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A26694	Remaines of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection of sundry directions, sermons, sacrament-speeches, and letters, not heretofore published ...; Selections. 1674	Alleine, Joseph, 1634-1668.; R. A. (Richard Alleine), 1611-1681.	1674 (1674)	Wing A976; ESTC R22421	168,509	338

Conscience accuse thee shew it thy pardon and that will quiet it Secondly He hath sent thee a Patent for heaven this hath Christ given you that are believers he hath made over to you in his Gospel a sirm conveyance of heaven So that I may say a believer hath as true a right to heaven as Christ can make him yea as Christ hath himself You are they that have endured in my temptations and I appoint unto you a Kingdom as my Father hath appointed me c. Now believers can you tell the worth of this token can you cast up the worth of endlesse glory can you tell what God and heaven is worth then you may tell me what this token is worth never was there such a token sent as this is Thirdly He hath sent thee the golden chain of the Jewels and bracelets of thy graces As when the servant of Abraham went to take Rebeckah for wife to Isaac he gave her bracelets c. So hath Christ to you he hath given you the chain of all the graces These are the Jewels he hath adorned you with Dost thou find any faith love c. in thee though it be like a grain of Mustard-seed and like a spark on the hearth O blesse the Lord Christ upon the bended knees of thy soul that he hath given thee this He hath done more for thee in this than he hath done for all the world beside O how thankful should you be that have received such a token from him Christian when ever thou dost feel the operation of the spirit of Christ within thee let this mind thee of the love of him that hath sent thee all this Fourthly He hath sent thee the seal and testimony of his spirit Hast thou received the spirit of adoption teaching thee to cry Abba Father It was he that sent it Hast thou so sure a guide as the sweet compassionate spirit so loving a Counseller as the spirit of Christ in thee O take notice of the love of Christs in sending him to thee Fourthly His testament is the evidence of love beloved it is impossible for me to utter or you to conceive the riches of Christs love expressed to you in his testament his Covenant herein Christian thou mightest read the strange love of Christ to thee in that he hath given thee his testament and delivered it to thee as his act and deed sealed with his own blood O how much did David make of this It was the last words of that sweet singer of Israel Although my house be not so with God yet be hath made with me an everlasting Covenant ordered in all things and sure and this is all my sa'vation and all my desire 2 Sam. 23. He had all that heart could wish sor in this Covenant O Christian hath Christ given thee his covenant O make much of this covenant 't is a sweet token indeed O the great priviledges and sweet immunities that are conveyed to believers here freedome from sin from the guilt and power of sin Freedome from misery from the wrath of God the curse of the law from the sting of death from the evil of the world from the danger of hell And beside all this what legacies hath he given thee in the covenant God for thy Father himself for thy Saviour his spirit for thy comforter and sanctifier his Ministers for thy teachers his ordinances for thy furtherance in grace there he hath given thee thy adoption and assurance for heaven Do but look over this and say if thou canst that Christ hath not loved thee Fifthly His Blood is a stream of love dost thou doubt of the love of Christ do but look upon him on his crosse how his feet and hands and heart are pierced thou mayst see the love of Christ flowing out of every part Use Now since Christ hath so loved you you that are his people do you love him again O where should you bestow your love place your affections fix your hearts but here I shall give you two motives He desires your love and he deserves your love First Consider he desires your love You have seen a little how Christ doth love you and what doth he expect but that you should love him again and can there be any thing less that he could require O methinks thou shouldest give up thy heart to Christ. This is all that he expects for this love that you should love him again This Christ will accept and nothing short of this will he accept Love cannot be satisfied but by love again It must be paid in its own coyn Cant. 8. 7. If a man would give all the substance of his house for love it would be utterly contemned As no Treasure in the world can buy love purchase love so no sufficiency in the world will be sufficient for love unlesse you give love your love again 1 Cor. 13. 3. Now Christian be perswaded then to give away thy heart out of hand to Christ. O bestow thy love upon him wherehast thou such a thing in thee but that thou shouldst love Christ doth any man plant a vineyard and not expect to eat of the fruit of it hath he put love into thee and doth not he expect that thou shouldest love him Secondly He deserves your love I may say of him as they of the Centurion he is worthy thou shouldst do this thing for him for he loveth our nation Worthy is the lamb that was slain to receive honor and strength c. He is worthy to receive all that you can give unto him If there were any thing else that were worthy of your love there might be some excuse that you did not bestow it upon Christ. But alass there is nothing here that doth deserve your love As Paul said was Paul Crucified for you c. so may I say were these things crucified for you but Christ was crucified for you he hath deserved your love This is he that came in to the world to seek and to save That came and found you naked and dead and wounded and then let out his blood and cured you This is he that when he came you spit upon him and refused him yet he would not be put off from you so but he would do you good How often hath he come and refreshed you with the refreshings of his love how often hath he taken you into his galleries and filled you with his secrets you that are believers may remember the places where he hath given you visits and made you tast of the powers of the world to come A SACRAMENTAL Speech grounded on Math. 15. 28. O woman great is thy faith WE have read many noted and remarkable stories of sundry great exploits that have been done by the renowned worthies of the world but there are no exploits nor atchievements so renowned as those that been done by faith The Scripture give us many instances of this kind and shews us how greatly the Lord Jesus Christ was pleased

me up I am a Bankrupt do thou pay my debt Lord my rig●…ousness is but rags my beau●…y is but rottenness my pedigree is but baseness my portion meer poverty my power meer infirmity Lord here is work for thee help Lord This is the language of faith and therefore it is that Christ and faith do fit so well together Faith hath need of every thing that Christ hath and Christ hath a supply for every want that Faith hath As for unbelievers they make light of Christ they are rich and need not his gold they are well and have no need of his salve But now faith that empties and humbles the man and makes him to sue out to Christ faith will fetch out all that is in Christ. Lord here is a beggar for thy bounty Here is a Lazarus for thy cure Here is a palsie hand a blind eye here is a wound for thy salve Christ he comes as an open fountain and faith brings an empty vessel Christ comes with a full purse and faith with an empty hand Christ comes with an open hand and faith with an open mou●… Christ comes giving and faith comes gaping Faith comes Lord here is a belly for thee to fill here is a back for thee to cover I am poor and am robbed of all I have not a penny left and none can help me but thee I starve unlesse thou help Thus faith comes as a hungry child fixes his ey upon the eye of his Father earnestly looking upon him when some relief will come to him so doth faith upon Christ looking when somewhat will come to him Secondly By way of acceptation receiving of Christ To as many as received him to them gave he power to become the Sons ●…od even to them that believe on his name John 1. 12. Faith sits like the cripple at the beautiful gate of the Temple to receive an alms Beloved the Gospel is the great Mart and your Souls are the ship and faith is the receiver to take in the lading O let your faith be active that you may go away greatly loaden As Christ said receive you the holy Ghost so do you receive Christ accept of Christ while he tenders himself to you While he is tendering himself to you let your Souls answer Lord with my whole heart do I accept thee I take thee at thy word to all intents and purposes I take thee not onely to receive thy pay but to fight under thy banner not onely to be justified by thy righteousness but to be governed by thy laws This is the great and vital act of faith that is of absolute necessity to salvation The Lord Jesus Christ is offered to you In the name of the eternal God I offer him to you all see that you take him by faith O saith faith Lord I accept thee you will all say we will have Christ we must perish else but consider it be not rash know the manner of your husband if you will have Christ you must not live as you list you must be under government and strict government you must not have him and the world too you must cast your worldly hopes over board You must take him upon his own conditions His condition is very low sometimes in the world sometimes he hath a bed and sometimes he hath none you must run all hazards with him you must suffer with him if you 〈◊〉 reign with him Now what saith your faith to this O saith faith I will take him with all my heart Faith saith as Ruth to Naomi Ruth 1. 16. whither thou goest I will go and where thou lodgest I will lodge thy people shall be my people and thy God my God But how must your faith accept of Christ First Accept the person of Christ. The Lord Jesus Christ is offered in a marriage covenant to you in the Gospel and a marriage is not between a person and patrimony but person and person true faith is not onely for the benefits of Christ but the person of Christ. There is great difference between the sick man and the sick spouses taking the physician the sick man takes him for his skill but the spouse for his person The sick man taks him till the cure be done and than values not the physician but the spouse for hers in all conditions for ever she takes his person Thus must your faith do you must chuse the Lord Jesus Christ not for the salvation onely that he brings but the excellency that is in him As Christ will not be contented with any thing of yours but you so should you do be contented with nothing of Christ but himself Secondly You must accept the pardon of Christ. Christ with his person doth offer you all his 〈◊〉 And as 't is in marriage that then and then onely and not otherwise shall the wife have the State So take Christ and you have all the benefits that come by him He comes with his pardon in his hand and if you will accept him you shall have his pardon by him Thirdly The promises of Christ. All the promises are in him yea and in him Amen Take Christ and you may lay hold of all the promises as yours Fourthly The purchase of Christ. 't is a Kingdome that is offered to you all in the Gospel take Christ and you shall be heirs of a Kingdom Lay hold of Christ and you do at the same time lay hold of ettrnal life Thirdly By way of exultation rejoycing in Christ triumphing in Christ 2 Cor. 2. 14. Thanks be to God that giveth us always cause to triumph in Christ. Your faith should be triumphing you should triumph in the victory mercy merit promises riches kingdom of Christ. O you that are believers you have cause indeed always to triumph in Christ. what have you received the Lord Jesus Christ are you married to such a Husband O how sho●…ld you boast of him O how should you please him how should you glory in the booty that you have got you have got a prize indeed Thou that hast got Christ hast a husband indeed let your hearts rejoyce in him Thou art a believer thou are really espoused to Jesus Christ thou mayst make as real a claim to the Lord Jesus Christ as a wife to her Husband And thou mayest make as real a claim to the purchase of Jesus Christ as a wife to the state and goods of her Husband These are not vain and empty words no no there is the greatest reallity in the world in this 't is as true as any thing in the world can be true Thou hast a real interest in the Lord Jesus Christ and may'st boldly make thy claim to him as thine own Husband do I speak any thing but what the Lord hath spoken you are maried unto Christ that was raised from the dead that you might bring fruit unto God Rom. 7. 4. mark 't is not my word 't is Gods word Take heed thou dost not blaspheme dost thou think that