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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09264	A fruitfull sermon, on 1 Cor. 15. 18, 19. VVritten by VVilliam Pemble of Magdalen Hall in Oxford	Pemble, William, 1592?-1623.; Capel, Richard, 1586-1656.	1629 (1629)	STC 19578; ESTC S114348	13,402	30

professe which agrees not with the good liking of the world and therefore it cannot agree with that nor them that sincerely professe it If yee were of the world the world would loue his own but because yee are not of the world but I haue chosen you out of the world therefore the world hateth you saith Christ of all the Elect Iohn 15. 19 They are men of another generation their liues are not like other mens and therefore the world wonders at them as at some strange Bird or Beast Their courses runne byass from other mens and stand opposite to their vngodly practices So that when they looke vpon them to their great displeasure they alwaies see in their well doing a reall reproofe of their owne euill doing But if at any time they be so venturous as in words also to reprooue them then there is no patience to bee had If Lot but once say Brethren I pray you doe not so wickedly the Citizens of Sodome grow cholerike straight way This fellow will bee a iudge and ruler hee must carpe and finde fault Nay wee will deale worse with thee than with them say those Beasts in the shape of men Gen. 19. 9. So now these precise men marre all a man cannot sweate or drinke drunke or talke filthily or in any thing doe otherwise than he should doe but straight way they are reprouing admonishing exhotting so that a man cannot liue quietly by them nor displease God but they le take offence at it Hence are all malicious deuises and practises against the godly they bee the men whom the world hath accused as the worst of malefactors disgraced as persons most contemptible persecuted as worthy to bee driuen from the societie of men In the times of the Primitiue Church if any thing were amisse in the Romane State the Christians presently are cryed out vpon they must smart as the cause of it If it raine not at all or too much if lightning and thunder doe any harme if the Legions mis-carry then away with the Christians to the racke the fire the sword the Lions c. So now in the Christian world all the blame of the trouble must lye on the reformed Churches albeit what is their fault except it bee that they are innocent But were the Churches of God rooted vp out of the world and all the Synagogues of God destroyed in the Land why then t were well the world would bee at peace and vnity although the world stand but for the Churches sake In short Euery one that will liue godly must suffer persecution 2 Tim. 3. 12. What must Yea and that in a peaceable Church as well as a troubled Hee must suffer persecution of the heart of the tongue or of the hand Hee shall bee hated if not reuiled reuiled if not smitten smitten if not slaine Besides all which molestations from the world infinite are those troubles wherewith euery godly soule is assaulted by Sathan and its owne corruption a hard and continuall taske it hath in fighting against the spirituall wickednesses in high places in striuing against so many lusts and disordered affections that cannot bee easily gouerned Many bitter stormes it feeles of temptations sorrowes and feares which makes them oft cry out for griefe of heart and causeth their bones to waxe dry and the powers of their body to faile This now is the Generation of Gods children as Dauid speakes Psal. 73. 15. this their lot to be daily punished and chastened euery morning when others liue at ease and prosperitie So that if yee take from these the hope of future blessednesse by Christ the heart will soone breake when there is left them nothing but misery Alas what is the temporall reward of Pietie if after death a man must suffer eternall misery Poore is the contentment that can bee found in Vertue and Religion if it stretch no further than to the end of this life if after death there bee nothing or nothing but misery Cut from a man his hope in Christ for her● after and then the Epicures counsell will seeme good Let vs eate and drink for tomorrow we shall dye Let vs take our pleasure while wee may If wee dye as Beasts and come to nothing then le ts liue as Beasts too Or if wee must dye worse than Beasts and our soules goe into misery as we must if Christ doe vs good no longer than we liue why then what auailes it to ioy in Vertue and Religion to follow an empty name of goodnesse when nothing is got by it after death and for the present nothing worth the desiring Le ts restraine our eyes and our hearts from no pleasures that may bee procured Let Vertue bee onely our stals to winne honour where men out of errour esteeme highly of it among others loue wee Vice where vertue is banished All comes to one then bee vitious and be but miserable hereafter bee vertuous and bee no lesse Such wilde and desperate resolutions that notwithstanding our Christian Faith doe yet take place in too many mens hearts might then be reckoned of all to bee good wholsome counsell if the day of our death were the vtmost period of time beyond which no happinesse were to be enioyed Wee see then the Point to bee plaine enough That true Christians barrd of their hope in Christ for the life to come are more miserable than other men because all are alike hereafter and for this life the godly misse of those contentments which the wicked enioy Nay more miserable not onely than men but than Beasts also seeing Beasts dye but are not iudged after death they come to nothing but not to misery as men out of Christ doe The Vses of this Instruction shall be two Vse 1. To lesson vs how to iudge of the State of the Church and also of priuate Christians namely That we iudge not of them according to outward appearance but that wee iudge righteous iudgement Hee that lookes on them with a carnall eye considering them in their present condition without relation to Christ and their future happinesse by him shall see no great matter to winne his desire toward them For the Church her glory is not of this World She is comely but sunne-burnt with afflictions and persecutions shee lyes among the pots in poore and despicable estate when the Synagogue of Sathan ruffles in all pride and pleasure The whore of Rome is clothed with scarlet and all gallantry Re. 17. 4. She liues in abundance of pleasures Rom. 18. 3. She dares say I sit as Queen and am no widow and shall see no mourning Shee laughes when other Churches weepe in teares of blood Therefore doe many iudge her blessed and these miserable and many turne in thither Indeed were her hope only in this life their choyce were good miserable were shee if alwaies Militant and neuer Triumphant But wee haue learned of our Apostle not to iudge of the Church of God by her miserable outside that appeares to