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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77762	The great doctrines of the gospel of Christ owned, believed and asserted in several declarations or sermons preached in London, by sundry servants of Christ of the society of Christian Quakers.	Budd, Thomas, 1648-1699.	1694 (1694)	Wing B5358A; ESTC R227790	110,751	214

hath laid upon him the Iniquity of us all He bare ou● sins in his own Body upon the Tree that w● being dead to Sin should live unto Righteousness by whose Stripes we are healed Grea● hath been the love of God to us he hat● given his Son to die for us and his Spirit t● live in us and he calls us in the Day of Visitation How may we know when he calls wil● some say When by his good Spirit he stirs in th● Heart and strives in thy Soul checks thee an● reproves thee for Sin as often as thou findes● anything in thy Conscience that reproves the● for what is evil this is the Voice of the So● of God John 5.25 Verily verily I say un● you the hour is coming and now is when th● Dead shall hear the Voice of the Son of God an● they that hear shall live Even those that ar● dead in Sins and Trespasses shall be quickene● by the Voice of the Son of God For as th● Father hath life in himself he hath given unt● ●he Son to have Life in himself And hath ●iven him Authority to execute Judgment al●o because he is the Son of Man Marvel not at this for the hour is coming in which all that are in their Graves shall hear his Voice and shall come forth they that have done good unto the Resurrection of Life and they that ●ave done Evil unto the Resurrection of Damnation Blessed be the Lord who hath made known ●s Mind and Will unto us we have the Spi●it of Truth within us and the holy Scriptures without us It is a great Mercy that ●hey are vouchsafed to all Nations and that ●hoy have been wonderfully preserved in all Ages and Generations from the Primitive ●imes to this day and have come to us safe through so many different Hands and all the Copies of Holy Writ agreeing in Words and Sense without any cousiderable difference Let us bless God for this singular Blessing and Mercy vouchsafed to us Tho' I would not Idolize the Scriptures ●et I do highly esteem and honour them We ●ead Luke 16.27 That in the Parable of the ●ich Man he speaks to Abraham after this manner I pray thee Father that thou wouldst send Lazarus to my Father's House for I have five Brethren that he may testify unto them lest they also come to this place of Torment Abraham saith unto ●im They have Moses and the Prophets let them hear them And he said Nay Father Abraham but if one went unto ●hem from the Dead they will repent And he said vnto him If they hear not Moses and the Prophets neither will they be persuaded tho' one rose from the Dead therefore to the Law and the Testimony the Testimony is in our Consciences and the Law is written outwardly but effectually and inwardly upon the Hearts there is no disjoining what God hath joined Therefore if any one should bring any other Doctrin that is contrary to the Holy Scripture or if an Angel from Heaven preach any other Gospel we are not to receive it It hath been the Spirit of Antichrist in all Ages and the Man of Sin that hath endeavoured to undervalue the holy Scriptures who as the Apostle saith opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God or that is worshipped so that he as God sitteth in the Temple of God shewing himself that he is God This Spirit of Antichrist where-ever it is it secretly undermines the holy Scriptures therefore it concerns you to keep close to the Law and the Testimony Let me in true love to your immortal Souls desire every one of you to mind the work of your Salvation and to work it out with fear and trembling and God will work in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure Examine your selves and prove your selves whether you are in the Faith take heed that you be not led by a Spirit of Error to the Law and to the Testimony If any Man think that he is wise in many things let him not presume to be wise above that which is written lest he need to come and learn again what he doth not know and hath been taught Great is the Mystery of Godliness and great also is the Mystery of Iniquity therefore you are concerned to examine your selves and to prove all things and hold fast that which is good You are a seeking and enquiring People else you would not have been here at this time And what can inform you better than the gift God hath been pleased to give unto you together with the holy Scriptures examine your selves whether when you have proved all things you hold fast that which is good Make it appear that you are good Christians by your righteous and heavenly Conversations and by your holy Walk make it appear that you are true Disciples of Christ that you are Followers of the Lord Jesus and endued with his Spirit by being holy in all manner of Conversation Take heed of indulging thy self in any sin take that Counsel which is given by our Lord Jesus to all his Followers Matth. 5.30 If thy right hand offend thee cut it off and cast it from thee for it is profitable for thee that one of thy Members should perish and not that thy whole Body should be cast into Hell Live so as to be always ready for the coming of the Lord Jesus that you may be found among the wise Virgins The Kingdom of Heaven is likened unto ten Virgins which took their Lamps and went forth to meet the Bridegroom and five of them were wise and five of them were foolish Here are abundance of Professors in this City that would be taken for Virgins and Followers of Christ but they are too like those five foolish Virgins that took their Lamps and took no Oil with them whereas the Wise took Oil in their Vessels with their Lamps while the Bridegroom carried they all slumbered and slept and at Midnight there was a Cry made behold the Bridegroom cometh go ye out to meet him then all those Virgins went and trimmed their Lamps and the foolish said unto the wise give us of your Oil for our Lamps are gone out but the wise answered not so lest there be not enough for us and you go you rather to them that sell and buy for your selves And while they went to buy the Bridegroom came and they that were ready went in with him to the Marriage and the Door was shut afterwards also came the other Virgins saying Lord Lord open to us but he answered and said Verily I say unto you I know you not O take heed that this be not your woful and deplorable Case at the coming of Christ to Judgment but prepare and be in readiness that you may have an abundant entrance into his everlasting Kingdom Take my words into consideration and lay aside every weight and the sin that doth easily beset you and run with Patience your heavenly Race that you may so

and Peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ it is not the true Doctrin of the Gospel of Christ to preach Pardon of Sin and Justification through the Obedience that any Man or Woman can perform to or by the Light within the Spirit of God within or any inward Principle without Faith in the Man Christ Jesus It is by Faith in him that we witness Peace with God Being justified by Faith we have Peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ Rom. 5.1 It is not in my Heart to go into Niceties to answer that Question that hath more of Nicity than of Necessity in it Whether we are justified by Faith or by Faith and Works viz. by such Works as accompany Faith and go along with Faith and that flow from Faith as the effects of it We cannot be justified whatever any may ●irm without Faith in Christ crucified and ●hoever preach that we may be justified by ●y Works that we can perform any obedi●nce to Christ within or without without ●ith in Christ crucified they preach another ●ospel and pervert the Gospel of Christ ●al 1.8 But though we or an Angel from ●eaven saith the Apostle preach any other ●ospel unto you than that which we have preach●● unto you let him be accursed Now they preach another Gospel that preach ●ustification and Remission of Sins by our own ●orks and Obedience without Faith in Christ crucified The Apostle James saith ●deed Jam. 2.21 Was not Abraham our ●ather justified when he offered Isaac his Son ●pon the Altar Seest thou how Faith wrought ●ith his Works and by Works was Faith ●ade perfect And the Scripture was fulfil●●d which saith Abraham believed God ●●d it was impute● to him for Righteousness ●●d he was called the Friend of God And it is ●id concerning Rahab Was not Rahab the ●arlot justified by Works when she had recei●ed the Messengers and had sent them out ano●her way Josh 2.15 She let them down by a ●ord through the Window and she said unto ●hem Get ye to the Mountains lest the Pursu●rs meet you And the Spyes said unto her ●ehold when we come into the Land thou shalt ●ind this Line of Scarlet-Thred in the Window ●ich thou didst let us down by c. The ●carlet-Thred did typify and represent and shadow out the Blood of Christ by which sh● should be saved she hid the Spyes and th● was a good Work her Faith that saved he● was as the Scarlet-Thred dipt and dyed i● the Blood of Christ which cleanseth from al● Sin So these Works were not without Faith but did accompany it and were the real Frui● of it I have told you that the Object of Fait● is God the Father and Jesus Christ his Son both in his inward and outward coming an● appearance and as he is yet to come again and appear without us at the end of th● World at the great day of Judgment and also the holy Spirit Now to open to you briefly one Scripture John 1.12 But as many as received him to them gave he Power to become the Sons of God even to them that believe on his Name The Exposition that some have given of this is the receiving of Christ inwardly that is so far good But that dot●●ot comprehend the whole sense and meaning of the Words To receive him and believe on him is not only to receive his Light and Power and Spirit in our Hearts but to receive him as he died for us and shed his precious Blood for us and became both a Priest and Sacrifice for us and offered himself through the Eternal Spirit without spot to God We must believe th● worth and value of that Sacrifice to expiat● our Sins and to make attonement for us ● so that by Christ's Sacrifice and offering o● himself the justice of God ha●h satisfactio● made to it as fully as if we our selves had suf●●red and made full satisfaction So that to ●●ceive Christ is not to receive him only in ●●s inward Appearance but in his priestly Of●●ce as he died upon the Cross and shed his ●recious Blood for us I have said it divers times and it is in my Heart to say it again That Christ offered the Gift of his Manhood upon the Altar of his Godhead that sanctified it and made it so ●ighly valuable and acceptable How will ●ou prove this some might say This may ●ell be proved out of the holy Scripture Heb. 13.14 For if the Blood of Bulls and of Goats and the Ashes of an Heifer sprinkling ●he Vnclean sanctifieth to the purifying of the ●lesh how much more shall the Blood of Christ ●ho through the Eternal Spirit offered himself ●●thout spot to God purge your Consciences ●im dead Works ●o serve the living God The ●●●rnal Spirit 〈◊〉 the eternal Power and God●ead is the Altar t●●● is greater than the Gift ●●d the Altar which sanctifieth the Gift and ●hich was that that gave value and merit to ●s precious Blood and to what his Body and ●oul suffered here I say is the Gift upon ●●e Altar and the Altar sanctifieth the Gift 〈◊〉 Christ had been Man only then his Death ●●d Sufferings and his precious Blood had ●t been of that great worth and value to ex●●te our Sin and make Attonement for us ●●d reconcile us to God God hath had re●●d to this in all Ages God looks favourable ●on us only through Christ our great Mediator and High-priest Christ's Blood is of meritorious Efficacy in all Ages since it was shed and before it was shed And as Christ is the Object of our Faith so is the Doctrin of Christ in all the parts of it in a secondary sense but more especially as it respects the Promises of Salvation and his Commandments these two the Promises of Christ and the Commands of Christ if we believe his Promises we believe his Precepts and obey them We are pardoned and sanctified and justified freely and all boasting is excluded If we believe in Christ we believe in his Person and we believe his Doctrin his Promises and all that is written That through the comfort of the Scriptures we might have Hope I will by a Similitude express and represent to you of what great use the Promises are unto us as I have found by experience blessed be God that the great and precious Promises of our Lord Jesus Christ and hi● sweet Invitations and Calls that are recorded in the holy Scripture are a mighty help to us in laying hold upon Christ We cannot take hold of a Man so well when he is naked as when he is clothed It is not so easy fo● us to lay hold on Christ naked as when he i● preached in the Gospel and as when he i● clothed as it were with the precious Prom●ses It is very hard for us to lay hold o● Christ and embrace him and come to him without a Promise The Apostle Peter hol●ing forth this great Mystery tells us 2 Pet. 1. ● Whereby are given to