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A04028	A sermon vpon part of the second chapter of the first epistle of S. Iohn: Preached by Thomas Ingmethorp. The summe whereof is briefly comprised in this hexameter ...	Ingmethorpe, Thomas.	1598 (1598)	STC 14086; ESTC S106261	22,018	51

truely loveth him truely keepeth his commandements hath not only Christ but also the father restaunt and dwelling in him which is the assured salvation of man and procureth that glorie bringeth that blisse with it which al the glorie and blisse of this worlde is not able to mach or counter-vaile how notable soever Thus the Apostle after the example of Christ considering how dull and lumpish we are vnto every thing that good is vseth most forcible motiues as sharpe spurres to pricke vs forewarde and as strong ropes to drawe vs on to the performance of those thinges which hee would induce vs vnto And because it is the cast of every body be they never so destitute of grace never so bereft of Gods holy spirite vnto every good worke reprobate to pretend themselues never the lesse to bee of the number of those which are incorporate into Christ and have CHRIST abiding in them therefore to discover their maske and plucke the visard of hypocrisie cleane awaie from their faces hee taketh occasion thereby to inculcate to vrge and grate vpon their duety againe saying 6. He that saith he remaineth in him ought even so to walke as hee hath walked This is the other reason and is like that which he made before in the 1. chapter of the light He that will be ioyned coupled togither with God must indevour to resemble him in conditions but God is light and in him is no darkenesse at all therefore hee that will bee one with God must walke in the lighte of vertue and trueth and not in the darckenesse of ignorance and sin By a like reason he teacheth here that such as will be Christians must imitate the example of Christ tread in his steps But the argument carries the more force with it by reason of the streight coniunction wherin we are cōbined with Christ For it is the work of faith that we are grassed into Christ and receiue againe from him of his spirite by meane whereof it commeth to passe that in all our behauiour there appeareth a liuely picture of the life of Christ Which vnion Sainte Paule hauing an eie vnto saith thus I liue Gal. 2.20 yet not I now but Christ liueth in mee But how can they walke otherwise then Christ hath walked in whome Christ by his spirite liveth For the spirite of Christ is neuer idle but where it is there it doeth regenerate mortifie the lustes of the flesh and resist sinne Nowe the manner of CHRISTS walking and what kinde of life he lead on earth is faithfully described by the Evangelistes in the Gospell whatsoever therfore wee finde inrow led there of him it behooveth vs if we will not glory of his name in vaine to transporte the same by imitation into our liues and conversation Surely synce Christians borrow their name of Christ it is meete requisite and our bounden duty that wee shoulde be as diligent in learning his doctrine that wee may knowe what to professe so carefull in observing his dooings that wee may adorne and bewtyfie our profession with Godly demeanour It is a shame for any man to professe himselfe to be a scrivener if he cannot vse his penne or a souldier cānot handle his weapon none can wel claime the title without the effects None can well take the name of a preacher except he bee able by the word of God to teach cōvince correct instruct nor of a Carpenter except he can hewe and square and plaine and frame and foyne the timber together so cannot yee bee Christians except yee bring-forth the workes of Christians A Christian is no mathematicall fantasie but an essentiall thinge It is a name of equity of iustice of trueth mercy integrity chastity wisedome patience humblenes devotion neither can ye of right chalenge the name if yee bee voide of the workes He is a Christian that suteth himselfe in all pointes vnto the fashiō of Christ We read in Mathew of S. Peter that as hee sate in the Hall Mat. 27.69 a maide came to him sayinge thou also wast with Iesus of Galile vers 71. And when hee went out into the porch another maide sawe him and saide vnto them that were there This man was with Iesus of Nazareth vers 73. After a while came vnto him they that stoode-by and saide vnto Peter surelye thou art also one of them for even thy speech bewraieth thee Even so my brethren in like sort should bee our manners and carriage our words and our deedes and all our actions of life in loue in ioy in peace long-suffring gentlenesse goodnesse meekenesse temperance and all other good-works and fruites of the holy ghost that all that see vs may bee inforced streight to say of vs that wee bee Christians havinge our whole life in all partes and every lineament thereof so far forth as the frailty of our humane estate and condition will permit squa red by the patterne of Christs example Such in olde time was the life of all that marched vnder Christs banner Iohn Baptist was a burning and a shininge candle Ioh. 5.35 S. Paul an example of integrity Act. 9.36 Dorcas full of good workes and almes deedes Phil. 3.15 The Philippians shone as lightes in the worlde their liues did testifie what they were Iustine Martyr witnesseth of himselfe that hee was first converted to the faith of Christ for the liking that bee had of the innocente and godly life of Christian men But if all that this day professe the name of CHRIST were weyed in this ballance were examined and tryed by this touch-stone alas alas howe many of vs woulde bee founde too light How few would prooue currant Christians What one is there amongest an hundreth that setteth himselfe to followe the president of Christs example to walke in his steppes to liue his life nay whome hath not Sathā that old Serpent brought to his bent trained to his lure wryed to his crooked by as It is recorded of a running Musition that setting his schollers to a rude minstrill to learne musique of him Bishoppe Iuell beefore they went he gaue them this caveat by the way whatsoever ye see your master doe before you see that yee avoide it and doe the contrary hee is but a bungler and his lessons and manner of fingring naught To vse a like comparison betweene vnlike persons wee come to schoole to Christ to learne of him how wee ought to liue but wheras we should followe him in all thinges hee being the onely expresse samplar and rule of all Godlinesse it seemeth by the whole trade and course of our life that wee deale by him as the Musition hade his schollers doe by the bad minstrell For looke whatsoever wee see Christ hath done before vs wee goe as nere as wee can to doe the cleane contrary as by laying his doings and ours together will most manifestly appeare Hee was holy we sinfull he heavenly we earthly he spirituall we carnall he

A SERMON VPON PART OF THE SEcond chapter of the first epistle of S. Iohn Preached by THOMAS INGMETHORP The summe whereof is briefly comprised in this Hexameter Omne tulit punctum qui 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 miscuit arti He beares the bell awaie that liues as he doth safe Iohn 13.17 If yee knowe these thinges blessed are ye if yee doe them At Oxford printed by IOSEPH BARNES Printer to the Vniversitie 1598. TO THE WORSHIPFVL MASTER THOMAS FLIT one of the head-magistrates of the Citie of Worcester T. I. wisheth increase of all thinges appertaining both to this life and to the life to come SIR being importuned by diverse for the publishing of this Sermon which as they protested not without some fruite they had hearde mee preach I haue condescended at length vnto their desire The rather for that by dedicating the same vnto your worship I might be occasioned as I thought to giue-forth some testimony of my good-will and thankefulnes towardes you to whom I am so deepely beholding so many waies indebted If there were no other thing but this that at the Fonte you vouch-safed to vndertake for me I should over-shoote my selfe far if I did not thinke very dutifully of you but seeing that ever since you haue enameld as it were embroidered that graund-benefite with infinite other kindnesses from time to time as occasion was ministred Surely if I should not lay holde of every opportunity whereby I might reflect any tokē of an affectionate minde I were highly to blame yea my own cōscience would appeach and vpbraid me of foule ingratitude Such therefore as it is I do here offer present vnto you Desiring you to esteeme of it not according to the simple workemāship which hath beene mine but according to the worth value of the stuffe which hath bin all I dare assure you digged-out of the most precious mine of Gods word My trust is the goodnes of the one will bee alwaies able to counter-peise the rudenes of the other God blesse you preserue you that you may long liue to be a principall stay ornament to that worthy Citie my natiue nest Where how sore you will be missed whensoever it shall please the Lord to translate you from it vnto himselfe wee may take a scantling no disparagement to any by the exceeding greate steede you long haue and daily doe stand it in And thus recommending this homely present vnto your good acceptation and you and yours to the most gracious tuition and patronage of the Almighty I take my leaue From Stainton in the streete in the Bishopricke of Durrham the 1. of March 1597. Your VVorships in the Lord THOMAS INGMETHORP TO THE READER HEre hast thou gentle Reader this simple Sermon of mine made at the first for the hearing of few but nowe by request set-forth to the common view For my part Novi quàm sit mihi c●●ta supellex truely I never meant it but when frindes be set-on a thing they are importunate and wil not be saide nay Indeede it would better fitte my note-booke then the presse yet if it shall please thee to giue it the reading I doubt neither of thy profiting by it nor of thy well accepting of it It is no seditious pamphlet to raise mutinie nor amarous toye to nourish wantonnesse which the more thou perusest the more thou abusest thy time and the more they affect the the more they infect thee but a sounde and serious discourse of holy Scripture wherein is sounded as with a shrill trumpet a retraite from sinne and men put in minde to ioyne vertue and truth knowledge and practice repentāce and faith a Godly life and a good beleefe together vppon which two pointes as vppon two poles the whole skie of Christianitye is turned God giue thee grace to followe the whole some coūsell therein delivered to his glory and thy comfort through Iesus Christ. T. I. It is written in the second chapter of the first epistle of S. Iohn the third fourth sift and sixt verses 3. Hereby we are sure that we knowe him if we keepe his commandements 4. He that saith I knowe him and keepeth not his commandements is a lyer and the truth is not in him 5. But he that keepeth his worde in him is the loue of God perfect indeede hereby wee knowe that wee are in him 6. He that saith he remaineth in him ought even so to walke as he hath walked THis portiō of Scripture welbeloved in the Lorde consisteth of two partes of a proposition and a confirmation The proposition in effect importeth thus much that the knowledge and faith of Christ if it bee of the right stampe indeede is never solitary but alwaies accompanied with the keeping of Gods cōmādements whereby as a tree by the fruit it is discerned being conteined in these words Hereby wee are sure that wee knowe him if wee keepe his commaundementes He that saith I knowe him and keepeth not his commandements is a lier and the trueth is not in him The confirmation standeth vpō two reasons the one drawne frō the effectes wher it is said But he that keepeth his word in him is the loue of God perfect indeede Hereby we knowe that we are in him The other derived frō the example of Christ in the clause following He that faith her remaineth in him ought even so to walke as hee hath walked The scope and drift of all is to beare downe the vanitie of those men which professing the name of Christ lived not with stāding vnchristianly to the manifest flaunder and derogation of the same Wherein as in a glasse or mirrour by waie of reflection we may behold the spots of our owne deformity whose cōversation being compared with our profession is for the most part no more consonāt therevnto then the harsh iars of discord to the sweet harmony of musique as if they had made a wager which should varie most either frō other Touthing the vniting of which divisiō motiō hath bin made so often so earnestly both heere and elsewhere that it may seeme but a needeles or booteles office to solicite the same agame Howbeit as the Phisition never ceaseth to minister till his sicke paciēt be wholy recovered even so it behoveth vs the Lordes Phisitions daily to applie the most wholesome medicine of Gods word till the maladie of sin wherwith mens soules are sore diseased be throughly healed and recured But before I come to the particular points let vs praie c. 3. Hereby we are sure that we knowe him if wee keepe his commandements 4. He that saith I knowe him and keepeth not his commandements is a her and the trueth is not in him This is the proposition as I saide is cōtrived if ye marke of an excellent Antithesis A figure of speech very familiar with S. John both in his Gospel and Epistles not so much for perspicuitie as vehemencie sake Hereby we are sure that we know him that