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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41840	Great precious promises, or, Some sermons concerning the promises and the right application thereof whereunto are added some other concerning the usefulnesse of faith in advancing sanctification, as also, three more concerning the faith of assurance / by Mr. Andrew Gray ... ; all being revised since his death by some friends, the last impression carefully corrected and amended.	Gray, Andrew, 1633-1656.	1669 (1669)	Wing G1609; ESTC R39446	117,294	219

this to get Christ at an easie rate and as we spake be●ore ye will get Christ for a look and is ●ot that an easie rate Isa. 45.22 Look unto 〈◊〉 all ye ends of the earth and be saved Have ye a desire to take Christ ye shall get him for that desire according to that word Isa. 55.1 Ho every one that thristeth let him ●ome and he that wills let him come Will ye ●ut consent to take him ye shall have him and what can you have at a lower rate then ●his Shall never your cursed hands take the 〈◊〉 and put to your name to the blessed con●ract of Marriage Shall never these cursed hearts of ours cry forth Even so I take him and do promise to live to him and to die to him O strange will ye not do it upon what terms would the world have Christ is ●t possible to have him without a consent to take him Oh if ye would but open to him he would condescend to come in unto you and to sup with you and ye with him do ye but stir to open Christ hath the Keyes in his own hand and he would help you to open O what if Christ the precious Gift of Heaven the eternal admiration of Angels that branch of Righteousness shall be despised being offered upon so easie terms then cursed eternally shall be that perso● that thus undervalueth Christ it had been better for him that he had never been born Cursed shall ye be in your birth and in yo●● life and in your death all the curses of th● Persons of the Trinity will light upon yo● yea believe it O wife that hath a believin● husband in the day that the great sentenc● of eternal excommunication from the pre●sence of the Lord shall bee past against th● undervaluers of Christ a believing husban● will say amen to that sentence even to hi● wife that did thus undervalue that Nobl● Plant of renown and the wife upon th● other part will say with hearty consent ame●● to that sentence against the unbelieving husband and the father to the son and the so● to the father Now there is this fifth duty that we● would presse upon you from this That th● promises are unchangeable that ye woul● be perswaded to make the promises your portion and your inheritance What can ye wan● that will choise the promises for your portion I know our cursed eyes doth not love to make invisible promises and that invisibl● crown and an invisible God our portion w● look to walk by sight not by faith But 〈◊〉 if you knew once what it were but to clai● a relation to Christ Did ye once know wha● it were to have but Christ a moment between your breasts ye would cry forth O! wh● would not love him who is the King of Saints 〈◊〉 who would not be content to quite all thing● that they might get Christ that noble pearl o● price And there is this last duty that wee would presse upon you from this That the promises are unchangeable read a lecture from his O Christian even your misbelief God ●ath confirmed his everlasting Covenant ●ith an oath with the Bloud of his Son by 〈◊〉 two great broad Seals of heaven the Sa●●ament of Baptism and the Lords Supper ●nd what doth all these confirmations speak ●ut our dreadfull misbelief and that wee now not what it is to be resting on a naked ●ord of promise I shall say no more but ●esire that yee would consider and take no●●ce of these three First Ye have been ●●lemnly and often invited by the Ambassa●ors of Christ to close with him and to ●●ke him for your Husband and your Lord 〈◊〉 will you consider presently that all 〈◊〉 Angels in heaven and all that are about 〈◊〉 Throne and the three most glorious ●ost blessed Persons of the Trinity that they 〈◊〉 witnesses and shall bee to your dissent ●nd are there not many here whose hearts ●ould never be brought up to give a hearty ●onsent to close with Christ that is the great ●●omiser and who hath laid all the bonds ●●at heaven or earth could contrive to gain ●●ners hearts unto himself O precious ●hrist what could hee do to perswade us to ●●ve him which hee hath not done and yet 〈◊〉 may bee your name which is in Ephes. 2. Children of disobedience Or as the ●ord is Children of Imperswasion wee can●●t bee perswaded Secondly I fear if ●hrist Himself would come from heaven 〈◊〉 invite you and say here am I imbrace 〈◊〉 there are some here who would close not only their eyes but their ears they would close their eyes lest the beauty o● Christ should allure them they woul● close their cursed ears lest they should be gained and captivate by the sweet enchaunt●ing voice of that blessed Charmer when h● should charm so wisely And lastly wi●● thou tell mee O Christian and expectant o● heaven what a day shall it be when all th● unchangeable promises of God shall bee a●●complished What a day shall it bee whe● that promise shall be accomplished Ye sh●● see him as he is What a day shall it b●● when that promise shall bee accomplished Yee shall bee made like unto him What a da● shall it be when that promise shall be accom●plished yee shall know as yee are known 〈◊〉 are ye not longing for the day of the full ac●complishment of the precious promises o● God when yee shall sit down and comfor● your selves in the eternal and unspeakabl● fruition of them O let us long and wa●● till the day shall bee when that voice shall 〈◊〉 heard in heaven That the mysteries of God 〈◊〉 finished till the day when that voice sha●● be heard in heaven Behold the Bridegroo● cometh go yee out to meet him Oh how 〈◊〉 willing are wee to leave a world And ho● gladly would wee take up our rest on th● side of Iordan I think if this were th● night that that blessed voice were to be heard in heaven Behold the Bridegroo● cometh go yee out to meet him some if no● many of the Christians that are so indeed● in this time would cry forth Oh spare little that wee may recover strength before wee go hence and shall bee no more Are yee not longing to bring the King over Iordan and to bring him home to your self and to have your heart brought home to him O blessed blessed are these that are above Is not the voice of these that shout for victory heard ●mongst them Is not the voice of these that sing for joy heard among them Iob doth not now any more complain Why dost ●hou make mee to possesse the iniquities of my ●outh and setteth a print upon my heels David doth now no more complain Why doth ●hy promise fail for evermore but rather doth ●weetly sing How is thy promise fulfilled for ●vermore Heman doth now no more complain While I suffer thy terrours I am di●●racted but rather cryeth ou● While I feel ●hy comforts I am ravished