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A74686	The nonsuch professor in his Meridian splendor, or the singular actions of sanctified Christians. Laid open in seaven sermons at Allhallows church in the wall, London. / By William Secker preacher of the gospel.	Secker, William, d. 1681?	1660 (1660)	Wing S2253; Thomason E1750_1; ESTC R209664	179,725	448

of his draught are much defac't yet there are such reliques and remainders left behind that as in fullyed Maps we may guesse at former lines Spiritual acts they require spiritual eyes and the brighter we see them the better we do them We cannot come to God with fiducial or justifying faith before we have attained a historical or dogmatical faith What the Papists say of Images we may justly say of the creatures that they are Lay-mens books in which there 's no Errata's The Heavens declares the glory of God and the Firmament sheweth his handy work Psal 19. 1. They who could not unclapse the book of Scripture have laid before them the volume of nature The invisible things of God from the creation of the world are clearly seen being understood by the things that are made Rom. 1. 20. From the second causes we may easily arrive at the first as you may pursue a River as it runs to the Fountains head from which it flows If we should see a Ship upon the Sea sailing directly to the Harbor we might conclude a Pilot in her to steer her course They have but a narrow inspection into the works of nature that cannot in them discover the God of nature which is Commentum Dei mirabile as Lactantius calls it That 's the first 2. If you would do more then others you must love more then others The love of Christ constrains us 2 Cor. 5. 14. There 's no sin so sweet but the love of Christ restrains them from it there 's no service so great but the love of Christ constrains them to it If once this affection takes fire the room becomes too hot for any sin to stay in The heart is a chamber for Christ but not a harbour for lust The Mandrakes give a smell and at our Gates are all manner of pleasant fruits new and old which I have laid up for thee O my beloved Cant. 7. 13. Love never shakes the Boughs but for Christ to eat the fruits Many pay the performance of duties as oppressed Subjects doe heavy taxes with sad complaints But the Spouse of Christ Amor onus non sentit labores non reputat plus affectat quâ valet Kempis looks upon what she is as not great enough for his remembrance and what she does as not good enough for his acceptance had she any thing a thousand times better then her self or were her self a thousand times better it should be bestowed upon him What is that little that he desires to that much that he deserves When Achilles was demanded what enterprizes he found the most easie he answered Those which he undertook for his friends Seaven years service seemed nothing to Jacob because of the love he did bear to Rachel Omnia facilia habenti charitatem saith Austin Love as it acts the most excellently so it acts the most easily If you love me keep my commandements John 14. 15. The Christal streams of divine actions they bubble from the pure spring of divine affection I have heard of a wife that grudged obedience to her husband because she thought him unworthy to receive it to whom it was answered Though he that married her was unworthy of her observance yet he that made her was worthy of her obedience and whatsoever she had to say against her husband she had nothing to say against the command of God In Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing nor uncircumsion but faith which worketh by love Gal. 5. 6. The Christians love advances by equal paces with the Christians faith as the heat of the day with the shining of the Sun Faith like Mary sits at the feet of Christ to hear his Sermons and love like Martha compasses him about with services Faith is the great receiver and love is the great disburser We take in all by beleeving and we lay out all by loving Faith it first works love and then it works by love as the workman sets an edge upon his tooles and then carves and cuts with them The Scripture hath exceeding high expressions of this affection Nihil dulcius est amore nihil fortius nihil jucundius nec melius in Caelo et in terrâ quia natus est ex D●o c. Id lib. 3 cap. 5. de Imit Christi Christ he brings the ten Commandements into two Commandements Matth. 22. 37 38. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind this is the first and great Commandement and the second is like unto it thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self Christ he brings ten words into two words but Paul he folds them all up in one word For all the law is fulfilled in one word Gal. 5. 14. What 's that surely it is too big for any mouth to utter Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self He that is not wanting in this duty is wanting in no duty Love it s called an old Commandement and a new Commandement 1 John 2. 7 8. It 's as old as the Law of Moses and yet as new as the Gospel of Jesus Christ Faith is the grace that at first seals the conveyance and love is the grace that at last possesses the inheritance Faith that unites Christ and sanctified souls together on earth but love that unites God and glorified souls together in Heaven As the spleen groweth the body decayeth and as hatred increaseth so holinesse abateth Die aliquid ut duo simus was the Motto of a Heathen and therefore doth not belong to a Christian It 's best that dissention should never be born among brethren and next that it should dye presently after it's birth When any leak springs in the ship of Christian society we should use our indeavours to stop it speedily The nearer the union is the more dangerous is the breach Bodies that are glewed together may if severed be set together as beautifully as ever but members rent and torne cannot be healed without a scar The love in a hypocrites bosome is just like the fire in the Israelites bush which was not burning all the while it was blazing His estate and relations hath the top and strength of his affections they admit the world not only into the Suburbs of their sences but into the City of their souls But the love of a Saviour in the soul of a beleever is as Oyl put into a Vial with water in which though both be never so much shaken together the oyl will be uppermost Or if you please as one rising Sun which drowns the light of numberless Starres Should God give his substance to him and yet keep himself from him Absalom's expression would be his What doth all avail me so long as I see not the Kings face Take a Christian and his Heaven upon earth is in Gods dwelling with him yea and his Heaven in Heaven is in his dwelling with God He is like a stone of which some report that if it

others then beleeve more then others p. 421. 5. Would you do more then others then resolve more then others p. 429. 6. Would you do more then others then learn to deny your selves p. 432. Courteous Reader correct with thy Pen the faults of the Presse either such as are Verbal or such which are Literal the most whereof thou shalt find in this ERRATA PAge 30. read magister Margent p. 52. bona p. 96. novos modos p. 122. ingens 124. pereunt 218. despicit 231. observentur 247. offerre 256. excaecavit inferni 273. quam Judaeos testamento quaeritis 276. culpabilis 279. in sectabere rastru 282. respectu 290. Anhelant is 293. stuporis 347. obnubilat 362. Accendimus 389. dormivi 394. calumnia 398. auris For English Page 20. for singer r. finger p. 22. l. 22. adde on rotten Hypocrites p. 30. for Natian Christian p. 50. for relish receive p. 58. 2. suus sanus p. 192. for heart body THE Non-such Professor IN His Meridian splendor OR The singular Actions OF Sanctified Christians MATTH 5. 47. What do ye more then others IN a mountain the Law was propounded to Moses in a mountain the Law is expounded by Jesus the one to a man of God who was the meekest the other by the Son of God who was the greatest The former to a Prophet of the Lord the latter by the Lord of the Prophets As his works were miraculous so his words are mysterious But what 's light in the book without light in the heart Therefore as he opens the Scripture to our understandings so he opens our understandings to the Scripture The Scribes and Pharisees though they knew the letter of the Law yet they were ignorant of the spirit of it as the waves of the sea are discoverable when the wealth of the sea is invisible They never crackt the shell to taste the kernel nor unlockt the cabinet to find out the jewel They made a difference of the Tables as if one side had been of Gods writing and the other of the Devils scribbling They could not charge the Law with imperfections but Christ charges them with mis-interpretations They were better acquainted with the customs of nature then with the Canons of Scripture How shall the blind see when the Seers are blind yet their eyes are out which should put others in The Law requires holiness in our inner parts as well as in our outward acts It s like the Sun from the lustre of whose rayes the most secret closets are not hid Not only he that lyes with a woman but he that lusts after a woman is an Adulterer He whose heart is full of hating though his hand be free from striking is a Murderer Thus a law may be transgressed when it is observed as lightning melts the sword without hurting of the scabbard The lusts of men may be predominate when the lives of men are not inordinate as guests may be in the house when they look not out at the door The precepts of morality they order our conversations but the precepts of Divinity they order our cogitations The only way to have chrystal streams is to cast salt into the spring He that begins Religion where it should end will end Religion where it should be begun I have seen an end of all perfection but thy commandments are exceeding large Psal 119. 96. You may see an end of all perfection but of the Laws perfection there is no end to be seen you may sound the bottom of any deeps but of Gods deeps But as the Portal conducts to the Palace or as the Suburbs directs us to the City so the context will guide us to the text Vers 46. If ye love them that love you what reward have you do not the publicans the same they will shew kindness where kindness is shown as an eccho returneth the voyce it receiveth And shall publicans be as godly as the godly shall Eos ad altius quod dam foecunditatis genus Ch●istus excitat attollit dum hujusmodi illis interrogationem proponit Quid eximiivos facitis fructus longè praestantissimos ab iis expectat qui longè eminentissimum doctorem doctrinam habuerunt c. Rous inter reg Dei Tract 1. cap. 10. p. 157 158. the sons of men equalize the sons of God or the Law of nature swell to so high a tide as the law of grace this were for the dribling river to vye with the drowning ocean If you salute your brethren only what do you more than others I shall not curiously carve out the words least by painting the windows I shut out the light The native comeliness of the Scripture scorns the unnatural drugs of bewitching Jezabels A rough Diamond is of greater value then a smooth counterfeit I am not about a peice of Oratory but of Divinity and my design is rather to express affections than to affect expressions Though the sweetness of the sawce may yeeld us contentment yet it s the soundness of the meat that affords us nourishment But that Aarons bells may ring and not jangle the Text is like a precious jewel small in quantity but great in excellency In the words you have two parts 1. An action propounded 2. A question proposed 1. An action propounded about what is lawful If you salute your brethren only 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 salutare quidem sig ni●i●at sed osculo complexu qui mos islarum gentium erat Bez. in It signifies to salute with kisses and embraces There is a kiss of obedience and subjection and that 's the Subjects kiss There is a kiss of lusts and temptation and that is the Harlots kiss There is a kiss of treachery and dissimulation and that is the Traytors kiss There is a kiss of love and affection and that 's the brothers kiss What one verse calls saluting the other calls loving Because salutation is but a pledge of affection it s but our hearts runing forth at our lips 2. A question propounded about what is needful What do you more then others 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 significat quid redundans vel quid superabundans Leigh ●rit sacr 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 quid impar 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ultra velquid excellens 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 supra ●reg Etym. par 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 what singular thing do ye 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as if it were 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Syms Lex This is as the well from whence I shall draw the water And that I may not raise a superstruction without a foundation take this as the corner stone Doct. That singular Christians must perform singular actions This celestial orbe is large enough for every star to shine in You cannot rationally imagine that I should sluce out a bitter stream from so sweet a spring Whosoever shall collect any pearls out of such a heap will leave as good behinde him as any

He that promises to cover the sincere souls infirmities threatens to disclose the Hypocrites impieties O remember Judas who purchased nothing by his deceitful dealing but a halter in which his body was hanged and a fire in which his soul was burned that 's the tenth 11. singular thing is to be more afflicted with the Churches heaviness then we are affected with our own happiness When we suffer not from the Enemies of Christ by persecution we should suffer with the friends of Christ by compassion wherefore the King said unto me Why is thy countenance sad seeing thou art not sick Nehemiah 2. 2. Sadness is the fruit of sickness What sad when the Kings cup bearer and wine so neare the third verse informes you the reason why should not my countenance be sad when the City the place of my Fathers Sepulchres lieth wast and the gates thereof are consumed with fire Let not Sions sons be rejoycing whilst their mothers mourning are not her breaches like the Sea and there 's none to heal them though you cannot make up her breaches yet let your hearts break for her breaches Have pitty upon me have Non oportet nos laetari in malis proximorum sed compati Stel. in Luc. 1● 3. pitty upon me O me my friends for the hand of God hath touched me Job 19. 21. It s observed of the Bees that if one be sick the other will lament Christianity strips no man of humanity some observe in Swine that there is a sympathy when one is killed the rest are troubled and shall that be lost amongst men which is found amongst Swine Will you see the Church bleed to death and never ask balm to cure her wounds how can such rejoyce in her standing that do not mourn for her falling Others what they do not feel by sence that they will not feel by Sympathy Nero could be playing when Rome was burning we may Suet. in vit Ner. Thus the killing of the infants was Spectaculum Herodi jucundum quia luctuosum Bap. Ferra. Orat. 5. draw up that charge against many persons Amos 6. 4 6. They lye upon beds of Ivory and stretch themselves upon their Couches and eat the Lambs out of the flock and the Calves out of the midst of the stall that drink wine in bowls and anoint themselves with the chief oyntments but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph They can weep for the● dying groanes of a child but not for the dying grones of a Church their love unto their relations transcends their love unto their Religion But he that hath a stock going in the Churches ship cannot but lament at every storme I should be jealous that thats but a silver eye in the head an Ivory tooth in the Mouth a Wooden Leg in the body that is unsensible of its sorrows I will know that the Churches Enimies though they may be Waves to toss her yet they shal never be rocks to split her It s only such fabricks as are bottomed upon the sands that are overturned by the wind he that is a well of water within her to keep her from fainting is a wall of fire about her to keep her from hurting Though he may scoure his plate and his Jewels yer ye will throw such wispes on the dunghills yet Enemies will be found pushing as far as their short hornes are reaching Sion like a bottle may be dipt in the water but she shall never be drownd in the water Many had rather see a Churches Expiration then see a Churches reformation they had rather view her as one thats nullified then view her as one that 's purified they care not how many Tares spring up amongst Gods Wheat When the Churches adversaries make long furrows upon her back we should cast in the seed of tears Saul Saul why persecutest thou me Thus the head cryes out in heaven whilst the Toe is trod upon on earth Jesus Christ though he hath altered his condition yet he hath not altered his affection Death took away his life for us but it did not take away his love from us he that loves to see the face of his Church beautiful eare long will wipe away those bloody teares that run trickling down her cheeks the prise of her redemption is already paid and the Lords will not require that debt again Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem and cry unto her that her warfare is accomplished that her iniquity is pardoned Isa 40. 2. When we see the Church pledgin her beloved in the cup of affliction we should drink to her in the cup of consolation a heavy burden is easile born by the assistance of many shoulders others they are like Galeo that care for none of those things Nay when they should be Sympat hisers with them in their miserie Temerarium judicium est quod ex levi conjecturâ levibusque signis colligitur Stapl. in Dom. 1. post Pent. they are Censurers of them for their misery they judge the golds not good because it s tryed and the grounds is naught because it s plowed It s dangerous smitting them with our tongues whom God hath smitten with his hands Christ himself because he suffered for transgressors was therefore numbred with transgressors What 's this but to give the sharpest Vinegar where we should give the sweetest wine Pour out thine indignation upon them and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them Psal 69. 24. But what 's their sin 26. verse for they persecute them whom thou hast smitten and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded Sympathy is a debt which we owe to sufferer and creature comforts will fit those seasons no better then a Silver lace would do a Mourning sute a particular loss it s but like the putting of out a candle which brings darkness to a room but a general loss is like the Eclipsing of the Sun which overshadows the whole Hemisphear Pliny tels us of two Goats meeting together on a narrow bridge when the one could not get forward nor the other go backwards the one lay down that the other might go over him How much of men were there in these beasts but how much of beasts are there in some men It s better to be in the humble posture of a mourner then in the proud gesture of a scorner Have mercy upon me O Lord thou Son of David my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil Mat. 15. 22. The childs malady was the parents misery the tortures of the daughter was the torment of the mother as if the one had been possessed till the other was dispossessed The righteous When Alexanders Army was ready to perish with thirst he himself refufed water that was proffered to him with this Heroick Ipeech Nec solus bibere sustineo nec tam ex iguum dividere omnibus possum Quin. Curt. l. ● Sect 5. perish and no man lays it to heart Isa 57. 1. Sympathy with others makes an estate