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B07186	Sions svveets, or, The spouses spikenard; and mysticall myrrhe / by Thomas Barnes, preacher of Gods vvord at St Margretts in New-fifth-street. London..	Barnes, Thomas, Minister of St. Margaret's, New Fish Street, London.	1624 (1624)	STC 1477.5; ESTC S124289	64,452	85

Mill-stone were hanged about their neckes and they cast into the middest of the Sea I remember in the Booke of Ioshua how those * Ios 10 3-26 verses fiue Kings were served for Warring against the Gibeonites that were entred into league with Iosuah the Captaines trod vpon their neckes they were hanged vpon fiue trees against the Sunne And will not the great x Ios 5.15 Captaine of the Lords Host tread vpon THEIR neckes and punish THEM in his wrath that set against those that are entred not onely into league but also into contract with Iesus our spirituall Iosuah Be but a man a y Ios 9.27 Water-bearer to the Congregation of Israel or a z Psal 84.10 Doore-keeper in the house of God or like Iohn Baptist a Mat. 11.11 least in the Kingdome of heaven his wrongs shall be righted his cause shall be avenged What became of them that set against Daniel were not their bones broken and their bodies eaten with the teeth of Lyons b Dan. 6.24 How fared it with those that bound the three Children and cast them into the fiery Furnace were they not scorched to death with the fl●me of the fire c Chap. 3.22 Did not d Act. 12.23 Lice gnaw out the bowells and doth not a curse lie vpon the name of Herod who murthered Iames and imprisoned Peter the e Iam 1.1 1 Pet. 1.1 servants of the Lord Iesus Christ What end came Nero vnto that vnnaturall Monster who imbrued his hands in the blood of his owne mother wife kindred and others f Sueton in vita Neronis cap. 34. 35. that cruell Lyon as Paul calls him g 2 Tim. 4.17 who murthered and massacred the poore Christians If that be true which is storied of him his owne sword did he sheath in ●his owne blood and became his owne Butcher * Auson de 12. Caesar Matricidaque Nero proprio se perculit ense In times of later persecution amongst vs what fearefull endes did those butchers come vnto that slew the Saints Some had their gutts carried about the streets vpon Bulls hornes h Fox Martyr Olog edit Anno 1596. Pag. 712. Idem ibid. others dyed madde i Pag. 1904. Melanct. chron l. 11 p. 20. others were strucke dead with the immediate hand of God k Fox Mart. 1908. 1417 as they haue l 3 Ioh. 9. Diotrephes-like beene prating and inveighing against the members of Christ in their Pulpits And therefore I tell thee t is dangerous medling against the Saints it is fearefull to flout at them to backbite them slander them hate them devise practise mischiefe against them What longest thou to haue Sions King to breake thee in pieces and the m Revel 5.5 Lyon of the tribe of Iudah about thy eares Alas man if the rage of an earthly King as Salomon speaketh be like the roaring of a Lyon n Pro. 19.12 what shall Christ his wrath be against his owne and his Brides adversaries Is he thinkest thou a King onely IN his Church and To his Church to rule it by his Word and guide it by his Spirit and not as well a King FOR his Church to auenge the wrongs thou shalt dare to offer vnto it Oh fond wretch doe not deceiue thine owne soule Vengeance belongs to him and he will repay That therefore I may vse this point by way of counsell Deut. 32.35 2. Part of the vse to Sions enemies viz. Counsell or perswasion let me perswade a little with thee Doe no wrong to the Church of Christ or any member of the same Remember the charge that the Lord himselfe giueth Touch not mine annointed and doe my Prophets no harme o Psal 105.15 Touch them not with thy tongue shoote not out bitter words against them Touch them not with thy Pen frame no bitter writings against them touch them not with thy hand offer no violence vnto them touch them not with thy head invent no ill against them For what shall it availe thee to wrong them when as their husband Christ is a King * Motiue 1. Against this crueltie the King Christ bendes his wisedome and his power Ledere servos Dei Christi tuis persecutionibus desine quos laesos vltio divina defendit Cypr. Tract contra Demetr fol. 72. Motiue 2. To wrong the Church is vnequall and vniust dealing 1. With Christ himselfe A King I say and therefore wants no wisedome but is able to goe beyond thee beest thou as craftie in thy fetches as the Serpent was A King I say who wants no power but is able to confound thee wert thou as mightie in thy courses as euer proud Senacherib was and both his Princely policy and Kingly potency shall concurre and meete together for thy ruine rather then his Wife shall suffer at thy handes any more then what shall turne to her eternall well-fare Is it not a vaine thing for thee to attempt that which both the wisedome and power of Christ opposeth it selfe against Besides there is little reason nay it is against all reason that thou shouldest doe harme vnto the Saints for neither doth the Husband nor the Wife giue any iust cause vnto thee First for the husband and King himselfe What wrong did he ever doe thee Hath he ever dealt vnmercifully and cruelly with thee Is it not by HIS patience that thou art kept out of hell so long agoe so many wayes deserved by thee Is it not by HIS goodnesse and providence that thou hast health libertie peace prosperitie c Nay doth He not in the motions of his Spirit which thou quenchest in the ministry of his Word which thou despisest make most free and gracious offers of his owne precious blood to saue thy soule from euerlasting damnation saued thou mightest be if thine impenitent and vnbeleeuing heart did not reiect and set light by these offers Answere me by whom hast thou thy beeing life and moouing and euery good thing that thou doest enioy and is this the recompence of his kindnesse to abuse and despise his Wife his beloued Wife and persecute him in his members What an vniust and vnequall thing is this What Must HIS Wife of all other in the world be accounted factious seditious trouble-States traytors that speake against Caesar not worthy to liue in a Common-wealth c Seruest thou this King thus indeed for his goodnesse Oh iniury most horrible Oh wrong most intollerable which thou wilt neuer be able to answere when he shall p Apoc. 1.7 Mat. 24.30 come in the Clouds to avenge the blood of the Saints Againe 2. It is iniustice to the Church also As Christ himselfe on his part giues thee no iust cause to hurt his Church no more doth shee on her part for what iniury doth shee doe thee Shee refuseth indeed to run to the same excesse of ryot with thee Accountest thou this a wrong In this if thou hadst but eyes to

Disciples to sit and eate and that intimates the heauenly dainties they should partake off in his Celestiall Paradise the Kingdome of glory which some * As Piscator Merc. doe vnderstand in this place But with * others I vnderstand the Word and Sacraments the dyet of the Church wherewithall shee is fed and refreshed spiritually as men are corporally with meates and drinkes set vpon their Table Neither doth this swerue from the Canon of Scripture For is not the Kingdome of heauen that is the Word of the Kingdome compared to a Supper and to * Ioh. 6.27 Meate that perisheth not And doth not the Apostle call the Sacrament of his last Supper A Table * 1 Cor. 19.21 And whereas it is called here HIS Table it intimates that HE is the Founder of this Feast For who giueth the Word the meate that endureth to eternall life if not * Ioh. 6.21 the sonne of man whom the Father hath sealed And the Sacramentall Table is called the Table of the LORD a In that place ●recited out f the Corinths I know indeed that Christ feedeth and feasteth his Church with the internall graces and comforts of his Spirit but because these follow to be considered off in His Sitting at this Table therefore my intent is in this onely to insist on the externall dishes of his Ordinances And so make this the Doctrine Doct. 2 That this King Christ spreades a Table and makes provision of the Word and Sacraments for his Church This is one of the things which the Church setteth his greatnesse forth by in my Text in so much that now with the Prophet Dauid euery member of the same may say * Psal 23.2 He maketh me to feed in greene pastures This is that which our Author signifieth elswhere when he brings in Christ in Wisedomes name not onely building her an house and erecting a Church but also making provision for the inhabitants of that house b Pro. 9.2 Shee hath killed her victualls shee hath mingled her wine shee hath prepared her Table In another place he is brought in vnder the similitude of a King making a marriage dinner for his sonne and sending forth his servants the Ministers of the Gospell to toll in guests and tell them of the feast both how bountifull it is and how ready it is Behold I haue prepared my dinner my Oxen and my Fatlings are killed and all things are ready c Mat. 22.23 And that this feast is peculiarly provided for the Church it is plaine in the same Parable d Verses 5.10 Where we may see that they which did set light by the seruants call the Ministers invitation as they that are out of the Church doe are threatned not to taste of that Supper and onely those are admitted as fit guests whom the servants gathered out of the high wayes whom the Ministers of the Gospell are made instruments to turne out of the high way of sinne that leadeth to hell through the Preaching of the Word And who are they but the Church Herewith accordeth that of Esay e Isa 25.6 Vpon this mountaine meaning the Church shall the Lord make a feast of fat things a feast of Wines on the lees of fat things full of marrow of Wines on the lees well refined See Ezek. 16.13 So then deny it we cannot truth evincing it that Christ hath a board spread for his Bride richly furnished with such spirituall dainties as his Word and Sacraments be And not without cause Reason For why he would haue his Church to grow and thriue And how grow Two wayes in addition of members in augmentation of graces in multitude and in measure As therefore there is need of temporall foode for corporall growth so of these spirituall Ordinances for this spirituall growth First He would haue it to grow in multitude he would haue such daily added to the Church as are ordained to be saued that like as Ephraim Manasseh Simeon and Beniamin fell from Israel vnto Asa in abundance f 2 Chron. 15.9 so there may be an accesse of Elect ones vnto him out of Satans hands euery day more and more and this causeth him to giue g Ephes 4.8.11 gifts vnto men and to appoint some to be Prophets some to be Apostles some teachers some Pastors with this Commission h Psal 50.5 Gather my Saints vnto me for the * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 augmentation of my body or addition of members therevnto Secondly He would haue his Church grow in measure his Will is that they which are added to the Church should haue grace augmented in their hearts to be more fat flourishing and well liking in their age i Psal 92.14 therefore he giues them the k 1 Pet. 2.2 sincere milke of the Word that they may * Dicimus quidem cibum omnem perficere ea quae aluntur c. Dyonis Areop libro Epistol fol. 183. b. grow thereby And giues he not also not onely Baptisme as the Sacrament of Initiation but also The Lords Supper for confirmation Nay by the administration of the one and communication at the other doth he not seale vp remission of sins by his blood to the conscience of the beleever for the strengthening of his faith increasing of his loue and bettering of his obedience So that the beleever may haue equall recourse to Water in Baptisme by meditation Bread and Wine in the Lords Supper by participation to stay his faith on to strengthen his faith by when either the malice of Sathan against him or the reliques of vnbeliefe in him shall raise any stormes of Despayre to weaken the same Vse 1 This being so makes first of all against those that care not for the Word that contemne the Sacraments vnto whom if the Ministers cry in the Prophets termes l Isa 55.1 Hoe euery one come yee to the Waters Come buy Wine and Milke without money and without price they stoppe their eares against this call make excuses when they are bidden One hath a Farme another hath Oxen another hath a Wife to please another his Market to follow another his Dice another his Dogs one cannot tarry in the Church while the Sacrament of Baptisme is administring another is at oddes with his neighbour and he cannot come to the Communion this yeare And thus while one feedes vpon his pleasures another vpon his profits another on his beastly and revengefull lusts the most hauing the broth of abhominable things in their vessells m Isa 65.4 This Table of Christs spreading is not so frequented so regarded as it ought to be Which contempt of Gods Ordinances how worthy of reprehension it is this poynt declareth Should some Prince or Peere of a Kingdome A similie make a great feast furnish his Table with all manner of dainties yea with such costly delicates as he feedeth his owne Queene or Spouse withall and should send forth his servants to invite guests

of God to the infecting of the children of men A good man can scarce in any corner auoyde the smell of their impious and vnrighteous fruits of their lies slaunders blasphemies ribaldries and other idle speeches but shall be compelled to sent them in euery place as strong as noysome as Brimstone to force sighes from his heart and teares from his eyes And how odiously their VNBELIEFE doth affect the KINGS smell their distrust in Gods providence their discontentednesse in prosperitie their impatience in adversitie senselesnesse of and vtter carelesnesse for the comforts of the Spirit doe euidently and woefully declare And yet these people forsooth esteeme themselues to be the Bride of Christ But to consider how they are deceiued it pitties my heart What know they not see they not that Christ his Bride is not while her husband sits at Table without her perfume to please him and affect the virgins that be her fellowes Now alas these vaine-boasters are as emptie of this perfume as the foolish Virgins lampes were of oyle They haue nothing but the oyntments of Harlots in their Boxes their soules I meane and about their bodies And dare they challenge Christ for their Spouse As though he will linke himselfe with such No no. Let them with Barnabas get to be full of faith i Act. 11.24 and with Dorcas to be full of good Workes k Act. 9.36 that God and man may smell the sauour of their Spikenard and then they may be beleeved when they affirme themselues to belong to Christ but while then they doe but flatter themselues and deceiue others Doct. 5 LAstly Obserue that Christians may sometimes lawfully speake of their owne faith and good workes The Church had Spikenard and here shee speakes of it and of the sweet smell it cast forth How oft doth Dauid speake of his faith and his good fruits in the Booke of the Psalmes sometimes reporting how he trusted in God l Psal 64. sometimes how he prayed vnto him m Psal 3.4.34.4 sometimes how he confessed his sinnes vnto him n Psal 32.5 sometimes how he loued him o Psal 116.1 sometimes how he delighted in the Saints p Psal 16.3 sometimes how he pittied his very enemies q Psal 35.14 sometimes he speakes of his vpright walking r Psal 18.23 sometimes of his holy talking ſ Psal 39.1 sometimes of his zeale for Gods glory t Ps 119.139 c. Thus also did Iob u Iob 29. c. 31. Ezekiah x Isa 38.3 Paul y 2 Tim. 4.7 and others of the Worthies ' whom the Scripture recordeth And good cause why Reason 1 For first God receiues much honour when wee speake of the graces which he bestoweth vpon vs. Hence it is that wee shall finde Dauid which reported so much of his owne graces euer and anon professing his resolution to sound forth the Lords prayses Reason 2 Secondly sometimes the wicked will rayse slaunders of the godly as though they were a great deale worse then they are and therefore to cleere themselues from those reproches and so to vindicate the Gospell from disgrace they may yea and they must make profession of their integritie and faith What was it which moued Paul to speake so of his honestie as he did Wee haue renounced the hidden things of dishonestie not walking in craftinesse nor handling the Word of God deceitfully 2 Cor. 4.2 But this that as it seemes in the former Chapter certaine false Apostles had slaundered him to be a vaine-glorious fellow Which imputation to free himselfe from he spake so of his owne sinceritie as he did Reason 3 Thirdly there are many occasions giuen vnto Christians to haue hard conceits of their brethren partly by reason of some infirmities they see in them partly by reason of some troubles that fall vpon them And therefore it is lawfull and sometimes needfull for them to speake of the good things that God hath wrought in them If you aske wherefore Paul speakes to Timothy of his keeping the faith and fighting a good fight a 2 Tim 4.7 b Polan Synt. Lib. 9. c. 8. Pag. 597. One answereth it because the present trouble which he was in by the meanes of Nero might occasion Timothy his Scholler and others which had beene his hearers to question the foundnesse of his faith and honestie which was so rewarded wi●h affliction and which faith of his was not like to procure such temporall deliuerances at the hands of God as formerly it had done So then partly that Beleeuers may honour their God partly free themselues from euill reproches cast vpon them by the wicked and partly prevent vncharitable conceits of themselues in their godly brethren they may lawfully speake of their owne Spikenard of that Faith and those good Workes which the Lord hath besweetned both their hearts and their lines withall Vse 1 The consideration of this giues me iust occasion 1. to finde fault with those Christians which will euer be talking of their infirmities that they haue no grace no faith no goodnesse at all in them And yet their consciences can tell them that such and such things the Lord hath inwardly ingrafted in them such and such fruits the Lord hath enabled them outwardly to bring forth in their liues They know that at such and such a Sermon the Lord so and so affected their hearts at such a time gaue them victory ouer such a temptation at such a time enabled them so and so to pray yea so and so answered their prayers to testifie the acceptablenes of the same At other times so and so accheered them with the assurance of his loue so and so enliued them in the performance of such and such duties yet because forsooth it is not alwayes alike with them and the Deuill tells them they are dissemblers they cry out I am an hypocrite a naughtie packe a wicked creature nothing but euill lodgeth in me no whit of goodnesse dwell in mee I haue no faith I haue no zeale I haue no soundnesse no honestie c. Is this to honour God with and for the good things he hath done for thee wrought in thee Nay rather is it not to dishonour him in that thou doest not take notice of his graces which he hath giuen thee This is enough to expose the Gospell to disgrace amongst the enemies of the truth This is enough to make Christians themselues thinke more hardly of thee then there is cause For when as thou art so peremptory in it that thou art an hypocrite a varlet a wretch What will the world say of thee and such as make profession with thee Even THIS See see what arrant hypocrites these Gospellers are their owne consciences accuse them their owne mouths condemne them there is neuer an one of them ALL good Thou art much too blame then whosoeuer thou art that art so readie to take part with the Deuill against thy selfe when yet the Lord in mercy hath