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A17514	Saint Paules agonie A sermon preached at Leicester, at the ordinary monthly lecture: specially touching the motions of sinne, remaining in the regenerate. By A. Cade, Bacheler in Diuinity, and of Bilsdon in Leycester-shire.	Cade, Anthony, 1564?-1641.	1618 (1618)	STC 4328; ESTC S107370	25,820	46

his sinne and his wrong vnto the Innocent cast downe the Money but finding no comfort went and hanged himselfe But to his Children God sendeth a comfort in due season when it is truely and faithfully sought which is to them the welcomest and gladsommest thing in the world Therefore the Law was profitably giuen vt sit Pedagogus ad Christum Gal. 3.24 to be our Schoolmaster vnto CHRIST non vt sanet sed vt aegrotum te esse doceat not to heale thee but to shew thee thy sicknes and make thee seeke to the Physition for that makes vs finde what neede we haue of Christ A man neuer knowes the worth of Christ till hee see his owne vnworthinesse and danger neuer seekes for ease and comfort till hee feele the loade and burthen of his sinnes and is grieued at the loathsomnes of his corruptions and foresees the misery they bring vpon him But when his eyes are once opened to see this doubtlesse hee will seeke to be deliuered and the wiser hee is the sooner Vse 1 And therefore me thinks I may make this vse of this Doctrine To stirre vp men to seeke remedie for their sinne that hee that seekes not for deliuerie from this body of death eyther he feeles it not or is exceedingly besotted in loue with his owne sicknes eyther he is blinde and sees not his estate or seeing it is madde that seekes not to relieue it Choose all you impenitent sinners in whether of these ranks you wil be placed amongst blinde men or mad men that will not see or seeing will not seeke Deliuerance from this bodie of death For it is not possible that a man fallen into a pit should not desire to be helped out that a man dangerously sicke should not desire to recouer that a man grieuously wounded should not desire to be cured that a man in Prison and durance should not desire libertie at least if hee feele his euill and the danger of it eyther blindnesse or madnesse possesseth him But indeede no man can be so madde except he be first blinde blinded with the custome of sinne that makes vs vnsensible or with the prince of darkenesse that luls men a sleepe with the pleasures of sinne 2. Cor. 4 4. to forget their estate or blinded with some Pharisaicall opinion of their owne righteousnes like the Laodiceans that sayd they were rich and had need of nothing and knew not they were wretched and miserable Rev. 3.17 and poore and blind and naked for if they had the true eye-salue and that their eies were opened to see their wofull estate by sinne this should be the first thing they would goe about the greatest businesse they would intend to seeke some deliuery and to com to some comfortable assurance of Gods fauour Vse 2 Luk. 10.42 Matth 13.46 Phil. 3.8 This should be the vnum necessarium the pretious pearle that the Marchant would sell all that euer he had to purchase and they would with Saint Paul count all other things all honour wealth pleasure worldly contentments but losse and dung in respect of it Highly to esteeme of this Remedie So sweete and ioyfull would it bee vnto theyr soules Saint Paul seemes to insinuate so much by the very marshalling of his wordes and phrases in deliuering this doctrine When he looked vpon his sinnes though they were as small as possibly could bee in any man they seemed so foule in his eyes so grieuous to his conscience so contrary to his cleane desires that he counted himselfe wretched for them and passionately seeketh for deliuerance but finding no meanes in himselfe but a plaine impossibility by reason of his deplored imperfections hee goeth out of himselfe and asketh Who shall deliuer me and vpon asking the question presently giues the solution not in plaine termes for the fulnesse of his heart and the greatnes of his ioy would not let him but in a dutifull protestation of thankefulnesse I thanke God through Iesus Christ our Lord as if he should say It is the mercy of God that hath sent his sonne Iesus Christ to redeem vs by whome wee are deliuered from this body of death by him wee are iustified from our sinnes and sanctified by his Grace to represse sinne and though sinne still dwell in vs Yet there is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Iesus Rom. 8.1 that walke not after the flesh but after the Spirit that haue not the flesh but the Spirite for their guid and though they walke weakely and faintingly after it yet still they follow it as their desired guid as wel as the weakenesse of their nature will suffer This seemed so worthy a benefite in Saint Paules eyes vpon the thought of his sinnefull vncomfortable estate on the one side and that most gladdsome deliuerie on the other side that hee cannot without an eiaculation of thankefulnesse expresse it I thanke God through Iesus Christ our Lord. Which wordes I cannot stand vpon onely I note Saint Pauls Phraze teacheth vs that this worthy benefite of our deliuery of our Redemption and Saluation is neuer to be spoken of without thanksgiuing neuer to be thought of without a gratefull lifting vp of our hearts vnto God neuer to be named without great admiration and reuerence Conclusion with a recapitulation of the first Doctrine and vses And therefore wee thanke thee O Lord for this amongst all other benefites for this aboue all other benefites and we beseech thee to giue vs grace to looke into our selues light to see our sinnes and life to feele them that we may be humbled by them and seeke to mortifie them The second that we may know see feele what vnperfect state we liue in here in this flesh wherein thy dearest children feele these prickes in the flesh these Cananites and Iebusites as prickes and goades in theyr sides and thornes in theyr eyes these messengers of Sathan to buffet them that therby With the Vses we may bee out of conceyte with our own righteousnesse and all humane merites as not able to satisfie thy iustice and cleaue the more stedfastly to thy mercy and to the merites of thy sonne our Sauiour and yet be not cleane deiected as men vtterly secluded from thy fauour by means of our vnperfect sanctification since such thou wilt haue the state of thy children here vpon earth but that wee may labour to ouercome all temptations and be examples of all holy vertues to others walke before thee in feare and trembling euermore hungring and thirsting after that heauenly life wherein all those imperfections shall be done away Lord make vs sensible of all our wants corruptions that there be no sinne in vs which wee doe not see and feele by thy light and grace and labour to mortifie it and to hate it as the greatest euil in the world that it may bee as vnpleasant vnto vs as it is vnto thee and that we may heartily seeke a remedy and with all thankefulnesse embrace it and growe dayly in grace and all holy vertues till we become perfect men in Iesus Christ to the glory of thy great name the assurante of our adoption the adorning of our profession the good and comfort of others and the eternall comfort of our owne soules FINIS