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A plaine and compendious exposition of Christs Sermon in the Mount contayned in the 5.6.7. chapters of Saint Matthew. Being the substance of sundry sermons. By Iohn Carter minister at Belstead neare Ipswych
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Carter, John, 1554-1635.
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6. 17. Obeying from the heart as the Apostle testifieth of the Romanes that forme of doctrine whereunto he is deliuered or whereby he is as it were new minted or moulded So farre forth that as the same Apostle teacheth in the same g Rom. 12. 2. Epistle he is now no more conformed to this world but transformed by the renewing not of his manners alone but of his very minde that hee may proue by his owne daily practise and experience which is the best Commentary of all other What is that good that acceptable and perfect will of GOD reueiled in his Word and more particularly in this most wise and holy Sermon This effectuall hearing and doing will cleerely demonstrate a man to bee that good ground commended in the Parable of the Sower because h Luke 8. 15 hauing heard the Word with an houest and good heart hee keepeth it and bringeth forth fruit with patience not suffering himselfe to bee beaten from it by any troubles or vexations which accompany either mortification of sinne or persecution for righteousnesse And which is a most notable branch of practise without which all commeth to nothing hee is not ashamed but counteth it his glorie vpon iust rebukes to suffer himselfe to bee reclaymed from whatsoeuer errour in his iudgement or aberration in his life i Prou. 9. 8. Rebuke a wiseman and he will loue thee giue admonition as our Lord Christ doth many in this Sermon to the wise and he will be wiser saith the most wise Teacher And againe k Prou. 28 12. As an eare-ring of gold and an ornament of fine gold so is a wise reprouer vpon an obedient eare He reioyceth no lesse in such reproofes then people especially children doe in their earings and rich ornaments Yea how weake soeuer the reproouer bee and how great soeuer the partie reproued yet hee will bee readie with right noble Dauid to breake forth and say l 1. Sam. 25. 32 Blessed be the Lord God which sent thee this day to me and blessed bee thine aduice and blessed bee thou Giue me such an one and I will say that hee is a good hearer indeed of whom that of the Psalmist may truly bee taken vp m Psal 87. 3. Glorious things are spoken of thee For Christ Iesus the onely begotten Sonne of God and Lord of glory pronounceth and that with great earnestnesse him to be n Luke 8. 21. his brother sister and mother to bee blessed o Ibid. 11. 28. rather then the wombe that bare him and the pappes which he sucked Secondly the good hearer is described by his propertie which is wisdome hee likeneth him to a wiseman This propertie euery one is most liquorish of taking after their great grand-mother Eue who though she were made wise enough if she could haue seene it yet would needs sing a note aboue Ela and bee made wiser by the counsell of the old Cheater the Deuill speaking in the Serpent whereby it came to passe that instead of attayning to an higher pitch of knowledge to bee like vnto God as hee bare her in hand shee lost that which she had and plunged herselfe withall her miserable posteritie into extreme folly and vanitie ending in vtter perdition Heere our Lord and Master being most wise and euen wisdome it selfe and p Luke 19. 10. comming also to seeke and to saue that which was lost prescribeth vnto vs the onely antidote or souereigne remedie against this deadly poyson to wit the constant hearing and doing of these his fayings So Moses the seruant of the Lord most diuinely taught the people of Israel Heare saith hee q Deut. 4. 6. and doe these statutes and indgements which the Lord my God hath commanded for this is your wisdome and vnderstanding And Dauid found the truth hereof by most sweet and comfortable experience as euery one that taketh his course shall r Psal 119. ver 98 99 100. Thou saith he through thy Commandements hast made me wiser then mine enemies for they meaning those commandements are euer with me I haue more vnderstanding then all my Teachers for thy testimonies are my meditation I haue vnderstood more then the ancients because I kept thy precepts Obserue in this worthy example how they weâ—e alwayes with him hee set them before the eyes of his minde they were his meditation he kept them in practise and so became passing wise which he heere humbly acknowledgeth to the prayse and glorie of God and for our instruction and incitation to take the like course in hope and certaine expectation of the like successe in a degree suitable to our holy endeuours But we are further to vnderstand that by comparing this Text with Luke 6. 47. where our Sauiour Christ shutteth vp his Sermon with this very conclusion we shall find wherein the life and excellencie of his wisdome consisteth not in resting vpon the righteousnesse of the Law or of workes much lesse vpon the traditions of men or vpon morall and ciuill virtues but in digging deepe and laying the foundation on a rocke which is when we labour with all our might to come to the true knowledge of our selues how sinfull and damnable we are by nature through the right vnderstanding of the Law of God to come also to the sound and sauing knowledge of Iesus Christ crucified for our sinnes through the right vndeâ—standing of the Gospell So farre forth that being driuen by the Law spiritually vnderstood to IESVS CHRIST wee fall downe at his feet as it were and from the very bottome of our hearts cry with the poore Publican Å¿ Luke 18. 13. Lord be mercifull to me a sinner and withall so receiue our Lord and Sauiour IESVS CHRIST in his holy Gospel by a true and liuely faith that wee can and doe in all truth with Thomas the Apostle breake forth and say t Ioh. 20 28. Thou art my Lord and my God This is indeed to dig deepe and to lay the foundation on a rocke For u 1. Cor. 3. 11. none other foundation can any man lay saue Iesus Christ because x Act. 13 38. 39 through him alone is preached the forgiuenesse of sins and by him all that beleeue are iustified from all things from which they could not bee iustified by the law of Moses much lesse then by any traditions or deuises of mans braine The foundation being thus layed there must follow a contibuilding vpon vntil the house or Temple be perfected Of the materiall Temple it was said Fortie and sixe yeares was this Temple in building but for vs comming to Christ by faith as y 1. Pet 2. 4 5. to a liuing stone to be built vp a spiritual house it requireth vnweariable labour paines all our life long That z See for all this giuing 2. Pet. 1. 5 6 7. all diligence we may ad to our faith whereby the fountion was layed vertue or an honest and good heart and life ioyned