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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10317	The true art of liuing well The right vse of things indifferent. The plaine foot-path to the paradise of God. Three sermons preached at Cambridge, Westminster, and Worcester, by Iohn Racster minister of the word, and preacher.	Racster, John.	1605 (1605)	STC 20600; ESTC S115492	43,826	130

meeke and yet come not vnto vs what benefite haue we by all this And therefore this venit tibi cometh vnto thee is the vse of all for this causeth both our king and his meeknesse to be good vnto vs. Venit tibi Cometh vnto thee That is ad vtilitatem tuam for thy profite he cometh to thee for thy profite to suffer death for thee See here the exceeding loue of our Sauior ioyned with our infinite profite Greater loue hath no man then this that a man should lay downe his life for his friends Iohn 15. For whereas there be foure signes to manifest our loue by the last and greatest of all is this as you shall see by their seuerall examples First loue is made manifest by words as by signes for when the heart is full of loue then the mouth is ful of words of loue Luk. 6. Ex abundantia cordis os loquitur Of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh Secondly loue is made manifest by benefites bestowed and this is greater then the first for manie will speake good words and full of loue which will not performe the like in action And therefore S. Gregori● saith Probatio dilectionis exhibitio est operis the proofe of a mans good will is the bestowing of a good turne Thirdly loue is made manifest by personal obedience if anie man for loue in person doth seruice and this is greater then the former for many would be content to supply in loue the want of their friends but not to serue in person but Iacob serued Laban seauen yeares for Rahel Gen. 19. because he loued her Fourthly loue is made manifest by suffering aduersitie for the thing loued Multi enim darent personam suam ad seruiendum qui non darent animā suam ad moriendum saith one Many would giue their bodies to serue who neuer will giu● their liues to die for loue and of this signe of this loue the Apostle Paule the true disciple of Christ speaketh 2. Cor. 12. 15. I will most gladly bestow and will be bestowed for you but Christ the maister of Paule all Christians he hath shewed all these signes of his loue vnto his spouse which is his Church For in the time of the Law and the Prophets he shewed his loue by his words Baruch 4. Beati sumus Israel We are blessed ô Israel because those things that please God are manifest to vs. Secondly he shewed his loue by his benefites bestowed both in the law before the law and after the law he hath giuen vs both temporall corporal and spirituall blessings and he hath promised vs also celestial and heauenly benefites Mat. 6. Thirdly he came in person and serued for vs not seauen yeares as Iacob did but thirtie yeares in forma serui euen in the forme of a seruant Phil. 2. 8. But principally in this place his loue is set downe where he is said to come vnto vs not to dine with vs but to die for vs not to suppe with vs but to suffer for vs. And what did he come to suffer Dura verba duriora verbera durissima crucis tormenta He came to suffer hard words harder stripes but the most hard and cruell torments of the crosse Wherein as he taketh infinite paines so he doth exceeding good For first in that he commeth he must of necessitie mouere moue towards vs and Christus est primum mobile Die the first moueable goods of God and as Christ moueth so moue all the spheres of the grace of God whether spirituall or temporall for our good according to our Sauior Christ his owne speech in the Gospel Primum quaerite regnum Dei First seeke the kingdome of God and the righteousnesse thereof and all other things shall be cast vnto you Secondly in that he commeth vnto vs he must needs remouere remoue all those things that make a separation betweene him and vs for eiusdem est remouere cuius est mouere it belōgeth vnto the same to remoue whose propertie it is to moue as we see in the fire it hath a propertie to moue vpward and it hath an abilitie to remoue those things that hinder it from mouing vpward as straw wood stone or whatsoeuer cometh in the way whē it moueth by burning it remoueth and so Christ coming vnto vs that he might moue the better vnto vs he hath remoued and broken downe the partition wall of sinne that made a separation betweene him and vs by dying he hath taken away the sting of death and by descending into hell he the true spirituall Sampson hath broken open and borne away the gates of hell that he might come vnto vs. Looke how farre the East is from the West so far hath he remoued all euil from thee by mouing that is by comming vnto thee if thy heart be prepared by faith and repentance to receiue him Thirdly by coming vnto vs he doth not only mouere moue ouer vs by his protectiō nor yet remouere remoue euill from vs by his power but he doth also promouerè promote set forward the grace of God in vs by his mercy for therefore is he called Rex tuus thy king in his iourney towards thee Behold thy king cometh vnto thee that like as a king preferreth his seruants so Christ preferreth all Christians that are truly so called that is all those that not only in name but in nature also resemble Christ It is accounted in the way to preferment to be admitted to come to the king and to haue accesse vnto him but if the king vouchsafe to come vnto thee thou shalt haue worship in the sight of all the people but if the king will vouchsafe to be thy king and then come vnto thee what canst thou want that thou shalt not haue at his hands when he himselfe is thy portion and thy possession and cometh vnto thee as thy possession for euermore Euen so Lord Iesus come quickly Amen