Selected quad for the lemma: father_n
Text snippets containing the quad
|
ID |
Title |
Author |
Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication) |
STC |
Words |
Pages |
|
A02611
|
Tvvo sermons preached before the Kings most excellent Maiesty in the church of Beauly in Hampshire The first, the last of August. The second, the 9. of August. By Christopher Hampton Doctor of Diuinitie.
|
Hampton, Christopher, 1552-1625.
|
1609
(1609)
|
STC 12740; ESTC S103819
|
27,099
|
54
|
Redeemer with a sufficient price in his hand In the daies of his flesh he offred vp praiers and supplications and himselfe too with strong crying teares and was heard because of his reuerence The Holy Ghost neuer offred vp any thing Hee comes only as a Comforter not as a Redeemer as a monitor to vs not as a mediator for vs. He comes to helpe our dulnesse to raise vs vp to giue heat to our affectâ—ons to indite our praiers and that also is the benefit of the Sonne that sâ—nds him Ye haue receiued the Spirit whereby yee crie Abba Father that when our praiers are conceiued by the spirit and offred by the Sonne they may euer bee auaileable and neuer take repulse with the Father O quench not this spirit grieue it not but cherish and entertaine euery motion thereof Is it not a faithfull remembrancer sent vs by the Sonne of God Come holy Spirit and let it bee thy good pleasure to remember vs in this thy fauourable influence take away stumbling blocks out of my soule which is the kingdome of Iesus Christ that he may raigne there alone as hee should doe Couetousnesse comes and challengeth gouernment pride would be a king lust sayes shee will raigne ambition backbiting enuie and wrath striue in mee which of them should haue the greatest sway I dull and heauy creature resist as I am able I withstand as farre as I am aided I claime Iesus to be my Lord I defend my selfe for him because I am his right I hold him for my God him for my Lord Come therefore holy Spirit and scatter these Vsurpers in thy power Draw vs all after him draw vs though wee be vnwilling and make vs willing draw vs that are slothfull and make vs cheerfull Shed out and powre foorth the oile of thy gladnesse vpon vs and we shall run in the sauour of thine ointments We are soone weary and changeable draw vs after him lest wee begin to take our vagaries after other louers After other louers Quem inuenirem qui me reconciâ—aret tiâ—i An â—undum mihi fuit ad Angelos Qua prece Quibus Sacramentis Whom should I finde that should reconcile mee vnto thee Should I make any way to Angels With what praiers With what mysteries Sure Angels are not strong enough to carrie vs to heauen and men are too weake yet there bee Giants now as were after the flood that hauing got such morter and bricke say Come let vs build a tower whose top may reach vp to heauen Videte quas scalas imo quae praecipitia ipsi sibi parauerint ad ruinam Marke what ladders yea rather what downfals they haue gotten themselues for their owne ruine for Angels are creatures not able to stand of themselues without the support and benefit of the sonne of God If their abilitie had beene sufficient the diuels would neuer haue lost their places The rest are called elect Angels and Christ is the ground of all election Verily Paul calleth him the head of principalities and powers in whom they doe all consist Qui dedit â—aâ—so homini vt surgeret dedit stanti Angelo ne caderet Hee gaue man that was fallen power to rise and Angels that stood grace that they should not fall and so he was beneficiall to both raising vp the one and confirming the other And if I should commit my cause to such an aduocate as hath need of a patron himselfe it were a right tower of Babel and no scale of heauen The holiest men in the world are too weake to carry vs to heauen by their intercessions Doth this appertaine vnto man O Lord God Adam was perfect both in body and soule yet of too too base a condition to stand in the presence of God without the interuention of a mediator The tree of life which was giuen him is a cleare testimony heereof What needed he any Sacrament of Christ if hee could haue stood of himselfe And then mee thinkes it is plaine enough that seeing Adam could not mediate his owne cause in his integritie no saint though in heauen is able to vndertake for vs in this common miserie Mary began to be a mediator for wine at the marriage in Cana but assoone as Christ repressed her boldâ—esse she desisted soberly and gaue a wholesome charge to the waiters which may well hold the nature of a rule amongst all posteritie to attend vpon Christ alone When the Saints themselues doe send vs vnto Christ shall wee leaue him and in our superstitious affections hang vpon Saints If you do looke for nothing but that which happened vnto Baals Priests They cried from the morning vntill the euening sacrifice and there was neither voice nor one to make answer not any that regarded Tell vs Paul what you did thinke when you were in such a strait that you knew not what to chuse whether to be dissolued and to be with Christ which was better for your owne particular or to abide in the flesh which was more profitable to the Philippians Were you not then verily perswaded that after your death the Church could make no vse of your praiers What then Is the saints loue diminished in heauen where all their graces be increased No sure loue falâ—eth not away But the loue of the saints in heauen is not alwaies in action It is there rather in Maries contemplation than in Marthaes exercise Or if it be in action it is like to Peters when hee had a taste of it in the transfiguration of Christ The loue of his brethren was not decaied but hee was so rauished and pleased with the sight of that which was present that he thought of nothing but the fruition thereof Bonum est nobis esse hic It is good being heere Hee thought not of his brethren that were absent he desired but three Tabernacles for those that were present Can the Saints that be in heauen heare our praiers from earth Haue they any dispensation of vbiquitie Haue they any indowment of omniâ—cienâ—iâ— Can they search our hearts Doe they see and foresee our wants For who will commit his body to such a Physician that knowes no more of the infirmities thereof than he himselfe doth tell him Can they open the gates of heauen for vs Can they conquer death for vs All this a mediator must doe Ego alium noui â—eminem qui hâ—c potuerit nisi Dominum meum Iesum Qui cerse in morte viuebat qâ—â—pâ—re fractus in cruce in diuinitate stabat â—m â—aâ—r◠〈◊〉 nâ—bisâ—um supplicans in altero cum patre propitiaâ—s homo manifestus Deus absconditus I know not any that can doe this but onely my Lord Iesus that liued in death who being brused vpon the Crosse in bodie stood in his diuinitie with the father suppliant with vs in the one and giuing a largesse to vs with the Father in the other a visible man and a hidden God Will you see how hee did liue in death Consider