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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77504	The mystical brasen serpent: with the magnetical vertue thereof. or, Christ exalted upon the cross, with the blessed end and fruit of that his exaltation, in drawing the elect world to himself, to believe on Him, and to be saved by Him. In two treatises, from John 3. 14, 15. 12. 32. Whereunto is added A treatise of the saints joint-membership each with other. As they were delivered to the Church of God at Great Yarmouth, by John Brinsley, minister of the gospel, and preacher to that incorporation. Imprimatur, Edm. Calamy. July 30. 1652.	Brinsley, John, 1600-1665.	1653 (1653)	Wing B4719; Thomason E1249_1; ESTC R208891	155,986	284

Let our enquiry be for this thorow work whether we have felt the effectuall power of Jesus Christ in drawing our hearts and souls not onely towards but to himself This is the saving work without which we can have no benefit by Christ No Communion without Vnion A man must first be brought home unto Christ before he can be justified and saved by him Are we then thus drawn unto Christ O that every of us here present could but make this good to our selves But alass how many are there who are meer strangers to this work Evidences of persons not drawn never felt any such power put forth in their souls know not what it means To finde out some of them I beseech you go along with me and deal impartially with your own souls see whether you be not in the number 1. Such in the first place are all ignorant persons 1. Ignorant persons such as are not yet drawn out of the dungeon of spiritual darkness Persons grossly ignorant Such as live without the knowledge of Christ Though living under the means of knowledge where Christ is preached and published to them yet they are wholly ignorant of the mystery of Christ not knowing so much as what Christ was what he hath done what he hath suffered what he hath merited by what way or means they should have any benefit by him Such there are and that too many every where to be found Now alas against such the evidence is too clear They are not yet drawn and brought home unto CHRIST Christ never draws men blindfold to himself But that he may draw them Acts 26.18 he first opens their eyes Paul was sent to the Gentiles first to open their eyes to turne them from darknesse to light And this Christ in measure doth in every soule which he intendeth to draw to himselfe he causeth a light to shine into it revealing himselfe to it By this means was Paul drawn to Christ by an effectuall revelation of Christ to him Gal. 1.16 When it pleased God to reveale his Son to me or in me c. Till Christ be thus revealed to the soule the soul neither will nor can come to him Still in drawing Christ worketh first upon the understanding then upon the will first inlightning the one before he bow and incline the other They who never yet found a work of illumination and conviction in themselves certainly it cannot be that as yet they should be drawn unto Christ 2. A second sort against whom the evidence is clear that they are not drawn unto Christ are all profane 2. Profane persons wicked and ungodly persons such as are yet under the power of Satan having him ruling and reigning in them Such as are not yet drawn out of the world not having escaped the grosse pollutions of it 2 Pet. 2.20 Such as stick and lie and wallow in the mire of sinfull lusts Ephes 2.2 walking after the course of this world according to the Prince that ruleth in the aire as Paul saith of his Ephesians before conversion giving over themselves to known and scandalous evils Swearers drunkards unclean profane licentious unrighteous persons c. Let not such deceive themselves they are far from being drawn unto Christ 2 Cor. 6.15 What agreement hath Christ with Belial saith the Apostle that is with Satan that wicked one or with wicked men in whom Satan dwels and rules Christ drawing men to himselfe he draweth them from under the power of Satan and he severeth them from the world teaching them to deny ungodlinesse and worldly lusts Certainly that soule that so imbraceth any one sinfull lust as being convinced of the sinfulnesse of it yet liveth and lieth in it being resolved not to part with it it never yet knew what this effectuall work of Christ meant in drawing men to himfelfe 3. A third sort are all meer carnall men 3. Carnal persons Phil. 3.9 such whose hearts and affections are wholly set upon earth and earthly things minding earthly things The profits and pleasures and honours of the world with such other sensuall and carnall contentments these are the things which they are wholly taken up with In the mean time as for heaven and heavenly things Grace and Glory these are things which they do not trouble themselves about neither have they any affection to them These also we must conclude to be in the number of them who are not yet drawn unto Christ Christ in drawing men to himselfe he draweth them from the earth in measure weaning them from the world draweth them above the earth causing them to seek the things which are above Col. 3.1 2. and to seek them in the first place Certainly they whose hearts and affections are all upon earth they cannot yet be drawn to Christ who is in Heaven 4. A fourth and last sort are meer Civil or Pharisaicall Justiciaries 4. Pharisaicall Justiciaries Such as are not drawn out of themselves such as rest in their own righteousnesse not feeling the need they have of Christ such as bear themselves upon the innocency and harmlesnesse of their lives and conversations they are no swearers drunkards unclean unrighteous persons but they are regular and orderly in their course they as near as they can give both God and man their due and here they rest hoping and trusting to be justified and saved by their own righteousnesse As for such the evidence is also cleare against them notwithstanding they may seem to be drawn out of the world severed from it in respect of any scandalous evils yet they stick in themselves and consequently cannot be drawn unto Christ Christ in drawing men unto himselfe he drawes them out of the dungeon of ignorance he draweth them from under the power of Satan he draweth them out of the world and hee draweth them out of themselves Whoever they are that stick in any of these they are not yet drawn unto Christ Quest Quest But how shall we know and bee assured that we are in the number of those that are truely drawn unto Christ Evidences of men drawn to Christ Ans For answer 1. Reflect upon what hath been spoken Ans 1. Such as are drawn out of all the aforsaid particulars Enquire we whether we find our selves drawn out of all these Are we drawn out of our naturall darknesse the darknesse of ignorance Can we say that a supernaturall light hath shined into our hearts revealing unto us the mysterie of Christ Are we freed and delivered from the power of Satan so as we are not led captive by him as sometime we were Are we drawn out of the world Have we received another spirit then the spirit of the world a spirit teaching us to deny ungodlinesse and worldly lusts and to mind the things which are above Are wee drawn out of our selves taught to deny our selves and to renounce our own righteousnesse in respect of any affiance and confidence in

Elect even as Moses a temporall Saviour he brought the Israel of God from under the power and tyranny of that Egyptian Pharaoh So doth the Lord Jesus the eternal Saviour of his people he bringeth his Elect out from under the power of this spiritual Pharaoh challenging and vindicating his own right His own right So they are both by a right of Donation and Purchase being given to him by God his Father purchased by his own blood And thus being his now he rescues them from the hands of his enemie and theirs even as David rescued his Lamb or Kid 1 Sam 17.34 35. taking it out of the mouth of the Lion and Bear So doth Christ rescue his Elect delivering them from the power of Satan which cannot bee done without great force and power And therefore he may well be said to draw them Satan will not willingly yeild up his hold He that contended so earnestly with Michael the Archangel Jude 9. about the body of Moses will much more contend about the souls of men The stories in the Gospel informe us how unwillingly Satan was ejected out of the one how being compelled to leave them he rent and tare them Certainly he will not willingly leave what possession he hath in the other Here is the power of Christ in drawing men from the power of Satan 3. He draweth them out of the world 3. Out of the world John 15.19 having chosen them out of the world he draweth them out of it To this end Christ gave himselfe He gave himselfe for our sins saith the Apostle that he might deliver us from this present evill world Gal. 1.4 And this he doth when he maketh an actuall application of the merit of his death unto his Elect people he delivereth draweth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Erip●ret plucketh them out as the word in the Originall properly signifieth of this present world But how doth he do it not in respect of place but in respect of quality I pray not saith our Saviour speaking of his Disciples that thou shouldest take them out of the world John 17.15 but that thou shouldest keep them from the evill 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 from that evil one viz. Satan or from the evill that is in the world And thus Christ delivers his people viz. from the evill world 2 Pet. 2.20 severing them from the corruptions and pollutions which are in the world In this mire the world generally sticks and lieth Now in this respect Christ draweth his people out of the world causing them to steer a new course no longer to walk according to the course of this world Ephes 2.2 as somtimes they did but teaching them now to deny ungodlinesse and worldly lusts Tit. 2.12 What these worldly lusts are I shall not need to tell you Saint John hath reduced them to three heads The lusts of the flesh voluptuousnesse 1 John 2.16 sensuality The lusts of the eyes covetousnesse The pride of life ambition These and the like lusts the men of the world are given over to so as they rule and reigne in them But these Christ teacheth and causeth his people to deny renounce abandon which he doth by putting a new spirit into them even a Spirit of sanctification changing them in the inward and outward man so as they are no longer conformed unto this world viz. Rom. 12.2 in the corrupt manners and customes of it Thus are they severed from the world and drawn out of it And that not onely in regard of a renunciation of the sinfull lusts of it but also a holy sequestration from it Thus also doth Christ draw his people out of the world so as though they live in it yet they live like men of another world not minding onely the things of this present world but seeking after and setting their affections upon the things that are above where their chief treasure is 4. Thus drawing them out of the world he draweth them also out of themselves 4. Out of themselves This is a lesson which all Christs disciples must learn If any man will come after me let him deny himselfe Mark 8.34 And this lesson Christ teacheth all that come to him to deny themselves viz. their owne carnall reason perverse wils corrupt affections and not onely so but he teacheth them to deny to renounce their own righteousnesse viz. in respect of any affiance and confidence in it Not having mine own righteousnesse Phil. 3 9. saith Paul of himselfe And so he draweth them out of themselves The case is ordinary men when they are drawn out of the mire of this world brought to renounce and abandon the grosse evils therein and to walke in regard of their outward conversation regularly and blamelesly yet now they stick in themselves setting up their owne righteousnesse as the Pharisee did as if that were sufficient to justifie and save them by which means they are kept off from coming unto Christ Now Christ drawing his Elect hee draweth them out of themselves causeth them to renounce all to make loss of all as Paul saith of himselfe What ever they have have done can do merits priviledges vertues performances whatever is or may be supposed to be theirs Christ causeth them to relinquish all so coming naked unto him Thus doth he take them off from their owne bottoms and draw them out of themselves And here are the things from whence Christ draweth them Qu. 2. But whither doth he then draw them Qu. 2. Whither he draweth them An. An. To himself Here is the second Inquirie to which the Text it self returns a generall answer He drawes them to himself even as the Loadstone draweth the iron to it self so doth Christ draw his Elect people to himself viz. to have union and communion with him in grace here and glory hereafter More particularly Christ draweth his Elect to himself as being under a double relation 1. As to a Saviour 2. As to a Lord. Both these Christ being lift up is made Him hath God exalted to be a Prince and a Saviour Act. 5.31 and under both these relations doth Christ draw his people to himself 1. As to a Saviour 1. As a Saviour My spirit hath rejoyced in God my Saviour saith Mary Luk. 1.47 even as the Brasen Serpent drew the eyes of the Israelites to it self as the onely means of their temporall cure so doth Christ draw the eyes and hearts of his Elect to himselfe as to a Saviour their Saviour the onely meanes of their eternall salvation Thus doe poor sinners come unto Christ even as those woundrd Israelites did to their Brasen Serpent fixing their eyes upon him looking up to him and resting upon him for Justification and Salvation Thus was the blessed Apostle drawne unto Christ Christ being effectually revealed to him Phil. 3.9 now he lets go all maketh loss of all renouncing whatever he had formerly put any confidence in wholly betaking