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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04163	Peters teares A sermon, preached at S. Maries Spittle, the xv. of Aprill 1612. By Thomas Iacksonne Bachelour in Diuinitie, and preacher of Gods holy word at Wye in Kent.	Jackson, Thomas, d. 1646.	1612 (1612)	STC 14304; ESTC S107444	32,969	44

euen to them-selues and others they seeme dead And lastly he is like a Tree in Winter which by the barrennes of the boughs drynesse of the barke seemeth dead yet hath life in the Roote the spirit of the temptor like a mightie Northerne wind had blasted blowne away the leaues of Peters chearefull and bold confession but life was in the roote sayth remayned in the heart But though this was no sinne against the holy Ghost it was a fearefull proceeding towardes that sinne and how farre he would haue gone if he had been let alone the searcher of heartes knoweth and therefore a faire warning this is vnto all that no man presume of the like Grace but euery man cut off sinne betime and destroy it whilst it is in the blossome no man is hardened at the first but one sinne draweth on another and as the Psalm ● sayth Men fall from one mischiefe to another and as we see a small Spring at the first runneth not farre but becommeth a great Streame breaketh downe banckes and carrieth all vnresistable before it so in the inundation of sinne the beginning is small but if the current be not stopped in the end it will become violent breake downe the banckes of Gods threatninges and carry a man vnresistably into destruction Iudas was first a dissembler then a thiefe then a lyer then a traytor then a cursed reprobate Peter first a presumer then a denyer then a swearer and then a curser and if his Maister had not looked vpon him God knoweth what he would haue been next no man commeth to the height of misery at first wherfore If through weaknesse we sinne as no man liueth and sinneth not yet let vs not sleepe in our sinne nor suffer the temples of our heads to take any rest till by repentaunce we be reconciled vnto God and haue a blessed Quietus est sealed to our soules and infallibly witnessed by Gods good spirit Lastly here we see spirituall pryde and arrogancie fearefully corrected to teach vs all to walke in humilitie with God yea suspecting our selues to cleaue fast vnto God praying heartily that he leade vs not into temptation great was the pride arrogancy of Peter both in regarde of his fellow Apostles and Romayne power yea in regard of Christ and God him selfe Christ told all them All ye shall be offended with me this night Peter replyed Though all men be offended yet will I neuer be offended Herein he exalted himselfe aboue his Colleagues yea aboue all men the Romaines sent to apprehend Christ Peter drew forth his sword and exalted himselfe against Gods ordinaunce Christ told him playnly that he should deny him Peter sayd he would rather die with him herein exalted himselfe against Christ and contradicted him yea when Christ asked him shall not I drincke of the cuppe which my Father hath giuen me he playnly intimated that in seeking to saue Christ from his passion he exalted himselfe against God as if he were wyser then God to finde out another way of redemption then he had appoynted and therfore most iust with God that of an egregious presumer he should become a most disperate denyer and as he lifted vp himselfe so to let him take the greater fall and that first for his owne good for as Paul deliuered the incestious Corinthian to Sathan for the destruction of his flesh and sauing of his spirit and Himeneus and Alexander to Sathan that he might learne not to blaspheme so God let this man fall for the destruction of his carnal presumption and that he might learne Davids lesson not to lift vp his horne on high no more to speake presumptuously nor suffer arrogancy to proceede out of his mouth yea how good a scholler herein he was the story of the gospell witnesseth for when our Sauiour after his resurrection was pleased to renew Peters pastorall cōmission to restore him from whence he had fallen by a triple denyall by making a triple confession he asked him Peter louest thou me yea as it were purposely to try whether he knew himselfe any more or would compare any more he propounded the question comparatiuely Peter louest thou me more then these But Peter had paied for his comparisons he had done with them if he had asked him such a question at his last Supper he had had a ready comparatiue Answere Yea Lord I loue thee more then these and more then all men But now marke how humbly and warily he answereth Lord thou knowest that I loue thee hee hath learned neuer to preferre himselfe before others againe yea when Christ asked him the third time the Euangelist saith Peter was sorrie as hauing learned that Christ knew him better then himselfe and as afrayde that his owne heart deceiued him againe hee answered with teares Lord thou knowest all thinges thou knowest that I doe loue thee So that he might well confesse to Gods glory with Dauid and say Before I fell I went wrong and presumed of that which was not in me but now I haue learned to know my selfe Secondly this is chronicled for the good of all Gods people to the end of the world for at his cost we may all learne how great the wretchednesse of mans nature is and that there is no sinne we can presume we shall not fall into if God leaue vs to our selues for did Peter that had been with Christ heard his doctrine and seene his Miracles Did Peter that had made such an excellent confession of Christ and as it were tasted the ioyes of heauen vpon the holy mount did Peter a Cephas a prime Apostle a piller in the church did Peter as it were the bel-weather of Gods flocke who had protested he would rather dye with Christ then denye him Did he I say in so short a time vpon so small occasion not only deny but forsweare his maister Then let no man be high mynded but feare he that thinketh he standeth take heede least he fall yea euery man worke out his saluation with feare and trembling cleauing fast vnto God praying him not to leade him into temptation Peter hath fallen let others beware let not the fall of the greater be the imitation of the lesse but the fall of the greater the feare of the lesser The second internall meanes of his repentaunce was his wayinge and considering with himselfe for so in most translations it is by S. Marcke added and waying that with himselfe as the careles banckrupt who being priuie to the weaknesse of his estate meaning to breake he borroweth of euery one that will lend and neuer considereth how to repay it againe or selling his wares doth not waygh them but deliuer at randome so Peter in sinning rūneth in debt vnto God and neuer once thinketh or considereth with himselfe how it

speede wee possibly can to leaue our sinnes when God calleth and moueth But now if we make Application to our selues Oh Lord how many are there who hearing their sinnes boldly and plainely reprooued and their Consciences thereof powerfully conuicted that during the hearing of the Word they haue been at least as Agrippa said to Paul almost perswaded to leaue their swearing lying drinking whoring yea how many are there who when the hand of God is heauy vpon them in sicknesse will with teares confesse their sinnes and promise great reformation but are no sooner recouered but all their good motions vanish like a mornings deaw all their almostes come to nothing at all they returne to their former courses as the Dogge to hivomite they liue but their sicke repentance is dead yea euen repent of that their repentance so did not Peter the Waxe was warme and he put too the Seale the Iron was hotte and he stroke God gaue a good motion and he presently put it in execution so Hee went out The second thing commendable in Peter is that finding such great occasions and temptations whereby he had been drawen to sinne in the High-priestes Hal he staieth no longer there but went out yea though our Euangelist vse a word of ordinarie and milde signification yet S. Marke vseth a more emphaticall word signifying to rush out with haste or with a speedie violence hee came in peakingly and by leaue and leasure but he goeth out with a witnesse as if he would haue broken downe the doore if it had been shut against him Whereby we learne that it is a singuler testimonie of true Repentance for a man to hate and auoyde all the meanes and occasions of sinne the Prouerbe is The burnt Child will beware of the Fire We see by experience the Horse will not be forced to the Ditch where he hath been plunged and the Dogge will not come neare nor abide the man that hath beat him the Bird will come no more to the shrape that hath once been in the Nette the Fish will bite no more that hath been once wounded with Hooke yea the Marriner that hath once suffered ship wracke will not onely auoyde those Rockes and Sandes but is also afrayde euen in greatest calmes Now amongst all the occasions of sinne there is none more dangerous then euill company for can a man take Coales in his bosome and not be burnt or handle Pitch and not be defiled or fly with Ostriges and Pellicanes and not grow wilde or dwell in the Tentes of Wickednesse and not learne to be Wicked Assuredly there is no spedier coniunction betwixt Fire Tow Tinder or Gunpowder or any other such combustible matter then there is betwixt our corrupt Nature and Sinne vpon the least occasion vnlesse the grace of God doe preuent it which thing the true penitent by woeful experience finding as God biddeth Come out so with Peter they runne out and come no more amongst such as it is a thousand to one he shall doe no good vnto but take much hurt from So much for the first Testification of his Repentance And wept bitterly Wherein two thinges are to be considered viz. first his Weeping second the manner how Bitterly For the first it is sayd That he wept or as the word signifieth he shedde teares aboundantly Dauid had so long wept for his fins mingled his drinke with teares that his moysture was turned into the drought of Sommer and his very boanes burnt like an hearth Peter beginneth but now to weepe for his sinnes but his drought is turned into the moysture of Winter the Clouds returne after the raine one shower of teares followeth another as if his eyes were fountaines of brine so he wept as if with Niobe he would transforme himselfe into a Rocke and become a right Peter indeed or as hauing lost the power of Baptisme in Water hee would now be baptised in a flood of teares When Christ was borne it was a ioyfull time and there was great mirth Simeon sung and Annah sung yea the Angels of Heauen sung and bade the Shepheardes sing for they brought them tydinges of great ioy which should be to all the people but when Christ suffered it was a dolefull time and there was much weeping Christ him-selfe wept yea and prayed with strong crying and teares vnto him that was able to saue him from death the Disciples they wept the Daughters of Ierusalem they wept the Sunne was darckned and that wept the Temple rent it Vaile and that wept the Stones were clouen asunder and they wept yea all senseles creatures in their kindes did lament the passion of their maker but Peter wept bitterly others wept chiefly for Christ but Peter chiefly for himselfe as his Maister counsailed Weepe not for me but weepe for your selues Peter wept in passion others wept but in compassion nay herein was Peters compassion true because it began at himselfe for howsoeuer it is good to pittie others and to wipe away teares from their eyes with the spunge of compassion as the Apostle biddeth weepe with them that weepe yet the greatest compassion and best pleasing vnto God is for a man to haue pittie on himselfe as the wise-man biddeth and to open his owne heart veine with the launce of cōpunction how could Peter haue had pittie on his Maister if he had had none of himselfe Wherefore he beginneth right first for himselfe and his owne sinnes he wept bitterly Which thing he well learned from his Cocke which by clapping his winges to his owne sides first wakened himselfe and then Peter There are three thinges required to make the loue of Christ perfect in vs 1 Trueth 2. Wisedome 3. Courage for so saith the Law Thou shast loue the Lord thy God 1. with all thine Heart 1. truely 2. With all thy Soule 1. wisely 3. with all thy Strength 1. valiantly and couragiously when Peter sayd to his Maister pittie thy selfe this shall not be vnto thee he loued him truely but not wisely therfore his Maister rebuked him Get thee behynd me Sathan When he put vp his sword and followed Christ he loued him truly and wisely hauing learned not to hinder but to imitate but he loued him not valiantly he denied his Maister and wept that his loue was no perfecter but after his resurrection by his threefold confession he declared that he had attayned the third degree of perfection in loue he loued him as valiantly as he did truely and wisely some I know not in what besotted charitie or prepostrous Zeale haue gone about to excuse or at least extenuate Peters fault that he might say he knew not the ●a for he knew and had confessed him to be God but sayth another we must take heed we do not so iustifye the Apostle as we condemne Christ of a lye who