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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56706	A sermon preach'd before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen at St. Bridget's Church, on Easter-Monday, 1696 by ... Symon, Lord Bishop of Ely.	Patrick, Simon, 1626-1707.	1696 (1696)	Wing P854; ESTC R22927	20,343	43

Houblon Mayor Cur ' Special ' tent ' apud Domum Mansion ' Owen Buckingham Mil ' un ' Vic' die Mercur ' xv die Aprilis in Hebdomada Paschae 1696. Annoque Regis Willielmi tertii Angliae c. octavo THis Court doth desire the Right Reverend Father in God the Lord Bishop of Ely to print his Sermon Preach'd on Monday last at the Parish-Church of St. Brides before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Governours of the several Hospitals of this City GOODFELLOW A SERMON Preach'd before the RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORD MAYOR AND Court of Aldermen AT St. BRIDGET's CHURCH On EASTER-MONDAY 1696. By the Right Reverend Father in God SYMON Lord Bishop of ELY LONDON Printed for Ric. Chiswell at the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's Church Yard 1696. THE BISHOP of ELY's SERMON ON EASTER-MONDAY 1696. A SERMON Preach'd before the LORD MAYOR c. 2 TIM II. 8. Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my Gospel THese words are a solemn Charge of St. Pauls to his Son Timothy whom he had earnestly exhorted in the foregoing part of this Chapter to take care of three things First To continue constant in the Grace which he had received from our Lord i. e. in the Doctrin of Christianity v. 1. Thou therefore my Son be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus Secondly To deliver this Doctrin to other faithful persons who might spread and publish it there where he could not preach it himself v. 2. And the things which thou hast heard of me among many witnesses the same commit thou to faithful men who shall be able to teach others also And Lastly Not to be moved by any troubles or difficulties that might come in his way to neglect his Duty or be less zealous in it but in his Christian Warfare to endure hardship as a good Souldier of Jesus Christ v. 3. This he illustrates and urges by three most apt Resemblances in the three following verses 4 5 6. Which shew that it was highly reasonable he should be no less diligent in his business than Souldiers and Wrestlers and Husbandmen are in theirs Who do not expect to carry away the Spoil to win the Crown or other Prize to reap the fruits of the Earth unless they fight and strive and that according to the Laws of the Combate and undergo those Labours that belong to their Employment These things he bids him consider and lay to heart v. 7. beseeching God to give him a right understanding in all things Now that he might never fail to do according to these directions he gives him the Charge which I have now read to remember that Jesus Christ of the Seed of David i. e. the true Messiah was raised from the dead according to the Gospel which he had heard him preach This if Timothy preached constantly to himself as well as others the Apostle knew that he would find it more powerful to animate and encourage him in the Christian Service and to make him unwearied and undaunted therein than any other consideration in the world could be So the Words you see do not lead me to prove the Resurrection of Christ from the dead for which I must refer you to the Gospel which he preached where you will find the belief of it grounded upon the most undoubted Testimonies but to shew you what necessity there is to remember this and inculcate it upon your selves and others That Jesus Christ was raised from the dead according to what we read in the Gospel Why should the Apostle may some say command this to be remembred above all other things Was there not as much cause to remember the Cross of Christ to reflect continually upon his Death and Passion his bitter Agonies and bloody Sweat his cruel Torments and all the vile Circumstances of his Sufferings Yes no doubt there was and is great reason to remember both But yet you may note that when the Apostles were to chuse a Person to succeed in the place of the Traitor Judas it was not that he might be a witness of Christs Passion but of his Resurrection Act. 1. 2● This was the great Business of the Apostleship and the great Work also of the Holy Ghost which presently came down to joyn his Testimony with theirs as you read Act. 5. 32. We are witnesses of these things speaking of Christs Resurrection and so is the Holy Ghost which God hath given to them that obey him That therefore which they were peculiarly sent to testify with the conjunct Testimony of the Holy Ghost was above all things to be heartily believed and faithfully remembred and solemnly commemorated as it is at this Festival upon more days than one which our Ancestors with great reason have appointed for this purpose For this to give a general reason of it was the only thing whereof there was any doubt there being no question at all that our Saviour suffered and was exposed to publick shame All his Enemies saw him hang upon his Cross and were as ready as any other persons in the World to proclaim and publish every where that he was accused condemned and punished as a notorious Malefactor Nay they rejoyced in hope that they were rid of one who if he had still lived was like to draw all men after him They not only confessed but gloried that he was buried and shut up in his Grave where they thought to keep him so fast that he should never stir to trouble them any more But that he suffered unjustly and was wrongfully sentenced and put to death this they denyed and resolutely gainsaid And therefore would by no means grant that he was risen out of his Tomb which they saw plainly would be to reverse the Judgment they had passed upon him and to judg and condemn themselves as Murderers and Crucifiers of the Lord of Life This therefore being the great Controversie it was absolutely necessary that the Apostles should constantly assert and evidently prove the Resurrection of Christ above all other things if they meant to gain any Disciples to the crucified Christ And when they had gained them this was to be kept in mind and carefully preserv'd if they intended to have them abide in him as St. John speaks that is persist in the belief and practice of his Religion As I shall now proceed to shew by laying before you how much depends upon the Resurrection even all the Faith and Hope and Comfort of a Christian For I. First the Resurrection of Christ from the dead was the strongest Proof of the most fundamental Point in our Religion II Secondly It removed the greatest Scandal that lay ●n the way to the belief of that fundamental Po●●t III. Thirdly It gave all Christians full Satisfaction th●● God was abundantly satisfied with what our Saviour Christ had done and suffer'd IV. Fourthly It verified the whole Gospel which relies upon this as the undeniable Evidence of it