in case men beleeve he hath left it to them to beleeve or not beleeve and so al the great councels of God must depend upon mans wil No certainly Christ hath not left it so but those that he hath reconciled unto God he hath so reconciled them to him as that they shal beleeve and this is not al the world 3. Further If this were so that Christ hath payed a price and left it to mans free will to beleeve or not beleeve the truth is Judas would have been as much beholding to Christ for Salvation as Peter But you wil say Judas was never saved Peter was But according to these men Christ did as much for Judas as for Peter for he shed his blood for Judas as wel as for Peter only Peter by the act of his free wil beleeved and the other did not So that the truth is according to the doctrine of these men Peter shal be no more beholding to Christ at the day of judgment than Judas was Peter indeed must acknowledg that he was saved by Christ but if their doctrine be true he may wel say Lord thou hast done no more for me than for Judas and what was more I did that my selfe thou shedest thy blood a like for us but I beleeved and he did not if he had beleeved he might have been saved as wel as I so hereby the grace of God is exceedingly dishonored by these men that hold universal Redemption by Christ and make it to include al the world There are many arguments that might be used which because they are not so cleer to the ordinary capacities of people we shal leave further mentioning of them at this time and shal only ad that it is Arminian doctrine to teach that there is a price payed by Christ for al the world and it is left unto men to beleeve or not to beleeve And that is true evangelical doctrine That there is a price payed by Christ and God hath resolved upon such and such particular ones in the world that he wil be reconciled unto and that they shal beleeve and be everlastingly saved CHAP. 35. Why Gods Reconciling to himselfe is expressed in so large a terme as the World Six Reasons thereof BUt you wil say If this be so that God hath made such a difference that there are some that he hath been from al eternity reconcileing himself unto and not al what is the reason of this phrase why doth he say that he loved the world and that he was reconciling himself unto the world without any distinction One would think God should rather have expressed it thus That he Reconciling himself to some in the world and that he loved some in the world and not the world in general No God would rather express it in this general phrase upon these Six Reasons Reason 1. First He would say the World to exclude Angells that are not so properly of this world But this doth not come up so fully to the Reason why God would rather say the world than this or that man in the world And therefore Reason 2. In the Second place another Reason is this Because he would shew the sufficiency of the death of Christ and of the work of Redemption that there is enough in it if it were to save never so many worlds Reason 3. Thirdly Another Reason of it is this That God might shew that in the Ministery of the Gospel none shal be excluded No not the worst of sinners that are in the world and therefore God doth not say in the Ministery of the Gospel this or that particular man or woman Christ died for but generally he died for the world Because he would hereby shew that he hath not excluded the worst and vildest sinner in the world and that those that are the most notorious and the greatest sinners in the world may come in and be Reconciled If God had expressed it thus There are some in the world that I have been reconciling my self unto from al eternity Then may a sinner say surely if there be but some God never intended me that have been so wicked a wretch so notorious a sinner But therefore God would not express it so but in the most general tearmes to the end that there should not be any one sinner in the world have this plea Lord I was excluded No saith God I wil have the Ministery of my Gospel go in such generall tearmes as that every sinner shal have incouragement to come in and receive mercy Therefore you shal find in that last of Mark. 15. where Christ gives his Commission to his disciples to preach He saith go in to al the world and â—â—each the Gospel to every Ceature that is to man who is a little world an Epitome of every creature To the Gentiles also who had been denyed this favor of the Gospel as if they had been none of Gods creatures If thou beest a creature the Gospel is to be preached to thee There is to be a general tender of Grace and mercy to every Creature throughout the whole world to the greatest sinners that live upon the face of the Earth Great sinners and smal sinners al of them are to have the offer of Reconciliation with God And the Ministers of the Gospel are to preach in the name of God that the Lord doth tender unto every one this offer of mercy and Salvation This to be done ministerially to every Creature we shal come preach to not only great sinners but those that are of the meanest condition in the world For some may say If God wil shew mercy to some in the world sure it must be to some great ones in the world those that are eminent and may do him a great deal of service alas what service can God have from me a poor creature that lives al day long in a poor dark hole that can do him no work or service wil ever God have any thought of me Yes if thou be a creature of God and livest in the world thou art no more excluded from Reconciliation with God than the Kings and Emperors of the Earth and it may be God may think of thee in that poor hole of thine a thatched cottage when he neglecteth and passeth by the great Monarks of the world Therefore this expression is so large that those that are the poorest people in the world and the greatest sinners in the world may know they are not excluded from the offers of grace in the Gospel This is a third Reason And then Reason 4. A fourth Reason why it goes in such tearmes as these That herby the Lord may shew that those that shal actually come in to be reconciled unto him they must come in while they are in this world That those persons that are capable of Reconciliation are only such persons as live in the world If they be not reconciled before they are gone out of the world they are never to be reconciled
Judicial Astrology Delivered in Sermons on 2 Pet. 1.19 2 Christ in Travel Wherein 1. The Travel of his soul 2. The first and after effects of his Death 3. His Assurance of Issue 4. And his satisfaction therein Are opened and cleered in Sermons on Isa 53 11. 3 A Lifting up for the Cast-down in case of 1. Great sin 2. Weakness of Grace 3. Miscarriage of Duties 4. Want of Assurance 5. Affliction 6 Temptation 7. Dissertion 8. Unserviceableness 9 Discouragements from the Condition it self Delivered in thirteen Sermons on Psalm 42.11 His Four Sermons concerning 4 Sin against the Holy Ghost 5 Sins of Infirmitie 6 The false Apostle tried and discovered 7 The good and means of Establishment 8 The great things Faith can do 9 The great things Faith can suffer 10 The Great Gospel Mystery of the Saints Comfort and Holiness opened and applied from Christs Priestly Office 11 Satans power to Tempt and Christs Love to and Care of his People under Temptaton 12 Thankfulness required in every Condition 13 Grace for Grace 14 The Spiritual Actings of Faith through Natural Impossibilities 15 Evangelical Repentance 16 The Spiritual Life c. 17 The Woman of Canaan 18 The Saints Hiding place c. 19 Christs Coming c. 20 A Vindication of Gospel Ordinances 21 Grace and Love beyond Gifts Twelve Books of Mr. Jeremiah Burroughs lately published also the Texts of Scripture upon which they are grounded 1 Gospel Reconciliation Or Christs Trumpet of Peace to the World Wherein is Opened Gods exceeding willingness to be Reconciled to Man And Gods sending his Embassadors to that End From. 2 Cor. 5 19 20 21. 2 The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment on Phil. 4.11 Wherein is shewed 1 What Contentment is 2 It is an Holy art and Mystery 3 The Excellencies of it 4 The Evil of the contrary sin of Murmuring and the Aggravations of it 3 Gospel-Worship on Levit. 10.3 Wherein is shewed 1 The right manner of the Worship of God in General And particularly In hearing the Word Receiving the Lords supper prayer 4 Gospel-Conversation on Phil. 1 17 Wherein is shewed 1 That the Conversations of Beleevers must be above what could be by the Light of Nature 2 Beyond those that lived under the Law 3 And sutable to what Truths the Gospel holds forth To which is added The Misery of those Men that have their Portion in this Life only on Psal 17.14 5 A Treatise of Earthly-mindedness Wherein is shewed 1 What Earthly-mindedness is 2. The great Evil thereof on Phil. 3. part of the 19. verse Also to the same Book is joyned A Treatise of Heavenly-mindedness and walking with God on Gen. 5.24 and on Phil. 3.20 6 An Exposition on the fourth fifth sixth and seventh Chapters of the Prophesie of Hosea 7 An Exposition on the eighth ninth and tenth Chapters of Hosea 8 An Exposition on the eleventh twelfth and thirteenth Chapters of Hosea being now compleat 9 The Evil of Evils or the exceeding sinfulness of sin on Job 16.21 10 Precious Faith on 2 Pet. 1.1 11 Of Hope on 1 John 3.3 12 Of Walking by Faith on 2 Cor. 5.7 Mr. Burroughs his fifty nine Sermons on Matth. 11.28 29 30. Are Printing A Godly and Fruitful Exposition on the first Epistle of Peter By Mr. John Rogers Minister of the word of God at Dedham in Essex Mr Rogers on Naaman the Syrian his Disease and Cure Discovering the Leprosie of Sin and Self-love with the Cure viz. Self-denial and Faith Mr. Rogers his Treatise of Marriage The Wonders of the Loadstone By Samuel Ward of Ipswich An Exposition on the Gospel of the Evangelist St. Matthew By Mr. VVard The Discipline of the Church in New-England By the Churches and Synod there Eleven Books by Nich. Culpeper Gent. Student in Physick and Astrologie 1. The Practice of Physick containing seventeen several Books Wherein is plainly set forth The Nature Cause Differences and several sorts of Signs Together with the Cure of al Diseases in the Body of Man Being a Translation of the Works of that Learned and Renowned Doctor Lazarus Riverius now living Councellor and Physitian to the present King of France Above fifteen thousand of the said Books in Latin have been sold in a very few Yeers having been eight times printed though al the former Impressions wanted the Nature Causes Signs and Differences of the Diseases and had only the Medicines for the cure for them as plainly appears by the Authors Epistle 2. A Sure Guide to Physick and Chyrurgery That is to say The Arts of Healing by Medicine and Manual Operation Being an Anatomical Description of the whol body of Man and its parts with their Respective diseases demonstrated from the Fabrick and use of the said Parts In Six Books of Riolanus translated and adorned with a hundred eighty four Figures cut in Brass 3 Veslingus Anatomy of the Body of Man Wherein is exactly described the several Parts of the Body of Man illustrated with very many larger Brass Plates than ever was in English before 4 A Translation of the New dispensatory made by the Colledg of Physitians of London Whereunto is added The Key to Galens Method of Physick 5 The English Physitian enlarged being an Astrologo-Physical Discourse of the vulgar Herbs of this Nation wherein is shewed how to cure a mans self of most Diseases incident to Mans Body with such things as grow in England and for three pence charge Also in the same Book is shewed 1 The time of gathering al Herbs both Vulgarly and Astrologically 2 The way of drying and keeping them and their Juyces 3 The way of making and keeping al manner of useful Compounds made of those Herbs The way of mixing the Medicines according to the Cause and Mixture of the Disease and the part of the Body afflicted 6 A Directory for Midwives or a Guide for Women Newly enlarged by the Author in every sheet and illustrated with divers new Plates 7 Galens Art of Physick with a large Comment 8 A New Method both of studying and practising Physick 9 A Treatise of the Rickets being a Disease common to Childrenâ— wherein is shewed 1 The Essence 2 The Causes 3 The Signs 4 The Remedies of the Disease Published in Latin by Dr. Glisson Dr. Bates and Dr. Regemorter translated into English And corrected by N. Culpeper 10 Medicaments for the Poor Or Physick for the Common People 11 Health for the Rich and Poor by Dyet without Physick The Idea of Practical Physick in twelve Books are Printing The London Dispensatory in Folio of a large Character in Latine The London Dispensatory in twelves a smal Pocket Book in Latine The Royal and Delightful Game of Picquet written in French and now rendred into English Octavo The Golden Rule of Justice Advanced Six Sermons preached by Dr. Hill Viz. 1 The Beauty and Sweetness of an Olive Branch of Peace and Brotherly Accommodation budding 2 Truth and Love happily married in the Church of Christ 3 The Spring of
delight in them the more so because God sees there are so few that continue in his waies therefore those that do are the more prized by God and the more honored by God So Paul he tells us that of the most he was forsaken 2 Tim. 1 15.16 He praies for the house of Onesiphorus because he had kept by him when most in Asia had forsaken him that is honorable Again Those that continue in the waies of Godliness they are honorable before the Lord because they have passed through many difficulties in the waies of God A souldier that hath passed through manâ— dangers and dfficulties in the Kings service is so much the more honored We reade of Solomon 1 Kings 2.26 That he honored Abiathar because he had suffered so much affliction with his Father of Old so God wil honor those that have suffered many difficulties those that have gone through many changes of time and yet continued upright God wil exceedingly honor in Luke 18. Because you have indured with me in the time of temptation therefore I have appointed unto you a Kingdom saith Christ Again It is an honorable thing to be Old in the waies of righteousness because these have much acquaintance with God they come to be of Gods long acquaintance Now we delight much if we can meet with one that is of our old acquaintance we say Oh! Such an one is my Old acquaintance he was my fathers acquaintance therefore we prize him now Now an Old man that hath been a Godly man a long time he is our Old acquaintance an Old acquaintance of God our Father and therefore we honor him in Exodus 15.23 Where Moses praises God saith he he is our God and our Fathers â—od Is it an honor to God that he was our Fathers God Then it is an honor to you that you are Gods that are our Fathers that you are our Fathers Saints if God be honored for being our Fathers God then you are honored for being one of our Fathers Saints Gods Saint who is our Father We reade of Moses that having been but forty daies conversing with God upon the Mount and his Face did shine if conversing with God forty daies makes his face shine what wil it be to converse with God forty years Oh! how must their faces needs shine being so long acquainted with him 8. Those that continue gracious Old they have done a great deal of service and therefore honorable especially if they have been in publique places A publique Minister that hath coâ—â—inued to be Old in service for God he is an object oâ—â—uch honor to be exceedingly reverenced I remember it is reported of Basil that when the officers came to apprehend him the story saith he was about holy duties and the gravity and sparkling holiness of countenance made the officers to fal down backwards they were not able to beare it A man that hath lived long in the service of God is very honorable before the Lord before men we honor our Old Servants if any one hath been your Old servant you wil not see such an one want he hath been my Fathers servant before me and an ancitent servant to the family and therefore not to be disrespected shal we respect ancient servants to the family and company then how much more is an ancient servant to the Lord to be respected How wil not many Glory in this that they have been in the Kings service thus long Oh! this is worthy of Glory that thou hast been in the service of the Lord so long 9. Oh! It is a crown of Glory to be Old in the waies of righteousness because thou art neare to that eternal crown Rom 13.11 Our salvation is nearer than when at first we beleeved Thou art even almost at the heaven and when thou art looked upon thus thou art to be honored in that regard An Old souldier that by being long in service cometh to have the next place of preferment to be due to him he is looked upon with respect and regard It may be the next place in heaven is like to be thy portion thou art neare unto thy Glory Young men are to go on in their warfare here but thy warfar is even accomplished in Isa 40. Comfort you comfort you my people for their warfar is accomplished Now those are to be honored it is a glory for a man to be neare the Kingdom of heaven to be near this crown of eternal Glory 10. If thou continuest Old in the waies of righteousness then thy crown of Glory shal be exceeding great exceeding glorious The longer thou stayest for it the more glorious it shal be the longer thy crown is a framing the more ful of Diamonds and Pearls it wil be when it cometh I have read of an Emperors Son that one speaking to him about the glory he was like to have hereafter I saith he the Cooks are a long time preparing the dinner but we shal have the better cheer when it cometh So though God hath let those that are ancient and Godly live here in their Pilgrimage a long time yet when it cometh they shal have the greater Glory Put al these together and certainly it must needs be that the hoary head must needs have a crown of glory if it be found in the way of righteousness USE 1. We have cause to lament that we have so few objects to honor as we have Indeed It is a most glorious sight to see an Old gracious holy man that hath been from his youth holy and Godly it is indeed a most glorious sight and may wel draw the eyes of al to behold it I remember Josephus saith that Moses when he was but little he had that beauty upon him that al that passed by were even enamoured with his beauty and they could not pass by but they must stand and look upon him Truly if there be a beautiful honorable object in the world it is to see a hoary head in the waies of Righteousness but O! wo to us that we have so few of them among us blessed be God that there are any but how happy we if we had more such objects to honor That there are but few I give you these evidences First 1. How few old ones have we that delight when they come together when they meete in their companies to relate the experiences of the waies of God of the passages of Gods providence of the faithfulness of God and of the goodness of God to them and to his people so as to give glory to his name when they come together they tel a great many of old tales or old fables they delight themselves in telling the tricks of their youth what they have done in such an Inn in such a Tavern or in such a company they can revive their youthful sins again but to discourse of the providence and waies of God to them of old to give glory to him where finde you this Again secondly 2. How few