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A10394	Saint Pauls triumph, or cygnea illa & dulcissima cantio that swan-like and most sweet song, of that learned and faithfull seruant of God, Mr. Iohn Randall, bachelor of diuinitie: vttered by him (in an eleauen sermons, vpon the eight chapter of St. Pavl his epistle to the Romans, vers. 38.39.) lately before his death, in the time of his great and heauy affliction, and vpon the Communion-dayes, either altogether, or for the most part. And now published for the glory of God, the edification of his church and people, and the hononrable [sic] memoriall of the author, by William Holbrooke, preacher of the word of God.	Randall, John, 1570-1622.; Holbrooke, William.	1623 (1623)	STC 20678; ESTC S102568	146,192	249

liuely and quicke to vs and therefore let our thankefulnesse be so to him Thirdly hence we learne this Dutie to take comfort Dutie 3 in this loue of God It may comfort thee in afflictions in sicknesse in pouerty at the houre of death Many times God brings vs to the gates of death yet let vs know that God loues vs and then our state is happy we shall haue a sweet and comfortable passage through death to life So it may comfort vs against all the disgraces and scornes of the world the world accounts vs as of-scourings yet here is our comfort that howsoeuer the world accounts of vs yet God loues vs and then it is no matter though the whole world hate vs. Againe this may comfort vs in our prayers which we make to God If wee can come to God and pray Lord remember mee in thy loue can the Lord choose but heare vs If we can come to God with a sound perswasion in our hearts that God loues vs then our prayers shall ascend as a sweet perfume to God and God will surely heare them and that quickly The fourth Dutie we learne hence is to keepe our Dutie 4 selues in this loue of God Iude 21. It is the richest Iewell that euer we can haue and hee that changeth this state of Gods loue for any other hee changeth heauen for hell Therefore doe not prouoke God to breake off his loue from thee displease him not breake not his Lawes resist not his Spirit of grace grieue not his Children neglect not Prayer the Word nor the Sacraments nor other meanes of grace but obserue him duely and be ruled by him and so thou shalt keepe in his loue aboue all things turne not backe to thy olde Sinnes and if thou dost sinne as who doth not presently humble thy selfe make thy peace with him by vnfained Repentance and prayer and faith in the Mediator Iesus Christ renew thy Couenant in him and thus doing thou shalt be sure to keepe in his loue for this is the mercy and goodnesse of God to vs he remembers whereof wee be made and that we cannot but fall yet such is his mercy that if we returne vnto him hee will loue vs still Dutie 5 Fiftly here wee must learne this Duty to recompence our God with loue againe If a man of any fashion loue vs we were very hard-hearted if we would not loue him againe If God loue vs therefore wee must much more loue him againe In many things we cannot recompence God againe God is mercifull to vs we cannot be mercifull to him againe and so in other things But God is louing to vs and wee may recompence him and loue him againe for his loue to vs Our loue to him indeed comes farre short of his loue to vs yet it is that which God requires and which hee will accept and that loue which wee cannot shew to God let vs peece it vp with our loue to his Children and to his Gospell and to his Ministers and thus we may in some sort recompence Gods loue which he shewes to vs. Vse 3 The third Vse It teacheth vs how to esteeme of this great loue of God Ephes 2.4 which passeth knowledge Ephes 3.19 How Why thus As the originall and procuring Cause of all the good that euer we receiue at the hands of God 1 Ioh. 3.1 Wee are the Sonnes of God saith the Apostle What doth he rest there No Behold saith he What loue the Father hath giuen to vs that wee should be called the Sonnes of God Gods loue is the cause of our adoption If you aske why God chooseth vs iustifies vs sanctifies and glorifies vs the answere is because he loues vs But if you aske why hee loues vs There can be no reason giuen of it but because he loues vs. This is the Bond of all it comprehends all the rest of the good that God doth for vs but is not comprehended of any of them This Loue is God and God is Loue. Lastly this shewes vnto vs the Excellency of that Vse 4 Communion which true Beleeuers haue with God The excellency of a true Beleeuers communion with God manifested in foure things 1 Neerenesse because it is bound vp and tyed fast within the vnbounded limits of Gods loue Psal 144.15 Blessed are the people that be so yea blessed be the people whose God is the Lord Consider the Excellency of it in these particulars First the neerenesse of this Communion it is of loue and therefore it is most neere Loue doth transanimate vs as it were and makes of two one as it is betwixt man and wife or as the Heathen man said of two friends that they had one soule and two bodies and so Gods loue makes vs one with God not as if God hereby were become man or man God in proper and precise tearmes but as in a Communion betwixt a man and his wife they are not one man or one wife but one flesh so the loue of God to vs in this Communion makes vs not one God or one man but one Spirit 1 Cor. 6.17 2. Freenesse Secondly consider the Freenesse of this Communion Hosea 14.5 I will loue them freely saith God Luke 1.28 freely beloued God loues vs freely as when a father adopts a Childe for his owne freely As if one of you should see a Childe goe vp and downe the streetes and you should take him into your House and freely adopt him and make him your Childe so doth God he loues vs freely and out of his free loue takes vs into his House and adopts vs to be his Children 3. Surenesse Thirdly consider the Surenesse of this Communion the Bond of it is Gods loue and his loue is euerlasting Ier. 31.3 no time can weare it out and Can. 8.6.7 Loue is strong as Death much water cannot quench Loue It is so betwixt man and woman much more betwixt God and vs It is not our sinnes can quench his loue no loue couers a multitude of sinnes 4. Sweetnesse Lastly consider the Sweetnesse of this Communion betwixt God and vs if it be from the loue of God then it is most sweet Cant. 1.1 Thy loue is better then Wine If a man haue but a sparkle of this loue in him it cannot but quicken him yea it will rauish him Psal 63.3 thy loue is better then life All the blessings that we inioy whether they be spirituall or temporall are no blessings to vs except they be sweetened with this loue of God our meate our drinke our life yea Heauen it selfe is no blessing vnlesse it be sweetned to vs by this Loue of God what good did heauen to the Angels that fell wanting this loue of God Oh the loue of God to a Sinner What is it It is the heart of our hearts the life of our liues and happinesse of our Soules Worldly men let them haue what the world can affoord them wealth and honours and the like they can

to Christ extends it selfe to all men and Angels All the loue they finde of God it is in his beloued Sonne Christ Iesus Iohn 17.23 and 26. verses In the 23. our Sauiour saith Thou hast loued them as thou hast loued me speaking of the faithfull Heere wee see that the loue of God to Christ is the sample or patterne of that loue which he beares to vs Now is not the sampler or patterne the ground of that draught which is drawne by it then the loue of God to Christ must needes be the ground of his loue to vs In the 26. verse That the loue where with thou hast loued me may be in them With the same loue wherewith God hath loued Christ he loues vs Here he speakes more directly to the point then before in the 23. verse there was but a likenesse thou louest them as thou louest me Here is a samenesse or onenesse of each The same loue wherewith thou hast loued me may be in them It is not two sorts of loue or two seuerall loues that God beares to Christ and to vs but as God is most simple and but one so is his loue the same hee beares to Christ the same he beares to vs rooted and grounded in Christ and in and through him extended and communicated to vs 2 Cor. 5.19 God was in Christ reconciling the world to himselfe Here the Apostle speakes of the wonderfull loue of God to the true beleeuing world in Christ and hee comprehends all this loue of God in these words God reconciled vs to himselfe in Christ and withall shewes the manner how he hath reconciled vs to himselfe by not imputing our sinnes vnto vs. Here must needes be infinite loue and mercy in God to forgiue so many thousand sinners as there are beleeuers and so many thousand sinnes as euery beleeuer is guilty of from the beginning to the end of the world Here is infinite loue And what is the ground of all this that the Lord doth vouchsafe all this loue and mercy to beleeuers why it is altogether in Christ and this the Apostle sets out most significantly in the first words God was in Christ personally there was the seat of his loue and in Christ he loued vs and in him he reconciled vs to himselfe not imputing our sinnes vnto vs so that all Gods loue which he beares to vs is in Christ Iesus Ephesians 1. verse 6. To the praise of the glory of his grace wherewith hee hath made vs freely accepted in his beloued The Lord is very gracious vnto his children he takes vs into his fauour and sets his loue vpon vs vouchsafeth many kindnesses vnto vs and this is a glorious grace that hee vouchsafeth vs the glory of his grace God magnifies and glorifies his grace exceedingly on vs In what In that he doth accept vs saith the Apostle It is a glorious and an admirable grace that the Lord God being so great so holy and so glorious as he is should yet freely accept vs such poore sinfull and base creatures as wee are But what is the rule or ground of this of all this glorious grace It is Christ Iesus it is in his beloued saith the Apostle for so it followes in his Beloued that is in Christ Iesus Hee is the beloued Sonne of God So that wee see from proofes out of the Scripture that the point is cleere that all the loue grace and acceptance that euer God shewes to true Bele●uers it is in Christ Iesus it is rooted and grounded and founded in the beloued Sonne of God Christ Iesus The Reasons are drawne from the Scripture too Reasons and they are of two sorts some from our selues and our owne estate others from Christ First from our selues our Nature being corrupted God cannot loue this Nature of ours except he finde it in such a person that is free and pure from this corruption and that is Christ Iesus alone and therefore in him alone God loues vs Our Nature is corrupted with sinne Rom. 3.23 All haue sinned and are depriued of the glory of God And God cannot loue but hate sinne and corruption Psal 5.4.5 Thou hatest all them that worke iniquitie thou shalt destroy them that speake lies God hates not onely the worke but the workers of iniquity Wee are so farre from being beloued of God that wee are hatefull to him of our selues and therefore God cannot loue our Nature except he finde it in such a person as is free from sinne and that is Christ alone He tooke our nature vpon him Iohn 1.14 The word was made flesh and he alone was free and pure from sin Isa 53.9 He had done no wickednesse neither was there any deceit in his mouth And therefore in him alone GOD loues vs. Reason 2 The second Reason is from Christ himselfe and that in many respects Take him any way in his Nature person office workes doings sufferings Christ Iesus yeelds vs not onely a cause but an euident demonstration thereof I will giue you some taste hereof For to speake of all is infinite and impossible First consider Christ in his relation to God and so he his the Sonne of God the onely begotten Sonne of God Iohn 1.14 Therefore he is the seate of Gods loue It is so betwixt the Earthly Father and his onely Sonne but if it should faile in man yet it cannot faile in God for Christ is called the Sonne of Gods loue Col. 1.13 Therefore hee is the very loue of his Father Therefore all they that are beloued of God are beloued in him or else they are not beloued Secondly consider him in relation to vs He is our head we his body Col. 1.18 and is not the sense and motion of naturall life originally seated in the head and deriued from the head to all the parts of the Body and so it is betwixt Christ and vs in the sense and motion of Gods loue in our spirituall life He is our head and all our spirituall life is in him and comes from him He is the Vine and we are the branches Iohn 15.5 and what iuyce or nourishment soeuer is in the branches for naturall growth it is first in the stocke or roote so it is betwixt Christ and vs what iuyce soeuer we haue to grow in Grace it is from this stocke euen from Christ himselfe Hee is the foundation we the building 1 Cor. 3.9.11 And doth not the whole frame waight and cost of the building rest on the foundation so the whole frame of Gods Church and that grace and worth of euery beleeuing member it rests wholly on Christ the foundation Thirdly consider Christ in the Common relation he beares to God and vs and so he is our mediator and that not onely to God for vs but from God to vs 1 Tim. 2.4 A mediator generally receiues of the one party and conueyes it to the other and so Christ receiues the loue of God and conueyes it to vs But this may be where the parties