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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12341	The affinitie of the faithfull being a verie godlie and fruitfull sermon, made vpon part of the eight chapter of the Gospel of Saint Luke. By Henrie Smith.	Smith, Henry, 1550?-1591.	1591 (1591)	STC 22656; ESTC S117479	11,395	36

alreadie and preach his conscience in reproouing sinne a voice commeth to him againe as this did to Christ and sayeth Thy friendes would haue thee be quiet or thou wilt be enuyed for that which thou sayest or there be fellowes which lye in wait to returne scornings for thy paines so somtimes with a litle intreatie he beginneth to drawe vp his hande and laye his fingers to his mouth and preach peace when hee is sent with warre Thus are wee cumbred like our master before our sermons and in our sermons and after our sermons euen of those sometimes which shoulde incourage vs and therefore as Christ saieth Beware of men so I saye beware of kinsmen So soone as the children bee borne their Parents bring them to the Temple and baptise them and offer them vnto GOD but as soone as they are able to serue him they tempt them awaye from him some to the Lawe some to Physicke some to marchaundise and some to husbandrie and had rather they should be of any other Tribe than of the Tribe of Leni which serueth in the Temple hee which wil be hindred shall haue blocks enough but we must learne to leape ouer all as Christ did ouer this If wee shoulde leaue father and mother and wife and children for Christ much lesse shoulde wee care for labour or losse or shame or trouble or displeasure for wee would venture these for our friends Thus much of his naturall kindred nowe of his spirituall kinred Here is another Genealogie of Christ which MATTHEVV and LVKE neuer spake of As CHRIST sayeth I haue another bread which you knowe not So he sayeth that I haue other kinsmen which you knowe not Saint IOHN writing to a Christian Ladie which brought vp her children in the feare of God calleth her The elect Ladie shewing that the chiefest honour of Lordes and Ladies and Princes is to be elect of God LVKE speaking of certaine Beroeans which receiued the worde of GOD with loue calleth them more noble men than the rest shewing that God counteth none noble but those which are of a noble spirite As Saint Iohn calleth none elect but the vertuous and Saint Luke calleth none noble but the religious so our Sauiour Christ calleth none his kinsmen but such as are righteous these are my mother and my brethren which heare the worde of God and do it As Abrahams children are not counted after the flesh but after the Spirite So Christes kinsmen are not counted after the flesh but after the Spirite for the flesh was not made after the Image of God but the Spirite therefore God is not called the father of bodies but the father of Spirites Now God which is a Spirite preferreth them which are kinne vnto him in the spirite therefore Esau was not blessed because he was of Isaacks flesh but Iacob was blessed because he was of Isaacks spirite As wee loue in the flesh so Christ loueth in the spirite therefore hee calleth none his kinsmen but them which heare the worde of God and doe it It seemeth that Paul thought of this saying when he said till Christ be reformed in you If Christ be found in vs as Saint Paul saith then wee are Chists mother euerie one which will haue Christ to be his Sauiour must be Christ his mother The virgin asked the Angel how shee could beare Christ seeing shee had not knowen a man so you may aske how you can beare Christ seeing he is borne alreadie As there is a second comming of Christ so there is a seconde birth of Christ. When we are regenerate and borne againe then Christ is borne in vs againe The virgin Marie was his mother by the flesh and the faithfull are his mother by the Spirite Againe the Holie Ghost did conceaue him in her the Holie Ghost likewise did conceaue him in them Hee was in her wombe and hee is in their hearts Shee did beare him and they doe beare him Shee did nurce him and they doe nurce him This is the seconde birth of Christ. As the soule of man may be called The Temple of the Holie Ghost so it may also be called the wombe of the sonne that is the mother of Christ. Before those wordes it is sayde that Christ asked Who is my mother and who are my brethren As if hee should saye You thinke that I am affected to my kinsmen as you are But I tell you that I count them my kinsmen which heare the worde of GOD and doe it To shewe that Christ loueth vs with an euerlasting loue he sheweth that he doeth not loue vs for any temporall things but for that which endureth for euer If Christ loued vs as ISAAC loued ESAV for Venison then wee might misse the blessing as ESAV did But as IOHN saith He loued in the trueth so Christ loueth in the trueth To loue in the trueth is the true loue Euery loue but this at one time or other hath turned into hatred but the true loue ouercommeth hatred euen as the trueth ouercommeth falshood No we see this loue Christ calleth them by the names of loue his mother his brethren and sisters In the sixth to the ROMANES they are called his seruaunts If that be not enough in the fifteenth of saint IOHN they are called his friends If that be not enough in the thirde of MARKE they are called his kinsmen If that be not enough in the 24 Chapter of LVKE there he calleth them his brethren If that be not enough in the first of MARKE they are called his children If that be not enough here they are called his mother If that be not enough in the fifth of the CANT they are called his spouse to manifest that he loueth them with all loues the mothers loue and the brothers loue and the sister loue and the masters loue the friends loue If all these loues could be put together yet Christes loue exceedeth them all and the mother and the brother and the sister and the childe and the kinsmen and the friends and the seruaunt would not doe and suffer so much amongest them all as Christ hath done and suffered for vs alone Such a loue wee kindle in Christ when wee heare his worde and do it that wee are as deere vnto him as al his kindred together Nowe as wee are his mother so wee should carrie him in our hearts as his mother did in her armes as we are his brethren so we should preferre him as Ioseph did Beniamin as wee are his spouse so wee shoulde embrace him as Isaac did Rebecca if thou be a kinsman do like a kinsman Nowe wee come to the markes of these kinsmen which I may call the armes of his house As Christ saieth By this all men shall knowe my Disciples if they loue one another So hee sayeth by this shall all men knowe my kinsmen if they heare the worde of God and doe it Here it is continuallie saide Hee which heareth the worde of