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A02260	The happines of enjoying, and making a true and speedie use of Christ Setting forth, first, the fulnesse of Christ. Secondly, the danger of neglecting Christ, and the opportunity of grace. Thirdly, the Lord Jesus the soules last refuge. Whereunto is added, St. Pauls legacie, or farewell to the men of Corinth. By Alexander Grosse B.D. Minister of the Gospel, and pastour of Bridford.	Grosse, Alexander, 1596?-1654.	1640 (1640)	STC 12395; ESTC S103450	151,344	397

one that thirsteth come yee to the waters and hee that hath no money come buy and eate yea come buy wine and milke without money and without price Sometimes to a Fountaine in whom is all plenty of water Sometimes to the ſ Cant. 2. ● Rose of Sharon and the Lilly of the vallies for the surpassing beautie and transcendent excellencie of graces in hims●lfe and for the sweet and plentifull pleasant and delightfull communication of himselfe to the soules of his people Sometime to the Apple tree among the trees of the wood for his dignity worth and excellencie above other persons as the Apple tree excells the trees of the Forrest in comfortablenesse of shadow sweetnesse of smell pleasantnesse and plenty of fruit and the Spouse describing th● height fulnesse and perfection of the excellencies of Christ her Bridegroome saith of him th●t hee is t 〈◊〉 ● 5 white and ruddy the fairest of ten thousand white for his innocencie in himselfe for his victory peace joy and comfort in his God and for his administration of grace and mercie to penitent and beleeving sinners and ruddy for the imputation of our sinne unto him for his suffering and for his justice to punish his enemies and the fairest of ten thousand for his beauty majesty authoritie worth and fulnesse surpassing all Men and Angels The Lord Jesus is exceeding glorious in the eyes of his unfained friends and lovers hee is indeed beautifull onely in their eyes who love him The more man loves him the more cleare and comfortable is his apprehension of that f●●●esse which is in him This perfection and fulnesse of Christ was shadowed in the high Priest being washed with u Exod. 29.7 water and annointed with holy oyle signifying Christs sanctity and his unction with the oyle of gladnesse above his fellowes The high Priest having his loynes w Exod. 28.2 covered with cleane linnen his body gloriously apparelled and a holy crowne upon his head signifying the clothing of Christs humanity with true holinesse the adorning of it with perfect righteousnesse and the crowning thereof with Majesty as King of his chosen This was likewise figured by the Temple that was a stately and glorious edifice full of light in it was the Arke there God appeared and filled it with his glory so is the fabrick of Christs humane nature immaculate and spotlesse full of heavenly knowledge the full treasure of true wisedome grace and knowledge being hidden in him the God-head personally there x Ioh. 1.14 dwelling and filling him with all grace and glory This was also signified in y Gen. 39.6 Ioseph Ioseph was a beautifull person Christ is fairer then the children of men There was none like Ioseph in understanding and wisedome in whom the Spirit of God was as in him Vers 38. there is no●● comparable to Christ in wisedome Men and Angels are his Schollers Ioseph was set over the whole land in generall over the Kings house in speciall Christ is Lord of the whole earth but chiefly over Gods Church Ioseph had the custody of the Kings garner and therewith fed all Egypt other nations Christ hath all the fulness of God and therewith feedeth Jew and Gentile the beleevers of all nations And such fulnesse of Christ was requisite Three grounds of Christs fulnesse In regard of the dignity of his person As the second person he was the Sonne of God by eternall generation as Man hee was the Sonne of God by grace of hypostaticall union Christ is nearer unto God then Saints or Angels and by how much hee commeth neerer to God then all creatures by so much hee participates more of Gods fulnesse Christ is the Sonne of God after a more high and eminent way then others hee is the Sonne of God by eternall generation others are the sonnes of God by regeneration Christ is the Sonne of God by naturall generation wee are the sonnes of God by voluntary dispensation Christ is the Sonne of God begotten of the essence of the Father very God of very God wee are the sonnes of God begotten not of his essence but by the operation of his Spirit Christ is the proper and onely begotten Sonne of the Father wee are the adopted sonnes of God not borne sonnes by nature but made sonnes by grace Many of us saith * Mulli nos filii Dei sed non talis hic filius est hic enim verus proprius filius est orgine non adoptione veritate non nuncupatione Hilary are sonnes of God but this Sonne is not such for this Sonne is a true and proper Sonne by originall not by adoption by truth not by nuncupation by birth not by creation and who doth inherit his Fathers fulnesse but the Sonne the beloved Sonne the onely begotten Sonne the Sonne of the Fathers delights Thou art my Sonne saith God the Father unto Christ this day have I begotten thee there is his eternall generation Aske of mee and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance and the utmost parts of the earth for thy possession there is the fulnes of the gift communicated to him Ioseph gave portions to all his brethren but to Benjamin a portion five times as good as what hee gave the residue God gives blessed and liberall portions to all his adopted sonnes but Christs portion doth farre excell them their receivings are from and through him hee is the z Heb. 1.4 heire of all more excellent then the Angels having obtained a more a H●b 1.4 excellent name then they as the name of a Sonne is more excellent then the name of a Servant and the name of a King more excellent then the name of a Subject Christ is both Sonne and King farre above Men and Angels in all divine fulnesse b Heb. 1.3 being the brightnesse of his Fathers glory and express image of his Fathers person upholding all things by the Word of his power having by himselfe purged our sinnes and sate down at the right hand of Majestie on high In regard of divine Ordination God hath appointed to convey all fulnesse of grace by Christ unto his chosen God hath ordained to convey all fulnesse of light to the aire by the Sunne and therefore hath put a great fulnesse of light into the Sunne all fulnesse of nourishment to the branches by the roots and therefore hath put a fulnesse of juyce into the roots In like sort he hath appointed to communicate all gracious and heavenly fulnesse to the soules of men by Christ hee hath given him to bee the c Ephes 1.22 head over all things to the Church The head is above the members rules the members and communicates sense and motion to the members Christ hath preheminence above all the members of his Church rules and guides them communicates spirituall sense and motion to them And the Father saith Saint Iohn hath d Joh. 5.20 committed all judgement to the Sonne the judgement

doth prescribe and whatsoever thou losest hold fast thy communion with God As Joseph left his cloake and fled from his mistris to preserve his chastity so let goe thy cloake all the bodily coverings of wealth honour and whatsoever else flye from sinne and keepe thy communion with thy God as the choycest excellency of thy soule CHAP. XIII Declaring the perfection and fulnesse of Christ above the fulnesse of all Creatures THE fourth thing in these words is the matter which dwelleth in Christ and that is all fulnesse and the fifth is the condition or quality of this fulnesse the fulnesse of the Godhead In Saints and Angels dwels a fulnesse of divine qualities in Christ the fulnesse of divine essence and herein Christ as man is manifested to bee farre more excellent then others to come nearer to God and to participate more of the fulnesse of God then all creatures And hence we learne that Doctr. Christs perfection and fulnesse doth infinitely surpass the fulness of all creatures As the fulnesse of the sea surpasseth the fulnesse of small vessels as Saul was d 1 Sam. 10.22 head and shoulders in stature above the people so is Christ in heavenly stature and fulnesse far above all men and Angels therefore is he stiled the e Ephes 1.22 head of all principality power for his cōplete dominiō over all creatures f Rev. 1.5 the prince of the kings of the earth to shew his power over all kings tyrants and whatsoever enemies g Heb. 1.2 the heire of all things having interest in dominion over all creatures in heaven and earth the whole world is his inheritance Such is Christs riches that all the fulnesse of the world is but poverty in comparison of him and all the strength of the creature but weaknesse compared with the power that is in his arme For God saith the Apostle h Ephes 1.20 21 22. raised him from the dead and set him at his owne right hand in heavenly places farre above all principality and power and might and dominion and every name that is named not onely in this world but also in that which is to come above the name of kings for his dominion above the name of rich men for his wealth above the name of Conquerours for his victory above the name of Saints and Angels for his puritie wisedome and most exquisite and absolute perfection And this appeares by the excellencie of Christs originall 3 Grounds of Christ above all creatures 1. Excellency of Christs originall As hee is the second person in the Trinitie he is begotten of his Father by an eternall generation Very God of very God As man he is the sonne of God by hypostaticall union his humanity subsisting in the person of the Son Of Christ therefore the Apostle saith that he is i Heb. 1.3 the brightnesse of his Fathers glory and the expresse image of his person being made so much better than the Angels as hee hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name then they Hee is the brightnesse of his Fathers glory as the beames are the glory of the Sunne and the expresse image of his person as the print of the seale on the waxe is the expresse image of the seale it selfe and is more excellent then the choycest creatures being the expresse and lively image of his Father the maker of all by his power the heire of all by his birth the supporter of all by his providence the revealer of all misteries by his wisedome the purgation of all sins by the sacrifice of himselfe head King and ruler of all by his session at the right hand of God and thus hee hath a more excellent name then the Angels according to his divinitie by eternall generation of his Father being the naturall Sonne of God consubstantiall with the Father according to his flesh by a temporall birth of the virgin and operation of the holy Ghost the flesh being assumed of the Sonne into the unitie of his person so that the same Sonne is both God and Man not two Sonnes but one and that not by adoption but by union not made a Sonne but borne a Sonne the flesh being assumed into the unitie of the person of the naturall Sonne As Christ hath being from and union with the Father more naturally intimately and entirely then any of the creatures so hee excells all others Hee that is most fully of God by regeneration and commeth neerest unto God by gracious union and communion is the most excellent of many people This appeares by the proportion between his humiliation and his exaltation Proportion betweene Christs humiliation exaltation he was abased and humbled below others hee appeared in the k Phil. 2.7 forme of a servant he was of no reputation rejected reproched persecuted accused blasphemed spit upon put to the shamefull death of the Crosse and his soule sorrowfull to the death And as hee was humbled and abased below others so it is fit hee should bee exalted above others Being l Phil. 2.8.9 found saith the Apostle in fashion as a man hee humbled himselfe and became obedient to the death even the death of the crosse wherefore God also hath highly exalted him and given him a name which is above every name God will honour such people as men dishonour for their weldoing The good mans future glory shall fully answer his present ignominy David was set behind the Ewes his brethren preferred above him the Lord takes David from the Ewes and makes him king over Israel Ioseph was brought lower then any of his brethren cast into prison fetters put upon him yet from thence he came to the second place next the king in Aegypt Christs humiliation was deepest Christs glory is highest let no man for any reproach decline the way of godlinesse the basest crosse shall turne to their most glorious crowne that suffer for weldoing 2. Subjection of all under Christ This appeares by the subjection of all things under him m Ephes 1.22 all things are put under his feete all things high and low great and small visible and invisible present and to come are put under Christs feete even as he is man men and Angels are put under him as Subjects under their Soveraignes as Nobles under their Prince the Saints and faithfull servants of God are put under him as sheepe under their shepheard as the Bride under the Bridegroome as the members under their head all troubles and afflictions are put under him as n Mat. 8.8 Souldiers under the Centurion all Divels are put under him as captives under their Conquerour as Ioshua trode upon the neckes of the kings of Canaan so doth he trample downe and triumph over all the Princes of darkenesse all sinnes and transgressions are put under him as the offences of a land under a king Christ having authority to forgive them as deseases under a physician Christ having ability to heale all the distempers

It is the property and practise of the Lords servants like good r Joh. 15.2 branches to grow and beare more fruit to ſ Eph. 4.11 grow up in Christ which is the head as the members in the body grow up under the head to t Phil. 3.11 12. follow after to presse toward the mercie to reach forth to the things which are before to apprehend that for which they are apprehended of Christ Jesus As they th●● run in a race are swift put to it with all their strength and cease not so the runners in the race of godlinesse are swift put to it to the utmost and cease not untill they have fully apprehended Christ They u Isa 40.31 run on faint not they mount up like the Eagles come nearer nearer unto Christ as the Eagles flye nearer and nearer and cease not untill they come to the carkasse for Grace is of a growing and increasing Reas 1 nature it riseth higher and higher like the w Ezek. 47.5 waters which came forth under the threshold of the Temple it x Prov. 4.18 shineth more and more like the light unto the perfect day God where he y Phil. 1.6 beginnes a good worke Reas 2 continues the same unto perfection Hee is a King that once beginning to make warre against the Divell and the lusts of men goeth on and ceaseth not untill hee hath obtained a full and perfect conquest He is a builder who having once laid the foundation of grace in the heart of man gives not over untill he hath finished the house and made the house of man a perfect Temple for his Spirit to dwell in True saving grace once felt and x 1 Pet. 2.2.3 tasted Reas 3 is most highly pr●●ed and most earnestly de●●●d As the lo●e of money growes according to the growth of money so doth the love of grace answer the growth of grace the more a man hath of it the more his soule doth thirst and long after it the more hee desires to be filled with it as the thirst of the dropsie-man encreaseth by drinking Hee that hath least grace puts the lowest price upon it no man more sensible of the want of grace then hee that hath the greatest measure of grace no man more desires the encrease of grace then hee that hath the greatest fulnesse of grace Use Take heed then of apostasie and backsliding bee not like Gideons souldiers whose hearts fainted bee not like the a Luk. 14.30 Builder in the Gospel that began to build but could not make an end Doe not with the b 2 Pet. 2.22 Sow return againe and wallow in the mire of sinne returne not to your old lusts and profanesse But as c Gen. 6.14.22 Noah having a paterne from the Lord began to build and ceased not untill he had finished his Arke and was preserved when the deluge came so you having had a paterne of faith and life set before you and having begun to build according to it cease not untill the worke is finished that your soules may be saved when the deluge commeth Be not like the Sun in d Jos 12.13 Aialon that stood still nor like the Sunne in Ahaz Diall that went back but like the Sunne mentioned by the e Psal 19.5 Psalmist comming forth as a Bridegroome out of his chamber and rejoyce yee like a mighty man to runne his race Where is your faith in Christ if like withered branches you fall off from Christ or sinke like the house builded on the sand Where is your love to Christ if you give him a bill of divorce and hold not out with him unto the end Where is the fruit of your long attendance upon Gods ordinances What avails the sowing of all this seed if you fall away before the harvest Where is the Crowne you looke for if yee faint before the conquest O then take heed hold out let your workes be more at last then at first bee constant in your profession bee fruitfull in all well-doing Bee f Phil. 1.10 filled with the fruits of righteousnesse which are to the praise glory of God in the day of Christ Jesus So shall the Lord take pleasure in you so shall you honour the Gospel adorn Religion shame the Adversary glorifie the Ministery and fill your owne conscience with much peace and quietnesse and give the Minister good and lust occasion to speake to you in a comfortable language to bid you with Saint Paul to bee of good comfort The second Legacie which the Apostle here bequeatheth a Legacie of Consolation Bee of good comfort Though many changes come many troubles arise and many afflictions be endured for the Name and Cause of Christ yet doe not faint bee not disheartned but bee of good comfort solace and comfort your selves in the Lord and his Word And hence learne that Doct. Gods children ought to bee very comfortable though many changes and afflictions doe attend them The Lilly is fresh beautifull and looks pleasantly though growing among the thornes such must bee the affection and disposition of Gods children though compast about with the Thornes and Briers of many troubles g Jam. 1.2 Account it all joy saith Saint James to fall into manifold temptations h Rom. 5.3 We glory in tribulations saith Saint Paul knowing that tribulation worketh patience and patience experience and experience hope and hope maketh not ashamed i 1 Pet. 1.8 And beleeving saith Saint Peter yee rejoyce with joy unspeakeable and full of glory And Gods children have great cause of comfort In regard of the Authour of their afflictions Reas 1 They come from k Heb. 12.7 God as a Father they are not a rod in an enemies but in a Fathers hand they are all in mercie they are a serpent which hath lost his sting the venome of them is gone In regard of their end They are not for Reas 2 punishment but for castigation not for destruction but for reformation humiliation and excitation as l 2 Sam. 18. David sent forth his Army against Absolom not to destroy him but to humble and amend him In regard of the comforts mixed with Reas 3 them They are Pills lapped up in Sugar like Sampsons m Jud. 1 4. Lyon they have a honey combe within them There is sweet comming out of the sowre and meat comming out of the eater In regard of the fruit and issue of them Reas 4 Like the waters of the red Sea which drowned not n Exod. 14. Israel but the enemies which pursued them no more doe these destroy Gods children but the corruption which is within them which hangs like a heavie weight about them and like an enemie pursues and followes them O then bee of good comfort all yee that love the Lord that embrace his Christ Use that delight in his service keepe your selves from sinne and whatsoever come let your hearts be joyfull the Lord shall