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A02367	The sacrifice of thankefulnesse A sermon preached at Pauls Crosse, the third of December, being the first Aduentuall Sunday, anno 1615. By Tho. Adams. Whereunto are annexed fiue other of his sermons preached in London, and else-where; neuer before printed. ...	Adams, Thomas, fl. 1612-1653.	1616 (1616)	STC 125; ESTC S100425	109,673	188

Goodnesse that he is willing to saue vs. Were hee neuer so Great if not Good to vs wee had litle helpe Were hee neuer so Good if not Great and of abilitie to succour vs wee had lesse comfort Hee would stand vs in small stead if either his Will or his Power was defectiue if either hee could not or would not saue vs. His Goodnesse without his Greatnesse might fayle vs His Greatnesse without his Goodnesse would terrifie vs. It is a happy concurrence when Mercie and Truth meet togeather when Righteousnesse and Peace kisse each other So sweetly singes the Psalmist Graciou● is the Lord and righteous yea our God is mercifull Wherevpon S. Ambros. Bis misericordiam posuit semel iustitiam He is once sayd to be Righteous but twice in one verse to be Gratious It is sweete when both are conioyned as in the first and last verse of this Psalme O giue thaenkes to the Lord for hee is good for his Mercie endureth for euer The Lord is Good though Great yet also Good and his Mercie so well as his Iustice endures for euer Man hath no such assurance of comfort in God as to meditate that his great Power and good Will his Glory and Grace his Maiestie and Mercie met togeather These be Gods two Daughters Iustice and Mercie Let vs honour them both but let vs kisse and imbrace Mercie But alas wee haue dealt vnkindly with them both God hath two Daughters and we haue rauished them There is a Storie of a man that meeting in a Desart with two Virgin-sisters hee did rauish both of them Afterwards on his apprehension the former desired that he might iustly die for it The other did intreat as earnestly that he might liue and that she might enioy him for her Husband Man is that rauisher and those two Virgins are the Iustice and Mercie of God Against his Iustice we haue sinned and prouoked his indignation to strike vs yea euen his Mercie we haue abused For her sake we haue been spared and a longer day of repentance giuen vs yet we haue despised the riches of this Mercie and presuming on Mercie haue dared to multiply our transgressions Iustice pleades to God that we should die vrgeth his Law Who so euer sinneth shall die And Death is the wages of sinne Mercie intreats beseecheth that wee may liue and produceth the Gospell Who so euer repents shall be pardoned Who so euer beleeues shall be saued And for further assurance brings foorth that blessed Pardon sealed in the Wounds and Blood of Iesus Christ. God hearkens to Mercie for his Sonnes sake though wee haue rauished and wronged his Mercie yet for Mercies sake we shall be forgiuen But then we must be marryed to Mercie marryed in our Fayth beleeuing on Christ marryed in our good life being merci●ull vnto men The Blessing WEe see the Author let vs looke on his Blessing● Light Hee hath-s●●wed vs Light Wee are come into the Light and therefore haue light enough of an ample Discourse But my purpose is onely to shew you this Light as the word is in my Text not to dwell on it though I pray that all you and my selfe may for euer dwell in it LIGHT SVch as the Giuer is such is the Gift 1. Ioh. ● God is Light and in him is no Darknesse at all And S. Iames cals him the Father of Light God is So Glorious a Light that as the Sunne dazeleth the eyes too stedfastly fixed on it so his incomprehensible Maiestie confounds all those that too curiously pry into it So Cleare a Light that hee sees into all corners The eyes of God are in euery place beholding the euill and the good Hee searcheth more narrowly then the beames of the Sunne Hee sees Briberie in the Office Adulterie in the Closs●t Fraude in the Shoppe though the Pent-house makes it as darke as a roome in Bedlam So Good a Light that in him is no darknesse not so much as a shadow There is none in him there comes none from him Indeed hee made outward Darknesse of Hell the wages of sinne But he neuer made the inward Darknesse of the Soule which is sinne So Constant a Light that though the Sunne be variable in his Course somtimes shining bright often Clouded yet God is without change as the Moone without Eclipsing as the Sunne without Setting as the Starres So Spreading a Light that he communicates it to vs. This is the true Light which Lighteth euery one that commeth into the world Without whom we should haue beene wrapped in an eternall miserable Darkenesse but that he sent one To giue Light to them that sate in Darkenesse and in the shadow of Death to guide their feete into the way of Peace And this is the Light which he here sheweth vs. By the consent of all Expositors in this Psalme is Typed the comming of Christ and his kingdome of the Gospell This is manifested by an Exaltation by an Exultation by a Petition by a Benediction The Exaltation Ver. 22. The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the Corner The Iewes refused this Stone but God hath Built his Church vpon it The Exultation Ver. 24. This is the day which the Lord hath made wee will reioyce and be glad in it A more blessed Day then that Day was wherein hee made man when he had done making the world Reioyce we and be glad in it The Petition Ver. 25. Saue now I beseech thee O Lord O Lord I beseech thee send now Prosperytie Thy Iustice would not suffer thee to saue without the Messias he is come Saue Now O Lord I beseech thee Our Sauiour is come let mercie and saluation come along with him The Benediction makes all cleare ver 25. Blessed be hee that commeth in the name of the Lord. For what Dauid here prophecied the people after accomplished Math. 21. Blessed is he that commeth in the name of the Lord. The Corollary or Summe is in my Text. ver 27. God is the Lord that hath shewed vs light bind the Sacrifice with Cordes to the Hornes of the Altar It was truly sayd Lex est Lux the Law is Light But vnable to light vs to Heauen not through it owne but our deficiencie Hereon it did not saue but condemne vs. Lex non damnans est ficta et picta Lex That Law that doth not condemne vs is a faigned and painted Law The Apostle calles it the Ministration of death Let then the lesse Light giue place to the greater Legalia fuerunt ante passionem Domini vina Statim post passionem mortua hodie sepulta The Legall rites were before the Passion of Christ aliue straight after his Passion dead now buried Or as another The Ceremonies of the Law were in their prime Mortales in Christes age Mortuae in our time Mortiferae They were at first Dying in our Sauiours time Dead in ours Deadly The Law was giuen by Moses

but Grace and Truth came by Iesus Christ. We haue now found out the Light and blessed be God aboue these fiftie yeares we haue found it That if any should say as Philip to Christ. Ioh. 14. Lord shew vs the Father and it sufficeth vs. To whom Iesus answers Haue I been so long with you and yet hast thou not knowne mee Philip hee that hath seene mee hath seen the Father So if any should say Shew vs the Light and it sufficeth vs. I answere Hast thou been so long in the Light and hast thou not knowne it Art thou one of that Country that Appollonius writes of that can see nothing in the day but all in the night Hath the Light made thee blind If no other the vicissitude of this Exercise Shewes that the Light is among vs. I should tris●le time to prooue by arguments to the care a thing so visible to the eye and waste the Light of the day to demonstrate the euidence of this Light being amongst vs. Meditation and Wonder better become this subiect then discourse It is the Blessing of Gods Right hand Prou. 3. Length of dayes is in her Right hand and in her Left hand Riches and Honour sayth Salomon of Wisedome he meant it of Christ. This Light shall procure to a man blessed eternitie All those blessings of the Left hand as Riches and Honour are frayle and mortall Nothing lastes long in this World except a sute at Law But this Light if our selues fault not shall out-shine for countenance and out-last for continuance the Sunne in the Firmament Therefore our Psalmographer ver 15. hauing shewed that The voyce of reioycing and saluation is in the Tabernacles of the righteous hee addes The Right hand of the Lord hath done valiantly yea he doubles and trebbles it The Right hand of the Lord is exalted the right hand of the Lord hath done valiantly This is the God of Lights That had the seuen Starres in his Right hand This Light must enlighten vs to some dueties 1. Reioyce in this Light ver 24. This is the Light-day that the Lord hath made let vs Reioyce and be glad in it Not for a spurt as the Stony ground Math. 13. that with Ioy receiues the Sermon but goes home as stony-hearted as Iudas after the Soppe Nor as the Iewes to whom Iohn Baptist was a burning and a shining Lampe and they for a season reioyced in his light But afterwards neuer rested till they had eclipsed the Sunne on the Crosse and slaine his Morning-starre in the Prison Nor as Children that come abroad to play in the Sunshine and make no more account of it Nor as a people that neuer saw the Sunne steppe out of their doores to gaze vpon it and then turne their backes on it But Reioyce with a solid ioy as they whom God hath brought out of darknesse into his marueylous light 2. Walke worthy of this Light This was St. Pauls request to his Ephesians that they would Walke worthy of the vocation wherewith they are called The Night is past the Light is come let vs therefore cast off the workes of darknesse and put on the armour of Light Be children of the Light As the Light shines on thee let it shine in thee Thou hast small comfort to be in the Light vnlesse the Light be in thee Saith the Prophet to the Church Arise shine for thy light commeth and the glory of the Lord is risen vpon th●e As God hath shewed his Light to you So let your Light shine before men that they may see your good workes and gloryfie your Father which is in Heauen There are some that boast their Communion with God against S Iohn reasons Anatura Dei God is Light if we say we haue fellowship with him and walke in darknesse we lye doe not the truth St. Pauls argument is of the same fashion what Communion hath Light with darknesse The holy writte calls all sinnes Opera tencbrarum the workes of darknesse Because 1. They are perpetrated against God who is the Father of Lights Iam. 1. 17. 2. They are suggested by the Deuill who is the Prince of darknesse Eph. 6. 12. 3. They are most vsually committed in the da●ke Male agens odit Lucem They that sleepe sleepe in the night and they that be Drunken be Drunken in the night 1. Thess 5. 7. 4. They are the effects of blindnesse of minde and Ignorance is a greeuous inward Darknesse Their fool sh heart was Darkned and hence issued those deadly sinnes Rom. 1. 21. 5. Their reward shall be vtter Darknesse Cast that vnprofitable seruant into vtter Darknesse Mat. 25. 30. And Iud Ver. 13. To them is reserued the blacknesse of darknesse for euer If then God hath shewed thee Light shew not thou the deeds of Darknesse but walke honestly as in the day Rom. 13. 13. 3 Take heed of sore eyes Pleasures lusts and vanities make the eyes sore that are dotingly fastned on them The Vsurer with telling his Gold the haughti● with contemplating his greatnesse the Drunkard with looking at the Wine laughing in the Cup the lustfull with Gazing on his Painted damnations make their eyes so sore that they cannot looke vp and behold this Light 4. Take benefite of this Light whiles it shines It may be clouded as it was in the dayes of Poperie Either this Light may be set to thee or thou be set to it That to thee by Remouing the Candlesticke thou to that by the hand of Death which shall send thee to the Land of forgetfull Darknesse Our Sauiour taught vs this not onely in precept but in practise I must worke the work of him that sent me whiles it is day for the night commeth wherein no man can worke Let vs not doe like some Courtiers that hauing Light allowed them Play it out at Cardes and goe to Bed darkling 5 Lastly helpe to maintaine this Light that it goe not out If you would haue the Lampes of the Sanctuary shine powre in your Oyle Grudge not a litle cost to keeke this Light cleare The Papists haue their Candlemasse they bestow great cost in Lights about a Seruice of Darkenesse Repine not you then at a litle Charges for the euerlasting Lampe of the Gospell Some of you I beare you witnesse doe not Grudge it Goe on and prosper and whiles you make the Church happy make your selues so Wherewith I must now steppe from Heauen to Earth I passe from the For what to the With what God is to be praysed He hath shewed you his Light shew him yours He hath giuen vs an inestimable blessing what shall we returne him What Bind the Sacrifice with Cordes euen to the Hornes of the Alter This is mans Thankfulnesse for Gods Bountifulnesse We will first cast ouer the particulars and then summe them 1. Here is Sacrifice to be offered 2. This Sacrifice must be bound Bind the Sacrifice 3. This Sacrifice must be bound

receauers in the place of the Giuer and worship our selues This is a Sacrilegious theft The stealing of temporall goodes may be requited with restitution but the purloyning of Gods glory can neuer be answered These are subtle Theeues for though Heauen be sure and secure enough from violent robbers yet these by a wylie insidiation enter into it and robbe God of his Honour Other Theeues steale for necessitie and but from their equals men These filch from God his holy right and that out of a scornefull pride It would heere be examined whether England hath any ground in it guilty of this barren Ingratitude If I should fall to discoursing the fauours of GOD rained in such plentifull showers vpon vs our peace plentie tranquilitie and all those giftes of his Left hand togeather with that grace of his Right which blesseth all the rest and without which they were but a Summer without a Spring full of heate but infertile the Gospell you would say Satis haec wee haue heard this often enough Ad nauseam vsque A Sermon of such repetition is but like a sute of the old make Your curious eares are too fine for such recognitions You thinke wee neuer speake of these things but for want of other matter The wonders which God wrought in Egipt by Mose● in Canaan by Iosuah were commanded to be proclaimed to all succeeding generations How many Psalmes did this sweet Singer of Israel compose of this subiect How many excellent Sermons did the Prophets preach when they had no other ground or Text but those principles 〈◊〉 did the people sling away from before the Pulpits with Wee haue heard these thinges often enough they are tedious Gods mercies to vs shall vie waight and number with theirs We are if not their paralell yet their second in the fauours of Heauen God hath hedged vs in with his prouidence and compassed vs about with songs of deliuerance We are the Plant of his owne hand he continually waters vs with the sauing shewers of his Gospell Wee need not trauell to our neighbours Cisterns euery man hath his owne Well and such a Wel as yeelds the Water of life if we would bring Buckets with vs Eares of attention and Hearts of retention to draw it out withall What Nation so farre as the World is Christned hath so many learned Diuines Neither is this Learning like a Coale burning to themselues but a bright Lampe shining to vs Euen those reuerend Fathers that sit at the Sterne of the Church and charge their mindes with her greatest troubles are yet continually preaching to some particular Congregation It cannot be denied but the Lord hath shewed vs Light Now where be the Fruites that he must looke for I dare scarcely enter into this search as the Elephant refuseth to drinke in a cleare Water least he should see his owne deformitie I feare to finde the respondencie of the deedes of Darkenesse I know God hath his number amongst vs I hope it is not small God euery day increase it to his glory and the Churches comfort Let mee haue freedome to speake generally Beloued our liues shame vs. If men and Angels should hold their peace our owne open and manifest iniquities will proclaime vs vnthankefull Fraude in our houses Drunkennesse in our streetes Oppression in our feelds Adulterie in corners Iniustice on seates Impietie in our Temples Rapine vpon our Temples deuastation of our Temples at least of the meanes that God hath giuen them These these are the fruites too many of vs returne for Gods mercies Thus thus doe wee adorne the Gospell The greatnesse of Gods kindnesse to vs we striue to match with our vnkindnesse to God He that in his owne person stood for our defence and bore the heate and burden of the day for vs hath this requital● to haue his cause put off to others Wee dare not stand for his glory Could we else brooke his holy dayes profaned holy name abused holy Church despised his ●e●●ants impouerished if we were as kind to him as he is to vs Whereas euery man hath a Charge for Gods glory we put it off from one to another The poore man to the Rich and sayes he should looke to these disorders the Rich man to the Minister the Minister after a hearty dehortation to the Magistrate But still wickednesse holds vp the head and the heate of rebellion is not qualyfied It is storyed of a Certaine King that fighting a desperate Battaile for the recouerie of his Daughter iniuriously stolne from him found ill successe and the day vtterly against him Till by the faythfull vallour of a strange Prince disguised in the habit of a meane Souldiers that pittied his losse and bore loue to his Daugter he recouered both her and victorie The Prince interposing himselfe to hazard of death many wounds for the others redemption Not long after this Prince receiued some wrong concerning his Honour which he deseruedly prized He made his complaint to the King and besought him to giue a just censure of his cause The forgetfull King put him ouer to a Iudge The Prince replyes O King when thou wast lost I endangered my selfe for thy rescue I did not bid another saue thee but I saued thee my self Loe the skarres of those wounds I bore to free thee and thy state from ineuitable ruine And now my sute is before thee dost thou shuffle me off to another Such was our case Sathan had stolne our deare daughter our soule in vaine we labourd a recouerie principalyties and Powers were against vs weakenesse and wretchednesse on our sides Christ the Sunne of God tooke pittie on vs and though hee were an eternall Prince of Peace disguised himselfe in the habite of a common Souldier Induens formam serui putting on him the likenesse of a Seruant vndertooke this Warre against our two strong enemies set himselfe betwixt vs and death bore those woundes which should haue lighted on vs. By no Angell nor Saint by no Gold or precious Minerals did hee redeeme vs but by his owne grieuous sufferings Now his Glory is in question his Name his Honour is abused deare to him as his owne Maiestie Wee stand by and behold it hee appeales to our censure remembers vs of the Wounds Passions Sorrowes hee endured for vs Wee put him off from one to another and let the cause of him that saued vs fall to a losse Who shall plead for our Ingratitude Heauen and earth Sunne and Starres Orbes and Elements Angels and Deuills will cry shame vpon vs. If we aske now as the Wicked will at the latter day Lord When saw wee thee hungry and did not feed thee When naked and did not cloth thee When was thy cause before vs which wee defended not I answere any day euery day When wee heare Swearers wound and teare his holy Name in peeces when wee see Idolaters giue his Honour to Carued or painted Blockes When Ruffians speake contemptibly of his holy rites when his