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A19279	The true and perfect copie of a godly sermon preached in the minister at Lincolne, by the reuerend father in God, Thomas L. Bishop of Lincolne the .28. of August. Anno. 1575.	Cooper, Thomas, 1517?-1594.	1575 (1575)	STC 5691; ESTC S111168	25,439	76

take some bye path that shal lead vs to eternall perdition This light of Gods worde we may not carie in our mouthes nor set on our heades nor hange on our girdles but we must carie it in our hands that is it must appeare in our liues and shew it selfe in our workes and doings according to that Christ saith Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good vvorkes and glorifie your father that is in heauen And surely if we haue the right vse to féede the lampe it will vndoubtedly burne and with faire light shew it selfe that is if through Gods good spirit working in vs by his holy worde we come in a right and true faith in the promises of God certeinly it will shine in our life and with great brightnesse set foorth the glorie of god This oile because the holy virgines lacked had not in readinesse when the Lorde came sodainely in the night the doore of eternal life was shut against them they excluded vnto perpetuall darkenesse where is wéepinge and gnashinge of téeth We ought therefore according to the direction of this true light euery man carefully to walke in his calling and as good and diligent seruants with al obedience doing those things that the Lorde hath appointed as to looke for his comming because as is before declared he wil come sodainely at that houre that we thinke not we must be ready to open whensoeuer he knocketh He knocketh by the preaching of his holy worde and calling to repentance he knocketh by signes and tokens from heauen he knocketh by troubles and afflictions he knocketh by sickenesse lastly of al he knocketh by death Whensoeuer he knocketh to come in and dwel in our hearts if we open not it is dangerous but if we open not when he knocketh lastly by sicknesse and death vndoubtedly he then passeth from vs for euer and leaueth vs as the possession of Satan to eternal fire prepared for him his Angels But it is exceding perilus to defer y opening of y gates of our hearts vntil that y last pinch for litle know we whether God will suffer vs then to be hable to open séeing we haue so often before either negligently or stubburnly and obstinately refused to open whē he hath by al louing meanes tenderly and mercifully called and knocked to come in Our last preparation is to pray Uigilate saith Christ orate VVatche and pray least you enter into tentation The worlde is flattering the fleshe is fraile the deuil readie and continually As a roaring lyon going about seeking vvhom to deuoure Séeing then our enemies be so strong and we so weake féeble it behoueth vs continually to cal for helpe where it is to be had But euerie good thing and euerie gratious gift commeth from aboue from the father of lightes This father of lights is y eternal God y father of our Lorde Jesus Christ of this father therefore we must by most earnest and continual prayer desire assistance and the strength of his holy spirit to helpe vs that we be not caried away from the carefull cogitation of our dueties by the allurements of the deuil the flesh and the worlde Woorthely saith that good father and Martyr Ciprian Incumb amus gemitibus assiduis c. Let vs be earnest vvith continual gronings and often prayers for those are the heauenly armour that make vs to stand strongly valiantly to cōtinew those are the spiritual weapons that do defend saue vs. And againe Let vs aske vve shal receiue and if there shal be any delay or tarying because vve haue grieuously offended let vs knocke and the doore of Gods mercifull goodnesse shal be opened especially if vve knocke at the doore vvith prayers groninges and bitter teares vvherein also vve must abide and continvve Let vs therfore continually lifte vp the handes and armes of our harts vnto God as Moses did his armes in the battaile betwéene Israel and the Amalachites and then in that strong battaile that is within vs betwéene the spirit and the fleshe vndoubtedly the spirit shall vanquish ouercome but if we faynt and holde downe our handes surely our enemies wil wa● euery day stronger then other and so at the last giue vs the ouerthrowe Let vs not fainte therefore but praye continually vnto God in the name of Christ Jesu our lord Thus if we doe as men wel prepared we shal abyde warily watchefully and constantly lookinge for the last comming of our good Lorde and Christ to iudgement And then he that commeth to the wicked as a dreadful and terrible iudge shall come to vs as a bountifuf Sauiour and redéemer as in whose merite and Passion we haue alway put our whole trust and confidence though that daye be to the wicked so terrible as before I haue descriued yet it shal be to vs the daye of our chiefest ioye and comfort and therefore our Sauiour Christ willeth vs when the signe● of that day be●come to lift vp our heades because our redemption is at hand For then we shal not onely be deliuered from all those afflictions troubles dangers which in the continuance of this fraile world we haue suffered but also we shall be by him adiudged to the fruition and enioying of that heritage whiche he hath purchased for vs by his bloud wherefore the greater that the maiestie of his comminge is the greater confirmation shall it be to our fayth For therin we shal both acknowledge the trueth of his worde who long before hath tolde vs it shoulde be so and also we shall euidently sée that he is that mightie Lorde and God that according to his promise is able to performe all that he hath sayde and vtterly to vanquish subdue and treade vnder foote all these powers whatsoeuer that are enemies to his electe and chosen flocke The worlde they sée destroyed before them death ended and consumed sinne confounded Satan and all his powers euen at the last cast and looking presently to be throwen into that lake of fire that is prepared for him and for his angels Whē we haue then nothing to feare howe should we not be in moste perfite ioy All those things bréed comfort to the godly that cause terrour to other Though the examination account be verie streight though Satan shall lay before vs the booke of our own consciences to accuse vs we shal easily disburdē our selues by acknowledging the things and by cōfessing that there is in our selues no iustice in confidence when we dare that day stand in iudgement and that oure whole trust and confidence is in the innocent death of that immaculate Lambe that dyed to take away the sinnes of the whole worlde and for assurance thereof we shall shewe acquittances of his most blessed promises and vpon them with the hande of our fayth lay sure hold For he hath sayde God sent not his sonne into the vvorlde to iudge the vvorld but that the vvorlde shoulde be saued by him He that beleeueth in him is not iudged And agayne So God loued the vvorld that he gaue his only begotten sonne that vvho so euer doth beleeue on him should not perishe but haue lyfe euerlasting And agayne He that heareth my vvorde and beleeueth in him that sent me hath life euerlasting and commeth not into iudgement but passeth from death to life And if Satan shall lay any false thing vnto vs or charge vs with the weaknesse of our fayth to oure vnestimable comfort we shall sée on our right hande as it were the fruites of our faith shewed in christian charitie which the iudge him selfe shall not onely testifie to be done but acknowledge them to be done vnto him selfe by saying I vvas hungry and ye gaue me to eate I vvas thirstie and ye gaue me to drinke I vvas a stranger and you interteyned me c. So often as you did one of these things to the smallest of your brethren I acknovvledge it to be done vnto my selfe And therefore we shall ioyfully looke for that blessed and comfortable sentence Come ye blessed of my father and enter into the kingdom that is prepared for you before the beginning of the vvorlde there shall we still beholde as Basile sayth the numbers of Angels the assembly of our first Fathers the seates of the Apostles the thrones of the Prophetes the scepters of the Patriarkes the crownes of the Martyrs the prayses of the iust Yea there shall we possesse suche ioyes as neyther eye hath séene nor eare hath hearde nor tongue can tell nor penne is able to expresse vnto which endlesse ioyes our Lord and Sauiour Christe bring vs to whome with God the Father and the holie Ghost be al honour c. FINIS Iohn 14. 15. Matt. 16. Act. 17. Rom. 14. 2. Cor. 5. Dan. 7. Zach. 14 Mat. 25. 26. Iohn 5. Apoc. 1. 2. Pet. 3. 1. Cor. 15. 2. Pet. 3. Mat. 5. 2. Tim. 3. 1. Cor. 15. Matt. 24. Act. 1. Mat. 24. Mar. 13. Luke 19. Matt. 24. Mar. 13. Luke 19. Dan. 7. Dan. 7. 2. Thes 2. Luke 18. Zach. 9. Matt. 24. 25 26. Mar. 13. Luke 19. 2. Thes 1. Phi. 3. Act. 1. Dan. 7. Mat. 19. Esay 66. Apoca. 19. Mar. 13. Matt. 7. 1. Tim. 4. Gen. 49. Deut. 18. Mat. 24. 25. Mat. 13. Luk. 12. 21. 1. Pet. 5. 1. Cor. 16. 1. Thes 5. in Gen. c. 2. In Gen. ca. 6. Luke 13. 1. Cor. 7. Mat. 5. Mat. 25. Lib. 1. epi. 1. Lib. 4. epi. 4. Mar. 13.