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A15106	A godlie sermon preached the xxj. day of Iune, 1586. at Pensehurst in Kent, at the buriall of the late right honourable Sir Henrie Sidney Knight of the noble order of the Garter, Lord President of Wales, and of her Maiesties most honourable priuie councell, By Thomas White professor in diuinitie.	White, Thomas, ca. 1550-1624.	1586 (1586)	STC 25404; ESTC S101855	15,728	42

the similitude of the starres vsed in the same cause 1. Cor. 15. howe much more shall the naturall sonne of God excell in glorie because he is the head And if the beautie of the militant Church restored is said to be such as if the Moone should shine as the Sunne and the Sunne should excéede himself seuen times Isay 30. 26. how much more shall it be in the Church Triumphant in the heauenly Jerusalem where Christ himselfe is the light and glorie of all the saints The forme of which citie and the riches excéeding all golde or precious stone is yet by such things described as it could Reue. 21. And here the resurrection is moste euidently affirmed and assured albeit that order aske the head before the other parts and we know that Christes is first and past So surely shall they that are Christes be next at his comming and then commeth the iudgement it shalbe sodaine in a moment but in a wonderful order If any doubt hereof because it is to come as a foole he is reproued by the naturall euidence of a séede dying and quickening againe whereby the resurrection is more than shadowed out vnto our faith 1. Cor. 15. It shalbe with the same bodie and the same skin and with the same eyes and no other shall I sée my Redéemer faith the moste patient Iob. 19. 27. that is the substance of the body remaining the same the qualitie shalbe cleane altered which is no monstrous paradox as that of Poperie the accidents remaining the substance being taken away which in reason is absurd most monstrous against nature her selfe The glorious chaunge is noted 1. Cor. 15. for mortalitie immortalitie for corruption incorruptiō and glorie c. There is nothing that can more comfort vs in or against death than the resurrection from the dead by the hope whereof our bones doe liue in the graue and our flesh doth rest because he shal not leaue our soules in hell nor suffer his holy ones to see corruption Psal. 16. In the olde time this matter was plainly signified by the translation of Henoch and Elias but nowe it is more fully sealed and assured by the resurrection of Jesus Christ whose resurrection and ascension is ours in as much as he is ours appointed to be our head and we his body The second is that though the time when all this shalbe be not here nor else where particularly assigned in the Scriptures yet it is most certaine When hee shall appeare The day is dated and most certainly determined with God but otherwise vnknowen to men and Angelles nay hidden from the eyes of the Sonne of man him selfe in as much as he is man They are therefore the more bolde or blinde coniecturers who doe thrust them selues most fearefully into the secretes of God dare appoint a day which he hath kept alone vnto himself Faith thorough hope doth expect the very instant but yet knoweth not the day and therefore thorough patience doth quiet her selfe and resteth within vs no lesse vntil the time than the Coarse doeth tarrie in the graue Christ did rise the third day perhaps to day or to morowe the dead shal arise but when soeuer it shalbe it shalbe as to morowe to all that are a sléepe in the earth albeit they haue lyen in the dust fiue thousande yéeres before because there is no time to them and both the bodies of the good and bad fare all alike in the graue but yet there is a difference of their soules now and shall be of their bodies then when the voyce of God shall rayse them out of the pitte neither shall it be necessarie for the soules that are separated from the bodies to spend time in returning from heauen or hell againe when as the Scriptures do teach vs that in the twinckling of an eie and in the least and last moment not without wonderfull and fearefull miracle both the resurrection and the iudgement by the power of God shal be begun and finished The third thing is the certaintie of our saluation and as it were the anker holde in this that he saith We know we shalbe like vnto him which maketh mightely against the Papistes who do holde that for a chiefe point of their faith which we knowe to be a great infirmitie of our fleshe that is to doubt or to distrust and they call it presumption to say we knowe which yet is the doctrine of God that cannot presume The certaintie of faith is greater than of any sense because of the promise from the which faith may no more be parted than the house may be separated from his foundation and stand And the reason that causeth all the faithful to be so bold is because that that which might alter the case cannot fall in the nature of God with whome is no chaunge nor shadow of chaunge neyther in will nor power both which are as firme and constant as himselfe and therefore he that will distrust the Lorde let him beléeue nothing In this pickle they stand or rather in this puddle they sinke who wickedly trust vnto their workes and foolishly beléeue that there are thrée sortes of places for resorte of soules after death namely Heauen Hell and Purgatorie and to which of these the soule doeth passe Poperie cannot tel which is a warme comfort to a soule departing As if a man were cast into the Sea and comming to the land were returned backe againe perhaps he might sinke and perhaps he might swimme But we thanke the Lorde and his Christe we are better dealt with all than so We know we shall liue if we beléeue because he hath said it and we know that they that do not beléeue are so sure of death as that they are iudged already Iohn 3. 18. Wherfore in the meane season hope serueth to nourishe our faith and patience to possesse our soules which were but séely and simple meanes to relieue the heart if that faith were not out of al doubt in the promise of the word Last of all is the reason to confirme vs in the expectation of our glorie For we shal see him as he is which words do send vs vnto Christ as he now sitteth at the right hande of God his father and as he shall most gloriously appeare in the cloudes with all his Angelles armed with fire and power for reuenge He is now ascended from the Center of the earth vnto the very heigth of heauen We must not therefore basely thinke of Christ as apish Papistes dreame because he is full glorified in himselfe He was born in a manger he did liue poorely vpon earth hee died miserably on the crosse hee was crowned but with thornes mocked and scorned in all the anxietie of his soule and in the anguish of his death he was forced to yéelde forth strong cries in the dayes of his flesh My God my God why hast thou forsaken mee It was so because it became Christ so to suffer but

nowe it is nothing so but otherwise and we shall see him as he is and not as he was We shal sée him but not as Peter and the rest when he appeared glorified on the mount Tabor but partly and after a sort Matt. 19. whose brightnesse yet the Apostles could not beare though it were not long nor fully reuealed vnto them but we shal beholde him as the onely Emperour sitting in the throne of heauen with all his hoste of Saintes and spiritual powers not by faith as nowe but truely by sight not in the mirror of his worde but in the presence of himselfe So the wicked shall see him when he commeth for al flesh shal beholde him Mat. 29. 30. It is true But this thing shalbe their death a thousand times that they shal sée him in whome they haue not beléeued nay him whom they haue pearced Ioh. 19. Zach. 12. They shall sée him as Adam heard the voyce of God in Paradize and ran away Gen. 3. If no mortall wight can beare or abide the glorie of an Angell but he must tremble and feare melt and fall in sunder for the brightnesse how much greater horror and confusion shalbe to the sinnefull creature when the Creator is in presence and ready to enter his indgement But mercie shall worke in that day toward all beléeuers according to the couenant and we shall be chaunged into his glorie after an image when we shall behold him as he is 2. Cor. 3. 18. These things ought to kéepe our faith and hope aliue in the promise and against all temptations to make vs moste patient for if we be afflicted we are more sutable vnto Christe We must kéepe the possession of our selues and of our soules by patience not by insensibilitie but by suffring after Christ by Hope we must correct and cut off all preposterous humors and affections of the fleshe which doe but wound our faith and cast a man into many perplexities remedilesse if he promis to him selfe any other thing or do looke for it otherwise or sooner or later than God hath ordeined in his word It is lawfull for a man to burne in desire and for this cause speaketh the Apostle to stirre vs vp and celeritie in desire séemeth alwaies to be delaie but the qualitie of faith through hope is to be contented with the opportunitie of God called the Lordes leasure knowing for a suretie that she shall once sée him as he is The third part And he which hath this hope in him purgeth him selfe euen as he is pure These words concerne y e exhortation that we should labor to be holy as he is holy Leu. 19. 2. for albeit the promises of God do passe most fréely frō himself yet there are alwais certaine couenantes conditions required as faithfulnesse and obedience to the word So Abraham our Father with whome the contract was first made and as it were left in his hand for vs is commaunded to walke vprightly before the Lorde Gen. 17. 1. And so albeit we are saued fréely yet it is by faith and not by euery starting faith but if we doe continue to the end Matt. 10. And because there is no other way to make our calling sure than by adding vertue to our faith therefore true faith is alwayes fruitefull neuer idle nor wearie of good workes for albeit they be no cause yet they are the way to heauen for by these meanes an entring into the euerlasting kingdome shall be ministred aboundantly vnto vs 2. Pet. 1. 11. Saint Iames reasoneth thus No workes and no faith and Saint Iohn in this place thus No purging of our selues and no hope all one in conclusion He that mindeth not sanctification shall neuer sée the Lorde Hebr. 12. 14. but the pure in heart are blessed for they shal see God saith Christ Matt. 5. 8. Neither let the deuill insinuate himselfe to make vs thinke Gods grace the lesse or our state the worse for these conditions as he delt with Adam our father about the trée forbidden for our saluation standeth most sure in Christe the he●uens haue no sounder foundation the whole matter being firmely past by worde and othe from God nay beeing fully done and finished by the life and death of Christe Wherefore if Adam in Paradize and the Angels in heauen euen in their creation did stand vpon their obedience which when they forsooke they fell howe much more should man in his redemption content himselfe with the couenants of God especially séeing they are such as doe not hinder but further him in the faith life of Christ And albeit such perfection is required as séemeth is impossible vnto mā To be pure as he is pure in whose sight the Angels are not without spot yet we must cōsider that he dealeth not with vs as by the rigor of the law though he might iustly iudge vs for all our transgressions and wants therin but he setteth vp himselfe as a marke of perfection to aime contend vnto as Philip. 3. 14. And because we can neuer come néere vnto perfectiō in this life and yet we ought to presse hard and to followe after it what else doth the Apostle meane by these words but that there should be in vs a continuall indeuour to procéede from vertue to vertue and neuer to desist vntill we come into the brightnesse of his presence And as this place giueth no allowance to mens workes after the Romish rate who may aswel think to clense durt with dung as to purge sinne with their desert for if we trust to merit then we must dispaire so it answereth thē as Calumnious enimies which so shamefully béelye the doctrine of faith to be against good works where as nothing is more oft or vsual in scriptures thā after faith workes It is the course that all the Apostles take as it were the line they al draw in The fountains do not more naturally break forth and issue into streames than the holy Scriptures doe plentifully powre out themselues into this kinde of exhortation Wherefore if they could hit vpon it they should sée themselues lyers For it is meritte of workes and not good workes 〈◊〉 disclaime And herein as we are wise ●●●aue the law which is impossible to saue vs because of sin so are we found faithfull vnto God when we sticke vnto his ordināce and will not séeme to saue our soules otherwise than he hath appointed in his worde which is by faith onely But I haue béene ouer long and tedious séeing this part is an exhortation with an exhortation I will conclude it That séeing to sin and do wickedly hath béen the way both of men Angels but to arise and repent pertaineth only to Christians the saued of God and séeing we may not as stockes and stones suffer the spirite of Christ which is in vs to passe thorough vs insensibly without all effect of holinesse as water runneth through his pype but our continual diligence and indeuour is required let vs craue the continuance increase of Gods grace spirit in our hearts y t therby séeing the infirmity of our liues we may be able to purge our selues our bodies soules euē as he is pure and that we vse not the spring to purge the body think the fall good enough for the soule after the olde maner making Winter-worke of our saluation lest we be preuēted in an houre that we consume not the strength of our dayes vpon our selues the worlde and the deuill and bring to God our bleared eyes palsey handes which was forbidden to be offred in the Law Mala. 1. except we shall thinke it a sacrifice good enough for the Gospell but that taking nay redéeming the time because the dayes are euill we may shake off presumption and preuent desperation our deadly enimies and so disapoint the Deuil And albeit we cannot winne heauen by our merits who are the sonnes of him that lost paradize by his works the entrance whereof an Angell of anger did alwayes kéepe against him with a brandeshing sword yet séeing we are all the sonnes of God by faith heires annexed with Christ of eternal life through the spirit let vs contend thither by continual righteousnes holinesse of life as by y e way let vs neuer faint or giue ouer vntil we come to that place where only we shalbe perfect and without spot and where we shall sée him as he is that is moste glorious To whom with the Father and the holie Ghost thrée persons and one eternal euecliuing God be all honor glorie praise and power both now and euermore Amen Errata In the third page of A in the third verse of the text adde in him In the 14 page of A the last line breath for birth In the 15. 22. line adde saying Ibid. line 23. And for Yet In B. pag. 7. line 18. person for perish In B. 13. line 26 When for That Obiect Solutiō Gen. 25. 6. Psal. 49. 1● Mat. 6. 21. Psal. 49. Iosua 10. 13 Eccle. 9. Rom. 8. Obiect Solutiō Phil. 3. Colos. 5. 3 The Papists grosse error of transubstantiation Demer Act. 1. Heb. 6. Iames. ● Mat. 27. 46. Obiec Solut. Obiect Solutiō Gen. 3. 14.