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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10051	Maries memoriall A sermon preached at St. Maries Spittle on Monday in Easter weeke being Aprill 1. 1616. By Daniel Price Doctor of Diuinitie, and chaplaine vnto the Kings maiestie.	Price, Daniel, 1581-1631.	1617 (1617)	STC 20297; ESTC S113685	49,518	72

though as the Wise men Christ in the cratch they adored it The Ecclesiasticall Storie is plentifull herein not to bring forth in this Sunshine the sacred Lampes burning in those golden candlestickes Polycarpus Ignatius and Clemens and those many Disciples of the Disciples of the Lord. Iustin Martyr records in his time holy meetings reading preaching an houre euery Sabaoth Tertullian testifieth Tertull. that all the meetings of Christians were celebrated with holy Sermons The Councell of Mentz ordained that euery day of the Lord the word of the Lord should be preached at the length great was the multitude of the Preachers the Gospell deliuered euery where by preaching as by the only means to bring saluation And sure if any part of the Gospell might haue beene deliuered sufficiently without preaching 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 this Gospell the Gospell of the resurrection might for after our Sauiour had shewed himselfe aliue by infallible proofes Act. 1.3 as Luke speaketh Acts 1.3 such as Aristotle calleth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 prouing his resurrection to all the senses by the sight hee shewed and they saw his wounds by hearing he spake they heard Peace be vnto you by tasting they ministred and he tasted broiled fish by the touch Thomas doubted and the Lord constrained him to touch his wounds by the smell the Lord breathed on them and they receiued the holy Ghost Nature seekes but to sense the fiue senses fiue porches of Natures Palace In euery sense the Resurrection of Christ proclaimed that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 this Gospell must be preached When no circumstance of time or place or person vnmanifested appearing the day of his resurrection early in the morning late at night both times of day to the Disciples abroad and in the house both places to Souldiers and Apostles both conditions Iewes and Gentiles both religions men and women both sexes liuing and dead both estates when friends fo●● Disciples strangers Angels Deuils bare witnesse and graues opened their mouthes to proclaime this point yet 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 after the horrour of the Earth-quake rolling the stone seeing the clothes hearing the Angell witnesse of the women satisfying Thomas eating speaking walking breathing on them breaking bread with them bodily presence 40. dayes among them hauing beene seene to more then 500. at once 11. Disciples being witnesses of this another must be added to be witnesse to preach the resurrection Act. 1.22 not caeterorum tantum sed resurrectionis testem Chrysostom saith Chrysostome So necessarie is preaching the Gospell no Gospell without preaching Let vs then embrace the preaching of the Gospell with gladnes Vse as that which is able to saue our soules at the great day the kingdome of God by the preaching of the Gospell is among vs let him that hath an eare heare what the Spirit saith Hos 8.12 Were the things of the Law honourable Hos 8.12 How much more should the gracious word brought vnto vs by the preaching of the Gospell Was the second person of the Trinitie called the Word and that Word made flesh and the third person the holy Ghost came downe in tongues of fire and those tongues only giuen to preach that word how then should our harts burne within vs to enflame vs to the desire of these spirituall things It is much that Enoch and Elias both Preachers of all other were taken vp to heauen that Lot and Noah both Preachers of all other were saued from the double deluge of fire and water that Moses Elias both Preachers of all sorts of men vnder the Law were chose to be with Christ in his transmigration that kings haue beene Preachers Melehisedech a King Priest Dauid a King Prophet Salomon a King Preacher But that which is aboue all is that Christ Iesus that came into the world to saue sinners that came to enrich it with his grace to confirme it by his example to redeeme it with his bloud came to instruct it with his doctrine and to preach this Gospell For his sake wee therefore as Pilgrimes and strangers beseech you that yee receiue not the word of God this grace of God in vaine By the tender mercie of God wee beseech you though yee deny the dignitie of preaching yet acknowlege the power that hath called you to this inestimable light Saint Peter tells vs of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 1 Pet. 2.13 subiection of the people to the Pastor and Saint Paul of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the authoritie of the Pastor ouer the people I presse neither but I call for the acknowledgment of the power of preaching Paul warns frequently that they dispise not Timothy obey them ouer you they are worthy of double honor that are ouer you haue them in singular loue and esteeme them highly that are oure you in the Lord by authoritie this may bee exacted but better by charitie to bee expected Miserable men wormes and no men what are wee clods of earth clothed with infirmitie and mortalitie as ye are peeces of clay hewen out of the same pit as yee are wee are but fragments of men tinkling cimballs broken cesternes corruption equally acquainted with vs as you yet wee are the Embassadors of Christ his strength is in our weakenesse and he that hath said dispise not prophesie hath enioyned not to dispise Timothy Beloued it yee desire saluation dispise not Preachers nor preaching I neede not vrge this in this City where the Lord hath as many acres of good Christians as in any such quantitie of earth in Christendome yet if as in Iob so in this assembly now the sonnes of God are come to present themselues before the Lord there be a Sathan here so heere any sonne of perdition that is a scorner of Preachers into whose loathsome body Rabshekah is stolne from hell filling his mouth with blasphemie against Gods ministerie Let him know that Ieroboam a kings hand was withered when hee onely would lay hold on a Prophet that 2. Captaines 1 King 13.4 2. fifties fired from heauen when they onely would apprehend a Prophet 42. children torne in peeces 2 King 1.10 by wilde beares who only as children mocked a Prophet 2 King 2.24 250. deuoured by fire Corah and all his complices the men houses goods all deuoured by the earth Numb 16.35 who onely rebelled againsta Prophet Nay Miriam a holy women stroken with a loathsome leprosie onely for a murmure against a Prophet Neither King nor Priest neither Iudge nor Militarie man neither Captaine not Souldier neither man not woman neither women nor children haue escaped vengeance fot wronging Prophets and as if all Gods creatures were ready nor onely to assist them but rel●eue them euen the most sauage creatures Crooping Rauens fed Elias a Prophet raging Lyons preserued Damelia Prophet Chr●s●st Aues pascunt ferae parcunt homines seuint faith Chrysostome Beloued I onely cast this dart at the desperate Atheist who contemnes preaching and is onely