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A18605	The summe of all, (namely) Gods service, and mans salvation And a briefe of mans dutie to God concerning both: which is, seeking to serve God while hee lives, and to be saved, when hee dyes. By William Chibald, rector of S. Nic. Col. Abby in Old Fishstreete.	Chibald, William, 1575-1641.	1630 (1630)	STC 5133; ESTC S116462	49,654	304

deny but these reasons doe prove the point most cleerely but one thing there is that I am not as yet resolved of namely I would faine learne how the resurrection from the dead should be a happines to the faithfull more than to the wicked and unfaithfull for all both good and bad arise M. It cannot be denied but all both good and bad just and unjust must arise from death to life Iohn 5.28 Acts 24.15 but though this be true yet there is a great difference in their rising and this difference shewes the happinesse of the one and the unhappinesse of the other P. Wherein I pray you is the difference betwixt the resurrection of the godly and of the wicked M. It appeares specially in three things 1. All arise not the same manner of persons for some rise just and godly as they lived and dyed Luke 14.14 yea they rise Gods children Luke 22.36 but others rise unjust unrighteous and wicked as they lived and dyed Acts 24 15. 2. All arise not by the same meanes for the godly arise by Christs mediation and resurrection as his members 1 Thess 4.14 1 Pet 1.3 4. 2 Cor 4.14 But the wicked arise from death to life onely by Gods power and as his creatures 3. All arise not to the same end for the godly arise to the resurrection of life and eternall blessednesse Ioh 5.29 Matth 25.32.34 To shine as the brightnesse of the firmament and as the starres for ever and ever Dan. 12.2 Whereas the ungodly arise to the resurrection of condemnation Iohn 5.29 and to shame and everlasting contempt Dan 12.2 Some also have thought that there is a fourth difference betweene the resurrection of the just and unjust namely that the dead in Christ shall arise before them that have dyed out of him and for that they alledge a place in S. Paul 1 Thess 4.16 But I answer though it be not a thing improbable that the godly shall arise before the wicked yet doe I not thinke that that place proves it because that place speakes not of an order betwixt the rising of the godly and wicked but of an order betwixt the dead in Christ and the living in Christ at his second comming and that order is that the dead in Christ shall not prevent or goe before unto heaven and happinesse the living or them that shall be alive at Christs second comming P. But I pray you forget not that degree of happinesse whereof both the soules and bodies of the godly partake at the end of the world M. This happinesse hath 6 branches 1. Both soule and body shall bee joyned together even the very same Iob 19.25 26. 2. They shall bee freed from ever dying any more Luke 20.36 3. They shall be perfectly sanctified with that measure of grace whereof a creature can be capable for the fitting of him to enjoy the heavenly glory 1 Cor 15.49 4. Being sanctified they shall be translated and received into the kingdome of heaven Matth 25.34 5. Being translated they shall partake of glory with God and Christ Iohn 17.24 6. Partaking of heavenly glory they shall enjoy it for ever 1 Thes 4.17 P. These indeede are excellent degrees of happinesse the Lord fit us to partake of them but I pray you remember to shew mee the third generall point necessary to be knowne in the doctrine of salvation which was the meanes whereby it is effected and brought to passe in the severall degrees thereof M. I will The means whereby saluation is effected by the grace of God These meanes are certaine actions of God P. What are the actions wrought by God that bring to passe mans salvation M. They are actions that properly belong to the severall Persons of the sacred Trinity namely 1. God the Father 2. God the Sonne and 3. God the Holy Ghost P. What were the actions of God the Father whereby mans salvation was effected M. Twofold 1. In respect of Christ his appointing and sending him into the world to save it Iohn 3.16 and his setting him in the office of his Mediatorship Ioh. 6.28 Matth 3.17 2. And in respect of the faithfull his justifying of them his being reconciled unto them and his adopting of them to be his children and heires of heaven whereof you have heard before in the degrees of salvation P. What were the actions of God the Sonne which hee did to bring to passe our salvation M. They were those whereby hee merited and procured that the Elect should be surely brought into Gods favour againe and safely carried to heaven for he is called the Authour of our salvation Hebr 5.9 and the Capta●ne of our salvation Hehr 2.10 And hee is called a Saviour and our Saviour 23 times in the New Testament And these actions of Christ concerned either 1 his conception and birth or 2. his life or 3. his death or 4. his resurrection or 5. ascension or 6. his sitting on Gods right hand P. What was Christs conception and birth and the merit of them to our salvation M. Christs conception and birth was his incarnation whereby he tooke into the unity of his Person being the Sonne of God the man then in framing in the wombe of the Virgin Mary By this being a great abasing to him Phil 2.6 7. Hebr 2.14 he merited and procured that our originall sinne wherein we were conceived and borne of our parents should be pardoned and purged Psal 51.3 P. What were the actions of Christs life whereby hee wrought our salvation M. They were these principally 1. In his life hee was just righteous 1 Pet. 3.18 for hee knew no sinne experimentally 2 Cor. 5.21 But was holy and separate from sinners Hebr 7.26 Hee was Gods righteous servant Isay 53.11 He was made unto us righteousnesse 1 Cor 1.30 That by the imputatiō of the merit thereof to all true beleevers their imperfect righteousnes might be covered and they therein accepted and presented as faultlesse Iude verse 24 holy and without blame Eph 5.25 Yea that hee might establish them unblameable in holines before God 1 Thess 3 13. 2. In his life Christ made many heavenly prayers to God his Father for his Elect and by them Christ merited that their faith might not faile Luke 22.32 nor they fall from grace but be brought safe to glory in heaven Ioh. 17.11.24 3. In the life of Christ 1. hee endured much poverty Mat 8.20 having not a house to put his head in of his owne though he were Lord of all Acts 10.36 2. Hee was much shamed and disgraced being reviled and rayled upon Mat 27.30 And 3. he was put to much paine being buffeted and scourged Matth 27.26 Ioh 19.1 Matth 26.6 7. But Christ merited and procured for us hereby that by his povertie we might be made rich 2 Cor 8.9 that by his disgrace wee might be honoured with this prerogative of being Gods children Iohn 1.12 that by his stripes we might be healed 1 Pet 2.24 And that all our afflictions might

be sanctified and seasoned to our reformation and consolation in Christ P. What was Christs action at his death whereby he merited our salvation M. He willingly la●d downe his life when by his divine power hee might have held it and none could have taken it from him Iohn 10.17 1 Iohn 3.16 Hereby Christ offered up himselfe a propitiatory sacrifice to God his Father for the ransome of mankind Gal 4.5 Heb 10.6 7 8 and hereby hee redeemed the Elect from the second death which is damnation and from the tyranny of the Divell Hebr 2.14 Iam 5.20 Acts 26.18 P. What was Christs resurrection and the merit of it for our salvation M. Christs resurrection was the freeing of himselfe from the power of death under which hee was held in the grave some part of three dayes and the uniting againe of his soule which was in heaven to his body which lay in the grave Christ merited hereby that the faithfull should rise againe from death to life as members of his mysticall body and be begotten to a lively hope of their owne resurrection by the power of his 1 Cor 15.19 20. 1 Pet 1.3 1 Thess 4.14 P. What was Christs Ascension and what did he merit thereby tending to our salvation M. Christs Ascension was his leaving to live any longer on the earth as man and his entring into heaven both in soule and body there to continue till the end of the world Acts 1.9 10 11. Hebr 4.14 By Christs Ascension into heaven he tooke possession of it for the faithfull that at the end of their lives he might receive their soules thither Acts 7.59 and at the end of the world he might receive into it both their soules and bodies Iohn 14.2 Heb 6.20 P. What was Christs sitting on the right hand of God the Father in heaven and what did hee merit thereby for our salvation M. Christs sitting on the right hand of the Father in heaven is his partaking as man of heavenly glory farre above all creatures Hebr. 1.3 The merit thereof is his Intercession for us Hebr. 7.24 25 for in heaven hee continually appeares in Gods presence for us Heb 9.24 to present all his merits unto God his Father for our benefit that God beholding the worth of them hee might continually apply the vertue and benefit of them to the conversion and salvation of his Elect successively to the worlds end P. Now you have shewed mec what were the act on s of God the Father and God the Sonne which they wrought for the effecting of mans salvation I pray you also tell mee what were the actions of the Holy Ghost for that end M. They were of two kindes The actions of the holy Spirit for effecting mans saluation 1. Such as he wrought in Christ that was to be the Saviour of the world and 2. such as hee wrought in them that are to bee saved by him P. What were the actions wrought in Iesus Christ by the Holy Ghost for the bringing to passe of mans salvation M. They were three 1. the sanctifying of the seede of the woman for the framing of his body thereof as hee was man Luke 1.35 2. The declaring of him to be the Saviour of the world by descending upon him like a dove Matth 3.16 Iohn 3.33 3. The filling of him with the gifts and graces of the Spirit above measure Iohn 3.34 and above his fellowes Hebr 1.9 P. What are the actions of the Holy Spirit which he workes in them that are to bee saved for the effecting thereof M. They are two 1. Regeneration or bringing them into the state of grace 2. Preservation or keeping them therein P. Sir I have heard much of Regeneration but I doe not well understand it I pray you therefore cause mee to understand better what it is M. Regeneration is an action of the holy Spirit The Regeneration of the holy Spirit whereby Christians are begotten again borne againe and renewed or made new againe 1 Pet 1.3 Iohn 3.5 Tit. 3.5 P. Wherein doth the holy Spirit regenerate Christians M. Not in making new the substance of their soules nor in enduing their soules with new parts powers and faculties But Regeneration consists in healing and recovering rectifying and amending purging and sanctifying with a new supply of grace the former parts powers and faculties that were wholly depraved and corrupted with sinne through Adams disobedience Ecclefiast 7.29 P. To what end doth the holy Spirit regenerate Christians by his grace M. For a twofold end in respect of themselves P. Which is the first M. To enable them to serve God sincerely and acceptably in this world Hebr 12.28 in newnesse of spirit Rom 7.6 and in newnesse of life Rom 6.4 For they are created anew in Christ Iesus unto good workes which God had before ordained that they should walke in Eph 2.10 This they could not doe as they were begotten of their parents for so they were begotten in sinne Psal 51.5 and borne of and after the flesh Iohn 3.3 Gal. 4.29 which cannot please God Rom 8.8 And therefore to the end they may bee fitly disposed and effectually enabled to doe the holy duties of Gods service they must be made new men and women for the image of God which through Adams sinne was defaced in them as touching right knowing willing and doing Gods will must againe be renewed in them Col 3.10 Eph. 4.24 P. What is the second end why the holy Spirit doth regenerate Christians M. It is to order them and to set them in the way to heaven which is to make them meete partakers of that inheritance Col 1.12 For without holinesse no man shall see the Lord Hebr. 12.14 Into the new Ierusalem of heaven shall in no wise enter any uncleane thing Revel 21.27 And flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdome of God 1 Cor. 15.50 Now they can not goe to heaven as they are begotten of their naturall parents for so they are the children of disobedience Eph. 5.6 the children of wrath Eph 2.3 and the children of the Divell Iohn 8.44 And therefore to the end they may be made capable of salvation they must by the holy Spirit bee turned from darkenesse to light and from the power of Satan unto God that they may receive an inheritance with them that are sanctified Acts 26.18 19. For holinesse is the way to happinesse and grace unto glory P. But by what meanes doth the holy Spirit regenerate Christians and make them new M. By the incorruptible seede of the word of truth Iam 1.18 which is the word of God 1. Pet. 1.23 which is the Gospell 1 Cor. 4.15 1 Pet. 1.23 which is the Preaching of Iesus Christ Rom. 16.25 and of salvation Act. 13.26 In whom they are begotten againe 1 Pet. 1.3 and created anew Eph. 2.10 And therefore you ought carefully to attend upon this ordinance which is the power of God to salvation to them that beleeve Rom. 1.16 P. I pray you Sir What

51. Isai 63.10 not to quench or grieve it 1 Thess 5.19 Eph. 4.30 but to be led thereby and to walke after the direction and guidance thereof for such are sealed to the day of Redemption Eph 4.30 They are Gods children Rom. 8.14 and unto such there is no condemnation for they are in Christ Iesus Rom. 8.1 and in them the righteousnes of the Law is fulfilled Rom. 8.4 namely sincerely in Gods favorable acceptation P. What actions that concerne our neighbour must Christians doe to assure them of salvation M. Loving him which is manifested chiefely in giving Heb. 13 16. and 9 10. and forgiving Eph 4.32 is exercised toward all men but specially toward the houshold of faith and all sincere Christians Gal. 6 10. For these loving affections and actions accompany salvation Heb 6 9. and they which are exercised therein with diligence unto the end doe attaine the full assurance of hope Heb 6.11 Hereby Christians that love in deed and in truth doe know that they are translated from death to life 1 Iohn 3.14 and that they are of the truth and shall assure their heartes before God 1 Ioh. 3.19 and unto such God wil one day say Come yee blessed of my Father receive the kingdome prepared from the beginning of the world because when I was hungry yee fed mee when I was naked yee clothed me and when I was sicke and in prison ye visited me in my members Math. 25.34.35.36 P. What actions bee they that concerne our selves the doing whereof will assure us of salvation M. They are these Nyne chiefely P. Which is the first M. Daily repenting of our daily sinnes with purpose and practise of amendment and crying God mercy in Christ For such godly sorrow for sinne causing amendment is unto salvation 2 Cor. 7 10. Such departing from iniquitie is a seale unto them that the Lord knoweth they are his belong unto him 2 Tim 2 19 and such purging of themselves from sinne is an assurance unto them that they are vessels of honour 2. 2 Tim 2.21 and vessels of honour are vessells of mercy prepared unto glory Rom 9.23 P. Which is the second M. Giving and consecrating our selves to the service of God with an upright heart 1 Chron 28.9 For such prove what is that good that acceptable and perfect will of God Rom 12.1 that is they understand thereby that it is Gods will and purpose to save them and no marvell seeing Gods servants have the fruit of their service in holinesse here and the end eternall life hereafter Rom 6.19.22 P. Which is the third M. Mortifying the old man that is subduing and weakening the power of our corrupt nature by the word prayer and fasting and by denying to our selves the occasions and opportunities of sinne specially of those sinnes to which wee are most inclined by nature or custome Col 3.5 For such shall live in heaven Rom 8.13 such may with rejoycing looke for that blessed hope and the glorious appearing of that great God and of our Saviour Iesus Christ Tit 2.12.13 And no marvell seeing such are Christs and members of him Gal 5.24 P. Which is the fourth M. Strengthening the new man or the inner man by the word prayer and Sacraments 2 Cor 4.16 1 Pet 2.2 And thereby growing in the number measure of their Christian vertues and graces for thereby they shall make their calling and election sure and an entrance shall bee ministred unto them abundantly into the everlasting Kingdome of our Lord and Saviour Iesus Christ 2 Pet 5. to 12. And such shall bee able to comprehend with all Saints what is the breadth and length and depth and height of the love of God toward them in Iesus Christ Eph 3.16.18 Yea God will establish their hearts unblameable in holinesse before God even the Father at the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ with all Saints 2 Thess 3.12 13. P. Which is the fifth M. Moderating our desires to the pleasures profits and honours of this world 1 Cor 7.29 30 31 and setting our affections upon holy and heavenly things Col 3.1 For such have their conversation in heaven and that their end is salvation Phil 3.19 20 Yea it is a signe that such as be thus sober 1 Thess 5.5.8 and are not besotted and drunke with the things of this life they have not their portion in this life as the wicked have Psal 17.14 but that God hath appointed them to obtaine salvation by our Lord Iesus Christ 1 Thess 5.8 9. P. Which is the sixth M. Professing Christianity the Gospell and godlinesse before men zealously and sincerely discreetly devoutly Rom 14.11 For Christ will confesse and acknowledge such before the Angels of God Luke 12.8 such lay hold on eternall life 1 Tim 6.12 Yea such confesse unto salvation and shall bee saved Rom 10.9 10. P. Which is the seventh M. Getting and keeping a good conscience being in all things desirous and endeavorous to please God Hebr 13.18 Acts 23.1 For such may draw neere unto God with full assurance of faith Hebr 10.22 such have hope toward God of a ioyfull resurrection to eternall life Acts 24.15 16 and may have considence toward God and assure their hearts before him 1 Iohn 3.19 21. P. Which is the eighth M. Striving and endeavoring to persevere in right beleeving well doing and patient suffering 1 Cor 15.1 Gal 5.1 Hebr 4. 10.22 For such shall be saved Matth 10.22 shall have the crowne of life Rev 2.11 When Christ shall appeare they shall have confidence and not be ashamed before him at his comming 1 Iohn 2.28 And they may assure themselves that there is laid up for them a crowne of righteousnes which the righteous Iudge will give unto them at that day 2 Tim 4.8 P. Which is the last action whereby Christians may assure themselves of salvation M. The proving and trying approving and warranting of our Christian vertues and graces 2 Cor. 13.5 For by the proofe of them namely works of faith labour of loue and patience of hope by these effectes S. Paule knew that the Thessalonians were elected of God and that consequently they should be saved 1 Thes 1.3 and what he knew of thē by this meanes they might also know of themselves by the same P. How may wee try and prove our graces so as to approve of them for good M. On this manner 1 Our faith or beleefe of the Gospell is good when in our judgement we do not joyne the workes of the Law with faith in Christ for salvation but stand fast in this beleefe Gal 5.2 1 Cor 15.1 2. Acts 15.5 to 24. 2. Our repentance is good when wee are sorry for sinne not onely as it is dangerous to our soules but as it offends God by breaking his Law Psal 51.4 and when being rooted in the heart it shewes it selfe in the actions of the life by leaving former sinne and amending our lives 1 Sam 7.3 Matth 3.8 Acts 26.18 3. Our