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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11881	Five sermons preached upon severall occasions (The texts whereof are set downe in the next page.) By Iohn Seller.	Seller, John, 1592 or 3-1648.	1636 (1636)	STC 22181; ESTC S101223	58,521	276

send fire on earth and what will I if it bee already kindled that his meaning is It is my will that it shall be kindled already And so that when he saith here If I will that he tarry till I come wee may fairely expound this speech with correspondence to those others It is my will and pleasure that he shal tarry til I come Secondly we finde mention in holy Scripture of a speciall comming of CHRIST whereto these words in my Text may seeme to have speciall reference For wee know that CHRIST is sayd to come two wayes eyther in person or in power in person he hath come once already in the flesh and at the last day will come againe in glory 1. His comming in power is eyther in the power of his grace for Behold saith he I stand at the doore and knocke and if any man heare my voyce and open the doore I will come in and sup with him and he with me or in the power of his Iustice and so St. IOHN threatens the Church of Ephesus Remember whence thou art fallen and repent or I will come against thee shortly and remove the Candlesticke out of his place but more remarkably have we described unto us the like manner of his comming in the 24. of St. Matthew particularly intimated in these words of my Text. For when the Disciples ask'd our Saviour what shall be the signe of thy comming and of the end of the world To that which they propose in sensu conjuncto in an united sense as beeing falsely perswaded that when ever he should come to destroy the Temple then presently would follow the end of the world too hee makes answer in sensu diviso in a divided sense tells them that for the day and houre of his comming in the end of the world no man should know that this was a secret hidden even from the Angels in Heaven But as for the day and houre of his comming in severe and exemplary manner to visit the sinnes of the Iewes and Gentiles also for not beleeving in his name hereof he gives them a certaine and particular relation Nation shall shall rise against Nation and Kingdome against Kingdome there shall be Famines and Pestilences and Earthquakes in divers places the Sunne shall bee darkned and the Moone shall not give her light and such and so great should be their tribulation in those dayes as was not from the beginning of the world and that they might not securely put these evil dayes farre off and say The Lord will delay his comming he tells them that within one Age all these things should happen for verily I say unto you This generation shall not passe that is the men of this generation now alive shall not all dye and passe away till all these things be fulfilled till they shall see the signe of the Sonne of man comming with great power and glory For so we finde that St. IOHN a man of that Generation did live and tarry till CHRIST thus came to judge the world liv'd to see the raigne of 13. Emperours of Rome from Augustus unto Trajane during which time all those judgments denounced by St. Matthew as the signes and effects of CHRISTS thus comming in power were accomplisht Lastly we may take notice of the singular providence of CHRIST who intending thus shortly to come to judge the world was yet for the good of his Church graciously pleas'd that St. IOHN should tarry till hee came and that for these three reasons First that whereas false Teachers were from the beginning crept into the Church and afterward Nicolaitans Cerinthians Menandrians Ebionits and Gnosticks had corrupted the doctrine thereof mingling with Christianity the rites of the Gentiles and the ceremonies of the Iewes some denying the truth of CHRISTS humanity others affirming that he was but a meere man it pleased God that after the departure of all the Apostles St. IOHN should tarry continue to stand as a Pillar to uphold the truth as an Oracle to be consulted in all difficulties and for this cause his Gospell was last written that in such poynts wherein the former Evangelists had not given so full satisfaction to the Church his Writings might more perfectly resolve them Secondly that he might helpe strengthen the weake faith of the Brethren amidst those warres and rumours of warres amidst those feares and terrors which CHRIST was now comming to bring upon the world and whereof it was his pleasure that his owne chosen for the tryall of their faith should beare a part that when they should see as St. IOHN reports of himselfe that He also was their brother and companion in the Kingdome and patience of CHRIST IESVS that He was cast into banishment for for the word and Testimony of God this might be a strong motive unto thē constantly to possesse their soules with patience For if the beloved Disciple hee that lay in the bosome of his Master if he have suffered adversitie why should any man complaine Thirdly whereas as St. PAVL informes us there were even in his dayes divisions and separations one of Cephas and another of Apollo's with Hymnes by themselves and Doctrines by themselves which divisions afterwards we find by the increase of Heretiques daily to increase for commonly as men side in opinion they will side also in affection hence was it that St. IOHN tarryed so long tarried if it were possible to compose all differences and perswade the faithfull to keepe the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace And therefore it is reported of him even in his decrepite age his speech and strength almost quite spent that whē in one word he would epitomize what ever formerly he had more largely preacht unto them it was his dayly exhortation to his auditors Filioli diligite alterutrum My little Children love one another Hieron in cap 6. ad Galat. and againe My little Children love one another that if in so great distraction of opinions it was rather to bee wisht then hop'd for that they should bee all of one minde yet at least that excellent guift of charity which beleeves all things hopes all things indures all things might hold them in one accord And surely it is worth the observation that the same Disciple whom CHRIST lov'd best is most frequent and earnest in his exhortations unto love to let us understand that one principall effect of Gods love to us is that wee should love one another And thus much for the exposition of my Text I come now in the second place to commend some observations to our selves Where first may it please you to observe that of all the Apostles as wee finde none more commended so none more reprov'd then St. Peter And the reason is because Peter was a man of a quicke active and zealous spirit so forward upon all occasions to bee doing that many times through the exuberancy of his zeale hee doth that which is amisse For it is a true rule