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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19282	The blessing of Iapheth prouing the gathering in of the Gentiles, and finall conuersion of the Iewes. Expressed in diuers profitable sermons. By Thomas Cooper.	Cooper, Thomas, 1517?-1594.	1615 (1615)	STC 5693; ESTC S115593	59,416	96

bridegroome Iesus Christ And shall not this little flock haue a certaine euidence thereof euen in her condition in this life May she not assuredly perswade her heart that the Lorde will make good his word as aduancing his free loue giuing him the glorie of all his mercies 1. And doth not the Lord reserue the glory intirely to himselfe when hee brings light out of darknes and shewes his power in weaknes working by none or most vnlikely meanes Consider wee I pray you to this purpose the Condition of the Church of Christ militant heere on earth yet further shadowed out vnto vs in these Tents of Shem. What great outward beautie was there here when the house of God was in Tents what pompe and visibilitie in this simplicitie and meeknes Behold then another marke and cognisance of the true Church of God in this life The glorie that she hath is especially within Her beautie is that which God hath imparted vnto her Shee is faire by my beautie which I haue put on her Spirituall beautie frō an inuisible God As for her shewe in the world she is blacke and contemptible 1. euen as her head Christ Iesus that had no forme nor beautie in him and other she cannot be so long as she is a Stranger a Souldier in this worlde She must needes haue blowes and falls too How can shee choose but be soyled being to trauell in such slippery myrie places 1. And is it not good she should be thus blacke to preuent spiriruall pride Doth not this manifest the carnall desposition of the wicked who stumble at this outward basenesse Are not the Saints hereby purged of corruption and so prepared to glorie Is not the Lord glorified in accepting such blacknes doth not his free mercie triumph in sauing such deformitie Is not Christs sacrifice auaileable to heale such infirmitie Can a true member be discerned by sence Is not our greatest part in Heauen 1. How deceitfull then is that Church which is alwayes glorious and visible How doth the pompe and brauerie of the strumpet deforme defile the chaste spouse of Iesus Christ Is not the word of God truely glorious in the spirite doth not the outside kill Is it not the spirite that quickeneth doth not the Authoritie of man abase and annihilate the power thereof Are not the Prophets iustly vile before the people because they are partiall in the law adulterating the same by the intentions of men obscuring deprauing the simplicitie and inward beautie of the gospell by theyr outward vernish and carnall pollishing And shall not Dagon fall before the Ark of the Lord Is it not enough that the foūdation of God stands sure the Lord knoweth who are his Though wee bee as Wonders yea as the Off-scowring in the reputation of the world Are wee lesse dearer vnto God then the apple of his eye Are wee not all faire in his sight and no spotte to bee found in vs Is not the Church euen then the glorie of God when shee is most inglorious in the world Is it not because wee are accepted with God that wee are despised of men And are wee not despised of men that so wee may hate the worlde and cleaue more firmely to our God that so wee might be more and more cleansed to bee made fitte for our glorious God Doth not our inglorious estate in this life prepare vs to the glorie of the life to come Let it therfore content vs that we are knowne vnto our God and let it be our comfort that our life is hid with Christ in God that so when Christ which is our life shall appeare wee may also appeare with him in glorie Let them begge Honour of the people that are cast out of Gods fauour And let such build vp resting places and mansiōs in the earth that are runnagates from God castawayes from his fauour hauing no hope nor right in the heauēly māsions If God cast these things vppon vs wee haue a right in them and so haue grace to vse them The Church obtains honor in Aegipt Babilon euen in the lād of her captiuity she prospers is renowned Only let vs not ambitiously seeke this worldly greatnes It must not be so with vs. The seruant is not aboue his master and the Master though Lord of all yet was seruant vnto all that so wee might learne of him to bee humble and meeke that wee might learne to be abased as well as to abound that we might become all vnto all to win some vnto CHRSIT IESVS Let vs not therefore much lesse stand peremptorily vpon this outward pompe as if the Church were but in her infancie when she was in her natiue puritie and simplicitie but the more outward glory she hath gained the more she growes to perfection and therfore as the times are cannot be without worldly dignitie All things are lawfull but all things to all sorts not expedient Greatnesse breeds enuie not loue vsually and how shall wee winne them if they doe not loue vs Fulnesse breeds securitie and securitie idlenesse how then shall we plucke them out of the fire if wee will take no paines How shall wee giue vp our account with ioy if we bury our talent in a napkin How shall we make our Ministerie fully knowne without suffering afflictions The Lord giue the Church more and more fauour with Princes that as it hath begun so it may increase euen in outward peace and prosperitie and a florishing estate which may serue as a good meanes for the propagation of the Gospel that Iapheth may dwell for euer with Shem in his fathers house Thus though Iapheth dwell herein tents meanely and obscure yet shall both Shem and Iapheth shine gloriously for euer in most durable mansions euen in the Kingdome of heauen which shal not fade nor be diminished Shall we consider yet further the ground thereof Must not Iapheth dwell in the tents of Shem the first borne of his father the sonne of the inheritance the stocke of the promised seede And are any then of the true Church of CHRIST but they alone that haue the priuiledge of the first borne who are of the election of God for whom the father hath ordained a kingdom And will the Sonne loose any that the Father hath committed vnto him Did he die for any but for his Church who is the Sauiour of his body which is his Church Is he the Sauiour of any especially but those that doe beleeue 1. Tim. 4. 8. And doe any beleeue but those that are ordained to euerlasting life Acts 13. Behold here the true members of the Church of Iesus Christ euen they alone whose hearts are purified by Faith onely such are they that are dead vnto the world and know no man after the flesh that haue their conuersion in heauen whose names are written in heauen whose head CHRIST IESVS is ascended to