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A29912	Twenty five sermons. The second volume by the Right Reverend Father in God, Ralph Brownrig, late Lord Bishop of Exeter ; published by William Martyn, M.A., sometimes preacher at the Rolls.; Sermons. Selections	Brownrig, Ralph, 1592-1659.; Martyn, William.; Faithorne, William, 1616-1691.	1664 (1664)	Wing B5212; ESTC R36389	357,894	454

the Wiseman hath it O Mors quam amara Ecclesiastic xli 1. O Death how bitter is the remembrance of thee to them that are at ease in their possessions The thought of Death it should be like that Stimulus carnis that Thorn in the flesh to S. Paul lest I should be pufft up with abundance of Revelations Thus the Apostle exhorts Brethren the time is short Let them that rejoyce be as though they rejoyced not and they that use the world as not over-using it for the fashion of the world passeth away 1 Cor. vii 29 30 31. Thus Abraham admitted into conference with God cryes out I am but dust and ashes Gen. xviii 27. And Iacob being in honour in Egypt saith Few and evil have the days of my life been Gen. xlvii 9. Thus Ioseph of Arimathea made his Grave in his Garden Christ puts himself into this premeditation of Death 2. As a condition of his future Glory This Transfiguration it was a glimpse of his after-Glory into which he was to enter a pawn and pledge of the full Possession But yet as knowing that through sufferings and death he must enter into it he premeditates and considers of his Death and Passion Thus he must suffer and enter into his Glory Luke xxiv 26. No certainty or evidence of Glory and Salvation must make us forget nay it ought daily to re-mind us of the means and conditions of our glory Rom. viii 17. Ioynt-heirs with Christ if so be that we suffer with him that we also may be glorified together Our hope of heaven like the discourse of the Spies Oh it is a good land should incourage us to endure any thing Let us arm our selves say they and fight for it and win it with the sword If I be Predestinate I shall be saved live as I list it is the voyce of an Atheist No Having these Promises let us cleanse our selves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit perfecting holiness in the fear of God 2 Cor. vii 1. Let us work out our own salvation with fear and trembling Phil. ii 12. Use. This should teach us to be frequent and abundant in these thoughts of Death to season all our meditations and actions with that deep consideration It hath a manifold virtue and use in our whole lives 1. It hath a virtue of abating the glut and surfeit of all wordly pleasures it will damp those vain lusts that boil in our hearts Let the Adulterer know that his body must one day lye in the grave it will make him tremble at the defiling of it Let this thought appear like the Hand-writing on the wall it will make the Cup fall out of the hand of the Drunkard Let the Covetous man hear of Stulte hac nocte Thou fool this night shall thy soul be taken from thee and he will moderate his craving thoughts 2. It hath a virtue of perswading to Repentance and Reconciliation with God and preserving of such a Conscience that may not affright but refresh and comfort us in our last need 3. It hath a power of abating the fear and horror of Death when it approacheth Death's face is dismal acquaint thy self daily with it view it look upon it forecast it in thy mind it will not seem terrible when it approacheth to thee 'T is good to bear this meditation in thy youth That 's the first Colloquium de Morte Secondly Here is Natura Mortis Conditio 't is Exitus exodus A departure It looks two ways 1. Respectively to this Life 2. Respectively to Death 1. Respectively to this Life so it is Negatio Durationis It tells us This life it is not a state of perpetuity and continual duration Exodus here is never used but in the people's leaving of Egypt in their departure from thence Their being there was but a sojourning in a strange Land as God calls it Egypt was no perpetuity This the faith of all the Saints professed Heb. xi 13. They confessed they were strangers and pilgrims upon earth they had no abiding place dwelt in tents as strangers and travellers laid no foundations sought an after-City Thus our life is called the time of a souldier the stay of a wayfaring man the age of an hireling all terms of flitting and expiration an Apprentiship a Stewardship all limited and determining 2. Respectively to Death so it is Negatio Annihilationis Death is a departure therefore no destruction and absolute cessation Were we of the faith of the Sadduces Death were no removal departure passage but a quenching of the life a destruction of the soul an annihilation of the spirit No our Souls die not but depart onely Solomon calls it A returning of the soul to God Eccles. xii 7. Immortality is a part of that Image of God which remains indelible S. Paul calls Death A dissolution or separation not a destruction and annihilation The light of Nature taught it the Heathen and the light of Scripture assures it us If in this life onely we have hope in Christ we are of all men most miserable 1 Cor. xv 19. The very Philosophers discourse of the regions of souls and world of spirits and places of aboad even after this life Use. 1. Is Mors exitus Is Death a departure It must make that word sound in our ears Migremus hinc fix not your rest and aboad in this world The Saints profess they belong to another City Indeed David calls the wicked The men of this world Psal. xvii 14. They settle here make this their heaven But this must assure us this life is but an Annuity it is not a Perpetuity The fashion of this world passeth saith S. Paul The world passeth away and the lusts thereof saith S. Iohn Sedemus hic juxta flumina Babylonis omnia transeunt Look upon all things here as such that must be left He who is to remove from a Farm takes not that care as if it were his own 't is not mine Inheritance Engage not your selves too deeply build not too strongly The Rechabites expecting Captivity built no houses but dwelt in tents 2. Is Mors exitus Is Death a departure Then see thou finish all thy work Quia decedendum What thou hast to do do it with thy might for there is no work nor device nor knowledge nor wisdome in the grave whither thou goest Eccles. ix 10. Might we stay as long as we list or return again when we please then we might presume but Statutum est semel mori It is appointed to men once to dye Heb. ix 27. If we were to return and die again we might recover our omissions but we must accomplish all now for if Death once comes there is no return from the grave It is otherwise with our Exodus then with the Israelites they carried their dough upon their shoulders they had not prepared for themselves any victuals Exod. xii 39. but they did it in their passage But if our departure find our work unfinished

Ezek. ii The word of the Lord came unto me saying Son of man stand upon thy feet And the Spirit entred into me and set me upon my feet Come we to the eighth and the ninth Verses Of which in short Vers. 8. And when they had lift up their eyes they saw no man save Iesus onely Vers. 9. And as they came down from the Mountain Iesus charged them saying Tell the Vision to no man until the Son of man be risen again from the dead We are now come to the closure and conclusion of this glorious Vision In it two things 1. The issue and end of it They saw Christ alone 2. The use they were to make of it A seasonable concealment of it for a time First For the issue and end of it And this offers to us a threefold Consideration 1. A cessation of all other Appearances Moses and Elias are vanished and withdrawn they see no man remaining 2. The continuance and abode of Christ. He stays and appears and continues amongst them 3. Their eyes are fixed upon him Him onely they behold And so from hence draw these three Conclusions 1. Moses and Elias the Law and the Prophets have but a temporary station and abode in the Church Christ being brought into the world they are withdrawn 2. Christs Office and Glory and Government in his Church 't is lasting and perpetual 3. The Eye and Observation and Faith of the Church is fixed upon Christ onely They look upon none other nor expect any other after him I. The Law and the Prophets they are determined by Christs Coming Moses and Elias they vanish 1. They were of a finite and limited duration not set over the Church as a perpetual Order but had their times fixed and bounded Three times there were that bounded them 1. The time of Reformation God had appointed a more exact and perfecter Government of his Church to succeed them When that which is perfect is come then that which is in part shall be done away that which is imperfect must yield Thus we see Aaron he was call'd upon by God to dye and then Moses 2. The Fulness of time that was their stint till he should come who should fill up all things with his Coming 3. A third time was Adulta aetas Ecclesiae When that time is come the Heir is no longer under Tutours and Governours Gal. iv 2. Their Nature and Purpose was for a time onely 1. They had an use of Promising that Age was trained up all under Promises When the Performance came then all Promises were to be abolished 2. They had an use of Prefiguring and Typifying and Shadowing out of good things to come When the Body and Substance comes the Shadows and Figures cease Blossoms wither when the ripe Fruit appears 3. They had an use of Prophesying and Prophesie we know looks not upon present things but upon future When the truths of all Prophesies are fulfilled then they cease II. Christs Presence and Authority and Government in his Church 't is lasting and perpetual Moses and the Prophets have served their time and have given place but Christ remains for ever This the Jews believed We have heard out of the Law that Christ abideth for ever Ioh. xii 34. Hence the Gospel 't is called Evangelium aeternum And the time of the Christian Church it is called The last time because there is to be no more instruction in Religion no new Sacrifice or Priest or Prophet or Sacraments or Form of Government 1. He hath made a full accomplishment of all Prophesies and Predictions there is no looking for another 2. He hath manifested and revealed all truth to his Church This is the dignity that God reserved for his Son All things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you Ioh. xv 15. The Church of the Jews had all necessary Truths revealed But 1. Not so clearly 2 Pet. i. 19. That was but as a candle that shines in a dark place Christ brings all Truth to light by the Gospel Now the whole Wisdom of God shines in the Face of Iesus Christ. We understand more clearly then the Prophets themselves 1 Pet. i. 10. 2. Not so fully Indeed they had a Sufficiency for that present estate but now abundance of Truth covers the Earth as the Waters cover the Sea 3. They had Additions and the rule of Faith was increased to them But we are to expect no more the Word of God is sealed up and ratified 3. He hath accomplished and effectually wrought all the good that the Church can be capable of He hath offered up a full Sacrifice obtain'd the gift of the Holy-Ghost This was one cause of abolishing of the Law it was weak made nothing perfect They received not the Spirit by the hearing of the Law That comes by the Gospel And therefore it is called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The fulness of the Gospel III. The eye of the Church looks onely upon Christ fixes upon him and expects no other This is the main difference betwixt the Jewish Church and Ours They were all in expectation and were wayters for better times But our Faith hath him exhibited and presented and rests upon him Hence Christ forewarns them not to listen to or look after any other If any shall say unto you Lo here is Christ or there believe it not Matth. xxiv 23. Go not forth look not after him Oculis videntibus Iesum nihil dignum praeter Iesum The Sun arising darkens all the Stars so all the former Saints are obscured to the eye of the Church and he alone must shine in his full glory As when the King enters into any City all Authority is resigned up to him all Vice-royes and Lieutenants must resign up to him So Moses and the Prophets all yield up their place in the Church to Christ. Now follows Secondly The Use they must make of this Transfiguration and that is a seasonable concealment In it 1. The Injunction it self Iesus charged them 2. The Nature and Purpose of it Not to Publish it 3. The time how long Till the Resurrection First the Injunction Iesus charged them Observe It is the Dignity and Prerogative of Christ to prescribe to his Church a Law of Truth what should be published and taught in his Church and what should be concealed 1. He is Primarius Doctor Legislator He teacheth As one having Authority and it is in his power to propound what Truths he will He is Lord of our Faith and may propound to our Faith whatsoever he pleaseth All other are but subordinate and limited Teachers and must be regulated from this grand Doctour Eccles. xii 11. The Masters of the Assemblies receive all their words as given from one Shepheard Hence they are described with terms and title of Limitation 1. They are Apostles Messengers not going in their own names or publishing what pleases them but receiving tidings from him who sent them 2. They are Ambassadours They