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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03274	The bridegroome by Samuel Hieron	Hieron, Samuel, 1576?-1617.	1613 (1613)	STC 13392; ESTC S115190	15,073	48

as these giue a kind of contentment vnto many But how scarse are they which vnfainedly reioyce in the liberty of the Gospell in the freedome of true religion in the great mercy and goodnes of God vouchsafing to reueale vnto vs the knowledge of himselfe in Christ Iesus Whose spirits are enliued whose heart leapeth like the Babe in the wombe of Elizabeth Å¿ Luk. 1.44 for ioy of this inestimable blessing Christ is a continuall suter to vs by the Ministry of his word he doth in it make loue to our soules he wooeth vs he beseecheth entreateth vs to entertaine him he offreth vnto vs many tokens of heauenly kindnesse many rich graces to which all the Iewels in the earth are not worthy thy to bee compared But alas how be these things regarded who generally doth not take more pleasure in an idle tale or in a scurrilous iest then in these particulars Well we see heere Christ accounts his presence in his Church whither in body or in spirit whither visibly or by meanes to be as the presence of a Bridegroome to his best beloued If we feele our selues to finde no coÌ„fort in those things which are reported to be so full of coÌ„fort it is a signe we are none of the children of the Wedding but of those rather which shal be shut out dismissed with that heauy voyce when yet they shall beg desire to come in Depart from me I doe not know you t Math. 25.12 The next Doctrine hence to bee obserued is That it is the wisedome and duty of gods children in the daies of their reioycing and then when they haue most comfort by the Bridegroomes presence yet to thinke vpon and to make prouision for a change Our Sauiour here saith that albeit he now vseth his disciples somewhat tenderly these being as it were the daies of his first acquaintance yet they must not thinke to liue so alwaies but know rather that there bee times of more straightnes and of greater sadnes to be looked for So that it is plaine that it is the wisedome of Gods children in the daies of their greatest ioy to be in continuall expectation of a time of morning As the Bridegroome is with them so they must remember that the Bridegroome may be taken from them For this cause Christ often told his disciples of hauing affliction in the world u Ioh. 16.33 of weeping lamenting when the world was iocund x Ioh. 16.20 of drinking in his cup y Math. 23.22 of being hated of all men z Math. 24.9 The poore Iewes were in perplexity while the King and Haman sate drinking in the palace a Este 3.15 We must resolue to passe through many stormes before we attaine to the End of our Faith the saluation of our soules b 1. Pet. 1.9 It is worth the noting how God in all ages hath kept a kind of coÌ„tinual entercourse in his church betwixt peace and persecution betwixt quietnes and trouble It hath neither been alwaies vnder the crosse nor alwaies flourishing in an outward setlednes Sometimes in kingdoÌ„es states the gospell hath been freely preached the sacrameÌ„ts ordinarily administred publique assemblies vsually frequeÌ„ted without danger Sometimes againe it hath been intermitted nay it hath been banished persecuted and it hath been as much as a mans life hath been worth to be knowne to professe it And as is the state of the church in general so is it of Christians in particular Sometimes they hear the Bridegroomes voice secretly sweetly speaking peace to their soules by his spirit and this causeth much comfort sometimes they be much perplexed with doubtings sad passions and this occasioneth a great deale of sorrow Sometimes they haue the voice of ioy and deliuerance in their tabernaeles c Ps 118.15 sometimes againe bitter griefe in steed of Felicity d Is 38.17 How then can it but bee wisedome to expect affliction tribulation The expectation of it cannot hasten it nay it may preuent it at the lest it shall cause it to be the more easie when it commeth Here is a necessary aduertisement for vs. The Vse Wee now through Gods goodnes do enioy the Bridegroomes presence his voyce soundeth amongst vs in the dayly ministry Happy were wee if we reioyced in it as we should If we do yet let vs not forgette that the Bridegroome may be taken from vs that there may come daies of greater desolation Who can tell nay considering our sinnes who hath not reason to feare that God will take away from vs the meanes of grace and depriue vs of the comfortablenes of his blessed word in the commons mones thereof when we shall see a dimning of such Lights by whose bright shining many haue been coÌ„forted when we shall behold Pulpits taken vp with such Prophets as looke out vaine foolish things for the people not labouring as they should to discouer their Iniquitie e Lam. 2.14 when we shall finde in the multitude such a grosnes of heart as was sometimes in those of Ierusalem when they did not know the things which belonged to their peace f Luk. 19.42 then let vs feare the Bridegroomes going The present condition of the times should worke somewhat with vs we see or may see what working and what plotting there is among Papists by trecherie and bloudy designes to put out the Light of the gospell to cause the voice of the Bridegr vtterly to cease And yet alas we sit still as if there were no danger It is now verified which was said of old The Lord did call vnto weeping mourning but behold ioy and gladnes eating Flesh and drinking wine h Is 22.12.13 Thus we go on in a kind of besotted course till a dart strike through our liuer as an oxe that goeth to the slaughter or as a Foole to the stockes for Correction i Pro. 7.22.23 Oh that there might be a generall humbling of our selues before the Lord teares running downe as a riuer and our Hearts crying to the Lord k Lam. 2.18 That mischiefe may returne vpon the heads of the coÌ„triuers that for his names sake for his truths sake for his son Christs sake the glorious gospell of his sonne the gracious voice of the Bridegroome may be coÌ„tinued with vs to the end of the world We haue iust cause to feare the beginnings of Gods iudgemeÌ„ts yet with al to admire eueÌ„ his lothnes to depart like that of old when the glory of the Lord departed by degrees first from the Cherub to the doore of the house n Ezek. 10.4 then to the entry of the gate of the Lords house o Ver. 19. then from the midst of the city to the mountaine towards the east side of the city p Ch. 11.23 The Lord would as it were haue vs to entreat him he looketh to bee importuned Let vs therfore euen this day vow vnto the mighty God of Iacob q Ps 132.2 that we wil preferre Ierusalem to our chiefe ioy r Ps 132.2 and that we will eueÌ„ wrastle with the Bridegroome as Iacob did with the Angel Å¿ Gen. 32.26 Oh if any thing may keep him yet with vs sure he shall not depart It were better to fast before to keep him with vs theÌ„ to fast wheÌ„ he is gone to restore him to vs Better to weepe in Sion to preuent Babell then when we sit by the riuers of Babell to weepe for Sion t Ps 137.1 This is the maine vse Albeit the aduertisemeÌ„t may be further stretched to euery priuate Christian Dost thou now feele in thy selfe euideÌ„ces pledges of the fauor of God in Christ Iesus it is good to reioice in them it is good also to know that it is possible for them to be ouerclouded for a time that the Lord may call thee to some inward conflicts Make ready therefore for the Combat The Bridegroome goeth cometh not only by giuing and remoouing the outward meanes but by giuing remoouing inward feeling FINIS

THE BRIDEGROOME BY SAMVEL HIERON LONDON Printed for Samuel Macham and are to be sold at his shop in Pauls Church-yard at the signe of the Bull-head 1613. TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFVLL AND vertuous Lady the Lady Brigit Halsewell of Halsewell in Somerset MAdam I pray pardon my boldnesse in that being vnknowne I dare thus to presse vpon you with these papers My excuse is he who first moued me to preach and since perswaded me to publish this ensuing Sermon would needs I should inscribe it to your Name It was deliuered at the Nuptials of your hopefull Heire in that respect I know it shall finde acceptance But yet the maine inducement to me to commend it by this particular direction to your Ladiship is the constant report I haue receiued of your good affection to the least things In assurance of this I was the more emboldened to present you with this Mite which if it shall afford any comfort either to your selfe or to any other truly fearing God I haue all that I aimed at in imparting it to the common view For which end I will follow it with my praiers and to your Ladiship in particular will remaine From Modbury A true desirer of the only good SAM HIERON THE BRIDEGROOME Math. Chap. 9. Ver. 15. Can the children of the Mariage-chamber mourne as long as the Bridegroome is with them But the daies shall come when the Bridegroome shall he taken from you and then shall they fast BEing entreated to this seruice This Sermon was preached as a Mariage my desire was to handle some such Scripture as might occasion me both to deliuer something agreeable to the cause of our present meeting and withall to speake that which might concerne vs all as we be Christians Should I speake nothing of Mariage duties happely when I had done it might be said of some what was this Sermon to the present busines Should I treat therof only many perhaps might go away with a conceit that they had heard nothing which did much concerne them This text I trust shall fit both turnes of which I will not doubt to say as Iacob did of his pretended venison The Lord hath brought it to my hands a Gen. 27.20 I entreat you to sit vp and eat thereof that your soules may blesse mee when you shall find that I haue presented you with such sauoury meat as either you doe loue or els ought if your stomakes be well affected to desire The state of the Text. Touching this Text I pray you in a word to conceiue thus much Ceremonies haue been in all ages of the Church because of the diuersity of mens affections an occasion of contention They which haue agreed well together in the Maine yet haue been exceedingly heated and as is said of Paul and Barnabas b Act. 15.39 stirred one against the other in the Bye and hereby the chiefe businesse hath beene much letted and the common enemie much aduantaged Sathan the enginer of all mischiefe practized this stratagem in the daies of our Sauiour When he perceiued how the Truth grew and preuailed by the vniforme proceedings of Iohn Baptist and Christ he endeuoured to make a Rent if it were possible betwixt them by promoting a question about Fasting Iohn trayned vp his disciples in much outward strictnesse the follower of our Sauiour liued as might seem after a more easie fashion Here now grew a question How could the freedom of Christs disciples be iustified without condemning the austeritie of Iohn and if Iohns strictnesse was good surely then the libertie of Christ could not be approoued This mooued the wicked Pharisees to taxe them both to say as they did that the one had a Deuill and the other was a Glutton c Luk. 7.33.34 This matter was set a foot by some of Iohns approouers and the Pharisees ioyned with them indeed to them it would haue been a ioy to haue seen Christ and Iohn by the eares The challenge is made something peremptorily in the former verse Why doe not thy disciples fast Now my Text is Christs plea for clearing of himselfe and for deciding of the difference Can the children of the mariage chamber mourne c. Wherein hee compares himselfe to a Bridegrome and his Disciples to the speciall guests chosen to accompanie the Bridegroome Now a Wedding saith he you all know is a time of mirth not of mourning of feasting not of fasting will you that I should now stint my Disciples as Iohn doth his Should I during the time of this my comfortable presence with them apply them to this sadder course of fasting It fitteth not with that plenty of reioycing which my being among them doth afford Indeed there is a time approching in which I shall bee taken from them that will be a time of humiliation then shall they Fast. Thus haue you the state of this Scripture For order in handling it The order in handling is I will follow this course Sith it is a similitude fetched from such a businesse as hath giuen Being to this dayes meeting I will first speake of such things as out of the Text may concerne the present occasion and then of such things as were principally intended by our Sauiour and doe concerne vs all Respectiuely to the occasion I will treat of two particulars 1. The title of a Bridegroome applyed to Christ 2. The lawfulnes of reioycing together when wee are called to the companie of a Bridegroome It is manifest to al who conceiue ought that by the title of a Bridegroome our Sauiour ment himselfe In Math. Chap. 25. he which in the first verse is called the Bridegroome in the thirteenth is termed the son of man The Church is his Beloued d Can. 1.8 This life is the time of Wooing Betrothing The Ministers of the Gospell are the Bridegroomes friends e Ioh. 3.29 and do beseech as in Christs steed f 2. Cor. 5.20 they are busied in preparing the Church for one husband and to present her as a pure virgin vnto Christ g 2. Cor. 11.2 The assurances are here drawne vp and he hath giuen his word in his Word vnto her that he will marry her vnto him for euer in iudgment in mercy and in compassion h Hos 2.19 Earned is giuen i Eph. 1.14 A ioynture is made Thee shall be an Heire annexed with Christ k Rom. 8.17 He sendeth her euer and anon tokens of loue spirituall blessings in heauenly things l Eph. 1.3 shee shall not bee destitute of any gift m 1. Cor. 1.7 Hee is but gone before to prepare a place for her her train in the many mansions of his Fathers house n Ioh. 14.23 He will returne and the last day of the World shall be the first day of her full enioying him Now shee cryeth as the mother of Sisera Why is his chariot so long why tary the wheeles of his chariot o Iudg. 5.28

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