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A72143	Certaine sermons, first preached, and after published at severall times, by M. Thomas Gataker B. of D. and pastor at Rotherhith. And now gathered together into one volume: the severall texts and titles whereof are set downe in the leafe following	Gataker, Thomas, 1574-1654.	1637 (1637)	STC 11652b.5; ESTC S124946	646,708	356

apud Greg. Naz. orat 31. Chrysost contra Anomaeos orat 5. Greg. Rom. in Pastore p. 3 c. 1. §. 1● their inward sense of their wants and instant desire of having them supplied putting a great deale of spirit and life more than ordinary into them An hungrie belly an emptie maw will make a begger begge more earnestly than when hee hath beene feeding but a little before Reade but u Psal 42. 44. 63. 77. 84. 88. 89. 102. 119. c. the Psalmes and Prayers that the Saints of God have made and penned in such cases and upon such occasions and marke what a deale of spirituall vigour and vivacitie appeareth in them Not to stand I say upon this Even the weakest and the feeblest that are must for their comfort and encouragement in this kinde be informed that x Spinaeus de Iustit Christian translated into English by Mr I. Field A booke that I wish were reprinted againe as the broths and meats and medicines that sicke persons take though they delight not the taste nor doe they finde any good relish in them by reason of their present infirmity and weaknesse yet may doe them much good and be a means both to preserve life to keepe from fainting and further weaknesse and to strengthen also in some measure so holy actions though performed with much infirmity and weaknesse yet with an holy and religious diligence may much benefit the soule so performing the same albeit it finde little spirituall relish in them or feele no comfort from them for the present Yea howsoever it be true as I said a Motive 2. before that the want of alacrity and cheerfulnesse in performance of holy Duties especially procured by some wilfull neglect or by some peevish and wayward disposition framing matter of griefe to it selfe from idle toyes and trifles unto the disturbance of it selfe in such duties doth much diminish and take away much the grace of them yet it is no lesse true that b Quibusdam lac quibusdam vinum apponitur Lac suaviter bibitur dulciter liquatur sine laesione sine amaritudine vinum asperius est minus suave Lac bibunt qui in sancto proposito suaviter incedunt dulciter currunt c. Vinum bibunt qui vias vitae aggressi ingressi corporis animae que tribulationibus contorquentur sed non cedunt neque recedunt tamen Sed quis horum tibi videtur vel ille qui in suavitate vel ille qui in asperitate currit viam mandatorum Dei primus foelicior secundus fortior uterque tamen justus uterque pius Bern. de conscient c. 3. the constant and conscionable persisting in performance of such duties notwithstanding that all good means used the poore Christian soule cannot attaine to that alacrity that faine it would may make them no lesse acceptable if not more acceptable to God than if they were done even with the greatest delight Suppose two persons attend the King in his hunting or at his sports the one that taketh much delight in the game the other that hath little or no delight in it or the one lusty and healthy and that attendeth him therefore with ease the other weake and faint or lame or having some hurt about him in regard whereof he cannot follow him but with much paine and difficulty and yet will not give over but be hard at his heeles still as ready and forward as the former His c Voluntas est quae apud nos ponit officium Senec. de benef lib. 6. c. 12. will may bee every whit as good as the other and his Soveraigne is no lesse if not more for such his service beholden to him than to the other Nor may the service of such a poore soule therefore be the lesse acceptable to God because it cannot performe it with such alacrity and delight as d Quomodò de aegroto Aug. in Psal 118. conc 8. Aegrotus qui fastidio laborat vult evadere hoc malum concupiscit defiderare cibum dum concupiscit non habere fastidium Et appetit animus ut appetat corpus quando appetit animus nec appetit corpus it desireth And in like manner for Faith and dependance upon God It is not an argument of no Faith when a man cannot yet attaine to a full perswasion and assurance of Gods speciall favour towards him and of the free remission of his sinnes in Christ that many other faithfull e Galat. 2.20 1 Iohn 3.14 5.19 20. have had and many doubtlesse also ordinarily have This is a consequent rather of Faith that as f Non praecedunt justificandum sed sequuntur justificatum Aug. de fid oper c. 14. Augustine saith of workes rather followeth the person justified than precedeth and goeth before Iustification as Faith being g Rom. 3.28 3.1 an instrumentall cause of producing it as an effect doth It is a consequent I say of it deduced from it as the same Father well h Servator loquitur Veritas pollicetur Qui audit verba mea credit ei qui misit me habet vitam aeternam transiit de morte ad vitam in judicium non veniet Ego audivi credidi infidelis cùm essem factus sum fidelis Transii ergò à morte ad vitam in judicium non veniam non praesumptione mea sed ipsius promissione Aug. in Ioan. 5.24 sheweth by a Syllogisme wherein Faith is assumed and this perswasion concluded from it and that not simply and absolutely necessary neither but such as is by generall consent oft severed from it But for a man though he cannot yet attaine to it yea though he never should so long as he liveth yet to resolve i Act. 11.23 Hoc suaderi à verbo quaeri persuaderi inveniri est Bern. in Cant. 84. to cleave unto God with full purpose of heart to sticke close unto him to depend wholly upon him and not to give over still seeking and suing to him for it and the constant use of all good meanes to attaine it k Psal 13.1 5. 43.2 5. like a Courtier who though the King shew him no Countenance but seeme wholly to neglect him and not at all to regard him yet will still follow the Court and tender his service and resolve to give attendance hoping yet to find acceptance at length yea to doe it constantly whether he shall finde acceptance or no or like l Matth. 15 22-28 the woman of Canaan that would follow Christ still and would take no nay of him though he seemed not only not to regard her or any other that made suit for her but to reject and put her off with much disgrace it is a sound argument of a true and a lively Faith and of no small measure of the same Question Where if it be demanded how this trusting to and dependance upon God may stand with the want of such

〈◊〉 Greg. Naz in Heron. more affectionate toward them and the more tender and charie of them when it is so with them Yea I say not what infirmitie but what disease almost is there so loathsome as will keepe a mother from tendering and tending her childe In like manner is it with our Heaxenly Father whose love and affection to his goeth infinitely beyond the love and affection of any earthly father or mother whatsoever For p Psal 103.13 as a Father saith the Psalmist is pitifull unto his Children so is the Lord pitifull to those that feare him And q Esa 49.15 the most naturall mother the kindest and tenderest Parent that is may sooner forget or not regard the fruit of her owne body than he can forget or not regard them And r Malac. 3.17 I will spare them saith he that feare me and thinke on my Name as a man spareth his owne sonne that serveth him He loveth and delighteth in his little ſ Ezek 34.16 Esa 40.11 Non agnamve sinu pigeat foetumve capellae Desertum oblita matre referre domum Tibull ●leg 1. weake ones his novices his young t 1 Cor. 3.1 2. Babes in Christ that can scarce almost creepe much lesse goe well alone yet as well as in his great ones his strong his well growen ones that are able to helpe and to tend others For u Psal 147.11 The Lords delight is in all those that feare him and that rely upon his mercy He is content to accept of at their hands what they are able As a little done by a Sonne giveth his Father much better contentment than a great deale more done by a meere stranger or a servant And there is the difference betweene a Sonne and a Servant that a Servant if he cannot doe his Masters worke x 1 Sam. 30.13 his Master will not keepe him hee must goe seeke him some other service whereas a Sonne albeit he be not able to doe ought yet y Iohn 8.35 he is not therefore cast off his Father keepeth him not for the service that he doth or can doe him but he keepeth him because he is his Sonne Yea it is not the wants and infirmities and imperfections or the remainders of sinne and corruption in Gods Children that can cause God to cast them off or to abhorre them z Peccata nobis non nocent si non placent Aug. de temp 181. Et apud Ioan. de Tambac in consol Theolog. Our corruptions shall not hurt us if they doe not please us saith Augustine Nor is it so much our corruptions as our pleasing of our selves in them that maketh God to be displeased with us Any beginning of sincere sanctifying Grace then argueth Gods Childe and a weake Childe of God being yet a Childe of God as well as a strong hath good cause and great cause therein to rejoyce Respect 2 2. This a Iustitia inchoata non consummata inchoate Righteousnesse or b 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Rom. 8.23 first fruits of Gods Spirit is as a sure Signe and Seale of Iustification and Adoption for c 1 Cor. 6.11 1.30 Iustification also and Sanctification are never sundred or severed all that are truly Iustified are sincerely Sanctified and all that are sincerely Sanctified are truly Iustified also so is it a firme pledge and pawne or d Aria potius quàm pignus quia pignus redditur arra retinetur Hieron in Eph. 1.14 Aug. de verb. Ap. 13. de visione Dei apud Bedam in Ephes earnest rather of future Glorification and of whatsoever of Gods gratious Promises remaineth yet to be made good Christ is as I may so say * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Heb. 7.22 the Suretie wee have for them Hee is as e Coloss 2.14 our Suretie to God for the discharge of our debt so Gods Suretie to us for the performance of his Promises And Gods Spirit in the Graces of it is the earnest that hee hath given us already before-hand for the better assurance of what is to follow f 2 Cor. 1.20 All the Promises of God are in Christ Yea and Amen that is firme and stable saith the Apostle And g 2 Cor. 1.21 22. It is God that establisheth us with you in him who hath also annointed and sealed us and put the earnest of his Spirit in our hearts And h Ephes 1.13 14. this holy Spirit of Promise wherewith wee are anointed and sealed is the earnest of the Inheritance by Christ purchased for us for assurance of possession As a penny therefore given in earnest bindeth as firmely as a pound if the partie at least bee a sure and sufficient man that one dealeth with so even the smallest measure of sincere grace being Gods owne earnest bindeth him in regard of his Promise accompanying it for i Nam ut Iurisconsulti pignus donum est verbo vestitum Nec potest esse sine pacto pignus without some such word of agreement and promise it could not be an earnest to the making good of all his gratious Promises made to the faithfull in generall to those that have received it in particular and may as well therefore * 2 Thess 2.16 minister good Hope and give undoubted assurance of the performance thereof unto them in due time And as a weake but a true Faith may as well lay hold upon Christ and receive him by God offered as well as a strong as k Fides licet exigua infirma accipit nihilominus quae largitur Deus haud secus ac puerulus parvula vel scabiosa mendicus manu ille panem hic stipem porrectam accipit perinde ac si major aut sanior esset Spin. de Iustitiae Christ a feeble and a shaking hand may as well receive a Kings almes as the lustiest and the ablest mans hand that is So even a weake beginning of saving and sanctifying Grace if it can bee discerned and discried amids a multitude of wants may as well give assurance both of present Grace and Favour and of future Glory with God as the greatest measure that may be And as a peece of Gold that such a poore sicke mans weake hand receiveth of the Kings gift may as much glad him at the heart stand him in as much stead and doe him as much good as that that is received with a better So Gods gift by a weake Faith received and apprehended may as well comfort a mans soule and as well joy him at the heart being it may stand him in as much stead and be as beneficiall to him for his good as being received by a stronger Yea the maine and principall matter of our joy here being grounded upon not so much what we have already as what we l Rom. 5.2 12.12 hope for and shall have though a peece of gold be better worth and a man therefore may doe more good with it than he can with a small