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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A22452	The Christians race teaching vs all so worthily, and so wisely both to beginne, continue, and to end, this our most short and momentanie [sic] course in this mortall life: that in the day of our death wee may for euer enjoy that inestimable crowne of eternall blisse in the life to come. Being a sermon preached in the Parish Church of North Parrott in Somerset, by Iohn Atkins Master of Arts, and preacher of the sacred Word of God, and pastor there.	Atkins, John, Rector of North Parrott.	1624 (1624)	STC 887; ESTC S115377	29,584	48

out their hundreds of yeeres but Man dyeth when his sunne is yet but risen before his Eye can be satisfied with seeing or his Eare with hearing or his Heart with lusting Death knocks at the very doore of his heart and will not suffer him to studie for an excuse before hee must appeare to giue an account of his Stewardship for he can bee no longer steward Luk. 16.2 3. And euen thus Ab experientia quotidiana by experience I proue also the truth of this my former Doctrine raised from the word Race That the lasting and continuance of our life here vpon earth it is exceeding short c. A third reason for further proofe confirmation of this Doctrine is drawne à Comparatis from Comparisons taken out of the pure fountain it selfe of Gods blessed Booke In that this present life of ours is compared by the Holy Ghost in Scripture sometimes to a Pilgrimage in which is vncertaintie as in Gen. 47.9 The dayes of my Pilgrimage are an hundred and thirtie yeeres Sometimes to Grasse and Flowers in which is mutabilitie as in Esay 40.7 Sometimes to a Smoake in which is vanitie as in Psal 102.3 Sometimes to a house of Clay in which there is miserie Iob. 4.19 Sometimes to a Weauers shittle in which is volubilitie as in Iob. 7.6 Somtimes to a Shepherds Tent in which is varietie as in Esa 38.12 Sometimes to a Ship vpon the Seas or to a Post vpon the Land in which is great celeritie as in Wisdom 5.9.10 Somtimes to a Race as in 1. Cor. 9.24 And so likewise heere in this my Text. Sometimes to a Dreame whereof wee haue many in one night as in Iob 20.8 Sometimes to Vanitie which is nothing in it selfe as in Psal 39.5 And sometimes to nothing or a thing of nought which hath no being in this world as in the selfe same Psalme and Verse By all which comparisons taken out of the written Word of God I proue the truth of this my former Doctrine as by a third reason that the lasting and continuance of our liues here vpon Earth it is exceeding short passeth very swiftly And no maruel for that the holy Ghost resembleth Mans present estate besides all those transitorie things which afore I haue mentioned sometimes to a Shadow which is as nothing to the body as in Iob 8.9 And sometimes to a vapour which quickly vanisheth as in Iam. 4.14 Now then all these things of so short a continuance what else doe they intimate vnto vs all but a serious consideration with our selues of our most short vnconstant and variable estate The chiefest of mans glory heere vpon Earth being resembled as before I shewed you but to a Flower and a Flower as in Summer wee doe see is a thing of no long continuance for that the cold nips it the heate withers it and lastly the sithe will quickly cut it downe And euen so is our life in length but as a spanne yea a very nothing in respect of Eternitie Psal 144.4 The vse of this my former Doctrine raised from our Apostles metaphoricall word Race is of admonition to warne vs all that sith this present life of ours is so exceeding short as I haue most euidently prooued vnto you by three most pregnant and powerfull reasons So that in truth in comparison of that which followeth it is but Punctum temporis quod hîc viuimus imò puncto minus But a very moment of time that heere wee all doe liue And yet as Saint Austen truely sayth Hoc est momentum vnde pendet Aeternitas This is that onely moment whereupon dependeth Eternitie For that if this time bee well spent then of our liuing in euerlasting Felicitie but if this bee mispent then of our liuing in eternall Miserie That therefore we bee now mindfull and carefull euery day for to spend it well and to make good vse indeed of this so short a moment of our time in running of this our Christian race aright by liuing Religiously towards God Soberly towards our selues and justly and squarely one towards another taking especiall heed of all carnall securitie Considering that which way soeuer we cast our eyes we haue great cause of vigilancy but none at all of securitie For if wee looke vpward let vs thinke vpon God whom by our sinnes wee haue most justly displeased if downeward vpon Hell which wee haue all of vs deserued if backward vpon our Sinnes which we haue formerly committed if forward vpon our Death and Iudgement which cannot bee auoyded if inward vpon our owne Consciences which wee haue defiled if outward vpon this wicked World which to too much wee haue loued Let vs all now consider whence first we came and blush where wee are and sigh whither we are going and tremble and lastly how short this our life is and prepare And now to this end that wee may all of vs the more directly runne in this our Religious race as we ought to doe without standing sitting fainting flinching or looking backe Two speciall rules must bee well learned of vs to wit First a due Preparation before and secondly a right Disposition of our selues in running of this Religious race aright as wee ought to doe For the first rule Our due Preparation before doth chiefely consist in these two principall points First in dyeting of our selues afore-hand from forbearing the pleasing and delightsome practice of all our old and wonted sinnes euen as earthly Runners in a corporall Race doe keepe themselues to a bodily dyet before their Running day Secondly in the stripping and shifting cleane of our selues from the filthy rotten ragges of our owne supposed righteousnesse which is all but like to a menstruous Cloath as in Esay 64.6 euen as earthly Runners strip and shift themselues of their daily wearing Cloathes before they doe set forth And as for our second and last former rule viz. Our right Disposition in running it consisteth in these three principall things First in our beginning well for that as the Poet sayd of old Dimidium facti qui bene caepit habet Hee that hath made a good beginning hath therein halfe finished this his Running being guided herein by the Word of God and Prayer Secondly in going on well not in the wry way of Paganisme nor in the by-way of Papisme but only in that old way which is the good and right way of Christianisme That is In semita Dei statutorum onely in the path of Gods Commandements Thirdly and last of all In ending well For that wee vsually say and not vntruely if the End bee well then all is well As our Sauiour himselfe doth teach vs in Math. 24.13 Qui perseuerat vsque ad finem saluus erit He alone which continueth vnto the end shall bee saued For that sola perseuerantia Coronatur onely our perseuerance in this Race will enrich vs with the Crowne And in deed and truth as a godly Father sayth Incassum in hoc stadio curritur si