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A01529	The Christian mans care A sermon on Matth. 6. 33. Together with a short catechisme for the simpler sort. By Thomas Gataker, B. of D. and pastor of Rotherhith.	Gataker, Thomas, 1574-1654.	1624 (1624)	STC 11654; ESTC S102885	64,004	80

Saviour Christ here And d Rom. 5.21 That Grace may reigne through Righteousnesse saith the Apostle else-where Questions 3. Now concerning this Righteousnesse three Questions would be discussed 1. What is meant by Righteousnesse here 2. Why it is called the Righteousnesse of God 3. Why no part in this Kingdome can be had without it Question 1. There is therefore a twofold Righteousnesse and every true Christian it is the constant Doctrine of all our Divines and * Legantur quae Mortonus noster adducit ex scriptoribus Pontificijs Apolog. Cath. par 1. l. 1. c. 24. our Adversaries wittingly wrong us when they charge us with the contrary hath his peculiar share in either There is e Iust●tia imputata Rom. 4.6 a Righteousnesse imputed and there is f Iustitia impertita Ephes. 5.9 a Righteousnesse imparted the one g Ierem. 23.6 33.16 Rom. 10.4 2 Cor. 5.21 inherent in Christ and imputed to us the other h 1 Cor. 1.30 Ephes. 4.24 imparted by Christ and * In nobis non ex nobis Aug. ep 143. inherent in us For that i Esai 61.1 spirituall Oyle that was powred upon Christ our Head wherwith k Psal. 45.7 God anointed him aboue all his fellowes when l Iohn 3.34 the Spirit was given him beyond measure like m Psal. 133.2 the Ointment that was powred upon Aarons head is shed forth and diffused in some measure more or lesse unto every living member of his mysticall Body n Iohn 1.16 Of his fulnesse have we received all even grace for grace o 1 Cor. 6.11 The former is the Righteousnesse of Iustification the latter is the Righteousnesse of Sanctification Some understand here the former Answer I rather the latter 1. Because the word is so taken every where else throughout this whole Sermon Reason 1. as where it is said p Matth. 5.6 Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousnesse And q Matth. 5.10 Blessed are they that suffer for righteousnesse sake And r Matth. 5. ●0 Vnlesse your Righteousnesse goe beyond the Righteousnesse of the Scribes and the Pharisies c. Which verie passage these words seeme to have reference unto 2. Because it is that Righteousnesse that doth properly peculiarly Reason 2. and immediatly make us actually Kings and putteth us in the actuall * 2 Pet. 1.4 Mens regnum bona possidet Sen. Thy. 2.2 Qui rectè faciet nō qui dominatur erit Rex Auson Monofyll possession of this Kingdome the former meriteth it this entreth us into it the former purchaseth it for us this prepareth and fitteth us for it s Rom. 4.5 6 7 8. Our justification acquiteth us of the guilt of sin t Rom. 8.1 2. Our sanctification freeth us from the power of sinne u Rom· 6.8 17 14. enabling us to quell it to subdue it to prevaile against it that ruled conquered and kept us under before and so causeth us x Apoc. 20.6 to reigne here as spirituall Kings over it yea y Ezek. 36.25 Ephes. 5.26 it clenseth us also of the soile and filth of sinne and so by eating our corruption out of us by degrees it prepareth and fitteth us for that Kingdome to come 1 Cor. 15.50 which flesh and bloud cannot enter nor corruption inherit But whether of the two be here meant is not greatly materiall since that * 1 Cor. 6.11 1.30 Rom. 8.29 30. they never are severed the one from the other And where the one therefore is expressed there the other ever is implied Question 2. Answer Generall Now this Righteousnesse is here called the Righteousnesse of God Generally in opposition to a Luke 18.9 that counterfeit Righteousnesse that the Scribes and Pharisies so much bragged of and gloried so much in and which our Saviour had discovered taxed and rejected before b Chap. 5.20 in this Sermon Answer Particular Reason 1. More particularly in divers respects 1. Because it is given of God For “ 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Nullum bonum quod non à summo bono Aug. de divers 3. All good is of God And c 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 P●ndar Olymp. 9. Nemo absque numine aut est aut fuit bonus Bonus vir sine Deo non est Sen. ep 41. Nulla sine Deo 〈…〉 est Idem ep 73. No man ever was or is good without God d Iob. 3.27 No man can have ought saith S. Iohn the Baptist unlesse it be given him from aboue And * Iam. 1.17 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 · Marc. de L●g Sp●● p. ●0 Every good gift saith S. Iames is from aboue and commeth downe from the Father of lights As e Matth. 19.17 none is originally and essentially good but God so no man is in any kinde or degree good without God f Nemo bon●● qui non ex mal● bo●●s Aug. in Prosper Sent. 155. There is no man good saith Augustine but that of 〈◊〉 is by God made good And g Qui n●minē bonum ●●venit nemin●m salvat nisi quē praevenit Bern. de Grat. lib. Arb. He saith Bernard that h Psal. 14.2 3. findeth no man good saveth none but such as by preventing grace he maketh good 2. Because it is approved of by God Reason 2. which that other of theirs is not It is said of Zacharie and Elizabeth that they were i Luke 1.6 just in Gods sight Whereupon saith Ambrose k Multi hominibꝰ justi videntur pauci Deo Aliter enim hominibus aliter Deo Hominibus sec. externam speciē fac●●m Deo sec. internam veritatē virtutem Ambr. in Luc. It is one thing to be just in mans sight and another thing to be just in Gods sight An outward shew and semblance is enough for the one but inward power and truth is required unto the other And l Luke 16.15 Mat. 23.27 28. that that maketh a glorious shew in the eyes of man is most abominable many times in the sight of God * Aurum hominibus l●tū Deo Greg. Mor. l. 34. c. 13. Gold in mans eyes durt in Gods sight saith Gregorie 3. Because it is conformable to the Law of God It maketh us m 1 Ioh. 3.4 6 9 10 24. 5.2 3. Rom. 7.25 conformable to it in part here for the present Reason 3. and it will make us n Eph●s 5.27 fully and perfectly conformable to it hereafter Whereas that other of theirs doth nothing lesse o Tota vita infidelium peccatum est Et nihil est bonum absque summo bono Aug. in Sent. Prosper 81. The whole Life of such saith Augustine is nothing but sinne and their best actions no better than p Splendida peccata Et vitia potius quā virtutes Idem de Civit. l. 19. c. 25. Sine Christo siquidem omnis virtus in vitio