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A20809	The vvorldes resurrection, or The generall calling of the Iewes A familiar commentary vpon the eleuenth chapter of Saint Paul to the Romaines, according to the sence of Scripture, and the consent of the most iudicious interpreters, wherein aboue fiftie notable questions are soundly answered, and the particular doctrines, reasons and vses of euery verse, are profitable and plainly deliuered. By Thomas Draxe. Minister of the word of God.	Draxe, Thomas, d. 1608.	1608 (1608)	STC 7187; ESTC S116746	91,311	159

age wherein the Iewes shal be conuerted there shal be much faith and zeale vpon the earth but in the next following wherein many false Christs shall seduce many then there shal be almost none What shall their receiuing bee but life from death Q. Shall not the generall calling the conuertion of the Iewes bee in occasion of the diminishing and reiection of the Gentiles A. No but a reuiuing of their faith and a quickning of the word For the ouerflowing and streaming fountaine of Gods mercie and goodnesse is neuer drawne drie and the more that men vse it the more it runneth out and sloweth Secondly if that which is euill in it selfe viz. the fall of the Iewes was sauing to the Gentiles albeit accidentally and by occasion much more that which is good off and by it selfe shall produce and bring forth good effects V. If the first fruites bee holy then the whole Lumpe and if the roote then the branches Q. Are they that are borne of holy parents holy or can parents deriue and transfuse grace and holinesse into their children A. No for they are borne and conceiued in sinne and are by nature the children of wrath but they are holy by couenant and promise onelie whether they bee Iewes or Gentiles according to the tennor of the couenant I wil be thy God and the God of thy seed for euer Gen. 17.7 and Gall. 3.9 and they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham Secondly holy and beleeuing parents beget not children as they are holy and beleeuing for this proceedeth onely from grace and Gods free promise but as they are men and naturall parents and therefore that which is borne of the flesh is flesh as all are by nature and that which is borne viz. againe of the spirit is spirit Iohn 3.6 Q. In that the patriarckes and Ancesters of the Iewes are called the first fruites the roote the naturall oliues are not the preferments prerogatiues and excellences of the Iewes farre greater then of the Gentiles Ans. Yes much euery manner of way but not in repect of righteousnesse and merite for herein they are equall and all one Eph. 2.23 but in outward priuiledges and ornaments onely Question What then were then the speciall and singular ornaments and prerogatiues of the Iewes Ans. Nine specially as they are numbred by Saint Paul First the glorious title of Israelites which name Iacob first obtained by reason of wrestling and preuailing with the Angell Secondly the Adoption to bee Gods people in generall Thirdly the Glorie i. the honour and dignity in that the Lord of glory did as it were dwell amongst them signes of whose speciall presence were the Arke and the Temple Fourthly the couenants that is not onely the testament but also many compactes and the agreements that passed betweene GOD and the people Fiftly the giuing of the law Moral Iudicial Ceremonial vnder which is comprehended the Kingly dignity and Magistracie Sixtly the seruice of God that is the whole Leuiticall Ministerie and the Administration of Gods worship Seuenthly the promises that is of earthly and spirituall blessings and of the Gospell promised to the Fathers Rom. 1. v. 2. Eightly the honorable descent from the holy Fathers and Ancestors for whose sake God doth often times blesse the posteritie Ninthly and lastly the hauing of Christ for their kinsman for of them concerning the flesh came Christ who is God blessed for euer-more Vers. 15. If the casting away of them c what the reconciling c. Obs. The conuersion of the nation of the Iewes shall be the worlds restauration and shall wonderfully confirme the faith of the Gentiles Rom. 11.12 Ioh. 10.16 The reason hereof is for that they both shall haue perfect ioy when both Iewes and Gentiles shall alike enioy the common ●elicitie and all scruples doubts and all causes of any pretended separation shall bee taken away and remooued Secondly an increase augmentation and an honor and ornament shall be hereby added to the Church Vse Let vs therefore desire and seeke after their conuersion and heartely pray for it and by writing disputes doctrine and holy example further and promote it for this shall redound to Gods glory and the amplification and improouement of our owne both temporall and eternall happinesse Ver. 15. Be but life from death In that by the Ministerie of the Gospell the Iewes which were dead in sinne are restored to life and the Gentiles faith reuiued wee learne hence the sauing vertue and effectuall power of it The first reason hereof is because it is the power of God to saluation in all the Elect for herein God reuealeth his true and absolute righteousnesse with which life and saluation is alwaies ioyned and by the meanes and ministerie hereof it is conueied and communicated to them that receiue and obey it Secondly it is the immortall seed of regeneration and eternall life for hereby God doth call men to bee his children and doth conuert them hee raizeth and createth faith in them and doth adopte and regenerate them Vse 1. The first vse hereof is to learne vs not onely to magnifie and haue the Gospell in high account and esteeme that bringeth such comfort and commoditie with it but also to receiue it yea to temper it as men doe mixe and dulcifi● their tart wine with suger with faith and to apply it to our owne selues otherwise it will bee altogether vnprofitable vnto vs. Vse 2. Secondly wee must hereby bee induced and perswaded to leade and liue a new life according to the tenor of the Gospell and the intent of the word of God For the grace and Gospell of Christ hath brightly appeared teaching vs to deny vngodlinesse and worldly lusts and to liue iustly godlyly and soberly in this present world Titus 2.11.12 Vse 3. Thirdly hereby also wee are remembred and put in minde from whence the. Gospell hath his credit authoritie and estimation not from the approbation of mans reason nor from the applause of the worlde nor from the persons of the Ministers but from God and from the admirable and supernaturall effects and fruites of it For it is giuen by inspiration it is the voyce and letter of GOD and is autentike of and in it selfe and no other doctrines haue any credit authoritie or power but so farre forth as they receiue it from the Scripture or accord with it If the first fruites be holy so is the whole lumpe c. Obs. Heere is commended the goodnesse of GOD and the truth of his couenant of grace that doth redound and extend it selfe to posteritie and succeeding generations euen from generation to generation Exod 20. Psal. 3. Ver. 9. Psal. 89. Ver. 33.34 Psal. 103 Ver. 17. The reason hereof is his truth and couenant doth not depend vppon any creature or thing without himselfe but onely vppon him-selfe and therefore can by no outward meanes be nullified or made frustrate Vse

might easily be brought to them from other famous and populous places or else if so bee that not so much as the fame and sound of the holy Gospell hath come vnto these barbarous people countries yet it is agreeable to Christs generall promise Math. 24.14 that they shall in succession of time heare of it and haue it especially when other parts of the world haue declared themselues vnthankfull for it and vnworthy of it as all the Easterne parts haue done and therefore haue iustly lost the Gospell which shall not successiuely and at least for a time embrace the Gospell shall enter into the Church and bee conuerted And so when the fullnesse of the Gentiles and Iewes are entred into the church ●ll Israell i. all the Elect or the whole body of the people of Israel then liuing or the fulnesse of them as verse 12. that is the greatest part of them shal be saued i. by the preaching of the Gospell be effectually called and iustified by faith in Christ. The deliuerer shall come out of Sion the Redeemer and Messias shall open the eyes of their vnderstanding and take away from them the vaile of Moses and shal turne away vngodlinesse from Iacob i. shall forgiue pardon and iustifie by faith the posterity of Iacob This is my couenant to them i. this shal be my couenant I will receiue them againe into my couenant from which before through vnbeleife they had fallen when I shall take away their sinnes i. I shall pardon them all their sinnes for Christ his sake and adopt them to be my sonnes and so they shall testifie their thankefulnesse to the Sonne of God by confession of his name and by true Godlinesse Q. When is likely to be the time of the Iewes conuersion before the sacking burning of Rome or afterward A. In all probability it is like to follow the burning and destruction of Rome for then the stumbling blocks that the Papists offer them by their imagery inuocation of Saints Latine seruice and abhominable and most senselesse transubstantiation shal be remoued taken away Secondly as it apeareth in the 18. and 20. cap. of Iohns Apocalips there shal be some reasonable distance of time betweene the burning of Rome and the end of the worlde in which it is most consonant to truth that the Iewes shal be called for their conuersion in the last generall signe fore-runner of Christs second comming so far forth as the scripture reuealeth vnto vs. 2. Q. Whether shall the Iewes recouer the holy land againe or not and be all conuerted and dwell their seeing that it is said their deliuerer shall come out of Sion or must wee thinke rather they shal be conuerted in the Countries in which they dwell and into which they are dispersed or shall then be found inhabiting Ans. They are likely neuer to recouer it for they haue no such promise neither haue they any possiblity of meanes to compasse it Secondly Christes comming vnto them shall not be visible but spirituall not from the Earthly Sion which long sithence hath bene made desolate but from his spirituall Sion of his Catholike Church Lastly it is most probable and likely that they shal bee conuerted in those countries into which they are dispersed and in which they haue their residence For first we haue some smal beginnings here there of it Secondly they shall better and sooner by by their zeale and example reuiue the faith of the Gentiles beeing mixed and conuersant with them and liuing amongst them there then if they should dwel and be contained all in one country What is meant by the fulnesse of the Gentiles What that the whole world shall at one time euer bee inlightned and conuerted or that onely th●se countries that formerly either had not the Gospell at all or at least in very small measure shall be called Ans. It cannot be vnderstood of an vniuersall inlightning of the whole world at the time of the Iewes conuersion For in the Apostles times the Gospell was generally preached vnto all the knowne and inhabited nations of the world Colos. 1.23 But that the Gospell should now the second time bee divulged and published ouer the whole world wee haue neither reason Scripture nor commission for it For first Apostolicall callings and gifts which are necessary for so great a worke are many hundred yeares sithence ceased Secondly at Christs comming there shall bee almost no faith that is sound Doctrine and zeale left vppon the earth and yet Christs comming will follow soone after the calling of the Iewes Thirdly it may be that the Gospell may bee reulued in many kingdomes and countries where it was planted long before and especially in and nearer the places wherein the Iewes haue and shall haue there residence and habitation at there generall calling but it shall not be generall much lesse vniuersall They therefore that looke for an vniuersall preaching many sooner behold Christ comming in the clouds then haue their expectation satisfied Que● Is the fulnesse of the Gentiles yet come in Ans. Albeit diuers thinke so and especially because they see no conuersion of any other countries of late times nor any certaine probability of it yet it is much to be hoped for and not without rashnesse to be presumed that the Gospell remaineth in his season to be preached to America seeing that it is the greatest part of the world and neuer in times past had nor heard of it and seeing that the very Iesuits that are sent thither make perhaps some enterance and passage for more sincere peaching and doctrine to be published and spread there by such sund protestants whether English Dutch or others that vse to trauell thither and backe againe with most prosperous nauigations Likwise it is to be thought that the Gospell shal be preached to the East Indies if they neuer heard of it before or else at least reuiued as it hath beene in diuers other countries and kingdomes sucessiuely For albeit some of the auncient haue both reported recorded that S. Thomas and S. Bartholome● the Apostles preached there yet no monument signes and remembrances of it are now there extant or remayning What is ment by all Israel Whether the whole body of the Iewes as many take it or the Catholick Church to be gathered of Iewes Gentiles Ans. Specially and properly here is ment the whole body of the Iewes in generall and of whom the Apostle directly speaketh but not euery seuerall and singular person of them Secondly it is opposed to a remnant or part therefore it must needs signifie the greatest number or a very great multitude Qu● The deliuerer shall come to Sion as in the Hebrew context or The deliuerer shall come out of Sion or from Sion as Paul applieth it how can or may these two scriptures be reconciled Ans. We must distinguish of the times vnto which the Prophet Isaiah and the Apostle Paul had respect and so