was the subtilty and malice of the Devil to cut off and murder all Mankind at once for understanding that this glorious Creature Adam was brought forth as a publick person and by the Covenant G●● had made with him was to stand or 〈◊〉 the common Head and Root of all Manki●● designed and in his Serpentine Wisd●● concluded that if he could prevail up●● this Adam to sin and transgress t●● Covenant he should at once murder 〈◊〉 whole Race of Mankind murder him 〈◊〉 them in him spiritually and eternally 〈◊〉 well as bodily and having effected this h●● rid murder he now triumphs over Ad●● and all Mankind as a mighty Conquer in the spoils he had made of so glorious Creature supposing he had now made all sure that God himself according to his ow● Law was not able to deliver this Capt●● Adam and the Spoils of Mankind out 〈◊〉 his hand Little did the Devil then think

part they come into this actual union with Christ an● the Father in Christ and are now made perfect in this union in respect of their Justification by Faith and stand compleatly and perfectly justified and righteous before God even the Father in this Righteousness of Christ and so shall be made perfect also in that which doth follow and depend upon their Justification which is Adoption and Glory For whom he justified them he also glorified is before Rom. 8 30. And the glory which thou gavest me have I given them that they may be one even as we are one John 17.22 So that upon the whole argument it doth plainly and fully appear that this righteousness of God which is by the Faith of Christ unto all and upon all them that believe is an everlasting righteousness remaining unalterably one and the same in all Ages and Generations in all Nations and Kindreds of the Earth and to all persons that have been already are now or ●hall be hereafter justified before God 〈◊〉 Infer 3. And then again thirdly we ●nfer the greatness excellency and glory of 〈◊〉 Righteousness above all other Righ●eousnesses that might have been or may be mentioned or pretended unto amongst Men ●or Angels for as the Apostle saith of Christ Heb. 1.4 That he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they i. e. the Angels and argueth from thence the greatness and excellency of his Person and Office So we may say concerning this Righteousness that it hath a more excellent name than any other Righteousness of Men or Angels for it is called the Righteousness of God which none other is And therefore it is a better greater and more excellent and glorious Righteousness than any other that might have been or may be pretended unto by Men or Angels for it hath a more excellent name 1. Now let us consider man in the first place and what righteousness he might have pretended or may pretend unto And certainly Adam in the state of innocency was an excellent and glorious Creature the highest and top of Gods Creation in this lower World He was made after the image of him that created him in Knowledge Righteousness and Holiness and God had 〈◊〉 him under an excellent Law Spiritual Holy Just and Good and this Law was written in his Heart he had an original righteousness and integrity of nature conforme● and agreeable to this Law and an abili●● thereby to have kept and fulfilled all th● Righteousness thereof now if this excellen● person had kept and not transgressed this excellent Law He and all mankind in him had been Righteous and lived thereby a Rom. 10.5 For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the Law The 〈◊〉 which doth these things shall live by them But yet this Righteousness which is by the Faith of Christ unto all and upon all them that believe is a greater better more excellent and glorious Righteousness than that of Adam could have been if he had not sinned but fulfilled the righteousness of the Law For that could have been but a man's Righteousness it could have risen no higher it could have been called by no greater name than the RIGHTEOUSNESS of MAN But now here is a Righteousness brought in by Christ the second Adam and to us by Faith in him which is the righteousness of God The person working out this righteousness for us being God in the humane nature hath added an infinite dignity and glory to it by the dignity and glory of his person as hath been shewed So that as Christ is a more excellent person than the first Adam His obedience and righteousness in fulfilling the Law must needs be a more excellent righteousness than that of Adam or all other men could have been if Adam and they in him had kept the Law For that had been but the Righteousness of Man but this is the righteousness of God Oh the admirable work and contrivance of the free Grace Wisdom and Power of God in and through his Son Jesus Christ towards his Elect that having lost righteousness in the first Adam and all hope and possibility of it by works they have gained a greater better and more excellent righteousness by Faith in Christ they lost that which would have been at best but a mans righteousness but they have gained by that loss and obtained by Faith that which is the righteousness of God So that the poorest believer have a better righteousness by Faith in Christ than Adam had or could have had in innocency or that themselves could have had if they had never sinned And hereby indeed it is manifest that the Seed of the Woman hath bruised the head or head-plat of the Old Serpent the Devi● in bringing in a better Righteousness 2. And let us also consider the gloriou● Angels of Heaven the Elect Angels an● what righteousness they are justified an● stand before the holy God in And so far a● we can look into this matter in the ligh● of the holy Scriptures it doth not appea●●hat they are justified by Faith in Christ a● we are for they never sinned as we all did 〈◊〉 Adam and needed no Redeemer to re●eem them by his blood as we did And ●hrist took not upon him the nature of Angels ●●at the Seed of Abraham as Heb. 2.16 ●nd therefore as Christ took not their nature 〈◊〉 stood not in their stead to fulfil the righ●●ousness of that law for them under which 〈◊〉 were put But they have fulfilled and ●ne the Will of God their Creator as Psal. ●3 20 Bless the Lord ye his Angels that 〈◊〉 in strength that do his commandments ●●●kning to the voice of his word And again ●● 21 Ye Ministers that do his pleasure 〈◊〉 that for ought that doth appear these ho●● Angels stand before God and are justi●●●d by their own personal and perfect obe●●●nce to the Law of their Creator and in 〈◊〉 own Righteousness indeed they needed a Saviour to prevent their falling and to confirm them in that state of innocency and glory wherein they were at first created and made and in this respect they have their confirmation in and by Christ and from their election in Christ the common head of all Gods Elect both amongst Angels and Men Eph. 1.10 and in this respect they are our brethren and fellow Servants as Rev. 22.9 Brethren they are though indeed our elder Brethren in Christ their head and ours and had their election and confirmation in Christ apparently manifested before us for their Election and Confirmation in Christ appeared upon the fall of the Angel● that sinned and before the Fall of Adam whereas our Election and Redemption in and by Christ was not manifest nor did at all appear till after the Fall of the first Adam and then it began to break forth and appear in the first Promise Gen. 3.15 So that they are our elder Brethren yet our Brethren in Christ but so that Christ hath the pre-eminence and is