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Christian reconcilement or God at peace with man in Christ, delivered in a sermon at St Mary's in Oxford. / By John Wall, Dr in divinity and præbendary of Christ-Church in Oxford.
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Wall, John, 1588-1666.
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Christian Reconcilement OR GOD AT PEACE with MAN IN CHRIST Delivered in a Sermon at St Mary's in Oxford By JOHN WALL Dr in Divinity and PRAEBENDARY Of CHRIST-CHURCH in OXFORD Psalm 37. 4. Delight thou in the Lord and he shall give thee thy hearts desire OXFORD Printed by H. Hall for R. Davis 1658. To the Honourable and truly noble Lady the Lady SARAH HOGHTON Wife to Sr RICHARD HOGHTON Knight and Daughter of PHILIP Lord STANHOPE late Earle of CHESTER-FIELD Grace and Peace be daily multiplied Noble MADAM PArdon my Confidence that I make use of your Name and place so rare a Frontispice before so meane a Piece My desire hath been to honour your Lady-ship some kind of way for those many favours derived to me not only from the Root and Stemm but also from the severall branches of that your noble Generation and Parentage Yet in this I must needs Confesse I honour my selfe while the eminency of your graces casts a lustre upon my Services and the high esteem of those magnetique virtues draws greater acceptance to these endeavours However be pleased to receive this manuall give it some place in your Closet among the Saints of God departed this life with whom you have beene used to Converse frequently in their writings It will not take up much roome and though it Containe little that you may learne yet doth it somewhat that you may remēber the incōparable blessing of Christian atonement which is the very foundation of all our Comfort This I Commend to your pious thoughts and the religious exercise of your diviner Meditations that you may joy in God and be strengthened daily in the Spirituall Vnion which you have with him in Christ Jesus For I well know when the Scriptur's were a delight unto you and you had as Saint Ierome writeth of Marcella a Roman Lady ardorem incredibilem c an incredible desire to read understand the pretious Mysteries of those saving Oracles 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the words of the Apostle from a Child wherein I have late evidence that you persevere Constantly to the honour of God and the rejoycing of your Spirit with the Continuall feast of a Good Conscience Sure I am it was the practise of that Honorable Lady your dear Mother now with God blessed for ever whose Goodnesse like an Oyntment poured out left a Sweet Savour in the parts where she lived round about whose paths you tread and seeme to enlarge or make plaine in a Pious aemulation and zealous Imitation of Her choicest Graces But I will not make an Elogie of an Epistle or a Panegyrick of a presentment though you well deserve it least I seeme to dipp my Pen in Oyle and mingle Hony with my Oblation Contrary to the direction given to Moses by God himselfe in those Leviticall instructions The Lord poure a blessing upon you all from the top and head to the severall branches of your Noble Family Irest MADAM Your most Humble Servant in him that took upon him the forme of a Servant our Lord Jesus Christ JOHN WALL CHRISTIAN RECONCILEMENT Rom. 5. 11. Wee joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ by whom wee have now received the atonement WHEN St. Paul wrote to the Saints at Rome there was a ball of contention as t' were throwen betwixt the Iewe and the Gentile And howsoever they were converted as true proselytes to the Doctrine of Christ yet did they burne with jealousy one towards another and receive the gospell with strife and envy and sharpe contests of mutuall reproach and fervent emulation a fault to much used in these our Dayes both in the expressions and impressions of many Christians though interdicted by St. Paul to the Ephesians and condemned by St. James in the very brethren with a note and character of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which is meer bitternesse the gaul and wormewood of crabbed Zeale and corrupt affections The Iew boasted of his stock the Gentile of his Wisedome the Iew of his priviledges the Gentile of his Endowments the Iew despised the Gentile as a wild olive the Gentile despised the Iew as a withered branch cut off from the right olive the Iew despised the Gentile as a stranger from the Covenant the Gentile despised the Iew as one despised of God and rejected of him for murdering his only Son and crucifying the Lord of glory But as it is said of Nestor an antient Counsellor of the Grecians Nestor Componere lites Inter Peliden festinat inter Atriden So doth the Apostle use all diligence to represse the animosity of their carnall spirits and to reduce both to love and unity patience and humility shewing plainly that all were debters unto God and that none had cause to boast of themselves first by reason of their naturall condition they were subject unto wrath then by reason of their spirituall renovation they were justified by faith not of merit but of grace free grace rich grace the grace of God through faith in Christ Jesus All which is copiously delivered in the precedent Chapters and compendiously gathered in the latter verses whereof my Text is a briefe Synopsis Wee joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ by whom wee have now received the atonement Wee joy in tribulation because it tends unto hope wee joy in hope because it ends in glory as the precedent Words doe rightly insinuate But the top of our joy and the crown of our rejoycing is God alone pacified by his Sonne in the wood of his Crosse the blood of his Crosse who indeed is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as Theophylact speakes the author of joy the author of rest the author of glory the author of righteousnesse Have our conflicts abounded and have not our Comforts abounded Have our tryals abounded and have not our triumphs abounded Yea doubtlesse as the sufferings of Christ abound in us so doth our consolation abound through Christ Jesus And wee never had more Cause to rejoyce than now wee have in the Day of our peace the blessed re-union of God with us the heavenly redintegration of his infinite love and mercifull Kindnesse Wee joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ by whom wee have now received the atonement These words are exceeding jubilar and not unsuitable with the present time which is dies palmarum or as wee terme it Palme-Sunday a Day of spreading garments unfolding graces discovering holynesse singing praises and crying Hosanna in the highest blessed is hee that cometh in the name of the Lord Hosanna in the highest not with green bowes of Pagan wildnesse but with palme branches of faith and godlynesse which St. John will have to be most flourishing and victorious with 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 this is the victory which overcometh the World even your faith the 5th and the 4th of his 1. Ep. You may compare them to the Song of Mary when she cryed My Soul doth magnify