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A88600	The watchmans watchword. A sermon preached at White-Hall upon the 30 of March last, being the fifth Wednesday in Lent, and the day of the monethly fast: by Richard Love D.D. Master of Corpus Christi Colledge in Cambridge, and chaplain in ordinary to his Majestie. Published by command.	Love, Richard, 1596-1661.	1642 (1642)	Wing L3193; Thomason E145_4; ESTC R19765	34,052	46

them but to loath them then thou Turnest nay then thou Returnest that is thou dost Turn homeward from whence thou wert strayed by sinne thou removest from sinne and drawest home to God-ward This is that Godly sorrow that worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of For behold this self-same thing that ye sorrowed after a godly sort what carefulnesse it wrought in you yea what clearing of your selves yea what indignation yea what fear yea what vehement desire yea what zeal yea what revenge 2 Cor. 7.11 Why what ado is here with these Corinthians could they not repent without so great a stirre O be not mistaken where true Repentance is it sets the whole man awork and so it had need for it rendreth him a clean other man new thoughts new desires new resolutions Ask not me ask your own hearts whether ye are returned or not Ask thy self what was the last thought that went to bed with thee last night and was up this day most early stirring in thy breast Was it of heaven or earth Was it a thought of vanity or of pietie Was it for the committing or the crucifying of some sinne Did it savour of worldly pleasure or godly sorrow Didst thou think of thy old sinnes as thy sworn enemies or as thy sweet companions which though now asunder for a Fast-day or so yet should meet ere long and be as merry as ever If you can think of your old sinnes with patience I dare not tell you what I think of you But if you be now truly grieved for them seriously resolved to abandon them Behold I come a messenger of good news good news unto thy soul good news to heaven Heus tu peccator bono animo sis vides ubi de tuo reditu gaudeatur Tertullian Tertull. de poen Heaven joyeth to see a returning sinner it is tripudium coeli The blessed Angels joy Lacrymae poenitentium sunt vinum Angelorum Bernard Serm. 30. in Cant. When thou returnest they in troups come forth to meet thee Nay the blessed Trinity doth joy God the Father joyes at thy return Why this saith he is my lost sonne my returning prodigall Tam pater nemo tam pius nemo Tertullian Tertull. ibidem God the Sonne rejoyceth Why this saith he is my lost sheep returning to the fold Vna pastoris ovicula sed grex unâ carior non est Idem ibidem God the Holy Ghost doth joy Why this saith he is my renewed temple returning to the beautie of its first erection And therefore God the Father he crieth Come God the Sonne he crieth Come and God the Holy Ghost he cryeth Come The Father he crieth Veni ad me Come unto me for I am the End The Sonne he crieth Veni per me Come by me for I am the Way The Holy Ghost crieth Veni cum me Come with me for I am the Guide All cry Come and all cry Welcome And therefore If you will Inquire Inquire Return Come Come This word onely remaineth of the Text onely one word of it and I have done Ye have heard that the penitent sinner now returning from his sinne every person of the Sacred Trinitie inviteth him God the Father thy Creatour he cryeth Come God the Sonne thy Redeemer he cryeth Come And God the Holy Ghost thy Sanctifier he cryeth Come Thy Almighty Creatcur calleth thee by the voice of Nature Therefore come in humilitie to so great a Majestie Thy gracious Redeemer calleth thee by the voyce of Scripture Therefore come in faith to so dear a Saviour Thy blessed Sanctifier calleth thee by his secret motion in thy heart Therefore come in holinesse and new obedience to thy holy guide Behold a convoy of three heavenly virtues Holinesse in life Humilitie in heart and Faith in Christ If thou comest to God thou must Come with these Take heed thou leavest not Holinesse behind Without Holinesse no man shall see the Lord. Heb. 11.6 Yet in no case forget Humilitie Blessed are the poore in spirit for theirs is the Kingdome of heaven Matth. 5. But above all bring Faith For without Faith it is impossible to please God and he that cometh to God must believe Heb. 11.6 These three Virgin-sister-Graces all joyn hand in hand and make a ring and so convey the Christian soul to heaven between them Holinesse taketh fast hold of Humilitie Humilitie takes hold of Faith and Faith again of Holinesse Be sure thou partest no hand if thou dost thou mayest fall out between them and they fall out between themselves Holinesse without Humilitie will soon be proud Humilitie without Faith will soon despair Faith without Holinesse without works is dead James 2.26 O let us labour for an humble Holinesse a faithfull Humilitie and a holy Faith Come with these to God and I dare be bold in his name to bid thee welcome Come with these this day and he will denie thee nothing These never are denied accesse to the King of Kings Holinesse that is a pure conscience within an unspotted life without it is the daughter of the King of heaven The Kings daughter is all glorious within her clothing is of wrought gold Psal 45.14 Shall she be denied accesse to her heavenly father No she shall be brought unto the King in raiment of needle-work 15. But shall she come alone No the virgins that be her fellows Humilitie and Faith shall bear her company and shall be brought unto thee With joy and gladnesse shall she be brought and enter into the Kings palace 16. Blessed soul that comest thus accompanied These are the Kings Daughters Thou art more thou art made his spouse his bride his wife Heare how he wooes thee My sister my love my dove my undefiled Cant. 5.2 When thou thus comest to God what is it but even the marriage of thy soul with Christ Let us be glad and rejoyce and give honour to the Lord for the marriage of the Lambe is come and his wife hath made her ready Revel 19.7 Made her ready how what hath she put on It followeth in the next verse She is arayed in fine linen clean and white for the fine linen is the righteousnesse of the Saints 8. Why then is the righteousnesse of the Saints so clean and white I thought with the Prophet That all our righteousnesse had been as a menstruous cloth Isaiah 64.6 Stillamus quotidie super telam justitiae nostrae saniem concupiscentiae nostrae Bernard How then is our righteousnesse clean and white Yes all is true Our holinesse and inherent righteousnesse is fine linen being the work of the Holy Ghost it must not be denied but God knows how much soyled and spotted by the flesh till it be made clean and white and therefore Humilitie must be ever at hand to scoure our righteousnesse and Faith to wash it Humilitie doth daily rince it in a stream of tears and makes it clean Faith doth wash it in the bloud of Christ and makes it white These are they that have washed their robes and made them white in the bloud of the Lamb. Revel 7.14 Christs bride hath made her ready she hath put on righteousnesse that is stolam sanctorum 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is the word the outward-garment the righteousnesse of good works But withall she must put on interulam humilitatis the inward garment of humilitie Be clothed with humilitie 1. Pet. 5.5 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is saith Beza be ye inwardly adorned estote intus ornati be ye clothed inwardly with humilitie Beza in locum And over both even in the sight of God to cover both she hath put on velum or peplum fidei the veil of faith whereby to Gods justice she presents Christs righteousnesse for hers That is fine linen indeed clean and white And to the bride it is granted 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is the word that she should be arayed in this When she comes covered with this veil she comes with boldnesse to the throne of grace With this veil of faith she passeth through the veil and hath boldnesse to enter into the holiest by the bloud of Jesus Heb. 10.19.20 The Spouse did once complain of the watchmen that they robbed her of her veil The watchmen that went about the citie found me they smote me they wounded me the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me Cant. 5.7 If we have any such Watchmen that would take away from the Church the veil of Christs imputed righteousnesse our righteousnesse by faith O let such Watchmen watch no more they smite they wound Christs Spouse so that she cannot do what the Watchman in the Text doth bid her she cannot come with confidence to God But so she must even Come with Holinesse Come with Humilitie and especially Come with Faith or else she will never come home As good not Come at all as not come thus and as good not Return as not Come and as good not Inquire as not Return Our Watchman therefore hath joyned all together Inquire if you will Inquire Return Come And now the Watchman hath said You have seen the Watchman and have heard the Watchword You have seen the Watchmans Charge and his Discharge You have heard the Watchword as it is Monitory and Directory As it is Monitory it tells us that the Morning cometh and also the Night The Morning of Life and Night of Death The Morning of Prosperitie and Gods mercie The Night of Adversitie and Gods judgements As it is Directory it calls upon us to Inquire Return and Come What remains but that we practice what we have heard and seen And that we may the better do it that we turn the Sermon into a prayer even to the Watchman of Israel That our Watchmen may stand where God hath set them That our Watchmen may say what God doth shew them That we all may be thankfull for our Morning and prepare for our Night That we may Inquire into our selves Return from our sinnes and Come home to God The Watchman said The Morning cometh and also the Night if ye will Inquire inquire Return Come FINIS