of merciless cruelty It is worth the noting that which Pliny reports of dogs Fidilissimi homini ante omnia sunt Canes equi Dogs and Horses are most loyal and loving unto man above all other Creatures Again Quod impetus eorum sevitia mitigatus ad homine concidente humi That their savageness and cruelty is mitigated when one doth fall to the ground But Lazarus humbled himself on the ground and lay in the dust yet this Rich man hath no pity on him he relieved him not Soli nomina sua canes norunt Dogs only of other sensible Creatures know their names I would all Christians would remember their names and what belongeth thereto how when they were incorporated into the Church they vowed to forsake the devil the world and the flesh Again Soli vocem domesticam agnoscu canis Dogs know the Voices of them that are in the house If one come at midnight and chastise them they will cease to bark they will know the housholders voice and them of the houshold I would men would learn to know Christ their housholder and the voice of the Prophets and Preachers of this houst old Again Scrutantur vestigiacanes They search the foot-paths of their Masters We will not follow the paths of righteousness nor tread in the foot-steps of our Master Christ although he hath said Learn of me and although the Apostle doth earnestly exhort us Be ye followers God as dear children Persequitur enimicum Canis A Dog chaseth an enemy but our enemy the Devil chaseth us See that Medicinable vertue that is in a Dogs tongue for it healeth and was comfortable to Lazarus Mans tongue cutteth and killeth Thy tongue saith David cutteth like a sharp Razor and the tongue that telleth lies slayeth the soul But now let us consider the third part which is the death of the Beggar It was so that the Beggar died Here is the Adage fulfilled More optima rapit deterrima relinquit Now must I speak of Tragical matters of Funerals and Obsequies of dissolution and death which is called by many Metaphors in the Holy Scriptures as sometimes Transitas ex hoc mundo ad Patrem a Passage or going out of this World to the Father Sometimes Dissolution so Paul calls it Cupio dissolvi esse cum Christo I desire to be loosed and to be with Christ Sometimes Lucrum Gain as in the Philippians Death is to me Advantage Sometimes Somnus a Sleep So Abraham and David slept with their Fathers Sometimes Sominantio a sowing it is sown a natural body it riseth again a spiritual body and it is thus desined Mors est separatio animam corpore requies a laboribus miseriis hujus seculâ— Death is a seperation of the soul from the body a rest and quietness from all Labours Pains and miseries of this wicked world But there are three kinds of death to wit Corporal Spiritual and Eternal The Corporal death of a natural separation of the soul from the body c. The Spiritual Death is twofold there is Mors Spiritualis piorum impiorum There is a spiritual Death of the Godly and of the Wicked The Spiritual death of the Godly Mors peccati mundi decitur It is to dye only unto sin and the world the Spiritual death of the ungodly Est mors fidei animae is the death of Faith and Righteousness and the soul which the ungodly taste of although they be yet living The Eternal death is Sempiterna infelicitas miseria quae secunda mors dicitur An everlasting unhappiness and misery when the soul is separated from God and the company of all Saints which is called the second death Moritur ergo homo temporaliter moritur spiritualiter utiliter moritur spiritualiter damnabiliter Man may therefore taste of three deaths First Corporal Secondly Spiritual and Profitable Thirdly Spiritual and Damnable Primum Christus suscipit secundum docuit tertiam demavit The first is a Temporal Death that Christ did suffer himself Non qui noluit sed quia voluit mortuus est Christus Not because he wanted power to withstand Death but because he would dye willingly and offer a Sacrifice for the whole world that do believe in him The second that is the Spiritual profitable Death to dye unto sin and the world he taught by his own Example Ye are Dead with Christ The third that is the spiritual Everlasting Death he shall give unto the Reprobate in the Day of Iudgement Go ye cursed into Hell fire prepared for the Devil and his Angels But in the Death of the Beggar First we noted what became of his Soul It was carried by Angels into Abraham's Bosom Whereby we Learn the Immortality of the Soul Pithagoras was the first among the Grecians That Taught the Soul was immortal The Philosophers also and Heathen Poets do prove the Immortality of the Soul Credit enim retro de terra quod fuit ante In terram sed quod missum est ex aetheris oris Id rursum Coeli fusgentia templa receptant The part of man that was made of Earth went to Earth and that part as came from Heaven went to Heaven again But leaving these we prove by Scripture the immortality of the Soul Man was made a living soul Therefore the soul is Immortal And here in the Text Lazarus being Dead His soul was carried into Abraham's bosom Here therefore is the damnable Opinion of the Atheists overthrown For if they deny God they must also deny that they have souls and so consequently that they are not men But St. John teacheth them That all things were made by the Word of God and without it nothing was made Therefore if they are made they are made by the Word of God and if a Reasonable Soul which do acknowledge and Believe in the Creator Anima est primum principium vita perse subsistans incorporea ac incorruptibilis The soul is the first beginning of life subsisting of it self incorporeal and incorruptible St. Austin Anama est spiritus est substantia incorporea corporis sui vita sensibilis invisibilis rationalis immortalis The soul of Man is a spiritual or incorporeal substance sensible invisible reasonable immortal For as he also saith Solum homo habet onimam rationalem Only man with an immortal soul Lazarus soul was carried into Abraham's bosom which is a quiet haven which the Faithful have gotten by the troublesom Navigation of this life that is the Kingdom of Heaven There is Duplex Regnum Gratia Gloriae There are two Kingdoms the one of Grace the other of Glory Here therefore we note that the Souls of the Elect being seperated from their Bodies are presently in Ioys and are carried into Abrahams Bosome so called because it belongeth only to the Faithful Well then Lazarus soul went to Heaven and Christ said to the Thief on the Cross This Day shalt thou be with me in Paradise Not to Morrow or next year but
DIVES AND LAZARUS Dives and Lazarus or rather Devilish DIVE Delivered in a Sermon at Paul's Cross by R. J. Preacher of the Word c. DIVES AND LAZARUS Or Rather Devilish DIVES Delivered in a Sermon at Paul's Cross by R. J. Preacher of the Word Very necessary for these Times and Purposes published for the greater comfort of those that taste the bitterness of Affliction Mat. 5.3 Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven The One and twentieth Edition LONDON Printed for W. Thackeray at the sign of the Angel in Duck Lane 1677. Dives and Lazarus Or Rather Devilish DIVES Luke 16. Verse 19 c. There was a certain Rich man cloathed in Purple and fine Silk and fared well and deliciously every day 20. Also there was a certain Begger named Lazarus which lay at his gate full of sores 21. And desired to be refreshed with the Crumbs that fell from this Rich mans Table Yea the Dogs came and licked his sores 22. And it was so that the Begger dyed and was carried by the Angels into Abrahams Bosom the rich man also died and was buried 23. And being in Hell torments he lift up his eyes and saw Abraham a far off and Lazarus in his bosom c. THese words Right Honourable Right Worshipful and beloved have relation unto the precedent verses in this Chapter wherein our Saviour Christ from the thirteenth Verse to the seventeenth reproveth the Covetousness of the Pharisees by shewing unto them that no man can serve two Masters that is God and Riches All these things heard the Pharisees which were covetous and they mocked him Whereupon he aptly and fitly taketh occasion to relate this Parable of this Rich man and Lazarus Hearken and I will speak of a great Rich Man that flourished here on Earth in all Pomp and Abundance that shined in courtly Purple Robes that was cloathed in Bussus and fine Silk and fared deliciously that was iodged softly that lived pleasantly But understand what became of this Rich man His years being expired and his days numbred and his time determined he was invited to the fatal banquet of black ugly Death that maketh all men Subject to the Rigour of his Low his Body was honourably buried in respect of his much Wealth but what become of his Sould That was carried from his Body to dwell with the Devil from his Purple Robes to burning Flames from his soft Silk and white Byssus to cruel Pains in black Abyssus from his Palace here on earth to the Palace of Pluto in Hell from Paradise to a Dungeon from pleasures to pains from joy to torment and that by hellish means damned spirits into the Infernal Lake of Bottomless Barathrum where is woe woe As alas Where is weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth Mat. 25. The wicked shall be turned into Hell and all the People that forget God Psal 6. Hearken also of a certain Poor Begger cloathed in Rags with miseries pained pained with griefs grieved with sores sorely tormented unmercifully condemned lying at this Rich man's Gate desiring to be refreshed but with the crumbs that fell from the Rich man's Table the Dogs had more pity than this Rich man on this distressed creature for they came to visit him they come to comfort him they came and licked his sores Well! his time being also determined he went the way of all flesh and death was the finisher of all his miseries and griefs Vita assumsit mortem ut mors vitam acciperet He dyâ—d once to live for ever And what became of his Soul It was carried from his Body to his Master from a House of Clay to a House not made with hands from a Wilderness to a Paradise from an earthly Prison to a Heavenly Palate from the Rich man's Gate to the City of the Great God from pains to Pleasures from Miseries to Ioys from A clam's Corruption to Abraham's bosom I was carried by Angels into the Quires of Angels to have his being and moving in the very moving Heavens with God himself Vbi vita victus copia gloria salus pax eternitas bona omnia Where is life and food and abundance and glory and health and peace and eternity and all good things All above all that either can be wished or desired And this is the Subject that I am to speak of in your presence Sed quid primum What shall I say first Let it please you to consider the argument of this Scripture which is twofold 1. Our Soviour Christ hereby adviseth all rich men to be merciful to their poor Brethren in this life lest they find no mercy in the life to come 2. He doth comfort all poor men that although they are afflicted in this life with great miseries and calamities yet they shall be comforted in the life to come and rest in Abrahams bosom The parts of Scripture are four 1. The life of the rich man in these words There was a certain rich man cloathed in Purple and fine silk and fared deliciously every day 2. The life of the begger in these words Also there was a certain Begger named Lazarus which was laid at his Gate full of sores c. 3. The Death of the Begger in these words And it was so that the Begger dyed and was carried c. 4. The Death of the Rich man The Rich man also died and was buried In the first part I note these three Circumstances 1. What this Rich man was and whether there were any such man or no. 2. What his Apparel was not mean nor ordinary but Purple and fine Silk 3. That his dyet was not base nor homely but delicious and not once nor twice but every day In the life of the Begger I find four Circumstances 1. Where he lived in no Palace or house but at the Rich Man's Gate 2. How he lived neither in Health nor Wealth but miserable full of Sores 3. That he desired in this life not Lordships or houses or land or gold or silver but Crumbs to save his life 4. Who shewed the Begger kindness in his life not the rich man but the rich mans dogs The Dogs came also and licked his sores In the Death of the Begger I note these three Circumstances 1. What became of his Body being dead No mention hereof is made in holy scriptures It may be buried with little or no respect because he was a poor man or else cast into some ditch by reason of his sores 2. What became of his soul It went not out to Purgatory for there is no such place but it was carried into Abraham's bosom 3. By whom By Angels it was carried by Angels into Abraham's bosom In the Death of the Rich man I note these two Circumstances 1. What became of his Body being dead It was honourably buried because of his great substance 2. What became of his Soul It went to Hell He being in Hell Torments lift
hath no sin for he is all sin it self Besides it hath an especial affect for it doth as Gregory saith generate Lust Therefore it is well noted that it is Amissio temporis naufragium castitatis ruina corporis the loss of time the ship-wrack of honesty and the ruine of the body To be short it was glutony that caused our parents to transgress It was gluttony that caused Lot to commit incest It was gluttony that caused Esau to sell his birth-right It was gluttony and drunkenness that caused Nabal's death It was glutony that lost Belthasar's Kingdom Be not thou desirous of dainty Meats saith Solomon for he that loveth banquetting shall be poor and he that delighteth in Wine shall not be rich Also here I cannot but commend the temperate dyet of our well-fed Monks O Monachi vestri stomachi sunt amphora Bacchi Monks Bellies are Bacchus 's Barrels Like unto their Country-man Alpicius a Roman famous for his gluttony The Righteous eat and are satisfied but the belly of the ungodly hath never enough Prov. 13. There are therefore two kinds of eating Moderate as that of John the Baptist and that of Elias David and Daniel Immoderate as this of the Rich man which fared deliciously And so let us a while leave this Rich man and consider the second which is the Life of the Begger There was also a certain Begger named Lazarus c. Poor Lazarus what lying at a Gate and full of sores too Would not this Rich man afford thee some out-house to lye in to shroud thee from storms and tempests no! would not his servants pity thee no! would not his Children speak for thee no! would not his wife intreat her husband for thee no! hadst thou ever done them any wrong no! but Lazarus it may be thou art stout and oftentimes beggers will be chusers thou perhaps wouldest have some great Alms or some Copihold some Farm of this Rich man no! or thou wouldest have some delicate Meat no! many dishes no! or wouldest sit at the Table with his sons and servants no no! what is it then that thou dost desire Nothing but crumbs to refresh my Soul nothing but Crumbs to save my Life nothing but Crumbs Crumbs that fall from the Rich mans Table I know that he fareth plentifully and that he may well spare them What shall I say of the hardness of this truel rich mans heart let me speak for Lazarus unto this rich man yet I shall but asinam comere get nothing of this hard fellow I have a Message unto thee O thou rich man from the great God of Heaven and he doth desire thee that thou respect the Begger that lyeth at thy gate pained with sores pained with grief and even starved through hunger and I beséech thee in Gods stead that thou have pity on this Begger as God shall have pity mercy and compassion on thee and look what thou layest out it shall be payed thee again But he answered I warrant you he is some runnagate Rogue and so long as he can be maintained by such easie means he will never take any other trade upon him nay but good sir let it please you only to behold this poor creature which suppose it were granted and he coming to the Gate where this wretched object lay seeing him bewrayed with sores betattered with Rags and the dogs licking him stoping his nose with a squeamish face and disdainful look began to say unto him I see thou art some lewd fellow that such miseries happen unto thee and such plagues come upon thee it is not for thy goodness or righteousness that these afflictions light on thee But he replyed O good Master some Comfort good Master some relief good Master some crumbs to save my life I shall dye else and starve at your gate good Master I beseech you for Gods sake I beseech you for Christs sake take some pity some compassion some mercy on me But he with an angry look disdaining Lazarus said Away hence thou idle Rogue not a Penny not a Morsel not a crumb of Bread and so stoping his nose from the seent and his ears from the cry of Lazarus returned unto his Palace And this poor man's Throat being dry with crying his Heart fainted for want of comfort his tongue cleaving to the roof of his mouth being worn out with fastings and miseries starved at the Rich mans Gate Now must I speak for dead Lazarus against this rich man Nam si hi tacuissent nonne lapides clamabunt If I should hold my peace the very stones would cry O thou rich miser and more than cruel wretch Lazarus is dead he is dead at thy gate and his blood shall be upon thee thou shewedst no mercy unto him no mercy shall be shewed to thee thou stopedst thy ears unto his cry thou shalt cry and not be heard It is inhumane wickedness to have no compassion on distressed Lazarus but most of all to let him starve at thy gate for want of food what did he desire of thee but only crumbs to save his life Is it not a small thing I pray thee that thou having abundance of meat should see him starve for bread that thou flourishing in purple and silk would see Lazarus lye in rags that thou séeing even thy dogs have pity on him thou wouldst have no pity upon him thy self What eyes hadst thou that wouldst not see his Sores What ears hadst thou that thou wouldst not hear his cry What hands hadst thou that would not be stretched out to give What heart hadst thou that would not melt in thy Body What soul hadst thou that would not pity his silly soul this wretched Body poor Lazarus If the stones could speak they would cry fie upon thee If thy Gods could speak they would condemn thee of unmercifulness If dead Lazarus were here his Sores would bleed afresh before thy face and cry in thine ears that thou art guilty guilty of his blood and that thy sin is more than can be pardoned Why should I not tell thee the Portion that is prepared for thee This shall be thy Portion to drink Let thy days be few and let another take thine office let thy children be fatherless and thy wife a widow let thy children be vagabonds and beg their Bread let them seek it also out of desolate places let the Extortioner consume all that thou hast and let the Stranger spoil thy Labour Let there be no man to pity thee nor to have Compassion on thy fatherless Children Let thy Memorial be clean forgotten and in the next Generation let thy name be clean put out Let him be an accursed example to all the world let him be cursed in the City and cursed in the field let him be cursed when he goeth out and when he cometh in let him be cursed when he lyeth down and when he riseth up let all Creatures and the Creator himself forsake him Angels reject him Heavens frown at him Earth open
this day Therefore the souls of the Elect being seperated from their Bodies are in joy and rest As also on the other side the soul of the rich man and the damned after they be separated from their bodies are in hell torments And thus much concerning the place whither Lazarus soul was carried being dead namely into Abraham's bosome Lastly we noted by whom by Angels It was carried by Angels into Abraham's bosome An Angel doth signifie a Messenger according to the Etemology of the word and this Name is Proper to them in respect of their Offices But they are refined otherwise Namely to be Ministring Spirits created to the Glory of God and Benefit of his Church and there are nine orders of Angels as Divines do write and as we gather out of Scripture 1. The first are they that we call Seraphims Qui semper Dei amore ardens who always burn with the love of God they glister and shine in brightness and their office is Bonitatem Dei confederare to meditate on the goodness of God 2. The second are Cherubims Qui priucipaliter relucent divini numinis radio who principally do give a reflex of the brightness of God and they do Virtutes Dei considerare consider the vertues and quality of God 3. The third order are Throni a regal seat and their Office is Assistere Dei Throno to stand about the Throne of God 4. The fourth are Dominationis Dominions and they do Instruers in spirituale bello instruct and direct men in the spiritual combate that is between the flesh and the spirit 5. The fifth are Principatus Principalities and they do Principes regere homines decere Guide Princes and teach every one to reverence men in their place and calling 6. The sixth are Potestates Powers and they do Potestatem daemonum coercere restrain the Powers of the Devil 7. The seventh are Virtutes Vertues and they do Miraculi operari work Miracles 8. The eighth are Archangels Qui summae nunciant who declare wonderful things 9. The last order are Angels Sed hominibus magis propinqui more near to Men in Office and they do Homines ad divinam cognitionem docere teach men the Knowledge of heavenly things Behold I will send my Angel which shall go before thee and keep thee in the way Exod. 2.3 He shall give his Angels charge over thee that thou dash not thy foot against a stone Psal 92. Angels do instruct the ignorant So the Angel did teach Joseph to flye into Aegypt from Herods cruelty Angels do attend the souls of the Faithful being seperated from their Bodies and carry them into everlasting joy and rest as is manifest in this place We see therefore the tender care and Love of God which hath three properties sweetness wisdom and strength He loves us sweetly in that he took on him our flesh He loved us in his wisdom in that he prevented the blame that should light on us He loved us by his strength when as he endured the bitter gangs of death for our sakes Therefore he shall be called Amicus dulcis Consiliarius prudens adjutor fortis A sweet friend a wise counsellour and a strong helper and so let us consider the fourth and last part which is the death of the Rich-man The Rich man died also c. Here we may see that Death is the way of all flesh Death shaketh Cedar and Shrub death calleth away the Rich-man from his pleasure and Lazarus from his pain and all must obey when death calleth It is not the Majesty of a Prince nor Holiness of a Priest strength of Body feature of Face Wisdom Beauty Riches Honour nor any such secular Regard can plead against death or Priviledge a man from the Grave Statutum est omnibus semel mori The Decree is out all must die once All must taste of this distastful Cup of Death Let us know then that the pale Horse and he that sitteth thereon whose name is death comes running on towards us all that is within us and without us are remembrances of death The Sun rising in the East and setting in the West sheweth our rising and falling our coming in and going out of this World All cry unto us we must away we must hence as Christ said My Kingdom is not of this world Death is a seperation of the soul from the body the Husband seperated from the wife of his youth the Father seperated from his Children whom he dearly loved the Children from their Parents the Master from his Servant and the Servant from his Master thus Parents and Friends and all must part The first Circumstance of the Rich-man is to know what became of his body It was Honourably Buried But here we see that honourable burial doth not profit the Damned soul Tares are sown as well as Wheat all times yet the one grows up for the fire the other for the Barn Gather the Tares in bundles and burn them but gather the Wheat into my Barn Mat. 13.30 But let us lastly consider what became of his Soul And being in Hell torments c. But because none can so well relate miseries and none can describe the Torments of Hell so well as he that hath felt the same let the rich man himself speak and let us hear him what he saith he being in Hell Torments he thus beginneth O wretch that I am why did I suffer Lazarus to starve at my Gate for which I am shut in the Gates of Hell Why did I not give Lazarus a Crumb of Bread for which I cannot have here now one Drop of Water to cool my Tongue Why did I shew Lazarus no mercy on Earth for which no mercy is shewed to me in hell What shall I do for I am tormented in this flame I will cry unto Abraham Abraham have mercy on me and send Lazarus that he may dip the top of his Finger in Water to cool my tongue I am tormented here Abraham I am torn in pieces here Abraham I am plagued and continually pained here Abraham here my purple Raiment is flames of fire my light is darkness my day night my companions are devils O how they hale me O how they pull me Oh how they vex and torment me Here my feet are scorched my hands are seared my heart is wounded my eyes are blinded my ears are dulled my sences confounded my tongue is hot it is very hot send Lazarus therefore Abraham with a Drop of Water to comfort me one Drop good Abraham one Drop of Water But Abraham answered him Thou damned wretch once thou didst disdain Lazarus once thou didst refuse Lazarus once thou didst scorn Lazarus now Lazarus shall disdain refuse and scorn thee once thou stopped thine ears from the cry of Lazarus now he stops his ears from thy cry once thou turnedst away thy face from Lazarus now he turneth away his Face from thee once thou deniedst crumbs to Lazarus now he denyeth water to thee not a spoonful not