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A11197	Christ and the doves heavenly salutations, with their pleasant conference together: or A sermon before the communion in Anwoth. Anno 1630. By that flour of the Church, Mr. Samuel Rutherfurd	Rutherford, Samuel, 1600?-1661.	1660 (1660)	STC 21464; Wing R2372A; ESTC S100009	19,105	30

says GODs Justice be it so says CHRIST Man sinned and I the Man CHRIST shall Die 2. Man took on the Debt therefore an other cannot pay for him Be it so says CHRIST I the Man shall pay the Ransom 3. Man behoved to make amends because Man did the Fault Let it be so said CHRIST I the Man CHRIST shall make amends again Secondly If CHRIST had not been our Rock there had been no Dwelling in him he would not have keeped Wind and Weather off us Therefore the Divine Nature was a Pillar on which the Humane Nature did hing and this is the Cause why CHRIST-man leans to the Divine Nature as his Warrand in all that he does For if ye will consider in this Work there is Three Bargains or Covenants to speak so First GOD and Man bargained together ye shall believe that 's your Part. I shall give you Life Eternal that 's my Part says GOD Now Man dare not promise this of himself without CHRISTs Bond to Relieve him that is to Enable him throw his Grace to believe Secondly GOD Bargains with his Son Isaiah 53. 10. Son if Thou shall lay down Thy Life Thou shall see Thy Seed and Prolong Thy Days and have many fair Children Psalms 2. Ye shall have the Heathen to Serve You. Heb. 1. I will be Your Father and Ye shall be My Son CHRIST is content but he cannot do this alone he must borrow Flesh and Blood from Man and in it Suffer Thirdly The Man CHRIST Bargains with the Divine Nature The Humane Nature says I Love Man and I will Die for him The Divine Nature says now I shall hold Thee up under Thy Sufferings and Thou shall overcome Death The Man Christ without the Back-bond to speak so durst not for Ten Thousand Worlds have ventured to Yoak in the Fields with the Justice of GOD and Death and Hell and Sin and the Devil except he had the Divine Nature in a Personal Union to bear him up under his Sufferings Therefore CHRIST when he looks upon his Sufferings looks also upon his Warrand Isaiah 56. I gave My Back to the Smiters and My Checks to them that pulled off the Hair These be the Words of the Man CHRIST Now because it might have been said a Man will Suffer all that his alone But here he looks to his Warrand Verse 7. and says I have my Warrand with Me The LORD GOD will help Me I shall not be confounded I have GODs Warrand who is united to Me in a Personal Union to bear Me up Even Sick-like CHRIST goes down to the Grave Psalms 16. 10. Thou wilt not leave My Soul in Hell or the Grave neither wilt Thou suffer Thy Holy One to see Corruption As if Christ would say I am sure LORD Thou will be as Good as Thy Word and make Good Thy Bargain and will Warrand Me against Death See then how it goes The Man Christ takes Man by the Hand to bring him out from under GODs Wrath. So Beloved Be Glad in such a Saviour come all into the Rock for God Christ and Man all these Three are linked together as in a Chain and Christ in the middle link of the Chain Now let all the Kings of the Earth that boast of Fair Houses and Stately Palaces come and see if they can compare with the Dove that Dwells in the Holes of the Rock Nebuchadnezer said Is not this Great Babylon that I have built c. Surely Men are to be rebuked that are carefull for Houses and settling in the World and has no Assurance of this Lodging Worldlings are but Ravens that big in the Wild Mountains The Kirk is only at Home biging in Faith These be indeed Dear Chambers being built by Christ Himself GOD has made Holes and Windows in Christ that his Doves may flee into and make their Nest in his Heart O Dear and Precious Dwelling The Lodging cost us Nothing yet we are desired to Dwell in it Now what is Christ's Petition Cause Me to hear thy Voice It 's ordinary for Man to beg from GOD for we be but his Beggars But it is a Miracle to see GOD beg at Man Yet here is the Potter begging from the Clay the Saviour seeking from Sinners What is his Suit It must be some Great Thing it is even a Sight of his Bride He is even saying to her my dear Spouse be kind to Me let me see thy Face be not Blaite and Wavering be plain with me your Husband tell me all your mind in Prayer I delight to hear your lisping and hisping and speaking to me in Prayer Ye may see all the Wooing comes on Christ's Side of it She cannot hold up her Face or let one Love-blink on Christ but as He commands her and wakens her up She is a Soure Bride of her self if she Laugh it is He that makes her Rejoice by the Holy Spirit that is given to her Romans 5. 5. She keeps her Chamber and is ashamed to go forth He bides her be kind and shew her Face We cannot Love Him while he first Love us 1 John 4. 19. We run because he draws us Canticles 1. 2. John 6. 44. We apprehend Christ but we are first gripped of him Philippians 3. 12. Beloved there is great skill in wooing Christ every Bride has not the gate of it but he must teach us In all other Matches ye will find Two Things that are not here First In other Matches the Bride makes some Wooing of her own sort but here Men cannot move but as Christ's Spirit wooes in us and teaches us In other Contracts the Bride and her Friends are bound for their Part the Bride has some Toocher of her own or she may be an Heretrix she may have all and he Nothing But here the Bridegroom in this Contract is obliged for all he give his Name for himself and his Wife Ezekel 36. 27. I will put My Spirit in you and cause you to Walk in my Judgements Here the Kirk has no Toocher of her own and yet she has not the Good Manners to look up to her LORD but as he commands and holds up her Head All the Toocher is Christ's and the Inheritance is Christs the Kirk has Nothing he has the Houses John 14. He has the Land Romans 8. The Fine Gold Revelation 3. and buys the Spousing Cloaths of the Religion that came in with her Saviour Christ and that is the best Religion in the World for it gives most to GOD and least to Man I will tell you who are meet for Christ even these that are out of themselves and lays all upon Christ The best Schollars that Christ gets are Publicans and Sinners Whores Harlots Blind Lame Criples and such like and such as feels themselves Sinners Look how much ye trust in your selves and rest upon the World and Loves your Lusts as far ye are from Christ and when ye are all out of your selves and changed into GOD's Image from Glory

Chamber of Presence all Glorious Tapestry there LORD make you Ready for that Day And the Shaddow flee away or Mist This Life is all but a Night because of the Ignorance and Darkness of our Mind We see but the Portrait of the Kingdom in the Glass of the Word and Sacraments Then when that Day Dawns we shall see Him Face to Face So long as the Night is we do Nothing but by the use of Candle When the Sun rises the Candle is blown out lest we should burn Day-light The Gospel is GODs Candle to let us see the Way to Heaven But when it is Day-light and Christ Lighted to us from Heaven then shall come Light and Heat from Him Clear Light and Knowledge that shall endure for ever Our Soul here is like a House in the Night when Doors and Windows are closed In that Day the Doors and Windows shall cast up that the Sun may shine for ever upon us We shall not need to seek Communions The Lamb of GOD shall be present with you for evermore Rev. 21. I saw no Temple there for the Lord God Almighty is their Light We get but here the Parings of GODs Bread and a Four Hours Drink to speak so There the Board shall be Covered and the Great Loaf set upon it and all shall Eat and all be Welcome and the Table shall never be Drawn Ye shall have your fill of CHRIST Ye shall Drink and Drink at the Wells Head the Cup of Salvation for evermore Secondly One Night here But we know not what we are Marches are not redd betwixt GOD and Satan here We are but Silly Bodies here Earthen Vessels often in Trouble I Corinthians 1. and yet Kings Sons 1 John 3. 2. Behold now we are the Sons of GOD and it doth not yet appear what we shall be but we know that when He doth appear we shall be like Him for we shall see Him as He is A Friend from a Foe cannot be known in the Night Care not what the World think of you it is Night they cannot well see you Thirdly It is Night because of Great Trouble which besets us Luke 3. 1 2 Let us be content with an hard Bed the Morn will be a Good Day and think ye what a Comfort it will be to you when GOD puts up his own Holy Hands to your Face and to your Watry Eyes and shall Dry them with the Napkin of his Consolation Now this Short Night ly still in Peace and Sleep by Faith in GOD Be content to ly down in your Grave for a Night or Two for your Husband Christ shall be at your Bed-side soon in the Morning Turn My Beloved and be thou like a Roe or a Young Hart upon the Mountains of Bether As Psalms 71. 21. Thou did turn about and comfort me Turn about and come to me as swiftly as a Roe or a Young Hart upon the Mountains of Bether or Bithven The Mountains of Division or Separation Mount Gilead severed or parted from the rest of the Land of Judea by the River of Jordan In the which Mountains there was Pleasant Hanting here She Desires his Presence either in the Last Judgement or in his Incarnation or by the Comfort of his Holy Spirit and prays that he as Roes and Harts are not Hindered any Whit by any Craigs or Down-falls of the Rocks to Descend and Meet one with another So CHRIST would be Kind to His Love and count Mountains as Valleys and let no Craigie-way Hinder the LORD JESVS to come She can never get Her Fill of CHRIST She is so Browden on CHRIST that She ever would be at an Union with him There is Kissing Verse 7. The Place where he Dwells Chapter 2. under his Shaddow in his Wine-Celler We cannot be far enough on in going to CHRIST We can never be near enough hand him Cry ye to him come For he crys to you come and then ye will Meet Ill-Gate will not Hinder our Bridegroom to come he cares not for a Showre of Rain or a Dark Night He Loups over Hills to be at his Kirk Give ye him a Meeting Amen Let us Pray