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A87817	Christ exalted: in a sermon begun to be preached at Debenham in Suffolk, upon the 14. day of Febr. last, upon Coloss. 3. 11. / By Hanserd Knollys. Who was stoned out of the pulpit (as he was preaching) by a company of rude fellowes, and poor women of that town; who were sent for, called together, and set on by a malignant high-constable, who lives in the same town. Also, another sermon, preached at Stradbrooke in Suffolk, the 13. day of Febr. last, concerning sanctification; upon Ephes. 1. 4.	Knollys, Hanserd, 1599?-1691.	1645 (1645)	Wing K706; Thomason E284_14; ESTC R200061	21,848	24

precious then all creature-comforts whatsoever as friends liberties and life Again the precious blood of Christ hath a purging quality Heb 9.14 The blood of Christ shall purge your consciences from dead workes to serve the living God Sin doth both contract guiltinesse and pollution and therefore the blood of Christ doth both cleanse and purge pardon and purifie therefore we are also said to be sanctified by the blood of Christ Heb. 13.12 Wherefore Jesus also that he might sanctifie the people with his own blood Suffered without the gate Oh beloved what can be esteemed so precious to a gracious heart as this blood of Christ which washeth away all those defilements and uncleannesses which through our corruptions cleave unto us even in our best actions and holy duties Such of you as have many a time groaned in prayer to God under the feeling sence and sight of any corruption know by experience what high esteem you have had of the blood of Christ to save you from your uncleannesse Secondly the unsearchable riches of his grace Ephes 3.8 To me who am lesse then the least of all Saints is this grace given that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ Christs riches are of such an hight depth length and bredth that passeth knowledge yea thus much is spoken of the love of Christ Ephes 3.18 19. Also Faith in Christ is called precious faith 2 Pet. 1.1 To them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the Righteousnesse of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ yea all the Graces of Christ are the riches of the poore Saints Jam. 2.5 God hath chosen the poor of the world rich in grace c. Tell me beloved how did you esteem of the riches of Christ when you being poor in spirit mourned for Christ and his grace when you discerned Faith Love Humility c. in others of the children of God did you not prize it highly in them Did you not account them happy rich and blessed whom Christ had inriched with those jewels and adorned with such graces Ah how much more should you now prize Christ in whom is all fulnesse of these unsearchable riches and especially considering that from his fulnesse you have received grace for grace Ioh. 1.14 16. Thirdly the glorious liberties of his Spirit for where the Spirit of the Lord is there is libertie 2 Cor. 3.17 Not any carnall liberty to sin and so fulfill the lusts of the Flesh Gal. 5.13 but Spirituall liberty and freedome from sin I mean not a perfect and totall freedome from all sin as if the people of God could never sin after Conversion For if we say that we have no sin we deceive our selves and the truth is not in us 1 Joh. 1 8 10. But I mean a freedome First from the guilt of sin Rom. 8 33. And the Apostle saith Colos 2.13 That he hath forgiven us all trespasses Secondly from the polution or filth of sin Zach. 13.1 A fountain set open to Beleevers for sin and for uncleanesse And Ezek. 36.25 29. God promised they shall be cleane and he will save them from all their uncleannesses Thirdly from the raigning power of sin Rom. 6.14 Sin shall not have dominion over you under grace Fourthly from the punishment due for sin which is the cure of the Law Gal. 3.13 or condemnation Rom. 8.1 or any other satisfactory punishment 2 The great need you have of Christ may move you to praise him and set an high esteeme of him Christ is the one thing necessarie and therefore the Titles given him in the Scripture are such as declare his usefullnesse to Beleevers for he is our Life our Light our Bread Water Milke Wine His flesh our meat indeed His blood our drink indeed He is our Father our Husband our Brother our Friend our King Priest and Prophet He is our Justification Sanctification and Redemption He is our Peace our All. We can have no accesse to God but by his Mediation no acceptance with God without his Jntercession Revel 8.3.4 We cannot resist the next Temptation neither can we overcome the next Corruption nor shall we be able to suffer with patience the next Persecution or indure any tribulation unlesse we have renewed strength from Christ Beleevers have received that Grace they have from Christ Iohn 1 16. And they cannot have increase of grace bu by Christ Iohn 15.1 2. Lord increase our Faith said the Disciples neither can they persevere in grace unlesse they be preserved in Christ Iude 1. To conclude we are nothing have nothing can do nothing without Christ Iohn 15.5 Without me you can do nothing that is to say you cannot in your own strength nor in the strength of any grace received do any thing to please God or to glorifie God without me unlesse you abide in me and have renewed ability and strength from me you can do nothing that God my father will own or crown with acceptance or reward But yet we who are Believers have all and abound Phil. 4.18 can do all things through Christ that strengtheneth them Phil. 4.13 can suffer the losse of all Phil. 3.7 8 9. yea and conquer all nay be more then conquerours through Christ Rom. 8.35 36 37 38 39. Oh consider your need of Christ and learn to prize him let him be exalted highest in your hearts as the pearl of greatest worth as the one thing necessary which you most of all need let him be all in all in your communication and conversation 2. Vse Seeing Christ is all and in all in the new-Man let every one examine whether Christ be in him 2. Cor. 13.5 Examine your selves know you not that Christ is in you c. This nearly concernes you beloved for if you have Christ you have all Christ is all you heart but if you lose him you lose all you will lose your hopes Comforts and all your duties yea you will lose God Heaven and soul and all It matters not what you have if you want Christ no guifts duties reformations qualifications or other things whatsoever will make you happy without Christ And if you enjoy Christ it is not materiall what ever you want for my God saith the Apostle shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus Phil. 4.19 Therfore make sure that Christ is yours Some would ask this question How shall I so examine that I may know assuredly that I have Christ I answer you must bring your hearts to the touchstone of the Word of God and cast them into the ballance of the Sanctuarie and weigh them there And to this purpose I shall propound one Scripture of truth for your examination and triall to wit 2 Cor. 5.17 If any man be in Christ he is a new-creature or creation That is to say he is new-born born again or born of God Joh. 1.12 13. But as many as received him c. which were born of God And our Saviour urged the

and women in their blood or in their sins Ezek. 16 6 8. he in the the time of love forgives them all their sins covers their nakednesse with the skirt of Christs Righteousnesse and bids them live This is done when God enters into covenant with them and so they become his Now that God may be justified in so doing though he found them ungodly unbeleevers impenitent prophane c. He doth not onely forgive them all their sins and so leave them ungodly to go on in their wicked waies But he gives them his holy Spirit of Sanctificaton who changeth their hearts renewes the spirit of their minde sanctifies their wills and affection and produceth all those fruits of the spirit in them mentioned Gal. 5.22 23. whereby they are made holy in all manner of conversation 1 Pet. 1.15 16. And this reason the Apostle gives Ephes 1.4 6. That we should be holy to the praise of the glory of his grace and verse 12. That we should be to the praise of his Glory And herein is God justified in justifying the ungodly in that he doth make and keep them holy Jude 1. Reason 2. God will have his people to be holy for the honour and glory of his Son Jesus Christ to whom he hath given them All mine are thine saith Christ in his Prayer to his Father John 17.1 10. and thine are mine and I am glorified in them also verse 19. And for their sakes I sanctifie my selfe that they also might be sanctified Christ shall be glorified in his Saints especially in his Kingly Office Revel 15.3 4. Just and true are thy waies Thou King of Saints Who shall not fear thee O Lord and glorifie thy Name for thou onely art holy And albeit now Christ and his poor Saints are scorned and despised of men yet that Prophesie of Enoch the seventh from Adam will have its accomplishment Jude 14. Behold the Lord commeth with ten thousand of his Saints The Lord Iesus shall be revealed from Heaven with his mighty Angels When he shall come to be glorified in his Saints 2 Thes 17 10. And in that day it will appear to all the world that it is the great glory of Jesus Christ that his Father hath given him so many ten thousands of Saints to be his Subjects and himselfe to be their King Isa 33.17 22. Reason 3. God will have his people holy that they may enjoy spirituall communion with him in this life and Eternall communion with him in heaven The Saints do enjoy spirituall Communion with God in this life 1 John 1.3 Truely our fellowship is with the father and with his Son Jesus Christ and with the Spirit Phil. 2.1 And they shall have eternall communion with God in Heaven in that Kingdome prepared for them which then thy shall receive Matth. 25.34 Now this communion with God none can have without holinesse Heb. 12.14 Therefore God will have his people to be holy 1. Vse Will God have his people to be holy Let it be usefull to us first for enquiry what holinesse is And how God makes His holy 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 1 Thes 4 3. 7 Holinesse or Sanctification is a reall change of the whole Man from the pollution of sin to the purity of the Image of Christ Rom. 6.22 But now being made free from sin and become servants of God ye have your fruits unto holinesse Here was a reall change in them from the pollution of sin 2 Cor. 3.18 But we all with open face beholding as in a glasse the glory of the Lord are changed into the same Image Here was the other part of that reall change in them to wit into the purity of the Image of Christ For as men in their naturall estate bear the Image of the Earthy first-man Adam so men in their spirituall estate bear the Image of the Heavenly second-Man CHRIST 1 Cor. 15.47 48 49. This holinesse or sanctification if you have respect to the Author and efficient cause thereof is called the sanctification of the Spirit 2 Thes 2.13 and 1 Pet. 1.2 If unto the divine act of God it is called Renovation or Renewing of the minde Ephes 4.23 and Rom. 12.2 If unto the Acts and fruits of holinesse in beleevers it is called Faith love long suffering gentlenesse goodnesse meeknesse temperance c. Gal. 5.22 If unto the root fountain and foundation of holinesse the Scripture saith Christ is our sanctification 1 Cor. 1.30 Thus you hear what holinesse is Now God maketh His holy by his Spirit and Word Whereby he doth convince them that they are without Christ Ephes 2.12 Maketh discoverie to them of the worth of Christ their need of him and Gods offer of him in a covenant of Grace upon Gospell termes changing their hearts into the Image of Christ 2 Cor. 3.18 Gives them Faith in Christ Repentance from dead workes Love to all the Saints c. And so the very God of Peace Sanctifie his people 1 Thessalonians 5.23 Thus much may suffice touching the Jnquiry 2. Vse Will God have his people to be holy Let us make use of this to discover who are the people of God who are not Those people that are ungodly unsanctified are not the people of God such may boast of their Justification but they deceive themselves for God hath no justified-unsanctified people 1 Cor. 6 9 10 11. They may talke of the free-grace of God manifested to them bringing them Salvation but they are deluded for the grace of God that bringeth Salvation teacheth us to deny ungodlinesse and to live godly Titus 2.11 12. Now there are three sorts of professors who would be esteemed the people of God and yet are not sanctifyed by the holy spirit they are not holy and therefore are not the Lords people in Covenant The first Sort are all those legall professors who having been by the spirit and word of God much convinced of sin Iohn 16.8 Sorely wounded in their consciences Proverbes 18.14 and somewhat reformed in their conversations by hearing godly Preachers as Herod was Mark 6 20. after all this goe about to establish their own righteousnesse and rest upon their duties humiliation and legall reformation And never have their hearts changed and renewed nor Christ given of the Father unto them These are not sanctified are not the Lords Hear what the Apostle speakes to such among the Galatians Are yee so foolish having begun in the Spirit are you now made perfect by the flesh Have you affired so many things in vain If it be yet in vaine Well such of you as God hath chosen in Christ that you should bee holy c. He will also by his Spirit and Word convince you of Righteousnesse to wit that all your own Righteousnesses are as filthy rags Isa 64.6 That being ignorant of Gods Righteousnesse you have gone about to establish your owne righteousnesse Rom. 10 3. and that you must be found in Christ not having your own righteousnesse which is of the

what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the Saints and what is the exceeding greatnes of his power to us-ward who beleeve Ephe. 1.17 18 19. And though the hearts of men and women be very darke yet God who commanded the light to shine out of darknesse hath shined in our hearts who are beleevers to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the Face of Iesus Christ 2 Cor. 4.6 And the Apostle tells the sanctified Ephesians that they were sometimes darknesse but now ye are light in the Lord Ephes 5.8 And indeed all that heavenly knowledge and spirituall understanding which beleevers have in the mysterie of the Gospel they had it from Christ In whom are are hid all the treasures of wisdome and knowledge Col. 2.2 3. 3. Christ is the Bread of life to beleevers Joh. 6.35 48 51. He is the Spirituall meat and drink of their souls who beleeve in him they that eat him shall live by him Joh. 6.55 57. All that Spirituall nourishment and soul refreshment which beleevers have in promises duties Ordinances c. is from Christ whose flesh is meate indeed and his blood is drinke indeed communicated by his holy spirit unto his people in those promises duties Ordinances c. Christ is Milke and wine to be had without money Isa 55.1 that will quench the thirst of the new-borne babes in Christ which so much desire the sincere milke of the worde that they may grow thereby 1 Pet. 2.2 3. and that will make the mournfull spirit of a a doubting or back-sliding Beleever to have a cheerefull countenance when his broken heart is cheered and warmed yea melted and comforted with the blood of Christ his Redeemer Christ is Water of life a pure River of living Water cleere as Crystall flowes from this Fountain in the hearts of Beleevers Rev 22.1 17. Joh. 7.37 38. Ioh. 4.10.13 14. This will satisfie the thirsty soul as Chirist Promised Mat. 5.6 11 therfore hee cried If any man thirst let him come to me and drinke Christ is the the tree of life which beareth twelve manner of fruits and yeeldeth her fruit every moneth whose leaves are for the healing of the Nations Revel 22.2 Christ is said to make a feast of wine and fat things full of Marrow Isa 25.6 and he thus speakes to beleevers eate O Friends drinke yea drinke abundantly O beloved Cant. 5.1 I might be exceeding large in particularizing many other his Titles as namely Christ is a beleevers Justification Sanctification Redemption 1 Cor. 1.30 He is also our Peace Ephes 2.14 our Righteousnesse Ier. 23.6 Our Advocate with the Father 1 Iohn 2.1 2. Our King High-Priest and Prophet Our Father Husband Brother our All. Thus it may appear that Christ is all in the New-Man How is Christ all in all in the New-Man I conceive It is spoken by way of Preheminence as it is expressed Col. 1.18 19. That is In all which is in the New-Man or in a Beleever Christ ought to have the preheminence First as hee is the Author thereof for instance That precious faith of Gods Elect which is in the New-Man is an excellent grace but yet Christ must have the preheminence above that faith because he is the Author of it Heb. 12.2 And so above all other graces gifts and fruits of the Spirit Secondly as he is the preserver of all in the New-Man every beleever is called and Sanctified by God the Father and preserved in Jesus Christ Iude 1. And the Beleever is not onely preserved in the state of Grace by Christ but the Grace of God wrought in him to wit faith c. Is by Christ preserved also namely by the Intercession of Christ I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not Thirdly as he is the finisher who strengtheneth stablisheth and perfecteth all in the New-Man Christ is not onely the Author but the Finisher of our Faith Heb. 12.2 He is the Alpha and Omega the beginning and the ending of all those Graces gifts and fruits of the Spirit which are in the New-Man Revel 1 8. Thus Christ is all and in all in the New-Man He is the Author Preserver and finisher of all He purchased all He is the Donour of all He is the Beauty of all the Summe of all the Perfection of all in the New-Man Reason This was the good pleasure of the Fathers will that all fulnesse all-sufficiencie all spiritualnesse should dwell in Christ and should by Christ be communicated to his people that in all things Christ might have the preheminence Col. 1.18 19. And thus God will have it done to the Man Christ Jesus whom he delighted to honour for the service Christ did unto his Father in the Redemption of his people therefore he gave him a Name above every Name Christ is all and in all Which honour dignity Christ will at the last day prostrate at the feet of his Father that God may be all in all 1 Cor. 15.28 Moreover this being the designe of God that Christ should communicate all grace gifts c. unto his people It was requisite that all fulnesse should be in Christ and so we read John 1.14 16. Yea the great necessitie of the Lords redeemed ones to have a constant supplie of grace and spirituall gifts also a continuall growth of the fruits of the spirit requires this all-fulnesse to be in Christ Vse 1 Seeing Christ is all and in all in the New-Man Let us hence be Instructed First to prize Christ highly to set an high esteeme upon Christ to let Him have the preheminence who is all in all It is that which the Prophet complained of Isa 53.3 He to wit Christ was despised and rejected of men and we esteemed him not We are apt to slight Christ and to disesteem Him because we discerne not that beauty excellencie riches and glory which is in Himselfe we are ignorant of the worth of Christ and know not our need of him and therefore we do not so prize him as we ought These two Considerations I desire to propound as motives to prize Christ First Christ his worth which I may hint unto you in three particulars to wit 1. The unvaluable preciousnesse of his blood which hath in it a cleansing vertue 1 John 1.7 9. And the blood of Iesus Christ his Son cleansed us from all sin therefore we are said to be justified by his blood Rom. 5.9 Let me aske you who now beleeve How did you esteem of this precious blood of Christ When you were sighing-out your mournfull request to God in secret corners for one drop of Christs blood one dram of the grace of God and faith of God his Elect one word of promise one smile of a reconciled Father or one beam of the light of Gods countenance did you not prize the blood of Christ above all corruptible things as silver gold honour riches pleasure c. Did you not esteem the least drop of it more