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A36980 The true and absolute bishop with the converts returne unto him : wherein is also shewed how Christ is our only shepheard, as well as our truest bishop : and also, how lamentable and miserable the condition of those men doth appeare to bee, which are out of Christs fold, out of Christs diocesse / by Nicolas Darton ... Darton, Nicholas, 1603-1649? 1641 (1641) Wing D273; ESTC R10864 47,823 62

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loynes and with ropes on our heads knowing the King of Jsrael is a mercifull King Secondly or the second manner of way how we are to returne to our blessed Iesus from whom wee have gone astray even from our Cradles to this present houre is this wee must retu●ne cum fidelitate with an assured faith and confidence that his bloud and passion hath merited our redemption and also hath merited an eternall acceptance for us into the fathers love and favour againe and the reason is this because hee that believeth so shall be saved Mar. 16.16 but hee that beleeveth not so shall be damned Oh therefore my brethren let us draw neere with a true heart in full assurance of faith having our hearts sprinckled from an evill conscience Heb. 10.22 and our bodies washed with pure water Thirdly wee must returne cum detestatione iniquitatum with a loathing and detestation of our former conversations we must be weary of the burthen and pressure of our sins our former life in sinne must bee no more pleasant in our sight than your bitter gall and worm-wood is to our tastes and pallates for so will the children of GOD behave themselves when they returne to God Ezec. 36.31 according to the saying of the Prophet in this particular saying then shall you remember your owne evill wayes and your doings that were not good and shall loth your selves in your owne s●●ht for your iniquities and for your abhominations Fourthly we must returne cum sinceritate with the sinceritie and integrity of all our hearts T is not enough for us to cry Lord Lord we returne to thee and to thy kingdome and to do this only with a meere orall and verball expression with the utterance and declaration meerly of the lips and tongue but we must performe and do it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 with and in the t●uth of the substance of our hearts sincerely loving nothing so dearely as to be with Christ and therefore saith the blessed father of all mankinde Mat. 15.18 fili da mihi cor tuum sonne give mee thine heart mightily disliking and condemning all such manner of men whose lips are neere him and whose hearts are far from him yea and in great wrath and indignation threatning a most dismall plague and misery to fall upon them and the kingdome wherein they live according to the words of the Prophet saying because this people honour mee with their lips and their heart is removed far from me therefore behold I will proceed to doe a marvellous worke amongst this people even a marveilous worke and a wonder the wisdome of their wise men shall perish and the understanding of the prudent shall be hid Isa 29.14 Fifthly and lastly wee must returne cum perseverantia with continuall perseverance endeavouring this so sacred a duty daily and hourely nay even till our last breath whereupon saith Salomon bee thou in the feare of the Lord all the day long and he rendreth an effectuall reason for it because that he that wandreth out of the way of understanding shall remaine in the congregation of the dead Prov. 21.16 It ought therefore to bee our daily care to bee continually busied about so sanctified a work and the rather too Gal. 6.9 because as Saint Paul saith metemus si non elanguerimus wee shall reape if we faint not that is wee shall enjoy the crop and harvest of everlasting glory if wee persevere to the end without Apostacy and therfore as S. Paul sayth be stedfast and unmoveable 1 Cor. 15.58 alwayes abounding in the work of the Lord for as much as we know that our labour is not in vaine in the Lord I say not in vaine because also an uncorruptible Crowne of life God hath promised in his mercy to bestow upon them Rev. 2.10 Mat. 24 13 witnesse his words to Smyrna thus be faithfull unto the death and J will give thee the Crowne of life and againe qui perdurabit ad finem is servabitur hee that endures to the end the same shall be saved But how shall I know saith the wounded Conscience Ob. sayeth the remorsefull heart and bosome that I doe observe all these rules and directions that I returne to my blessed SAVIOUR with Humiliation with fidelitie with a detestation of mine iniquities with sinceritie and with perseverance For the resolution of this point Sol. that thou mayest undoubtedly know when thou art effectually returned unto the great Shepheard and B●shop of thy soule Divers characters whereby wee may know when we from the practice of sinne are returned to the fold of Christ The first character 1 Cor. 2.9 take into consideration these Characters which will infallibly informe thee whether thou beest return'd or not Which characters are three First if thou beest effectually returned from the wilde and vast commons of sinne into the inclosure and pasturings of grace namely unto the great Shepheard and Bishop of thy soule then thou wilt minde nothing more than the things of a better life namely which thy blessed Saviour hath prepared and laid up for those that love him An instance for confirmation hereof we have in Saint Paul who being wean'd from the worlds vanities and entred into the fold of CHRIST mindes nothing more than a dissolution for to be with Christ saying Cupimus dissolvi I desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ Besides if it be so with thee as is before spoken of thou wilt have then such an high esteeme and conceit of the happinesse that Christs Lambes enjoy and are partakers of within the fold as that for other mundane transitory and perishing matters Phil. 3.8 thou wilt account them no better than dung for to winne Christ Oh then my brethren how farre thinke you are those men from the state of holinesse yea from Christ and his fold that minde nothing else but this world how wretched are their meditations yea ô how miserably are their mindes pestered with cankering cares They lie downe in carefulnesse they rise up in sorrow and the pelse they dote on is reserved to their owne hurt Eccl. 5.13 for conclusion therefore of this point ô you that are sheep of Christs blessed pasture that are Lambes of the flock and are within Gods pale see that you shew it in your lives and conversations let the things of a better life be the chiefest treasure you set your minds upon set your affections on things that are above Col. 3.2 and not on things that are below Shew to the world that you are risen with your blessed Saviour by seeking those things above where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God Yea seeke you first the kingdome of God and the righteousnesse thereof and then all other things shall bee added unto you Mat. 6.33 Secondly the second Character The second Character to testifie to thine owne bosome and also to all the world that thou art effectually returned is a
his owne worth and sanctity as that he thinkes he hath no need in the world to have this duty taught and Prest unto him hee is holy enough already zealous enough already carefull enough to be with Christ already yea and sufficiently enough already return'd to the fold of Christ but alasse alasse wee may justly apply to his breast and bosome the saying of him that hath the seven spirits of God and the seven stars Rev. 3.17 whereas thou sayest thou art rich and increased with goods and hast need of nothing I tell thee that thou art wretched and miserable and poore and blind and naked Such Luke-warm Laodiceans we may truly compare unto your benighted travellers who when they are once out of the way thinke every step they goe is very right when there is not hardly a step they step but is quite contrary and therefore I would counsel such as the holy Spirit counselleth that Luke-warme Church namely to buy gold tryed in the fire that they may be rich and white rayment that they may be clothed and that the shame of their nakednesse doe not appeare and to annoint their eyes with eye-salve Rev. 3 18. that they may see But having done with this reproofe Ob. me thinkes I heare the bleeding bosome propounding a question and saying if it bee such a necessary matter with all care and diligence to returne to the Fold of Christ and so reproofe-worthy a corruption to neglect the dutie and to continue astray why then when are Gods people saith he bound in Conscience to begin to take in hand this worke and how in like manner must they looke for to performe the same For answer hereunto Sol. let Gods Children in the first place know that touching the time of their returning it must not be procrastinated and put off from day to day but subitò in praesenti forthwith and out of hand and the reason is taken from the words of our blessed Saviour saying Mat. 3.10 For now is the Axe layd unto the roote of the Tree every tree that bringeth not forth now good fruit is hewen downe and cast into the fire Now therefore is the acceptable time now is the day of salvation and againe saith the Holy Ghost to day while it is called to day Heb. 3.13 exhort one another to returne to our blessed Saviour lest any of you be deceived through the deceitfulnesse of sinne and againe to day if you will heare his voyce harden not your hearts as in the provoccation But here peradventure some one will object and say Ob. put the case we doe not instantly endeavour to do this sacred duty but doe delay the performance hereof till some certain yeares bee over our heads and doe take the swindge and Career of our sinnes for a season perswading our selves that the Lord will delay his comming to judgment and so for the present fill our selves with the delights and pleasures of sin what shall we not be receaved when we returne hereafter as upon our death-beds or in our dotage and the like Sol. For answer hereunto and that thou mayest be really resolved and satisfied in this thine objection and in this point of Divinitie I would entreat thee my Christian brother to consult with our Saviours words in this very case who saith that if an evill servant shall say in his heart my master doth deferre his comming and beginne to smite his fellowes and to eate and drinke with the drunken ô that servants master will come in a day when he looketh not for him and in an houre that hee is not aware of and will cut him off and will give him his p rtion with hypocrites and unbeleevers Mat. 24 49 50 51. there shall bee weeping and gnashing of teeth ô then what will become of thy death-bed what will become of thy dote-age Ob. I but thou wilt reply and say again though I doe delay and deferre my returning yet I hope the way to good manners is never too late t is never too late to doe good t is never too late to returne to God Sol. I answer true it is my Christian brother that the way to good manners is never too late and that it is never too late to turne to God Almighty But I pray what is the old saying Qui non est hodiè cras minùs aptus erit Hee that is not ready for God to day will hardly bee ready to morrow and againe how can God take it well at our hands to sacrifice the prime of our dayes to Sathan and keepe the bran to wit our death-bed or old age or dote-age for his service nay and know further that though rescipiscentia vera nunquam sit sera tamen serararó vera Nay and though true returning to God Almighty be never too late yet your procrastinated lip-labour seldome proves true for dat Deus poenitenti veniam quùm non peccanti poenitentiam God Almighty many a time gives his pardon to many a bleeding bosom when againe to other some he doth not give so much as grace as to aske for pardon and therefore now take time while time is delayes are dangerous and put not off from day to day thy returning to the fold againe but meditate and ruminate on the Preachers counsell who lessons thee to remember thy Creator in the dayes of thy youth while the evill dayes come not Eccl. 12 1. nor the yeares draw neere wherein thou shalt say I have no pleasure in them Secondly for our manner of returning to our blessed Saviour and to the fold againe Five manner of wayes to be observed by all sinners in returning to the fold againe let Gods Children know that these directions and observations and rules following are to be performed and observed and put in practice for there are 5 manner of wayes whereby wee must returne to Christ and to his blessed fold First we must returne cum humiliatione with all contrition of heart for offending our blessed Saviour and for running astray from his fold and the reason is this because Deus morum emendatione placatur qui desinit errare iram dei mortalem facit because Gods wrath is appeased and pacified with the humiliation of our soules and emendation of our manners and he that leaves off from going astray makes the wrath of God to become mortall which otherwise would destroy him for ever more instances we have in Ninive Ion. 3.7 1 Sam. 7.2 1 Chr. 1● ●3 2 Chr. 3●●2 in the children of Israel weeping at Mizpah In Rehoboam and Manasses in Mary Magdalen Saint Paul and Peter who all in an humble deportment did demeane themselves before the throne of grace returning with all humiliation unto the great God they had offended and therefore for conclusion of this point for our parts we should behave our selves like Benhadad and his servants to Ahab 1 K●n. 2●●1 wee should returne with sackcloth on our