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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12088	The blessednes of the Virgin Marie the mother of our Lord Iesvs Christ.	Shaw, John, 1559-1625.	1618 (1618)	STC 22391; ESTC S103212	48,106	180

Faith casteth her eyes on God and all his gracious sweete promises Charitie looketh on men compassionatly to helpe and comfort thē and euen this good fruite springeth from faith as an apple from middest of blossome that grew before it Faith is the ancient and the true mother both of hope and charity and worketh by loue Gal. 5.6 All these three graces are excellent but faith is first hath preeminence first in giuing all glorie to God that in his loue he made a free Couenant of saluation and that in his truth he performed the same Secondly it is greatest by giuing to man hold and possession of the promised mercies so that by it as with a hand he taketh hold on receiueth and locketh fast into his heart the Couenant of saluation yea receiueth Christ to dwell in the heart Ier. 23.6 who is the Lord our righteousnes Faith is like to the root of a tree that frō the earth sucketh in nourishment to beget and continually to preserue and nourish the life and fruitfulnesse of it but charitie is like the branches of the tree which hauing receiued vitall sap do put forth their fruits in due season and according to their kind Faith may be cōpared to the Magnes or loadstone that draweth iron to it and keepeth it fast Charitie to Hematites that putteth out a vertue to stay bleeding Faith is a Receiuer Gal. 5.5 We through the spirit wait for the hope of righteousnesse by faith Charitie is a Giuer for hauing much giuen and forgiuen by Christ we loue much Luke 7.47 and giue back a reflexe of our loue euē true thankfulnesse to God and sundry fruits of hearty loue for his sake especially to them that excell in vertue As in the body the eye and eare haue their seuerall powers and offices the one to see the other to heare so in the soule haue faith and charitie Faith clingeth fast to Christ to haue in him iustification from sinne and his imputed righteousnesse to be ours Charitie sheweth forth the measure of our sanctificatiō to hallow Gods name to make sure our election and calling and willing and doing good to the Saints that are on earth And this may suffice for answer to the first doubt but fasten we yet our eyes more fully on the beautie of faith whose fairenesse and worth we cannot sufficiently admire That one place which is in the third of Iohn and may be called the summe of the Gospell openeth the treasure of grace to our view and the excellencie of sauing faith in these words God so loued the world Ioh. 3.16 that he hath giuen his onely begotten Sonne that whosoeuer beleeueth in him shall not perish but haue life euer lasting Consider we aright the true causes of our blessednesse and how great a gift it is and to whom it befalleth The first mouing cause is the free loue of God his rich grace mercy bountie The second cause is the Sonne of God giuen vnto vs who also gaue himselfe to be our ransome perfectly able to saue them that come to God by him The third is the meanes or instrumentall cause which is faith or beleefe the very hand and mouth of the soule to receiue Iesus Christ and all his riches to be ours The fourth cause is the end for which the Father gaue his Sonne hath two branches the one remouing of euill deserued That we should not perish the other the bringing in of our blessednesse purchased expressed in these words But haue euerlasting life When the Law accusing sheweth vs our sinnes and Gods angry countenance and iust wrath against vs euen eternall damnation when sinne and iniquities separate betweene God and vs then must we apply by faith to our fainting soules this glad tidings vttered by Christ the like to keepe vs from despaire True it is that the wounds of sinne are deadly but it is true also that the salue and remedies to heale and helpe are very soueraigne to euery one that is sound in the faith and layeth them to his soule Rom. 13.14 as a man putteth on his garment to keepe him from the cold As our sinnes are deformities that make the soule foule and vglie we haue Christ purging them by himselfe Heb. 1.3 As they keepe vs in bondage we haue Christ redeeming vs with his precious bloud 1. Pet 1.19 As they are euill deeds that cannot be vndone we haue Christ couering thē Psal 32.1 As they are debts greater then we can pay we haue Christ forgiuing them Rom. 4.7 As they are offēces against God making vs worthy of eternall death we haue Christ not imputing our sins vnto vs. Rom. 4 8. As they are disobedience against God and his law reuealed to vs from heauen we haue Christ fulfilling the law for vs. Rom. 10 4. Yea we haue from the same neuer failing fountaine of grace Rom. 4.11 Christs righteousnesse imputed to vs by which we are accounted and are righteous as if we had wrought all righteousnesse our selues euen as one friend setteth another free fully paying his debts for him As Caiphas ouerruled by Gods spirit well prophesied That Iesus should die for that nation Ioh. 11.50 saying Ye know nothing at all nor consider that it is expedient for vs that one man should die for the people and that the whole nation perish not And Paul very comfortably teacheth describing the faith of Abraham Rom. 4 23. And it was not written for his sake alone that it was imputed to him but for vs also to whom it shall be imputed if we beleeue on him that raised vp Iesus our Lord from the dead How cleare is it in the word that as Adams disobedience made vs all sinners so the obedience of Christ maketh all true beleeuers righteous the words of the holy Ghost are these As by one mans disobedience Rom. 5.19 many were made sinners So by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous For like as our sinnes were imputed to Christ when he suffered for vs and bare our sinnes in his body on the 1. Pet. 2.25 tree so his righteousnesse is imputed and reckoned to be our righteousnesse through Gods gracious acceptance most iust and wise dispensation Which also to the Galathians Gal. 3.13 is thus set forth Christ hath redeemed vs from the curse of the Law being made a curse for vs. That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Iesus Christ that we might receiue the promise of the Spirit through faith And yet more plainly to the Corinthians 2. Cor. 5.21 God hath made him to be sinne for vs who knew no sinne that we might be made the righteousnesse of God in him Now for the bringing in of blessednesse mentioned in the second branch called euerlasting life it is so great so good and glorious a treasure as no heart yet can sufficiently conceiue of the worth excellency thereof where he