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A02609	The threefold state of man vpon earth conteyning [brace] the glorie of his Creation, the miserie of his Fall, and the sweete mysterie of his reparation : discussed in three seuerall sermons at the Court / by Christopher Hampton ...	Hampton, Christopher, 1552-1625.	1620 (1620)	STC 12739.5; ESTC S2712	38,298	70

may be knowne saith he that I also loue the Father behold by me he shall receiue againe many of those that forme he had in a manner lost Therefore seeing this tempest is risen for my sake take me and cast me into the sea and you shall haue a great calme Indeed he did see the assault of the rauening Wolfe and tarrieth not vntill hee had surprised the sheepe but maturely interposeth himselfe in the gap O good sheapheard that giueth his life for his sheepe Peccat iniquus punitur iustus delinquit reus vapulat innocent offendit impius damnatur pius Quod meretur malus patitur bonus Quod perpetrat servus exoluit dominus quod committit homo sustinet Deus It was not nothing that God gaue when hee sent his Sonne vnto vs but gaue vs all things with him who of God is made vnto vs wisedome righteousnesse sanctification and redemption And the other three graces may serue for other subiects the gift of righteousnesse belongeth properly to the obedience of Christ as our Text witnesseth By the obedience of one many are made righteous His obedience is not like the oyle which the wise Virgins had that would not serue themselues and others Whosoeuer drinketh thereof shall thirst againe For the iust shall liue by his owne faith But he that drinketh of the water that I giue vnto him shall neuer thirst The soule that receiueth Christ is content with him onely for his obedience is like the widdowes oyle that did runne as long as there was any vessell to receiue it Tam pleno fonti vas inane admouendum It is no short or narrow mantell for that according to the Prophet cannot couer two His righteousnesse is an euerlasting righteousnesse and what is larger then eternitie Nothing Then it will couer him and vs. Et in nobis quidem operit multitudinem peccatorum In te autē domine quid nisi pietatis thesauros diuitias bonitatis Christ being man was mortall also and capable of death but being iust he needes not doe it freely One sinner cannot die for another but he that had no cause to doe it for himselfe doth it not for another in vaine No no the more vnworthily that he dyed that deserued no death the more iustly we liue for whom hee dyed Magna res anima quae Christi sanguine redempta est grauis animae casus qui non nisi Christi cruce potuit reparari Si rursum corruerit peccato duntaxat ad mortē vnde iam reparabit nunquid aut alter Christus aut idem iterum habet crucifigi pro ea Hee held his peace before Pilate because that Court held plea for his death only which the Sonne of God would not decline Pilate had no competent tribunal to enquire of the validitie of his death or what retaliation and amends should be giuen for it that was to be determined in the high court of his fathers iustice And doe you thinke that he is silent there too No beloued There he maketh intercession continually speaketh better things then the bloud of Abel That cryed for vengeance this for indulgence that for iustice this for mercy that for punishment this for remission of sinnes So Lord Iesus so continue thy pietie still and we shal neuer be forced to pay that againe which thou hast payed for vs alreadie If his obedience be sufficient there needes no more if it be not where is the defect Is there any invaliditie in the Fathers acceptation None at all You remember what the good father saies in Gen. 27. when hee touched Iacob and sented Christ Behold the smell of my sonne is like the smell of a field which the Lord hath blessed The father may accept that of fauour that is no competent satisfaction Nay nay so the father might haue accepted any part of his obedience and then there had beene no full no reall but a formal satisfaction for sinne and as they say dicis causa The forgiuenesse of our sinne is not for fashion sake S. Paul calls it not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 but 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is to say an absolute remission as in the yeare of Iubile And wee haue it by this obedience that was complete and perfect euen vnto death which is the period and last line of all things Whilest Ioseph liued there is no expresse mention that the Israelites increased but after his death as appeareth Exod. 1. So it stood with our Ioseph before he dyed there was but few Israelites The dew fell vpon Gideons fleece onely and all the floore was drye but after his death the dew fell vpon all the floore the fleece alone is now drie and the Israelites of God are encreased and multiplyed ouer all the world by the heauenly dew and influence of this obedience Indeed except the graine of Wheate fall into the ground and dye it abideth alone but if it dye it bringeth forth much fruite you may iudge of his cause by the words of his mouth for after this pretious graine dyed in obedience Out of the eater came meate and out of the strong came sweetnesse out of the obedience of his death the haruest of the Church shooteth vp plentifully in euerie quarter O virtus occulta vnam animam emissam in tormento innumerabiles extrahere de inferno hominem mortem corporis suscipere animarum mortem perimere The Apostle giueth a reason of it If one dyed for all then all dyed in that one and it is certus sermo a sure saying that if we be dead with him we shal also liue with him if we suffer we shall also raigne with him Aduersaries may quarrell this imputation but they will neuer bee able to disproue it for by the same meanes that Christ was made sinne for vs are we made the righteousnesse of God in him Now it is out of doubt that he was made sinne for vs not by inherence but by imputation of our sinnes therefore are wee also made righteous not by any inherent righteousnesse but by imputation of his obedience This is the righteousnesse that was prefigured in the old Testament What signified the sweete treitment that was giuen to Iacob and his children in Egypt Why did the gracious King that knew them not before they were brought vnto him make them Denizens of strangers and Citizens of aliens Why did he receiue them not onely into his common-wealth but also into his neere familiaritie and loue Was it for any respect of themselues Alas they brought nothing with them but pouertie and famine Was it not altogether for Iosephs sake whom hee loued If Pharaoh were intreated for those that he neuer knew the Father of mercies will not be inexorable for the people that he hath made If Ioseph could preuaile with a King for his parentage and friends the onely begotten Sonne shall neuer be refused for the

house Then his Maister shall bring him to the Iudges and set him to the dore or to the post and his Master shall bore his eare through with an awle and he shall serue him foreuer I say too little when I say Christ obliged himselfe to such obedience He professeth more in the Psalme aures perforasti mihi that both his eares were bored through the obligation of his obedience doubled aboue all others How Sure hee addicted himselfe not to outward obsequies alone as voluntarie seruants vsed to do but to obey the very inward thoughts intendments of his fathers will he left no tittle vnperformed Where shall we finde the like Isaac his obedience is commendable hee was not refractorie when his father would offer him vp in sacrifice but yet he was bound And O Lord thine hands needed no bands nor thy feete to be tyed in fetters of brasse Ioseph would not contend with his brethren when they had agreed to put him to death but did hee not vse deprecations They acknowledge it Gen. 42.21 We haue verily sinned against our brother in that we sawe the anguish of his soule when he besought vs and we would not heare him Mee thinks I see how pittifully he stood in the midst of them when they began to strip him out of his coat how his colour went away with the apprehension and feare of death how his cheekes were all to be raied with teares how his eyes were turned euery way sometimes to one brother somtimes to another sometimes to all at once sometimes to the ground where his bodie should fall sometimes to the heauens that should receiue his soule Did not these wofull lookes pleade for him were they not vocall Yes indeed and patheticall Orators And after that with beating his breast hee had gained passage for his voyce hee added words to this effect Alas what haue I done worthie of this that you goe about If I tolde any thing of you it was but truth and tended to your reformation if my dreames be offensiue they came by the instinct of God if you mislike my cōming it was my fathers pleasure I came to see how you did and shall I now die O spare my life for the respect you haue to your owne bloud spare it I beseech you for the reuerence you beare to my fathers age is hee not also yours Spare it if you regard not men yet for the feare you haue of God or if none of all these can moue your bowels for my life let me haue my coate this partie-coloured coate the ornament of my youth and the pledge of my fathers loue for an hearse to shroude and couer me when I am dead Maruaile not at Iosephs obtestations he was but a figure of obedience and the figure must euer be inferior to the truth Christ himselfe vsed no tergiuersation no deprecation he is accused and holds his peace he is charged and saith nothing to it But as a sheepe led to the slaughter so opened he not his mouth He died willingly Saint Peter and the rest that dyed for the testimonie of this obedience did it patiently but not altogether willingly I haue warrant and authoritie enough for it When thou art old another shall gird thee and leade thee whither thou wouldst not If there were any other means for vs to come to Christ who would die Indeed saith another great Apostle wee that are in this tabernacle sigh and are burthened because we would not be vnclothed but be clothed vpon Saint Paul would be like Henoch Elias or those that be aliue at the day of iudgement they shall not die but they shall be chaunged So S. Paul desireth not to be vnclothed but to be clothed vpon that mortality might be swallowed vp of life Although we go from labour to rest from expectation to possession from the race to the gaole from faith to fruition from a pilgrimage to our countrey from the world to God yet the passage being rugged mingled with asperitie hauing some of the gall and vineger in it that the Iewes gaue vnto Christ maketh it vnpleasing vnto vs But these lets and rubbs could neyther hinder nor abate any thing of his cheerefulnesse Oblatus est quia voluit if he had beene vnwilling he was not vnable to hold his life against all the world When the Iewes sent their Sergeants to apprehend him he meetes his aduersaries in the mid-way he offereth himselfe and askes them whom they seeke When they said Iesus of Nazareth he denied not but acknowledged himselfe and said I am hee No perswasions could diuert him from this obedience his disciples say Master the Iewes did seeke for thee of late to stone thee and wilt thou go to Hierusalem againe He answereth roundly Are there not twelue houres in the day If any man walke in the day time he stumbleth not because he seeth the light of this world God his calling is like this day light which suffereth not a man to wander or to goe astray out of his way in obedience of this calling he goeth on to Hierusalem couragiously and feares no swords nor staues but offereth himselfe the second time and askes them whom they seeke Here is no vnwillingnesse or pusillanimitie that was rat her with his aduersaries they did shrinke goe backe and fell to the ground Where is the terror and defence of their armed men forsooth with one word and acknowledgment of himselfe and with his bare voyce saying nothing but I am hee the whole multitude that came against him fierce in hatred and terrible in power were smitten repelled and ouerthrowne without any weapon at all Was there euer such a Hee You may easily accompt what this Hee will doe when he iudgeth that did so much when he was iudged what he may doe when he raigneth that could doe this when he obeyed When he saw the wrath of God stirred vp against all creatures for our sinne I cannot tell you whether it was with more pietie or wisedome with greater mercie or iustice for I thinke all the vertues in the world did concurre together in this one action but I am sure that it was with great willingnes and powerfull successe that he cryed Si propter me haet tempestas orta sit tollite me mittite me in mare And what tempest could be raised for his sake that I will also shew It was not without a robberie of the Sonne of God that Lucifer did affect his greatnesse it was not without a robberie of the Sonne of God that our first parents did affect that knowledge eritis sicut dij And the Father would not dissemble nor passe ouer his sonnes iniuries without reuenge For the Father loueth the Sonne alwayes For him hee destroyed many Angels and sentenced all men What did the Sonne when he saw the Father so iealous for him that he spared no creature To the intent that it