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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04261	Hierons last fare-vvell A sermon preached at Modbury in Devon, at the funerall of that reuerend and faithfull seruant of Iesus Christ, Master Samuel Hieron, sometimes Preacher there. By I. B.	Barlow, John, b. 1580 or 81.	1618 (1618)	STC 1438; ESTC S114789	24,463	42

that is wise imagine that corruption will not sprawle like Esau kicke with the heele and cuffe vs on the face as the High Priest bid Paul and is it possible to liue in Meshek and Kedar and not to bee opposed breathe in the Ayre and feed on the Creatures and not to be mortall Away then with this fond conceit for they that thus erre in vanitie vanitie shall bee their change These Sleepers Crowne shall like Sauls Speare be stolne from them their best hopes shall make them one day ashamed their candle must bee put out their house like the Spyders Web perish for hee that doth not ouercome shall not be crowned Heauen suffereth violence and the violent take it by force Vse 3 And in the third place I might soundly lesson such that haue no care at all to bee acquainted with their Enemies or that thinke all the World is at peace with them or that like a Child being offended casteth downe his weapons as it doth all things in the hand Fye what a multitude of these haue wee of whom we may say that they are like Laish a lazie people some haue the eye of the minde put out and like Saul at his Conuersion goe they know not whither others like Mephibosheth and Adonibezech are lame both of feete and fingers some as Samson when they bee to fight want their weapons and so like puling boyes put the finger in the eye and fall a weeping Alasse alasse how many take Caine for his Keeper the Wolfe for the Sheepe and in stead of the true Shepheard an Hireling They beleeue euery report giue credit to each person and so like the foolish Birds be insnared Satan leadeth some blind-folded as the Prophet did the people vnto Samaria vnto the land of darknesse before their eyes bee opened and their Enemies be discerned only heares the dissimilitude the one found fauour the other shall not be freed Vse 4 And seeing that the Fighters bee faithfull and the faithfull Fighters it may make much for the comfort of such as haue opposition within them or without them for truly this is a sure signe that thou art a Souldier Doest thou imagine that a man can bee broke out of Satans Gaole and he not make hue and cry after him shall the Sinner be put into the endlesse Riuer of Gods running Mercies and shall not the Deuill angle for him Will not the Prince awake when the Subiects are at warre with him And therefore the more that thou art tempted by the Deuill the more cause thou hast to gather comfort for after remission of sinne is placed Lead vs not into temptation Againe doth the World hate thee count thee with Paul a Play-sellow runne with Caine and seeke to kill thee Why know shee loueth her owne cryeth peace vnto them shee affecteth and alwayes lulleth them in her soft and lined lap God would haue a wicked one in the Arke that the Church and Truth might neuer be without opposition Christ hath said that in the World wee shall haue many persecutions the Seruant is not greater then his Master and if they haue done this to a greene Tree alwayes fruitfull what will they doe to a dry that is barren and seldome beareth Therefore neuer bee daunted Satans seede will sting although it cannot kill it will be like Dan and the Adder biting vs by the heele but be thou of good comfort The elder shall serue the younger for Christ hath ouer-come the World And what if we finde a strange change in our selues causing vs cry with Rebeccah when the Twins stroue in her wombe Why am I thus or with Ieremiah Is any mans sorrow like to my sorrow Or with Manoah We shall die for haue we not seene the Lord Yet all this is ground of great ioy matter of exceeding mirth for saluation is come vnto thy house I know that young Conuerts in the pangs of regeneration wonder to see such an alteration in themselues imagining that neuer any person hath found comfort in that condition But vse thou the meanes and thy feare shall be expelled thy spirit healed thy corruption weakned and thou at the last shalt either be able to say with Dauid Now Soule returne vnto thy rest or else with Paul at the last thou shalt heare that pleasant and still voice rowning thee in the eare My grace is sufficient for thee for my power is made manifest in weaknesse And be thou assured vntill Satan rage the Flesh pricke the World persecute and Death terrifie thou wast neuer a Christian Souldier entred into the lists of the fight and in possibilitie of heauen For they that are of the Lambs part are called and faithfull and chosen and therefore must vnder-goe in some degree what the Fore-runner and Finisher of their Faith hath suffered Let Satan tempt me corruption like a body lade me the World deride me Death looke grim vpon me Then will I say I either am or shall be a Christian Souldier Vse 5 The fift vse is for our instruction that before we beginne the Battaile for this is Christs counsaile wee would cast vp our accounts and consider of our abilitie lest we seeming to beginne in the Spirit end in the Flesh Wee must take heede that wee doe not rush into the battaile without mature deliberation but well weigh with whom and about what we haue to deale Many haue seemed resolute at the first that haue runne away at the last and so all their labour hath beene lost Young Christians are like young Souldiers strike hard for awhile lay on lode and anon retyre We see in experience that some Gallants standing on the shore and seeing a ship vnder sayle the flags spred hearing the allarum of the Drum sound of the Trumpet and report of the Peeces lanch out valiantly But when they through the smell of the Pumpe or tempest and stormes of the Sea haue beene tossed to and fro tumbled out of their Cabbin and Sea-sicke exceedingly vow that if they once come to land they will be for euer after wiser And the very same for want of consideration befalleth many that beginne this spirituall combat We must beginne the battell as men goe into the water to bathe not too hot nor too cold for extremes in all things are full of danger Vse 1 And last of all seeing that the faithfull are fighters we must labour for what may further vs in this combat and to cast off what might hinder vs in winning the field wee must take to vs the whole Armour of God Our loynes must be girded about with Verity the plate of Iustice vpon our brests the Gospell of peace must couer our feete aboue all we must take the shield of Faith the helmet of Hope and the sword of the Spirit Who will run into the battell vnarmed What man is so mad but will haue his weapons with him else would wee not count such a person desperate Put on therefore

the complete Armour of the Lord And pray all manner of prayer for prayer like oyle and exercise keepeth the furniture and weapons from rusting And take these rules for thy further direction 1. First know thou thy particular place and standing learne in what part of the battell thou art to war vnder thy Captayne nothing sooner loseth the field but when men presume aboue their place and abilitie Some will command that are to be cōmanded Others march in the Fore-front that should be in the Reareward A third runneth with a Musket that should only kindle the match and so brings confusion if not death and destruction That may truely be said of the people that sometimes the people themselues vttered You take too much vpon you you Moses and Aaron For almost all will either bee Captaynes or Coronels or they will none of the Crowne recoile like an ouercharged Cannon and not fight one stroke in the combat 2. Againe he that will so fight as he may not beate the ayre but winne the field must get strength and courage we must be strong in the Lord and the power of his might How often doth Dauid pray for the Spirit of life and power How doth he presse it vpon others Be strong c For to what end is it to haue weapons to know his standing if he want strength to wield them and wound the Aduersary Weakenesse must be remoued or willingnesse will bee to no purpose Wee must striue therefore for the Spirit of power as well as for a sound minde Knowledge may guide vs but strength must support our selues and wound others 3. Besides we must endeuour also for wisedome it was Christs charge Be wise c. Wisedome must not be forgotten Paul an old beaten Souldier cryes often out Walke wisely Be filled with all wisedome and spirituall vnderstanding Want of skill is a great want in a man of any calling and much to be desired in this for our Aduersaries are very politike and so must we be if wee would preuaile Put a sword into a mans hand that hath will without skill and he will either smite flat-way or wound his friend for his aduersary Therefore I say Get wisedome get vnderstanding for when these enter into thy heart they shall preserue thee Paul was admirable in this reade but the Acts and you shall see hee killed more by policy then prowesse yet like Simeon and Leui these must goe together to slay our Sychemites 4. Furthermore we are to cast off what will hinder as to put on what will helpe We must put off sinne that hangeth on so close and all other impediments Hee that warreth intangleth not himselfe with the things of this life that he may please his Master Loue of earthly things out of vs and corruption cherished within vs may not be suffred to a resolute spirituall Souldier As GOD would not haue faint-hearted persons to fight no more can he endure such whose affections are at home with wife goods c. when his person is in the field 5. These will faint and cause others by their cowardly examples to faint also And thus beloued when you know your owne Station keep it be not like Iudes Planets wandring Christian Souldiers should not neede like spirits to be coniured in their Circles Put on the right armour Dauid cannot walke in Sauls he must not ouer-come with such carnall weapons no no they must be spirituall that will wound and kill our Goliah the Philistim and when thou hast done this labour for skill striue for strength for the one would fight but without the other cannot the other can and will but if he be not guided hurt will follow Doct. 4 The next point to be noted is That a Christians fight is a good fight I may say of it as Salomon speaketh of wisedome The merchandize thereof is better then siluer and the gaine thereof greater then gold It is more precious then pearles and all things that thou canst desire are not to be compared vnto it Harken what testimony this old beaten Souldier still giueth of it It was prophesied of Timothy that he should fight a good fight And he like a grand Captayne or great Commander chargeth him to fight this good fight of faith in these his words the same thing is meant And what saith the Campe elsewhere I will goe and returne to my first Captayne for when I fought vnder his Banner it was better with me then now Dauid or some other worthy Warrior disputed the case it seemeth whether it was better to fight the battailes of the World or of the Lord But at the length he makes this resolute conclusion It s good for me to draw neere vnto God Truly Beloued it neuer goeth so well with a Christian Souldier as when he is taking of the Lambs part warring against the Dragon his followers and manfully fighting the battailes of his Lord. And it may be called good either in respect of the fight or the effects that follow the very act or the consequents that succeede and ensue the combat being ended For first Did not Elohim who created all things of nothing garnished the heauens framed the crooked Serpent gathereth the windes into his fist spanneth the great Globe with his hand and that saith to the proud waues Hither shalt thou come and no farther appoint the same And how can this God doe any thing that is not good If he appoint the field we need not to feare but it is a lawfull and good fight 2. Againe who is the Lord Generall and Leader of this Armie Is it not Christ Iesus God-Man Wee may say of him and more too as the people did of Dauid that he is worth a thousand thousand of vs all Who euer vnderstood this but with admiration Surely he neuer sinned yet fought this fight therefore it cannot but be good and very good 3. The Spirit also doth summon these Souldiers and conducteth them into the field hee leadeth into euery truth for he is Truth it selfe And what comfort may this yeeld euery Christian Souldier that he hath such a Guider and Conducter vnto the combat 4. The new man and first-borne the part regenerate is the Fighter These are all of the free-womans seede and haue the marke of Christ their Captayne in their fore-heads and these Souldiers cannot sinne 5. The weapons for this combat prepared and appointed they are not carnall but spirituall mightie from God and able to ouer-throw the strongest holds of Satan either within vs or without vs. These weapons are like the sword of Saul and bow of Ionathan that neuer returned emptie hee that strikes with these alwayes kils his foe and wins the field 6. And last of all is it not for their owne right that they thus warre I remember what Iphtah said to the King of the children of Ammon Wouldest not thou possesse that which