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cause_n	action_n	necessary_a	will_n	2,167	5	7.9150	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02589	A sermon of publike thanksgiuing for the wonderfull mitigation of the late mortalitie preacht before his Matie; vpon his gracious command, at his court of Whitehall, Ian. 29. 1625. And vpon the same command published by Ios. Hall deane of Worcester.	Hall, Joseph, 1574-1656.	1626 (1626)	STC 12713; ESTC S103657	13,269	61

shallow bounty picks out the worthiest and most capable subiect The greatest gift that euer God gaue he giues vs whiles we are enemies It was our Sauiours charge to his Disciples Interrogate quis dignus Aske who is worthy that is as Hierom interprets it of the honour to receiue such guests Should God stand vpon those termes with vs what should become of vs See and wonder and be ashamed ô yee Christian hearers God loads vs and we load him God loads vs with benefits we load him with our sinnes Behold I am pressed vnder you saith God as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaues Amos. 2.13 He should goe away laden with our thanks with the presents of our duty and wee shamefully clogge him with our continuall prouocations Can there be here any danger of selfe-sacrificing with Seianus and not rather the iust danger of our shame and confusion in our selues How can we but hate this vnkind and vniust vnanswerablenesse Yet herein shall we make an aduantage of our foulest sins that they giue so much more lustre to the glorious mercies of our God who ouercoms our euill with good and loads euen Vs. The ouer-long interruption of fauours loseth their thanks and the best benefits languish in too much disuse Our God takes order for that by a perpetuation of beneficence Hee ladeth vs daily Euery day euery minute renues his fauours vpon vs Semper largitor semper donator as Hierom To speake strictly there is no time present nothing is present but an instant and that can no more bee called time then a pricke can bee called a line yet how swift soeuer the wings of time are they cannot cut one instant but they must cary with them a successiue renouation of Gods gracious kindnesse to vs. This Sun of his doth not rise once in an age or once in a yeare but euery minute since it was created riseth to some parts of the earth and euery day to vs Neyther doth he once hurle downe vpon our heads some violent drops in a storme but he plyes vs with the sweet showers of the former and the latter raine Wherein the mercy of God condescends to our impotency who are ready to perish vnder vncomfortable intermissions Non mihi sufficit saith that father it is not enough that hee hath giuen mee once if he giue me not alwayes To daies ague makes vs forget yesterdaies health Former meales doe not relieue our present hunger This cotage of ours ruines straight if it be not new daubed euery day new repaired The liberall care of our God therfore tiles ouer one benefit with another that it may not raine thorow And if he bee so vnwearied in his fauours why are wee weary of our thanks Our bonds are renewed euery day to our God Why not our payments Not once in a yeare or moone or weeke but euery day once without faile were the legall sacrifices reiterated and that of all those creatures which were necessary for sustentation a Lamb flowre wine oyle that is meat bread drink sauce Why but that in all these wee should still daily re-acknowledge our new obligations to the giuer Yea ex plenitudine lachrymis as it is in the originall Exod. 22.29 of our plenty teares that is as Caietan of a deare or cheape yeare must wee returne More or lesse may not misse our thanks We need daily we beg daily Giue vs this day we receiue daily why do we not daily retribute to our God and act as some read it Blessed bee the Lord daily who loadeth vs with his benefits It is time now to turne your eyes to that mixt respect that reacheth both to God and vs Yee haue seene him a benefactor see him a Sauiour and Deliuerer The God of our saluation The vulgars salutaria following the Septuagint differs from our Saluation but as the meanes from the end With the Hebrewes Saluation is a wide word comprising all the fauours of God that may tend to preseruation and therefore the Psalmist else-where extends this act both to man and beast and as if he would comment vpon himselfe expounds 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 saue by 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 prosper Psal 118.25 It is so deare a title of God that the Prophet cannot haue enough of it the interposition of a Selah cannot barre the redoubling of it in my Text. Euery deliuerance euery preseruation fathers it selfe vpon God yet as the soule is the most precious thing in the world and life is the most precious thing that belongs to the soule and eternall life is the best of liues and the danger and losse of this life is the fearfullest and most horrible chiefly is this greatest saluation here meant wherin God intends most to blesse and be blessed Of this Saluation is he the God by preordination by purchase by gift By preordination in that he hath decreed it to vs from eternitie 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Rom. 8.30 By purchase in that hee hath bought it for vs and vs to it by the price of his blood 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 1 Cor. 6. the last By gift in that hee hath feoft vs in it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The gift of God is eternall life Rom. 6.23 Since therefore hee decreed it he bought it hee bestowes it iustly is hee the God of our saluation Who can who dares arrogate to himselfe any partnership in this great worke What power can dispose of the soules finall condition but the same that made it Who can giue eternitie but hee that onely hath it What but an infinite merit can purchase an infinite glory Cursed be that spirit that will offer to share with his maker Downe with your Crownes ô yee glorious Elders at the foot of him that sits on the Throne with a Non nobis Domine Not vnto vs ô Lord not vnto vs but to thy name giue the praise Away with the proud incroachment of the merits of the best Saints of papall largesses Only our God is the God of our saluation How happie are wee the while All actions are according to the force of the agent Weake causes produce feeble effects contingent casuall necessarie certaine Our saluation therefore being the worke of an infinitely powerfull cause cannot bee dis-appointed Loe the beautie of Salomons Al-chum who hath resisted his will When wee looke to our owne fleshie hands here is nothing but discouragement when we look to our spirituall enemies here is nothing but terror but when we cast vp our eyes to the mightie God here is nothing but confidence nothing but comfort Comfort yee comfort yee therefore O yee feeble soules and send your bold defiances to the prince of darknesse heauen is high and hard to reach hell is steep and slipperie our flesh is earthie and impotent Satan strong and rancorous sinne suttle the world alluring all these yet God is the God of our Saluation Let those infernall Lyons roare and rampe vpon vs let the gates of hell doe their worst