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A85893	Noah's flood returning: or, a sermon preached August the 7th. 1655. before the right honourable Christopher Pack, Lord Major of the honourable citie of London, and the right worshipfull, the company of Drapers. By R. Gell, D.D. and rector of the parish of Mary Alder-Mary, London.	Gell, Robert, 1595-1665.	1655 (1655)	Wing G471; Thomason E852_14; ESTC R207451	18,628	31

Noahs Flood Returning OR A SERMON Preached August the 7 th 1655. before the Right Honourable CHRISTOPHER PACK Lord Major of the Honourable Citie of London And the Right Worshipfull the Company of DRAPERS By R. Gell D. D. and Rector of the Parish of Mary Alder-Mary London 1 Thess 5.3 For when they shall say Peace and securitie then sudden destruction cometh upon them as travel upon a woman with child and they shall not escape Jude 7. Even as Sodome and Gomorrah and the Cities about them are set forth for an example LONDON Printed by J. L. and are to be sold by Giles Calvert at the Black-spread Eagle at the West end of Pauls 1655. TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE CHRISTOPHER PACK Lord Major of the Honourable Citie of London My Lord AFTER Experience of Gods great Goodness and Mercy towards my Self and my Neighbours in this City in delivering us from the Imminent perill of Fire Ian. the seventeenth 1654. I was emboldened humbly to offer to Your Lordship an Expedient for the prevention of the like dangers among us And upon mine humble addresses to Your Honour I found such a favourable Reception and Your Self so sensible of what I submitted unto your serious consideration that I have often wished an opportunity to acknowledge it Now since Divine Providence hath so ordered it that I was chosen by Lot to preach before Your Honour and the Worshipfull society of Drapers and having been much importuned by many of that Worshipfull Company to print and publish my Sermon such as it was Vpon which motion weighing in my self the Argument of the Text and the prosecution of it as I conceive so needfull and seasonable for these our times Also observing your great wisedome and vigilancy over this populous Mother-City of our Nation and that you might be the more excited through Gods assistance to embrace and use all Occasions offered to prevent through the mercy of God the Judgements and miseries which are impending and ready to fall upon us and this whole nation for ought we know by reason of our loud crying and high provoking sins Against which I desire to bear witnesse and expresse to this sinfull world my zeal to be a Preacher of Righteousnesse which as the Wiseman saith in the day of wrath delivereth from death Prov. 11.4 Vpon these considerations Right Hon ble I presume to publish and dedicate the said Sermon to your Lordship being also more then confident that what is sincerely and uprightly intended will be favourably and candidely accepted by your Honour and your Worshipfull Society Which is all the Return desired and hoped for by him who is My Lord Your humbly devoted Orator to serve You and his Generation In the Lord Jesus Robert Gell. TO THE READER Courteous Reader THe Persons before whom this Sermon was preached are specified in the Front of it and the Occasion of Preaching it in the Authours Dedicatorie Application but it is intentended by the Authour for more publick good because every Bonum Utile the Maxime-holdeth quò communius eo melius Therefore to this end was resolved the Printing of it And that None might snatch an occasion to cavill the Authour he hath been most carefull as his Inch of time would permit For he was necessitated to go out of Town within two dayes after his Preaching to set down in due order what before he publickly delivered and did commit the Inspection of All to One that was willing and ready to see it done as he knew the Authours minde and therefore we hope it will come forth both for matter form and intent without just exception to any But yet if any Supercilious Criticke shall read the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and then disdainfully subscribe 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 I shall presume In the Authours behalf to reply thus it is easily believed even that the probability of his first Act For its Object is in plain English that he was 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 If he savour Heavenly Truth and be skill'd in Divine Logick W. P. A SERMON Preached before the Right Honourable CHRISTOPHER PACK Lord Major of the Citie of London AND Before the Right Worshipfull the Society of DRAPERS Matth. 24.37 38 39. 37 But as the dayes of Noah were so shall also the coming of the Son of man be 38 For as in the dayes that were before the flood they were eating and drinking marrying and giving in marriage untill the day that Noe entered into the Ark 39 And knew not untill the flood came and took them all away So shall also the coming of the Son of man be IF this Text seem not fit for the occasion of this grave and solemn Assembly I doubt not but we shall find it ere we leave it suitable enough and proper for the time However there is the same warrant both for the Preacher and his Text The choice of both is to be referred unto the same Originall The words contain a Propheticall parallell touching the sudden and unexpected coming of Christ to judgement which is delivered 1. Succinctly and briefly verse 37. 2. More fully and largely v. 38 39. 1. Succinctly and briefly And so we have in the words these particulars 1. Noah and the Son of man are parallell 2. Noah had his dayes 3. The Son of man hath his coming or his dayes as Luke 17.26 4. The dayes of Noah and the dayes or coming of the Son of Man are paralleld I shall not spend time in these but onely explain who this Son of Man is and what his coming is For all these and other parallels will meet us in the second part of this Text. 1. The Lord Jesus very often stiles himself the Son of Man Matth. 8.20 and 9.6 and 16.20 besides many other places And the reason is given by some that thereby he might signifie his humane nature which he took upon him for mans sake Heb. 2. For what is the Son of Man but Man as David explains one by the other Psal 8.4 Or when he calls himself the Son of Man he intimates that he lives in mean repute and a contemptible estate among men Or he gave himself that name by which he would be more familiarly known and called And this is all Interpreters make of this when our Lord calls himself the Son of Man But I believe our Lord had greater reason than these why he called himself the Son of Man Nor do I doubt but he had reference unto Daniel who was most punctuall in his observation touching the Messiah and the time of his appearing in the flesh and his coming to judgement He is called Dan. 7.13 The Son of Man Object But the words there are 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as the Sonne of Man Answer But here 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is not similitudinis but certitudinis as 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Phil. 2.8 As a man not in similitude onely but also certainly As when St. Paul saith 1 Cor. 16.13

Peter presently addes The like figure hereunto even Baptisme doth now save us By which water we are to understand the word which ordinarily is joyned to Baptisme Heb. 6.2 The doctrine of Baptismes Ephes 5.26 the washing of water by the Word and therefore Philo Judeus saith that the saving of Noah and his house by water was an image and figure 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of Regeneration or being born again from the dead which the Apostle himself affirmes 1 Pet. 3.21 the same vvhich ye read Col. 2.12 buried with him by Baptisme c. This is called Regeneration or being born again or the second birth because it hath a former birth a first birth presupposed But that first birth is not the natural generation or birth according to nature but the nevv birth the first and nevv creation of vvhich St. James speaks Jam. 1.17 18. Of his own will he begat us that vve should be a kind of first fruits c. Of such a good vvill are the obedient children vvho are not fashioned according to their former lusts in their ignorance 1 Pet. 1.14 Such are the nevv born babes cap. 2.2 Rom. 7. Gal. 4.19 5.17 the Regeneration is yet a further degree as being of those who are conformed unto the death of Christ by dying unto sin and to his life by conformity unto his Resurrection Such Regenerated Ones are they who are born from the dead with Christ and so become children of the Resurrection But saith the poor Soul if there be no escaping of the flood no salvation but in such a spiritual Ark What shall become of me Alas mine iniquities come about me like water and the floods of ungodlinesse make me afraid Hearken what the true Noah thy Comforter saith unto thee Let not thy heart be troubled Joh. 14.1 Not troubled Here 's a distinction that 's threatned unto all the earth an overflowing scourge a consumption determined upon the whole earth And how then can I but I must be troubled there is indeed a degree of faith which may consist with fear and doubting Peter had that little faith and was afraid and doubted Matth. 14.30 31. That little saith cannot support to hinder the soul from sinking Thou believest in God the father believe also in Christ Joh. 14.1 that faith upholds the soul from sinking into despair Therefore the Ark Gen. 7.18 which is said to have gone upon the waters 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 according to divine artifice may as well be turned the Ark shall go upon the waters whence Jesus Christ is said to be our hope 1 Tim. 1.1 And therefore till Christ comes the children are all their life time subject to bondage and fear Hebr. 2.15 This is the true Noah who redeemes us from the curse that the blessing may come upon us through Faith Gal. 3. The blessed God begets thee again to a lively hope by the Resurrection of Jesus Christs 1 Pet. 1.3 Though now for a season thou be in manifold temptations verse 5. these are as the waters of Noah Esay 54.8 But alas the waters come unto my soul Psal 69.1 The Title of the Psalme is Pro iis qui commutabuntur 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for those who are converted changed renewed begotten again In behalf of these the Lord is upon many waters Psalm 29.3 yea verse 10. The Lord sits 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 upon Noahs flood so the word is properly used and steers and guids thy Vessell to the Haven of life and peace But when the overflowing scourge overwhelmeth the world how shall I escape Thou knowest not how nor did Noah when he spared not the old world but saved Noah nor did Lot know when the Lord turned the Cities of Sodome and Gomorrah into ashes and delivered just Let. The Lord knowes though we know not How to deliver the Godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust to the day of judgement to be punished 2 Pet. 2. Beloved Let me now act the part of a Preacher of Righteousness Let us all be exhorted to enter into this Ark of Regeneration The Jews have a proverbiall speech When the Lord opens Din then let Israel betake themselves unto their houses The Lord hath now for many years opened Din even the treasury of his judgements upon us But withall he hath set the doore of the Ark even the straight gate of Mortification open unto us And the Preachers of Righteousness they exhort us dayly to enter in But as when the eight persons had preached for many years how few alas how few were perswaded to enter into the Ark We reade but of eight souls that were saved Lord saith the Disciples Are there few that shall be saved Our Lord answers Strive to enter in at the strait gate Luke 13.23.24 When Noah was entred into the Ark the flood-gates of heaven were opened It was then too late to enter the flood came and took them all away O let us now strive to enter in at the strait gate For the time will come yea come it will when many shall strive to enter in and shall not be able when once the Master of the house is risen up and hath shut to the dore c. O beloved let us seek the Lord while he may be found let us call upon him while he is near Isa 55.6 7. in the great water-floods they shall not come nigh him Psal 32.6 But we are professors of the godly party such as hear the Word receive the Sacrament we are sure of our salvation though we have our infirmities c. Beloved In Noahs time and before Cains posterity were great pretenders to Religion Enoch Cains eldest son a man dedicated unto God His grand-child Mehujael Annuntians Deum a preacher one who spake much of God Another of of his race Lamech an humble man And do we not see especially now Religion is in fashion that many who walk in the way of Cain and walk after their own lusts yet make great profession of religion They tell the spiritual Noah that they eat and drink at his table and he hath taught in their streets yet the dore will be shut even against these and they shall hear their doom I know ye not depart from me ye workers of iniquity But we are Beloved of God elected before the foundation of the world so that whatsoever our infirmities are we are sure of our salvation Our Lord will say to such in the Judgment Thou thoughtest wickedly that I was even such a One as thy self but I will reprove thee c. Psal 50. And hath not God chosen all his Elect in Christ before the foundation of the world that they should be holy and without blame before him in love Ephes 1. These men consider not that salvation is deliverance from sin Matth. 1. And can they be sure of salvation from sin while yet they willingly live in their sin Or do they think that God loves his own righteousness which is himself or them