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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62619	Sermons concerning the divinity and incarnation of our blessed Saviour preached in the Church of St. Lawrence Jewry by John, late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury.	Tillotson, John, 1630-1694.	1695 (1695)	Wing T1255A; ESTC R35216	99,884	305

Day wherein be will Judge the World in Righteousness by that Man whom be bath ordained c. I shall now only make a practical Inference or two from what hath been delivered upon this Argument and so conclude this whole Discourse First The serious consideration of what hath been said concerning the Incarnation of our B. Saviour should effectually prevail with us to comply with the great End and Design of the Son of God's becoming Man and dwelling amongst us and of his doing and suffering all those things which are recorded of him in the History of his Life and Death written by the H. Evangelists I say the consideration hereof should persuade us all to comply with the great Design of all this which is the Reformation of Mankind and the Recovery of us out of that sinful and miserable estate into which we were fallen Because the Salvation which the Son of God hath purchased for us and which he offers to us by the Gospel is not to be accomplished and brought about any other way than by our forsaking our Sins and reforming our Lives The Grace of God which hath appeared to all men and brings Salvation will not make us partakers of it in any other way nor by any other means than by teaching us to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts and to live soberly and righteously and godly in this present World God sent his Son Jesus to bless us by turning us away every one from his iniquities and unless this change be effectually wrought in us we are utterly incapable of all the Blessings of the Gospel of Christ All that He hath done for us without us will avail us nothing unless we be inwardly transformed and renewed in the spirit of our minds unless we become new Creatures unless we make it the continual and sincere endeavour of our lives to keep the commandments of God For the Scripture is most express and positive in this matter That without Holiness no man shall see the Lord That every man that hath this hope in Him that is in Christ to be saved by Him must purifie himself even as be is pure We do not rightly and truly believe that Jesus Christ came into the World to save Sinners if we be not also thoroughly convinced that it is as necessary for us to leave our Sins as to believe this most faithful and credible Saying The Obedience and Sufferings of our B. Saviour are indeed accounted to us for Righteousness and will most certainly redound to our unspeakable benefit and advantage upon our performance of the Condition which the Gospel doth require on our Part namely that every man that names the Name of Christ depart from iniquity And the Grace of God's H. Spirit is ready to enable us to perform this Condition if we earnestly ask it and do sincerely co-operate with it Provided we do what we can on our part God will not be wanting to us on His. But if we receive the Grace of God in vain and take no care to perform the Condition and do neglect to implore the Grace and assistance of God's H. Spirit to that purpose we have none to blame but our selves because it is then wholly our own fault if we fall short of that Happiness which Christ hath purchased and promised to us upon such easie and reasonable Conditians as the Gospel proposeth But I no where find that God hath promised to force Happiness upon the negligent and a reward upon the wicked and slothful Servant A gift may be given for nothing but surely a Reward does in the very nature of it always suppose some Service None but a righteous man is capable of a righteous mans Reward And St. John hath sufficiently cautioned us not to think our selves Righteous unless we be doers of righteousness Little children says he let no man deceive you he that doth righteousness is righteous even as He is righteous This is so very plain a Text that if men were not either very easie to be deceived by others or very willing to deceive themselves they could not possibly mistake the meaning of it And therefore I will repeat it once more Little children let no man deceive you he that doth righteousness is righteous even as He is righteous Secondly The other Inference which I would make from the precedent Discourse is this That with all possible thankfulness we should acknowledge and adore the wonderful Goodness and Condescension of Almighty God in sending his only begotten Son into the World in our Nature to be made flesh and to dwell amongst us in order to our Recovery and Salvation A Method and Dispensation not only full of mercy and goodness but of great Condescension to our meanness and of mighty vertue and efficacy for our Redemption and Deliverance from the Guilt and Dominion of Sin and upon all accounts every way so much for our benefit and advantage So that well may we say with St. Paul This is a faithful Saying 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a credible Word and worthy of all acceptation that is fit to be embraced and entertained with all possible Joy and thankfulness That Jesus Christ came into the World to save Sinners What an everlasting Fountain of the most invaluable Blessings and Benefits to Mankind is the Incarnation of the Son of God His vouchsafing to assume our Nature and to reside and converse so long with us And what are we that the eternal and only begotten Son of God should condescend to do all this for us That the High and Glorious Majesty of Heaven should stoop down to the Earth and be contented to be clothed with Misery and Mortality That He should submit to so poor and low a Condition to such dreadful and disgraceful Sufferings for our sakes For what are We vile and despicable Creatures guilty and unworthy Offenders and Apostates Enemies and Rebels Blessed God! how great is thy Goodness how infinite are thy tender Mercies and Compassions to Mankind That thou should'st regard us whilst we neglected thee and remember us in our low condition when we had forgotten thee days without number and shouldst take such pity on us when we shewed none to our selves and whilst we were thy declared and implacable Enemies should'st express more kindness and good will to us than the best of Men ever did to their best Friends When we reflect seriously upon those great things which God hath done in our behalf and consider that mighty Salvation which God hath wrought for us what thanks can we possibly render what acknowledgments shall we ever be able to make I do not say equal but in any wise meet and becoming to this great Benefactor of Mankind Who when we had so highly offended and provok'd Him and so foolishly and so fatally undone our selves when we were become so guilty and so miserable and so much fitter to have eternally been the objects of his wrath and indignation than of his pity and compassion was pleas'd