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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02460	A sermon preached at Nevvport-Paignell in the Countie of Buckingham. By R.H.	Hacket, Roger, 1559-1621.	1628 (1628)	STC 12590; ESTC S119751	27,838	60

A SERMON PREACHED AT NEVVPORT-PAIGNELL in the Countie of Buckingham By R. H. 2. COR. 5. 20 21. Now then are wee ambassadours for Christ as though God did beseech you through vs wee pray you in Christs steed that yee bee reconciled vnto God For he hath made him to be sinne for vs which knew no sinne that wee should bee made the righteousnes of God in him LONDON Printed for Robert Wilson and are to be sold at his Shop at Grayes-Inne new Gate in Holborne 1628. To the right worshipfull M. Iohn Tompson Esquier one of her Maiesties auditors in the Eschequer and iustice of Peace and Quorum in her Maiesties shires of Buck. and Bedf. all increase of worship with all spirituall good WHereas worshipfull Sir God hath giuen you not onely by your counsel to further but also by your good ensample to prouoke many carelesse people to the hearing of the word we cannot but reuerence this grace in you and wish it many waies multiplied for our coūtries good For when prophanes hath so poisoned the harts of many that they aske who is the Lord that they should heare his voice the world hath so swetned other that they doe run to it when they should poste to God In vayne were our labours except God stirred vp the hartes of some which might be leaders to the people to bring them into the house of God And although at the first many more sauage then this beast are hayled perforce into the Arke and come vnwilling like such which are muffled and would not be touched of the sunne yet when through Gods mercie they shall see all drowned which are without shal taste of some of that grace God giueth vnto his they will not a foote from the dore of his tabernacle but as mē whom the zeale of the Lords house hath eaten they shall fall downe and worship confessing that the Lord is God In regard wherof be not weary of well doing but stirre vp the grace God hath giuen you and know that God hath made you not onely for your selfe and for your houshold but also for the good of other In the view of which your goodnes as I much doe ioy so in lew of duety with all desire of your farther good I haue emboldned my selfe to offer to your Worship this small treaty of that great peace and reconciliation wee haue with God The which although now long fithence in a great assembly it hath beene most grauely handled by that blessed man of reuerend memory Iohn Foxe Yet since our course is diuers as the learned may iudge to satisfie other rather then my selfe I haue suffered this although vnwilling to be drawne into the light Thus commending it to Gods blessing and your Christian fauours my prayer is vnto this God of peace that he would giue vs peace with him and with our selues that wee may ioy in this couenaunt of peace witnessed in his worde and assured our heartes by the earnest of his spirit Amen From North Crowly Maiij primo Your worships in all dutie Roger Hacket A Sermon preached at Newport Paignell in the countie of Buckes taken out of the 2. Cor. 5. ver 20.21 Now then are wee ambassadors for Christ as though God did beseech you through vs we pray you in Christ steed that ye be reconciled vnto God For he hath made him to be sinne for vs which knew no sinne that we should be made the righteousnes of God in him AS many Scriptures thorough the body of the Bible doe moste plainly lay forth the worke I should say wonder of our redemption reconciliation with God the father so there is nothing wherein a Christian soule should rather seeke to solace her selfe then in the sweet meditation of this most heauenly doctrine by which she may see that God is now reconciled vnto her and that shee may through Christ merite haue accesse with boldnesse vnto the throne of grace for as this maketh a mans heart to melt his knees for feare to beate together to consider that God is his enemy and that he will call him to iudgement for al his sinnes so this filleth the hart with ioy and bones with gladnesse to record that God hath put away his sinnes and in great fauour hath respect vnto him for his good In regard whereof it standeth vs in hand that our heartes may be silled with this sweetnes and our soules haue their parte in this most heauenly solace attentiuely to consider the Apostle in this place In the vnfolding of whose wordes my purpose is first briefly to lay downe his meaning and then more amply to stand on those points which make for reconciliation betweene God and man Now then are wee embassadors for Christ as if the Apostle would say now then we come not of our owne heads without lawfull warrant for God hath put this word of reconcilement into our mouthes he hath sent vs in embassage vnto you and giuen vs in commission thus to speake Wherefore for Christ sake if you will doe any thing for him we pray you nay Christ praieth you for his place now we do supply and not only he but God in vs and by vs praieth and beseecheth that you would be reconciled vnto him If you desire his friendship but yet feare his presence because of your sinnes beholde his mercie he will not impute vnto you your sins but vnto you they shall be as though they had neuer beene If yet you doubt how this may be since that you know that God is iuste and punisheth sinne wheresoeuer he findeth it looke on your sauiour that which God in mercy pardoneth in you he punisheth with all iustice in his sonne For he which was most innocent and knew no sinne hath your sinnes imputed vnto him and not onely imputed but he is made sinne for you that is a sacrifice for your sins Thus the chastisement of your peace is layed on his shoulders and for your sins hee hath suffered an hell of torments in his most blessed soule bodie If yet you dare not presume his presence because you want your wedding garments consider that he was therefore made sinne for you that you should be made you cannot make your selues not the righteousnes of man which is inherent in you but the righteousnes of God which is imputed to you And to make all without doubt you are made this righteousnes of God not in your selues but in him euen in Christ Iesu which for your sake hath sanctified himselfe and fulfilled all righteousnes for you so that as your sinnes were not inherent in him but in your selues yet so imputed to him as though they were his so this righteousnes by which you are reputed righteous before your maker is not inherent in you but in him yet as if it were yours through Gods great mercy it is imputed vnto you Wherefore now let euery good Christian in a good assurance of hope come with boldnesse vnto the throne