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A49589	The wedding-supper as it was handled out of the fourteen first verses of the 22. chapter of Matthew, in sundry exercises in Tavistock in Devon. Wherein the offer of salvation, both to Jews and Gentiles, is noted: and divers plain and pithy doctrines observed, and applied. Being the effect of twelve sermons preached by Thomas Larkham, the oppressed pastor of the despised Church of Christ there.	Larkham, Thomas, 1602-1669.; Cross, Thomas, fl. 1632-1682, engraver.	1652 (1652)	Wing L442; ESTC R222016	113,881	272

And I saw the dead small and great stand before God and the books were opened and another book was opened which is the book of life and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books according to their works Here are two Books Gods Book of Science or Prescience he knoweth all things long before The other is the book of conscience this is our own book this will stop every mans mouth that is out of Christ He was speechless saith the Text. The Commission or warrant for his execution which also includes the sentence of condemnation follows in the next verses in which we have the sentence ver 13. The ground or reason ver 14. In the Sentence we have Circumstances and the Substance The Circumstances are three 1. The party commissionating the King 2. The party commissionated the servants 3. The time Then For the better handling of these particulars I crave your prayers And so much for this time The end of the 12. verse The ninth Sermon Matth. 22. ver 13.14 Then the King said to the Servants Bind him hand and foot and take him away and cast him into outer darkness there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth for many are called but few are chosen I Have finished as you may remember the examination and conviction of this unworthy Guest and false-hearted Professour out of the foregoing verses I ended my last Sermon with the division of these two verses now again read unto you I will not repeat what hath been delivered but proceed to that which remains to be spoken out of these verses The party that gives the Commission for the execution of this faulty person is said to be the King that is Almighty God who had vouchsafed the means of Grace to the Gentiles But this poor wretch among others abusing it he gives a Commission of another nature There was a time when this King was all white but now he is all red I have shewed you out of the foregoing verses that God woes the world in the preaching of the Gospel Go tell them that were bidden I have prepared my dinner c. You have heard of Tamberlains colours he was wont to display and his behaviour and dealing with places upon refusall of his offer of mercy Friends the Lord holds out to you the white flag of mercy he hath bid me tell you that his Justice is satisfied his vvrath is appeased in Christ if you will not come in if you will not submit he hath you see in this Text other colours to display Xerxes wept over his Army in consideration of their Mortality O that I could compassionate these hundreds that sit here this day Sirs a thousand to one but some of you will be damned or else you will escape better then ever so many people met together did in this World consider seriously what I say But I come to observe some poins of Doctrine The first is Doct. As God hath power and will to bestow and afford the means of Grace so also to punish the abuse thereof any way Any way I say My meaning is whither by a Swinelike carelesness or which is worse by a doglike barking at the Gospel and biting the Messengers or an Hypocritical closing with the Church God will punish the abuse of the offers of Grace I say any way with severity Gen. 6.7 And the Lord said I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the Earth c. God did strive with the old World 120. years it will not be ruled the People were diobedient When the long suffering of God waited in the dayes of Noah 1 Pet. 3.20 Ye know they were drowned and are now Spirits in prison As the Lord had a time to offer Grace and Mercy by Noah so he had a time to plague the refusers of it The Lord suffered Lot to live a while among the Sodomites and surely he was not idle he was a righteous man they vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawfull deeds Then saith the Lord because the cry of Sodom and Gomorra is great 2 Pet. 2.8 Gen. 18.20.21 and because their sin is very grievous I will go down now and see whither they have done altogether according to the cry of it which is come unto me and if not I will know What 's the conclusion the Lord did destroy them He caused fire and brimstone to come down from Heaven and he overthrew those four Cities of the plain Gen. 19.24.25 Sodom Gomorra Admah and Zeboim So for Jerusalem you may read Luke 13. ver 34.35 Prophets were sent to them and Apostles and Christ himself was among them he would have gathered her children together as a Hen doth gather her brood under her wings they would not They killed the prophets and stoned them that were sent among them What followeth Behold your house is left unto you desolate c. And so cap. 19.43.44 Thine Enemies shall cast a trench about thee and compass thee round and keep thee in on every side and shall lay thee even with the ground and thy children within thee and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another because thou knowest not the time of thy visitation He that may and will not when he will he shall not O that you would read sometime even this very day Prov. 1. from the 20. verse unto the 32. I am loth to spend so much time now in reading those verses The summ is Wisdom crieth woeth useth many arguments but cannot be heard is disregarded You shall find there what followeth O sad expression I will saith God laugh at your calamitie and mock when your fear cometh God is just as well as mercifull Vse 1 Is it so that God which said erewhile Go ye out and fetch in all go tell them my son is dead and risen again tell them that if they will come away while my white flag is abroad they shall have mercy is now become so severe upon the abuse of his mercy then foolish if not mad are they that do not consider this that do not believe it that do so set and settle themselves daily to abuse the means of Grace Some by taking no notice at all thereof Others by making profession a cloak for their knavery Others by undervaluing it Others by having the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ in respect of persons Others by biting at and devouring what in them lies the honourable Professors of Religion and Ministers of the Gospel O where shall I begin and when shall I make an end I have much to say it may be you will be angry t is no matter hear me howsoever Let me speak though ye strike me afterward I will labour to pluck you out by the ears from your miserable condition though ye be angry with me for it It is better fear and so also anger a knave then kill him You think God will go in

good in thy sight 1 Cor. 1.26 For you see your calling brethren how that not many wise men after the flesh not many mighty not many noble are called Lastly James 2.5 comes in for a witness Hearken my beloved brethren hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in saith and heirs of the Kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him Vse 1 Surely then great men are never the happier never the neerer Heaven never the the more in Gods books for their greatness They are deceived that think to be esteemed of God as they are in the World Friends you shall all stand alike naked and bare glory not in any thing But let such take comfort though mean that are taught to come to Christ and let poor ones know that they may do as well in this respect as the greatest And let the means of grace be carefully improved by all of all conditions Seing God exempts none let not exempt themselves be ye never so poor or vile Mot. O consider as hath been said to neglect grace offered is a great sin and will bring severe punishment Fourthly And as many as ye find bid to the Marriage This is the last particular in the matter of the Commission In which words we are shewed what a happiness it may prove to be in the way of the Gospel as it takes its walk through the world The Apostles and Servants commissionated to preach have Authority to invite to Christ all that they have any occasion to meet with while they are in the execution of their office Not all but as many as ye shall find must be bidden to the Marriage There see Doct. That all are not made partakers of an outward calling by the Preaching of the Gospel It is true many more are called then converted Yet there is a special providence of God in the outward call to Christ There are times of grace for Nations Towns and Villages It was a good while before the Gentiles had it at all Mat. 0 5.6 Go not into the way of the Gentiles and into any City of the Samaritans enter ye not but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel Acts 11.19 Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Steven travelled as far as Phenice and Cyprus and Antioch Preaching the Word to none but unto the Jews only But Acts 13.46 it is made plain both for the Jews and Gentiles the words are Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold and said It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken unto you but seeing ye put it from you and judge your selves unworthy of everlasting life Lo we turn to the Gentiles And through the fall of the Jews Salvation is come to the Gentiles Rom. 11.11 Sometimes in one place sometimes in another is the Gospel Preached not in all places It is a precious commodity Things of price are not commonly to be had in all places Object 1 But some will say out of Mark 16.15 The commission is that it must be preached to every creature in all the world Sol. I answer that place is not to be taken exactly according to the Letter for then beasts and birds should be preached unto but for all sorts of mankinde Object 2 But yet again Rom. 10 18. It is said there Their sound went into all the earth and their words unto the end of the world Sol. 1 But for Solution First that place is to be understood of Gods works as may be gathered out of Psal 19.1 2. 3. There is neither speech nor language where their voice is not heard that is of the Heavens and Firmament and Sun c. But Secondly I answer The Gospel may be preached to all the world though not at the same instant time Object 3 Why but then those that it is not preached unto are to be excused for how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard and how shall they hear without a Preacher Rom. 10.14 Sol. But here to answer I say All have Gods works to behold which is a sufficient witness on Gods part and leaves men inexcusable Acts 14.17 Nevertheless he left not himself without witness in that he did good and gave rain from heaven and fruitful Seasons filling our hearts with food and gladness And so Rom. 1.18 19 20. For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven c. So that they are without excuse Vse 1 Yet first Miserable is their condition that have no portion in the means of Grace that are out of the way of preaching and great is Gods favour to those that have it if they have hearts to prize it Mot. 2 And therefore such should be thankfull as have this Pear It is no common vouchsafement Quest But how shall one do to shew himself thankfull therefore Answ I answer by his ready joyfull and carefull receiving of it as the Gentiles did Acts 13.48 so much of the 9. verse Now out of the tenth we are to speak briefly of the Servants diligence which ha●h two things 1. Their Pains So those Servants went out into the high ways c. 2. The Success And the Wedding was furnished c. Doctr. The former doth teach us It is the property of Gods faithful Servants to be obedient to Christ their Master a Gen. 6.22.12.4.22.2.3.16 Noah b Gal. 1.15 16. Abraham Paul and many more might be instanced in For it is first their duty And Secondly it is their frame of Spirit And lastly It is their priviledge and upon this they look as upon a priviledge as indeed it is a very great one Vse 1 And therefore we may boldly say God hath but a sew faithful Servants Sin and sinfull lusts have more obedience then God Rom. 6.16 Know ye not that to whom ye yield your selves servants to obey his servants ye are to whom ye obey c. Vse 2 And it may be a good evidence and comfort to such as delight to do Gods will Vse 3 And it concerns all to look after this property that desire to know themselves to be Gods faithfull Servants Mot. 1 Consider the necessity of this property all profession is vain without it To obey is better then Sacrifice 1 Sam. 15.22 and great is the utility and profit that comes by it Lastly look on examples and adde to those formerly named Christs example Phil. 2.8 Further from the Servants pains we learn Doctr. That an outward Call is common to good and bad 1. Reason In respect of God Rom. 9.21 22 23. 2 In respect of the Godly for their probation and trial of faith 1 Cor. 11.19 3. In respect of the wicked to leave them without excuse Vse 1 They err that would have the visible Church without mixture See these places Gen. 4.3 4. cap. 9.18.25 cap. 17 18 19. cap. 27. ver 41. Mark 10.4 Acts 5.1 cap. 6.5 cap 18.13 Rom. 9.6 7. cap 10.16 1 Cor. 5.1 Jude