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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11923	A godly and fruitfull sermon preached at Lieth in Scotland by a faithfull minister of Gods holy Gospell	Murray, John, 1575?-1632, attributed name. aut	1607 (1607)	STC 22236; ESTC S106434	19,379	64

of bondage Fourthly the Apostle telleth vs that there is no keeping nor continuyng in this liberty unles we stand fast setled our affections fastened thereon this is the principall meanes whereby we may keep this liberty For oftē tymes as the word importeth there wil be so many mighty adversaryes spirituall temporall so many strong temptations both of terrors and allurements drawing and dragging at this liberty to pull it from us that they will prevaile unles we with all the powers of our soules and all the strenght of our hearts renewed by the mighty force of the grace of the spirit of Iesus hold fast our hold It is the loose holding of this liberty that looseth it It is the fast and sure holding of it that is the great and principall preserver thereof He that standeth in this liberty staggering or holding any one foote up ready to step out of it if occasion doe present either perill or preferment and profit he I say wil be easily beaten from this liberty But he who fixeth and fasteneth both his feet his minde and his heart theron wil abide the brunt and battery of the strōgest temptation and yet keep his standing Now to strengthen us to stand fast there are two thinges principally requyred Faith and Loue Faith wherby we should be perswaded of this liberty of all the sorts poynts bounds thereof as purchased by the bloud of Iesus registred in the word of God the want wherof or of that cōvenient measure thereof that is requisite for this assurance maketh us loose our stāding For the least tēptation that lighteth upon a man of an vnstable minde that is staggerīg wavering through doubt will drawe him away from this liberty If we begin once to doubt of our Discipline or Church-govermēt whether it be stablished by the sure warrant of the word or whether it be a thing alterable and indifferent and that another forme may be lawfully received and many now a dayes thinke so who would make their gayne by such a change then our stedfastnes is gone and we easily are drawne away by any occasions Agayne the unfayned loue to this liberty maketh our standing steedfast Loth would they be to turne from it or the least poynt thereof who loue it well But if loue be lacking or that convenient measure therof that is reasonable there wil be little or no standing to this liberty But what is the requisit measure of this loue To loue this liberty better then all outward or earthly thinges yea better then our life it selfe When we preferre these earthly thinges as profit or preferment c. in this world and giue to them first and chiefe place in our affections then we want this loue so loose our standing A man that loveth honor and commoditie better then this liberty to winne a poynt of this worldly profit or preferment will loose a poynt of this liberty yea two ere he will want it Demas of whom Paul saith Phil 2.4 that he was one of his fellow helpers in 2 Tim 4.10 he saith crying out by way of complaynt Demas hath forsaken me Well there then is a token of Demas his loose standing but what was the cause of it Paul addeth it and hath embraced this present world saith he A sensible signe he loved the world better thē his Ministery and this moved him to forsake the libertie of his spirituall calling when he saw the occasion of worldly profitt and preferment Surely if Demas heart be bent to imbrace the world loving it better then his Ministery it is meete he should even forsake Paul and betake him to the thing he loveth best rather thē to hold the Ministery with the one hand and grype the world with theother for these two grypes agree not well together the one looseth ever the other If any will alleadge that the earthly prerogatiues in a Minister get to him in his Ministery credit reverence and authority the Apostle 2. Cor. 10.4 answereth The weapons of our warfare are not carnall nor earthly whereby we purchase and gett hearts in faith and obedience to Iesus Christ in loue and reverence to our selues and our Ministery in him but spirituall and mightie in God to this effect They are grace fidelity sincerity godlines in a Minister which are the meanes of his advancement in the hearts of the faithfull I am perswaded that we carrie more credit and are better accounted of in the hearts of those that feare the Lord whē we content our selues within the compasse of our calling with the styles of M George M. Iohn Pastor of such or such a place then when we borrow through ambition the titles of worldly honor and dignityes loving the style of my Lord Bishop better then to be called a faithfull and diligent Minister So we see how needfull it is that we should study to gett faith and growe in it whereby we may be perswaded in all the poynts of our liberty and calling and also to gett loue and growe in it whereby we may hold fast that neyther it be drawne from us nor we frō it but that we may stand fast in the liberty c And surely yf we should enter into a reckonyng of the reasons and causes that should moue us to stand it would requyre a longer time then is allowed to us Therefore we shall only bring out a few 1. This liberty in all the poynts of it is the purchase of the pretious bloud of Iesus It is deere bought the price is great the worth is great such things albeit earthly we use to keep well should not we then stand fast in this liberty 2. This liberty is the free gift of Christs liberall loue Now ●he gift useth to be liked and kept if it were but for the givers sake Should not ●e then stand fast in this liberty 3. The ●ight of this liberty is made and given vnto us in the sure charter of the word of God registred in the bookes of the Old and New Testament there cānot be under the heavens a surer holding should we not thē stand fast in this liberty 4. Which toucheth principally the defensiue liberties we haue them approved and ratified by the fundamentall lawes of our Country should we not then stand fast in them 5. We haue ben many yeares in peaceable possession of them Now we know that the meanest society in the land wil be loth to loose the least poynt of their civill liberties having both right to thē and the same ratified by the Actes of Parliament possession of them yea they will admit no endeavour or attempt that may prejudice a circumstance of them much lesse the substance Should we not then stand fast in this liberty to the which we haue right from God registred in his word ratified by the lawes of the land so long by us peacably possessed 6. To these liberties all estates of the land King Counsell Nobility Pastors People haue sworne and