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A19614	Collections out of S. Augustine and some few other Latine writers upon the first part of the Apostles Creed. By John Crompe, Master of Arts of C.C.C. in Cambridge, and vicar of Thornham in Kent. First preached in his Parish Church; and now inlarged (as here followes) for more publike use.	Crompe, John.	1638 (1638)	STC 6048; ESTC S117464	55,567	64

ossium saith Salomon Sweetnesse to the soule and health to the bones as Prov. 16.24 which makes the very lips gratious and the feet pretious of those that bring but the tidings of it saith the Propher Mel in ore melos in aure jubilum in corde As hony sweet unto the mouth as melody pleasant to the eare and a jubile triumph to the heart so that nil canitur suavius nil auditur jucundius nil cogitatur dulcius quàm Iesus Dei Filius saith an ancient Hymne of the Church there is nothing sun●●hat is so sweet nothing heard that so much delighteth nothing ●●●●ght on that is so pleasant as is this the name of Jesus the Son of the most high God And here I might take occasion to speake of the publike rejoycing of this time for the birth of this our Saviour Jesus and shew you as Leo saith how that non fas est locum esse tristitiae ubi natalis est vitae at the comming and birth of life there ought to be no mourning as in the dayes of death no man being secluded excluded from the partaking of the publike joy of this time but that the righteous ought to rejoyce quia appropinquat ad palmam because he drawes neere to the reward of his well doing and the sinner may rejoyce quia invitatur ad veniam because he is offered a pardon for his ill doing but I forbeare to proceed any farther in this way because it belongs rather to the Preacher than the Catechist thus to handle it onely before I end this point I am bold to invocate this our sweet Saviour that propter semetipsum erit nobis Jesus even for his owne names sake he will be pleased to save us from our sins by granting us so much faith and trust in him that wee may rely wholly upon him and none but him for the salvation of our poore and sinfull soules for if we should misse of him our blessed Saviour and Redeemer it were better for us a thousand wayes that wee were dogs or toads than men for death to them is the end of all their woe but the death of a man without a Saviour is but the beginning of all his misery and unhappinesse to endure for ever and ever and therefore let us still be sure to beleeve in Jesus And in Iesus Christ Where yee see that our Saviour our Deliverer our Mediator and Messias is not knowne altogether by the name of Jesus but sometimes also by the name of Christ and therefore Saint Matthew stiles his Booke The Booke of the Generation of JESUS CHRIST Matth. 1.1 And S. Paul saith that Jesus Christ is come into the world to save sinners 1 Tim. 1.15 And the Apostles here teach us to say I beleeve in Iesus Christ So that Jesus may be said to be his proper name and Christ his Nomen appellativum or Sir-name as Tertullian speakes or Jesus his name of Nature and Christ of person place or dignity as other Divines for as I have shewne before as his name Jesus signifies to save and deliver intimating his nature so his name Christ signifies Messias or Anointed intimating his Office which is to be anointed with the oyle of gladnesse above his Fellowes as the Psalmist speaketh And therefore Andrew said unto his brother Simon concerning him we have found the Messias which is by interpretation the Christ that is the Anointed one Ioh. 1.41 And the woman of Samaria said I know well that Messias shall come which is called Christ Ioh. 4.25 Now the reason of this name is because as the three great Officers of the world in former times viz. King Priest and Prophet were wont to be made by anointing so hee being to beare these three parts in his owne person for the benefit of his Church and chosen was likewise to be anointed by the Holy Ghost and indeed to be called o Christos the anointed as by way of excellencie above all that were anointed before him or should be ever after him Now if you desire proofes that these three Officers were consecrated and m●de by anointing attend to that which followes First Kings were s● m●de for so said God to Samuel when he had chosen David to be King Ari●e anoint him for this is he 1 Sam. 16.12 And so Salomon concerning whom his Father David said Let Zadock the Priest and Nathan the Prophet anoint him their King over Israel and blow yee the trumpet and say God save King Salomon 1 King 1.34 And indeed the first King of all that Nation Saul himselfe was so ordained as it is said That Samuel tooke a violl of oyle and powred it upon his head and kissed him and said is it not because the Lord hath anointed thee to be captaine over his inheritance 1 Sam. 10.1 Thus much for Kings Secondly Priests were also so made for God commanded Moses to consecrate Aaron to that Office saying Thou shalt take the anointing oyle and powre it upon his head and anoint him Exod. 29.7 And in the third Chapter about the 23. verse it is shewed how that anointing oyle should be made too even of principall and costly spices as is there to be scene And therefore David cals it the precious oyntment upon the head that ran downe upon the beard even Aarons beard and went downe to the skirts of his clothing Psal 133.2 Thirdly Prophets likewise and Elisha the son of Shaphat shalt thou anoint to be a Prophet in thy roome 1 Reg. 19.16 And therefore saith David Touch not mine anointed and doe my Prophets no harme Psal 105.15 So that our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ being to become all these unto us and that after a more excellent manner hee is called the Christ or anointed as I said before For God even his owne God hath anointed him with the oyle of gladnesse above his fellowes saith David Psal 45.7 yea even above them for their offices lasted only during the time of this life and in some of them not so long but Christ is anointed to be an everlasting King Priest and Prophet over his Church even for ever and ever A King first to protect us so saith David I have set my King upon my holy hill of Sion Psal 2.6 for the Lord shall give him the Throne of his Father David and hee shall reigne over the house of Iacob for ever and of his Kingdome there shall be no end Luke 1.32 33. For all power is given unto mee both in heaven and in earth saith he himselfe Mat. 28.18 Secondly a Priest to offer up even himselfe a sacrifice upon the Crosse for our sins as in the Psalme The Lord hath sworne and will not repent Thou art a Priest for ever after the order of Melchisedecke Psal 110.4 yea because he continueth for ever he hath an unchangeable Priesthood Heb. 7.24 who needeth not daily as those high Priests to offer up sacrifice for his owne sins first and then for the people for this hee did once when

reside onely and to keep his Court therefore is Jerusalem called the Citie of the great King so that in Jewrie onely is God truly knowne and worshipped at Salem was his Tabernacle and his dwelling at Sion the place which he had chosen to put his name there during all which time the Gentiles that is all nations except the foresaid Jewes or Israelites were not in any generall account the people of God but were parted from them with a wall of separation strangers aliens from the Common-wealth of Israel and Covenants of Grace made with Abraham onely and his seed suffered to live in the sinfull state of their inbred corruptions to walke in the blindnesse of their darkened understandings without the knowledge of his Law without all saving knowledge of himselfe without Christ the ground of hope out of the Church the place of hope without the Covenant the reason also of all our hope and beleeving 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in hoc mundo without God in this present world barbarous and bruitish both in their minds and manners as the Apostle drawes their character Ephes 2.12 But Beloved there was a fulnesse of time set in the determined counsell of God when this partition-wall should be broken downe and they should againe become utraque unum both Nations should be made one and the despised Gentiles as well as the Jewes be received into grace and mercie by a new Covenant For I will call them my people which were not my people and her beloved which was not beloved saith God by his Prophet Hos 2.23 Yea the people that walked in darknesse have seene a great light they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death upon them hath the light shined saith another Prophet viz. Esay 9.2 and to shew what light hee meanes he subjoynes within a few verses after To us a child is borne to us a Sonne is given c. vers 6. So that this was from everlasting decreed that as God divided all Nations out of one root the first Adam so to gather them againe under one head Christ the second Adam that as by that one man came death over all by a naturall propagation so by this one life and righteousnesse might abound to all by a spirituall regeneration And the accomplishment of this decree is now in these dayes and times of the Gospell wherein our Jesus Christ hath beene conceived of the Holy Ghost and borne of the Virgin Marie for now as the former Prophet Esay foretold may the Gentiles flock and gather unto God from all Coasts and Nations be they never so barbarous never so savage the flocks of Kedar the Rams of Nebayoth the Iles and ships of the Ocean shall bring their sonnes and daughters from farre and they shall come night and day thick as a cloud and as Pigeons about their windowes Esay 60. For behold now the holy Citie new Jerusalem is come downe out of Heaven and the Tabernacle of God is with men men in generall and he will dwell with them Revel 21.2 3. and heaven is after a sort on earth by the presence of God in his Church in the ministerie of the Gospell And this Citie of God is built fouresquare where the great King keepeth his Court of grace with open gates night and day towards the foure coasts corners of the world holding forth the golden scepter daily to invite all that will come welcome all that doe come of all kindreds of all nations whatsoever Which latitude and extent of Christs saving grace as it was well and wittily observed by S. Cyprian to be implyed in his name of the second Adam the Greeke letters whereof doe severally signifie all the quarters of the earth as 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the East 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the West 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the North 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the South so likewise may it be raised and that not unfittingly neither from his two usuall and ordinarie names here spoken of in the Creed Iesus Christ Iesus speaking him a Saviour to the Jewes and Christ Anoynted also for the Gentiles Well then to draw towards an end of this point let us now behold how true it is yea and ever was but yet now it appeareth more than ever that there is no respect of persons with God but in everie nation they that feare him and worke righteousnesse are accepted with him as S. Peter said Acts 10.34 35. for in Jesus Christ neither circumcision nor uncircumcision availeth any thing but a new creature Tros Ticiusque mihi nullo discrimine agetur saith the Poet. Neither Jew nor Grecian bond nor free male nor female Barbarian nor Scythian but they are all one in Christ Jesus as S. Paul saith Gal. 3.28 As the river Nilus running but within his owne seven channels moystens but his owne banks and the things that grow thereon but overflowing the countrey at certaine seasons makes the whole land of Aegypt fruitfull as the garden of God so the flouds of grace once flowing especially within the land of Canaan made that onely the fruitfull land flowing with milke and honey as the Scripture speaketh of it But as God once in severe judgement and truth opened the windowes of Heaven and rained downe a floud that drowned and destroyed the whole world except eight persons Noah and his family so in this last age wherein the everlasting Gospell is sent to all nations God hath in mercie and truth opened the windowes of Heaven once more to raine downe that showre of grace that shall save all the world except such as have built themselves a Babel and enclosed themselves wilfully within the wals of their owne works that these waters of grace may not come at them for surely there is salvation neare all them that feare him saith the Scripture that salvation may dwell in our land yea in all lands that this wide world containes Was there ever then such a golden age and world as the Poets conceited and described Flumina jam lactis jam flumina Nectaris ibant Flavaque de viridi stillabant ilice mella When as flouds of milke and Nectar flowed in everie street in everie channell Why surely such have beene the poeticall fictions and conceits whereas we have Propheticall truths fore-speaking far greater happinesse under the Gospell of God and the Kingdome of Christ when Christ himselfe shall be the Shepherd of his people to lead them in the paths of righteousnesse that he may make them rest in the fresh pastures by the still waters Psal 23.1 2. Yea when with joy all nations shall draw water out of the wels of salvation as Esay 12.3 And therefore for use and conclusion Be joyfull in the Lord all yee lands serve him with gladnesse and come before his presence with a song Psal 100.1 For now we that were no better than dogs before may at the last feed on the crums that fall from our Masters table