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A62549	Six severall treatises ... by the late worthy and faithful servant of Jesus Christ, John Tillinghast ; published by his own notes.; Selections. 1657	Tillinghast, John, 1604-1655.; Petto, Samuel, 1624?-1711.; Manning, John, d. 1694.	1657 (1657)	Wing T1180; ESTC R21376	167,572	313

be deprived of their inheritance should not the Promises be fulfilled 3 Saints should sustaine injury by it should they not be fulfilled 4 The experience of all Ages shew us that God hath ever fulfilled his promise God made a promise to the Fathers that Christ should come this hee fulfilled when Christ came Act. 13.32 33. And wee declare unto you glad tidings how that the promise which was made unto the Fathers God hath fulfilled the same unto us their Children in that he hath raised up Jesus again as it is also written in the second Psalm Thou art my Son this day have I begotten thee God made a promise to Noah that the Earth should not be drowned this though the world hath stood four thousand years since yet God hath never broken God made a promise to Abraham that at the end of four hundred and thirty years his Seed should come out from amongst those that afflicted them with great substance Gen. 15.13 14. This God punctually fulfilled to a day Evod. 12 vers 41. And it came to pass at the end of four hundred and thirty years even the self same day it came to pass that all the Hosts of the Lord went out from the Land of Aegypt God made a promise to Joseph that hee should rule over his Brethren God made a promise to David of the Kingdome God made a promise to Israel that at the end of seventy years Captivity in Babylon they should bee delivered and these Promises hee fulfilled God made a promise to his people of the Spirit Joel 2. Zach. 12.10 and chap. 2. the same in 14 15 16. Chap. of John and this God makes good Acts 2. Obj. 1. O but will some poor soul say True God hath made such a promise but me thinks I see so many and so great difficulties and discouragements in the way of Gods fulfilling the same that I cannot think ever God will fulfill it Ans 1 Are the difficulties or discouragements greater than those Abraham met with he had a promise of a Son 1 He waits twenty five years after the promise was made as will appear if you compare Gen. 12.4 with chap. 21.5 Abraham was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran where he had the promise Gen. 12.2 and he was an hundred years old when his Son Isaac was born unto him Gen. 21 5. was not this a great discouragement might not Abraham have said every year sure the Promise will never come 2 He waits so long till his own body was dead and Sarahs wombe the means by which the promise should be brought about there was a death upon it so as that in a Natural way there was no hope and therefore hee is said to beleeve in hope against hope Rom. 4.18 did not this much heighten the discouragements and make difficultie greater might not Abraham say well now I see there is no hope 3 After God had given him a Son yet God commands him to offer him up Did not this make difficulty the greater Abraham might say This Son of mine is the only Son in whom the Promise is to bee fulfilled and God commands me to offer him up Now notwithstanding all these Abraham beleeves before he had a Son hee beleeved that God who had promised was able to perform it and after when God bids him sacrifice his Son God still was able 2 Gods remembrance of his promise makes him to work wonderously over the head of all difficulties Psal 105.42 compared with the former verses For hee remembred his holy promise 3 Is any thing too hard for the Lord Obj. 2. O but I have sinned exceedingly against God since such and such a Promise hath been made unto me Ans Yet God remembers his promise Psal 106.45 compared with former verses And he remembred for them his Covenant yet ver 34. They did not destroy the Nations concerning whom the Lord commanded them vers 35. But were mingled among the Heathen and learned their works vers 43. They provoked him with their counsel and yet God remembred his Covenant v. 45 and as he remembers his promise so he will fulfill it Christ before his death gave his Disciples a promise of the Spirit after this they deal more unkindly with him than ever Peter denies him some sleep when hee was in the midst of his agony all forsake him and flye and yet Christ fulfills his promise to them How exceedingly did Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat King of Judah make Judah to sin 2 King 8 18. He walked in the way of the Kings of Israel as did the house of Ahab for the daughter of Ahab was his wife and hee did evill in the sight of the Lord. Yet for all this because God had made a promise to David that hee should alwayes have a light hee will not therefore destroy Judah as vers 19. yet the Lord would not destroy Judah for David his servants sake as hee promised to give him alway a light and to his children Gods Covenant Isa 54.9 is said to bee like the waters of Noah when God had brought a floud upon the world in Noahs time God sware to Noah hee would not drown the carth as you may read Gen. 8.21 For the imagination of mans heart is evil from his youth it should be rendred Although the imagination Such is Gods Covenant and Promise that hee will not break it although the heart of man bee evill Again thou hast sinned what is thy sin but a breach of the Law Now the Promise was before the Law and therefore thy breach of the Law cannot disanul the Promise Gal. 3. v. 15 16 17. And this I say that the Covenant that was confirmed before of God in Christ the Law which was four hundred and thirty years after cannot disanul that it should make the Promise of none effect Object 3. But I am a poor unworthy creature Answ The Promise is a gift Gal. 3.22 That the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that beleeve Object 4. But had I something of that God hath promised in way of pawn or pledge I then could beleeve Answ Abraham had nothing but a bare promise and yet hee beleeves Act. 7.5 And hee gave him none inheritance in it not so much as to set his foot on yet hee promised that hee would give it to him for a possession and to his seed after him when as yet hee had no childe Wee should beleeve God upon his bare promise as the Samaritans beleeved Christ because of his own word Joh. 4.41 And many more beleeved because of his own word Object 5. O but I have waited so long for the promise and yet it comes not I see it not fulfilled that my soul faints I begin to be without hope that ever it will be fulfilled Answ Hast thou waited longer then Abraham Abraham had a promise of a Son but waited twenty five years as bath been shewed hast thou waited yet twenty five years

comes in the room thereof whereby the soul possesseth abundance of inward peace passing all understanding O saith the soul I never knew what a calm was till now that I had the righteousnesse of Christ set up in my conscience I have been oftentimes tossed too and fro and my soul neer upon shipwrack but now thanks bee to God I injoy a blessed calme I never knew what a calme of conscience was till now Therefore my heart rejoyceth my tongue is glad c. 3 By keeping a constant guard at the gates of conscience that so these enemies being cast out may not re-enter Faith knowing of how great concernment it is keeps a guard day and night at the gate of conscience so as that when any of the ejected enemies would re-enter presently they are under examination Who is here Who are yee Who are you for Why I am such a one Then stand Stand off come not here this is the Garrison Christs righteousnesse and here is strict command no such must enter Act. 24.16 Paul makes it his exercise to keep conscience clear though hee could not but faile in his duty towards God and man both yet hee exerciseth himself to keep his conscience clear to keep it void of offence that though offences were committed yet that the guilt of them might not get in there And thus much for the first thing how Faith acts or what it doth in persons living thereby in our Justification Quest 2. Wherein doth lye the advantage of that soul that liveth by faith in Justification above another that concludeth his Justification from sense from what he seeth and feeleth Ans 1. He hath an advantage in respect of the ground upon which he holdeth his Justification when wee hold a thing upon good ground if of worth the greater advantage we have The soule that liveth by sense holdeth his Justification upon a ground within him it is experience sensible workings that is his ground But a soul that liveth by faith holdeth his Justification upon a ground without him the Promise and Covenant of God this is a better ground 1 In regard of the clearness of the ground it is such a ground as doth more clearly represent the thing than any other thing can I may more clearly see and behold my justification in the Promise than in any experience whatever That soule that grounds upon sense there is a veile many times upon his justification because there is a veile many times upon his experience upon Moses face there was a veile So when the ground of our justification runs in a legal way upon sense there will be a veile upon the Justification for the face of Moses is veiled A man that hath a veil upon his face you see his face but darkly if you see it at all you see it with a great deal of uncertain knowledge but now that soul that grounds his Justification upon the promise that man seeth his Justification as a man seeth another face to face i. e. hee seeth clearly and speedily Abraham rejoyced to see Christs day and saw it he saw it clearly now how did Abraham see the day of Christ He had many experiences he did not see the day of Christ through these but through the Promise for saith the Scripture Abraham beleeved God and it was counted to him for righteousness he saw through the promise 2 It is a sure ground it is good to be upon sure ground even in smaller things than this upon which a mans eternal Salvation doth hang. As a mans Justification is a thing of such moment therefore we had need to bee upon sure ground Now that soul which holds his Justification from any thing within doth not hold it upon a sure ground it may be hee hath experience to day and it s gone the next day sometimes it is present sometimes absent but the promise is a sure ground Why because that remaineth The soul that holdeth its Justification upon any thing within will at one time or other let go his hold of Justification but that soul that holds it upon the promise without will hold it when the other lets it go 3 It is a ground more easily come by our experiences it is hard to keep them when we have them so hard to regain them when lost Hard to get an humble frame of heart but harder to regain when lost but the promise is more easie though it have no experience for the present yet a poor soul may take his Bible and go to the promise of God and lay hold of that Obj. But you will say it is as hard to lay hold of the promise as to get up experiences Ans We grant it is so but the promise is the ground it is not our laying hold 4 It s a ground that hath a great deal less deceit in it when a man grounds upon any thing within there is a great deal of deceit as the Spirit of God hath his true Gold so the Devil hath his gilded Counters therefore possibly I may miss and take the Devils gilded Counters for the Spirits gold but in the promise there is not that deceit that is a ground that a soul shall not be deceived by So there is advantage in respect of the ground 2 That soul that liveth by faith in Justification hath an advantage in this respect in that the soul hath its justification more constantly in its sight than another hath another sees it now and then but he beholds it more constantly And 1 By having our justification more constantly in our sight we are free from abundance of those doubts and fears that other poor souls are continually hurried about withall about their justification take a poor soul that liveth by sense and hee is in continual fears about this Justification continually tossed too and fro one while hee thinketh surely I am not that justified person if I were there would not be so many sins stirring another thinks surely I am not justified for I have rejected Christ so many time before and had so many heart-warmings in his Word and all gone so that he is continually in a Labyrinth of fears and doubts that hee cannot wind himself out of about his Justification But a poor soul that hath his Justification in his sight is freed from abundance of these fears is not tossed too and fro but beholdeth his justification grounded on the rock without him Though hee findeth not that within that hee hath found and breathes after yet saith the poor soul my Justification is by a righteousness without though I prize the workings of the Spirit of God within above any thing this world can afford and though I finde a want of these yet I will not conclude I am not justified because justification is all without I may be justified yea I beleeve I am though I finde not these workings so lively and stirring as time hath been they have so he is free from fears in the business of his

sin not onely freedome from the power and dominion of sin O but there is freedome from the appearance of sin thou shalt bee rid of all thy corruptions when thou goest within the vail shalt shake them all off there is not one sin nor corruption can bee carried with thee thither the poor soul that hath been buffeted and beaten under his corruption and cryed out I shall perish one day when thou comest within the vail there shall bee freedome from all these every one left behinde and thou shalt go a pure spotless soul without any sinne sticking to thee O who would not go to such a place cast their Anchor there 2 Within the vail there is freedome from all stings and torments of conscience There shall bee peace blessed peace for ever and ever and nothing but peace shall the poor soul injoy Conscience within the vail is altogether a friend sometimes here conscience appeares as an enemy but there conscience shall bee a continual friend everlastingly speake for thee beare witnesse for thee for ever O how is a soule tormented with stings of conscience many times Take a poore carnal creature how is hee tormented with stings of conscience O! but if such a poore soule could pitch his Anchor within the vaile hee should finde a great deale of the sting taken off here for the present and wholly at that day when hee comes within the vaile There is nothing but peace peace there 3 There is freedome from all Accusations and Temptations of Satan when within the vaile the Devill shall never accuse more hee cannot come there never tempt more Now what violent Temptations are wee under One while tempted to one sinne another while to another but then wee shall bee free from all never tempted to distrust the Grace of God more never tempted to unbeleefe more never tempted to murmure against God more never tempted to bee proud more Temptations cease within the vaile Thou shalt leave all that is evill on this side the vaile never shall a poore soule meet with a Temptation there 4 Within the vaile is freedome from all persecution and scoffes and reproaches There shall bee no cruell Cain to kill his brother no persecuting Ishmael no reproach of Saints there but altogether blessing within the vail 5 Within the vaile shall bee freedome from all afflictions and sorrowes that lye upon thee here Here are Afflictions Trials and Sorrowes while wee are here on this side the Vaile but when a poore soule commeth within the Vaile there shall bee no more Sorrow nor Crying nor Weeping nor any more paine If that bee true in the New Jerusalem much more true within the Vaile no more affliction trouble nor griefe of heart all these things shall bee left on this sidethe Vaile 6 There shall bee freedome from all Infirmities of Soule or Body of Nature or Grace There are many Imperfections of Nature wee have here and many Imperfections of Grace O! but when wee come within the Vaile there shall bee no Imperfection of Nature nor of Grace but all perfect no Imperfection in the Soule nor in the body the body shall bee like the glorious body of Jesus Christ Phil. 3. last and then the soul shall bee perfect as Heb. 12.23 To the spirits of the just men made perfect O then soul and body shall bee treed from all imperfection And is not this a blessed place to cast Anchor in where are such blessed things to bee injoyed Seventhly There shall be feedome from all subjection and superiority There shall bee no subjection arising from any relation as here the wife not subject to the Husband servant to Master children to Parents inferiours to Superiours all shall bee equall within the vail Eighthly Then within the vail there shall bee freedome from death it self then death shall bee swallowed up in victory 1 Cor. 15.54 There shall bee no more death there A wicked mans death is an eternal death because hee is without the vail therefore an eternal death but a Saints death who pitches his Anchor of hope within the vail that is an entrance into everlasting life as soon as his death hath put him within the vail then death is swallowed up there shall be no more death death doth but put him within the vail into eternal life What glorious freedomes are within the Vail 5 Again within the vail there is a glorious inheritance to bee injoyed a Kingdome is prepared for all those that enter there those that cast Anchor there before hand have a Kingdome there ready for them against they come there and that is called the Inheritance of the Saints in light a glorious Inheritance therefore our hope is called an Anchor because the exercise of the grace of hope is chiefly about our Inheritance Faith is about the Promise our hope is about the Inheritance and it is pitched upon the Inheritance before hand If you cast Anchor within the vail you cast Anchor upon a Kingdome a glorious Inheritance which when thou comest there shall bee thine a blessed glorious Inheritance a Crown of glory Henceforth is laid up for mee a Crown of glory saith Paul O who would not cast Anchor there that shall Anchor upon a Kingdome Who would cast Anchor without the vail and bee contented one minute when by casting Anchor within the vail hee shall have a glorious Inheritance made his for ever 6 Within the vail there is immediate feeding and teaching Within the Mosaical vail in Heb. 9.4 there was the golden Pot that had Manna the Pot of Manna was to shew that immediate feeding whereby the people Israel were immediately fed from God in the wilderness This argues when we come within the vail there shall bee immediate feeding from God and hee in the midst of the Throne shall feed them then they shall never have a hungry soul for God more the soul shall have its fill from Jesus Christ there is immediate feeding and it was precious feeding that Manna was sweet as honey so shall the feeding within the vail bee sweet precious feeding 7 Within the vail there is extraordinary growth It is the complaint of a Christian here O I grow but a little I finde little or no growth O poor soul dost thou grow but a little cast Anchor within the Vail and thou shalt finde extraordinary growth within the Vail There was Aarons Rod that budded in one night it budded brought forth Almonds and all in a night here was extraordinary growth this Rod was within the Vail When souls come within the Vail they shall not grow by little and little and sometimes grow as they think backward but extraordinary growth 8 Within the Vaile is Stability Within the Vail is the Covenant Now the Covenant is that upon which our strength is founded for by Grace yee stand by the Covenant of Grace you stand now the Covenant upon which our standing is founded is within the Vail you can never fall from that condition who would