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A45701	The Christians best garment: or, The putting on of the Lord Jesus Christ Wherein the absolute necessity, excellency, and usefulness of Christ, as a garment, to believing souls, is briefly open and applied. Secondly, the naked, miserable, lost, and undone condition of all unbelievers, who have not put on this garment, discovered. Thirdly and lastly, some few brief, but powerful motives to perswade us to the putting on of this garment, with directions how to live to the glory of Christ here, that so we may live with Christ hereafter in glory. By a godly, able, and faithful servant of Jesus Christ.	Hart, John, D.D.	1664 (1664)	Wing H930; ESTC R216385	16,154	50

sin do manifestly shew that they never yet tasted of the love of God in Christ in the pardoning of their sins Christ is not a cloak to hide sin but Christ is a garment to preserve us from sin they that put on Christ as a cloak never yet put on Christ as a garment Fourthly is Christ a garment and hast thou put him on then wear him constantly never put him off he will last thee as long as thou livest I and longer too thou canst not carry a rag of thine own clothes with thee out of this world I but thou mayest carry this garment with thee into the next world thou mayest go to heaven with this garment upon thee nay thou shalt never get to heaven without it put him on then and never put him off wear him every day day by 〈◊〉 even to thy dying day he will last thee as long as thou livest and will be a comfort yea an exceeding great comfort to thee when thou dyest and will be a glory an everlasting glory to thee for ever in the world to come Fifthly is it so is Christ a garment then here is matter of comfort to all that are Christs in times of danger and trouble let we tell thee Christian thou that hast put on the Lord Iesus Christ as a garment thou art armed as well as cloathed thou hast armour of proof upon thy back such armour as never yet could be pierced such armour as will keep off all the gun-hots of the Devil and the world be they never so great be they never so furious be they never so many thy garment Christian will keep out a showre I and a storm too nothing can pierce it nothing shall be able to hurt thee if thou hast put on Christ neither sin nor Satan If God be for us who can be against us Rom. 8.33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of Gods elect it is Christ that hath dyed First thou hast put on Christ as a garment he will defend thee I le warrant thee let come what will come see what the Lord saith to such as are clothed with his Son in Isa 47.1 2. Fear not for I have redeeemed thee I have called thee by thy name thou art mine When thou passest through the waters I will be with thee and through the rivers they shall not overflow thee when thou walkest through the fire thou shalt not be burnt neither shall the flame kindle upon thee And this was it which so ravished the hearts of the blessed Martyrs and carried them through all their torments with so much joy and comfort and so likewise the three Children in the fiery furnace all the violent and scorching heats of those burning fiery furnaces could not nay did not hurt so much as the least hair of their heads and the reason was because they were the Children of the most high God and were cloathed with the Lord Iesus Christ as with a garment So likewise Daniel in the Lions Den he was defended from the fury of those raging beasts by his being clothed with this garment of Christ In a word let come what will come let the Devil and all his instruments rage never so much let the storms of persecution be never so hot let the waves beat never so fiercely thy house shall stand and thou shalt be carried through all because thy house thy faith is built upon a Rock even upon the reck of Ages the Lord Iesus Christ Men out of Christ are naked they have nothing at all to defend them all those rich and costly garments of the gallants of the world be they never so rich and gaudy are not half so costly as this garment is for believe it Christian it cost Christs precious Life and Blood to purchase it for thee Sixthly is Christ a garment then let us not be proud of our own garments alas what are they nothing but rags in comparison of this garment of Christ bodies of sin sin was the first founder and inventer of theme if Adam had not sinned he had never stood in nerd of a garment A thief saith on very swertly may as well be proud of his halter as a man or woman may be proud of their garments and set me tell thee thou that art proud thou art proud of that which is anothers it is none of thy own thou hast nothing of thy own to be proud with what thou hast is but lent thee and thou knowest not how soon the owner may take them away and leave thee as naked as he found thee and then if thou art found out of Christ thou art undone for ever I Woe woe be unto thee and that for evermore Seventhly is Christ a garment then I note from hence that abundance of outward enjoyments do nothing at all adorn a man it s onely the garment of Christ that will make a Christian lovely earthly things they do not adorn us in the sight of God it matters not whether we be rich or poor naked or cloathed in rags or in robes I but it matters whether thou beest in Christ or no God will look upon thee onely as thou art cloathed with his Son if thou art not found in Christ cloathed upon with the glorious white robes of his righteousness at the last day God will never own thee for his child he will then say unto thee Depart from me I know you not Eightly I note from hence that they that live in sin are none of Christs they are not cloathed upon with this garment Let every one saith the Apostle that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity Put on the Lord Jesus Christ saith the Lert and make no provision for the flesh Christianity and sin are no kin one to another sin is a work of the night and if ever thou wouldst put on the Lord Iesus Christ thou must cast off and forsake all thy sins but if thou wilt needs keep thy sorry rags of sin still upon thy back let me tell thee Christ will never be a Saviour unto thee thou shalt have nothing to defend thee in the evil day of the Lords wrath In the last place by way of motive O that I could persivade you this day to embrace Iesus Christ as he is tendered and offered unto you in the Gospel wouldst thou put on the Lord Iesus Christ as a garment then in the words of the Apostle I beseech you Cast off the works of darkness and put on the armour of light Walk honestly as in the day not in rioting and drunkenness and do not commit works of darkness at noon-day even the light of nature should make men blush to commit sin in the very face of the Sun it self Remember I beseech you how unsuitable and unseasonable rioting and drunkenness is to the profession of the Gospel of Christ Let every one saith the Apostle that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity Christ will never be a garment to thee if thou delightest in sin its impossible to serve God and Mammon thou canst never wear the livery of Christ add the livery of Satan together as holiness is the badge and livery of Christ so sin and wickedness is the badge and Livery of the Devil in this the Children of God are manifest saith the Apostle and the children of the Devil Whosoever doth not righteousness is not of God John 1.3 10. and in the 6 7 8. verses of the same Chapter Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not and whosoever sinneth hath not seen him nor known him He that committeth sin is of the Devil Ye are of your Father the Devil saith our Saviour to the unbelieving Jews John 8.44 and the works of your father ye will do wicked men will do the Devils work although they are sure to dye for it The work of your father ye will do And let me tell you beloved they that will do the Devils work must look for nothing but the Devils pay and the Devill will be sure to give them their due at the last And I beséech you remember what the wages of sin is in Romans 6.23 The wages of sin is death death eternal the wicked in hell they are alwayes dying and yet never dead the torments of the damned in hell as they are easeless so they are endless O consider this you that forget God lest he tear you in pieces and there be none to deliver you Wouldst thou put on the Lord Iesus Christ as a garment then in the last place and so I have done Do not make provision for the flesh to fulfill the lusts thereof spend not thy time in rioting and drunkenness not in chambering and wantonness but casting off and abhorting all these unfruitful works of darkness Labour to 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The Christians best Garment JOHN HART D.D. THE CHRISTIANS Best Garment OR The putting on of the Lord Jesus Christ Wherein the absolute necessity excellency and usefulness of Christ as a Garment to believing Souls is briefly opened and applied Secondly The naked miserable lost and undone condition of all Unbelievers who have not put on this Garment discovered Thirdly and lastly Some few brief but powerful Motives to perswade us to the putting on of this Garment with directions how to live to the glory of Christ here that so we may live with Christ hereafter in glory The third Edition By a godly able and faithful Servant of Jesus Christ John Hart. Rom. 13.14 Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ Col. 3.4 When Christ who is our life shall appear then shall ye also appear with him in glory London Printed for E. Andrews at the White Lion near Pye-Corner 1664. THE Christians best Garment OR THE Putting on of the Lord Jesus Christ Romans 13.12 13 14. The night is far spent the day is at hand let us therefore cast off the works of darkness and let us put on the armour of light Let us walk honestly as in the day not in rioting and drunkenness not in chambering and wantonness not in strife and envying But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for the flesh to fulfill the lusts thereof IN these Words beloved which I have now read unto you we have these two parts In the first place we have some things which the Apostle endeavours to perswade Christians from In the second place we have some things which the Apostle endeavours to perswade Christians to The things perswaded from are the works of darkness the things perswaded to are these 1. That we put on the armour of light and that we walk honestly 2. The Apostle having exhorted us to this two-fold duty 1. The casting off the works of darkness and the putting on the armour of light here sets down expresly some Christian directions how this is to be done and that two wayes 1. Negatively and then 2. Affirmatively 1. Negatively not in rioting and drunkenness not in chambering and wantonness not in strife and envy 2. Affirmatively by putting on the Lord Jesus Christ and denying of the works of the slesh and the motives here laid down whereupon the Apostle enjoyns this duty are these in the 12. verse The night is far spent the day is at hand therefore saith he let us cast off the works of darkness and let us put on the armour of light Where by the way we may observe that works of darkness are very unsuitable and unseasonable to the times of the Gospel light and darkness are contrary In the words then you see 1. Here is a duty exhorted unto and that is laid down in the 12. verse And then 2. you have here also the Apostles amplification and illustration of this duty here exhorted unto and that is set down particularly in the 13. and 14 verses The duty exhorted unto you see here is two-fold 1. Here is something to be cast off And then 2. Here is something to be put on 1. The things to be cast off are the works of darkness 2. The things to be put on are the armor of light Let us cast off the works darkness and let us put on the armor of light And as the exhortation is two-fold so likewise are the reasons whereupon the Apostle grounds his exhortation also 1. The night is far spent And 2. the day is at hand Before I proceed to the observation give me leave a little to open the words unto you and first I shall endeavour to shew what is here meant by the night and then secondly what is here meant by the day by the night here may be meant the times of darkness and ignorance in which the Gentiles lived in before the breaking forth of the Gospel of Christ and those times may very well be compared to the night for these three reasons First In the night men cannot so well see their way and therefore may the more easily wander out of their way for it is onely the want of light that makes men to erre 2. In the night no thing is visible or discernable but darkness all light is then extinguished the blind man is not able to value or judge what a mercy it is to have the fruition and enjoyment of the light of the Sun 3. The night is the most suitablest time and season for the doing of evil in Job 24.14 15 16. The murderer saith Job rising with the light killeth the poor and needy and in the night is as a thief The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight saying No eye shall see me and disguiseth his face In the dark they dig through houses they know not the light They that are drunk saith the Apostle are drunk in the night 1 Thes 5.7 In Psal 25.20 The dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty And then secondly by the day here is meant the times of the Gospel it is night in the soul till such time as the day light of the Gospel breaks forth and shines into it Matth. 4 16. The people which sate in darkness saw a great light and to them that sate in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up In John 13.19 Light is come into the world and men love darkness rather then light and why so the reason is saith he because their deeds were evil For every one that doth evil hateth the light neither cometh to the light lest his deeds should be reproved Ephes 5.8 Ye were sometimes darkness saith the Apostle but now are ye light in the Lord walk as children of light In 1 Pet. 2.9 God hath called us out of darkness into his marvellous light Luke 1.78 79. The day-spring from on high hath visited us To give light to them that sit in darkness In Acts 26.17 18. The Apostle was sent to the Gentiles to turn them from darkness unto light In 1 John 2.8 The darkness is past and the true light saith the Apostle now shineth In Acts 17.30 The times of Heathenisme are there called the times of ignorance and it must néeds be night in such souls wherein Christ the Sun of righteousness never did arise as it is never day in the worid until the Sun ariseth so it is never day in the soul till Christ the Sun of righteousness ariseth with healing in his wings Now there are several useful and profitable points of doctrine which naturally from hence for our instruction and edification I shall onely name them and so procéed to that which I chiefly intend The first point of doctrine is this that works of darkness are works of the night night works Secondly that the times of the Gospel are times of light Thirdly that in the day of the Gopel all these works of darkness are to be cast off when the Sun shines