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A26694	Remaines of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection of sundry directions, sermons, sacrament-speeches, and letters, not heretofore published ...; Selections. 1674	Alleine, Joseph, 1634-1668.; R. A. (Richard Alleine), 1611-1681.	1674 (1674)	Wing A976; ESTC R22421	168,509	338

is set upon us He is bent for our good he is still designing for us Psal. 40. 5. Many O Lord are thy thoughts to us ward c. 2. As it appears by the care so by the cost that God hath laid out upon man 1 The Riches of his love 2 The gold of his grace 1. The riches of his love The free grace favour and love of God is called Riches in Scripture Ephes. 1. 7. The Apostle speaking of the Riches of Christ shews how unsearchable they are Ephes. 3. 8. So Rom. 11. 33. O the depth of the Riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God Now all these were laid out to determine mans deliverance They are glorious Riches that God doth lay out upon his sons and servants Rom. 2. 7. And well may these be called Riches There must be two things to make Riches there must be 1 Plenty 2 Preciousness First There must be Plenty For a little of never so good will never make a man Rich. Secondly There must be Preciousness for abundance of that which is worthless will never make a man Rich. Now both of these are in Gods Mercy there is plenty and 't is precious The Mercy and Grace of God is very precious David sought most for this when others set their hearts upon other things Psal. 4. And as 't is of great worth so 't is of great plenty It is abundance of grace that God doth put forth in repairing mans Nature and making him a New Creature But this great cost of God upon us will further appear in that he hath laid out upon us 1 His Creatures 2 His Christ. 1. His Creatures upon us That he should lay out all these Creatures upon us These Heavens and this Earth to be for the comfort of man Oh how doth this discover Gods goodness to man This made David admire him Psal. 8. 5 6 7 8. Here you may see what an account God doth make of man in that he should make him a little god among the Creatures that their sheaf should bow to his sheaf that they must spend and be spent for man yea the invisible Creatures the Angels they must be ministring spirits for them who are the heirs of Salvation Heb. 1. ult 2. In that he hath laid out his Christ upon us This was a costly gift indeed It is much that God should give his Creatures to dye for us to give us food but oh that he should give us his Christ to dye for us Oh how incredibly hath the Lord advanced man in this In this he hath abundantly shewed how man was esteemed by him This shews that he had a great regard to us We were redeemed by the blood of Christ which was the blood of God himself Act. 20. 28. Now is it not an admirable thing that so mean a purchase should be made with so great a price This was that which God did commend his strange love with 1 Joh. 3. 16. that he laid down his life for us Look into thy self man what hast thou that thou shouldest have this great purchase to be laid out for thee Oh How should man be continually in the prais●… of God! 2. In the gold of his grace that God hath la●…d out upon m●…n Grace is call'd the true Riches and this hath been laid out upon man Rev. 3. 18. It is called gold yea 't is much more precious than gold When you see the Qu●…n attired in Gold Psal. 45. all this is to set forth the Grace that is upon the Saints of God I tell thee Christian thou that hast but one dram of Grace he hath give●… thee more than if he had given thee a whole world In the Creation there were some footsteps of God upon other Creatures but upon man there was his Image And now that God should distinguish thee from others by one dram of Grace this is admirable Secondly It appears what great account this great God hath of this poor thing Man in what he hath laid up for him This makes the Psalmist to cry out as one overcome with admiration Psal. 31. 19. O How great is thy goodness which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee It is much that God hath laid out for us but more that he hath laid up ●…or us The Psalmist could not express it he could but 〈◊〉 it onely 1 Cor. 2. 9. Eye hath not seen nor 〈◊〉 heard neither have entred into the h●…rt of man the things which God hath prepared for them that love him Eye hath no●… seen The eye of man hath seen much especially those that have travailed in other Countries But the eye of man hath not seen any thing that may be compared with this that God hath prepared Nor ear heard We have heard o●… more than we have seen We have heard of gold Mines and the like that are in other parts o●… the world but the ear hath not heard of any thing like this And though the eye hath seen much and the ear hath heard more yet the heart of man can conceive of more again yet the heart of man cannot conceive of what God hath laid up for them that love him Now lay these two together what God hath laid out upon man and what he hath laid up for him and will it not appear that the great God makes a great account of man How can you chuse but cry out in the words of the Psalmist What is man c. But Thirdly This will appear by that near union that he hath taken him up into with himself Oh how wonderfully hath God dignified man in this By uniting his Nature to the nature of man as 't is in the second person of the Trinity Joh. 1. 14. And the word was made flesh and dwelt among us or in us That God should take up the nature of man into personal union with himself what an unspeakable dignity is this So the Apostle he took not upon him the nature of Angels but the seed of Abraham Heb. 2. 16. Herein is man dignified above the Angels of glory in the near union between God and man in the Godhead This is that which the Angels do desire to pry into well may the Apostle say great is the mystery of godliness and this is the top of it God manifest in the flesh Greatly hath God dignified man in these two things that Man should be partaker of the Divine Nature and that God should partake of the Humane Nature 1. That Man should partake of the Divine Nature 2 Pet. 1. 4. Oh this is a great priviledge that we should bear the Image of God Let the world scorn at holiness yet I tell thee Man that hast one dram of grace he hath done more for thee than he hath done for all the world How ever this is out of fashion in world I am sure 't is not in heaven O glory in this you that are made partakers of Gods Nature 2. In his taking upon him our Humane

the duty that I would perswade you to now behold your King and look that you bow to him Let your souls and all that is within you bow to him Let your understandings bow to him by a right apprehension of him by a right conceiving of him as worthy to be loved and feared Let your wills bow by an utter rejection of your sins and a most ardent desire to receive Christ. Let all your affections come in and bow and not dare to stir more than his commands give you leave In a word let all that is within you bow before him and give place to Jesus Christ. Now down with the world out with your lusts and make ready for Christ. Let all your worldly business bow before him and give place to Jesus Christ away with this foolish deceitful world let all be at the seet of Christ and let all your souls be in subjection to him This will be an acceptable meeting with him if you so meet him A SACRAMENTAL Speech grounded on Isaiah 9. 6. And his name shall be called wonderful Quest. WHy is it that Christ hath given to him this name of wonderful Answ. There are so many wonders that meet together in Christ that t is no wonder at all that he should have this name wonderful Christ was every way wonderful He was wonderful in his Person wonderful in his Passion Wonderful in his Conception being conceived by the power of the holy Ghost wonderful in his Birth being born of a pure virgin wonderful in his Life wonderful in his death and the effects of it wonderful in his Resurrection that a dead person should be raised and that by his own power wonderful in his Ascension In a word he was every way wonderful wonderful in his Humiliation and Exaltation Ah Christians if you would see a wonder look upon Christ and here see a wonder here is a wonder above all that the world can shew There are two sorts of wonders that God hath to shew the wonder of his power and the wonder of his grace First The wonder of his Power What a wonder is it to see such a fabrick as heaven and earth all come out of nothing by the power of God Christians 't is a great evil in us that we do no more wonder at this great power What a wonder is the Sun in its bigness and brightness flying many Millions of miles in a minute of an hour Secondly But all these wonders are nothing to what his wonder of grace is In Christ you may see all these wonders swallowed up Let me shew you a little of this wonder In Christ are to be seen these following wonders 1. God manifest in the slesh 2 God suffering in the slesh 3. Justice and mercy sweetly r●…conciled 4. The greatest good coming out of the womb of the greatest evil 5. Perfect justice raging against perfect innocence 6 Infinite wisdome at cost upon me●…r worthlessness 7. The Son of the blessing made to be a curse 8. The Father of mercy forgetting his bowels to his own Son ●…irst God manifest in the flesh John 1. 14. And the word was made flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld his glory c. O brethren this is a wonder indeed The Apostle tells you that without controversie this is a great Mystery that God should be manifest in the flesh Here we may cry out deservedly with wonder and astonishment God is come down to us in the likeness of man God manifest in the flesh why what is flesh all flesh is grass that is fading withering dying What! the word made flesh shall the immortal put on mortality and incorruption put on corruption O what a wonder is this O behold and wonder see if Christ do not deserve the name of wonderful Holy Abraham was ashamed of his meaness in this respect when he came before God because he was but dust and ashes Behold I have taken upon me to speak to the great God who am but dust and ashes O then how is it to see God clothed with the flesh of man This was the wonder of angels O how did they wonder to see their maker clothed with flesh O come to the cross of Christ to the cratch of Christ and there bow and worship Let not the Humble abasure of Christ hinder you from adoring him in his greatness The wisemen found Christ in poverty meanness yet they knew what glory was vailed under this meannesse and fell down and offered gold frankincense myrrhe c. go ye and doe likewise Secondly God suffering in the flesh well may he have his name wonderful upon this account 't is said that the Philosopher observing the unnatural cclipse of the Sun at the suffering of Christ cryed out either the God of nature is suffering or the world is at an end When Christ was suffering it was God that suffered though he did not suffer in the Godhead but in the Manhood Beloved if you should have seen the judgement that befel Korah Dathan and Abiram would you not have been astonished at such a sight as this was much more if hell should have opened and you have seen the torments of the damned would you not have been astonished and wonder at this but in this that God should suffer is more then if all the men in the world should have suffered to all eternity O how did the angels stand by the Crosse wondering to see him whom they adored and worshipped to be mocked and Crucified Thirdly Justice and mercy sweetly reconciled The Justice and mercy of God seemed to be as it were at a controversie about fallen man Darius you know had made a decree that he that did offer any petition to any God or man except to himself within such a time should be cast into the den of Lions Daniel comes within the danger of this decree and what must be done now either Daniel must be spared and then what would become of the Laws of the Medes and Persians or else Daniel must be devoured and then the King would have been cruel to himself Yet providence did so order it that the Law was executed and Daniel spared So here man had sinned and God said that he should dye and now either man must dye or God must be false of his word Now what shall be done The wisdome of God steps in and finds out a person that should dye and so Gods truth be saved and his mercy magnified But where shall this person be found the Angels could not do it nor man could not do it But God would take the humane nature upon him and that should suffer that God and man might be reconciled Mercy and truth are met together righteousness and peace have kissed each other Mercy and truth are met together how can this be it seems they were at a great distance could not be brought together Truth said that man should dye mercy said that man should be saved Truth said if he dye