The Sacred Doctrine of Divinity, Book 3
The third booke of Diuinitie, concerning the Goſpell.
Chapt. 1. Of Ieſus Chriſt, and of Regeneration.
aFor this ſee before 2 booke 12. chapt, in the beginning of the chapter.FRom another, is that Righteouſnes whichbIohn 17. 9. who in regarde of Gods eternall decree are called elect. The reſt by Gods eternall decree, appointed to damnation, are called reprobats: wherof ſee more in the deſinition of Gods purpoſe, 1. book, 2. cha. certeine mencIohn 8. 5, 6. Heb. 13. 8. Reuel. 13. 8. euer ſince the fall of Adam hauehavedIer. 23. 6. & 33. 36 1 Cor 1. 30. from Ieſus byeIohn 3. 3. 1 Ioh. 3. 6, 9. & 5. 18. 1 Pet 1. 3. Regeneration thorough hisfHeb. 12. 24. 1 Tim 2 5. mediation.
Ieſus is in onegColo. 2. 9. Heb. 2. 16 perſon the hMat. 16. 16 Rom. 1 3, 4. Therefore beſides that touching his Deitie he is the Sonne of God by nature, hee is alſo, touching his humanitie, the Sonne of God by perſonall vnion, Luke 1. 35.Sonne of God and perfect maniLuke 1. 30, 31, 34, 35. conceiued of the Virgin Marie. And in reſpect of his kHeb. 5. 5. Eſa. 61. 1.calling to that office of Mediation islMath. 1. 16. Luke 2. 11. ſurnamed Chriſt.
Regeneration is ourmIohn 1. 13. & 3 5 6. ſpirituall n1 Cor. 12. 12, 13▪ 27. Coloſ. 1. 24. Ephe. 5. 30, 32. Therefore we are one with him as our head, Iohn 17. 21. Eph. 1. 22, 23. Colo. 1. 18. and ſo the ſonne of God by adoption, Rom. 4. 15, 16 Gal. 4. 5, 6. Gal. 3. 26, 27. (his holy Spirit being ours, Rom. 8. 9. 1 Iohn 4. 13) and are alſo one anothers members Rom. 12. 5. 1 Cor. 10. 17. The whole number of men ſo incorporate whereſoeuer they be (in heauen or in earth, Ephe. 1. 10. Coloſ. 1. 20.) is called the Church, Ephe. 1. 22, & 5. 23, 32. Coloſ. 1. 18. 24. or (as wee vſe to ſpeake) the Catholike Church.incorporatinge into him. EueryEveryoEphe. 4. 16. 1 Cor. 12. 17. 18. member in his due proportion.
Chap. 2. Of the Sanctification of Chriſtes humane nature.
OF his office of Mediation there beeaPſal. 110. 2, 3. 4. Zach. 6. 13. Heb. 7. 2, 3. two partes, Prieſthood and Kingdome. Prieſthood whereby he hath performed tobHeb. 5. 1. God-wardes, acHeb. 7. 25. through ſufficiencie fordThat is to ſay, for regeneratiō, righteouſnes & the bleſſednes belonging to it. all this. TheeHeb. 7. 26, 27. & 8. 1, 2. partes of his Prieſthood are, Oblation and Interceſſion.
OblationfHeb. 8. 2, 3. and 10. 5, 10, 20. is the of offring of him ſelf vp to God his Father for it. And hath two partes, Sanctification & Satisfaction.
SanctificationgIohn 17. 19. Rom. 1. 4. Ioh. 6. 27, 48, 50, 5… 57, 58, 63. is the fitting of his humane nature, aſwell for our incorporating into it, as for the cōueighing of righteouſnes to all that are incorporate.
Chapt. 3 Of Satisfaction.
SAtisfaction is theaMat. 20. 28. Mar. 10. 45. 1 Tim. 2 5, 6. full payment of our raunſome to be righteous. And ſtandeth in hisb2 Cor. 5. 19, 21. ſuffrings & righteouſnes.
Suffring is the taking vponupon him of thec2 Cor. 5. 20. guilt & curſe due to our ſinnes. Both that of this dThat is to ſaye, feare and horror, frō the ſence of his Fathers wrath, He. 5. 7 ſhame, Heb. 12. 2. ignorāce, Luk. 5. 52. calamities of this life Heb. 4. 15. Eſai 50 6. 2 Cor. 8. 9. Matt. 8. 20. weaknes, Ioh. 4. 6. Mat. 4. 2. ſicknes, Eſai 53. 3. 4 Mat. 8. 17. death, Phil. 2.8. enimitie of the creatures, Eſai 49. 7. Marc. 4. 36, 37, 38. tirānie of Satan, Mat. 4. 5life, and theeMat. 27. 46. Gal. 3. 13. Marc. 14. 33, 34, 36. Luke 22. 44. Math. 27. 46. fulnes of it due vntounto vsus after death. All which hee ouercame, our curſednes fEſai 53. 4. Math. 8. 17.here, in the whole courſe of his life: ourg1 Pet. 2. 24. Col. 2. 14, 15. And therefore was not cruſhed by the weight of it into Hell, nor to lie for euer vnderunder it. full curſednes, vponupon the Croſſe: andhActs 2. 24. death, in the graue, riſing theiLuke 24. 7… 1 Cor. 15. 4. thirde day from it. The day of his reſurrectiō, which was thekMac. 28. 1, 2. Marc 16. 9. Luke 24. 1, 13, 21. firſt day of the Creation is therevpon becomelActes 20. 7. 1 Cor 16. 1, 2 our Sabbath, and called themReuel 1 10. Lordes day: beginning at thenActes 20. 7, 8, 11. dawning of the day,oMarc 16. 9. Iohn 20. 1. when the world by his reſurrection began to be renewed.
ThepRom. 5. 17. righteouſnes of Chriſt is the moſt excellent meaſure of righteouſnes that cā poſſibly fal into any creature. Both in his wholeqLuk. 1. 35. nature ſanctified from all ſinfulneſſe from the very firſt moment of his conception: and in all hisrIohn 8. 29. actions ſupernaturally vphoulden for euer from al poſſibilitie of ſinning. And conſequently hath belōging to it, a like ſupreame meaſure of bleſſednes,ſEſai 53. 2. 1 Tim. 3. 16. Iuſtified in the Spirit Actes 2. 22. approued of God. ſmothered in the dayes of his ſuffrings during this preſent life, that it did not ſo appeare, ſaue when it pleaſed him extraordinarilie to giuegive ſome glimſe of it, as in histMat. 17. …. transfiguring vponupon the mount. But afterwardes he aſcendedvLac. 24. 26. Mat. 28. 18. Marc. 16. 19. glorious into heauen, in ſoulexLuc. 23. 45, 46. preſentlie after death, and bothyMat. 16. 19. Phil. 3. 21. in ſoule and body after his reſurrection: which is called glorirification.
Chap. 4. Of Interceſsion.
HEtherto of Oblation,aIohn 17. 2…. Rom. 8. 34. Heb. 9. 24. Interceſſiō is his requeſt to God his Father for al the elect to be made partakers of it.
Chap. 5. Of his generall Gouernment of the world.
SVch is the Prieſthood of Chriſt: his Kingdome followeth. Kingdome is that whereby he doethaIohn 17. 2. effectbRegeneratiō, Righteouſnes, & the Bleſſednes, belonging to it. As before in the definitiō of Prieſthood all this. And hath two partes, his Iudgeſhip (if I may ſo ſay) and Prophetſhip.
cSo he himſelf called it, Iohn 5. 22, 27Iudgeſhip, whereby hee gouernethdIohn 5. 17. Hebr. 1. 3. Mat. 28. 18. Ephe. 1. 20, 21, 22. A part of which gonernement is nowe his hardening of the reprobate, Iohn 12. 39, 40, 41. & in the latter day his general rayſing of the dead & the laſt iudgment, Iohn 5. 25, 28, 29. Actes 17. 31. all the world, according to their owne nature ſince the fall. In the Angells, perfect: in Deuils and Men, corrupted: in the reſt of the world, peruerted.
Chap. 6. Of Calling.
aWhence he is ſaid to be made vntounto vsus wiſedome, 1 Cor. 1. 30.PRophetſhip, whereby he gouernethbMat. 22. 3, 4. certeine men withc1 Cor. 12. 3. 1 Cor. 3. 14. ſupernaturall fauours. Being fauours only, or Grace.
Fauours onelyonly, are thoſe that change not mans corrupt nature. And may all be reduced vntounto two heades, Calling and Giftes.
Calling is thedGen. 9. 36. drawing of them to aeMath. 20. 16. 2 Iohn 2. 19. profeſſiō of himſelf.
EueryEveryfPſal. 122. 1, 2, 4 Heb. 10. 25. 1 Cor. 11. 13 publicke aſſembly of ſuchgEph. 1. 1. 1 Cor. 1. 2 profeſſors inhMath. 18. 20 1 Cor. 1. 2. and 5▪ 4, 5. his name, is called a Church:iGen. 17. 7 Rom. 11. 16 1 Cor. 7. 14 Gal. 2. 15 whereof their children are alſo members, and in eueryeverykMath. 13. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. Math. 28. 19, 20 Church there be alwayes ſome that are his in deed.
Chap. 7. Of Knowledge.
GIftes are ſuchaEph. 4, 7, 8 fauours beſtowed in his Chuch: & are Knowledge, or giftes for the Churches common good.
Knowledge, is the vnderſtanding of the will of his Father. Which, beſide thebIohn. 16. 13, 14 1 Pet. 1. 11 inſpiration of his Spirite, hee taught, both in his owncMat. 23. 8, 9, 10 Math. 17. 5 perſon, when hee was vponupon the earth, & by hisdLuke. 10. 16 Math. 10. 40 Miniſters, frō the beginning of the worlde: and hath alſoeIohn. 20. 31 Reuel. 22. 18, 19 2. Tim. 3. 15. 16 left the ſame perfectly in thefThe Canonicall Scripture. bookes of the old and new Teſtament.
Chapter 8. Of Faculties.
GIftes for thea1 Cor. 12. 7. Churches common good, are ab1 Cor. 12. 4. Facultie and Miniſterie. Both which hauehave ſome thinges extraordinarie, ſpecially ſeruing the diſpenſation of thecExod. 4. 2. &c. Numb. 12. 6. Deut. 18. 15. Mica. 6. 4. 1 King. 17. 12. & 19. 16, 17. Malach. 3. 23. times before his comming, or the dMar. 16. 15, 16, 17, 18.firſt gathering of Chriſtian Churches.
Facultie is a gift fit for ſome publike function in the Churche. Ase1 Cor. 12. 8, 28. Rom. 12. 8. Diſcretiō to gouern: Knowledge, to teach the doctrine of Chriſte out of the Scripture, by laying forth the trueth ſoundly, and cōfuting of contrary errors. Wiſdome, to applie it alſo to all good vſes, of comforting, denouncing, ſtirring vp, reprouing, in one word termed exhorting: ſinglenes of heart, to releeue the poore: Cheerefulneſſe, in tending the impotent & ſicke.
Thef1 Cor. 12 9, 1…. extraordinarie faculties are thoſe, of healing, workinge of powers, foretelling things to come, diſcerning of ſpirites, ſortes of tongues, interpretation of tongues.
Chap 9. Of Miniſteries.
MIniſterie is a publike function in the Churche. MiniſtersaRom. 12. 6, 7, 8▪ are Gouerners or ….
Gouerners areb1 Cor. 14. 34. 1 Tim. 2. 12. men which bycEzra 10. 8. 2 King. 6. 3… Actes 15. 6. & 12. 18. common aduiſe direct the, Church matters: yet ſo as in caſes ofdNumb. 8. 10. 2 Chron. 30. 2…. Actes 14. 23. & 15. 23. Mat 18. 17. 18. greater waight, the conſent of the reſt of the Church is to bee had. If any doubt ariſe which is to waightie for one Church to decide, it muſt beeZach. 7. 2, 3. Acres 15. 2. referred to a morefSynodes & Councels. general meeting of the gouerners of many Churches.
Gouernement is in order & cenſure. Order is of the outward comelines of the Churche: asg2 Chro. 30. 2, 3, 4, 5. of time, and place of meeting,hActes, 16. 4 rites, ceremonies, & ſuch like. But eſpeciallie this order is to be conſidered in two principall things concerning publick functions, that is, aiHeb. 5. 4. 5 calling and diſplacing.
Calling is the appointing of akEzee. 44. 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16 fit perſon to ſome function. And ſtādeth vponupon two partes, Election and Ordination.
Election is thelNum 8. 16. 19 Actes. 14. 23. choſing of him to the charge.
Ordination is themNumb. 8. 10, 14 Actes 13. 2, 3 ſeparating of him therevnto, by the laying on of handes. Diſplacing is thenEzra. 2. 62 1 Tim. 3. 10 putting out of an vnfit perſon.
So much touching order: Cenſure is a correction of o1 Tim. 5. 20 Math. 18. 17knowen offenders: where no p1 Tim. 5. 19accuſatiō againſt a Gouerner is to bee admitted vnderunder two witneſſes. A cenſure is admonition, or expulſion.
Admonition is aqProu. 5. 12, 14 1 Tim. 5. 20 Math. 18. 17 rebuke by worde.
Expulſion is a throwing of heinous offenders out of the Church. And is excommunication or a Curſe.
Excommunication is anrGen 17. 14 Exod 12. 19 Math. 18. 17 1 Cor 5. 2, 7, 1… expulſion tillſ1 Cor. 5. 5 1 Tim. 1. 20 repentance.
AtAuathoma maran atha. Curſe is an expulſion for vIude vers. 14 1 Cor. 16. 22 1 Iohn. 5. 16euer.
Theſe are the partes of gouernement: there remaine the ſundrie kindes of thoſe that gouerne.
Gouernersx1 Tim. 5. 17 are Elders or yWhome wee now commonly call Miniſters.Biſhoppes. An Elder is hee which is to gouerne only.
A Biſhopp is he which is to preach alſo. In whoſe election it is to bee obſerued, that hee z1 Tim. 3. 2, 6.hauehave bene ſome good while a profeſſour of Chriſt. Preaching isaRom. 10. 15. the publicke inſtructing of the Church,bActes 10. 43. Rom 10. 8. 2 Cor. 3. 6. concerning Chriſt.c1 Sam. 12. 25. Actes 6. 4. Mat. 28. 19. Wherevnto are annexed publick prayer and adminiſtration of the Sacramentes.
Publicke prayer is thedNehem. 8. 6. 1 Cor. 14. 14, 15, 16, 17. offring of the Churches ſupplications to God. Sacramentes are outwardeRom. 4. 11 ſignes for confirmation publikly adminiſtred. Of which nature were all the rites, ceremonies, & ſacrifices before his cōming,fHeb. 9. 9, 10. Heb. 10. 1. Coloſ. 2. 16, 17. figures of Chriſt, & of the good things we hauehave in him: ſpecially among thegHeere is the double difference bewene the olde Teſtamente (thorough Chriſt to come) and the newe (thorough Chriſt already come.) i The olde was reſtrained to the nation of the Iewes, the new enlarged to all nations both Iewes and Gentiles. 2 VnderUnder the old Teſtament all thinges were in figures, types and ceremonies: vnderunder the new plainly without any ſhadowes, and therefore more plenty of grace now thē was vntounto the Fathers, Ioel 2. 18. Ac. 2. 17 Iewes, then his peculiar people, wherby the diſpenſation, of thoſe times was hIohn 1. 16, 17more obſcure, and leſſe accompanied with knowledge and other graces.
A Biſhopp is aiRom. 12. 7. Teacher or Paſtour. Teacher which is to teach only.
Paſtor which is alſo exhort.
Theſe the Gouerners: … are thoſe who are to attend the poore: askRom. 12. 8. Deacons & Deaconeſſes.
Deacons are thelActes 6. 1, 2, 3. 1 Cor, 16. 1. diſtributers of the Church almes.
m1 Tim. 5. 9, 10, 16. Rom. 16. 1.Deaconeſſes are aged poore widdowes, which are to tend the impotent and ſicke.
The extraordinarie miniſters were, in all times,nActes 3. 21. & 11, 27, 28. Prophetes, indued with extraordinarie faculties, eſpecially of foretelling things to come; In the times before Chriſts comming, either high Prieſts, the ſtandingoHeb. 9. 11 Zach. 3. 1 figures of his Prieſthood & Kingdome: or more rare ones,pHeb. 7. 1, 3 Melchiſedech a King and Prieſt euerlaſtingly in a ſort: Iohn Baptiſt, aqIohn. 1, 23 Crier to prepare his way. &c.
rEſay. 66. 21Prieſts and Leuites generallie differed not from the ordinarie ones in ſubſtāce of their miniſtery, but in name &ſDeut. 33. 10 diſpenſation of thoſe ſacrifices & figures.t2 Chro. 26. 26 2 Chro. 13. 14 Some alſo of the Leuites hauing the office of gouernment, ſome of diſtribution to the poore. After his cō ming were Apoſtles,vGal. 1. 1 1 Cor. 9. 1 immediatlie ſent by him to preach the Goſpell toxMarc. 16. 15 all the world: and Euangeliſtes, theiryTitus. 1. 5 2 Tim. 4. 11 companions for building vp the Churches whereof the Apoſtles laied the foundations.
Chapt. 10. Of the light of the Spirit.
THus farre of fauours only. Grace is that which changeth mans corrupt nature, and isaFaith is the worke of Chriſt, Luc. 17. 5. So is the light of the Spirit, Heb. 10. 29. two fould, the light of the Spirit and Faith. BothbFor the Former, Math. 13. 20. Marc. 6. 20. For Faith, Rom. 10. 14. 17. 1. Cor. 1. 21. ordinarilie begotten by preaching.
cHeb. 6. 4.The light of the Spirit is adHeb. 6.4. Math. 13. 21. hath nor roote. taſte of theeHeb. 6. 4, 5. and 10, 29. Math. 13. 20 Ioh. 3. 35. Mar. 6. 20 ſweetnes of Chriſt. And therefore going no further, it worketh but a fYet ſuch a change that it is called the vncleane Spirites going out of a man, Math. 12. 43. A flying from the pollutions of the worlde. 2. Pet. 2. 20. A waſſhing. 2. Pet. 2. 22. A ſanctification by the Spirit, Heb. 10. 29. And a participation of the holy Ghoſt, Heb. 6. 5. & The mayne ſinne committed here againſt is called ſinne againſt the holie Ghoſte, Math. 12. 31, 32.kinde of change, andgMath. 13. 21. Luc. 8. 13. 2 Pet. 2. 20, 21, 22. may be loſt againe. But who ſohHeb. 6. 4, 5, 6. Heb.10. 26. 29. 1 Cor. 16. 22. Sinne againſt the holie Ghoſte as before letter. b. once of malice falleth from it, can neuericome to faith. AndiIude vers 14. 1 Cor. 16. 22. 1 Iohn. 5. 16. againſt ſuch only that curſe of the Church doth lie.
Chapt. 11. Of Faith.
FAith is anaIohn. 1. 12. Epheſ. 3. 17. apprehenſion of Chriſt to beeb1 Pet. 1. 2. Luc. 4. 41. ones owne. And therfore worketh acActes 15. 9 thorough change, being thedIohn. 1. 12. 1 Iohn. 5. 1 Ephe. 3. 17. Therefore faith is proper to the elect Tit. 1. 1. inſtrument wherbyeIohn. 1. 12 he doth regenerate, and ſo giuethfI Cor. 6. 11 Whence he is ſaid to bee made vntounto vsus righteouſnes & ſanctification, 1 Cor. 1. 30. righteouſnes and thegIohn. 10 28. Reuel. 3. 21. Whence he is ſaid to bee made vntounto vsus redemption, 1 Cor. 1. 30. bleſſednes belonging to it. And thishLuc 22 31. Iohn. 6. 35. Iere. 32. 4. 1 Iohn. 2. 19. Perſeuerance. neuer can be loſt, butiRom. 1. 17. groweth to the end.
Chapt. 12. Of the two degrees oF a Regenerate eſtate.
Of a regenerate eſtate (and therfore alſo of the fruits comming from it) there bee aEphe. 4. 13 1 Cor. 13. 10, 11, 12.two degrees, as it were two ages, infancie and mans eſtate. Infancie is abPhil. 3. 11, 12 weake inception all our life: ſealed vp in our own inwardcRom, 8. 16, 17. aſſurance of the Spirite, not in thed1 Iohn. 3. 2 Colloſ. 3. 3 2 Cor. 5. 7 worlds diſcerning of it: andeEph. 4. 13, 15, 16. groweth according as our faith doth grow. This age, or the tendernes of it, hath the helpe of two f1 Cor. 10. 1, 2, 3, 4 1 Cor. 12. 13Sacramentes to confirme it by, Baptiſme, and the Lordes Supper.
Baptiſme is a waſhing with water, to aſſure ourgGal. 3. 27, 28 incorporating into Chriſt, figured in hColoſ. 2. 11, 12circumciſion before his comming.
The Supper is a receiuing of Bread and Wine, to aſſure ouri1 Cor. 10. 1… growing vp in Chriſt, figured in thek1 Cor. 10. 3 paſſeouer to the Iewes, from whichlLeuit. 7. 20 Math. 5. 23, 24 1 Theſ. 3. 14 Sacramēt thoſe that giuegive publike offence are to beemSuſpenſion. kept backe till the Church be ſatisfied.
This is the infancie of a regenerate eſtate. Mans eſtate is thenCantic. 7. 12 Phil. 3. 11, 12 perfection of it after this life foro1 Theſ. 4. 17 Reuel. 22. 5 euer,pReuel. 21. 22, 23 wherof commeth the phraſe. 1 Cor. 15. 43, 44, a body ſpirituall. wrought it ſelf, & all our life therin continewed, immediatly from Chriſt without any meanes at all.
Chapt. 13. Of imputed righteouſnes: and the bleſſednes belonging to it.
THus farr of regeneration: the righteouſnes which wee hauehave thereby is double, a1 Cor. 6. 11 1 Iohn. 5. 6Imputed and Renued.
Imputed, which we hauehave by account, in him. And hath b2 Cor. 5. 21 Rom. 4. 3, 5, 6, 7, 8.two partes, the accounting of our ſinnes to becColoſ. 2. 13 1 Iohn 7. 9 Reuel. 1. 5 his, whereby both the guilt & puniſhment are forgeuen vsus, bydMath. 8. 17 Rom. 4. 25 his ſufferinges: and the accounting of his righteouſnes, aſwell ineRom. 8. 2, 3, 4 nature asfRom. 5. 19 actiō, to be ours, wherby wee aregIuſtification. Rom. 4. 5. & 8. 34 approued of God to be righteous, byhRom. 4. 15 his reſurrection, andiGal. 3. 8 Rom. 5. 18 conſequentlie made partakers of his bleſſednes: Both in part, and in the fulnes of it. That in part, is kIoh. 3. 36 & 5.2… 1 Iohn. 5. 12during this life; and ſtandeth firſte inl2 Cor. 5. 18 Ephe. 2. 16 reconciliation vntounto God, wherby nowmRom. 8. 28 1 Cor. 3. 21, 22 all things, not thenPſal. 89. 33, 34 Heb. 12. 10 2 Cor. 12. 7 calamities onelyonly and troubles of this life, and alſo o1 Cor. 3. 22 1 Cor. 15. 54, 55 Heb. 2. 14, 15death it ſelfe, but euen our veriepLuc. 22. 32 Pſa. 51. 14, 15 ſinnes turne vntounto our good, and in theqRom. 5. 5 aſſurance whereof wee hauehaverRom. 5. 1. & 14. 17 peace of conſcience,ſRom. 5. 3. & 14. 17 ioy in the holie Ghoſt,tEph. 2. 18. & 3. 1… entrance with bouldnes into his preſence, &vRom. 5. 2, 5 hope of eternall life: then in a ſpirituall xEccleſia. 8. 1 2 Cor. 3. 18glorie andy1 Cor. 2. 15 wiſedome: laſtlie in our formerzPſal. 8. 5, 6, 7, 8, … Heb. 2. 6, 7, 8 ſoueraigntie ouer the creatures, whereof commethaChriſtian libertie in thinges indifferent. free libertie ofb1 Cor. 9. 1 Rom. 14. 14. 1 Tim. 4. 2, 3, … vſing all thingsc1 Cor. 9. 19. 2… which God hath not reſtrained, and dGen. 3. 15deliuerance from the bondage of Sathan. This alſo (as a new acceſſe) added therevnto, that the holie Angells themſelues areeHeb. 1. 14 Pſal. 34. 7 made miniſters for our good. Thefviz. The perfect louelove of God and perſonall coniunction with him. Reue. 21. 3. & 22. 4. Glorie, Math. 23. 43. Phil. 3. 21 1 Cor. 15. 42, 43. Power, 1 Cor. 15. 43 Dominion, both a kingdom, Math. 25. 34. Reu. 5. 10. (wherof the iudging of all the reprobate Angels, 1 Cor. 6. 3 & men, Math. 19. 28. is parcell) and the inheriting of all thinges, 1 Pet. 1. 4. Reu. 21. 7 fulnes of bleſſednes is that which wee ſhall hauehave after this life ingIohn. 14. 23 Luc. 23. 43 heauen; taken vp thither by the vertue of his aſcention and ishMath. 20. 23 more or leſſe accordingi1 Cor. 3. 8 Phil. 4. 17 to the diuerſe meaſure of our faith here: to thekHeb. 12 23 Eccle. 12. 9 Luc. 16. 22 ſoule preſently, in a leſſe meaſure of fulnes till the latter day: and afterwards in a greater meaſurelDan. 12. Iohn. 5. 28, 29 both to ſoule and bodie raiſed vpm1 Cor. 15. 42, 43, 44. Phil 3. 21 Colo. 3. 4. glorious at the latter dayn1 Cor. 15. 20 1 Theſ. 4. 14 by the vertue of his reſurrection. And this is termed Saluation,oMath. 25. 34 whereof in that day wee ſhall receiue our ſentence.
ThepRom. 8. 21 2 Pet. 3. 13 creatures alſo for our ſakes ſhall then be renewed into a glorious eſtate not ſubiect to corruption.
qMath. 27. 52, 5…Certaine men vponupon our Sauiour Chriſtes reſurrection roſe againe, and are alreadie with him in heauen. SorGen. 5. 24 Heb. 1…. 4 are Enoch, andſ2 King. 2. 9 Luc. 9. 8. Elias both aliue aſſumed thither.
Chapt. 14. Of Renewed righteouſnes.
THis is imputed righteouſnes: aThe worke of the Spirite making vsus ſo righteous, is called Sanctification, 1 Cor 6 11Renewed is that which isbIerem. 31. 33 Ezec. 36. 26, 27 1 Theſſ. 5. 23 in our ſeluescTherfore it is called a renewing, Rom. 12. 2 Coloſ. 3. 10 Tit. 3. 5 Ephe. 4. 23, 24. And a new creation, 2 Cor. 5. 17. Ephe. 4. 24. Gal. 6. 15. Making a totall change of the whole man in minde, Rom. 12. 2. Spirit, Ezech. 36. 26. Hart, Deu. 10. 16. Conſcience, Heb 9. 14. Deſire, Gal. 5. 16,, 17. Will, Phil 2. 13. Affections, Gal. 5. 24. The bodie it ſelfe, Coloſſ. 2. 11. Rom. 6. 12. All our members, Rom. 6. 13. Actions, Eſay. 1 16, 17. And wayes, Ierem. 7. 3. againe: dRom. 7. 15, 23.mingled with ſinne all our life, buteRom. 12. 1. Malach. 3. 3. 1 Pet. 2. 5. pleaſing vntounto God through his forgiuenes of the ſinne, andfCantic. 4. 7, 8. Ephe. 5. 27. afterwardes made perfect: hereof there beg1 Pet 2. 24. & 4. 6 Rom. 6. 11. The worke of the Spirit in the firſte of theſe, is called, Mortification: in the other, Vinification, or, Quickning. two partes, to bee dead vntounto ſinne and liuing vntounto righteouſnes.
Dead vntounto ſinne, ishRom. 6. 6, 7, 12, 13, 14. when ſin beareth no more the rule in vsus: wroughtiRom. 6. 3, 6 Heb. 9. 14 by the power of his death.
Liuing vntounto righteouſnes iskRom. 6. 18. when righteouſnes beareth the rule in vsus, wroughtlRom. 6. 4, 5. 1 Pet. 1. 3. by the power of his reſurrection.
FINIS.