though once pleased in the act her affections are crucifi'd to corruption so is corruption to them they are dead to each other sin in Saints is 1. Dead judicially dead in sentence they adjudge it to death resolve it shall die they sin not with an esteeme of sin their judgement 's against it they have laid hatred to the roote of sin which will be the death out â— T is in them Civiliter mortuus civilly dead a man is dead saith the Civill Law when hee 's in subjection to another is not acted and animated by the power of his owne will but by the will of him that rules over him so here sinne in Saints ha's not its own will is not its own Master is in subjection to them because their love thereof its life is withdrawne better be stowed laid out 3. Sin in them as loathed not loved is naturally dead things are naturally dead two wayes inchoate consummate inchoate as when a tree is smote at the roore with an Axe which is an omen it will wither die be fruitlesse for future though for present it have leaves and fruit upon it hence 't is said to be dead because it has received its deadly blow so a man is said to be a dead man when he has received a deadly wound though hee may stirre struggle strive and live a while after to doe some hurt to him that did the deed so a man alive in Christ by vertue of his union with him has a deadly blow given to the roote of his sin not onely in the judgement having lost its repute there but in the affections also it shall never any more â—oost and roote there never recover its strength againe and though it have a little life for a while and may be injurious to the subject where 't is yet cannot last long and bring forth as before but withers growes lesse and lesse till quite exhausted wasted notwithstanding its shew of leaves 2. A sin not beloved has a death consummate and it is so dead by this signe viz. when it brings not forth in its season i. e. when advantages and opportunities of sinning occur accord agree and come together In winter Trees and Plants seeme as dead but if in the spring wee see neither Doct. Sibâ— fruit nor leaves wee then say they 'r dead indeed so when a Christian has an advantage an opportunitie to fall into sin may doe it yet not work himselfe into outward blame and shame and sin do's not then beare fruit and bring forth in that fit season 't is dead indeed for what the season of the spring is to trees and plants the same or the like is an occasion of sinning unto sin Josephs case and his carriage Gen. 39. 7. to 13. in that case cleeres this well hee had an advantage an opportunity all advantages and a fit season to sin in a wanton Mistris who woed him often saying Lie with mee a continuation of her suit shee did it day by day her actuall assault shee caught him by his garment would have no nay a place of privacie there was none of the men of the House within no likelihood of accruing shame or blame in publicke and himselfe an high Officer a man of credit able to have crushed a rumor and bruit in the birth yet sin in him was then dead it could not live being loath'd Hee hearkened not unto her to lie by her or to be with her saith the Text he shunned and hated both the sin and the occasion Vitanda est glacies si nolis Cadere with the appearances thereof would not lie by her would not be with her a good patterne of pietie for others hee shunn'd the sin as crosse to God not men How can I doe this great wickednesse and sin against God yet then in that case his lust was life-lesse brought not forth Christs Spouse sins not with a love of sin the evill shee do's shee hates There 's no spot in thee SECT 7. 6. THey sin not with the whole man their fall is not Toti a toto in totum they sin not with a cleare freedom and full consent of the will there 's still some reluctance giving out drawing back of some of the inward powers they sin not with all their strength greedily with both their hands not earnestly as the Prophet speakes Micah 7. 3. their conflicts with sin when falling thereinto are an attestation of this the minde or soule we say is the man but the minde sins not With my minde I serve Christ and Rom. 7. 5. 19 20. the evill I would not that doe I saith the Apostle they sin against their wills cannot will sin they nill and null in the strength of Christ all sinfull thoughts words and works And if I doe that I would not 't is no Ver. 20. more I Quasi dicat there was a time when I willed what I acted and did what I would and could in sin but now I am not the man I am not I 't is no more I that sin sin is in mee but against my will I cannot will to sin choose to sin might I gain a world for so doing Christs Spouse sins not viz. not with cleare freedom and full consent of will Hence is said to be spotlesse not to sin for as to will Note sin is to commit sin in the account of Justice so to nill sin is not to commit sin in the account of mercy Man in the first Adam when he Matth. 5. 28. stood in the glory of his best perfection the image of the invisible God made out but a mutable will a will he had to stand or fall which hee pleased and hence did he will his fall freely but a man in the second Adam ha's a better standing greater strength and a better and more accomplisht will hence no man in Christ can will his fall will wandering from God and a wavering heart in the sence before asserted viz. with the wills cleare freedom and full consent so that Capell Tempt pag. 36. God imputes no more to us then is approved and allowed by us You have now seene what spots the Saints have not what sins they commit not But have Saints no sins do's Saint-ship and Son-ship make sinlesse No If wee say wee have no sinne wee deceive our selves 1 Joh. 1. 8. and the truth 's not in us saith John hee that Donatus-like sayes I have no sin for Christ to cleanse mee Non habeo Domine quod ignoscas from ha's no truth in him is like to his father who lyed ab origine from the beginning 1. Christs purest Spouse has the tincture of sin in her selfe it has befallen Christians in this case as it fares with a man who has fallen into a ditch notwithstanding he has bin washed from the mud yet may wee smell hee has been defiled Christs time of suffering was the Disciples time of sinning But secondly a Christian as
And resolves to be through the strength of God an unfained friend to you and all the members of mysticall Christ untill days are lost in the ancient of dayes Sam. Moor. Errata's in the Epistle to the Reader Line 34. r. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 l. 67. r. giddie heads with a comma Errata's in the Book Page 12. line 3. dele for all and r. man p. 13. l. 3. dele a p. 20. l. 4. r. the l. 5. r. the p. 55. l. 16. r. where 's l. 27. dele in and in the margent r. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 p. 67. l. 18. r. Lenis p. 68. l. 9. r. her p. 69. l. 2. r. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 l. 15. r. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 l. 23. r. fates p. 70. l. 1. r. begging p. 71. l. 10. r. put p. 74. in marg r. Lachrimas Some other lesser faults there be as mis-pointing and mis-joyning of wordes and sentences which the Printer desires the Reader to reforme with his Pen. To the pious Reader THE sense of Christs love so swells and ascends that the Spouse in her Canticles is not Master of her words in telling his worth every word is like a Mountain If thou come to his person nature offices honours Myrrhe Aloes Cinamon Frankincence all the powders of Merchants that ever Affrica Aegypt or other Countries had and have are but short poor shadows and hungry generalls to him he 's all abstractive sweetnesse all loves Cant. 5. 16. all desires and all of him every piece of him is love and lovelinesse it selfe yet when all 's said that can be Spouse like may we say he stands behind our Cant. 2. 9. wall q. d. the veile of our flesh and as he cannot seeeme so neither can wee see the halfe of what he is â—ill this veile is taken off and we have entered the veile of heaven And as he is so is his love ineffable not conceptible Christs love gets the better of all souls that goe to heaven for what 's great Heaven but an house full of vanquish'd Captives to Christs drawing love 'T is sweet swimming in those waters where sweet Christ casts his Net We may like the fish be caught by the foode or pleasure of this Fisher of men his baites take with the eye and taste too Could Paul being crafty catch 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 pia fraude with an holy guide how much more 2 Cor. 12. 16. Christ he with one cast of his countenance can view all in heaven and all on earth giving out his heart full of burning love East West North and South and gather into himselfe all who are given him O the fulnes of love joy peace prosperity pleasures the first fruits of that land which lies beyond time and death must needs be above expression In the interim these things make a marvaile that God is kinde to the unthankfull and Luke 6. 35. Rom. 4. 5. Matth. 5. 45 Rom. 12. 2â— evill justifies the ungodly lets his sunne shine on the unjust overcomes evill with good and speaks well of such as deserved ill this even this is the subject of the following discourse In which wonder thou hast somewhat more then a tast of the true sense in which Christs Spouse is spotlesse all faire and how sinne is and is not charg'd on Saints What sinnes they commit not in what sense they 'r sinlesle how farre so by Son-ship and Saint-ship and the fruit that all Eo nomine Consider'd as Saints such Gods gracious doings and dealings should have in pardoned and purged sinners I make no plea for the Press Let the fruits of my former Labours extant rid me of the toile I am weary and almost wildred in waiting for the result of extreames though a glimps of their nature I have had Some load the head with what 's the members others the members with what appertaines to the head if my fault 't is against my wil this Treatise tels thee Do's thy fancy want food this is not for thee quaintnesse in discourses of Christ like painting in windows do's more darken the light then adorn it Giddy heads question sick reach after little but words and questio satis vexata is the best fruit of their intelligence Such want not mercenary medlers to match them whose food at the best is but piety ad extra the superficies of Goodnesse 'T is a comfort to some that airy notions nourish them not All are not Chamelions some cannot live only on Sunt qui perhibent Chamaeâ—eonta victitare â—aere solo aire every thing is not bread for every soule the sincere immixed milk of Gods word best answers the appetite of the empty All wine milk honey and fatted Calves killed together with all choisest edibles are but imperfect pictures and painted nourishments if compared to Christs glorious Gospel-dainties Oh! when precious Christ lets out to the soule the sweet smell of oyntments powred forth of his death and wounds it 's a rare feast then and not till then do's the soule see smell and tast apples of love free grace satisfied justice and propagated mercie and then such rarities raise the wonder to informe the judgement and raise the affections for Christ and towards him is most in my eye Oh mortals I has Mammon your hearts and the heart of your love and life what shall Messiah have O munde immunde as hee in an holy indignation said of this world how fastens our purest substance on thy pollutions why seeks it rest in that whose composition is all of tumults Nusquam inveni requiem nisi in Christo To conclude if thy thirst's like his in his flight thou maist perhaps in this wonder finde what to thirst may afford if not sweetenesse yet savour Give God the glory reape thou the good and I have what I hope I aimed at in penning this small piece The Lord leade thee into all truth and me into thy mind when thou seekest and meetest him in his way Thine in the Lords welbeloved his Christ the Saints Jesus SAM MOOR AN Heavenly Wonder OR A Christian cloath'd with Christ Cant. 4. 7. Thou art all fair my love there is no spot in thee CHAP. 1. SECT 1. All Faire ALl Christs Encomium's Psal 45. 11. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Vnde nomen Joppa à pulchritudine Elegantia à 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 derivatur Leigh Crit. sacr are sweetly empharicall beautifull not onely in colour but comely proportion and Elegancy attractive beauty such as drawes love and liking is the import of this word and 't is a word of double form to note out double q. d. very excellent beauty and augment the signification The righteous is more excellent Prov. 12. 26. then his neighbour why hee fulfils all righteousnesse that 's his comelinesse it becomes us to fulfill all righteousnesse said Christ but Matth. 3. 15. the next neighbour to a righteous man fulfills but some righteous things onely therefore not so excellent Beautiful
cup of wrath death and hell to his head and seest him sigh sing and smile for thy good canst thou break that cup of trembling on his fair face and not have thy heart fettered with Christs silken love-cords which are softer then oyle sure his love applyed to thy heart heartily will make thee ingenuous free thankful respectfull Solomons honey and Sampsons Dalilah are sweet drinks that swell some who are after glad to vomit them up againe and are pained with sickness at the remembrance of them but 't is not so here that love that Christ ha's from us is better bestow'd and stout-hearted sinners I le tell you your doom Christs love comes neer you but you fly from it you wil need mountains to fall upon you and hide you from his presence sweet Lambe that he is that 's an hell-like Laâ—ere erit impossibile apparere intolerabile Anselmus sorrow yet must be suffered when to hide t will be impossible and to appear intolerable O think on the day of Christs appearance when hee 'l speak with a voice like thunder I am he behold the man whom ye have crucified the sides that you Ego sum ecce hominem quem crucifixistiâ— ecce latus quod pugugistis ecce vulnera quae in fiaeistis Rev. 1.7 have pierc'd my hands and feet lo see the wounds you made and this will he say when he comes with clouds every eye shall see him and they also which pierced him and all kindreds of the earth shall waile because of him They shall look Iisdem quibus videmus oculis flemus and lament then a good conscience towards God will more bestead then all the treasures in the world SECT 3. 3 LOve him and live to him who Plus valebit conscientia pura quam marsupia plena Bern. accounts thee lovely truly without halting wholly without halving let Christs love be thy patterne a Sea of love ha's a bottome an Heaven of love a brim but infinite love is limit-lesse such is his the infinite love of God in Christ moves in a circle of life Christs heart is the spring and fountaine there all rivers and streams of love meet as a congregation of all good and ther 's the Ocean the Sea of love and lovelinesse Christs Chariot runs on wheels of love and the pace is easie and sweet and he breath 's with Probatio dilectionis exhibitio est operis Greg in Evang. Hom. 30. Mat. 22. 37. his Aura levis his gentle gales that are cheering that thou maist breath like him Christs love is an Elixar which by contaction if there beany dispositioÌ„ of goodnes in the same mettal t will render't of the same property it selfe is 't is a rarity a great one and a merveilous Lenocinium inticer of desires Luk. 8.4.7 Melancthon One conflicted under the pangs of death and at last comforted breath'd out her thoughts thus now and not till now understand I the meaning of those words Thy sins are forgiven thee then and not till then it should seem was heart rais'd and ravished with unspeakable love to this lovely Lamb which love is the fruit of remission of sin t is a sad thing to have a selfish circular love that ha's no center but self ascends no higher goes no farther Among the Romans they who were saved were wont to crowne him that saved them and to honour him as a father all their dayes so Christians should take the Crowne of glory of all their salvations and good â—uot verba â—â— absurda actions and set it on Christs head who best becomes it he that speaks of himself seeks his own glory said Christ selfe-seekers and Thrasos boasters of your selves wher 's your esteeme of Christ is this your best 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 example you give 1 Tim. 4. 12. Magno conatu magnas agere nugas Magni nugatores 1 Tim. 6.4 do's this make the stampe on your coyne then it 's not current with Christ Some are in Pauls language proud 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 blown and swolne up knowing nothing aright and as they ought to know a tumor in the body is a symptome sad enough in the soul saddest of all doters on questions and strife of words 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 question-sick the best successe whereof will be languor in the end such must be withdrawne from us 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 stand off keep at a distance from such knowledge Socrates without love is like raine in the middle region that was a grave speech I know that I know nothing Some get the tree of knowledge but loose the tree of life saies one Apostates from first love frowne on your faces some are at first warme next luke-warme of a middle temper but at last freezing could in affection to Christ SECT 4. 4 Follow thy husband begin Principlum fervet medium â—epet exitus ulget Hymnus evangelisisslmus w th thanksgiving sing to this Jesus the Canticle most evangelicall as thou didst put no bounds to thy self sinning being now saved from it put no bounds to thy thanksgiving Ingratitude say some is a Monster in nature a Solecisme Let thy modus be sine modo Bern. Luk. 1.68 Arbor honoreâ—ur cujus nos unbra tuetur in manners a Paradox in grace damming up the course of donations divine and humane We respect the tree who 's shade's our defence Thanksgiving was Luthers Sancti crapula the stomack should be full out and then there 's no ease or rest till the heart 's unladen in Christ ha's God let thee see thou' rt sinlesse that he has put away thy sin then cover 1 That thou maist do and suffer as much and more now sin is pardoned as thou wouldst have done and suffered for a particular knowledge of it before thou hadst it then thou wast all action to have it nothing was irksome which was a leading meanes to it O then what running to God and the godly for information what praying hearing reading and enquiring was there then then thou thought'st it more worth then are worlds and what 's the mercy the lesse because out of Christs hand into thine owne 2 Be active in sanctification because formerly thou wast passive in regeneration and in Gods the Agent mans the Patient then 2 Cor. 7.1 making satisfaction for the transgression having through great and precious promises received the divine nature where 's the clensing from all filthinesse of flesh spirit 3 Spend and end all thy dayes in meditation and admitation of what the Lord thy God ha's done for thee who was once under the curse the law the lash cry as the Prophet O who is a God like to our God that parclons iniquity transgressions and sins Micha 7.18 19. who delights in mercy and casts our sins into the depths of the Sea wonder thou art not so vile as the vilest in Gods esteeme that he beares thee any good will gives thee one good word