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A54656 The gain of Godliness being a consideration of I Tim. 4. 8. / by Charles Phelpes. Phelpes, Charles. 1682 (1682) Wing P1977; ESTC R131 86,937 202

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thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort thou shalt do welt 3. Joh. 5. 6. And so on the other hand they are called ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into Lasciviousness in a general consideration Jud. 4. 2 Pet. 2. 5 6. And very frequently in the book of the Psalmes where in the Translation after the Hebrew we read wicked the Septuagint read ungodly and so doth our Vulgar Translation as we by observation may see And thus as I have said Godliness is to be accepted in this place in such an Extensive and Comprehensive consideration And so taking it and looking upon it we may say 1. That by Godliness here we are to understand the Christian Faith or the Articles thereof which are to be believed by us and the unfeigned belief thereof which this Apostle calls the mystery of godliness when he saith without Controversy or Confessedly great is the Mystery of Godliness God was manifest in the flesh justified in the spirit seen of Angels Preached unto the Gentiles believed on in the world received up into Glory 1 Tim. 3. 16. And of which Truth or mystery the Church of the living God is the ground and Pillar v. 15. And so this mystery of Godliness contains in it the incarnation abasement sufferings death Resurrection Ascension and Exaltation of the Son of God and all the Truths of the Gospel which are therein Preached to us to the end they may be unfeignedly and heartily embraced and entertained by us and which mystery is called the Gospel Thus when the Apostle saith to the Corinthians I declare unto you the Gospel which I Preached unto you which also ye have received c He then more Particularly acquaints them with and re-minds them of the Gospel which he had formerly Proclaimed unto them saying For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures and that he was buried and that he rose again the third day according to the Scriptures and that he was seen of Cephas then of the Twelve c. 1 Cor. 15. 1 4 8. And so this Doctrine of Godliness is called The word of Faith which the Apostles have Preached and delivered Rom. 10. 8. 10 15 17. And the Faith of the Gospel Phil. 1. 27. And the Faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of Glory Jam. 2. 1. And the Faith which was once delivered to the Saints Jude 3. 4. To which I shall not here particularly speak 2. And by Godliness here we are also to understand the Christian life and practice which is Taught us by the Gospel of Christ as it is now Preached unto us according to the Revelation of the Mystery Hence the Gospel of Christ is called the Doctrine according to Godliness because it doth teach us to serve God acceptably with Reverence and Godly fear to serve him without fear in holiness and Righteousness before him all the days of our life 1 Tim. 6. 3. Heb. 12. 28. As the Apostle Paul saith the grace of God which bringeth Salvation unto all men hath appeared teaching us that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts we should live Soberly Righteously and Godly in this present world in this posture looking for the blessed hope c. Tit. 2. 11 12 13. And the same Apostle declaring to the believing Ephesians the sad miscarriage of the Gentiles that knew not God And how they walked in the vanity of their mindes he then saith unto them But ye have not so learned Christ if so be that ye have heard him and been taught by him as the truth is in Jesus that ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts And be renewed in the spirit of your mind And that ye put on the New-Man which after God is Created in Righteousness and Holiness of Truth To give us to understand that the word of the Truth of the Gospel of Christ doth Teach us to be pure in heart and Pious in all manner of Demeanour and conversation for which cause also it is called the Truth which is after Godliness Eph. 4. 20 24. With Tit. 1. 1. It gives unto us more perfect Easy and excellent commands and rules then the Law doth however as to the clearness of them It sets before us more excellent and forcible Motives and Arguments on the right hand and on the left to Enforce our Duty It propounds to us the most excellent example of Jesus the Son of God That we might follow his steps and walk as he hath walked And also with it are afforded more abundant and powerful assistances of the grace and spirit of God to work in us both to will and to do of good pleasure That we might do all things without Murmuring and disputings that so we might be blameless and harmless And therefore as our blessed Saviour saith except your Righteousness shall exceed the Righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees which were the most strait sect of the Jews Religion Act. 26. 5. Ye shall in no Case enter into the Kingdome of Heaven Mat. 5. 19 20 47 48. To whom much is given of them much will be required Luk. 12. 47 48. And we therefore being preferred above the Jews ought to exceed them in all Godliness and Goodness 1 Pet. 1. 10 12 13 18. What manner of persons ought we to be in all holy conversation and Godliness Be we then diligent that we may be found of him in Peace without Spot and Blameless 1 Pet. 2. 9 10 12. 2 Pet. 3. 12. 14. And so in a few words the Godliness here commended to us doth contain in it an hearty unfeigned and operative belief of the Gospel and a life Practice suitable thereunto to wit in sincere Holiness Righteousness and Sobriety Rom. 6. 17 18 21. And thus according to my weakness I have briefly shewn what is here meant by Godliness 2. Consider we in the next place what is here Affirmed of Godliness by way of its Commendation And for our encouragement to exercise our selves thereto And that is It is profitable for or unto allthings It is that which is of greatest and most general advantage to them that exercise themselves heartily unto it But before we speak any further thereto we may observe that the Apostle here doth not declare unto us the whole excellency of the Christian Faith and Life or give unto us a Compleat Commendation of it for it is pleasant sweet and grateful also it is as delightful as Gainful as pleasurable as profitable as it is said of Wisdome to wit of Sincere Piety her ways are ways of pleasantness and all her paths are peace Prov. 3. 13 17. Great peace have they that Love thy Law And nothing shall offend them Psal 119. 165. Believing in Christ with Faith unfeigned they rejoyce with joy unspeakable and full of glory 1 Pet. 1 6 8. And such as uprightly exercise
his Son made of a woman made under the Law to redeem them that were under the Law to redeem them that were under the Law Luke I. 69 72. Gal. 4. 5. Hence the Apostle saith of Davids Seed hath God according to his promise Raised unto Israel a Saviour JESUS And again he saith We declare unto you glad Tydings how that the Promise which was made unto the Fathers God hath fulfilled the same unto us their Children in that he raised up Jesus again c. Act. 13. 23 32 33. And therefore without all doubt he will faithfully do and perform whatsoever he hath promised God is faithful by whom ye were called to the Fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord saith St. Paul 1 Cor. 1. 8 9. All men have not Faith Too too many of them do falsify their Word and fail in Performing their Promises and Engagements But God is faithful saith the Apostle who will establish you and keep you from evil 1 Thes 5. 23 24. 2 Thes 3. 2 3. 1 Cor. 10. 13 14. and from the consideration of the Fidelity of God the Apostle thus exhorts the believing Hebrews saying Let us hold fast the Profession of our Faith without wavering For he is faithful that Promised And let us consider one another to provoke unto Love and to good Works not forsaking the assembling of our selves together c. Heb. 10. 23 25. Thus when the Lord promised Abraham a Son in his old Age by aged Sarah who was as good as dead though she did somewhat doubt through her weakness and infirmity of God's ability to perform this promise of his as we noted before yet she was verily and firmly perswaded of his Truth and Faithfulness as Abraham was of the Greatness and Almightiness of his Power and therefore it is said by the Apostle By faith Sarah her self received strength to conceive seed and was delivered of a child when she was past the time of age Because she judged him faithful who had promised Heb. 11. 11. And it is the same living and ever-living God and who is stedfast for ever as Dan. 6. 26. who hath promised all useful and profitable things unto Godliness and unto them that do uprightly apply and exercise themselves thereto for this present Transitory life and state and who hath also promised an eternally excellent and blessed state hereafter unto them that Piously and Purely walk before him and run with patience to the end of their Christian race 2 Tim. 4. 7 8. And he is not a man that he should lye nor the Son of man that he should repent Hath he said and shall he not do it or hath he spoken and shall he not make it good Numb 23. 19 20. Hence the Apostle styles himself A servant of God and an Apostle of Jesus Christ In hope of eternal life which God that cannot lye promised before the world began or rather as it is also in the Greek before the Secular or Agey times Tit. 1. 1 2. O then Let us so believingly and seriously consider these three attributes of him who liveth for ever and ever whose promise Godliness hath both for this present life that now is and for that which is to come that far more excellent and desirable one namely his Mercifulness Almightiness Faithfulness that abstaining from and denying all ungodliness and worldly lusts we may live soberly righteously and Godly in this present world looking for the blessed hope and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify unto himself a peculiar people zealous of good works And so much as to that first consideration fore-propounded 2. Let us also carefully and diligently consider the promise it self how it hath been ratified established and confirmed and so it will evidently appear to be a faithful saying or word of promise Rom. 9. 9. And therefore it deserves to be highly embraced and heartily entertained by us all so much the Apostle gives us to understand in what he doth immediately subjoyn hereto to wit This is a faithful saying and worthy of all Acceptation And so he gives the very same high Commendation of it which he had given before of the first branch of the mystery of Godliness to wit This is a faithful saying and worthy of all Acceptation that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners c. 1 Tim. 4. 8 9. with chap. 1. 15. 2 Tim. 2. II. Tit. 3. 8. And this promise will evidently and undoubtedly appear to be a true and faithful saying and therefore highly worthy to be believed and embraced with all chearful and Honourable respect and acceptation if we duly consider and weigh the two following particulars that is to say 1. That this promise which Godliness hath is confirmed and assured to us by the Oath of the unchangeable and faithful God and therefore without all peradventure it shall be performed unto all that unfeignedly and constantly exercise themselves to Piety and Holiness Thus when the Lord declares the Heritage of his upright and obedient servants by his Prophet he then saith concerning that Covenant made with them For this is as the waters of Noah unto me for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah shall no more go over the earth so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee nor rebuke thee For the Mountaines shall depart and the Hills be removed but my kindness shall not depart from thee neither shall the Covenant of my peace be removed saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee Isa 54. 7 9 10 17. And the Apostle also speaking of the Covénant made with Abraham for himself and for his spiritual seed even all such as are of his faith and walk in the good steps thereof assureth us that it was confirmed by an Oath that we might confidently believe the firmness of it and hopefully wait for and expect the performance of it for saith he When God made promise to Abraham because he could swear by no greater he sware by himself saying Surely in blessing I will bless thee for men verily swear by the greater and an Oath of confirmation is to them an end of all gain-saying Wherefore God willing more abundantly to shew unto the Heirs of Promise the immutability of his Counsel interposed by an Oath That by two immutable things in which it was impossible for God to lye we might have a strong Consolation who have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us Heb. 6. 12 13 ●17 20. with Gen. 22. 16 18. As with respect to the New Covenant and the promises therein contained we may say as the Psalmist doth The Lord hath sworn that he will perform it and them according to the Tenour thereof and will not repent Psal 110. 4. and 132. 11. 2. This New-Covenant also which is established upon better promises than the first was Heb. 8.