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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09264	A fruitfull sermon, on 1 Cor. 15. 18, 19. VVritten by VVilliam Pemble of Magdalen Hall in Oxford	Pemble, William, 1592?-1623.; Capel, Richard, 1586-1656.	1629 (1629)	STC 19578; ESTC S114348	13,402	30

vs in this life Let her bee poore and persecuted driuen into wildernesses and caues of the earth t was so of old when Idolatrous Gentilisme swagered it in glorious Temples by Law and force of sword Be she a few to many meane to mighty t was so euer What if she seeme to bee now driuen into a corner of this westerne World so that the Aduersarie may conceiue hope that now there needes but one push more to thrust her into another Coast or to sinke her in the Sea let vs not for all that iudge the worse of her nor leaue the Temple of God to run ouer to the Temples of Idols and Idolaters For priuate Christians the same Rule must be followed for them also not to iudge them by their state in this life Indeed if we looke vpon them while they are here disgraced as the off-scouring of the world scorned by great men iniurd by all men driuen into obscurity and troden vnder foote from rising vp in the world if we see Daniel lodgd among Lions Paul and Silas in the Stockes and at the whipping Post the Martyrs bodies melting in the flames if we behold them tryed by mockings and scourgings by bonds and impris●nment when wee see them stoned he wen asunder tempted slaine with the sword wandring vp and downe in sheepe-skinnes and in goates-skins being destitute afflicted and tormented wandring in Wildernesses and Mountaines and Dennes and Caues of the Earth as in Heb. 11. 36 37 38. in this case who but would iudge them to bee miserable men Againe when wee see a poore Christian frequent in prayer and hearing strict in his life fearefull to take liberty where others sinne with boldnesse often in fasting to humble his soule and beate downe his body see his heart full of griefe his eyes runne downe with teares for his owne sinnes and for the sins of the Land wherein he liues behold him toyling vnder the burden of sin wearied out with spirituall conflicts in his encounters with Sathan and that sin that still dwels in him And now seems not such a one in thy eyes to bee a contemptible and miserable wretch Well iudge not by the sight of thine eies be not thou a foole to esteem such a one mad though for the present it appeare not what such a one shall bee yet know that when Christ shall appeare he shall appeare with him in glory and therefore whateuer his estate in this life bee yet his end shall bee with honour Vse 2. This teacheth vs in generall that no man is a happy man who lookes for no other happinesse but in this life If in this life onely there be hope Christians be of all most miserable but yet all others also bee miserable too For why their happinesse which here they haue is but for a few yeares and after that comes death then iudgement and euerlasting miserie Ah my Brethren t is a wofull estate for one to be A man of this world whose portion is in this life as it is Psal. 17. 14. When all the happinesse a man cares for or lookes after is this that he hath money enough friends enow store of lands and liuings great honours much ease varietie of pleasures with such other things as serue only to the filling of our bellies and satisfying of a few base and earthly affections Yet this is all which most men desire and whereafter their hearts doe runne all dayes of their liues they neuer looke higher than these lower parts of the world What pitie is it to see a man so noble a Creature borne vnto immortalitie and an euerlasting being yet to spend a fifty or sixty yeares in this life and yet scarce euer thinke seriously of another world till there be no remedie but that he must goe out of this Brethren take we notice of this fault and know wee that this world is not our resting place let vs now forsake it in our affections and let our liues testifie that we be such as seeke after a Country not earthly but heauenly where wee shall haue a more enduring substance than all the treasures of this world Thus much of the first point from the 19. Verse I come vnto the next words wherein the Apostle confutes the former absurditie shewing that godly Christians are not to bee accounted more miserable than all others forasmuch as their hope in Christ is for the life to come as well as this life But now saith hee Christ is risen Yea might they say but what is that to vs Very much for he rose that we might rise He is become the first fruits of them that slept He is the first that rose from the dead and is the cause to raise all others vp The Instruction that briefly wee learne from hence is this that The Resurrection of Christ is the cause of our Resurrection to life and glory This the Apostle intends when he saith iointly together Christ is risen and become the first fruits of such as sleepe i. e. are dead Christ may bee called the first fruits of them that rise from death in a double respect 1. Because Christ was the first that rose from death which we must vnderstand with some limitation for it is certain that others were raised from the dead before Christs Resurrection as we reade of diuers in the Old and New Testament but here is the difference between them and Christ 1. They rose by the power of Christ Christ by his owne power Hee had power as to lay downe so to take it to himselfe againe Beeing God as well as man of himselfe he was able to quicken his own body So could not they 2. Christ rose but dyed no more the others rose vnto life but dyed againe as Lazarus c. who tasted twice of temporall death So then Christ was the first of all the dead that raised himselfe vnto an euerlasting life 2. Because Christ is the cause why all men else rise from the dead This is chiefly intended by the Apostle when he saith Christ is the first fruits of them that sleepe The first fruits were by the Law Deut. 26. 1. seq to be offered vnto the Lord before such time as the Iewes might eate of the rest of their haruest By that oblation the whole haruest was sanctified vnto their lawfull vse as it is Leuit. 23. 14. And therfore the Apostle saith Rom. 1. 16. If the first fruits be holy so is the whole lumpe namely after the consecrating of the first fruits all the remainder might lawfully bee vsed in a good and holy manner From this custome the Apostle drawes the Metaphor calling Christ the first fruits of the dead Namely that as by them all the rest of the store was consecrated so in and by the body of Christ rising out of his graue the bodies of all the Elect shall receiue this power and priuiledge to breake asunder the bands of death and returne to life and blessed immortalitie Which comes to passe in a