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A02367	The sacrifice of thankefulnesse A sermon preached at Pauls Crosse, the third of December, being the first Aduentuall Sunday, anno 1615. By Tho. Adams. Whereunto are annexed fiue other of his sermons preached in London, and else-where; neuer before printed. ...	Adams, Thomas, fl. 1612-1653.	1616 (1616)	STC 125; ESTC S100425	109,673	188

himselfe though due to himselfe Giue it then to his poore Ministers to his poore members heere I know not how happily I am falne into that I would neuer be out of Charitie Most men now-a-dayes as it is in the Prouerbe are better at the Rake then at the Pitch-forke readier to pull in then giue out But if the Lord hath sowne plentifull Seed hee expects plentifull Fruites an answerable measure heapen and shaken and thrust togeather and running ouer If God hath made the Bushell great make not you the Pecke small Turne not the bountie of Heauen to the scarcity of Earth Wee loue the retentiue well but our expulsiue is growne weake But as God hath made you Diuit●● in arca so beseech him to make you Diuites in conscientia Accept not onely the distributiue vertue from Heauen but affect the communicatiue vertue on Earth As in a state politicke the lieger Ambassadours that are sent abroad to lie in forraine Kingdomes secureth our peaceable state at home So that wee dispearse abroad makes safe the rest at home The Prayers of the Poore by vs relieued shall preuaile with God for Mercie vpon vs. The happy solace of a well pleased Conscience shall reioyce vs and the neuer fayling Promises of God shall satisfie vs. Wee heare many Rich men complaine of losses by Sea by Debters by vniust Seruants wee neuer heard any man complaine of want that came by Charitie No man is the poorer for that hee giues to the Poore Let him summe vp his Bookes and hee shall find himselfe the richer As God therefore hath layde vp for you In terra morientium in this World so lay vp for your-selues Interra viuentium in the World to come As you are rich in the Kinges Bookes be rich in Gods Booke If it were possible all the World should miscarry your Treasure in Heauen is in a sure Coffer no Thiefe Rust Moth Fire shall consume that You shall find God the best Creditor hee will pay great Vsurie not ten in a hundred but a hundred a thousand for ten 2. Their Giftes were not slight and triuiall leane meager staruelings but Opimat optima euery one the best in their kinds Gold is the best of Metals Frankin cense of aromaticall Odours Myrrhe of medicinall Vnguents Match these Wise-men O yee miserable times of ours Rarò reddentem rarissimè optima reddentem profertis You seldome bring foorth a man that will giue but almost neuer one that will offer the best Gifts Our lame Sonne must be Gods Clerke our starued Lambe our poorest Fleece our thinnest Sheafe must fall for Gods Tenth If wee giue him the Shales the Huskes the Sheards the Shreds of our Wealth wee iudge him beholding to vs. God heares the Heauens and the Heauens heare the Earth and the Earth heares the Corne Wine Oyle and they heare vs. Our valleys stand thicke with Corne our Trees grone with the burden of Fruites our pastures abound with Cattell we returne God either nothing or the worst we can picke out Take heed least God cursè our Blessings and whiles our Barnes and Garners be Fatte he withall send leannesse into our Soules Neuer thinke ye miserable worldings without openning your Treasures and Presenting the Lord with liberall giftes euer with these Magi to see the face of the Lord Iesus Goe home now and make thy selfe merry with thy wealth whiles Christ stands mourning in the streets applaud thy Wardrobe whiles he goes Naked saturate thy selfe with thy Fatte morsells whiles he begges vnrelieued for the Crummes beake thy Pamperd limbes at the Fire whiles hee shakes through Cold thy miseries is to come thou shalt not behold thy Sauiour in his glory Generally their example hath taught vs somewhat to be Charitable to be Ritch in Charytie More specially they shall intruct vs to particular Gifts Some haue alluded these three Gold Myrrhe and Frankincense to the three Theologicall vertues Fayth Hope and Charitie Auro virtus perhibetur Amantis In Myrrha bona Spes Thure beata Fides By Incense they vnderstand Fayth because as that is to be offered so this is to be reposed in God alone By Myrrh Hope that though death lay the body in the Cold earth and send it to Putrefaction yet Hope shall as it were embalme it with Myrrh and giue it expectance of a better Resurrection By Gold Loue and Charitie the vse of it being such as it can procure them to whom we giue it necessary thinges to the sustentation of their liues Et quid non venditur auro Others haue resolued it thus Pro Myrrha Lachrymas Auro cor porrige purum Pro Thure ex humili pectore funde precet Pure Heart thy Gold thy Myrrhe be Penitence And deuout Prayer be thy Frankincense In a word 1. Offer vp to God thy Frankincense Supplication and Thanksgiuing Psal. 141. Let thy Prayer be set foorth before him as Incense and the lifting vp of thy Hands as an Euening Sacrifice Put this into Christs Censor and it will make a sweete smoake in Gods Nosthrils Whoso offereth mee Prayse glorifieth mee It shall perfume thy Soule qualifie the stench of thy iniquities and vindicate thy Heart from the suffocating Plague of sinne Say then Psal 54. I will freely sacrifice vnto thee I will prayse thy Name O Lord for it is good Freely for this must be Frankincense 2. Next present to him thy Myrrhe a chast and mortified Li●e Let thine Eyes like the 〈◊〉 of the C●urch Cant. 5. 5. droppe downe sweete-smelling Myrrhe Let them gush foorth with pen●tent Teares and thy Soule powre out flouds of sorrow for thy offences Wee haue sinned we haue sinned O let the Lord behold our Oblation of Myrrhe accept our Repentance 3. Lastly thou must giue thy Gold also a pure Heart tryed in the Furnace of Affliction and sublim'd from all corruption And because God onely knowes the Heart and the World must iudge by thy Fruites giue thy spirituall Gold to Christ and thy temporall Gold to his poore members Here take with thee three Cautions 1. That all these Gifts be deriued from an honest Heart It is said of these Magi They opened their Treasurs and presented vnto him Gifts Mans Heart is his Treasurie thou must open that when thou presentest any Gift to the Lord. He that comes with an open Hand and a shut Heart shall be answerd of God as Belshazzar was of Daniel Keepe thy Rewards to thy selfe and giue thy Giftes to another 2. That thy Gifts obserue the true latitude of Deuotion which endeuours to extend it selfe to the glory of God the good of thy Brother and the saluation of thy owne Soule And to all these three may these three Gifts of the Wise-men be preferred The Incense of Prayer respects God the Gold of Charitie respects our Neighbour and the Myrrhe of Mortification respects our selues 3. That you offer not onely one but all these It hath been question'd Whether these Magi did offer Singuli singula or