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B04886	No power but of God, and yet a power in every creature, or, A word in season, to all men not void of grace, or deprived of reason wherein is held forth that the Almighty God is not wanting to us in impowering of us, but we are wanting to him, in not improving our talent for him ... / by Robert Purnel.	Purnell, Robert, d. 1666.	1651 (1651)	Wing P4238A; ESTC R187132	119,586	280

a child because tho●… dost speak as a man must he see by thy eyes o●… else wilt thou say he doth not see at all Tho●… that dost think thou standest take heed lest thou dost fall Think not of thy self above what thou art Ro. 12. 3. Remember thy sister-Church Rev. 3. 17. Because thou sayest I am rich and increased with heavenly enjoyments gracious discoveries and unspeakable manifestations and art perfect and compleat and come to the fulnesse of Christ and hast need of nothing neither Ordinance or Administration helps nor governments Dost thou think thus of thy selfe why so did that Church of Laodiceans Rev. 3. 17. which was the most barren and unfruitful of all the seven Churches of Asia Reason thus with thy self Was that Church so exceedingly deceived then why not I 7. Consider that in the last age of the Church and in the most glorious times of that age when both Jewes and Gentiles shall have one Shepheard and one sheepfold when knowledge shall cover the earth as the waters the sea when the Law shall be written in our hearts and Babylon fallen and the mountain of the Lords house established upon the top of the mountaines Even in these most glorious dayes of light and knowledge freedome and liberty shall the Saints wait upon God in the use of Ordinances and call one upon another so to do Isa 2. 2. 3. Mic. 4. 1 2. Again if there shall be Ordinances in th●… most glorious times that are to come whe●… there shall be a full pouring out of the Sp●…rit of God upon the children of men the●… certainly they are to remain now And you look upon the last of Isa Jer 3. Zac. 1●… or upon other Scriptures where mentio●… is made of the most glorious times that an●… yet to come ye shall find that there is me●…tion also made of Ordinances in tho●… times Let us look into Rev. 11. 15. T●● seventh Angel sounded and there were gre●● voices in Heaven saying The kingdomes of th●… world are become the kingdomes of our Lord an●… of his Christs and he shall reign for ever and eve●… Here are plainly the glorious times spoke●… of that are yet to come Well shall there b●… any Ordinances then Yes for v. 19. An●… the temple of the Lord was opened in heaven an●… there was seen in his ●…emple the Ark of his Test●…ment What is this but Ordinances Th●… Ark the visible signe of the presence of Go●… in way of Ordinances and the Temple opened though it was shut before 8. Consider if the ministration of th●… Gospel be still to continue then surel●… the Ordinances of Christ are still to abid●… 2 Cor. 3. 11. For if that which is done away w●… glorious much more that which remains is gloriou●… The Apostle here makes this difference be 〈◊〉 ●…he ministration of the Gospel and 〈◊〉 ●…he Law that the one is to be done 〈…〉 d the other to remain Now if the 〈◊〉 were not to continue what 〈…〉 rence would there be as concerning ●…his matter between the ministration of Moses and the ministration of the Gospel ●…ut the Apo 〈…〉 here plainly speaks that ●…his is the ●●erence The ministration of ●…he one is to be done away the ministration ●…f the other doth still continue Therefore ●…he Ordinances of the Gospel doe still re●…naine 9. Consider if that the word of the new ●…estament as commanding to believe and ●…romising to give the Spirit I say if this Word do continue then the Ordinances of Christ are still to continue if the Ordinances of Christ be not still to continue ●…hen the Word of the New Testament as ●…he commandment of believing and the promise of giving the Spirit doe not continue There is the same reason for the one ●…s for the other You say you are bound to believe How prove you that Why Christ hath commanded me say you But 〈◊〉 answer you with your own answer You ●…ue to wait upon God in the use of Ordinances How prove you that I answ●● Christ hath commanded you If Sathan 〈◊〉 get us to lay down but one Ordinance 〈◊〉 the Gospel he will never leave tugging an pulling till he hath brought us out of lo●● with all Ordinances and then he w●● teach us to deny the Scriptures and then 〈◊〉 deny God and last of all we shall be denie●… of God and so fitted for destruction The Commonwealth of England doth 〈◊〉 bound of two sorts of men and women and both in extremes The first will have no Ordinances at al●… The second doe rest upon Ordinance●… or idolize them The first will have no Ordinances at al●… call the Ordinances of Christ dead form beggerly and those that wait upon God in them Legalists Heaven-drivers Formalists and Duty-mongers And fo●… themselves they are taught of God we have n●… need of the teachings of men we be rich and f●… and want nothing not knowing they be poo●… blind miserable and naked Secondly there be another party that d●… rest upon Ordinances and they be not a few●… you shall know them by their fruits D●… not you hear them crying and pleading i●… City and Country Give us Ordinances or e●● 〈◊〉 die And this they plead for unto and ●…ongst a Congregation of people which 〈◊〉 not capable of it but for one Ordinance ●●d that is to stand under the droppings of the ●●spel and the powerful preachings thereof the ●●eanes appointed by Christ to work faith 〈◊〉 their soules Rom. 10. 17. For untill this ●…ord doth come to them in power they 〈◊〉 not fitted for Fellowships and Commu●…ons they must see their union with God ●●fore they can have true communion with ●●s people The Ordinances or at least ●…any of them be Childrens bread and must ●●t be given to Swine Those Ordinances ●●at be ordained for Conversion and Re●●neration are to be held forth to all to the ●●d as many as be ordained to eternal life may ●●lieve All other Ordinances belong to ●…hildren and they have right to them as ●●ible members of that body whereof Christ ●●the head He who was the Son of God came the Son of man that we who be the these things were well considered me●●inks it should abate the practice both of ●●inister and People in City and Country ●●ho for many of them yet being in the ●●d man and having spent their dayes in the ●●vice of Sathan yet forsooth they would known by the name of Christians or least Apostle-imitators though they cann●● bu know they want the power yet th●● will cry up the form of godlinesse Now whe●… the Ministers of our times or at least so●… of them have gathered a parcel of th●… Rabble-rout together I do not stile th●… so because they be the poorest no no s●… they be such a people as David speaks 〈◊〉 they flourish as the green bay-tree their eyes st●● out with fatnesse they go cloathed in the choice array and be the most honorable men in th●… Parish and they want

cold and lukewarm as most be doing●● Lords work by halfs I am zealous for 〈◊〉 Lord I have had my hand in pulling do●● the Images and Crucifixes and Altars t●● the Idolaters had set up nay I have b●● chief in this great Reformation R. So●● Jehu whom the Lord rejected 2 King 〈◊〉 27 28 29. Q. But I do abide in the doctrine of ●…hrist saith a seventh If none of the for●●er yet I am sure I do outstrip them all ●●r I do keep the commands of God and ●●at from my youth A. So did that young man Mat. 19. 20. ●●ll these things have I kept from my youth up ●●hou art not fully in my doctrine saith ●…hrist thou must go sell all that thou hast ●●ou hast abundance of self-righteousnesse ●●at must be sold Q. But I do abide in the doctrine of ●…hrist saith an eighth for I do confesse ●●y sins both unto God and to his people ●●d I do pray for pardon and desire them 〈◊〉 pray for pardon also A. So did Pharaoh whom the Lord was ●…leased to get him honour upon in over●●rowing him and all his host in the midst ●…f the sea Exod. 10. 16 17. Q. But I do abide in the doctrine of ●…hrist saith a ninth for I am mercifull ●…nd pittifull to those in want yea I have ●…elieved the Lords Prophets A. The heathen did as much as this to ●…aul Act. 28. 2. and Ananias and Sapphira did ●●ore then this and yet perished as you may ●●e Act. 5. 1 2 3 4. Q. But I go beyond all that you have mentioned before saith a tenth man Wh●● what hast thou done I have saith he n●● only heard the Lords word but I ha●● heard it with delight and it takes root 〈◊〉 my heart and growes within me both 〈◊〉 knowledge and obedience A. So did those mentioned by Christ 〈◊〉 those parables and yet were cast-awayes Mat. 13. 22. Mark 4. 16. Q. But saith another I abide in th●● doctrine of Christ here and shall dwell in 〈◊〉 holy hill hereafter And that I am assured 〈◊〉 by the testimony of Scripture for I have kep●● mine oaths and promises yea sometime●● although it hath been to my hurt and I fin●● my name registred in the book of life An●● if that fail me then farewell all I say I hav●● kept my vowes oaths and promises thoug●● sometimes to my losse and David tells 〈◊〉 this is a sure mark of a son of Sion see el●● Psal 15. 1 2 3 4. The Psalm begins thus Lord who shall abide in thy tabernacle who sh●● dwell in thy holy hill There is the question Then for answer v. 2. He that walketh uprightly and worketh righteousnesse and speaketh th●● truth in his heart he that backbiteth not with 〈◊〉 tongue nor doth evil to his neighbour nor taket●● up a reproach against him in whose eyes a vi●● person is contemned but he honoureth them th●● ●●re the Lord he that sweareth to his own hurt ●●d changeth not c. See what a Catalogue of Evidences here for Heaven and if I have not more I am ●●re I have the last I have kept my promises ●●d vowes though to mine own hurt Now if ●●u can find in Scripture any man left up●● record that hath gone so far as I have ●●ne and yet a Castaway at last then speak otherwise with silence give your consent this mine Evidence for Heaven A. I could even say to thee O man as ●●ce our Lord Christ said to that learned ●●derate Scribe Mark 12. 34. Thou art not from the Kingdome of God But for keeping oathes and promises ●●ough it be an excellent ornament for a ●●ristian yet let me tell thee it is no in●●lible mark of a true Saint and that will ●●pear if thou a little consider that in Dan. 29. 16. compared together the summe that Chapter is this Belshazar had seen hand-writing on the wall and it troubled ●●m He sends for the Astrologers and ●●uthsayers to give the interpretation to ●●e King They could not do it He hears Daniel by the Queens information he ●●ds for him Daniel comes to the King ●●e King desires two things of Daniel first to read the writing secondly to ma●● known the interpretation which if Da●● could or would do the King promiseth 〈◊〉 three things First that he should be cl●…thed with Scarlet secondly that he shou●● have a Chain of gold about his neck thi●…ly that he should be made the third ruler his Kingdome Well Daniel read the w●●ting and gave the interpretation and to●● the King plainly and boldly it tended his ruine and the ruine of all his hou●● Yet this heathen King kept his oath vow●● promise in every tittle of it as you may●● Dan. 5. 29. Then commanded Belshazzar 〈◊〉 they cloathed Daniel with scarlet and put a 〈◊〉 of gold about his neck made a proclamation 〈◊〉 cerning him that he should be the third ruler in●● kingdome In that night was the King slain v. 3 Oh how may this condemn many a ma●● Shall a Heathen keep promise and a Ch●●stian break his promise What shall we●● outstript by Heathens Doth not the S●●●ptures say Mat. 5. 20. For I say unto you th●● except your righteousnesse shall exceed the righ●…eousnesse of the Scribes and Pharisees you s●● in no case enter into the kingdome of God Is not a great shame for a Christian profess●● godlinesse to be outstript by Heathens Truly I have been at a stand many time when I read of Conversations of heathens c. The Gentiles had a law to themselues and ●●t of God First for Temperance Secondly for Obedience Thirdly for Mercy Fourthly for Justice and upright deal●…ng 1. For Temperance King Ahasuerus a ●●eathen King made a law Hest 1. 8. And ●●e drinking was according to the Law none did ●●mpell for the King had appointed to all the ●●fficers of his house that they should do accord●…g to every mans pleasure 2. For Obedience when King Abimelech ●●ok Abrahams wife although he was a ●●eathen King he obeyed the voice of the ●…ord for no sooner did the Lord com●…and him to deliver Abraham his wife again ●●t he did it Jonah preached at Niniveh a●…ong the Heathen and no sooner did they ●●ar him but the Text saith of them they ●●d believe and repent 3. For Mercy The barbarous heathen●● people were very merciful to Paul and ●●e rest of the company Act. 28. 22. And the ●●rbarous people shewed us no little kindnesse 〈◊〉 they kindled a fire and received us every one ●●ause of the present rain and because of the cold 4. For Justice and upright dealing Th●● King of Sodome a heathen King when Abraham had overcome the foure Kings and brought home the Sodomites the King o●● Sodome said unto him Give me the men and take the goods for thy pains Gen. 14. 21. Oh then were Heathens taught by th●● law of Nature the sweet principles and pr●…ctice of Temperance Mercy Obedience an●… Justice and shall we

Joh. 5. from the 17. verse to the 〈◊〉 of that Chapter you may read many ●●●ngs to be considered and in the 40. verse ●●rist tells them You will not come to me that might have life And when Christ takes 〈◊〉 leave of the unbelieving Jews in the 45 verse he tells them that seeing they wou●● not be brought off the Law to the Gosp●● he speaks to them saying Do not think t●● I will accuse you to the Father for not imbrati●● me in the Gospel no no there is no need of th●… there is another that is sufficient to condem●… you even the Law of Moses in which you t●● As if Christ had said to them th●… needs not mine accusation to comple●… your condemnation that very Law th●… you seem to stick to will condemne yo●… but had you understood that Law in t●● Spirit as you did in the Letter you wou●● not have rejected me for Moses writ of 〈◊〉 verse 46. For ought I know those that do live a●● dye under the Law of Nature shall 〈◊〉 judged by the Law of Nature Rom. 1. Rom. 2. both those Chapters do spe●● much this thing And so for those that do live under t●● Law of Moses they shall for ought I kno●… be judged by that Law as in Joh. 5. 45. A●● whereas I said I could not fully grant 〈◊〉 these be my reasons or Scriptures Thi●… condemnation saith Christ that light is co●● into the world and men love darknesse rat●●● then light And again they be condemn●… for unbelief He that beleeveth not is conde●●● ●●d already Joh. 3. And again in the He●●ws They were shut out because of unbelief●●t I have not said that the Law in the ●●irit did not lead them to faith Law I must indeed confesse that there is greater and clearer light held forth in the ●…ospel then in the Law and a better Co●●nant established upon better promises ●…eb 8. 6 7 8 9 10. But if I may not go before doth it there●●re follow that I may not come after If ●…ay not sit in Mases Chair at the upper ●●d of the table must I not therefore sit at 〈◊〉 Pray if thou canst tell me where is my ●●ace Believ Thon must not have any Taber●●cle built for thee for a greater then thou art 〈◊〉 here Mar. 9. 7. When Peter saw Moses in ●●s glory he would have made a Taber●●cle for him but the Lord took away ●…oses and answered Peter to his foregoing ●●quest to Christ touching a Tabernacle 〈◊〉 Moses saying This is my beloved Sonne ●…ar him Mar. 9. 7. But the Law in the spiritual substance of 〈◊〉 I suppose is still in force for the Law in ●●e Spirit is the Gospel for the Gospel ●…oth hold forth those things in substance 〈◊〉 the Law did in types and shadows as we do receive light from the same Sunne w●●● he is under a cloud as we do when 〈◊〉 cloud is over and he shine in his brig●●●nesse the light is the same for quality a●● nature but not for quantity or measure F●● the Gospel doth not teach any other Re●●gion then the Law did but there is a m●● glorious administration and a more cl●●●rer dispensation of the love of God in t●● face of Jesus Christ under the Gospel th●… was under the Law I Cor. 12. 5. Now th●… are differences of administrations but the fa●● Lord and there are diversaties of operations 〈◊〉 it is the same God which marketh all in all 〈◊〉 that for the substance we have no oth●● Gospel now then that was preached to o●… first parents in Paradise after their fall 〈◊〉 you may see Gen. 3. 15. The seed of the wom●● shall break the Serpents head Here is the s 〈…〉 stance of all Law and Gospel included a●● contained in these words But this Gosp●● was preached something darkly and y●● not so darkly but that many believed a●● were saved Well in processe of time th●… Lord gave forth the Law wherein we●● orders and ordinances types and shadow held forth in several administrations 〈◊〉 that now there was a far clearer preachin●… that Gospel Gen. 3. 15. The seed of the w●… man shall break the Serpents head Then shall ●…ou finde all the Prophets rising up one ●●ter another speaking of Christ and the ●●ory of his Kingdome and as one did ●●cceed after another in processe of time so ●●e latter did exceed the former in their ●●owledge of this mystery and at length 〈◊〉 the fulnesse of time Christ whom all ●●ese had spoken of and many be lieved in ●●me into the world then sprang up a ●●eater light then ever was before for here ●…as come the substance of all the former ●●pes so that never man spake as this man ●…ither were there ever such miracles done 〈◊〉 any as were done by him well Christ ●●s the people That those that did believe in ●●n should do the same works and greater then ●●se And after his ascention what won●●rful things were done by the Apostles ●●ry day the love of God in the face of 〈◊〉 Jesus Christ was more and more held ●●rth and so through the goodnesse of ●…od unto this day and at this present me is the Lord displaying the banner of ●…s love in destroying our darknesse by the ●●ghtnesse of his appearing Now then O ●●w thou in thy time and place wert glo●●ous but the Gospel is much more glori●…s the spiritual substance of thee doth remain but all thy rudiments and beggerl●… elements must tumble down And for my part I am commanded b●… my Father Col. 2. 21. 22. saying of the●… Touch not taste not handle not for all are 〈◊〉 perish that use them v. 23. Which things ha●… indeed a shew of wisdome in will-worship Sha●● I run to the ●…ight of a star when I may ha●… the light of the Moon Shall I run to th●… light of a candle when I may enjoy th●… light of the Sun Shall I cry up shadow●… when I may enjoy the substance Shall abide under the Law when I may be und●● the Gospel No Law no I have not so lea●…ned Christ I desire now with Paul to kn●● nothing but Christ and him crucified 1 Co●… 2. 2. Law Well saith the Law as thou ha●… dealt plainly with me so shall I do wit●… thee give me leave then and I will tell th●… that the fault li●…s not in me that I am 〈◊〉 much cryed up and held forth at this da●… the Clergy and the Laity will not go 〈◊〉 Christ till as they say not I I say they wi●● not go to Christ untill I have prepar●… them for Christ they preach me in the le●…ter and understand me in the letter whe●● as if they understood me in the spirit should lead them to Christ if Christ did n●● ●●●d them to me yet these men in their ●●rds will many of them deny me as to ●●e any hand in their justification or ac●●tation but though they deny me in ●●rds in these or the like