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CERTAINE 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 IOHN HAVILAND and ANNE GRIFFIN. 1637.
TITLES AND TEXTS.
PART I.
Davids Inſtructer.
PSAL. 34. verſ. 11. Come, Children, hearken unto me, I will teach you the feare of the Lord. Pag. 1
The Chriſtian Mans Care.
MATTH. chap. 6. ver. 33. Seeke firſt the kingdome of God, and his righteouſneſſe; and all theſe things ſhall be added unto you. Pag. 27
The Spirituall Watch: or, Chriſts generall Watch-word.
MARK. chap. 13. v. 37. What I ſay unto you, I ſay unto all, Watch. Pag. 61
True Contentment, in the Gaine of Godlineſſe, with Its Self-ſufficiencie.
1 TIMOTH. chap. 6. ver. 6. Godlineſſe is great gaine, with Self-ſufficiencie. Pag. 127
The Joy of the Juſt: with The Signes of ſuch.
PSALM. 97. verſ. 11. Light is ſowen for the righteous; and joy for the upright in heart. Pag. 175
Jacobs Thankfulneſſe to God, For Gods Goodneſſe to Jacob.
GENES. chap. 32. v. 10. I am not worthy of all thy mercies, and all thy truth, which thou haſt ſhewed unto thy ſervant: for with my ſtaffe came I over this Jordan; and now am I become two troopes. Pag. 257
Davids Remembrancer.
PSALM. 13. v. 1. How long, O Lord? wilt thou forget me for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face away from mee? Pag. 311
PART II.
Noaes Obedience; with, The Ground of it; or, His Faith, Feare and Care.
HEBR. chap. 11. verſ. 7. By Faith, Noa being warned by God of things as yet not ſeene, moved with Feare, prepared an Ark, for the ſaving of his houſhold. Pag. 1
Englands Delivery from the Spaniſh Invaſion.
PSALM. 48. v. 7. As with an Eaſt wind thou breakeſt the ſhips of Tarſis; ſo were they deſtroyed.
8. As wee have heard, ſo have wee ſeene, in the City of the Lord, in the City of our God: God will eſtabliſh it for ever. Selah. Pag. 29
A Spark towards the kindling of Sorrow for Sion.
AMOS chap. 6. v. 6. But they are not grieved for the affliction of Joſeph. Pag. 47
Gods Parley with Princes: with An Appeale from them to him.
PSALM. 82. v. 6. I have ſaid, Yee are Gods, and Sonnes of the moſt high, all of you.
7. But yee ſhall die like men, and fall as one of the Princes.
8. Ariſe, O God; judge thou the earth: for thou inheriteſt all Nations. Pag. 71
A Mariage Prayer.
GENES. chap. 24. v. 12. And he ſaid; O Lord God of my Maſter Abraham, I beſeech thee, ſend mee good ſpeed this day, and ſhew kindneſſe unto my Maſter Abraham.
13. Behold, I ſtand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the City come out to draw water.
14. Now let it come to paſſe, that the Damſell to whom I ſhall ſay, Let downe thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink, and ſhe ſhall ſay, Drinke you, and I will give thy Camels drink alſo; let the ſame be ſhe, that thou haſt appointed for thy ſervant Iſaak: and thereby ſhall I know, that thou ſheweſt kindneſſe to my Maſter. Pag. 119
A Good Wife, Gods Gift.
PROV. chap. 19. v. 14. Houſes and Riches are the Inheritance of the Fathers: but a prudent Wife is of the Lord. Pag. 135
A Wife in Deed.
PROV. chap. 18. v. 22. Hee that findeth a Wife, findeth Good; and obtaineth Favour of God. Pag. 147
Mariage Duties.
COLOS. chap. 3. v. 18. Wives, ſubmit your ſelves unto your Huſbands, as it is comely in the Lord.
19. Husbands, love your Wives, and be not bitter to them. Pag. 185
Pauls Deſire of Departure: and Deaths Advantage.
PHIL. c. 1. v. 23. Deſiring to depart, and to be with Chriſt; which is by much more the better. Pag. 217
The Benefit of a Good Name, and a Good end.
ECCLES. chap. 7. v. 1. A good Name is better than a good ointment; and the day of Death than the day of ones Birth. Pag. 237
Abrahams Deceaſe.
GEN. c. 25. v. 8. And Abraham gave up the Ghoſt, and died, in a good old age, an old man, & full of yeers; & he was gathered to his people. P. 263
Jeroboams Sonnes Deceaſe.
1 KINGS chap. 14. v. 17. The Child died. Pag. 291
Chriſtian Conſtancie crowned by Chriſt.
APOCAL. chap. 2. v. 10. Bee thou faithfull unto Death; and I will give thee a Crowne of Life. Pag. 317
foreign Davids Inſtructer.
A SERMON PREACHED AT THE VISITATION OF the Free-Schoole at Tunbridge in Kent by the Wardens of the Worſhipfull Company of Skinners:
By THOMAS GATAKER B. of D. and Paſtor of Rotherhith.
LONDON, Printed by IOHN HAVILAND. 1637.