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A45497	Teleiosis, or, An exercitation upon confirmation the ancient way of completeing church-members ... : to which are annexed some directions for the putting of it into practice ... / by Jonathan Hanmer ...	Hanmer, Jonathan, 1606-1687.	1657 (1657)	Wing H653; ESTC R19567	114,268	234

perceive there is a wide difference between their own and the judgment of others concerning them which may well if any thing will do it make them begin to grow jealous of and to question the truth of what their own deceiving hearts have suggested unto them Many there are who will little regard or be moved with the strongest and most demonstrative arguments whereby the unsoundness of their condition is plainly discovered so long as they may be owned and pass for others in the injoyment of the same priviledges with the most pious and approved which being denyed to and with-held from them they may in all probability be the sooner brought to see and pass a right censure upon themselves and their present estate which is the next step to Reformation for Real convictions are of far greater efficacy then Verbal 2. It may possibly make them ashamed of their barrennesse under the Gospel when they shall behold others of lesse standing and far short of them in years and it may be no lesse inferiour to them at least in their apprehensions for parts and natural indowments to outstrip and go beyond them in the knowledge of the mysteries of the Gospel and an answerable conversation whereof the Churches approbation is an evident demonstration And how this may prevail with and provoke them to labour after knowledge which before perhaps they neglected and looked not after and to leave off their loose walking is easie to imagine Calvin Bez● Piscator The Apostle Paul makes this one special end of Excommunication for of that do some understand the place and why he would have the disobedient noted and their society shun'd 2 Thes 3.14 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 De excommunicationis not a ho● accipio Beza Cornel. a Lap. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Pudefiat Leigh 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Hesych conversio Calvin in loc viz. that they might be ashamed and so come to amendment If any man saith he obey not our word by this Epistle note that man and have no company with him Vt scil videns se ab omnibus vit●ri negligi in seipsum descendat turpitudine suâ conspectâ pudore victus resipiscat That seeing himself to be avoided and neglected of all descending into himself and there having a view of his deformity being overcome with sh●me he may repent Optimum hocremedium est quism pudor incutitur peccatori ut sibi disphcere incipiat This is the best remedy to make the sinner ashamed that he may begin to be displeased with himself Est enim pudor sicuti tristatia utilis ad p●ccati odium praeparatio quare hoc froeno coercendi sunt quicunque lasciviunt For shame as well as sorrow is a profitable preparation to the hatred of sin wherefore persons that are wanton are with this bridle to be restrained Virtutis radil reflexi laudes Bacon Augment scient As honour and approbation is a notable incitement to Virtue so shame and disallowance will surely no lesse lay a restraint upon vice and put men upon endeavours to remove that which brings disgrace up on them every man naturally coveting credit and applause and fearing and declining the contrary Est enim est inquam Chrysost in Phil. 1. impudertibus vel modicus aliquis pudor Pudorem enim Deus naturae nostrae indidit Nam quoniam ad componendum nos non satis valet timor visum est ille alias quasdam instituere vias ad hoc ut non peccemus Nempe ut homo leges positas revereatur gloriam amet amicitias appetat Nam saepenumerò quae Dei gratiâ facta non sunt pudore facta sunt For there is there is I say even in impudent ones at least some small measure of shamefastness for God hath put it into our nature Because fear is not of force sufficient to compose us it seemed good to him to appoint certain other wayes for this purpose that we might not sin viz. to reverence established Laws to love Glory to desire Friendship for often times what is not done by the grace of God is done through shame 6. Lastly By this means God may have much glory Especially these two wayes 1. From the Confirmed by their personal and publick confession of his Name and Truth and by their free and solemn dedication and giving up of themselves unto him and his service Which is the thing performed by them at their Confirmation at what time they own him for their God and resign up themselves to him to be his make profession of his Truth and promise obedience to his Will And that this is one special way whereby God hath his glory from his people is clear from the Scriptures wherein to confesse unto the Lord to confess his Name and to Celebrate his Praise or give thanks unto him are equivalent expressions and of the same signitication For the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifying properly to Confess is in he LXX Translation renderd Kircher C●● cord Psal 6.5 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Psal 106.1 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sometime by 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Laud● to praise Sometimes by 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to Celebrate And mostly in our Translation to give Thanks or to praise Thus often in the Psalms e. g. In the grave who shall give thee thanks or confess to thee Cassiod in lob and O give thanks unto the Lord for he is good Laudate Dominum quia idipsum est laudare Dominum ore illi honerem deferre Because it is the same thing to Praise him and to give him Honour with the mouth And in the New Testamant the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to Confesse is used in the same sense as I thank thee faith our Lord Christ O father Lord of heaven and earth Mat. 11.25 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Piscat B za Phil. 2.8 9 10 11. i. e. Celebro te I Celebrate thy praise gloriam tibi tribue I give thee Glory And this we find to be one branch of the great glory that God hath conferred upon the Lord Jesus who humbled himself and became obedieat to the death cven the death of the Cross therefore saith the Apostle Paul God exalted him and gave him a Name above every name that at the Name of Jesus every knee should bow c. And that every tongue should confess Cornel. a La● That Jesus Ckrist is the Lord i. e. Quòd proximè maxime participet Dei Patris gloriam ut verè in eâdem cum Deo Patre gloriâ esse dici possit That he doth nearest and more then any other partake of the glory of God the Father so that he may truly be said to be in the same glory with God the Father And therefore are there such great and gracious promises made unto it as that whereby the Lord is in an especial manner glorified by his people Luke 12.8 He saith Christ that shall confesse me before men him

shall the son of man also confess before the Angels of God Equivalent to that of God to Eli 1 Sam. 2.30 Them that honour me I will honour The like hereunto is that of Paul Rom. 10.9 10. If saith he thou shalt confesse with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead thou shalt be saved For with the heart man believeth unto righteousnesse and with the mouth confession is made unto Salvation Hence the Apostle Peter exhorts unto it as a duty incumbent upon all Christians being one principal way whereby they give glory to God Sanctifie saith he 1 Pet. 3.15 Deodat the Lord God in your hearts i. e. Give glory to him truly and heartily How be ready alway to give an answer to every one that asketh you a reason or an account of the hope that is in you 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. Fidei in Deum in Christum Jesum Winckleman in loc quae fundamentum est sp●i de futurâ coelesti haereditate Of your Faith in God and Jesus Christ which is the foundation of our hope of the future and celestial inheritance Paraeus in loc An answer not to all curious questions that may be demanded but such as do appertain unto the fundamentals of Religion which both the learned and the unlearned ought to know And this not to every one that out of curiosity or a captious humor to ensnare you do demand it but unto those who by their office may require it or out of a will and readinesse to learn and be informed do desire it of you So that that which the Apostle here intends is this That Christians should he alwaies ready to make confession of their faith Calvin in lec as often as there is occasion for it that God may have his glory from them And there are two cases especially wherein this is necessary to be done by all without exception 1. In time of persecution if by those in authority thority they be called thereunto In this case ought they to do it freely and boldly not fearing the faces of men nor any thing that they can do unto them Isa 8.12 13 but as the Prophet Esau speaks from whom the Apostle Peter borrowed that passage fear not their fear nor be afraid but sanctifie the Lord of hosts and let him be your fear remembring well those words of Christ Whosoever shall deny me before men Mat. 10 33 him will I also deny before my father which is in heaven 2. When the Church shall require it for their satisfaction concerning their knowledg in the mysteries of Christianity and let not any say They are ashamed so to do least Christ be ashamed of and refuse to own them when he shall come in his glory They ought rather to account it an honour that an oportunity is afforded unto them of glorifying God in so eminent a way which consideration should make all persons ready so to do willingly and chearfully And as thus by the confession of their faith they glorified God so do they also no lesse by the dedication of themselves to him and his service wherein disclaiming all right in themselves they freely professe that they are and will be the Lords offering up both soul and body to be an holy Temple and habitation for him to dwell in and to be wholly at his dispose and imployed in his work and doing his Will According to those exhortations of the Apostle Paul I beseech you brethren Rom. 12.1 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to pre●…nt by way of Dedication Leigh Beza 2. Cor. 6.19 20 saith he by the mercies of God that you ●ffer up or present your bodies i. e. your whole man by a Synechdoche a living sacrifice holy acceptable unto God Again You are not your own but ye are bought with a price therefore glorifie God in your body and in your spirit which are Gods And this he did greatly commend in these Corinthians as that whereby God had more glory then from their liberal almes and contributions 2 Cor. 8.5 And this you did saith he not as we hoped but first gave your selves to the Lord and unto us by the will of God As David and other of the Lords people did give glory to him by the dedicate things viz. the silver and gold c. which they consecrated to the building and service of the Temple which was to honour the Lord with their substance Prov. 3.9 So do persons much more honour the Lord by giving up themselves to him having no greater nor better gift to bestow nor more especial acceptable sacrifice that they can bring to God which being Solemnly done at Confirmation it 's that whereby God is especially glorified 2. From them and the rest of his people also by the praises which this will occasion them to render unto him which is another special way whereby the Lord hath his glory from them as those words of God himself by the Prophet David do fully declare Stephanus in 1. He saith he that offreth me praise he glorifieth me Summo me honors afficit yeeldeth me the highest and most excellent honour As for the Confirmed themselves well may the high praises of God be in their mouths being advanced to the injoyment of the highest priviledges that the Church can confer upon them If David saw cause why he should prefer the lowest room even a door-keepers place in the house of the Lord Psal 84.10 before the most pleasant dwelling any other where Well may these then being now admitted into the innermost rooms thereof cry out blessing the Lord for so great a favour and say in the words of the same Prophet Psal 16.6 The lines are fallen to me in pleasant places yea I have a goodly heritage It is a blessed condition in Davids account and therefore deserves the best of their praises For so he Blessed are they that dwell in thine house Psal 84.4 they will still be praising thee having still cause so do And again Blessed is the man whom thou choosest and causest to approach unto thee that he may dwell in thy Courts We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house even of thy holy Temple And for the rest of the Lords people it cannot but much quicken them to this duty to give the Lord the glory that is due unto his name and to blesse him greatly for his truth and faithfulnesse in building up and inlarging the borders of his Sion when they shall behold the goings of God in and toward poor souls his wonderful power and various wisdom shewed and seen in bringing them in and making them willing to submit unto the Scepter of Christ hiding the glorious mysteries of the Gospel from the wise and prudent the rich and honourable of the world and revealing them to babes obscure and simple ones making them wise unto salvation Surely it must needs give them great cause of saying as Christ did We thank thee O Father Lord of heaven and earth who hast done this of thy good pleasure And with the Apostle Paul to break forth into admiration saying O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledg of God how unsearchable are his Judgments and his wayes past finding out For who hath known the mind of the Lord or who hath been his Counceller Or who hath given unto him and it shall be recompensed unto him again For of him and through him and to him are all things to whom be glory for ever AMEN Gloria tota Deo nostri conaminis hujus Paxque inter fratres firma sequela siet Quisquis haec legit ubi pariter certus est pergat mecum ubi pariter haesitat quaerat mecum ubi errorem suum cognoscit redeat ad me ubi meum revocet me August de Trin. lib. 1. cap. 3. FINIS