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A20650 A sermon, preached to the Kings Mtie. at Whitehall, 24 Febr. 1625. By Iohn Donne Deane of Saint Pauls, London. And now by his Maiestes [sic] commandment published Donne, John, 1572-1631. 1626 (1626) STC 7050; ESTC S109972 19,456 62

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neuer brought backe the ten Tribes from their dispersion T is true in a whole and entire body GOD neuer brought them backe but in many faire and Noble Peeces they came when Iudah came for from that place of Ezra where there is an entire number in grosse exhibited of all that returnd from Babylon and then the particular Numbers also exhibited of the Tribes and families that returnd because those particular Numbers doe not make vp the generall Number by many thousands the Hebrew Rabbins argue fairely and conclude probably that those Supernumerary thousands which are inuolued in the generall Number and are not compris'd in the particulars were such as from the other ten Tribes in the returne of Iudah adher'd to Iudah who are so often said neuer to haue return'd because in a body Magistracy of their own otherwise then as they incorporated them selues in Iudah they neuer returnd but God neuer put them away so but that he offred them returne and in a great part effected it I knowe how friuolous a tale that is That Saint Gregorie drew Tratans soule out of Hell after it was there and I know how groundlesse an opinion it is that is ascrib'd to Origen that at last the Deuill shall be sau'd but if they could perswade mee one halfe that Traian or that the Deuill came to Repentance in hell I should not be hard in beleeuing the other halfe that they might be deliuered out of hell What meane you sayes God Almighty that yee vse this Prouerbe The Fathers haue eate soure herbes and the childrens teeth are set on edge Doe ye meane that because your Fathers haue sinn'd you must perish Why neither his parents haue sinn'd nor hee sayes Christ of the Man borne blinde but all is that the worke of God might he made manifest Neither haue thy parents sinn'd nor thou thy selfe sinn'd so as that there should be a necessity in thy perishing but that thereby there might be the greater manifestation of Gods mercie that where sinne hath abounded grace might abound much more If therefore thy tender Conscience and thy startling Soule mis-imagine the hearing of that voice Depart thou sinner a voyce of Diuorce a voyce that bidds thee goe Say thou with Peter to his and thy Sauiour Domine quo Ibimus Lord whither shall I goe thou hast the Word of Eternall life and wee beleeue and are sure that thou art that Christ the Sonne of the liuing God And that Christ the Sonne of the liuing GOD will call thee backe and call backe his owne VVord and finde Error holy Error occasion of repenting his owne proceeding in his Bill of Diuorce to which purpose hee calls vpon thee here to produce that Bill Vbi iste libellus Where is the Bill c. First then Vbi libellus where is this Bill vpon what doe yee ground this ielousie and suspition in God that hee should Diuorce you First it is in the Originall Sepher that which is called a Bill is a Booke It must bee GODS whole Booke and not a fewe mis-vnderstood Sentences out of that Booke that must try thee Thou must not presse heauily to thine owne damnation euery such Sentence Stipendium peccati Mors est That the reward of sinne is death Nor the Impossibile est That it is impossible for him that falls after Grace to bee renewd That which must try thee is the whole Booke the tenor and purpose the Scope and intention of GOD in his Scriptures His Booke is a Testament and in the Testament the Testator is dead and dead for thee And would that GOD that would dye for thee Diuorce thee His Booke is Euangelium Gospell and Gospell is good tydings a gracious Messadge And would God pretend to send thee a gracious Messadge and send thee a Diuorce GOD is Loue and the Holy Ghost is amorous in his Metaphors euerie where his Scriptures abound with the notions of Loue of Spouse and Husband and Marriadge Songs and Marriadge Supper and Marriadge-Bedde But for words of Separation and Diuorce of Spirituall Diuorce for euer of any soule formerly taken in Marriadge this very word Diuorce is but twice read in the Scriptures once in this Text and heere God dis-auowes it For when hee sayes Where is the Bill hee meanes there is no such Bill And the other place is that which wee mentioned before when after they had done all GOD calld Israel all together backe and effectually in a faire part and his principall purpose in that Diuorce of Israel was to intimidate and warne her Sister Iudah from the like prouocations Surely a good Spirit mooued our last Translators of the Bible to depart from all Translations which were before them in reading that place of Malachi thus The Lord the God of Israel saith that hee hates putting away Whereas all other Translations both Vulgat and Vulgar And in Vulgar and in Holy Tongues The Septuagint the Chalde all read that place thus If a man hate her let him put her away which induced a facility of diuorces our Translators thought it more conformable to the Originall and to the wayes of God to read it thus The Lord the God of Israel saith that hee hates putting away Euery where in the Scriptures we meet with Gods venites in euery Prophets mouth inuitations to come vnto God There is a venite de circuitu Come though you come from compassing the Earth which is Satans perambulation though you haue walkd in his wayes yet come vnto God There is a Venite non habentes Come and buy though you haue no money though you haue no Merits of your own come and dilate your measures and fill them according to that dilatation with the merits of Christ Iesus There is a venite et reuertimini Come though your comming be but a returning be not ashamed of comming though your returning be a confessing of a former running away come in a repentance though you cannot come in an innocencie There is a Venite consolamini How heauie so euer the fetters of your owne sinnes or the chaines of Gods iudgements lye vpon you come and receiue ease here change your yoke for an easier if you cannot deuest it There is a venite consulite If you finde it hard to come or if you finde an easinesse to fall backe though you doe come come to consult with God how you may come so as you may stay when you are come Nay there is a venite arguite Come and reason with God argne plead dispute expostulate with God come vpon any conditions The venite is multiplied infinite inuitations to come but the Ite maledicti Depart ye accursed is but once heard from Gods mouth and that not in this world neither as long as wee are in this world God hates putting away And therefore God calls for the bill and God calls the bill a booke that thou mightst not vexe thy soule with mistaken