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A10216	Ieremiahs teares, or A sermon preached in York-minster vpon Trinity Sunday, in the yeare of our Lord, 1604 when the sicknes was begunne in the cittie. By Thomas Pullein vicar of Pontefract, sometime chaplaine of New Colledge in Oxford.; Jeremiahs teares.	Pullein, Thomas.	1608 (1608)	STC 20493; ESTC S106092	19,134	44

the head hath better means to expresse the grief and sorrow of the heart both by mourning with the voyce and by weeping with the eyes And thus I am come to the second point of the gradation which is the second thing that the prophet desireth for the better expressing of his great sorrow He doth not onely wish that his head were full of water but he declares the cause thereof which was not to keepe it still enclosed in his head but that from thence it might bee deriued and resolued into brinish teares as faithfull witnesses of his inward griefe And to this end hee wisheth that his eyes might bee as a Fountaine or as it is in the Haebrewe Originall a vaine of teares which might be alwayes open neuer stopped alwaies running and neuer dry When a man would seeke a well first he digges to get water and when he hath found Water his next care is to draw it out for such needfull vses as occasion requireth Euen so our Prophets desire is first that hee might haue in his body a springing wel that his head might be the conduit and for the better drawing of this water out he wisheth in the next place that his eyes might be as spouts or as conduit pipes to powre forth this water And it could not be but so many as had not harts of flint must needs bee moued with astonishment to see and behold this great lamentation And yet our prophet is not content with this but he addeth as the third step of the gradation that I might weepe day and night It cannot content him to haue his heade full of Water it cannot content him that his eyes shedde teares but as though this were no weeping to expresse further that all thys comes from the inward sence sorrow of his hart he wisheth that hee might weepe and not simplie weepe but weepe so that his eies might neuer linne weeping and his eye-lids might neuer close themselues to take any rest but be alwaies open to weepe day and night Great was that mourning of the women of Bethelem when their children were slaine by the cruelty of Herod whereof our prophet Ieremiah prophecieth Chap 31. 15. which Testimonies is alledged by rhe Euangelyst S. Mathew in the second Chapter and the 8. verse where hee applyeth the same to that slaughter of Herod who seeing himself deluded by the wise men caused al the male children of Bethlehem to be slaine from two yeares olde and vnder with intent to murther Christ among the rest In Ramah was a voyce herd mourning and weeping great lamencation Rachael weeping for her children would not be comforted hecause they were not But that lamentation although it was bitter yet was it not to be cōpared with this of our prophet because that was only for the losse of some of their children but here the prophet bewayleth that miserable and fearefull destruction which shoulde generally come vpon all Iudah and Ierusalem as well young as olde wherein there should scarse be any that should scape not perish either by famine sworde or by pestilence or at least be carried into captiuity It is much that Dauid sayth of himselfe Enery night wash I my head and water my couch with my teares psal 6 6. Oh worthy practise for a penitent soule to imitate touching euery sinner that groneth vnder the burden of his sins to spend the nightes not in sleeping but in weeping not in slumbring drowsynes but in crying and calling to God for mercy shedding the tears of true repentance Worthy also is that to bee remembred which is recorded of the sinfull woman in the gospell Luke 7. who wept so aboundantly that she washed the feete of Christ with the teares that trickled down from her eies But this mourning of our prophet exceeds thē both if not in greatnes yet in continuance whose teares distilling without intermissiō as from the conduit of a springing wel would be sufficient not only to water his couch or to wash the feet of those that came nere him but euen in time to send forth riuers of waters like those wherof Ezechiel speaketh chap 47. which comming forth of the temple were at the first measuring vp to the anckles at the second measuring vp to the loins but at the third measuring the waters were become as a riuer that could not be passed But why doth our prophet weep so immoderatly That by his sheding of many teares some might drop out of theyr eies For the prophet weeps not here for himself but for the great misety that should come vpon the people And though he was likely to sustaine some part of their affliction because he dwelt among them yet himselfe was but one not one of the greatest the state of the Monarchy rested in them that is in the king in the Nobles and the rest of the people And therefore it was the publicke state that he bewayled whereupon euerie priuate mans condition depended as for himself he made no reckoning and besides he knew that God who had employed him in that Message and had preserued him hitherto from the bloudy hands of the Iewes who had slayne many of the Lordes Prophets was also able to preserue him from the hands of the Chaldaeans or to giue him fauour in their eyes that they might do hym no harme as it came to passe afterwards when the City was taken Ier 39 11 12. Seeing then the Prophet doth weepe for the people standes it not with good reason that they should weepe for themselues when our Sauiour was led to be Crucified many Women of Ierusalem followed him weeping But Iesus turned backe and saide vnto them Daughters of Ierusalem Weepe not for me but weepe for your selues and for your Children Luke 23. 28. He blames not their affection but he speakes by way of comparison He tels them that if they knewe all they had more cause to weepe for themselues then for him They wept for him because they loued him but he went to die for them because he loued them Iudge which of these had the greater loue Notwithstanding such was the ingratitude of the Iewish Nation such was their impiety against God their cruelty against his Prophetes and their impenitency in their sinnes that the Lord was determined vtterly to roote them out from being a Nation and for euer to cut them off from being a people And this he performed about forty yeares after by Titus the sonne of Vespasian the Romaine Emperor who brought a final destruction vpon the Iewes And this was the cause that when our Sauior was come nere to Ierusalem and beheld the City he wept for it Luke 19. 41 And in another place he said O Ierusalem Ierusalem which killest the Prophets and stonest them that are sent vnto thee how often would I haue gathered thy children together as the Henne gathereth her Chickens vnder her wings and ye would not Behold your habitation shall bee left vnto you desolate

Mat. 23 37. By this complaint it appeareth that though our Sauiour mourned for the Citty of Ierusalem yet the people of Ierusalem had the greatest cause to bewaile theyr owne misery Our prophet therefore in weeping for the people he sets them a president and rule to follow It was their punishment that strooke his hart with this inward sorrow and caused his eyes to shedde teares and therefore he frames himselfe to weepe that by his weeping hee might wring teares out of their eyes But ought not euery man to bee mooued most with that which most concerneth himselfe Why then is our Prophet touched with a more liuely sence of the Iewish calamities then the Iewes that were to feele the smart thereof Why doth he not wish that their heads were full of water and theyr eyes fountaines of teares that they might Weepe day and night for the destruction that should come vpon themselues Oh their harts were hardned that makes our Prophet to mourne the more He had rebuked them for their sinnes but they would not amend He had denounced Gods iudgements but they despised his threatnings When the false Prophets flattered them with Peace Peace to them they harkened It is saide of our Sauiour Christ concerning the Iewes that hee did mourne for the hardnes of their harts Marke 3. 5. And heere our Prophet Ieremiah when nothing would preuayle he takes himselfe to mourning In this place we see how needfull it is that faithful Pastors be placed among the people when they are ignorant to teach them when they sin to admonish them when admonitions wil not serue to terrifie them with Gods iudgments when nothing will preualle to mourne for them The dumb dogs the ydle Non-residents do none of these thinges the one cannot and the other will not and both of them haue bin the destruction of many thousande soules which will one day bee required at both of their handes But what shall the faithfull ministers do Shal they tel the Drunkards what the prophet Isaiah saith vnto them Wo vnto them that rise vppe early to follow drunkennes and to them that continue vntill night till the Wine do inflame them Isa 5 11. Wo vnto them that are mighty to drinke Wine and to them that are strong to poure in strong drink ver 22. And what the Prophet Ioell saith 1 5. Awake yee Drunkardes and howle and weepe all ye drinkers of Wine because of the new Wine for it shal be pulled frō your mouth Shall we tell the Adulterers what our prophet Ieremiah saith of them 5 7. Though I fed them to the full yet they commit Adultery and assemble themselues by companies into the Harlots houses they rise vp in the morning like fedde horses euery man neyeth after his neighbors wife Shall I not visit for these things saith the Lord Shal not my soule be auenged on such a Nation as this shal wee say to the common and prophane swearer as the wise man saith Ezechiel 23 9. Accustome not thy mouth to swearing for in it there are many falles neither take vp for a custome the naming of the Holie one for thou shalt not be vnpunished for such thinges And ver 11. A man that vseth much swearing shall be filled with wickednes and the plague shall neuer go from his howse Or that which God himselfe sayeth in the third commaundement that the Lord wil not hold that person guiltles that taketh his name in vain Shall wee cry out against deceite in buying and selling against false weights and measures against deceitfull and vnprofitable wares against extortion oppression and such like in condemning whereof the Scripture is vehement Shall wee say to the Vsurer in the name of the Lord Thou shalt take no vsury of thy Brother thou shalt seeke no aduantage against him but thou shalt feare thy God that thy Brother may liue with thee Thou shalt not giue him thy mony to vsury nor lend him vitels for increase Le 25. 36 Or that which in another place Thou shalt not giue to vsury vnto thy Brother as vsury of money vsury of meate or vsury of any thing that is put to vsurie Deut 23 19. But what auayleth it vs to speake of these things your Pulpits haue sounded with these exclamations but all in vaine These sinnes haue so bewitchedy our minds partly with pleasure and partly with profitte that they are become like the deafe Adder that stoppeth her eares and will not heare the voyce of the Charmer Charme hee neuer so wisely They are so deepely rooted in your harts through long continuance that all their labour is in vaine which shall endeuour to plucke them vp They haue so lulled you asleepe in the cradle of security that it is easier for vs to raise vp Lazarus out of his Graue then to bring you to any sence or feeling of your sinnes Seeing then that all things are brought to this desperate state the Lorde hath at length begun to waken vp his iudgements to see if he can Waken you out of your sleepe of sinne He hath begun at length to stretch forth his punishing hande vppon this Citty which as it hath bin heauy vppon those whom it hath touched so it threatneth destruction to many moe Oh then what remaineth for vs but with the Prophet Ieremy to weepe and lament And heerein leaue mee not alone but as Moses and all the congregation of Israell wept before the dore of the Tabernacle when the wrath of the Lord was kindled against them Numb 25 6. so it behoueth you all to ioyne with me as Actors in this lamentation And first you that are the Fathers and Gouernors of this Citty as your sinnes are not the least for I may not flatter you so it is your partes to bee the formost in this great humiliation But if you thinke the matter doth not concerne you then I turne mee vnto the Lawyers the Merchants and Artificers with all the residue vvhose sins haue conspired together to bring downe Gods wrath vpon this Citty And if they refuse me then where should I make my mone but to the women vvho haue good reason to be partakers of this common sorrowe because their Pride Vanity Loftie lookes Gayrish attyre Wanton gesture other vices haue not beene the least cause to sute this citty with this fearefull pestilence And if they disdain to mingle their tears vvith mine then haue I none to fly vnto but the little children that they at least with their crying and weeping may helpe to increase this dolefull lamentation But if the hearts of all bee hardened if neither Men Women nor Children will mourne vvyth mee yet vvill I vvayle and mourne my selfe alone and say with the prophet Oh that my head were full of water and mine eyes a Fountaine of teares that I might weepe day and night And so I come to the second part which is the obiect of the Prophets mourning that I might weep for what for the slain of