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A18048	Christ his last vvill, and Iohn his legacy In a sermon preached at Clare in Suffolke, by Bezaleel Carter preacher of the word of God at Canham neere to Saint Edmunds Bury.; Christ his last will, and John his legacy.	Carter, Bezaleel, d. 1629.	1621 (1621)	STC 4692; ESTC S117382	37,432	99

sayd Zacheus come downe at once it is added in Luke 19. the Text He came downe hastily and receiued him ioyfully When God commanded Abraham to sacrifice his sonne he did not onely Gen. 22. doe it but hee rose vp early to doe it When Christ arose from the dead he arose not on the second or third but vpon the Luke 24. first day of the weeke he arose not about noone or towards night but early in the morning Hee that seeke me early sayth God shall finde me Paul cals vpon vs for early and present repentance Behold sayth 2. Cor. 6. 2. he now is the acceptable time now is the day of saluation Now is the time that we are sure of and wee are sure of no time but this now we cannot recall the time past wee know not whether euer wee shall enioy that is to come we are sure of no time but this nunc euen this moment watch and pray therefore you know not the houre we know not whether we shall liue to the end of another houre or quarter of an houre and therefore let vs as wee say of souldiers be at an houres warning yea at a minutes warning I shake and shiuer to thinke of the vaine confidence of carnall men that deferre all obedience and repentance till they come to their death beds and when their soules lie at the gate of their bodyes ready to go out when the breath sits vpon the tip of their tongues ready to flye away then will they lumpe with God for all The diuell may most aptly be compared to an vsurer the deferring sinner to an incestuous dingthrift Dingthrifts when they haue morgaged house and land to the Vsurer plead commonly for longer respite for a quarter or halfe yeare or a yeares day Vsurers giue them golden language till they haue broken day and then they seize vpon all with extremest tyranny Thus it fares in matters of repentance drunkards would faine haue a little respite to follow their drunkennesse adulterers would runne to the harlots house a little longer will it not be time enough if they repent hereafter Yes sayth Sathan twenty forty yeeres hence enough when thou hearest the bell tole for thee in the meane time God tops them off suddenly like an eare of corne or takes away their senses or hardens their hearts that they cannot repent What followes the breath is no sooner out of their bodyes but the diuell seizes vpon their soules which hee straight wayes plungeth into so horrid torrid torment that were I able to expresse it to the life would make the heauens melt and the earth shrinke to heare it In the feare of God while we haue time euen instantly enter we vpon a good course 2. Obserue Iohns cheerefull obedience Iohns cheerefull obedience he doth nothing after a repining manner questioning and reasoning as a worldly man would haue done What are their no more Disciples but my selfe Are not many of her kindred present Am I neerer to her then they Hee reasons not thus but as one reioycing that his Master wold command him any thing euen presently hee takes her to his custody and keeping It is not enough to doe that that God requires of vs but wee must doe it with alacrity and cheerefulnesse The Lord loues a cheercfull giuer Exodus 15. When 2. Cor. 9. 7. Moses was to take thc peoples beneuolence towards the building of the tabernacle God commanded him to take the gifts of none but such as gaue freely It is a true Axiome that God lookes rather to the affection of the Agent then to the Act it self the widdowes Mite was accepted though not for the quantity of her gift yet for her good affection Thy will be done in earth as it is in heauen is one petition in the Lords prayer Fiat voluntas tua Thy will be done in earth as it is in heauen Quid hoc sayth Augustine Aug. de temp What meanes this petition Vt quomodo tibi seruiunt Angeli in Coelo c. This is the meaning sayth hee that as the Angels serue God in heauen so wee desire ability and strength to serue God on earth yea but how do the Angels in heauen serue God The reuerend Babbington tels vs they obey Bab. on the Lords prayer God Lubentissime citissime fidelissime c. Willingly chearefully speedily faithfully c. they flye when God commands I cannot deny it but that we performe some actions in themselues commendable we giue almes pay tithes and tenths but what sayth God My sonne giue me thine heart all is done in vayne if God haue not the heart as well as the hand 3. Obserue Iohns constant obedience he Iohns constāt obedience tooke her not to his care for a time but was carefull and tender ouer her so long as she liued From the houre c. Some write that shee liued with Iohn eleuen yeares after Christ his death Others that she liued Nicephorus with Iohn 23. yeares others that she liued with Iohn full 24. yeares When the holy Ghost ouershadowed her they say shee Epiphanius was 14. yeeres old Betwixt the time of Christ his birth and death was 33. yeeres after Christs death shee liued 24. yeeres and if this be true the virgin was about 72 yeares old when she dyed The popish Legend if there be any heede to be giuen to that heape of lyes sayth she liued with Iohn the space of twelue yeares but what neede I trouble you or my selfe in the rehearsall of sundry opinions so long as she liued so long the Apostle tooke care of her were it 11. 12. 23 or 24. yeares Learne we by his example not to bee weary of well doing Paul sayth that they shall inherit Rom. 2. 7. eternall life that continue in well-doing Woe to that man that layes his hand to the plow and lookes backe sayth the Spirit it is a notable commendations of Ruth that she shewed more good at the Ruth 3. last then at the first A great commendations of the Church of Thyatira that her Reu. 3. workes were more at the last then at the first I pray God that I were able to giue the same testimony of all in our times but I cannot for of some I scarce thinke but I Dan 2. 23. thinke of the Image that Nebuchadnezar dreamed of The head was fine gold his breast and armes siluer his belly and thighes brasse his legges iron his feete partly iron partly clay still worse and worse and so is it with many in our times to whom wee may apply that saying of the Apostle Euill men and deceiuers wax worse and worse at the first profession of religion they were exceeding forward for the aduancing of Gods worship ready to distribute c. But now are as cold as frost or Ice in winter like the Sunne in Ioshua his time they stand still nay it may bee like the Sunne in Ezekiah his time goe