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The blessednes of the Virgin Marie the mother of our Lord Iesvs Christ.
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Shaw, John, 1559-1625.
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borne of the virgine Mary that he the promised Messiah is their king priest and prophet and by his obedience vnto death hath wrought their full Redemption and made their reconciliation with God these through faith in his bloud haue Christs righteousnesse imputed to them for the attaining of saluation these haue a ioy glorious and vnspeakable these cleaue to God in true holines and in the end for this their Mediators sake receiue a crowne of righteousnesse and the blessednesse promised that lasteth euermore This litle Treatise will so far lay open vnfold these three profound mysteries as may giue occasion to the well-minded readers to make further search into so high holy and necessarie doctrines as are primary pillars of true Religion And now worthie Madame in that I commend vnto you my poore endeuours contained in this litle booke it is out of a good desire to further you in the best things to procure you some litle helpe to get greater increase of the chiefe blessings to cast in my myte by writing also to adde that way somewhat to your spirituall treasure of knowledge holinesse and comfort as one desirous to be thankfull to God for his manifold mercis to you in that since your coming among vs you make it daily euident that you haue a hearty loue to true Religion and take much comfort in the Ministery and publike worship of God established as also that by your good example blamelesse conuersation you grace your holy profession going before many in many Christian duties Assure your selfe your careful labouring to grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord Iesus Christ will giue you an heauen vpon earth and shall be your crowne in the day of the Lord when all those that suffer their hearts to be stolen away from God and godlinesse by excessiue cares or pleasures of this world shall haue their sorrowes come vpon them like armed men and their end shall be fully miserable Mind you it well I pray you Eccl. 8.12 Though a sinner do euill an hundred times and his daies be prolonged yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that feare God which feare before him But it shall not be well with the wicked neither shall he prolong his dayes which are as a shadow because he feareth not before God Earnestly constantly seeke after those lasting ioyes where is mirth without all mourning life without vexation eternall happinesse by a blessed communion with the eternall God who wil be all in all to them that loue him Passe ouer no day wherein you call not to minde the many sweete free blessings of the almighty bestowed vpon you but by them prouoke your selfe to offer to him the heartiest sacrifice of thanksgiuing that you can attaine to accōpanied with hūble faithful feruent prayers for increase of his best blessings to you and yours that your happinesse begun here may be continued euerlastingly Act. 20.32 And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace which is able to build you vp and to giue you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified 1. Thes 5.23 And the very God of peace sanctifie you throughout and I pray God your whole spirit and soule and bodie be preserued blamelesse vnto the coming of our Lord Iesus Christ Amen Be thou faithfull vnto the death and I will giue thee a crowne of life Reuelation 2.10 THE BLESSEDNES OF THE VIRGIN MARIE the Mother of our Lord IESVS CHRIST LVKE 1.28.45 Blessed art thou among women Blessed is she that beleeued THE holie Euangelist Saint Luke Luke 1.28 writing the miraculous Incarnation of our Lord Iesus Christ that is his wonderfull Conception and Birth describeth the messenger that manifested these glad tidings to be the Angell Gabriel the woman that should be mother to Iesus by name Marie by condition a Virgin affianced to Ioseph of the house of Dauid the place of their dwelling Nazareth a towne of Galile in the land of Iudaea the time in the dayes of Augustus Caesar the child to be conceiued and borne of her by name Iesus by office and dignitie a King ouer the house of Iacob for euer by nature the Sonne of the eternall God by speciall fauour and in regard of his humane nature the sonne of the Virgin Marie conceiued in her wombe the holie Ghost comming vpon her and the power of the Highest ouershadowing her she thrice by holy Oracle assured that she is exceedingly blessed The Virgin Marie lineally descending from the royall Kings of Israel found grace and fauour with God was freely beloued of him precious and honorable in his sight had great honour put vpon her was exceedingly blessed by Gods speciall loue to her euen blessed aboue all women Maries blessednesse is twofold The first is singular and proper to her selfe a prerogatiue granted to her alone and neuer to any other creature euen to be the Mother of Iesus Christ the Sauiour of all the Elect the mother of Emmanuel God-with-vs euen God manifested in the flesh Thus saith Gabriel from heauen Blessed art thou among women Luke 1.28 thus saith holy Elizabeth on earth Blessed art thou among women 42. and blessed is the fruite of thy wombe The second is that hauing obtained like precious faith with the Saints in the common saluation she with them abiding in the truth of Religion did beleeue and waite for the promised Messiah and her owne saluation by him as in her holy prophecie she acknowledgeth Luke 1.47 My soule reioyceth in God my Sauiour She had also a peculiar proper holy faith in a peculiar promise which was made to her alone Gen. 3.15.12.3 which was That the blessed seede in whom all the families of the earth should be blessed should be her seede that the Sonne of God would become her sonne and be borne of her wombe and of these holy Elizabeth the mother of Iohn Baptist Luke 1.45 saith Blessed is shee that beleeued Blessed art thou among all women The singular blessednesse and rare prerogatiue that Marie at once is a maide and a mother beareth a sonne and is still a Virgine is both a daughter of God and a mother of the Sonne of God is a wonder of wonders a strange miracle glorious and comfortable not fruitfully beleeued of any but of them that are taught of God who maketh knowne the mysteries of his kingdome to babes and little ones according to the good pleasure of his wil and this part of the sauing truth he writeth in our hearts by his Spirit and the manifestation of it is in his word thus recorded by the Euangelist Saint Luke In the sixt moneth Luke 1.26 the Angell Gabriel was sent from God vnto a Citie of Galile named Nazareth to a Virgine espoused to a man whose name was Ioseph of the house of Dauid and the Virgins name was Marie and the Angell came in vnto her and said Haile thou that art
highly fauoured the Lord is with thee Blessed art thou among women Thou hast found fauour with God and behold thou shalt conceiue in thy wombe and bring forth a sonne and call his name Iesus He shall be great and shall be called the Sonne of the Highest and the Lord God shall giue vnto him the throne of his father Dauid and he shall reigne ouer the house of Iacob for euer and of his kingdome there shall be no end Then said Marie to the Angell How shall this be seeing I know not a man And the Angell answered and said vnto her The holy Ghost shall come vpon thee and the power of the Highest shall ouershadow thee therefore also that holy thing which shall be borne of thee shall be called the Sonne of God And behold thy cosin Elizabeth she also hath conceiued a sonne in her old age and this is the sixt moneth with her who was called barren For with God nothing shall be vnpossible And Mary said Behold the handmaide of the Lord be it vnto mee according to thy word This most ioyfull wonder that God will dwell with man be man be borne of a Virgine is the first sweete Prophesie and gracious couenant that God made to man in Paradise Gen. 3.15 The womans seede shall bruise the serpents head that is Iesus Christ the seede and sonne of the Virgine Marie shall destroy the diuell that spake by the serpent and his kingdome and worke mans full deliuerance and eternall blessednesse This worke of God so strange and glorious is the fulfilling of the prophesie of Isaiah Isa 7.14 A Virgine shall conceiue and beare a sonne and she shall call his name Emmanuel for in the fulnes of time appointed by the Lord The word was made flesh Ioh 1.14 and dwelt among vs full of grace and truth euen he who is holy harmelesse vndefiled Heb. 7.26 separate from sinners and made higher then the heauens The holy God that of old declared himselfe from aboue the Mercie-seate in the Tabernacle Exod. 25.22 Heb. 1.2 hath in these last dayes spoken vnto vs by his Sonne whom he hath appointed heire of all things by whom also he made the worlds This rare miracle so wonderfull in the eyes of men Angels which had that due acclamation Luk. 11.27 Blessed is the wombe that bare thee and the paps that gaue thee sucke will more clearly appeare in the excellencie of it if we compare it with the conceptions and birthes that the worthiest women euer had or with this of the blessed Virgine Marie And to begin with the ancientest EVA the mother of vs all when she had conceiued and borne a son thankfully acknowledged Gods loue therein Gen. 4.1 saying I haue obtained a man by the Lord. Yet had she no comfort of him 1. Ioh. 3.12 For he was of that wicked one and slue his brother but Maries ioy was sound full and lasting for she did not onely obtaine a man of the Lord Act. 4.27.5.31 but a man which is the Lord. The holy childe Iesus A Prince and Sauiour euen the Lord of glorie 1. Cor. 2.8 of whom not onely Elizabeth a good woman and Gabriel an holy Angell gaue so honorable a testimonie but euen God the Father from heauen thus witnessed This is my welbeloued Sonne Mat. 3.17.17.5 in whom I am well pleased heare him Peter also auoucheth 2. Pet. 1.17 that He receiued from God the Father honour and glorie when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glorie This is my beloued Sonne in whom I am well pleased SARA when she was ninetie yeares old was made ioyfull with this comfortable promise of the Almightie I will blesse her Gen. 21.6 and will also giue thee a sonne of her yea I will blesse her and she shall be the mother of nations Kings also of people shall come of her If Sara praise the Lord saying God hath made me to reioyce all that heare will reioyce with me I haue borne to Abraham a sonne in his old age much more may blessed Marie say God hath made me to reioyce and from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed Luk. 1.48 for he that is mightie hath done for me great things and holy is his Name For I haue borne a sonne Reu. 17.14 who is King of Kings and Lord of Lords The Prince of peace the increase of whose gouernment and peace shall haue none end Isa 9.6 he shall sit vpon the throne of Dauid and vpon his kingdome to order it and to establish it with iudgement and with iustice from henceforth and for euer A King shall reigne and prosper Iere. 23.5 and shall execute iudgement and iustice in the earth in his dayes Iudah shall be saued and Israel shall dwell safely and this is the name whereby they shall call him the Lord our righteousnesse This King shall reigne ouer the Gentiles Rom. 15.12 Mat. 1.21 Reu. 1.5 and in him shall the Gentiles trust He shall saue his people from their sinnes and make all his redeemed Kings and Priests vnto God HANNA the godly wise of Elkana was barren a long time but when with earnest prayer and teares she had begged and obtained a sonne of God euen Samuel and giuen him to the Lord all the dayes of his life and had brought him when he was weaned to Silo that he might appeare before the Lord and there abide for euer she praised God chearfully and reioyced in his saluation 1. Sam. 2.5 and that the barren had borne Now if this holy Prophetisse gaue praises to God for such a worthy and gracious sonne 1. Sam. 3.20 euen faithfull Samuel the Lords Prophet much more had the blessed Virgine cause to magnifie the Lord that made her mother of such a sonne as is both the greatest Prophet and holiest Priest that euer was Of this Prophet thus Moses writeth and Peter reporteth Act. 3.23 A Prophet shall the Lord your God raise vp vnto you of your brethren like to me him shall ye heare in all things whatsoeuer he shall say vnto you and it shall come to passe that euery soule which will not heare that Prophet shall be destroyed from among the people He is the wisdome of God Ioh. 7.46 that spake as neuer man spake He that maketh knowne to vs all things that he heard of his Father Ioh. 15.15 He that taught with authoritie of a Lawgiuer Mat. 7.29 that with his gracious words giueth his Spirit Act. 10.44 opening powerfully bowing the heart making all his elect wise to saluation 2. Tim. 3.15 through faith which is in Christ Iesus This holiest PRIEST was after the order of Melchisedech Heb. 5.2 had compassion on the ignorant and them that are out of the way He in the daies of his flesh offered vp prayers and supplications with strong crying and teares and was heard and became author of