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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20932	The beauty of holines A sermon, preached at the Court by Iohn Archibold, Dr. of Diuinitie, and Chaplaine in Ordinarie to his Majestie.	[Archibold, John].	1621 (1621)	STC 731; ESTC S100231	9,416	22

THE BEAVTY OF HOLINES A Sermon preached at the Court By IOHN ARCHBOLD Dr. of Diuinitie And Chaplaine in Ordinarie to his Majestie LONDON Printed by William Stansby for Nathaniel Butter and are to bee sold at his shop neare S. Austines Gate at the signe of the Pyde Bull. 1621. THE BEAVTY OF HOLINES 1. PET. 1. 16. Bee yee holy for I am holy HOlinesse the delight of God the beautie of Angels the riches of the Saints is here the Subiect of my Text. A Text which God himselfe preacheth eternally to Angels to Saints to Men to al vnderstanding and rationall Creatures capable of so diuine a perfection Bee yee holy for I am holy The parts of which Text are three 1. Holinesse in God I am holy 2. Holinesse required in Man Bee yee holy 3. Holinesse therefore required in man because found in God Bee yee holy for I am holy 1. Holinesse in God I am holy ALl excellencies and perfections whatsoeuer may be distinguished into two kindes Naturall and Morall as is manifest in these Creatures which haue the one kinde and not the other Such are wicked men who may excell in some naturall perfections of strength vnderstanding policy beautie and yet want all morall perfection of vertue of grace of holinesse But more manifest is this in Deuils who excelling all men in naturall abilities of strength vnderstanding agilitie and the like yet retayne not one dram of goodnesse vertue righteousnesse truth puritie holinesse or any other morall perfection wherein they were at first created But are iustly called immundi spiritus vncleane Tho. Summae p. 1. q. 63. a. 2. in c. spirits because howsoeuer they are not vncleane secundùm affectum they are not in themselues affected with carnall vncleannesse being spirituall natures yet they are vncleane secundùm reatum they are certainely most guiltie of all carnall impuritie Peucer de diuinat p. 15. it being one of their speciall imployments and chiefest delights to prouoke and stirre vp mankind to all fleshly and libidinous pollutions But in opposition to them Our God is a most pure and chaste Spirit For as in the Creatures so also in God per viam eminentiae we doe conceiue two kindes of perfections and excellencies the one Naturall and the other Morall When we thinke of Gods naturall perfections we conceiue in our thoughts an infinite light an infinite life an infinite power an infinite wisedome an infinite beautie an infinite sweetnesse an infinite riches an infinite blisse an infinite glory and Maiestie But besides these naturall perfections we conceiue also in God many morall perfections of Holinesse of Puritie of Righteousnesse of Truth of Goodnesse of Clemency of Hatred of all sinne and vncleannesse All which perfections whether naturall or morall though we cannot conceiue them otherwise then as so many various and distinct qualities or habits of God yet indeed are one simple absolute and indiuided Essence which is God himselfe It is then in this Morall attribute of Holinesse as in all other perfections of God God is almightie wise good iust holy not by any qualitie superadded to his Essence But his might his wisedome his goodnesse his iustice his holinesse is his very Essence Nay all these are himselfe according to the Rule In Deo non differt quod est Summ. p. 1. q. 29. a. 4. ad 1. quo est As equally then and necessarily as God may say of himselfe I am so equally and necessarily Exod. 3. 14. for truth may hee say of himselfe as here I am holy A truth which may bee cleared by two reasons taken from the very Nature of Holinesse For 1. What is Holinesse but a rectitude in affection in action conformable in all points to the will of God as to the eternall Lawe and Rule of Holinesse And what is the will of God but his essence As essentially then doth God in affection in action will that which is Holy as the Rule of all Holinesse his owne will is intrinsecall and essentiall to him And as essentially doth he also hate all Sinne and Impuritie the Nature whereof is to be repugnant to his will non vt forma formae sed vt inordinatum distortum suae regulae mensurae not as one forme to another but as an aberration and obliquitie swaruing from the straight and euen Line and Leuell of his will As opposite then as obliquitie is to rectitude disconformitie to conformitie deformitie to beautie darkenesse to light filthinesse to puritie death to life euill to good So opposite and hatefull to the holinesse of God is the impuritie of all Sinne. Thou art of pure eyes and canst not see euill thou Hab. 1. 13. canst not behold wickednesse 2. What is Holinesse but Puritie and What is Puritie but a freenesse from all contagion and touch of inferiour things For as that Gold is impure that is any whit embased with drosse and as a beautifull face or pure white garment is defiled with aspersion of dyrt or filth So the Soule becomes impure and vnholy ex contactu inferiorum by inordinate adherence and affection to the base and inferiour things of the World Againe it becomes pure and holy ex contactu superiorum by eleuating and raising the affection and loue thereof to things aboue to things heauenly and diuine But aboue all things God is most high most noble most pure most heauenly And therefore the puritie and holinesse of all Spirits consisteth in their adherence by loue and affection to God in their coniunction and vnion with him Now who more adherent to God by loue and affection then himselfe Who more conioyned to him by nature and essence then himselfe As essentially then as God is adherent and conioyned to himselfe so essentiall to him is his Holinesse and as necessarily as he loues himselfe who onely can loue himselfe quantum est amabilis as far as he is worthie loue and that is infinitely so necessarily is He Holy And thus this truth runnes cleare That as equally and necessarily as God may say of himselfe I am so equally and necessarily for truth may he say of himselfe as here I am Holie But Our God that is holy essentially in himselfe is also Holy Causaliter the Originall and Fountaine of all Holinesse in the Creatures It is hee that infuseth all holinesse into his Angels and Saints Vnto whose Sanctification the three Persons doe iointly concurre The Father as the Author and Fountain of holinesse The Sonne as the Type and patterne of holinesse The holy Ghost as the immediate stamper of this impression of Holinesse in the Spirits of Men and Angels In a great mysterie of which holy Trinitie the Seraphims crie one to another Sanctus Sanctus Sanctus Isa 6. 3. Holie Holie Holie Lord God of Hoasts the whole World is full of thy glorie But vpon this that God is holy essentially in himselfe and the cause of all holinesse in the creatures it followeth thirdly that He is holy