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A82307 Christ held forth by the Word, the onely way to the Father. Or A treatise discovering to all, the difference betweene lawes, bondage, and the Gospels liberty. / By Ionas Dell. Dell, Jonas, d. 1665. 1646 (1646) Wing D911; Thomason E1170_2; ESTC R208813 20,080 52

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baptisme that makes the difference the world knew not God untill they do know him and believe in him they are not of the Church of God in the time of the Apostles a knowing believing and a practicall people were baptized and so called the Church of God and the Temple of God 1 Cor. 1.2 unto the Church of God which is at Corinth to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus called to be saints with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord both theirs and ours 2 Cor. 6.16 And when they did believe and separated themselves from the old corrupt wayes that they had lived in to the Gospel of Christ they were made members of the Church Rom. 1.1 And then making themselves knowne what alteration is in themselves to forsake the world and then desiring to be in the fellowship of the Saints which is the Church of God the Church perceiving this upon good grounds received them into fellowship Act. 9.26.27 Heb. 4 5. One Faith one Lord one baptisme Act. 8.37 If thou believest with all thy heart thou may'st so you see that here is faith to believe received before Baptisme Acts 22.15.16 and Acts 2.36.37.38 And I know of no power that was left to us to alter the Ordinances of God as to turne baptising of believers to the sprinkling of unbelievers this is contrary to the Example of the Apostles 1 Cor. 11.2 where the Ordinances were to be kept according as they were delivered unto them Now concerning the Liberty which the Apostle speakes of it is not such a Liberty as to change the Ordinances of God or it is not a Liberty to sin for the grace of God which appeareth unto all men teacheth us to deny ungodlinesse and worldly lusts and to live soberly and righteously in this present world Againe it is not such a Liberty as to be free from persecution John 15.20 For if they have persecuted me they will also persecute you John 16.32 Our Saviour tells them that they shall be scattered John 16.2 Christ tells them that they shall be put out of their Sinagogs yea the time cometh that whosoever killeth you will think that he doth God good service If then Christ foretells that these things shall come to passe it is impossible it should be meant of such a Liberty Againe the Prophets were also thus in persecution for it is said of David that the drunkards made their songs of him and Eliah being left alone they persecuted him to take away his life also And in Heb. 11.36.37.38 sheweth the great hatred and persecution against them they were stoned they were sawed a sunder were tempted they were slaine with the sword they wandered about in Sheepe-skins and Goatskins being destitute afflicted and tormented whom the world was not worthy of much more might be said of these things but in proving these things I shall but light a candle to the Sun Furthermore as we are freeborne in the Nation to stand for that our Liberty and freedom this is not the Liberty Neither as the Apostle here doth command us to stand fast in though lawfull Having now made way we come now to the words stand fast having already shewed what the Liberty is that we should not stand fast in I will now come and shew what the Liberty is that we should stand fast in First before I shall shew what the Liberty is wherein we should stand fast I shall desire to speake a word or two of the bondage that we are inthrald in Briefly the bondage that we all are in under the Law is a miserable thing we are all by nature borne slaves under the bondage of sin and Sathan But from this bondage hath Christ Jesus delivered us Rom. 10.4 From whence will arise this observation that is that Christ is so our Liberty that all which do believe he hath fulfilled the Law for them and hath taken away the curse from them Rom. 8.1 2 3. there is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus who walke after the flesh but after the Spirit for the Law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made us free from the Law of sin and death for what the Law could not do in that it was weake through the flesh God sending his own son in the likenesse of sinfull flesh and for sin condemned sin in the flesh that the righteousnesse of the Law might be fulfilled in us This is the Liberty of the Sons of God that when they come to believe they are no longer in bondage under the Law Gal. 3.23 before faith came we were kept under the Law shut up under the faith which should afterwards be revealed wherefore the Law was our Schoolmaster to bring us to Christ that we might be justified by faith But after that faith is come we are no longer under a Schoolmaster for ye are all the Children of God by faith in Christ Jesus Rom. 10.4 for Christ is the end of the Law for righteousnesse to every one that believeth Every one that doth not believe is in Bondage Gal. 4.1 2 3 4. Now I say that the heire as long as he is a Child differeth nothing from a servant though he be Lord of all but is under tutors and Governours untill the time appointed of the Father even so when we were Children we were in bondage under the Elements of the world but when the fulnesse of time was come God sent forth his son made of a woman made under the Law to redeem them that were under the Law that we might receive the adoption of sons as you may read further in the Chapter so you see the point is cleare Namely that Christ is so our Liberty that all which do believe he hath fulfilled the Law for them and they are no longer under it Christ hath freed us from the curse by being made a curse for us and therefore he calleth us no longer Servants but sons if sons then heirs Againe we may see it is the drift of the Apostle to take off the Galathians from circumcition and the Law this we may see was the simplicity of the Galathians though professors they did not know their Liberty they were not well grounded in the faith of the Gospell and so the Apostle Paul had a great deal of trouble with them as you may see Gal. 4.9.10.11 but now after ye have knowne God or rather are knowne of God how turne ye againe to the weake and beggerly Elements whereunto ye desire againe to be in bondage and so he blames them for observing dayes and moneths and times and yeares and stands in doubt of them and saith I am affraid of you least I have bestowed upon you labor in vane also in Gal. 3.1.2 saith he O foolish Gallathians who hath bewitched you that you should not obey the truth before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth and crucified amongst you Galathians 5.1 Stand fast in the
Christs death hath abolished all Ordinances of the Law which were of Gods ordaining much more the Ordinances of men in the worship of God this is a bondage under Ceremonies but Christs death hath made it voide therefore let us say with david Psalmes 53.7.8 Oh that the Salvation of Israel were come out of Sion when God bringeth back the captivity of his people Jacob shall rejoyce and Israel shall be glad Vse 3. Is it so that Christ hath delivered you from the bondage of sinne and hath set thee at liberty this must still further instruct thee that thou art not to live to thy selfe or to thine own lusts For the grace of God that bringeth salvation unto all men hath appeared and teacheth us that we should deny ungodlinesse and worldly lusts and that wee should live soberly and righteously and godly in this present world And in the 14. verse Who gave himselfe for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purge from us sinne to bee a peculiar people unto him zealous of good works Rom. 13.11 12 13 14 And that knowing the time that now is it is high time to awake out of sleep for now is our salvation neerer then when we believed The night is farre spent the day is at hand let us therefore cast off the works of darknesse and put on the Armour of light We that professe Religion we that have given our names to Jesus Christ and are brought to beleeve in Jesus let us walke as in the day not in riotting and drunkennesse not in chambring and wantonnesse not in strife and envying but put yee on the Lord Jesus Christ and make not provision for the flesh to fulfill the lust thereof Hast thou Christ for thy Way to thy Father hast thou faith Then shew thy faith by thy works Art thou Christs free man and hast thou the Spirit of God If thou hast then thou hast the fruits of the Spirit and the fruits of the Spirit are Gal. 5.22 23 24. Love Joy Peace Long-suffering Gentlenesse Godlinesse Faith Meeknesse Temperance against such there is no Law And they that are Christs have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts If we live in the Spirit let us walke in the Spirit So hee that is in Christ is a new creature Old things are passed away and all things are become new Old Drunkennesse old Swearing old Uncleannesse 1 Pet. 4.1 ● 3 All these are not the fruits of the spirit but contrariwise these are the fruits of the flesh and tend to death which things are to be done away in those that are become new and are to live no longer to the lusts of the flesh but to the will of God who hath redeemed us from this bondage and set us from thraldome to liberty to serve him in newnesse of life Now in the next place I will shew you what kind of Liberty or Way he is for us and to us to the Father that Christ is so our liberty that he is the way from the Father to the Soule and from the soule to the Father though Christ hath satisfied the justice of God for us and so hath made a way for us to the Father yet we cannot goe to the Father till Christ comes to us The Reason is because there is no light in us by nature Christ must come and set up a light in the soule and then in that light we shall see light Psal 36.9 Christ must come to us before we can come to him he must come and knock at the doore of our souls as in Eph. 5.14 Awake thou that sleepest and stand up from the dead Christ shall give thee light Thus must Christ come and awaken us this is the way of Christ to to the soule this is the liberty we have by Christ to take away our darknesse and to give us light 2. By nature we are all dead and this is the way of Christ to quicken the soule so the soule being brought out from that sleep of death doth begin to look up after Christ and to take Christ for its way to the Father Thus the soule makes Christ a way whereby it doth suck comfort from the Father Thus Christ is the way for the soul to have acceptance with the Father if we obtain any thing of the Father it must be in and by and through Jesus Christ We must not in our own names or in the name of Saints or Angels but in the name of Christ Then whatsoever we shall ask in faith in the sons Name hee will give it us Joh. 16.23 So you see what kind of way Christ is to us to give us life and to give us light and so sets at liberty from the bondage of darknesse and death and therefore having done these things for us hee would have us stand fast in that liberty wherein he hath made us free 3. Therefore Christ is so our Liberty that there is no coming to the Father but by him This will appeare to be true if we consider the present estate and condition that every man is in by nature All men have sinned and come short of the glory of God that is we come short of heaven We are by nature the children of Wrath Ephes 2.3 This is true God made man in a good condition but man hath sinned and so hath lost his first estate hee was made perfect and was to have lived for ever but now hee must not eat of that tree of life God hath sent him forth from the Garden of Eden So hee drove out the man and placed at the East end of the Garden a Cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every way to keep the way of the Tree of life Gen. 3.24 Now here came in mans misery hee is cast out from God and without the mercy of God he must die unto all eternity Here is now no coming to the Father but by Christ no coming to have an onenesse with God without Christ man must perish without Christ man must die unto all eternity Rom. 5.12 Wherefore as by one man sin entred into the world and death by sin death passed upon all men for that all men have sinned The Divell hath deceived Eve he said unto the woman Yee shall not surely dye But we see man shall die and man doth die and man is cast out of the presence of God and there is no coming to the Father but by Christ he is the Way the Truth and the Life Joh. 14.6 Now concerning mans fall it is irrecoverable If man should have lived 10000. yeares and been thinking how to find out a way to the Father he could not find out a way as in Acts 4.12 There is now no other name under Heaven whereby we can be saved bue onely by Jesus Christ Had not Christ been our way we had perished and remained under the bondage of wrath Galat. 3.23 Before Faith came we were kept under the Law and so we were in bondage shut