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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A62447	The treasures of the sea A sermon to the mariners upon Deut. XXXIII. xviii, xix. And of Zabulun, he said, Rejoice Zabulun in thy ports, and Issachar in thy tents. They shall call the people unto the mountain, there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treaures hid in the sand.	Thomson, William, d. 1699.	1683 (1683)	Wing T1036A; ESTC R203769	22,323	44

Industry and being blessed by thy goodness may bring many Souls to thee and maintain True Doctrine and Holy Discipline in thy Church till the second coming of Christ our Saviour The tenth is Charitable beneficence to the houshold of Faith as witnesseth S. Paul Phil. 4. 18. I received the things that were sent an odour of a sweet smell a Sacrifice acceptable to God But the first is that alone which can make the rest acceptable before God and without which the Prayers of the most devout the blood of the Martyrs the alms of the most Charitable and the Religion of all mankind were ineffectual to their Salvation It is by this Sacrifice alone our sins are wash'd our natures purified our duties rewarded and the Christian Faith secured of the glories of Eternity O blessed Jesus O Eternal Son of God! Who can sufficiently admire this mystery or adore thy goodness Who can sufficiently extol thy incomprehensible love who gavest not thy Wealth not thy Brethren not thy Kindred not thy Angels but thy self God and Man for us Sinners and Enemies Pious Devotions have been carried into many admirable raptures in the contemplation of this sublime Mystery but none seems to have gone higher than that of Origen who urges this great High Priest to have offer'd himself not for man only but to have tasted death 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 extending the merits and efficacy of his passion to the Stars otherwise impure in the sight of God and therefore in need to be cleansed that so all things might be restored to the Kingdom of the Father Orig. in Evang. Joh. And which S. Paul seems highly to favour in that famous place of Col. 1. 19 20. For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell and having made peace through the Blood of his Cross by him to reconcile all things unto himself by him I say whether they be things in Earth or things in Heaven If this be so we need not break the Glasses of Galiloeo the spots may be washed out of the Sun and total nature sanctified unto God that made it However this may be it is safest for us to attend to Holy Scriptures telling us Heb. 9. that the Son of God offer'd through the Eternal Spirit this Sacrifice upon the Cross to purge our Consciences from dead works to serve the living God And he is not now enter'd into the holy places made with hands but into heaven it self now to appear in the presence of God for us Which is to say in effect that Christ offered himself a Sacrifice upon the Cross which because it was perfect and infinitely meritorious could be but one and that but once but because the needs of the World should last as long as the World it self it was necessary there should be a perpetual Ministry establisht whereby this one sufficient Sacrifice should be made for ever effectual to the several new arising needs of all the World To this end Christ was made a Priest for ever not that he should offer himself often For then must he often have suffer'd since the foundation of the World Heb. 9 25. But being ascended into Heaven he there represents and exhibits to the Father the great effective Sacrifice which he offer'd on the Cross to eternal and never failing purposes And as Christ is pleas'd to represent to his Father that great Sacrifice as a means of atonement and expiation for all mankind and with special purposes for all the elect all that serve him in holiness So he has appointed that the same ministry shall be done on Earth too in our manner and according to our promotion And therefore he chose first the Fisher-men of Galilee to offer the Sacrifices of Righteousness and has ever since preserved in his Church an order of men who by shewing forth the Lords death by Sacramental representation may pray unto God after the same manner that our Lord and High Priest does that is offer to God and represent in this most solemn Prayer and Sacrament Christ as once for all offer'd already upon the Altar of the Cross So sending up a gracious instrument whereby our Prayers may for his sake and in the same manner of Intercession be offer'd up to God in our behalf and for all them for whom we pray to all those purposes for which Christ died And as the Holy Priests do in a Sacramental manner present to God the Sacrifice of the Cross by being Imitators of Christs Intercession So the people are Sacrificers too in their manner For that besides in saying Amen they join in the Act of him that ministers and make it also to be their own So when they worthily receive the Holy Eucharist they receive Christ within them and therefore may also offer him to God while in their Sacrifice of Obedience and Thanksgiving they present themselves to God with Christ whom they have Spiritually received that is themselves with that which will make them gracious and acceptable The offering their Bodies and Souls and services to God in him and by him and with him who is his Fathers well-beloved and in whom he is well pleased cannot but be acceptable to all the purposes of blessing grace and glory And this is the Sacrifice of Righteousness the Mincha purum spoken of by the Prophet Malachi 1. 11. From the rising of the Sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles and in every place Incense shall be offer'd unto my name and a pure offerring For my name shall be great among the Heathen saith the Lord of Hosts Wherefore let us all exult in that mystical expression of the Son of Barachiah Zech. 9. 17. How great is his goodness and how great is his beauty Corn shall make the young men cheerful and new Wine the Maidens 3. They shall suck of the abundance of the Seas and of Treasures c. Those as hath been noted before how study mystical senses of Holy Scripture refer all this to the Doctrine of Christ and the calling of his Apostles For in these parts he was not only much conversant himself but also chose many of his Disciples and Followers who though in their own persons they did not suck of the abundance of the Seas or treasures of the Sand i. e. the Riches and Emoluments of the two Elements yet they did in the Body which they built and in the persons of their Successors the Bishops and Pastors of the Church For when Emperours and Kings became Proselytes of the Gospel they became kind to the Church and she became rich by their Donations The wealth of all Seas flowed into the bosome of the Church and the Treasures of all Lands was laid at the feet of the servants of Jesus Then was fulfilled that of the Prophet Isa 60. 4 5. Lift up thine eyes round about and see all they gather themselves together they come to thee thy Sons shall come from far and thy daughters