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A17039	The copie of the sermon preached before the Vniversitie at S. Maries in Oxford, on Tuesday the XXIV. of Decemb. 1633. By Tho. Browne, one of the students of Christ-church	Browne, Thomas, 1604?-1673.	1634 (1634)	STC 3912; ESTC S114322	19,404	54

receiue them Ips● si cupiat Salus if that Mercy herselfe should come downe from heauen to haue mercy vpon them they would like Adam in the garden hide themselues from her they are so afrayd Gen. 3. 10. Of the two our age is deepest in the first extremity We sing of mercy all of vs. Psal 101. 1. Let vs haue but a sight of her and she is our owne Commonly indeed the verbe that goes along with mercy is ostendo as O Lord shew thy mercy vpon vs in the versicle Shew vs thy mercy O Lord in the Psalme And sheweth mercy vnto Psal 85. 7. thousands in the commandements Mercy is only showne It is ostende sufficit as with Philip concerning the Father Only shew vs this Mercy and it Iohn 14. 8. sufficeth If we but see her we overcome her too straight But Feare goes with a docebo Feare is taught and taught againe and we cannot skill i● At si dominus we are all good we can say Lord Lord we Mat. 25. 11. can crie you Mercy as often as you will but vbi timor Where is feare that is ioyned with it 1. Mal. 6. what is become of that We obserued before vnto you that in timearis in feare there was the Holy Ghost and then sure it is with vs as it was with them in the Acts Wee Acts. 19. 2. haue not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost whether there be any such thing as feare is yea or no. Non recepimus 2. Tim. 1. 7. spiritum timoris indeed we haue receiued no such Holy Spirit yet nor care we for receiuing it at all As the world now goeth it is Omnia vincit amor loue only loue is all in all that only now is in fashion as the sole cognizance of the Gospell feare like a superannuated liuery of the Law is cleane worne out of request Of amor as much as you will loue pure loue to loue God they will bee contented with all their Luke 10. 27. hearts But take heed of plena timoris in the same verse No feare if you loue vs take heed of that But let me tell you Those fruits of repentance Mat. 3. ● the Baptist speaks of neuer come kindly forth neuer haue perfect colour on both sides when these two mercy and feare are not graffed and inoculated the one in the other When both of them are mingled together then they make the cup of saluation fittest to be taken Not feare alone then would the drinke be so waterish and small that it would yeeld no comfort Nor mercie alone then it would be too strong fume it woulde into the braine and possibly take away the sense of sinne but mercie and feare both let them meete together Psal 85. 10. let them kisse in the cup and it will be a wholesome cup indeed neither too small Psal 116. 13 nor too strong And hic est calix say I. This too is the Cup of the new Testament Luk. 22. 20. drinke ye all of this And euen from the beginning it was so Mat. 19. 8. The Law you remember it carried terrour in her face for feare all she the people trembled the mount quaked not any Seruice there but upon the shaking-stop all to see too was full of horrour full of feare not the least hope of any mercie to be lookt for there Now the Law is called the Law of Moses euer and anon and what was this Moses why Moses was the mildest or meekest man upon the earth Numb 12. 3. There is you see some mercy mingled with the Law it selfe that spirit of feare Againe To the Arke there belonged a Propitiatory or Mercy-Seate made of pure gold Aquinas by lapse of memory cals it tabulam lapideam in his old Venice copies and is corrected in his latter editions and what but pure mercy to be expected there no parcell mercy in the very Seate of mercy at the least no mixture no ingredience of feare And yet to the mercy-seat there belonged two Cherubins and the Cherubins are of that society that vse to couer their faces for feare when they come Esay 6. 2. before God So there is not all mercy euen in the seate of mercy euen there there is a mixture of some feare And in the volume of Gods booke they are euer thus bound vp together It was Peters error that to be giuen to too much vnnecessary building he wisht not what he said saies Origen because he talk't of building three Tabernacles for the Law the Prophets and the Gospell Moses Elias and Christ that doe lodg best together in one Let vs beware of that not erect seuer all Tabernacles for mercy and feare that must habitare in vnum like brethren in the Psalme Psal 133. 1. dwell together in vnity It is I know an vsuall thing amongst vs when we see mercy like the prodigall in the Gospell è longinquo a great Luk. 15. 20. way off when we scarce plainly discerne that it is mercy why presently the whole country comes out and desires Feare that he would depart out of Mat. 8. 34. their coasts We thinke we doe a little despise the riches of his Mercy as the Apostle speaks for that is the very best Rom. 2. 4. I can make of it if that feare be thought worthy to come vnder the roofe M●● ● ● where her honour dwelleth Take heed of that T is not good straining complements with God to be too prouident forsooth of his honour Let me tell you Heresy was neuer so dangerous to the Church as then when it got some respect or other to Gods glory or honour for the spring that gaue it motion The downe-right Arrians did lesse hurt that denyed the diuinity of the Sonnne because they would not beleiue it then those whom Origen speaks of that in eiuility would deny the Godhead of the Sonne to the glory of the Father they thought it no small wrong to him if the Godhead were made common They that denied our Sauiour Christ to be perfect Man only because they would be peruerse were not so incorrigible in their opinion as those S. Ambrose speakes of that were worse prouident that would not acknowledg him to be perfect man for feare of subiecting him to concupiscence to which the nature of man is subiect But take heed of that The waies of God are smooth and equall enough let not the reason and prouidence of man think to paue them If God will haue mercy and feare to kisse as you see he will let not man in the kisse betray either For if Feare be once crucified if that feare once suffer without the gates mercy will quickly betake her selfe to a Tree and loose her Bowells This when it is misericordia super And that 1. quia apud te nos mercy that is lightened vpon vs not to let goe feare then But it is but apud te in