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A29523 The Christians cabala, or, Sure tradition necessary to be known and believed by all that will be saved : a doctrine holding forth good tidings of great joy, to the greatest of penitent sinners : with a character of one that is by John Brinsley ... Brinsley, John, fl. 1581-1624. 1662 (1662) Wing B4710; ESTC R3986 117,145 225

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truth hereof so receiving this Truth into our Iudgments looking upon it as a Faithful Saying yielding a full and firm assent and consent unto it Not entertaining any doubtful hesitations concerning it All which our Apostle here maketh it his design to expectorate and drive out of the hearts of Christians holding forth this unto them as a most infallible Doctrine laying it as a sure foundation which they may safely build upon And so do we taking this for an 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a Principle of our Religion the truth whereof is not to be questioned Every of us labour thus to get our hearts established in the belief hereof 3. Thus receiving it into our Understandings and Iudgments Receive we it also into our Memories lodging and laying it up there as a most precious Treasure of inestimable value and singular use Remember it and make use of it as occasion shall be offered Holding it forth as a Buckler for the repelling of those fiery Darts those Satanical Temptations which he is ready to inject for the disquieting and troubling the Souls of poor sinners with the apprehension of their sins The Quantitie and Qualitie the Multitude and Magnitude the Number and Nature of them which being let into the Soul without a Divine support may be enough to sinck it into the Gulph of Desperation Against all these oppose we this faithful Saying Remember the Consolation it holdeth forth That Iesus Christ came into the world to save sinners A true Catholicon a Soveraign Cordial proper for what ever Faintings the Soul may be subject to 4. Thus lodging it in our Memories Receive we it also into our Wills and Affections imbracing it resting upon it rejoycing in it and being thankful for it 1. Imbracing it as the most acceptable the most welcome Tidings that ever were brought unto the world Had not Iesus Christ come into the world better we had never come into it Were it not for the Sun what were the world but a Dungeon And were it not for this Sun of Righteousness which is risen upon earth we must have sate in darkness to all Eternitie His coming is our reviving Even as the coming of the Sun in the Spring time is unto Hearbs and Plants which before were seemingly dead such is the coming of Jesus Christ unto us who without Him were in a state of Death really dead How welcome then should the tidings hereof be unto us How ready should we receive this Doctrine O were this Doctrine to be Preached to the Spirits in Prison to the Divels and Damned Souls in Hell That Jesus Christ was come to save them how welcome would it be unto them And why not unto us who were it not for this Coming should erelong be in their condition 2. And thus imbracing it now rest upon it making it the sheat-Anchor of our Souls hope riding by it in all storms flying unto Iesus Christ receiving him as our Saviour clasping him in the arms of our Faith resting upon him for Salvation This is true justifying saving faith not barely to believe him to believe that Christ is come into the world but to believe in Him and on Him God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth on him should not perish Joh. 3. 16. He that believeth on him is not condemned Vers. 18. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life Vers. 36. Still 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in eum in him on him As for believing him this is no more than the Divels do I know thee who thou art the Holy one of God saith that unclean Spirit Mark 1. 24. Will we have any benefit by him see that we believe on him receiving him as our Saviour casting our Souls upon the all sufficiency of his Merit there resting for the pardon of all our sins and the Salvation of our Souls 3. And thus resting upon him now rejoyce in him in this his Coming Rejoyce greatly O Daughter of Sion shout for Ioy O Daughter of Ierusalem behold thy King cometh unto th●… he is Iust and having Salvation saith the Prophet Zacharie to the Church Zach. 9. 9. This coming of Christ in the Flesh is a matter of great Joy as you have heard And so let it be entertained by us Rejoyce we in this our King and Saviour Rejoycing not with a carnal and sensual joy such as that joy is wherewith the memory of this great benefit is by some and too many celebrated at this Season of the year but a spiritual joy sutable to the benefit which he came to procure for us which is spiritual and eternal Salvation In the apprehension hereof let all true Believers who have received Christ into their hearts exsult and rejoyce rejoycing in this their God and Saviour as Mary saith she did Luke 1. 47. joyning in consort with that multitude which attending upon him in his Coming to Ierusalem cryed saying Hosannah to the Son of David Blessed is he that cometh in the Name of the Lord Hosannah in the Highest Mat. 21. 9. 4. And thus rejoycing in it Be we thankful for it really thankful studying how to express our gratitude for so great a Favour Not by letting loose the raines to all kind of licentiousness which hath been and I fear still is the practice of too many who at this Season of the year take greater liberty to abuse the Creatures of God and to waste and mis-spend their precious time in vain if not sinful Recreation●… and Disports than at any other times as if the end of Christs coming had been not to bind Satan but to let him loose not to save sinners from their sins but to indulge them in them Not so but by endeavouring to walk answerably to so great a favour so as becometh the redeemed of the Lord. All of us taking out and practising that Lesson which our Apostle telleth us this Grace of God teacheth us Tit. 2. 11. The Grace of God which bringeth Salvation hath appeared to all men this saving Grace of God in sending his Son upon this Errand which hath now under the Gospel appeared to all men not only Jews but Gentiles teaching us that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts we should live soberly righteously and godly in this present world To this end it was as you have heard That Christ came into the world to save sinners to save them from their sins from the power as well as from the guilt of them to redeem them from all iniquity Who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purifie unto himself a peculiar people zealous of good works as we have it Tit. 2. 14. that being delivered out of the hands of all our enemies our Spiritual enemies Sin Satan Hell Death we might serve him without fear in holiness and righteousness before him all the dayes of our life as Zacharias hath it in his Song Luk. 1. 74 75. And thus