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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A73518	The recoverie of paradise. A sermon, on the incarnation and birth of our Sauior Christ. By Michael Birkhed	Birkenhead, Michael.	1602 (1602)	STC 3088.5; ESTC S125282	28,795	68

liue for euer art thou thirstie behold Christ the fountaine of liuing water of which who so drinketh shall thirst no more but it shall be vnto him a well of water springing vp vnto eternall life liuest thou in darknesse behold Christ the light of the world who onely disperseth the cloudes of errour art thou desirous to enter into life repaire vnto Christ for he is the doore thereof yea he is the way the truth and the life without which way there is no walking into heauen without which truth there is nothing but falsehood and errour and without which life there is nothing but death eternall Seeing then that such a Sauior is born vnto thee in whom is the fulnes of al iov how canst thou be sorrowfull or how canst thou feare Shall Peter be sad when he seeth the boults of Iron beaten off from him by an Angel and the gates of the prison set open that he may go foorth and inioy his former freedome Should Ionas feare a storme when he was cast vp safe on the land out of the belly of a whale Or Sidrack Misaack and Abednago mourne beeing deliuered by the Lord from the fury of the furnace Can Daniell but reioyce being saued from the Lions Or Ioseph mistrust the goodnes of the Lord being promoted from a slaue to be Lord of all Egypt We are deliuered from a darker prison then Peter from a more fiery furnace then Sidrack from a more cruell Lion then Daniel and adopted heires of a more noble kingdome then Joseph was euen the kingdome of Iesus how then should we but reioyce being thus saued and so highly promoted Why art thou heauy O my soule or why art thou at any time disquieted within me List vp thy head plucke vp a good courage celebrate with ioy the Natiuity of thy Sauiour daunce now and be merry not as Herodias did but as Dauid did leape vp in affection as high as heauen where thy Sauiour now sitteth not in the lap of his mother but on the right hand of his father in all glory and maiestie Come then my brethren let vs sing vnto the Lord let vs hartely reioyce in the strength of our Saluation Let Israel reioyce in him that made him and let the children of Sion be ioyfull in their King Praise his name in the daunce sing praises vnto him with Tabret and Harpe Yong men and maidens old men and children praise the name of the Lord sing 〈◊〉 Iustily vnto him with a good courage For why the Lord is knowne now to haue pleasure in his people in that he hath receiued vs vnto mercy and hath sent his owne Sonne to satisfie his Iustice that wee might be ●●ued He hath annointed him to be our King let vs therefore obey him he hath ordained him to be our Priest let vs therefore haue recourse vnto him and hee hath appointed him to be our Prophet let vs therefore harken and giue eare vnto him O Lord God how greatly are we indebted vnto thy maiesty being redeemed with so great a price being saued so franckly and freely O how art thou to be loued of vs poore creatures how greatly art thou to be Reuerenced honored and glorified of vs which hast so exceedingly loued vs saued vs sanctified and exalted vs who exceeded all thy creatures in Rebellion against thee We were vnworthy seruaunts but now wee are made free yea now wee are free indeed in that thy sonne hath made vs free O giue vs thy grace to receiue thy sonne being now come into the world that we may be receiued of him in the world to come And for this cause sanctifie our sinfull and polluted harts that he may vouchsafe to enter into vs and abide in vs for a cleane Lord must haue a cleane habitation That so beeing sanctified in earthly Babilou we may bee thought worthy to be glorified in thy heauenly Ierusalem Heere there is but Tidings of Ioy but there we shall enioy the Ioy it selfe Heere there is but newes that he came but there we shall reape the fruites of his comming when we shall be wedded vnto him in spirituall vnity and raigne with him in the kingdome of his deity replenished with that Ioy that no man shall take from vs. Of the which we beseech thee O father to make vs pertakers and that for the merrits of that thy sonne and our Sauiour through the mighty operation of the holy ghost To which Trinity yet one power and vnparted maiesty wee ascribe all honor and glory praise and thanksgiuing both now and euer Amen FINIS

three sorts of officers viz. Kings Priests and Prophets whereby he did signifie that by the hand of this King he would gouerne and defend his people in the person of this Priest bee called vpon and worshipped and by the mouth of this Prophet declare his wil and pleasure vnto the people Vnto all these Offices was our Sauiour annointed not with materiall or visible oyle but with the oyle of gladnes wherewith Dauid Prophesied hee should be annointed aboue his fellowes Neither beareth he these names and titles in vaine but also hee executeth the Offices belonging thereunto For first he hath deliuered vs like a King from the power of our enemies and hath made vs free-men with the Angels in heauen yea he hath giuen vs Lawes and Statutes to obserue which whoso keepeth shall liue in them blessing also them that serue him and damning such as rebell against him Therefore in that we heare our Sauiour is annointed our King to rule ouer vs wee haue no little cause to reioyce in that we may be assured that the kingdome of darknesse which our aduersarie the diuell had begun to erect and stablish in vs shall nowe bee ruinated and pluckt downe In stead whereof Christ wil establish his heauenly kingdome which is iustice peace and ioy of the holy ghost also that he shall bridle with his might and bruise with his rod of iron not onely wicked and diuelish men but also the diuel himselfe and al his Angels which go about to hinder the increase of his glory or our health and saluation Secondarily in that he is annointed our Priest we haue this comfort giuen vnto vs that we haue one that will sacrifice continually like good Iob for his children and make intercession for vs. The office of the Priest in the time of the Lawe was to pray for the people to blesse them to sacrifice for them to consecrate and sanctifie them according to the commandement This was a great comfort in those dayes vnto the afflicted consciences of distressed sinners groaning and groueling vnder the heauy burden of their manifold transgressions to haue a Priest to pray for them and to reconcile them vnto the fauour of God whom by their sinnes and iniquities they had prouoked vnto anger Sithens then that we heare that Christ is annointed our Priest we may assure our selues that hee is tied to the selfe same Offices but indeed to so much more excellent then these as he hath obtained a more excellent Priesthood The Priest after the order of Aron serued in the corruptible and figuratiue Tabernacle but our Priest is taken vp into the true Tabernacle heauen it selfe where he sacrificeth for all the saints and seruants of God there he maketh intercession for vs for hee ascended thither that he might follow all our suites faithfully and earnestly He blesseth vs also in that he was made a curse for vs he sacrificeth for vs in that he offered vp himselfe a sacrifice once for all for the sinnes of the whole world lastly he sanctifieth and consecrateth his Catholike church renewing hir minde and washing hir in the fountain of regeneration by the word that she may be holy euen as he is holy Seeing then he is anointed of God to sacrifice and make intercession for vs to blesse consecrate and sanctifie vs and to reconcile vs againe into the fauour of Almighty god that we may now without feare approach vnto him what a ioyfull thing is this that our Sauiour is a Priest Lastly in that he was annointed to bee a prophet vnto vs we may reioyce and bee glad therein because we shall truely vnderstand know the will and pleasure of our God seeing the Sonne of god himselfe who is one with his father to whom the eternall will and counsell of God is manifest and open is annointed and appointed to declare it vnto vs. And thus much of the Ioy which a sinner may receiue when he vnderstandeth that his Sauiour is Christ Thus beloued haue I acquainted you with the particularities of Ioy that occurre vnto vs in the message of the Angel what remaineth now but that you should sing psalmes of praise and thanksegiuing vnto god who hath sent these ioyfull Tidings vnto vs Seeing he hath so gratiously regarded the low estate of vs his poore Creatures as that he hath not spared his owne sonne to saue vs. Vnto which sonne if ye runne with penitent and contrite harts though ye be neuer so heauy loaden he will ease and refresh you You know that in Adam ye were al alients from the house of God but you heard how that in Christ ye are brought home vnto the bishop and shepheard of your soules you did walke in darkenesse but Christ is come to giue you light you haue mourned for your sinnes but a Sauiour is come to make you glad you haue bin poore but Christ is come with all the Treasures of the Trinity to make you rich You haue sorowed for beeing shut out of Paradise but now Reioyce in that more then in any thing else For as far as Adam being in Paradise did exceed vs in temporall blessings so far do we out of Paradise exceed Adam in spirituall benedictions for though we were condemned to death for the tree of knowledge yet Christ is come that by the tree of his Crosse wee might haue life and that wee might haue it more aboundantly more aboundantly what is that that aboundantly we might haue more life by the Crosse of Christ then euer we had or could haue had by the tree of life that aboundantly wee might gaine more by the obedience of Christ in his death then euer wee lost or could loose by the disobedience of Adam in his life and therefore though the sinne of Adam was so heinous and horrible that it cast the Image of God out of Paradise that it polluted all the race of mankinde that it condemned the whole world that it defaced the very frame of heauen it selfe yet nowe considering the sequele how not onely the guilt of sinne but also the very memory of it is abolished by the comming of Christ we may not be afraid to say with S. Gregory O faelix culpa quae talem ac tantum meruit habere redemptorem O happy man was Adam that euer he so sinned and transgressed against God seeing both he and all we haue found such plentiful redemption such inestimable mercy such superaboundant grace such felicity such eternity such life by one Sauiour Wherefore deere Christian whatsoeuer thou art feare not any more as a man without hope but let thy spirit reioyce in God thy Sauiour Doe thy sinnes greeue thee and the punishment due vnto them terrifie thy conscience Why behold the Lamb of God that taketh away the sinnes of the whole world art thou stung with the old serpent Sathan Looke then on the brasen serpent Christ who healeth the sting of the other art thou hungry Christ is borne the bread of life of which whoso eateth shall