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A68672	Certaine sermons, vpon seuerall texts of Scripture: preached by that reuerend and faithfull seruant of Iesus Christ M. Robert Rollok, minister of the Church (and rector of the Colledge) of Edinburgh. Whereof the first eleuen were before published, and the remnant seuen, are newly adjoyned thereunto; Certaine sermons upon severall places of the Epistles of Paul	Rollock, Robert, 1555?-1599.; Charteris, Henry, 1565-1628.; Arthur, William, fl. 1606-1619.	1616 (1616)	STC 21272; ESTC S116139	202,286	389

the bodie As to the qualitie of the rewarde it is proportionall to that which thou hast done in the bodie bee it good or euill if it bee good thou shalt bee rewarded with glorie if euill thou shalt bee rewarded with ignominie and shame To insist something vpon the last wordes because the Papistes sticke to them and thinke they haue an aduantage of this place when they heare that euerie one shall receiue according to the thinges which they haue done in the flesh incontinent they conclude ERGO workes merites I answere Euill workes indeede merite damnation and damnation shall bee thy portion for them if thou bee out of IESVS but good workes haue no merite in all thy good workes there is no deseruing althogh they were ten thousand more than they are There is force enough in an euill work to condemne thee but in a thousand good workes no force to saue The Apostle saieth not heere They shall receiue a rewarde for that which they haue done but according as they haue done hee saieth not Propter making workes a cause but Secundum that is according to the testification of the works But to leaue the larger insisting in this as more pertinent to another place and to come to our purpose Weigh the wordes for euerie worde is a worde of weight importing a terrible Iudgement an Appearing a necessitie of appearing an vniuersall appearing without exception no respect of persons of the king more than of the begger no mitigation of the seueritie of the Iudge c. CHRIST will haue no mitigation but if thou bee a reprobate thou wilt bee handled seuerelie albeit thou bee a king The judgement then being so terrible the Iudge CHRIST must also bee terrible And so the Apostle saieth Knowing therefore that terrour of the LORD c. And all this is to learne euerie soule not so to presume of the mercie of CHRIST that thou shalt thinke to finde Him mercifull in that daye except that thou hast studied to bee acceptable vnto Him in this life and canst say LORD I EMPLOY MY SELFE IN SERVING THEE Away with that presumption of mercie which maketh the lowne when hee is mu●thering and committing adulterie to say GOD is mercifull Hauing set downe the terrible Iudgement hee concludeth what he will doe in his owne person Is the judgement and Iudge so terrible I will bee wise the LORD giue vs this wisedome Knowing saith Paul that terrour of the LORD I will do my duetie in this life My duetie is to preach to bring men to the faith in CHRIST I will walke in the discharge of that duetie night and day Hee saith Knowing perfectlie that terrour of the LORD It is not a blinde terrour that will make a man to doe his duetie in this life but it is the knowledge of a Tribunall to belieue that there is a Iudge and a Tribunall in Heauen and that there is a most terrible day abyding And if a mā belieued that there is a Tribunall in Heauen a terrible Iudge sitting there to take account of his doinges in earth for all the worlde hee would not offende that GOD but this cannot sinke in the heart of man Hee will say there is a generall judgement but this is from the mouth onely and not from the heart and surely as long as a man continueth in sinne albeit hee should sweare that there is a Tribunall it is a token hee knoweth it not The wordes of judgement auaile nothing it is the belieuing and sure knowledge that there is a judgement and a terrible Iudge to sinners in Heauen that doth the turne Therefore seeke perswasion and looke to that Article of thy Creede that the Iudge shall come and take account both of the quicke the dead Belieue it and then it shall draw thee to liue a godly life Knowing therefore that terrour of the LORD wee perswade men or cause them belieue Hee saieth not I goe to play the part of a king or of a politicke man I am busie in this or that turne that appertaineth not to my calling No but according to my calling I preach the Gospell to perswade men to belieue in CHRIST that they may bee saued To speake the trueth it is not thy labouring and doing in any other mans calling that will profite thee but thou art ordained by GOD to doe thy duetie in thine owne calling and when the account of thy deedes shall bee taken in that Great day hee shall not say what hast thou done in another mans calling but what hast thou done in thine owne I made thee a Minister howe hast thou traueled in that vocation Therefore I saye as euerie man would bee readie to giue an account of his doinges let euerie man bee diligent in his owne vocation seeking the glorie of GOD therein Nowe it might haue beene saide to Paul Thou boastest much of thy doing and preaching but looke with what sinceritie thou hast beene occupied and with what vprightnesse of heart thou hast beene preaching in thy life time He answereth and first hee taketh GOD to bee witnesse of the sinceritie of his heart in discharging his Ministerie and then hee taketh the Corinthians among whome hee had traueled to bee witnesse also of his sinceritie As for GOD hee saieth We are made manifest vnto GOD And as for men I trust also I am made manifest in your consciences Hee taketh first GOD to bee witnesse who knoweth the heart and then the Corinthians who sawe his actions Then Brethren it is not enough for a Minister that preacheth CHRIST as Paule doeth for to perswade men to belieue in CHRIST to speake outwardlie to men as I am now speaking to you but hee must looke in the meane time that inwardlie his heart be set vpon GOD that is looke that he approoue his heart in sinceritie to GOD who seeth the heart Men marke the wordes that come out of the mouth but GOD marketh the sinceritie of the heart to see with what sinceritie the man speaketh This that I speake of Paul in his calling I meane of all other men in their callings Doest thou anie thing outwardlie to men looke that thou doe it inwardlie in thine heart with sinceritie to GOD otherwise thou losest all thy trauell albeit it were neuer so good in the presence of men Of this it followeth al these are but vaine voyces to stand vp and say I haue done this thing or that thing To speake to men who knowe not the heart except in the meane time as thou art speaking vnto men thou mayest draw the LORD to bee witnesse as Paule doeth to the sinceritie of thine heart and may say I haue beene traueiling with what sinceritie the LORD knoweth that which I haue done I haue done it in sinceritie not being content to call GOD onelie to bee witnesse he turneth him to the Corinthians and he appealeth their consciences to beare recorde of his sinceritie in his doing and hee saieth As for you Corinthians speaking sparingly I trust

Starres Then it is not the loue of GOD the Creator that doeth this and is the ground of this bountifulnesse and of our life in Him but it is a speciall kinde of loue It is that loue that proceedeth of GOD the Sauiour It is not the loue of a Creator but of a Father not to the creature but to the sonne GOD loueth His sonne better than Hee doeth His creature He loueth vs as His sonnes If there were no further loue of GOD but as Hee is a Creator thou durst neuer crie Abba Father and except the Spirit spreade abroade into our heartes that loue which Hee beareth vnto vs for all the world thou durst not appeare before Him The time is set downe when Hee hath saued vs when His singular loue appeared in the world Hee saued vs beeing manifested in the fleshe Then it followeth that wee were lost and gone when GOD of His loue put to His hand and saued vs wee were out of our right wit rebelles to GOD wauering and vagabunding out of the right waye slaues to our owne lustes Whome count yee lost if these be not lost I will neuer count of a reprobate person who is giuen ouer to filthinesse to harlotrie to murther to oppression to mischiefe c. I will neuer count of him but as a madde desperate and lost bodie when hee is walking abroade and moouing in the world hee is but a dead carcasse and if hee come to GOD againe in mercie it may bee saide There is a dead bodie turned to life Hast thou followed harlotrie repentest thou thou hast bene dead in sinne but now thou art aliue The lost sonne when hee had spended his childes-part of goods yet he repented and came home to his father againe his father saieth Hee that was dead is liuing againe Luke 15. 24. So in a worde wee were lost men Thinkest thou that thou art not lost because thou canst breathe And thinkest thou a man not dead if hee can walke vpon the streete Thinkest thou thy selfe verie well if thou haue these vitall motions in thee O but suppose thou hadst all the naturall liues in the world if thou bee giuen ouer to thine owne affections and leauest not off thine olde sinnes and iniquities thou art a madde and a dead bodie Began then that loue towardes man only to appeare when Christ came into the world I answere The loue of God the Father appeared manifested it selfe in some measure to the godlie euen before Christ came into the world God forbid but this loue had bene apparēt vnto Abraham and the rest of the godly before the incarnation of our Sauiour But at the comming of Christ it manifested it selfe more brightly than euer it did before for al His loue of before was in Christ to come but now since He came into the world the loue of God towards mankind hath appeared in greater aboundance The Lord grant vs an apprehension and sight of this loue that at the least wee maye striue to loue Him againe who hath loued vs so dearly in His Sonne IESVS CHRIST Nowe hee sheweth by what meanes this our saluation is procured at the handes of GOD hee telleth you by what meanes we are not saued Net saith he by the workes of righteousnesse which wee had done The meanes by the which we are not saued is our owne just works thou art not saued by thy just works leane to them as thou wilt I will promise thee in the name of that Great God they shall neuer saue thee Can a man that is mad and a rebell to GOD and a slaue to his owne lustes doe such works as may procure saluation But such were we saith the Apostle therefore wee can deserue nothing by our workes Fie on thee Papist with thy merites fie on the works of preparation can a madde man prepare himselfe for grace No such thing I tell you when GOD put to His hand to our saluation Hee founde no matter in vs of our saluation but damnation When GOD beginneth to loue Hee findeth no matter of loue in vs but of hatred And this commendeth the greatnes of His loue towards vs when He seeth nothing in vs but matter of damnation yet Hee of His free grace mercy loueth vs saueth vs Rō 5. 8. This setteth out His loue highly towards vs when that we were sinners He sent Christ to die for vs therefore seek not thy saluation neither before thou be in Christ nor after thou art in Him by y ● merite of works for thou shalt neuer get it y t way but thou shalt still be the further from it the more thou seekest it by that meane Then if good works be not the meane what is the meane The Apostle ●aith He hath saued vs according to His mercy These are flat contrary The mercy of God the merit of man If thou be saued by y ● mercy of God thē no merit because thy merite is not able to saue thee The first fountaine of our saluation is loue after loue commeth on mercy then pitie and compassion in His mercie presupponeth miserie Mercie is shewed to the miserable creature GOD seeing vs miserable madde rebelles following our own crooked affections beginneth to bee pitifull and to haue compassion of vs. Yee knowe mercie and pitie followeth vpon loue For when wee loue any one and see him in miserie then wee haue pitie vpon him if thou hate him suppose hee were in neuer so great miserie thou wilt not pitie him Then GOD seeing vs wrapped in sinne and miserie He hath pitie upon vs which pitie proceedeth of loue and with loue and pitie concurreth His power Wee will lone one and see him lie in miserie when it will passe our power to relieue him but GODS power is alwayes effectuall to deliuer all them who are subject to misery if once He extende His loue and compassion towardes them Then the cause of our saluation is in GOD onlie and no part in man who is saued The first cause is the loue of GOD which is the fountaine The next cause is mercie for ere euer this worlde was created GOD of His mercie tooke a purpose to saue vs. The Apostle saieth Ephes 1. 4. Hee purposed of Himselfe Hee sawe no thing in vs wherefore He should take purpose to saue vs. And when Hee commeth on to the execution of that eternall purpose of our saluation there is nothing in vs but all is in Himselfe for He is all-sufficient Himselfe and nothing is without Him The ende wherefore He died all of Himselfe without vs was to the praise of the glorie of His grace Ephes 1. 6. that thereby the whole glorie of our saluation might redounde to Him onelie because the cause is onelie in Him Thou that takest anie part in it and attributest it vnto thy selfe thou spoylest GOD of His glorie Either giue Him all the glorie of this action or take it all to thy selfe this glorie is too heauie for thee if thou

without all impediment shall cry with the blessed Angels Holy holy holy is y e God of heauē the Whole World is full of his glory There shall it find in his countenance saciety of ioy and at his right hand pleasures for euer Marke here last I shal end with it that the seeling of the mercy of God in Iesus Christ bringeth out obedience chearful seruice of God yea of al argumēts to moue a man to abstein from sin to serue the Lord with pleasure that is y e most pithie forcible The shame of y e world the feare of temporal judgement the horror of conscience the feare of the paines of hel wil not be so steadable it may be ● they represse raging lusts furious affections ●●r a time but they wil not mortify sin slay corruptiō wil neuer cause a man with pleasure to serue obey God but if a man hath foūd ● God hath loued him so well that he hath giuē his only son to dy that he might liue it is not possible but that mā in some measure wil set himself with alacrity chearfulnes to serue God Therfore the Apostle whē he wold perswade christiās to abstein from sin to serue God what argument vseth he chiefly read Rom. 12. 1. he proponeth the mercy of God offering Iesus to die for them for there hee saith I beseech you brethrē through the mercies of God ● ye offer vp your selues a liuing sacrifice therfore if thou wouldest couet to do y e Lords wil chearfully pray the Lord that he would not so much threatē thee propone terrors to thee as that he would make thee sensible of His mercies in Iesus Christ The vaine Papist speakes litle or nothing almost to the people of this mercy of God in Iesus Christ but propones to the people the pains of hell fire of purgatory to stay them from sin to make them serue God and do good works but if there be no more it wil neuer make them to bring forth such obedience as either is acceptable to God or yet profitable to themselues The Lord therfore make vs to bee sensible of his vnspeakeable loue in Iesus that wee may set our selues with pleasure to serue and glorify him here that so we may be assured that hee shall glorify vs in the kingdome of Heauen which Iesus hath purchased to vs by his precious blood To this Iesus with the Father the H. Spirit be all praise honor and glory for euer Amen THE XIII SERMON PSALME CXXX verse 5 I haue waited on the LORD my soule hath waited and I haue trusted in His word verse 6 My soule waiteth on the LORD more than the morning watch watcheth for the morning verse 7 Let Israel wait on the LORD for with the LORD is mercie and with Him is great redemption verse 8 And He shall redeeme Israel from all his iniquities WELBELOVED in the LORD IESVS The last day we diuided this Psalme into these three partes First the proposition whosoeuer hee was that writ this Psalme hee maketh mention and rehearsall of that prayer that hee made to his God in the time of his great danger and this hee doeth to the fift verse Then finding in experience a comfortable answere and howe good a thing it was to pray to God and to waite on Him he professeth that as before he had awaited on Him so still in time comming hee woulde awaite on Him and this hee doeth to the seuenth verse In the third and last part he turneth him to Israel to the Church and exhorteth them to await on God as hee had done promising them mercie and redemption from all their iniquities if they would awaite on Him The last day we ended the first part so wee haue now to follow out the other two parts which remaine Then as for the second The prophet finding in experience the fruite of his prayer hee professeth that hee will yet still waite on the Lord I haue waited on the Lord my soule hath waited and I haue trusted in His word As though he would saye I depend yet still on His word for the presence of the Lord that wee haue in this life is in His worde and in His Holy Spirite that accompanieth it So all the dependance we haue on GOD is in His worde and promise Take that away and then wee haue no sight no presence no faith here till wee see Him face to face Yet the wordes are better to bee marked hee saith I haue waited on the Lord Then hee saith My soule hath waited on the Lord as if he woulde saye I haue not awaited on the Lord onely with my bodily eyes but with mine heart and secrete inward affections I haue depended on Him from my verie heart For Brethren marke it well It is the heart of a man or woman that draweth GOD downe from Heauen sucketh in His presence Marueilous is the power that a faithful heart hath when it sendeth vp sighes and sobbes to Heauen for grace to pull down Gods presence and grace if there be no more but the eye it will not doe the turne but where the Spirit of the Lord dwelleth in the heart it maketh it to ●igh with sobbes that cannot be expressed It is not possible but GOD who giueth His Spirite to no man in vaine and who knoweth the meaning of His owne Spirite will grant that for which the Spirit maketh intercession Paul in the 8. chap. to the Rom. setting downe the waiting on of the godly how they wait on the Lord he setteth downe both the forceable operation of Gods Spirit in our hearts as also the fruit of his operation Wee sigh in our selues waiting for the adoption euen the redemption of our bodies there the vvaiting on of the godly is conjoyned vvith sighes and sobbes Then after hee letteth vs see what followeth vpon that What to seeke wee knowe not but when the Spirite of the Lord interceadeth for vs with sighes and sobbes vnspeakeable then the Lord who searcheth the heart knoweth the meaning of His owne Spirit granteth that thing for the which the Spirite maketh intercession for what els meaneth that vnspeakeable joye vvhich many a time the Saincts of God finde before they haue ended their prayers but that their prayers are fauourably accepted What meaneth that vnspeakeable joy when he saith Belieuing we rejoyce with joy vnspeakeable and glorious That joye witnesseth that the Lord giueth his presence for there is a sure ground There is no true joy but in the presence of God and so the joy testifieth to thee that thou sighest not so soone but the Lord giueth his presence to thee Now when hee hath saide My soule hath waited then he subjoyneth I will waite still vpon His word I will hold vp mine eare to Heauen as it were and heare what He wil speake vnto me There is no consolation nor joy in this world but in the hearing of His