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A44247	The doctrine of life, or, Of mans redemption, by the seed of Eve, the seed of Abraham, the seed of David, &c. as it was taught in severall periods of time, from Gen. 3. 15. till Christ came in the flesh, to fulfill all typicall prefigurations of him by his death : wherein also sundry other fundamentall points are discussed and cleared from some common mistakes : as Daniels chronologie of seventy sevens, which is cleared from the uncertainty which too many expositors have unadvisedly cast upon it : and about the Jewes calling, that it must not be understand of any return to Canaan, or of their restauration to a perspicuous common wealth any more, but of the calling of a remnant of them to the faith, in the countries where they live dispersed : and with the true nature of our Lords sufferings, with sundry other such like points, as may be seen in the table : propounded by way of question and answer, with annotations thereunto annexed : divided into three parts / by Edward Holyoke of New-England.	Holyoke, Edward, d. 1660.	1658 (1658)	Wing H2534; ESTC R22353	401,616	468

God hath forbidden it and plagued the transgression in the old and new Testament 2 Cor. 6 and 7.1 Apoc 3.14 See Ezraes sadnesse chap. 9.14 the affinity of Loegria with Gallia hath brought heavy wrath In Q 6. N. 7. Praises and thanksgivings He is thy Praise and he is thy God that hath done for thee th●se great and terrible things which thine eyes have seen Deut. 10 For the duty of praise Psal 95. and 96. and 100. and 103 and 108 and for all kinds of blessings spirituall and corporeall and the assured hope of eternall let us delight in this duty of praise and thanksgiving In Q. 6. N. 7. Of each dayes creation All the Hosts of the Heavens and Earth worship him if he give but a watch-word to any of his creatures to any of his hosts they rebell not against his word his word runs very swiftly in them Ps 136. and 91. c see this in all the stories of the word and especially when the saints offer up strong cryes to Jehovah of Hosts a terrour to the seed of the serpent who engage all the armies of Heaven and Earth and seas against them 1 Sam. 7. See much of Ps 18.6 7 8 c. In Q. 6. N. 7. For deliverance Psal 136.23.24 Apoc. 15. and 19. All the plagues of Pharoah shew this His plagues were from Iehovah E●●him from each dayes creation in Ge● 1. The thankfull remembrance of Gods mercy to our blessed England is worthy of happy memory Eph. 3.20.21 In 7. Quest and Answ Christ who is Alpha and Omega the first and the last is the first and the last teacher of his own religion and worship Man not precisely cleaving to divine revelation is an idolatrous superstitious and selfe-willed foole although hee will make great shew of wisdome and humility In Q 7. I determined not to know any thing among you save Jesus Christ and him crucified This holy Doctrine is breathed constantly in all the holy scriptures from the beginning Sacrifice was a seal of justification or freedome from guilt of sin and punishment that is by faith Sacrifice was still taught with the Doctrine God made a covenant with man fallen by sacrifice and when they sacrificed they prayed Gen. 12.8 1 Sam. 7.9 Yea Habel Gen. 4. Eb 11. consider Ps 20. all of it and Gen. 15. God promised Abraham beleeved and to strenghen his faith sacrifice was added and it is say God made a covenant with Abraham the same day From the time of mans fall beasts were killed for sacrifice and it kindled first with fire from Heaven The tame quiet and mild kinde as Ox Sheep and Goat and birds not devouring as Turtle and Pigeon and other little birds no beasts of prey nor birds of prey but such as feed upon seed are fit for sacrifice These shewed that the second Adam by his combating with Satan through his constant patience and holy obedience unto death should procure our justification or freedome from Satans power Also such manner of sacrifices taught us mortification following Christ and profession of a quiet and harmlesse life For no Tyrants can sacrifice to God but just quiet and patient folke 1 Tim. 2.8 And the keeping of the fire once kindled taught them not to quench the spirit That speech of Apoc. 13. must here be minded Christ was the Lambe slaine from the foundacion of the world slaine in the decree of the blessed Trinity and in the Church by types of the Lords owne appointment In Q 7. The presence of God Holy convocations together with Gods Ordinances was so called in after times called also the Courts of God there is Gods residence there he keeps Court and glorious is it to consider Exod. 20 24. and chap. 29.43.44.2 Cor. 6. For it is sayd There will I meet with thee There we sit at his f●et as his disciples to heare his words at the posts of wisdome wee must attend Prov. 9. There is the beauty of holinesse his own commanded worships There is the provision of the heavenly housholder there the blessed shepheard feeds the flock of his fold Oh see the comforts that an holy soule doth there finde Psal 23. and 36. and 40. and 42. and 65. and 84. and 95. and 100. and 132. c. The Saints as Habell have blessed communion with God their exceeding joy there the Saints the Israel of God rejoyce in his Makers the children of Sion rejoyce in their King Jehovah their God is with them the joyful shout of a King is among them There the holy voluntaries the army of Heaven assemble and compass their commander and blessed and holy is the communion that the Saints have there one with another and especially it shineth when there is none unclean and profane of their company Infinite are the uses of application how that we in all things must remember That holinesse becomes his house and presence for ever What preparations longings and attention to meet such a King such a Father such a Bridegroome c. insuch holy Ordinances and before men to shew forth the virtues of him that hath called them that as their King is holy so they to be holy in all manner of conversation Solemn assemblies without mixture of mens in ventions is a deare blessing it is an Eden the very Garden of God Ezek 28. Cant. 4 3. In 8. Quest and Answ Habel Now faith is the expectation of that which is hoped and the tryer our of things which are not seen for by it the Elders were well reported of By faith Habel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice then Kaine by which he obtained witnesse that he was righteous i. e. j●stified that is freed from sins guilt and desert God testifying of his offerings and by it he being dead yet speaketh Eb● 11.4 So Habels faith did speak to the revolting Hebrewes how and from whom they must expect justification and salvation In 9. Quest and Answ Began the war Where as it is sayd the seed of the serpent shall bruise it sheweth they should be of great power outward glory and temporall felicity as from Kaine through all the holy stories Psal 44. and 73. and 79. Job 12 and 22. Apoc. 13. c. c. In Q 9. The holy seed Habel for love to Christ was the first that was accounted as a sheep for the slaughter that was killed for the word of God and faith testimony of Jesus Christ Hence the Proverb begins to take place The just is an abomination to the wicked Observe hence that the wicked are one corporation from Kain to the end of the world and all the godly from Habel to the end of the of the world are another corporation in Christ And therfore what persecution Kain did to Habel wicked men are now guilty of Psal 66.6 Hos 12.4 Mat. 23.35 for they would have done the same to our Lord to the Prophets as Kain did to Habel if they had then lived And ungodly men have do and will

hyssop and he that sprinkleth the conscience for justification and sanctification as St. Peter taught the circumeision 1 Pet. 1.3 and St. Paul in the Epistle to them Heb. 9. and 10. So David confessed he was a Leper and unclean spiritually crying to God to be purg●d and cleansed as Lepers and other unclean were purified Levit. 14.6 Num. 19.18 By this we see they had knowledge what the Ceremonies meant and the Law was written in their hearts and so their mindes and on the Table of their heart Prov. 3.3 7.3 and none but God could so write it and this was from his covenant in Christ he being their God also this shewes they had expounded of the Law The Modern Jews could say and they had it from their ancient Elders and an excellent saying it is What Aaron did on earth Michael that is Christ did in heaven But yet they should go one point of faith further That every Sacrificer must be taken from among men to teach us to believe that the Son of God should take mans nature to end Moses and to be a sacrificer for ever Heb. 5.1 2. c. But they doubted and said Who can go up to heaven to bring Christ down to dwell in our Tabernacle and who can go to the deep of the earth to bring Christ fr●m the dead They believed not JESUS to be Jehovah and by the Godhead to raise the manhood and that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself not counting their trespasses to them and that he made him to be a sin-offering for us who knew no sin that we might be made God the Fathers righteousness or justification pardon forgiveness freedome and atonement in Him Upon Psalm 143.1 Hear my prayer O Eternall As it was observed at the beginning that each comfort comes to us by way of free promise and covenant unthought of and undesired on our part so it is in this duty of prayer helped us in the duty and promised in the Mediatour to hear us Psalm 50.15 Gen. 46.1 Ephes 2.18 we could neither know what to pray nor had the face to look up to God But this through the work of the Spirit makes the saints them of the old Testament as well as we of the New as Ephes 2.18 19. weeboth to utter their Groans and sighes to the God of Covenant Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my Name he will give it you John 16. In all thy waies acknowledge him and he shall direct thy waies Prov. 3. By faith in Christ Habel drew near or came to God in assurance of acceptation Heb. 10 22. 11.4 A promise believed most lively stirreth up to prayer 2 Sam. 7.27 Dan. 9.1 2 3 c. Ezek. 36.37 Gen. 32.9 The unchangeableness of Gods counsels and the stability of the promises yea and the fruits of our Lord Christs death do not dispense from the duty of prayer yea they are wrought for our good by his ordinance Num. 16.46 47. Quest 3. and Answ The Spirits illumination The Spirit enlightneth the eyes of the understanding experimentally to know the mystery of God who is the Father and of Christ It convinceth of sin and uncleanness abaseth all our righteousness sheweth the fountain for washing of guilt and filth sealeth reconciliation in the assurance of justification and adoption frameth the foul a new Creature to humble filial and sincere obedience and invocation it recovereth from-salls and comforts in affliction and carrieth the heart aloft in praises and thanksgivings c. Quest 4. and Answ N. 1. From the first Adam By one man sin entred into the world in whom all men have sinned Rom. 5. Mark there the sweet comparisons of the first and second Adam Again that which is born of the flesh is flesh and that which is born of the Spirit is Spirit John 3. Every man is born an ignorant Ass-colt born an Atheist and Idolatour born of a false worship an hypocrite a blasphemer and a profaner of Gods Name and Worship forgetfull and unmindeful and slighting Gods sanctified time of Worship born with a stubborn spirit against the duties of all religions born a murderer an adulterer a thief a false accuser and slanderer a covetous uncontonted person In all things the thoughts of mans heart is evil from his youth Therefore the Spirit testifieth that wear all born dead in sin and children of Wrath by nature But alasse How dully do we thinke of these things Ibid. N. 1. Became a second Adam David looked to the Tabernacle God would rear not such a one as was made with hands but from the similitude of that which was on earth he looked to the heavenly thinge themselves Faith did evidence to him things not seen David saith to God in Christ reconciling the world to himself wash me So the Apostles shew this washing and cleansing as from him that is from the beginning but manifested to be a second Adam to be seen selt and handled even for this great mercy 1 John 1.7 Apoc. 1.5 Tit. 3.5 1 Pet. 1.2 Ibid. N. 2. repair the lapses and decayes The just man falleth scaven times a day but he riseth again God will uphold that he shall not fall finally and David prayed for upholding Psalm 37.24 51.12 Pro. 24 16 and God doth uphold us in all our temptations that there will be an issue out of them Psalm 73.23 1 Cor. 10.13 N. 3. w●harawing or with hold● How much more shall the bloud of Christ who through the Eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God Heb 9 14 10.22 1 John 〈◊〉 20 21. N. 4 According to the Law We most hence learn to undervalue our best abilities and to be humbled for our exactest performances Therefore Christ ordained sacrifice for the sins of their holy offerings Deut. 16. And that the High Priest should bear the iniquity of their holy things which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts Exod. 28.38 And the Saints were sensible of this confessing we are all unclean and that all our righteousness is as filthy raggs Esay 64.6 if the best man dare not justifie his actions his actions cannot justifie him the most regenerate doth not what he would and should Rom. 7. a godly man sees cause to hate somewhat he doth in his best actions The Law of Christ Exod. 20. is more spiritual than the best man If we condemn our selves we justifie the Law that it is holy just and good N. 5. That it consisted in transgression forgiveness By the grace of forgiveness we stand justified from sin or we stand being made free from sin the Law maker may forgive sin and so doth but yet in the Mediatour and so we may stand Then being justified by faith we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ Rom. 5 1. This verse yea all the chapter is but an inference from the former doctrine in chap 3. of