4 Prescribe waies to the Lord ibid 5 Have strange repetitions to themselves ib. 6 Were never sensible of their owne pride in spirituall things Page 66 Motives to Self-denial 1 The more you deny your selves in spiritual things the surer you shall be to keep them Page 68 2 The more humble you will be in other things Page 69 3 The more you deny your selves in spiritual things the more ye shall be exalted in them ibid How may we be able to deny our selves in spiritual things 1 Reflect upon thy defects in every duty thou performest Page 70 2 Observe much the incomes of the Spirit of the Lord upon thy soul Page 71 3 Study the way of the Gospel much ibid SERMON IV Gal. 2.20 Doctrine Christ is in all beleevers Page 74 Explication How Christ may be said to be in a beleever 1. By way of power ib. 2. By way of presence ib. 3. In regard of his essence ib. 4. By way of spiritual manifestation Page 75 5. By way of personal union ibid Objection Then a beleever may say I am Christ Answered 1. This union is a voluntary not a natural act Page 78 2. It is by contact not by composition ibid 3. It is by application not by mixture Page 79 4. There is a great difference between the in-being of a spiritual thing in a material and the in-being of one material thing in another ibid Objection What difference is there between this union and and the hypostatical union Answered 1 Though we are united yet are we not assumed Page 81 2 There is no personal Vnion ibid 3 It is accidental ibid 4 It is only to make him a member of the body not a Mediator Page 82 Object How doth it appear that Christ is really in the soul of a Beleever Answ 1 Faith laies hold upon Christ Himself Page 83 2 Christ is in a Beleever as a Beleever is in Christ ibid 3 How would there else be three that bear witness ib. What benefit comes from this 1 A Beleever shall have glorious Communion with Christ Page 84 2 Christ's love is infinite towards Beleevers Page 85 3. A Beleever hath something more than any Hypocrite can attain unto ib. 4 Then a beleever shall never spiritually die again Page 86 5 He may come with boldnesse to the Throne of Grace ib. Application 1 Admire at the unspeakable love of Christ Page 87 2 No wicked man dares to oppose any of the people of God Page 88 3 Abundance of comfort to beleevers ibid Object I fear Christ is not in me because I do not find him working in me Answ 1 Whose servants are they that ordinarily come into and go out of your souls Page 89 2 Do you find your souls in some measure naturalized to the work of Christ ib. 3 Did you ever find that Christ was in you Page 90 4 Do you not find some workings of grace according to that station you have in the body of Christ Page 91 Duties flowing from hence 1 Why should we meddle with any thing that is distastful to Christ Page 93 2 Why should we not be contented with our condition whatsoever it be ib. 3 Why should we not venture upon any service of God all though it be beyond our strength Page 94 Exhortation Labor to get a share in this great mercy Page 95 SERMON V Gal. 2.20 Doctrine Christ hath a greater hand in the spiritual actions of a beleever than himselfe hath Page 98 Explication 1 Christ liveth in each Beleever ibid Object What need then have they of Ordinances Answered Page 100 Object What need of Teaching Answered Page 102 2 How it may appear that Christ liveth so in each Beleever that he hath a greater hand in his actions than himself 1 By scripture Page 104 2 By instances in our 1 Conversion Page 105 2 Performences ib. 3 Obedience Page 106 4 Suffering ib. 5 Assurence ib. Reason Because man should not have wherein to boast Page 106 Objection Surely there are few beleevers in the world Answered Page 107 Questions propounded 1. What doth ordinarily sway the great actions of your lives Page 108 2. Do you find a secret disposition to all the Commandements of God ib. 3. Do you find your souls carried to what is good beyond your own disposition Page 109 4. Do you find your soul is carried to what is good beyond what is intended ib. 5. Were you never perswaded that Christ lived in you Page 110 Practical Meditations 1. Now I see the in-being of Christ in the soul is no fancy Page 112 2. Here 's a vast difference between a godly and a wicked man ibid 3. What desperateness is it to oppose the Saints of God ibid 4. What an evil it is for a Saint to say his duties are hypocrisie Page 113 5. What reason a beleever hath to be thankeful to God ibid 6. What an engagement here is for a poor beleever to come to duty though his heart be dead ibid 7. What heavenly lives beleevers should lead Page 114 8. We all should admire the infinite love of Christ ibid THE CONTENTS Of the WOMAN Of CANAAN c. On Matthew 15.21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28. DIvision of the text 1. From whence Christ came Page 198 Observation None more rigorous opposers of of the Gospel than learned men Page 199 2. Whither he went ib. Observation The wonderful dispensation of God Page 200 3. The plaintive a woman Page 201 Observation If faith be true it laies aside all one 's own righteousness 4. Her first temptation Page 202 Observation It is no new thing for beleevers to have no present visible answer of their prayers Page 204 If this temptation fall upon you do as she did 1. she still acknowledgeth he was able to help her ib. 2. That it is his Office to help ib. 3. She doth not rest upon her own duty ib. 4. She propounds her misery ib. 5. She continues praying Page 205 5. Her second Temptation ib. Observation 1. A mans temptations may rise higher after prayer and yet he pray aright Page 206 2. Gods dealing with man may sometimes run cross to his promise ib. 3. Gods people may be tempted about their election ib. 4. When a Saint is so tempted his best way is to lay by dispute and fly to mercy ib. 5. As temptations arise so shall faith increase ib. 6. Her third Temptation Page 207 Observation It is no new thing for beleevers to have their unworthiness objected to them ib. Her answer Page 208 Observations 1. You cannot speak so meanly of a beleever but he speaks as meanly of himself ib. 2. A true beleever thinks honorably of Jesus Christ even then when he suffers the greatest reproaches to be cast upon him ib. 3. True saith finds out a promise even in the very refusal ib. 4. The least of Christ is highly prized with a true beleever Page 209 5. Faith riseth above our nature ib. Hence you see if you be tempted with
woman did pray to Christ he answered her not a word and yet she did hang upon him yet shee did beleeve and shee is commended for her beleeving Object You will say I am one that have been a great sinner an Unclean wretch even as a Dog surely there is no hope and no mercy for me Ans Did the Lord Jesus Christ ever Himself say to you as he said to this woman seeming to call her Dog yet she did hang upon him yet she did wait upon him yet she did beleeve and the Lord commended her for her faith Object I Pray indeed but it 's my Necessities makes me go unto God in Prayer and when I go unto God in Prayer my Necessities put me on Ans And was it not so with this woman Her daughter was grievously vexed with a Devil and thereupon her Necessity drave her unto Christ and yet poor woman she is welcome Object But I do not go unto Jesus Christ I go not unto Christ at all But Jesus Christ yet will come to you This woman did not come to Jerusalem Christ went down unto the coasts of Tyre and Sidon Christ came to her and yet she beleeved this stood with faith and Christ commended her faith Object I have no Assurance of Christs love and mercy towards me Answ Tell me Had this woman any assurance of the mercy that she prayed for She only brings in her wants propounds them to Jesus Christ laies them at his feet hangs upon him and this was her faith and she is commended for her faith and the greatness of her faith O woman great is thy faith So that do but now hang on Christ though thou hast not assurance of thy Salvation or of the love of God yet in the face of all Temptation and all Discouragment hang on Christ never away never be beaten off by any Discouragment hang on Christ wait on Christ and the Lord Christ will at last commend thee for thy faith and he will say unto thee Be it unto thee as thou wilt How shall people that go on in a continued way of Doubting and Unbelief ever look this poor woman in the face at the great day of Judgment this poor Canaanitish woman How will you be able you that go on in a continual way of Doubting and Unbelief to look the Lord Jesus Christ in the face Stir up your selves stir up your selves I beseech you to this great work of Beleeving I confess it 's a hard thing to Beleeve and harder to Beleeve than to keep all the Ten Commandements there is something in Nature to contribute towards the keeping of the Ten Commandements but there is nothing in Nature to contribute to thy Beleeving on the Lord Jesus Christ It is a very hard thing to Beleeve truly and those that make it an easie matter they do not know what it is to Beleeve But reade over this story and your hearts will be provoked to Beleeve to hang upon Jesus Christ do it and the Lord will commend your faith and own you and your faith FINIS AN EXACT ALPHABETICAL TABLE Of THE CHIEF MATTERS HANDLED In the Third VOLVMNE A Premonition to the READER COurteous Reader Be pleased to understand that the Two latter of these SERMONS being Preached the one before the House of Commons the other before the House of Lords we thought good to give thee notice that in this Alphabetical Table when thou seest the letter C. before the Page it directs thee to that Page in that Sermon preached before the House of Commons but when the letter L. then it directs thee to that Page in the Sermon preached before the House of Lords this if you be but heedful of you wil not er A ACTIONS see Godly Adam A paralel between the first Adam and the second Adam Page 31 Angels The preservation of the Saints is in the hands of Angels Page L. 13 Anger There is anger in God Page L. 4 How the word Anger is taken Page L. 5 How Anger is said to be in God Page L. 6 The extent of Gods Anger Page L 6 Gods Anger gives being to our Anger Page L 6 Anger see mercy Angry It is lawful for man to be angry and why Page L 8 B Beleeve How hard a thing it is to beleeve Page 62 Beleever Every true Beleever is an humble man Page 43 Beleevers need commandements and why Page 102 Christ lives more in a Beeleever than a Beleever himself doth proved Page 104 There are but few Beleevers in the world Page 107 Beleevers are in continual conflicts Page 107 Beleevers ought to be thankeful and why Page 113 Beleevers thinke meanly of themselves Page 208 Beleevers see Self-denying Christ Hypocrites Ordinances Meditations Benefit What benefit comes to the soule by the In-being of Christ Page 84 C Characters see Justification Carnal see Professors Children Children sometimes turn dogs Page 200 See Dogs Christ Christ is in all Beleevers Page 73 How many wayes Christ may be said to be in all beleevers Page 74 Christ is personally united to a beleever Page 75 How to know whether Christ be in a man or not Page 89 Duties flowing from the Inbeing of Christ in a soul Page 96 Christ lives in a beleever more than himself Page 98 That Christ lives in every beleever proved Page 98 The reason why Christ lives more in a beleever than himself Page 106 How to know whether Christ live more in a beleever than himself Page 108 The least of Christ is highly prized of beleevers Page 209 Christs coming is sudden Page C. 5 Christ coming how many wayes taken Page C. 6 How it may appear that Christs coming is sudden Page C. 7 Reasons why Christs coming is sudden Page C. 9 Christs coming is not far off reasons why Page C. 19 How infinitly we are beholden to Jesus Christ and why Page L. 8 See Humility In-being Benefit Love Beleever Christians see Moral Civility What morral Civility is good for Page 11 Coldnesse Difference between the coldnes of a beleever and the coldnesse of a wicked man Page 15 Conversion The Conversion of the Saints is sudden Page C. 8 Comfort The Comfort of the Saints is sudden Page C. 8 Comfort for the Saints Page 11 Comfort for Beleevers Page 88 D Dealing see Promise Death Death is the greatest evil Page 4 Deliverances Outward deliverances come to the Saints at unawares Page C. 9 Despair A caution against despair Page C. 13 Desperate A desperate sleep is now upon professors Page C. 20 Dispensation The wonderful dispensation of God shewed Page 200 Dog Dog how the word is taken in Scripture Page 207 Dogs often times turn children Page 200 See Children Duty see Spiritual Self-denial Christ E Election see Temptation Engagements Egagements for beleevers to come to duties Page 113 Example see Humility F Faith Man is Justified by faith and not by the works of the Law Page 1 Faith unites a man to God Page 4 Faith is an emptying grace Page 61
Beleever by his Spirit and this Christ in a Beleever is not the Gifts and the Graces of the Spirit but Christ Himself by his Spirit This I confesse rises high but herein I am not alone divers School-men and Fathers and of our own Divines concurring with me The Reverend Mr. Perkins it was his speech That the Person of a Beleever is united to the Person of Christ But I shall give you the words of an Eminent Preacher that is now in Heaven as we have them in the Works that he hath left Saies he It hath been a great Dispute among the School-men Whether a Beleever does receive the holy Ghost it Self or only the Gifts and Graces of the holy Ghost But saies he it is a Question where there needs be no Question and Dispute where there needs no Dispute for the Scripture is clear That we do not only receive the Gifts and the Graces of the holy Ghost but the holy Ghost it Self for are we not said to be the Temple of the holy Ghost 1 Cor. 6.19 and this sets out the abundant Kindness and Goodness of God As saies he yet it is more Kindness to give a man Fruit and the Tree than to give him barely the Fruit So it is abundantly more grace in God to give a man the holy Ghost it Self rather than to give him only the Gifts and the Graces of the holy Ghost And indeed What greater Comfort can there be than this That Beleevers are not only made partakers of the Gifts and Graces of the holy Ghost but of Christ Himself Christ really in all Beleevers by his Spirit Object You will say unto me But how can this be we have ordinarily understood it otherwaies and so we have heard it preached too That Christ in a Beleever is nothing else but the Grace of Christ and the Spirit in a Beleever is nothing else but the Gifts Graces and Operations of the Spirit and indeed how can it be otherwaies For if Christ be really united unto each Beleever really in a Beleever by his Spirit and so made one with him then a Beleever may say I am Christ and I am the Spirit Which is Montanisme and which is Blasphemy and therefore how can this be that Christ is really united to each Beleever by his Spirit and really in a Beleever by his Spirit Answ I confess this is very hard to understand and when I consider the In-Being of Christ in a Beleever I remember that story that is written concerning Austin That walking by the Sea-side he saw a Boy take a Mussel-shell and go to the Sea carrying water with his Mussel-shell into a Ditch that was by out of the Sea into the small trench He asked the Boy what he would do Saies he I will empty all the Sea into that Ditch And he Smiles and told him he could not do it Saies he No more able are you with the Mussel-shel of your Understanding to carry out the Ocean of the Trinity in a small Tractate and Discourse of your own And what is our Understanding but as a little Mussel-shell in regard of Christ and the glory of the Trinity Surely we are not able with this little Mussel-shell for to carry out all the depth of this Truth in a small Discourse But it is a great Mystery Are ye able to tell me How the Child is formed in the Mothers womb Or are ye able to tell me How the Soul is United to the Body Who then can tell exactly How Christ is United to the soul of a Beleever 'T is a great Mysterie one of the great Mysteries of the Gospel But because our Saviour hath said Matth. 13.11 Vnto you it is given to know the Mysteries of the Kingdom and to others it is not Therefore we should all labor to understand it And that ye may not be mis-led herein as divers of late have been into strange kind of Blasphemous speeches I shall give you these Three or Four Propositions or Distinctions about it First of all You must-know That though Christ be really united unto each Beleever yet this Unition or Union is a Voluntary act and not a Natural act and so Christ may Unite himself unto the soul so far as it pleases himself It is not a Natural act but a Voluntary act and being an act wherein he is free he may Unite himself unto the soul so far as he pleases and no farther Now the Lord Jesus Christ hath not united himself so far unto the soul of a Beleever that a Beleever should say I am Christ and I am the Spirit for then a Beleever were to be Worshipped as well as Christ if he were Christ Secondly You must know this That there is a great-deal of difference between joyning unto another by way of Contact or Touching and joyning unto another by way of Composition As for Example The Sea and the Land they are joyned together they are united but how not by way of Composition but by way of Contact the Sea touches the Land the Land touches the Sea yet the Land cannot say I am the Sea nor the Sea cannot say I am the Land Why because it is an Union only by Contact by Touching and not by Composition one being compounded of the other So the Union that is between Christ and a Beleever it is by way of Spiritual Contact Christ touching the soul by his Spirit and the soul touching Christ by faith I say it is a Union by way of Spiritual Contact and Touching and not by Composition and therefore a Beleever cannot say that I am Christ and I am the Spirit Thirdly You must know There is a Two-fold In-being One whereby Essences are applyed unto each other and another whereby Essences are mixt together I 'le make it as plain as I can thus Ye see in a heap of Stone and Wheat they both make but one heap and the Stone may say I am in this heap and the Wheat may say I am in this heap but the Stone cannot say I am the Wheat nor the Wheat cannot say I am the Stone Why because though they be united and joyned together in one heap it is by way of Application of one Essence unto another one being applied unto another But now take Water and Wine and mingle them together and there every part may say I am Water and I am Wine Why because there is an Union by way of Mixture Now there is a great Union between Christ and a Beleeving soul yet a beleeving soul though he be really united to Christ by the Spirit cannot say I am Christ or I am the Spirit Why because it is an Union by way of Application and not by way of Mixture as Wine and Water mingled together if it were an Union by way of Essences then a beleever might say I am Christ and I am the Spirit but it is an Union by way of Application a beleever being applied to Christ and Christ applied unto a
the world was Christ was one with the Father before the world was Therefore if he should pray that a Beleever might be one with him in regard of Equallity he should pray that a Beleever might be one with him in that respect which were impossible But he does not pray that a Beleever might be one with him by way of Equallitie as he is one with the Father by way of Equallitie but Similitude And yet divers Learned and Reverend men think the meaning of that place rather to be this That they may be one among themselves Christ prayes that they may be all one that is Lord I pray that they may love and agree together he prayes for Union among themselves But suppose it be taken the other way That the Lord Jesus Christ here does pray that Beleevers may be one with him as he is with the Father That is not in regard of Equallitie but in regard of Similitude that as Christ is one with the Father in a way sutable to him so Beleevers may be one with Christ in a way sutable unto them Quest But suppose then you will say that a Beleever is not one with Christ in this heighth of One-ness how may it appear by way of Scripture reason that Christ is really united unto each Beleever and that he is really in the soul of a Beleever by the Spirit not only in regard of infused Habits habits of grace grace inherent but that Christ Himself is really in a Beleever by his Spirit Answ 1 Ye know that we are united to Christ by Faith and look what Faith laies hold upon that it brings into the soul but now Faith does not lay hold upon the Graces of Christ but upon Christ himself and therefore Christ Himself by Faith is brought into the soul and is there really in the soul of a Beleever by his Spirit Secondly Christ is in a Beleever as a Beleever is in Christ Now a Beleever is not in Christ that is in his Graces When we say That we are in Christ we do not mean that we are in the Graces of Christ but a Beleever is in Christ Himself as in the common Head A Beleever is not in the Graces of Christ only but he is in Christ Himself So Christ is not in a Beleever only by his Graces but he is really there in the soul of a Beleever by his Spirit Thirdly If the Lord Christ were not really in the soul of a Beleever by his Spirit besides those Habits of grace Actings and Operations of the Spirit then how would there be Three that bear witness The Apostle tels us 1 John 5.8 There are Three that bear witness in Heaven and in our Hearts The Spirit Water and Blood Water what is that That is Sanctification a mans Sanctification does bear witness to him that he is the Child of God that is Water But now Sanctification consists either in the Habit of grace or in the Acting of grace if therefore the Spirit of Christ in a Beleever were nothing else but Grace inherent Grace then it were all one with the testimony of Water but there are Three that bear witnesse There 's the testimony of the Spirit there 's the testimonie of Blood and there 's the testimonie of Water If by the Spirit we are to understand only the Grace of Christ the Habit of grace in the soul then there would be but Two that bear witnesse namely Water and Blood because the other would be al one with Water Water being meant only Sanctification But now there are Three that do bear witnesse unto a soul that is in Christ The Spirit and Blood and Water and therefore Christ is really in a Beleever Christ really united unto all Beleevers by his Spirit Quest What is the Benefit of all this For suppose that we grant this That Christ in a Beleever is not only Grace and the Habits of grace in the soul but Christ Himself is really in the soul of a Beleever by his Spirit What Profit Benefit or Comfort will come unto a Beleever more this way than the other way Answ 1 Much every way First If Jesus Christ be really united to each beleever by his Spirit and really in him in this spiritual and mystical way Then a beleever shall have more blessed and glorious Communion with Christ than the other way For Union is the root of Communion The Husband the Wife are first Joyned together and United and then they have Communion with one another and Fellowship in their goods and estate Union is the ground of Communion And the nearer the Union the greater the Communion Now if Christ should be only in a beleever by the Habit of grace the Union would not be so great but if this be true That Christ is really in a beleever by his Spirit Christ really United to each beleever here the Union is nearer and therefore the Communion and Fellowship that a beleever shall have with Christ a great deal more and more blessed Secondly If Christ be really united unto a beleever unto all beleevers by his Spirit Then his love must needs be infinite towards beleevers If that his Graces only were in them he would love them because thereby they should be made like unto him but now if his own Spirit be in a beleever then his love must needs be infinite unto a beleever and a beleevers love infinite to him again in his way This is a great and glorious Priviledge Thirdly If Christ be really in a beleever really united to each beleever by his Spirit Then a beleever knowing this may say I have now somwhat more than any Hypocrite can attain unto Saies a poor soul many times If I had but that grace that no Hypocrite can attain unto then my soul would be quiet within me but now as for Gifts Graces there is no Hypocrite but may attain to them or something that is like to them What will ye instance in will ye instance in Faith 'T is said of Simon Magus Act. 8.13 Mat. 27.3 Heb. 12.17 Mat. 13.20 Heb. 6.5 6. That he beleeved Will ye instance in Repentance 'T is said of Judas That he also Repented and Esau that sought the birth-right with Tears Will ye instance in Hearing of the Word with Joy 'T is said So did the False ground Wil ye instance in the partakings of the Heavenly Gift and Powers of the world to come Men have a taste of these and yet fall away Will ye instance in Sanctification it self 'T is said of certain Wicked men in the 10. of the Hebrewes That they trample upon the blood of Christ wherewithal they are Sanctified So that even a wicked man in Scripture phrase is said to be Sanctified one that fals away and comes to naught But where do ye find in all the Scripture that the Lord Christ is said to be in an Hypocrite An Hypocrite is said to Repent to Beleeve to receive the Word with joy and to be
But yet will some say What need of these things If Christ liveth in each Beleever really by his Spirit what need of Commandements or Teachings without for is it not said Ye shall be all taught of God and ye shall no longer teach your neighbor is it not so said in Scripture Answ 1 No not just so for if you look into that 31. of Jeremy from whence the place is fetched and the 8. chapter of the Epistle to the Hebrews ye shall find that the words run thus This is the Covenant that I will make with the house of Israel verse the 10. after those daies saith the Lord I will put my Lawes into their mind and write them in their hearts and I will be to them a God and they shall be to me a people And they shall not teach every man his neighbour and every man his brother Saying Know the Lord For all shall know me from the least to the greatest Mark how the words run It is not barely said thus They shall not teach every man his neighbour and every man his brother but that clause is added to it Saying Know the Lord They shall not teach every man his neighbour and every man his brother Saying Know the Lord. As if he had said I will now make a Covenant of grace and mercy with you I will write my Laws in your hearts and ye shall all know me and though you have been taught heretofore as ignorant people that have not known the Lord yet now because I will write my Laws in your hearts and my Law shall be there ye shall not teach every man his neighbour and every man his brother Saying Know the Lord as if ye were ignorant but my Law shall be within your hearts and you shall be taught as a knowing people Secondly Ye must know that although the Spirit of Christ live in every Christian and so God Yet the Spirit is the free gift of God and therefore it acts and works no further than it pleaseth God to give it Now look into the Scripture and you shall find that the Lord was never pleased to give the Spirit for this end that it should be the only Rule of a mans life but for this end that it should be an help to a man to know the Rule and to keep the Rule Look into the Word and you shall find that the Spirit of the Lord was never given to be the only Rule for a man to live by but it was given to be an help to understand keep and fulfil the Rule And therefore Chrysostom doth well observe It is with Christ in us saith he as with Christ without us In the times of the old Testament the great Promise was of giving Christ in the times of the New Testament the great Promise is the giving of the Spirit Now therefore looke as it was with Christ when he came into the world so with the Spirit when he cometh into the heart Christ in us Now when Christ came into the World he came not to destroy the Law but he came to fulfill the Law So when the Spirit cometh into the heart the Spirit cometh not to destroy the Gospel or the Ordinances of the Gospel but he comes to fulfil the Gospel Christus impletio legis Spiritus impletio Evangelii Christ the fulfilling of the Law the Spirit the fulfilling of the Gospel Quaecunque sunt in Legi c. Whatsoever things are in the Law Christ fulfilleth whatsoever things are in the Doctrine of the Gospel the Spirit fulfilleth And as when Christ came he came not to destroy the Law but to fulfil it Mat. 5.17 for he saith himself I came to fulfil the Law so when the Spirit comes into any soul saith the Spirit also I come not to destroy the Gospel or the Commandements of the Gospel but I come into this poor soule to help it to fulfill the Commandements of the Gospel Now when I do take away the Commandements and make the Commandements no Commandements to me I mean the Commandements without then I destroy the Commandements as to me When I do make the Ordinances of Christ as no Ordinances to me then I do destroy them as to me And when I make the Rule without to be no Rule as to me then I destroy it as to me and when I that am a Beleever say thus I have the Spirit and therefore I have no need of any Commandement from without for the Spirit is Rule enough here I take away the Commandement as to me I take away the Ordinances as to me I take away the Rule as to me and therfore I destroy them Certainly Christ within us is not contrary to Christ without us Christ without us did not destroy the Law Christ within us doth not destroy the Gospel Therefore for any now to throw up Ordinances upon this account because they have the Spirit to lead and guide them this is to walk contrary to all the Scriptures both of the Old and New Testament Oh! that people would think of this one thing The Spirit was never given to be the only Rule of a mans life but it was given to help us to understand and to enable us to keep the Rule Thus you see Ordinances and Christ living in a Christian can stand together And so you have the First thing cleared and proved Christ liveth in all Beleevers Quest 2 Secondly Whereby may it appear That the Lord Jesus Christ doth so live in a Beleever as that he hath a greater hand and stroke in all the actions of his Spiritual life than a Beleever hath himself that Jesus Christ doth live more in a Beleever than himself doth Answ 1 The Scripture is very plain If you look into the 1. chap. of Paul to the Ephesians and the last verse there you find these words speaking of Christ and his Church Which is his body the fulness of him that filleth all in all Our Understandings our Wils our Affections our Duties they are but empty vessels til Christ doth fill them he filleth all he filleth all in all If ye have any Sails spread in any Dutie it is Christ that filleth them Look into the 3. chap. of that Epistle to the Colossians ye shal find at the 11. ver it is said of Christ He is all in all The words are But Christ is all and in all He is all in all men so it may be read Or he is all in all things Either way it may be read and it signifies both He is al in al men and he is all in al things Take the first All for all men and so he is all in all them Take the last All for all things and so he is all in al them in al things Now if the Lord Jesus Christ be al in al things and in al men then certainly he hath a greater hand and stroke in the actions the spiritual actions of Beleevers than themselves have Secondly To make this clear to