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A04156	The conuerts happines· A comfortable sermon preached at S. Maries Spittle in London, in Easter-weeke, the 19. April. 1609. By Thomas Iackson, Bachelour of Diuinitie, and preacher of Gods word, at Wye in Kent.	Jackson, Thomas, d. 1646.	1609 (1609)	STC 14298; ESTC S107440	42,495	61

him in glory from euerlasting Indeede wee are said by our praises to magnifie or make him great which is not in regard of himselfe who is already most great but when by our preaching and praysing his glory and goodnesse we make that which is infinite in it selfe to be reputed great of others For as one well sayth to magnifie is nothing else but to signifie that it is great The second consideration tending to amplifie his kindenesse towards vs is our owne indignitie Oh what kindnesse is this that the Lord of glory vouchsafeth to stand knocke at the doore of his Church which he hath pronounced already to be wretched and miserable poore and blind and naked Will you see the loathsome condition of vs all by nature Then hearken what God saith by his Prophet In the day of thy Natiuitie when thou wast borne thy Nauell was not cut thou wast not washed with water nor salted with salt nor swadled in cloutes no eye pitied thee but thou wast cast out in the open field to the contempt of thy Person and when I passed by thee I saw thee polluted in thine owne blood and I said vnto thee thou shalt liue Oh herein is loue not that we loued him but he loued vs yea euen when we deserued to be hated Thirdly and lastly that he doeth not passe by her doore finding it shut but doth stand call and knocke and importune her to open as an one we shal heare Open vnto me my loue Sister Doue and vndefiled Secondly let vs hence to the shame of the faces of vs all obserue our great vnthankfulnesse and vnkindnesse towards Christ that will not open vnto him but let him stand at the doore If a man of any account but specially if an earthly King should knocke at our doore Oh what a stirre wee would make to let him in quickly What a shame then is it that the King of heauen knocking at the doores of our hearts we should heare him as aloofe off stand vpon tearmes and conditions with if and and how and giue him cold sluggish excuses as the Church confesseth shee did I haue put off my coate and I haue washed my feete and yet this is not all but to fill vp the measure of our vnkindnesse and vnthankfulnesse as Christ checked the Iewes saying If another come in his owne name him ye receiue but ye receiue not me No sooner can the Diuell World or Flesh knock by any temptation or suggestion but wee presently heare and open vnto them but suffer Christ with his graces to stand at the doore Oh my good brethren and sisters in the Lord let vs consider and bee ashamed of this Sinne. Yea though I am most vnworthie of all seeing the Lord hath vouchsafed me this houre this day to bee his Spokesman and Suitor to wooe and intreat you and because I know I shall neuer speake to most of you any more giue me leaue in my Masters cause to intreat you againe and againe and to importune you to bee reconciled vnto him Yea happie man I and most happie dayes worke if I could but winne one Soule to open vnto him Oh yet that I knew what words of exhortation to vse that not one but many yea as Saint Paul saith That all that heare me this day might bee wonne vnto Christ that this might be the day of renewing the Couenant and sealing it with our hearts and of our vndoubted betrothing with Christ yea what madnesse hath possessed vs that we should not doe so for haue him and haue all things Art thou a miserable lost creature he is a Sauiour and bringeth Saluation vnto thee art thou hungry hee is the hidden Manna and Bread of Life art thou thirstie hee will giue thee Water of Life whereof whosoeuer drinketh shall neuer thirst any more art thou naked he hath white Robes of righteousnesse to couer thee withall art thou poore and miserable hee is the heire of all things will make thee rich and set a Crowne of glory on thine head doest thou weepe and mourne he wil wipe all teares from thine eies and fill thee with such occasions of gladnesse that the very broken bones shall reioyce doest thou groane and art tyred with the burthen of sinne hee will ease and refresh thee art thou vexed with the stormes of Gods wrath he will be as the shadow of a great Rocke vnto thee art thou sicke hee is a Physition to heale thee art thou blind he is a Chirurgeon to cure thee beeing that Light which lighteth euery man that commeth into the world to conclude art thou subiect to errour falshood and death he is that Way that Trueth and that Life the Way without Errour the Trueth without Falshood the Life without Death euen all in all vnto his people Oh then bee no longer so vnkind vnto Christ and thine owne Soule but say Welcome sweet Sauiour and open the euerlasting doore of thine heart vnto him that it may bee well with thee for euer and hee no longer take vp this Complaint against thee l stand at the doore And so much for the Subiect of this Proposition The Predicate is laid downe in a sweet Allegoricall speech euery man being compared to a house his heart vnto a doore and Christ vnto a guest standing and knocking to come in not so much to finde curtesie as to shew fauour and kindenesse and the Predicate is threefold the first declareth his gesture which is standing whereby three things are signified Viz. first his willingnes to enter secondly his patience to wait our leisure thirdly his obseruance of our vnkindenes in not opening For the first in that comming to the doore of our hearts and finding the same shut and barred against him hee sitteth not walketh nor lyeth not aloofe off as carelesse whether he enter or no but standeth at the doore as it were harkening and listening ready to enter vpon euery occasion It noteth his great desire to enter which appeareth from this threefold consideration First wishing that they would open vnto him Oh that there were such an heart in them to feare me and to keepe all my commaundements alway that it might goe well with them and with their children for euer Oh that my people had harkened vnto me and Israel had walked in my wayes I would soone haue brought downe their enemies and haue fedde them with the finest wheate flowre Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commaundement then had thy prosperity bin as the floods and thy righteousnesse as the waues of the Sea Oh Ierusalem that thou haddest knowne in this thy day those things which belong to thy peace Yea and that none shal open in vaine hearken what Dauid saith Lord thou hearest the desire of the poore thou

of the spirit whereby the vnderstanding is inlightned the heart mollified and our affections inflamed with the loue of Christ and heauenly things it profiteth not but becommeth the sauour of death vnto death vnto vs the more he so knocketh the more excuseles shall we be at the last day Again thogh the Lord take neuer so great a delight to do vs good euen emptie as it were the treasure of his blessings vpon vs yet without his spirite they doe but puffe vs vp vnto wantonnesse and presumption as we haue an example in Israel for whom the Lord doing so much as we haue heard Yea so much as hee could doe as himselfe witnesseth yet complaineth he that should haue beene vpright when he waxed fatte spurned with his heele and forsooke God that made him and regarded not the strong God of his saluation Oh the cause of this Moses elsewhere plainely layeth downe saying Ye haue seene all that the Lord did in Egypt vnto Pharaoh and al his seruants and al his land the great temptations miracles and wonders yet the Lord hath not giuen you an heart to perceiue and eyes to see and eares to heare vnto this day Lastly though the Lord adde strype vnto strype and one iudgement to follow in the necke of another as the waues of the Sea yet without the inward working of his spirit the more he so knocketh the more doe we harden our hearts against him as Pharaoh did Oh Lord knocke by thy word and teach vs knock by thy mercies and allure vs knocke by thy iudgements and feare vs but aboue all other knocke by thy spirit and perswade vs that when thou knockest we may open vnto thee Amen And now to make some generall Application of these things to our selues First I demaund with the Apostle Hath not England heard No doubt the sound of the Gospell hath gone throughout all our Land the Lord hath not sent a few as seuentie by paires two and two but so many thousands that as Dauid saith in another sense Great is the Company of Preachers the word of the Lord is not precious amongst vs as in Elies dayes neither need we with the Sunamite saddle our Horses or Asses to ride farre to heare it it is neere vnto vs and of our plentie wee can supply others lacke and herein the Lord blesse the intended Voyage and all them that aduenture Liues or Goods therein that it may bee for Gods glory the enlarging of Christs Kingdome the Honor of our Nation and Good of Church and Common-wealth Yea England is as Gods Temple where euery man speaketh of his Prayse and a Sanctuarie to such as loue the sound of the Gospel God hauing not yet so farre entered into iudgement with our sinnes as to remoue our Candlesticke take away his Kingdome and call our Ionahs to goe preach vnto Niniuie But hath not London heard Oh herein hath God exalted her to Heauen with Capernaum who beside her owne Ordinary with store hath her solemne Assemblies furnished with the choise of Vniuersitie and Countrie to speake vnto her so as if England be the Temple she is the very Arke of the presence of God aboue all other places of this Land Secondly hath not God beene mercifull vnto this Land Oh London London let me speake to thine heart to whom I am sent with the Message of God this day How great are Gods mercies that hath exalted thee to become the Princesse of the thousands the Chamber of our famous Kings and Queenes the Ioy of our Land the Empresse of Cities the renowmed Mart of Nations of whom I may say as sometimes God sayd of Tyrus thy Marchants are Princes thy Chapmen the Nobles of the world Oh so many and great they are that I cannot sayle in the huge Ocean of them I will thrust but into an Arme or Creeke Consider his mercies of Donation how aboundantly hee hath enriched thee with Peace Plentie Honor and Prosperitie yea taken such a Delight to doe thee good and euen to empty the Treasure of his Mercies vpon thee that most doe thinke it a great Happinesse to shrowde themselues within thy Borders It was once sayde of Rome but may now more truely bee said of thee that thou art an Epitome of all Gods mercies elsewhere bestowed vpon all the Churches and Common-wealths in the World Pindarus reporteth that there was an opinion of the Citie of Rhodes that Gold rained vpon it but if euer Citie receiued golden Showres it is this of London And therefore as Athens was called Greece of Greece so may London be called the England of England The Lord grant that his Gospell and thine obedience may meet together his Mercies and thy thankfulnesse may kisse each other Consider his mercies of Preseruation that whereas other goodly Cities haue beene ransacked and destroyed by Fire and Sword of cruell Souldier grasse brambles and nettles growing in their streetes houses and temples for want of passengers inhabitants and worshippers mens hearts fayling for feare of the continuall thundring of Drums sounding of Trumpets neighing of Horses ratling of Armor roaring of Cannons so neere our Borders that some of our houses haue trembled with the reporte thereof c. He hath alwaies watched ouer thee to preserue thee from the like desolation Yea giue me leaue to Gods glory and our owne comfort to instance in a few particuler examples First therefore it is not so ancient and superannate but rather kept in recent and fresh memorie how those who now we hope are our friends and God make them so to vs and the Trueth but then we know were our proud and cruell Enemies who came with an vnquenchable furie and as they thought with an inuincible Nauie with Ensignes of victorie and instruments of crueltie but the Lord strong in Battell was our refuge the God of Iacob was our defence who armed out all his Creatures in the day of Battell for our defence their offence that we might be deliuered and they destroied the Windes fought against them and their Ships as it did against Ahazias the Sea against them and their Hoast as against Pharace● yea the Starres in their courses as against the horses and chariots of Siserah that wee and our posterities may confesse with the Israelites The Lord hath triumphed gloriously ouer his enemies the Horse and his Rider the Ship and his Sailer hath he ouerthrowen in the midst of the Sea Secondly the day is now come and gone which our enemies so longed for and wee so feared would haue beene the Bane of the Gospell the Shipwrack of our Peace and Breake-necke of our Prosperitie a day of mourning and lamentation yea when all the Orders and Companies of this Realme fom the honorable Counsellor to him that draweth water from the reuerent Iudge that sitteth vpon the Bench