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A94749	A synopsis, or, Short view of essential Christianity in part, in which the first fruits unto God, (or saints) in the Apostles dayes lived. : According to the doctrine of Christ ... : With some explications or enlargements thereupon. : Tending to the edification, comfort, and refreshing of all sorts of people ... / By William Tomlinson ...	Tomlinson, William.	1684 (1684)	Wing T1853; ESTC R185375	44,494	110

Others are set down in the Kingdom of righteousness and peace and joy in Christ Jesus As the Apostles and many believers or Saints were in the primitive times For which they magnifyed the Lord for his rich mercy towards them in raising them up and making them sit together in Heavenly places or Heavenly things in Christ Jesus Eph. 2.6 2. Now consider further that these who in earnest seek the Kingdom of God or are already entred into it doe not alwayes make the greatest shew or appearance in the World They are like that Mercant man that having found treasure hid in a Field goeth and hideth it lest he should be robbed thereof and for joy thereof he goeth and selleth all he hath and buyeth that Field He boasteth not of his treasure but carefully purchaseth it So it is with many that are seekers and possessors of the Kingdome of God And therefore are not made so visible in the World though they live in the World Nay many times the World looks upon them as fooles or conceited People not seeing the Heavenly treasure which they pursue or possesse but afterwards shall be made to see it to their amazement Read Wisdom of Solomon chapter the 5th which sheweth how the wicked shall wonder at the strangeness of the Salvation of the righteous beyond all that they looked for Some may be without that in their Books it being in the Apocrypha therefore I shall here give you part of it beginning at the last verse of the 4th chap. to the 10th verse of the 5th where Solomon shews the different end of the righteous and wicked And when they cast up the accouts of their sins they shall come with fear and their own iniquities shall convince them to their face Then shall the rightous man stand in great boldness before the face of such as have afflicted him and made no account of his labours When they see it they shall be troubled with terrible fear and shall be amazed at the strangeness of his Salvation so far beyond all that they looked for And they repenting and groaning for anguish of Spirit shall say within themselves this was he whom we had sometimes in derision and a proverbe of reproach We fools accounted his life madness and his end to be without Honour How is he numbred among the Children of God and his lot is among the Saints Therefore have we erred from the way of Truth and the light of righteousness hath not shined unto us We wearied our selves in the way of wickedness and destruction yea we have gone thorow deserts when there lay no way but as for the way of the Lord we have not known it What hath pride profitted us Or what good hath riches with our vaunting brought us All those things are passed away like a shaddow and as a Post that hasteth by c. Hence you may see how little they are taken notice of in the World who are Heirs of the Kingdom of God and how little they are discerned to be what they are And lest you should think that because these words are quoted out of the Apocrypha they have not weight in them hear Paul speaking to the same purpose 1 Cor. 1.26 c. For ye see your calling Brethren how that not many wise men after the Flesh not many mighty not many Noble are called But God hath chosen the foolish things of the World to confound the wise and God hath chosen the weak things of the World to confound the things that are mighty and base things of the World and things which are despised hath God chosen yea and things which are not to bring to nought things that are that no Flesh should glory in his presence Thus the Lord will confound the thoughts of men and make that last which was first and that first which was last and that highly esteemed which was despised and that despised which was highly esteemed And though the Heirs of his Kingdom be scarcely discerned in the World yet will he finde out a numberless Number out of all Nations Kinreds People and Tongues that shall inherit it such as the World takes little notice of they being a People comming out of great tribulation in which they have lived in the World Therefore let non say Where shall we finde such a People as live in the Kingdom of God but let them desire of the Lord that he would open their Eyes to see them whom he ownes and admits into his Kingdom Read Revel the 7th ver 9. to the end The Lord doth put the treasures of his Kingdom into Earthen Vessels which not being beautifull to the outward Eye are therefore overlooked and not seen by the curious Eye As it was said of our Lord and Master there is no beauty in him that we should desire him the same also may be said of his followers But wisdom is justifyed of her Children Look upon the rough and withered or deadlike coat of the Vine specially in Winter and one would think it good for little except to be consumed by the fire So are the branches of the true Vine many times to the outward Eye and therefore not regarded by the World as the strong Oakes and Trees of the forrest are or as the losty Cedars of Libanon which are seen a far off The Lord had reserved to himself 7 thousand who had not worshipped Baal even in the great Apostacy of Israel in Ahabs time whom Elijah the Prophet could not see So in the great Apostacy of Professed Christianity the Lord hath a numberless Number who are sealed who stand before the Throne and before the Lamb cloathed with white Robes and Palmes in their hands glorifying God and ●scribing all Salvation to our God which siteth upon the Throne and unto the Lamb. As you read in that 7th of Revel Thou that ●anst not see a People fit for the Kingdom of God canst thou see a People that work ●ighteousness The Apostle tells us that eve●yone that doth righteousness is born of God 1 ●oh 2.29 Dost thou see any People dwelling 〈◊〉 a Spirit of love The same Apostle tells ●s that every one that loveth is born of God ● Joh. 4.7 Another Apostle tells us that 〈◊〉 every Nation he that feareth God and worketh righteousness is accepted of him Act. 10.35 The Apostle doth not tell us that every one that can magnify themselves in a form of Religion are accepted but he that worketh righteousness only There is a Pharisaical Eye which can see none righteous but such as are in their own form But God seeth not as man seeth There is also a prophane and hatefull Eye which hates the appearance of righteousness and holiness because it is a chain to their loose prophanes and wickedness these also through the myst of enmity and hatred cannot see the Servants of the living God over whose consciences he rules and so hath a Kingdom there and they in it submitting to his requirings as true Subjects

to prepare for that which is to come after that we may in hope look for that day that is to come We are raised up here out of the death of sin that we may rise with comfort hereafter We are judged of the Lord here that we may not be condemned with the World and we are made to judge our selves here that we may not be judged Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection on him the second death hath no power So that Hope having so sure a foundation it is as an Anchor sure and stedfast And tends greatly to an essential Christian life to bear us up therein in holding on in patience doing the will of God and denying the pleasurable and easie paths of unrighteousness This Hope of an eternal inheritance makes us not ashamed to bear reproach for Christs sake and for observing his commands though we be accounted as the of-scouring or refuse of all things for so doing So that Hope is as a Helmet upon our heads to bear us up under all the vilifyings of the World I know it is a common thing with many if not with most to say I hope to be saved and I hope God will be mercyfull Yea and they will swear by their hope too saying as I hope to be saved Well I would not dash thy hope in Gods mercy but rather strengthen it and help to raise it up higher But take heed how thou exposes thy hope and thy self therewith to judgment in breaking the command of the great judge who is to judge the● and all the World who hath said Swear not at all neither by Heaven nor by Earth nor by any other Oath Certainly if men shall give an account in the day of judgment of every idle word as the true judge hath told us they shall Matt. 12.36 then surely forbidden Oaths must be given account of therefore put away such things as are threatened with judgment And to raise up thy hope into strength and infallibility that it may be a comfortable stay to thee consider what it is that it is grounded upon and how it will operate in thee if it be right and see that the right foundation be layd Consult with the sayings of those who have had this lively hope in them and see how their's was grounded and what they testify of it I shall lay this one Scripture before thee to consider on and to set before thee as a marke to presse after 1 Joh. 3. the three first verses Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed on us that we should be called the Sons of God therefore the World knoweth us not because in knew not him Beloved now are we the Sons of God and it doth not yet appear what we shall be but we know that when he shall appear we shall be like him for we shall see him as he is And every man that hath this hope in him purifyeth himself even as he is pure Wouldst thou have thy hope raised up to this pitch to expect to be made like the Son of God at his appearing by beholding of him or seeing him as he is Then thou must purify thy self from all uncleanness of Flesh and Spirit for he is pure and piercing If the Sun shine upon a dull thick Earthy body it doth not fill that with its beautifull light but if it shine upon a pure transparent Gem in fills that with its one glorious light Therefore there must be a purifying and cleansing going before to prepare us to be made partakers of the glory of the Lord. Every one that hath this hope in him purifyeth himself as he is pure Now there be two things requisite in this purification namely Faith in Christ and an obedient life Purifying their Hearts by Faith saith the Scripture and again If I wash thee not thou hast no part in mee thus he purifyeth the conscience from dead works by his Spirit working faith in us in his blood and by the same Spirit leading us in an obedient conversation And as many as are led of the Spirit of God they are the Sons of God And the same Spirit that leads the Sons of God the same witnesses in them that they are so And so giveth a most firm ground of Hope 〈…〉 So that we may say with the beloved Apostle now are we the Sons of God but it doth not yet appear what we shall be but we know that when he shall appear we shall be like him for we shall see him as he is Oh Brethren How can one think of these things and give himself up to a loose wicked life and conversation Nay this hope tends greatly to the essential life of a Christian and to preserve him therein from turning back again into the polluted wayes of the World As for Forms wherein since the Apostacy men professe the same Christ there may be something essential also to a Christian life But not as they are such or such a form but as the Lord shall require or lead men by his Spirit and exercise their Spirits for the tryal of them whether they will follow him whithersoever he leads either into them or out of the n● bearing the reproach of the World and shewing their obedience in answering that measure of light wherewith he doth illuminate them and in which he goes before them by the movings of his good Spirit in them But herein is danger namely in urging men by the force of reason before the Lord lead them for men may lay that burden upon the Spirits of others which the Lord doth not lay and this work makes only Proselytes and Hypocrites It s safe to minde what Christ Jesus our Lord layes upon our Spirits and not what men lay I will put upon you no other burden but that which ye have already hold fast till I come saith Christ to some in the Church of Thyatyra Rev. 2.24 25. But there were some that would have layd upon them other burdens who undervalued the simple and honest hearted and counted them weak and dark not knowing the depths of Satan as they used to speak in their vaunting over them But the Lord encouraged them to keep to the burden which he alone layd upon them Again there is another danger in those that are urged before the Lord go before them to lead them I speak in point of Form and outward observations namely to be puffed up and exalted in themselves from their form and so to overlook the righteous life in others And then they fall into the number of those who being exalted in their form say in their Hearts stand by thy self come not near to me for I am holyer then thou And this now provokes the Lord to wrath and he will rather look to him that is of a humble and contrite Spirit standing in awe of him then to such It s good for both these to minde what 's said Isa 66.5 Hear the word of the Lord ye that