did will daunce about the Arke as Dauid did and that with ioy and 2. Sam. 6. gladnesse Isaac was a good man his name signified laughter wherby was shewed what ioy laughter there should be about Christ Iesus for he was the only figure euē Christ him selfe The Virgin song when she knew Luke 1. that she should beare him the Angels song ioyfully when he was borne and Simeon song Luke 2. when he was brought into the Temple but as soone as he saw Christ he desired of God that he might die depart out of this earthly prison So soone as a man knoweth God euer henceforth he crieth with the Apostle I desire to be dissolued that he might be with Christ for Christ is light as soone as they Phil. 1. 23. see him they see also them selues his glorie and their shame filthinesse which maketh them wish for death that they might liue with him and this made the martyrs desire death or any other torment that their dayes of iniquitie might be ended and that sinne might cease against God by them for all sin is blood in their eyes and all worldly pleasures vanities Simeon desired death for the feruent loue of God made life irksome vnto him which naturally is the most pleasant thing of all vnto mā death pleasant vnto him which all men hate naturally and would giue all the riches in the world if they had it that they might not die such loue they beare to life So I conclude that no man is willing to die till his conscience be quiet in Christ for then the loue of the world falleth away like the mantell of Elias when he was rapt into 2 Kings 2. heauen Simeon had seene many things in his dayes but when he saw Christ he was vnwilling to liue any longer to see more but like the hart which panteth with desiring after the Psal 42. water brookes so he longed so long till he had seene with his eyes the Sauiour of the world and then he so thirsted for death that he sought nothing else And thus they that hunger after righteousnesse are satisfied and Mat. 5. filled It is enough for me saith Iacob that my Gen. 46. sonne Ioseph liueth so let vs be satisfied with Gen. 46. this that our sauiour Christ liueth where he is thither shal we come I would go saith one through heate and cold through ehalth and sicknesse and through all kinde of miseries that I might hunger after God and after his righteousnesse They that beare the crosse of Christ haue al the marks of Christs Disciples None are so wel fed as they which went with Christ into the wildernesse and Iohn 6. where there was no food there they all were satisfied and filled with wholsome food Simeon knew Christ as soone as he sawe him and embraced him as soone as he knew him and enioyed him as soone as he embraced him Some know the word of God as soone as they heare it others heare it as though they heard it not like deafe adders which stop their eares at the voyce of the charmer So Pharao would not heare the voyce of Moses nor Baals priests would not heare the voyce Exod. 5. c 1. Kings 18. of Elias Lord now lettest thou thy seruant depart in peace c. Christ brings peace with him not the peace of the world but that peace which passeth all vnderstanding my peace I leaue with you my peace remaine with you saith he Our peace is laid vp in Christ and all the peace we haue by him els it is no true peace Simeon had peace enough that he departed Psal 37. 37 in peace so marke the ende of the iust and you shall then depart in peace like the lambe vpon the crosse Faine would Balaam die the death of the righteous but Balaam Num. 23. must then liue the life of the righteous therfore all men looke to this Happie are they that depart in peace when death saith feare and the serpent saith despaire then saith the spirit to the flesh crouch bids the serpent flie while death openeth the prison doores If the Papists beleeued that they depart in peace they wold neuer say that those which depart go to Purgatorie so by their own saying the worst part is behind Some say this Purgatorie is in the earth neare to hell and other say it is in the aire neare to heauen Some say they are punished there by fire and some say by water some say by fire and water and some say that if it be in the earth it is too farre then from heauen to be saued Others say that if it be in the aire it is too farre from hell to be damned Some say the good Angelles torment and other say that the euill spirits do it But we must vnderstand that it is a painted sepulcher made rather for the liuing then for the dead For the Locust of Rome doth liue altogether by such Trentals and by such traditions and this is the profitablest dreame that euer any of thē dreamed but it is manifest by the word of God that where the tree falleth there it lyeth shall Eccles 11. lye for euer Diues and Lazarus are dead Luke 16. where they are thither shall we all go Sathā hath many sleightes to deceiue vs of which this is one of the greatest to bring vs from the word of God to dreames and traditions and things inuented by the braines of mortal men which haue not the spirit of God in them Lord now lettest thou thy seruant depart in peace c. In my last lecture I vnfolded two questions the first whether it be lawfull for a Christian man to wish to die The second whether we may pray for the dead and say Lord haue mercie vpon them But all the seed is not fallen into good ground therfore some thinke it but a small matter to say so or as it were a venial sinne if it be a sinne But let vs take heed how we make trifles of sinnes for there is no dalying with God who is iealous as a consuming fire when his people make such small accoūt of his words Heb. 12. Other demaund whether it be not better to say God be with them then the deuill be with them both which are naught and to be eschued And herein they aske this question like a thiefe hauing robbed a man by the high way and being taken with it and demāded why he did such a villany he saith is it not better to rob him then to kill him as though he must needes do the one of thē then what a shamelesse answer is this for it is manifest that of two euils none is to be chosen Some wil say it is a testimonie of our good Three bucklers wherewith some do vse to maintaine prayer for the dead will To such we must replie saying so it is a
desire with conteÌ„plation thereof For as Peter was sent to Act. 10. Act. 8. Cornelius and Philip to the Eunuch so the Lord will stirre vp such of his sernaunts as may be fit instruments to minister the same vnto vs. Mine eyes haue seene thy saluation c. Iudas died before the time and liued not to see Christ crucified but the Disciples which loued Iesus did see him die like an vndefiled and innocent lambe and that to their exceeding comfort and ioy wheÌ„ they vnderstood how that he suffered death for loue of them for their redemption Now if Christ can not hide him from such as huÌ„ger after him through loue then what shall we say of our fathers which liued in the time of ignorance that longed to see this light although they had a mist cast before their eyes surely such died not til they saw Christ and embraced him in their hearts And this is our iudgemeÌ„t concerning them that died in the time of Poperie and likewise as concerning the rest which thought to be saued by Purgatory and Masses after that they are dead we say that they which sleepe without oyle in their lampes they die â—re they are aware of ere they wish for it like the Philistines which sent for Sampson to laugh Iupg 16. mocke at him and to sport them selues vpoÌ„ whom the house fel and destroyed them all or like the Egyptians which thought that Exod. 14. the waters had made passage for them aswel as for the Israelites both which died in and for their securitie because they were not watchful nor prepared against the Lord called them Haue seene c. There be manie sights of Christ all go not vp to the mount as Peter Iames and Iohn all see not his face with Moses Mat. 17. Exod. 33. Iohn 13. 2. â—oâ— 12. 2. all sleepe not in his lap with Iohn all are not taken vp into heauen like Paule all embrace him not in their armes with Simeon But as pleaseth God so he sheweth him self vnto vs and all that loue him both see him and imbrace him To some he shewes him self as in a glasse to some generally to some particularly some he calleth early and some he calleth late and Mat. 20. there is no hower in the day wherein he calleth not some to go labour in his vineyard To some he sheweth him selfe by Angels to other some by visions Abraham saw three Gen. 18. Gen. 19. Iud. 13. Iohn 8. Angels Lot saw but two Manoahs wife saw but one and yet one was enough It is sayd that Abraham saw Christ his dayes but we see him cleerer then Abraham and cleerer then Iohn if we beleeue in him as we should Some see Christ and not his saluation and some see his saluation and do not embrace it We see Christ when we heare his word and we embrace his saluation when we beleeue it they see him that heare him they imbrace him that follow him Here if they had heard me I would haue searched IerusaleÌ„ with lampes to see who sitteth in darknesse But how can they beleeue the word of God which heare it not How can they imbrace Christ which know him not no not though they see him and all through ignorance hauing not the meanes to see him because their leaders are either blinde guides sleepie watchmen or hireling shepheards And surely it is a woful case wheÌ„ shepherds go to taske and let their owne sheepe alone sommer and winter They sheare them but neither sommer nor winter do they feede them How should those people vnder their charge see Christ his saluation when they are so neglected of the wholsome foode and euen starued to death manie thousands of their soules because they haue not the food which nourisheth the soule vnto saluation and how many be there which are as old as Simeon and yet haue not imbraced Christ Iesus yea they know him not though they see him neither do they wayt for his comming because they haue no desire to imbrace him and therefore they deferre that put it off from their youth to their middle age from their middle age to their old age from their old age to death and so they can haue no leasure in all their life to imbrace him But to such as do seeke him and wayte for him with vnfained diligence we say as the Angell said to the women at the sepulcher feare not you seeke the Lord Iesus How is Iohn 21. this world set to deceiue vs we can find leasure to do euill at anie time but we can find no leasure in all our life long to do good I haue somewhat to say to you of this parish a daintie was prepared for you and you let the strangers take it from you You were required to a fast and you did feast your selues you were required to come and pray vnto the Lord and to humble your selues in his sight that he may turne away his wrath from you you let the temple stand open and emptie for your parts and your shops were as open and you were about your marchandise forsaking God and seeking to win the vniust Mammon and the vanities of the world For mine eyes haue seene thy saluation c. You may see what deepe root sinne takes when custome is added vnto it therfore you had neede all of you to take my part for though I and you fight against it neuer so long yet some of his darts sticke in vs still He which beleeueth him doth that which pleaseth him and he that hath no will to please him doth that which delites him selfe and he that offers him selfe to be reformed by the word of God is offred in truth But what shall I shake off the dust of my feet as a witnesse against you and say let them that will perish perish Nay I will rather wash Naaman yet seuen times that I might make him cleane if he will be cleansed If you haue no Scripture for it then thinke froÌ„ whence you haue receiued it If you haue no reason for it then thinke from whence you haue learned it If you haue no example for it theÌ„ thinke whence it first came or sprong vnto FroÌ„ poperie you Thy saluation Thereby to shew that he came not by Angels or by men or by anie other meanes but onely from the alone and eternall God He calleth him thy saluation for his name was not giuen him by Ioseph nor by Marie but by the Angell of God Mat. 1. Luke 1. signifying that he was come from heauen the father saw him when he was borne the spirit came vpon him when he was baptized the Angels ministred vnto him in the Luke 3. Luke 4. Mat. 27. Mat. 2. wildernes his enemies subscribed vnto him vpon the crosse the Virgine trauelled the starre walked the wise men came out of far countreyes to worship him then is not this Iehouah the mightie God whose birth is glorious
testimonie of your ignorance and then after a litle conference they will graunt that indeed it doth not profit theÌ„ Then we must replie and say God hath made all things to profit vs hath commanded that nothing be vsed vnprofitably no not so much as a vaine word speaking saying that for euerie idle word we must giue account at the day of iudgement Then they replie againe saying Mat. 12. if it do them no good it doth them no harme But we must reply and say it were good to beware least it do thy selfe harme Another sort wil replie and say I pray God I neuer do worse But to such we must answer I pray God you may do better you should first know whether you do not harm before you do it For in deed it must proceed of harme being spoken in doubting without faith for if you beleeued that they were layde vp in peace whome you praye for what need you pray for them at all But it shewes an vnbeleeuing heart and we know that whatsoeuer is not of faith is sinne and the Lord will say of them who hath required those things at your hand you haue wrought vanities Now therefore you will not leaue it because you vsed it then will you say also we will not leaue our lying nor our swearing nor our cursing because we haue vsed it It will grieue me if I heare you vse these speeches hereafter hauing no reason nor proofe of Scripture to maintaine it by or to be your warrant in it Therefore I charge you in the name of God that you vse them not but rather when you heare this or aniâ— other sinne condemned to lay hands vpon it see that you put it to death without delay according to the law of God Simeon wished to die and had good cause so to wish because God promised that he should be deliuered from this miserable life when he had scene his glorie and the light of Gentils The wicked wish to die that thereby they might haue deliuerance from their troubles worldly vexations as they suppose which in deed is rather an increasing and aggrauating thereof But the faithfull when they wish to die they do it in great zeale and loue of God vsing it as the best remedie against sinne that therby they might ceasse froÌ„ offending their good God shewing thereby that they are as it were weaâ—ie of the seruice and bondage of Sathan and sinne Therfore they desire death that therin they may glorifie God as in their liues they haue done and sought to do For man was not borne at his owne will neither shall he die at his owne will therfore they as it were begge leaue of God for it Sampson was a figure of Christ in that he Iudg. 16. glorified God at his death more then all his life in killing so manie of Gods enemies I shewed you that they are guiltie that killed themselues with surfets or drunkennesse or intemperat vsing of them selues yea although they teÌ„der their liues neuer so deere yet they are in the guilt because they vse the meanes that dotâ— shorten it According to thy word When Sathan hath once possessed 〈◊〉 theÌ„ profits and pleasures bring vs to our possession and though they do so professe religioÌ„ and godlinesse yet they can neuer haue anie comfort by it all their life For their owne hearts accuse them for hypocrites because they wayte not for the consolation of God according to his word whatsoeuer is not done according to that word can not be acceptable and this word they care not for neither set it in any estimation When AdaÌ„ seeth his nakednesse the suttle serpent can deceiue no longer but before he saw his nakednesse he is euer deceiued and led away with the multitude into innumerable errors Some say they shall be saued by mercy and some thinke by good workes and some by the Popes pardon others say by Purgatorie and these will haue a Masse song for them as long as the world standeth and all for one sillie soule thinking to be saued by it yet see their blindnesse for they seeme to thinke that their torment shall not ceasse as long as the world staÌ„deth else why should they find and hire men to say Masse for theÌ„ so long But these are the fat morsels of Bels priests for this cause is the Popish Creed made verie fauourable to the Clergie Well say that ignorance is the mother of their deuotion for when the couetousnesse of the priests and the ignorance of the people ioyned together then they inuented Purgatorie Masses prayers for the dead and then all their trinkets For if they had not held our fathers in ignorance they would neuer haue bin Papists But when they cast a mist before the eyes of men then the blind fel into the diteh which doth containe so manie grosse corruptions I shewed vpon this woord seruant that the godly would not leaue this priuiledge for all the riches in the world for that they are the seruaunts of God fellowes to Angels and princes for we serue him whom Salomon serued who is blessed for euer Euerie seruingman beares the cognisance of his maister vpon his sleeue But what will the Lord say when he commeth and findeth vs marked with the badge of Sathan surely he will say giue vnto Sathan that which is Sathans for all the houses of Israell are sprinkled with the blood of the Lambe and all Exod. 12. Ezech. 9. Reuel 10. the mourners are marked and al the chosen are sealed with the seale of the liuing God Well was it sayd the poore receiue the Gospell The young men are more forward in the truth and more zelous then the aged Once the younger brother stole away the blessing froÌ„ the elder therefore the elder hated him euen for his zeale wheÌ„ was Iacob hated more then he is now when was he so hated and persecuted as he is now by Esau Yet in the old time men were more zealous in their age then euer we heare of them to be in their youth yea they were zealous in the Lords businesse Age hindered not Noah Gen. 6. from building of the Arke when God commaunded him age hindered not Simâ—on froÌ„ reioycing and mirth when he beheld embraced the Lord Iesus Christ Then old Simeon embraced Christ and he enioyed him with heartie ioy in zeale but now where is old Simeon there are but few of them to be seene comming to the Temple to receiue Christ but now yong men receiue yong Dan. 1. 1. Sam. 2. 3. 1. Tim. 4. PhilemoÌ„ 10 Simeons yong Daniels yong Samuels yong Timothies and yong Onesimus and the yong infants begin to speake againe The yong haue him they are zealous and I hope they wil keepe him though old men neglect him Sathan thou hast too much for nothing alreadie Lord now lettest thou thy seruant depart in peace according to thy word for mine eyes haue seene thy saluation He which
beginneth to roote out some error or superstition at the first shall haue much a do for custome and natural corruption are the first causers of heresie and shall crie against her in the maintenance thereof and withstanders of reformation shall say great is Diana of Ephesus and so for a long time they seeme to wash the Ethiopian or the blacke More the more they wash him the more they gall him and yet he is an Ethiopian still but in the end the Arke standeth and Dagon falleth downe truth triumpheth 1. Sam. 5. ouer falshood hauing got the victorie light chaseth away darknesse with the brightnesse thereof To him that asketh what scripture haue you against it it is sufficient to answer what scripture haue you for it Is not this enough to ouerthrow it that for euerie idle word you must giue account as our sauiour Christ saith And againe saith God who hath required these things at your hands They aske what shall we not say God be with them Why should you I pray Esa 1. 2. Sam. 12. you what said Dauid of his child he said no such thing but thus he is gone and will not returne but I shal follow him If he be a good man we say the Lord be thanked for his deliuerance but if he be not then we say God graunt we may do better then he hath done that by his fall we may learne to rise from sinne Therefore as Iacob said to his wiues Gen. 35. and children giue me your idols that I may burie them so say I vnto you giue me your superstitions that I may burie theÌ„ that they may remaine with you or in you no longer to the dishonor of God offending of your weake brethren or to my griefe for I am iealous ouer you because seeing you are mine and I am yours ô that my voyce were as the whirlwind to beate downe root out and blow away all your superstitions that they may no loÌ„ger raigne among you Now to my text For mine eyes haue seene thy saluation Because the holy Ghost by inspiration had declared vnto him that he should not die til he had seene Iesus Christ therfore the same spirit led him to the temple shewed him that which it promised hauing seene the same he desireth and wisheth to die and be released from this earthly prison that he might liue with God As idle euil wishes are vaine because they are not according to faith nor grounded vpon the word of God so though we aske as cunningly as Iacob and as earnestly as the sonnes of Zebede yet if we aske not in faith according to knowledge Mar. 10. we can not obtaine for we must aske so that we may receiue that we may not returne emptie Then we see that the principal cause that moued Simeon to wish for death was because he had seene his sauiour and the true Messias which was promised by the father figured by the law spoken of by the Prophets and foretold by the fathers and pointed at by Iohn Baptist he embraced What desire should he haue of life when life and ioy and peace and the verie brightnesse of the image of God appeared vnto him for all his life is but a pilgrimage of sorow and of griefe yea a continuall combat with sin therfore what should he feare death But he might haue sayd long haue I wayted in patience but what is all the time that is past and the life that is to come to an ende My kingdome is not of this world and yet I Iohn 18. haue a kingdome whereof I am certified now I see thy saluation thou hast promised and now is thy promise fulfilled therefore blessed are they that hunger and thirst after Mat. 5. righteousnesse for none shall haue this food but they that huÌ„ger for it The murmuring Isrraelites died in the wildernesse might Num. 11. 14. and 16. and 21. c. not so much as see the land of Canaan because they murmured against their God As Moses died on the mount where he saw the land of Canaan so the godly die in the sight Deut. 34. of God in the contemplation of his glorie like Steuen who at the verie instant of Act. 7. his death saw the heauens open and Christ Iesus sitting at the right hand of his father and like Simeon here which died not till he saw the Lord of life and till he embraced him thankfully in his armes Beloued you are not ignorant that the great day of the Lord is neare at hand and therfore they that haue not yet seene Christ they that haue not yet embraced him but still sleepe without oyle in their lamps shall suddenly be ouertaken without the wedding garment and shall be cast into eternall torment for euer Mine eyes haue seâ—ne thy saluation c. Then we see that Christ was no spirit neither was his bodie a fantasticall bodie for if he were a spirit Simeon could not see him if his bodie were a fantasticall bodie then could not he haue embraced him Therfore we see that the wordes of the Scripture are true which saith that Christ was perfect man in all things sinne onely excepted For he sometime wept as at the death of Lazarus and likewise ouer Ierusalem Sometime Iohn 11. Luke 19. Iohn 4. Luke 10. Luke 5. he thirsted as at the well where the woman of Samaria disputed with him also sometime eate as at Marthaes house as also amoÌ„g Publicans and sinners which in euery thing shewed him selfe to be perfect man For mine eyes haue seene thy saluation c. O Lord saith he I desire now to be dissolued and free from the bondage of sinne which so long hath inhabited in my mortall bodie for now he is come by whom thou hast promised to free vs and set vs at liberty he is come by whom thou hast promised to breake the serpents head and he is come that will heale our infirmities and giue strength against sinne and Sathan by faith peace towards God through loue And now saith he I haue embraced him and thankfully do receiue him I beleeue and am perswaded that this is the same Messias whom the Father promised and the Prophets â—oretold all Israel loÌ„ged expected for who is the light of the Gentils the glory of Israel the God of the whole world Simeon was desirous to liue no longer in this mortall life when he saw perfect life but like Adam when he Gen. 3. came out of Paradice was desirous to come in againe or like the fish which is taken in the net out of the sea struggleth to get in againe Seeing now he is come for whom Simeon longed therfore what are the troubles that are past and the sorowes that are come to an end So they which loue the trueth of God and waite with desire to be filled with the knowledge therof such shal not die vntill they haue their hearts
will I feare and despaire Saluation is borne therfore we wâ—â—e al in the state of condemnation before light is come therfore we sate all in darknesse before glorie is come therfore we were all loden with shame before life is come to shew that we were all dead in sinne before Life is come and light and saluation life to the dead light to the blind and saluation to the damned For Christ is called saluation to shew that without him we are all damned firebrands of hell heires of condemnation and forsaken of God To him that is sicke it is easie to be thankfull when he is whole but when he is whole it is harder to be thankfull then to be sicke I would faine be disproued that Niniueh might be saued though Ionah would not Thy saluation This word saluation is a sweet word yea the sweetest word in all the Scripture and yet many despise this worthy iewell because they knowe not what it is worth like the dawes which would rather haue a barley corne then a pearle or a iewell because they know not the value thereof O Lord what is man that thou art so mindfull Psal 8. of him O man what is God that thou art so vnmindfull of him If a friend had giuen vs anie thing we would haue thanked him heartely for it but to him that hath giuen vs all things we will not giue so much as thankes Now therefore let the rocke gush forth water againe and let our stonie hearts powre foorth streames of teares in vnfayned repentance We haue all called vpon you but none regardeth vs as though God were as Baall and as though Diues felt no paine nor Lazarus no ioy but all forgotten Manie times Christ commeth into the Temple and there is scarse a Simeon to embrace him the babe is here but where is Simeon If God had not loued vs better then we loued our selues we should haue perished long ere this and yet we embrace not Christ as Simeon who hath saued vs from temporall and spirituall punishments We are inuited to a banket he who calleth vs to it is God What is the banket Saluation Who are the guests The Angels and the Saints What is the fare Ioy peace righteousnesse this is the fare and we inuite you euery one yet who will come at our bidding some for want of faith some for want of loue some for want of knowledge haue despised this holy banket and vnto this art thou called ô soule vnworthie to be beloued FINIS THE SECOND SERMON OF THE SONG OF OLD FATHER SIMEON Thy saluation vvhich thou hast prepared before the face of all the people a light to be reuealed to the Gentiles and the glorie of thy people Israell THY saluation This woord saluation is a sweet word holds me to it like an Adamant for when I thought to proceede this word sayd vnto me stay here teach this and teach all learne this and learne all for it is the pith of all the mercies of God towards his children Christ is called saluation because no man should despaire and because it is impossiblâ— to be saued without him for saluation is onely in him Christ can do any thing but this he cannot saue him that will not repeÌ„t He is called the saluation of God because he came not from men nor from Angels nor by chance but from God him selfe and therefore his name was not giuen him after the maner of men which was that euerie father should name his owne child but so did not Ioseph for the Angel had giuen him Luke 1. Luke 1. Mat. 2. Luke 2. Mat. 2. Luke 3. Mar. 1. Luke 4. 15. Iohn 11. Mat. 27. direction for his name The Virgine the oracles the babes the shepherds the starre the wise meÌ„ the voyce of the cryer the deuils the leapers the sicke the dead the earthquake the sunne the moone all the crâ—atures do beare witnesse vnto the sonne of God which is our saluation he is called the saluation of God because he is a saluation according to Gods owne minde He came not to bring ease and libertie but he came to bring the spirituall sword and condemnation to all obstinate sinners yet saluation to the penitent I shewed you howe many despised this iewell because they knowe not what it is worth how few Simeons there be in the TeÌ„ple how few Nathanaels how few men that feare God these plants grow not on euerie ground Who would be vnthankfull if he knew what the Lord giues and what he forgiues he giues the sonne for the bastard the Lord for the seruant the righteous for sinners the innocent for the wicked and the almightie Lord for the sinfull sonnes of meÌ„ Do you not maruel how you can offend this Lord willingly which hath done so much for you Here I reprooue vnthankfulnesse securitie and negligence striuing as it were to crucifie Christ again as the wicked Iewes did who neuer prospered since the time that they sayd his bloud be vpon vs and vpon Mat. 27. 25 our seed They were not like Simeon who as soone as he saw him embraced him and reioyced ouer him There is no shew of grace in theÌ„ which shew no liking of godlinesse neither in them selues nor in others for this is the first part of our conuersion to loue them that loue God and so they are drawne to the Sonne No man will build an Arke vntill the â—loud come no man will seeke for Gen. 7. corne vntill the famine come and scarse Lot Gen. 42. Gen. 19â— will be gone out of Sodome before the time of execution of Gods wrath do come vpon them We preach vnto you and call vpon you we haue euen wearied our selues among you we haue reproued you for sin and we must still reproue you vntill you amend now therefore if there be anie grace in you if ye haue anie knowledge any feare of God in you if you haue anie goodnesse in you if you haue anie leasure to be saued turne backe now from doing euil come out of hell and plucke your limbes out of the clouches of the serpent for verily we haue not done so well in this citie as the Niniuits did for all the preaching and teaching we haue had For who hath determined in his heart to amend his life who hath left his pride who hath restored that which he hath taken by extortion vsurie wrong surely they that haue done thus are monsters I can not see him he walketh inuisible and can not be found The heauens trembled at the death of Christ the sunne did hide his face the earth quaked the vaile of the Temple Mat. 27. 45 51. 52. 53. rent in sunder the dead bodies rose out of their graues and all this was to shew that the Prince of the world suffered violence that the Lord of life suffred death for the raÌ„some of vs and all whatsoeuer throughout the world that do beleeue the Gospell and liue in obedience and