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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68403	The ioy of Ierusalem and woe of the worldlings. A sermon preached at Pauls Crosse the 18. of Iune. 1609. By William Loe Batcheler of Diuinity.	Loe, William, d. 1645.	1609 (1609)	STC 16685; ESTC S102897	35,331	132

of this world Therefore it is consonant that he as a King praieth not for the world As touching his Priesthood many and manifold are the obiections but they may be reduced briefly to these foure heads The first drawen from the power of his passion The second from the equitie of his will The third from his owne practise And the fourth from Apostolicall exhortation 1. From the power of his passion is obiected that of Saint Iohn He 1. Ioh. 2. 2. is the reconciliation for our sins and not for ours only but for the sinnes of the whole world Why therefore doth hee not pray for the world seeing hee is the propitiation for the sinnes of the whole world The same Euangelist elswhere answereth it He came indeed vnto his Io. 1. 11. 12 owne but his owne receiued him not But to as many as receiued him to them he gaue this prerogatiue to bee the sonnes of God Their destruction and desertion therefore is of themselues because they do not receiue him The second obiection drawen from the equitie of his will is that of S. Peter where 2. Pet. 3. it is said that he would that all men 2. Pet. 3. should bee saued How then can that bee seeing heere hee praieth not for all men The answer herevnto is that his will is two-fold to wit voluntas Signi and voluntas Beneplaciti His reuealed will and his concealed will He praieth saith Saint Augustine that 's his Aug. in Iohan mercie For he hath mercie on whom hee wil haue mercy He praieth not that 's his iustice For there are vessels Rom. 9. of wrath prepared for destruction The third obiection is taken from his owne practise for hee praied for his enemies father forgiue thē The answer Christ was then the Lambe of God and in his deepest humiliation wherein hee shewed all tokens of meekenesse and mercie but heere in the distinguishment of the sheep from the Goates he is the Lion of the royall blood of Iuda that rendeth in peeces his aduersaries and diuideth the spoile The fourth obiection from Apostolicall exhortation is that of Saint Paul who exhorteth 1. Tim. 2. 1 That praiers and supplications bee made for all men The answer This word All is not to be vnderstood de singulis generum but de generibus singulorum as that also in our Liturgy That it may please thee to haue mercie vpon all men which some haue made an nicetie of is not vnderstood collectiuè but distributiuè as Master Perkins consenteth But that of Cyrill meeteth al obiections and descendeth to the third office of Christ as hee is a Prophet For that ancient Father saith Christ speaketh heere spiritu prophetic● for obserue the maner In his passion hee praieth for his aduersaries not mentioning his Disciples heere hee praieth for his Disciples and excludeth his enemies Neither is this dissonant from Dauid his tune when he said Let their Table bee made a Psal 6 9. snare bow downe their backs and let that which was for their wealth bee vnto them an occasion of falling and the like for this is no imprecation but a prophecie that so it shal befall the accursed the Lords enemies Augustine is of the same iudgement Christ might saith Augustine haue praied in silence vnto his heauenlie father but hee would not First because he might be an example vnto his Disciples that they might also pray Secondlie that hee might make knowne vnto them the mysteries of the kingdome of heauen to whom they belonged whereof this was not the least to wit That the vngodly had no portion with them of the praier of their Lord and Sauiour But let vs heare Christ himselfe First excluding the reprobates in generall in this verse I pray not for the world and secondly in particular excepting Iudas as you see verse 12. Where you may obserue that he praieth not for his confusedly but particularly for the Lord knoweth who are his Now then ye see that as he is a king he answereth My kingdome is not of this world As he is a Priest all receiue him not albeit he profer offer himselfe vnto all and as a Prophet he foretelleth what shall bee the portion of the wicked to drinke But if any shall bee yet curious and obiect that the person of the Sonne of God suffered which is sufficient I answer that the Pascall Lambe profited the Israelites onely and not the Aegyptians The vse of all this is First that the promises of God doe onelie concerne the faithfull And therefore let men remember that of Saint Augustine Sperando desperando miserè pereunt homines by hoping wickedly and wantonlie all their life in the mercy of God desparing worse in their death by forsaking the liuing Lord men miserably perish The second vse is that albeit Paul preach yet Christ is indeed to some the righteousnesse of God but to others the Rock of offence So that the effect is not in the Preacher but in the disposed auditour Lastly that a Prophet must aswell denounce Gods iudgements as pronounce his mercies So did Hosheah to the Clergie when he cried O ye Priests Hos 5. 1. heare this and to the Laitie Harken O ye house of Israel and to the kings Court Giue eare O house of the king for iudgement is toward you because yee haue beene a snare in Mizpah a net spred vpō Tabor In like manner also doe al the Prophets Fitly therefore heere doth Christ Iesus the very spirit of Prophecy proclaime the wicked world to bee excepted in his holy and heauenly mediation He therefore saith I pray not Durus est hic sermo quia cor nostrum durius Did the sunne stand still at the praier of Iosua did it Josh 10. 12 2. Reg. 20. 11. Mat. 26. 45. retire ten degrees in the Dial of Ahas at the word of Ezechias And was it darkened at the passion of Christ Iesus No maruell then if now it had stood still and neuer againe mooued or retired to the vtmost corner of the world and neuer returned or beene vtterly darkened and neuer giuen any light againe seeing the light of the world and the Sonne of God said I pray not for the world Ex. 19. 18. Did Mount Sinay tremble at the giuing of the Law and the walles Iosh 6. 20 of Iericho fall downe when the Priests sounded their Trumpets and did the earth quake at the passion of Iesus Christ as fainting vnder such an hideous burthen Mat. 26. 51 that the wicked and accursed sonnes of men should execute the Lord of life No maruell then if the whole frame and fabrik of heauen of earth had not beene dissolued into their ancient Chaos when Christ Iesus by whom all things were made shall say I pray not for the world But the heauens the earth are reserued vnto 2. Pet. 3. 7. the second and glorious comming of the Lord and are now preserued and susteined only for