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A10394	Saint Pauls triumph, or cygnea illa & dulcissima cantio that swan-like and most sweet song, of that learned and faithfull seruant of God, Mr. Iohn Randall, bachelor of diuinitie: vttered by him (in an eleauen sermons, vpon the eight chapter of St. Pavl his epistle to the Romans, vers. 38.39.) lately before his death, in the time of his great and heauy affliction, and vpon the Communion-dayes, either altogether, or for the most part. And now published for the glory of God, the edification of his church and people, and the hononrable [sic] memoriall of the author, by William Holbrooke, preacher of the word of God.	Randall, John, 1570-1622.; Holbrooke, William.	1623 (1623)	STC 20678; ESTC S102568	146,192	249

new 2 Cor. 5.17 If any man haue beene a Drunkard let him now learne to liue soberly If any man haue beene a Sabboath breaker or a swearer or a lewd liuer now that he is in Christ he must be a new Creature Away with all thy olde sinnes and see that all be new within thee Decke thy selfe with all spirituall graces Faith and Repentance and Loue c. keepe them alwayes in exercise that so thou maist be alwaies gracious in Gods eyes euer hauing your Lamps burning thus we shall walke worthy of this blessed Communion Vse 2 Foure things to be practised for the increase of this Communion Secondly this teacheth vs to maintaine this Communion and to encrease it in our selues and grow vp in it First by Prayer Psal 86.11 Knit or vnite my heart vnto thee saith the Prophet or make my heart one with thee and Iohn 17.20 Our Sauiour prayes for his Disciples that they might haue this Communion Now Dauid and the Disciples had this Communion before but yet they pray for the increase of it and if we aske we shall receiue Secondly wee must seeke to maintaine and increase this Communion by the Ministery of the Word 1 Pet. 2.2.3 Hast thou tasted how bountifull the Lord hath beene to thee in working this blessed Communion betwixt him and thee by his Word then labour to bee further confirmed in it by that Word Thirdly the Sacraments are forcible meanes to maintaine this Communion especially the Lords Supper for there God admits vs to his owne Table feedes vs with the pretious Body and Blood of his owne Sonne What Communion can be greater then this Besides heere in this Sacrament the meanes of this our Communion the Body and Bloud of Christ are tendred sensibly vnto vs to our our hands and to our mouthes Then as the hand takes hold and the mouth receiues the outward Elements so let the heart take hold on Christ crucified for our further Communion with him wee neuer sauingly meditate on Christ but we eate Christ but when we come to the Lords Supper there we doe more sensibly feede vpon him We haue the Signes the Bread and Wine and the Ministers speciall Application This is my Body which was broken for thee my bloud which was shed for thee c. this is a great helpe to vs And whosoeuer receiues this Sacrament beleeuingly as the Minister giues him the Bread and Wine so God conuaies Christ into his heart by his Spirit Lastly euery of vs that comes to this Sacrament must renew his Couenant with God and binde himselfe to be a truer seruant to God then euer before else he can haue no Communion with Christ in this Sacrament Fourthly that wee may maintaine and grow vp in this happy Communion wee must make much of the smallest portion thereof the least relish of Gods fauour the least motions of this Spirit the least degree of Sanctification the least measure of true grace make much of that little thou hast and vse it well and be sure thou shalt haue more Math. 23.21.23 the Seruant that doth imploy his little well shall be made Ruler ouer much Vse 3 The third Vse is to teach vs Thankefulnesse We must acknowledge admire and be rauished with the thought of the infinite goodnesse of God in assuming thee and ioyning thee to himselfe This our blessed Communion in Christ is infinitely more then if the greatest Potentate of the earth should take the meanest man that is to be his Fauourite or the basest woman that is to be his Spouse for here the great God of heauen and earth the King of Kings makes vs his Fauourites and his Spouse his owne associates both in grace and glory Let vs therefore consider this aright and poure forth our soules in thankefulnesse to God for this infinite mercy To prouoke vs the more to thankefulnesse let vs solace our selues in this Garden of Eden for this is the Paradice of God Let vs behold and admire the particular passages betwixt God and vs in this blessed Communion God knowes vs and we know God he walkes and talkes with vs and we with him he couenants with vs and we with him Hosea 2.23 he loues and honours vs and we loue and honour him he liues and dwels and delights in vs and we liue and dwell and delight in him In admiration of this great mercy of God let euery one of vs breake forth and say Oh glorious God how infinitely good art thou to my poore Soule Oh my poore Soule how infinitely thankefull oughtest thou to be to thy glorious God! The last Vse is for Comfort and for singular consolation Vse 4 to all true beleeuers It is a great comfort to vs that God is with vs and wee with him But that God should be in vs and we in God that he should be one with vs and wee one with him this is the comfort of all comforts For being thus with vs then if afflictions temptations persecutions death men or Diuels can preuaile against God and Christ then may they preuaile against vs But if God and Christ be stronger then all the aduersary powers that are or can be against vs then surely they shall neuer preuaile against vs that are one with God in Christ Iesus FINIS THE SECOND SERMON Vpon ROMANS 8. two last Verses For I am perswaded or I am sure that neither Death nor life c. I Haue shewed the Dependance and Connexion of those words with the former from the 35. Verse Also I haue shewed you that they containe two parts First the Apostles Resolution neither Death nor life nor Angels c. should separate him c. Secondly his Protestation I am perswaded or I am sure of it I also opened the meaning of the words as you may remember which I will not now stand to repeate onely remember that I cast this Scripture into this mould and shewed you that it spent it selfe into these particulars First that which the Apostle implyes namely that there is a Coniunction betwixt God and true Beleeuers implyed in the word separate Secondly the Bond of this Communion and that is the loue of God Thirdly the Apostle shewes the ground both of this Bond and of this Communion and that is Iesus Christ Fourthly hee declares that there is a neere Interest betwixt Christ and the Faithfull our Lord. Fiftly he auoucheth the safety of Gods children in the middest of all dangers nothing shall separate them c. and inlargeth it in many particulars neither death nor life Sixtly hee protests the confidence he hath concerning this his safety I am perswaded or I am sure Lastly he beares himself boldly vpon this assurance that neither any thing that hath or shall befall him shall seperate him from the loue of God We haue begun with the first particular the matter of Implication and the point was this namely That all true Beleeuers are ioyned to God in Christ and haue a holy and spirituall and gracious

to Christ extends it selfe to all men and Angels All the loue they finde of God it is in his beloued Sonne Christ Iesus Iohn 17.23 and 26. verses In the 23. our Sauiour saith Thou hast loued them as thou hast loued me speaking of the faithfull Heere wee see that the loue of God to Christ is the sample or patterne of that loue which he beares to vs Now is not the sampler or patterne the ground of that draught which is drawne by it then the loue of God to Christ must needes be the ground of his loue to vs In the 26. verse That the loue where with thou hast loued me may be in them With the same loue wherewith God hath loued Christ he loues vs Here he speakes more directly to the point then before in the 23. verse there was but a likenesse thou louest them as thou louest me Here is a samenesse or onenesse of each The same loue wherewith thou hast loued me may be in them It is not two sorts of loue or two seuerall loues that God beares to Christ and to vs but as God is most simple and but one so is his loue the same hee beares to Christ the same he beares to vs rooted and grounded in Christ and in and through him extended and communicated to vs 2 Cor. 5.19 God was in Christ reconciling the world to himselfe Here the Apostle speakes of the wonderfull loue of God to the true beleeuing world in Christ and hee comprehends all this loue of God in these words God reconciled vs to himselfe in Christ and withall shewes the manner how he hath reconciled vs to himselfe by not imputing our sinnes vnto vs. Here must needes be infinite loue and mercy in God to forgiue so many thousand sinners as there are beleeuers and so many thousand sinnes as euery beleeuer is guilty of from the beginning to the end of the world Here is infinite loue And what is the ground of all this that the Lord doth vouchsafe all this loue and mercy to beleeuers why it is altogether in Christ and this the Apostle sets out most significantly in the first words God was in Christ personally there was the seat of his loue and in Christ he loued vs and in him he reconciled vs to himselfe not imputing our sinnes vnto vs so that all Gods loue which he beares to vs is in Christ Iesus Ephesians 1. verse 6. To the praise of the glory of his grace wherewith hee hath made vs freely accepted in his beloued The Lord is very gracious vnto his children he takes vs into his fauour and sets his loue vpon vs vouchsafeth many kindnesses vnto vs and this is a glorious grace that hee vouchsafeth vs the glory of his grace God magnifies and glorifies his grace exceedingly on vs In what In that he doth accept vs saith the Apostle It is a glorious and an admirable grace that the Lord God being so great so holy and so glorious as he is should yet freely accept vs such poore sinfull and base creatures as wee are But what is the rule or ground of this of all this glorious grace It is Christ Iesus it is in his beloued saith the Apostle for so it followes in his Beloued that is in Christ Iesus Hee is the beloued Sonne of God So that wee see from proofes out of the Scripture that the point is cleere that all the loue grace and acceptance that euer God shewes to true Bele●uers it is in Christ Iesus it is rooted and grounded and founded in the beloued Sonne of God Christ Iesus The Reasons are drawne from the Scripture too Reasons and they are of two sorts some from our selues and our owne estate others from Christ First from our selues our Nature being corrupted God cannot loue this Nature of ours except he finde it in such a person that is free and pure from this corruption and that is Christ Iesus alone and therefore in him alone God loues vs Our Nature is corrupted with sinne Rom. 3.23 All haue sinned and are depriued of the glory of God And God cannot loue but hate sinne and corruption Psal 5.4.5 Thou hatest all them that worke iniquitie thou shalt destroy them that speake lies God hates not onely the worke but the workers of iniquity Wee are so farre from being beloued of God that wee are hatefull to him of our selues and therefore God cannot loue our Nature except he finde it in such a person as is free from sinne and that is Christ alone He tooke our nature vpon him Iohn 1.14 The word was made flesh and he alone was free and pure from sin Isa 53.9 He had done no wickednesse neither was there any deceit in his mouth And therefore in him alone GOD loues vs. Reason 2 The second Reason is from Christ himselfe and that in many respects Take him any way in his Nature person office workes doings sufferings Christ Iesus yeelds vs not onely a cause but an euident demonstration thereof I will giue you some taste hereof For to speake of all is infinite and impossible First consider Christ in his relation to God and so he his the Sonne of God the onely begotten Sonne of God Iohn 1.14 Therefore he is the seate of Gods loue It is so betwixt the Earthly Father and his onely Sonne but if it should faile in man yet it cannot faile in God for Christ is called the Sonne of Gods loue Col. 1.13 Therefore hee is the very loue of his Father Therefore all they that are beloued of God are beloued in him or else they are not beloued Secondly consider him in relation to vs He is our head we his body Col. 1.18 and is not the sense and motion of naturall life originally seated in the head and deriued from the head to all the parts of the Body and so it is betwixt Christ and vs in the sense and motion of Gods loue in our spirituall life He is our head and all our spirituall life is in him and comes from him He is the Vine and we are the branches Iohn 15.5 and what iuyce or nourishment soeuer is in the branches for naturall growth it is first in the stocke or roote so it is betwixt Christ and vs what iuyce soeuer we haue to grow in Grace it is from this stocke euen from Christ himselfe Hee is the foundation we the building 1 Cor. 3.9.11 And doth not the whole frame waight and cost of the building rest on the foundation so the whole frame of Gods Church and that grace and worth of euery beleeuing member it rests wholly on Christ the foundation Thirdly consider Christ in the Common relation he beares to God and vs and so he is our mediator and that not onely to God for vs but from God to vs 1 Tim. 2.4 A mediator generally receiues of the one party and conueyes it to the other and so Christ receiues the loue of God and conueyes it to vs But this may be where the parties