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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90346	A sermon preached on the 27th of January, 1673/4 before several persons who formerly have had their education in St. Paul's School, London. / By R.P. member of that society.	R. P.; St. Paul's School (London, England)	1674 (1674)	Wing P102A; ESTC R181389	12,072	29

of Satan do we delight in sealing to them the love of God and the consolation of the Spirit Do we Intend with Zeal and Heartiness 〈◊〉 Men 〈◊〉 would turn to Christ and give him the glory which belongs to him do We Intercede for them with God when they sin as those that are truly toucht with the dishonour and loss of Christ himself Is it our care in all our discourse private or publick to shew forth the unsearchable Riches of his Majesty If Christ be not the next end of our callings yet is he the real and ultimate end of our conversation If ye study the knowledge of the Laws is it your principal aime that judgement and justice may be impartially Administred that the Oppressed may be delivered that we may all live in Godliness and Honesty to the praise of Christ Is it not rather that you may get Wealth Reputation and victory while Christ and his Members bleed and perish If you bestow your selves upon Nature is it your business to Advance the publick Good of Mankind and like Compassionate Samaritans to set free those whom Satan hath bound in manifold Infirmities If ye be Gentlemen of Estate do you imploy your Authority Interest Wealth and Power to Incourage the Profession Ordinances and People of Christ If Citizens and Traders Is it your care that Faithfulness Just dealing Equity and Love may appear in all your Matters and this for Christ his sake who hath called us to be Brethren If not Sirs we pervert the Text we disavow the Apostle we loose our right in Christ we count that he is but loss to us while the World is our Gain If we do not thus aime at the Lord Jesus he is but light with us in the Scales of comparison I proceed now to the 2d Particular from the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to see if we reckon all but loss for the Lord when he is set in Opposition with other things When Christ is set before us on this Hand and the World with all its Glories on that what do we choos whom do we follow what do we hold to We shall despise one to give content to the other and I pray Brethren Where are our Hearts God hath as I may say Furnished us Tables with Royal Daintyes He sets before us his own blood and the flesh of his Son a Feast which the Arch-Angels of Heaven are not Invited to in like sort But there are Acorns also to be picked up and the soure Fruits of the Hedge As We feed as we choose so We discover our Nature and Appetite Do we then Christian Brethren as the children of the Kingdom as those that are of a Celestial and Divine Race do We I say feast our Souls with Gods precious Manna the things of life Eternal Do we not rather with Kites and Vultures fly upon the Carrion do we not hunt as the Swine that we may glut our selves with the trash and offal of this World do we not glory in our hearts how much Wiser we are than our Religion do we not look down from our high contemplations and despise the poor people who serve the Lord Jesus in Humility Simplicity and the loss of all things do We not rejoyce in a Criticism more than in a Sacrament have We not more Inward Satisfaction in little Experiment about matter and motion than in the Sanctification of the Spirit and having our Names Written in the Book of Life What is our Element my Friends Where are we most our selves Had we rather be in the company of the Holy Jesus and doing his Work than vending our selves as Acute and Learned I beseech you by the Mercies of God let us lay our hands upon our hearts and ask within doors if these things be not too true with many of us Christ ought to have had the preference he is the Altar that must Sanctifie our Gold our Gifts and Parts I meane or they will never find acceptance before the Throne of God That this may be more effectual let me present you with a few Considerations Relating hereto and I have done 1 Know that Christ is Worthy of all the Interest that he claimes in your Hearts and Study's Consider the Dignity of his Person We venture for him We yield all to him by whom all things were made in Heaven and Earth visible or invisible whether they be Thrones or Dominions Principalities or Powers and he is before all things and by him all things consist 1 Coll. 16 17. Think upon the Endearments of his Grace the Zeal of his Love and Sufferings that he might bring us into Friendship and Favour with God Oh how nearly doth it concern us to get into his love that we may live with God! Whether fall we if Christ be not our Friend how do these things touch us to the quick to the flesh and to the bone yea to the marrow and the Spirit One day sure the Acceptance and Favour of Christ Jesus will be somewhat Worth What is there then of all the Worldly Gauds and Glories that you can set up as a Rival against his Glorious Majesty For what things will ye part with your Immortal Hopes in him How easie me thinks it is to the believing serious Soul to scorn and trample upon all those things which we have sometimes called Temptations How reasonable is it to boast in the Lord and say What shall separate us from the Love of God in his dear and blessed Son 2. If Christ have not the Headship and Dominion he will blast the glory of all our Excellencies and tarnish the beauty of them If we provoke him to jealousie with our parts wit learning his Indignation like a Canker will quickly Eat up our springing Hopes and Glories It hath been Observed always that the most pregnant Wits in our Schools of Language have not proved the most Substantial in our Universities the forwardest there also have not been the most serviceable in the Church or Nation they have been as Trees Transplanted out of our Nurseries which do not prosper accordingly in the Orchard where they should bear Fruit When as in the Interim many Obscure and Unobserved Souls have come forth from their Privacies like the Great Gregory from Nazianzum a poor Country Village in Cappadocia who have been the Wonders of the Age and the Glory of the Church This comes to pass not only from the divers Natures of the Wit Capacity and Abilities which are proper to the several Studies Imployments and Excellencies nor meerly that certain Intellects arrive to Ripeness in their proper periods before which they are harsh and unsavory but chiefly and mostly by the blessing of God upon their humility patience and Integrity When as the others have boasted too much of the Ignis lambens that Environed their Temples and have Adored too much the brightness of their Intellectuals Christ was not could not be pleased that his Servants should count