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A00801	A sermon preached at Paules Crosse the second Sunday in Mychaelmas tearme last. 1590. By Geruase Babington D. of Diuinitie. Not printed before this 23. of August. 1591	Babington, Gervase, 1550-1610.	1591 (1591)	STC 1092; ESTC S110424	34,925	81

the increase of true faith in them yet the wicked eate drink it vnworthely to their owne damnation and regard not as they ought the Lords bodie What should I saye Is not Christ himselfe our déere and blessed Sauiour good and full of life and saluation to all that beléeue Yet euen this Lambe of God sonne of the most high to these cursed castawaies is a stone to stumble at a rock of offence they being disobedient and euen ordeigned to this thing Finally in a word vnto them that are defiled and vnbeleeuing nothing is pure but euen their mindes and consciences are destled Contrarywise to the godly which are pure all things are pure and euen all things all things I say worke to y ● best to them that loue God Yea saith Austen Ipsa etiam peceata The very sinnes falls of the godly turne vnto their good some way or other though thereby they may not be imboldned to offend Therefore we sée how firme this decrée of God is the wicked cannot be saued turning all things to their wo and the elect cannot finally be cast away reaping through the assisting grace of Gods spirit good from all things that befall them For number and knowledge of God of these his elect and chosen the scripture againe is not silent but telleth vs thus much that the haires of our heads are nūbered Then certainly our persons God knoweth who be his Then certainly he knoweth the number and the number is certaine Our names are written in the booke of life Therefore we are knowne and the number is certaine He calleth his by their names therefore he knoweth them both who they are and how many With which proofes and many mo that might be named Saint Austen ioyneth when he saith Praedestinatorum ita certus est numerus vt eis nec addatur nec minuatur The number of the elect is so certaine that neither addition can be made vnto them nor diminution from them Lastly the word instructeth euen vs also to knowe and to beléeue this matter in perciculer of our selues For the Spirit shall rebuke the world of sinne saith Saint Ihon because it beléeueth not and what is it to beléeue but in my soule and conscience to be assured that Christ died not onely for others but euen for me and that by his death and passion as well I my selfe my poore body and soule shalbe saued as any others And what is this I pray you but to beléeue that amongst others with others as well as others God hath chosen you to be an heire of his Kingdome Want this faith in your selfe the place I aledged saith the spirit shall rebuke you and as many as want it for sinne because ye do not beléeue this Therefore we are all bound you sée euen by the will of God to beléeue our particuler election predestination he that doubteth or waueretd must be rebuked and is rebuked euen of Gods spirit for so doing Why againe should so much and so many things be spoken of the mercie goodnesse of God as is in y ● scripture but that you I and all flesh should catch hold of it and conclude out of y ● same that to vs particulerly such so euer God wilbe Looke we then at the light of y ● word of God both for election for y ● causes of the same for the firmenesse stabilitie of it for nūber knowledge in God in our selues and sée whether these mad men that cannot away with this doctrine of Gods election do not oppose themselues directly plainely against the euidence of Gods holy sacred Scriptures striuing against the streame and kicking against the prick to their fearfull confusion if they leane not The third last thing which I said they oppose themselues against is the swéet vse of this holy doctrine which it yeldeth sūdry waies to as many as rightly with vnderstanding meditate vpon it As first by confirming most strongly this féeble faith of ours against despayre when troubles crosses do euery way beset vs as it were ouerwhelme vs. For truely may it be saide of the afflictions often of the godly as one saide of an other matter 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 one labour beg●● 〈◊〉 ●●her one sorow foloweth an other 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ●iue godly in Christ 〈…〉 the troubles 〈…〉 But ●eare not litle flock saith our Sauiour Christ for it is your Fathers will to giue you a kingdom as if he should say whatsoeuer befalleth you bitter in this world dispaire not but comfort your selues and soules with this that you are of the flock that is elect chosen for a kingdome which your fathers will is w tout all faile to giue you Reioyce that your names are written in the booke of life that is stay your selues vpon your election euer feare not Who shall lay any thing to the charge of Gods chosen it is God that iustifieth who shall condemne Who shall seperate vs from the loue of Christ shall tribulation or anguish or persecution or famine or nakednesse or perill or sword No I am perswaded that neither death nor life nor Angells nor Principalities nor powers nor things presēt nor things to come nor height nor depth nor ani other creature shalbe able to seperate vs from y ● loue of God which is in Christ Iesus our Lord. Sed superatis omnibus pro cellis tandem in portu c. But all storms waues of wo being passed ouer well broken of at last in y ● quiet hauen of euerlasting comfort I shall haue my rest for euer euer In a word how can a man dispaire of Gods mercie in due time that findeth his election in the meane time Swéete therefore euer against finall feare is this doctrine Secondly it cooleth and quencheth the proud puffe of sinfull flesh telling vs that be we neuer so mightie neuer so Honorable and high by place and calling in the world yet we were made of the same masse and mould that the poorest man and most wretched caitife to see to in the world was we haue stode before the potter no better matter then he to receiue a choise to such vse and ende as might please him What difference is in vs if any be touching election it hath come by mercy and not from merit therefore no pride but thankes no disdaine of any but humilitie toward all and euer in our selues bewtifieth adorneth vs most He that gloryeth let him glorie in the Lord saith this doctrine of election For fauour in God is the fountaine of our grace whatsoeuer it is that we reioyse in Shall I hoyse sayle and looke bigge vpon others when onely by grace I am that I am It may not be Thirdly it ●●réth our harts with a féeling of loue in God towards vs that is swéeter then hony or the

to honor or dishonor to saluation or damnation to heauen or hell In which good pleasure of his euer the rule of right he hath disposed of some one way of some another It being his glory in his house also to haue vessells of diuers sortes and not all to one vse Of many scriptures some few shall serue First the testimonie of the Apostle who saith to the Romanes That whome he hath predestinate them also he called and whome he called them also he iustified and whome he iustified them also he glorified Boldly auouching this doctrine which some make so dangerous with all the degrées sequells of the same In the 9. Chapter he maketh expresse mention of Vessels of mercy prepared to glory and vessells of wrath prepared to destruction To the Ephesians he saith He hath chosen vs in him he hath predestinate vs to be adopted c. In the Gospell sée often two sorts of men one to whome it is giuen to vnderstand the secrets of the kingdome of Heauen an other to whome it is not giuen one sort to whome it shalbe said Come ye blessed an other sort to whome it shalbe said Go ye cursed Behold againe saith olde Simeon This childe is apointed for the fall and rising of many in Israell Therefore two sorts there are in this counsell of God one must rise the other must fall being so apointed Esau and Iacob Peter and Iudas with the two theues at the death of Christ many mo declare thus much in example to vs. God hath loued and God hath hated God hath elected and God hath reiected God hath saued God hath cast away for euer Still but in iustice whatsoeuer he doth without wrong to any all being his owne Now if any man will not stay héere but will search further and aske a reason of this the Lords doing why he reiecteth any all being equall his workmanship and alike by nature to these the wise and sober Apostle answereth no otherwise but he willed because he willed Noting therby that his will should content vs which he hath reuealed without any reason which is not reuealed And if it do not then heare I pray you what Saint Austine saith to such curious inquirers Tu homo expectas a me responsum ego quoqua homo sum Itaquae ambo audiamus dicentem O homo tu quis es qui responsas deo melior est fidelis ignorantia quam temeraria scientia Quaere merita non inuenies nisi paenā O altitudo Petrus negat latro credit O altitudo Quaeris tu rationem ego expauescam altitudinem Tu ratiocinare ego mirabor Tu disputa ego credam Altitudinem video ad profunditatem non peruenio Paulus inscrutabilia vocat tu vis scrutari ille inuestigabiles vias eius tu vestigas Cui responsio ista displicet quaerat doctiores sed caueat ne inueniat presumtores Thou O man lookest for an answere of me and I my selfe am also a man Therefore both thou and I let vs harken to him that saith O man who art thou that disputest with God Better farre is faithfull ignorance then rash knowledge Seeke for merit thou shalt finde but punishment O depth Peter denieth the theefe beleueth O depth Thou seekest a reason of this I will trēble at the depenes Thou reasonest I will wonder Thou disputest I will beleue A depth I see to the bottome I cannot come Paule calleth them the vnsearchable waies of God thou wilt search thē Whosoeuer is not satisfied with this aunswere let him seeke for one better learned then I am but let him take hede that he finde not a more presumer Thus much may suffice for the doctrine it selfe that it is euident in the scripture Concerning the braunches of it as euident againe is the word for the same and first for the cause It telleth vs plainelie that we are chosen according to his good will His will I say and not our will or yet worke any manner of way That we should be holy saith the Apostle not because we were holy making our holinesse an effect flowing from election not election from or for our holynesse With which Saint Austine agréed when he said Pradestinatio est preparatio beneficiorum Dei Praedestination is a preparation to all the benefits of God I haue obtained mercie saith the Apostle to be faithfull not because I was faithful or would be in time Againe to the Romans There is a remnant according to the election of grace of grace I say and marke it he saith not of merit or for merit for grace excludeth merit as the Apostle plentifully prooueth Ro 4. And Sainct Austine plainly confessed when he saide Gratia non est vllo modo nisi sit gratuita omni modo It is not grace any way except it be free euery way And againe writing vpon these words in Iohn Nisi pater traxerit except the father dra●veth Cur aijt traxerit non duxerit Ne vllam precedere nostram voluntatem au● meritum credamus Why saith he except the father draw him and nor except the Father guide or leade him Surely for feare wee should think by so speaking that some will of ours or merit went before 3 Plaine againe is the scripture for the firmenesse and stabilitie of this decrée of God as by many places might be showed Writing vnto Timothie the Apostle saith thus in plaine words The foundation of God remaineth sure sure I say and marke it hauing this seale the Lord knoweth who be his To the Romanes he saith thus The gifts and calling of God are without repentance that is without change or alteration It may appeare vnto vs also most euidently by this argument If whatsoeuer befalleth the wicked still befalleth them to their damnation béeting so by theyr great wickednesse peruerted and whatsoeuer befalleth y ● godly still turneth to their good then is the decrée of God for the life of some and death of other some most stable and firme but this is so if you marke particulers therefore the conclusion followeth For perticulers name what you will be it neuer so good yet to them that be reprobates still it is a fall The gospel of God how swéete how good how profitable yet to the wicked it is a sauour of death vnto death and not a sauour of life vnto life The long suffering of God how gratious how good how worthie praise and thanks for euer Yet vnto the wicked it is made an occasiō to harden their harts to presume in sinning to heape vp more and more wrath against the day of wrath for body soule Christian libertie what a blessed grace of God is it Yet of the wicked it is turned into wantonnesse made an occasion of great offence The Supper of the Lord what a swéete Sacrament is it full of comfort to y ● godly to