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A40686 A sermon of reformation preached at the Church of the Savoy, last fast day, July 27, 1643 / by Thomas Fuller ... Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661. 1643 (1643) Wing F2461; ESTC R21908 11,914 24

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A SERMON OF Reformation Preached at the Church of the SAVOY last Fast day July 27 1643. By Thomas Fuller B. D. and Minister there LONDON Printed in the yeare of our Lord 1643. A SERMON OF REFORMATION HEB. 9.10 Vntill the time of Reformation THose who live beyond the Polar circles are called Periscii because they have shadows round aboue them In a more mysticall meaning the Jewes before Christ may be so called living in constant Umbrages of Types and Ceremonies which were taken away when the Sunne of Righteousnesse did arise Their sacrificing of Lambes and Rammes and Kids and Goats and Calves and Kine and Turtle-doves with their observing of Meates and Drinkes and Dayes whereas the Apostle saith Colos. 2.17 A shadow of things to come but the body is of Christ Yea in some sense I may safely say that the very Sanctum and Sanctum Sanctorum was still but the outward Atrium as containing therein such Types as related to a higher and holier truth To instance only in the Holy of Holies herein were seven sacred Utensils all full fraught with Heavenly Mysteries First the Golden Censor signifying our prayers mingled with Christs merits woefull for us if he did not give better Incense then we bring which he offers up for us to his Father Secondly The Arke of the Covenant overlaid round about with gold whilest Shittim wood was in the middest thereof to Typifie Christs humanity decked and adorned with his Godhead Thirdly the Pot of Manna looking backwards in memoriall of the miraculous meat of the Israelites in the Wildernesse And forwards to set forth Angels food in Heaven which is neither to eat nor to drinke but to doe Gods will and to see Gods glory Fourthly Aarons Rod which budded and besides the History contained therein alluded to Christs Resurrection that Branch of Iesse cut downe and cast out amongst the dead which yet afterwards did revive flourish and fructifie Fifthly The Tables of the Covenant wherein the Commandements were written by Gods finger to intimate that only an infinite power can effectually print Gods Lawes in our hard and obdurate hearts Sixthly the golden Cherubims overshadowing the Mercy-Seat with their wings and looking towards it to shew that the mystery of Gods mercy is to be covered from the curiosity of prophane eyes whilest the pious may with comfort behold it Seventhly and lastly the Mercy-Seat it selfe the Embleme of that Mercy-Seat in Heaven to which poore penitents being cast at the Barre of Gods justice have a free and open appeale All these were of gold and pure gold and yet Saint Paul Gal. 4.9 calleth all legall ceremonies beggarly Elements in comparison of Christ the Truth in whom these did determine and expire As the rude lines of Black-Lead wherwith the Picture is first drawne vanish away when the curious Limner layeth on the lively colours so that all these outward Ordinances had an end at the comming of Christ being only to last Vntill the time of Reformation The Text is so short it needs not to be divided only the word REFORMATION must bee expounded a word long in pronouncing and longer in performing as generally signifying the bettering and amending of what is amisse In Greeke {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} A Through Rectifying However sometimes the word Reformation is not opposed to things bad in their owne nature but to things that are lesse perfect and may be more perfected as in the Text For the Ceremoniall law of the Jewes was compleat in its kinde as given of God and every thing made by Him must be like Him that made it very good Yet comparatively that law was imperfect and needed a Reformation which was performed at Christs comming Besides though the Ceremoniall Law was good in it selfe yet it was bad as it was abused by the ignorant Jewes For though the knowing Patriarks looked through and beyond the Types to the Messias himselfe yet the dull People mistaking the Shell for the Kernell and the Casket for the Jewell lodged their soules where they should only have bayted and did dote on the shadowes as on the substance it selfe in which respect the Peoples judgements as well as those Ceremonies needed a Reformation The maine point we shall insist on is this That Christians living under the Gospel live in a time of Reformation which will appeare in severall particulars For besides Ceremonies removed according to the principall intent of the Text Manners are now reformed and Doctrine refined Poligamy connived at in the Patriarks now generally condemned the Bill of Divorce cancelled by Christianity which was permitted to the Jewes not because that was good but because they were bad and by this Tolleration were kept from being worse The second Table abused by the restrictive Comments of the Pharisees confining those Lawes which were made to confine them onely to the outward Act are now according to our Saviour interpretation extended to their true demention The mistery of the Trinity clouded in the old Testament is cleered in the New The Doctrine of Gods righteousnesse by faith of the merrit of Christ of the spirit of Adoption of the Resurrection of the Body darkly delivered under the Law are manifested in the Gospel with many other heavenly Revelations Let us be hartily thankfull to God who gave us to be borne since the comming of Christ in the time of Reformation Our Twi-light is cleerer then the Jewish Noon-day The men of China use to brag that they because of their ingenious civility have two Eyes the Europaeans one and that all the World besides are starke blinde more truely it may be said that the Christans had two Eyes the Law and Gospell the Jewes but one the Law alone and all people and Pagans besides sit in darknesse and the shadow of death The Jewes indeed saw Christ presented in a land-scept and beheld him through the Perspective of faith seeing the promises a farre off But at this day a Dwarfe-Christian is an overmatch for a gyant Jew in knowledge as appeareth by our Saviours Riddle Mat. 11.11 Among them that are borne of women there hath not risen a greater then John the Baptist Notwithstanding he that is least in the Kingdome of Heaven is greater then he Which Riddle is thus untyed Iohn Baptist was the greatest amongst the Children of Women because other Prophets foresaw Christ He saw him others spake of Christ He spake to him and had the high honour to baptize him with water by whose spirit he himselfe was baptized Yet was he the least in the Kingdome of Heaven which properly began after Cerists Ascention because though perchance acquainted with the generals thereof the particulars of the time place meanes and manner were as much conceal'd from him as cleerly revealed unto us He never knew that Iudas should betray Christ Caiphas accuse him Peter deny him Pilate condeme him Souldiers crucifie him Nicodemus embalme him Ioseph bury him These and many more Circumstances of our Saviours passion