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A87817	Christ exalted: in a sermon begun to be preached at Debenham in Suffolk, upon the 14. day of Febr. last, upon Coloss. 3. 11. / By Hanserd Knollys. Who was stoned out of the pulpit (as he was preaching) by a company of rude fellowes, and poor women of that town; who were sent for, called together, and set on by a malignant high-constable, who lives in the same town. Also, another sermon, preached at Stradbrooke in Suffolk, the 13. day of Febr. last, concerning sanctification; upon Ephes. 1. 4.	Knollys, Hanserd, 1599?-1691.	1645 (1645)	Wing K706; Thomason E284_14; ESTC R200061	21,848	24

and women in their blood or in their sins Ezek. 16 6 8. he in the the time of love forgives them all their sins covers their nakednesse with the skirt of Christs Righteousnesse and bids them live This is done when God enters into covenant with them and so they become his Now that God may be justified in so doing though he found them ungodly unbeleevers impenitent prophane c. He doth not onely forgive them all their sins and so leave them ungodly to go on in their wicked waies But he gives them his holy Spirit of Sanctificaton who changeth their hearts renewes the spirit of their minde sanctifies their wills and affection and produceth all those fruits of the spirit in them mentioned Gal. 5.22 23. whereby they are made holy in all manner of conversation 1 Pet. 1.15 16. And this reason the Apostle gives Ephes 1.4 6. That we should be holy to the praise of the glory of his grace and verse 12. That we should be to the praise of his Glory And herein is God justified in justifying the ungodly in that he doth make and keep them holy Jude 1. Reason 2. God will have his people to be holy for the honour and glory of his Son Jesus Christ to whom he hath given them All mine are thine saith Christ in his Prayer to his Father John 17.1 10. and thine are mine and I am glorified in them also verse 19. And for their sakes I sanctifie my selfe that they also might be sanctified Christ shall be glorified in his Saints especially in his Kingly Office Revel 15.3 4. Just and true are thy waies Thou King of Saints Who shall not fear thee O Lord and glorifie thy Name for thou onely art holy And albeit now Christ and his poor Saints are scorned and despised of men yet that Prophesie of Enoch the seventh from Adam will have its accomplishment Jude 14. Behold the Lord commeth with ten thousand of his Saints The Lord Iesus shall be revealed from Heaven with his mighty Angels When he shall come to be glorified in his Saints 2 Thes 17 10. And in that day it will appear to all the world that it is the great glory of Jesus Christ that his Father hath given him so many ten thousands of Saints to be his Subjects and himselfe to be their King Isa 33.17 22. Reason 3. God will have his people holy that they may enjoy spirituall communion with him in this life and Eternall communion with him in heaven The Saints do enjoy spirituall Communion with God in this life 1 John 1.3 Truely our fellowship is with the father and with his Son Jesus Christ and with the Spirit Phil. 2.1 And they shall have eternall communion with God in Heaven in that Kingdome prepared for them which then thy shall receive Matth. 25.34 Now this communion with God none can have without holinesse Heb. 12.14 Therefore God will have his people to be holy 1. Vse Will God have his people to be holy Let it be usefull to us first for enquiry what holinesse is And how God makes His holy 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 1 Thes 4 3. 7 Holinesse or Sanctification is a reall change of the whole Man from the pollution of sin to the purity of the Image of Christ Rom. 6.22 But now being made free from sin and become servants of God ye have your fruits unto holinesse Here was a reall change in them from the pollution of sin 2 Cor. 3.18 But we all with open face beholding as in a glasse the glory of the Lord are changed into the same Image Here was the other part of that reall change in them to wit into the purity of the Image of Christ For as men in their naturall estate bear the Image of the Earthy first-man Adam so men in their spirituall estate bear the Image of the Heavenly second-Man CHRIST 1 Cor. 15.47 48 49. This holinesse or sanctification if you have respect to the Author and efficient cause thereof is called the sanctification of the Spirit 2 Thes 2.13 and 1 Pet. 1.2 If unto the divine act of God it is called Renovation or Renewing of the minde Ephes 4.23 and Rom. 12.2 If unto the Acts and fruits of holinesse in beleevers it is called Faith love long suffering gentlenesse goodnesse meeknesse temperance c. Gal. 5.22 If unto the root fountain and foundation of holinesse the Scripture saith Christ is our sanctification 1 Cor. 1.30 Thus you hear what holinesse is Now God maketh His holy by his Spirit and Word Whereby he doth convince them that they are without Christ Ephes 2.12 Maketh discoverie to them of the worth of Christ their need of him and Gods offer of him in a covenant of Grace upon Gospell termes changing their hearts into the Image of Christ 2 Cor. 3.18 Gives them Faith in Christ Repentance from dead workes Love to all the Saints c. And so the very God of Peace Sanctifie his people 1 Thessalonians 5.23 Thus much may suffice touching the Jnquiry 2. Vse Will God have his people to be holy Let us make use of this to discover who are the people of God who are not Those people that are ungodly unsanctified are not the people of God such may boast of their Justification but they deceive themselves for God hath no justified-unsanctified people 1 Cor. 6 9 10 11. They may talke of the free-grace of God manifested to them bringing them Salvation but they are deluded for the grace of God that bringeth Salvation teacheth us to deny ungodlinesse and to live godly Titus 2.11 12. Now there are three sorts of professors who would be esteemed the people of God and yet are not sanctifyed by the holy spirit they are not holy and therefore are not the Lords people in Covenant The first Sort are all those legall professors who having been by the spirit and word of God much convinced of sin Iohn 16.8 Sorely wounded in their consciences Proverbes 18.14 and somewhat reformed in their conversations by hearing godly Preachers as Herod was Mark 6 20. after all this goe about to establish their own righteousnesse and rest upon their duties humiliation and legall reformation And never have their hearts changed and renewed nor Christ given of the Father unto them These are not sanctified are not the Lords Hear what the Apostle speakes to such among the Galatians Are yee so foolish having begun in the Spirit are you now made perfect by the flesh Have you affired so many things in vain If it be yet in vaine Well such of you as God hath chosen in Christ that you should bee holy c. He will also by his Spirit and Word convince you of Righteousnesse to wit that all your own Righteousnesses are as filthy rags Isa 64.6 That being ignorant of Gods Righteousnesse you have gone about to establish your owne righteousnesse Rom. 10 3. and that you must be found in Christ not having your own righteousnesse which is of the

what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the Saints and what is the exceeding greatnes of his power to us-ward who beleeve Ephe. 1.17 18 19. And though the hearts of men and women be very darke yet God who commanded the light to shine out of darknesse hath shined in our hearts who are beleevers to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the Face of Iesus Christ 2 Cor. 4.6 And the Apostle tells the sanctified Ephesians that they were sometimes darknesse but now ye are light in the Lord Ephes 5.8 And indeed all that heavenly knowledge and spirituall understanding which beleevers have in the mysterie of the Gospel they had it from Christ In whom are are hid all the treasures of wisdome and knowledge Col. 2.2 3. 3. Christ is the Bread of life to beleevers Joh. 6.35 48 51. He is the Spirituall meat and drink of their souls who beleeve in him they that eat him shall live by him Joh. 6.55 57. All that Spirituall nourishment and soul refreshment which beleevers have in promises duties Ordinances c. is from Christ whose flesh is meate indeed and his blood is drinke indeed communicated by his holy spirit unto his people in those promises duties Ordinances c. Christ is Milke and wine to be had without money Isa 55.1 that will quench the thirst of the new-borne babes in Christ which so much desire the sincere milke of the worde that they may grow thereby 1 Pet. 2.2 3. and that will make the mournfull spirit of a a doubting or back-sliding Beleever to have a cheerefull countenance when his broken heart is cheered and warmed yea melted and comforted with the blood of Christ his Redeemer Christ is Water of life a pure River of living Water cleere as Crystall flowes from this Fountain in the hearts of Beleevers Rev 22.1 17. Joh. 7.37 38. Ioh. 4.10.13 14. This will satisfie the thirsty soul as Chirist Promised Mat. 5.6 11 therfore hee cried If any man thirst let him come to me and drinke Christ is the the tree of life which beareth twelve manner of fruits and yeeldeth her fruit every moneth whose leaves are for the healing of the Nations Revel 22.2 Christ is said to make a feast of wine and fat things full of Marrow Isa 25.6 and he thus speakes to beleevers eate O Friends drinke yea drinke abundantly O beloved Cant. 5.1 I might be exceeding large in particularizing many other his Titles as namely Christ is a beleevers Justification Sanctification Redemption 1 Cor. 1.30 He is also our Peace Ephes 2.14 our Righteousnesse Ier. 23.6 Our Advocate with the Father 1 Iohn 2.1 2. Our King High-Priest and Prophet Our Father Husband Brother our All. Thus it may appear that Christ is all in the New-Man How is Christ all in all in the New-Man I conceive It is spoken by way of Preheminence as it is expressed Col. 1.18 19. That is In all which is in the New-Man or in a Beleever Christ ought to have the preheminence First as hee is the Author thereof for instance That precious faith of Gods Elect which is in the New-Man is an excellent grace but yet Christ must have the preheminence above that faith because he is the Author of it Heb. 12.2 And so above all other graces gifts and fruits of the Spirit Secondly as he is the preserver of all in the New-Man every beleever is called and Sanctified by God the Father and preserved in Jesus Christ Iude 1. And the Beleever is not onely preserved in the state of Grace by Christ but the Grace of God wrought in him to wit faith c. Is by Christ preserved also namely by the Intercession of Christ I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not Thirdly as he is the finisher who strengtheneth stablisheth and perfecteth all in the New-Man Christ is not onely the Author but the Finisher of our Faith Heb. 12.2 He is the Alpha and Omega the beginning and the ending of all those Graces gifts and fruits of the Spirit which are in the New-Man Revel 1 8. Thus Christ is all and in all in the New-Man He is the Author Preserver and finisher of all He purchased all He is the Donour of all He is the Beauty of all the Summe of all the Perfection of all in the New-Man Reason This was the good pleasure of the Fathers will that all fulnesse all-sufficiencie all spiritualnesse should dwell in Christ and should by Christ be communicated to his people that in all things Christ might have the preheminence Col. 1.18 19. And thus God will have it done to the Man Christ Jesus whom he delighted to honour for the service Christ did unto his Father in the Redemption of his people therefore he gave him a Name above every Name Christ is all and in all Which honour dignity Christ will at the last day prostrate at the feet of his Father that God may be all in all 1 Cor. 15.28 Moreover this being the designe of God that Christ should communicate all grace gifts c. unto his people It was requisite that all fulnesse should be in Christ and so we read John 1.14 16. Yea the great necessitie of the Lords redeemed ones to have a constant supplie of grace and spirituall gifts also a continuall growth of the fruits of the spirit requires this all-fulnesse to be in Christ Vse 1 Seeing Christ is all and in all in the New-Man Let us hence be Instructed First to prize Christ highly to set an high esteeme upon Christ to let Him have the preheminence who is all in all It is that which the Prophet complained of Isa 53.3 He to wit Christ was despised and rejected of men and we esteemed him not We are apt to slight Christ and to disesteem Him because we discerne not that beauty excellencie riches and glory which is in Himselfe we are ignorant of the worth of Christ and know not our need of him and therefore we do not so prize him as we ought These two Considerations I desire to propound as motives to prize Christ First Christ his worth which I may hint unto you in three particulars to wit 1. The unvaluable preciousnesse of his blood which hath in it a cleansing vertue 1 John 1.7 9. And the blood of Iesus Christ his Son cleansed us from all sin therefore we are said to be justified by his blood Rom. 5.9 Let me aske you who now beleeve How did you esteem of this precious blood of Christ When you were sighing-out your mournfull request to God in secret corners for one drop of Christs blood one dram of the grace of God and faith of God his Elect one word of promise one smile of a reconciled Father or one beam of the light of Gods countenance did you not prize the blood of Christ above all corruptible things as silver gold honour riches pleasure c. Did you not esteem the least drop of it more

necessitie of this new-birth Joh. 3.3.5.7 8. Except a man be born again he cannot see the Kingdome of God he cannot enter into the Kingdome of God vers 5. Now every one who is a new creature in Christ all things are become new in him or all things are made new as in the Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ecce nova facta sunt omnia To wit first he is made a new man Ephes 4.21.22.23.24 Col. 3.10.11 and have put on the new-man where Christ is all and in all Secondly he hath a new heart Ezek. 36.26 A new heart also will I give you c. That is a new will and new affections yea and a new spirit will I put within you verse 26. That is Ephes 4.23 to be renewed in the spirit of our minde to wit a new judgement or spirituall understanding in the knowledge of Gods will Col. 1.9 Thirdly he walkes in newnesse of life Rom. 6.4 Even so we also should walk in newnesse of life That is the conversation of a new-creature should be such as becomes the Gospell Phil. 1.27 To wit humble harmlesse and holy 1 Pet. 1.15 16. And thus God hath promised in the everlasting covenant of grace that all and every one of his people shall walk Ezek. 36.27 And I will put my spirit within you and cause you to walk in my statutes c. Examine your selves Are you a new creature Such of you as have not put off the old man but still have your old hearts and your old sinnes and walk in your old wayes and fulfill the old lusts of your sinfull natures are not in a new creature you are not in Christ nor Christ in you But some may thus say within themselves I hope my soul is in a better condition I am not so wicked and carnall as some others are neither am I so vilde a sinner as I have been formerly but I am somewhat reformed and have forsaken my sinfull courses and begin to delight to hear Sermons and I pray with my family To this I would answer although your condition be not so desperate as others who have lived long under ordinatie meanes of grace and yet are not at all wrought upon I must tell you Professors may through strong Convictions horrour of conscience and feares of Hell leave the Acts of some sins and may customarily perform some religious duties and yet not regenerated Professors may have leaves like the unfruitfull Figtree and Lampes like the five foolish Virgins they may seem to be Religious and have a forme of Godlinesse and not be a New creature or creation I might instance many such in the Scriptures Herod Mark 6.20 He heard Iohn gladly and did many things Saul 1 Sam. 10.6 9. was turned into another Man had another heart yet unconverted So thou mayest be another Man and not a New-Man maiest have another heart but not a new heart But I speak not this to adde sorrow to the afflicted nor to break the the bruised for though some may deceive themselves herein Yet such of you as are borne again or borne of God though but New-borne babes who have put on the New-Man have a New heart and walke in Newnesse of life are in Christ and Christ in you 3. Vse Seeing Christ is all and in all in the New-Man Let it serve for the consolation of every true beleeve Christ is yours and all things are yours 1 Cor. 3.21 22 23. All are yours and ye are Christs and Christ is God Christ is your life your light your foode your All and by union with Christ you are one in God John 17.21 God is your God and Father John 20.17 All that is Christs is yours his Wisdome Righteousnesse Sanctification Faith Love Humility c. All in all fulnesse was in Him and dwels in him for his people to communicate to them Epes 4.7 Are you full of spirituall wants you may have supply from the fulnesse of Spiritualls in Christ Doe you want Wisdome Faith love c. What ever you want go to Christ for that grace There is enough in Christ to satisfie the most hunger-thirsting soules in spirituall things Epes 1.3 God hath blessed us with all spirituall blessings in heavenly things in Christ In whom are hid all the treasures of Wisdome and knowledge Col. 2.3 Doe you want power against corruptions go to Christ for strength His grace is sufficient for thee 2 Cor. 12.8.9 There is an all-sufficiencie in Christ Christ is all saith the Text therefore the Apostle having Christ said I have all I can do all through Christ Phil. 4.13 18. And know for your further consolation that Chirist is in all in the New-Man or in every true Beleever He is in you Col. 1.2 Christ in you the hope of glory Christ liveth in me saith the Apostle 2 Gal. 20. Christ is and lives in a true beleever by participation of his Divine Nature 2 Pet. 1.3 4. By incohation of his holy Spirit Gal. 4.6 and by communication of his saving grace Ephes 3.17 and 4 7. Christ is in your hearts in your gifts in your graces in your duties in all by whom you finde acceptance of your persons and services with God your heavenly Father Ephes 1.6 Christ is with you and in you in all conditions in all relations in all Afflictions Isa 63.8 9. And to conclude this use know for your increase of joy that Christ who is all and in all in you will abide in you for ever Nothing shall be able to separate Christ and your soules Rom. 8.35 38 39. Christ is the strength of your heart and your portion for ever Psalm 73.26 4. Vse Seeing Christ is all and in all in the New-Man suffer a word of exhortation which will conscerne every one present to hearken to viz. Both such as are in Christ and out of Christ And I am sure evere one of you are in one of these two estates either you are in Christ or without Christ The first branch of the exhortation shall be you who are beleevers and sanctified in Christ Iesus called Saints seeing Christ is all in all Let him be all in all in your justification take ye heed you bring not any righteousnesse of your owne nor any grace or worke of his in you to joyne with Christ and his righteousnesse in point of justification Phil. 3.9 This glory Christ will not give to another He is our jujustification or righteousnesse 1 Cor. 1.30 31. Christ will not permit any coadjutor concause or cooperator whatsoever in justification of sinners Consider this you who will not beleeve unlesse you could see your selves so holy so humble except you can first have such a sinne subdued you will not beleeve any of your sinnes are pardoned untill you finde and feele in your selves a soft heart a broken heart a praying spirit a mourning spirit you cry out you are not justifyed Oh say you if I could pray mourne for sinne profit by the meanes as such and such doe

repentance unto salvation not to be repented of for all our unrighteousnesse 4. Vse Will God have his people to be holy Let it be usefull for the consolation of every true Believer especially such as at present groane under the tyrannicall power or captivating bondage of any corruption And sigh to God for supply from Christ of any grace wanting or weake in their apprehension sense and feeling Hearken poor mourning soul and consider what may be said for thy comfort and search the Scriptures whether it be so or not Know first That Gods eternall purpose toward thee who art a true Beleever in chusing thee in Christ was that thou shouldest be holy Ephes 1.4 and Rom. 8.30 I have purposed it saith God I will also do it Isa 46.11 Secondly That God hath made with thee an everlasting Covenant of Grace and Holinesse wherein he hath given thee many great and precious promises to pardon sin to subdue iniquity and to put his Law in thy minde and write it in thy heart Jer. 3.31.34 and 32.40 with Heb. 8.10.11.12 Micah 7.18 19 20 with 2 Pet. 2.3 4 to the 11. vers Thirdly that Christ hath prayed to His Father for thee that he would sanctifie thee John 17.1.17.20 Fourthly that Christ sanctified himself for thy sake that thou also might be sanctified Joh. 17.19.20 Fifthly that God hath given thee the spirit of his sonne Gal. 4.6 who is a comforting sanctifying spirit yea the Comforter John 14.16 17.18 And he that sanctifieth all the people of God 1 Thes 5.23 Sixthly That faithfull is God who called thee who also will do it 1 Thes 5.24 He called thee unto Holinesse 1 Thes 4.7 and he will both make thee holy He hath said thou shalt be holy Levit. 11.44.45 and 19.2 That is such a command as hath the force of a promise in it And though that place Levit. 20 7 is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Sanctifie your selves therefore and be ye Holy yet the 70. Interpreters renders it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Et sanctificabimi eritis sancti And so doth the Chaldees Paraphrast render it also And Hierom translates that place in the first of Pet. 1.16 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Be ye holy Sancti eritis Ye shall be holy And indeed there is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the Margent of one Greek Testament for God can put a being to His Word And therefore be of good comfort thy sinnes are forgiven thee Matth. 9.2 And sinne shall not have dominion over thee Rom. 6.14 The grace of Christ is sufficient for thee 2 Cor. 12.9 He is full of grace John 1.14 And from his fulnesse thou shalt receive grace upon grace John 1.16 According as his divine power hath given us all things that pertain unto life and godlinesse 1. Pet. 1.3 5. Vse Will God have his people to be holy Let me conclude with an use of exhortation to holinesse As he that called you is holy so be ye holy in all manner of Conversation 1 Pet. 1.15 God will have his people holy at all times in all relations and in every condition Therefore I beseech you brethren and exhort you in the Lord and for his sake to be holy in all manner of Conversation holy in your callings for godlinesse is great gaine holy in your Families in your shops in your journeyes in all your waies and in all your relations Godlinesse hath the promise both of this life that which is to come Piety hath a majestie in it it will give you a throne in the Consciences of others that they dare not sin in your presence Holinesse is an ornament to your callings to your persons to your families and to the place where you live The more holy the more like your Heavenly Father and the more you glorifie your heavenly Father and the more you adorne the Doctrine of Christ yea the more communion you have with the Father and with Christ Having therefore these promises dearly beloved let us cleanse our selves from all filthinesse of the flesh and spirit perfecting holinesse in the feare of God 2 Cor. 7.1 4. great is my boldnesse of speech toward you in this exhortation because I desire fruit that may abound to your account And give me leave to presse this exhortation upon such beleevers present who have carnall parents yoke-fellowes or other carnall friends You would have your naturall friends converted and to that end you pray for them mourne over them many a sigh and many a tear it may be they have cost you but they live in the flesh still are carnall still Oh let not an holy conversation be wanting that may further their conversion 1 Cor. 7.16 17. And if any obey not the Word they also may be wonne without the word by your Godly conversation 1 Pet. 3.1 And if they be not drawn thereby to a love of the truth yet their mouthes will be stopped that they cannot speake against it Would it not be a comfortable thing to have a carnall father speake thus of his godly son or daughter to wit I was unwilling my children should go so often to heare Sermons and be so often at Conferences and private fasts and the like But I have observed that since they professed Religion and gave themselves to pray and read the Scriptures They have been much more dutifull to us their parents then before and they are more diligent in their callings If this be the worst they shall have liberty to professe the Gospell still The like I might speak of other relations but should carnall parents or friends have cause by your loose or un even-walking to speak evill of the waies of God it would bee very uncomfortable to you and dishonourable to the Gospell I shall conclude in the words of the Apostle Phil. 4.8 Finally Brethren Whatsoever things are true Whatsoever things are honest just pure lovely or of good report If there be any vertue and if there be any praise thinke on these things and the God of peace shall be with you vers 9. One objection had need to be answered before I end and that is this May some say you have exhorted us to holinesse and the Apostle tells us 2 Tim. 3.12 All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution Object How may wee be encouraged and strengthened against the feares of persecution Solu I answer First pray to God that he will furnish you with suffering graces against persecuting times Colos 1.9.10 11. Secondly improve your interest through Christ in the promises and beleeve that the more sufferings for Christ the more comfort by Christ 2 Cor. 1.5 The more sufferings the more holinesse Heb. 12.10 The more sufferings the more happinesse 1 Pet. 4.14 Onely take heed of suffering as an evill doer verses 15.16 And if any suffer as a Christian Christ will suffer with him Isa 63.9 Christ will share with you in your suffering persecution Acts 9.4 5. And you shall share with Christ in glory Rom. 8.17 But you must bee holy in sufferings also praying for them that persecute you as Christ taught and practised and so did his Martyr Stephen 7.60 Lord lay not this sin to their charge And so let us pray for them that now disturbed us FINIS