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A15524	Christs farevvell to Jerusalem, and last prophesie A sermon preached in the quier of the cathedrall church of Canterburie, at the funerall of that reuerend and worthy man, Mr. Doctor Colfe, Vice-Deane of the said church. Octob. 12. 1613. By Thomas Wilson, minister of Gods word.	Wilson, Thomas, 1563-1622.	1614 (1614)	STC 25790; ESTC S101806	26,045	78

with the hurt done vnto the truth than vnto himselfe Moreouer his constant faith continuing to trust in God euen then when he did more then kill him for death was more to be chused then his tedious calamitie his fixed hope and feruent calling vpon that God which so frowned vpon him and strooke him so rigorously his plentifull prayers for his Wife and Children that they might be kept vpright and vnspotted in this peruerse and slippery age His godly comforts and counsell to his Wife to depend vpon Gods prouidence to bring vp his Children well in the knowledge of Christ also to his children that they would truely and greatly feare God least together with an earthly parent they lost their heauenly father and so have no father at all His religious education of his children out of a great desire that they might serue God either in Church or Common-wealth as God should dispose them These his graces doe strongly and sufficiently testifie what a good Christian he was Which yet was further manifested by his singular humility behauing himself lowly in an high estate so farre from being high-minded or wise in his own eyes as he did euer thinke meanely of his owne gifts which were rich and many when he was very ready both to speake and iudge reuerently of other mens gifts being sometime both poore and few Now what a good Deuine hee was I referre you to these proofes following First to his learned iudicious expositions and Meditations vttered in this Church in a frequent and learned assembly vpon sundry Texts of holy Scripture as namely vpon the whole 8. Psalme and 127. Psal. and Math. 7. verse 24. to the end of the Chapter and 1 Cor. 14. and on the Epistle of Christ sent to the Church of Laodicea Reu. 3. but especially on 2. Thes. Chapter 2. from verse 6. to the end wherein he demonstratiuely and substantially proued the Papacy to be Antichristianity there so liuely and fully described by Paul Further whereas the Apostle saith that to euery man is giuen his proper gift of God to some after this manner to another after that Gods seruants and children amongst many graces haue some one gift which doth chiefly grace them whereby they excell both others and themselues I may truly say and let it be said without offence that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of this our Brother was a speciall sleight and faculty in reuealing and preaching Christ which hee did with that dextoritie as sundry both godly and learned persons haue heard him not onely with affection but with admiration also Thirdly the Vniuersitie his mother conferred vpon him the greatest dignitie which she had to giue vnto her children and that not without due desert on his part as some of the Heads of houses who heard his Diuinitie Acts or exercises haue reported and affirmed them to haue beene performed with generall approbation and great credit Whereof I doe not meruaile for certainly hee was a very great student and of long continuance hee was well seene and expert in the three languages namely in the holy tongue the language of Canaan by the benefit whereof as also by much reading of our moderne writers together with most learned interpreters both euangelicall and pontificiall namely Vatablus Arias Montanus Tremelius Beza and others hee became an excellent Text-man and so an excellent Diuine Bonus enim Textuarius est bonus Theologus Hee was conuersant with good fruit in the ancient Fathers acquainted himselfe with the Scholemen also Not aboue sixe dayes before his death hee shewed himselfe in conference as ready in Schole-distinctions as if he had but newly come out of the Schooles Hee gaue a taste how good a Pastor he was both by personall paines in preaching the Word vnto his flocke plainely without ostentation of wit or learning Also by his prouision of a well qualified man to be his assistant in that waighty charge And as a good Scribe taught to the kingdome of GOD hee would haue drawne things both old and new more plentifully out of his store if he had recouered his health againe for he often wished that hee might liue to preach Christ lamenting it that hee was not able But he hath serued his time and finished his course and his flocke hath lost a skilfull Shepheard his Wife a louing Husband his Children a kind Father his Seruants a milde and iust Master his acquaintance a fast friend his reuerend Brethren a faithfull fellow and companion This is all that I haue to say of him such as loue him will thinke it too little and such as did not will iudge it too much but lesse I could not say and more I neede not say The summe of all is Qualis vita finis ita hee liued well and dyed well full of dayes in a good age in the fauour both of God and good men God be praised that hath happily ended his painfull pilgrimage and the same God giue you all grace to come after him in the same steps of faith and patience wherein he went before Amen A SERMON Preached in the Cathedrall Church of Canterbury Octob. 12. 1613. Luke 23. vers 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. And there followed him a great multitude of people and of women which women bewailed and lamented him c. THese words are a part of that peerelesse and matchlesse story concerning the pretious passion of our blessed Sauiour And whereas both before and after this text many and sundry reproachfull and painefull things are reported to be done vnto him Yet this present parcell of scripture doth mention some honourable things that did befall him about his death as namely the lamentation of diuers women and good people in witnesse of his innocencie that he died a iust and good a man in which behalfe they bewayled him and not for the cause of his miserie alone for then they vvould haue mourned for the two theeues that vvere crucified with him Againe the horrible iudgement threatned here by Iesus vnto the Iewes for putting him so cruelly to death is an euidence of his vprightnesse and how deere and beloued hee was vnto God his father howsoeuer for a time hee did forsake him that hee might suffer afflictiue things to merit the redemption of mankinde This Text is deuided into two generall parts the first is a report of a lamentation set forth by three circumstances first of the persons that mourned vvho were certaine people and women which came after him euen at the heeles secondly of the person for whom to wit Iesus thirdly the measure of their sorrow which was very great like to the sorrow of a mother that laments at the funerall of her onely begotten childe as the Greeke word here vsed doth import funerall sorrow and as the Prophet Zachary did foretell in Chap. 12. ver 10. of his prophesie they shall lament him as one lamenteth for her onely sonne The other part

vs all in such cases to be touched in heart working our selues to grieue at such Iudgements when they happen that wee be not found hardened like those of whom Esay complaineth that vvhen mercifull men vvere taken from the Church they did not consider it in their heart they regarded not that God deliuered them from future euill Esay 57.1 Thus much of the first generall part The lamentation made for Iesus But Iesus turned backe to them Here beginneth the second generall part to wit the Speech or Sermon of Iesus occasioned by this Lamentation And ere wee come to examine the particulars I commend this Lesson as to all Christians yet more specially to the Ministers of Christ that they attend their Calling to the vtmost being prompt to instruct reproue and admonish as long as they may See how Iesus being set in great affliction neare to a cruell death led betweene Souldiers bound with cords yet remembreth his vocation and being sent of God into the vvorld vvith commandement from his Father to teach his will to call men to repentance hee accordingly euen to the last period of his life warneth the Iewes of their sinne and threatneth Gods iudgements for the same and as a Prophet fore-telleth their misery Thus did Ieremie vvhen the King and Princes by the malice of the Priests had cast him into prison yet euen then hee causeth Baruch to vvrite his Prophesies and to reade them to the people Also Paul being prisoner at Rome Act. 28. 31. yet euen there hee taught the kingdome of God by mouth to such as came to him and remembring Gods Word was vnbound wrote many diuine Epistles as that to Galat. Ephes. Philip. Collos. 2 to Timothy c. to the great edification of Gods Church present and future The Martyres in Q. Maries dayes Ridly Bradford Rogers c. being barred from preaching Christ out of the Pulpit yet from the prison-house wrote many godly Letters to the Brethren First these examples serue to condemne such as in health prosperitie and libertie doe grosly forget and foreslow the vvorke of their Calling whose end must be like vnto his that buryed his Talent in the earth He was bound c. Secondly they must be as a spur in the sides of good Ministers to quicken them to continue to walke in the worke of their Calling so long and so farre as they can knowing that there will be an end and their labour in the Lord shall not be in vaine And said weepe not for mee but c. This which is here translated for mee and for your selues in the originall it is read vpon me and vpon your selues that is to say weepe not for my sake but for your owne cause which prohibition is not so to be vnderstood as if Iesus had simply disallowed their weeping for him but in some respect onely for these that vvept for him vvere ignorant of the true cause of his death which they ascribed vnto his owne infirmitie and to the violence of his enemies as if he had beene compelled to dye and could not haue resisted their rage whereas none did take away from him his life he laid it downe of himselfe partly out of the great loue that hee bare to mankinde and partly to declare the obedience toward his heauenly Father vvho had appointed to redeeme the vvorld by the death of his Sonne Rom. 5. 8. Philip. 2.8 Christ therefore vvorthily blamed these Mourners weeping for him as for one enforced to dye against his will for hee dyed most voluntarily suffering death because hee would not as one that could not auoid it hauing Legions of Angels at commandement Againe this particle not is found in Scripture to signifie not alwayes an absolute but a comparatiue denyall sometimes as in Hosea Chap. 6. 6. I will haue Mercy not Sacrifice that is I desire Mercy rather then Sacrifice Likewise in Psalme 51.16.17 1 Cor. 1.17 Ephes. 6.12 and often else-where so it is here not for me but for your selues that is more and rather for your selues then for me who shall reape no losse and damage but much gaine by my death after which I shall rise againe and ascend into heauen and there raigne in glory for euer but vnto you the Iewes my death shall not be the end but the beginning of sorrows therefore mourne for the horrible Iudgements hanging ouer your owne heads and weepe not on my behalfe whose death is to my selfe both aduantage and aduancement Hence wee may learne how hard a thing it is euen for the godly to keepe a measure eyther in ioy and gladnesse or in sorrow and heauinesse but eyther wee shall vveepe more then vve should or lesse or for what cause vvee ought not so vveake and vnable vvee are to gouerne our passions Therefore vve ought to watch and pray to God to moderate them by his good Spirit If Moses that man of God and Paul that chosen vessell vvith Barnabas that Sonne of Comfort vvere foyled by their passions if Iob and Iacob so much yeelded to heauinesse as the one cursed his birth-day and the other refused to be comforted what cause haue others farre inferiour to them in graces to mistrust their owne frailetie and to flye to the throne of Grace both for pardon of all excesse in affections and for power to stay them in compasse for time to come Verse 29. For behold the dayes will come when they shall say c. THese be words of Propheticall commination or threatning prediction fore-telling the most grieuous and great tribulations which are noted and set forth by the speeches of Mothers in respect of their Children for whom they should be so distressed and perplexed as to doe contrary to custome and reason For Children and the fruit of the vvombe are a reward and heritage of God both for an ornament to their Parents as Oliue branches set about their Table Psal. 128.4 And for their adiument and defence being as sharp arrowes drawne out of a quiuer wherewith the enemy in the gate is repelled therefore such were accustomed to be held happy which had their quiuer full of them Psal. 127.4.5 Contrariwise barrennesse among the Iewes was vvont to be accounted a malediction Whence it came that Rachel did so take on with Iacob for a childe vvhen shee vvas barren Gen. 30. And that Sarah did so much couet a childe as shee gaue her Maid Agar to Abraham to vvipe away the infamy of sterilitie Hannah likewise 1 Sam. 1.7 vvept and mourned vnder this curse of an vnfruitfull vvombe yet loe such vnheard of and intollerable calamities should light vpon the Iewes for murthering Christ their Sauiour as childing and fruitfull women should pronounce them happy which were childlesse and reckon it their greatest vnhappinesse to haue Sons and Daughters and that for these considerations partly because when those euill and wofull times should come mothers should be grieued not so much for themselues