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The merchant reall. Preached by VVilliam Loe Doctour of Diuinitie chaplaine to the kings sacred maiestie, and pastour of the Englishe church of merchants adventurers residing at Hamboroughe in Saxonie
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Loe, William, d. 1645.
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any thinge neither vncircumcision but faith vvhich vvorketh by loue It is the victorie vvherby vve ouercome the vvorld 1. Ioh. 5.4 It is the renovation of the nevve birth in the children of god It is that alone vvhich iustifieth vs Eph. 3.17 yea vvithout faith Charity is sinne But in the meane vvhile let vs not spoile Charity of her priuiledges as doe the SolifidiaÌ„s Rom. 14.23 NullifidiaÌ„s For charity is the end of the coÌ„maundemeÌ„t 1. Tim. 1.5 The bond of perfection Col. 3.14 Rom. 13.10 Ioh. 13. Gal. 5.6 The complement of the lavve The supplement of the gospel vvithout vvhich Faith doth nothing Practice 2 The second vse is of Estimation For by Charity vve doe surprise god God vvill doe nothing till Lot come to Zoar. Hereby vve honor angels CHARITATE NON SERVITUTE saith S. Augustine Hereby vve participate vvith the blessed in the communion of Saincts in the church militant in the church triuÌ„phant hereby vve liue comfortably vvith men in the common vvealth in the church in our houses in the streets euery vvhere Practice 3 The third vse is of resistance For it vvithstandeth all imperfections infirmities of our minds all vveakenesses of our vvretched vvicked natures is like a pretious antidote or rare ievvell or pearle to cure the maladies of our minds For in case of emnity It saith I vvill loue mine enimie by the example of Christ Rom. 5.8 In case of iniury It sayth I vvill pray for mine enimies by the example of Stephen In case of necessity It supplieth vvants Act. 7.60 Prov. 25. Pro. 24.17 Luc. 17.4 In case of misery It condoleth and in case of penetencie It doth vvillingly forgiue that full oft Practice 4 The fourth vse is of consideration Hovve vve shall enter into heauen Matt. 22.12 For vvithout this garment to that holy mariage vve cannot be admitted Our Sauiour vvonders hovve a fellovve came to a vvedding not hauing a vvedding garment Novve euery garment hath the commendations from the matter vvhereof it is made from the colour from the svveetnes The matter of this garment is the tender bovvells of Iesus Christ The colour is the tincture of CHRISTS bloud And the svveetnes is of Mirh Aloes Cassia Psal 45. Noe man came into the court of Ahasuerosh vvith sackcloth Act. 9. noe man can come into the court of heauen vnless as Dorcas frends at her death shevved the garments that shee had vvrought before shee vvas restored to life by Peter So in the last day vve must shevve our garments made of this Charity before vve shal be possessed of life euerlasting Matth. 25 Practice 5 The Fift vse is of Expostulation Tell me vvho can implead god Rom. 13.10 Ioh. 13.34 He hath commanded you to doe ten things This commandement doth them Seauen things are to be desired in a sort this desireth them â—ay absolutly doth them Tvvelue things are to be beleeued To vvhich of these doth this not extend it selfe either of nature grace or glory Practice 6 The last vse is to examine the language that this deuine vertue speaketh in First in case of iniury I vvill not hurt neither in vvord nor deed saith â—hee In case of rashnes I vvill not iudge saith shee Psal 39.2 1. Thes 5. Mat. 7. In case of casualty I vvill not reioyce saith she if it be euill I vvill not grudg saith shee if it be good In a vvord she saith of all I vvill despise noe brother I vvill contemne noe sister for vvhere I find one fault in them I can find ten in my self if I looke vpon my selfe vvith the fame prying curious eie wherevvith I looke vpon them Marke her reasonings to maintaine this You thinke it a burthen saith she but I knovve the yoke is easie If Iacob could serue seauen yeares for Rachell say that it seemed fevve dayes vnto him for the loue that he bare vnto Rachel if naturall loue can vvorke this vvhat shall not deuine Charity effecte Secondly her reason tells her that if shee endureth any thing for the loue of god God himselfe vvill beare a part that shee shal be deliuered from the greeuous yoke of malice from the deuil the father thereof from hell the den thereof FroÌ„ which miserable diabolicall mischeefe of malice and sinne of Sathan good lord deliuer vs. Noe soner hath this reall Marchant found this pearle but â—e straightvvaies is become another man For the text sayth He went sold all that he had bought it Resolution therefore is the remarkable note of a true Christian vvhich consisteth in fovver things couched in these last vvords of my text The first is readines He vvent Secondly contempte of the vvorld And sold Thirdly a full persvvasion He sold all And Lastly The enioyement He bought it His readines is couched is these vvordes He went That is as the originall vvord signifies He vvent from himselfe in denying himselfe all his ovvne strength For as the prodigall sonne is sayd to returne to himselfe vvhen he bethought himselfe to returne to his father hauing not bine vvith himselfe all the vvhile of his prodigallity So this marchant is sayd to goe from himselfe vvhen he endeuoreth to purchase that vvithout himselfe vvhich he in himselfe could neuer find So that the learning then is this The tvvelfth lesson Suos Sua se negare Our Christian readines is to deny our ovvne frends our ovvne goods our ovvne selues as strangers and pilgrims vve must continue constantly to hold on our course tovvards this kingdome of heauen The light of this appeares That as Abraham the grandfather must forsake his ovvne country Gen. 12.1 goe to a land that god should shevve him And as Jacob the grandchild must trauell to Padan Aram from his fathers house to liue vvith his vncle Laban in Mesopotamia there to be enriched So must euery Christian soule forsake his ovvne frends here as doth the kings daughter vvhich is a figure of he church of euery true soule in the church Forsake her ovvne people Psal 45.10 her ovvne father house so shall the king of heauen haue great delight in her beauty he vvill become her lord In the second place vve see James Mat. 4 2â— Iohn left the ship their father to follovve Christ Mat. 19.27 The apostles disciples left forsooke all to follovve him in the regeneration Act. 4.34 And the primitiue church in the tyme of the apostles cast dovvne their goodes at the apostles feete In the third place vve see Paule denies himselfe for albeit Agabus had foretold his death yet he was resolute to goe on told the Elders of Ephesus others at Miletum that they should not vexe trouble him vvith vveeping for him For he vvas resolued that albeit he knevve that in euery city euill did abide him yet he vvould not only suffer but
iudge the vvorld yea the euill angells at the last to fitt together in heauenly places vvith Christ Iesus The vvord of it incomparable For no lesse then all Christ is our purchase that also according to both natures It is a fearefull thing vve knovve to fall into the hands of the liuing god but novve to fall into the hand of a god that died for vs. It is comfort vnspeakeble Behold nowe theÌ„ vvith the eies of your pretious faith your Christ in his humilitatioÌ„ redeeming you froÌ„ hell the povvers of darknes by his exaltatioÌ„ hath put you in possessioÌ„ of the kingdome of heaueÌ„ by liuery seisen in our owne nature Io. 14.2 For he is goÌ„e to prepare you a place Practice 2 The second vse is of direction If you shall aske me by vvhat vvay you may obtayne this purchase I ansvvere There is noe other way but to coÌ„fesse that we are poore miserable blind naked then vve shall seeke to supplie our vvants from this purchase Secondly to knovve that all good is in this purchase for vvithout Christ neither heauen nor earth is any thing nor men nor angells nor god himselfe is availeable to vs without Christ Thirdly vve must detest that foolish fullnes vvhich the papists dreame of to be in the chest of the church vvhere in not only they conceaue to be an ouer plus of Christ meritts but also of Martyrs saincts from vvhich treasure of the church the pope deriueth his plenary indulgences selleth those goodly purchases to the bevvitched slaues of his Romish captiuity But vve knovve in Christ dvvelleth all the fullnes of the godhead bodily that noe Romish miscreant hath any povver to dispose of any of this fullnes but only the spirit of our god vvho is Christs viceroy disposeth of this purchase a plentifull portion to saue our soules Lastly there must be an heauenly desire in vs to be svvallovved vp of the loue of god in Christ this is the meanes to obtaine this purchase Practice 3 The third vse is of Expostulation Tell you me all you great purchasers of the vvorld that ioyne house to house lay feild to feild till there be noe place that you may dvvell alone in the midst of the earth doth not a vvoe follovve you at your heeles Esay 50.8 Tell me ye that spoyle others Esay 33. are not spoyled your selues the vvhile shall not others spoyle you or yours that the broken titles you haue entered into the morgages you haue receaued the forfeitures that you haue taken may bring vvoe vnto you that are at ease in Sion rich in the mount of Samaria That your depopulations of countries improuements of lands rackings of rents grindings of the faces of the poore other such like Iesuiticall practices vvhich you blanch vvith this saying It is lavvfull for vs to make the most of our ovvne though thereby you make the least of all men els that deale vvith you That these things I say may be as bane bitternes vvrath vvormevvood to you yours that the old vvorld of the Ievves both in their tabernacle temple may vtterly condemne you in their zeale earnestnes for god Practice 4 The fourth vse is of entreaty Wherein I desire euery man that hath faith to examine it tell me if that man be not a starke foole vvhich beleeueth an idle dreame to be true Yet such is all the purchase of this vvorld Aske the Prophet Esay he vvill tell you chapter 29.8 Is not he a starke foole that doth giue credit to a traytor Seph 1.8 yet such is the vvorld that betrays vs vvith a kiss as did Judas or that serueth such a master that cannot helpe him For noe purchase but this of heauen can deliuer vs. Is not he a madman that prouideth snares to entangle himself and goeth to drovvne himself endeuoreth to quench fire not by casting on vvater but oyle So doe all the mad men of the vvorld that couet to be rich vvith vvorldly purchases not vvith this So Paule teacheth his scholer Timothy 1. Tim. 6.9 Yea is not a man possessed as it vvere vvith a lunaticke deuill vvhich doth oft cast him into the vvaters of affliction Matth. 17. vvhen he meets vvith many troubles in the vvorld by reason of his purchases many vnnecessary tedious suits in lavve vvhich doe miserably distract drovvne him ploung him into many manifold manifest garboyles turmoyles both of mind body goods good name Is he not as it vvere possessed vvith a spirit of infirmity that bovves him dovvne still to the earth as the poore vvoman in the gosple Luc. â—8 Yea doubtles the spirit of blindnes darkenes doomenes haue possessed all such vvorldlings that mind only earth earthly things neuer thinke of this heauenly purchase Practice 5 The last practice is of Motion tending to resolution I mention only tvvo purchases at this tyme. The one made by Abraham the other by Iudas Abrahams purchase vvas a sepucherir to bury in Gen. 23. It vvas the caue in Machpelah it cost him fovver hundred sycles vvhich is 33. h 6. s 8. d sterling This vvas a blessed purchase It vvas the dormitory for the bodys of his tribe to sleepe in vntill the last trumpet should call them to heauen Judas purchast to for thirty peeces of siluer but it vvas a miserable purchase euen an Acheldema a feild of bloud Mat. 27. But you masters mortalls I hope novve after all this that hath bine sayd vvill resolue euen all of you like reall Marchants to remember that vvhereas god hath purchased you from the earth to be heires of heauen Apoc. 14.3.4 1. Cor. 6.20 haue purchased you from among men to be a choise people vnto himself in a vvord hath purchased bought you vvith a price priceles peareles as you haue hard See that you glorifie god both in your bodies in your soules thinke noe price to deare to obtayne so rich a purchase as this euen the pearle of blisse euerlasting life through Iesus Christ our lord vvhich god grant vnto you for his mercies sake the merritts of his sonne into vvhose sauing mercies I recommend you committ you to the giudance of the holy ghost vvho may build further To vvhom vvith the father the sonne be ascribed all praise all povver all glory of vs here of the vniuersall church for euer Amen FINIS