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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A18435	A second sermon vpon the ix. chapter of the holy gospel of Iesus Christ according to Saint Iohn Preached at S. Maries in Oxford, the 11. of December. 1586. By Iohn Chardon Doctor of Diuinity. Seene perused and allowed.	Chardon, John, d. 1601.	1587 (1587)	STC 5003; ESTC S116873	18,200	48

shal be wéeping gnashing of téeth As often then as wee féele our selues negligent and slothfull in the Lordes worke let vs call to minde this argument and reason of Christ to stir vs vp vnto labour which by nature are sluggish and slothful vnto euerie good worke vnlesse we purpose to rebel and to procure the heauie wrath and indignation of God to bee kindled against vs. Ye know that God was very angry with Moses because he refused to do the message vnto Pharaoh Exod. 4.14 which hee inioyned him to do Ion. 1.4 Into how great perils daungers Ionah was cast because hee woulde not promptly follow the Lords calling who willed him to preach to the people of Niniueh it is better knowne then I néed to declare And truely worthily was the Lord displeased with Moses worthily did he punish Ionah that giuing place to their own reason would flée frō the vocatiō wherunto God had called thē in which he would mightily haue assisted thē with the might of his power The Prophet in the first of kings thirtéenth 1. King 13.24 that did eate bread in the house of another prophet cōtrarie to the cōmandement of the Lorde was slaine of a Lion and his bodie was cast in the way A fearefull example by which we are taught how daungerous a thing it is for men to behaue themselues coldly or deceitfully in that charge wherunto God hath called them And I would to God al men would learne as by this so by the example of Saul to beware who receiued a commaundement from the Lorde by Samuell to apply the Lordes worke to goe and smite Amalek and without compassion to slaye both man 1. Sa. 15.3 and woman both infant and suckling both oxe and shéepe both camell and asse howbeit hee left the Lordes worke vndone for he spared Agag the King and the better shéepe and the Oxen and the fat beastes ver 9. and the lambes and all that was good and he would not destroy them But for this his negligence he receiued a most sorowfull message from the Lord because thou hast cast away the word of the Lord ver 23. therefore hath he cast awaye thee from being king True it is that in euerie well ordered common weale God hath authorized rulers to destroy Amalek and to deliuer the poore and such as be in néede from the hand of the oppressour Now if they looke not to their charge but as Saul did will suffer Amalek to liue not onely so but to grow vp in might doubtlesse the Lord almightie and God of Israel shal turne them out of their seates and bring them to confusion Nom. 24.20 But happely some will saie we must do as we may do and accordingly as time and occasion wil serue Vnto such saieth the preacher Eccl. 11.4 Hee that obserueth the wind shall not sow and hee that regardeth the cloudes shall not reape For with such the weather is alway either too hoat or too cold or els too wet or too drie The sense and meaning whereof is this that hee which feareth inconueniences and setteth not forward when necessitie requireth shall neuer do his duetie It teacheth vs then that we must not stande ouer long gasing at the season and putting off the time but must earnestly and zealously go about the Lordes cause and the Lord shall blesse our labours and giue good successe vnto the same Otherwise if we prolong the time and post it ouer from day to day our prolonging and posting ouer will purchase the Lordes curse For as Ieremiah telleth the Caldeans from the mouth of God Iere. 48.10 Cursed be he that doth the worke of the Lord negligently Therefore Dauid commaunding his sonne Salomon to build the temple of the Lord which thing he himselfe was forbidden to do exhorteth him in this manner vp and be doing 1. Ch. 22.16 as if hee should haue said go about it quickly and the Lord will be with thée Yea Dauids zeale was such toward the furtheraunce thereof that it made him to spare no expenses but to bestowe his owne peculiar treasure and withal to prouoke others to the forwardnes of the Lordes worke for saide he And who is willing to fill his hand to daye vnto the Lorde Hereto let vs ioyne the worthie example of Elisha 1. Chro. 29.5 who returning from his father and about to depart from the plowmen tooke a couple of Oxen and slewe them and sodde their fleshe with the instrumentes of the Oxen 1. King 19.21 and gaue vnto the people Elisha would not staye till woode was brought so great was his desire to followe his vocation So the Prophet Amos Am. 3.8 the Lyon saith hée hath roared who will not bee afraid The Lord God hath spoken who can but prophesie Wherefore when Amaziah Priest of Bethel willed him to get him into the land of Iudah Am. 7.12 and to eate his bread there and to prophesie there to teach no more in the land of Israel cōtrary to the cōmandement of king Ieroboam the prophet obiected his vocation calling told him that he could not but obey God ver 14. who called him an herdman a gatherer of wilde figges to such an excellent function giuing him knowledge with knowledge constancie to reproue sinne and wickednes in all estates and degrées whatsoeuer and to denounce his most horrible iudgementes against them except they did spedily repent and amēd Ieremiah likewise because he was in derision dayly and mocked of euerie one for doing his office determined with him selfe not to make mention of the Lorde Ier. 20.9 nor to speake any more in his name saue that his word was in his heart as a burning fire shut vp in his bones so that hée was wearie with forbearing and coulde not stay This same did the apostles for when as the rulers Scribes and Elders gaue them in charge to preach Christ no more Act. 4 1● preferring their authoritie to the ordinaunce of God they answered whether it be right in the sight of God to obey you rather then God iudge ye For we can not but speake the things which we haue sene heard Paul in like maner necessity is laid vpō me wo is vnto me if I preach not the Gospell 1. Cor. 9 1● Doubtlesse greatly is the worthines and authoritie of the vocation and calling of God estéemed of those who know what God is and weigh well with them selues what on their partes to him doth belong But on the other side intollerable is the slacknes or rather the wilfull obstinacie of those and litle do they esteeme of the diuine vocation and calling who halt in the knowledge of the caller who hath called them to this or that according to his good will and pleasure And it séemeth vnto me that there can no better reason be giuen of this diuelish and damnable carelessenes which euen at this day