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A10800	An exposition vpon the hundred and thirtie Psalme Gathered out of some of the ancient fathers and later writers. / By Alexander Roberts Bachelour in Diuinity, and preacher of the word of God at Kings Linne in Norfolke..	Roberts, Alexander, d. 1620.	1610 (1610)	STC 21073; ESTC S112040	93,874	109

iust men that need no amendment of life Luo. 15. 7. Therefore well spake Bernard I consider three things h Sermone tertio de fragmentis septem misericordiarum in which all my hope resteth the loue of the adoption the truth of the promise the power of the performance Now let my foolish thought murmur and say who art thou how great is thy glory what are thy deserts by which thou mayest hope to obtayne it I will answere confidently I know whom I haue beleeued and will answere confidently I am assured thereof because in his exceeding loue he hath adopted me who is true in his promise and able to make performance for it is lawful for him to doe what he will This is the threefold corde hardly to be broken which let downe from heauen our Country vnto this prison where we now dwell let vs take fast hold thereof that it may draw and pull vs vp into the sight of the glory of the great God who is blessed for euer AMEN And he shall redeeme Israel from all his sinnes The conclusion of this Psalme is a promise wherein the Prophet sheweth what cause he had to pray and what in the like case might be our encouragement and it is here most comfortably to be considered that God doth not only giue vs naturall life gouerne and preserue the same Acts 17. 28. but spirituall in pardoning sinne and destroying death for this only is that which sweeteneth all other his blessings vnto vs else the griefe of conscience for sinne and the terrour of death the Kings of feares Iob 18. 14. would vtterly discomfort vs now that after the complaint of his afflictions wherewith he beganne he mentioneth redemption from sinnes and so endeth with it When God afflicteth we are not to hope for any deliuerance Doctrine vntill he doe pardon our sinnes therefore in all their troubles this is the first suite that the faithfull make so Daniel O Lord according to all thy righteousnesse let thy anger and thy wrath be turned away from thy Citty Ierusalem thine holy mountaine for because of our sinnes and the iniquities of our fathers Ierusalem and thy people are a reproch to all that are about vs O Lord heare O Lord forgiue O Lord consider and doe it Dan. 9. 16. 19. And Dauid when the iudgement was threatned against him for his manifold offences he craueth many mercies Psal 51. 1. Ezachias acknowledgeth that when he had receiued assurance of life that then God had cast all his sinnes behinde his backe Esay 38. 17. And the reason of this is for malum culpa trahit malum poenae the course of iustice requireth that euill should befall the euill man It was the floode of sinne that brought the floode of water Gen. 6. 7. Ierusalem sinned grieuously therfore shee is in derision Lam. 1. 8. And as mans i 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Herodot lib. 1. offences prouoking doe increase so Gods iudgments punishing Leuit. 26. 21 24 28. In all calamities therefore let vs haue recourse to God that hee who hath wounded may binde vp The precept Turne vnto the Lord. Ioel 2. 12. The practise in the Niniuites who humbling them selues obtayned mercy Iona 3. 10. A shower of teares is the best water to quench the fire of Gods wrath so doth he testifie himselfe vnto Iesiah 2. Kings 22. 17 19. Therefore the man is blessed who confesseth his sinnes and forsaketh them for he shall obtayne mercy Prouerb 28. 13. Let vs auoide all sinne and the first inticements thereunto Vse for euer for those things sake which the world maketh smal account of the wrath of God commeth vpon the children of disobedience Ephes 5. 6. the drops of the water are small yet they fill the Sea What can be lesse then k Noli contemnere peccata quo tidiana quia minora sed time quia plura sint non est bestia sicut Leo vt vno morsu guttur frāgat sed bestiae plerunque minutae multae necāt c Augustinꝰ de decem chordis cap. vndecimo the sand vpon the shore yet with it the greatest vessels may be suncke one sparkell of fire neglected is sufficient to consume a whole Citty and the least sinnes in our estimate may so farre kindle Gods wrath that it will not be quenched as he spake to Eli that the wickednesse of his house should not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for euer 1. Sam. 3. 14. Therefore let vs serue the Lord with feare and reioyce before him with trembling Psal 2. 11. and while it is called to day turne vnto him least we be hardened by the deceitfulnesse of sinne Hebr. 3. 13. For we shall one day appeare all before the Tribunall seate of Christ Iesus and receiue according to that we haue done in this body whether it be euill or good 2. Cor. 5. 10. happy that man that maketh that one day the subiect of his meditation euery day And he shall deliuer Israel from all his iniquities What is to be vnderstood by the name of Israel hath beene shewed euen the Church the whole number of the faithfull Here is set downe vnto vs these particulars a benefit redemption the subiect Israel the extent from all his iniquities Now to l Redemptionis vocabulum admonet nos 1. De prima nostra integritate libertate 2. De poenis amissae libertatis stile peccatis de ira Dei de captiuitate 3. De charitate Dei erga nos intercessione pro nobis 4. De liberatione nostra 5. De pretio soluto redeeme is properly to free one captiued by paying a price for him to ransome so whereas before he said that with God was mercy now he setteth downe how this mercy is manifested and so leadeth vs to the consideration of a mediatour by whom we are freed and that is Christ Iesus for we were taken aliue of the m 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Doctrine Diuel 2. Tim. 2. and he hath redeemed vs from him Hebr. 2. 14. from sinne Rom. 3. 14 25 26. from the curse of the law Gal. 3. 13. from death and condemnation 1. Cor. 15. 55. and that not with gold or siluer but with his owne precious blood 1. Pet. 1. 18. And this word he is very Emphaticall and put here exclusiuely he alone that Redeemer Iob 19. 25. who speaketh of himselfe I will redeeme thee from the power of the graue I will deliuer thee from death Ose 13. 14. Expounded of Christ by the Apostle 1. Cor. 15. 55 56 57. Our sinnes are taken away only by that sacrifice which Christ offered vpon the Crosse the Altar of n Immolatus est Christꝰ nouum verum se Patri offerens sacrificium non in templo cuius iam finita erat reuerentia nec intra septa ciuitatis ob meritum sui sceleris diruendae sed foris extra castra Vt veterum victimarum cessante mysterio noua hostia nouo Altari

the corruption of weake flesh which in afflictions and vnder the waight and burden of the Crosse murmureth against God like Iobs wife Iob 2. 9. and intermitteth prayer as though it were to no purpose to call vpon God to appease him being displeased And in truth the holie Saints doe oftentimes finde in the extremities of trials that their temptations are not only not lessened but rather increased and more sharper when they haue made petition for deliuerance or mitigation and then euery moment of differring comfort seemeth a deniall of helpe as in Dauids complaints how long how long Psal 13. 1. 2. and some learned doe thinke that Elias did then striue with the like temptation when he said heare me O Lord O Lord heare me 1. Kings 18. 37. Such as doe feele Gods heauie hand pressing them sometimes Doctrine perswade themselues that he neither seeth their miseries nor heareth their complaints nor remembreth to shew mercy and send deliuerance So Iob 16. 17. If I crie and he answere me yet would I not beleeue that he heard my voice for hee destroyeth mee with a tempest and woundeth mee without a cause for the bitternesse of the present suffering distafleth the sweetnesse of the comfort and the whole Church of Iudah in that great desolation mentioned 2. King 25. 4. when I crie and shoute he shutteth out my prayer Lament 5. 8. and Psal 77. 8. 9. is his mercy cleane gone for euer doth his promise faile for euermore hath God forgotten to be mercifull hath he shut vp his tender mercies in displeasure And truly of all temptations this is one of the greatest therefore the Wiseman Pro. 18. 14. maketh this question which is equiualent vnto it and in effect a negation A wounded soule who can beare it is too heauie a burthen for the strongest shoulders Vnder this Cain dispaired Gen. 4. 13. And Iudas oppressed with griefe did hang himselfe Math. 27. 5. and became a dreadfull spectacle to the world Acts 1. 18. And not long since g Totam illam historiam Epistolis aliquot cōplexus est Caelius Secundus Francis Spira after he had for feare denyed the truth was so deeply wounded in his conscience that he dyed in great discomfort interpreting all the sweete promises of Gods mercy against himselfe for a soule thus touched without especiall grace is skilfull in the owne accusation For the vse of this doctrine none can be more profitable Vse then to consider what medicines God hath prouided against such a wound in his word which is the soueraigne healing balme as Psal 107. 20. necessary to be knowen for oftentimes in great sicknesse and other extraordinary crosses weake and sinnefull men priuie to their owne offences and fearing the iust desert of them come to this plunge Therefore for helpe in this case first take hold of Gods generall promises of mercy as If thy sinnes be as red as Scarlet I will make them as white as wool if they were as blood they shal be as snow Esay 1. 18. Further As I liue saith the Lord I will not the death of the wicked but that he should turne from his way and liue Ezech. 33. 11. Thus God hath promised mercy and if it be not enough hath h O faelices quorum causa iurat Deus O miseros sinec iuranti eredimus Tertull. de patientia sworne it that so by two thinges immutable in which it is impossible hee should lie we might haue strong consolation Heb. 6. 18. Thus did Paul receiue comfort by applying the generall particular to himselfe and hath left an example of that heauenly Art to the faithfull for euer in that notable speech This is a true saying and worthy by all meanes to be receiued that Christ Iesus came into the world to saue sinners of whom I am the greatest notwithstanding for this cause was I receiued to mercie that Iesus Christ should first shew on i Paulus ex persecutore Christianorū Christi annunciator factus est vtilitas huius rei gesta haec est quanc ipse cōmemorat dicit enim ab hoc sibi veniam datam c. vt nemo de se desperet qui suerit magnis peccatis inuolutꝰ c. August serm de cōuersione Pauli Vide illius insig nem de hac materid tractatum in serm 10. de bis ipsis verbis Apost Sic Tantus Deus Tantum vt da ●et filium Tantillos mundū Tales Gratis quare Dilexit me all long suffering vnto the example of them which shall in time to come beleeue in him vnto eternall life 1. Tim. 1. 15. 16. for indeed he came to seeke and to saue that which was lost Luc. 19. 10. and calleth vs with an assurance of reliefe Math. 11. 28. therefore let vs goe with boldnesse vnto the Throne of grace not doubting to obtaine fauour in the time of need Hebr. 4. 16. Secondly consider the price by which you are redeemed it is not gold or siluer but the precious blood of Iesus Christ a Lambe immaculate and without spot 1. Pet. 1. 18. whom God of especiall fauour gaue for vs and therefore the Euangelist k vttereth this with a note of admiration and wonder So God loued the world that hee gaue his only begotten Sonne that all that beleeue in him should not perish but haue life euerlasting Ioh. 3. 16. and here in appeared his loue not in that we loued him but he loued vs first and gaue himselfe a reconciliation for our sinnes 1. Iohn 4. 10. for then we were weake sinners and his enimies Rom. 5. 7. 10. hee will not lose them l Hic est feuctus orationis Christi pro crucifixoribus Luc. 23. 34. Aug. in psal 93. sanguinē quē fuderunt saeuientes biberunt credentes facti sunt sequētes qui erant persequentes Idem de S. Stephano ser 4. Hae sunt primitiae quas Petrus Deo obsulit whom he hath so dearely bought for euen those are washed with that blood of Christ which they shed l as Acts 2. 37. and therefore euery Christian must grow to that resolution that he be perswaded that neither death nor life nor Angels nor Principalities nor Powers nor thinges present nor thinges to come nor heighth nor depth nor any other creatures shall be able to separate him from the loue of God which is in Christ Iesus our Lord. Rom. 8. 38. 39. Thirdly set before your eyes the examples of sinners whom God hath receiued into fauour as Adam resisting and laying the imputation of his transgression vpon God m 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 peccati in Deum haec vna nobiscum nata est Rhetorica himselfe The n 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Dorotheꝰ doctrina prima in Orthodoxographia woman whom thou gauest hath deceiued me yet vnto him neuer asking was preached the Gospell that the seede of the woman should breake the head of the Serpent Gen. 3. 15. Dauid obtaining pardon after his adulterie and murther