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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02036	Pauls crovvne of reioycing. Or The maner how to heare the word with profit. By Thomas Granger preacher of the word at Botterwike in Holland, neere Boston in Lincolnshire; Pauls crowne of rejoycing.	Granger, Thomas, b. 1578.	1616 (1616)	STC 12182; ESTC S114984	43,435	71

PAVLS CROVVNE OF REIOYCING OR The manner how to heare the Word with profit By THOMAS GRANGER preacher of the word at Botterwike in Holland neere Boston in Lincolnshire IAMES 1. 12. Blessed is the man that endureth temptation for when he is tried hee shall receiue the Crowne of life which the Lord hath promised to them that loue him LONDON Printed by T. S. for Thomas Pauier and are to be sold at his shop in Yuie lane 1616. TO THE WORSHIPFVL and vertuous Lady the Lady IOAN ALTHAM temporall happinesse and eternall blessednesse GOOD MADAME MAY it please your Ladyship to accept this small treatise of the right hearing of the word Small it is not in respect of the subiect for to be a good hearer is no lesse excellent a gift of grace then to be a good speaker but in respect of the forme phrase and manner of handling thereof wherein I haue fashioned my selfe to the capacitie of vulgar ignorant people euen such like as by Gods prouidence I haue heene called vnto who are fitter for milke then strong meates Yet whatsoeuer it is such it shall be as your Ladiship shall accept it and to speake ingeniously without flatterie which J euer hated your amiable disposition to Vertue Piety in your yong age as I well obserued when heretofore I liued at the house of the good Knight Sir Iohn Leuenthorp your father and my often remembrance thereof vpon occasions and now vpon this occasion also as also the singular duty that I owe to your ancient and truly honoured familie and to you in speciall haue moued me and made me the bolder to offer this vnworthy Present vnto you desiring you to accept it only as a token of a thankfull minde and sincere affection which remaine euer disposed to the performance of any seruice wherein your Ladiship by me may be pleasured Your Ladiships in all dutie to command THOMAS GRANGER From Botterwike in Holland neere Boston in Lincolnshire 1616. PAVLS CROVVNE OF Reioycing 1 THES 2. 13. For this cause also thanke we God without ceasing that when yee receiued of vs the word of the preaching of God yee receiued it not as the word of men but as it is indeed the word of God which also worketh in you that beleeue IN the former Chapter at the second verse the Apostle beginneth a congratulation whereby he reioyceth in the behalfe of the Thessalonians for their effectuall faith diligentloue and patience in persecution wherein they excelled as they became ensamples to all the faithfull in Macedonia and Achaia Now in this second Chapter from the first verse to the 13. he maketh a digression wherin he laboreth to confirme them in this effectuall and fruitfull faith and that by an argument drawne from his true Apostleship which by three principall reasons hee prooueth and approueth vnto them 1. By his entrance in vnto them which was not in outward shew and pompe but in trauaile and in the feare of God vers 1. 2. 2. By his preaching which was not by insincerity that is false and corrupt doctrine impure affections and guile but wherein he approueth himselfe to God vers 3. 4. 3. By his intire loue and affection towards them in that hee vsed no flattery coloured couetousnesse or vaine-glory but was gentle among them as a nurse cherisheth her children vers 5. 6. 7. Now this his sincere loue and affection hee demonstrateth by the effects and tokens thereof which doe testifie the sincerity and simplicity of his heart 1. Effect or token was his readinesse to deale not onely the Gospell vnto them but euen his owne soule vers 8. 2. Was his labour and trauell because he would not be chargeable vnto them whereof they had experience vers 9. 3. Was his holy godly and righteous conuersation among them vers 10. 4. His faithfulnesse in executing his office for their good in exhorting them comforting them and intreating them as a father his children to walke according to their reall calling vers 11. 12. Now taking occasion at these duties of his ministery namely his exhorting of them his comforting of them and beseeching of them he returneth to his former gratulation in the 13 and 14 verses wherein hee also reioyceth in their behalfe because they receiued the word not as his word but as the word of God that sent him whereof this was a manifest token euen their conuersion their faith and obedience and daily increase therein In this gratulation two things are to be considered the Manner and the Matter First concerning the manner or forme thereof it is expounded by way of thankesgiuing to God the author of this harmony concord betweene him the Pastour teaching them from God and them his stocke receiuing his doctrine as from God In that hee expounds his gratulation by way of thanksgiuing he teacheth them two things first that his preaching labour industrie and gifts wrought not this faith and obedience in them but God by his spirit inwardly and by his Ministery outwardly 1 Cor. 3. 5. 6. Who is Paul who Apollos but Ministers by whom ye beleeued as God hath giuen to euery man Ego plantaui Apollos rigauit c. The Apostle therefore considering how apt we are of our selues to attribute too much to the meanes and to insist on the second cause reuoketh them to God the principall cause that hee alone may be praised and glorified for all thiugs and in all things 2. He teacheth them hereby that their faith is not of themselues but of God and that thereof both he and they by his example ought to glorifie God in giuing him thanks for this grace Againe whereas he giueth thanks without ceasing he first sheweth his faithfulnes his loue earnest desire that hee had of their conuersion and now his great reioycing in their conuersion which two things are euident tokens of a true Apostle great thankes and continuall thankes you know do presuppose a great good turne and such a benefit that one acknowledgeth himselfe euer the better for so the Apostle preferres here this benefit euen the blessing of his Ministery in their faith and obedience before the cheifest earthly blessing and in the 19. verse hee saith they were his hope his ioy and crowne of reioycing Likewise in Phil. 4. 1. he calls them his beloued his longed for his ioy and his crowne 2. Whereas he giueth thankes without ceasing he doth put them in minde exhort and warne them to be continually thankefull for this endlesse loue mercy and grace of God in calling them out of darkenesse into his meruailous light Such a benefit as this whereby we doe not onely escape death but obtaine eternall life ought we alwaies to remember and by all meanes to manifest our thankfulnesse for the same both heart mouth and hand ought to be enlarged euer to praise and thanke him by thought word and deede otherwise if wee be not for euer thankefull for this endlesse benefit we may iustly prouoke the Lord to