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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67286	The preciousness of Christ to the believing-Christian Plainly and briefly set forth for the edification and consolation of believers in, and lovers of the Lord Jesus Christ. In a sermon on I Pet. 2. 7. By William Walker, B.D.	Walker, William, 1623-1684.	1667 (1667)	Wing W432A; ESTC R219919	23,737	44

men And O what an encouragement must this needs be unto holiness and goodness when the goodness of the creature shall be the glory of the Creator and the holiness of a Christian the honour of Christ As ever therefore ye desire not to be a reproach and shame but a reputation and honour unto Christ so be ye holy in your lives and godly in your conversatitions Let every one that names the name of Christ depart from iniquity and him that saith he abideth in Christ so walk even as Christ himself walked denying all ungodliness and worldly lusts and living soberly righteously and godly in this present world and every day more and more perfecting holiness in the fear of God And thus far we have discoursed of the Text according to that acceptation of the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in it in which it is by some rendred Honour We will now in reverence to our own Translators who render it Precious and in reference to Authority which hath stamped that Translation for current amongst us and also out of respect unto the context wherein Christ is more then once termed precious we will now I say proceed to discourse of the Text according to that acceptation of the word also And the Point delivered in the Text according to that Interpretation of it is this That Jesus Christ is very precious to a true believing-Christian Vnto you therefore which believe saith our Apostle here he is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 even preciousness in the abstract that is very precious Now this we shall shew him to be in five respects Things are precious unto men in respect either first of their Rarity and Singularness or secondly of their Worth and Excellencies ot thirdly of their Pleasingness and Delightfulness or fourthly of their Usefulness and Profitableness or fithly of their Needfulness and Necessariness And upon all these considerations Christ is precious unto those that believe on him And First in respect of Rarity and Singularness Men use to account those things precious which are rare and singular besides which there are few or none other of the same kind in being as the Phoenix or other rare birds or beasts fruits or trees upon this account is Jesus Christ precious to a believing soul There is no such Saviour as he no Saviour but he Other foundation can no man lay than that is laid which is Christ Jesus 1 Cor. 3. 11. Neither is there salvation in any other for there is no other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved Act. 4. 12. Whence he is in Scripture styled by way of Emphasis The Saviour Joh. 4. 42. Phil. 3. 20. Now the believing soul being fully peswaded of this doth upon this account highly esteem of Jesus Christ He is very dear and precious unto it Secondly In respect of Worth and Excellentness Men use to account those things precious which are of great worth and excellency in any kind as Gold and Pearls and precious Stones And upon this account is Jesus Christ even 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the preciousness to a believing soul as being of worth above its comprehension excellent beyond its imagination As there is no considerable light in the Stars but what is imparted unto them from the Sun so there is nothing of worth or excellency in any respect in any part of the Creation but what is a communicated ray of the worth and excellency that is in Christ by whom all things were created and do consist Colos 1. 16 17. What worth what excellency then must there needs be in Christ from whom all worth and excellency is communicated The particulars of his Excellencies are innumerable the nature of them unutterable the value of them inconceivable they are an Ocean which knows neither bank nor bottom every way infinite and incomprehensible And this the Believing soul being fully perswaded of sets a high price upon him counts him the chiefest of ten thousand as the Spouse in the Canticles did her Beloved yea worth ten thousand of us as Davids servants did their Lord. Yea were there ten thousand times ten thousand persons of more worth and excellency than any that ever yet lived upon the face of the earth yet in the esteem of the Believing soul they be all of no worth if compared with Christ which would say to him in Davids words Psal 73. 25. Whom bave I in heaven but thee and there is none on earth that I desire in comparison of thee In them could be but the finite worth and excellency of the Creature in Him is the infinite worth and excellency of the Creator Now betwixt finite and infinite there is no proportion and so there can be no comparison Thus precious is Christ Jesus unto the Believing Christian in respect of worth and excellency Thirdly In respect of Pleasingness and Delightfulness Men use to account those things precious wherein they find much pleasure and take great delight as beautiful flowers rich perfumes charming ayres c. And upon this account is Christ Jesus very precious to a Believing soul The Spouse in the Canticles first compares him to a Tree and then expresseth what delight she took both in his shadow and in his fruit I sate down saith she under his shadow with great delight and his fruit was sweet to my tast Cant. 3. 3. O the rare pleasures the ravishing sweets of that Communion which true Believers have with Christ Those that truly believe in Christ are spiritually united unto Christ and have the spirit of Christ in-dwelling in them Now what inward joyes are at some times especially communicated unto their souls what secreet sweets are impressed upon their spirits by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in them cannot so well be told as felt 'T is indeed 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as our Apostle tell us in the first chap. of this Ep. ver 8. joy unspeakable such as they that feel it within yet are not able to speak it out A believing soul enjoying inward actual communion with Christ is sometimes as it were emparadised on this side heaven not being with S. Paul wrapt into the third heaven but having with Christ on the Mount the third heaven brought down unto him yea and into him too so that he hath a heaven in the very heart of him O speak it when I am gone said one and preach it Mr. Holland at my Funeral God dealeth familiarly with man I feel his mercy I see his Majesty whether in the body or out of the body I cannot tell God he knoweth but I see things that are unutterable I am saith another Mr. Bolton by the wonderful mercies of Christ as full of comfort as my heart can hold and feel nothing in my soul but Christ with whom I heartily desire to be O crys out a third the joyes the joyes the joyes that I feel Mr. Kat. Brettergh in my soul O they be wonderful they be wonderful they be wonderful