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The Christian path-vvay Deliuered in a sermon preached at Paules Crosse, the last of Iune 1611. By Thomas Cheaste, minister and preacher of Gods Word.
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Cheaste, Thomas.
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THE CHRISTIAN PATH-VVAY Deliuered in a Sermon preached at Paules Crosse the last of June 1611. By Thomas Cheaste Minister and Preacher of Gods Word EPHESIANS 5.1 Be yee therefore followers of God as deere Children LONDON Printed by Nicholas Okes dwelling neere Holborne-Bridge 1613. TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE SIR IOHN SWINERTON KNIGHT LORD MAIOR OF THE MOST HONORABLE CITTY OF London and to the right Worshipfull the Aldermen and Shrieues of the same Citty the aboundant increase of Spirituall Grace in this Life and in the World to come euerlasting Life through Iesus Christ our onely Sauiour AS the time now approcheth wherein euery gratefull person will not onely in word but also in deed with their presents and giftes shew some signe and token of their louing and kind affection So preuenting the time neere at hand I as a poore labourer hauing gleaned gathered these two handsful of corne two houres labour in the Lords Haruest I dedicate it as the best present that I haue vnto your fauourable acceptation It may be thought great boldnesse in mee right Honourable and right Worshipfull thus presuming to seeke the patronizing of this my poore endeuours vnder the protection of your Honourable and Worshipfull countenances But if the name and nature of this my little booke bee rightly considered and your dignity of place and Office therewith iustly weighed this boldnesse I hope will bee thought in mee but modest duty and your kinde acceptance heereof the true testimony of religious deuotion I must confesse your serious and zealous attention in hearing this plaine Sermon when it was Preached in your presence and the experience of your religious deuotion not onely in frequenting the seruice of God but also in protecting and Patronizing the Preachers and Professours of Gods Word encouraged mee to preferre this my new borne Orphant this little booke to your graue protection wherein I seeke not as a Temporizer to finde out matter to fit and feede Humorists but in the care of a Christian to make proofe of a better minde Knowing that your graue and religious mindes doe contemne idle and friuolous flying Pamphlets What this Booke is your Iudgements can discerne and what I am your kindnesse shall command so leauing it with my continuall prayers to Almighty God that hee may direct you in the right path-way through the vale of misery into eternall felicity Your Honours and Worships in all duty THOMAS CHEASTE TO THE CHRISTIAN READER GEntle Reader the most skilfull Fisher may sometime catch a Carpe For no doubt but there are many busie braines itching eares taunting tongues and carping conceipts that will Critically play the right Momes especially those that do least good will finde greatest fault with others good endeuours But from such I appeale to thy curteous and charitable censure with consideration of the want of time and health commending this small booke to thy curteous entertainment And so I bid thee heartily fare-well A SERMON Preached at Paules Crosse the last of Inne 1611. by M. THOMAS CHEASTE Minister and Preacher of Gods WORD THE TEXT EPHESIANS 5.1 Be yee therefore followers of God as deere Children THE Apostle Saint Paul right Honourable right Reuerend right Worshipfull and well-beloued in our Lord and Sauiour Christ in this heauenly parcell of sacred Scripture doth insinuate vnto vs who are by conception sinfull by nature men not perceiuing the things of God and by life and conuersation such as doe no good that the meanes therefore most fit and the way most direct for the consummating of our dayes as acceptable to the Almighty is the incontinent remouing and forsaking of all our vnruly affections fighting in our mindes and the soule-abandoning of immoderate concupiscence reigning and raging in our members by the suggestion of the Diuell whom with all his workes we must relinquish and renounce before we can enter bee entertained or receiued into the holy seruice of Almighty God A reason of this the Apostle sheweth saying That there is no communion betweene light and darkenesse 2. Cor. 6.14 no concord betwixt Christ and Belial no part hath the infidell with the beleeuer Then let vs forsake the workes of darknesse and renounce the Prince of darknesse and put on the armour of light and walke as children of the light and follow the Prince of light Next let vs depose our selues from all wicked rebellious thoughts words and workes which come by the motion suggestion and perswasion of the Diuell And lastly let vs cease to bee incredulous and beleeue on the name of our Lord IESVS and in faith apprehend him as our onely Redeemer that we may be ingrafted as sonnes vnto God and bee followers of God as deere children as this our Text teacheth vs. Wherein we may note an exhortation to imitation out of which omitting all long circumstances and curious diuisions we may obserue although it is not an ordinary kinde of methode 1 The persons that should imitate follow 2 The imitation it selfe 3 Thirdly the person whom we should follow 4 Fourthly the manner how we should follow him 1 The first expressed in these words Be yee 2 The second in this word Followers 3 The third in these words Of God 4 The fourth in these words As deere Children Be yee therfore followers of God as deere Children Therefore insinuateth a reason consequent of a matter precedent which now I omit First to the persons exhorted Not onely the Ephesians But all Christians A Christian and well-gouerned Common-wealth may bee compared to an house being builded and erected of diuers matters and substances as stones for the foundation timber for the erection and other things more to bring it to perfection So in the building of a Common-wealth there must be diuers orders some of high degree some of meane estate and some of low condition and all to finish this House or Common-wealth And as in sumptuous buildings one chiefe stone pillar or post cannot easily be wrenched out without shaking of all the rest euen as Salomons post vnderpropped the whole house The King So the King being vnder God the stone stay piller and post of the Common-wealth if he mis-carry all the strength of his Common-wealth is shaken and put in hazzard of a down-fall To auoyd therefore this dangerous breach in this godly building it is the duty of all faithfull and true-hearted subiects to pray vnto God the King of all Kings to giue vnto our King his vice-roy here on earth a wise an vnderstanding heart to giue to his Councellors the spirit of Councell Councell to giue to his Iudges Iudges the spirit of Iudgement to discusse and iudge rightly of all matters remembring that themselues shall be adiudged as well as others whom they haue iudged as one ancient Father writeth Veniet veniet qui iudicata reiudicabit illicita iurata confutabit qui faciet iusticiam iniuriam patientibus arguet in aequitate pro mansuetis terra He will come he will come