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A07776 Three homilies upon these three sentences folowing Psal. 55.22. Cast thy burthen vpon the Lord. Iohn 14.27. My peace I giue vnto you. Luk.10.42. One thing is necessarie. Composed by Philip Mornay, lord of Plessis-Marly.; Trois homélies. English. Mornay, Philippe de, seigneur du Plessis-Marly, 1549-1623.; Ratcliffe, Anthony, fl. 1626. 1626 (1626) STC 18156; ESTC S100071 41,038 192

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workers of iniquitie who make a trade thereof who make you pillowes thereof to sleepe vpon Should we sinne Rom 6.1.15 sayth the Apostle that grace might abound God forbid Know ye not that vnto whom soever yee yeeld your selues servants to obey his servants yee are vnto whom yee obey be it of sinne vnto death or of obedience vnto righteousnesse Yee then that are servants of sinne who suffer it to raigne quietly in you what can you expect but death even eternall death But wouldest thou haue part in this promise to be eased of this burthen of sin Then confesse thy sinne freely vnto the Lord with sighes and teares So long as I held my peace sayth David my bones waxed olde thy hand was heavie vpō me my strēgth was changed into the drought of Sommer Psal 32.3.4.5 See him here as it were overwhelmed vnder his burthen I acknowledge my sinne vnto thee I sayd I will confesse my transgressions vnto the Lord and thou forgavest the punishment of my sinne See how he is eased both of his sinne and punishment Say vnto him then with the Prophet Daniell I haue sinned Dan. 9. I haue done wickedly vnto thee belongeth righteousnesse but vnto mee confusion of face but Lord doe thou forgiue And doubt not but Christ will say vnto thy soule if thy soule speake truely Thy sinnes are forgiven thee goe in peace thy peace is made with GOD be at peace in thy Conscience for he also it is in whom this promise is yea and Amen In him who calleth vs Math. the 11.28 saying Come vnto mee all yee that travayle and are heavie laden if with afflictions I will refresh you Heb. 2.18 For as I haue suffered and was tempted so am I of power to succour those who are tempted If with perplexities alas are not your Callings properly my yoke My yoke is easie and my burden is light seeing I haue layd it vpon you yea if of sinne 1 Ioh. 3.8 am I not come to destroy the workes of the Devill to vnloose sinne and to saue sinners Come then and you shall finde rest vnto you soules To him therefore with the Father and the holy Spirit for the riches of his grace be given from our soules all honour and glory for ever and ever AMEN AN HOMILIE VPON THESE WORDS My peace I leaue with you my peace I giue vnto you not as the world giueth it c. Ioh. 14.27 OVR LORD IESVS approaching neere vnto his Passion making as it were his last will and testament among his Apostles he leaues and giues vnto them his peace it behooveth vs to knowe wherein this Legacie and gift consisteth seeing it extends it selfe vnto all who haue need thereof Ioh. 17. who by their Word haue beleeved in his Name and so much the more because that in the words of our Saviour there is alwayes a mystery a heavenly treasure hidden vnder the earthly sound of his words which we must search and looke into by examining of them proportioning the sence according to the worth and excellencie of his person who vttereth them For example When he speaketh of washing vs of nourishing vs and of healing vs wee must vnderstand himselfe to be our washing our nourishment our healing wee beeing taught thereby to raise the signification of these words vnto the pitch of his meaning who speaketh and thereby to apprehend both the effects of his holy spirit in vs but chiefely in our soules being naturally spirituall If thou didst content thy selfe with a lesse gift Alexander would answere thee that if it suffice thy base minde yet it is not worthy of his magnanimitie And our Saviour Christ would answere thee who wouldest content thy selfe with temporall blessings that he came not into the world nor suffered so many things to pamper thy belly or thee to giue to thy bodie all cōtentments And therfore the question is here of a blessing and comfort truly spirituall For his spirit whom he ordaineth the true Executor of this his Testament will sufficiently witnesse vnto vs the nature of this Legacie The Comforter sayth he who is the holy Ghost whom the Father will send in my name A spirituall Executor as well both of a spirituall disposition as of a spirituall donation of the donation which hee hath granted vnto vs even of all that which he hath gotten and purchased for vs by his life and the price of his life I say of his life from the very first entrance whereinto even the heavenly Hosts haue sung Luk. 2.14 Glory be to God on high and peace on earth good will towards men Even his Passion whereof in so many preceding ages the Prophets did foretell vnto vs Esa 53.5 The chastisement of our peace was vpon him Both procuring peace betweene heaven and earth the onely reconciliation of the world I leaue vnto you sayth he my peace But what peace Truely vnder this word peace many blessings are comprehended and likewise many evills excluded And the strictest way wee take it it stretcheth it selfe very farre namely vnto the good of civill societie The which cannot be better cōprehended then by the representation of the contrary For example domesticall quarrels being the ruine of families publicke warre the combustion of States an abridgement of all calamities that either the malice of men or the mischiefe of ages can bring forth Here then he leaveth vnto vs a peace which preserveth vs therein such a peace as a Father may leaue vnto his Children by his Will and Testament setting bounds touching their portions curbing in their strifes and cōtentions Or like to those of a good Prince who in good pollicie passeth them over to his Subiects after his death vnder which peace every one sitteth quietly vnder his owne vine and figge tree Well then shall this peace be worthy to be vttered by the mouth of our Saviour of him who is King of Kings the Father of Spirits of the Prince of peace even of peace it selfe of our Saviour God and man God borne amongst vs God who dyed for vs Let vs looke for no greater nor more excellent thing Let it be graunted that hee leaue vnto vs the peace which Augustus himselfe had what will it profit thee if the fire consume thy harvest If the worme gnaw thy conscience If thy conscience torment thee Let vs graunt that thy fieldes bring forth plentifully that thy trade prospers that thy familie flourisheth that thy person triumpheth What will all that benefit thee if thy taste be gone thy spirit feaverish thy soule vpon the racke eternall death in thy bosome a hell in thy Conscience even then when thou thinkest most of all to haue made a covenant with death an agreement with hell to haue confirmed thy peace with every Creature yet art thou odious even vnto thy Creator Oft times there is an externall peace which causeth civill warres a bodily well fare which kindles in vs spirituall discases temporal good things which preiudice the