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spirit_n	ghost_n	holy_a	paul_n	7,516	5	6.4255	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20276	A sermo[n] preached before the Quenes Maiestie, By Maister Edward Dering, the. 25. day of February. Anno. 1569; Sermon preached before the Quenes Majestie	Dering, Edward, 1540?-1576.	1569 (1569)	STC 6699; ESTC S113502	20,738	44

¶ A Sermō preached before the Quenes Maiestie By Maister Edward Dering the .25 day of February Anno .1569 ¶ Imprinted at London by Iohn Awdely ¶ A Sermon preached before the Queenes Maiestie by Maister Edward Deryng 1569. ¶ O Lord open thou my lyps and my mouth shall shewe forth thy prayse PSALME 78. 70. ¶ He chose Dauid his seruaunt also tooke hym from the shepefoldes euen from behinde the Ewes great with yong tooke he hym to feede his people in Iacob his inheritance in Israel So he fed thē accordyng to the simplicity of his hart guided them by discretion of hys handes THe Prophet declareth in this Psalme howe God of his iustice for the great syn of Ephraim tooke from that Tribe both the Tahernacle and the Scepter gaue them to the tribe of Iuda whom then according to his mercy he had purposed to blesse with al pefect happynes In which we learne not to abuse Gods mercies least they be taken away from vs as frō the tribe of Ephraim they were And then what helpeth it vs that in times past we haue bene happy And least this should happen also vnto the tribe of Iuda to fal from Gods mercies into hys displeasure the prophet in this place stirreth them vp to thankfulnes that they might be found worthy to haue continued toward thē so great blessinges And this he doth by example of Dauid in shewing both how mercifully God had delt with him and how obediently Dauid walked before the Lord. And herein he vseth as it were thrée reasōs to moue them withall The first is of Gods great mercye whence he had called Dauid The seconde is of Gods intent and purpose whereunto he called him The third of Dauids own person how faithfully how truly he did execute that wherunto he was called The first argument or reason he comprehendeth in these wordes He chose Dauid hys seruant tooke hym from the Shepefolds The second in these wordes He chose hym to feede hys people in Iacob his inheritāce in Israel The third in these wordes So he fed them according to the simplicitie of hys hart and guided them with the discretion of his handes These argumentes wil I speake of as God shall geue me vtteraunce And if they shalbe now more effectual to moue vs then they were then to moue the people of Israel then be we profitable happy hearers If not it is good right and reason that as we haue bene in the fellowship of the same sinne and iniquitie so we shoulde be partakers of the same reward punishment that if God shal so deale with vs that we loose againe both the Tabernacle the Scepter as they haue done before vs we can say no other but the Lord is righteous and behold we haue eaten the fruit of our own labours Let vs therefore consider of these argumentes and styrre vp as we may the gift of God that is in vs that at length we may learne by them more holy obedience The first argument is the good consideratiō of Gods mercies whence he called Dauid Which argument alone is so effectuall and strong to styr vs vp to the obedience of our calling that it is able ynough to rayse vs againe though we were neuer so deepe soonken in rebellion A sure proofe of the efficacie of it may be vnto vs the oft continual vse of it in the sacred scriptures For seyng that Gods spirit in his holy word doth so oft aply it both as a helpe to confirme the godly and as a present remedy to turn againe the most obdurat and wylfull synner from hys obstinate purpose surely except al the dewes of gods mercies be marueilously dryed vp in our barren hartes the same argument if we can well thinke of it wyl be effectuall in vs to woorke our regeneration in the newnes of lyfe 〈◊〉 God would haue Abraham to forget his coun try and hys fathers house to go that long and weary iourney into the land of promise wher he and his posterity should dwel after him h●… con●…med him w●…th thys saying I am the Lord thy God which brought thee out of V●… of the Chaldeans By this rem●…brance of hys former benefits he perswaded Abraham to aduenture al that he presently enioyed vp●… hope of a better promise which yet he had no●… sene but which should be fulfilled When God would moue the children of Abraham that is the children of Israel to turne againe from their great iniquites that they has so long practised in the hardnes of their hart he vseth but this argument to tel them of all the miseries that they were borne in their country to be a cursed country their fathers idolaters themselues geuen ouer to al voluptuousnes and pleasure not regarding God nor seking his religion In which woful estate when the Lord God did behold them he pitied their misery said euen then vnto thē You shal liue By which promise their former wo vanished away and in stede of nakednes they were clothed with broidred worke they wer couered with siue silke de●…ked with ●…ny ornaments had a crowne of beuty vpon their heades Now therfore that they should not walke in their own waies or cōmit Idolatry as other Gentiles did nor treade such benefits vnder their féete this argument as a strong medecine the Prophet repeated often and with many wordes Thus God delt oft with the Kings of Israel and of Iuda when they began to fall away walke as others nations walked that were rounde about them He called them back by putting thē oft in mynde how hys mercy had bene with them and from what low estate he had raysed them up Thus the Prophets of God delt often wyth the people Iosua when he had brought them into the lād of Chanaan to the end they might feare God and so make theyr dwelling sure he made vnto them a lōg repetition of Gods benefites that by remembraunce of them theyr dull spirites might be styrred vp the more obedientlye to followe God Samuel when he was afraid of Gods heauy displeasure towards the people of Israell because they had asked a king for them to th●…nd they might turne a way Gods anger from them by their spéedy repentaunce he tolde them what God had before done for them as a ready way to make them beware afterward how they did willyngly●…●…end so louing a father Steuen when he woulde haue perswaded those whose iniquitye was now growen to so ful measure that they ha●… crucified Christ as though in this alonè were the greatest hope of amendement he chose no other way to cōuert them but this to show in long exhortation what God had done for thē for their fathers And this as in the beginning it was geuen by the holy Ghost to man as a soueraygne medecine to keepe him far from vnthankfulnes so it hath bene continu ed by the same spirit from time to time to styr vs vp not to forget the Lord. Our Sauiour Christ to make hys Disciples sure and that they should neuer shrincke for aduersitie he tolde them often this that they had not chosen him but he had chosen them Saint Paul