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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03582	A sermon preached in Paules Church in London and published for the instruction and consolation of all that are heauie harted, for the wofull time of God his generall visitation, both in the citie and in the countrie: and fit for the comfort of Gods children at all times.	Hooke, Christopher.	1603 (1603)	STC 13703; ESTC S116953	25,361	70

himselfe expresse as we haue shewed in saying Col. 2.14 God so loued the world that hee gaue his only begotten sonne vnto death that whosoeuer should beleeue on him should not perish but haue life euerlasting This also doeth our Apostle renowne in the fourth Chapter verse 10. Herein is loue Iohn 3.16 not that wee loued God but that hee loued vs and sent his onely begotten sonne to be a reconciliation for our sinnes Where the loue of God is set in the first place for the cause efficient and principall his sonne sent for the cause materiall and to be a reconciliation for our sinnes for a cause finall nothing required of vs but that we beléeue in him and loue one another for him as he hath loued vs. If the consideration hereof were throughly layed to hart it would quickly remooue all proud opinion of our owne merit which is thus excluded by including the merit of Christ as alone the sufficient sacrifice propitiatorie for our sinnes and it would swallow vs vp with an admiration of the excéeding loue of God toward vs Epe 318. The height the depth the length the breadth whereof is incomprehensible and make vs ashamed of our owne corruption Gold and siluer and pretious stones being of no valew all the Sacrifices and ceremonies of the old Law being of no worth his blessed and glorious Angels being insufficient to effect our ransome whō he so loued he spared not his owne onely sonne who was in his bosome more deare vnto him than the signet of his owne right hande who willingly said also Loe I come and gaue him to the death by his death to redéeme Psal 40.6 7 Heb. 10 5 ●● vs according to that swéet saying of S. Peter We were not redeemed by siluer or gold 1. Pet. 1.18.19 or by any other corruptible things but by the pretious bloud of Iesus Christ as of a Lambe immaculate and without spot And wee in the meane while wretched men and women straine at euery curtesie and thinke euery thing too much we do in loue towards our brethren whom wee should not onely loue by supplying their wants in the expēce of our goods as before we haue shewed but also loue by laying downe our liues for them by the expence of our bloud if néede so require as our Apostle by this example of our blessed Sauiour teacheth vs saying here in is loue that hee laide downe his life for vs wee ought therefore to laye downe our liues for the brethren 1. Ioh. 3.16 There remayneth in this clause yet one worde that further amplifyeth this loue of God in the greatnes thereof vnto vs For besides that it hath pleased him to make vs euen vs that were his enemies to be his sonnes to be his heires and ioynt heires with his owne natural sonne of such an inheritance that is immortall and that of his méere loue by gift not deserued by vs but purchased for vs by the pretious death and passion of our blessed Lord and Sauiour Christ Iesus he vouchsafeth for the further assurance of our faith herein cōfort of our soules to cal himself our father for adopting vs in his welbeloued Son Eph. 1.7 as his welbeloued Son by nature is not ashamed as the authour of the Epistle to the Hebrews wel obserueth to cal vs euen vs that were adopted from a thing of naught his brethrē saying Hebr. 2 16. I wil declare thy name vnto my brethren so God his Father the Father by excellencie disdaineth not to cal himselfe our Father saying 2. Cor. 6.18 I wil bee your Father and ye shall be my sonnes and daughters The worde Father is a swéet worde and serueth to be obserued for many vses First it confirmeth al the former doctrine of GOD his louing vs fréely for as the childe receiueth nothing but from his Father and his Father bestoweth all things vpon him fréely in regard onely that he is his Father the childe deseruing not the least iotte of his loue So God being our Father it followeth that we receiue all from him our being our lyuing our mouing Act 17 28 benefites Temporall blessings Spirituall that of his owne méere loue because he is our Father without any desert or merit of ours Secondly it expresseth more sensibly the tender mercie and compassion of our good God vnto vs for thereby wee vnderstand that he tendreth vs as a Father according to that of the Prophet Like as a father pittieth his owne children Psal 103 13 euen so the Lord hath compassion on them that feare him Fatherly and Motherlie loue we know to bee verie great and none know it but they which are veri Patres Fathers indéede their bowels are mooued with more than an ordinarie affection toward their childrē as appeareth by the example of the harlot whose compassion was kindled toward her childe whē she heard sentence giuen 1 King 3.26 and the sword drawen to haue it diuided God in like maner testifyeth Hos 8.11 that his hart is turned in him that his repentance is rouled together euen as a fathers doth whē he taketh in hand to punish his childe he will beate him and he will not beate him loath he is and therefore though he doeth it hee doeth it vnwillingly so doeth also our heauenly Father he doth not punish vs with his heart saieth Ieremie in his Lamentations Lamen 3 33 but besides this his compassion farre excelleth in that not onely it reacheth further than is possible for any naturall affection to reach vnto but also for that it is immutable it neuer changeth A mother may forget the fruit of her wombe A Father may turne away his face from his owne sonne and renownce him for euer But though a woman should forget the fruite of her wombe yet would not forget thee Esa 49.15 saith the Lord for I am the Lord and am not chāged Therfore the Apostle saieth Rom 11.2 His gifts and callings are without repentance And the Euangelist sayeth Iohn 13.1 Whome hee loueth hee loueth vnto the ende And right Honorable and beloued there is not a greater comfort vnto our soules and consciences in this our present heauinesse and distresse than this to consider that hee is our Father that doeth thus correct vs who though he be iustlie displeased with vs and his wrath fore kindled against vs for our sinnes yet herein he sheweth himselfe to be infinitely gratious and mercifull vnto vs in that hee hath taken the rod into his owne hand not deliuered it into their handes that hate vs to strike vs therewith The Spaniards hath often hoped to haue got this rod into their hands and haue as it were snatched to haue pulled it vnto them that they might haue bene Gods executioners A bloudie day had that bene beloued for the corps whom you haue séene honorably and reuerently in peace caried to their graues you should haue séene them lying waltering in their