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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B00818	A discourse of eternitie collected and composed for the common good, by W.T.	Tipping, William, 1598-1649.	1633 (1633)	STC 24473.3; ESTC S95621	42,794	75

this world will procure thee an eternall compensation in the world to come That sweete speech of Saint Iohn is worth observation blessed are those that dye in the Lord they rest from their labours and their workes follow them When our dearest friends our sweetest pleasures our most glorious titles of honour the world it selfe yea even our life it selfe shall glide away like a river and turne to dust then shall our good workes follow vs non transeunt opera nostra saith one Sicut transire videntur sed velut aeternitatis semina iaciuntur our good deeds die not with vs but they are sowne in earth and spring in heauen they are an inexhaustible fountaine that shall never bee dried vp a durable spring that shall never faile They are acts of time short in their performance yet eternall in their recompence they build vp for vs through the mercies of our God an everlasting foundation for the time to come Loe then here wee haue set before vs viam ad regnum the way to our eternity let vs goe on herein without intermission presse forward with violence and striue to attaine the crowne Opulentia nimis multa est aeternitas sed nisi perseveranter quaefita nunquam in venitur Bernard Eternity is an abundant treasure an everlasting wealth but it is not given saue to them that seeke it yea that seeke it with their whole hearts Certainty did we as truely know as wee shall one day vndoubtedly feele the bitter fruite that our luke-warme profession our grosse stupidity and vtter neglect of our everlasting state will produce and procure vs in the end all our thoughts and language all our affections and inclinations would be more eagerly imployed and more faithfully exercised in the pursuite of eternity illud propter quod peccamus amittimus et peccatum ipsum retinemus Oh how senselesse are wee how stupid in our selues and wickedly injurious to our owne wellfare who for a small gaine a fading pleasure a fugitiue honour wound our consciences and hazard our soules to stand as it were on the brinke of hell The whole world promised for a reward cannot perswade vs to endure one momentary torment in fire And yet in the accustomed course of our liues we dread not wee quake not at everlasting burnings But ô thou delitious and dainty soule who cherishest thy selfe in the ioy of thy heart the delight of thine eyes whose belly is thy God the world thy Parradise ô bethinke thy selfe betimes before that gloomy day that day of clouds and thicke darknesse that day of desolation and confusion approach when all the inhabitants of the earth shall mourne and lament and all faces as the Prophet Ioel speakes shall gather blacknesse because the time of their judgement is come Alas with what a dolefull heart and weeping eye and drooping countenance trembling loynes wilt thou at that last and great Assise looke vpon Christ Iesus when hee shall most gloriously appeare with innumerable Angells in flaming fire to render vengeance on them that know him not What a cold dampe will seize vpon thy soule when thou shalt behold him whom thou hast all thy life long neglected in his ordinance despised in his members reiected in his loue when thou shalt see the judgement seat the Fiet apertio librorum scilicet conscientiarum quibus merita demerita vniuersorum sibi ipsis caeteris innotescent bookes opened thy sinnes discouered yea all the secret counsells of thy heart after a wonderfull manner manifested and laid open to the eye of the whole world what horrour perplexity of spirit will possesse thee to view and behold but the very solemnities and circumstances which accompany this Iudgement when thou shalt see the heavens burne the Elements melt the earth tremble the sea roare the sun turne into darknesse and the moone into blood And now what shall be thy refuge where shall be thy succour shalt thou raigne because thou cloathest thy selfe in Cedar shalt thou bee safe because with the Eagle thou hast set thy neast on high O no it is not now the greatnesse of thy state nor the abundance of thy wealth nor the priviledge of thy place nor the eminency of thy worth or wit or learning that can availe thee ought either to avoide thy doome or prorogue thy judgement All states and conditions of men are alike when they appeare at this Barre There the prince must lay downe his crowne and the Peare his Robes the iudge his purple and the Captaine his banner All must promiscuously attend to giue in their accounts and to receiue according to that they haue done whether it bee good or whether it be evill Here on earth great men and glorious in the eye of the world so long as they can hold their habitations in the earth haue both countenance to defend and power to protect them from the iniuries of the times but when the dismall face of that terrible day shall shew it selfe then shall they finde no eye to pitty nor arme to helpe nor palace to defend nor rockes to shelter nor Mountaines to cover them from the presence of him that sits vpon the throne and from the wrath of the lambe Giue me the most insolent spirit the most vndaunted soule that now breathes vnder the cope of Heauen who now feares not any created nature noe not God himselfe yet when he shall heare that terrible sound Arise yee dead and come to iudgement how will his heart even melt and his bowells quiver within him when hee shall haue his severe judge aboue him and hell beneath him and his worme within him and fire round about him O then whosoever thou art die vnto thy sinnes and vnto thy pleasures here that thou maist liue to God herafter Sic tibi cave vt caveas teipsu● goe out of thy selfe judge condemne thine owne soule for thy sinnes against God in this world that so thou maist comfortably receiue thy sentence of absolution in the world to come Let vs learne to be wise in time let our sorrow for sinne anticipate and prevent our punishment satius est suavius fonte purgari quàm igne Hee that grieues not heartily for his transgressions here shall woefully smart for them hereafter in inferno exomologesis non est nec paenitentia tunc tribul potest consumpto tēpore paenitendi In hell there is no redemption for the time past no confession no repentance but a sad and heavy exchange and most vncomfortable translation from a short and passing ioy to an endlesse easelesse punishment The serious and advised consideration of this eternall being in the life to come was the ground of that ancient custome in the Romane Church vpon the consecration of their Bishops at which time these words were recited with a loud voice Annos aeternos in mente habe i. e. remember that eternall yeare the date whereof will never expire So likewise when the

let vs conforme our selues to his life and let our conuersation bee answerable to his doctrine Let vs fix our eie on this true Serpent and fasten our hold on this sure anker Let vs looke vp vnto Iesus the author and finisher of our faith Where our treasure is there let our hearts be also We haue an inestimable price a glorious inheritance set before vs let vs carefully embrace all those meanes that may further our progresse as the hearing of the word receaving of the Sacraments earnest and constant prayer to Almighty God Let vs striue as we ought presse forward with all violence The woman in the Gospell which was so long visited with her bloudy issue it was her holy Victa est ad violentiam quia violenta ad victoriam violence and pressing our Saviour that procured her health for her body and pardon for her soule Let this be our endeauour let vs neuer thinke our selues farre enough in the way to heauen but prepare our hearts still and lay hold on euery aduantage that may further vs in our iourney Behold now is the acceptable time now is the day of saluation whilst you haue time then doe good vnto all whilst you haue the light walke as children of the light Iudge thy selfe here that thou bee not iudged of the Lord hereafter Let not thy eies slumber nor thy temples take any rest till thou hast found out an habitation in thy heart for the mighty God of Iacob Remember him as David did in thy bed and thinke vpon him when thou art waking God said of the Church of Thyatira I gaue her time to repent of her fornication and she repented not O let vs not giue our good God the like occasion to second the same complaint against vs. Behold God now graciously calls vs and offers vs his mercy Behold the spouse comes let vs goe forth to meet him He stands at the doore and knocks let vs arise and open speedily to our beloued to day while it is called to day let vs heare his voice let vs not put off our time as Felix did St Paul goe for this present time whē I haue a convenient leasure I will heare thee as if the time present were not the fittest Let vs not stifle the checks of our consciences or say as Festus to Agrippa to morrow thou shalt heare him Non quaerit Deus dilationem in voce corvina sed confessionem in gemitu Columbino All procrastinations in this case are dangerous Let vs therefore take hold of saluation whilst occasion serues vs. If we shut out our welbeloued he will be gone Therefore let our hearts euen melt within vs whilst he speakes to vs in his word if we answer not when he calls vs then shall we call and he will not answer The Storke and the Crane and the Swallow in the ayre know their seasons and obserue their appointed times how much more should man especially since times moments how long we shall enioy them are not in our owne power but in the power of God The Angell in the Revelation swore by him that liueth foreuer that time should be no more the time past can neuer be recalled let vs therefore take the present time For the time past was and is not the time present is but shall not be and of the future wee can promise to our selues no fruition But alas such is our blindnesse such an obduration is growne over our hearts that wee vnderstand these things but feele them not wee haue them swimming in our minds but imbrace them not in our affections The best of vs may take vp that complaint of Saint Augustine Teneo in memoria scribo in charta sed non habeo in vita Aug. who averred of himselfe that his desires were better then his practise our vowes are in heauen but our hearts on earth our desires are towards our home but our endeavours flagge in the way and we faint in our iourney wee haue heavenly hopes but earthly affections wee all couet after happinesse but wee would take no paines for it wee would enioy Christ in his benefits but wee refuse to partake with him in his sufferings volumus assequi Christum sed non sequi wee would share willingly with our Saviour in his Crowne but not in his combat nay oftentimes wee instance God for such graces as we are loath to obtaine like Saint Augustine who prayed for continency with a proviso Lord giue me continency but not yet nay such is our intolerable sinfulnesse and pollution of heart that at the same instant when our hands are lift vp to God for the pardon of old sinnes our heads are working in the contriving of new as Salvian hath it dum verbis praeterita mala plangimus sensu futura meditamur Thus we draw nigh to God with our lipps when our hearts are farre from him our affections are buried in the things of this life Excellent is that saying of Isidorus Regnum hoc sempiternū ex omni parte beatum est omnibus promissum tamen de illo altum inter nos silentium quotus quisque enim est qui de hoc commemorat hoc vxori hoc liberis toti hoc familiae inculcat Isid Coelum negligimus terram non retiuemus Dei favorem non acquirimus mundi perdimus The kingdome of heauen saith hee is eternall blessed every way and promised to all men but who is there almost that spends one moment in the serious meditation of it What man is there that ever talkes to his wife to his children to his family of such a Kingdome Wee can riot in the praises of our natiue soile but wee blush to speake of and are ashamed to commend our true country our everlasting home In our dealings about the things of this life our vnderstandings are ready enough to apprehend them and our hearts to entertaine them and our tongues to discourse of them but in things that belong to the eternall salvation of our soules how deepe is our silence how slow our speech how vnskilfull our expressions Thus wee forsake heauen for these things which at last will forsake vs and trifle out our time in things that will not profit vs. How far are men now adaies from that sweete resolution of Saint Hierome Let others saith hee liue in their statues in their costly monuments I had rather haue St Pauls Coate with his heauenly graces then the purple of Kings with their Kingdomes O that wee would looke thus lowly vpon our selues wee are Christians in profession O let vs bee such in practice seeing that God hath made vs stewards of his treasures let vs improue them to the benefit of our brethren hath God giuen vs abundance of his blessings o let vs not hide our talents in a napkin let vs send our good workes before vs into Heaven pauca da maxima in coelo recepturus these slender guifts which thou doest chearefully distribute in