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A12604	The eunuche's conuersion A sermon preached at Paules Crosse, the second of February. 1617. By Charles Sonnibank, Doctor of Diuinitie, & Canon of Windsor.	Sonibancke, Charles, 1564-1638.	1617 (1617)	STC 22927; ESTC S114127	43,380	142

precepts and rules of religion and all the directions and counsels which in our Sermons and preaching either are or can be deliuered vnto you they haue all of them relationem ad subiectum a most direct aspect and necessary reference to Iesus Christ who is primum et primarium subiectum Euangelij the first and primarie subiect of the Gospel Saint Paul as he esteemed to know nothing saue Iesus Christ and him crucified 1 Cor. 2.2 as he reioyced in nothing else but onely in the crosse of our Lord Iesus Christ whereby the world was crucified to him and he to the world Gala. 6.14 so in substance and in effect he preached nothing but Iesus Christ and him crucified Super hanc Petram vpon this Rock that is vpon Christ The Rock is Christ saith S. Paul 1 Cor. 10.4 Vpon this Rock I say did it please God not onto build his whole Church but also euery particular euery true and liuing member of his Church Wee are Gods labourers saith S. Paul and you are Gods building and according to the grace of God giuen vnto vs some of vs as skilfull Master-builders others lesse skilfull wee lay the foundation that is wee build you vpon Christ For other foundation can no man lay than that vvhich is laid vvhich is Iesus Christ 1 Cor. 3.11 Who is rightlie tearmed a foundation because he supporteth and beareth vp all the building As in a great house or building the roofe thereof is supported and borne vp by the walls the walls by the beames and timber thereof and both roofe and walls and beames timber and all other parts are borne vp and supported by the foundation so in the spirituall building vp of our soules into a holy temple to God the roofe the walls the beames and timber of that building our faith our hope our adoption the remission of our sinnes and lastly the beautifull glorious roofe and couering of all this building to wit the decking the couering and crowning of our soules with saluation in heauen euen all of these are supported and borne vp by the foundation which is Christ Iesus Excellent and to this purpose most pregnant is the beginning of the first chapter of the Epistle to the Ephesians where the Apostle most plainly sheweth that our election our adoption our redemption the remission of our sinnes and our benediction and blessing in spirituall gifts and graces that all of these are founded and grounded vpon the person of Christ For our election Blessed be GOD that hath chosen vs in Christ before the foundation of the vvorld ver 4. For our adoption to be adopted through Iesus Christ vnto himselfe v. 5. For our redemption by whom wee haue redemption ver 7. For the remission of our sinnes by whose bloud wee haue the forgiuenesse of our sinnes ver 7. For our benediction and blessing in spirituall gifts graces Blessed be God vvhich hath blessed vs in all spirituall blessings in heauenly things in Christ. ver 3. Christ is made vnto vs saith the same Apostle vvisedome and righteousnes and sanctification redemption 1 Cor. 1.30 Runne if you please through the whole volume of Gods booke take a view and suruey of the whole summe and substance of our saluation and of all those spirituall graces that further the same and you shall finde all and euery of them wholly and onely in the person of Christ If wee seeke for innocencie it is to be found in his Natiuitie If for purity it is to be found in his Conception If for freedom from the Curse it is to be found in his Crosse If for satisfaction it is to be found in his Sacrifice If for absolution it is in his Condemnation If for purgation it is in his Bloud If for redemption it is in his Passion If for mortification it is in his Buriall If for newnesse of life it is in his Resurrection If for an inheritance in heauen it is in his Ascension If for security and safety at the day of Iudgement to him the Father hath committed all iudgement Lastly if for saluation it is in Christ in whom who-soeuer beleeueth shall not perish but haue euerlasting life In Christ by Christ for Christ through Christ so runneth the whole current and streame of the holy Scriptures So doe we confirme and strengthen our faith so doe we back and fortifie all our hopes so doe wee season and sweeten all our comforts so doe wee intermix and conclude all our prayers 5 In the fift or last place we haue to consider the effects which this Eunuch's own reading and Philips preaching of Iesus wrought in him And they are three 1. He beleeued 2. He was baptised 3. He reioyced or he went on his way reioycing That he beleeued appeareth by his answer to Philip for when Philip told him that If he belieued he might bee baptised hee answered and said I belieue that Iesus Christ is the sonne of GOD. ver 37. Prima vox Christiani est Credo The first word that euer any Christian man or woman speaketh or vttereth as a Christian is Credo I beleeue and till that word with the matter and substance thereof be bred and begotten in the soule and brought foorth vttered by the mouth tongue of man no man is or can be rightly tearmed a Christian man Till such time as we belieue Christ is not formed in vs and till such time as Christ be formed in vs we haue no part or portion in him wee haue no title to the couenant of God we haue no interest in the promises of grace we can lay no claime to Gods mercy Oleum misericordiae nisi in vase fiduciae Deus non ponit Ber. in vigilia natalis do Ser. 5. Fides est porta aurea per quam Rex gloriae mentem nostram ingreditur Faith is that goulden gate by which the King of glory entreth into our soules By this gate it was that the King of glorie entred into the heart and soule of this noble Eunuch and if euer hee enter into vs and our soules by this gate he must enter Let me therefore vse the words of Dauid vnto you Lift vp your heads ye gates be ye lift vp ye euerlasting doors and the King of glory shall come in 1. Effect Hee beleeued Faithfull and blessed Prince faithfull and blessed Eunuch great in thy birth and thy nobility but farre greater in thy regeneration and new birth in Christ great in the fauour countenance of thy Queene and Mistris beeing her chiefe Steward but farre greater in the fauour and countenance of thy heauenly King thy Master and Sauiour great in the imployments of thy place and office as beeing chiefe ruler and disposer of a Queenes treasure but farre greater in beeing of of Christs familie entrusted with the treasures of heauen How doest thou as one placed in some high and eminent seate aboue vs and aduanced to the highest honour now made a Saint in heauen preach

siluer into drosse The chiefest honour of a Noble or great man is vertue and the chiefest vertue is religion without the which how great soeuer hee bee at home or abroad and how noble soeuer he may seeme in his owne eyes yet is hee base and vile in the eyes of God In the second of Ieremie after that the people had forsaken God the Prophet saith They haue changed their glory for that which doth not profit as though the glory of a people were indeed the seruice of the true God and the ceasing so to serue him vvere the ceasing or loosing of their glory The feare of the Lord saith the wise sonne of Sirach in his first chapter is a glory to a man and a ioyfull crowne vnto his head A King may be a King but if hee want this feare he is a King but without a crowne A noble man may be noble but without this feare he shall want his glory A great man may be great either in his own or other mens eyes but if he want the feare of God his greatnes is but as the swelling of a bladder puft vp with wind which shal quickly vanish and come to nothing A rich man may be rich and may abound euen wallow in wealth yet if he be not rich in the Lord walke not in his feare his riches are but as the varnish vpon a rotten post hee is painted indeed with gold but his root is rottennesse his life is sinful and his end inglorious For the richest crowne and chiefest glory to great men in what kinde soeuer they be great is the fear and worship of God their greatest prerogatiue is to be of the houshold of faith their greatest freedom is to be the seruants of God their greatest nobilitie is their new birth in Christ and their greatest riches are the gifts and graces of Gods Spirit in them At the top of the scepter and of all greatnes sits Honor and at the foote of the scepter and of all greatnes sits Care not onely the care of performing such duties as belong to the places of such as are any way great but especially the care of seruing and fearing God from whom they haue their greatnesse without which care honour is but as a bundle of painted flowers that yeeld no true sweetnesse and greatnesse is but as a bunch vpon the back of a deformed creature which makes him the more misshapen and lothsome in the eyes of God Dauids glory was the Lord. Thou O Lord saith hee art my buckler the lifter vp of my head and my glory Psal 3.3 And Theodosius the Emperor hold it a greater honour vnto himselfe that he was Membrum Ecclesiae than that he was Caput Imperij that hee vvas a member of the Church and thereby the seruant of God than that hee was the head and Commaunder of the whole Empire And I am verely perswaded that our most Christian and princely Theodosius doth more reioyce and dooth herein take more comfort that hee is Defensor fidei Defender of the true ancient truly Catholique Apostolique saith than that he is Magnae Britaniae Rex the sole Monarch great Commander of Great Britaine And surely heerin cōsisteth our happiness for this we haue great cause to praise GOD for that our noblest plants both root branches planted by the Lords owne right hand in the best fattest grounds of our country who haue the best title greatest interest among vs to true nobility greatnes doe like vnto the fruitfull trees of Paradise bring foorth among vs not onely much hope but much fruite also of holinesse and religious pietie to the glory of God that heere hath planted them And as they for their parts so it is farther also to be wished that all they which are great in a subordinate and inferiour degree of greatnesse vnto them the greater they are the more they also would acknowledge themselues bound the more they would striue to worship and serue God who hath made them great that so it might be truly saide in our Church this Common-wealth that not onely Terra dat fructū suum the earth brings forth her increase when poore men doe gladly serue God but also that euen Coeli enarrant gloriam Dei astra matutina laudant eum that is the heauens set forth the glory of God and the morning stars praise him when our greatest Grandoes our noblest our chiefest great-ones are carefull to serue and to feare the Lord. And here me thinkes I haue a very fit and iust occasion offered me without straining or offering violence to my Text to speake vnto you Right Honourable whether you sit on the one or the other bench and to you Right Worshipfull wheresoeuer you are seated and howsoeuer you be ranked that heare me this day euen to as many of you as either for your honour your office or your wealth haue prime and principall places in this our Common-wealth and first by the example of this honourable rich Eunuch to tel you for your comforth that your greatnesse and plentie may stand with the seruice of God Christianity and next for your better remembring thereof to put you all in minde that by how much the more God hath beene bountifull to you aboue other men by so much the more you ought and are bound aboue other men to be dutifull and seruiceable vnto him because that from the sea of his bounty you haue receiued all your waters from the torch-light of his goodnesse you haue lighted all your candles from the fountaine of his fauour you haue filled all your pitchers and from the Mine of his treasures you haue receiued all your riches And therefore let mee speake vnto you that are mighty rich and great men in this assembly as Dauid did to the great men in his time Psal 29.1.1 Giue vnto the Lord O yee mighty giue vnto the Lord glory and strength giue vnto the Lord the glory due vnto his name Now seeing you cannot giue any actuall and reall seruice any actuall reall workes of bounty or requitall to the person of God himselfe both for that he is in heauen and needeth nothing that is yours yet doe them to the support of Gods trueth and the furtherance of religion do them to the maintenance of study and increase of learning doe them to Christs needy Saints and poore children and then know it remember it to your cōfort that what you doe to them you doe to Christ himselfe Matth. 25.40 who will not leaue you vnrewarded Dauid when he could not be kind nor shew his loue to Ionathan his dearest friend he shewed it to poore and lame Mephibosheth the sonne of Ionathan so seeing you cannot shew kindnesse to your Lord and Sauiour Iesus himselfe shew it to his lame Mephibosheth's his lame his poore his indigent and needy Saints and seruants Some write that although the gold myrrh and frankincense which were offered by the