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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15713	The christians mourning garment	Worship, William.	1603 (1603)	STC 25987; ESTC S113276	27,165	63

priuate families O Lord our God and heauenly Father wee thy vnworthie children doe here come into thy most holy and heauenly presence to giue thée praise glory for al thy great mercies and manifold blessings towards vs especially for that thou hast preserued vs this night past from all the dangers and feares thereof hast giuen vs quiet rest to our bodies and brought vs now safely to the beginning of this day and doest now a fresh renew all thy mercies vpon vs as the Eagle reneweth her bill giuing vs all things aboundantly to enioy as food raiment health peace libertie and fréedome frō many miseries diseases casualties and calamities which wée are subiect vnto in this life euery minute of an houre and not only so but also for vouchsafing vnto vs many good things not onely for necessitie but euen for delight also But aboue all deare father we praise thy name for the blessings of a better life specially for thy most holy word and sacraments and all the good wée enioy thereby for the continuance of the Gospell amongst vs for the death of thy sonne all that happinesse which we haue thereby Also because thou hast chosen vs to life before we were and that of thy méere goodnesse vndeserued fauour towards vs and hast called vs in thine appointed time iustified by thy grace sanctified vs by thy spirit adopted vs to be thine owne children heires apparant to the great crowne O Lord open our eyes euery day more more to sée and consider of thy great and maruailous loue to vs in all these things that by the due consideration therof our harts may be drawne yet nearer vnto thée euen more to loue thée feare thée and obey thée that as thou art enlarged toward vs in mercie so we may be enlarged towards thée in thanksgiuing and as thou dost abound towards vs in goodnesse so we may abound towards thée in obedience and loue And sith deare father thou art neuer wearie of doing vs good not withstanding all our vnworthinesse naughtinesse therefore let the consideration of thy great mercy and fatherly kindnesse towardes vs euen as it were force our hearts compell vs to come into thy most glorious presence with new songs of thanksgiuing in our mouths Wée pray thée O most mercifull God to forgiue vs all our vnthankfulnesse vnkindnesse prophanes and great abusing of all thy mercies and specially our abuse and contempt of thy Gospell togither with all other the sins of our life which we confes are inumerable mo then can be reckoned vp both in omission of good things and commission of euill We most humbly intreate thée to set them al ouer to that reckoning which thy son Christ hath made vp for them vpon his crosse and neuer to lay any of them to our charge but fréely forget all and forgiue all Naile downe all our sinnes and iniquities to the Crosse of Christ burie them in his death bath them in his bloude hide them in his wounds let them neuer rise vp in iudgement against vs. Set vs frée of the miseries that are vpon vs for sin kéepe back the iudgements to come both of soule bodie goods good name Be reconciled vnto vs in thy deare sonne concerning all matters past not once remembring or repeating vnto vs our olde and abhominable iniquities but accept vs as righteous in him imputing his righteousnesse to vs and our sinnes to him Let his righteousnes satisfie thy iustice for all our vnrighteousnes his obedience for our disobedience his perfection for our imperfectiō Moreouer we humbly beséech thy good maiestie to giue vs the true sight and féeling of our manifold sinnes that we may not be blinded in them through delight or hardned in them through custome as the reprobates are but that we may be euen weary of them and much grieued for them labouring striuing by all possible meanes to get out of them Good Father touch our harts with true repentance for all sinne Let vs not take any delight or pleasure in any sinne but howsoeuer we fal through frailtie as we fall often yet let vs neuer fall finally let vs neuer lie downe in sinne nor continue in sinne but let vs get vpon our féete agayne and turne to thée with all our hearts and séeke thée whilst thou mayest be founde and whilst thou dost offer grace and mercie vnto vs. O Lord encrease in vs that true and liuely fayth whereby we may lay sure hold on thy sonne Christ and rest vpon his merites altogether Giue vs fayth assuredly to beléeue all the great and pretious promises made in the Gospell and strengthen vs from aboue to walke and abound in all the true and sound fruites of fayt● 〈◊〉 vs walke not after the flesh but after the spirite Let vs féele the power of thy sonnes death killing sinne in our mortall bodies and the power of his resurrection raysing vs vp to newnesse of life Let vs growe daylie in the sanctification of the spirite and the mortification of the flesh Let vs liue holily iustly and soberly in this present euill world shewing foorth the vertues of thée in all our particular actions that we may adorne our most holy prafession shine as lights in the midst of a crootied froward generation amongst whom we liue being gainefull to all by our liues conuersations offensiue to none To this end we pray thée fill vs with thy spirite and al spirituall graces as loue wisedome patience contentment méekenes humility temperancy chastity kindenes and affability stir vs vp to vse prayer watchfulnes reading meditation in thy lawe and al other good meanes whereby we may grow and abound in all heauenly vertues Blesse vs in the vse of the meanes from day to day make vs such as thou wouldest haue vs to bée and such as wée desire to bée working in vs both will and déede purpose and power For thou O Lorde art all in all thou wilt haue mercie vppon whom thou wilt haue mercy and whom thou wilt thou hardnest Haue mercie vppon vs therefore deare Father and neuer leaue vs to our selues nor to our owne wils lusts desires but assist vs with thy good spirite that wée may continue to the end in a righteous course that so at length we may be receiued into glory be pertakers of that immortall crowne which thou hast laid vp for all that loue thée and truely call vpon thée Further we intreat thée O heauenly father to giue vs all things necessary for this life as foode raimcut health peace liberty such fréedome from those many fold miseries which we lie open vnto euery day as thou séest méete Blesse vnto vs all the meanes which thou hast put into our hands for the sustenance of this fraile life Blesse our stock and store corne cattle trades occupations all the workes of our handes for thy blessing onely maketh rich and it bringeth no sorrows

thy sinnes while thou iettest vp and downe with a Cammels proud neck bearest no part in their song of sorrow Thy corne which thou hopedst would growe plumpe in the eare is blasted in the prime and it thanks thée for it Thy close is pesterd with thornes and thistles and other cursed and vntimely fruite and it thankes thée for it Thy fishes are frozen to thy pond they silently thanke thée for it O what a rack what a gybbet would this be to thy soule if thou hadst any grace But thou more sencelesse then sencelesnesse euen when fit opportunitie is offered to cast dust vpon thy head and that thine eye euen thine eye should shoure forth teares day and night goest metily away regardlesse of so lamentable spectacles What is this but a cleare demonstration that so continuing thou art within an inch of hell Water is an heauie substance and yet if a man lay close to the bottome of the sea he should féele no waight because No Element is heauy in it proper place The whole world is crushed with the ponderousnesse of thy sinnes and thou féelest it not A shrewd token that sinne is where it would be Alas for pitty why wilt thou dye why wilt thou strangle thy soule with so full resolution If thou loue God who loued thée first be no longer an Heafer of thrée yeares olde euer liuing in pleasure neuer féeling sorrow but let thy bowels sound like an Harpe or Shawme for thy transgressions and now at length sigh out this exclamation Oh that mine head were full of water and mine eyes a fountaine of teares that I might wéepe day and night for my manifold and bloody sinnes And that thy hart may yet waxe colder within thy body know further that thy sins lye so sore vpon thy swéete Saniours back that he can take no rest Hearke how he complaineth Beholde I am pressed vnder Amo. 2. 13 thy sinnes euen as a Cart is pressed that is full of sheaues Pitie O pitie thy selfe if not take pitie vpon thy Redéemer who is prest downe to hell with the heauy sheaues of sinne which thou hast pickt vpon him most cruelly more like a Iew than a Christian It was thou O wretch that didst cast him into his agony where he swet such a sweat that the drops of blood trickled downe apace and the Angels were faine to comfort him It was thou O wretch that betraiedst him with a kisse soldst him for a little pleasure of sinne not worth thirtie péeces of siluer It was thou O wretch that camest vnto him with swords and staues as if he had béene a théefe who indéede thought it no robbery to be equall with God It was thou O wretch that didst whip him and clap a crowne of thornes vpon his head mocking him spitting in his face O cruelty If thou haue occasiō to spit thou gettest thée to the Chimney or behinde the doore for manners sake and yet thou makest no bones of spitting in the face of the God of Angels It was thou O wretch that didst strip him naked riuet his hands and féet to the crosse flouting him euen when he indured for thy sake the incomprehensible wrath of God his Father Behold thy Redcéemer offering vp praiers with strong crying and teares and art thou srolicking The daughters of Ierusalem wéepe the Virgin Mary is pierced through with the sword of sorrow and doost thou run ryot and chop away thy soule for a mite of pleasure The Sunne lends night in midst of day the vaile of the Temple is rent from the top to the bottom the earth quaketh the Mat. 27. 51. stones cléeue the graues open and art thou fatting thy selfe with merriment And meanest thou for all this to saile to heauen by heauen Can there be two heauens If thou still play the Epicure letting these reasons which the scripture yéeldeth so bounteously rebound from thine eye eare and hart like a Tennise from the ground I euen plunged in a gulfe of sorrow to sée thée like a frantick smile when thou dingest thy knuckles against what is next thée till the blood spin out must leaue thée to the secret councell of God if thou néeds wilt perish thy blood will be vpō thine owne soule But I trust these words shall prooue vnto thée the swéet sauour of life vnto life and not of death vnto death wherfore be dilligent in waighing two reasons moe so will I betake me to the remainder The first is the blessednesse of this godly sorrow Doest thou molest the ayre with sighes and the earth with teares not countersaite and forced but sincere and penirent Reioyce and be glad Thou art in the kingdome of Grace the forerunner of the kingdome of heauen Before the conuersion and Zeph 1. 12 new spirituall byrth thou was frozen in the dregs of thy sinne there was such a thicke Ice vpon thy soule that the euill Angelles shotte at pricks as it were and droue carts vpon it but since the Holy Ghost which the Math. 3. 12 Gospell compared to fire hath caught holde on thée thy congealed nature is dissolued and thawed into a flood of teares Wouldst thou thinke it There is not a Psal 56. 8. teare shed for sinne but God catches it before it falles to the ground and treasureth it vp in his bottle Not a teare spent in this sort which thou shalt not finde vpon recorde in heauen so soone as euer thy soule is vnhousde In summe the Lambe in the midst of the Thorne will with his owne hand wipe away al teares from thine eyes Thus they that sowe in teares shall reape in ioye Blessed art thou if thou now wéep for thou Reue. 7. 17 shalt laugh blessed art thou if thou now mourne for thou shalt be comforted Yet a very little while and he that shall come Luck 6. 21 will come and will not tary The last Motiue is the consideration of their deplored estate who ayming at nothing but the bodyes corrupt satisfaction bury the excellent designes of the soule in muddy sensuall pleasure terming sorrow for sinne nothing els but a sullen passion be got betwéene Feare and Melancholy the silly effect of the foolishnes of Prenching Whervnto shall I liken this generation They are like vnto the fat Kine of Bashan that are in the mountaine of Samaria appointed for the slaughter They are like vnto Théeues that goe through a fayre sloured field to the gallowes They are like vnto Riuers that run swéet fresh into the salt sea They are like vnto Passengers laide along to sléepe vnder shady trées who wakning since themselues swelted with the heate of the remooued sun These Riotours that neuer came where true sorrow grew first are base For themselues affirme that pleasure is for the body all men know the body is for the soule so become they seruants to their seruants seruāt Secondly their estate is damnable in life in death after death In