7. cald him out of VR of the Chaldees coÌ„manding him to forsake his natiue soilâ— countrie and to goe into a land that hâ— would shew him promising most amplie to blesse him his Now more plainlie renewing and confirming vnto him the promise of that holie seed that in him all the families of the earth should be blessed Gen. 12 1 c. and 17 1 c. Act. 7 2. which S. Paul interpreteth thus To Abraham and his seede were the promises made He saith not to the seedes as speaking of manie but And to thy seede aâ— of one which is Christ Galat. 3 16. And heare at Abrahams calling from among the Idolaters n The Iewes separation from the Gentils when how long beginneth that hateful iaâ— betweene the church of God through ceremonies and the residue of the world being heathen atheists as S. Paul spake sometime of the Ephesians Eph. 2. vers 11. 12. which hatred and enemitie continued 1864. yeares viz. from Abrahams calling from VR of Chaldea but chieflie from the birth of his sonne Isaak which was 30. yeares after through the signe of circumcision Gen. 21. vers 4. 5. And much more increased 400. yeares after at Moses law Exod. 33 16. Leuit. 20 26. vnto the full accomplishment of this holie seede Christ who abrogating through his flesh the hatred that is the law of ceremonial commandements which standeth in ordinances made of o The Gentiles were gathered into the shepefold of the Iewes Psa 47. 3. Ioh. 10. 16. by Christ the great shepheard of the sheepe Isai 49 6. Mat. 28. vers 18. 19 Heb. 13. 20. that there might be one shepefold one shepheard Bishop of our soules Ezech. 37 24. 1 Pet. 2 25. twaine Iew and Gentile one new man in himselfe so making peace Ephes 2 14 c. In regard of which pacification by Christ the heatheÌ„ are called the remnant of the brethren Micah 5 3. The brethren Isa 66 20. A sister Cant 8 8. Sheepe Ioh. 10 16. a remnant of Israell Rom. 11 26. fellowes with 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Israell of Christes mistical bodie Eph. 3 6. This promise of the blessed seede the Lord confirmeth also to Isaak Gen. 26 Isaak Iacob 4. likewise to Iacob Gen. 28 14. And after the Lord had now 2509. yeares for so loÌ„g was it from the creation to the law helâ— the faithfull in long suspense of this promised Redeemer it pleased him vppon his miraculouslie deliuering his peoplâ— out of Egipt whither because of Iosephâ— Law preferment Genes 45. 8. Iacob by Godâ— commaundment had caried them Gen 46 3 c. to set downe in his writteâ— law deliuered by Moses a plaine platform at large of the same promise so often before renewed Which law should be both as a hand-writing vnto his people for to shew them the grieuousnes of their traÌ„sgressions Col. 2 14. til the promised seeâ— should come vnto which the promiseâ— were made Gal. 3 19. and their weake vnablenesse to attaine to the perfect puritiâ— of that law Rom 8 3 for it is spirituallâ— but sinful man is carnal Rom. 7 14 And also as a child-guide or tutor to conducâ— them to this promised seed Christ Gal. 3 24. which things were most liuelie prefigured by the sâ—dry washings purifyings offrings and sacrifices which they werâ— bound to obserue aswell to witnesse theiâ— owne vncleannesse through Adams traÌ„sgression as to imprint before their eies â— plaine stampe and pattern of Christs suffrings who should fulfil that law for theÌ„ Mat. 5 17. Rom. 8 2 c. And bearing our sinnes in his body on the crosse 1 Pet. 2 24. bring in eternall iustice for vs all Dan. 9 24. One consideration hereof wil I present for all when the Iew in the time of the law should behold the harmelesse beast that was to be slaine for sacrifice vppon the head whereof he was to * put his hands Leuit. 1 4. whereby he protested Read 2. Chron. 29. 23. his owne guiltines of death for his sinnes which it as a figure of Christ was readie to suffer the verie sight of so wofull a spectacle could not but p The right vse of the sacrifices of the law moue euen his flintie heart to be inwardlie touched with a deepe remorse sorrow for his sinnes and so trembling at Gods iudgement force him if ther were anie sparkle of grace to flee by faith to the truth of that fearefull figure which was Christ this promised redeemer The same promise is likewise 440. yeares after the law renewed to king Dauid that this blessed Dauid seede should descend in kingly rase from his q Herehence it is that in the neâ— testament our Lord is so vsuallie called the sonne of Dauid concerning which name for want of knowledge to distinguish of Christes two natures his God-head maÌ„hod our Sauiour put the Pharisees to a noÌ„-plus Mat. 22 41 c. for they would not acknowledge him to be God though both the scriptures his works so testified Ioh. 5 18. 10 33. Ioh. 5 39. Mat. 11. vers 3. 4. 5. Ioh. 5. 36 15 24. loines 2 Sam. 7 12 c. Psa 132 11. Isai 9 7. The manner of the accomplishment whereof Saint Luke penneth thus And in the sixt moneth the Angell Gabriel was sent from God vnto a citie of Galilie named Nazaret to a virgin affianced to a man whose name was Ioseph of the house of Dauid and the virgins name was Marie And the Angel went in vnto her and said Haile thou that art freelie beloued the Lord is with thee blessed art thou among women And when she saw him she was troubled at his saying and thought what maner salutation that should be Then the Angell said vnto her feare not Marie for thou hast found fauour with God for lo thou shalt conceiue in thy womb and beare a sonne and shalt call his name Iesus He shall be great and shal be called the sonne of the Most-high And the Lord God shal giue vnto him the throne of his father Dauid and he shall reigne ouer the house of Iacob for euer and of his kingdome shal be no end Luke 1 26 c. S. Peter thus Men and brethren I may boldlie speake vnto you of the patriarke Dauid c. seeing he was a Prophet and knew that God had sworne with an oth to him that of the frute of his loines he would raise vp Christ concerning the flesh to set him vpon his throne he knowing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ that his soul should not be left in graue neither his flesh see corruption c. Act. 2 29 c. And S. Paul in this wise of this mans seede speaking of king Dauid hath God according to his promise raised vp to Israel the Sauiour Iesus c. Act. 13 23 c. The Prophet Dauid had wonderfull reuelations of Christ in so much that he by faith as well as
to our vnspeakeable ioy in the Lord and thervvithall be induced to glorifie God the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ vvho hath called vs out of ignorance sinne and error into his maruellous light and translated vs into the kingdome of his deare Sonne To vvhich kingdome the Lord Iesus vvho alone hath redeemed vs conduct and bring vs by a true and liuely faith in the merites of his death and passion to vvhom vvith God the Father and the holy Spirit be giuen all honour dominion povver and glorie for euer From my house in Turnmill streete the 4 of NoueÌ„ber in the yeare of the ioyfull incarnatioÌ„ of Christ our redeemer 1592 and the yeare of the vvorld 5502. F. Clement THE CREATION TRANSGRESSION AND REDEMPTION OF MAN In perusing this Treatise courteous Reader I pray you take the Bible and turne to euery place here quoted which meeteth you in the reading so shall you reap double profit of your paines and greatly confirme your conscience in the assurance of the word of God GOD the Creator MAN the transgressor Christ being God Man the Redeemer THe Lord God the father the Sonne and the holy Spirit being one and the same god in substance essence and nature yet three distinct persons in the self same diuine nature being also without beginning and from all eternitie at the a Time began at the creation The Angels also were then created as stately witnesses of Gods will for the seruice of the elect Heb. 1. 14. beginning to manifest him selfe by his workes as the Apostle speaketh Rom. 1. vers 19. 20. in sixe dayes created heauen and earth the sea and all the creatures in them and last of all in the b Which is out Friday so to the day of mans creatioÌ„ being also supposed the day of his transgression most aptly answereth the day of his redemptioÌ„ which we commonly call good Friday sixt day of the creation he made man male and female after his owne image and likenesse c The soul of maÌ„ is a spirituall diuine thing inspired in maÌ„ by the breathing of the Almightie therefore is immortall Gen. 2. 7. Iob. 33. 4. Eccle. 12. 7. which being separate froÌ„ the bodie it self alone but after the general iudgemeÌ„t together likewise with the body immortal shal either rest in eternal ioy or abide in endles wo Ioh. 5. 29. breathing in their faces the breath of life whereby they became liuing soules Gen. 1. and 2. effectually blessing them and commanding them to multiply and to subdue the earth to rule ouer the fish of the sea the foules of heauen and the beasts of the field which came therefore willingly to submit them selues to Adam who as their soueraigne gaue them seuerall names as pleased him Gen. 1 28. 2. 19. Psal 8 6. c. And in Eden or Paradise a garden most goodly and pleasant for waters and all fruteful trees the Lord God set Adam and the woman permitting them free libertie to eate of all the trees in Paradise saue onely of one tree whereof he forbad them to eat most certainly telling them that whensoeuer they should eate thereof they should die the d By Adam sinne entred into the world death by sin goeth ouer all men because all men haue sinned Rom 5 12 for it is appointed vnto meÌ„ that they shal once die and then cometh the iudgment Hebr. 9 27 but they that liue til the last day shal in a moment in sted of death be changed from mortall to immortall 1. Cor. â—5 ver 52. 53. death Gen. 2. 8. c. and 3. 2. c. Thus Adam and Eua our first parentes being â—reated right perfect and most innocent â—ully furnished with all goodly gallantâ—esse of bodie and heauenly ornaments â—f the mind bearing all the rule and soâ—eraigntie in theÌ„ both of the earth it self â—nd of all the creatures therein Psal 8 4. c receiued all these most excellent and â—nestimable iewels at the Lords hand to â—heir owne keepe and custodie both for â—hem selues and for their posteritie for euermore hauing also free-will and libertie in them selues either to stand and abide in the perfection of the diuine likenesse of righteousnesse holinesse godly knowledge wherein they were made or to fall therefrom at their owne wil and choise they through the subtiltie of the enuious e Because Moses had not meÌ„tioned the creatioÌ„ of the Angels nor SataÌ„s fal which was not before the 6. day as we see by that suruey Gen. 1. 31. but either on that day or very shortly after as Io. 8 44. therefore he speaketh of the subtiltie of Satan vnder the name of a serpent which for his naturall wilinesse was a fit instrumeÌ„t both for Satan to deceiue man by for Moses to represent vnto the rude Israelits the spirituall craftinesse of the Deuill Serpent the deuil most vnthaÌ„kfully f This transgressioÌ„ of AdaÌ„ was a most grieuous sin for he brake not simply the Lords coÌ„mandement but verie confidently crediting SataÌ„s lies which Eue reported vnto him most wickedly grudged at his creator and conceiued an hatefull indignation against God for that he had forbidden him the eating of that frute by eating whereof as he was wickedly perswaded he should be like vnto God and coequall with his Creator All this is eâ—idently gathered by Satans perswasion that they should be as gods by transgression likewise of Gods deriding Adams proud presumption in thinking by his trespasse to become as God him selfe Gen. 3. vers 5. 22. And where S. Paule saith that Adam was not deceiued 1. Tim. 2 14 he speaketh not that either to excuse or to extenuate Adams sin but onely to admonish women of their dulie deserued subiection vnto their husbands Gen. 3. 16. because their grandmother Eue being first deceiued her selfe through the subtilty of the serpent 2. Cor. 11 3 became also Satans instrument to deceiue the man Gen. 3 6. Reade Eccles 25 26. transgressed the Lords commandement in eating of the forbidden frute more beleeuing the lying serpent then their gracious Creator and so wilfully running into the iust punishment of eternall death due to them selues and to all their posteritie for the same most iustly bereft depriued for euer both them selues their of-spring of all these heauenly ornaments and Lordly prerogatiues But our gratious and wonderfull louing God most mercifully caused Huand-cry to be made after these wofull wights to arrouse sinfull Adam out of the bushes whither he had vainely fled to hide himself and after conference with him as well to let him see him selfe excuselesse as to conuince him of most vnkindnesse at length g To the end that man might alway remember feele this disobedience the Lord imposed a curse vpon the whole course of Nature as touching mans vse Gen. 3 17 froÌ„ which the very creature groneth vnto this present to be deliuered Rom 8 20 c. which shall be by sire at doomesday
Purgatorie Popes painted fire and is not in the scriptures as also no one point of poperie is therefore all sinfull And for Purgatorie it was deuised of the heathen Atheists long before the daies of any Pope within the compasse of those 1864 yeres wherin we sayd that Abraham and his posteritie were separate from the Gentiles which space the Apostle calleth the Times-past wherein God suffered the Gentiles to walke in their own waies Act. 14 16. And â—herein after a sort the Lord hid himâ—lfe from them as Isai speaketh 45 15 as â—ntrariwise the same Prophet foretold â—at the Lord would discouer his holy â—me in the sight of all the Gentiles that 〈◊〉 the ends of the world might see the salâ—ation of God 52 10. Of those Heathen I â—ay and in that time a kind of Purgatorie â—as inuented by their vaine Poets and â—hilosophers who were the diuines of â—he Heathen as in the writings of Platâ— â—nd Virgil it appeareth from whom these â—orthy marchants for faile of scripture â—aue cosoningly gathered the dead coles â—f their Purgatory blown vp the same â—o vehemently with the boistrous belows â—f their own hot burning breath that they â—aue made it nothing lesse if not much more terrible for the time then hell it self A diuelish deuise meerly forged of these merchants wherby as also by their masse they made merchandise of mens soules as Peter and Iohn foretold vs. Yet is there a double Purgatorie or purgation of Christians in this life The one is whereby we are cleansed from all our sinnes by the blood of Iesus christ Heb. 1 3. 1 Ioh. 1 7â— Reuel 1 5 which vvas also signified vndâ— the law by that blood offered Leuit. 17 11 vvhich see how the Apostle interpreteth 1 Hebr. 10 1 c. For almost al thingâ— vvere by the law purged vvith blood anâ— vvithout shedding of blood is no remission Heb. 9 22. This our first purgation is figured also by baptisme where our washing in the vvater or new birth Tit. 3. 5 betokeneth our putting on of Christ Gal. 3 27. vvhich in the Reuelation is called the vvhite raiment Reuel 3 vers 4. 18 and is named of S. Paul the new man vvhich after God is created in righteousnesse and true holinesse Eph 4 24 which is to mortifie the deedes of the body by the spirit Rom. 8 13 and to put off the sinfull body of the flesh Col. 2 11 that is to crucifie our old man that the body of sin might be destroied that henceforth vve should not serue sin Rom. 6 6 for they that are Christs haue crucified the flesh vvith the affections and lusts Gal. 5 24. read Col. 3 5 and Tit. 2 vers 11. 12 c. Our other purgation is by the fire of afflictions and persecutions Dan. 12 10 which all that will liue godly in Christ Iesus must indure Psal 34 19. Phil. 1 29. 〈◊〉 Tim. 4 10. 2 Tim. 3 12. 1 Pet. 1 ver 6. 7 that the triall of our fayth being much more precious then gold that perisheth though it be tried by fire might be souÌ„d vnto our praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Iesus Christ whom wee haue not seene and yet loue him in whom now though we see him not yet do we beleeue and reioice vvith ioy vnspeakeable and glorious receauing the end of our faith euen the saluation of our soules 1 Pet. 1. ver 7 8 9 for if we be without the corrections whereof all the faithful are partakers then are we bastards and not sonnes Hebr. 12 8. And here wee may see that Bildad argued very absurdly against Iob in reasoning thus If thou wert righteous God would not afflict thee but he afflicteth thee therefore art thou vnrighteous Iob 8. ver 6. 20. Wherefore Iob confuteth this absurditie in the next chapter vers 21. 22. These afflictions of the faithfull were most liuely represented by the beasts diuided in the middest in the couenant that God made with Abraham where the foules fell vpon the carkases â— the Lorde went betweene those diuideâ— peeces of the beastes with a smoking fornace and firebrand Gen. 15. verse 10. 11. 17. to teach Abraham that his posterity shuld suffer many and diuerse afflictions to be rent and torne in peeces tried with fire fagot as the lord there in a word plainly expresseth verse 13. Exod. 2 11. Heb. 〈◊〉 verse 36. 37. In the law likewise this was prefigured where they were commanded in all their oblations to offer salt Leuit 2 13. which Christ himselfe thus enterpreteth Euerie man shall be salted with fire and euerie sacrisice shal be salted with salt Marke 9 49. This sacrifice is euerie Christian mans bodie which he is bound of dutie and seruice euen by reason Rom. 6 19. to giue vp and offer holie and acceptable vnto God Ro. 12 1. for to this end our sauiour saith to all If any man wil come after me let him denie himselfe and take vp his crosse daily and follow me Luke 9 23. I am loth to be longer in this point yet since we are come thus farre into the field of Christian combats let vs at the least take a suruey of the battell for it may be though we comenow but only to see the host as Dauid did 1 Sam. 17. vers 17. 20. that the Lord will one day call vs forth as he did Dauid to fight against Goliath verse 49 c. For howsoeuer worldlie souldiers are discharged either for infirmities or age yet none are exempted from this christian warfare but all euen from children Mat. 19 14 that feare God must prepare theÌ„selues to this warefare which is not against flesh and bloud but against principalities against powers against worldly gouerners the princes of the darknesse of this world against spiritual wickednesses which are in the hie places Eph. 6 12. The weapons of this warfare are the verie whole armoure of god Eph. 6 11 c. by which Christ our Captaine hath alreadie conquered all the power and kingdome of Sathan for vs Isai 59. vers 16. 17. 18. Wherefore Saint Paule as an Heralt about to crie an Alarme in this great host biddeth vs to be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might Eph. 6 10. And to watch stand fast in the faith to quit vs like men and be strong 1 Cor. 10 13. And he sheweth the meanes how we may so do namelie by continuing in one spirit and in one mind fighting together through the faith of the Gospel Philip. 1 27. S. Iohn also to comfort vs before we haue giuen one stroke telleth vs that we haue alreadie gotten the victorie and ouercome the wicked one that is the Deuil 1 Ioh. 2 13. This might seeme vnto vs a paradox but that we cannot forget our grand captaine Christ the head of his bodie the Church Col. 1 18. who hath spoiled the principalities powers and triumphed ouer theÌ„ in his crosse Col. 2 15. and so cast out the
we are the childrē of god 1 Ioh. 5 10. Rom 8. ve 9. 15. Eph. 1 13 we delight in the law of God take no pleasure in sin Heb. 11. 25. but are grieued with sin 2. Pet. 2 8. and say with S. Paul I do not the good thing which I would but the euil which I would not Rom. 8 19. And euery one whose heart and conscience can truly thus perswade him is vndoubtedly the elected child of God Where contrarily the reprobate delite in sin because they are of the world Ioh. 8 23. therfore loue the world Ioh. 15 19. the things of the world as the lust of the flesh the lust of the eyes and pride of life 1 Ioh. 2. v. 15. 16. And shal receiue the wages of vnrighteousnesse as they which count it pleasure to liue delitiously for a season 2 Pet. 2 13. affections Col. 3 2. and consult no longer with flesh and blood but enter into counsell with thine owne soule for the apprehending of this eternall life which life for the maruellous excellencie thereof being that hid treasure that precious pearle Matth. 13. verse 44. 46 can not be sufficiently expressed by all the glory of the world The holy Ghost chusing out the most precious things that nature can affoord to describe vnto vs the heauenly Ierusalem our euerlasting citie saith thus The citie was pure gold like cleare glasse the foundations of the wall thereof were garnished with all maner of precious stones the gates of perle the streets of pure gold c. It needeth neither Sunne nor Moone to shine in it for the glorie of God did light it The people which are saued shal walk in the light of it the kings of the earth shall bring their glorie and honour vnto it Reu. 21 18 c. O how excellent things are spoken of thee thou citie of God Psa 87 2. The eye hath not seene nor the eare heard neither came into mans heart the glorious things which God hath prepared for them that loue him 1. Cor. 2 9. These maruellous things as Saint Peter saith the Angels desired to prie into 1 Pet. 1 12. For indeede the Angels receiued first knowledge of Gods eternal wisdome and purpose in Christ concerning these things by the Church Ephs 3 10. And euery creature with feruent desire wayteth when the sonnes of God shall be reuealed Rom. 8 19 shine as the sunne in the kingdome of their father Mat. 13 43. For although we be now the sonnes of God by faith in Christ Iesus Gal. 3 26 yet doth it not now appeare what we shal be 1 Ioh. 3 2. because that through Christian mortification 2 Cor. 4. verse 10. 11. and 5 15. wee are in this world as dead and our life is hid with Christ in God but when Christ which is our life shall appeare then shall we also appeare with him in glorie Col. 3 3 c. For the Lord Iesus Christ shall chaunge our vile bodie that it may be fashioned like vnto his glorious bodie Phil. 3 21. and then we shall see him as he is 1 Ioh. 3 2. Moses vpō mount Horeb sawe but some glimse of the shadowed maiestie of God for else no man hath seene God in his essentiall glorie at anie time Ioh. 1 18 and the skin of his face so shone withall that neither the Israelites nor Aaron him selfe were able to looke vpon him vntil he had put a visour ouer his face Exod. 34 29 c. Elias also vpon the same mount at Gods visible presence couered his face with his mantell 1 King 19. verse 8. 13. And of all other Moses was once so hardie that he desired the Lord to shew him his very diuine maiestie but that request obtained would haue cost him his life and in mercie therefore it was denied him Exod. 33 18 c. But what speake we of mans disabilitie in this behalfe Neither the Angels them selues are able to behold the Lord in his full maiestie nor men to endure euen the sight of an angel as we see prefigured by the face and feeet-couering in Isayes vision Isa 6 2. Seeing then after this life we shall alway haue the fruition of this excellent and heauenly glorie which now neither men nor Angels can sustaine not vpon an earthly mountaine in a material Tabernacle with Peter Mat. 17 4 but in Heauen in that precious and heauenly Ierusalem Heb. 12 22. with God the Father the Sonne and the holy Spirit that most blessed and glorious Trinitie in whose presence is the fulnesse of ioy and at whose right hand there are pleasures for euermore Psal 16 11. together with all the goodly companie of Angels Zech. 3 7. Heb. 12 22. and holy Saintes Mat. 8 11. seeing I say we looke for new heauens and a new earth according to his promise wherein dwelleth righteousnes 2. Pet. 3 13. and for such a kingdome Luk. 12 32. for he is faithfull that hath promised Hebr. 10 23. what manner persons ought we to be in holy conuersation and godlinesse looking for and hasting vnto the cōming of the great day of our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ to iudgement giuing diligence that we may be found in him in peace without spot and blameles 2. Pet. 3 11 c. And in the meane time let Moses shewe vs the shortnes of this life Psal 90 10. And that couetous foole in S. Luke teach vs that the incerteinty therof is more daungerous then the shortnes Luk. 12 20. let vs vse this world as though we vsed it not 1. Cor. 7 31 for the fashion thereof is as chaungable as our garment Psal 102 26. Let the holy ghost perswade vs to carie our selues without couetousnes and to be content with those thinges Reade Mat. 6 25 c. and Psal 37. which we haue for he hath said I will not faile thee neither forsake thee so that we may boldly say The Lord is my helper neither will I feare what man can do vnto me Heb. 13. verse 5. 6. And for our continuall assured hope of the glorious life to come let vs reioyce in the Lord alway Philip. 4 4. Let vs cast away euery thing that presseth downe and the sinne that hangeth so fast on let vs runne with pacience the race that is set before vs looking vnto Iesus the author finisher of our faith who for the ioy that was set before him endured the crosse despised shame and is set at the right hand of the throne of God Hebr. 12. verse 1. 2. This Iesus being the fore-runner for vs is entred into heauen Hebr. 6 20. and gone to prepare a place for vs Ioh. 14 2. where we haue alreadie an interest by Christ our head as hauing our conuersation with him in heauen from whence we looke for the sauiour euen our Lord Iesus Christ Phil. 3 20. Who shall then separate vs frō the loue of Christ shal tribulation or anguish or persecution or famine or nakednesse or perill