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A85448	The oracle of God A sermon appointed for the Crosse, and preached in the Cathedrall Church of St. Paul, in London, on the 20. day of December, being the Sunday before Christmasse, anno Dom. 1635. By Iohn Gore rector of Wenden-lofts in Essex.	Gore, John, Rector of Wendenlofts, Essex.	1646 (1646)	Wing G1294; ESTC R229607	27,053	49

an appointed time that God hath set downe with himselfe in heaven when and wherein his mercy shall appeare on earth for our recovery and till that time we must wait as David saith Psal. 123. 2. As the eyes of a servant wait on the hand of their masters and the eyes of a mayden on the hand of her mistresse so doe our eyes waite upon the Lord our God untill that he have mercy upon us Marke that same donec misereratur untill hee have mercy that is though God shew thee not mercy this day nor to morrow nor the next day may bee not till a long time after yet let not thy heart be dismayed but let thy soule truely wait upon God untill hee shew thee mercy let him shew it when he will In the meane time know thou art under the hands of a wise and gracious God who measures every dram of sorrow that thou feelest who will not only be about thy bed but will ever make all thy bed in thy sicknesse and will so establish and under prop thee with his Grace that though thy body lye in paine thy soule shall lye at case though thy outward man consume and melt away for very heavinesse yet that same Interior cordis home as Saint Peter speakes the inner man of thy heart shall bee so strengthned with might and armed with patience and guarded with peace that neither paines of death nor the powers of Hell shall ever be able to prevaile against thee In a word if ever it shall please God to cast thee downe upon that same Lectum languoris that bed of languishing which David speakes of Psal. 41. 4. for that wee all must make account of though we now lie and laze upon our beds the time may come that wee shall lye and languish on our beds wishing as they did in Deuteronomy when 't is morning would God it were evening and when 't is evening would God it were morning If ever such a dolefull time should happen to thee I pray God of his mercy looke graciously upon thee and say unto thy bleeding soule as he did once to that forlorne Infant Ezech. 16. 6. Dixi in sanguinibus c. when thou wast in thy blood I said unto thee live yea I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood live if God doe but say thou shalt live though thou wert in thy blood though thou wert in thy grave his Word shall fetch thee for his Grace if it stand with his glory is sufficient to heale thee 4. The last and chiefest thing whereunto the Grace of God and nothing else but Gods Grace is sufficient is Adsalvandum to save the soule of every one that hath it The Apostle calls it The Grace that bringeth salvation {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} Tit. 2. 11. for as the wickednesse of man bringeth destruction so the Grace of God bringeth salvation to every soule that entertaines it Saint Paul is direct Ephes. 2. 5. By Grace yee are saved whether it bee meant of the Grace of God within us which our Saviour compares to Salt Mark 9. 50. Habete salem in vobis c. have Salt in your selves and peace with one another because as Salt preserves the flesh so doth Grace preserve the spirit from corruption and rottennesse in sinne or whether it bee meant of the Grace of God that is over and above us I meane his favour and loving kindnesse which lightneth upon us from Heaven as we pray in our Liturgie let thy mercy lighten upon us as our trust is in thee Take it either way it holds good and true for by the one we are prepared for salvation by the other salvation is prepared for us the Grace of God within us prepares us for salvation the Grace of God over us prepares salvation for us so both wayes 't is our happinesse By Grace to bee saved It was Gods mercifull promise Deut. 11. 12. Mine eyes shall bee upon this Land from the beginning of the yeare to the end thereof Such is Gods goodnesse where hee bestowes his Grace such a care hath God of their soules that his eie is upon them from the beginning of their conversion to the end of their salvation and as his eye is upon them to watch over them so his hand is with them to conduct them in the right way of pleasing God and of saving their own soules Deut. 33. 3. All his Saints are in thy hand as a Father leads his childe so doth God lead his Saints by his Grace and by his good Spirit from all things prejudiciall to all things profitable to his service and their owne salvation To conclude this point because as the Schoolemen say well Ad singulos actus desideratur Gratia a man hath neede of Grace to every action that hee takes in hand and that he can doe nothing well without it let us all desire of God as it is in the Collect That his speciall Grace may evermore prevent and follow us first that God would prevent us with his Grace to put into our hearts good motions good thoughts and good desires and secondly that it may follow us too as the water of the Rocke followed the Campe of the Israelites to the Land of Promise 1 Cor. 10. 4. so that Gods Grace may follow accompany and goe along with us in this world and never leave us never forsake us till it hath brought us to the end of our Faith which is the salvation of our soules according to that Psal. 109. ult. Dominus ad dextram c. the Lord is at the right hand of the poore to save him from all them that would condemne his soule where note that hee doth not say the Lord is at their left hand which is as I may terme it the lazy hand to save men in their negligent and idle courses But he is at their right hand which is the working hand to save all them that work for their salvation and carefully use the meanes to save themselves which thing if thou make a conscience to doe though thy sinnes and thy enemies should conspire to condemn thee Thy God and his Grace will be sufficient to save thee And so at length I am come aboard the last and long desired part of my Text which containes the application of all in particular which hath beene spoken and delivered in generall drawne out of the word {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} My grace is sufficient for thee so that as it is said of our Saviour Mat. 21. 45. that his Doctrine was so punctuall and clapt so close to the consciences of his Auditors that the Pharises knew he meant them So by that time I have done with my Text neither will I bee long in doing it I trust you shall perceive that Gods meaning was to you when he spake to Saint Paul and told him that His Grace is sufficient for him Briefly then see what Paul was and say what thou art

wee have that which is in stead or in liew of all the rest As the Jewes write of their Mannah that it had in it Omne delectamentum all manner of delightfull tastes and was in stead of bread in stead of meate in stead of all kindes of dainty fare so may it truly bee affirmed of the Grace of God that it is in stead of health in stead of wealth in stead of all other earthly blessings whatsoever so that as a man that walkes in the Sunne never lookes nor regards whether the Moone or the Starres shine or no because he hath no need of their light so hee that enjoyeth the light of Gods countenance that hath the Grace of God to befriend and bestead him needs care the lesse for these inferiour commodities these Bonae scabelli as the Fathers call them these goods of Gods Foot-stoole because if he have them not God will so provide he shall have no need of them In a word then if thou wert put to thy choise as Salomon once was to aske any one thing at the hands of God and to have promise of acceptance what should that one thing be wouldst thou aske for riches or pleasure or long life c Alas all these things thou mayst have as many a man hath had and be never the holyer never the happier never the higher in Gods account and favour Leave therefore all these things to Gods disposall and dispensation let God doe with thee for these things what seemeth good in his owne eyes but pitch thou thy heart and the desire of thy soule upon that Vnicum necessarium that one thing necessary which our Saviour speakes of in comparison whereof all other things in the world are needlesse and superfluous I meane upon the Grace of God and nothing else and in thy daily prayers to Almighty God let this evermore be the maine of thy requests Whatsoever thou denyest me for other things Lord grant me thy Grace and it is sufficient My Grace is sufficient for thee Out of which words I shall endeavour to shew you foure remarkable points perhaps not unworthy your observation 1. The meaning of the word {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} or what is meant by the Grace here spoken of 2. The Author or the owner of this Grace whose it is and to whom it doth of right belong and that is to God as the next word implyes {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} My Grace 3. The efficacie or vertue of this Grace what it profiteth and whereunto it availeth and that 's exprest in the word {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} it is sufficient and therein I shall shew you how and wherein the sufficiency of Gods Grace doth consist 4. The Application of this Grace or the bringing of it home to the conscience and soule of each beleeving Christian and that I gather out of the last word {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} that God doth not say in generall {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} My Grace is sufficient for all nor in speciall {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} My Grace is sufficient for many but in particular {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} My Grace is sufficient for thee and so for me and so for every one upon whom God in mercy is pleased to bestow it {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} My Grace saith God is sufficient for thee Of these in their order as briefly and effectually as God and his good Spirit hath enabled me and first of the meaning of the word {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} or what is meant by the grace here spoken of By the grace of God in few words I conceive to be meant nothing else but the favour and good will of God that which the Schoolemen terme Complacentiam Dei the well-pleasednesse of God the same which the Scripture calleth Lucem faciei the light of Gods countenance Psal. 67. 1. Because as God is said to frowne and bend his browes upon the wicked traine Psal. 34. so on the contrary hee seemes to smile as it were and to looke amiably and lovingly and lightsomely upon all them that are in grace and favour with him It is an usuall expression among us to say such a one is in great grace with the King or in great grace at the Court we meane he is in great favour there And it is a phrase no lesse usuall in Scripture Gen. 6. 8. Noah found grace in the sight of God i. e. hee found favour in his sight and God Almighty saith of Moses Exod. 33. 12. Invenisti gratiam coram me Thou hast found grace in my sight i. e. favour and good acceptance And so the Angel greets the blessed Virgin Luke 1. 28. Feare not Mary Invenisti gratiam Thou hast found grace i. e. thou art highly favoured of the Lord So that the grace of God and the favour of God are as Ioseph said of Pharaohs dreames both one and the same Now the thing that I muse upon is this that the grace and favour of God is thus often if not alwayes exprest in the Bible sub termino inveniendi under the name and terme of finding It is not barely said of Noah and Moses and the Virgin Mary fuerunt they were in grace and favour with God but invenerunt they found it this phrase doth certainely seeme to imply as Oleaster well observes that the grace and favour of God is sometimes found as a poore man findes a treasure or a bag of gold non industriâ sed casu not by any industry or paines-taking for it but meerely by casualty and Gods providence in it As when Iosephs brethren found their money in their sackes mouthes it inriched them and it ravished them too with wonder and admiration Gen. 42. 28. in like manner when a poore disconsolate wretch shall without all desert and beyond all expectation finde a sensible experiment of Gods favourable goodnesse towards him how can hee chuse but even blesse himselfe and say Lord what am I that such a favour should be cast upon me In a word as Iacob answered his aged father when hee questioned him about the matter of his venison Gen. 27. 20. How is it that thou hast found it so quickly my sonne saith he Because the Lord thy God brought it to my hand In like sort if any shall seeme to question the matter how it comes to passe that some one man findeth favour and riseth to preferment so easily and so quickly over that some others doe which to our thinking deserves it better In promptu ratio the Lord their God brings it to their hand when God brings a blessing to hand the labour is not long to finde it But that by the way I shall here take occasion to resolve you of two questions which doe offer themselves to your consideration the first is this when a man wants the grace and favour of God how