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A05279	The Christians vvatch: or, An heauenly instruction to all Christians, to expect with patience the happy day of their change by death or doome Preached at Prestbury Church in Cheshire, at the funerals of the right worshipfull Thomas Leigh of Adlington Esquire, the 16. of February anno 1601. By William Leigh Bacheler of Diuinitye, and pastor of Standish in the countie of Lancaster.	Leigh, William, 1550-1639.	1605 (1605)	STC 15422; ESTC S108412	42,071	96

fall vpon vs and then will it be to late For it is an assured ground you may build vpon it hee that will not lay holde on grace when it is offered hee shall seeke and sigh for it when it is to late Esau could not obtaine the blessing though hee sought it with teares i● was to late Abraham could not preuaile with God for Sodomes safetie though his prayer were many his pleading powerfull it was to late Noah preached repentance to the old world by the space of an hundreth and twentie yeares for so long was the Arke a making before their eyes and all that while they contemne grace but when the windowes of heauen were opened and the flood was out then they run to the Mountaines they rom'd at the trees they caught at the highest bowes they hung they clonge thereby to saue themselues but it was to late This our Sauiour maketh good vnto vs in the parable of the ten Virgins whereof fiue were wise and fiue were foolish the wise were prouident but the foolish slept and therefore vppon the sommons they faile to enter for that they were found wanting of oyle to their lampes they would haue borrowed they could not they ●ried Lord Lord open vnto vs but he would not it was to late Lastly to conclude with the ●ast pageant that euer shall bee acted on the Theater of this worlde The wicked shall ●leade when time shall bee no more Lord when saw wee thee an hungred or a thirst or ●arborlesse or in prison c. But al to late for ●hey may not inioy him in glory whom they ●aue contemned in grace And therfore must ●eare this earnefull voice of their endles seperation Item depart from me ye cursed into euerlasting fire which is prepared for the deuill and his Angels The vse of the Doctrine is familier my deere Bretheren and to my Text for now is the appointed time euen the happie day of grace and ours it is to watch in nor can our changing bee far off euen the blessed day of glorie and thine it is O Lord to worke in had I therfore a thousand eyes they should watch for it had I a thousand eares they shold harken to it had I a thousand feete they should be shod to the preparation of that day a great day a fearefull day a day of changing indeed wherein the Godlye shall change all euill into all good haue boldnes but the Godles all good into all euill and crye to the Mountaines for feare fal vpon vs fall vpon vs watch therefore and pray yee knowe not when the houre will come death and doome are as the Cockatrise if they see vs ere we see them wee die in our sinnes but if wee see them first by trew faith heartie prayer and repentance wee are more then conquerors and may boldlye say death where is thy sting hell where is thy victorie thanks be vnto God which hath giuen vs victory through our Lord Iesus christ I might further prease the decayed doctrine and exiled practise of watchfulnes in these our daies then the which there is not a more continuall current in the word of God euer in the mouth of Christ watch and pray and neuer from his practise when as it is in the Gospell by day hee taught in the Temple and at night went out abode in the Mount of Oliues to pray but because the time is spent I leaue it to your further search onely with this sighe from the soule of Christ as a challenge to his Disciples and all the elect could ye not watch with me one houre it will not be long but the houre will bee out Iudas is at hand Iudgement I feare is ouer your heades then may you sleepe on and take your rest It is nearer my deere Bretheren then when I last spake therefore I say againe watch watch Twise haue the blasted eares eaten vp the ful cornes and twise haue the leane Kine deuoured the fat Pharoes dreame is doubled for the certaintie therof and expedition The famine is vpon Egipt iudgement is vpon all the world and will ye sleepe on ô that men were wise then would they vnderstand this then would they consider their latter end and so for end The verie God of peace sanctifie you throughout and I pray God that your whole spirit soule and body may be kept blamelesse vntill the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ faithfull is hee which hath called you which will also doe it And now my Bretheren to close with the dead for a conclusion of all The Lord hath answered me this day as he did Habacucke made it plaine vpon tables what I haue preached that he may run that readeth it The vision vppon this Gentleman was for an appointed time and now is the time and at last it shal speake to euerie one of you who heare me this day and not lye though it tarie waite for it shall surelie come and not stay It is not long since he was in life and liking as you are he sat as you doe in place and credit of this world hee heard where you now heare he prayed where yee now praye and in lowlinesse of heart hee lickt vp the dust of the sanctuarie which dust hath now deuoured him nor was it either the fauour of his prince the credit of his place the loue of his friendes the faithfulnes of his folowers his tennants teares or sighes of the poore could beg him of God or keepe him from the graue but down he must to demur●e with death thereby to bring vnto himselfe a state of inheritance indefeazible with a crowne of glory that wythereth not And now ô death what hast thou done Occidisti possedisti Thou hast slaine thou hast possessed but what onely the grasse flower of flesh as for the Spirit euolauit it is gone to God that gaue it and that verie body thou seemest heere to detaine it shal be taken from thee when thou the last enemie shall bee destroyed and swallowed vp in victory For the onely Son of God shall come with power great glory to seeke the saint whom thou hast shamed and euen those dead corps will he fashion like vnto his glorious bodye by the mightie power whereby hee is able to subdue all thinges vnto himselfe Nor is our friend Lazarus heere dead but sleepeth This is Dormitorium the house of sleepe Or as the Germans call it Gods acre wherein doe rest and are sowen the bodies of Gods Saints till their ioyful spring of their resurrection nor doth that which is sowen quicken except it die Et qui granum tritici suscitat propter te ipsum te non poterit suscitare propter se that raiseth vp the seede of wheate for thy good can he not raise vp the fallen flower of thy flesh ô man for his owne glorie Goe to then deuouring death

worlde to the porte and paradice of your God For no blessed life without a blessed death and no blessed death without a blessed life and then are we blessed in both when we stand vpon our guard and are found watchfull 1. Now for the first I say with the Psalmist What man liueth and shall not see death shal he deliuer his soule frō the hand of the graue no no the decree of death is an imperial lawe acted in paradice vpon Gods fayrest Creature where sinne no sooner seizd but death entred and hath euer since like the lawes of the Medes and Persians bene irreuocable And though happily from the first death there lye an appeale to a better life in the prerogatiue Court and high consistorie of our Christ dead for our sinnes but risen againe for our iustification yet is there no repeale of that first lawe by any latter acte I say no parliment to disanull the doome of death No place priuiledged no person exempt no time to interrupt the decree therof but like an omnipotent Queene and regent of al the world where sinne hath kist she euer killeth There is no safetie any where If Angels in heauen sinne downe they must If Adam in Paradice transgresse out he must If Iudas faile at the side of Christ away hee must where is a practise of sinning there is euer a necessitie of dying without either priuiledge of place person or presence for thorow enuie of the Deuill came death into this world they that hold on his part shall prooue it I say then dare avouch that the matter of our sinning is the cause of our dying and that needes must needes shall Must thou needes sinne then surely shalt thou die sinne and death are hereditarie they dwel in one house like Hipocrates twins they laugh togeather they weepe togeather they liue together they die together And so shall till time bee no more for no time of sinning no time of dying In the interim our Fathers haue eaten a sower grape and the Childrens teeth are set on edge the Ceders are fallen how can the shrubbe stand the Patriarches before the Flood the Patriarches since the Flood the holy Priestes and honorable Kings of Iudah and Israel haue all sinned and are all dead And why should we liue Ieremiah cryed and so may I O earth earth earth heare the word of the Lord young earth old earth middle earth faire earth strong earth rich earth heare the cry your moulde is earth your flesh is sinfull and your condition is mortall Ye Kinges of the earth ye are but kinglie earth sinne is your shame death is your due you honorable mē you are but honorable earth you Gentlemen you are but gentle earth you learned men you are but learned earth you meane men you are but meane earth I say of you all sin is your shame and death is your doome and when the graue hath it due then treade out the ground giue me the difference who is Princely who is honorable who is poore base and beggerlie It may be your Tombes Hearses and Sepulchers doe set out your state and shine to your praise but vnder within what 's your rottennes better then others what 's your dignitie aboue the meanest This Augustin sawe with his Mother Monicha standing by Caesars Tombe at Rome whē vpon the view he said I beheld the Corpes of Caesar as he lay in his Sepulchre there and loe they were blackish and fallen to rottennes I looked vpon his belly burst swarmes of wormes issued out In the hollowes of his head where once stood his christal eyes two hungry Toades were feeding The locks of his head were fallē his teeth appeared but his lippes were wasted the gristle of his nose being consumed the very ground thereof was discouered This when I saw I said deare Mother where is now the beautie of Caesar where is the worlde of his wealth where be the troupes of his Nobles Knights Barons where are the armies of his fighting men Where is the prouision of all his delights his hunting dogges his coursing Steeds his chaunting Birds his guilt Palace his Iuorie bed his Princely Throne his royall Wardrobe where where are his goulden Lockes and his faire feature long it is not O Caesar since all men dred thee all Princes feared thee all Citties did honour thee yea all the world did thee homage Ubi nūc quaeso sunthaec omnia quo abijt tua magnificentia Where I pray thee now are all these honors whither is thy puissance gone To which my deere Mother answered with all pietye and reuerence O my sonne all thinges fayled him when life left him And now his possession is heer in a Tomb of three Cubits long with corruption and rottennes in the kingdome of darknes Such my deer bretherē no better is the condicion of all flesh The meanest the mightiest as you see are al of one molde there is no difference in the graue and as of men so may I say of Cityes Kingdomes and Monarchies of this worlde They had their pride and they haue their period for goe ye as saith the Prophet to Calneh and see and from thence goe you to Hamath the great then goe downe to Gath of the Philistims look vpon Ioppa behold Tarsus wonder at Niniuie the pride of Assur gaze vpon Babilon the beautye of all the Chaldees honor and as you passe by cast your eye vpon the ruines of Ierusalem that virgin daughter Syon and when you haue viewed them al tell those renowned places of the worlde tell them that euen they are mortall that sinne hath sackt them and therefore they are fallen likewise in their decayed places yea and withall say that the very best thinges of this worlde so desired of all are but vaine and vile for what 's your golde and siluer other then as one termeth it terrae immundicia the slime filth of the earth what are your rich Furres of Sables Budge or Ermins but the skinnes of sauage beastes what 's your softe veluet silke and sattin but the excrements of vyle wormes what 's your sweete muske and Ciuet but the ordure of vermin what are your perpetuityes of fayre houses Castles Honors cal'd after your names but Nimrods Statues and monuments of former future confusions Of all which when ye haue most then haue ye least and neuer so freed as when you are loosed from them and can say with a perfect heart as did the Apostle I counted all thinges but losse and did iudge them to be doung that I might winne Christ. But leaue we a little these dead carkases of elder times with the cause of their ruines which was their sinne come we neerer home euen to that which wee feele in our bones and finde in our flesh as harbengers of deathes approach and deeper printes of our mortalitye You that are of yeeres olde

assured hope to all Gods Children of a ioy ful resurrection to come it remaines we presse the Doctrine yet further to your comfort and tell you how wee shall bee changed and when For the first rise we shall with these verye bodies of flesh skin blood bone nor shal the least ioynt sinew or Artery bee lost but found and fashioned to the rest of the members to giue the body all feature grace and beautie There shall bee no transubstantiacion from one substance into another but an alteration of quality tending to further perfection and therefore wee say with one who said well Gloria non tollit sed perficit naturam our glorie shall not destroy our nature but perfect it And for distinction of ages there shall be no more there as saith the Prophet a Childe of yeares nor an olde man that hath not fild his daies that is in this wonderfull worke of restauration there shal be no weakenes of youth not infirmities of age but all shall bee fresh and flourishing for as when GOD first created man and woman hee made them not eyther Infants old crooked or deformed but strong ripe and beautifull so in the resurrection which is called a new creation It is not like but shal be conformable to the first if not much more excellēt nor doe I doubt but as the Apostle saith wee shall all meete together vnto a perfect Man and vnto the measure of the age of the fulnes of Christ so fully blessed with daies glory and immortalitie This so wonderful change and excellent state is shadowed out vnto vs by Christ his transfiguration vppon the holy mounte when the fashion of his countenance was changed and his garments white and glistred splendor infacie splendor in vestimentis sic gloria in capite gloria in membris brightnes in the face of Christ with brightnes in his garments is nothing else but glorie in the head and glorie in the members This sawe the disciple whome the Lord loued when with a feeling soule and spirit he said dearely belooued now are wee the Sonnes of God but it is not yet made manifest what we shall bee for we knowe that when he shall bee made manifest meaning Christ wee shall be like him for wee shall see him as hee is like him see him and see him as hee is ô excellent state of immortallitie and soueraigne dignitie of Gods elect to bee like him is much to see him is more but to see him as he is moste of all Paul saw the like when he longed after a deliuerance and said wee looke for the Sauiour euen the Lord Iesus Christ who shall change our vile body that it may bee fashioned like vnto his glorious bodye according to the working whereby he is able to subdue all thinges vnto himselfe whereuppon I may inferre to your further ioy and greater wonder thus That wee shall bee changed is much that our vile bodies shall bee changed is more but that our vile bodye vppon the change shall bee fashioned like vnto the gloryous body of Iesus CHRIST is moste of all Manye fashions there are in this worlde and all weare out of fashion There 's but one suite for the Saints of GOD and for that it 's cut after the best Patterne viz. after CHRISTS it neuer weareth or waxeth olde but is alwayes faire fresh and glorious had wee been apparelled like Aaron in his holye●obes or like Salomon in his Royall array had wee put on the brightnesse of Angells vpon our change wee might haue thought our selues sufficientlye graced but as and if all that were not sufficient The Lord hath changed our vile bodie that it might bee fashioned like vnto his glorious bodye And this will hee doe when our case is most desperate euen finde vs out when we are lost take vs vp when wee are furthest fallen from him when our woundes are deepest then rediest to power in oyle and to binde them vp when no eye pityeth vs I say when by blacke death we shall be made vile base and despicable Then will he fashion vs like vnto himselfe and as the Psalmist saith make vs glorious by deliuerance For it is an excellencie in our Christ and a mercie infallible found true in the practise of his pyetye euen then to shewe mercye when wee are mosse miserable then to feele him nearest when wee deeme him furthest gone his graces to abound when our sinnes doe superabound I say his mercies are preuentions euer meeting with our miseries and then when wee are moste wofull and wanting When the Scepter was gone from Iudah then Shiloh came when the diseased woman had spent all without remedye then came CHRIST and cured without cost when the poore Paralyticke had laine eight and thirtye yeares by the Poole of Bethesda and none would helpe to put him in Then Iesus said rise take vp thy bed and walke when the Disciples said vnkindely send the people away nay saith Christ giue ye them to eate What should I say more The Lord raysed Lazarus when he stunke in the graue and whilst Martha mooued and Mary mourned he grieued in heart and was troubled in Spirit put to his hand tooke him out deliuered him said now loose him and let him goe So wil he doe in the day of our redemption when our sinnes shall bee full and miserie moste abound then mercie shall bee more full and grace superabound and as at his first cōming of his aboundance we al receaue grace for grace a chereful refreshing to our sinful soules so at his cōming againe wee that dwel in the dust shal awake sing at the shoute and shower of his glorie as also of the aboundance of his glorie receaue glory for glory Thy dew ô Lord is as the dew of hearbs for euen as hearbes dead in winter florish againe by the raine in the Spring tyme so shall they that liue in the dust arise vp to joy when they feele the dew of Gods grace as the hony droppes that water the earth And then shall wee say with a Godly ●uation now death is swallowed vp in victorie for our drie bones are moistned our forlorne hope is recouered we were cleane cut off but now are wee growne againe our bed is precious and our withered branch is glorious the Lord hath opened our graues wee are come out of the Sepulchres and he hath brought vs into the land of the liuing where wee shall see no sinne nor feele corruption any more Hasten thy iudgements ô Lord bowe the heauens and come downe discharge the graues of their dead the world of it doome our soules from sinne and our bodies from corruption ô hasten the daie of our deliuerie that wee may see in glorie what we feele in grace euen the beholding of thy face in righteousnes that when wee shall awake from death wee may be satisfied with thy likenesse and fild with