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A03444 A sermon preached at Saint Buttolphs neare Aldersgate, the 26. of Februarie, 1609. By William Holbrooke. Entitled No gaine to this Holbrooke, William. 1609 (1609) STC 13565; ESTC S119074 19,867 57

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A SERMON PREACHED AT SAINT BVTTOLPHS neare Aldersgate the 26. of Februarie 1609. By WILLIAM HOLBROOKE Entitled No gaine to this MATTH 5.6 Blessed are they which hunger and thirst for righteousnesse for they shall be filled AT LONDON Imprinted by Felix Kyngston for ELIZABETH BVRBY dwelling in Pauls Churchyard at the signe of the Swan 1609. TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE AND SINCERE PROFESSORS and maintainers of Christs true religion the Lord CAVENDISH my very good Lord and the vertuous Ladie his wife my singular good Ladie Grace and peace be multiplied through Christ. THat I should make so bould Right Honorable as to shrewde my selfe and this my work vnder your protection hauing not deserued the least of those so many and irrequitable fauours I haue from the bountiful harts and hands of your Honors alreadie receiued you may iustly except against but vnderstāding that I endeauor this the first fruits of my labors as a token of my thankfulnes and an earnest of my bounden dutie vnto your Honors as also that herein I haue imitated the holy Euangelist Luke Luke 1.3 in dedicating his labours to that friend of God noble Theophilus in whose stead you are to me And that by taking the protection of this my work you shall not only honor God in proclaiming your selues enemies to Momus and al his complices but also encourage others to the performance of the like duties to God and your Honors I doubt not but I shal be freed from all imputation of boldnesse both in the hearts and by the mouthes of your Honors whose fauour herein I only craue and respect Thus doubting nothing of your protection of this my worke bringing and offering such gaine vnto your Honors as is no where else to to bee found but in the word of God I humblie leaue your Honors to God and the word of his grace which is able to saue your soules wishing to you and yours the increase of faith and good conscience Your Honors in all dutie and seruice euer readie W. HOLBROOKE TO THE READER I Dare not gentle Reader say the Booke will performe what the title promiseth I as one desiring thy good and willing to bring some thing thoug it be but morter towards the building of Gods house haue at the earnest and importunate request of some published this worke which I pray thee fauourablie to receiue and diligently to reade be not readie to find fault but do better and then thou mayest well find fault else thou proclaimest either thy enuie or ignorance if thou reape any good by the same make thy best vse of it giue God the thanks and let me haue the helpe of thy prayers Farewell Thine in the Lord. W. HOLBROOKE A SERMON PREACHED AT SAINT BVTtolphs neare Aldersgate vpon the 26 of Februarie 1609. 1. TIMOTH 6.6 Godlinesse is great gaine with sufficiencie THe Prophet long since questioned with the Lord about the matter of his sermon being commanded to goe agreeable vnto which I often asked the Lord in secret what I should vnfold vnto you at this present before this venison was brought to my hand to dresse for you After the reiection of many I contented my selfe with this Scripture being a doctrine so necessary to be learned and as yet not of many if of any practised the wāt wherof only is the cause of all afflictions present and of all to come and alreadie threatned for why is our Land a fruitfull Land in comparison of others barren for the sinnes of the people for the which cause that there may be no more complaining in our streets I haue made speciall choice of this Scripture which will not only if we will yeeld thereto leade vs to the cause of euils present and further threatned but wil direct vs what course to take to turne away the fierce wrath of the Lord to cause his face in fauour to shine vpon vs again to cōtinue it when we haue it and of foes to make vs friends with the Almightie in whose hands we are as nothing and lesse then nothing and into whose hands it is a fearfull thing to fall much more stil to blow the coales and sparks of his wrath alreadie kindled by our vngodlinesse And because I know this nor any other direction wil be tasted of you much lesse digested by you except it bring gaine with it he which cannot nor euer could lie hath told you in these words that this will bring in gaine yea which is more that it is gaine it selfe For the vnfolding whereof that you may haue it serued in in seuerall dishes and not altogether set forth in parcels not in grosse that you may the better carue and make choice of the same obserue how Paul was occasioned vnto these words namely by the esteeme account many teachers and professors made of religion and the doctrine of godlines which was this no more so far they esteemed it as it would serue for their gaine making godlines to stoope to gaine not gaine to godlines and therfore accounted gaine godlinesse Vnto which carnall opinion and estimation of theirs Paul both for the encouragement of Timothie to stick to the simple and plain doctrine of godlines in teaching and the people in professing doth oppose himselfe in these words hereby ironicallie correcting their iudgement and teaching another doctrine viz. That godlinesse is great gaine making the same plaine and vndeniably true by setting out the waiters vpon godlinesse in the two last words with sufficiencie So that in this verse are these two parts first a doctrine and positiue assertion that godlinesse is gaine yea great gaine Secondly the proofe of the same which may be drawne into two reasons and arguments after this manes the words with sufficiencie so translated according to the original 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as Caluin hath done being referred as well they may both to the affection of the mind and then the sense is according to the vsuall translation Godlinesse is great gaine because it maketh a man to be contented counting that sufficient which he hath and to the thing it selfe or matter of the doctrine and then the sense is thus Godlinesse is great gaine because it alwaies hath sufficiencie following and attending it I say being thus vnderstood as Caluin vnderstandeth them they may be drawne into forme of reason thus That which doth make a man contented with that he hath and to count that sufficient be it more or lesse is great gaine But godlinesse doth make a man contented with that he hath and maketh him to count that sufficient be it more or lesse Therefore godlinesse is great gaine In this reason the question is whether godlinesse be great gaine the answere is affirmitiuely yea the tertium wherby the Apostle proueth this is Contentednes because that is caused thereby Arg. 2. That which doth alwaies being sufficiencie with it is great gaine But godlines doth alwaies being sufficiencie with it Therefore godlines is great gaine Before wee come