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A12709	The mystery of godlinesse a generall discourse of the reason that is in Christian religion. By William Sparke divinity reader at Magd: Coll: in Oxford, and parson of Blechly in B[uck]ingham-shire.	Sparke, William, 1587-1641.	1628 (1628)	STC 23026; ESTC S100099	133,807	175

the article of the resurrection was by Hymeneus and Philetus who erred concerning the truth thereof p v. 25. yet will God giue thē repentance to the acknowledging of the truth whō he will saue which by the grace of God shall spring againe out of that seede of faith that remaineth in them q Rom. 3.3 Shall our vnfaithfulnesse make the truth of God of none effect r 2 Tim. 2.12.13 It is a faithfull saying if wee deny him he will also deny vs. If wee beliue not if wee doubt and erre in some things for the time yet hee abideth faithfull and cannot deny himselfe For ſ v. 19. the foundation of God abideth sure and hath this seale The Lord knoweth who are his And they who are once iustified with God being effectually called t Rom. 8.28 according to his purpose are neuer vniustified againe For howsoeuer their sinnes may be such as deserue no lesse by the law yet their persons being vnder grace in Christ u Iohn 5.24 they shall neuer come into condemnation but are passed from death to life Now * Rom. 8.10 although the spirit be life because of righteousnesse Resurrection yet the body is dead because of sinne a body of sinne and of death and therefore x Exue corpus istud quod circumfers vestimentum ignorantiae fundamentum prauitaetis vinculum corruptionis mortem viuam cadauer sensibile sepulchrum portatile domesticum surem Hermes in Pemandro the body from whence our corruption springs originally wherein it resides perpetually y Lex est non paena perire must bee dissolued the soule being separated by death or at least some way changed that it may be made a glorious body at the appearing of Iesus Christ Our z Quam deus manibus suis ad imaginem sui struxit quam de suo af statu ad viuacitatis suaesimilitudinem animauit quam incolatui fructui dominatui totius suae operationis praeposuit quam sacramentis disciplinisque vestiuit cuius munditias amat castigationes probat passiones sibi appreciat haeccine non resurget totiens dei Absit vt deus manuum suarum operam ingenii sui curam afflatus sui vaginam molitionissuae reginam liberalitatis suae haeraedem religionis suae sacerdotem testimonii sui militem Christisui sororem in aeternum destituat interitum Tertul. de resur carnis bodies are the worke of Gods hands as our soules are from him he made the first mans body of the dust of the earth and breathed into it the spirit of life and a Psal 139.15 he fashioneth our bodies belowe in the earth * Plato in Timoeo vt habet August de civ Dei 22. scribit animas non posse in aeternum esse sine corporibus Hinc 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 commenti sunt philosophi poetae metamorphosm * De circida Arcadescribit Aelianus quod magno desiderio sit mortuus inquiens sperare se conventurum ex Philosophis Pythagoram ex historicis Haecateum ex musicis Olympum ex poetis Homerum neither is man compleat longer then he consists both of soule and body Now b Iob. 14.15 God who hath a desire to the worke of his hands will recouer and saue the whole man make him to liue notwithstanding the malitious practise of Satan the murtherer to the contrary Whereof hee hath giuen euidence in the whole course of nature euening and morning winter and summer and in his speciall prouidence ouer his Church and people by their Miraculous deliuerances and recoueries from captiuity and desolation as it were from death therefore vsually called their c Isai 26.19 Ezech. 37. resurrection Doe wee not see how d Eccl. 1.4 one generation passeth and an other generation cometh but the earth abideth for euer as it were the common stage and theatre of nature so long as it endureth But when all parts are acted heauen and earth and all shall be dissolued For as all the parts so the vniverse the whole systeme of nature begunne with time continues in time which is the measure of motion vntill time that spends all hath spent it selfe when e Rev. 10.6 time and temporall things shall bee no more f 2. Pet. 3.13 But a new heauen a new earth eternall wherein dwelleth righteousnesse A folly it is that some aske g 1. Cor. 15 35 36. with what body shall wee come No question the same body else were it not a h 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Lucianus Pythagorāvena lem exponens quis emet quis esse supra homines affectat quisscire vniuersi concentum reviviscere resurrection The same body howsoeuer changed as in this life wee feed not wee slepe not but our bodies are altered our digested food supplying what nature had consumed we are not cured but our bodies are altered Physicke repairing what diseases had corrupted and wasted Insomuch that some haue doubted whether we be the same bodies in age as we were in youth As a ship is still the same that where it decaies hath new plancks clapt on vntill in every place all be changed so are our bodies And though all be dissolued into the first materials yet being againe put together by the same almighty hand which made all of nothing it is the same mans body the same body of the same soule whereby it was and euer shall be i Forma principium indiuiduationio indiuiduated howsoeuer it be widdowed for a time and wonderously changed in the end in the meane time vtterly putrified and corrupted As the first mans body who was made after the image of God and bare a maiesty amongst the creatures was changed by sinne and became subiect to manifold diseases to shame to death and yet was still the same body so through death our bodies shall haue the vtmost of that change and yet bee raised the same bodyes and changed againe k 1 Cor. 15.42.43.44 from weaknesse to power from corruption to incorruption from dishonour to glory l Phil. 3.21 for they shall bee fashioned like vnto Christ his glorious body As the pure spirits of wine or the spirits of life in a man are bodies spirituall bodies and the quintescence of any mettall or minerall extracted from the grosse elements is of a celestiall nature and yet both it and the spirits are bodies the same bodyes purified sublimated in like manner though farre more excellent shall bee the resurrection of our bodies when God hath as it were distilled them through natures great lymbecke of what forme soeuer whether through the earth or water or bowels of beasts or by fire as all that remaines at the last day and shall extract a glorious body that shall inherit immortality m 1 Cor. 13.51 We shall not all sleepe but we must all be changed some way or other n v. 4● for as we

are by institution custome or compact other instrumentall meanes as it were morall instruments of conueiance as signing and sealing liurey and season or something in earnest representing the whole interest Mysticall acts they are because done in a c Sacramentū 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 mystery wherein some d Sacramentū dicitur sacrum signum siue sanctum secretum Bernard Serm. 1. de caen dom sacred and secret matter is farther intended by that which is outwardly done and vsed The spirituall things signified by the outward elements are the all sufficient a Signum est res preter speciem quam ingerit sen sibus aliud aliquid exse faciens in cogitationem venire Aug. l. 2. de doctr Christ cap 1. Verbum visibile Aug. hom in Iohan. 80. meanes of grace the body and blood of Christ the mediatour once offered by himselfe for vs. The foreskinne circumcised was it not a type of the promised seed to Abraham and his prosterity b Rom. 9.5 of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came God blessed for euermore The paschall lambe did it not represent Christ the lambe slaine from the begining of the world in the counsell of God And now c 1. Cor. 5.7 Christ our passeouer is slaine d 1. Pet. 1.19 a lambe without blemish and without spot The water in baptisme is it not the e v. 2. sprinkling of the blood of Iesus Christ The f Cor. 10.16 bread which wee breake is it not the communion of the body of Christ But besides these spirituall things which are the meanes grace signified by the outward elements there are also spirituall acts of grace to wit our admission into the catholicke Church and the communion of saints intended by the outward actions whereby the sacraments are administred and receiued and without the which they are not compleate being as their names import certaine h Res gesta Isiod Docentur eriam homines socramenta esse actiones diuinitus institutas Polon confess Sacramenta exercitia sunt Calv inst lib. 4. c. 14.6 Signum practicum Bel. ceremonia ritus solennis L. 1. de● Sacram. c. 9.10 11. acts that consist in the doing Not the foreskinne but the cutting of it as God had appointed was the circumcision not the lambe but the eating of it as was prescribed was the passeouer not the water but the i Baptismus non est aqua quae est res per manens sed lotio in aqua quae est operatio transiens Gab. dist 4. q. 2. dub 4 washing dipping or sprinkling with it in the name of the Father sonne Holy ghost is baptisme not the bread and wine but the vsing of them according to Christ his institution is the communion Howsoeuer the materialls themselues visible or spirituall or both may sometimes be called by the names of the sacraments as k 1. Cor. 10.16 the cup the communion l c. 5. v. 7. Christ the passeouer by a figuratiue speech most vsuall in things of so neere relation and not vnfit in figuratiue ordinances yet the elements although consecrated are not compleat sacraments vntill the other actions pertinent concurre whereby they are administred and receiued nor doe they continue sacraments any longer then while they are so vsed A mans deeds what are they to any one though in writing signed and sealed with his owne hand and seale vnlesse they bee deliuered and receiued as his act and deed By baptisme the sacrament of our new birth BAPTISME the a Tit. 3.5 lauer of regeneration the seale of adoption initiation and admission into the Church and b Heb. 12.23 company of the first borne which are written in heauen the couenant is contracted God preuenting vs with his grace which by the other sacrament is confirmed or renewed c Iohn 3.5 Except a man bee borne againe of water and the holy Chost he cannot enter into the kingdome of heauen When being regenerate wee take new names Christian names d Es 44.5 One shall say I am the Lords and an other shall call himselfe by the name of Iacob and an other shall subscribe with his hand vnto the Lord and syrname himselfe by the name of Israell Now because we are by nature the e Eph. 2.3 Children of wrath and by corruption f v. 1. dead in sinnes and trespasses wee cannot be new borne but by a kinde of resurrection from the dead Therefore g Coloss 2.12 wee are buried with Christ in baptisme wherein also we are risen with him thorough the faith of the operation of God who hath raised him from the dead Whereof the water in baptisme is a most significant signe For water was the first element i Gen. 1.2 vpon which the spirit of God moued and produced all things according to the word and will of God k 2. Pet. 3.5 By the word of God the heauens were of old and the earth consisting of the water and in the water And wee by sinne being as water spilt vpon the ground doe by the grace of God in Christ thorough his spirit l Es 44.4 spring vp againe as willowes by the water courses a Ps 92.12 1● and shall flourish in the house of our God as b Ps 1.3 trees planted by the riuers side c Es 44.3 I will powre out water saith God vpon him that is thirsty and flouds vpon the dry ground I will power my spirit vpon thy seed and my blessing vpon thy ofspring Whether we respect our regeneration admission or spirituall resurrection all which concurrent graces are intended by this sacrament it implyeth a reciprocall act betwixt God and vs. His call our answere his iustification of vs by acceptance in Christ our d 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 1 Pet 3.21 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Mat. 3.6 Vid Act. 8.37 Anima non lauatione sed responsione sancitur Tertulide resur carn stipulation of a good conscience towards him his remission of our sins For e 1 Iohn 1.7 the blood of Christ clenseth vs from all sinne our repentance from dead workes to serue the liuing God hauing our f Heb. 9.14 consciences purged by his blood who thorough the eternall spirit offered himselfe without spot to God And therefore it is also called the sacrament of g Act. 2.3 repentance for the remission of sins h Deut. 26.17.18 Lauacrum illud èst obsignatio sidei Tertul. lib. de penit Now thou hast avouched the Lord this day to bee thy God the Lord hath auouched thee to be one of his people Of this contract there are i 1. Iohn 5.7 three that beare witnesse in heauen the Father the Word the Holy ghost these three are one For k 1. Pet. 1.2 we are elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father thorough sanctification of the spirit and sprinkling of the blood of Christ l 1. Iohn 5.8 And there are three