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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04028	A sermon vpon part of the second chapter of the first epistle of S. Iohn: Preached by Thomas Ingmethorp. The summe whereof is briefly comprised in this hexameter ...	Ingmethorpe, Thomas.	1598 (1598)	STC 14086; ESTC S106261	22,018	51

shrill J●epist Jo●●● tract 3. As Saint Austine saieth very well thinke not that one man learneth any thing of another wee may warne by the sounde of our voyce but if hee who teacheth the hearte bee not within vaine is the noise made without Neither did hee onlie pray for his whilst hee liued in the flesh but euen now appeareth before the face of the Father to play the advocate and intercessour for vs hauing offered a sacrifice not such a one as was accustomed in the old law but euē himselfe his owne body and bloode which being slaughtered on the altar of the crosse hath not only taken away the guilte of sinne and penaltie due vnto the same but also purchased the fauour of his Father towardes vs. Howbeit the manner of CHRISTS priesthoode and theirs in the olde Testamente is somewhat different For the Leviticall priests being but mortall men subiect to death they needed newe successours to bee substituted in their roomes euer as they deceased but CHRIST in that hee is immortall and death hath nowe no more stroake over him hee wanteth no successour as no Vicar neither as who is both able and willing enough of himselfe to discharge that function which was assigned and allotted vnto him of the Father For vnto him it was saide Psal 110.4 thou art a priest for euer after the order of Melchisedec Heb. 7.17.10.4 Againe in that the bloode of Oxen and Goates was not of value sufficient to ransome the sins of the whole world al those swarmes of sacrifices vsed in ancient time were nothing but figures of that graund-sacrifice to be offered on the crosse they were oft to be renued 9.25 But Christ once offered entred not into that holy places made with hāds but into very heauē there to appear in the sight of God for vs not that he should offer himselfe often but by the one oblation once offered hath obtained for our sins plenary deliuerance full and compleate redemption Who so then wil keepe the commandements of Christ appertaining vnto faith he must constantly beleeue that Iesus Christ is the only true chiefe euerlasting priest of Gods Church who onlie hath the wordes of eternall life who only maketh intercession for vs to the father who by the only sacrifice of his body blood once offered neuer to be reiterated or repeated again hath pur ged the sins of the whole world Now a word or two of his kingdome The duty of a king standeth chiefely in preseruing the people committed to his charge in safety publique peace For better performāce whereof hee must make good Lawes cause them to be put in execution he must be vigilant and watchfull for their well-fare cherish the good chastise malefactours minister true iustice see euerie man haue his owne yea and if neede bee shielde and defende his subiectes by force of Armes against all vniust violence and tyrannicall vsurpation But in Christ not one of all those qualities is wanting if wee consider what the Scripture giueth-out of him For he sought the good and tranquillitie of his people so earnestly that hee thoughte not his owne precious hearte-bloode too deare to spende it for the furtheraunce and procuremente thereof Hee made lawes not onelie availeable for this life but for the life to come the same hee vpholdeth maugre all aduersarie power heaping benefites and blessinges vppon such as obey but plagues and punishmentes vppon transgressours diuerse and sundry waies Neither lacketh hee weapons where with to establish his owne kingdome and to subdue his enemies Heretofore hee discomfited Sathan the captaine general of al impiety and wickednes puld-out the sting of sinne that it can no more mortallie wounde vs vanquished the graue daunted the power of death queld and crusht in pieces the gates of hell And still hee incounters daily by his woorde against Anti-Christ and all his imps and adherentes the tyrauntes and wicked ones of this worlde them hee killeth with the breath of his mouth yea and many times bringeth most horrible iudgementes vppon them whilest stripping them naked out of all their authority pompe riches honoures and possessions hee cl●●theth them with miserie contempt and shame whilest scattering their counselles defeating their purposes frustrating and disappointing all their plottes and practises hee tangleth them in the snares they had layed to entrappe others with all and like an arrowe shotte against a brasen wall reboundeth their mischieuous imaginations backe againe vpon their owne heades Examples heereof are rife every where to be seene For what one kingdome can there instance be giuē-off what one in al the world whose laws priviledges swaie maiestie domintō haue indured so many ages as wee see the kingdome and Church of Christ hath stood florished inviolably The famous Monarchie of Assiria which was founded by the first tyrantes of the worlde the Empier of the Grecians and Persians at whose beck whilome the whole world stowped at whose frowne they trembled and quaked what trowe yee nowe is become of them are they not cleane subverted are not the very foundations of them vtterly razed turned topsie turvie vp-side downe what an ecclips hath befalled vnto Rome for all the insolent crackes which haue bin made of her halfe an eye may see To say nothing of other puissant kingdomes which sometime shone in exceeding glory but now quite extinct scarce remembred Only the kingdome and Church of Christ continueth safe and sounde though it hath bene maligned assaulted sore from time to time by mighty malicious aduersaries yet hath it ever bene so protected garded by Christ at al assaies that it never miscarried but the more fierce and fierye the more furious and outragious the enemye was bent against it the more it still abounded in strength and glorye In which respect the state thereof was verye significantlye represented vnto Abraham in Genesis Gen. 15.17 by a fire-brande flaming in the middest of a smoking furnace Exod. 3.2 and in Exodus by the bush which Moses sawe burninge but consumed not away And for the same resemblance hath bene likened sometimes to Cammomile which the more it is pressed-downe and trampled-on the faster it groweth and spreadeth farther and smelleth sweeter sometimes to the palme tree which the more it is loaden the more it mounteth vnder the burthen sometime to a vine Just M●●● de verit Christ religi ● onis tom 2● pag. 224. lin ● 14. which the more it is cutte drest and pruned the more fruitfull it waxeth sometimes to roses and lilies which sprout and florish even amonge sharpe thornes So true an oracle is that not of Apollo of Delphos but of the holye Ghost that the gates of Hell canne never prevaile against the Kingdome and Church of Christ And this accounte must wee make of Christ if wee will beleeue in him accordinge to his commaundementes Wherevnto must bee referred whatsoever the scripture delivereth of him and teacheth him