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A14923	The soules progresse to the celestiall Canaan, or heavenly Jerusalem By way of godly meditation, and holy contemplation: accompanied with divers learned exhortations, and pithy perswasions, tending to Christianity and humanity. Divided into two parts. The first part treateth of the divine essence, quality and nature of God, and his holy attributs: and of the creation, fall, state, death, and misery of an unregenerated man, both in this life and in the world to come: put for the whole scope of the Old Testament. The second part is put for the summe and compendium of the Gospell, and treateth of the Incarnation, Nativity, words, works, and sufferings of Christ, and of the happinesse and blessednesse of a godly man in his state of renovation, being reconciled to God in Christ. Collected out of the Scriptures, and out of the writings of the ancient fathers of the primitive Church, and other orthodoxall divines: by John Welles, of Beccles in the County of Suffolk.	Welles, John, of Beccles.	1639 (1639)	STC 25231; ESTC S119607	276,075	406

Angels Gal. 3.10 by the hand of a mediator not that the Angels did principally give the Law and appoint the covenant but that there service was to attend by the holy ministration Againe the Law was given by God by the hand of Moses in the presence of the Angels to give unto the Israelites because the Spirit of God had so sanctified Moses that hee was able to stand in the presence of God Exod. 20.18 19 the which the host of the Israelites could not doe but became astonished and exceedingly afraid at the voice of Gods thunders and therefore they desired Moses to negotiate betweene God and them they being not able to endure the presence of his Majesty Againe it was given by the hand of Moses because God would honour him above the rest of his brethren he having beene most industrious and constant in the service of God and therefore as God had by the hand of Moses given them deliverance out of Aegypt so by the hand of Moses hee would give them the covenants of his everlasting love Note and deliverance out of the bondage of sinne which grace was promised to all them that would live within the compasse of these lawes and is now given to all them that faithfully endeavour them though they faile in the maine performance therein Iohn 1.17 For the law was given by Moses but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ Lastly the Law was given by name to the Israelites but in the purpose of God to all men all men being under the bondage of the Morall law of God the Law being able to judge and condemne all men Againe God gave it by name to the Israelites because they were then the choyce and select people of God for whom hee had done his wonders and to whom hee had promised a faire inheritance it also derived downe upon us and upon all posterities all men having entred into covenant with God to endeavour themselves in the faithfull keeping of his Commandements these circumstances are all necessarily considered in the maner of Gods delivering the Law From this may be generally observed that God in all his actions hath principall respect to holinesse and that no prophane circumstances assist him in his actions but as himselfe is most holy so his delight is in holy actions and hateth all prophanation both in matter and circumstance In the Law may generally bee observed an impossibility in the precise performance and keeping thereof no man being able An impossibility in the strict performance of the Law Acts 15.10 without favour to give a true account and to make an even reckoning with the Law the law being able to conclude us all under sinne it is an argument of Saint Peter now therefore why tempt ye God to lay a yoke that is the performance of the Law on the disciples neckes which neither our fathers nor we were able to beare Gal. 2.16 Saint Paul also to the Galatians concludeth an impossibility to be justified by the Law By the works of the Law no flesh shall be justified so that no man ought to repose his Justification in the Law Gal. 3.22 All men are judged by the Law yet every man ought to endeavour therein his utmost performance Secondly men are judged by the Law to be guilty and deservers of everlasting damnation This generall judgement of the Law against all flesh doth concl●de all men in the state of damnation no man being able to deliver himselfe from this judgement before the Law be fully satisfied which could not be done by other meanes then by the righteousnesse and death of Jesus Christ Gal 4.5 the Sonne of God and Redeemer of the World Seeing the severity of the Law of God Deut. 5 2. c. that no flesh can be saved by the workes of the Law therefore at the delivering of the Law when the Israelites promised Moses that they would doe whatsoever God should command them God seemes to expresse a passion of his love and to require lesse then the Law for the Law requireth a precise performance upon paine of damnation but God promised the blessing of his favour to all them that zealously endeavoured to keep the Law Vers 19. for howsoever no man can observe the ordinances of the Law Gal. 3.11 as thereby to be righteous and to deserve the promise yet did God accept the faithfull endeavours of men and supply their defects by the grace and operation of his holy Spirit Therefore God saith to Moses O that there were such an heart in them to feare me and to keepe my Commandements t●at it might goe well with them Deut. 5 29. and with their children for ever God is mercifull in his severest justice This doth prevent an objection which the wicked disobedient children might make against God and his Law seeing the Law of God doth require a greater duty then is in any mans performance and seeing that the Law doth condemne all them that faile in the least particular duty of the Law wherefore God might seeme to bee mercilesse in the severity of his justice God that made the Law is above the Law and their labour fruitlesse to attempt that which was unpossible both which are wickedly false for though the Law condemne every man yet God that made the Law is above the Law and d●th often grant his dispensation and pardon them whom his Law condemnes Secondly though no man can performe the Law yet all men may endeavour it the which endeavour being faithfull and industrious is accepted of Ood as if it were performance and this doth take from all men all matter of argument whereby they would excuse their disobedience He that endevours the Law hath the promise and neglect in their dutifull service to God for as is said though no man be able to doe the Law yet all men are able to endeavour it and this doth necessarily admonish all Christians in these times who presume over boldly on the liberty of faith that because Christ Jesus the Saviour of the world hath satisfied the justice of the Law Man must nor presume on the liberty of faith and wrought righteousnesse to all them that faithfully believe and apprehend his merits therefore they despise the workes of the Law holy and charitable exercises and repose themselves on the bare confidence of faith onely the which being altogether fruitlesse in the works of the Law A fruitlesse faith profiteth nothing is but presumption and vaine confidence and will dangerously deceive all them that affie therein for though Christ Jesus hath abolished the ceremoniall Law and satisfied the justice of the morall Law the which is availeable to all them that shall be heires of salvation yet his righteousnesse in observing the Law Christ hath not destroyed the Law but qualified it doth not destroy the substance of the Law and make it fruitlesse and uselesse but doth rather command our imitation