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A62549	Six severall treatises ... by the late worthy and faithful servant of Jesus Christ, John Tillinghast ; published by his own notes.; Selections. 1657	Tillinghast, John, 1604-1655.; Petto, Samuel, 1624?-1711.; Manning, John, d. 1694.	1657 (1657)	Wing T1180; ESTC R21376	167,572	313

knowing well by good experience the worth of him did till she had found him shee runs about the streets seeking of him shee meets one and asks him Can you tell mee of my Beloved No away shee goes and runs to another Can you tell mee of my Beloved No So you should have men and women now do if they did but apprehend what a promise were worth you should have them go home and the man would not be at quiet to eat his dinner or go to bed at night but hee would run to such an honest man his neighbour and say O good neighbour I was told to day what unspeakable worth the promises are of and how that all these are to bee had in Christ Can you tell mee how I may come to have this Christ mine that so all these may bee mine and if hee could not answer him satisfactorily hee would run to the next honest man his neighbour and ask him after the same manner Ah were the worth of Promises known you should have many a poor man here that hath a godly wife or a godly childe that knows Christ though it may bee hee hath little cared for them now go home and the husband would say Ah wife I heard the worth of promises and that all these are in Christ couldest thou tell mee somewhat of Christ now And the father or mother would say Ah son ah daughter indeed I have not loved thee as I should but childe I heard the worth of Promises and that all these are in Christ couldest thou tell mee somewhat of Christ now And if poor sinners would do thus how many godly wives hearts would leap to hear this coming from their carnal husbands and godly children to hear this from their carnal parents Sinners O close with Christ then all the Promises shall bee yours Some of you are Marriners and going out to Sea and now suppose as such things have befallen others your ship should sink under you or bee cast away by stress of weather as soon as you are in the Ocean what would a promise then a pardon of sin of God being your God be worth Some of you are Souldiers and though you are here yet you do not know how soon you may bee called out to meet your enemies in the field and suppose there thou that now drinkest and art merry shouldest bee shot thorow or run thorow and lye wallowing in thy blood and gasping for breath what then would a promise of the forgiveness of thy sins of heaven everlasting life be worth O come to Christ Object 1. My sins are so great I dare not come Answ 1. Greatness of sin should not keep thee from Christ who came to save the greatest sinners 1 Tim. 1.15 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners of whom I am chief 2 Thy greatest sin is not to come to Christ Unbeleef is the greatest sin under the Gospel Mark 16. v. 14. Afterward hee appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat and upbraided them with their unbeleef and hardness of heart because they beleeved not them which had seen him after he was risen Luke 24. v. 25. Then hee said unto them O fools and slow of heart to beleeve all that the Prophets have spoken Rom. 11. v. 20. Well because of unbeleef they were broken off If it were under the Law then much more under the Gospel but so it was Psal 78. v. 18. to 23. And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust yea they spake against God they said Can God furnish a table in the wilderness v. 20. Behold hee smote the rock that the waters gushed out and the streams overflowed Can hee give bread also Can hee provide flesh for his people v. 21. Therefore the Lord heard this and was wroth so a fire was kindled against Jacob and anger also came up against Israel v. 22. Because they beleeved not in God and trusted not in his salvation Heb. 3.19 They could not enter in because of unbeleef The sentence of damnation in the Gospel is pronounced against sinners not as sinners but unbeleevers Mark 16. v. 16. He that beleeveth and is baptized shall be saved hee that beleeveth not shall bee damned Joh. 3.18 Hee that beleeveth not is condemned already because he hath not beleeved in the name of the onely begotten Son of God vers 19. This is the condemnation that light is come into the world and men loved darkness rather than light vers 36. Hee that beleeveth not the Son shall not see life but the wrath of God abideth on him 2 Thess 2.12 That they all might bee damned who beleeved not the truth 3 Saints of former ages have made this a ground of incouragement not of discouragement Psal 25.11 For thy names sake O Lord pardon mine iniquity for it is great 4 All manner of sin the greatest is pardonable Mark 3. v. 28. Verily I say unto you All sins shall bee forgiven unto the sons of men and blasphemies wherewithsoever they shall blaspheme but he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness 5 Gods design in the last age is to declare the exceeding riches of Grace Eph. 2.7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness towards us through Jesus Christ This is shewn in pardoning great sinners Object 2. But had I a broken heart I could come mine is as a flint I dare not Answ Either it is in thy power to get this or out of thy power the former none will grant if the latter then come to Christ for it The way to have thy heart broken is to come to Christ Goats blood dissolveth the Adamant which the hammer cannot break so the blood of Christ dissolveth the Adamantine heart Zach. 12.10 They shall look upon me whom they have pierced and they shall mourn for him as one mourneth for his onely son Ezek. 16. last That thou mayest remember and be confounded and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame when I am pacified towards thee for all that thou hast done saith the Lord God Object 3. But I shall presume in coming to Christ. Answ 1. Not so long as thou expectest all not for thy merit but his mercies sake 2 Not so long as thou hast no resolution to have Christ and hold any sin Object 4. But I have been an enemy to him an opposer scoffer at his wayes and people Answ It is sad to oppose but consider 1 That all that ever have been reconciled have had enmity in their natures to Christ and his wayes which hath not hindred their reconciliation Eph. 2. v. 1 2 3 4. Col. 1.21 And you that were sometimes alienated and enemies in your minde by wicked works yet now hath hee reconciled 2 That there are many soules now in heaven who have acted forth their enmity in as high a way

1 I shall begin with my Observation and make that a reason of it self because it is the Command of Christ That Saints should love one another Which should I do no other but repeat over and over you should see reason enough for the thing The Command of a Father is enough with a dutifull Son The will of the Husband with a loving wife And so the Command of Christ had wee nothing else should bee sufficient with those who profess themselves to bee dutifull Christians 2 To this Command of Christ wee have added his own example which may bee a second reason why Saints should love one another Christ bids us learn of him and bee followers of him how will you ever do this Christians if you love not one another as hee hath loved you all This example of Christ Christ himself proposeth to his Disciples to provoke them to love one another Jo. 1● 12 This is my Commandement that yee love one another as I have loved you As if hee should say I have loved you notwithstanding you are froward and waspish peevish and unbeleeving creatures consider this and learn to extend the same love to your brethren that I have done to you 3 Saints are in near relation one to another How near Abraham made this an argument to Lot why there should bee no strife between them We are Brethren Why as near as Brother and Brother for they are Brethren as near as members of the same body for they are all one body It is almost a wonder in Nature to see members of the same body fighting one with another to see the hands beating of the feet and the feet spurning and trampling of the hands wee conclude when wee see a man doing thus that hee is not himself hee hath the frenzie So it is a wonder in it self though in our dayes none to see Saints fighting one with another one throwing cudgels at the other and the other at him certainly were Saints themselves they would not do it When one member woundeth and bruiseth another that member that doth it because it is of the body feels the smart as well as that to whom it is done So when one Saint wounds another let him look to it If hee bee a Saint indeed and of the body hee himself will one day or other though perhaps at present hee doth not feele the smart and anguish of every blow and wound hee hath given his brother if hee bee not of the body you know whether he will then I need not tell you 4 Saints are beholding one to another Ingenuity teacheth us to love those wee are beholding unto Now there is not a Saint but hee is beholding to other Saints beholding to them for their prayers c. O that such who make it their common practice to rail upon and revile their Brethren would thinke of this It may be there is not a day thou risest but thou fairest the better for that Saint and those Saints thou frownest upon and speakest evill of perhaps hee may have been with his Father putting up petitions for thee even at that instant wherein thou art reproaching and casting dirt upon him and O! wilt thou for shame requite him thus for his love If brotherly love be wanting is there no ingenuity neither And how knowest thou but it may bee that which if it be how ill dost thou thinke will thy heavenly Father take this at thy hands Suppose a man had two Sons and one of them should bee praying and intreating of his Father to bestow such and such favours on his Brother and the other should at the very time go railing against his brother and reproaching him before his Fathers face think with your selves how ill would the Father take this carriage of his at his hands So 5 Love is debt Rom. 13.8 Owe no man any thing but this to love one another for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the Law If he be not an honest man that will not pay his debts what shall we call them Saints that will not love their brethren 6 Saints have enemies enough It is policy when a man hath many enemies to make as many friends as may bee and not to make his friends his enemies had but the Saints policy me thinks they should love one another 7 Breach of love is the breach of the whole Law Rom. 13.8 9 10. The neglect of some duties break one Commandement the neglect of others another but the neglect of love breaks all Judge then what a sinner hee that will not love his Brother is 8 Wicked men love one another Is there any good to be learned from a bad man Yes this the Saints themselves may learn to love one another for so do they 9 And lastly There are many duties which lye in common between the Saints which they are bound to performe one to another Which they can never do if love bee wanting as comforting edifying relieving reprooving c. 2 How Saints may have their heart brought up to the practice of this duty of Love 1 Love Saints as they are Saints I say as they are Saints not as they are of this or that party for my opinion or against it but as they are Saints thou wilt never love as thou shouldest do till thou lovest Saints as Saints as they have the Image of God upon them Christ and the Spirit of Christ in them which is the onely thing lovely in all and for which all are to bee loved I am not when I should exercise love to ask the question concerning the party to bee loved is hee such a one or such a one of this opinion or that high or low in the world of little parts or great parts c. No but is hee a Saint or not a new creature or not Hath hee the Image of God upon him or not If so let him bee what hee will for any of the other I must love him and it is my duty to love him But alas in our dayes the question is Is hee such a one or such a one then I will have nothing to do with him what though hee bee a Saint Men are not so mad to say so but their practice shews it What a ridiculous thing would it bee if a man should send his Son to a dear and intimate Friend of his and his Friend before ever hee would admit him into his presence or own him to have society with him should put out twenty foppish questions concerning him what is hee is he sickly or well a youth or a man grown beautiful or deformed hath he brown hair or black To ask is he my Friends Son were a beseeming question but to stand asking and delaying upon the other would bee extreamly foolish and that which might well make an A B C boy laugh at him So c. Would you love aright love Saints as Saints Do not say Is he rich or of parts I will love him Is he for my