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A03268 The abridgement of the gospell: or The order and course of mans saluation as it is set foorth by Zacharie the father of Iohn Baptist, Luke 1. 67. &c. and further opened in ten sermons thereupon: by Sam. Hieron. Hieron, Samuel, 1576?-1617. 1609 (1609) STC 13386; ESTC S118877 96,426 126

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and endeuour to performe it Blessed be thou of the Lord said Saul to Samuel I haue fulfilled the commandement of the Lord. But Samuel said What meaneth then the bleating of the sheepe in mine eares and the lowing of the oxen which I heare u 1. Sam. 15.13.14 So it is like enough we will be readie to iustifie our selues and when we are challenged for breach of promise will be ready to say like the gainsaying Iewes Wherein x Mal. 3.8.13 haue we trespassed But it shal be sayd to vs as it was to Saul What meane then these and these things If we make conscience of the couenant what meane these grosse sinnes which crie loud in the eares of the most high and vnder which hee is pressed as a cart that is full of sheaues y Am. 2.13 swearings whoredomes drunkennesse oppressions cruelties contempt of the Word and Sacraments and all these with an High hand z Num. 15.30 many being grown to that extremitie that they cannot haue any shame a Ier. 8.12 the very triall of their countenance testifieth against them b Isay 3.9 Is this our promise Is this to be mindfull of our couenant With what face can we lay claime to the couenant of mercy when we shall be so manifestly conuicted to haue troden vnder our feet the couenant of Obedience How euer it be God will keepe his word but not of fauour but of iustice euen that which Moses speaketh of enough to make his two eares to tingle c 1. Sam. 3.11 and his bellie to tremble d Hab 3.16 that heareth it The Lord will not be mercifull vnto vs but his wrath and ielousie shall smoke against vs and euery curse that is written shall light vpon vs and the Lord shall put out our name from vnder heauen e Deu 29.20 This is their portion which forget God and deale falsly concerning his couenant f Psal 44 17. this is the heritage that they shal haue of God for their workes g Iob 20.29 Remember then as the substance of the couenant on Gods part so the condition on ours hee hath couenanted so haue we he hath sworne so haue we also he will not forget his part let vs make conscience to remember ours THE SIXTH SERMON VERS 74. That he would grant vnto vs that we being deliuered out of the hands of our enemies should serue him without feare c. WE are now come to the last part of the work of our redemption which is the end and drift therof which is also a branch of the Couenant which God made to the fathers and a limme as it were of that good which he promised to bestow Touching this end I will speake first generally and then more particularly I will discusse those things which doe necessarily concerne that maine duty at which God aimed in vouchsafing vs so great a deliuerance by Christ Iesus The general summe of this end of our redemption is that we being deliuered from our enemies should serue God Concerning these enemies who they are and what is the deliuerance from them I shall not neede to speake these things were opened in the 71. vers The sense and generall doctrine of the place is this The 1. Doctrine That the purpose of God in freeing vs from the spirituall bondage in which we were by nature was that we should euen consecrate our selues to the glorie and honor and seruice of himselfe This point is plaine in the words of this place and easily to be further manifested by the Scripture Being made free from sinne ye are made the seruants of righteousnesse h Rom. 6.18 that is seeing the Lord hath dealt thus gratiously with you to rescue you by the death of Christ from the slauerie of sinne this is that which is now expected of you euen that you should deuote your selues to the practise of righteousnesse being hencefoorth as zealous in good seruices as yee haue formerly beene earnest and eager in fulfilling your own lusts and in glutting your selues with the pleasures of sinne Like to this is the reasoning of the same Apostle elswhere in the same Epistle I beseech you by the mercies of God that you giue vp your bodies c i Rom. 12.1 He perswades vnto a godly life by propounding to vs the mercies of God Now this kind of reasoning were of no force were it not for this namely that the drift of all Gods mercy vnto vs in Christ is the drawing and recouering of vs from the seruice of Sathan vnto the obedience and seruice of himselfe Such is that speech of his in another place Yee are bought with a price therefore glorifie God c k 1. Cor. 6.20 as if hee had said God hath redeemed you therefore it standeth with equitie and it is agreeing to his purpose and meaning that you should serue him Excellent is that place to Titus The grace of God c. hath appeared and teacheth vs that we should denie vngodlinesse c. and that we should liue soberly c. in this present world l Tit. 2.11.12 The meaning is that the doctrine of the Gospell the sum whereof is Redemption in and by Christ is preached publikely vnto all but not to encourage them to continue in sinne but to vrge them to lay aside profanenesse and to renounce their owne lusts and to haue their fruit in holinesse as they hope to haue their end eternall life For saith the Apostle Christ gaue not himselfe for vs that wee should the more boldly giue the raines to our owne lusts but that we should be zealous of good works m Vers 14. To these we may ioyne that of S. Peter Passe the time of your dwelling heere in feare knowing that wee were not redeemed with corruptible things c. but with the precious blood of Christ n 1. Pet. 1.17.18.19 There he vseth the price of redemption as a special motiue to a religious life inasmuch also as the drift thereof was to free vs from our vaine conuersation Many particulars of this kind might be heaped vp I will conclude this enumeration of places with the saying of Dauid Thou hast saith he deliuered my soule from death and also my feete from falling that I may walke before God in the light of the liuing o Psal 56.13 He makes the end of all the deliuerances which God had vouchsafed him to be this one thing that he might spend his daies in a sincere course in the sight of God And indeed this is a matter of greate equitie Who planteth a vineyard and eateth not of the fruit thereof p 1. Cor. 9.7 And so who will pay a price of Redemption for him by whom he shall receaue no seruice Gods wee are by the right of redemption Yee are not your owne saith Paul q 1. Cor. 6.19 we are bought with a price for his vse therefore all which we can doe is to be