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A13209	Lectures vpon the eleventh chapter to the Romans. Preached by that learned and godly divine of famous memorie, Dr. Sutton, in St. Marie Overies in Southwarke. Published for the good of all Gods Church generally, and especially of those that were then his hearers	Sutton, Thomas, 1585-1623.; Downame, John, d. 1652.	1632 (1632)	STC 23507; ESTC S118002	306,616	538

and hath this seale The Lord knowes who are his I doe not at this time meane to dispute the question for then I should prevent my selfe hereafter I use but that place of Peter for conclusion and come to the Vse it is in 1 Pet. 1.5 All the elect are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation which is prepared to be shewed in the last times if kept by God who can hurt them if unto salvation who can hinder them if prepared for them who can either take them from it or it from them and with that of David Psal 121. The Lord is thy keeper the Lord preserves thy soule 7. and this keeper will neither slumber nor sleepe Venit Diabolus ut seriat caput manus Dei sub capite ut eripiat animam sed dextra ejus me amplectitur Aug. in Psal 1.1 4. His left hand is under thy necke and his right hand embraceth thee Cant. 2.6 The Davill commeth that he may strike my head but the hand of God is under my head that he may take away my soule but his right hand embraceth mee saith Augustine To stay the trembling hearts of many of Gods people in the day of temptation Vse for though they may fall yet shall they rise againe The just falleth seven times a day Prov. 24.16 The dearest of his servants are subject to such foule slips David was a man after Gods heart before hee came to the Kingdome when Samuel told Saul that David should be King 1 Sam. 13.14 but commits both murther and adulterie long time after 2 Sam. 11. Peter beloved of God and blessed For blessed art thou Simon for flesh and bloud hath not revealed this but my Father yea then Peter had so much faith that Christ gives him this commendation Thou art Peter and on this rocke viz. which thou by faith hast confessed will I build my Church Matth. 16.17 18. Peter had the spirit No man can say that Iesus is the Lord but by the Spirit of God and Peter saith here Thou art Christ the Sonne of the living God Matth. 16.16 and it was a long time after that Peter denyed him yea Peter after his effectuall calling plyed the hypoerite and dissembled Gal. 2.12.13 If therefore thou canst sinde inwardly by the witnesse of the Spirit Rom. 8.16 and outwardly by the fruits of true faith 2 Pet. 1.10 that thou art within the Covenant then if thou sinne with David repent with David if thou sinne with Peter repent with Peter if thou bee drunke with Noah repent with Noah God will bee entreated and his mercie shall appeare Though thou run from God he will follow thee though thou forsake him he will overtake thee though thou breake with God yet God is faithfull in his Covenant and will not breake with thee I come to the second Conclusion All that are Iewes and carrie the name Doct. are not within the Covenant which God hath made with Abraham in Rom. 9.6 All they are not Israel which are of Israel vers 7. They are not all children which came of Abraham for in Isaac shall thy seed be called And vers 27. Though the number of the children of Israel were as the sand of the sea a remnant shall be saued And vers 29. Except the Lord of Hosts had reserved a seed we had beene as Sodom and like unto Gomorrha Though God set his heart upon that people to doe them good Deut. 32. As the Eagle stirreth up her nest c. Yet there were some that crucified his Sonne and some that spit in his face and some that were mad upon him till they saw him dead and some that mocked him some that cryed Away with with him and some cry out His bloud bee upon us some that came of Ishmael and bee the children of Hagar aswell as of Sara and Isaac but this point I meet directly in the fourth verse I proceed therefore from the proposition of Pauls answer to the three Arguments The 1. is taken from his owne person where by one particular instance being negative hee infringeth their universall affirmative That all the Iewes were cast off as if in an Enthymeme he should thus dispute I Paul an Israelite of the seed of Abraham am not cast off Therefore not all the Iewes Hee describes himselfe 1. In generall an Israelite 2. That they might not thinke that he was only a Proselyte turned to the Iewes religion Serm. in monte lib. 2. as there were many as Augustine And our Saviour Matth. 23.15 Yee compasse sea and land to make one Proselyte hee tells them that he is a Iew by birth as well as by profession of the seed of Abraham of the Tribe of Benjamin a famous Tribe for Benjamin and Ioseph were not of the hand-maids but of Rachel but I rather thinke that by noting his Tribe to be Benjamin hee would have us to remember that storie in Iudg. 20. and the three last verses where we finde that the other Tribes fighting against Benjamin slew at one time 25000. onely there escaped some few and yet of these few God will save some So that the argument seemes to run thus Though the most men of Benjamin be slaine though the remnant be but few yet even some of those few will God save for I am one and if God take me out of that one Tribe then it is likely that in those Tribes where the people are greater the number of the elect is also greater And if some amongst so few then are not all cast off Before I come to these particulars we must observe 1. That his nation is no disparagement to his election and future happinesse Doct. and thence with Hunnius observe In Roman That God doth never cast off any nation so generall but such of it as doe beleeve and repent shall be saved The Apostle in Heb. 11.31 By faith Rahab the harlot perished not when shee had received the Spies peaceably this was it that Peter taught Cornelius in Acts 10.34 35. Of a truth I perceive that God is no accepter of persons but in everie nation hee that feareth God and worketh righteousnesse is accepted with God that Paul taught the Romans to everie man that doth good shall bee glorie and honour and peace to the Iew first and also to the Grecian Rom. 1.7 9. God will receive the Iewes that repent at the preaching of Peter the Gentiles that repent at the preaching of Paul the men of Achaia that repent at the preaching of Andrew of Asia that repent at the preaching of Iohn of India that repent at the preaching of Thomas for thither were they sent to preach the faith saith Gregorie upon the foure Gospels Homil 17. there is nothing that can prejudice a mans salvation if he beleeve in Iesus Christ not his wicked nation for Paul was a lew nor his meane condition for Peter a poore Fisher nor his ignoble parentage for Amos an herds man Amos 7.14 nor sex

be with Christ Excellent is that meditation of Augustine Inquictū est cor nostrum O Domine dones in te requiescat Aug. Confess l. b. 1. cap. 1. Our heart is restlesse O Lord till what time it resteth in thee So that all that long for his comming are sure of a crowne The Vse is Vse 1 First to refute the Papist who teacheth that Paul had this assurance by revelation for so both Pighius and Andradius out of the Trent Councell for if you looke Rom. 8.32 33 34. you shall see that Paul grounds this certaintie not on revelation but upon a ground common to all beleevers as first on Christs death vers 32. Secondly on Christs free justification vers 33. Thirdly on Christs intercession vers 34. As before hath beene shewed But the principall use is to note the happinesse of all true beleevers and of all that feare God Whatsoever griefe and sorrow meannesse and want they endure here they know they shall have honour in stead of it hereafter They may be like Lazarus in Fulgentius without a garment but if not without faith without a house but if they be not without a Lord without meat but if they be not without Christ in the world here know that they shall not be without glorie without a Kingdome in the world to come When men suppose them to bee quite forsaken then can they looke with joy up to Heaven where they shall dwell and they can see though not the roomes and seats yet the glorious house and mansion which is theirs by inheritance and this point will lighten all our burthens mitigate all our sorrowes ease all our griefes that though here our heads be covered with ashes we know that there they shall bee crowned with glorie though here we be esteemed base we know that there wee shall be happy though wee be here as yet but servants wee know that there wee shall reigne as Kings though we be yet as strangers we know we shall be received as sonnes though here wee have a fit of mourning wee know wee shall rejoyce for ever though we labour hard for the six dayes we shall come to keepe a Sabbath that will last ever What comfort like this to be men and yet to know that God our God what comfort like this to be the meanest of men and yet to know that Christ is ours what comfort like this to dwell on earth and yet be sure aforehand that Heaven is ours what comfort like this to be here verie emblemes of basenesse and and yet bee sure that glorie is ours to dwell in a base cottage and yet bee sure that wee are borne to an immortall inheritance So that my conclusion is that of David Psal 37.37 Marke the upright man and behold him for the end of that man is peace Peace with Angels peace with his owne conscience peace with God the Father Sonne and Holy Ghost Lord bring us to that glorie invest us to that Kingdome give us that peace for thy Sonnes sake So I come to the second part of this description Of the seed of Abraham Of the seed of Abraham The seed of Abraham not onely a Convert or a Proselyte but deseended from Abrahams loynes and it seemes to be thus in sense that though some of Abrahams seed be cast off yet some are not and it will easily carrie this Doctrine That parentage can neither hinder a mans salvation Doct. nor further it One Abraham hath Isaac and Ishmael one called to an inheritance the other not One Isaac may have an Esau and a Iacob one loved and the other hated of God Mal. 1.2 3. A man may bee borne of a wicked father and yet bee deare unto God Amon a wicked King one that did much evill in the sight of the Lord as his father Manasses had done 2 Kings 21.20 yet he hath a sonne that doth uprightly and walkes in all the wayes of God as David had done 2 King 22.2 So that the Spirit of God gave him this testimony that like unto him was no King before him that turned not aside c. nor any like to him that came after him 2 Kings 23.25 and he may be a godly father of a wicked sonne as Isaac of Esau and Abraham of Ishmael One man may bee the sonne of a Patriarch and himselfe damned another the sonne of some poore Carpenter and be saved one may creepe in purple as Quintilian Lib 1. de Instit another hath not a rag to cover it the father and mother forsake it and yet the Lord takes him up and sets him neare to himselfe and in the end crownes it The Vse is To teach us first Vse That parents greatnesse and vertue cannot procure acceptance of their sonnes before God if a childe be good it is no disparagement that his father is not good Malo pater tibi sit Thersites dummodo tu sis Alacidae similis Vulcamiaque arma capessas quàmte Thersitae similem producat Achilles If thou be not good thy selfe it is not thy fathers vertues that can commend thee unto God Let everie man adorne and trim up his owne heart that it may be a sweet lodging for Christ to dwell in Though Christ should lodge in thy fathers house thou mayest be a cast away if he reside not in thee also Trust not then in parents and friends for there is no helpe in them If good doubt not of happinesse thou shalt fare no worse for them Thus it is no privilege to be great Secondly that it is no prejudice to be meanly borne for be a man never so poore if hee worke righteousnesse he is accepted Acts 10.35 bee he never so meane to him shall be glorie and honour and peace Rom. 2.10 She that grindes at the mill is as neere Heaven as he that sits on the throne what if thy father have nothing yet the earth is the Lords what if parents forsake thee the Lord will take thee up what if without food the Lord will send thee the bread of life what if without cloathes hee will cloath thee with the righteousnesse of Christ if thou belong unto him Thus parentage can neither helpe nor hinder us from God Before I proceed observe that Paul speakes not onely of his carnall descent from Abram but of the spirituall privilege that hee was one of his faithfull seed for in Gods account they onely that have the promises are counted for the seed Rom. 9.8 The one saith Augustine will doe a man honour the other none from whence I build a second Theoreme Doct. It is more honour to be faithfull than to be Abrahams seed It is more honour to bee a faithfull childe of God than the sonne of the greatest Prince Moses Heb. 11.24 counts it greater honour to bee amongst the children of God than to live in Pharaohs Court and be called the sonne of Pharaohs daughter David takes more honour to dwell one day in Gods Court than a thousand elsewhere