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A04261	Hierons last fare-vvell A sermon preached at Modbury in Devon, at the funerall of that reuerend and faithfull seruant of Iesus Christ, Master Samuel Hieron, sometimes Preacher there. By I. B.	Barlow, John, b. 1580 or 81.	1618 (1618)	STC 1438; ESTC S114789	24,463	42

vengeance of eternall fire for troubling them in their flight to Heauen That spirituall Pharaoh with his huge Hoste shall be swallowed vp by the Red Sea of endlesse destruction without all hope of recouery 6. Lastly they haue a promise that their Habitation shal be Heauen their Companions Christ his Angels all fellow-Souldiers their ioy full and for euer What a place is this where all haue fulnesse of ioy fulnesse with constancie and constancie with fulnesse for all eternitie If these things now were laid all together truely vnderstood seriously thought vpon and without doubting beleeued who would not or could not affirme the proposition for a truth that a Christians fight is a good fight good for act for euer for both The vses in their order now follow Vse 1 This then in the first place iustly reproueth such persons that thinke basely of Religion reputing it neyther honourable nor profitable How many cry out that gaine is godlinesse no profit had in fighting the Lords Battaile What is that Captaine that wee should serue him desiring to learne another good Haue wee not too many of these amongst vs that foame out their filthy froth fight against Christ and his Souldiers whose tongues walke against Heauen and Earth crying What get these with gadding to Sermons reading so much for they allow some Scripture being so precise and strict Why I haue told thee in part what they haue in possession and what in possibilitie for no tongue can speake or heart fully conceiue the riches of this spoile man or Angell Suppose that thou hast rich attire but it is infected daintie dyet but poysoned many things but all in the end shall worke for euill what a miserie is this Yet this is the estate of Satans Souldiers Besides this hee deales with his Followers as the Philistims by Samson takes away their strength puls out their eyes makes them draw in bonds and fetters and if hee reioyce in any thing it is in their bloud-shed and endlesse destruction But we will leaue them and pittie them hoping in time they may take the Lambes part and fight this good Combat Vse 2 This may serue to incourage all those Souldiers to go on with an vndaunted resolution and not to shrinke or shiuer though they be crusht and disgraced euery one cryeth out Who will shew vs any good as if then had they found it they would follow it Why this is that good thing so many haue groped after wherefore bee yee of good courage strike hard stand fast and bee strong If thou be out of heart thinke what an honour it is to be slaine in this field and that all thy wounds againe shall be cured yea the sooner thou art killed thou shalt bee crowned for by death we ouercome get the victorie When I consider how the children of Babel the Papists doe spill their bloud like water on the ground for their Antichrist Lord thinke I then what should wee doe that are the sonnes of Bethel for our Christ that hath bin slaine himselfe to deliuer vs from the sting of the first and wound of the second death But alas these Meditations come not but like Strangers to our minds and what cold and short entertainment haue they And this the reason that we are so loth to leape or lanch out shrinke at the sight of a Ship cry out at the cracke of a Cannon and tremble at the report of the narrow mouthed Peece We beloued haue not resisted vnto bloud God hath giuen vs better dayes fire and faggot haue beene kept afarre and what a shame is it then that wee are so weake faint halting and readie vpon the least assault to be turned out of the way And therefore if any be giddie-headed in this combat like a man running through a swift water or streame let him looke ouer to the shoare of Heauen see what a pleasant landing there is and thousands of Angels to giue him entertainment haue thou respect with Moses to the recompence of reward thinke of a better Resurrection and with thy forerunner set before the eye of thy Soule that glory prepared for thee What if thy bodie fall in the Wildernesse of this World The Lord hath it in his keeping Rise againe it shall therefore be stedfast immooueable abundant alway in the Worke of the Lord seeing that you know that your labor is not in vaine in the Lord. And when our fellow-souldiers fall by vs let vs thinke that our Captaine is also a Surgion a Physician and will one day cure all our wounds and then shall we for euer remaine together Paul would haue all his fellow-souldiers in this case to comfort one another with these words 1. Thess 4. vlt. Vse 3 And here may be a vse of instruction to such as haue not yet regarded to fight in this Field take knowledge of thy ignorance and carelessenesse and now beginne to change thy Captaine thou must bee vnder one of these Generals God or the Deuill the Lambe or the Dragon Christ or Belial Awake therefore thou that sleepest stand vp from the dead and Christ shall giue thee light all conuenient furniture Ephes 5.14 Obiect But some may obiect it was good for Paul who was an Apostle and excellent in the Church but not for mee Answ I answer as good for thee as for him in some respects and in others better 1. First thou hast the same Captaine 2. Secondly the same pay for the promises are not made to any person for his greatnesse and learning sake but as hee is a Christian and for his goodnesse Therefore Paul in the next verse following my Text to take away this doubt addeth that a Crowne of Righteousnesse is by the righteous Iudge layd vp not for himselfe only but for all them also that fight and loue his appearing 3. We escape many wounds that he had as Circumcision this made Zipora call her Husband Bloudie Husband Exodus 4.25 How often was hee whipped bare in his bodie the markes of the Lord Iesus which lashes and stripes we haue escaped And no doubt but they set it on for the hatred they bore him and as doth appeare by that impression and skarres that were to bee seene in him 4. He fought with beasts at Ephesus Some thinke after the custome of that Countrey hee was cast vnto them but howeuer the Fight was fierce and tart to flesh and bloud 5. We warre a shorter time for the most part then he did and this is some priuiledge though it were but rest for a day or houre and to the spoyle so much the sooner We care not how short a time we serue for our freedome how speedily we haue ended and dispatched our daily businesse And is not a fauour in a short time to winne the Field and possesse the Heauen 6. He oft fought alone and had many Aduersaries for he confessed that at his being at Rome where then was Peter all men forsooke him not one to

Chemosh thy god giueth thee to possesse So shall not we fight for that which our GOD hath commanded vs to fight for And if it was warrantable for him to doe the one of a truth its good for vs to doe the other And thus you see in regard of the act or fight it selfe it is good and none dares except hee would make God Christ the holy Ghost the new Man the Spirituall weapons and heauens priuiledges to be sins and sinners deny it Rea son 2 Againe the consequents of this fight confirme it further And they bee either honor or profit For honor none greater Pauls wounds that he receiued in this hot skirmish are more honor to him then if hee had beene adorned with all the ornaments of Nature and the World The memoriall of the iust shall be blessed and euery faithfull Souldier shall be had in euerlasting remembrance their names shall flourish on earth and be foreuer ingrauen in heauen And it is profitable euery manner of way for it hath the promises of this life and the life to come And is not that a matter of great worth of infinite moment They are called great and precious promises for first they bring food and rayment fit and conuenient Secondly the curse by Christ our Captayne is remoued the infection is tooke away Our father Adam steeped all our bread in such a liquor as without this fight it will bee like Iohns little booke though sweet in the mouth yet bitter in the belly And our drinke like the waters of Marah if this tree alter not the taste rather kill then cure vs. 3. Wee shall haue inward peace that passeth all vnderstanding A thing often spoke of but seldome felt by experience this ioy is vnvtterable glorious 4. The good Angels shall pitch their Tents about vs preserue vs in their hands so that wee shall not see death or dash our foot against a stone vntill wee haue finished our course and our best hopes be crowned neuer making ashamed For all things shall worke together marke that not apart for good to them that loue God and are chosen of his purpose to this combat Besides this fight hath the promises of the world to come and they bee many 1. First death shall bee to such aduantage better then the day wherein they were borne for Christ our Generall hath tooke away her sting like a Droane shee may feare vs with her humming but not hurt vs. 2. The soules at the separation by the Angels shall be apprehended and instantly carryed into heauen either for our safetie and comfort or in that the soules are ignorant of that iourney God could we deny not immediately bring them thither but hee will not for his Angels are and must be ministring Spirits for the good of those elect Souldiers 3. They then shall rest from their labours sing glorie to the Lambe and with a rauishing and spirituall longing expect the finall end of this combat and perfection of all things 4. In the day appointed when this quarrell shall be ended for it shall be finished to allude lawfully to an vnlawfull recreation when the last of these men-souldiers are borne and borne againe then shall the Soule descend from Heauen into the Graue bee infused into the same bodie where in former time shee had her habitation But it shall bee farre more glorious for it shall be without all corruption spot or wrinkle It shall be Spirituall hauing power to ascend or descend immortall and abiding glorious for euer For Christ shall change our vile bodies and make them like to his glorious bodie by that power whereby he is able to subdue all things to himselfe Obiect But some may obiect What shall that body ryse againe how can this be For suppose that a Wolfe eat a Man a Lion the Wolfe Birds the Lion and Men the Birds how can this be possible Resolut I answere that the bodies were at the first composed and made of the foure Elements Fire Ayre Water Earth and therefore in the last change they can but be resolued into their first principles And is it not more easie for the Lord who is infinite in knowledge and power to recollect this matter and bring it into forme then at the first to make all things of nothing Yes assuredly and no art of man can annihilate one graine of Sand totally separating the forme and the matter for it is an infinite power Some hold a Palingenesian or transmutation of Elements but they are deceiued for the first forme can neuer be totally separated from the first matter in part it may As for example Cast water into the fire the fire will by its act eate of some of the matter and by its owne forme informe it And then the water contracteth its forme into its owne matter and so in the end hauing much forme and little matter it seemeth then to flye away from its opposite Therefore this is but a childish cauill for Elements are not annihilated or wholly transmutated so that the same bodie may ryse What if they were What Is any thing impossible to God Shall wee so thinke God forbid so bee it as it doe not and this doth not contradict his nature Quest And here a question may arise Whether hee that wanted a member as hand foot c. at his birth shall haue it at the Resurrection restored Answere Yes for it is an imperfection then a fruit of sinne then it came firstly from the first Adam Then must the second Adam remoue it vnderstand of the Elect only or hee should not recouer what the first lost And some hold that the very bodies of the Reprobate shall bee made more excellent that they may vndergoe the greater torment but certainly the Elect shall be satisfied with Christs glorious Image Obiect But some may obiect against this and say Then shall more ryse then was sowne if hee that had not a hand now haue Answ No for man in his Mothers Wombe is as much in offence as when he is of age but not in quantitie Take a Pecke of Meale Lay leauen of it it will bee greater in quantitie not in essence or matter Againe God can make that deformed masse a well formed man yet adde no matter as we see a Bell mist in the casting of the selfe-same matter may bee made perfect So God the great Bel-founder of all the World shall take out the Soule for a time and cast the bodie anew in the Furnace of the Earth after put them together and then Aarons Bels in the Sanctuarie neuer rang so sweet a peale as these Bels shall in the eares of the Lord of Hosts for euer and euer 5. Fiftly then shall not only all their wounds and skars bee cured but they shall tread the Prince of the World Satan and all their Enemies vnder foot yea they shall see their foes suffer the