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A45679	The best match, or, The believer's marriage with Christ a sermon on the parable of the marriage of the king's son, Mat. 22. 1, 2, &c. : preached at Potters Pury in Northamptonshire, September the 29th, 1690 / by Michael Harrison ... ; to which is added four hymns ...	Harrison, Michael, Minister at Potters-Pury.	1691 (1691)	Wing H901; ESTC R14002	28,276	66

daub and flatter and heal the Wound slightly Some preach up a few dead Ceremonies cry up the Church the Church but do not preach Jesus Christ Regeneration Sanctification and Salvation by the Blood Death and Imputation of the Righteousness of Christ God owns not such Preachers but mark those Ministers that preach Christ and free-Grace not free-Will such Preachers as go to the quick Acts 2.37 Keep close to the Duty of hearing the Word preached if you slight the Ministry you will never come to Christ When you are to change your Relation or Habitation be sure to chuse and prefer Ordinances for your Souls go live under a godly Ministry hear constantly now and then or on a Lord's Day is not enough but in the Morning sow your Seed in the Evening withhold not your Hand for who knows which shall prosper this or that Object What if Ministers will not preach twice a Day Answ Such as know the worth of their own and Peoples Souls will be instant in season and out of season O if that Scripture were but writ upon Ministers Hearts it would make them vigilant for God Ezech. 3.17 and tremble for fear they should be found guilty of the blood of Souls I promised you a Fifth Vse viz. of Consolation to shew you the sweet happy blessed State such are in who are in Christ but I have already exceeded the bounds of a Sermon and therefore all I shall say is that of the Apostle which gives you an account of that happy sweet blessed Condition every Man and Woman in the World are in that are come to Christ Rom. 8.1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus FINIS An Hymn of Praise to God the Father magnifying his Love for giving us a Saviour as Psal 148. 1. YE Holy Angels bright That wait about God's Throne Enjoying fullest sight Of that Eternal One God's Praises sing Who hath from Heaven a Saviour given Jesus our King 2. You blessed Souls Above Who see your Saviour's Face Praise God for his great Love And his redeeming Grace Whereby you are Set quite and clean from Sin and Fear By your Saviour 3. You blessed Saints him praise That yet below are found Let Sion's Sons always His Holy Praises sound Yea all the Earth To this Great King high Praises sing With sweetest Mirth 4. My thankful Soul adore This Glorious Majesty Triumph thou evermore In this great God most High To him draw nigh And evermore his Name adore Eternally An HYMN of Praise to Christ our Redeemer I. WHat Love profound in Christ is found To Adam's lapsed Race That God's dear Son should Man become O freest richest Grace Ye Angels blest and Souls at rest Wonder how this could be That God most High for Love should dye Upon a cursed Tree II. When Man for Sin was almost in Easeless and endless Woe And very near Eternal Fire God's flaming Wrath also He for our sake did undertake To bear God's fiercest Wrath And all the Sin that we were in To expiate by his Death III. Adore adore for evermore Thy Saviour's precious Blood Sing Songs of Praise to him always Who ever do's thee good Do thou still hate and ' bominate Sin which caus'd him to dye Your Voices raise in Songs of Praise To him Eternally An HYMN of Praise for the Gospel offering CHRIST I. OUr Souls with Joy do magnify Jehovah our Great King Because the Lord gives us his Word We praise him for this thing While thousands yet in Darkness sit Having no Gospel Light Our dearest Lord doth us afford Sweet Visions clear and bright II. Lord we will praise thy Name always For Gospel-Light now given And humbly pray that thy Word may Raise up our Hearts to Heaven In this same Hour some quickning Power In thy Word let us find O cause encrease of Light and Peace In our Sin-darkned Mind III. Our Hearts unvail our Eyes unscale To see our selves this Day What need we have of Christ to save A Christ to us display While in this Glass of Gospel-Grace God's Glory we do view Lord from above shed down thy Love Our Souls in Grace renue The Believers Groans for Sion's Deliverance As Psalm 148. I. O Blessed Jesus who Here once was crucifi'd Thy sacred Blood did flow Wherewith the Earth was dy'd And still each day Thy blessed Name doth suffer Shame Lord Come away II. Thy Gospel is abus'd By that licentious Train Thy Prophets are misus'd Thy Threats esteemed vain But Lord how long Will 't be e're Thou holy and true Avenge this Wrong III. Thy Saints and Servants here Accounted are as mad Their Hearts are fill'd with Fear While wicked Men are glad Save thine Elect That night and Day to Thee do pray To that Effect IV. The bloody Sword abroad Drinks Blood abundantly But when wilt thou O Lord Hear Sion's mournful Cry Hasten therefore That time of Peace when Wars shall cease For evermore V. Let Babel that proud Whore Sink into deep Distress That Sion never more She may at all oppress Charge her with Guilt And that because her bloody Laws Much Blood hath spilt VI. Thy Saints rebuke O Lord Be pleas'd to wipe away And speedily afford Thy Church that glorious Day When none shall more Hurt or destroy or her anoy For evermore VII The Wicked cloath with Shame Trample on that proud Race That will not know thy Name But still despise thy Grace But Lord display Here every-where thy holy Fear We humbly pray VIII Let that bright Morning spring Let Christ that Sun appear With Healing in his Wing On all that thy Name fear That all the Earth May sing with Joy continually In Sacred Mirth IX That Evening of the Day When Sion shall have Light For it we long and pray O let her Sun shine bright And those sweet Streams Of Truth 's Divine Lord let them shine With brightest Beams X. Let Christ ascend his Throne And reign for evermore Let him be King alone Let Nations him adore Bright Day appear When Christ shall reign and his sweet Name Be own'd each where XI That Covering Lord remove From Abram's sinful Race Look on them from above Grant them converting Grace Thy Spiritual Pow'r That so they may mourn look and pray To their Saviour XII A time is drawing near When Earth's most utmost Coasts The Lord's great Name shall fear And in him make their Boasts Lord come away Begin thy Work on Pope and Turk Why dost thou stay XIII Let Satan that proud Foe Be bound by thy strong Arm Confin'd in Hell below Thy Church no more to harm That every Nation May own thy Name and all may claim Thy sweet Salvation XIV Reclaim Mens Lusts and Wrath Make Earth a holy place Let Gospel-Light break forth Lord shew thy pleased Face Thy Sion-Hill Each day increase her Light and Peace Her Joys fulfil XV. Let Ordinances be Refin'd from Dross and Tin Let All Salvation see O let that Day begin When evermore That Sun shall shine and all combine Christ to adore FINIS THE POSTSCRIPT TO THE READER NEver did God shew greater Love to the Sons of Men than when he gave the Son of his Love to die for the Sins of Men yet too many give away their Souls for nothing and tho they will not now fear for Love in the Day of Grace shall hereafter tremble for fear in the Day of Wrath and know when too late how much Prevention is better than Confusion And thou that wilt not now come to Christ by saving Faith in the Day of his Love to receive him with his Merits and Mercies to thy eternal Consolation shalt hereafter be brought to him in the day of Anger to thy eternal Damnation Now to do the one and to avoid the other remember thou art but a Pilgrim and Stranger here and that the great and chief End of Man is to glorify God and save his own Soul That thou may'st do this be admonished carefully to pursue conscientiously to peruse and constantly to practise what is contained in this Enchiridion or Pocket-Companion The Author thereof thou mayst see at the beginning His Qualifications in the Sermon wherein are many sweet sacred and Soul-saving Truths contained delivered by the Author in the Parish-Church of Potters Pury in the County of Northampton May the Wisdom of Heaven be opened and distill down such heavenly refreshing Dews upon these sweet and sacred Truths that they may make a deep Impression upon our Hearts and be seated and setled in our Minds and become fruitful in our Lives to the Honour of God the Joy of the Author and to the present Comfort future and eternal Happiness of the Hearers To conclude That thou mayst hereby know how to put off the Old Man and to put on the New Man Christ Jesus and so be made partaker of the Divine Nature and at last come to have the full Fruition of him in Glory is the earnest Desire and Prayer of Thy Friend and Servant in the Lord J. N. Minister of the Gospel at Potters Pury aforesaid Perlege Vive Vale. ADVERTISEMENT NEwly printed the Midnight-Cry a Sermon on the Parable of the Ten Virgins by J. Mason Rector of W. in the County of Bucks The second Edition with Addition of two Poems for the Coming of Christ by the same Author

Great God of Heaven Joh. 3.16 God so loved the World as to give his only Begotten Son to die Christ indeed is the Redeemer by whom we are saved from Wrath to come 't is by him that we have Redemption Ephes 1. But this way of Salvation was of the Father's Contrivance he calls Christ forth and employs him in the great work of Redemption Isa 49.5 And now saith the Lord that formed me from the Womb to be his Servant to bring Jacob again to him These are the words of Christ * Hoc capite continetur Prophetia de Officio Christi Piscator wherein he shews that the glorious Work of Redemption and bringing back the Elect to God was a Work to which he was called and fitted by the Father And therefore the Work of Redemption is sometimes attributed to the Father Col. 1.12 13. Giving Thanks to the Father c. And you and I should be much in adoring the Infinite Goodness and free Mercy of God that hath remembred us in our low Estate because his Mercy endureth for ever Psal 136.23 We were sinking into Hell and eternal Perdition had not the Father pitied us and contrived our Salvation we had perished without remedy for ever Look upon that new and living way to the Father by Christ and see the Father's eternal Love in it 2 Cor. 5.18 19. All things are of God who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ and hath committed unto us the Ministry of Reconciliation to wit that God was in Christ reconciling the World to himself O I beseech you adore admire and sing the Father's Praise for giving you a Christ Q. Secondly What is it God freely offers us A. It is the Lord Jesus Christ And this may be matter of Wonderment to Men and Angels that God should give us his Son one who was in the form of God and thought it no robbery to be equal with God Phil. 2.6 Him who was the Brightness * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 it signifies more than Brightness even such a Brightness as hath a lustre cast upon it from some other thing Sicut Sol radios ex sua substantia gignit sic Pater ab eterno ex sua substantia Filium genuit Critica Sacra of his Father's Glory and the express Image † 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Character figura idem of his Person and upholding all things by the Word of his Power Him who is Alpha and Omega the beginning and the ending which is and was and is to come the Almighty Rev. 1.8 A Lord of Lords and King of Kings Revelat. 17.14 The Image of the invisible God Col. 1.15 The only Begotten of the Father Joh. 1.14 Him in whom all Fulness dwells Col. 1.19 Him who is white and ruddy the chiefest of ten thousand Cant. 5.10 11. altogether lovely ver 15. A glorious infinitely compleat Person search Heaven and Earth none can be found like Christ But to illustrate this Greatness of God's Love in giving Christ let us consider by what Notions and in what Relations Jesus Christ is held out to us 1. Jesus Christ is a Redeemer and as such he is offered us Isa 59.20 The Redeemer shall come to Zion Ephes 1.7 We have Redemption through his Blood the Forgiveness of Sins Now Christ's being a Redeemer intimates two things to us 1. That we are by Nature in a State of Bondage if it were not so we should not need a Redeemer one that is already free needs not one to make him free And hence it is that the Carnal World sets so light by Christ and all the Offers of his Grace because they are not sensible of their Bondage and Slavery Now by Nature we are Slaves to Sin 2 Pet. 2.19 They are the Servants of Corruption Tit. 3.3 serving divers Lusts and Pleasures And not only so but we are the Devil's Slaves Ephes 2.2 wherein in time past ye ●alked 2. The Consideration of Christ as a Redeemer intimates to us that there was a Price paid to redeem lost Man from the Slavery of Sin and Satan and this was the Blood of Christ the Redeemer 1 Pet. 1.18 19. Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things as Silver and Gold but with the precious Blood of Christ as of a Lamb without Blemish and without Spot Now Christ is offered to you to be your Redeemer from Hell and Wrath. But who amongst you are willing to receive him to come to him It may be you will say We are all willing to have Christ our Redeemer No no there 's none willing but only such as are sensible of their Slavery The poor Sinner that finds himself bound with the Chains of Sin led by Satan Captive at his Will and so ready to drop into Hell O for a Redeemer for such a poor Soul such a Soul will cry and beg for Christ 2. Christ is a Mediator 1 Tim. 2.5 There is one Mediator between God and Man the Man Christ Jesus and this shews us that faln Man can have no Access to God immediately by himself there is so great a breach between God and him Psal 7.11 God is angry with the Wicked every day Let a Man in an unregenerate Estate do what he will God is angry with him If thou art out of Christ while thou eatest sleepest walkest yea when thou prayest God is angry with thee the Sacrifice of the Wicked is abominable to him Thou canst not come near him he is a consuming Fire Therefore we must have a Mediator a middle Person to reconcile an offended God and a rebellious Sinner to take up the Quarrel between God and Man Isa 27.5 Let him take hold of my Strength that he may make Peace with me and he shall make Peace with me No way to make Peace with God but by Christ Ephes 2.14 He is our Peace Now who will have Christ a Mediator None but those that are sensible of the Breach that Sin has made between God and their Souls 3. Jesus Christ is a Saviour and as such he is offered to us Luke 2.10 11. Behold I bring you good Tidings of great Joy which shall be unto all People For unto you is born a Saviour which is Christ the Lord. Now this supposes we were all by Nature lost otherwise no need of a Saviour Mat. 18.11 Jesus Christ came to seek and to save that which was lost Sinner dost thou see thy self lost dost thou see thy need of Christ a Saviour then a Saviour will be welcome this is sweet News to a poor lost Soul that sees he is undone by Sin 4. Jesus Christ is an Advocate 1 Joh. 2.1 If any Man sin i. e. any of the Elect and of those that Christ died for he did not die for all but for the Elect only we have an Advocate with the Father Jesus Christ the Righteous And he is not only an Advocate but an Intercessor Isa 53.12 Now this supposes that we were accused to the Father if we

a cordial closure with Christ tho some may quarrel the Author hath his End and God shall have the Glory The Believer's Marriage with Christ OR A SERMON On the Parable of the Marriage of the King's Son Mat. 22.2 The Kingdom of Heaven is like unto a certain King which made a Marriage for his Son 3. And sent forth his Servants to call them that were bidden to the Wedding and they would not come 4. Again he sent forth other Servants saying Tell them which are bidden Behold I have prepared my Dinner my Oxen and my Fatlings are killed and all things are ready come unto the Marriage 5. But they made light of it and went their ways one to his Farm another to his Merchandise And so on to the 14th Verse HEre is a Parable spoken by our dear Lord Jesus Christ himself and therefore calls for an hearing Ear and an understanding Heart in every one here present And for our better understanding the Mind of Christ herein let us answer five or six Queries Query 1. What are we to understand by the Kingdom of Heaven Answ There is a threefold Kingdom of Heaven 1. That blessed everlasting Life the Saints shall live in the next World Matth. 5.3 Blessed are the poor in Spirit for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven 2. There 's the Kingdom of Grace or the Divine Life in the Hearts of the Elect in whose Hearts Jesus Christ hath set up his Spiritual Kingdom Mat. 13.31 The Kingdom of Heaven is like unto a Grain of Mustard-Seed See ver 32. This and the following Parable of the Leaven as a * Pareus in locum Learned Man observes signifies the Power and Divine Efficacy of the Gospel in and on the Hearts of the Elect in the day when they are inwardly renewed by the Spirit 3. The visible Church comprehending both good and bad is sometimes called the Kingdom of Heaven as in the Parable of the Draw-Net Mat. 13.47 The Kingdom of Heaven is like to a Net that was cast into the Sea and gathered of every kind i.e. The visible Church by the Ministry of the Word gathers into it not only such as are truly sanctified but all that visibly own Jesus Christ And in this sense I humbly conceive this Parable of the Marriage is to be understood The Kingdom of Heaven is like unto a King c. i. e. The great God of Heaven in calling Men unto and directing them how to attain Eternal Life doth as Kings use to do at Marriage-Feasts who having prepared all things ready send out their Servants to invite the Guests so God hath provided a Gospel-Banquet and sends out the Ministers of his Word to invite Men to come to Christ Query 2. Who is this King Answ The great God of Heaven who did originally contrive the glorious Work of Salvation as appears in these Scriptures Isa 42.1 2 3 4 5 6 7. these are the Father's words to Christ calling him forth to undertake the great Work of Redemption Had not the Father contrived a way of Salvation for lost Sinners our Condition had been for ever hopeless Jesus Christ is the Father's Gift Joh. 3.16 God so loved the World that he gave his only begotten Son to die Query 3. Here is a Wedding but who is the Bridegroom the Son here spoken of Answ The Lord Jesus Christ the eternal Son of God who is the Churches Spiritual Bridegroom and as such often spoken of in Holy Scripture Psal 19.5 Which is as a Bridegroom coming out of his Chamber the ancient Fathers understood this of Christ the Rex ille est Deus Pater sponsus est Filius Dei Sponsa pauci electi Nuptiae disponsatio copulatio Ecclesiae cum Christo Pareus in loco Spiritual Bridegroom of the Church * Corpus suum assumptum ex Virgine ipse tanquam sponsus Ecclesiae toties promissus per Prophetas c. Psalterium Paraph. who assumed Human Nature in the Womb of the Virgin thence appeared as the Churches Heavenly Bridegroom in the World and so he is held out to us in the Parable of the ten Virgins Mat. 25.1 2 3 4. as a Heavenly Husband that comes to consummate a Spiritual Marriage with his Church Query 4. But who is the Bride Answ The Church of Christ and especially the Elect. Jer. 3.14 I am married unto you Rev. 19.7 The Marriage of the Lamb is come and his Wife the Church hath made her self ready O the Honour given to a Believer to be married to Jesus Christ Query 5. What is meant by the Feast Answ That glorious Provision God hath made for poor undone Sinners in Christ as Union and Communion with God and Christ all the Benefits purchased by the Death of Christ such as Pardon Justification Sanctification Adoption and the like these are the Heavenly Dishes served up at this Gospel-Feast for Believers to feed upon And it 's very usual in Scripture to represent Heavenly Things by Temporal and particularly by Feasting Isa 25.6 And in this Mountain i. e. Sion the Church and a Type of Heaven shall the Lord of Hosts make unto all People a Feast of fat things a Feast of Wines on the Lees of fat things full of Marrow of Wines on the Lees well refined i. e. In that day that an elect Soul is married to Jesus Christ there 's an Heavenly Banquet in that Heart Rev. 3.20 Behold I stand at the Door and knock if any Man hear my Voice and open to me I will come in and sup with him and he with me Query 6. Who are the Servants sent out to invite the Guests to the Wedding Answ The Servants * Primi Servi fuerunt Patriarchae posteriores Moses Prophetae Pareus in loco are God's Ministers both of the Old and New Testament the first were Patriarchs then Moses and the Prophets and last of all the Apostles and their Successors So I that am now preaching to you am one of these Servants come to invite you to come to Christ the Jews they refused now the Gospel is preached to the Gentiles whose Offspring we are Having thus explained the Parable we come now to the Observation and tho this pregnant Text might afford many yet I shall content my self one which comprehends the very Heart and Marrow of the Text. Doct. God in and by the Gospel freely offers Jesus Christ with all the Banefits of his Death to all that are willing to come to him and receive him upon Gospel-Terms In speaking to this Heavenly Truth I shall endeavour these five things First Shew who it is that makes this Offer to Sinners God the Father Secondly What is offered Jesus Christ Thirdly Wherein is Christ offered viz. in the Gospel Fourthly To whom doth God offer Christ viz. To all that are willing to come to him Fifthly What is it to come to and receive and accept of Christ Q. First Who it is that offers Christ and Salvation to Sinners Ans It is the