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A84939	The gale of opportunity. Or, A sermon preached (at Lidbury-North) at the funerall of the worshipfull Humphrey Walcot, of Walcot, Esq. June 8, 1650 and now published, by Thomas Froysell, Minister of the Gospell at Clunne in Shropshire.	Froysell, Thomas, d. ca. 1672.	1652 (1652)	Wing F2249A; ESTC R177209	46,742	52

but to aggravate his sin as if he should say my fellow-commoner one of my familiar friends that eats of the same dish with me shall betray me And here Christ endeavours to melt the heart of Judas and cause him to forbeare by an argument fetcht from all the kindnesse and intimacy that had been so long between them what my friend my familiar who doth not onely sit at the same Table with me but eat of the same dish with me will he betray me will that hand that hath been with me in the same dish dip and dye it selfe into a Crimson colour in my blood he disswades him by love by the law of love and friendship 2 He disswades him by Terror The Son of man goes as it is written Mat. 26. 24. of him but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed it had been good for that man if he had not been born where observe 1 The Lord Jesus Christ be wayles not himself but Judas even whilst he threatens Judas he pities Judas woe unto that man by wom the Son of man is betrayed 2 He doth not yet unmaske and disclose Judas he carries the person yet in the clouds he doth not as yet say in individuo Woe to thee O Judas but speaks still in the general Woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betraied the individual discovery of Judas comes in afterwards and here Jesus Christ does with this threatning way-lay Judas to make him retreat b Paena predicitur ut quem pudor non vicerat corrigant denunciata supplicia Hieronim in cap. 26. Mat. seeking his salvation It had been good for that man if he had not been borne as if he had said if nothing else yet will if nothing that hath been said yet can recall the Traytor from his purpose of sinning yet let this one thing bespeak him and turne his heart quite about his owne safety his owne fearfull condition which will follow upon his sin let that put a stop to his progresse Woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed it had been good for that man if he had not been borne Here the door of opportunity stood open to Judas and Jesus Christ stood in the door to invite Judas but he had not an heart to goe in and the opportunity was presently shut against him and he never had the like againe he goes away and becomes his own Executioner Judas betrayes Christ and after betrayes himselfe when Christ called him he would not repent kindly and now he meets with an unkind repentance that Swallows him up in the gulph of despaire 3 A man may have an opportunity given him to save his life and so by consequent to save his soule which if he neglects he may never have the like againe I will give you two Gen. 19. 12 13 14. sad instances the one is Lots children in Sodome Then the men said unto Lot whom hast thou yet here either Son in Law or thy sons or thy daughters or what soever thou hast in the City bring it out of this place for we will destroy this place because the cry of them is great before the Lord and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it Note The Saints are so neer to God that he will save those that are neer to them for their sakes God would be a friend to Lots friends a father to his children And Lot went out and spake unto his sons in law which married his daughters and said Vp get yee out of this place for the Lord will destroy this City Behold here 's their opportunity an opportunity to save their lives from fire and brimstone and for ought I know their soules from the fire of hell O golden opportunity for a mans life is his Treasure an opportunity to save ones life is the life of all opportunities and therefore poore Lot goeth to them Grace doth not extinguish nature he flyeth upon wings of love to them and tels them he warnes them like a Prophet and bespeaks them like a Father but what say they he seemed as one that mocked to his sons in Law and so he leaves them for his time was short and now their opportunity is gone and they are gone too Farewell now you are all dead men and women God first raines downe the golden drops of opportunity upon them to save their lives which they neglect and presently he raines downe showres of fire and brimstone on them and takes away their lives 1. Kings 22. 4 5 7 8 17. 28. Another instance is Ahab in the first of the Kings Wilt thou goe with me to battel to Ramoth Gilead and Jehoshaphat said to the King of I Israel I am as thou art my people as thy people my horses as thy horses and Jehoshaphat said unto the King of Israel enquire I pray thee at the word of the Lord to day And Jehoshaphat said is there not here a Prophet of the Lord besides that we might enquire of him And the King of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat There is yet one man Michaiah the son of Imlah by whom we may enquire of the Lord but I hate him for he doth not prophecie good concerning me but evill And Jehoshaphat said Let not the King say so And he said I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills as sheep that have not a Sheapheard and the Lord said these have no Master let them returne every to his house in peace And Michaiah said if thou returne at all in peace the Lord hath not spoken by me Here was his opportunity to save his life but goe he will his opportunity expires and his life too for he never returnes alive againe for a certaine man drew a Bow at a venture and Verse 34. smote the King of Israel between the joynts of the harnesse wherefore he said unto the driver of his Chariot Turne thine hand and carry me out of the Host for I am wounded certaine man drew a bow at a venture the man shot the Arrow but God aimed it the man shot at a venture but God leveld it at Ahab the man shot at he knew not who but Ahab in the whole Army was Gods marks-man Carry me away saith Ahab out of the Host for I am wounded Oh Ahab What thinkest thou now of Gods opportunities What saist thou now of Micaihas words I am wounded saith Ahab I beleeve thee and the losse of thine opportunity wounds thee more ther 's death wounds in thy Soule as well as in thy body 4 When an hypocrite will not obey Gods expresse command he may lose his heart and his restraining grace for ever after when a man loves a sin better then Gods command God leaves him to his sin When a man gives up himselfe to a lust God finds a time to give him up also and sets him a going faster he opens the sluces and puls downe the bankes that the mans lust may run in

opinion alwayes pleaded on the other side that it was for the good of the Romane Common-wealth that Carthage should stand At last Cato on a day brought a green Fig into the Senate among them and told them that this Fig was growing in Carthage but three dayes agoe and thereby warned them that a Navy might within three dayes arrive from Carthage and lay fiege to their City When they heard this The neernesse of the danger made such impression on their thoughts that whereas before they could never be won upon to assent now they voted not to give over till they leveld Carthage to the ground And shall not eternity affect us the neernesse of it write deep Characters of feare and care upon our hearts Within three dayes and death may lay siege to our City to our Soul beware of evill at hand of death at hand of Judgement at hand Thou Fool saith Christ This night thy Soule shall be required of thee ah then let us Act betimes let not the night take us in a night let not the night of Death take us in a night of sin and security then we shall have a double night at once upon us 3 Opportunities are very precious Every one according to the objects they lay out for value their opportunities ther 's no Prince or great person in the world hath more Clients and attendants then opportunity hath All sorts Court her and wait with humblest service on her The Husbandman waits opportunity to plow and sow and reap The Tradesman attends opportunity to make his bargains at lowest rate and sell off his wares at highest price The Ambitious man stands at the door of opportunity to raise himselfe All but fools according to their occasions runne out to meet and bow the knee to opportunity and shall not the dearest opportunities be precious to us shall we not take the best opportunity by the hand Opportunity to gaine the most precious things is the most precious opportunity opportunity to get the best treasures is the best opportunity Godlinesse is great gaine Heaven is the highest advancement The Soule is the Crowne and Master-piece of man surely then the opportunity to get and save these should be counted precious opportunity All things here that are of the world are but nothings but Idols and shadows of the best things and an Idol is nothing Time is 1 Cor. 8. 4. Tempus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 but the Idol of Eternity and things Temporall but the Idol of things Eternall Our estate and our dayes here are but an Idol Ther 's no divinity nor immortality in them but God is an absolute and eternall Being the spring of all Divine satisfactions They that live in him live at an high rate and live for ever How can he complaine to want light that lives in the midst of the Sun How can he complaine of Thirst out of whose belly flow rivers of living water Surely then opportunity to injoy God is the most precious opportunity John 7. 38. Your Importunity hath setcht out this Sermon of Opportunity from me and I have given you here more then I preach't the time being too narrow to deliver all at once and therefore I was faine to omit many things in the Pulpit which I had in my papers The Spirit of the Lord Preach it all over againe to our hearts I commend you to the Lord Who am Yours most deeply obliged to Honour and Serve you Tho. Froysell Clunne Octob. 8. 1651. To his highly HONORED Mr. John Walcott of WALCOT Esquire SIR In publishing this Sermon Preached at your Fathers Funerall I could not but publish your Name to it or it to your Name you beeing so neer to him for Every Child is the Father multiplied He loved you dearly for his and your owne sake I cannot but love and honour you highly This Sermon was Preached for him but it was Preached to you and therefore God looks that it should worke upon you For at that time you had two Preachers at once Preaching to you the Preacher in the Coffin and the Preacher in the Pulpit He preacht to you that you must dye This Sermon preach't to you how you must live His Death preach't to you that time will be gone This Sermon Preacheth to you how you should improve your time As Death is the way to eternall life so an holy life is the way to an happy death Your Good Father dyed old and you may dye young as God writes some mens life in words at length so sometimes God is pleased to write in short-hand and cut a long life into a small Monosyllable and therefore turne and winde your present stock of time to the best and grow rich in grace upon it Remember 1 You cannot begin too soon to serve Jesus Christ One may begin too late but he can never begin too soon to serve Christ Where should the Flower of your Age grow but in the Garden of his service Bp. Hall It is the Policy of the Devill to discourage Early holinesse He that goes out betimes in the morning is more like to dispatch his Journey than he that lingers till the day be spent 2 You can never doe too much for Jesus Christ Religion know sno a Religio non potest habere excessum secundum quantitatem absolu am potest tamen habere excessum secundum quantitatem proportionis prout scilicet in cultu divino fit aliquid quod fieri non debet Aqui. 22ae q. 92. a 1. ad 3. excesse you cannot savour too much of holinesse as there be some persons that cannot beare the smell of Muske and sweet perfumes it fils their brains and makes them sick so Hypocrites and they are Hypocrites that cannot abide the smell of holy precisenesse and the sent of strictnesse Paul bids us be servent in spirit 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is seething hot serving the Lord Quinon zelat non amat He that hath not zeale for Christ hath not love to Christ True zeale is a Seal of our Election Strictnesse and exactnesse is the beauty and lustre of Religion I say you cannot doe too much for Jesus Christ be hath done so much for us And what doth Christ require of you but he did the same for you Is hee not upon equall termes with you Nay before hand with you If he cals you to bear the Crosse for him did he not bear a greater Crosse for you Grace puts no limits to Holinesse Sus non potest ferre rosas amaracum Franz Plin. Rom. 12. 11. Iracundi sunt qui amant Lucian in dial Merc. Maij Finis appetitio non habet limites defini o Aristot Finis praescribit media sed ipsi fini non praescribitur Eccl. 7. 29. Gen. 1. 26. He that makes God his End thinks he can never have enough of God or bee too holy for God And though his actions of Holinesse and his forwardnesse in them over-run his Credit or