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A09753 A most excellent and heauenly sermon vpon the 23. chapter of the Gospell by Saint Luke. The text. Luke 23.28. Weepe not for me, but weepe for your selues.; Meane in mourning. Playfere, Thomas, 1561?-1609. 1595 (1595) STC 20014; ESTC S103557 34,265 112

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a Christian alwaies thinketh of his owne miserie neuer of Christs mercie he will despaire if he alwaies thinketh of Christs mercie neuer of his owne miserie he wil presume but he is the best christiā so high that he cannot despaire and so low that he cannot presume who inclines aswell to the one as to the other sometimes reioycing and sometimes weeping reioycing for Christ and weeping for himselfe Therefore as in a ballance if there bee any oddes in the scales we take out of that which is in the heauier and put it to that which is in the lighter vntill there be no difference betweene them so here wee must weigh these matters well that we may bee iust weight neither too heauie for our owne miserie nor too light for Gods mercie Dauid sayth Hide me O Lord vnder the shadowe of thy wings not vnder the shadowe of thy wing but of thy wings of thy right wing of mercie by loue and the left wing of thy iudgement by feare As God hath two wings the one of mercie the other of iustice so wee must haue two wings one of ioye for God and the other of despaire for our selues And as the Quaile flying ouer the sea seeing her selfe not able to hold out spreadeth out her wings falleth into the sea and layeth one of her wings vpon the water and lifteth vp the other wing vnto heauē so we must flye with the wings of ioy from ioy in GOD with the wings of despaire vnto despaire in our selues Lest we should presume we must go backwards for feare and yet lest we should despayre wee must goe forwards towards God with loue As God doth couer vs with his two wings the one of iustice the other of loue so wee must couer GOD with our two wings the one of feare the other of ioy We must iumpe forwards vnto God and backwards againe vnto our selues which is Iobs crosse leape The sinne of man is the death of life For me sayth he I am the death of death therfore despayre not For your selues you are the life of death therefore presume not For me I am the death of the diuell therefore despayre not For your selues you are the life of the diuell therefore presume not For me I am the life of my selfe therefore despayre not For your selues you are the death of your selues therfore presume not For mee I am the life of man therefore despayre not For your selues you are the death of Christ therefore presume not For me sayth he death is onely dead and not aliue dead in me and not aliue in you For your selues death is both dead and aliue dead in me aliue in you For me I am onely aliue and not dead aliue in my selfe and not dead in you For me you are onely aliue and not dead aliue in me not dead in your selues For your selues you are both aliue and dead aliue in me and dead in your selues The worst foes that we haue are the diuell and death the best friends wee can haue are Christ and our selues the death of Christ killeth those foes quickeneth those friends the life of man quickeneth those foes and killeth those friends It is much that the death of Christ killeth death more that it killeth the diuell most of all that it killeth himselfe more thē al that it killeth Christ. Wherefore wee must not loose any one of these weights but when wee weigh the reasons why wee must weepe for our selues we shall finde as great cause of ioy in God great cause of sorrowe in our selues farre greater cause of ioy in Christ greater cause of sorrowe in our selues farre greatest cause of ioy in Christ greatest cause of sorow in our selues for that which is more then all to make vs ioyfull in Christ that is more then all to make vs sorrowfull in our selues The righteousnes of Christ is the death of death great cause of ioy in Christ. Debora reioyced when Barake put Sisera to flight haue not we as great cause to reioyce seeing taht Christ hath put death to flight The sinne of man is the life of death a great cause of sorrowe in our selues If Anna wept for her barrennes haue not wee as great cause to weepe seeing we can conceaue nothing but sorrowe and bring forth iniquitie vnto death The righteousnes of Christ is the death of the diuel great cause of ioy in Christ. If Iudith reioyced when she cut off the head of Holofernes haue not wee greater cause to reioyce seeing Christ hath cut off the head of the diuell The sinne of man is the life of the diuell greater cause of sorrowe in our selues It Thamar wept being defloured by her brother haue not we greater cause to weepe committing daily spirituall adulterie with the diuell The righteousnes of Christ is the life of himselfe greatest cause of ioye in Christ. If Sarah laughed when shee should haue a quick child in her dead wombe is not this the greatest cause of laughter that cā be to vs that Christ liued in death and could not see corruption in the graue The sinne of man is the death of himselfe greatest cause of sorrowe in himselfe If Agar wept being pulled out of Abrahams house is not this the greatest cause of weeping that can be vnto vs that we are here pilgrimes and strangers from our fathers house in heauen The righteousnes of Christ is the life of man this is more then all to make vs ioyfull in Christ. If Queene Hester did reioyce as Queene Elizabeth doth at this day whom God long saue and preserue because she deliuered her people from thraldome and destructiō can any thing in the world then make vs more ioyfull then this that we being cursed in our selues are blessed in Christ being embased in our selues are exalted in Christ being condemned in our selues are iustified in Christ being dead in our selues are aliue in Christ. The sinne of man is the death of Christ this is more then all to make vs sorrowfull in our selues If the Virgine Mary wept so sore for the death of her son Iesus as it her soule had been pearced thorowe with a sword as Simeon speaketh can any thing in the world then make vs more sorrowfull then this that Christ being blessed in himselfe was cursed for vs being exalted in himselfe was abased for vs being iustified in himselfe was condemned for vs being aliue in himselfe was dead for vs. Oh deare brother if thou bee sorrowfull at any time remember what Christ hath done for thee and thou wilt soone be glad if thou bee ioyfull at any time remember what thou hast done against Christ thou wilt soone be sorrowfull so shall we neuer suffer shipwrack of faith either by too much sorow as Esau did who sought the blessing with teares weeping for himselfe not reioycing in Christ or els by too much ioye as Herod did who heard Iohn gladlie reioycing for Christ not weeping for himselfe But as a ship being neither too
and singing that new song to the Lambe with the 24. Elders Thou art worthie to take the book and to open the seales thereof because thou wast killed and hast redeemed vs by thy bloud There is a time to weepe and a time to laugh a time to mourne and a time to dance Why art thou then so heauie oh my soule and why art thou so disquieted within me still put thy trust in GOD and hee will deliuer thee Wherefore let vs looke vp into heauen and there shall we see the Angels singing this song Glorie bee to God on high peace on earth and good will to●ards men And if I acob that true I acb I meane Christ when he went to Ierusalem hauing nothing with hi● but a staffe a I acobs staffe if then I say we had good cause to reioyce how far greater cause haue wee now to reioyce seeing he is returned back againe and ascended vp into heauen to his Father and there sitteth in glorie though thou wert neuer so much afflicted yet euen in affliction reioice with ioy vnspeakable yet not as Herodias did but as Dauid did leape vp in affliction and caper as high as heauen it selfe where thou shalt see one rapt vp into a third heauen saying to himselfe God forbid that I should reioyce in any thing but in the crosse of Christ and to vs Reioyce in the Lorde alwaies and againe I say Reioyce and againe and againe I say reioyce reioyce in Christ alwaies But weepe for yourselues not because Christ dyed but because your sinne were the cause of his death for this I will weepe day and night yea if I had as many eyes in my head as thre are starres in the skie yet I wo●ld weepe them all out for this tha I should be such an vnworthy wre●ch as by my sinnes to crucifie Chris to put him to so many deathes and to kill so deere and so louing a Lord. Oh that I could possibly deuise what to say or what to doe to obtaine thus much of you or rather of God for you that you would weepe though it were neuer so little for your sinnes But I can doe no more but commend and commit that which hath beene spoken to the effectuall working of the holy Ghost in you to the faithfull obedience of your good hearts to God Many excellent things are spoken of thee renowned citie oh thou glorious citie of London and yet there are many foule blemishes in thee which nowe I will not and by reason of the time I cannot rip vp vnto you but must leaue them vnto euery one of your priuat consciences onely remember I pray you this one lesson that you sinne not for he that sinneth once killeth Christ once and hee that repeateth one sinne twentie times killeth Christ twentie times Oh that God would giue force to my words and tell me what I should say I would to God that I could moue a-any remorse in bitinge and gnawing of your consciences for your sinnes Beloued oh beloued kil not the comforter of your hearts grieue not the holy Ghost for when wee sinne the holy Ghost is grieued hee is grieued when we are not grieued but if we be grieued for our sinnes then is the holy Ghost delighted as sayth Saint Basill such griefe and weeping will be the verie seede or the interest and loane of euerlasting life For as a Father pittieth his childe and if he seeeth him crie he stilleth him takes out his hand-kercher and wipes the childes eyes himselfe so GOD our heauenly Father will with his owne holy finger wipe away all teares from our eyes take vs by the hande and leade vs out of the house of mourning into the house of mirth then hauing sowen in teares we shall reape in ioy yea hauing sowen but a few teares which may be put in a bottle we shall reape al those manifold ioyes which are in heauen For sayth one Heauines may endure for a night but ioy commeth the next morning then shall Christ turne all our miserie into musicke all our wormewood into wine all our sighing into singing then shall Abraham that good mower binde vs vp into sheaues as good corne and fill his bosome full of vs and carrie vs into the Lords barne to make a ioyfull haruest in heauen then shall we with the wise Virgins hauing store of oyle in our lampes that is teares in our eyes goe out of this vale of teares which floweth with weeping and enter into that celestiall Canaan which floweth with milke and honie Then shall we surmounting all earthly things so reare aloft and flye vp as with the Eagles winges into the heauenly paradise and there settle in the tree of eternall life then shall all teares of weeping and mourning bee wiped from our eyes and then shall wee see cleerely the bright sonne of God sitting at the right hand of his Father in heauen saving vnto vs Come vnto me all ye that are heauie laden and I will refresh you not saying VVeep not for me but weepe for your selues but Reioyce for me and reioyce for your selues through the tender mercies of Iesus Christ to whom with the Father and the Sonne and the holy Ghost be all honour and glory power and praise dignitie and dominion both now and euermore Amen Deus est gloria FINIS Psalm 65. 12. Esay 23. 1. Gen. 7. 12. 2. Psal. 74. 13. Coloss. 2. 14 Cant. 7. 5.