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A57327	Confirmation revived, and, Doom's-day books opened in two sermons, the one preach'd at Coventry before the Right Reverend Father in God, John, Lord Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, upon his first performance of confirmation in that city, June 23, 1662 : the other preach'd at Warwick before the Right Honourable the judges of Assize for that circuit upon the 2d of July next following / by John Riland.	Riland, John, 1619?-1673.; Riland, John, 1619?-1673. Doom's-day books opened.	1663 (1663)	Wing R1518; ESTC R26991	41,777	76

of Hosts For as the Kings S●m 11. 1. ●ebr of the Earth Goe forth to Battell in the Spring So also doe those Princes of Darkness Not that they are Idle all the Autumne and Winter of our years but now in the Spring and Prime of our dayes now is the chief time wherein they choose to Lead forth their Armies against us The Unclean Spirit findes no rest in Dry places ●at 12. 43. such was Christ the Prince of this world comes and has nothing in me But when the Breasts are full of ●ohn 4 30. Milk and the Bones of Marrow there he comes and finds forrage sits down and layes siege to the Soul And now what shall we doe Per Baptismum regeneramur in vitam post Bapt. Confirmamur in pugnam now is the time we are making ready to Battell If others use Crosses Chrismes Balsams and I know not what mixtures Nobis sufficit quod Spiritu inungimur with us the Spiritual Oyntment is Preparative enough for a Spiritual Combate And so though we have no Anoynting with Oyle yet if we have the Anoynting with the Spirit 't is enough Here is no Chrism indeed but yet a Ghostly Combate and a Good Christ to Conduct us through it No sweet-breath'd Balsams but Fragrant prayers and Devotions No other Indelible Character we own but that of Love No Oyly mark upon the Head or Forehead but yet a Deep impression upon the Heart a New life we hope though not a New garment Let those of Rome like Martha Cumber themselves with those many things while we with Mary choose the Better part and so sit down at the Feet of JESUS It was an antient Canon Ad Confirmationem non Cara●za de Concil nisi Jejuni accederent Fasting should accompany Confirming however we doe by the Literal pray God we all come with a Spiritual fast to this holy Ordinance If haply you have taken food into your Stomachs yet I hope no rancor nor malice into your minds and then though you have not Fasting bodies yet if truly Hungring souls I doubt not but we shall Conform to the Intent of that Canon Thou tookst me out of my Mothers Bowels saith the Psal 71. 6. Psalmist You that are yet Unconfirm'd Christians if you consider the Churches care and mercy in providing for you sufficient Sureties when you could not provide for your selves where have you been all this while but in the Bowels of a Tender Mother But now God is taking you out of the Bowels and allowing you to Hang upon the Breasts of your Mother Those Breasts of Consolation there fully and freely to Suck the Sweetness of the Word and both her Sacraments In regard whereof we should all be Infants of Dayes ●sa 65 2● even as New-born Babes all our Dayes still desiring that sincere Milk still drawing like a Childe feeding like a Childe and when we are Men yet we should never put away this Childish thing Many like Nero have ripp'd up their Mothers Bowels yet with a purpose contrary to His viz Never more to see that place where once they lay but rather to Curse the Womb that bare them and the Paps that gave them suck Thus if the Great ones have gone astray like lost sheep it concerns the Churches care to gather the Lambs into her bosome Indeed what with those nipping Northerly winds many of our old Fruit-bearing Trees have been so blasted and Inrecoverably shattered from that cold Corner that now our greatest hopes are in the Succesful Growings up of Gods Nursery Ye are Gods Nursery and the Growing hopes of the Church and however some of you may be but Children in understanding yet I trust you are not men in malice men in mischeife nor I hope ever will be Ye have Born the yoke of Christ in your youth 't is well But yet whereas David beseeches God O cast me not off when I am old forsake me not when I am Gray-headed Let me beg of you O cast not God ●sal 71. 9. off in the time of your old age and y●u that are Green proselytes beware you prove not Gray-headed Apostatates THE END Doom's-day Books OPENED A SERMON PREACHED Before the Honourable JUDGES the last Assizes at Warwick July the 2 d. 1662. BY John Riland Arch-Deacon of Coventry and heretofore Fellow of St. Mary Magdalen-College in Oxon. Psal 96. 13. For He Cometh for He Cometh to Judge the Earth LONDON Printed by I. G. for Richard Royston Book-seller to His sacred Majesty 1663. DOOM'S-DAY BOOKS OPENED Rev. 20. 12. And I saw the dead small and great stand before God and the bookes were opened BEing resolved what in me lies to decline all particular reflections I made choice of this Subject which is of equal concern to all for that all must dye all must rise all must appear and stand before God and those bosome-Books of ours which are now fast shut all must be opened That Day will discover all 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 1 Cor. 3. 13. The Text represents us with one Judge and a Great Many Prisoners the behaviour on this side the manner of Proceedings on that together with the clear and undoubted evidence of the whole matter The Judge is God before God the Prisoners are all mankind the dead small and great Their Behaviour submissive and such as becomes Prisoners they stood the manner of Proceedings upon them the Books were opened Lastly the Evidence made good by a Divine and Infallible Affaedavit S. John saw it I saw the dead c. And now were I so Fit for this Text as this Text you see might be Fitted for this time perhaps somewhat would be done upon it But my encumbrances have of late been very many and the going off of one beckoned the coming on of this other Service Many that are here this day cannot but know that Publique Engagement to the which but a few daies since I was elsewere commanded and that upon a * Subject not to speak of it's Novelty or Difficulty A Sermon ●pon Confirmation in ●oventry every way remote from the present occasion And although the Womb of one Cloud may at once be big with Dark Waters and Bright flashes Thunders and Lightnings Hailestones and Coales of fire and contain them all at one and the same time ●s 18. 11 12 yet I must needs acknowledge my Narrowness not at all Receptive at once of such Contrarieties VVhatever that Fruitful Creature may Performe or the more Fruitful Phancy of Pliny be allowd to Imagine I am sure I never could hope with any the least Pregnancy to receive a Later till fairly rid of a Former Burthen Beside I have been strangely cut short of the expected allowance for time The Judges stood at our door when we did not think them gotten o're their own Threshold And indeed the unexpected suddainness of this Assize has much disabled me from Discoursing as I ought of that other here before us So that I