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A72143	Certaine sermons, first preached, and after published at severall times, by M. Thomas Gataker B. of D. and pastor at Rotherhith. And now gathered together into one volume: the severall texts and titles whereof are set downe in the leafe following	Gataker, Thomas, 1574-1654.	1637 (1637)	STC 11652b.5; ESTC S124946	646,708	356

CERTAINE SERMONS FIRST PREACHED AND AFTER PUBLISHED at severall times By M. THOMAS GATAKER B. of D. and Pastor at Rotherhith AND NOW GATHERED together into one Volume The severall Texts and Titles whereof are set downe in the leafe following LONDON Printed by IOHN HAVILAND and ANNE GRIFFIN 1637. TITLES AND TEXTS PART I. Davids Instructer PSAL 34. vers 11. Come Children hearken unto me I will teach you the feare of the Lord. Pag. 1 The Christian Mans Care MATTH chap. 6. ver 33. Seeke first the kingdome of God and his righteousnesse and all these things shall be added unto you Pag. 27 The Spirituall Watch or Christs generall Watch-word MARK chap. 13. v. 37. What I say unto you I say unto all Watch. Pag. 61 True Contentment in the Gaine of Godlinesse with Its Self-sufficiencie 1 TIMOTH chap. 6. ver 6. Godlinesse is great gaine with Self-sufficiencie Pag. 127 The Joy of the Just with The Signes of such PSALM 97. vers 11. Light is sowen for the righteous and joy for the upright in heart Pag. 175 Jacobs Thankfulnesse to God For Gods Goodnesse to Jacob. GENES chap. 32. v. 10. I am not worthy of all thy mercies and all thy truth which thou hast shewed unto thy servant for with my staffe came I over this Jordan and now am I become two troopes Pag. 257 Davids Remembrancer PSALM 13. v. 1. How long O Lord wilt thou forget me for ever how long wilt thou hide thy face away from mee Pag. 311 PART II. Noaes Obedience with The Ground of it or His Faith Feare and Care HEBR. chap. 11. vers 7. By Faith Noa being warned by God of things as yet not seene moved with Feare prepared an Ark for the saving of his houshold Pag. 1 Englands Delivery from the Spanish Invasion PSALM 48. v. 7. As with an East wind thou breakest the ships of Tarsis so were they destroyed 8. As wee have heard so have wee seene in the City of the Lord in the City of our God God will establish it for ever Selah Pag. 29 A Spark towards the kindling of Sorrow for Sion AMOS chap. 6. v. 6. But they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph Pag. 47 Gods Parley with Princes with An Appeale from them to him PSALM 82. v. 6. I have said Yee are Gods and Sonnes of the most high all of you 7. But yee shall die like men and fall as one of the Princes 8. Arise O God judge thou the earth for thou inheritest all Nations Pag. 71 A Mariage Prayer GENES chap. 24. v. 12. And he said O Lord God of my Master Abraham I beseech thee send mee good speed this day and shew kindnesse unto my Master Abraham 13. Behold I stand here by the well of water and the daughters of the men of the City come out to draw water 14. Now let it come to passe that the Damsell to whom I shall say Let downe thy pitcher I pray thee that I may drink and she shall say Drinke you and I will give thy Camels drink also let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaak and thereby shall I know that thou shewest kindnesse to my Master Pag. 119 A Good Wife Gods Gift PROV chap. 19. v. 14. Houses and Riches are the Inheritance of the Fathers but a prudent Wife is of the Lord. Pag. 135 A Wife in Deed. PROV chap. 18. v. 22. Hee that findeth a Wife findeth Good and obtaineth Favour of God Pag. 147 Mariage Duties COLOS. chap. 3. v. 18. Wives submit your selves unto your Husbands as it is comely in the Lord. 19. Husbands love your Wives and be not bitter to them Pag. 185 Pauls Desire of Departure and Deaths Advantage PHIL. c. 1. v. 23. Desiring to depart and to be with Christ which is by much more the better Pag. 217 The Benefit of a Good Name and a Good end ECCLES chap. 7. v. 1. A good Name is better than a good ointment and the day of Death than the day of ones Birth Pag. 237 Abrahams Decease GEN. c. 25. v. 8. And Abraham gave up the Ghost and died in a good old age an old man full of yeers he was gathered to his people P. 263 Jeroboams Sonnes Decease 1 KINGS chap. 14. v. 17. The Child died Pag. 291 Christian Constancie crowned by Christ APOCAL. chap. 2. v. 10. Bee thou faithfull unto Death and I will give thee a Crowne of Life Pag. 317 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Davids Instructer A SERMON PREACHED AT THE VISITATION OF the Free-Schoole at Tunbridge in Kent by the Wardens of the Worshipfull Company of Skinners By THOMAS GATAKER B. of D. and Pastor of Rotherhith LONDON Printed by IOHN HAVILAND 1637. To the Right Worshipfull and much Honoured Sir Thomas Smith Knight Governour of the famous Companie of Merchants trading to the EAST INDIES c. Long life and health here with eternall happinesse else-where RIGHT WORSHIPFVLL BEing requested lately by my kinde Friends the Wardens of the Worshipfull Companie of Skinners to assist them in their Visitation of the free Schoole at Tunbridge founded long since by that worthy Knight of blessed memorie Sir Andrew Judde your Grandfather and committed to the charge and over-sight of that well-deserving Society I made choice of such a portion of Scripture there to treat of as seemed not altogether unfitting an occasion of that kinde After the handling whereof being then presently solicited by some and since further importuned by others to make these my weake labours more publike as not unlikely so they deemed to doe some further good I was at length drawne regarding more their opinion than mine owne conceipt thereof as well knowing it to be but a tumultuary worke amids many distractions hastily peeced together and to give them satisfaction therein that seemed so desirous of it to let it goe abroad and make triall what benefit either Teacher or Scholer or other might make of it This resolved on I began to bethinke my selfe observing the usuall manner of the times whom I should make choice of for the patronizing of it In all respects none seemed so fit as your selfe whom I have therefore made bold to addresse it unto The Schoole was first erected and endowed by your Worships Ancestor And you have worthily built upon his foundation and added liberally to his gift So that through your munificence it is very likely to flourish and not to come behind some of those that be of chiefe note Your bounty herein and in other workes of the like nature is the rather to be regarded for that you doe not as the manner is of the most unwilling to part with ought till they must needs leave all defer wholly your well-doing to your deaths-bed or your dying day but bend your selfe thereunto while you may yet surviving your owne donation your selfe see things setled in a due course and receive comfort by view of the fruit and benefit that may thereby redound both to Church and Common-weale

for every wicked worke onely but r Matth. 12.36 for everie idle word also and as well ſ Rom. 2.15 16. 1 Cor. 4.5 for the very Thoughts of our hearts as for the actions of our lives and that this wee know not how soone it may be God hath prefixed us no set time for it t 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Chrysost tom 6. orat 67. Vltimum diem latere voluit ut omnes observarentur August homil 13. Dies ultimus solubriter ignoratur ut semper proximus esse credatur Gregor mor. l. 12. Bern. de mod viv ser 69. he would have the last day hid from us because hee would have us every day watch for it it must needs make us keepe a most strait watch and that constantly and continually too not over our feet and our hands onely but over our hearts and our minds also as u Prov. 4.23 25 26 27. the Wiseman doth well admonish us § 53. Yea but that day may some say is not so neere yet x 2 Thess 2 1 2. the Apostle Paul himselfe saith so There are some fore-running signes of it as yet unfulfilled as y Rom. 11.25 26 31. the conversion of the Iewes and z Apoc. 18.2.9 10 17 18. the subversion of Antichrist And till these have beene it shall not be To this I answer with some of the Ancients that a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ioan. Damasc orthod fid l 2. c. 1. there is a twofold doomes-day a generall Doomes-day at the end of the world and a particular Doomes-day at the end of each mans life Every mans Deaths-day is each mans Doomes-day For b Heb. 9.26 It is reserved for all men that once they must die and then commeth judgement And c Eccles 12.7 when the body returneth to dust d Genes 3.19 whence it was taken the Spirit goeth to God to give account to him e Genes 2.7 that at first gave it And that which is wont to bee said though it may bee f Visatur Piscat in notis at first spoken in another sense g Eccles 11.3 As the tree falleth so it lieth h Qualem te invenit Deus cùm vocat talem pariter judicat Cyprian de mortal Qualis quisque hinc exierit suo novissimo die talis invenietur in nevissimo saeculi die Aug. de verb. Dom. 21. epist 80. Et Greg. dialog lib. 4. c. 37. apud Gratian. dist 25. as Death leaveth thee so shall the last judgement finde thee and so shalt thou abide then for all eternitie i Matth. 24.48 49 50 51. Luke 12.45 46. If the evill servant therefore shall say in his heart My Master will not come yet and shall take occasion thereby either to sleepe with the slothfull or to bee drunke with the riotous which hee ought not to doe to give over his vigilancie and live more remissely or more loosely that Servants Master will come when hee is not aware and by death k 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 cut him in two sever body and soule asunder and give him his portion with Hypocrites in that place of torment where is nothing but weeping and wailing for paine and griefe and gnashing of teeth for indignation and vexation of Spirit § 54. And l Et si concluso super-essent tempora seclo Vt posset longos mundus habere dies Nos tamen occasum nostrum observare deceret Et finem vitae quemque videre suae Nam mihi quid prodest quod longo flumina cursu Semper inexhaustis prona feruntur aquis Multa quod annosae vicerunt saecula sylvae Quodque suis durant florea rurae locis Ista manent nostri sed non mansere parentes Exigui vitam temporis hospes ago Prosper ad uxorem what shall it availe a man that the world standeth still if hee die and so the whole world bee as good as gone with him If the river runne still that hee dwelt by the house stand still that hee dwelt in when himselfe is taken away from either Though the last day of the world bee never so farre off yet may the last day of thy life bee neere at hand t Longè est quidem dies judicii sed uniuscujusque hominis dies ultimus longè esse non potest quia brevis est vita vitae brevitas incerta Aug. de verb. Dom. 16. de 10. chord 2. homil 28. Though the worlds Doomes-day come not yet thine may come long before it though it bee never so long before that come it cannot bee long ere thine will come And if it bee uncertaine when the generall day of doome will be it is no lesse uncertaine yea in some sort more uncertaine when thy particular day of Doome will bee There are both affirmative and negative signes of the one there may be affirmative but there are no negative signes of the other Of the generall day of Doome there are some affirmative signes such as argue the neere approaching of it u Matth. 24.32 33. Luke 21.30 31. as the tendernesse of the bough and the sprouting out of the figtree doth the summers approach And there are some negative signes such as x 2 Thess 2.3 till they come that day shall not bee as y Rom. 11.25 26 31. the gathering in of the Jewes againe and z Apoc. 17.16 17. the destruction of the Beast and the woman that sitteth on her But of each mans particular Doomes-day to wit of his dying day there may be signes affirmative as decay of nature old age and some uncureable diseases a Vise Celsum de remedica l. 2. c. 6. by which it may be knowne that the day of death is not farre off But negative signes of it there are none of which we may say till such or such things bee a man shall not die a man cannot say I am not weake nor sicke nor old yet and therefore I know I shall not die yet For our b Amos 8.9 Sunne may set at noone as the Prophet speaketh in another sense our life may bee c Psal 55.23 102.24 cut off in the middest of our yeeres we may bee d Iob 15.33 21.23 snatcht away sodainly in the prime of our strength e 2 Sam. 12.18 Mors tam juveni ante oculos debet esse quàm seni non enim citamur ex censu Senec. epist 12. Fata enim seriem non servant Ibid. 63. Quis est adolescens cui exploratum sit se ad vesperam esse victurum Cic. de sen Senibu● mors in januis adolescentibus in insidii● est Bern. de convers cap. 14. Et sub eodem pueritiae fato est Fuscus apud Senec. suasor 2. The young goeth many times as soone as the old and f 2 Sam. 11.25 the strong oft before the weake Yea as for one apple that hangeth on the tree till it bee rotten or full ripe

there are twenty or more blowne downe or beaten downe or nipped with the frost or blasted before they be ripe So for one man that g Esa 65.20 Pauci veniunt ad senectutem Cic. de sen fulfilleth his naturall course there are an hundred intercepted and have their lives shortned by surfet by sicknesse by the sword by pensivenesse by some one casualtie or other § 55. Could we then but seriously consider thus much with our selves that wee know h Iob 14.1 2. Psal 90.3 10. our life cannot bee long though wee should live the full length of it i Psal 39.5 Our life it is but a hand-bredth and our whole age it is as nothing in regard of God it is but k 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Plut. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Punctum est quod vivimus adhuc puncto minus Sen. epist 60. a point to sempiternitie l Matth. 26.46 the time after decease that hath a beginning but no ending it is just m 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Plut. de sera num vindict nothing to eternitie n Psal 102.12 24. 90.2 1 Tim. 6.16 Aetas in nobis aevum in Angelis aeternitas in Deo quae Deus ipse est Scal. de subtil exerc 359 §. 7. Gods age that hath neither beginning nor ending And againe that wee know not how soone death may come o Erras si in navigatione tantùm existimas minimum esse quo à morte vita diducitur In omni loco aequè tenue intervallum est Non ubique se mors tam prope ostendit ubique tam prope est Sen. ep 49. it is never farre off indeed p Ecce hic ultimus dies ut non sit prope ab ultimo est Ibid. 15. The day present if it be not it yet it is not farre off it but it is neerer by much many times than wee are aware of it is very neere at hand oft ere it appeare so to bee q 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Basil Sel. Indenuntiata sorte rapimur Fuscus apud Sen. suasor 2. it commeth frequently without warning and striketh a man starke-dead ere hee bee discerned to bee dying And lastly that when it commeth wee must instantly come to our reckoning without further respit or delay for r Eccles 8.8 Nulli jusso cessare licet Nulli scriptum proferre diem Senec. Herc. fur no man saith Salomon hath power over his owne spirit to retaine it in the day of death there is no taking or gaining of further time then ſ Heb. 9.26 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Basil Sel. homil 26. nor shifting off of the account that wee are then called unto and shall be enforced will wee nill wee then to give up It could not choose but keepe us continually waking and watching for it as t Incertum est quo te loco mors expectet itaque tu illam omni loco expecta Senec. ep 26. Mors ubique te expectat tu igitur si sapis eam ubique expectabis Aug. de spir anim c. 51. Ocul moral c. 7. Bern. medit cap. 3. death waiteth and watcheth every where for us it would make us the meane while walke wisely and warily as those that desire to give up a good account whensoever they shall bee called to it which they are sure they shall but uncertaine how soone they shall be u Deut. 32.29 O saith Moses that men were wise they would then understand this they would thinke upon their end As on the other side it is noted as a point of folly in Gods people and an occasion of their fall that x Lament 1.9 they minded not nor remembred their end Yea y Quicquid facies respice ad mortem Sen. ep 114. Nulla res magis proderit quàm cogitatio m rtalitatis Idem de ira l. 3. c. 42. did men seriously thinke on this it would make them wise z Psal 90.12 Were they so wise as to number their daies aright they would apply their hearts to further wisedome Had they a Mat. 27.60 Iohn 19.41 with Ioseph of Arimathea their tombe hewed out in their garden where b 1 King 4.25 Zach. 3.10 the use was in those parts to solace themselves and to make merry with their friends that in the middest of their mirth they might have their end in their eie or were they affected as that Ancient Father was that said c Sive comedam sive bibant sive aliud aliquid faciam semper vox illa terribilis auribus meis insonare videtur Surgite mortui venite ad judicium Hieron in Matth. citante Pepin de confess Whether hee ate or dranke or whatsoever hee did hee thought hee heard in his eare that dreadfull sound of the last trumpet Arise yee dead and come to judgement it would keepe them waking amids their mirth much better than the loudest musicke it would make them as the Apostle willeth them d 1 Cor. 10 31. Whether they bee eating or drinking or whatsoever else they bee about to doe all so to Gods glory as those that once must be and presently may be called to render an account of that they then doe § 56. To this purpose it is a good rule understood aright that is commonly given that e Sic quotidie vivamus quasi die illa judicandi simus Hieron in Mat. 24. Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum Horat. epist 4. l. 1. Dies omnis pro ultimo habeatur Martin de morib Et Sen. ep 12. Sic ordinandus est dies omnis tanquam cogat agmen consummet atque expleat vitam Et de brev vit c. 7. Qui omnes dies tanquam ultimum ordinat nec optat crastinum nec timet A man should so live every day as if that day were his dying day for that f Prov. 27.1 Iam. 4.13 14. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Anacr Nescis quid serus vesper vehat Varro satyr Liv. hist l. 45. Quis scit an adjiciant hodiernae tempora summae Crastina dii superi Hor. carm l. 4. ode 7. aetas quid crastina volvat Scire nefas homini Stat. Theb. l. 3. Nihil de hodierna die promittitur nihil de hac hora. Sen. ad Marciam c. 10. so it may prove for ought hee knoweth It is true indeed that an Heathen man saith g Malè vivit quisquis nescit benè mori Sen. de tranquill c. 11. He liveth but evill that knoweth not how to die well And it is as true that as one of the Ancients saith h Sic vive ut quotidiè merearis accipere Qui non meretur quotidie accipere non meretur post annum accipere Ambros de sacram l. 5. c. 4. He liveth not as a Christian man should that is not fit every day to come to Gods boord so i 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Musonius apud Stob. c. 1. hee liveth otherwise than hee ought that is