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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

vocat 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 dictam putat quasi 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 vs vpon whom the ends of the world are come 1. Cor. 10. 11. And this is that which our Sauiour Christ saith concerning the Galileans whose blood Pilate mingled with their sacrifices and those vpon whom the tower of Siloh fell and destroyed that the iudgement of those few should be the motiue to repentance in all Luc. 13. 3. And againe all examples of Gods mercy shewed to others ought to be incouragements of hope in vs so Dauid setteth this downe as a ruled case that he confessing against himselfe his wickednesse the Lord forgaue the punishment of his sinne Therefore should euery one that is godlie pray vnto him c. Psal 32. 6. appeale from iustice to mercy in assurance of obtayning fauour and S. Paul being a persecutor a blasphemer an oppressor and obtayning mercy would haue all that doe repent to take him for an k Dicit Paulus vnic uique agreto dese desperare volenti qui curauit me misit ad te dixit mihi illi desperāti vade dic quid habuisti quid in te sanaui quàm cito de coelo vocaui vna voce percussi deieci altera erexi elegi tertia impleui misi quarta liberaui coronaui vade dic aegrotis clama desperatis fidelis sermo est omnium acceptione dignus c. August serm decimo de verbis Apostoli c. example and a demonstration of the like 1. Tim. 1. 13 14 15 16 17. And these things are written for our comfort Rom. 15. 4. But with thee is mercy that thou mayest be feared The mistaking of one letter in the originall hath caused some l Vide Hieronimum in Epist ad Suniam Fretiaeam corruption both in the Greeke and old Latin translation especially yet that onlie made Authenticall by the late Tridentine m Sestio quarta Councell whereof can be gathered no conuenient sense as is apparant in the interpretations of the Fathers who haue laboured much to make some fitting exposition n Augustinus Gregoriꝰ Magnꝰ Innocentius 3. in hunc Psalmū wherefore to let these passe the Prophet here doth amplifie the mercy of God by the finall cause that thou mayest be feared Now this feare by a property of the Hebrew tongue signifieth the whole worship of God as Rom. 11. 20. Luc. 1. 50. Act. 10. 35. 2. Kings 17. 32. Esay 29. 13. and in infinite other places And this is that feare which the Schoolemen o Aquinas 2. 2. q. 19. art 2. Reinerius insumma Compend Alberti lib. 5. cap. 39. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Paedagog lib. 1. cap. 9. call filiall ioyned with reuerence as Clemens Alexandrinus speaketh vnder which is comprehended the true knowledge of iustice and mercy in God obedience to his will in the workes of the first and second Table and those holie duties cannot be performed of any but of those who doe acknowledge themselues sinners and God mercifull whose mercy is purchased by the obedience of Iesus Christ and offered by the preaching of the Gospel to those that doe beleeue for others they either exalt themselues puffed vp with the windie conceipts of their owne workes and merits as the Pharisee who counterfaiting fulnesse departed emptie Luc. 18. 14. or slie from God and imagine him to be only an inexorable and seuere iudge and so despaire as Cain Gen. 4. 3. Saul 1. Sam. 31. 4. Iudas Math. 27. 2. and such like but the godlie they come in humility and being priuie to their owne wants craue mercie as Abraham I am ashes Gen. 18. 27. And the Publican p Vim faciebat regno caelorum Publicanus ille qui dum non audet oculos ad cilum leuare ipsum caelum ad se potuit melinare Bernard serm de multipl vtilitate verbi Dei standeth a farre off not daring to approch nigh vnto the holie place nor to lift vp his eyes as ashamed for his offences but knocking his breast the secret closet of many sinnes vnknowne to others and maketh his confession that he is a sinner and putteth vp his suite Lord be mercifull vnto me Luc. 18. 13. Therefore not to stand longer vpon this point where it is said that with God is mercy that he may be feared here is expressed the end of his mercy and pardoning euen his worship and reuerence for none can truelie serue him but such as feele the benefit of the remission of their sinnes none doth glorifie him who is not first glorified of him and none is glorified but he who is iustified Wherefore the first effect of the forgiuenesse of sinne is sanctification or our glorification for which we must againe glorifie God not in that he standeth in neede to receiue anie honour from vs but that out dutie requireth it for because we are not our owne but bought with a price therefore must we glorifie God in our bodie and in our spirit for they are Gods 1. Cor. 6. 20. The doctrine of grace doth not giue the reine to licentiousnesse Doctrine of life nay the due consideration thereof is the streightest bridle to with-hold all sinne for therefore are we deliuered from the hand of our enimies that we might serue God in holinesse and righteousnesse all the daies of our life Luc. 1. 74. And the Apostle of purpose handling that Treatise of Gods mercy doth from it inforce new obedience and the practise of all religious carriage towards God our brethren and our selues for the grace of God that bringeth saluation to all men hath shined forth and teacheth vs to denie 〈◊〉 vngodlinesse and worldly lusts and to liue soberly iustly and godly in this present world looking for the blessed hope and waighting for the glorious appearance of Christ Iesus who gaue himselfe for vs that he might redeeme vs from all iniquitie to be a peculiar people vnto himselfe zealous of good workes Tit. 2. 11 12 13 14. and hauing laid downe the ground of our saluation in the riches of Gods mercy and greatnesse of his loue he buildeth thereupon the necessity of holie life for we are his workemanship created in Christ Iesus vnto good works which God hath ordayned that we should walke in them Ephes 2. 10. For they be the way to the Kingdome though not q Via regni non causa regnondi Bernardꝰ de gratia libero arbitrio the cause of obtayning the same which is not purchased by our good doings but prepared of Gods goodnesse for vs from the foundations of the world Math. 25. 34. And from hence are those vehement and so often repeated exhortations in Scripture to be blamelesse and pure and the Sonnes of God without rebuke in the middest of a naughtie and crooked generation and to shine as light in the world Phil. 2. 15. To walke in the spirit if we liue in the spirit Galat. 5. 25. To

cannot escape Of the beginnings of death for euen then so soone as he had offended his body was depriued of immortality and he begun by little and little and by degrees to be corrupted and returne to earth whereof he was made Secondly If God should punish man and yet pardon his sinne this were contrary both to his iustice and his mercy to his iustice for he hath accepted of the satisfaction made by Christ who hath payed the debt and acquited vs when he bare our sinnes vpon the tree and we were healed by his woundes 1. Pet. 2. 24. and therefore assured that he would remember our offences no more Ezech. 18. 22. To his mercy for it were cruelty to punish the innocent but so we are through the obedience of Christ his righteousnesse being imputed vnto vs 2. Cor. 5. 20. Wherefore to resolue vs that this his mercy is no halfe mercy speaking of our pardon and reconciliation he vseth words of the plurall number as Forgiuenesses y Deus condonationum Vide Wolphium in eum locum Nehem. 9. 17. Mercies Rom. 12. 1. Bowels of mercie Luc. 1. 78. And that our assurance might be the stronger he doth in a sort open vnto vs the treasures of his fauor that where sinne abounded there grace superabounded Rom. 5. 20. and therefore the Prophet layeth out the seuerall parts of our redemption where he saith not onely that Christ was wounded for our sinnes and broken for our transgressions but addeth also that the chastisement of our peace was laid vpon him Esay 53. 5. Thirdly in the time of Zedekiah it displeased God that when according to the couenant made the Iews had set free their seruants they repented of that deede and compelled them to returne and held them in subiection and therefore threatned a iudgement Ierem. 34. 11. 17. And then shall we thinke that there is vnrighteousnesse with God and that he will promise pardon of sinnes and liberty vnto the faithfull and yet impose vpon them punishment as a new enthrallment Nothing lesse and therefore when he offereth forgiuenesse of sinnes he vseth such wordes as doe include both the one and the other as to blot them out to wash them away Psa 51. 2. to remoue them so farre out of his sight as the East is from the West Psal 103. 12. to cast them behinde his backe Esay 38. 17. not to impute or lay them to our charge Psal 32. 2. In which forme of speech is a similitude borrowed from creditors who cannot comence suite or enter action against their debtors if the Obligation be once cancelled and the debt satisfied by whomsoeuer But Christ hath taken out of the way the hand-writing that was against vs Coloss 2. 14. we therefore haue obtained a quietus est and are freed Fourthly when we are commaunded to forgiue one another iniuries offered it is vrged by this reason As God hath forgiuen vs Colos 3. 12. Ephe. 4. 32. and so in the parable Mat. 18. 23. 35. Now this forgiuenes must not be with a retention of reuenge in vs but absolute as that of Iosephs to his brethren Gen. 50. 21. Therefore much more is perfite in God whose forgiuenes is the rule of ours ours not an equality but animitation of his As for those z Temporaliter hominem detinet paena ad demonstrationem miseriae ad emendationem labilis vitae ad exercitationem necessariae patientiae Augustinus tractat 124. in Iohannis Euangelium afflictions which God layeth vpon his children whose sinnes he hath pardoned and accepted into fauour they be no satisfactory punishments but admonitory chastisements and medicinall corrections First to put them in minde of the corruption of nature and the desert of sinne as 2. Sam. 12. ver 10. Secondly to make them more careful in the ordering of their liues and to watch ouer their wayes and this preseruatiue vertue Dauid acknowledgeth with a bonum est It is good for me O Lord that I haue beene in affliction for before I was troubled I went wrong but now haue I kept thy commaundements Psal 119. 71. Thirdly for the exercise of many holy vertues Patience Iob 1. 12. Prayer 2. Chron. 20. 12. Obedience Deut. 8. 2. and such like Fourthly they be examples to the wicked for if God beginne iudgement at his owne house what then shall be the end of those that doe not obey the Gospell 1. Pet. 4. 17. Therefore not vnaptly did a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. lib. 2. de orthodoxa fide cap. 29. Dispensatiua seu correctiuaest qua Deus descrit salutis correctionis causa in gloriam sui nominis perfecta cum Deo vniuersa ad salutem faciente incorrigibilis manet home Iusto Iudicio deseritur a superna Gratia Vide Pelargum in Damascenum Clictoneū veterē commentatorem Corripit Deus vt emendot emendat vt seruet Cyprianus li. 4. Epist 4. Damascene call them instructing Desertions teaching man to know both God and himselfe for euen Israel when he is fat will forget God Deut. 32. 15. Therefore God doth correct those who be his in the world that they might not be condemned with the world 1. Cor. 11 32. Before pardon they be punishments after they be exercises for God doth not deale with vs according to our sinnes neyther reward vs according to our iniquities Psal 103. 10. Vse There is no place therefore left for humane satisfaction first for our works if they be good they are not of vs but Gods who works both the wil and the b Deus inspirat assectum essectum Augustinus Epist 105. vide praetcrea illum in Enchiridio cap. 32. et Ambrosium lib. 1. de vocat Gentium cap 2. deed according to his good pleasure Phil. 2. 13. His preuenting mercy preparing the will and his following mercy effecting the worke Secondly as they proceed from vs they are defiled for there is none that doth good and sinneth not Eccles 7. 21. and our righteousnesse is as the defiled cloath of a menstruous woman Esay 64. 6. Thirdly they are duty for wee are Gods workmanship created of him vnto good workes that wee should walke in them Ephes 2. 10. And come short of that which we ought to performe and therefore must acknowledge that wee are vnprofitable c Et in veritate humilitate nam vae nisi secissemus Bernardus in Psal Qui habitat serm 4. ser de triplici custodia manus linguae cordis seruants Luc. 17. 10. and pray with Dauid Enter not into iudgment with thy seruants O Lord for no flesh can be iustified in thy sight Psal 143. 2. Wherefore we must appeale from iustice to mercy that wee may be found not in our selues but in Christ not hauing our owne righteousnesse but his Philip. 3. 9. whom God hath set forth to be a reconciliation through faith in his blood to declare his righteousnesse by the forgiuenesse of sinnes Rom. 3. 25. and is made