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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

of sobs who before were full of scornes what drawes now teares from their eyes sorrow from their hearts and lamentation from their cheekes because they had been so rebellious against the Bishop of their soules so long but even reprehensio apostolica the Apostles due reproofe wherein he tells them Acts 2.23 that they had taken and crucifi●d and slaine the Lord of life this done and the reproofe being serv'd upon them thus Oh how penitent doe they appeare straightway when as before they had made their faces harder then a rocke how are they prick't in heart now who before had hearts of flint Yea ●cts 2.41 ô how gladly doe they receive the Bishops charge and directions too though before they were meere enemies to all grace and piety Certainely my brethren now the Bishops processe being thus serv'd upon them as we see and they readily appearing in the Court of conscience doe minde now nothing more than to make a conscience of their lives to come continuing as the Text saith stedfastly in the Apostles doctrine and fellowship and in breaking of bread and in prayer verse 42. The second Apparitour Secondly or the second Apparitor that our bishop useth over his flock whereby he summoneth them to appeare before him in the Court of conscience here is castigatio filiorum the chastisements which he sends his sons and whereby he makes them fit members of his mysticall body Thus was David summon'd to appeare at the Court of conscience and before too the great Bishop of his soule when there dyed even from Dan to Beersheba 2 Sam. 24.15 17. and that within the compasse of three dayes seventy thousand men for as we reade when the most bitter judgments of God were upon him and his people and when hee had used little conscience indeed in distrusting the arme of Heaven and trusting upon the arme of flesh and when he saw the Angel that smote the people then he cryed out and said peccavi I have sinned I have done wickedly but these sheep what have they done O let thine hand I pray thee saith he against be me and against my fathers house Here Gods chastisements wee see are an effectuall summons which brings David to appeare at the Court of Conscience and now what good use he makes thereof let the text be judge for he saith after the hand of God was upon him and after hee had made his appearance in the Court of conscience Psal 119.71 that it was good for him that he had beene in trouble that he might learne Gods statutes for before he was afflicted as he confesseth again he went wrong verse 6.7 but now he hath kept Gods word A second instance wee have in the children of Jsrael what I pray summons them to appeare before the Lord in Mizpeth and to come to the Court of conscience and to cry peccavi ● Sam. 7.6 Oh my brethren was it not digitus Dei was it not the finger of God was it not Gods chastisements on them when he suffered the Philistines to kill of them in battel about fourescore thousand men 2 Sam. 4.2 Yea in a word ●●ab 3.6 what made Ninevi that great City to appeare in sackcloth and ashes Shechaniah to be asham'd and blush Yea Daniel to cry wee have sinned Ezra 9.6 wee have done wickedly wee have committed iniquity and have rebell'd against thee unlesse it were castigationes afflictiones Dan. 9.5 Gods chastisements and scourge upon them which made them at length to give appearance in the Court of conscience and to returne unto the Shepheard and Bishop of their soules Lastly the last Apparitour that our Bishop useth for the good and comfort of his flock and which we call the great and generall Apparitour over all is vox tubae ultimae the sound of the last Trumpet Both Sea and Land shall heare its summons fully for to make their apparance at the great Court of the last judgment day according to the saying of our blessed Saviour to wit Behold I shew you a mystery we shall not all sleepe 1 Cor. 15.51 52. but we shall all be changed in a moment in the twinckling of an eye at the last Trump for the Trumpet shal sound and the dead shall be raised incorruptible and we shall be changed Ezek 37 5 6. Then shall Ezekiels dry bones hearing this sound and summons receave breath againe and sinewes and flesh and skin shall cover them and they shall live Then shal the graves yeeld up their dead and dust ashes shall then live again Rottennesse in decayed nature then shall receive strength and old aged mortality shall learne then to be come immortall The deafe also then at this summons shall have a quick eare and willing or nilling shall appeare at the great Court Thus all men my brethren upon this last summons shall give their attendance waiting the judgment of the great judge who in our Text here is called the Shepheard and Bishop of our soules And now to conclude in briefe and that we may make our selves ready for his second comming 1 Thes 5.23 I will make that prayer for us all which once Saint Paul made for the Thessalonians viz. now the very God of Peace sanctifie us wholly and I pray God our whole spirits and soules and bodies may be preserved blamelesse unto the comming of our Lord Jesus Christ unto judgment who as our Apostle tells us in the Text is the great Shepheard and Bishop of our soules FINIS PAge 6. line 19. for are read care p 6 l. 2 r. for strait r. stray p 11. l. 24. for this r thus p. 14. l. 12. for that r. the p. 15. l. 26. for should r. shouldst p. 19. l. 15. for actions r. action p. 24. l. 4. for prophane r. perchance p. 24. l 11. for babling r. bubling p. 38. l. 34. for saying r. sa th p. 39. l. 13. for this r. his

the holy and sacred Scriptures which if I may be so bold to use the phrase like faithfull suffraganes or surrogates are supporters and helpers to the Bishops flock For instance sake when any wounded conscience is terribly skared with the affright of sin then speak Christs suffraganes even the holy Scriptures viz. that we have an Advocate with the Father Iesus Christ the righteous and he is the propitiation for all our sins Rom 8.1 If again death and damnation tell us wee are damn'd then speake Christs suffraganes even the blessed Scriptures namely that there is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Iesus In a word when Sathan sets upon any within the jurisdiction of our Bishops See telling them they are but lost sheep and under the shaddow of death then speake Christs suffraganes even the supporters of his poore flocke that they are delivered from the power of darkenesse and translated into the kingdome of Gods deare Son Col. 1.13 Thirdly The third agent of comfort which our Bisho● useth in his Diocesse for to comfort his people withall is his register book or the third agent of comfort that our Bishop hath for to support aid and comfort his little flock the Church is Regestum his Register booke wherein heavens records are most purely kept and preserved and this Register book I hope without any offence either to the Bishop of our soules or else to any of his beloved sheepe of his blessed Pasture may be adjudged of us to be liber vitae the book of life Which Register book of our blessed Bishop that I may speak all in a word is extraordinarily helpfull and comfortable to the whole Diocesse I meane to all Christs Saints that are members of the same and that for these three reasons following 1. Because all Christs Lambs all his deare Saints all the sheepe of his Pasture yea all that love him and are labourers in his sacred Gospell have their names there recorded Phil 4.3 2. Because their names being once there entred they shal never be cancelled out they shall never be obli●erated but Christ will confesse them before his Father The fourth agent of comfort which Christ hath in his D●ocesse are his powerfull proctors v●z His sufferings and temptations which sollicits his Churches cause and before his Angels Rev. 3.5 3. Lastly because they shal be adjudged and because they shall have sentence past upon them by their soule-saving Bishop according to the records that are found therein Rev. 20.12 Fourthly or the fourth sort of comfortable agents that our Bishop hath for to speake for his Church and flock are procuratores are his powerfull Proctou●s which my brethren under him he being the grand Advocate of heaven and earth doe continually in the presence of his Father sollicite his Churches cause and these procuratores these powerfull Proctors are generally two viz. 1. Sanguis passiones his bloud and sufferings 2. Temptationes his Temptations which hee endured when he was on earth First I say againe the first Proctour that the Bishop of our soules the grand Advocate of heaven and earth The first proctour to sollicite Christs Churches cause is his sufferings hath for to sollicite his Churches cause in the presence of the eternall Father is sanguis passiones is his bloud and sufferings Oh his death and Passion my brethren is a powerfull pleader in the eares of the great Iudge yea their pleadings and sollicitations are so full of power and truth that they prevaile with the eternall Father to commiserate his oppressed Church and thereupon saith the blessed Spirit speaking of the efficacy of our Saviours bloud namely Heb. 12.24 that his bloud speaketh better things for us then that of Abel Yea and againe Heb. 9.13 14. If the bloud of Bulls and Goates and the ashes of an Heifer sprinkling the uncleane sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh ô how much more shall the bloud of Christ who through the eternall spirit offered himselfe without spot to God purge your consciences from dead workes to serve the living God The second proctour to sollicite Ch●ists Churches cause is his temptations Secondly or the second Proctour that the Bishop of our soules hath for to sollicite his Churches cause in the presence of the eternall Iudge is temptationes is his temptations that he endured for us when hee was on earth Oh my brethren as his wounds plead for us that we may be made whole as his stripes plead for us that wee may not bee beaten as his shame pleades for us that we may enjoy honour so his temptations plead for us that wee may not bee tempted above our strength but that we may have through his merits an happie issue out of all according to the saying of the sacred Spirit namely In that he himselfe hath suffered being tempted he is able to succour them that are tempted Heb. 2.18 Lastly or the last agents that our Bishop useth for the good of his Church and flocke The last agents of comfort for Christs diocesse are the Apparitours hee useth are Apparitores are his Apparitours whose office it is to summon all his flock to appeare before him either in the Court of conscience here where hee sits as chiefe or in the great Court of Heaven hereafter where he sits as Iudge And these Apparitors in the generall we finde to be three The three Apparitours which our Bishop useth for to summon al his Diocesse to appeare before him 1. Reprehensio Sanctorum the due reproofe of his Saints 2. Castigatio filiorum the chastisements he sends his sons 3. Vox tubae ultimae the sound of the last Trump The 2. first of these summon our Bishops flock to appeare before him in the Court of conscience here wherupon they make a conscience of their lives to come and the third which we may call Apparitor Apparitorum to wit the great and generall Apparitor of all namely vox tubae ultimae the sound of the last Trumpet summons them to appeare at the great Court of Heaven hereafter to heare then their judgment that shall last for ever First then againe I say the first Apparitor The first Apparitour that our Bishop useth to summon his flock that they may appeare before him in the Court of Conscience here where he sits as chiefe is reprehensio Sanctorum is the due reproofe of his Saints Witnesse that one example for all namely Acts 2.41 our Apostles three thousand soules who sometimes were ranke geerers of our Bishop and his Gospell too Oh my brethren for illustration hereof what I pray made those madde Cretians at the first to appeare such good Christians at the last what summoned them now to appeare in the Court of conscience and that before him whom they had contemn'd and scorn'd when before all their life time they made no conscience of what they did at all ver 12 13. What makes them to appeare now full