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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91475	Good tydings for sinners, great ioy for saints; or, A word to the world, and two to those that are chosen out of the world. Wherein is held forth, first, the sweet tenders of grace from the father through the son to all dejected sinners; he invites them, he woes them, he intreats them, nay, he beseecheth them to accept of mercy. In the second part of this book, called, Two words to those chosen out of the world, is spoken to the saints under their severall forms, taking notice first of the things commendable in them: and in the second place reproving them for things amisse among them. With a short prophesie of the downfall of presbyterie, independencie, anabaptismie, vaine notions, free-will. With a brief description of a true church-state, against which the gates of Hell shall not prevaile; it being founded upon a rock, it will stand against all waves and storms, that either men or devils can raise against it. I will give you all one heart, and one way. Then the Lord shall be one, and his name one. / Robert Purnell.	Purnell, Robert, d. 1666.; Parnell, Robert, attributed name.	1649 (1649)	Wing P542; Wing P4234; Thomason E557_12; ESTC R27528	60,728	77

Good Tydings for SINNERS Great Ioy for SAINTS OR A Word to the World and two to those that are chosen out of the WORLD Wherein is held forth First the sweet tenders of grace from the Father through the Son to all dejected Sinners he Invites them he Woes them he Intreats them nay he beseecheth them to accept of mercy IN The second part of this Book called Two words to those chosen out of the World is spoken to the Saints under their severall Forms taking notice first of the things commendable in them and in the second place reproving them for things amisse among them With a short Prophesie of the downfall of Presbyterie Independencie Anabaptismie Vaine Notions Free-Will With a brief description of a true Church-state against which the gates of Hell shall not prevaile it being founded upon a rock it will stand against all Waves and Storms that either Men or Devils can raise against it I will give you all one heart and one way Then the Lord shall be one and his name one Robert Purnell Printed at London for Giles Calvers and are to bee sold at the Black-spread Eagle at the West end of Pauls 1649. To the Reader COurteous Reader I shall in few words give thee a just accompt why I have written this little Book In these latter daies many books are published some good and wholesome but few to ends not carnal for with every man is imperfection more or lesse I must own it also Yet I faithfully professe that had my own credit or advantage been my inducement hereunto these thoughts had been buried in the wombe because I know I could reap no such fruit or if I did it were but vanitie He that gave me my being hath given me a command to learn of him not onely to love his people but also to love his enemies Matth. 5.44 God having kindled in me a love to you both Saints and Sinners I have here written a word to the one and two words to the other Rom. 1.14 I am debtor to the Greek and to the Barbarian both to the wise and to the unwise And to thee fellow sinner is the first word because I see many of those that undertake to teach thee shutting the door of the kingdom against thee and instead of the Gospel of Christ they preach to thee Moses at least Elias and that in the letter The things I lay before thee and commend unto thee are such and onely such as I my self have past through and found aboundance of comfort in And looking upon that place 2 Corinth 1.4 I finde it my duty to endeavour to comfort others with the same comfort wherewith I my selfe have been comforted of God Expect not heare a pleasing methode sugard words nor scholasticall expressions for that savours more of the wisdome of man than of God Though it be not scholastick yet if thou findest it authentick let it have acceptance with thee First read and then judge of what I have said and the Lord that hath power give thee understanding in all things In the first part of this ●o●k called A Word to the World is held forth in few words the sweet tenders of grace from the Father through the sonne to the poore dejected Sinners wherein God 〈…〉 woes and entreates them to be reconciled to himselfe He ●●swers all the Objections that lye in the way he useth very strong and powerfull arguments He not onely saith but swears he delights not in the death of a sinner Ezek. 33.11 In the second part of this Book called Two Words to those chosen out of the World I my self having had communion with the Sain●s in each of those forms more or lesse their principles and practises I have in some measure weighed examined and tryed with an unbyassed affection And I finde among all these except those in this book excepted many excellent sweet and sound truths both in Doctrine and Discipline Principle and Practise worthy not onely of commendation but also of our imitation But notwithstanding there are many things that savour more of the flesh than of the spirit among all these Assemblies which are rather of mans invention than of Gods institution as their knowing Christ and Saints after the flesh crying Lo here lo there is Christ and most in a sence building upon the Sand. Wherefore I have here Prophesied of their fall in which I mean not that they shall be without Church-order but they shall have Pastors and Teachers Elders and Deacons Helps and Governments But the ground of this communion shall be spirituall union and when this day is dawned and this day-star risen in our hearts Ephraim shall not envy Judah nor Judah vex Ephraim Presbyterians shall not so bitterly cry out against Independents nor Independents have such hard thoughts of the Presbyterians Yea they will be ashamed to own one another by these fleshly titles but look upon and love one another as Christians members of the same body heires of the same Promise children of the same father having all the same spirit all clothed with the same robe inclined to the same work ruled by the same Word and Spirit And so their love to each other shall arise from the Vnion in the Spirit And against this Church-State the gates of hell shall not prevaile A WORD TO THE VVORLD THat Sin had its first entrance into the World by Adam we all know What sin is in it own nature most of us doe know But that sin is clearly taken away by the second Adam Christ Jesus that very few doe know Poore sinner why dost thou lye groaning come along with me and hear Christ thy Lord speaking to thee Quest What is that that doth so trouble thee Answ Oh! my sins my sin Quest What is sin Answ The breach of a command or the transgression of a law Chr. Though thou hast broken this law yet consider that there is one to be found that hath kept it first in thy nature secondly for thee and imputes the keeping of it to thee as really as if thou hadst fulfilled it thy selfe Art thou a sinner Christ saith He came to call sinners and why not thee Sinner Oh but I am one of the greatest of sinners Chr. Yet consider what the Lord saith in these Scriptures Joh. 1.29 Behold the Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the World 3. Joh. 16. God so loved the World that he sent his onely begotten Son to take away the sins of the world 1 Tim. 1.15 He came into the world to sinners of whom I am chief Object Oh but though he came to save sinners it is a question whether he died for all sinners and therefore I question whether he came to call me or to take away my sins I see no ground why I should believe nay I cannot believe Faith is too high a thing for me to attain unto Answ But consider God is the alone worker of it Heb. 12.2 And when thou lookest upon Faith

a duty well becoming the Saints to endeavour as instruments in Gods hands to comfort others with the same comforts wherewith the Lord hath comforted them Come saith David I will tell thee what the Lord hath done for my soule Againe Oh thou drooping sinner listen a little unto the voyce of Christ and thou shalt heare him calling to thee and saying Come come unto mee all yee that bee weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest Hee cals thee hee invites thee hee entreates thee hee beseecheth thee to come in and to bee reconciled unto the Lord thy God See and consider well that Scripture 2. Cor. 5 20. Now then wee are ambassadours for Christ as though God did beseech you by us wee pray you in Christ stead bee you reconciled unto God you see hee is willing to have sinners reconciled to him and that hee doth manifest by many demonstrations or evidences First His patience towards thee all this while he is long suffering not willing that any should perish 2 Pet. 3 9. Rom. 2.4 The goodnesse of God or the patience of God doth or should lead thee to repentance Secondly Hee doth manifest his willingnesse in that hee hath made this the master-piece of all his works to provide a Saviour for us in sending his Son and making him a curse for us in this great worke the Lord doth proclaime to all the world Oh all you people of the world if I had not beene willing to bee reconciled to you or rather to have you reconciled to mee as I have for ever beene I would never have sent my dearest Sonne from the bosome of my love to die for you So that this is the greatest worke all my other workes are subordinate to this In this was the love of God manifested to us that he sent his onely begotten Sonne into the world that we should live through him 1 Joh. 4.9 Thirdly The Lord doth professe this to the people That there is no one thing wherein hee doth more glory than to shew mercy to poore sinners yea to his enemies Micah 7.18 Hee delighteh in mercy Exod. 34. The Lords glory passed by and what was that The Lord the Lord most mercifull and gratious long suffering c. Pardoning iniquity transgressions and sinne Here is my glory Hence it is exprest Isa 30.18 Therefore will the Lord waite that hee may bee gratious and therefore will hee bee exalted that hee may have mercy upon you So then the Lord doth accompt himselfe an exalted God when hee hath brought in a sinner to accept of mercy Fourthly The Lord doth expresse his willingnesse even with a sigh as it were which doth much denote his willingnesse Deut. 5.29 Oh that there were such an heart in them that they would feare my Name and keepe my Commands and that for one good too for so the words follow that it might be well with them and with their children for ever Now these people had said before whatsoever the Lord hath spoken wee will doe Oh that there were such an heart in them saith the Lord. Fifthly The Lord doth expresse his willingnesse with an oath too and that the greatest that ever hee tooke That sinners shall not dye Ezek. 33.10 11. As I live saith the Lord God I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked but that the wicked turne from his way and live Turne yee turne yee from your evill wayes for why will you die oh house of Israell c. Sixthly God doth manifest his willingnesse in this that above all other workes this worke of beleeving on him is most pleasing to him and our not beleeving is the greatest offence that wee can give to God Joh. 6.29 This is the worke of God that you beleeve on him whom he hath sent as if the Lord had said This doth please mee better than any other worke Let a poore soule come in and rowle himselfe upon the love of God in Christ for reconciliation This is a more glorious worke than the conquering of a whole world If you give all your goods to the poore and your bodies to be burnt all is nothing if this be wanting Joh. 3.19 This is condemnation that light is come unto the world and men love darknesse more then light In a word binde all your sinnes together in a bundle except this sin of unbeliefe and put them in a ballance together And put this sin of unbeliefe in the other ballance you shall finde that unbeliefe will weigh downe all the rest and from this unbeliefe as the roote springs all other evils as the branches Seventhly Consider further God doth seeke to sinners first Therefore it is said The Lord Christ came to seeke and to save them that were lost Isa 45.22 Looke unto me and be you saved all yee ends of the earth the Spirit and the Bride say come and let him that is a thirst come and take of the waters of life freely Eightly Consider the Lord sends forth his grace to allure thee and to entice thee a sinner to come to him Hee doth with cords of love draw the heart to come Hee sends forth his mercy to stand before the soule and tender its service as it were to the sinfull soule Hosea 2.14 Therefore will I allure them saith the Lord. There was a great breach betweene this people and God as you may see at large in this chapter And yet saith the Lord I will allure them Hosea 11.4 I will draw them with the cords of men with the bands of love Ninthly The Lord is so yeelding unto his creatures th●t to keepe his owne honour and glory he cannot yeeld further At first wee are all going astray the Lord cals us backe 2. Wee were going to prison The Lord steps in saying I will provide a surety The Covenant of workes requires satisfaction saith the Lord I am contented to take this in a surety Wee are like a Beggar begging an almes of one that passeth by to whom it is answered I will give thee oh Beggar that which thou desirest but thou must come and fetch it I cannot come saith the Beggar I want legs I will give thee legs saith the giver that thou mayest come But saith the Beggar when I am come I have no hands to receive that which you will give me I will give thee hands also Oh! But I want wisedome to make use of that gift I will give thee wisedome saith the Lord. Oh that ever so glorious a God should so farre stoope and yeeld to his poore creatures as to answer all questions cleare all doubts and take away all scruples Tenthly He yet comes nearer to a sinner as it were and doth professe that the greatest sins that ever they have committed against him shall not hinder them from comming to him nor him from pardoning them Isa 1.18 Come now and let us reason together saith the Lord. though your sins be as Scarlet they shal be as white as Snow Oh here the Lord