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A16505	The rainebow, or, A sermon preached at Pauls Crosse the tenth day of Iune, 1617 by Immanuel Bourne ...	Bourne, Immanuel, 1590-1672.	1617 (1617)	STC 3418; ESTC S725	61,782	73

this famous Auditorie God did looke vpon you with an angrie countenance whipping you with a rod of correction for your sinnes when of late dayes there died in one yeare aboue thirtie thousand amongst you in that great and generall plague But now he looketh vpon you with a fauourable eye and hath freed you from that fearefull iudgement which freedome God of his infinite mercie long preserue amongst you And I may say of all these mercies to the whole world The grace of God the cause of all graces toward vs. to this land and to this citie that Gratia Dei est causa author ●ffector omnis gratiae the grace of God figured in this gracious colour of the Bowe is the cause authour and effect of all grace fauour and mercy towards vs. For if we demaund the question what is the cause that God did create all things for our good before hee created vs The Answere must bee Gratia Dei the free grace and mercie of God What is the cause that hee hath not spared his owne Sonne but giuen him to the death for our redemption Gratia Dei the free grace and mercy of God What is the cause that hee hath giuen vs a gracious King vnder whom we enioy the peace of the Gospell the meanes of our saluation Gratia Dei the free grace and mercie of God In a word goe throughout all the graces that God hath bestowed vpon vs and demaund the question of euery one why hath God done thus And the answere must bee Quia bonus Thankfulnes that which God requires for h●s blessings Because he is good and gracious and because his mercie endureth for euer Quid retribuemus Domino What then shal we render vnto the Lord for his this vnspeakeable mercie and most infinite grace Wherewith shall wee come before the Lord and bow our selues before the most high God Shall wee come before him with thousands of rammes or with tenne thousand riuers of oyle Shall wee giue our first borne for our transgressions the fruite of our bodies for the sinnes of our soules to pay for our ingratitude and to recompence that loue which God in his mercy hath shewed vnto vs No no Beloued this is not that which God requireth at our handes it is Thankefulnesse to loue mercie to doe iustly and to humble our selues to walke with our God Micah 6.6 7.8 we should take the cup of saluation and call vpon the Name of the Lord wee should pay our vowes now in the presence of all his people wee should offer vnto him the sacrifice of thanksgiuing and tell out his workes with gladnesse Diuinely saith S. Bernard Happie is that man S. Bern. Serm. contra ingratitudinem Foelix quid ad singula dona gratiae redit ad ad eum in quo est plentitudo omnium gratiarum who for euery gift of grace returneth vnto God in whom is the fulnesse of all graces whatsoeuer O then let vs giue thankes vnto the Lord because hee is gracious and his mercie endureth for euer Let Israel now confesse that hee is gracious and that his mercie endureth for euer Let the house of Aaron now confesse that his mercie endureth for euer Let the people of England now confesse that his mercie endureth for euer And last of all let all they that feare the Lord continually confesse that his mercie endureth for euer This thankfulnesse God requireth at our hands and this we are bound to render vnto him But doe we thus Surely the vineyard of the Lord of hostes Isaiah 5.1 2 3 c. is the house of England and the men of England are his pleasant plant he hath manifested his loue vnto them hee hath taken care for them he hath fenced them with a wall of peace he hath gathered the stones from them so that nothing might hinder their fruitfulnesse he hath planted them with the choicest vine the vine of his word hee hath built a tower in the middest of them the tower of his graces hee hath made a winepresse therein prepared all things for their good what could he haue done more vnto his vineyard that he hath not done vnto it now he looked that we should bring forth grapes but haue we not brought forth wilde grapes he looked for thankfulnesse may I not say behold ingratitude he looked for iudgement may I not say behold oppression he looked for righteousnesse may I not say behold a crye If I should say it of all I should condemne the innocent but I may say it soone of too many and iustly reprooue the nocent There is a crie that is heard in our land but it is not a crye of those that shout for the mastery nor of those that lament for being ouercome nor of those that sing and make melody these might bee passed ouer but it is a crye of sinne a cry of iniquity that ascendeth vp into the eares of the Lord from the seuerall and secret corners of the land The crying tinnes of our sime Should I bring you a Catalogue of these sinnes it would weary mee to speake them and weary you to heare them or at least to heare of them I will therefore but touch some of the principall I know not where to begin but Pride steps forth and challengeth the first place 1. Pride There is a crye of Pride of horrible Pride men are transformed into women and women into men such is their strange Metamorphosis and preposterous order that one striueth to goe before the other in Pride It seemeth some of them haue searched the Scripture be it but to search out sinnes that they may immitate them for whereas the Lord by the Prophet reprooueth the abhominable pride of the daughters of Sion Isaiah 3. their haughtinesse their stretched out neckes Esay 3.16 their wanton eyes their walking and mincing as they goe making a tinckling with their feete their tinckling ornaments their caules the round tyres like the Moone and the like the sonnes and daughters of our Sion haue learned to goe beyond them and to outstrip them in pride painting their faces and painting their cloaths in such a deformed manner defacing their naturall formes that at the day of iudgement God will not know them to be his But against these the Lord threatneth a fearefull punishment Isaiah 3.24 It shall come to passe that in stead of sweet smell there shall be stinke in stead of a girdle a rent in stead of well set hayre baldnesse and burning in stead of beauty And I would to God this City were free from this sinne that it might be free from this punishment After this a second iniquitie rideth post and now whoredome walketh hand in hand with pride and sometimes iustles for the wall there is a crye of whoredome 2. Whordome yea it is growne to such a height that now many of our gallants account it but recreation 3. Drunkennesse Isaiah ●8 1 3. Mothers 3. Daughters 4 Oppression

ω in mundo sicut rector author Angelis sicut sapor decor in ecclesiae sicut pater familias in domo in animo sicut sponsus in thaelamo in iustis sicut adiutor protector in r●probis sicut pauor et terror as the Alpha and Omega the beginning and the ending he is in the world as the rector and author he is in the angels as the sweete sauour and splendour hee is in the Church as the Father of the Family in the house he is in the soule as the bridegroome in the bride-chamber hee is in the godly as their helper and protector and in the wicked as their feare and terrour But by his mercifull prouidence hee is gratious vnto all hee layeth the beames of his chambers in the waters and maketh the clouds his charriots and walketh vpon the wings of the winde hee watereth the hills from his chambers and the earth is filled with the fruite of his workes he causeth the grasse to grow for the cattell and greene hearbs for the seruice of men hee hath appointed the Moone for certaine seasons and the Sunne knoweth his going downe O Lord our God how manifold are thy workes in wisdome hast thou made them all the earth is full of thy riches thus doth God daily manifest his fauours to the whole world in keeping it from destruction and giuing all good things for the preseruation of the same But the cause of this loue is the free grace and mercy of God gratia dei dat homini vitam motum saith a learned writer the grace of God doth giue to man both life and motion Barrardius Tom. 2. lib. 6. cap. 13. and what is this world without the water of grace truely nothing but a dead sea or sodomicall lake in which nothing can liue Christ the Arke of grace Iohn 1.14 Coloss 2.3 Of this grace Christ Iesus is the Arke wherein it is kept for vs who was figured by the Arke of the testament who is full of grace and truth and in whom are hidden all the treasures of the wisedome and knowledge of God This grace is aqua Christi the water of Christ with which is his loue he doth sprinkle the soules of his seruants it is aqua A●●elorum the water of Angels with the taste of which they are refreshed as with the riuers of the waters of life it is aqua Hominum the water of men by which they are cherished as with the liuing fountaine of Gods fauours it is ●qua omnium the water of all things by which they are preserued in the loue and fauour of their gratious Creator to be short this water of grace floweth from God floweth vnto God and ascendeth towards heauen yea it bringeth men vnto God and into heauen Thus haue I shewed you the grace of God in generall let me speake somewhat of it in particular hee hath beene gratious vnto the whole world in preseruing it A description of the grace of God toward England and hath beene gratious vnto this land in preseruing vs. O England thou hast tasted in abundance of the riuers of Gods gratious fauours thou hast beene made rich with his loue tokens thou hast beene deckt with the ornaments of his graces he hath put a chaine about thy necke bracelets on thy hands and frontlets on thy browes he hath clothed thee with broydered worke and shed thee with Badgers skinnes he hath girded thee about with fine linnen and couered thee with ●ilke he hath made thee glorious with siluer and gold thou dost eate fine flower hony and oyle thou art exceeding beautifull and art prospered into a kingdome thy renowne is gone forth amongst the nations for thy beauty for thou art made perfect through the comlinesse which thy God hath put vpon thee his mercies are great vnto thee for hee deliuered thee from thy enemies on euery side both at home and abroad both ciuill and forraigne from the terrible Armado of the Spaniard in eighty eight from that horrible powder plot of the Papists with many other villanous treasons in latter daies of which thou mayest say with the land of Israel if the Lord himselfe had not beene on our side Psal 134.2 3 4. may England now say when men rose vp against vs they had swallowed vs vp quicke when they were so wrathfully displeased at vs the waters had drowned vs and the streame had gone ouer our soules but blessed be the Lord who hath not giuen vs ouer as a prey vnto their teeth the Lord hath deliuered thee from the sword from the famine and from the pestilence peace is within thy walles and plenteousnesse within thy palaces he hath filled thee with the flower of wheate and embraced thee with mercy and louing kindnesse O beloued vnspeakeable are the blessings The blessings of God towards England are vnspeakable and infinite are the graces which he hath manifested vnto vs hee hath giuen vs a gratious King a wise learned and vnderstanding Salomon whom God of his mercy long preserue amongst vs he hath giuen vs a royall Queene and a hopefull progenie for the continuance of his fauours whom God of his mercy long preserue amongst vs hee hath giuen vs a worthy carefull and vigilant Counsell with a wise Nobility a reuerend Clergie learned and religious Arch-bishops and Bishops conscionable graue and worthy Iudges all which God of his mercy long preserue amongst vs to be short he hath giuen vs famous vniuersities for the supply of our wants either in Church or common-wealth and for the encrease of learning and religion which God to the encrease of his glory long preserue amongst vs. And last of all which paralels all the rest for had we not that we had nothing he hath giuen vs the rich treasures of his glorious Gospell for the saluation of our soules which God of his vnspeakeable mercy long continue amongst vs and let euery true hearted Christian say Amen Thus hath God manifested his mercy to our whole land But once againe let mee turne vnto you yee religious and worthy Citizens and tell you what God hath done for your soules Infinite are the graces that God in his mercy hath bestowed vpon you I cannot number them he hath giuen you religious zealous and worthy Senatours discreet and wise Magistrates vnder our Royall Moses to carry the sword and to goe in and out before you with comfort and this grace be continueth vnto you still The Preachers appointed from all p●●ts of the kingdome their incouragemēt prep●red by wo●thy Benefacto●s Anno 1603. there died within with out Lo●don of all diseases 38244. of the plague 30578 hee hath giuen you riches and treasures in great abundance he hath giuen you that most precious iewell of his blessed word after an excellent manner what countrey what nation what citie in the world doth inioy a more ioyfull supply of learned zealous and worthy Preachers continued vnto them after a more worthy order then