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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03276	The Christians liue-loode Laid forth in a sermon vpon Math. 6. 33. By Samuel Hieron.	Hieron, Samuel, 1576?-1617.	1617 (1617)	STC 13394; ESTC S117032	25,168	90

dung that hee might winne x Phil. 3 8. And why are the elect of God called a generation of seekers y Psa 24.6 but in respect of their inquiries after this according as it is the brand of the vngodly that they seeke not z Psa 10.4 And surely if either the excellency of a matter or the necessitie therof may be of force to perswade inquiry and to stirre vp care neither of them is wanting in the things which Christ here commends vnto our seeking For excellency The very name of a Kingdome argueth worth the Deuill had hope to preuaile euen with Christ with the offer of Kingdomes a Luk 4.5 the addition of God the kingdome of God addeth to the dignitie what thoughts are able to reach to the excellency of such a Kingdome to which God is entitled The kingdomes of the earth will endure no partners there is one onely King all the rest be subiects The limmes of this Kingdome are Kings all Christ Iesus hath made vs Kings vnto God euen his father b Reu. 1.6 euen in this life they are all through him more then conquerors c Rom. 8.37 and they shall each haue a crowne of righteousnesse at the day of his appearing d 2. Tim. 4.8 Let vs looke a little vpon the particular excellency of each degree of this kingdom The kingdome of grace which is his Church here on earth gathered by the preaching of the Gospell Glorious things are spoken of thee saith Dauid thou cittie of God e Ps 8.7.3 It is the ioy of the whole earth the Cittie of the great King in the palaces whereof God is knowne for a refuge f Ps 48.2.3 the members of it are an holy nation a selected company g 1. Pet. 2.9 the people that dwell therein shall haue their iniquitie forgiuen h Is 33.24 they are as the first fruits of his Creatures i Iam 1.18 they which wrong them euill shall come vpon them saith the Lord k Ier. 2.3 God giueth his Angells charge ouer them l Psa 91.21 and is vnto them as a wall of fire round about m Zach. 2.5 It is the honour of Kings to bee nourcing fathers and of Queenes to be nourcing mothers vnto it n Is 49.23 Thus and more then thus is the kingdom of grace Now for the Kingdome of glory which way shall I beginne to declare the excellency of it when as the things which neither eye hath seene nor eare heard neither haue entred into the heart of man God hath prepared for them that loue him o 1 Cor. 2.9 This I may say in a word that looke what difference there is in proportion betwixt the Cope of heauen and the earth which respectiuely to it is but as a pricke in the midst of a Center the same and much more there is betwixt the glory of all the kingdomes of the world vnited together if it were possible into one and that which the Apostle calleth the glorie which shal be shewed hereafter p Rom. 8.18 Better with a kinde of silent astonishment to admire it then to take on vs either to discribe it or to comprehend it in particular Now shall not such a thing as this bee reputed worthy of our best care What doe men many times to obtaine a corruptible crowne q 1 Cor. 9.25 Strange things are done out of the desire and hope of kingdomes It is said in story that when Nero his mother being with childe with him asked of the Astrologers what her sonne should come vnto was told that he should raigne Interimat modo imperet but kill his mother said she Let him kill me so he may be King thus ambitious was shee of a Kingdome for her sonne This for the excellencie of the kingdom Now the righteousnesse heere spoken of it is excellent too else why doth the holy Ghost call it a robe of righteousnesse and a garment of saluation with which who so is clad is decked like a bridgrome and tired as a Bride with Iewels r Is 61.10 and how can that be other then excellent by which an vgly sinner is made holy and vnblameable and without fault in Gods sight Å¿ Col. 1.22 I haue briefly pointed you to the excellency of the thing commended to our seeking Now let me shew you the necessity too The necessitie in a word is such that without admittance into this Kingdome without partaking of this righteousnesse there is no possibility for a mans soule to bee saued in the day of Christ For vpon all those that are without the pale of this kingdome shall be executed that sentence bring them hither and stay them before mee t Luc. 19.27 and know ye not saith the Apostle that the vnrighteous such as haue no righteousnesse shall not inherit the kingdome of God u 1 Cor. 6.9 and now what saith Christ What shall it profit a man though hee should winne the whole world and loose his owne soule x Mat. 16.26 were it not better for a man that hee had neuer been borne then to haue his portion in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone which is the second death y Reu 21.8 Look then of what necessitie saluation and happinesse and life eternall is of the same is this kingdome of God and this righteousnesse here spoken of If it be necessarie for a man to seeke to be saued it is necessary to seeke the present and future good of his soule by laying the foundation of his hope of glory vpon his now being in the state of grace What can deserue the very best and as it were the very quintissence of a mans care if not this Thus is the Doctrine I come now to the vse The Vse of this Doctrine The Vse I will beginne with a reproofe go on in with an exhortation perfit with a direction The reproofe is of the generall yea and the intollerable neglect of that in which according as hath been shewed there ought to bee such an especiall care Mens ordinarie carriage in and about the matters of the soule in and about this Kingdome of God and his righteousnesse sauoureth of an opinion that either it is one of the most needlesse or one of the most easie things that is to be saued If it were indeed the most superfluous businesse and such as did aske the lest labour for performance I do not see how there could bee lesse diligence and more cold endeuours bestowed about it then there is Truth is these are seeking times euery man is busie in seeking something or other Here is one seekes for profit another for delight another for reuenge another for a newe fashion but how may a man runne with Ieremy too and fro by our streetes and inquire before hee can meete with one who throughly and to the purpose seekes the kingdome of God and the appurtenances thereunto For one serious