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A04028	A sermon vpon part of the second chapter of the first epistle of S. Iohn: Preached by Thomas Ingmethorp. The summe whereof is briefly comprised in this hexameter ...	Ingmethorpe, Thomas.	1598 (1598)	STC 14086; ESTC S106261	22,018	51

righteousnes and brotherly loue or charity Wee are purged indeede by the bloode of Christ yet so that wee neede daiely to wash our feete that is Ioh. 13.10 to shake-of the vncleane affections of the flesh which carrie vs captiue into the triumph of sinne For as dirt and balme cannot well bee tempered together so no more can wee haue fellowshippe and communion with God Lev. 19. ● who is holinesse it selfe Esai 33.19 so long as wee lye drowned in the dregges of our owne naturall corruptions never once waving so much as a hande or a foote to get out Righteousnes includeth both tables when as wee yeelde both to God and our neighbour whatsoever is due vnto either of them frō vs by the lawe Charitie doth not only prohibit iniuries wrongs but also inioyneth the doing of good But these points because they be daiely beaten-on in your hearing let it suffice at this time that I haue only pointed-at them Holding for most certaine as a case overruled vnto vs by the holy ghost that they are but hers dissemblers and Hypocrites as many as doe not imploie themselues to the observing and keeping of Gods commādemēts how glorious a shewe soever otherwise they make of the knowledg of Christ his profession But I see I haue staied over-long in handling this former part I wil therfore as it were vpon the spurre posse over the other so much the more speedily 5. But hee that keepeth his worde in him is the love of God perfect indeede Hereby we know that we are in him This is the first reason whereby our Evangelist and Apostle goeth about to iustifie the foresaide Proposition being taken as I tolde you of the effects towit the loue of God which the knowledg of Christ ingendreth in vs and may be framed in forme of argument on this fashion Hee that loveth God truly knoweth God truely But hee that keepeth Christs commandemēts loveth God truely Ergo hee that keepeth Christs commaundements knoweth God truely and is a true Christian indeede Which consequence to be soundly inferred not only scripture but even common sence inforceth For is it possible a man shoulde loue God whome he knoweth not the Poet could sing Ovid. ignoti nulla cupido vncooth vnkist that which is vnknowne is commonly vnregarded and out of request be it of never so great excellency in it selfe 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 loue doth breede of the sight and knowledge of a thing If Esops cocke had knowne the worth of the precious stone he woulde not haue set so light by it but because hee knewe not the value therefore he esteemed more of a barely corne Nowe hee that is ignoraunt of Christ can neuer knowe God Heb. 1.3 For hee is the brightnesse of his glorie Ioh. 1.18 and the ingraued forme of his person and no man hath seene GOD at anytime but the sonne which is in the bosome of the father hee hath declared him So that a full knowledge of Iesus Christ must of necessity goe before especially seeing a colde profession of the loue of GOD is not enough but wee stande bounde to loue him aboue all thinges to relie wholy vppon him and for his sake to relinquish father Math. 10 3.7.16.24 mother wife children yea and our selues and all Marc. 8.34 But againe this so greate loue of GOD cannot bee without the keeping of Christes commaundementes it being the nature and propertie of loue to fashion and conforme it selfe as neare as possible may bee vnto the will and disposition of the party whome it affecteth So the sonne is carefull to obey his fathers commaundementes not driuen of anie seruile or slauish feare but mooued of a filiall and childe-like loue hee beareth towarde him And God for none other cause requireth vs to loue him with all our heartes with all our strength and with all out soules but that that loue shoulde frame vs to a dutifull obedience towardes him insomuch that wee shall thinke nothing too much wee doe to bee ioyned with him who is our only felicitie and soueraigne good so tenderly and intirely beloued of vs. And therefore sith neither the loue of God canne bee separated from the knowledge of CHRIST nor it from an holy life ordred according to the prescript of his commandementes the Apostle yee see hath sufficiently auerred his purpose that they which keepe Christes commaundementes knowe Christ indeede and are true Christians As for the perfect loue hee speaketh-of it is not to bee construed in that sence as though wee could in this life arriue vnto the perfection of loue or of any other vertue for God knowes as wee knowe but in parte so wee loue but in in parte But either to recommende vnto vs the continuall indeuour of perfection which euery true Christian according to the proportion and strength of grace receiued ought to aspire vnto and striue towardes though it be beyōd his reach to attaine vnto it vntil the world to come 1. Cor. 15.28 when God shall bee all in all and perfectly consummate the good worke which he hath here graciously begunne or els the worde perfect must be taken as opposite to feined after an Hebraisme very vsuall in diuine scripture so that perfect loue betokeneth true 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 perfect for which Targhúm hath commonly 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 but Hier. simplex and Lxx. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 idest 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Gel. non fictus nō fucatus which is not with out fault but without double nes or dissembling See for all Gen. 25.27 hearty sincere and vnfeined loue which God of his mercy will accept and crowne though it come many aces shorte of that absolute degree of perfection which the rigour of the lawe precisely exacteth measuring his giftes in vs such is the profounde riches of his goodnesse towardes vs not by the effect but affect of our doings And the better to excite and stir vs vppe heereunto our Apostle proceedeth further and sheweth what singular fruite profite and commodity wee shall reape thereby which beeing duely weighed is able to set an edge on the blūtest apperite if it haue any mettall of the holy Ghost in it For he saith Hereby wee knowe that we are in him The loue of God thē which begetteth in vs the keeping of Christs cōmandements is a sure signe vndoubted certificate that wee are ingraffed into Christ the greatest dignity preeminence and prerogatiue in the worlde and alone is of efficacy sufficient to vnderset and stablish our weake faith against all the doubtings of fraile flesh if there were no other piller as there be infinite to supporte and proppe it with beside For if wee bee in him hee must needes bee in vs according to that comfortable saying of his Ioh. 14.23 if any man loue mee hee will keepe my worde and my Father will loue him and wee will come vnto him and will dwell with him So that hee that knoweth God

A SERMON VPON PART OF THE SEcond chapter of the first epistle of S. Iohn Preached by THOMAS INGMETHORP The summe whereof is briefly comprised in this Hexameter Omne tulit punctum qui 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 miscuit arti He beares the bell awaie that liues as he doth safe Iohn 13.17 If yee knowe these thinges blessed are ye if yee doe them At Oxford printed by IOSEPH BARNES Printer to the Vniversitie 1598. TO THE WORSHIPFVL MASTER THOMAS FLIT one of the head-magistrates of the Citie of Worcester T. I. wisheth increase of all thinges appertaining both to this life and to the life to come SIR being importuned by diverse for the publishing of this Sermon which as they protested not without some fruite they had hearde mee preach I haue condescended at length vnto their desire The rather for that by dedicating the same vnto your worship I might be occasioned as I thought to giue-forth some testimony of my good-will and thankefulnes towardes you to whom I am so deepely beholding so many waies indebted If there were no other thing but this that at the Fonte you vouch-safed to vndertake for me I should over-shoote my selfe far if I did not thinke very dutifully of you but seeing that ever since you haue enameld as it were embroidered that graund-benefite with infinite other kindnesses from time to time as occasion was ministred Surely if I should not lay holde of every opportunity whereby I might reflect any tokē of an affectionate minde I were highly to blame yea my own cōscience would appeach and vpbraid me of foule ingratitude Such therefore as it is I do here offer present vnto you Desiring you to esteeme of it not according to the simple workemāship which hath beene mine but according to the worth value of the stuffe which hath bin all I dare assure you digged-out of the most precious mine of Gods word My trust is the goodnes of the one will bee alwaies able to counter-peise the rudenes of the other God blesse you preserue you that you may long liue to be a principall stay ornament to that worthy Citie my natiue nest Where how sore you will be missed whensoever it shall please the Lord to translate you from it vnto himselfe wee may take a scantling no disparagement to any by the exceeding greate steede you long haue and daily doe stand it in And thus recommending this homely present vnto your good acceptation and you and yours to the most gracious tuition and patronage of the Almighty I take my leaue From Stainton in the streete in the Bishopricke of Durrham the 1. of March 1597. Your VVorships in the Lord THOMAS INGMETHORP TO THE READER HEre hast thou gentle Reader this simple Sermon of mine made at the first for the hearing of few but nowe by request set-forth to the common view For my part Novi quàm sit mihi c●●ta supellex truely I never meant it but when frindes be set-on a thing they are importunate and wil not be saide nay Indeede it would better fitte my note-booke then the presse yet if it shall please thee to giue it the reading I doubt neither of thy profiting by it nor of thy well accepting of it It is no seditious pamphlet to raise mutinie nor amarous toye to nourish wantonnesse which the more thou perusest the more thou abusest thy time and the more they affect the the more they infect thee but a sounde and serious discourse of holy Scripture wherein is sounded as with a shrill trumpet a retraite from sinne and men put in minde to ioyne vertue and truth knowledge and practice repentāce and faith a Godly life and a good beleefe together vppon which two pointes as vppon two poles the whole skie of Christianitye is turned God giue thee grace to followe the whole some coūsell therein delivered to his glory and thy comfort through Iesus Christ. T. I. It is written in the second chapter of the first epistle of S. Iohn the third fourth sift and sixt verses 3. Hereby we are sure that we knowe him if we keepe his commandements 4. He that saith I knowe him and keepeth not his commandements is a lyer and the truth is not in him 5. But he that keepeth his worde in him is the loue of God perfect indeede hereby wee knowe that wee are in him 6. He that saith he remaineth in him ought even so to walke as he hath walked THis portiō of Scripture welbeloved in the Lorde consisteth of two partes of a proposition and a confirmation The proposition in effect importeth thus much that the knowledge and faith of Christ if it bee of the right stampe indeede is never solitary but alwaies accompanied with the keeping of Gods cōmādements whereby as a tree by the fruit it is discerned being conteined in these words Hereby wee are sure that wee knowe him if wee keepe his commaundementes He that saith I knowe him and keepeth not his commandements is a lier and the trueth is not in him The confirmation standeth vpō two reasons the one drawne frō the effectes wher it is said But he that keepeth his word in him is the loue of God perfect indeede Hereby we knowe that we are in him The other derived frō the example of Christ in the clause following He that faith her remaineth in him ought even so to walke as hee hath walked The scope and drift of all is to beare downe the vanitie of those men which professing the name of Christ lived not with stāding vnchristianly to the manifest flaunder and derogation of the same Wherein as in a glasse or mirrour by waie of reflection we may behold the spots of our owne deformity whose cōversation being compared with our profession is for the most part no more consonāt therevnto then the harsh iars of discord to the sweet harmony of musique as if they had made a wager which should varie most either frō other Touthing the vniting of which divisiō motiō hath bin made so often so earnestly both heere and elsewhere that it may seeme but a needeles or booteles office to solicite the same agame Howbeit as the Phisition never ceaseth to minister till his sicke paciēt be wholy recovered even so it behoveth vs the Lordes Phisitions daily to applie the most wholesome medicine of Gods word till the maladie of sin wherwith mens soules are sore diseased be throughly healed and recured But before I come to the particular points let vs praie c. 3. Hereby we are sure that we knowe him if wee keepe his commandements 4. He that saith I knowe him and keepeth not his commandements is a her and the trueth is not in him This is the proposition as I saide is cōtrived if ye marke of an excellent Antithesis A figure of speech very familiar with S. John both in his Gospel and Epistles not so much for perspicuitie as vehemencie sake Hereby we are sure that we know him that