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A14114	A silver watch-bell The sound wherof is able (by the grace of God) to win the most profane worldling, and carelesse liuer, if there be but the least sparke of grace remaining in him, to become a true Christian indeed, that in the end he may obtaine euerlasting saluation. Wherunto is annexed a treatise of the holy Sacrament of the Lords Supper.	Tymme, Thomas, d. 1620.	1605 (1605)	STC 24421; ESTC S106042	114,862	276

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Is this that fleshe for the which I haue committed so many fornications so many wickednesses For the which I haue so many times giuen my selfe to gluttonie and carnal pleasures Is this that face which with so great care I haue kept from sunburning O vnhappy pallace for thy sake I haue wearied my selfe by land and by seas O vnfortunate belly how became I such a foole that I would worship thée for God Haue I lost the kingdome of heauen for this most abiect body for this most foule stinke of al filthinesse and haue purchased to my selfe euerlasting torments O ye furies O ye spirits of hel why doe ye stay why teare ye me not in péeces why doe ye not bring me to nothing These such like words shal the soule vtter against the flesh with excéeding rage and hatred the which notwithstanding it liued so wel when it was here vppon earth that it worshipped the same for a Lady and God and to fulfil the lustes thereof if feared not to violate and breake the lawe and commandements of God 23 And when all are risen againe and are gathered together into the place which God hath appointed for this iudgement then shal hée appeare in the clowdes of heauen with power and great maiestie whom God hath appointed to be the iudge of the quicke and dead And he shal not come alone but accompanied with an innumerable multitude of heauenly Princes 24 The feare which shal come by reason of that maiestie shal be so great that the prophet Isaias saith Isay 2. They shall goe into the holes of rockes into the caues of the earth from before the face of the Lord and from the glory of his maiestie when he shal arise to destroy the earth Apoc. 20. And the Apostle Saint Iohn addeth I sawe a great white throne and one that sat on it fron whose face fledde away both the earth and heauen For as when the flood of the Ocean swelleth they are wont to tremble which dwel vpon the shore and yet can take no harme euen so when the Lord beginneth to poure foorth his wrath and indignation vpon wicked men the Saints also and the Angels and men which are in no peril shal after a sort tremble and feare If therefore the iust shal feare and the pillers of heauen shal shake what shal the wicked and vngodly doe 25 And in very déed so soone as the Lord shal appeare there shal be heard immediatly a great cry and howling among the Nations Mat. 24. Apoc. 1. Zach. 12. for then as the Lord himselfe saith shal al the kinreds of the earth mourne and they shal sée him whom they pearced and they shal lament for him as one mourneth for his onely son and he sorie for him as one is sorry for his first borne O how many causes of wéeping howling shal miserable and vnhappy men then haue They shal wéepe because they shal sée that their euils and miseries are past all remedy They shal wéepe because they shal sée that their repentance is too late and vnprofitable They shal weepe because they cannot appeale from Gods sentence neither can flée the iudgement at hand and it shal séeme a thing intollerable to bée at the iudgement and to heare the sentence of euerlasting condemnation They shal wéepe because when they liued here on earth they despised those which forewarned them They shal wéepe because the pleasures which are gone as a shadow haue brought vpon them endlesse sorrowes and torments To be briefe as men beset on euery side and brought into ineuitable straights destitute of al counsaile and hope they shal wéepe because they shal sée that they cannot preuaile any thing at all neither with wéeping nor yet with scratching and tearing of themselues 26 Neither wil the Iudge bée moued by any meanes with these cries and sorrowes but wil rather seperate the wéepers from those that reioyce that is to say the wicked from the godly euen as a Shepheard diuideth the Sheepe from the Goates and shal set the godly on his right hand and the wicked on his left 27 And then hée wil beginne to discusse the cause of euery one and hee wil not forget any one offence For wée shal sée all things registred in perfect bookes by which bookes all men shal be iudged I sawe saith Saint Iohn the dead both great and small stand before God and the bookes were opened and another booke was opened which is the booke of life the dead were iudged of those things which were written in the bookes according to their workes So that al our workes are written in those euerlasting bookes Thou hast scarcely committed an adulterous thought but the same wickednesse is written in Gods booke 28 And not onely Church-robbings and sacrileges parricides periuries and such like faults but also impure thoughtes and idle wordes the neglecting of good workes or the same done to no good ende shal bée brought into iudgement For so great is the excellencie estimation of Christian integritie purity that no one or the very least vice that may be is not permitted to Christian men 29 The cafe standing thus whereof I beséech you commeth it that there is in vs so great loosenesse so great carelesnesse so great sloothfulnesse and such securitie Do we not flatter our selues when so great iudgement hangeth ouer our heades Holy was the prophet Dauid a man after Gods own hart and yet he so feared this iudgement that hée saide Enter not into iudgement with thy seruant O Lord for no man liuing shal bée iustified in thy sight Holy was the Apostle Paul and yet he saith I knowe nought by my selfe and yet hereby I am not iustified it is the Lord that iudgeth me as if he should say therefore I dare not pronounce my selfe iust because he that iudgeth me is the Lord. For such are the eyes of the Lord that the starres are not cleane in his sight and many times his eyes doe beholde wickednesse where we sée nothing but holines Holy also was the friende of God Iob. 31. Iob and yet he said What shall I doe when God ariseth to iudgement and when he maketh inquisition what answere shal I giue him Why doeth this man of God so commended of Gods owne mouth who was so iust and simple that hee could say without lying I was an eye to the blinde and a foote to the lame Iob. 29.27 and againe My heart doeth not reproue mee in all my life why I say is a man of such singular innocencie so afearde of Gods iudgement namely because he knoweth that God hath no eyes of flesh and that he iudgeth far otherwhise then men doe 30 Moreouer when all mens causes are diligently discussed and examined the Iudge wil pronounce against the wicked the irreuocable sentence of eternall damnation Depart from me yee cursed into euerlasting fire which is prepared for the diuell and his Angels O bitter word which wil

comparison of the glorie that shall be shewed vpon vs. 19 If the sicke man for the loue of his health is very willing to drinke most bitter potions If the husband-man in hope of the haruest to come setteth light by the scorching heate of Sommer and the pinching colde of Winter If the Marchaunt feareth not the danger of ship-wracke nor the lying in wait of Pirats when he aduentureth for gold If the souldier for vaine glory and a shadowe of honour thinketh the burthen of his armour light and is contented to vndergoe hunger thirst watchings labours wounds perils and death it selfe how can it be but that those things which God commandeth must bée easie and light to a Christian man especially if he consider that great and sempiternal glory which God promiseth to his souldiers 20 The holy Apostle writing to the Ephesians doth not without cause say that hée prayeth with so great carefulnesse Eph. 1.18 that the God of glory would vouchsafe to giue them the spirit of wisedom and illumined eyes of the heart that they might know what is the hope of his calling and what is the riches of his glory of his inheritance in the Saints For hée knew that the greatnes of the heauenly reward was such that the onely consideration thereof was able to make all grieuous and bitter things swéet and light These cogitations saith S. Cyprian what persecution Cyprian de exhor Martirij what torments can ouercome The minde which is setled vpon religious Meditations standeth firme stable and the same minde standeth immoueable against all the terrors of the diuel and the threatnings of the world being confirmed by a stedfast faith of the things to come 21 The punishments also and torments which are to come are so continual and greiuous that to escape them all the labours that we suffer here in earth are not to be accounted labours 22 But yet let vs see another answere to the former question The way of the Lord in the beginning is very straight but by little and little it is enlarged In the beginning it seemeth hard and bitter but by vse it groweth easie by little and little and by custome it is made light and swéete 23 Hereupon Saint Bernard saith The commaundements of God at the first seeme importable afterward not so heauie Then not heauy at at all And in the ende they delight To this agréeth the saying of Saint Hierom. Vertues are hard to him that first taketh them in hand easie to him that profiteth in them and sweete to him that exerciseth them And Saint Augustine saith The paths of equitie when a man first entreth to them are straight and narrowe but when hee hath gone foreward in them a time they seeme spacious and broade Pro. 4.11 Also Salomon in his Prouerbes saith I haue taught thee in the waye of Wisedome and leade thee in the pathes of righteousnesse wherein when thou goest thy gate shall not be straight and when thou runnest thou shalt not fall That is to say before thou entrest thou shalt be discouraged but when thou art entred thou shalt féele little difficultie or none at all 24 Homer the Prince of Gréeke Poets a Heathen man but yet wise writteth that when Vlisses should passe by those places where Circe a famous woman in inchauntments wherby she turned men into beasts dwelt caryed with him a certaine hearbe by the force whereof he fortified himself against her power the rootes of the which are most foule and stinking but the flowers most faire and white as milke The purpose of Homer is hereby to shew that wise men whom he describeth in the person of Vlisses are wont to guard and fortifie themselues with vertue which is stronger then any armour of proofe least being vanquished with diuers desires lustes they be transformed and made like vnto brute beastes and that vertue is like to the said hearbe which hath blacke rootes and white flowers for that the beginnings of vertue are hard and vnpleasant but the fruit thereof most swéete and good 25 Moreouer experience and daily vse proueth this For there are many to whom if we should say thus This must be your life hereafter ye shall abstaine frō pastimes and pleasures ye shal seldome walke abroad out of your houses ye shall not hunt after feasts and banquets ye shal not vse wanton daliaunce with women but yée shall followe your vocation at home wherein ye shall be conuersant hereunto ye shal ioyne prayer reading and godly Meditation To this they would answere we can in no wise performe this without God should worke a great myracle in vs this is no humane life but a life for Angels 26 But if these men would begin to enter the kingdome of heauen as it were with strong hand to resist their euill customes to exercise themselues in good workes and willingly to vse those remedies which helpe to roote out sin and wickednes as often prayer and fasting the receiuing of the blessed Sacrament of the body and blood of Christ the diligent reading of the Scriptures and other good bookes the companie and fellowship of good men who doubteth but that vpon these religious exercises there will follow such good successe that the way of the Lord shal be opened vnto them more and more and that in a short time they shall sée themselues in that place with excéeding ioy of minde wherunto afore they thought they should neuer come And thus they shal not only without labour and paine but also with delight and pleasure abstaine from sin and wickednesse and liue a holy and blessed life 27 For the Philosopher though an Ethnicke saw this plainely and so taught that it is a pleasure to a vertuous man to liue vertuously and Salomon expresseth the same thing in others words The righteous man reioyceth to deale righteously 28 Moreouer this question may be answered another way If wée say with Theophilact that Christ is a straight gate and narrow way so called not so much because he is so but because hee séemeth so to the louers of the worlde to wealthie and riche men For in very déede if men were humble if they would lay aside many vnprofitable burthens and put off the garment of the flesh they should peraduenture finde no straites in the way and gate of the Lord Whereas now they think vpon nothing but how they may rise continually howe they may waxe fat in body swell in minde howe they may extend inlarge their possessions how they may abound and flow in wealth neither doe they cease at any time to lade themselues with the heauie burthens of the cares of this life And what maruel then if to such men the gate of the heauenly kingdome seeme to be straite and narrowe 29 It séemed not a hard and straite way to the Apostles of our Lord It séemed not so to them which succéeded them in profession who forsooke all that they possessed would néedes follow