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B12473	A sub-poena from the star-chamber of heauen A sermon preached at Pauls Crosse the 4. of August. 1622. With some particular enlargements which the limited time would not then allow. By Dan. Donne, Master of Arts, and minister of the Word.	Donne, Daniel, d. 1646.	1623 (1623)	STC 7021; ESTC S121163	55,741	137

Againe that it might take deep root in our hearts to the bringing forth of good fruit plentifully in our liues hee hath watered and refreshed this his Inheritance with infinite remarkable testimonies of his singular sauour as it were with so many * Tum pater omnipoten● s●cundis 〈◊〉 aether c. Virg. 2. G●org sweete fructifying showers from heauen and to infuse a quicken●ng power into the ground of our hearts he hath caused the Sunne of Peace * Pax 〈◊〉 vites suc●os codi● 〈…〉 derect v 〈…〉 Tib. lib. 1. leg 1. 3 the Mother of Plenty for these many yeares to shine vpon vs. In a word what medicinall courses hath hee neglected which in the iudgement of man might conduce to the furthering of our fruitfulnes He hath pared off our riotous Twigs and lopped off our luxuriant Branches ript vp our Rind opened our Roots that is he hath scourged vs with sundry kinds of Crosses and Afflictions that thereby hee might call vs backe from wandring abroad after the bewitching pleasures of Sinne to serue Him the onely true and euerliuing God with a sound and vpright heart in all holinesse of life and conuersation All which layd together wee haue no reason to thinke that praying vnto God in the Church once a weeke the hearing of a Sermon once a moneth a strict obseruation of the Saboth once a quarter a Receiuing of the Sacrament once in sixe moneths a Feasting of the poore once a yeare will serue the turne No God will not be satisfied with such a Barren and Dwarfling Obedience he will not bee contented with the Gleanings of Haruest with heere a Bery and there a Bery as it was with the shaken Oliue Tree Esay 17. No Euery tree must bring forth good fruit plentifully for Vnto whom soeuer much is giuen of him Luke 12. 48. shall be much required saith our Sauiour So that it doth stand vs euery one in hand accordingly to endeauour the reall answering of Gods iust expectation lest in the day of his wrath wee haue the d●eper share in his just indignation For Quantò maior gratia tantò amplior posteà Quo clari●r lux 〈◊〉 gra●●ae 〈◊〉 gra 〈…〉 paenas mund●●n gratitud nem sibi accel●rate Chem●●t peccantibus poena saith Saint Chrysostome God will at the Last day proportion out the punishment of a sinner according to the meanes of grace he hath afforded him in the time of his sinning At the worlds great Sessions it shall go harder with Chorazin and Bethsaida then with Tyrus and Sidon it shall goe harder with Capernaum then with Sodom because God did more abound in the meanes of grace to Chorazim Bethsaida and Capernaum then to Tyrus Sidon and Sodome Seeing therefore it hath pleased God to deale so liberally with vs in the meanes of Grace let vs in the name of God endeauour in some proportion to answer his bountie in our measure of grace Let vs labour to be full of the sweet fruits of the Spirit Let vs labour to bee strong in the Faith and as Saint Peter speaketh 2 Pet. 1. ● c. With our Faith let vs ioyne Vertue with Vertue Knowledge with Knowledge Temperance with Temperance Patience with Patience Godlinesse with Godlinesse Brotherly Kindnesse and with Brotherly Kindnesse Loue. In a word let vs labour to abound in euery good worke that may make vs pleasing and acceptable vn●o God let vs bring forth good fruit Abundanter Plentifully Thirdly and lastly lest all our labour 3 Perseuerantly proue but in vaine we must bring forth good fruit Perseueranter Perseuerantly For to what purpose is it if a Souldier at the first onset couragiously encounter with the Enemy and before he hath obtained the victory throw away his Armes Or what doth it profit a Mariner to commit himselfe to the Sea and to enioy the benefit of a faire gale of Wind euen vnto his desired Ports mouth if then the wind doe turne and so turne him backe againe before hee can thrust into the Port Happily thou hast beene just and hast done that which is lawfull and right as it is in Ezec. 18. 5. Ezek. 18. More particularly as the Prophet there expresseth himselfe Thou hast not eaten vpon the Moun aines nor lift vp thine eyes vnto Idols nor defiled thy neighbours wife nor oppressed any but hast restored to thy Debtour his Pledge thou hast spoyled none by violence thou hast giuen thy Bread to the Hungry and couered the Naked with a Garment thou hast not giuen forth vpon Vsury neither taken any Increase thou hast withdrawen thy hand from iniquitie executed true Judgement betweene man and man thou hast walked in Gods Statutes and kept his Iudgements to deale truely Thus farre hast thou gone and in these good courses thou hast continued a long time and in so doing hast done well But tell mee what will all this thy righteousnesse auaile thee if afterward thou shalt fall away from God and intangle thy selfe againe 2 Pet. 2. ●0 in the filthinesse of the world like the Dog that returneth to his owne vomit and the Sow that is washed to her wallowin the myre If the righteous turne away Ezek. 18. from his righteousnesse and committeth iniquitie shall hee liue saith the Lord. No All his righteousnesse that he hath done shall not bee mentioned In his trespasse that hee hath trespassed and in his sinne that hee hath sinned in them shall hee dye Ezek. 18. Yea It had been better for him neuer to haue acknowledged the way of Righteousnesse as the Apostle 2 Pet. 2. speaketh then after hee hath knowne it to turne from the holy Commandement deliuered vnto him For the latter end of that man is worse then the beginning If therefore thou wouldst make sure worke for the good of thy Soule and store vp comfort for thy selfe against the day of death and that great day of wrath then thou must not relye vpon thy former righteousnesse as the Rich man in the Gospell did vpon the store he Luke 12. 19. had treasured vp in his Barnes and say Soule take thine ease and freely disport thy selfe hence-forward in the delights of sinne for thou hast already brought forth good fruit plentifully which will serue thee for many yeares No thou must bring forth good fruite Perseuerantly for it is not here said euery tree Quae non fecit which hath not brought forth good fruit but euery tree non faciens not bringing forth good fruit shall be hewen downe and cast into the fire So that fecisse non sufficit it sufficeth not formerly to haue brought forth good fruit vnlesse thou continue in so doeing perseuerantly No man saith Christ putting his Luke 9. 62. hand to the Plough and looking backe is fit for the Kingdome of Heauen Sola perseuerantia Bernardus singularis summi regis est filia saith a Father ea enim sola est haeres regn● Coelorum Perseuerance is the only Daughter

wherein to our iust damnation had we our deserts we haue not only brought forth no fruit but also naughty fruit fruite cursed abominable herein not only dishonored God our selues but also to our further damnation drawn others to doe the like by our lewd examples for which let vs go with faith in the blood of Iesus Christ to the throne of Grace imploring mercy at the hands of our heauenly Father who is ready willing to imbrace with the armes of his mercy al such petitioning him for grace in the Name of his Sonne let vs for the time following entertain this setled resolution into our hearts faithfully to labor in the reformation of all those faults we lament And which is the consummation perfectiō of our repentance let vs crowne our holy resolutions by putting them into action by bringing forth fruit worthy amendment of life as it is in the verse before my Text or as it is here in my Text by bringing forth good fruit by leading in our seueral places callings a right holy religious course of life For it is not a bare entertainement of better courses into our thoughts of dead of naked purposes nor an outside of Religion an outward conformity to the seruice of God will preserue vs from the wrath to come the former being but a bringing forth of good leaues the latter but of good flowers or if of fruit but of such as is false and counterfeit No wee must either bring forth good fruit that is as ye haue heard Fruit not onely outwardly beautifull and good in the eye of man but also inwardly good and sound in the sight of God or we must vndergoe the wrath of God be hewen down and cast into the fire Such fruit must euery Tree bring forth and that 1. Properanter presently 2. Abundanter plentifully 3. Perseueranter perseuerantly First we must bring forth good fruit VVe must bring foorth good fruit 1. Presently properanter presently it is a taske wee must take in hand out of hand as much is implied in the letter of my text Euery tree 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 not bringing forth good fruit that is Now presently for it is a word of the present tense and doth vrge a present taske shal be hewen downe and cast into the fire This Speed is emphatically pressed in the first words of my text Now is the axe laid vnto the root of the trees as if the Baptist had more largely deliuered himselfe thus It is no delaying the time of your turning vnto God he hath taried your leasure so long that he is resolued to attend you no longer therefore looke to your selues God wil now be but a word and a blow for he hath already taken his Axe the instrument of death into his hand yea he hath already lifted vp his arme to strike nay more he hath so farre set forward his blow that he hath euen laid his Axe to the root of the trees resolutely determining to make his blow to hew you downe out of hand and cast you into the fire if ye do not presently repent bring foorth fruite worthy amendment of life O then my beloued I beseech you let vs consider that now onely is the time of making or marring our fortunes for euer Alas what is our life but a blast Spiraemus expiramus we breath and instantly our breath is gone So it is that no man liuing can assure vnto himselfe the least moment of time beyond that which he doth at the very instant inioy Indeed the Deuill to lead vs on in our sinnes would perswade vs that Nature hath sealed vnto vs a long Lease of our liues and that we need not as yet trouble our heads with repentance there will be time enough for that hereafter But the truth is we hold this fading breath but as Gods Tenants at will Hee may and will if it please him without the least warning take it away from vs. But suppose we may liue long and repent time enough hereafter for that poenitentia vera nunquam sera True repentance P●nitentia ser● r●●o vera is neuer too late yet are we sure we can repent when wee please No True repentance is the gift of God and it is iust with him to deny it that man at his death which hath so carelessely neglected it throughout the whole course of his life So that in a word in mora 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 it is but a folly yea extreame madnesse to dally and delay the time of our conuersion considering the imminent wrath of God and our own frailty Sure I am As the tree falleth so it lyeth as Death leaueth vs so Iudgement findeth vs. Let vs therfore euen Now whilst it is called to day begin to worke out our saluation with feare trembling When the night of Death commeth no man can worke Let vs Now whilest the acceptable little time of saluation lasteth vnfainedly repent and call vpon God for mercy Let it suffice that we haue spent the time past vpon the lusts of our own hearts in brining forth the corrupt fruit of the flesh in drunkennesse in swearing in profanenesse in pride in vncleannesse and the like Let vs Now begin to awake out of sin and to walke in newnesse of life lest the Lord do suddenly before we so much as dreame of it hew vs downe and cast vs into the fire Secondly we must bring forth good 2 Plentifully fruit abundanter plentifully It is the Encomium Christ giueth his Spouse the Church that shee is an Orchard full of Cant. 4. 14. sweet fruits And Saint Paul assirmeth of the Romans that their faith was published Rom. 1. ● Rom. 15. 14. throughout the whole world Rom. 15. I am perswaded saith he that ye are full of goodnes filled with all knowledge and of the Thessalonians he affirmeth that their faith did grow exceedingly and their loue 1 Thess 1. 3. did generally abound My beloued th●se the like testimonies of the Saints are recorded for our imitation The plain truth is God cānot away with starueling trees such Professors as are Non-proficients If therfore we mean to auoid the stroke of his axe to be freed frō the tormē●s of hel fire thretned in my text we must like good trees thriue in our spiritual estate we must encrease and grow in grace and goodnes we must abound in euery good worke that may make vs perfit m● in Christ Iesus we must bring forth good fruit pletifully And good reason hath God to require it at our hands considering the extraordinary VVe● G●d ●●pecteth at our hands bringing forth of good fruit plentifully cost care he hath bestowed vpon vs to this end and purpose For first as hath bin said before he hath bin pleased to sowe the pure seed of his Word in no place so plentifully as in this land in no place of this land so plentifully as in this Citie