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A72143	Certaine sermons, first preached, and after published at severall times, by M. Thomas Gataker B. of D. and pastor at Rotherhith. And now gathered together into one volume: the severall texts and titles whereof are set downe in the leafe following	Gataker, Thomas, 1574-1654.	1637 (1637)	STC 11652b.5; ESTC S124946	646,708	356

this Kingdome and all those that seeke mee early t 1 Chron. 28.9 shall be sure to finde mee The Kingdomes of this World as the u Aurum quaesiturus es forte non inventurus quisquis me quaerit cum illo sum August in 1 Iohn 10. Wealth of this World may bee sought and not found this Kingdome wee shall not misse of if wee seeke it as wee should x Amaturus es honorem fortasse non perventurus Quis me amavit non ad me pervinit Ibidem Hee that sincerely desireth it hath in part attained it already Objection But a Crowne a Kingdome may some say y Imperare omnes volunt parere nemo 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Greg. Naz. Apol. What man is there that will none of it What need any man be incited or exhorted to accept of it z Quis non perpetuò vivere velit Salvian ad Eccles Cath. l. 1. Nemo est qui beatus esse nolit Aug. de lib. Arb. l. 1. c. 14. Vitam beatam omnem hominem modis omnibus velle quis dubitat Idem Epist. 121. Who would not have heaven and happinesse Who would not reigne in heaven eternally with God and Christ Unlesse it be some wretched and accursed Atheists that thinke there is no such thing to be had Subjection Yea but there is somewhat more than so in it a Matth. 19.28 Wee must begin to reigne here if wee meane to reigne there Wee must partake with Christ here in the b Rom. 8.23 first-fruits of Grace if wee desire hereafter to partake with him in c Iohn 1.14.16 fulnesse of Glorie Observat 3 There is no accesse to this Kingdome but by Righteousnesse only Branch 2 Seeke Gods Kingdome and his Righteousnesse saith our 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 Pontificiis 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 Iustitia 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 and wherewith k Psalme 45.7 God anointed him above all his fellowes when l Iohn 3.34 the Spirit was given him beyond measure like m Psalme 133.2 the Ointment that was powred uppon 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 wee 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 Answer Some understand here the former I rather the latter Reason 1 1. Because the word is so taken every where else throughout this whole Sermon 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. 5.20 Vnlesse your Righteousnesse goe beyond the Righteousnesse of the Scribes and the Pharisies c. Which very passage these words seeme to have reference unto Reason 2 2. Because it is that Righteousnesse that doth properly peculiarly 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 non qui dominatur erit Rex Auson Monosyll 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 cleanseth 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 z 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 1.50 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 Now this Righteousnesse is here called the Righteousnesse of God Question 2 Generally Answer Generall in opposition to a Luke 18.9 that counterfeit Righteousnesse that the Scribes and Pharises 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 More particularly in divers respects Answer Particular 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 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Pindar Olymp. 9. Nemo absque numine aut est aut fuit bonus Bonus vir sine Deo non est Sen. ep 41. Nullu sine Deo ment bona est Idem ep 73. No Reason 1 man ever was or is good without God d Iohn 3.27 No man can have ought saith S. Iohn the Baptist unlesse it be given him from above And * Iames 1.17 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Marc. de Leg. Spir. p. 40. Every good gift saith S. Iames is from above 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 bonus qui non ex malo bonus Aug. in Prosper Sent. 155. There is no man good saith Augustine but that of bad is by God made good And g Qui neminem bonum invenit neminem salvat nisi quem praevenit Bern. de Grat. lib. Arb. He saith Bernard that