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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13710	Demegoriai Certaine lectures vpon sundry portions of Scripture, in one volume. By Lewys Thomas: 1. Christ traualiing to Ierusalem. 2. Christ purging the temple. 3. The history of our Lords birth. 4. The true-louers canticle. 5. The propheticall kings triumph. 6. The anatomy of tale-bearers. 7. Peters persecution and his deliuerance. 8. Heauens high-way.	Thomas, Lewis, b. 1567 or 8.	1600 (1600)	STC 24002; ESTC S103488	105,094	284

sonne These many such wonders then happened all beeing euident signes and perfect demonstrations of the newe borne King the rather to worke in mens ha●ts and to stamp in them a neuer dying knowledge of this wonderful byrth of Christ our Lord. By the Starre they knew him and by the starie they sounde him And so if wee vvill know Christ and finde him as they did we must examine our selues 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 thys star hath appeared vnto vs or not There is Duplex st●lia This 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is of two sorts There is a spirit 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in vs and another with ●● vs. The starre without is the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Word The starre within 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of faith and charitie without 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 not see Christ In the first of the Reuel 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 called a starre in the hand 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 And Christ himselfe 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 morning starre The Minister must haue 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a starre which is to be alwayes bright and shining and to be euer in motu to shine in doctrine and to shine in his manner of lyuing to goe before his people in example of good life and doctrine to be a guide vnto them as this star was a guide to the wise men to direct them to Christ To be euer in motu that is to exercise his gifts of teaching and preaching godly conference continually without cealing without intermission Like a starre that s●●● trauelleth and keepeth his course night and day The star of fayth which is within vs containeth fiue circumstances noted in the 〈◊〉 of Iohn The multitude of beleeuing le●s when they heard that Christ shoulde come to Ierusalem in testimony of theyr fayth tooke branches of Palme-trees shewing theyr gratitude so our fayth must receaue Christ 〈◊〉 Palmis with palme branches that is with praise and thankfulnes They were greene branches ●ircntes rami so must our faith be greene it must neuer wither it must alwaies operari it must branch forth into good works like to fruc●ifying greene-boughes They confessed him Hosanna blessed is the King of Israell that commeth in the Name of the Lord. So sides fayth cannot bee without confession They also called vpon him Hosanna to shew the necessity of ●●●●cation Lastly they followed him so faith alwaies followeth Christ and is euer vvith christ like the beloued disciple that leaned vpon his bosome We haue seene his starre and are come to worship him Heere is sette downe the end why they came They came to worshippe him For they opened theyr treasures and presented vnto him Gold Frankincense My●th By theyr rich presents you may gesse at the rich assection and loue they bare to Christ They came to giue all holy worship to him that was the King of glory And therefore in testimony of theyr loialty obedience they bring vnto him gystes worthy such a King as it were to defray the t●bute of an vndeuided loue gold Frankencense and Mirth Behold a free-will-offering which fayth drew forth and pure deuotion presented an offering better accepted then all the f●● of Ra●s What gyfts might bee of great●● value then these So is it shll with the godly they count count nothing too deere which they bring to Christ Looke the 〈◊〉 of Exod. Pure Myrth Frankencense were appoynted by a spec●commaund for the oyle o● holy oyntment and for the persume among other thinges of price there noted In the 36. of Exod. the people brought so liberall and so 〈…〉 towards the building of the Sanc●●●● that M●●s was 〈◊〉 to pro●●●me they 〈◊〉 giue ouer Such and so free is the hurt of the righteous when fayth dooth 〈◊〉 it and the grace of Gods sp●●●t inflames it such was the gift of these Wise men This read●nes in them must incourage vs to present and giue out of the ●●easures of harts 〈…〉 to the ●ord And thys we may 〈◊〉 doe since God requireth of vs not golde o●●●uer or the like but hee requireth vs to offer but our selues a 〈…〉 euen our soules bodies to serue the Lord. Offer not to me thy goods or thy welth or thy gold but saith God if thou vvilt giue me any thing giue me thy hart Sliuer it mine and golde is mine sayth the Lord Aggei We cannot enrich him if wee giue him all that we haue if we giue him al the world and the kingdoms thereof we giue him but his owne For Terra est Do●ani ●t pl●ntiu●● e●●s The earth ●s the Lords and the fulnes thereof GOD required in former ages large sacrifices Oxen Sheepe and Calues but these sacrifices haue nowe an end and are long agone determined but the offering that best pleaseth GOD now is that proclaimed by Salomon 〈…〉 giue 〈◊〉 thy hart And that spoken by Micah in his sixt chapter Where-withall shall I come 〈◊〉 the Lord or how my selfe before the 〈…〉 GOD shall I come before him with burnt ●●●rings or with Calues of a 〈◊〉 old Will the Lord bee 〈…〉 of Ra●●es or with t●nne 〈…〉 of o●le or shall I giue my first 〈◊〉 for my transgression euen the fruite of my bodie for the sinne of my soule He hath shewed thee ô man what is good what the Lord requireth surely to doe iustice to loue mercy and to humble thy selfe and to walke with thy God So then ye honour Christ aright and ye then worship him in spirit truth in presenting these treasures of the hart Thys wil be better accepted then the sacrifycing of a Bullocke that hath hornes and hoofes If you thus glorifie Christ hee will also glorifie you and when hee commeth in glorie he will take vs to himselfe and giue vs better habitations then his owne Sonne found with vs when hee dwelt among vs euen glorious mansions in his Kingdome of glory To him be glorie for euer ❧ The true Louers Canticle 1. IOHN 4. 10. 11. Heerein is loue not that that wee loued God but that God loueth vs and sent his sonne to be areconciliation for our sinnes Beloued if God so loued vs wee ought also to loue one another THis loue holdes me to it like an adamant I cannot be deuided frō it for that it is such a matter as car●ieth vvith it doctrine of greatest substance and of greatest necessity Some-what already hath been spoken in the former Treatise concerning this loue now comes more to be spoken therof in this place by course of the text Not doubting but that this argument of loue being presented againe before ●our eyes as at a second view it will the rather be planted in you Eyther the one or the other that former or this latter discourse must needes slampe so deepe an impression in the tables of your harts as no perpetuitie of time shall be able to out-weare Saint Mathew first in his Gospell commended vnto vs the loue of God in sending his sonne into the