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A50395	Sichah: or, A continued tract of meditation Being a discussion of the depth of God. Methodized, legible, and intelligible, in the idea of the book. By R.M. Philopolites. The second part.; Sichah. Part 2.	Mayhew, R. (Richard).	1683 (1683)	Wing M1442; ESTC R217770	90,258	251

Debt presently blots it out of his Book of Accounts as if he had received it Or from a Washer who rubbeth Spots out of Linnen Or from a Scribe who razeth out the Errors of his Pen and Menda's of his Writing with a Pen-knife To be really converted is to be graciously turned out of the way of Sin into the way of Grace out of the way of Darkness into the way of Light out of the way of Death into the way of Life out of the way of Hel into the way of Heaven is not this then one of the Depths of God CONVERION follows next as Depth of God That Malefactors may evade the Rod. Can Man create himself No Nor can He Convert himself As from the Pest-house flee ARMINIANISM which is a fatal Brink Not Orthodox but Heterodox I think 'T is not the Word that preached is by Man Nor Men who preach the Word that ever can Convert a Soul If CHRIST be passive then They stil must go for unconverted Men. What turned from the way of Sin to Grace That so the Soul might run another Race What turned from thy Darkness unto Light That it might not to Thee be ever NIGHT. What turned from a State of Death to Life That so there might no longer be a Strife What turned from the way of Hel to Heaven And so at last be purged of all Leaven If this be not the Depth of God then I Oh greatest God! must live in Misery ADOPTION Adoption that 's one of the Depths of God Christ was made the Son of Man that the Sons of Men might be made the Sons of God is not Adoption then one of the Depths of God As Christ was the Son of God by Nature so the Christian is the Son of God by Grace To have the Church for our Mother is much but to have God for our Father is much more If Adoption be a gracious Sentence of God whereby upon the account of Christ he receiveth those that believe unto the Dignity of Sons is it not then one of the Depths of God Thus Jo. 1.11 12. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 He that is Christ came unto his own Into his own Land so Beza Of Israel so Piscator To his own People so Maldonat And his own His own by Creation by Accomodation by Preservation by Nation But what of his own His own received him not They did not make his Person the Object of their Faith nor his Precept the Rule for their Obedience They did not believe in him and obey him They did not acknowledg him to be their MESSIAS But as many as received him As many Whether Cedars or Shrubs whether Bond or Free whether Old or Young whether Men or Women whether Jews or Gentiles As received him As believed in him as believed in his name which is the sole name under heaven given amongst men whereby they can be saved Acts 4.12 To them gave he power Hence the Papists say Power is in Man Hoc Jus ut Filij Dei sint facti 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 So the Rhemists would have it to be in the power of men if they would to be the Sons of God The vulgar Latine reads it thus To them gave he this right to be made the Sons of God The Greek word signifies Authority and Right Prerogative and Priviledge as wel as Power Now Christ giveth the Priviledg of Sons three ways By way of MERIT In the Passions of Christ there was not only a legal Debt but also more than a legal MERIT When the fulness of time was come Gal. 4.4 5. The fulness of grace the fulfilling of promises the fulfilling of the Law and Prophets God sent his Son His begotten Son his only begotten Son his only so begotten Son his Son by Nature Made of a Woman A Woman shal compass a Man He was not without a Woman as Adam was nor by Man and Woman as we are nor of a Man without a Woman as EVE was but of a Woman without a Man Made under the Law Not only under the Ceremonial Law as he was a JEW but also under the Moral Law as he was a MAN To redeem those that were under the Law that we might receive the Adoption of Sons The Greek word for Adoption indicates the Nature of it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which is to put one in the place of a Son that was not a Son comprehending all in one word Is not this then one of the Depths of God Here is Redemption in order to Adoption so that Adoption is by way of Merit Not from the Merit of Man For though evil Works in order to Justice do merit Damnation yet good Works do not merit Salvation The Argument is irrefragable because the good works of the Creature in order of Justice are due Debts to the Creator We cannot possibly merit by what we do Ex Opere operato because obliged unto it by Duty But to merit is a work not due making a Reward due from the work wrought which before was not due By Vertue of his SPIRIT Christ receives the Spirit sends it into the Hearts of his and so makes them the Sons of God Is not Adoption now one of the Depths of God Thus Gal. 4.6 And because ye are Sons This he addeth saith Paraeus lest he should seem to attribute Adoption only to the Jews God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts 'T is called the Spirit of the Son because it proceedeth from the Father and the Son so Estius and Tirinus 'T is called Rom. 8.15 The Spirit of Adoption But it may be called the Spirit of the Son because it sealeth up Adoption in Christ and arrives the Soul at an Assurance of it Crying Abba Father 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Father so the Greek the last having its Article The first is Syriack the second is Greek Whereby may be signified the Vnion of the Hebrews and Grecians or Jews and Gentiles in one Church The gemination Father Father indicates and intimates a fiducial filial and vehement affection By Vertue of UNION Christ is the Son of God by vertue of the personal Vnion Thus Luke 1.35 And the Angel of the Lord said unto her But who was this This was Mary the Mother of Jesus A Virgin before she had Children but not after God may be praised for her who made her the Instrument of the coming of Christ into the World but the PAPISTS commit gross Idolatry in making her an Idol For they give her the Titles of Mediatrix Salvatrix She-Saviour Queen of Heaven Queen of Mercy the only Hope of the miserable They parallel Breasts and Wounds Vbera Vulnera making the MILK of Mary to be as precious as the BLOOD of Christ But what of this Mary The holy Spirit shal come upon thee The Spirit did as it were cast a Cloud over her which may

Spirit which sanctifieth so Zegerius Or of a humane Spirit which is sanctified so Estius And beleif of Truth Faith layeth hold not on a Lye but on Truth Is not Sanctification now one of the DEPTHS of GOD The Grace of sanctification always followeth the Grace of Justification and though it may easily be distinguished from it yet it can no more be divided from it than Heat from Fire and Motion from Life is it not then one of the Depths of God If Happiness be intailed upon Holiness and Glory be intailed upon Grace and Salvation be intailed upon Sanctification is it not then one of the Depths of God The Crown is appointed for the HEAD of the Convert Thus Heb. 12.14 Follow peace with all men and holiness Here is an Apostolick-Exhortation unto following peace and holiness Follow or as the propriety of the word is persecute that ye may arrive 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and attain the highest Degree of Grace Follow Peace and Holiness as a Hunter his Prey who pursues it till he takes it The word doth not simply signifie to follow but to follow as the PERSECUTOR who resteth not till he hath him whom he persecuteth it being the same word that signifieth to persecute But what follows Without which Holiness that being the Antecedent no man shall see the Lord. God himself is infinitely and perfectly holy therefore they cannot see him that are unholy As his Name is HOLY yea thrice holy Holy Holy Holy So his Nature is HOLINESS how then can they who are unholy take a Prospect of this God whose Name is Holy and whose Nature is Holiness Is not Sanctification now one of the Depths of God There must be an internal Holiness Holiness in the Organ to take in the Holiness of the Object God first works holiness in us and then we behold him the holy holy holy God Is not Sanctification now one of the Depths of God They that shall wear the Robes of Kings in Heaven must first wear the Robes of Saints on Earth is not Holiness then one of the Depths of God The highest in Holiness Ubi Benè nemo Melius Ubi Malè nemo Pejus are the lowest in the Thoughts of the Vngodly May it not be said of the LIVES of some as it was said of the Writings of Origen Where he was good no man was better Where he was bad no man was worse It was Lactantius who said it Godliness always enricheth the Possessor Is not Sanctification now one of the Depths of God The Heathens also as he reports have a NOTION amongst them That the way to honour their Gods was to be like them The best way to honour Christ is to be like unto Christ who is that Holy One Is not Sanctity now one of the Depths of God I have read of one Heliogabulus and if He were the first I wish also he may be the last who loved his Children the better for resembling him in Sin Christ loveth his Children the better for resembling him in Sanctity Is not SANCTIMONY then one of the Depths of God As the Image in the Glass resembleth the Face or Figure the Feature and Favour so doth the Christian after his Proportion resemble Christ As Christ was made like unto Christians and had NATURE Thus Heb. 2.17 Wherefore in all things Sin excepted it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren To the Elect so Estius Electis Fidelibus To the Faithful so Cameron That he might be a merciful and faithful high Priest c. An Ability of Sufficiency to be merciful had Christ as God though he had never been made like unto us by becoming Man but he had not that Ability as some speak of Idoneity or Fitness to be merciful His being made like unto his Brethren hath given him a double Idoneity for the Temerity of his Heart towards Them 'T is legible and intelligible here that CHRIST was perfect Man consisting of an humane Body and of an humane Soul obnoxious to all the Infirmities both of Body and Soul which imply neither Iniquity nor Impotency in his Passions Thus Christ was made like unto Christians and had Nature So Christians are made like unto Christ and have GRACE Thus 2 Cor. 3 18. But we all with open face We all under the Gospel so Capellus All we Christians so Tirinus All we Sons of the new Testament so Estius All we that are Faithful whether Jews or Gentiles so Grotius Detecto Vultu With open face With uncovered or unvailed face so the Greek With a discovered Countenance so Tirinus Manifestly and boldly so Sclaterus Not thorough a VAIL as before under the LAW so Capellus Not thorough so many Ceremonial Shadows Grotius Beholding as in a glasse He proceeds with the Allegory of the Covering and compares the Gospel to a Glasse 'T is but one word in the Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The glory of the Lord The knowledg of the mysteries of our salvation Estius The glory of the grace of God in Christ Dicsonus Are changed into the same image We are made conformable unto him so Caryl We receive as it were the Sculpture of SANCTIY upon our Souls From glory to glory From the glory of Christ so Menochius Or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of God so Valla. To glory Into our glory Sanctification is called Glory because 't is the Beginning of Glorification for by this the Image of God is repaired and restored in us which is our Glory Thus Grace is Glory in the Bud. As of the Lord the Spirit So the Greek Is not Sanctification now one of the Depths of God 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Challenge not for thy Right Happiness unless thou findest in thy Heart Holiness is not this then one of the Depths of God Sanctification doth not un-man a MAN there 's nothing destroyed but what would destroy The Life of a Saint should be a visible SERMON of Sanctification and is it not then one of the Depths of God Some are like the Camelion of whom 't is storied that it changeth it self into any Colour but White The Kalander of the POPE only sainteth the Dead but the Sacred Scripture requireth Sanctity in the Living is not this then one of the Depths of God Non Causa regnandi sed Via ad regnum Though Sanctification be not the Cause of Reigning yet 't is the Way to the Kingdom A whole Paradise of temporal Felicity falleth short of a Part in spiritual Sanctity is not this then one of the Depths of God Though Constitution and Custome Delight and Dignity Gain and Glory Profit and Pleasure Riches and Relations should be Advocates and plead for Sin yet our Ears should be deaf unto their insinuating Oratory Is not Holiness then one of the Depths of God Can they have Peace with the GRAVE Vix bene moritur qui male vixit that have not Peace with GOD Can they die comfortably who have not