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Certain sermons, first preached, and after published at several times, by M. Thomas Gataker…Certaine sermons, first preached, and after published at severall times, by M. Thomas Gataker…
Certain sermons, first preached, and after published at several times, by M. Thomas Gataker B. of D. and pastor at Rotherhith. And now gathered together into one volume: the several texts and titles whereof are set down in the leaf followingCertaine sermons, first preached, and after published at severall times, by M. Thomas Gataker B. of D. and pastor at Rotherhith. And now gathered together into one volume: the severall texts and titles whereof are set downe in the leafe following
London: printed by John Haviland and Anne Griffin, 1637London: printed by Iohn Haviland and Anne Griffin, 1637
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It is a pithy speech, indeed, that Bernard hath, and in his sense not unsound. Speaking of those words of the Prophet,† The Lord is good to him that trusteth on him, and to the soul that seeketh him; fIf God be so good, saith he, to him that seeketh him, what will he be to him when he findeth him? But a strange matter it is; That no man can seek God before he have found him; nor can a man line seeking of him, when he hath once found him. God will be sought, that he may be found of us; and he will be found, that he may further be sought of us. Men cannot seek him, saith he, until they have found him: and certain it is that they have not yet found him, that never sought him, or that do not still constantly andg continually seek him.
It is a pithie speech, indeed, that Bernard hath, and in his sense not unsound. Speaking of those words of the Prophet,† The Lord is good to him that trusteth on him, and to the soule that seeketh him; fIf God be so good, saith he, to him that seeketh him, what will he be to him when he findeth him? But a strange matter it is; That no man can seeke God before he have found him; nor can a man linne seeking of him, when he hath once found him. God will be sought, that he may be found of us; and he will be found, that he may further be sought of us. Men cannot seeke him, saith hee, untill they have found him: and certaine it is that they have not yet found him, that never sought him, or that doe not still constantly andg continually seeke him.
- †Lament. 3.25.
- fSi tam bonus quaerenti, quid invenienti? (Quomodo idem in Cant. Si tam bonus sequentibus, quid consequentibus?) Sed in hoc mirum est, quòd nemo te quarere valet nisi qui prius invenerit. Vis quaeri ut inveneriaris: vis inveniri ut amplius quararis. Bern. de dilig. Deo, cap. 3.