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A10398	Three and tvventie sermons, or, Catechisticall lectures upon the sacrament of the Lords Supper preached monthly before the Communion. By that late able, and painfull preacher, Master Iohn Randall Bachelour of Divinitie, pastor of Saint Andrewes Hubbart in little Eastcheape London, sometimes fellow of Lincolne Colledge in Oxford. Published by his executor Iosh. Randall, as he found it corrected by the authors one hand, in his study, since his death.	Randall, John, 1570-1622.; Randall, Joshua, fl. 1630.	1630 (1630)	STC 20682A; ESTC S115645	295,622	568

at any time forget us this should and must perswade us to make the death of Iesus Christ our continuall remembrance Reason 2 Secondly God alwayes remembers the death of Christ it is our duty and it is our grace and our happinesse to doe as God doth therefore seeing that God remembers Christs death alwayes oh how ought we to remember Christs death alwayes too It is true God cannot bee said properly to remember any thing because remembrance is of things past nothing is past in respect of God all things are still present before him neither can he be said properly to remember one thing more then another because hee cannot forget any thing But yet to speake according to the manner of man God may be said and God is said to remember things done yea some things more then others because he testifies and shewes by his outward proceedings more respect unto some things then unto other thus may God be said to remember the death of Christ and that more and above all things else because he shewes in his outward proceedings more respect to the death of CHRIST then to any thing else Whatsoever God doth in the administration of the world he doth it respectively to the death of Christ let it be to the preservation and salvation of the faithfull It is respectively to the death of Christ because they have their parts in him and he in them Let it bee to the destruction of the wicked it is respectively to the death of Christ they have no part in Christ whatsoever dangers thou escapest thou escapest them by the power of the death of Iesus Christ whatsoever benefits thou receivest it is by vertue of the death of Christ whatsoever grace God giveth thee he giveth it thee only in the remēbrance of the death of Christ whatsoever sinne God forgiveth thee he forgiveth it thee meerly in the shedding of Christs blood Is the death of Christ so precious that it is worthy alwayes to bee remembred by the Lord himselfe how much more then is it to be remembred by us Reason 3 A third reason we have continuall need and continuall use of the death of Christ and therefore wee must have it alwayes in continuall remembrance we must alwayes have it in a readinesse about us we have continuall need and use of the death of Christ great need as much as our bodies and our lives yea as much as our soules are worth our faith that requires daily to be strengthened why our faith that is stablished in the blood and death of Christ so the Scripture speaketh Through faith in his blood as the blood of Christ or the death of Christ being the very chiefe foundation that the faith of Gods children is rooted in and setled and stablished upon wee must pray continually every body knowes that it is the expresse commandement of the Apostle Pray continually we can never put up any the least pleasing petition to God but the eye of our faith must be fixed upon the death of Christ and therefore we must alwayes remember it wee are tempted daily to sinne no sound resistance of any temptation but in the death of Iesus Christ Rev. 12.10 11. If we ever overcome the accuser it must be by the blood of the Lambe sin must be mortified the death of Christ is the onely sword to mortifie and to slay sinne within us And last of all we sin dayly and therefore we have need of the forgivenesse of our sinnes and reconciliation and peace to be made with God continually no hope of forgivenesse of sinnes and of reconciliation but onely and meerly by the blood of Iesus Christ now ordinary wisedome and reason teacheth us looke what we know wee have continuall use of wheresoever wee goe wee will bee sure to carry that about us be it money or strong waters or the like wee will alwayes have it about us wee have continuall use and great need of the death of Christ even as much as the price of our life and soule is worth therefore let us alwaies have that in our hearts alwaies in a readinesse about us because we have continuall use of it Reason 4 A fourth reason is this the death of Christ Iesus doth alwaies labor for us and worke for us as a man would say and travels for us and that not in any small employment but in the best and the greatest worke that concernes our best good namely in satisfying our debts and in making our peace with God Heb. 12.24 the Apostle saith there that the blood of Christ Iesus that speakes better things then that of Abel the intendment of that Scripture is this wee sinne daily against God the sinnes that we doe commit doe cry out daily to heaven for vengeance to be poured upon us even as the blood of Abel did cry for vengeance to bee poured upon Cain but the blood of Christ Iesus that steps in for us and that speakes better things than the blood of Abel and calls to God for mercy and for forgivenesse and so prevailes against the cry of our sinnes and procures mercy and forgivenesse at the hands of God Heb. 10.19 20 vers there the Apostle calls the blood of Christ the new and the fresh and the living Way Well what is the meaning of it the meaning is this that whereas wee doe sinne and offend God daily the blood of Christ Iesus that daily makes our peace the death of Christ that is as it were day by day fresh and bleeding anew in the sight of God and so makes our peace with God It is true indeed when Christ offered himselfe upon the Crosse that then his blood was actually shed and never else yet it is as true that the blood of Christ bleedeth anew effectually in the sight of God when any sinne is forgiven any soule The death of Christ thus working and travelling for us shal not we remember it continuallie We must never forget those that worke and labour for us and for our good and shall wee not alwaies remember CHRIST IESVS especially in his death whereby hee doth effect our greatest good Reason 5 The last reason is this the thoughts of the death of Christ Iesus are most sutable and agreeable unto us in this present estate that we are in and therefore wee ought to remember it alwaies so long as we are in this estate the thoughts of his resurrection they are alwaies comprehended within the thoughts of his death and the thoughts of Christ his glory that being a matter which we can see here onely a farre off are not so fit for us in this abasement and humiliation and corrupt estate we are now in continually to feed upon but the thoughts of the death of Iesus Christ are most fitting for this present estate In this estate we are daily to bee cast downe before the Lord nothing will humble us so throughly as the thoughts of the death of Iesus Christ still wee must have sinne to be crucified

indebted to God when they are discharged then we are no further debtors that is to say God is a Friend to vs he is reconciled to vs and we to him Our sinnes are our foulnesse when they are washed we are clensed Our sinnes are our hatred when they are abolished God loues vs and we loue him Our sinnes are our separation take away this wall of separation and God is a Father to vs and we dutifull Children to him To conclude we are one with him and he is one with vs. Reas 2 The second Reason is drawne from the intirenesse of Christ Christ our Mediator is our Sanctification as well as our Righteousnesse and our Righteousnesse as well as our Redemption and our Redemption as well as our Wisedome 1 Cor. 1.30 He is our Wisedome Righteousnesse Sanctification and Redemption Is Christ diuided No surely and therefore whosoeuer hath part in him for his Righteousnesse hath also part in him for his Wisedome Sanctification and Redemption Reas 3 The third Reason is drawne from the necessarie dependance of the whole worke of Saluation and of all the Graces and Mercies that God bestowes vpon vs they are all inseparable they goe all together and are neuer sundred Iustification being the first If that once be obtained all the rest necessarily follow Those whom he iustifies he sanctifies If any Man be in Christ he is a new Creature 2 Cor. 5.19 If we be once reconciled to God whereby our sinnes are forgiuen we are new Creatures So that where there is Iustification there is Sanctification and where there is Iustification there is also Glorification Rom. 8.30 Whom he iustifies them also he glorifies There is a necessarie dependance betwixt the matter of Iustification consisting in the forgiuenesse of sinnes and the matter of our Sanctification and Glorification Whosoeuer bath interest in one hath also right interest to all the rest Reas 4 The fourth Reason is drawne from the Office of our Sauiour Christ He came for sinne Rom. 8.3 To saue his People from their sinnes Math. 1.21 To sane sinners 1 Tim. 1.15 His Office is to take away sinne and to saue sinners If therefore our sinnes are taken away and forgiuen we are interested into the worke of our Saluation It is made sure vnto vs howsoeuer the Glorie is respited to another World Vse 5 The last Reason is drawne from the comparison of the state we were in before our sinnes were forgiuen with that which we doe after inioy Before we were Enemies to God after we are reconciled to God and made his Friends If God vouchsafe vs this fauour to forgiue vs our sinnes when wee were his Enemies shall hee not also vouchsafe vs this loue according as he hath promised to accomplish and worke vpon vs the whole worke of our Saluation to saue vs being now reconciled to him It is the Apostles reason Rom. 5 10. For if when we were Enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Sonne much more being reconciled we shall be saued by his life Vse 1 The Vses First this shewes vs what we must specially labour for in all our practise of Religion namely to obtaine remission of sinnes that is the maine That being obtained all the rest be obtainned But some will say there be other things to be laboured for It is true But that is the first and principall and till we haue that we can haue no other mercie from God and when we haue that we haue all Without that no fauour at all can be expected from God either for Soule or Body It was Dauids case and practise when he was sicke or persecuted or whatsoeuer occasion befell him still he labours for the forgiuenesse of his sinnes O Lord be mercifull to my sinnes This also was the practise of our Sauiour some came to him about one Disease some about another the Leprosie the Palsie and the like His answer is Thy sinnes are forgiuen thee Sinne no more c. By which tender he teacheth vs what we must specially labour for and chiefely ayme at in the practise of Religion namely for the forgiuenesse of our sinnes But some will say how shall we come by this I answer we must seeke for it pray for it and vse the meanes which God hath appointed to obtaine the same heare the Word and meditate vpon it receiue the Sacraments and labor to profit by these things to get the knowledge of Christ And this we must vnderstand that howsoeuer we can doe nothing to procure the forgiuenesse of our sinnes but the Lord must first forgiue before our workes can be acceptable yet notwithstanding God hath appointed meanes wherein he hath promised to meet vs Let vs humble our selues before him and by that meanes we shall be made capable of the forgiuenesse of our sinnes let vs labour for Faith and by that we shall receiue forgiuenesse of sinnes let vs labour for newnesse of life and so we shall walke worthy of this Grace let vs vse the meanes wherein God hath promised to meet vs and this is to labour for remission of sinnes and doubt not but he that doth this out of a Heart vnfaigned shall find the blessing of God vpon it But where shall we find this I answer In the Blood of Christ there this Treasure lyes Digge deepe into his wounds by the Hand of Faith diue into this euer-liuing Fountaine the Blood of Christ by the worke of Faith so shalt thou be sure to find forgiuenesse of sinnes and then though thou be neuer so loathsome in thy selfe yet his Blood is verie precious and will make amends for all though thou be vnable to go forward one Foot in the way of Saluation yet his Blood is all-sufficient though thy Prayers be weake thy desires feeble thy Faith and Hope faint yet his Blood is a strong and a mightie Intercessor that calles for forgiuenesse though our sinnes be like the Blood of Abel that calles for vengeance yet the Blood of Christ speakes better things for vs then the Blood of Abel it calles continually for mercie for vs though our sinnes be great and grieuous as red as Scarlet deepely dyed by our continuance in them or by our relapsing or by our much hardnesse of Heart against Gods warnings yet diue thou deepe into the Fountaine of Christs Blood and that will put thee into another hugh his Scarlet Blood will put downe thy Scarlet sinnes though neuer so deepely dyed and procure thee Mercie and present thee faultlesse before the Lord. But how shall I know that I haue forgiuenesse of sinnes I answer his is the mercie of God that he not onely forgiues vs our sinnes but also telles vs they are forgiuen To forgiue vs our sinnes is a great mercie but to tell vs that they are forgiuen is a greater mercie If a Man be neuer so well prouided for so that he shall neuer want it is well but yet vnlesse he know so much he will still feare and stand in

scattered our Saviour would not have them discouraged and therefore he saith Well bee of good comfort when I am gone I will pray to the Father and he shall give you another Comforter and bee shall dwell with you for ever though I be gone from you yet he shall not What Comforter is that why the Spirit of Truth that is in you and dwells in you and is among you and so hee proceedeth and saith I will not leave you comfortlesse that is Orphans or fatherlesse children though you poore soules thinke when I am gone you shall bee like childrē without a father yet be of good comfort I will not leave you comfortlesse I will provide you as good a father as my selfe I will send you the Spirit of truth to comfort you and hee shall doe you as much good as if I were present with you The Apostles and the Disciples of Christ when Christ was present here they had the Word and Sacraments and Christ his bodily presence with them the Churches after our Saviours time they had the same Word and Sacraments and though they had not his bodily presence yet they had the Spirit of Christ who was as willing and ready and as able to do as much for them as ever Christ did and therefore is not the estate of the Church as good now in every respect as before it was so it was then so it is now and so it shall continue to the worlds end Another duty that here we are instructed in is this it should stirre us up the more to thankesgiving that we should give thanks to God that hee hath ordained this comfortable meanes of our salvation stil to continue to the end of the world More generally it teacheth us that we should be thankfull to God for the whole Church living upon the face of the earth that they and we being respited to live in these last daies these perillous times as the Apostle calls them 2 Tim. 2.3 vers and these sinfull dayes as our Saviour foretold when iniquitie shall abound and the love of many shall waxe cold yet the Lord Iesus Christ hath beene pleased to afford us his owne saving ordinances the same helps and means to keepe us in the right way and to build us up to the Kingdome of God to us I say that live in this Iron age of the world that the Apostles had and did enjoy in the Golden age of Christ himselfe It is not the prophanation of this Sacrament by our forefathers nor the abuse of it by our selves It is not the cry of the sinnes of the world for this sixteene hundred yeares it is not any one of these nor all these that have or ever shall or can deprive the Church of God of this grace and mercy surely if it could long ere now bad this gracious light beene extinguished and taken from us but blessed be God that hath and daily doth stop his eares against the cryes of our sinnes and still though our sinnes cry for vengeance yet the Lord is pleased to continue these comfortable and saving ordinances unto us these heavenly helps of our salvation as Isaac said concerning Iacob Iacob have I blessed and he shall be blessed Such is Christ his resolution touching his Church the Church hath beene blessed and she shall be blessed it hath my Word and Sacraments and shall have my Word and Sacraments continued to them to the end of the world no prophane Esau shall ever get it from them Secondly and more particularly it should stir us up that live here in this Land in this City and in this congregation to more thankfulnesse that it hath pleased the Lord to admit us to be members of this Church and so to admit us to participate in this Sacrament we have it and we have free accesse unto it through Gods mercy and we have it duely observed among us and rightly administred unto us without any grosse corruption or any materiall change from our Saviours owne originall institution a blessing and a mercy that many of Gods people in many places of the world would purchase with the losse of all their goods and the hazard of their lives too if so they might procure it but blessed be God we have it and doe injoy it with much peace and with a full hand let us take notice of this great mercy of God to us and let us acknowledge this mercy of God and esteeme of it and that highly and let us give unto GOD the due honour and praise that belongs to him for the same The last duty that here we are instructed unto is this Is it so that God hath appointed this Sacramēt to continue to the end of the world why then every one of us should labour and doe the best we can to the uttermost of our power for the continuance of it and for the continuance of the rest of Gods saving ordinances to the worlds end and not to say onely Let there bee peace in our dayes and let the Gospell flourish in our daies let us have accesse to the sacrament while we live but to labour that the people of God that shall live in time to come to the end of the world may have them and injoy them as well as we But you will say we can but looke to it for our time how can wee doe it for the time to come I answer whilest we live here and while wee have these things let us highly esteeme of them and reverently embrace them and make a conscionable use of them This is one meanes whereby we shall procure men to love them and may procure from the Lord the continuance of these his ordinances to our posterity Secondly let us not onely so doe but labour to countenance these things to plead for them to fight for them and to strive for them to the utmost of our power Thirdly and not onely so but let us call upon others that live among us to come to the house of God and to make use of his saving ordinances Let us not be such graceless wretches as to suffer others to neglect such a gracious salvation as the Lord tenders unto them let us charge them that they charge their posterity to doe the like Fourthly we must yet goe further and walke worthy of them worthie of those saving ordinances of God if we have the light let us walke as children of the light if we have the Gospell let us walke worthy of the Gospell if we have the Word and Sacraments let us shew forth the fruit and power of them Revel 2.5 Repent and doe thy first workes or else I will come against thee and remove thy candlesticke I it is just with God to remove the candlesticke from a place if the people there doe not labour to walke worthy of their light and shew forth the power of it in their lives and conversations yet further we must not onely doe this but also as much as in us lyeth doe