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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07291	The sermon preached before the King, at VVhitehall, on Tuesday the eight of Ianuarie, 1604. By Anthony Maxey Bachelar in Diuinity and chaplaine to his Maiestie	Maxey, Anthony, d. 1618.	1605 (1605)	STC 17684; ESTC S102303	20,385	57

World being considered in his works to the intent all men might be without excuse Thus we see by this Philosophie lecture all people whatsoeuer are instructed to know God But to his owne people God reads Diuinity lecture he Calleth and teacheth them by his word Jn the 146. Psalme and the two last verses God hath giuen his word vnto Jacob his statutes and his ordinances vnto Israell Psal 146 19.20 He hath not dealt so with euerie Nation neither haue the Heathen knowledge of his Lawes So then as in the 1. of King 6.28 verse there is mention made of three Courts of the Temple at Ierusalem wherin God was worshipped so here are three Courts First we behould God in the frame and composition of the Heauen and the Earth as the great and outtermost Court then we see God in our selues in the workemanship of the bodie in the powers of the mind and soule there is the inner Court Lastly with the high prest we enter into Sanctum Sanctorum that is we behould God and learne to know him in his sacred and Heauenly Word All the Prophets and Apostles all the Ministers of God they are Diuinitie Lecturers and all Nations people kindred to whom they haue and doe preach the Gospell of Christ Iesus all these haue their outward Calling and vnto all these grace mercie and saluation in Christ Iesus hath beene offered And hereof is that place vnderstood in the 20. of Math. 16. verse Many are Called but few are chosen i by the outward Calling both of the workes of God and of his word many are Called for this outward Calling is common both to good bad but by the inward Calling effectually working in them a liuely faith apprehending Christ so verie few are Called Here in this place of Saint Paule is ment a more speciall powerfull inward Calling which is wrought by Gods spirit and ioyned with faith so doth Saint August expound it in his booke de Predestinatione sanctorum Non quacunque sed qua vocatione fit credens Whomsoeuer God hath chosen to life him he hath also Called by that Calling whereby he is made and becomes faithfull Acts the 16. and 14. A certaine woman named Lidia heard vs. Acts. 16 14. Ephe. 1.13 There is the outward Calling and the Lord opened her heart shee attended to the thinges which Paule spake and she was baptized there is the inward Calling This then is the sound plaine meaning of these words Whom he hath Predestinated those he hath Called that is those whome hee hath chosen to eternall life hee hath also ordained to vse the meanes of saluation which is an effectual Calling by his Word and Spirit Hauing discussed this second point wherby it appeareth how all men liuing are Called both by the workes of God and by his word we may here see how the dissolute liuers and prophane Atheistes of these our times deceiue themselues It is a common conceite fostred in the bosome of many yea vile and sensuall men they will not sticke to say If I be saued I am saued If I be chosen to life I am sure of saluation If other wise I cānot auoyd it Assuredly such men they do speake as peruersly and as senslesly as if a man should say that hee would gladly be at Yorke and yet will vse neither horse foote nor Wagon but will flie thether For the determinate counsell of God it doth not take away the nature and property of secondarie causes it doth not take away the meanes of Saluation but rather Gods secret counsell it doth set those causes in order and doth dispose of those meanes to their appointed ende Gods purpose his eternall decree is not to be sought out in his bottomlesse counsell For then we must all cry out with Sa. Paule 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Rom. 11.33 O the deepenesse of the riches both of the wisedome and knowledge of God how vnsearchable are his iudgements his waies past finding out But Gods purpose his eternall decree is to be sought out in the meanes and in the manifestation appointed for the same The course and order of mans Saluation is like a Golden Cheine And this ver may fitly be called Iacobs Ladder whereupon the Angels and Saints of the Church do descend and ascend vnto God Iacob wrestled with the Angell at the foote of the Ladder we must not be so hardie as to wrestle with God at the top of the Ladder Wee see here God hath set downe not onely Predestination as though we should stay there but Iustification and Calling as middle-steps and degrees whereby we must ascend vnto God Wee must not pull downe the Ladder and thinke to iumpe into Heauen To say Mat. 4.6 If I be saued I am saued it is the Diuels Diuinitie When our Sauiour was vpon the Pinnacle hee bad him cast himselfe downe headlonge for saith he God hath giuen his Angels charge ouer thee least at any time thou dash thy foote against a stone He left out the cheife point in all his waies it was not the right way from the pinnacle to cast himselfe downe headlong No more is it here the way to stand vpon this high point and dangerous pinnacle of Predestination to cast a mans selfe down headlong desperately saying If I be saued I am saued Jn the 2. of Oze 11. ve The Lord there promising temporall blessings setteth downe an order and a course how they hang together Oze 2.11 I saith the Lord will heare the Heauens and the Heauens shal heare the earth the carth shall heare the Corne and Wine and oyle and the Corne and Wine and oyle shall heare Israell So likewise in the spirituall blessings of the Soule there are meanes and an order how we come vnto the same God by his sonne Christ Christ by his Word his Word worketh by his Spirite his Spirit doth certifie our hearts our hearts stand fast by faith Faith catcheth hould vpon Christ and so backe againe Christ presenteth vs vnto God Here likewise in this Scripture God hath chosen vs from euerlasting there is Predestination he doth not there leaue vs but then hee doth teach vs by his word there is Calling this word through his spirit engendreth faith there is Iustifying this iustifying faith lifts vs vp vnto God there is Glorifying Arist Rhet. li 1. cap 7. Common sence and reason doth teach vs. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 In euerie action the ende and the meanes of the ende must goe together The ende which euery one of vs doth desire and aime at it is eternall glorie wee must be sure then to lay hould vpon Calling and Iustifying as the meanes ordained to come vnto this ende For this is a certaine and sure ground in Diuinitie and Religion Whom-soeuer God hath appointed to eternall life he hath also appointed that mā to vse the meanes whereby he may come vnto the same To make this more plaine let it please you to vouchsafe the