receive that unfadable Crown of the or that Glory Is not a state of Glory now one of the Depths of God 'T is also called ETERNAL Glory Thus 1 Pet. 5.10 But the God of all grace The Donor of all Grace and of all Degrees of Grace But what follows Who hath called us into his eternal glory by Christ Jesus c. Here is a state of Glory Yea an eternal state of Glory and is it not one of the Depths of God A State of Glory is a State of Joy Not a Step unto Joy but a State of Joy is it not then one of the Depths of God Thus Mat. 25.21.23 Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord. Metonymia Finis vel Adjuncti Piscator Enter into Heaven the third Heaven a State of GLORY which is a sorrowless State and one of the Depths of God It is not said by Christ let the Joy of thy Lord enter into Thee but enter Thou into the Joy of thy Lord. Intimating that the Joys of Heaven are so many that they are not comprehended in the Soul of MAN This Joy of the Lord is the Joy that Christ himself provideth and which Christ himself enjoyeth Is not this then one of the Depths of God The Joy of the Lord and a State of Joy are convertible Terms Severinus that Indian Saint was heard to say upon his Restauration from the Confines of Eternity thus Oh my GOD do not for pity so overjoy me if I must stil live and have such Consolation take me to Heaven Is there such Joy in a State of Greif What Joy then is there in a State of Glory which is a sorrowless State and one of the Depths of God A State of Glory is a State of so great JOY that no Geometrician can measure it no Arithmatician can number it no Logician can define it and no Rhetorician can express it Is not then this State which is a sorrowless State one of the Depths of God When Aug. in a nigh Speculation endeavoured to express caelestial JOY Quid agis he was asked by a grave old man what dost thou Aug. what dost thou A Man may as wel draw in all the Air in the World with one Breath as to express to the Life what thou art now about not that there is Want of Words but Wants in Words to express it Is not then a state of GLORY which is a sorrowless State one of the Depths of God The cheif City of Persia was Shushan Beleive it Heaven is a Shushan a City of Joyfulness as the word signifieth Is it not then not only one of the Depths of God but indeed the Depth of God It was Mrs Bretterg that said it oh the Joys the Joys the Joys that I feel They be wonderful they be wonderful they be wonderful Is Joy below thus what is Joy above then Certainly this is one of the DEPTHS of GOD. In Hel ther 's nothing but Hel in Heaven ther 's nothing but Heaven certainly then a state of Glory or Heaven is one of the Depths of God Mr Bruen a litle before his Death being asked whether his Consolations did abound in the midst of his Afflictions answered Yes I bless God and far exceed them Oh my Soul Is there such Consolation before Death what Joy then wil there be in a state of GLORY which is a sorrowless State after Death Is not this then one of the Depths of God I have read of one Pedcock who after his Dissertion said the Sea is not fuller of Water nor the Sun fuller of Light than my Heart is ful of JOY Yea the Joy that I feel is incredible Was it thus here what then wil it be hereafter which necessitateth this Concession that a state of Glory which is a sorrowless State is one of the Depths of God Aug. If one may be credited herein he saith this If one DROP of the Joys of Heaven should fal into HEL it would swallow up all the Bitterness in Hel. The Joy of Grace is when the Lord is with Vs The Joy of Glory is when We are with the Lord Is not a state of Glory then which is a sorrowless State one of the Depths of God As the Sorrow of the Soul is the greatest Sorrow so the Joy of the Soul is the greatest Joy but the Greatness of this Joy wil be in a state of Glory Is it not then one of the Depths of God WARLESS A State of Glory is a Warless state is it not then one of the Depths of God If all Aceldema's be Bochims and none fitter for Places of Weepers than Fields of Blood certainly then a State of Glory which is a warless State is one of the Depths of God Nulla Salus BELLO Pacem te possimus omnes If Peace be better than War Pax potior Bello and so far to be preferred before Victory it self as the End is better than the Means certainly then a state of Glory which is a warless State is one of the Depths of God The Sage of Israel saith Eccl 3.8 There is a time of war Nomen Pacis desiderabile and a time of peace If the Name of PEACE be desirable witness the late intestine War in England that 's fresh in many Memories and which was attended with such Cares and Crosses with such Calamities and Cruelties with such Devastation and Depopulation with such Barbarity and Blasphemy with such Theft and Treachery with such Rape and Ruine Certainly then a state of Glory which is a warless State is one of the Depths of God The Effect of WAR is Wast 'T is said of the Turkish-War that where the Horse of the grand Seignior sets his Foot no more Grass wil grow he makes Havock of All. There is War upon EARTH in many if not in most parts of the Earth but there is no War in HEAVEN There is Peace pure Peace perfect Peace Is not then a state of Glory which is a warless State one of the Depths of God That we cal Civil War is the most barbarous for the Father riseth up against the Son and the Son against the Father Brother against Brother and Tribe against Tribe What Expressions are so horrible and terrible as to delineate the Barbarity especially of an intestine WAR Shal I mention the Dragon of Pliny sucking out the Blood of the Elephant til the dying Elephant by his Fal crushed the Dragon to Death Shal I mention the EMBLEM of Philip Duke of Burgundy being Flint and Steel beating one upon another until both are wasted producing no other Issue but Fire Shal I represent Jer. 13.12 13 14. the earthen Bottle of the Prophet A Passage not to be read with dry eyes if the FACE of Things which hath so tremendous an ASPECT be duly reflected PAX opt ma Rerum But a state of Glory is a warless State and one of the Depths of God If Natâ—onal Peace be cryed up forthe best of Things if
Sin Satan and War have all one Name and EVIL be the best of Them if the best of Sin be Deformity the best of Satan be Enmity and the best of War be Misery certainly then a State of Glory which is a warless State is one of the Depths of God It was prophesied long since by the Prophet of Prophets and is now fulfilled in our eares Ye shal hear of wars and rumours of wars c. Mat. 24.6 What Paradise is there under Heaven that a lasting WAR wil not turn into a Wilderness Is not every Siege the Funeral of a City every pitched Battle a Massacre every Army an armed Fury Certainly thena state of Glory which is a warless State is one of the Depths of God If the bare Names of a Political Peace and War carry to every mans Vnderstanding not defective in his Prudentials a Summary or Collection of all temporal Mercies or Mischeifs certainly then a state of Glory which is a warless STATE is one of the Depths of God Rara Fides Pietasque Viris qui CASTRA sequuntur If War be that miserable Desolation which finds before it a Land like Eden and leaves it behind it like Sodom and Gomorra a desolate and forsaken Wilderness certainly then a state of Glory which is a warless State is one of the Depths of God WANTLESS A State of Glory is a wantless state is it not then one of the Depths of God If it be a Curse to be poor in the possession of Riches Eccl. 5.10 and an Affliction to be poor for want of Riches John 12.8 Certainly then a state of GLORY which is a wantless State is one of the Depths of God He that hath fewer Eyes according to the Mythology of the Poets than Argus had may now see Poverty coming in like a prodigious Torrent as if it would bear down and break down all before it Is not then a state of GLORY which is a wantless State one of the Depths of God There are Wants upon Earth but not in Heaven The Disciples were poor very poor Though they had great Treasure in their Hearts they had litle in their Houses Thus 1 Cor. 4.11 Even unto this present time we both hunger and thirst Here is a Recital of the principal Discommodities of Life from whence the rest of that kind are intelligible And are naked While others are in their Robes they are in their Rags And are buffeted Though they wanted meat drink and cloathes yet they had blows and stripes And have no certain dwelling place Here is Hunger and Thirst here is Nakedness and Buffeting But is here all No ther 's another Dish of bitter Herbs yet behind After all this they have not a certain place wherein to hide their Heads But now a state of Glory is a wantless STATE and one of the Depths of God Yea as it was with the Disciple so it was with the MASTER Thus Mat. 8.20 The Foxes have holes He doth not say Kings have Palaces but I have none but the Foxes have holes And the Birds of the Air have nests Places of abode shelter in trees or other convenient receptacles But the Son of Man hath not where to lay his head Whether CHRIST the Creator of all things lived in a hired house or lodged with his Disciples I determine not Here is the terrene State of the Servant and of the Master Is not then a state of Glory which is a wantless State one of the Depths of God There may be Wants to many upon Earth but there are no Wants to any in Heaven There may be Wants to many in the Kingdom of the Son but there shal be no Wants to any in the Kingdom of the Father There may be Wants to many in a State of GRACE but there shal be no Wants to any in a State of GLORY Is not this now one of the Depths of God PERSECUTIONLESS A State of Glory is a persecutionless state is it not then one of the Depths of God Is Persecution a Novelty No the first Man that ever died died a MARTYR Is not now a state of Glory which is a persecutionless State one of the Depths of God Utere Jure tuo Caesar Sectamque LUTHERI Ense Rotâ Ponto Funibus Igne NECA Great Caesar thou dost now the Scepter sway Act like a Cain the Sect of Luther slay Let That be Object of thy Royal Ire By stabbing wheeling drowning roping Fire This was the Diabolical DIALECT then and should it be so now the World is grown so gray I should joyn Issue with Luther who saith that CAIN wil be killing his Brother ABEL to the end of the World but He is most bloody in his old dayes May not this be the Motto of the Palm-tree The more Weight Depressa resurgo the more Height Like the Children of Israel the more they were afflicted the more they multiplied But now a state of GLORY is a persecutionless State and is it no◠then one of the Depths of God We may read if we can read of a great persecution Acts 8.1 against the Church which was at Jerusalem That this Persecution Ch. 11.19 arose about Stephen Is not now a state of GLORY which is a persecutionless State one of the Depths of God It was Cardinal Farnesius who desired to wade in the Blood of the Lutherans up to his horses Bridle This also was the Cry concerning Jerome let him be burned let him be burned But ther 's no Persecution in a state of Glory and is it not then one of the Depths of God There hath been very great Persecutions on Earth but there is not the least Persecution in HEAVEN He who was a Persecuter Acts 9.5 was also persecuted Gal. 5.11 A state of Glory is the Presence of all Good and the Absence of all Evil is it not then one of the Depths of God There is not a Persecutor in Heaven All Persecutors are on Earth or in Hel so living and dying Ther 's not a Cain nor a Caligula in Heaven not an Ishmael nor a Julian in Heaven not a Pharoah nor a Pilate in Heaven Is not then a state of GLORY which is a persecutionless State one of the Depths of God 'T is written of Fulgentius that in the midst of his Sufferings he used to say Plura pro Christo toleranda We must suffer more than this for Christ The Will of God must be suffered as wel as done There must be Passion as wel as Action and as there must be doing so there may be dying 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Thus 2 Tim. 3.12 All that wil live godly in Christ Jesus shal suffer persecution Or according to the Greek shal be persecuted But ther 's no Persecution in a state of GLORY and is not this then one of the Depths of God It is said of the Christians al litle before the Neronian-Persecution that they laughed at their Torments that they courted the Flames and that they went out to
is freed from sin Rom. 6.7 Is not a state of Glory then which is contagionless as to Body and Soul one of the Depths of God TEMPTATIONLESS A State of Glory is a temptationless State is it not then one of the Depths of God Our whole life saith Luther is but a Temptation I am saith He set upon without by all the World and within by the Devil and all his Angels It was thus on Earth but 't is not thus in Heaven Is not a state of GLORY then which is a temptationless State one of the Depths of God If there be no Place in the World that can secure from Temptation and be a Sanctuary from Satanical-Suggestion certainly then a state of Glory which is a temptationless State is one of the Depths of God That there is such a thing as TEMPTATION is so legible as if it were written with a Beam of the Sun Thus Heb. 11.37 They were tempted Beza 'T is much saith One that this should come in after the Recital of such Capital punishments and therefore would rather have it read were burned But the word TEMPTED may wel be retained For seeing they could do no good with Violence they made them great Profers and Promises trying if they could prevail that way as appears in the Martyroligy They were tempted But who were These They were WORTHIES Thus v. 38. Of whom the world was not worthy That is Mankind Genus humanum or wicked men who persecuted the good so Estius The World was not worthy of their Presence and yet these were tempted But wonder not for one infinitely more worthy than these Worthies was also tempted Suspend thy Judgment as to those under Temptation for Christ himself was tempted in the highest Measure that could be Mat. 4.1 11. Satan may tempt unto Sin but he cannot tempt into Sin His Sparks could never inflame us if he found no TINDER in our own Boxes Though Satan be the Father of Temptation yet the Heart is the Mother of Corruption The Enemy without were there not a Correspondency within could never hurt us Suggestion without were it not for Corruption within would be invalid and insignificant Is not Man his own Devil and doth he not often tempt HIMSELF But now a State of Glory is temptationless and corruptionless is it not then one of the Depths of God Satan as to his Temptation is confined to the Aerialpart therefore called Eph. 2.2 The Prince of the Power of the Air. Of the dark Air next us so Estius There he only reigneth not as a LORD but as a TYRANT Non ut Dominus sed ut Tyrannus so Erasmus There was a Tempter in the terrestial but there shal never be a Tempter in the caelestial Paradise Is not now a State of Glory which is a temptationless State one of the Depths of God TIMELESS A State of Glory is a timeless state is it not then one of the Depths of God The Cry of a damned Soul is I never minded Eternity But a State of Glory is a State of Eternity and is it not then one of the Depths of God Cuncta trahit secum vertitque volubile Tempus Tempus est Edax et Index Rerum Is not TIME the Shadow of Eternity Our Life may be compared to a Marriner in a Ship that hath all her Sails spread and these filled with Wind. The Child born in the Morning is old enough to die before Night Is not then a State of Glory which is a timeless State one of the Depths of God If the Quistion should be what is TIME Might not the Solution be 't is nothing else but a Meditation of ETERNITY Though Man be a Microcosm yet his Life is compared to a Span. Ps 39.5 To a Shadow Ps 144.4 To a Vapour Jam. 4.14 But now a state of Glory is a timeless State is it not then one of the Depths of God Thus 1 Pet 1.4 To an inheritance incorruptible It perisheth not as the Riches of the World 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ambrose and Erasmus render it immortal And undefiled 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The name of a STONE which being cast into the Fire is not consumed nor corrupted but is taken out more splendid so Isidore And fadeth not away This is the name of a Flower 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which being hung up in a House fadeth not but remaineth fresh and green Reserved in heaven for you 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Or according to the Greek reserved in heavens for us Here is the Excellency and Certainty of the Inheritance so Estius The Stability and Perpetuity of the Inheritance so Gerhard 'T is reserved in the heavens in the hand of the God of Gods out of which Jo. 10.28 it can never be plucked The Inheritance here is a CROWN a Crown of Life a State of Glory a Life of Glory Here is also the Incorruptibility and Certainty the Stability and Eternity of this State Is it not then one of the Depths of God As GRACE did lead the Van so up the Rear Doth GLORY bring without a brinish Tear Did Luther here and Calvin live in Strife The Life of GLORY is the GRACE of Life The Presence of all Good is Heaven and The Absence of all Evil. Heer 's a Land Lord shal I not like Moses mounted be This Holy-Land in ANTITYPE to see But to inspect the Manner of the State That Matters here below doth Antiquate 'T is SINLESS Now Sin is the Pest of Pests The very Basis of terrene Contests Of Poisons 't is the Poison But Free-Grace Is made its ANTIDOTE within the Race Ah fatal Ish and Ishah see your Stature Sin EVIL is in Name and also Nature Thus to the dark side of the Cloud but now A Prospect of the other some allow Be joyous Soul no Corrosive to Thee But Cordial a sinless State wil be 'T is SORROWLESS Thus unto Christ and His A perfect State of perfect JOY it is For when the Cause is taken quite away There no Effect can be the Learned say No Baca neither Bochim HEAVEN is To saved Ones a perfect Shushan ' t is Tears may be in a State of GRACE but can Tears in a State of GLORY be to Man Oh take a Prospect of this highest Land No Tears in Eyes shal there a Moment stand 'T is WARLESS too Th' Effect of War is Wast Thus hath it been in all the AGES past Yea in this Age. Lord let not Feilds of Blood In ENGLAND any more be understood A lasting War wil I must needs confess A GOSHEN turn into a WILDERNESS A Funeral a Seige is to a City And Armies armed Furies are 'T is pity Oh Prince of Peace intestine War prevent By causing ALL in Earnest to Repent 'T is WANTLESS next Though in a State of Grace There may be WANTS to Runners of the Race But in a State of Glory there are none Ther 's timeless Fulness with the living Stone Though upon EARTH there may be Wants to Many Yet there are none in HEAVEN unto Any Oh Bread of Life who always art a Feast In Famine to the Greatest and the Least Lord give me Food and Rayment by the Way That so no longer I may go astray 'T is PERSECUTIONLESS Here Hunting is Of very many JESUS owneth His Their Lives to take But is this any Loss The Way unto the Crown is made the Cross Did ABEL who first died MARTYR die No Wonder let it be to Thee For I Would much more willing be to die than live And dying Witness for a JESUS give Oh grac'ous God! set this be granted Me That as my Burthen is my Back may be 'T is PRISONLESS Doth not on Earth Disgrace Rise only from the Crime not from the Place Immured Saint the CAUSE is Right'ousness Why art thou sad and in in a sable Dress This POEM taken Air thy Newgate-State Not to Condote but to Congrutulate New gate is Heaven if a CHRIST be there He made the Stable so and Sepalcher Oh sayed Soul I no Prison unto Thee But Palace shal a State of Glory be 'T is CURSLESS next In Houses here of Clay Saints meet with many Cursers by the Way And Curses too But ther 's a HOUSE above Made without Hands where nothing it but Love If cursing men be cursed men this Age Hath SHIMEI'S in Danger of the Cage But blessed Soul thou art not now the Worse For bring made the OBJECT of their Curse Oh Sacred Surety let all Cursings be Converted into Blessings unto Me. It is CONTAGIONELESS But here below Do Mortals reap according as they sow There are on Earth Diseases manifold Were all these ever by a GALEN told BUt there are none in Heaven That 's a State Where ENOCH finds Diseases out of Date Oh thou that art the best Physician Who speakest HEALING when no other can My Glass doth run my Dayes are almost spent The PLAGUE of Body and of Soul prevent It is TEMPTATIONLESS Where is the Place Or Person here below that for a Space Can MAN secure or can secured be From those Temptations nauseous unto Me Like unto His was JESUS made and tempted His also are and none of them exempted That like to Him they also might be made And so might drive above a better Trade LORD over Sin and Satan Conquest give That I to THEE but not to THEM may live 'T is TIMELESS too Where is beneath the Man Whose Dayes are not compared to a Span As to be born so ther 's a time to die TIME is the Shadow of Eternity Man is a WINK of Life but GLORY is A timeless State to all Christ owneth His. Oh chiefest GOD may I address to Thee These Depths of Thine did ever Bernard see Oh cheifest GOOD this Essay pardon Me Then shal all Glory given be to Three 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉
Communion with U. S Christ was made Partaker of the humane Nature Thus Heb. 2.14 For as much then as the Children are partakers of flesh and blood he also himself took part of the same c. The Children The Apostles and Disciples so Tena The Sons of God or Godly so Grotius Were pertakers of flesh and blood they continue in flesh and blood so Beza They are men mortal and miserable so Estius Himself also took part of the same c. In kind so Camerarius Without Sin so Gerhard That we might have Communion with GOD we are partakers of the divine Nature Thus 2 Pet. 1.4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises that thereby we might be partakers of the divine nature c. Not of the Substance of the DEITY as the Familists say 'T is a Fellowship with God in his Sanctity the Purity that is eminently and infinitely in Him is formally in His. 'T is a Fellowship also with God in his Felicity i. e. in the beatificial Vision and Brightness of Glory Is not Communion now one of the Depths of God For a Soul to lye as it were in the Bosome of God and to live as it were in the Embracement of God is not this one of the Depths of God For a Soul to see the Face of God and be indulged the charming and ravishing Shines and Smiles of that Face is not this one of the Depths of God This Communion with God and Christ is thorough the Spirit Thus 2 Cor. 13.14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the Communion of the holy Spirit be with you all Amen Is Ish without his Pangs and Pannick Fears COMMUNION a Depth of God appears If this be false thy Pen may this correct Of Vnion Communion's an Effect Experienced I COMMUNION see Far better is than can expressed be That God may have Communion with His Of humane Nature CHRIST Partaker is That We may have Communion with God And Glory in the burning of the Rod Of that Nature which is divine do We Participate Herein let all Agree Oh blessed BRNCH in Thee was never Leaven Is Fellowship with Thine on Earth a Heaven What then is Fellowship with THEE above Where Faith and Hope survived are by Love CONVOY A Convoy of Angels that 's one of the Depths of God As Pharoah David c had so Men in Capital Letters now have their Guards They think themselves safe enough with these though they be mercenary and mortal men howsafe then are they who have a Convoy of Angels which is one of the Depths of God Psal 91.11 For he shal give his Angels charge over thee to keep thee in all thy ways For his Angels will he command for thee to keep in all thy ways so Ainsworth So the SEPTUAGINT 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ki maleachaiv jetzavveh lach c. For his Angels wil he command to thee c. So the Hebrew Though the Power of God be sufficient to govern us yet he appointeth his Angels to watch over us as Soldiers encamped about us These words were applied to CHRIST when he tempted him Mat. 4.6 And no wonder for if they belong to all the faithful in general as Interpreters agree much more eminently unto the Head and Patron of Believers who is the Author and Consummator of their Faith Heb. 12.2 God is a Preserver of Men mediately by Instuments He preserves Man by Man by the Beasts of the Earth and Fowls of the Aire but chiefly he preserveth Men by ANGELS For his Angels shal he command to thee Is not a Convoy of Angels now one of the Depths of God To keep thee in all thy ways But thy ways must be his ways those ways which God hath given thee to walk in In all thy Actions fo Mariana In thy Affairs praescribed thee of God so Gejerus In the ways of the LORD so Munsterus This Clause the Devil left out when he laid Seige to the Mediator of the Promise Is not this Convoy now one of the Depths of God No Prince in the world who is not a Saint hath such a Guard at home nor such a Life-Guard when he goes abroad as the meanest Saint hath Is not a Convoy of Angels then one of the Depths of God So Heb. 1.14 Are they not all ministring Spirits sent forth to minister for them who shal be heires of salvation He doth not so much ask as affirm for the Hebrews improve an Interrogation for the greater Confirmation of a thing Are not Angels the Ambassadors and Heralds of Omnipotency Do not these carry COMFORT from his Throne to his Footstool from Heaven to Earth Certainly then their Convoy is one of the Depths of God The best part of Man even his SOUL is lower than Angels An Angel is a persect Soul and a Soul but an imperfect Angel Is not their Convoy now one of the Depths of God The Schoolmen have a Distinstion between Angels calling some assisting which are always before God Others ministring which are commanded up and down by God c. But 't is the greatest Folly in the World to be Wise above what is written If the Nature of Man be nothing but Sin Quod supra Nos Nihil ad Nos and Angels have not any sin at all in their Natures is not their CONVOY then one of the Depths of God These Angels are very great and so consequentially is their Convoy but there is an Angel ineffably greater and so must his Convoy be Thus Isa 63.9 And the Angel of his presence saved them Some Jewish Doctors understand here Michael the tutelary Angel as they account him of their Nation Others Mitraton an Harbinger or Messenger c. But is not this CHRIST of whom God speake unto Moses Exo. 23.21 23. called Jehovah Exo. 13.21 And an Angel Exo. 33.2 But what of this Angel of Angels He is a Convoy unto all ransomed and rescued by him Is not the Convoy of a Christ now one of the Depths of God Thus Isa 27.2 3. In that day At that time when Caligula's shal be destroyed when the CHURCH shal be pruned and purged by Passion Sing ye unto her a Vineyard of red wine May not this be the Church the Vineyard of God degenerated from her native Excellency and restored to her primitive Generosity and Glory Ani Jehovah I Jehovah do keep it So the Hebrew That must needs be kept which Jehovah keeps but Christ keeps the Church I will water it every moment That it may fertile be it shal be very often under divine Dews and Drops Lest any hurt it I wil keep it Night and Day Night and Day comprehend all time To be therefore kept Night and Day is to be kept constantly to be kept continually to be kept without intermission Is not the Convoy of a Christ now one of the Depths of God So Zach. 2.5 And I wil be unto her saith the Lord a wall of fire
Wonders and consequentially one of the Depths of God The INCARNATION of a Christ I find To be a Depth of God unto Mankind In the Beginning was the WORD and This Was with God was God is God unto His. For Him who had Eternity for Mansion And Banners there of LOVE have due Expansion For Him who had Eternity for Measure Who also is a complicated Treasure To be an INFANT of a Moment old For this the Angel unto Shephards told For Him who was the GOD of Joys to be A MAN of Sorrows and from Mortals flee For Him who was of Nations the Desire To be the Object of Almighty Ire For Him who higher than the Heavens is Lower than ANGELS to me made for His For Him who waited was by Angels then To watched be by mercenary Men For Him who crowned was with GLORY thus To crowned be with THORNS for abject Vs Of Wonders 't is a Wonder unto Me And Depth of God may also be to Thee GLORIFICATION Glory that 's one of the Depths of God But before I proceed At quis tantis Ego tantillus Ego I must give my self Check and with the greatest Reflection and Trepidation acknowledg what is a PIGMY to discover this Goshen or Garden this Country or City which hath Foundations this Mount of Beatitudes this Pallace or Paradise this Haven or Heaven A Life of Glory is the Grace of Life is it not then one of the Depths of God If Glorification be a perfect Transformation of the Saints of God into the Image of the Son of God is it not one of the Depths of God If GLORY be the real Transmutation of a Person from Misery or Penalty of Sin into eternal Felicity is it not one of the Depths of God If for this end God made Man that he should eternally live unto his Praise in the eternal Enjoyment of Himself is it not one of the Depths of God If a State of Glory be an eternal STATE Yea a State of ETERNITY and that of Felicity is it not one of the Depths of God That there is a State of Glory is evident Thus 1 Thes 2.12 That ye would walk worthy of God As become the Worshippers and Servants of God so Menochius Who hath called you Efficatiously so Estius But unto what Vnto his Kingdom and Glory Is not a State of Glory now one of the Depths of God Yea that there is a State of eternal Glory is as evident Thus 2 Tim. 2.10 Therefore I endure all things for the Elects sakes that they also may obtain the Salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory Is not a state of Glory now one of the Depths of God But what manner of State is a State of Glory Qu. What Drexelius saith of God that I may say of Glory Sol. but this he saith of God What God is that I know not what God is not that I know Thus I may say of Glory What Glory is I know not what Glory is not that I know Yet this may be asserted with the greatest Confidence and Comfort that a State of Glory is a State which is SINLESS A State of Glory is a sinless state is it not then one of the Depths of God There are Sinners on Earth and in Hel but there are none in Heaven and if no Sinner there then no Sin there Is not a state of Glory now one of the Depths of God If Sin be the Sting the Evil of Evils the Pest of Pests the Poison of Poisons certainly then a state of Glory which is a sinless State must be one of the Depths of God Was that Question Pro. 20.9 ever yet answered Who can say I have made my heart clean I am pure from my sin Is there a Day without Clouds Is there a Moon without Spots Is there a House without Rubbish Is there a Garden without Weeds Is there a Heart without Leaven Is there a Soul without Sin But a state of Glory is a sinless State and one of the Depths of God If what is said of War may be said of SIN that it is a complex Malum complexum and a complicated EVIL is not a state of Glory then which is a sinless State one of the Depths of God Of all men living there are none that look like greater Strangers unto their own Hearts than those who now pretend unto a personal Perfection PAUL was cried up for an earthly Angel yet not without the Plague of the Heart not without Sin within and that as an Inhabitant Thus Rom. 7.17 It is no more I that do it but sin that dwelleth in me But a state of Glory is a sinless State therefore one of the Depths of God The Truth of Grace consisteth in opposing every Sin the Strength of Grace consisteth in mortifying every Sin but the Conquest over every Sin is the Ingression of the Soul into GLORY Is not now a state of Glory which is a sinless State one of the Depths of God SIN is Evil all Evil so bad that we cannot call it worse than it is It s Name is Evil. Thus Rom. 7.13 That sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful Or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 according to the Greek that sin by the Commandment might appear a SINNER unto an HYPERBOLE But now a state of Glory is a sinless State and is it not then one of the Depths of God If Sin be a darkning of the Glory of God a defacing of the Image of God a crucifying of the Son of God a grieving of the Spirit of God and a wounding of the Soul of Man is not then a state of Glory which is a sinless State one of the Depths of God If SIN be the only thing in all the World that is the Object of Gods Abhorrence if this be the onely thing in all the World that makes Man truly miserable and of Angels made Devils certainly then a state of Glory which is a sinless State is one of the Depths of God If SIN be the only thing in all the World that necessirates Mercy that called for the Action and Passion of Christ and that caused Tears to stand in his sinless Eyes certainly then a State of GLORY which is a sinless State is one of the Depths of God If SIN be the only thing in all the World that God looks upon with a Vendictive Eye that Christ came to destroy that makes a Hel within and that caused the Maker of Man to repent of Man's making certainly then a state of GLORY which is a sinless State must needs be one of the Depths of God Every thing in Nature the higher it is the purer it is The Earth is the lowest and the grossest of the Elements The Water next to the Earth is grosser than the Air. The Air is grosser than the Fire which Philosophers call the highest of the Elements The higher we go the more Purity we find and when we come in a State of
meet DEATH in its blackest Dress The Duke de Alva boasted that in the space of six years he had executed Eighteen Thousand Men. Bloody Bonner was often heard to say that he would burn a Thousand Hereticks and so might wel be termed the Harbinger of Death But a state of GLORY is a persecutionless State and is it not then one of the Depths of God Now as Persecutors have been great and Persecutions have been great so the Judgments of GOD upon Persecutors for their Persecutions that they might read their Sin in their Punishment have been also very great For instance Did not Antiochus fall from his Judicial Seat suddenly crying out that all his inward Bowels burned and so died Did not Gardiner die despairingly saying I have denied with PETER but I have not repented with PETER Did not Severus poyson himself at York to period the Dolour of his Gout Was not Valens who consulted with the Devil about his Successor pursued to a Cottage and burned alive in it to leave his Name a Curse to all Ages Did not NERO that Monster of Mankind drink a Glass of Poyson then falling upon bis own Sword died miserably as he had lived wickedly Did not John de Roma who cryed out Oh this is for my Cruelty to Christians die accursed Was not BONNER buried among Theeves and Murderers as hated of God and Man Was not Judas the betrayer of an innocent Jesus his own Executioner Was not Julian slain ignota Manu by an unknown Hand when he cryed out Vicisti Galileae Vicisti Oh Galilean thou hast overcome Did not Pilate who would not hearken to the Advise of his Wife when she said have nothing to do with that just one lay violent hands upon himself But now there is no Persecuter therefore no Persecution in a state of Glory and is it not then one of the Depths of God PRISONLESS A State of Glory is a prisonless state is it not then one of the Depths of God There are Prisons upon Earth but there are none in Heaven Joseph was imprisoned here but He is not imprisoned there No sooner was JOSEPH in a Prison but JEHOVAH was with him Thus Gen. 39.20 21. His Master took him and put him into the prison c. But Jehovah was with Joseph and shewed him mercy c. Extended kindness unto him so the Margent Now Jehovah can make a Prison a Pallace Yea a Prison a Paradise by his special Presence A Prison with a Christ is better then a Palace without a Christ John the Baptist was imprisoned bound in prison and beheaded in the prison Mark 6.17.27 Peter was in prison kept in prison chained in prison Acts 12.4 5 6. Paul also writes himself a prisoner of Jesus Christ Eph. 3.1 For this cause I Paul the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles Not that he was imprisoned by Christ Christi Causa but for Christ For the sake of Christ so Drusius For asserting the Doctrine and Glory of Christ so Zanchy In particular a Prisoner for the GENTILES because he was their cheif Apostle and the ground of his Passion at this time was the Hatred of his Country-men the JEWS So 2 Cor. 11.23 In prisons more frequent Thus he met with a Prison on Earth but he meets with no Prison in Heaven With a Prison have many met in a state of Grace but with a Prison shal not any meet in a state of Glory is not such a state then one of the Depths of God a state of Glory is so far from being a Prison that 't is called a PARADISE Thus Luke 23.43 To day shalt thou be with me in Paradise This to day is emphatical The Master promised more than the Malefactor asked So Rev. 2.7 To him that overcometh wil I give to eat of the tree of life which is in the midst of the Paradise of God A state of Glory also and HEAVEN look like Synonoma's and seem to differ more in Sound than in Sense The Sacred Scripture mentions a three fold Heaven Aireal In this the Fowls flie and are called Job 35.11 the Fowls of Heaven Siderial In this the Lights are and are called Gen. 15.5 the Stars of Heaven Empyreal In this the Angels have their Residence and are called Mat. 24.36 the Angels of Heaven Is not this that which the Apostle calls 2 Cor. 12.2 the third heaven The Heaven of Heavens the cheifest Heaven so Grotius The Empyreal Heaven so Estius The Seat of CHRIST so Piscator And of blessed Spirits so Drusius If this be so certainly then a state of Glory which is a prisonless State is one of the Depths of God CURSLESS A State of Glory is a cursless state is it not then one of the Depths of God Are not cursing men cursed men yet this Age aboundeth with such Men but a state of Glory is a Curserless and Cursless state is it not then one of the Depths of God There are Cursers and Curses while Persons are in a State of GRACE but there are no Curses for there are no Cursers when Persons are in a State of GLORY is not this State then which is a curless state one of the Depths of God The righteous have the Curses of the wicked but the God of Grace can convert the Cursings of the graceless into Blessings to the gracious Thus Deu. 23.5 The Lord hath turned the curse into a blessing to thee because the Lord thy God loveth thee David though a Man after Gods own heart had a SHIMEI upon Earth 2 Sam. 16.5 14. who came forth and cursed stil as he came but he hath no Shimei in Heaven Is not a state of Glory then which is a cursless state one of the Depths of God The Prophet was the Object of the Curse of the People Thus Jer. 15.10 I have neither lent to Vsury nor men have lent to me on Vsury yet every one of them doth curse me The Italian-Antichrist who looks like the Reuben of Satan sends forth his Excommunications and Execrations he curseth the People whom God hath blessed with Bel Book and Candle But a state of Glory which He is never like to see much less to enjoy is a cursless state is it not then one of the Depths of God Did not the Jews also Acts 23.12 band together and bind themselves under a Curse or with an Oath of Execration that they would neither eat nor drink til they had killed Paul But now a state of GLORY wil be a blessed State Yea a State of Blessedness when the Soul shal not be severed one Moment from the Embracements of CHRIST to Eternity Is not this then one of the Depths of God If a state of Glory be a State as to Vision and Possession of perfect Felicity and that to Eternity without Amission or Intermission is it not one of the Depths of God Did the Emperor say I had been happy if I had not been an Emperor Faelix si non imperassem May not I
blood live When thou wast saith Caryl wrapped in and defiled with thine own blood Sin and Misery then I had pity on thee and spake Life to thee Every Soul tumbleth in Blood till sprinkled with Blood The Blood of Man is Filthiness the Blood of God-Man is Holiness GRACE comes not by Generation but Donation Did ever any finite Intellect perfectly travel the Heights and Depths the Lengths and Breadths of Free-Grace For Free-Grace to out-bid and out-vie not only the Deserts but also the Desires of Man is not this one of the Depths of God Thus Eph. 3.20 Now unto him that is able to do superabundantly so the Greek above what we are able to ask or think c. What Pensil can draw to the life the vanishing Features of a Soul beautified with GRACE The whole Fabrick of Salvation from the Cell in Nature to the Chair in Glory is founded in Free-Grace The whole Alphabet of Salvation from the Alpha to the Omega thereof is purely legible in Free-Grace Thus Eph. 2.5 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 By grace ye are saved This is so blessed a Parenthesis that without this Parenthesis there had been no Blessedness This is a weighty and a worthy Text here is the Mercy that 's Salvation and here is the Medium that 's Grace by grace ye are saved This is a Text of worth and of weight here is the Motive that 's Grace and here is the Mercy that 's Salvation by grace ye are saved Salvation is a choice CHAIN but every Link of this Chain is made up of Free-Grace I may assert it with the greatest Confidence and with the greatest Innocence that Free-Grace is the Wheel Primum Mobile which sets all a going in Heaven and in the Heart For God to love before loved yea for God to love when and while hated is not this one of the Depths of God For the Mercy of God to be over all his Works yea and over all his Workers too is not this one of the Depths of God For that GOD who is incapable of Addition or to be greater incapable of Substraction or to be lesser to Write rather in Honey than in Gall and to draw lines of Love than of Wrath is not this one of the Depths of God For the Grace of God to be greater than the Sin of Man and for the Ephah of God to be fuller of Mercy than the Ephah of Man can be of Iniquity is not this one of the Depths of God Thus Rom. 5.20 But where Sin abounded Grace did much more abound FREE-GRACE doth lead the Van that 's freely-free No Native but a Donative to Thee This is the Wheel that set's a going all In Heaven in the Heart and fince the Fall Hath ever done So let it be for Ever Thus do I pray and would retract it Never By Grace ye saved are Now is not this To sordid Man a sweet PARENTHESIS Are Judgments Deep what are Gods Mercies then They well-come are unto the Sons of Men. Salvation's Sions Chain but every Link Of Free-Grace is made up I more then think The two POLES distant are yet these will meet When Free-Grace and Free-Will each other greet In saving Man a Captive to the Devil And freeing also from a double Evil. The PENSIL draws the Features of the Face Oh God of Gods my Glass doth run apace While therefore I am running of my Race Oh Deck this Soul of mine with saving Grace ELECTION Election that 's one of the Depths of God The Romanists speak of an universal Election but the very name of Election carries in it a Confutation For none can be said to be elected if all be elected he that electeth cannot be said to take all Neither can it be said that Election is nothing else but Dilection for Dilection was antecedaneous and praevious unto Election Election is an absolute Act of Grace and is it not then one of the Depths of God Thus Rom. 11.5 6. There is a remnant according to the election of grace A remnant comparatively is very little to the whole piece There are very few among very many that are elected and 't is the election of GRACE Election is made up of Grace made out of Grace It is such an Election as Grace makes an Election of Graces making And if by Grace then is it no more of Works otherwise grace is no more grace But if it be of Works then is it no more grace otherwise work is no more work The two sorts of righteousness by the Covenant of Works and by the Covenant of Grace are altogether incompatible Whatsoever is given for the MERIT of Works is not freely given and consequently is not Grace For as Aug. speaks elegantly against the Pelagians Grace Gratia non est Gratia ullo modo nisi sit gratuita omni modo is not said to be Grace in any sense or any way if it be not free every way It loseth the nature of a work if done to merit by for if elected partly for Works and partly by Grace then the merit of Works is no Merit For if Merit first enters it excludes Grace and if Grace first enters it excludes Merit Now if Election hath for its efficient cause the Purpose of God for its formal cause the Mercy of God for its material cause the Blood of Jesus for its final cause the Glory of God and the Salvation of Man is it not then one of the Depths of God The ARMINIANS say Non eligit dignum sed eligendo efficit dignâ—m that Election is posterior to Faith to Works to Perseverance but these are posterior unto Election God elects not the worthy but having elected them makes them worthy They also are under a notorious deception and prodigious Delusion who say Election is Christ the Seed not the Persons of Men and Women Christ is if I may so write Gods first Elect. Thus Isa 42.1 Behold my Servant whom I uphold mine elect in whom my soul delighteth Christ was chosen by God to be SAVIOUR Man was chosen in Christ to be saved There are those who are called the elect of God Thus Col. 3.12 Put on therefore as the elect of God Bowels of Mercies c. Now the elect of God are elected in Christ Thus Eph. 1.4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the World that we should be Holy and walk without blame before him in Love Here is the elector this is God He. As he hath chosen The elected Us. Here is the person in whom these are elected this is Christ In him And here is the end of this Election That they might be holy c. They were not elected because they were holy or because they would be holy PAUL Electum Vas. was an elect Vessel Now God elected Paul as Paul not as a Believer or a holy person Election is absolutely free there was no Praevision of any Qualification in Man as a Motive to God
heaven Heaven and Earth by Sin were set at Variance and the Creatures in them but CHRIST by the bloody Oblation made of himself upon the Cross hath caused an Vnity not only between God and Man but also betwixt Men and the Angels that are in Heaven as also the Creatures that are upon the Earth But what follows And you that were sometimes alienated and enemies by the mind in wicked works yet now hath he reconciled 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the body of the flesh of himself thorough the death c. So the Greek Now if God may be reconciled then God may be satisfied But God may be reconciled So Rom. 5.10.11 For if when we were enimies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son much more being reconciled we shall be saved by his life And not only so but we also joy in God thorough our Lord Jesus Christ by whom we have now reciev'd the atonement By whom now in this time of the Gospel saith Toletus Deo facti sumus Amici we are made Friends with God saith Vatablus Now if God may be atoned or reconciled for they are SYNONOMA'S then God may be satisfied But God may be atoned The Blood of Christ is the Blood of Atonement Now when God is once satisfied he wil not demand another Satisfaction If Christ hath worn up the Rod to the Stumps and cast it into the Fire then 't is no more to be remembred Is not Satisfaction now one of the Depths of God 'T is God-Man that satisfieth Man Man cannot satisfie Himself nor can he satisfie Another All of the World and all in the World wil not fil an Eye nor an Ear Eccle. 1.8 how then should it fil the HEART which is the vastest thing in the World If not the outward Sences how then the inward Affections Is not Satisfaction then one of the Depths of God A Man sees more than he can eat drink wear or bequeath and yet not satisfied is not Satisfaction now one of the Depths of God A wooden-loaf or silver-loaf or golden-loaf wil not satisfie a hungry man who is ready to prey upon his own Flesh this man must have BREAD Is not Satisfaction now one of the Depths of God The Dainties and Delicaces of the World the Dignities and Diadems of the World the Grandeur and Glory of the World the Plenty and Prosperity of the World the Puff and Popularity of the World wil not satisfie a Soul sailing by the Gates of Hel and crying out of the Depths it must be a CHRIST with whom the Soul is satisfied and it must be a CHRIST by whom the Soul is satisfied Is not Satisfaction now one of the Depths of God None but Christ was the Cry of the Martyr None to Christ was the Cry of the Psalmist Children or I die Gen. 30.1 was the Cry of Rachel a Sheep as the word signifieth A Christ or I die Yea a Christ or I am damned is the doleful Ditty and Dialect of a convinced or converted Soul of a dark or doubting Soul of a despairing or desponding Soul of a tempted or troubled Soul He that loveth silver Eccle. 5.10 shal not be satisfied therewith nor he that loveth abundance with increase Is not Satisfaction then one of the Depths of God A wicked man is never satisfied HAMAN making Uproar as the word signifieth was advanced by Ahasuerus above all the Princes he cals his Freinds and Zeresh his Wife he tels them of his Riches the Multitude of his Children and of his Promotion yet not satisfied Is not Satisfaction now one of the Depths of God AHAB King of Israel yet not satisfied Naboath must part with his Vineyard or part with his Life Is not Satisfaction then one of the Depths of God 'T is possible for a Man to have Lust and Life to have Honour and Health to have Wisdom and Wealth and not satisfied Is not Satisfaction then one of the Depths of God 'T is possible for a Man to live in a full House to sit down at a full Table to have full Bags and Barns to have full Coffers and Closets and not be satisfied but have many empty Corners in his Soul Is not Satisfaction then one of the Depths of God And as a godless man is never satisfied so a godly man is never satisfied but by CHRIST or with Christ who hath such Variety served in continually and such Suavity in that Variety that the Soul is no longer satisfied then it is with Him Is not Satisfaction now one of the Depths of God The WORLD at most is not big enough and at best is not good enough to fil or satisfie the Mind of Man but Christ the Charmer and Stiller of the Soul must say Jer. 31.3 I have loved thee with an everlasting love Is not Satisfaction then one of the Depths of God There are some who have as many Bags and Barns as much Honour and Health as much Wine and Wealth as they can tell what to do with Yea they know not what to do with all these and yet are not satisfied Is not Satisfaction then one of the Depths of God What of the World and in the World can give Quietness when CHRIST the Sun of Righteousness goes down upon the Horizon of the Soul Is not Satisfaction then one of the Depths of God The HEART saith the Anathmost is a Three-Square and nothing but a Trinity in Vnity and an Vnity in Trinity can satisfie this Is not Satisfaction now one of the Depths of God The Will of the Father the Worth of the Son the Work of the Spirit the Father purposing the Son purchasing the Spirit perfecting are only able to satisfie a Soul like a troubled Sea Is not Satisfaction then one of the Depths of God It is a good Observation that the World is round but the Heart of Man is triangular so that all the GLOBE of the World will not fill the triangular Heart of Man Is not Satisfaction then one of the Depths of God Another Depth of God is SATISFACTION So let it pass not meeting with Retraction Man by his Lapse disgusted Majestie But Christ was GOD that He might satisfie That Christ might suffer he was MAN also That Ish and Ishah might to Heaven go Oh GOD and MAN my Silver is but Tin My Gold but Brass that will not go for Pay All DUTIES then cannot for any Sin Be satisfying Justice for a Day Christ satisfies as God or Man or both He not as God or Man but GOD-MAN doth Oh God and Man the Service must be Mine But all the Satisfaction must be Thine There is a Difference without a Fraction Between the SERVICE and the SATISFACTION The Service that is mine and 't is decryed The Satisfaction thine and not denied As GOD is satisfied so is MAN By Jesus Christ 'T is He no other can Atoner be of more than finite Ire 'T is He that plucketh Souls out of the Fire Oh GOD and MAN all Riches
〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 but accidentally so Tirinus Spiritually and Mystically so Beza One in Love in Consent of Will in Grace and in Glory so Menochius Thus Freinds Acts 4.32 are called one Soul because of the Concord of Souls 'T is a Metonymy wherein the Cause is named for the Effect He that is one Spirit is spritually and wholy Christs by Vnion with him He is not divided between God and Mammon Agitur Regitur between the Spirit and the Flesh but he is led and governed by the self-same Spirit So Eph. 2.12 13. At that time ye were without Christ But now in Christ Jesus c. To be in Christ is to be ONE with Christ and to be one with Christ is to be IN Christ for these are convertible Terms Christ and the Soul out of Christ are TWO but Christ and the Soul in Christ are ONE Is not Vnion then with Christ one of the Depths of God So John 14.20 At that day ye shal know At that day But what day was that In that day when I shal be raised so Vatablus In that day when I shal appear to you a Victor of Death so Grotius In the day of Pentecost espicially so Menochius In a future life so Maldonatus Ye shal know They knew before but then they should more gloriously and perfectly know But what should they then so know The UNION between the Father and Himself between Himself also and his Saints That I am in my Father and You in me and I in you Is not Vnion now one of the Depths of God So John 17.21 That they all may be one as thou Father art in me and I in thee that they also may be one in us So v. 23. I in them and thou in me that they may be made perfect in one c. Here is an Vnion between the Father and the Son Thou in me As the Father and the Son are one by Vnity of Essence Phi. 2.6 And by the Deity dwelling in the Humanity Col. 2.9 So by Co-operation John 14.10 Here is also an Vnion between the Son and the Saints I in them And here is an Vnion between the Saints That they may be made perfect in one Is not Vnion now one of the Depths of God So v 26. And I in them Dwelling in them Now Christ dwelleth in a Christian By a Communication of Nature Thus Heb. 2.11 He who sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one Christ and Christians are of the same Family and have the same Father For which cause he is not ashamed to call them Brethren Though CHRIST did not assume the Person of Abraham or any other Saint yet he did assume the Nature of Abraham and of every other Saint So Eph. 5 30. We are members of his body of his flesh and of his bones We all All who are Believers of the right Stock and Stamp Are members of his body ESTIUS Mystical which is his Church Of his flesh and of his bones We are Participants of the same humane Nature with Himself By the Inhabitation of the Spirit Thus Rom. 8.10 If Christ be in you c. Thus he is by the Spirit Be in you as in his Temple and by his SPIRIT which saith Grotius is called by Tertullian the VICAR of Christ So v. 11 By his Spirit that dwelleth in you By the Operation of Faith Thus Gal. 3.26 For ye are all Jews and Gentiles the children of God thorough saith in Christ Jesus So Eph. 3.17 That Christ may dwel in your hearts by faith c. By the Operation of Love Thus 1 Jo. 4.16 God is Love Not only lovely and loving but also LOVE He is so properly and essentially so Estius He is so causally so Menochius But what follows And he that dwelleth in love dwelieth in God and God in him As the Church is one with the Son by Faith so she is one with the Father by Love Is not Vnion now one of the Depths of God Here UNION in Poem now doth enter Communion herein doth also Center 'T is most prudential now to look about us A CHRIST within us not a Christ without us The Scripture saith the Hope of Glory is And Ever wil be unto each of HIS Communion with Christ may lessened be But UNION shal none dissolved see Who once are One for they are ever so And certainly shal unto Heaven go Similitutes that are adapted best As Fabrick Foundation with the rest But HIEROGLYPHICKS are Yea those Relations Who nearest are and dearest in their Stations But EMBLEMS are let no man henceforth doubt This Vnion with Christ to shadow out Lord Jesus Christ this UNION with Thee The CHANNEL is wherein doth run to Me Thy signal Favours All thy Looks are Loves As unto Me so unto all thy Doves COMMUNION Communion that 's one of the Depths of God When Galeatius that noble Marquess was presented with golden Temptations he replied Let their Money perish with them that account all the Gold in the World worth one dayes Communion with Jesus Christ in the Spirit Is not Communion then one of the Depths of God If Communion with a Saint be a HEAVEN on EARTH what is Communion with a Saviour then With a Surety then With a Soveraign then Certainly this is one of the Depths of God A Friend to the Body may prove a Favour to the Soul Civil Acquantance may be of spiritual Advantage and from Communion with the Saint some come to have Communion with the Sanctifier God brings Naomi and Ruth acquainted and Naomi was Naomi to Ruth beautiful lovely or greatly moving as the word fignifieth That there is such a thing as Communion with the Father and the Son is evidently evident but this is far better experienced than it can be expressed Is not this then one of the Depths of God Thus 1 Jo. 3.3 Our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ Our Society Communication or Communion Communion with Christ is a COMMUNICATION of Loves from Christ to the Soul 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Thus John 14.21 I wil love him and wil manifest myself to him And Reciprocation of Loves from the Soul to Christ Thus Cant. 7.12 There wil I give thee my Loves Is not this now one of the Depths of God The infinite Disparity that is between GOD and MAN made the great Philosopher conclude that there could be no Friendship between them Communion with God is more in Conversation with God then in Contemplation upon God is not this then one of the Depths of God Thus 1 Jo. 1.6 If we say that we have Fellowship with him and walk in darkness we lie and do not the truth So 1 Jo. 2.6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also to walk even as he walked If the Pythagoreans imitate Pythagoras if the Stoicks imitate Zeno if the Academicks imitate Socrates how much more should the Christian imitate Christ That God might have
in a Compass or Circuit and unto Glory wil I be in the midst of her So the Seventy Unto her Unto Jerusalem But what wil this CHRIST who is the Lord of Lords be unto Jerusalem A Wall of Fire The City shal be safe though it may not have Walls so Calvin A Wall of Fire Not of Mud though that may be strong nor of Brick though that may be stronger nor of Stone though that may be strongest but of Fire As if God had said If you want a Wall I wil be your Wall my immediate Providence shal be your Defence rather then you should not be defended Is not the Convoy of Christ now one of the Depths of God The ROMANS in their Wars used to call out the Tutelar-Gods of those Cities they beseiged as beleiving them a stronger Defence to those Places than Walls or Forts What may be said of a Christ then who hath promised to be a Wall of Fire Who can batter down a Fire that is it 's own Fewel Or who can set up a Ladder to scale the Flames Is not the Convoy of Christ then one of the Depths of God And the Glory or unto Glory or of Glory in the midst of her She shal not only be safe and secure though without Walls of Stone and Brass though without Towers and Fortifications though without Ditches and Trenches but I wil also be the Glory in the midst of HER. They shal sing Praises and Thanks to Me so Grotius There wil I be glorified so Menochius The solid Felicity of Jerusalem within and without shal be in me alone and in my grace so Calvinus Is not the Convoy of Christ now one of the Depths of God Once more Psa 125.2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem to fortifie and defend that so Jehovah is round about his People to fortifie and defend them from henceforth even for ever Is not the Convoy of JEHOVAH now one of the Depths of God The Trojans had their Palladium so long as That was safe They were safe The Romans had their Ancile or Buckler so long as that was kept they were secure The Isralites had their Ark so long as that was sure there was a Defence upon mount Sion If CHRIST be thine then thou hast a far better and a far greater Guard Is not this then one of the Depths of God To dissipate the direful Pangs of Fear A Depth of God a CONVOY doth appear The meanest Saint is guarded far above The might'st Prince that 's not a Valley-Dove Where is the Man who lives without Complaints The Angels are a CONVOY to the Saints They Keepers are of These in all their Ways And wil be Keepers of Them all their Days But These must keep the Ways of GOD and so Must not aside to right or left Hand go The ANGELS are Ambassadors to bring The timely Tidings of the greatest KING These Solace swiftly carry from the Throne Unto the Footstool when 't is most alone From Heaven These do carry timed JOY Unto the Earth when this is like a TROY The noblest part of Man is called Soul Lower than Angels 't is without Controul An ANGEL is a perfect Soul but then Imperfect Angels are the SOULS of Men. Angels commanded are by Heavens Sage A CONVOY unto Saints in ev'ry Age. One greater than all These is now at hand At Sea a Convoy and a Guard at Land There is the present and the future Tense Oh HEAD of SAINTS be thus to me Defence But who is this 'T is He that beareth Sway Oh HEAD of ANGELS keep me Night and Day Lord round about me be a Wall of Fire And qualifie me for the Papal-Ire CONDUCT The Conduct of God that 's one of the Depths of God For a Person to walk after the Spirit and not after the Flesh to walk in the Flesh and not war after the Flesh is not this one of the Depths of God Thus 2 Cor. 10.3 For walking in the flesh 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 So the Greek Although we may be Men so Erasmus Like to the rest of Men so Tirinus As to Infirmimities so Sclaterus And Afflictions so Vorstius The Building of the Body so Menochius Or the Nature of the Flesh Though living in the Flesh We do not war after the flesh We do not practice a carnal Warfare so Estius We do not follow carnal Affections so Tirinus We live not after the manner of carnal and political Men so Menochius Is nor the Conduct of the Spirit now one of the Depths of God For a Person to be indulged the CONDUCT of the Spirit to live in the Spirit and walk in the Spirit is not this one of the Depths of God Thus Gal. 5.25 If we live in the Spirit let us also walk in the Spirit Where there is Life there wil be Motion What the Soul is to the Body that the Spirit is to the Soul If there be Life from the Spirit there is also a Life after the Spirit For a Person to be led by the Spirit in the way to Heaven until he be led into Heaven is not this one of the Depths of God That there is the Conduct of the Spirit is evident Thus Rom. 8.14 As many as are led by the Spirit of God are the Sons of God It is not said ruled but led When one is ruled by another Plus est Agi quam Regi he acts Him-self and his Action is Visible but when he is led by another though he may act Himself yet the Action of the Other is more Visible than his Own The SPIRIT leads according to the WORD A Child of God hath the Word without and the Spirit within for a Guide is not the Conduct of these then one of the Depths of God So Gal. 5.18 If ye be led by the Spirit then are ye not under the law Not under a law of condemnation for there is no condemnation to those that are in Christ Jesus who walk not after the flesh but after the spirit Rom. 8.1 But as there is the Conduct of the Spirit so of the FATHER Thus Ps 27.11 Teach me thy way Jehovab and lead me in a path of plainess be cause of those which observe me There is also the Conduct of the SON Thus John 10.3 He calleth his own sheep by name and leadeth them out Into Pastures In Pasiua so Grotius As Christ is the Leader of His so he leads these from Earth to Heaven from a state militant to a state triumphant thorough a State of GRACE to a State of GLORy Thus Ps 73.24 Thou shalt guide me with thy Counsel and afterward receive me to Glory Is not the Conduct of the Father now and of the Son thorough the Spirit one of the Depths of God Those actually Christ's are under a constant and continual Conduct The Prophet having eligantly and eloquently expressed a counterfeit and a true Fast registers and transmits to Posterity this pure and pretious Promise
Isa 58.11 Jehovab shal guide thee continually and satisfie thy Soul in droughts and make fat thy bones Fear not leaness and wasting of thy body with fasting thou shalt not be a SKELETON and look like an Anatomy for God wil make fat thy bones he wil comfort thee and fil thee with joy both of Soul and Body Thou shalt not pine by spiritual Fasting for I wil make fat thy bones But what follows And thou shalt be like a watered garden and like a spring of water whose waters fail not Whose waters lie not or deceive not so the Margent Thus the Lord Jesus Christ is a continual LEADER Did he lead yesterday he wil lead to day Doth he lead to day he wil lead for ever for yesterday to day and for ever he is the same There are many Persons who imbitter their Sweets who lay Load upon themselves and add to their own Burdens who dig their own Graves by anticipating PROVIDENCE and not reflecting that sacred and silencing TRUTH Mat. 6.34 Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof That day wil have its care when it comes and this day hath enough of it self now it is come The evil thereof The Vexation thereof so Scultetus The Affliction thereof so Erasmus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Trouble thereof so Beza Let the Vexation in that very hour suffice so Drusius The Trouble of the day it self wil be enough we need not add to it Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof The evil of Crime Malum Culpae et Penae and of Correction The evil of Sin and of Suffering Ah! saith one what shal I do when Poverty and Prison come Ah! saith another what shal I do when the Plague and the Sword come Ah! saith a third what shal I do when the Fire and the Famine come Ah! saith a fourth what shal I do when the RACK and the STAKE come But Soul do not anticipate Providence nor so reflect Futurity as to omit or intermit present Duty Thou hast Grace litle enough for the Corruption and Temptation of the present day Besides these things may not come while thou art upon the Stage but if a severe Storm and stupendious Showr should come he that leads now can lead then into Chambers of Serenity and Security Or if he prepares this POTION for thee he can also prepare Thee for this Potion If he delivers thee not from it he can deliver thee in it Is not the Conduct now of the Father Son and Spirit or of the Father and Son thorough the Spirit one of the Depths of God The CONDUCT of the Spirit unto me A Depth of God appeareth now to be This leadeth both the Aged and the Youth As into one so into ev'ry TRUTH The Father too of all sincerely His A grac'ous and a gentle LEADER is 'T is He that leads in ways of Right'ous ness His Isra'lites the greater and the less Christ Jesus too I do a Leader find Aud as to CONDUCT always in a Mind 'T is He that did alone the Winepress tread 'T is He that doth from Earth to Heaven lead When mortâ—â— Man is running of his RACE 'T is He that leadeth in a way of GRACE From a state militant I clearly see Unto a state triumphant leadeth He. Oh Crowned CHRIST Thou dwellest now above And yet thy BANNER over thine is Love From Earth be leading unto Heaven ME For then there shal no longer Leaven be CONCURRENCE Concurrence that 's one of the Depths of God A Concurrence of all things for Good is one of the Depths of God For the Winds to be lofty and the Waves to be loud for the Winds to be prodigious and the Waves to be impetuous for the Winds to rise and the Waves to roar and yet all things to work together for Good to the Soul graciously interessed in Christ and graciously influenced by Christ it not this one of the Depths of God Is not Evil as wel as GOOD to be received at the hand of God Thus Job 2.10 Shal we receive good at the hand of God and shal we not receive evil The Emphasis of the words saith Caryl carries it thus Shal we receive Good with Hand or Heart at the hand of God and shal we not in the same manner receive Evil In the fame manner we receive Good from the hand of God in the same we ought to receive Evil. Good and Evil are to be alike received and entertained from the hand of GOD. As we must receive Good so we must receive Evil cheerfully gratefully reverentially We must as it were kiss the Hand and take the One as wel as the Other By Good here we may understand the good things of this life and by Evil here the bad things of this life We are not by Evil here to understand the Evil of SIN for the Sun shal sooner send forth a Cloud than God send forth any EVIL properly taken So that by Evil here we are to understand the Evil of Suffering and not of Sin Now external Evil as wel as external Good shal be in a happy Concurrence for Good to the Lovers of God is not this then one of the Depths of God As Summer so Winter and as fair so foul Weather shal happily concur for Good to the Soul given unto Christ and unto whom Christ is given is not this then one of the Depths of God For JOB to lose All and yet to be no looser at all is not this one of the Depths of God Thus Job 42.10 The Lord gave him twice as much as he had before Though this wil not hold as to Person for his Children were the same as to Number yet this wil hold as to Possession or his personal estate for that at lest was doubled Confideratis Considerandis Now these things considered and reflected is not Concurrence one of the Depths of God If Adversity as wel as Prosperity and Penury as wel as Plenty shal be in a happy Tendency and Concurrency for Good to the Soul eternally chosen and effectually called is not this then one of the Depths of God External CROSSES as wel as external COMFORTS shal happily concur for Good unto the People of God is not this then one of the Depths of God For Joseph to be in the Jail and Jeremiah in the Dungeon for Daniel to be in the Den and the three Children in the Furnace and for all this to work together for Good unto all THESE is not this one of the Depths of God For the Israel of God to have no Prospect of Deliverance but of Destruction without a Miracle wrought by the God of Israel and for this direful Dispensation to work for Good is not this one of the DEPTHS of GOD For Blasting and Banishment for Fire and Famine for Impoverishment and Imprisonment for Pestilence and Penury to be all seemingly working for Evil and yet all really working for Good is not this one of the Depths of God Thus
not this then one of the Depths of God FAITH enters now in Poem 't is the Grace That leads the Van of others in the Race This is a Depth of God and so wil go With ev'ry Freind but not with any Foe This is the GIFT of God this is his Will And of all Works this is the greatest stil This is the Work of Works an EMPHASIS Deservedly is written over This. The Heart is Cabinet and Faith a Jewel Which thorough Christ fails not in any Duel 'T was so with PETER and with many Saints That greatly Comforts might out-bid Complaints FAITH may be shaken in the Soul of Man But shaken out of Souls this never can For Faith must live til the Beleiver dies When all his TEARES are wiped from his Eyes Lord Jesus Christ thou Author art of Faith And Consummator too th' Apostle saith Oh be the ACTOR of it now to Me For act it Self it cannot without Thee INCARNATION The Incarnation of Christ that 's one of the Depths of God As an Vnity in Trinity and a Trinity in Vnity is the Mystery of Mysteries so the Hypostatical Vnion or Vnion of Natures in Christ is the Wonder of Wonders Is not this then one of the Depths of God That Christ was GOD is evident Thus John 1.1 In the beginning was the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 In the beginning Before the beginning of any Creatures In the beginning of Time so Brugensis In which the World began to be so Beza In the beginning is Christ from the beginning are Creatures That which was in the beginning was ever In the beginning Not temporal determinate or to be measured by time but indeterminate eternal and before all time In the beginning was 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Was the Word The Word the Son of God Was Not that the Son of God had beginning with the Creatures but was before their beginning from Eternity This WORD was not made when the Creatures were but before any of them were HE WAS. And the word was with God Here Word is taken personally And the word was God Here Word is taken essentially And the word was God 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Or according to the Greek and God was the word Christ was co-equal co-essential co-eternal and consubstantial with the Father The Son of God Christ did not then begin to be when he was manifested in the Flesh but was God from all Eternity made Flesh in the last times That Christ was MAN is as evident Thus John 1.14 And the word was made flesh The Son not the Father nor the Spirit became Man not by Confusion of Natures but by Vnion of Natures in one Person of Christ God and Man Was made flesh Made himself or assumed flesh in which he might be manifested to the Senses of Men. Was made flesh Not by changing the GOD-HEAD Non mutando quod erat sed assumendo quod non crat but by assuming the MAN-HOOD Though he became Man he stil remained God The God-head became not a Man-hood nor the Humanity a Deity The Assumption of the Humanity was no Diminution of the Deity But what follows And dwelt among us As in a Tabernacle or Tent for a short time And we beheld his glory The manifestation of his divine Majesty not only in his Transfiguration but also in his Doctrine Life Miracles Passions The glory as of the only begotten of the Father Such glory as was proper and peculiar to the only so begotten of the Father Ful of grace and truth Ful of Grace or the Favour of God towards us And of Truth or by Gifts and Benefits which might demonstrate the Truth of that Favour so L. de Dieu Ful of Grace or with the cheifest Mercy and of Truth or with the Truth of praeceding Shadows so Hammond Is not the Incarnation of Christ now one of the Depths of God So 1 Tim. 3.16 And without controversie Omnium Consensu Confessione Confessedly and by an universal Confession Great is the Mystery of godliness The GOSPEL may be so called because as it is a Doctrine made for the Dignity and Promotion of Godliness so it is a Doctrine consisting of such truths and connexious of things that are far remote from the common Cogitations Reasons and Intellects of Men. But what follows God was manifest in the flesh The eternal Son of God made his Divinity known in his Humanity which he assumed into the UNITY of his Person Justified in the Spirit Approved righteous and innocent though condemned by Jews and Gentiles as a Malefactor Seen of Angels As his Messengers and Ministers Preached unto the Gentiles As the Subject and Substance and Summ of the Gospel to Sinners in Folio Beleived on in the World Made the Object of FAITH by a Remnant according to the Election of Grace Received up into Glory His Session is at the right hand of the Majesty on high Is not the Incarnation of Christ now one of the Depths of God For him who had Eternity for his Mansion Thus Isa 57.15 For thus saith the high and lofty one who inhabiteth Eternity Who alone hath Immortality who alone is eternal without Beginning or Ending who is not only immortal but also immutable For him also who hath Eternity for his Measure Thus Psa 90.2 Vme gnolam gnad-gnolam attah El So the Hebrew From Eternity until Eternity thou God To be an Infant of a day old Thus Luke 2.11 To you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour which is Christ the Lord Is not this the Wonder of Wonders and consequentially one of the DEPTHS of GOD For him who had Heaven for his Pallace to have the Earth for his Pilgrimage is not this one of the Depths of God For him who was higher than the Heavens Heb. 7.26 to be lower than Angels Heb. 2.9 and who was waited by sinless Angels Mat. 4.11 to be watched by sinful Men is not this one of the Depths of God For him who was the Antient of Days Dan. 7.22 to be a Babe Luke 2.12 and who was the GOD of Joys Mat. 11.29 to be a MAN of Sorrows Isa 53.3 is not this one of the Depths of God For him who was born King of the Jews Mat. 2.2 to be born in a Stable and who lies in the Bosome of the Father John 1.18 to lie in a Manger Luke 2.7 is not this one of the Depths of God For him who was crowned with Glory Heb. 2.7 to be crowned with Thorns Mat. 27.29 and who was the Desire of Nations Hag. 2.7 to die for Sinners Rom. 5.8 is not this one of the Depths of God For him who was the Being of of Beings as God John 1.3 the Beauty of Beauties as Man Psa 45.2 and the Blessing of Blessings as God-man Heb. 7.22 to be written if this be a Prophesie of him a worm and no man a reproach of Men and despised of the People Psa 22.6 Is not this the Wonder of
Glory or at the HIGHEST In Altissimis ther 's nothing but Purity perfect Purity There is not the least Mixture of Dross nor the least spot of Dirt in a State of Glory This Place and this State is all pure and none shal come there but such as are pure Persons that are pure are fit Yea they only are fit for Heaven and a State of Glory who are pure Persons And HE 1 Jo. 3.3 that hath this hope in him of dwelling there purifieth himself not only as Heaven is pure but as GOD is pure in whose pure eyes Heaven it self is impure Job 15.15 Grace is with Sin in a continual Conflict but Glory makes a total Conquest Is not a state of Glory now which is a sinless State one of the Depths of God SIN as much as in it lies puts God out of the World 'T is therefore called GODMURDER DE ICID IUM as being that which would murder God Sin would not allow him a Being in the World who gave the World its Being Thus Isa 30.11 Get you out of the way turn aside out of the path Steer another Course sail by another Compass Be not so strict and precise in your Preachings But what follows Cause the holy one of Israel to cease from before us Talk not so much to us molest us no more with so many Messages from him But He that is the Treasury of Satan for SIN is like to be the Treasury of God for WRATH Is not a state of Glory then which is a sinless State one of the Depths of God If thou killest not thy Sin Aug. but it dies of it self then Sin hath killed thee and thou hast not killed thy Sin One Leak in a Ship wil sink it One Wound kills Goliah though Caesar had Twenty Three before he dyed One DELILAH may be as injurious to Sampson as all the Philistines One broken Wheel makes the whole Clock unserviceable The breaking of the Vein may let out all the Vitals Oue Sin unrepented off is damning in the Act and wil be Damnation in the Issue Is not then a state of Glory which is a sinless State one of the Depths of God It is the Sign of a good Constitution to continue healthful in an infectious Air Thus the Truth of Grace shews it self in its Care not only to evitate the Company of Sinners but also the Contagion of Sinners If nothing be so bitter as Sin in the ACT nor any thing so bitter as Sin in the ISSUE certainly then a state of Glory which is a sinless state is one of the Depths of God As it is true there is no Sin in Grace nor any Grace in Sin It is as true though there be Sin in a State of Grace there is no Sin in a State of Glory Is not then a state of Glory which is a sinless state one of the Depths of God If Sin be the Seed of Trouble and Trouble be all the HARVEST we reap by Sin and if a Non-impugnation of an Inclination to sin makes way to stupefaction by Sin certainly then a state of Glory which is a finless State is one of the Depths of God Posse peccare If a Possibility to sin or a Potentiallity of sinning was in a Paradisical state Posse non peccare Non posse non peccare if a Possibility not to sin as a Christless Person sinneth be in an Evangelical state and if an Impossibility of sinning be in a Caelestial state certainly then a state of Glory which is a sinless State is one of the Depths of God There are sinners upon EARTH many sinners upon Earth very many sinners upon Earth too many sinners 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 vot upon Earth who are Workers of Iniquity who are wickedly arrived at an Artificialness in Wickedness The Apostle saith 1 Jo. 5.19 We know that we are of God and that the whole world lieth in wickedness A great part of the World the greater part of the World the greatest part of the World lieth in wickedness They lie in Sin as in a deep Dungeon or in a dead sleep They are under the Power of that wicked one the DEVIL The whole World Mankind so Calvin Worldly Men so Estius Unregenerated Men so Vorstius This is written as it were in Capitals and as it were with a Beam of the Sun that there are Sinners upon Earth but there are no Sinners in Heaven The Apostle Heb. 12.22 23 24. transmits to posterity a NARRATIVE of the Communion if I may so write of Heaven where I find a God a Christ Angels and the Spirits of just men made perfect but not a Sinner And if no Sinner there no Sin there Is not now a state of Glory which is a sinless State one of the Depths of God SORROWLESS A State of Glory is a sorrowless state is it not then one of the Depths of God In a state of Grace there are Tears standing in the Eyes of every Saint but in a State of Glory there shal not be a Tear standing in the Eyes of any Saint Is not a State of Glory then which is a sorrowless state one of the Depths of God Ther 's sighing in a state of Grace ther 's singing in a state of Glory is not this now one of the Depths of God In a State of GRACE the Praises of Saints are noted with Selah but in a state of GLORY the Praises of Saints shal be a Note above Elah Is not then a state of Glory which is a sorrowless state one of the Depths of God There is in a state of Grace the double Vail of Corruption and Affliction but in a state of Glory this double Vail shal be taken off is not a state of Glory then which is a sorrowless state one of the Depths of God It was Tertullian who said it of Himself that he was born for REPENTANCE and who adviseth Persons backward in Thoughts of Repentance Prima Conditio est non peccasse secunda vero penituisse to be forward in Thoughts of Hel. 'T is true he that is born in Sin and so every one is is also born for Repentance 'T is best not to sin but having sinned the next best is to repent They who beleive without repenting shal repent without beleiving They were the words of blessed BRADFORD at the stake Oh England England England repent of thy Sin repent of thy Sin repent of thy Sin Our present life is like Checker-Work we must mourn like Doves and groan like Turtles as wel as sing like Larkes While we are on this side a state of Glory which is a sorrowless State and one of the Depths of God we must mingle Tones of Sorrow with Tunes of Joy Let none so flatter themselves with the fair Weather of of Gods Mercy as not to know that when the Sun and the Wind meet it wil rain Ther 's a twofold Sorrow Legal and Evangelical Legal There is a wordly Sorrow which worketh
say I had been happy if I had not been a Sinner Now if this be the Reason why the Saints in Heaven shal have so much Felicity Faelix si non peccassem bcause all the GOOD in Heaven is a fixed Good certainly then a state of Glory which is a State of Blessednesses is one of the Depths of God The Apostle Eph. 1.3 hath a spiritual and sublime Strain which take as followeth Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who hath blessed us with spiritual blessings With all spiritual Benediction so the Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 It is in the singular number all and yet but one Benediction Intimating that spiritual Benedictions and Blessings are so concatinated that they all make but one Benediction or Blessing for where God gives one Blessing he gives all Blessings Yea they are spiritual because bestowed upon the Spirit wrought by the Spirit and have a spiritual Tendency But where are these Benedictions The Text saith in heavenly places c. In HEAVENLIES so the Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The word it self according to the proper Notation of it fignifieth the upper heavenlies Were these blessed in a state of Grace and with a state of Grace what are they in a state of Glory which is one of the Depths of God If Gold and Silver be Happiness then Happiness should be found in the Wildernesses of India and Turkey with such like barbarous and bruitish places But the Philosophers say that Happiness must consist in such a State where there is an Aggregation of all good things Now a State of GLORY which is a state of Beatitude is such a State and consequentially one of the Depths of God When God had given to the World a Being Esse et Bene-esse that he might give it a Wel-Being Gen. 1.22.28 he adds to the Work of Creation a Word of Benediction If it be the Felicity of Saints on Earth that God always beholds Them and their Felicity in Heaven that They always behold God certainly then a State of GLORY which is a state of Beatitude is one of the Depths of God Thus Rev. 14.13 Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord c. If persons are never happy in their Distances from God and nothing can make them unhappy when they are neer to God certainly then a State of Glory when they shal be neerest God is one of the Depths of God CONTAGIONLESS A State of Glory is a contagionless state is it not then one of the Depths of God Omnis Morbus non ad Mortem Though every Disease be not unto Death yet Death may be dressed in a thonsand Shapes and may be in very many things we see in the World Is not now a state of GLORY which is a contagionless State one of the Depths of God It is not for Me if for Galen and Hypocrates critically to enumerate the Varieties and Multiplicities of contagious Diseases while Men are in a State of Grace Is not a state of GLORY then which is a contagionless State one of the Depths of God A Disease is a Malady or evil Disposition of the Body It is in Effect the same with Sickness Now Diseases may be reduced to two Heads Corporal Thus 2 Chro. 21.15 Thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels until thy bowels fal out by reason of thy sickness day by day Spiritual This was a Reprehension to the Shepherds Eze. 34.4 Ye have not strengthned the diseased nor healed that which was sick nor bound up that which was broken c. As there is the PLAGUE of the BODY Thus Ps 106.29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions and the plague brake in upon them The Plague or Pestilence is accounted the greatest Judgment inflicted upon the Bodies of Men. The worst of our corporal Diseases is the Plague of the Body Job speaking of a wicked man Ch. 27.15 saith Those that remain of him shal be buried in death Now is it not to die of the Plague to be buried in Death May not the Plague be justly called DEATH by way of Eminency because it is a Disease so deadly The Chaldeans number not the Plague among Diseases but call it Death May not they who die of the Plague be said in a sense to to be buried in Death Because They so soon as dead are suddenly carried out to Burial lest they should infect the Air and consequentially taint the Bodies of the Living Is not a state of Glory now which is a contagionless State one of the Depths of God This Name DEATH seemeth to be given the Plague Thus Rev. 6.8 Behold a pale horse and his name that sat on him was death Is not this the Plague Then follows And Hel followed with him The Page of Death is Hel to the wicked and the Page of Death is the Grave to the righteous But what then Power was given them to kill with the sword and with hunger and with death c. Post Famem Pestis With Death i. e. The Plague for this is wont to follow Famine This also by Ecclesiastick Writers is called MORTALITY which now hath passed into many Mother Tongues The Plague say some is an immediate Stroak from God If other Diseases slay their Thousands this slayeth its ten thousands Is not now a state of Glory which is a contagionless state one of the Depths of God But as there is the Plague of the Body so there is the Plague of the SOUL which is the Pest of Pests Thus 1 Kings 8 38. When every man shal know the plague of his own heart c. As the worst of our corporal Diseases is the Plague of the BODY so the worst of our spiritual Diseases is the Plague of the HEART Is not now in both these respects a state of Glory which is a contagionless State one of the Depths of God Is not the Soul a far more fruitful Seminary of Sins than the Body is of Diseases There is a thing called a CRISIS which is an unlooked for mutation of a Disease for better or worse unto Life or unto Death It is a physical Axiom that the highest Degree of Health is a Crisis Subita Morbi in melius pejusve ad Vitam aut Mortem mutatio a Prognostick of the Appropinquation of some violent and mortal Distemper and Disease There are Contagions on Earth but there are none in Heaven Is not a state of GLORY then which is a contagionless State one of the Depths of God There is the Plague of the Body in a State of Grace for Sin is the Womb of Plagues but there is no Plague of the Body in a State of Glory is it not then one of the Depths of God There is also the Plague of the Heart which is Sin in the Soul in a State of Grace but ther 's no Plague of the Soul in a State of Glory for he that is dead
Of Sorrow to a Tune of Joy and sing HOSANNA unto Christ the Churches King 'T is not Pope Joan nor John can thus forgive But JESUS that Man may not die but live Let all forgiven ones herein accord Forgiveness is a TITLE of the Lord. Oh chiefest Christ with both Eyes do I see Like to three MITES three MILLIONS are to Thee And freely Thou hast now forgiven Me. Oh! to the Root of this accursed Tree Lay now thine AXE I beg on bended Knee For greatly long I sinless now to be SATISFACTION Satisfaction that 's one of the Depths of God Is there any constant Satisfaction in this Region of Vicissitude If any ask saith Caryl what Satisfaction is it is to have our Fill Is not this then one of the Depths of God ALEXANDER M. had the World for his Empire yet not satisfied for he thirsted after another world to conquer Is not Satisfaction now one of the Depths of God There is a twofold Satisfaction as to God and as to Man As to GOD. 'T is not Man that satisfieth God Quoad Deum The Papists say but they are Liars and given up to believe a Lie which borders upon Hel that We by our Sufferings in some part satisfie the Justice of God But Man cannot satisfie God That there is a Deficiency in all that Man doth in order to the Pacification of infinite IRE and Satisfaction of infinite JUSTICE is evident and easily evinced by these three Reasons Because whatsoever Man doth is a Debt before he doth it All our Duties are Debts before we perform them Thus Luke 17.10 When ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you say We are unprofitable servants We have done that which was our duty to do This doth not assert a Possibility of compleat fulfilling the Law as some Popish Expositors abuse the TEXT but Christ speaks it by way of Confession Can we pay the Debt of Sin by those Duties which were due though Sin had never been committed Let those that dream of meriting renounce their Interest in and Claim unto Grace for Grace and Merit are incompatible Because all is imperfect and impure that Man doth Thus Exo. 28.38 Aaron must bear the iniquity of the holy things Holy things yet iniquity in them There is a considerable difference between a sinful Action and SIN in an Action Here were holy things in the Matter of them yet iniquity in the Manner of performing them The Services of Man smel of the Vessel thorough which they pass and tast of the Cask into which they are put There is a Stamp of our Sinfulness even upon our holy things and can that which is sinful satissie for Sin Because the Works of Man want the STAMP of divine Designation for that purpose God hath no where set up the Righteouness of Man as Satisfaction for the Vnrighteousness of Man The Crucifiction of Christ had not delivered from Damnation had it not been written in the Volume of the Book Thus Heb. 10.7.10 Then said I Lo I come in the Volume of the book it is written of me to do thy Will oh God! By the which will of the Father we are sanctified thorough the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all Sanctification here may be taken for Salvation and all in a Tendency unto Salvation The Obligation of the SON could not have saved us without the Ordination of the FATHER There is nothing satisfactory but what the Law or the Will of the Lawgiver makes or agrees to accept as satisfactory In the Volume of the Book saith Caryl there is nothing written which appoints Man such a Work and therefore he cannot do it Had Man performed perfect righteousness he could not have satisfied infinite justice unless God had said he would accept that way of Satisfaction The highest and holiest CEDAR upon Earth by all his Actions and Passions cannot satisfy the Justice of God for one Sin This person of greatest Grace and Gifts may say as he did Job 7.20 I have sinned what shal I do unto thee I cannot satisfie thy Justice I cannot pacifie thine Ire nor can I evade thy Power I cannot get away from thee I cannot rescue my self from under thy hand As to MAN 'T is not Man but God-Man who satisfieth God and Man 'T is God-Man that satisfieth God The Socinians among many notorious and prodigious Errors have this Capital and Cardinal one denying the Deity of Christ and Satisfaction by Christ Theanthropos Though God wil not be satisfied by Man yet he wil be satisfied for Man thorough that Christ who is GOD-MAN If the true meaning of giving Satisfaction to God be to do or suffer so much as may be justly sufficient to the Vengeance of him that is angry then who below Christ God-Man can satisfie God for Man Is not Satisfaction now one of the Depths of God If Satisfaction to God be the Effect of Action or Passion or both required for the answering of Sins by him who had Right Authority and Power to require exact and inflict Punishments for them then who below a Christ God-Man can satisfie God for Man Is not now Satisfaction one of the Depths of God If CHRIST made Satisfaction for Sin he did it either as God or Man or as God and Man Now he made Satisfaction as God and Man Thus Acts 20.28 Feed the church of God Here is the Divinity of Christ Which he hath purchased with his own blood Here is the Humanity of Christ That which appertaineth to Christ's Humanity is here attributed to his Divinity because of the Vnion of the two Natures in one Person and Communion of Properties So 1 Jo. 3.16 Hereby perceive we the love of God Here is the Divinity of Christ Because he laid down his life for us Here is the the Humanity of Christ Christ was GOD that he might Satisfie and MAN that he might Suffer As Man had sinned so God was offended Now Christ was God and Man to satisfie God for Man Though the word Satisfaction be not Syllabically legible in the sacred Scripture save in this onely one place Num. 35.31 32. Ye shal take no satisfaction for the life of a Murderer which is guilty of death but he shal be surely put to death And ye shal take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge that he should come again to dwel in the land until the death of the priest Yet there are some words which amount to a SATISFACTION Thus Eze. 16.63 That thou mayest remember and be confounded and never open thy mouth more because of thy shame when I am pacified towards thee for all that thou hast done saith Jehovah God Now if God may be pacified then he may be satisfied But God may be pacified So Col. 1.20 21 22. And by him having made peace thorough the blood of his Cross to reconcile all things to himself whether they be things in earth or things in