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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12343	The Christians sacrifice Seene, and allowed.	Smith, Henry, 1550?-1591.	1589 (1589)	STC 22658; ESTC S105912	14,365	45

offering of Cayne Genesis 4.5 As Ioseph charged his brethren Genesis 42.15 that they shoulde not come to him for corne vnlesse they brought Beniamim vnto him vvhome they lefte at home so GOD vvill not haue vs speake to him nor come vnto him for any thing vnlesse vvee bring our hearte vnto him vvhich vvee leaue behinde The tongue vvithout the hearte is a flattering tongue the eye without the hearte is a vvicked eye the eare vvithout the hearte is a vaine eare the hande vvithout the heart is a false hand Doest thou thinke that God vvil accept a flattering tongue a wicked eye a vain eare a false hand which reiecteth a sacrifice if it be but lean or brused No saith Paul If I geue all that I haue haue not loue that is geue not my heart it auailes me nothing he saith not that they vvhich geue not their heartes geue nothing but that they shall haue nothing for such offerings hee vvhich brings but a mite bringes his hart brings more then he which offers a talent he shall goe avvay more iustified then he which saide All these haue I kept from my youth vpward for God is not mocked but knowes how much is behind thogh Ananias seem to bring al. He marks hovv I speak and how you heare hovv vve pray in this place if it come not from the heart hee repels it as fast as it grovves vp like the smoake vvhich chmes tovvardes heauē but neuer comes there man thinkes vvhen he hath the gift that he hath the heart to but god vvhen he hath the gift cals for the hart stil the Pharisees praier the harlots vow the traitors kisse the sacrifice of Caine the fast of Iezabelle the teares of Esau the oblation of Ananias are nothing to him but still he cries bring thy heart or bring no thing like a iealous husbād vvhē he hath a vvife yet he is iealous vvhether he hath her hurt so vvharsoeuer thou do yet god is iealous still respects not what thou dost but whether thou do it frō thy hart of mere loue tovvard him If Pilat had vvashed his hart vvhen he vvashed his handes he had bin cleaner than Naamā vvhē he came out of Iordā if the Sichemites had circumcised their harts vvhē they circumcised their flesh they had saued their soules vvhen they lost their liues if Cain had offered his heart vvhen he offered of the fruites his offering had bin as acceptable as Abels but as svvíns flesh vvas like shépes flesh yet vvas not accepted because it cāe frō an vncleane beast so Caines offering Pilats vvashing the Sichemits circūcision the pharisces praier and fasts alms vver as fair as the apostles yet they had no revvard but wo to you hypocrits because they vvāted the heart vvhich is like the fire that kindleth the sacrifice but vvil he requit our praiers fasts almes as he did theirs yea saith Christ except your righteousnes exceed the pharisees that is except vve giue our harts besides our lips our eares our almes vvhich they gaue more than vve we shal not enter into the kingdom of heauen because our righteousnes doth not exceed the righteousnes of the pharisees but their righteousnes exceedeth our Christ doth not bid them wo because they vvere Pharisees as vve are not but bicause they were hypocrites as we are God delights him self in giuing therfore loueth a cheerfull giuer but he cannot giue cheerfully which giues not his heart Therefore Iudas thought the oyle spent which was powred vpon Christ wisht the price of it in his purse so they grudge and greeue when theie should doe good and think shall I giue it Can I spare it what will it bring So the good worke dieth in birth like a Bride which drowpeth in the hand whiles the head considers whether he shall let her goe or holde her still as easie to wring Hercules club out of his fists as to wring a penitent teare from their eies or a faithfull praier from their lips or a good thought from their hart which cannot affoord the hart it selfe euery thinge is too much which they do and they think God more beholding to them for blurting out a Pater nosler or staying a sermon or fasting a fridaie than they to him for al his benefits and when they haue doone what is their reward wo be vnto you Scribes and pharisies hipocrites because you gaue not your hartes therefore we doe but vexe our selues and loose our labour thinking to make God beleeue that we praie when indeed our lippes doo but praie wherby it comes to passe as we serue him so he serueth vs our peace is not in deede but in vvorde our ioy is not in heart but in countenaunce a false comfort like our false vvorship for he vvhich geueth God his lips in stead of his heart teacheth god to geue him stones in steade of bread that is a shadovv of comfort for comfort it selfe Novv vvhen vve haue giuen god faire vvords and long prayers and solemne fastes and mourning countenances hee puts in but a vvorde more to fill vp the sacrifice Geue me thy heart and it suffiseth It is like the laste suite of Abraham when hee saide to God I will speake but this once so if thou wilt heare him in this hee wil aske no more therefore nowe conclude vvhether God shal haue thy heart or nothing If thou consider vvhat right he hath to aske it and what cause thou hast to giue it thou canst not keepe it til I ende my sermon Of all the suters vvhich come vnto you it seemes there is none which hath any tytle to claime the heart but God which challengeth it by the name of a sonne as if hee should say thou shalt giue it to thy father vvhich gaue it to thee art thou my son my sons giue me their hearts and by this they knowe that I am their father if I dvvel in their heartes for the heart is the Temple of God therefore if thou be his son thou wilt giue him thy hearte because thy father desires it thy maker desires it thy redeemer desires it thy Sauiour desires it thy Lorde and thy King and thy Master desires it which hath geuen his Sonne for a ransome his spirit for a pledge his vvorde for a guide the vvorlde for a vvalke and reserues a kingdome for thine inheritance Canst thou denie him any thing vvhich hath geuen the heire for the seruant his beloued for his enemie the best for the vvorst Canst thou denie him any thing vvhose goodnesse created vs vvhose fauour elected vs vvhose mercie redeemed vs vvhose wisedome conuerteth vs vvhose grace preserueth vs vvhose glorie shall glorifie vs Canst thou denie him anie thing O if thou knevve as Christ sayde to the Woman of Samaria vvhen shee huckte to geue him vvater if thou knevve who it is which saith vnto thee