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A76447	The penitent death of a vvoefull sinner. Or, the penitent death of John Atherton executed at Dublin the 5. of December. 1640. With some annotations upon severall passages in it. As also the sermon, with some further enlargements, preached at his buriall. / By Nicholas Barnard Deane of Ardagh in Ireland.	Bernard, Nicholas, d. 1661.; Atherton, John, 1598-1640.	1641 (1641)	Wing B2014; Wing B2017; Thomason E176_3; Thomason E176_4; ESTC R2358	42,210	46

mending their nets Well me thinkes when I reade of S. Pauls charge for this particular to Timothy the first Bishop of Ephesus and not Parrochiall neither 1 Tim. 4.1 and a sickely man too and in what high termes he gives it I charge thee before God and the LORD IESVS CHRIST who shall judge the quicke and the dead at his appearing and in his Kingdome Preach the Word be instant c. It should make many a mans care to tingle that hath wholly neglected it the like you have againe 1 Tim. 6.13 For Excuses if a not being bound to any particular charge be pretended let them consider S. Pauls free preaching which he so much glories in 1 Cor. 9.19 though he were free from all yet had voluntarily made himselfe serviceable to some 'T is possible for some urgent cause the maintenance out of one place may be imployed for the upholding Gods service in another Like S. Paul 2 Cor. 11.8 who saith he had robbed other Churches taking wages of them to doe the Corinthians service for it but to be wholly idle in all places is l Quomodo mercedem obsequimur tamen operarij nequaquam sumus fructus Ecclesiae in quotidiano stipendio percipimus pro Ecclesiâ in praedicatione non laboramus Pensemus quid est sine labore percipe●e mercedem laboris Hieronym robbery indeed If imployment in government be alleaged for an exemption let them againe thinke of what S. Paul saith of himselfe m 2 Cor. 11.28 upon whom came daily the care of all the Churches 1 Corinth 9.16 Yet necessitie is layd upon me and woe unto me if I preach not the Gospell and Paul aged too If disputing and writing c. be produced as the best for a dispensation let them still remember it was Saint Pauls worke also as writing not a little So n Acts 19.9 Cap. 9.22 Cap. 18.28 disputing daily with the Iewes and Greekes Apollo's Barnabbas did the like with the false Apostles S. Peter with the false Teachers S. Iohn confutes Antichristian doctrine and for convincing gain-sayers none are freed from See but what is recorded of S. Augustine how many Heretickes hee had a daily contention with Arrians Manichees Pelagians Donatists one of which was converted onely by a digression in his Sermon against whom and of divers other subjects he wrote so much that if all were extant he that writes his life saith o Tanta abillo dictata edita sunt tantaque in Ecclesiâ disputata adversus diversos Haereticos conscripta ex canonicis libris exposita ut ea omnia vix quisquam studiosorum nosse perlegere posset Possid in vitâ August The greatest student would have his fill in reading of them onely Yet notwithstanding how did he labour in a constant preaching to his last And the like might be related of divers others So that no pretence whatsoever can excuse them from the performance of this function to what Dignitie soever advanc't what burthen soever travelling under I have often wondred at that in Ioathams Parable that when some of the Trees were desired to rule over the rest saith p Judg. 9.9 11. the Olive why should I leave my fatnesse wherwith by mee they honour God and Man c. Saith the Fig-tree why should I leave my sweetnesse and my good fruite c. and goe to be promoted over the Trees Why should Promotion over Others make men barren in themselves Could they not beare Rule and beare Fruit together T was but a Parable and let it be so still without any further application Onely let none of us having a Talent be like the unprofitable servant in hiding it And in Conclusion let me be but your remembrancer of what hath beene so solemnely and publikely vowed at Ordination and Consecration and such a Profession before many witnesses ought to be of no light esteeme The q Ye are the Lords Messengers Watchmen Pastors Stewards to teach to pręmonish to feed to provide for the Lords Family see book of Ordination in the exhort Exhortation to preaching before the receiving the Order of Priest-hood the Obligatorie promises upon demand for it The r Bee thou a faithfull dispēser of the word sacraments words of Ordination it selfe The solemne deliverie of the Bible with a charge to preach this being the summe of the Office why retayne we the name without executing it And are not the same with other additions renewed at the Consecration of a Bishop as the Epistle so the choyce of the Gospell for that occasion viz. * Iohn 21.15 S. Peter charg'd three times by our Saviour If he loved him feed his Sheepe his Lambes had its meaning The ſ That he may have grace to bee evermore ready to spread abroad the Gospell and as a faithfull servāt to give Gods family their meate in due season see book of Consecratiō speciall prayer at the Consecration tends the same way The redelivery of the Bible as before and opened with a charge againe to be diligent in teaching in giving heed to Exhortation and to doctrine thereby to save himselfe and those that heare him to be a Shepheard not a Woolfe to seeke the lost c. And in conclusion a Prayer that the Spirit may descend upon him for the Preaching of the Word and being earnest in reproving beseeching rebuking c. these surely are too serious to be thus slighted t Galat. 6.7 be not deceived God is not mocked Now if any persons thus Ordayned and Consecrated have beene negligent in performing let not the scandall be cast upon our Church who you see is very carefull in enjoyning and the bonds it takes for keeping Covenant are the greatest that can be given the forfeiture of which will not faile to be cald upon at the judgement of the great day And so much for the first thing the neglect of which this our Brother so much lamented viz. The forenoones worke in Preaching There is a second which he had expresly vowed also and broken and for which equally with the former he acknowledged Gods justice in this punishment and that was the neglect of publike Catechizing in a plaine and familiar exposition of the Credenda and agenda conteyned in our Church Catechisme enjoyned to be the afternoones worke and it were well if every Sunday had its Morning and Evening Sacrifice its former and latter Raine u Eccles 11.6 In the Morning sow thy Seed in the Evening withhold not thy hand Of which dutie give me leave to speake a word also as being a thing of all others the Most necessarie in this ignorant Island these are the Foundation of Christian Religion which as it was Saint Pauls glory to have layd it with the Corinthians so would it be the glory of this age to Compasse the like with this people untill which be done it must needes be in vaine to proceed to a building of higher points And I beleeve without any

to a o Libenter nos prędicare gratanter opus Dei facere manifestum est Sed videmus plures è fratribus pigrius ad Ecclesiam convenire inviti loquimur tamen tacere non possumus Ambros serm 1. de grane Sinapis thin auditory Our Saviour was content with one Woman at Samaria Noahs eight persons in the Arke were the better auditory though the whole old world were the greater Pretend neyther the undecencie of the Church our Saviour preached out of a Fisher-boate S. Paul upon the Sands Where you finde dead Carkasses thither should yee like the Eagles resort Nay there is a way whereby all this enjoyned may not seeme a burthen to us neyther There is a labour of love the Apostle speakes of that will make us love th● labour Iacob because he loved Rachel thought his seven yeares service nothing What paines doe wee see some p Oh quam pudendum si defectat labor ut fera capiatur non ut anima capiatur Onerosi non lunt labores amantium nam in eo quod labor amatur nō laboratur August de von viduit take in hunting fouling c. accompted but a sport because they love it How doe some toyle for the love of Money things Momentanie And shall not our love to Christ constreine us rather The compassion to the Soules that are Christs the gaine of an immortall crowne with Christ much more instame us And yet there is one thing more behinde which if we will fulfill our Ministery must not be omitted which we have also solemnely promised and that is Private admonitions S. Paul had somewhat to doe q Act. 20.20 from house to house aswell as in the Pulpit Embassadours have not done all ●n delivering their Embassage publikely upon the day of audience but there is much imployment also in private Treaties The Husbandman visits his ground often after it is sowne T is the ignorance of some people to be all for the publike and the neglect of some Ministers to make that their stent No you will finde it otherwise in S. Pauls Epistles to Timothy and Titus and t is a thing most usefull in this Kingdome where there are so many that hate the light in publike This was S. Augustines practise too r Docebat ille privatim in domo publicè in Ecclesià sacram lectionem adhibebat mensę unde de quadam frugiferâ Commentabatur compertis terum oportunitatibus divinae legis partes eis inculcabat ut speculatur Domini admonebat praedicans opportunè importunè arguens c. Et praecipuè operam dans eos instruere qui essent idonei alios docere Possidon he had usually a Chapter read at his Table upon which he would be Commenting to his guests tooke all oportunities in private to inculcate what hee had delivered before and chiefly endeavouring to instruct those who might be able to teach others And this part of our function the Apostle gives a speciall Caveat that it bee done with ſ 2 Tim. 2.25 Iam. 3.13 meekenesse of wisedome or else he may offend as much in admonishing as the party who is to be admonished t Prov. 25.11 A word fitly spoken saith Salomon is like Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver as an Earing of Gold so is a wise reprover c. The word in the Originall is spoken upon its wheeles which alwayes hath the best successe when it runnes upon these foure in a right observation of the Manner Time Place and Person There was another thing you shall finde often lamented by this our Brother also which we must not omit and that was his Inconstancy in what we have already spoken of He had runne well formerly but of late yeares had slackt his pace upon which I was an eare witnesse of his savorie Councell to others by his example to continue constantly in well doing and not to measure their course according to the pleasure of the times Let me also commend this to you from him as the crowne of all the former viz. Constancie u 2 Tim. 3.14 Continue in the things thou hast been assured of c. x Titus 3.8 These things I will that thou affirme constantly y 2 Tim. 4.16 take heed to thy selfe and to the doctrine and continue in them were the admonition of S. Paul to his Sonnes Timothy and Titus Let us intend these things and intend them z 1 Tim. 4.15 wholly An over active Spirit that admits as inmates a multitude of other Offices to have one foot in the Church another in the Citty and as if he were a Tripos a third in the Campe usually miscarries in all Qui in omnibus aliquid in toto nihil let every one abide in that whereunto he is cal'd a Rom. 12.7.8 If in the Ministery let us waite on our Ministry he that teacheth on teaching he that exhorteth on Exhortation and then may he expect a blessing b Luk 1.11 Zacharias received that joyfull newes of a Sonne by the Angell while he was executing his Priestly office in the Temple The c Cap. 2.8 Shepheards theirs while they were attending their flocks by night the d Matth. 4.18 Disciples were called by our Saviour to be Apostles while they were in their callings What work you are set unto Blessed is that Servant whom his Lord when he comes shall finde so doing Some have been inconstant in the doctrine delivered 't was Reubens blot who lost his dignity to e Genes 49.4 be unstable as water to be like a wave of the Sea to which S. Iames compares some turning according to the winde and and tyde is not becomming Gods Messengers who are rather compared to f Jsay 41.18 rivers which hold their course let the wind blow which way it will g Jam. 1.8 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to be double minded or as the Psalmist h Psalm 12.2 Heb. a heart and a heart double hearted is bad but to be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 double tongu'd is worse much condemned in Deacons 1 Tim. 3.8 and in this sense it must needs be the more when 't is in matter of doctrine to deliver it sometimes one way sometimes another No as S. Jude vers 3. that doctrine ye have once delivered to the Saints contend for If i Galat. 2.18 I build the things which I destroyed saith S. Paul I make my selfe a transgressor k 2 Cor. 1.17.18.19 upon which S. Ambros●id est non aliud agit quam seit agēdum sic praedicatores non aliud faciant quam sciant ut solent adulatores ne homines offendant Our word was not yea and nay that with me there should be yea yea and nay nay c. As the Lord who sends us changeth not so his Messengers must not be changlings neither The Septuagint translation howsoever highly to be esteemed yet by this appeares that they were not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉