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A49515 Three sermons preached at Sherborne in Dorsetshire by William Lyford ... being his last sermons ...; Sermons. Selections Lyford, William, 1598-1653. 1654 (1654) Wing L3557; ESTC R3029 24,872 37

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and refresh their soules The second reason is Because the breath of their doctrine doth blow upon dead soules and doth breath into them the spirit of life In Ezek. 37.9 the Propher was willed to prophesie unto the winde say come O winde and blowe upon these slaine that they may live so I prophecied and the breath came into them and they lived The savour of Christ's doctrine is like this breath Cant. 4.16 Awake ô North winde and blow upon my garden that the spice thereof may flow out By this blowing is signified the ministration of his word and spirit bestowed on his people for their spirituall reviving and refreshing As on the contrary The restraint of God's graces by wholsome doctrine is signified by foure Angells holding the foure windes of the earth that the winde should not blowe on the earth nor on the sea Rev. 7.1 The savour of the knowledge of Christ is a breath of life it is that by which corruption is purged away which when it enters into the soule it doth become a savour of life unto life God maketh our words savorie and fruitfull to the Elect Againe in this Metaphor of sweet savour is an allusion to the ointment and the sweet incense which the Priests offered with their sacrifices So by the Gospell we season the soules of men and bring them as a sweet sacrifice unto God See Rom. 15.15.16 He speaks of his ministration That I should be the Minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles c. and the effect of it was By it he had prepared a sacrifice for God the offering up of the Gentiles They were unto God an offering of a sweet savour acceptable to God being sanctified by the holy Ghost A Sacrifice of the Gospell must not be a dead thing it must not be an uncleane or corrupt thing But being breathed upon with this sweet savour of Christ We offer our selves to God a living sacrifice holy and acceptable by Jesus Christ Rom 12.1 By preaching of faith we receive the spirit Gal. 3.2 The third Reason It sends forth a sweet savour of Christ to them that are already planted in Christ's garden to comfort and refresh their spirits When our spirits be spent and weake sweet things burnt doe refresh them So Cant. 4.16 Blow upon my garden that the spices thereof may flow out The ministration of the Gospell causeth the sweet-smelling fruits of repentance faith love prayer thanksgiving to flow out that these fruits doe ripen all graces are strengthned and increased Thus under God we are a sweet savour of Christ that is we cause the sweet savour to be sent abroad because we open Christ's riches to the world because by it the dead soules are seasoned and they that live are comforted and refreshed First Use Are we a sweet savour of Christ Then see what a filthie thing sin is and what noysome offensive creatures men are that have not beene perfumed with this heavenly knowledge Second Use Therefore never thinke thou hast been a good hearer or hast profited by the Gospell till thy whole soule be filled and seasoned with the savour of Jesus Christ where the Gospell is purely preached received ibi reperitur vis odoris Christi there the efficacy of Christ's savour is found your rich perfumes of Leather or Cloath they are lasting the things perfumed will carry the sent for a long time yea it will never quite out so if you be perfumed with the knowledge of Christ It will make your affections your delights your comforts your praises your dispraises they will all savour of Christ so will your tongue so will your dealings so will your outward man They must all savour of Christ else doe not thinke 't is all well else 't is but like the perfuming of a dead carkasse I observe you cast your Rosemarie branches into the graves of your friends the smell refresheth you but not the dead because he is dead And it is a signe your soules are dead under a savorie ministrie when they still rellish and savour of the earth of rottennesse of folly vanity How few among us can say the ministrie hath been the savour of Christ to me Consider your own thoughts waies your wit and discourses what doe they savour of Of Christ Of heavenly things Nay rather of a Playbooke of an Alehouse of Atheisme of Epicurisme of Worldly delights Come to the Statesmen and Polititians of this world and what doe their counsells savour of Of Christ is the smell of Christ upon them Nay rather of Machiavell of Turcisme Come to the Gallants of our time if Christ should take them by their powdred hair by their naked backs by their painted and pictured faces What doe they smell off Of Christ Of Grace of Modesty Nay rather of Pride wantonnesse discontent at God's workmanship that has made them thus not faire enough not white enough Consider the waies of Christians their delights their labours their oppressions their covenant breaking How little rellish of Christ is to be found Men may justly think that such have not lived under a Ministerie that savours of Christ Surely all is not well with such Thou art not as yet one planted in the Garden of spices the ointment of Christ which is the graces of the holy Ghost have not yet descended upon thee Christ speakes thus to his Church Cant 4.10 How much better is thy love then wine and the smell of thy garments then all spices In Cant. 1.23 The Church admireth Christ's graces and preferreth Christ's love before wine here Christ doth the like of her love towards him here Christ shewes how much hee is taken with the graces of his Church Chap. 1. The Church extolleth the savour of Christ's oyntments here Christ doth hers Which did send forth a sweet savour like sweet-smelling spices A Christian is one anoynted with Christ's oyntment and we must cary the sent thereof upon all our actions See Za. 14.20.21 It tells you how holinesse should abound in times of the Gospell In that day there shall be upon the Bells of the horses Holinesse to the Lord and the pots in the Lord's house shall be like the bowles before the Altar uppon the plate of gold which the High Priest did weare on his forehead was engraven Holines to the Lord Now that title must bee upon all things belonging to a Christian for we are made Priests unto our God as upon the Bridles of of our Horses that is upon the instruments of war of our labour and of our Recreations Holinesse must bee upon our garments upon our pots that is upon the Instruments of our eating and drinking Upon the Attire of many may be written not Holinesse to the Lord but Pride Lightnesse Vanitie prodigalitie upon their horses furniture Rapine Plunder and violence upon the Brims of their dishes Extortion and oppression upon their Cups excesses c. Whereas every thing belonging to a Christian should savour of Christianitie All the things