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A09744	The vvhole sermons of that eloquent diuine, of famous memory; Thomas Playfere, Doctor in Diuinitie Gathered into one vollume, the titles thereof are named in the next page.; Sermons	Playfere, Thomas, 1561?-1609.; Playfere, Thomas, 1561?-1609. Path-way to perfection. aut; Playfere, Thomas, 1561?-1609. Heart's delight. aut; Playfere, Thomas, 1561?-1609. Power of praier. aut; Playfere, Thomas, 1561?-1609. Sick-man's couch. aut	1623 (1623)	STC 20003; ESTC S105046	300,452	702

tinckling cimball Whereas if wee would knocke● purpose indeed the way w●re as Christ teacheth vs elsewhere not to crie Lo●d Lord but by setting to our hands to doe and worke the will of our heauenly father Loe yea saies Chrysologus En quam negare nollet qui sibi etiam neganti qualiter extorqueretur ostendit howe loath our good Lord is to deny vs any thing seeing though hee were neuer so much disposed to keepe vs out yet here he teacheth vs away how we may breake open the dores and presse in vpon him and get the kingdom of heauen whether he will or no by the violence and force of faith from him For there is a great difference betweene Di●es and God though there be a great agreement betweene Lazarus and vs. Lazarus t Luk. 16 20. was a beggar full of sores so are we all by nature beggars standing without and knocking at the doore Yea his body was not so full of sores as our soule is of sinnes Lazarus desired to be relieued with the crummes of bread which fell from the rich mans board so haue we all needs God wote to be refreshed with the crums of mercy which fall from our masters table yet in one respect we are better then Lazarus Is that it was his hard happe to knocke it the doore of a cruell a wretched a miserable caitiffe who could see no time to 〈◊〉 vnto him But we knocke at the dore of a most kind a most liberall a most mercifull father who as soone as he heareth vs rapping with a liuely faith which worketh by charitie hath no power to keepe vs out any longer but presently he openeth vnto vs. And euen a● S. Peter u Act. 3.2 when he saw that lame cripple lying vpon the ground crauing an almes at the beautifull gate of the temple said vnto him Siluer and gold haue none but such as I haue health and recouerie I giue thee so Christ when he seeth vs lying prostrate groueling on the ground b●fore him knocking for an almes at the beautifull gate of his holy temple by and by openeth vnto vs and giues vs not siluer or gold or any such corruptible thing but health and saluation to our soules and all the inestimable riches of his glorie all the eternall treasures of his kingdome O that some of you would a litle ●rie whether this be true which I say or no! that you would boūce as hard as euer you can at this beautifull gate say with the Psalmist x Psal. 44.23 Arise arise O Lord why sleepest thou I warrāt you you should heare him answer you in another Psalm y Psal. 12.5 Now for the pitifull cōplaint of the pore I wil arise saith the Lord I will sleepe no longer I will arise and open vnto them So it was opened to the poore z Luk. 18.13 Publican He went vp to the temple to pray and when hee came thither hee knocked his breast and said Lord be mercifull vnto me a sinner Therefore the dore of mercie was opened vnto him and he went home euen into heauen his long home more iustified in the sight of God then that other which iustified himselfe So was it opened to S. Steuen a Act. 7.56 He was brought out to be stoned But when hee came forth the very stones could not knocke him so hard as his praier knockt heauen gate when as he said Lord Iesus let me in Lord Iesus receiue my spirit Therefore the gate was opened vnto him Hee saw the heauen opened and Iesus standing at the right hand of God where hee within a while after should sit himselfe So was it opened to King b Psal. 118.19 Dauid He knockt very imperiously not like a petitioner but like a cōmander Lift vp your heads ô ye gates be ye lift vp ye euerlasting doores that the King of glory may come in Open vnto mee the gate of the righteous that I may enter in praise the Lord. And whē the gate was opened as hee was entring in he pointed to it and said This is the gate of the righteous the lust shall enter ●nto it So it was opened to S. Paul c Act. 16.26 He was cast downe into the very lowest dungeon All the chaines of darknes and euen hell it selfe could not haue held him faster then that dungeon did yet at midnight when he praied and knockt suddenly all the prison dores flew open yea al the dores of the heauen likewise stood open and that which is most maruellous of all they stood so wide open that not onely S. Paul himselfe went in but also Stephana● the iayler and his whole houshold whome hee at that time conuerted and baptized did enter in with him So that all all eternall things are ours nothing nothing can preuaile against vs if wee knocke as we ought Not the brasen gates of hell to shut vs in nor the golden gates of heauen to shut vs out For Christ hath saide here Knocke and it shall be opened vnto you Thus much for the second part what God for one praier will performe to vs in these words And it shall be giuen you and you shall finde and it shall be opened vnto you Now then my deare brethren giue me leaue I beseech you to speake vnto you me I say that am the seruant of God and your seruant for God as Naaman the Sytians seruants sayd vnto him Father say they if the Prophet had commaundeth thee a great thing wouldst thou not haue done it how much more then when hee sayeth vnto thee Wash and bee cleane Brethren I say if he that is more then a Prophet had commaunded you a great thing would you not haue done it how much more then when hee sayeth vnto you Wash and be cleane Aske and it shall bee giuen you Hee desires to be des●●ed And he hath not his owne will except we haue ours But we may haue what we will for asking God doth ask no more of vs but onely that we would vouchsafe to aske him Doe no more sayes he but aske and haue Doe no more bu● seeke and finde Do no more but knocke and enter in O how easily and yet how powerfully doth prayer worke It ouer commeth all Beastes The Leuiathan the strength of all Gods creatures was so subdued by prayer that whereas otherwise he might haue beene a gulfe to swallowe vp Ionas quicke and for euer to deuo●● him hee 〈…〉 shippe to saue him It ouercommeth all men Iacob giueth Ioseph one portion aboue hi● brethren which 〈◊〉 of the 〈◊〉 by his sword and by his bow but the Chalde● Paraphrast translates it By 〈…〉 and by my supplica●●●● Which translati●● proueth that prayer is the sword and supplication is 〈◊〉 bowe of a Christian wherewith he subdueth all his enemies It ouercommeth the Diuell himselfe Prayer and fasting are the chiefest 〈◊〉 to cast him out If we resist him by praier he will flie from vs.

in his bed which was so deepely in debt what would he haue said If Christ who was born in his time had bin bred in his hart o Gal. 4.19 I meane if hee had seene by the light of God● word that no debts are comparable to sins And therefore if that po●● Knight could hardly sleepe in his b●dde then that seruāt which o●eth his m●ste● ten thousand 〈◊〉 p Math. 18.24 as alas which of vs all beloued if we remember our 〈◊〉 well is not guiltie of so many sinnes ca● hardly take any rest This if the Emperour had knowne hee would rather 〈◊〉 bought Dauids couch that he might 〈◊〉 haue slept for bewailing his sinnes then this banckrupts bed that hee might haue slept notwithstanding all his ca●es For these these euen our sinnes these are the debts which so trouble and to●m●● the soule that a man 〈◊〉 better haue 〈◊〉 common wealthes in his head ye● the ca●es of all the wo●ld in his head th●● 〈◊〉 disquieted distracted with the 〈…〉 Christians if we be in good health Let vs be thankfull to God 〈◊〉 it let vs account it a special blessing with out which all worldly blessings are 〈◊〉 thing let vs vse it as all other good 〈◊〉 of God to his glory the good of 〈◊〉 other If contrariwise it please the Lord 〈◊〉 any time to visite vs with sicknesse 〈…〉 not in this case despaire neither But 〈◊〉 whatsoeuer other causes we may coceine let vs ingēiouslie acknowledge one cause of our sicknes to be our sinnes For if we would preuent the iudgemēts of god by timelie repentāce iudge our selues we should not be iudged of the Lord. But because men wil not whē they are in health thinke of him that giueth health therefore oftentimes they are sick now and then also fal asleepe q 1. Cor. 11.30 For euen as ma●●facters which wil not by gentle means confesse their heinous crimes are by racking or such like tortures enforced to cōfesse so when grieuous sinners can see no time to repent God in his iustice or rather indeede in his great mercie doth as it were racke them vpō their couch with sicknesse bodily pains that they may be constrained to confesse their sinnes so may be freede of two sickenesses their bodies sickenes and their soules sicknes both at once O happie happie men are they which when they are yong remember their Creator before they be old r Eccles. 12.1 when they are in health confesse their sins forsake thē before they be sick s Prou. 28.13 And yet good louing brother if thou happen to be sick be not in any case as I said before be not altogither discouraged by it But in the next place remēber that thy sickenes is nothing els but Gods fatherly visitation to do thee good especially to mooue thee to repentance Listen a little Harken I say Doest thou not heare him rapping aloud and knocking hard at the dore of thy hard hart saying to thee whosoeuer thou art Maiden arise Young man arise Lazarus arise and come forth Awake therfore awake thou that sleepest t Eph. 5.14 and stand vp from death Christ shall giue thee life Say with the spirituall spouse In my bed by night sought him whome my soule loueth u Cant 3.1 Saie with this our Prophet Did I not remember thee vpon my bed meditate of thee in the night season x Psal. 63.7 Looke not still to haue pillowes sowed vnder 〈◊〉 elbowes neither bolster vp thy selfe an●● longer in thy sinnes y Ezec. 13.18 Lie not vpon thy beds of ●●orie neither stretch thy selfe vpō thy couch z Amos. 6.4 but euery night 〈◊〉 thy bed water thy couch with thy teares● Behold saies thy heauenly husband a Reuel 3.20 I stand at the dore and knocke if anie 〈◊〉 heare my voice and open the dore 〈◊〉 come in vnto him wil s●p with 〈◊〉 be with me And again b Cant. 2.5 Opē 〈◊〉 my sister my loue my doue mine vndefiled for my head is full of dewe and my locks with the drops of the night Wherfore seeing Christ knockes so loud at the dore of my heart for repentance knocke thou as loud at the dore of his mercy for pardon seeing he would so fain haue thee turn vnto him heare his voice be thou as willing to cal vpō his name that he may heare thy voice seeing he is so forward to sup with thee by receiuing thy prayers be thou as desirous to sup with him by obtaining the benefit of his passiō euen the remission of thy sinnes And as he saies to thy soule Open vnto mee my sister my loue my doue mine vndefiled so be thou bold by faith to turn the same words vpō him again say Open vnto me my brother my loue my doue mine vndefiled for my head i●ful of de● my locks with the drops of the night And why is my head f●ll of dewe and my locks with the drop● of the night Because euery night I wash my bed water my couch c. Then deare christian brother then thy sicknes shall not be vnto death but for the glory of god c Iob. 11.4 For God will turn all thy bed in thy sicknes d Psal. 41.3 And so wheras before it was a bedde of sicknes hee will turne it into a bed of health whereas a bed of paine and griefe into a bed of rest cōfort wheras a bed of teares repēntance into a bed of ioifull deliuerāce Remēber thy selfe wel At least wise as well as thou canst well enough what happened to Iob who was sick sore all his body ouer had not ● couch neither to lie on but was ●ain to lie on a dunghil Did not al this turne to his great good when as the Lord did blesse his latter end much more then his beginning e Iob. 42.10 What happened to Ez●chi●● who had sētence of death gon out against him● Did not he lying sick in his bed turn him toward the wal weep got the sētēce of death reuersed 15 yeares more added to his life f Esa. 38.6 What hapned to the mā sick of a palsey who was let down through the ●yling bed and al in the midst 〈◊〉 Iesus Did not Christ with one 〈…〉 instant heale him so that he tooke vp his bed departed to his own house praising god g Luk. 5.25 what hapned to the man which had bin sicke 38. yeares and was not able to steppe downe into the poole Did not Christ saying but Rise take vp thy bed walk cure him so that presently he was made whole tooke vp his bed walked h Ioh. 58 9 What hapned to E●c●s who was sick of the palsey as one of these two that that I spake of last had kept his bed S. yeares as the other of them Did

called goods but melt away as snowe this is a better and a more enduring substance yea most enduring a surpassing eternall waight of glorie Thus ye see how eternall our glorie is It is a kingdome a crowne a treasure And this kingdome is an euerlasting kingdome this crowne is an incorruptible crowne this treasure is an eternall treasure And therefore seeing our glorie is so surpassing eternall we must be patient in all affliction For the momentarie lightnesse of our affliction worketh vs a surpassing exceeding eternall waight of glorie Fourthly our glorie is waightie yea exceeding waightie The glorie to come by some resemblances is shewed to be eternall by other to be waightie First to this purpose it is compared to wine Touching which our Sauiour saith Mark 14.15 Hereafter will I not drinke with you of the fruite of the vine till I drinke it newe with you in my fathers kingdome Now how waightie this wine shal be appeareth in that the spies bringing clusters of grapes out of Canaan carried them vpon a poale on their shoulders Numb 13.24 To shewe in the celestiall Canaan what waightie glorie there shall be So when our Lord turned water into wine he commanded to fill the vessels to the toppe These vessels top-full of wine Ioh 27. doe signifie at the marriage of the Lamb that the patient shall haue a full reward 1 Ioh. 8. pressed downe shaken together running ouer So that euerie one of them may say My cuppe doth ouerflowe Psal. 13. Againe our glorie is compared to a peny Now in a peny we consider fowre things The image the superscription the sound the waight So our Sauiour when they shewed him a peny asked whose image and superscription it was First then for the image Christ shall change our vile bodies Phil. 3.21 that they may be like the glorious bodie of his Sonne that as wee haue borne the image of the earthly so we may beare the image of the heauenly For the superscriptiō our Sauiour saith To him that ouercommeth will I giue a white stone Reuel 2.17 and in it a name written which no man knoweth but he that receiueth it As a Prince seeing his name vpon a peice of coine knoweth it is of his owne mint so euery patient Christian seeing his owne name in this white stone which is a token of honour knoweth it properly belongeth to himselfe For the sound the Psal●ist saith Blessed are they that dwell in thy house they shall alwayes praise thee This shal be the sound of the peny continually the praise of God As the foure and twentie Elders neuer ceased day nor night Reuel 1.8 to sing Holy holy holy to him that is and was and is to come Fourthly for the waight the shekel of the Sanctuarie was twise as waighty as the common shekel in like manner our glorie shall be as the shekel of the Sanctuarie exceeding massie and waightie But what speake I of wine What of a peny God himselfe shall be our glory According to that Psal. 3.3 Thou art my glorie and the lifter vp of my head As if hee should haue said Affliction would make me cast downe my countenance and hold downe my head like a bulrush ●● but the remembrance of this that tho● art my glory makes me lift vp my head So say's God to Abraham Gen. 15.1 Feare not Abraham I am thy buckler and thy exceeding great reward I am thy burkler to latch those blowes which affliction would lay vpon thee and thy exceeding great reward blessing thee with exceeding waighty glory For they that shall enioy this glorie shall see God Agreeable to that of our Lord Matth. 5.8 Blessed are the pure in spirit for they shall see God And how shall they see God Not standing behind the lattisse or looking out of a window 2. Cor. 13.12 that is darkly and obscurely but face to face talking with him familiarly as one friend doth to an other O ioy aboue all ioyes O glorie that passeth all vnderstanding when we see the amiable and gracious countenance of our Lord reconciled to vs by Christ. Doubtlesse if the Queene of Saba thought her selfe happie for hearing the wisedome of Salomon and seeing the riches of his house and the order of his seruants then much more shall we be happy when we shall see the glory and heare the wisedome of the Father not as the preachers shewe it out of the word but as our owne eies shall behold it in heauen O how blessed shall we thinke our selues then that by any paines by any afflictions we haue at length attained to such waighty glorie For this glorie is wine r●●●ing ouer is a pony waighty according to the shekell of the Sanctuarie is the blessed sight and fruition of God himselfe Wherefore considering how waightie our glorie is we must be patient in all affliction For the momentarie lightnes of our affliction worketh vs a surpassing exceeding eternal waight of glory Compare then the affliction on the one side with the glory on the other side the shortnes of the affliction with the eternity of the glory the lightnes of the affliction with the waightinesse of the glory And then be content for an eternall glorie to suffer momentarie affliction for waightie glory to suffer light affliction The Stoicks if their greife were either momentary or light cared for no more for if it were short they cared not how heauie it were againe if it were light they cared not how long it were Our affliction is both momentarie and light One helpe was sufficient for them we haue two for ●ayling A starke shame ●hereless● would be for vs if heathens pagans hauing fewer meanes then wee haue should shew greater patience then we shew But the Scriptures affoard vs yet more forceable inducements Iacob being in loue with Rachell serued for her first seuen yeares and afterward seauen yeares more in all fourteene and these many yeares seemed to him but a fewe dayes O deere Lord that we had thy grace to loue thy eternall waightie glorie but as well as many a man hath done a mortall earthly creature Then ●o doubt many years of afflictiō would seeme to vs but a few dayes heauy burthens of affliction would seeme to vs very sweet and light Christ Iesus for the ioy that was set before him indured the crosse and despised the shame and now sitteth at the right hand of the throne of God Questionlesse beloued the crosse of Christ was tedious and long the shame that he suffred was heauy and vntollerable Yet this crosse seemed but momentarie to him and this shame seemed but light vnto him in comparison of the ioy that was set before him and of the eternall waightie glory which he hath now attained sitting at the right hand of the throne of God To the which plate of honour and worship we beseech thee O louing Lord to bring vs after all the afflictions of this wretched world not