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A94766	Four sermons, preach'd by the right reverend father in God, John Towers, D.D. L. Bishop of Peterburgh. 1. At the funerall of the right honorable, William Earl of Northampton. 2. At the baptism of the right honorable, James Earl of Northampton. 3. Before K. Charles at White-Hall in time of Lent.	Towers, John, d. 1649.	1660 (1660)	Wing T1958; Thomason E1861_2; ESTC R210178	89,836	224

unto it labour we by being in Christ as born of God by living in Christ as abiding in him that at length we may also die in the Lord. If to die in the Lord were all perhaps to perswade that also will not need much ●●●●ur there is no man but with halfe 〈◊〉 Exhortation will be easily induced to 〈◊〉 of the Prophet Ba●●am's minde concent to die the death of the righteous and that his last end might le like his Num. 23.10 but will they consider that to effect this they must first be as well content to live the life of the righteous and let their beginning and continuance be like his If we would die in the Lord at the last and so be blessed we must in the mean holily endeavour to live in the Lord by Faith and Repentance Acts 24.16 and a good conscience both before God and towards men If we spend the time of our life upon our own lusts if we now live unto our selves little hope we have to die in him Live we not then and live we too do we both as S. Paul counsels 2 Cor. 5.15 not ●enceforth to our selves but to him who died for us Be we in Christ and abide we in him only this way we shall surely di● in Christ and be blessed by him and with him Beatus qui vigilat Revel 16.15 Blessed is he that watcheth To watch in holy Scripture is to live the life of fifth as on the other side sin is 〈…〉 the sleep of the soule Watch ye stan● 〈◊〉 in the faith 1 Cor. 16.13 and Awake thou that sleepest Ep● 5.14 i.e. Rouze up thy selfe shake off the sleep of sin and lead the life of righteousnesse now this watch must continue till the Bridegroom comes this holinesse of life must hold out till Christ calls fo●●●●y d●ath we must watch till we shall never sleep we must be holy till we shall never sin we must do the one and be the other till we get up to Heaven Bratiquos cum venerit Luke 12.37 Blessed indeed are those servants whom the Lord when he commeth shall finde watching to have watcht before will be but a drowsie excuse if then we sleep in sin to have done many good things Mat. 7.22 even to the casting out of Divels will not avail us if we be not then found doing Blessed is that servant whom his Lord when he comineth shall finde doing as he hath lived to so shall he die in the Lord of a truth the Lord will make him Ruler over all that he hath Luke 12.44 What an incouragement is this Consolatio beloved to the servants of God against the fear of death that as Christ when he began to give his Law which contained many Precepts that seem'd strict and difficult for our ability to perform that he might draw us the more willingly to an obedience to them does severally prefix before them this blessednesse whereto at last they bring us Mat. 5. so because death had been made by fin so terrible to the Natural man therefore Christ who died to overcome death and to take away sin which is the sting of it as by this means he has made it easie and sweet to them that die in him so he would make it appear so also by this assurance of blessednesse upon it Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord. Be we not therefore afraid of Death which must be the means to convey us unto blisse Be we not loath when God shall call us to leave the miseries of this life this warfare upon earth for the crown in Heaven nay be we carefull by a life to him that we may die in the Lord and we shall finde that such a certain remedy against the fear of death that we shall rather with S. Pauls cheerfulnesse make choice of S. Phil. 1.23 Paul's Cupio dissolvi even desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ the Lord we shall not pitch our thoughts upon that false shadow of blessednesse which the few and evil dayes of this life can afford but look toward our Countrey our Home to that green Pasture Psa 23.2 and those waters of comfort whither the Shepheard of our Souls shall conduct those Sheep which belong unto his Fold we shall resolve to fight the good fight here 2 Tim. 4.7 and expect to triumph in peace there we shall set up our rest to sow in tears here Ps 126.5 and comfort our selves with the assured hope of reaping in joy there In a word we shall not look for true blisse in this wretched world which cannot give it but stay our time with patience all our time wait with joy all the dayes of our appointed time till our change commeth 14.14 not hasten to gather our Grapes in the Spring before they be ripe sour Grapes to edge our teeth here Eze. 18.2 Lu. 13.28 and give us gnashing of teeth in the other World but constantly bear the heat of the Summer here and stay for the sweetnesse of Autumn and the delight of the Vintage in Heaven where we may gather o● full Clusters full ripe and drink of the fruit of the Vine even new with our Christ in his Fathers Kingdome This grant good Christ unto us all that we may live in thee by a true faith and holy life and die in thee by our constancy in that faith which we have here possessed and inherit that blessednesse which thou hast promised even for thy Names-sake and for thy great Mercies-sake To thee c. A SERMON Preached at the BAPTISME of the Right Honorable JAMES EARLE of Northampton Matth. 19.14 Suffer little Children and forbid them not to come unto me for of such is the Kingdome of Heaven THe whole History of this business is not long to be read unto you that you may better conceive the occasion of these words 'T is recorded by three of the Evangelists so worthy a passage it was thought by them not to be omitted but in fewest words by S. Matthew he concludes it in three short verses almost as short as sweet please you hear it Vers 13. Then were there brought unto him little children that he should put his hands on them and pray and the Disciples rebuked them Vers 14. But Jesus said Suffer little Children and forbid them not to come unto me for of such is the Kingdome of Heaven Vers 15. And he laid his hands on them In which short History there are three several parts acted The first by them who brought the children the Parents in all probability Christ had now for the space of three years travelled about that Countrey of Palestine helping and healing he went about saies S. Peter doing good and healing all Acts 10.38 For this the people magnified him and followed him but the Priests and the Pharisees they especially of Jerusalem were mad with anger and indignation to see a stranger so go in strength of Authority and Repute amongst

of their faith that they might be blessed in not seeing and yet believing as Christ speaks to Thomas Joh. 20.29 for 't is not he that seeth but he that believeth on the Son of God hath everlasting life John 3.36 and Sicarni carnaliter adhaeseritis S. Austin tels us Capaces spiritus non eritis we cannot receive the Holy Ghost so long as we persist to know Christ and to love him according to the flesh onely And lastly expedient for this cause in my Text to which both the former tend 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to prepare a place for you So that these are shortly the two Parts of our Text Divisio The Tristitia implevit cor vestrum the sorrow which the Disciples of Christ conceiv'd in their hearts upon notice of his departure from them in the first word Vado I go And secondly the Non conturbetur cor vestrum the removing that sorrow from their hearts by informing them of the expediency of his departure in regard of themselves in the other words Parare vobis locum To prepare a place for you First he brings his Disciples and us into the Mount Calvary there we see him going departing from us by his death Vado I go then he brings us into the Mount Thabor where he shews himselfe unto us in his glory He prepares a place for us where we shall partake of his glory I go to prepare a place for you I go Vado Here it would be considered how Christ is said to go And for the better understanding it it will be needfull to answer Simon Peters question to calm his expostulation Lord whither Lord why to what end dost thou go And for that we have some light in this verse where my Text lies I go to prepare a place and that place is among those many Manfions in his Fathers House In my Fathers House are many Mansions And that thither he goes it is most evident by his owne cleare answer to the question John 16.5 I go my way to him that sent me or if we be ignorant who that is he gives it us in plainer termes yet John 14.12 Vado ad Patrem I go to my Father Now this brings in the difficulty that would be cleared Quomodo how Christ can be said to go to his Father God to God I will not take up time with that common objection that God is every where and fills all places Heaven and Earth full of his glory the answer is obvious but for this particular how Christ should go to the Father who has told us before that the Father is in him and he in the Father John 10.38 and that the Father who dwelleth in him he doth the works John 14.10 how can he be said to go to him shal we think that thought of blasphemy that the Father was now gone from him had forsaken him No Non derelinques Ps 16.10 thou shalt not leave my soul when it is in Hell not his Godhead only which he had from the Father but also his soul and that humane nature which he took from the Virgin Ego Pater unum John 10.30 I and my Father are one The Father is with that in that also and yet for all this relinquo mundum vado ad Patrem saies Christ I leave the World and go unto the Father Jo. 16.28 I leaven the World and go See if this phrase will help any thing for our satisfaction in this doubt we indeed do then go to God when we leave the World that is Col. 3.2 when we cease to set our affections on things which are below when we give over to love the World 1 Jo. 2.15 and the things that are in the World when by strength of faith we unintangle our selves from the Birdlime the baits and allurements of it when 2 Pet. 2.20 as speaks S. Peter we get to escape the pollutions of the world when having our mindes enlightned by Faith and our hearts encouraged with Hope and our brests inflamed with divine Love we begin to know God to contemplate his Goodnesse to delight in his Testimonies to trust in the Lord God then we go to him and we cleave fast to him andhaerere bonum we crie with David It is good for me to hold me fast by God Ps 73.28 Thus we leave the World and go to the Father But Christ does not so for he was never intangled never polluted he was that holy Innocent unpolluted he had never set his affections on things below that by a change of them he should go to the Father But yet we too go one step nearer than this by this we but begin to go to God we do not perfectly arrive at our journeys end we but come to the threshold the outward Court Gods House we then enter into his Privy Chamber Lu. 22.30 to eat and drink in his Kingdome when after this life instead of our faith we shall obtain the light of God instead of our Hope we shall come into possession instead of our weak imperfect charity here we shall be most safe in that degree of perfect love which casteth out all fear 1 Jo. 4.18 when in the light of his glory we shall heare himselfe speaking to our souls Euge bone serve Well done Matt. 25.21 good and faithfull servant enter into the joy of thy Lord. But neither does this assoil the doubt nor can Christs going to the Father hold any proportion with this second step of ours he in the very beginning of his Conception in the womb was thus forward that blessed Soule of his at the very instant of being created by God and joyn'd unto the Word had in it the fulnesse of all Wisdome Grace Glory eternal beatitude and therefore could not in this respect to speak properly pronounce his Vado ad Patrem I go unto the Father Proceed we then yet one step further in Mans journey and see if by that we can finde out the way that Christ went for all this while we have drawn but one part of Man his Soul out of the world and reduc'd it to its native home But at the last day when this Mortal body of ours shall put on immortality 1 Cor. 15 53. this corruptible flesh shall put on incorruption when it shall also be freed from those necessities with which it is incumbred in this world when it shall have no need to be refresh'd with meat and drink and sleep to be warm'd with cloathes and fire or cool'd with gentle blasts or defended with house and harbor then shall we go quite out of the world finish the utmost of our journey and the whole man come to the end of it to his God in Heaven This beloved is the third and last step which Christ himselfe had not yet gone and must go his Body was not yet in Heaven This was it he meant when he said of himselfe I came forth from the Father