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A88600	The watchmans watchword. A sermon preached at White-Hall upon the 30 of March last, being the fifth Wednesday in Lent, and the day of the monethly fast: by Richard Love D.D. Master of Corpus Christi Colledge in Cambridge, and chaplain in ordinary to his Majestie. Published by command.	Love, Richard, 1596-1661.	1642 (1642)	Wing L3193; Thomason E145_4; ESTC R19765	34,052	46

that service was onely for calves at the best but golden calves what is it then for the meanest of the people to make themselves ministers of God Nay not themselves neither Ministers of God they will be yet neither so made by God nor man It is easie then to guesse from whence they come and by what spirit they are led These are not Vigiles but Noctambulones These are disturbers of the Watch not Watchmen These are not led by the spirit but scared with sprites Like Acts 19.13,14 the seven sonnes of one Sceva a vagabond Jew that without commission would needs conjure out evil spirits in the name of Jesus Such there are still amongst us of a vagabond and Jewish brood Seven sonnes I am sory that generation was so fruitfull It may be the superstitious Jews thought the seventh sonne at least would do miracles and cast out Devils But you know what happened The evil spirit answered and said Jesus I know and Paul I know sed qui vos but who are ye and the man in whom the spirit was leaped upon them and overcame them and prevailed against them Acts 19.15 Jesus I know and Paul I know Heb. 5.5 Acts 9.4 Jesus was called of his Father and Paul of Jesus both these had their warrantable callings you see the devil himself could not denie it Sed qui vos Who are ye ye that have no calling ye that pretend the spirit of Jesus against the ordinance of Jesus O take heed lest the evil spirit which you would seem to cast out do not ipso facto even by this very means enter into you overcome you and prevail against you Our Watchman here as you may be assured from the president in this chapter at the 5. verse hath a good commission for his charge even a commission to the same which we lay claim to Prepare a table Watch in the Watch-tower Isa 21.5 The Pulpit that is our Watch-tower The Lords Supper that is our Table The officiating at these is ours and we lay claim to it procul procul este profani For others quoad hoc hands off If they will still presumptuously rush upon God and his holy ordinances If they which I beseech God to stop I say if they without a warrant will still prepare the Table and watch in the Watch-tower I must go on with the rest of that verse Arise ye Princes and anoint the shield Isa 21.5 Let lawfull authoritie force them to the obedience of the law of Christ This is the Watchmans charge For thus saith the Lord Go set a Watchman Isa 21.6 But then what follows Let him declare what he seeth The Watchman that is set he must declare and so doth our Watchman in the Text. He was a Watchman that was his Charge But The Watchman said Custos dixit That is his Discharge and our second particular His Discharge Dixit He said So he Doth and so he ought to do Go set a Watchman saith the Lord and let him declare what he seeth So then to make up this full discharge The Watchman must see He must declare and He must declare what he seeth and all is implyed in this He said He must See Away then with all blind ignorant and unlearned Watchmen that cannot see He must Declare Away then with all dumbe idle and slothfull Watchmen that will not say He must Declare what he sees Away then with all false all flattering and treacherous Watchmen that see one thing but say another Our Watchman must first see or else the truth is he cannot say He is a madman that trusts a blind man to be a watchman A minister of Christ must not be ignorant of the mysteries of Christ nor of those Arts and Sciences of those tongues and languages that are now required thereunto If the blind lead the blind you know what becomes of both The Prophets were of old called Seers and speculatores 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 1. Sam. 9.9 Then they must 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 yea and as their place may be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 not onely See but Oversee that is rule and govern It is required there should be an order even among the Watchmen or else the Watchmen will soon be out of order Jer. 37.13 we find a Captain of the Watch Jer. 37.13 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Captain of the Temple Acts 4.1 that is of the watch of the Temple as appears by S. Matthew Matth. 17.65 And this Captain and his watch had their Watch-tower too even Turrem Antoniam Joseph antiq 18.16 the Turret next the Temple where the robes of the High Priest were kept which was called the Tower of Anthony And in the fettled government of Gods Church both before and ever since our Saviours and his Apostles times in the time of the Law and the Gospel it cannot be denied but as there was a Watch so in that Watch there was an order Priests and chief Priests 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Bishops chait it is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Watchmans Tower Specula 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 First a Tower for strength against the adversary Who that pretends to learning dare gainsay that in all former ages the famous Bishops have been the bulwarks of the Church of God blessed Martyrs holy Confessours and the profoundest Doctours Witnesse their lasting monuments which shall outlive both time and envie * Ideo altior locus positus est Episcopis ut ipsi superintendant tanquam custodiant populum Aug. in Psal 126. Secondly a Tower for eminency It is most requisite that he who must see farre should be placed high the advantage of the place doth help the sight God hath set the eyes which are saith the Oratour tanquam speculatores in corpore * Cicero lib. 2. de natura Deor. the bodies watchmen not in the feet or any of the lower members but in the head in capite tanquam in Capitolio in the Turret of the head Qui Ecclesiae praesides corporis Christies oculus saith Origen Hom. 7. in Jos Since then the Bishop is the Churches eye we may well afford him the eminency and honour of his chair Yea and a correspondency of means withall since he is in a speciall manner to Watch Let me use still the words of the Prophet Prepare a Table that he may watch in the watch-tower I saiah 21.5 Since he must watch you must not make him fast too take away his means that would be too much this is to make him not stand as a Watchman but to lie perdieu No prepare a table and then on Gods name let him watch in the watch tower that is not onely see but say The second branch That is Preach For I would not be mistaken I confesse I reverence the Order for the Antiquity Universalitie and where it is rightly ordered the great Conveniency of it but I

silence which cruelly disdainfully and despitefully speak against the Righteous Psal 31.20 But for them Thou O Lord shalt hide them privily by thine own presence Thou shalt keep them secretly in thy Tabernacle from the strife of tongues Thou shalt hide them by thine own presence 23. O blessed and secure condition unadvised Jonah he being troubled flyeth from the presence of the Lord Jonah 1.3 but in the next verse he falls into a storm The Lord sent a great wind into the sea and there was a mighty tempest How much better is it with David in a storm and tempest to flie for shelter into the presence of the Lord Thou shalt hide them privily by thine own presence Thou shalt keep them secretly in thy Tabernacle The Chamber of Gods presence in their souls shall be their protection Gods Tabernacle shall be their Castle and God himself shall be Custos the Keeper the Watchman Though this be most true and comfortable that God is a Watchman yet with all reverence to S. Hierome God I take it is neither the onely nor indeed the proper Watchman in the Text. And therefore in the second place The Watchman that is Minister Dei saith Vrsine Ursinus in Comm. Propheta saith Junius on the place Jun●us in Notis qui se custodem esse gloriatur excubare pro salute populi judiciáque Dei explorare The Prophets the Ministers of Gods Word and Sacraments are Gods Watchmen in his Church who are there set by him to watch over the peoples souls as they that must give account Heb. 13.17 and timely to blow their trumpet Ezek. 33.31 to descrie and discover Gods approaching wrath and judgements for the peoples sinnes These are the proper Watchmen of the Text not excluding God for he as you have heard is Custos nay Custos custodum The Watchmens Watchman Qui custodit ipsos custodes He keepeth the Keepers 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 saith S. Peter 1. Pet. 5.4 The chief Shepherd that is the Shepherd of Shepherds Curat oves oviúmque magistros He feeds the shepherds and their flocks too he watcheth both over the Watchman and the Citie too And it is well it is so for Except the Lord keep the Citie the Watchman watcheth but in vain Psal 127.2 But under God it is the Watchmans proper charge to watch and no man must serve in that charge but who is there set by God either immediately by himself in extraordinary cases so God set Ezekiel Sonne of man I have made thee a Watchman unto the house of Israel Ezek. 3.17 Or mediately in a settled and ordinary way by men authorised thereto from God as here at the sixth verse Thus hath the Lord said unto me Go set a Watchman Isaiah 21.6 The Apostles themselves were set as Watchmen immediately by God And by authoritie from God they with their own hands 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 set their successours to be Watchmen after them that they should still lampada tradere orderly succeed in the severall watches of the night untill the morning of the resurrection the great day the day of the Lord and so as it were from hand to hand continue a successive watch by imposition of hands And blessed be God that so it is still in this our Church Let therefore no bold and common person without a calling dare to profane the ministerie of Gods holy ordinances O let them not dare to sit in Moses chair nor lay hands upon the Ark of Aaron For Lay-men to teach and instruct their families at home in the fundamentall grounds of pietie and Religion such as they understand God forbid I should open my mouth against it nay let my mouth be for ever shut when it shall not be ready to open it self in approbation of it and exhortation to it Vnusquisque paterfamilias est minister Christi erga suos Ecclesiasticus quodammodo Episcopale officium implere debet * Aug. in Psal 50. Quomodo pertinet in Ecclesia loqui vobis sic ad vos pertinet in domibus vestris agere c. S. Augustine Every man in this case is a Minister nay if you will a Bishop so he keep his Diocesse But for the publick charge the Pulpit that is the chair of Moses let Nadab and Abihu then take heed how they approach unto it there to offer up the strange fire of their preposterous zeal lest fire come down from heaven and so devoure them * Lev. 10.2 The supper of the Lord is the Ark of the Covenant committed to the charge of Aaron and his sonnes let then no over-officious Uzzah dare to put forth his unhallowed hand and touch it no though happily he intendeth no harm though he think onely to hold it when the oxen shake it 2. Sam. 6.6 Lest the anger of the Lord be kindled against Vzzah and God smite him that he die before the Ark. O then as we love our souls let us learn to know our selves and know our charges Let no man take this honour unto himself but he that is called of God as Aaron was Heb. 5.4 Are all Apostles are all Prophets 1. Cor. 12.29 are all Teachers It is a known and admirable Climax of the Apostles How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed And how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard And how shall they heare without a Preacher And how shall they preach except they be sent Rom. 10.14 God is my witnesse I speak not this out of any spirit of pride or contempt of the persons or gifts of others be they never so mean much lesse out of any spirit of envie at their parts be they never so great I can say I trust with Moses and in the spirit of Moses that is in the spirit of meeknesse Would God that all the Lords people were prophets and that the Lord would put his spirit upon them Numb 11.29 But we must give God leave to be the Orderer of his own Ordinances who being the God of order 1. Cor. 14.33 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 will doubtlesse revenge the contemptuous breach of order And we must take leave to call upon men to keep their callings Not to touch the mount lest they die Exod. 19.12 Quam quisque norit artem In the fear of God let every man hold him to his trade Né sutor ultra crepidam Let not a taylour instead of a garment cut out a Text and it may be with some stolen shreds patch up a Sermon Let him not mistake the Lords Board for a shopboard No let not every man as he list venter to be a Watchman or meddle with the Watchmans charge Surely if this be suffered we shall all suffer God will never take it at our hands He quarrelled once that the meanest or lowest of the people were made Priests by Jeroboam 1 Kings 12.31 though the truth is