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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19717	A sermon preached before the Queenes Maiestie, by the reuerende Father in God the Bishop of Chichester, at Grenewiche, the 14. day of Marche. 1573. Seene and allowed according to the order appoynted; Sermon preached before the Queenes Majestie.	Curteys, Richard, 1532?-1582.; Browne, Thomas, ca. 1535-1585.	1573 (1573)	STC 6135; ESTC S116432	21,769	58

himselfe all his house And Ambrose vpon the Epistle to the Romanes This was God his determination that the lawe surceasing the grace of God should require only fayth to saluation And Basill in his booke de hu● militate The humble knoweth that he is voyde of true iustice and that he is iusti●●ed by onely fayth in christ And Heze●hius vpon Leuiticus sayth The grace of God is giuen of mercy and fauour and receyued by onely fayth And Chrysostome vpon the epistle to the Galathians chap. 3. They sayde whosoeuer stayeth himselfe vpon only fayth is accursed Contrariwise S. Paule proueth that whosoeuer stayeth himselfe vpon only fayth is blessed And yet as fire euer giueth lighte and heate so true fayth euer yéeldeth the feare of God and loue of god When S. Paule had first taught the Romanes that they were sealed and assured of eternall lyfe by fayth in Christ After he ●eacheth them to yéelde them selues a quicke holy pleasant sacrifice to God which is their dutiful seruing of God. When S. Paule had first taught the Ephesians that Christ is the earnest of their inheritance after he teacheth them to put on the cōplet armour of God hauing the loynes girded in truth hauing on the brestplate of righteousnes and their féete shodde with the Gospell of peace to take vnto them selues the shield of fayth and the helmet of saluation the sworde of the spirite which is the word of God and to pray watch with al perseuerance So when the Praecher had taught first the remēbrance of God after he teacheth the feare loue of God let vs heare the conclusion of all sayth he feare God and keepe his commandements for that is the duetie of eache man Nowe to keepe God his commaundements and to loue God is all one as Christ teacheth vs in the 14. of Iohn If you loue me kepe my commaundements To the same effecte dothe S. Hilarie expound this sentence Remember thy maker that thou mayst reuerence his maiestie mightely loue his goodnesse feruently embrace his truth zelously and beléeue his promises faythfully and also S. Augustine Remember thy maker that is remember his might that thou maysts beléeue his mercy that thou mayst hope his iustice that thou mayst be fearefull his goodnesse that thou mayst be thankful The cause which moueth vs to remember God. THe cause which moueth vs to rememb●r God is imployed in thys worde Maker For diuers good writers bothe old● and new say that this is the sense Bycause thou arte made after the image of God Totu● es obligatus ad eius seruitutē Thou art wholy bound to serue him The Image of God according to S. Paule is nothing els but rightuousnesse holinesse of truth So that the Preacher sayth thus muche God hath made thée made thée iust and holy therefore thou oughtest to serue him In the .20 of Exodus the Lorde spake all these sayings I am the Lord thy God which brought thee out of the lande of Egypt out of the house of bondage Thou shalt haue none other God but me In the 19. of Exodus God sayth to Moses These things shalt thou tell to the house of Iacob and declare to the house of Israell your selues haue seene what I haue done to the Egyptians howe I haue caryed you vpon the wings of Eagles and haue adopted you to me if therefore you heare my voyce and kéepe my couenaunt c. In the .5 chapter of Esay My beloued had a vineyarde in a plentifull grounde and he hedged it and walled it and pickte stones out of it and planted it with good Grapes and buylded a tower in the middes of it and a wine presse in the middes of it What could I haue done sayth he for my vineyarde that I haue not done but that I looked it should yéelde grapes and it yelded wild grapes I looked for iudgement beholde iniquitie I looked for iustice and beholde outcry In Micheas the .6 chapter My people what haue I done to thée or wherein haue I gréeued thée answere me Surely I brought thée out of the lande of Egypt I deliuered thée from the house of bondage I sent before thée Moses Aaron Miriah Remember therefore what Balak king of M●ab had deuised and what Balam the Sonne of Beor answered him from Sittim vnto Gilgall that thou mayest knowe th● righteousnesse of the Lord and what the Lorde requireth of thée to do iustly to loue mercy to humble thy selfe walke with thy god And in the .102 Psalm ▪ O my soule prayse thou the Lorde and all that is within me blesse his holy name O my soule praise thou the Lorde and forget not all hys benefites whiche forgiueth thée all thine iniquities which healeth all thine infirmities which deliuereth thy life frō death whiche crowneth thée with mercy and goodnesse The grace mercy of God hath mad● man iust and holy The grace and mercy of God hath brought mā out of the hellish Egypt and caried him vpon the wings of Angels The grace mercy of God hath planted the vineyarde of his Churche in a fertile grounde hathe hedged it with his law hath walled it with his sacraments hath picked out the stones of superstition and wickednesse hath buylded a toure set watchmen Patriarches Prophets Apostles Euāgelists Pastours to kéepe it hath made a wyne presse of Princes Iudges Magistrates The grace mercy of God hath set ouer his people godly Kings and Quéenes godly preachers and Ministers The grace and mercy of God forgiueth all their sinnes healeth all their infirmities and giueth them the crowne of mercy and goodnesse The grace and mercy of God is the cause of all blessings and goodnesses Euery good gift and euery perfect gifte as sayth S. Iames is from aboue from the father of light Blessed be therefore God ▪ euen the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe whiche hath blessed vs with all spirituall blessings in heauenly things in Christe As he hath chosen vs in him before the foundation of the world that we should be holy without blame before him in loue who hathe ●oreapointed vs to be adopted through Iesus Christ vnto him selfe according to the good pleasure of his will to the praise of the glory of his grace wherwith he hath made vs accepted in his beloued by whome we haue redemption through his bloud euen th● forgiuenesse of sinnes according to his rich grace wherby he hath bene abundant toward vs in al wisdome vnderstāding And therefore he giueth great iust cause to euery one to remember and serue him For sith the father hathe entayled hys lands vnto his sonne ech sonne ought a good sonne will honour loue obey so good a father Sith a friende hath made a déede of gift of al his goods to his friend ech friend ought a good friend wil be