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Five sermons preached upon sundry especial occasions Viz. 1 The sinners mourning habitFiue sermons preached vpon sundry especiall occasions Viz. 1 The sinners mourning habit
Five sermons preached upon sundry especial occasions Viz. 1 The sinners mourning habit: in Whitehall, March 29. being the first Tuesday after the departure of King James into blessedness. 2 A visitation sermon: in Christs Church, at the triennial visitation of the right reverend father in God the lord bishop of London. 3 The holy choice: in the chapel by Guildhall, at the solemn election of the right honourable the lord major of London. 4 The barren tree: at Pauls-Cross, Octob. 26. 5 The temple: at Pauls-Cross. August 5. By Tho: Adams.Fiue sermons preached vpon sundry especiall occasions Viz. 1 The sinners mourning habit: in Whitehall, March 29. being the first Tuesday after the departure of King Iames into blessednesse. 2 A visitation sermon: in Christs Church, at the trienniall visitation of the right reuerend father in God the lord bishop of London. 3 The holy choice: in the chappell by Guildhall, at the solemne election of the right honorable the lord maior of London. 4 The barren tree: at Pauls-Crosse, Octob. 26. 5 The temple: at Pauls-Crosse. August 5. By Tho: Adams.
London: printed by Aug. Matthewes and John Norton for John Grismand, 1626London: printed by Aug. Matthewes and John Norton for Iohn Grismand, 1626
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None? Every Tree is known by the fruits, it §5is Christs everlasting rule. Howsoever the tree lives by the sap, and not by the fruits: yet it is known to live by the fruits, and not by the sap; for this is hidden. The just man lives by his faith, not by his works: but he is ⟨p. 36⟩known to live by his works, not by his invisible faith. Neither doth the fruit make good the tree, but the tree makes good the fruit. Opera bona non faciunt just•m, Justus facit bona opera. Good works make not a man righteous, but the righteous man doth good works. Our persons are justified before our actions; as of necessity the tree must be good, before it can bear good fruit. But how shall that tree be discerned, that hath no fruit? I find none.
None? Euery Tree is knowne by the fruits, it §5is Christs euerlasting rule. Howsoeuer the tree liues by the sappe, and not by the fruits: yet it is knowne to liue by the fruits, and not by the sappe; for this is hidden. The iust man liues by his faith, not by his workes: but he is ⟨p. 36⟩knowne to liue by his works, not by his inuisible faith. Neither doth the fruit make good the tree, but the tree makes good the fruit. Opera bona non faciunt iust•m, Iustus facit bona opera. Good works make not a man righteous, but the righteous man doth good works. Our persons are iustified before our actions; as of necessitie the tree must be good, before it can beare good fruit. But how shall that tree be discerned, that hath no fruit? I finde none.
None? Why this to us? Why such a Text in such a time? We abound with fruits: which way can you look, and not have your eye full of our works? They before, in such places, have successively commended our fruits. Be it so: yet Euripides being questioned why he always made women bad in his Plays, whereas Sophocles ever made them good, in his: answered, Sophocles makes them such as they ought to be, but I make them such as indeed they are. Their former commendation have told us what we should be; but this Emblem, I fear, tells us truly what we are. Not all of us; God forbid: here is but one Fig-tree in a whole Vineyard thus taxed, and far be it from us to tax a whole Vineyard for one barren Fig-tree.