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A91363	A little cabinet richly stored with all sorts of heavenly varieties, and soul-reviving influences. Wherein there is a remedy for every malady, viz. milk for babes, and meat for strong men, and the ready way for both to obtain and retain assurance of salvation: being an abridgement of the sum and substance of the true Christian religion; wherein the cause of our salvation, the way, the guide, the rule, the evidence, the seals, &c. and the connection of these points together, and dependancy of them one upon another: this I have endeavoured to do orderly, exactly, methodically, with much plainness and clearness. / By Robert Purnell.	Purnell, Robert, d. 1666.	1657 (1657)	Wing P4237; Thomason E1575_1; ESTC R209217	254,040	517

him he also sets his love upon him and manifests it unto him So that as election to life is by God the Father and redemption by God the Son so justification sanctification and restauration into the Image of God is by the Holy-Ghost So that in the unity of the God-head there be three of one substance power and eternity God the Father God the Son and God the Holy-Ghost the Father is of none other begotten nor proceeding the Son is eternally begotten of the Father the Holy-Ghost eternally proceeding from the Father and the Son See Math. 3. 16 17 28. 19. 2 Cor. 13. 1 4. 1 Joh. 1. 14. And that the Holy-Ghost is God will appear by these Scriptures Act. 5. 3 4. Peter reproving Annanias for lying said he did lie to the Holy-Ghost and so he lyed not to men but to God so again Isa 6. 9. I heard the Lord speaking which place Paul expounds of the Holy-Ghost Act. 28. 25. Of Gods Decrees WHatsoever God doth in time that did he decree to do from all eternity So that Gods decree is that whereby he hath from all eternity set down with himself whatsoever shall come to pass Ephes 1. 11. If any ask what things are decreed by God I answer 1 all things 2 with their causes 3 with their effects 4 circumstances and 5 manner of being Act. 2. 23. 4. 27 28. Ephes 1. 11. 1. This decree is most wise Rom. 11. 33. 2. Just Rom. 9. 13 14. 3. Eternall Ephes 1. 4 5. 1 Cor. 2. 7. 4. Unchangeable Heb. 11. 17. 5. Most free Rom. 9. 18. 6. The cause of all good Iam. 1. 17. Now the parts of this decree is two-fold first concerning Angels Secondly concerning man and of this decree concerning man there be two parts First Election Secondly Reprobation 1 Thes 5. 9. Iudg. 4. 5. As concerning Angels they also are of two sorts First good Secondly bad First good or excellent 1. For their nature 2. For their gifts 3. For their offices 4. For their estate Secondly bad or evill Angels God from all eternity hath determined of all things together with their causes effects circumstances of place and time means manner and end to the manifestation of his own glory Psal 99. 4. Mat. 10. 29. Rom. 9. 20 21. 11. 36. Pro. 16. 4. Of Election ELection is the decree of God of his free love and grace and mercy choosing some men to Faith holiness and eternall life for the praise of his glorious mercy 1 Thes 1. 4. 2 Thes 2. 13. Ephes 1. 4 5 6. Rom. 8. 29 30. The causes of election was none other but his meer good will and pleasure Luk. 12. 32. Rom. 11. 5. 9. 11. 16. Ephes 1. 5. 2 Tim. 1. 9. The end of election is the manifestation of the riches of his grace and mercy Rom. 9. 23. Ephes 1. 6. Quest Was not Christ and faith and holiness the causes of election Answ No the sending of Christ faith holiness and eternall life are only the effects of Gods love by which he manifesteth the infinite riches of his grace Ioh. 3. 16. 1 Ioh. 4. 10. Acts 13. 4. Titus 1. 1. Col. 1. 12. Rom. 6. 23. God ●eerly out of his good pleasure without the fore-fight of any good in the creature according to his unlimited soveraignty elected a certain number by name unto eternall salvation and he hath decreed to effect all the wayes and means for them and in them to bring them thereto see 2 Tim. 1. 9. 1 Pet. 2. 8. So some are elected unto life out of all sorts of people Mat. 20. 16. Rom 9. 24. Rev. 7. 9. That unto which God hath elected them is 1. To the Adoption of Sons 2. Sanctification of life here 3. And eternall life hereafter The first and only moving cause of Election is the good pleasure and love of God Ephes 1. 5. Rom. 9. 18. Ephes 1. 11. So that Faith is not the cause but the effect of election Act. 13. 48. God is no respecter of persons and yet he elected some and left others when he found no difference A man may come to know in time that he was elected before time 1. We come to apprehend this by Faith 1 Thes 1. 4. 2. By our effectuall calling 3. By our justification 4. By our sanctification Rom. 8. 30. 5 By the testimony of Gods Spirit Rom. 8. 9 16 17. 1 Cor. 2. 10 11 12. 2 Pet. 1. 2 3. 2Cor 1. 21 23. Of Reprobation REprobation is the wise just and absolute decree of God passing by and leaving some men unto themselves to suffer them to fall and to enflict upon them eternall punishment deserved by their sins for the praise of his unspeakable great justice Rom. 9. 11 13 22. Iude 4. Ier. 6. 30. The causes of this decree is the absolute will and good pleasure of God Mat. 11. 26. Rom. 9. 13. The end of this decree is not the condemnation of the creature 〈…〉 ●●●ifestation of Gods Justice Rom. 9. 22. Yet election and reprobation in a sense are not the causes of salvation and damnation but Christ is the proper and meritorious cause of salvation and sin the proper and meritorious cause of damnation Election and reprobation they are but precedent acts or decrees and the causes of salvation and damnation they come in between the causes and the execution thereof It is the fore-appointment of certain Angels and men unto everlasting dishonour God of his own free will determining to pass them by refuse or cast off and for sin to condemn and punish them with everlasting death Prov. 16. 4. Exod. 9. 16. Rom. 9. 17. 2 Tim. 2. 20. Mat. 25. 41. Of the Creation ALthough God made man of the dust of the earth yet he could have made him of nothing as he made all things else of nothing in six daies Heb. 11. 3. Exod. 20. 11. 1. In the first day were created the heavens and the earth and light Gen. 1. 1 2. Iob 38. 7. 2. In the next day was the out-spreading firmament or heavens the division of the waters above from the waters beneath Gen. 1. 6 7. 3. In the third day there was a two-fold work first a gathering of the waters in one place secondly a bringing forth of hearbs Gen. 1. 9 10 11 12. 4. In the fourth day was made the Sun Moon and Stars to give light on the earth and to be for signs and seasons and for dayes and years Gen. 1. 14 15 16 17. 5. In the fift day there was a twofold work the creation of all sorts of fish in the sea and fouls in the air Gen. 1. 22 23. 6. In the sixth day there was also a twofold work the creation of all sorts of beasts upon the earth and the creation of man whom the Lord made in his own Image Gen. 1. 24 25 26 27. 7. The seventh day the Lord made a Sabboth of rest and blessed that day above all other dayes and did also sanctifie it The

Creator the Gospel commandeth us to worship him in Christ as our Saviour the Law like Pharaoh requires brick but allows no straw the Gospel both allows strength and supplies Rom. 10. 5 6 8. But yet as the Law saveth us not without the Gospel so the Gospel saveth us not without the Law which directeth us in our duty both to God and man Deut. 5. 32. At the giving of the Law the mountain burned the trumpet sounded the people fled and Moses trembled and all this to teach us that we should be very careful to perform obedience to the same Object What was the Ceremonial Law Answ It was that which did prescribe orders for direction in rites of outward worship only shadowing the grace of the Gospel Heb. 10. 1. But the substance of this Law being come those shadows are utterly abolished by the death of Christ and therefore the use of them now would be a kind of denyal of his death Quest What was the Judicial Law Answ That wherein God appointed a form of civil government of the Common-wealth Now this Law is not utterly revoked and abolished by Christ for he came not to over-turn any good government Quest What is the Moral Law Answ That which commandeth perfection of godliness and righteousness and directeth us in our duties both to God and man Deut. 5. 32 12. 32. Quest Are not we delivered from this Law by the means of Christ Answ From the burden of the Law exacting in our own persons perfect obedience and from the curse of the Law due unto disobedience we are delivered by Christ Gal. 3. 10 11 12 13. but from the commandment as a rule of life we are not freed Jam. 2. 8. For the Law doth lay a charge upon all the powers of the soul viz. First it doth charge the understanding to know every duty even all the will of God it chargeth the judgement to discern between good and evil it chargeth the memory to retain it it chargeth the will to chuse the better and to leave the worse it chargeth the affections to love those things that are lovely and to hate things that are uncomely Of the ten Commandments THe ten Commandments are divided into two tables Deut. 4. 13. and 10. 1 4. Which Chirst called the two great Commandments Mat. 22. The four first do contain our duty to God and the six latter our duty to man The first commandment is Thou shalt have no other Gods before me This commandment directs us to the choice of the true God and the entertaining him in all our thoughts in which there are nine things enjoyned and three things prohibited or forbidden 1. Knowledge Joh. 17. 3. 2. Remembrance Eccles 12. 1. 3. Love Deut. 6. 5. 4. Trust Prov. 3. 5. 5. Hope Psal 146. 5. 6. Fear Isa 51. 12 13. 7. Humility Mich. 6. 8. 8. Patience Lam. 3. 39. 9. Obedience 1 John 5. 3. Things prohibited or forbidden in this first commandment 1. Atheism Heb. 11. 6. 2. Heresie Tit. 3. 10 11. 3. Apostacy Heb. 10. 26. The second Commandment Thou shalt not make to thy self any graven Image nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above or in the earth beneath or in the waters under the earth thou shalt not bow down to them nor worship them Exod. 20. 4 5. This second commandment layes before us the solemn worship that is to be performed unto God without images and ceremonies This second commandment doth prohibit seven things and enjoyn six things four ordinary two extraordinary The things prohibited or forbidden are these seven 1. Idolatry Psal 97. 7. 2. Will-worship Col. 2. 23. 3. Superstition Act. 17. 22 4. Traditions Col. 2. 8. 5. Schism 1 Cor. 11. 18. 6. Witch-craft Exod. 22. 18. 7. Confusion 1 Cor. 11. 21. Things commanded and enjoyned in this second commandment are first ordinary secondly extraordinary First ordinary Extraordinary 1. Prayer 1 Thes 5. 17. 2. Preaching Mal. 2. 7. 3. Seals or Sacraments 4. Discipline Mat. 18. 17. 5. Fasting Lev. 23. 19. 6. Feasting and thanksgiving Ester 9. 22. The third Commandment is this Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain Exodus 20. 7. This third commandment doth inform us how we should glorifie God aright in the actions of our common life without swearing or blaspheming This third commandment doth prohibit four things and enjoyn five things The things forbidden or prohibited are 1. Oaths Jer. 4. 2. 2. Vows Numb 30. 2 3. Lots Prov. 16. 33. 4. All unreverent and unholy use of his name and prophaning of his titles properties actions and Ordinances either by mouth or action Lev. 21. 32. Mal. 1. 6 12. Things commanded or enjoyned in the third commandment in the sanctifying of God 1. His names Deut 28. 15. 2. Attributes 1 Pet. 3. 15. 3. Word Psal 50. 16 17. 4. Works Psal 58. 10 11. 5. Religion Ephes 4. 1. The fourth Commandment is this Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day Exod. 20. 8 9 10 11. This fourth commandment doth inform us of a certain day set apart for Gods service as the Sabbath or Lords day This fourth commandment doth prohibit certain things and enjoyn many other things Things prohibited 1. The making of it a common day Neh. 13. 15 2. Vain speech about wordly things Isa 581. 3. 3. Idleness feasting pastimes Exod. 32. 6. 4. The doing that on the Lords day which is no day lawful Mar. 3. 4. Ezek. 23. 37 38. 5. The imploying others in worldly business Things commanded or enjoyned to be done on that day 1. Hearing and reading the word Luk. 4. 16 22. Act. 13. 14 15. 2. Prayer and singing of Psalms 3. Visiting and relieving the sick 4. Examining our selves and those that belong to us 5. Catechising our families The fifth Commandment runs thus Honour thy father and thy mother that thy dayes may be l●ng in the Land which the Lord thy God giveth thee Exod. 20. 12. This commandment layes before us the duties we owe one to another in regard of our particular relation unto such as are our superiors inferiors and equals In a word the fifth commandment presents us with the duty of 1. Magistrates 1 Tim. 2. 2. 2. Ministers 1 Pet. 5. 2. 3. Parents Eph●s 6. 4. 4. Masters Col. 4. 1. 5. Husbands Ephes 5. 25. 6. Noble and rich 1 Tim. 6. 17. 7. Aged Tit. 2. 2 4. 8. Subjects Rom. 13. 1. 9. People Heb. 13 17. 10. Children Ephes 6. 1. 11. Servants 1 Pet. 2. 18. 12. Wife Ephes 5. 24 33. 13. Poor 1 Sam. 25. 8. 14. Young Lev. 19. 32. The sixth Commandment runs thus Thou shalt not murder Exod 20. 13. This commandment layes before us our duty in the preservation of mens persons and living in peace and meekness In this commandment there are five things forbidden and four things enjoyned The things forbidden are these and such like 1. Unjust anger

man it is to be taken for many for instance Cant. 3. 8. Every man had his sword on his thigh Mic. 4. 4. Every man shall sit under his Vine 1 Cor. 4. 5. Every man shall have praise of God Now consider every man in the world had not a sword to wear nor a Vine to sit under neither shall every man have praise of God so every man is not to be taken for every man in the world particularly but if it were granted that Christ tasted death for every man particularly and that all have some Benefit by the death of Christ viz. Their natural lives and the possession of the creatures yet it doth not follow if he tasted death for every man that therefore he suffered the wrath of God for every man and the punishment due to all for their sins Mat. 27. 34. He tasted the vinegar mingled with gall but he would not drink it and may there not be some mysterie held out thereby to the point in hand you that are spiritual Judge Quest Doth not God give to every man some Talent or Talents which if a man did improve should be increased Answ Yea and there is no man that doth avoid so much evil and do so much good as he ought and might consider that to some the Lord doth give natural Talents as Wisdom Wealth Art c. And to other spiritual Talents or Gifts as to Pray Prophesie Interpret and God may very justly damn men for not improving what he g●ves them therefore we read that the very Heathen that had but the very Light of Na●ure and walked not up to that will be inexcusable at the day of judgement but withall consider this that to sin against the Law of Nature only is enough to damn men yet the improvement of the Law of Nature is not sufficient to save men for there is a Knowledge of Christ Faith in him and Obedience to him required as absolutely necessary to salvation John 17. 3. John 3. 36. Luke 19. 27. Compared with Rom 1. 20 21. Rom. 2. 15. These Scriptures compared together will prove the whole answer to this question Quest How came the Sabbath day to be changed from the seventh day to the first and from a Sabbath day to the Lords day Answ By divine authority as may appear by the practice of our Saviour Christ and his Apostles John 20. 19. compared with Act. 20. 7. 1 Cor. 16. 1 2. This is the day they preached prayed brake bread and collected for the poor And so it came to be called the Lords day Rev. 1. 10 Because the special dedication thereof was to the Lords service So then this day was changed from the seventh to the first and from a Sabbath to a first or Lords day because it might serve for a thankful memorial of Christs resurrection for as God rested from his Labour on the last day of the week so Christ ceased from his labour and afflictions on this day Matthew 28 1. compared with Gen. 2. 1 2. As the one therefore was specially sanctified in regard of the Creation of the world so was the other in respect of the restauration and redemption of the world which of the two is a greater work then the Creation So then the sourth Commandment doth not require a seventh day from the Creation but a seventh day in general so then it doth not hence follow that we should rest the same day the Lrod rested but that we should rest from our works one day in seven as he rested from his which day under the Law he appointed to be the last day of the week so nothing hindereth but by his special appointment under the Gospel it may be the first day and yet the substance of the Commandment nothing altered if any reply and say why doth not the new Testament mention this change I answer because we read of no question moved about the same in the Apostles time so then a Sabbath day the Lords day or the first day of the week which is all one is constantly and perpetually to be observed and never to cease till it be perfectly consummated in the heavenly Sabbath Heb. 4. 9 10. The Jews were to work six daies and rest the seventh day first work then rest but now we are to rest the first day and work the following dayes first enter into rest and then work as an effect of that rest We read John 10. 27. And Christ said my sheep hear my voice Quest How are believing man and women said to be his sheep Answ First we are said to be his by donation God gave us to Christ 2. We are said to be his by purchase he bought us with a dear price 3. We are said to be his by Covenant 4. We are said to be his by Covenant 5. We are said to be his by Marriage 6. We are his by birth we are born from above Quest Whether a godly man ought to pray when he hath not the fresh gales of the spirit drawing him forth thereunto Answ Then is the principal time to pray but not the only time for he is to pray also at other times first we are commanded to pray at all times Luke 18. 1. Luke 21. 36. Secondly we have example as well as precept to prove this truth Psalm 119. 25 154. David in the midst of deadness fals to prayer for quickening saying quicken me according to thy word Quest Whether it be the duty of a wicked man to pray seeing we read Prov. 15. 8. That the Sacrifices of the wicked is an Abomination to the Lord Answ It is undoubtedly the duty of a wicked man to pray and the Priviledge of a Christian that he can do it though they that have no faith cannot seek Christ as they ought yet it is their duty to pray and to seek after Christ Psal 79. 6. Pour out thy wrath upon the Heathen that have not known thee and upon the Kingdoms that have not called upon thy name So again Jer. 10. 25. If the not calling upon the name of God be a sin then to call upon the name of God is a duty Hence Peter calls upon Simon Magus Acts 8. 22. Though an unbeliever to pray The Pharisee and the Publican both went to the Temple to pray Luke 18. 10. So again Ephraim Jer. 31. 18. Yet not converted prays unto the Lord to turn him Again we may see 1 Kin. 21. 27. Ahab humbled himself and rent his cloaths and put sack-cloath upon his flesh and fasted ver 29. I will not saith the Lord bring the evil in his daies but in his sons daies I will bring the evil upon his house So then it doth plainly appear that it is the duty of all men to pray only it is the priviledge of the regenerate they can pray in the spirit and with understanding too a Christians seeking of God is the effects of Gods seeking of him and a mans praying before faith is the effect of the common

3. He hath sealed it with his own seal and so it is become as the Laws of the Medes and Persians which alter not 4. He hath sworn to make it good in every part of it Psal 89. 3 35. Heb. 6. 17 18. 5. He hath given us the vertues or earnest of the Spirit 2 Cor. 1. 22. 6 Christ the Mediator and Testator of it hath confirmed it by his own blood Heb. 9. 16 17 18. This Covenant is said to be everlasting First in respect of the promise made to Christ for us which was done before the foundation of the world Tit. 1. 2. Secondly as being to continue from everlasting to everlasting though the Covenant in respect of our own personal entring into it is made with us now in time and hath a beginning yet for continuance it is everlasting and without end it is never to be broken if once made in truth 2 Chron. 13. 5. It is called a Covenant of salt because it corrupteth not it faileth not as things that are salted use to last and continue hence it is that all the blessings of the Covenant are said to be everlasting forgiveness of sins is everlasting being once forgiven they are never remembred any more Jer. 31. 33. The peace and joy which comes thereby is everlasting your peace shall no more be taken from you and your joy is everlasting Isa 35. 10. Our salvation is an everlasting salvation Isa 45. 17. Our life is an everlasting life Joh. 3. 16. Several strong reasons why the Saints should walk holily notwithstanding the Covenant is free and justification is free and salvation it self is of grace not of works ALthough our qualifications doth not cause Gods love yet we might question whether God did love us if we were not qualified Some men will be ready to say if the Covenant of grace be thus every way free in those several particulars and if we are so freely justified by grace without works qualifications and conditions on our part we may live as we list c. To which give me leave to lay down the grounds and reasons why all men ought to walk holily and humbly in this present world and that for these ten strong reasons 1. Because the Lord hath commanded us in his word to do justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with our God Mic. 6. 8. 2. Because the Lord the Mighty God is glorified thereby Mat. 5. 16. Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorifie your Father which is in heaven 1 Pet. 2. 12. That they may by your good works which they shall behold glorifie God 3. Although the Covenant of grace is free and we are justified freely by grace yet we are to walk holily and without blame before him in love Ephes 1. 4. John 15. 16. Because it is the end of our election 4. Because it is the end of our Redemption 1 Pet. 1. 18. Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things as silver and gold from your vain conversation but with the precious blood of Christ 2 Cor. 5. 15. He dyed for us that they which live should not live unto themselves but unto him which died for them 5. Because it is the end of our Vocation 1 Pet. 1. 15. But as he which hath called you is holy so be you holy in all manner of conversation 1 Thes 4. 7. God hath not called us unto uncleanness but unto holiness 6. Because it is the end of our Creation Eph. 2. 10. Created in Christ Jesus unto good works which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them 7. Because if our conversation be not answerable to our profession we walk 1. Unworthy of God Col. 1. 10. and 1 Thes 2. 12. 2. Unworthy of the Gospel Phil. 1. 27. 3. Unworthy of our Vocation Ephes 4. 1. 8. The Saints should endeavour to out strip in all good things because they be the salt of the earth the light of the world a City set upon an hill that cannot be hid Mat. 5. 13 14. 9. Because of the great dishonour that we shall bring to God if we do not walk holily we cause his name to be blasphemed we crucifie Christ afresh and cause the way of truth to be evil spoken of and grieve the Saints and harden sinners c. 10. Because the end of our lives and the dissolution of the world is at hand Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved what manner of persons ought we to be in all holy conversation and godliness See 1 Pet. 4. 3. 2 Pet. 3. 11. I know no further reasons unless it be these that I shall but name viz. First it is the way in which God hath appointed men to walk in as in Ephes 2. 12. Secondly that we may declare our selves to be the children of our heavenly Father as in 1 Pet. 1. 14. and Mat. 5. 45. Thirdly that we may be profitable to our brethren Tit. 3. 8. compared with 1 Pet. 3. 1 2. Fourthly that we may adorn the Gospel and stop the mouths of wicked men who will condemn sin in a professour although they will approve of it and delight in it themselves Fifthly because God will give unto every man according to his works Mat. 16. 27. Sixthly a Christian should walk holily that so he might give a check convince and put to shame and silence ungodly men 1 Pet. 2. 15. For so is the will of God that with well doing you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men I might had I time add some motives to these undeniable reasons to put those that read these lines upon holy walkings as First he that doth order his conversation aright shall see the salvation of the Lord Psal 50. 23. 2 Pet. 1. 11. For so an entrance shall be administred to you abundantly Secondly it will be a great incouragement to others to walk so too 2 Cor. 8. 7. compared with verse 3. Thirdly it will be very profitable to thy self not only afterwards but in the present tence Psal 19. 11. And in the keeping of them there is great reward Of sanctification or a holy conversation according to a Gospel Rule But in all our actions and holy walkings let us be sure we have an eye upon these three things viz. 1. We must act from a right ground or principle 2. We must act by a right rule by precept rather then from example 3. We must be sure we have right ends low base ends spoil the highest undertakings 1. We must act from a right ground or principle there be three principles from which men do act two of them are too low and beneath a true Christian to act from viz 1. A natural principle from which the Phylosophers and heathens did many commendable things 2. Many men act from a legal principle as the Papists Quaker and Arminian these do many things that are commanded but not as it is commanded and so with God not accepted

causes of this great work of creation was first his love to man and the shewing forth his own glory and the fulfilling of his decree to the end that God may be known and honored of his creatures c. his eternall power and God-head is seen in raising all things out of nothing By his word alone Isa 40. 12. Rom. 1. 20. Ier. 10. 12. 51. 15. And his infinite wisdom is made known by them Psal 104. 24. Of Angels ANgels are spiritual creatures compleat and immortall yet finite Heb. 1. 13 14. Col. 1. 16. Mat. 4. 11. 26. 53. Psal 68. 17. Mat. 22. 30. Luke 20. 36. Heb. 1. 7. Psal 104. 4. There be two sorts of Angels first good secondly bad The good Angels they praise God worship the Son they are heavenly messengers from the Father to defend the faithfull they have wrestled eaten been received as strangers had their feet washed they shall gather the elect from the four corners of the earth they shall come with Christ to judgement they be excellent creatures 1. For their nature Isaiah 6. 2. Daniel 9. 21. 2 Thes 1. 7. 2. For their gifts 2 Sam. 14. 17. Mat. 6. 10. Luk. 15. 10. 1 Cor. 13. 1. 3. For their offices Dan. 7. 10. Rev. 5. 11. 4. They be excellent for their estate Mat. 18. 10. 5. They be wise and of great understanding 2 Sam. 14. 20. They were the first creatures that ever God made there be also severall orders of Angels viz. Archangels Cherubims and Seraphins yet lay all these things together it will appear that righteousness of Angels is but the righteousness of creatures but the righteousness that the Saints are cloathed with is the very righteousness of Christ and in this respect the meanest Saint is more excellent then the most glorious Angel in heaven they are by God sent forth for the good of his people hence they are called ministring spirits and they minister to the Saints many wayes In their life by defending them from their enemies the Angels of the Lord pitch their tents about them that fear him Psal 34. 7. An Angel it was that slew the army of the Assyrians That delivered Peter out of prison as also preserved Lot Psal 91. 11. For he shall give his Angels charge over thee to keep thee in all thy wayes Gen. 32. 5. An Angel encouraged Iacob when he feared his brother Esau an Angel it was Luke 1. 30. who bid Mary not to fear and who stood by Paul and bid him be of good cheer Act. 27. 24. By an Angel was the incarnation of Christ foretold to the Virgin and by a multitude of Angels was it proclaimed afterwards an Angel leads Philip to expound the Scripture to the Eunuch sets Peter at liberty to preach the Gospel bids Cornelius send for Peter to be instructed by him and prayes Paul to come over to Macedonia to help them none are so nobly attended as Saints they have a life-guard of Angels to encompass them about Angels are as carefull of the faithfull as a nurse of her sucking child they bear them up in their arms that they dash not their feet against a stone Of Man ALL men by nature are equally made of one earth and blood and every poor Christian is as dear unto God as a mighty Prince Man was wonderfully created and more wonderfully redeemed The Lord hath assigned his heart to wisdom the belly to avoidance the breast to health the liver to anger the gall to bitterness the spleen to laughter the kidneys to craftyness the loyns to strength the ribs to comeliness the Lord having finished the excellent frame of heaven and earth he cals a counsel to build that excellent tabernacle Man into whom he breathed the spirit of life this man did far exceed all other creatures that amongst them all not found any one fit or meet to be a companion for him or to have society with him and so the Lord made him a help meet for him this man was the master-piece of all Gods works to whom the Lord did give an unlimited prerogative over the beasts of the field the fouls of the air and the fish of the sea but man by his disobedience became inferiour to the most despised creatures and we all his posterity are more miserable and fuller of vanity then any of the unreasonable creatures viz. other creatures by the benefit of nature can stand upon their legs and seek after their food when young but man the Lord of them all must be swadled in clouts being no way able to help himself the young chickens as soon as ever they are hatched can run after their dam to seek for food and have that wisdom to hide themselves under her wings at the fluttering of the Kite the lambs calves and young costs stand suddenly upon their legs to seek their dams teats But man would perish if his mother by her naturall affection did not bring the nipple of her breasts to his mouth and rock him upon her knees Of the Soul THE soul of man is a spirituall substance immortall and invisible endued with memory understanding and will or the soul is a substance immortall invisible united to the body and endued with many admirable faculties as life sense and reason to this end principally that God might be truly honored and duely worshipped Or the soul is a spirituall invisible and immortall substance endued with power to understand and will this soul is at one instant both created and united to the body and by the power and faculties of the soul man is capable of happiness or of the the cheif good or greatest misery or thus the soul of the Saints is a spirituall and immortall substance created after the Image of God and renewed after the immortall Image of God in Christ the soul is a real and very being as the body is only of an higher kind the body is of the earth the soul is immediately from God Of Mans Fall THE devill himself being fallen cometh to the garden in the form of a Serpent Adam and Eve being in Paradise and looking upon themselves as indeed they were the most excellent piece of all the creation bearing the Image of God their Creator the Lord having left them a law he leaves them to the fredom of their own will the devil boards the woman thus hath God said ye shall not eat of such a tree it is a likely thing that the Lord cares what ye eat what do you think he stands upon an apple this is the first assault which the woman weakly resisteth and answered doubtfully we must not eat lest we die then the devil perceiving the woman to stagger and the ground of her faith to shake he plants all his pieces and purposes for a second storm and stands up and saith to the woman ye shall not die at all can there be any hurt in an apple Oh silly woman God he affirmeth and faith ye shall die the woman saith I must