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A86947 The mystery of Christ in us, with the mystery of the Father, Word, and holy Ghost or Spirit, opened also, the parable of the rich man's flocks and herds, and the poor man's ewe-lamb, explicated. Likewise, the way that Christ takes to undo a man, and take away his life. Together with a discovery of the neerness of Christs coming, and of those glorious things which are to be fulfilled in these later days. Set forth and published by Ed. Hide jun. Hyde, Edward, 1607-1659. 1651 (1651) Wing H3866; Thomason E1372_4; ESTC R209351 80,214 204

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Truth that is after godliness EDVV. HIDE Junior CHAP. I. Some sweet Discoveries of CHRIST in us out of Rom. 10. 6 7 8 9 10 Vers 6. But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise Say not in thine heart Who shall ascend into heaven That is to bring Christ down from above 7. Or who shall descend into the deep That is to bring up Christ again from the dead 8. But what saith it The word is nigh thee even in thy mouth and in thy heart that is the word of faith which we preach 9. That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead thou shalt be saved IN the Thirtieth and One and thirtieth Verses of the Ninth Chapter to the Romanes there are two Nations spoken of that is to say the Gentiles and the Jews The Gentiles were those which followed not after righteousness yet had attained to righteousness even the righteousness which is of faith and the Jews otherwise Israel were those which followed after the Law of righteousness but had not attained to the Law of righteousness The first reason of it is set down in verse 32. Wherefore because they sought it not by faith as the Gentiles did but as it were by the works of the Law The second reason of it is Because they stumbled at that stumbling stone v. 33. As it is written Behold I lay in Sion a stumbling stone and rock of offence and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed Jesus Christ is a great stumbling block and rock of offence to those professors that do not openly nor professedly but as it were seek righteousness by the Law Quest But what is it to seek righteousness as it were by the Law Answ. It is to seek righteousness partly by believing and partly by doing Those that do so stumble at Christ and know not what to make of him and are offended at him and in the end they split themselves against him just as those glorious professors the Scribes and Pharisees did by reason of their not knowing him Now in the first Verse of the tenth Chapter to the Romanes Paul tells his brethren the Jews what a hearty desire he had and how he prayed that they might be saved Brethren my hearts desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they might be saved And the reason of this prayer he tells them vers. 2. For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God but not according to knowledge They were mighty zealous for God but it did not proceed from true knowledge as the Scribes and Pharisees were mighty zealous and strict in keeping the Sabbath praying giving of alms and the like but it proceeded not from a right knowledge it did not proceed from a true principle And there are many Zealots in our days Oh how full of zeal they are for God in praying speaking preaching and the like but yet not agreeable to true knowledge And the reason of this is in the third verse For they being ignorant of Gods righteousness and going about to establish their own righteousness have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God As the not seeking righteousness by faith keeps those from attaining to the Law of righteousness that follow after the Law of righteousness so ignorance of Gods righteousness makes many go about to establish their own and so by that means do not subject to God's righteousness In the fourth verse Paul sheweth that Christ is the end of the Law for righteousness to every one that believeth which the glorious Israelites Scribes and Pharisees follow after thinking to be justified thereby The righteousness of which Law Moses describes in the fifth verse that the man which doth those things shall live in them Which saying Satan many times makes use of against poor souls thereby to stir them up to follow after the righteousness of the Law And he makes use of it thus Saith Satan If you do the things that the Law commands you you shall live by them this is Scripture saith the devil If you perform the Law you shall live for there is life wrapped up in keeping of the Law And poor souls set upon the keeping of it and trouble and perplex and wear out themselves and the more they strive to keep it the further off are they from keeping of it And the devils design in it is to keep poor souls from submitting to the righteousness of God the devil knowing well that as many as are of the works of the Law are under the curse for it is written Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things that are written in the Book of the Law to do them Gal. 4. 10 11. And that no man is justified by the Law in the sight of God is evident for the just shall live by Faith Now in the 6. ver. which is that I intend to speak to Paul describes the righteousness of Faith But the righteousness which is of Faith speaketh on this wise Say not in thine heart Who shall ascend into heaven that is to bring Christ down from above c. The words are the voice of the righteousness which is of Faith they are what the righteousness of Faith speaketh and there are in the words these things to be considered First What Faith is Secondly What the voice of the righteousness of Faith is Thirdly What it speaks Fourthly To whom it speaks The first thing to be considered is What Faith is that is what the Faith of Christ is as it is in the original It is a supernatural divine work of God upon the Spirit which enables the soul to believe above all that natural Faith and Hope that is in the soul and above all fear and questionings and against all grounds that are in the soul to the contrary it is that which letteth us into God into the righteosness of God it is the key that unloks the Cabinet where righteousness is and lets us in into the mysteries of the kingdom Gal. 3. 7 9. Know ye therefore that they which are of Faith the same are the children of Abraham and are blessed with faithful Abraham Or faith in this place may be taken for Christ Gal. 3. 23. But before Faith came we were kept under the Law shut up unto the Faith which should afterwards be revealed The second thing to be considered is what the righteousness which is of Faith is It is the righteousness which is by believing But what is the righteousness which is by believing It is the righteousness of God But you will ask me What is that See in Rom. 3. 25 26. Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through Faith in his blood to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past through the forbearance of God to declare I say at this time his righteousness that he might be just and the justifier of him which