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A75538	Instructions about right beleeving: severall sermons leading unto Christ, directing unto faith, and incouraging thereto. Shewing the nature, measure, and necessitie of the sense of sinne. Christ the bread of life, a sufficient remedy for mans misery; with the way and meanes to obtain him; as also incouragements to come to him, from his abilitie and readinesse to give full soule-satisfaction. / By John Archer, Master of Art, sometime preacher of All-hallowes Lumbard-street. London.	Archer, John, Master of Art.	1645 (1645)	Wing A3613; Thomason E289_8; ESTC R200123	50,561	92

better not onely aske what you will to the Halfe of the Kingdome but to the Whole and it shall be granted you Whatever Christ Heaven God can give to fill you you shall have so far as you can receive In a Word Ye shall be as Christ is 1. Iohn 3. 2. So that if Christ is full Ye shall be full Wherefore be ye Comforted with these Things 2. USE Vse 2 For Tryall Ye may by this try whether ye Beleeve or For Tryall no If yee Beleeve ye doe not hunger thirst Thou that art not thus alayed in thy Desires Thou either dost not Beleeve Or dost not exercise use Faith Or Cbrist saith not true Ye that have gaping wide Desires after Sinne that feed on Sinne as an hungry Man and drinke downe Iniquity as Water ye doe not beleeve Ye that as fully admire seeke delight in the Things of this World as ye did formerly and hunger thirst cheifly after them Ye Beleeve not If your Desires goe out constantly in an inordinate Way to any of these Worlds Contents It s a Signe you have not Faith Hence also a Discovery may be made Both concerning the Measure and Exercise of Faith The strōger your Faith is the lesse is your hunger after the World and Sinne c. and according as you exercise Faith will be the alaye of your desires after such things You want the exercise of Faith who cannot supply your wants as you feele them For Faith if exercised will draw from Christ and the Promises such a fullnes as is convenient for this Life It will shew you a Compleat fullnes in Christ as your owne And where this is not there Faith is weake or not exercised as it ought to be 3. USE Vse 3 Shall be for Exhortation to Beleeve Because of the Benifite For Exhortation that comes by it This is Christs ayme in this Place And this Vse belongs First to such of you as yet never Beleeved Secondly to such as have and doe in some measure Beleeve First to you that yet never Beleeved That is never entertained 1. To Vnbeleevers Christ in all his Offices and never gave up your Selves to whole Christ as to your King Preist Prophet But the most ye have done is in a Generall manner to phansy Christ dyed for you and you shall be saved by him which is not true Faith as ye heard before You therefore that yet never rightly beleeved be ye perswaded to doe it and that above all things For why what can doe you so much good as this Is there any Thing in the World can satisfie all your Desires Sinne doth not Sinning alayes the Desire of Sinne no otherwise then casting on Oyle doth alaye the Fire it increaseth it the more ye sinne the more ye desire to sinne It is like the administring Wine in a Dropsy Riches satisfie not Ezekiell 7. 19. Eccle. 5. 10. He that loveth Silver shall not be satisfied with Silver nor he that loveth abundance with increase he spake it that had fully tryed it and therefore the more to be regarded And as it holdeth in Riches So likewise in Honour Pleasure or any Thing else ye seeke after and neglect Beleeving That which is reported of Alexander is to be found in every ones Heart which a Philosopher discovered in his by this Questiō to him When thou hast Conquered Greece what wilt thou doe He answered I will Conquer Asia and the whole World When that is done what wilt thou doe I will saith he wish for another World to Conquer thus unsatisfied was he by all his Honour And thus is it with Men both for Honour Pleasure c. Our Soules are made to enjoy God therefore Covet an Infinite Eternall Good which is ment by that Groping after God Acts. 17. 27. Not that they seeke God as God for so that is true Rom. 3. 11. There is none seeketh after God but in that they seeke blindly after an Infinite Eternall Good which onely is God though they thinke not so they be said to grope or feele after God and therefore rest unsatisfied in any finite or mortall good reall or seeming Our Soules are like the gapeing Earth full of Chinckes and great Crannyes which nothing in the World can fill satisfie but the Ocean or Showers of Heaven God Him selfe hence is that restlessnes that is in all Hearts Whatever they have even in this sence they are tossed up downe as the Sea and not quiet For so long as the Soule is in Desire it is in a restlessnes troublesome Motion And hence it is there be such shiftings frō one thing to another frō Coveteousnes to Prodigallity c. though ye never have the witt to shift from the Creature to God for then ye would be satisfied because in nothing ye be satisfied yea and God oft lets you have your Desires so much Wealth Pleasure or Honour as ye seeke and yet ye be not satisfied that so ye may knowe there is nothing can satisfie but God And this I assure you if ye Beleeve not Marke it for ye shall one Day remember ye were told of it ye shall ever hunger thirst and never be satisfied and that is a great Misery as He that beleeves shall never so you that beleeve not shall ever hunger want and never get Satisfaction Pro. 13. 25. Therefore such a Condition is discribed in Scripture by them that labour in the Fire and for Vanity Habuc 2. 13. That feede on Ashes Esay 44. 20. Follow the East Wind Hosea 12. 1. Labour wholly in Vaine as Esay 55. 2. Consider the Difference twixt them that Beleeve and those who doe not Beleeve Esay 65. 13. Gods Servants that is Beleevers shall have Ioy because full Satisfaction and so no hunger Ye that beleeve not shall want and so be ashamed because ye have not got that ye sought In this Life ye shall not be satisfied and much lesse in Hell there is Paena Damni ye shall be punished with losse want of what ye seeke Dives who was full of Honours Riches and enjoyed a fullnes of all outward Contentments while he was in the World yet this Dives because he was not a Beleever he thirsted after a dropp of Water and could not have that Thirst alayed There shall be continually Renisus Voluntatis your wills shall ever incline unto this that good which ye want but shall ever desire and never attaine to It is a painefull thing to hunger thirst and not to have to satisfie the Poore knowe this Oh! what is it thē to hūger thirst a Yeare together and never be satisfied and what is it to doe so Ever yet this all this is shall be your Case who beleeve not in Christ that is doe not so receive him in All his Offices as hath been opened But on the other side if ye will Beleeve in Christ yee shall never hunger nor thirst what

receives him could not have prerogative to be Gods Sonne as that Verse affirmes of him And else where it is called a takeing Reve. 22. 17. So that the Meanes by which Christ this Remedy of Mans misery may be had is Comming to Him Beleeving on Him Taking or Receiving of Him Hence observe DOCTRINE Doctrine The all onely MEANES of and that GOD requires for the Obtaining of CHRIST and Salvation by CHRIST Is the Comming to HIM Taking Receiving of HIM or Beleeving on HIM This is expresse in the Texts whence we now raise it there is no more to be done and Christ is injoyed If God required more or more must be done Then this Verse of my Text doth not fully direct how to get the Bread of Life But that it doth Therefore let a Man come to Christ and he shall have Christ This is all that God requires for the obtaining Christ and therefore our Saviour expresseth Christ by a Feast ready prepared and to be pertaked by all that come Pro. 9. 1. 2. 3. Wisdome hath builded her House She hath killed her Beasts She hath mingled her Wine She hath furnished her Table She hath sent forth her Maydens She cryeth Who so is simple let him turne in hither She saith come eate of my Bread and drinke of my Wine which I have mingled Luke 14. 17. He sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden come for all things are now ready And they that eate not of it miste it because they came not Verse 24. And however there was One that came and yet was not permitted to eate at the Feast Math. 22. 11. 12. 13. yet it followes not that there is some what more required then Comming for he miscarried because he came not had he come indeed he had obtained but he did but seeme to come though it is called a Comming for the want of the wedding garment was onely a want of Comming as ye shall see heerafter when we shew what Right comming is This allso is farther proved by these Scriptures Iohn 5. 40. Chap. 6. 37. Chap. 7. 37. Math. 11. 28. And as the Scripture is expresse for the proofe of this under the expression of Comming So also is it as expresse under the Phrase of Beleeving Math. 21. 31. The Publicans Harlots goe into the Kingdome of God before you Why For Verse 32. Yee beleeved not but they did Therefore Faith is the Way Therefore when the People askt Christ What they should doe to worke the Worke of God that is to get Salvation He prescribes them this onely Iohn 6. 39. This is the Worke of God that ye Beleeve Hence that Marke 16. 16. He that beleeveth shall be saved This is taught by our Saviours making Faith the Instrument onely Meanes of Curing Helping all them He cured in the Gospel and where He found not Faith He did no great Cure Math. 13 58. Also hence it is that Unbeleefe is made the onely Ground Reason of Mens Damnation Iohn 3. 18. 36. Chap. 8. 24. Though Men shall be punished for all other Sinnes Yet not Beleeving is the Ground Reason why they perish by their Sinnes Because Beleeving is the onely Meanes of Salvation And this was typified by the Isralites not entering Canaan because of their Unbeleefe Heb. 3. last And hence also it is that Beleeving is in Scripture made the Fruite Signe Pledge of Gods ordaining People to Eternall Life Acts. 13. 48. And not beleeving is made the Fruite Signe of Gods not purposing to Save People Iohn 12 39 40. Because Beleeving is the onely Meanes of obtaining Salvation Lastly It is hence also that all the Requisites to Salvation are made in Scripture the Consequents Workes of Faith Namely The Righteousnes of Christ for our Iustification Rom 3. 22. And the Spirit of Christ for our Sanctification Gall. 3. 14. Thus ye see how the All and Onely Meanes of and all that God requires for Our obtaining Christ and Salvation by Him is to Come to Him Or Beleeve on Him And this was typified by the Brasen Serpent as it is expounded applyed by Christ Iohn 3. 14. as All that God required and was the Meanes for obtaining Cure from the Brasen Serpent was the Looking on it as you may reade Num 21. 8. 9. There are two Propositions of necessity to be knowne by all that would be saved One is that Christ is the All onely Remedy of our Salvation The other is that Comming to Christ or Beleeving on Him is the All onely Meanes whereby Christ saues us There is no Salvation but by Christ onely and there is no having Christ Salvation but by Faith onely As God conveyes Salvation onely by Christ So Christ Salvation are had onely by Comming to or Beleeving in Christ The former of these hath been taught you in the former Point and now the latter is as clearely taught For the better understanding and making use of this Doctrine It is fit to open shew What this Comming to Christ Receiving Taking and Beleeving on Him is They are as ye heard before severall Words expressing one and the same Thing And that is this The Act of the whole Man that is of every part and faculty of Man entertaining Christ offered in the What comming to and beleeving on Christ is Gospel and resigning up himselfe to Christ in all the Offices of Christ as a King Preist Prophet to be saved by Him through those Offices To Beleeve in Christ is not in Generall to phansy conceite that I shall be saved by Christ and he dyed for me as the Worlds Faith is Ye shall find Divines giving other descriptions of Faith As namely a perswasion of the forgivenes of my Sinnes Salvation of my Soule by Christ Or a Confidence Trust in Christ for Salvation which with all other descriptions of Faith I conceive to be Venire ad Christū est cum servatorem recipere se illi consecrare totum Bucer in hunc locum And see Bucer on Rom 4. 3. in Malorets Comment the expressions of some higher Degrees Effects Consequents of Faith and not to be the first act of Faith But as for this which I have now given so farr as I can find by Scripture it is the first act of Faith and that which truely gives title to interest in the Lord Iesus and Salvation by Him And being the first act it may be where other farther acts degrees of Faith cannot presently be found This is it which Bucer explaines the Comming to Christ to be To Come to Christ saith he is to receive him for a Saviour and to resigne give up his whole selfe to him The eateing this Bread is by Faith to receive him Calvin And therefore I thinke Beleeving is exprest by the phrases of comming to Him taking receiving of Him because it is a so doing as is before described For