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A72063	A sermon preached at Paules crosse the firste Sunday after Newyeeres day, beeing the thirde day of Ianuary. 1580. By William Fisher student of diuinitie	Fisher, William, student of diuinitie.	1580 (1580)	STC 10920.3; ESTC S124925	28,377	84

their owne miserie and too giue them faith whereby they may see their great felicitie in Iesus Christ Repentaunce is tearmed Vinum Angelorum August ad Romanos the wine of Angels for that the teares of a sinner more reioyce the Angels in Heauen then any Wine doth the heart of man To repent as sayth Augustine is to bee sory for sinnes committed not to commit the like againe In deede Repentance hath the rod of sorowe in one hand wherwith she scourgeth her selfe when she calles to minde her former sinnes But in the other she hath the Ancour of Faith wherewith she taketh sure holde fast in the rock Iesus Christ otherwise her owne teares would drowne her in the Seas of desperation Repentaunce in this place includeth Iustification and is indeede the true and direct meanes to Iustification For when the sinner is called to an inwarde sorrow for his sinnes once Iesus Christ for his cōfort giues him faith which faith bringeth to him by a heauenly violence al the merits of Christ applyeth them to the sinful soule And this it is deerly beloued which makes repentance of that prerogatiue that At what time soeuer a sinner repenteth the Lord will put al his wickednes out of his remēbrāce that there shal be more ioy in heauen c. O Lord Iesus Christ make vs partakers of this priuiledge cal vs to repentance that we die not in our sins It is hie time it is hie time I say dearely beloued for England to pray for the priuiledge of repētance pardon in Iesus christ For let England make the best of her self she can deuise she is but like a speckled leopard which hath fiue black spots for one whit And to speake generally and truly what wickednes is there from which England may wash her hands say I am not defiled with any such The glorious gospel of Iesus Christ which should be our shield in al extremities we tread it vnder our feete as a vile thing Prayer which should be our sword of defence alwayes lieth rusting in the scaberde of securitie The olde sinne of Damascus is renued in Englande She threshed Gilead with iron flayles we thresh the poore with the siluer flayles of Vsurie which is al one The wickednes of Israel is now twise done and committed in England Shee solde the R. for olde shoes we sell iustice for rewards which is all one In Israel a man and his father would go in vnto one womā which is the father defloureth a maid to make her amends marieth her to his owne sonne which is all one Yea euen the abominations of Sodome are multiplied in our dayes Pride Fulnes of Breade Idlenesse and Contempte of the poore For the which the plague of Sodome hanges ouer our heades would out of hand consume vs were it not for those tenne righteous ones which God be thanked we haue among vs for whose sakes the mercie of God entreateth his iustice to spare the whole Realme Therfore it is high time I say once againe for vs to praye for the priuiledge of Repentaunce That so wee may weepe bitterly with Peter washe our sauiours feet with the vnfained tears of Repentance with Mary Magdaline Wherefore we beseeche thee O heauenly father be merciful vnto vs boutsafe vs thy deare sonne Iesus Christ too cal vs from the danger of thy displeasure and the vncleannesse of our sinnes vnto vnfained repentance that so in sorrow of heart and liuelinesse of faith we may receiue the spirit of Adoption wherby we cry Abba Father And that the same spirit may certifie our spirit that we are the sonnes of God albeit called iustified and glorified in Iesus Christ our onely Lord and Sauiour in whom grant vs the fruition of thy glorious pleasure with Aungels and Archangels in thine euerlasting kingdom where thou raign●st in al Maiestie with Iesus Christ sitting at thy right hand and the holy ghost the spirite of grace To whom three persons and one God be all glory and honour now and for euer Amen ¶ IMPRINTED at London at the three Cranes in the Vintree by Thomas Dawson for Edward Aggas and Thomas Charde 1580.

doth likewise call vs to repentance and amendment of life Lastly his death conspired by his owne disciple pursued by his owne nation purposed by his owne father purchased by our sins without any desert of his own doth it not strike our hearts and wound our consciences with remorse Those bloody tears those piteous grones those cruell scourgings those reprochfull buffetings those bitter tauntings and raylings which hee put vp in al patience as the due rewards for our sins shal they not make vs morne and lament when they made the vayle of the temple to rent in sunder the gates to open the dead bodies to arise the earth to quake and tremble and the sunne to waxe darke If an earthly prince shuld punish euery rebellion treason conspiracy contempt offence and default which his subiects make vpon his beloued son would they not in pitie be ashamed sory too Our heauenly father punished the sinnes of the whole worlde vppon Iesus Christ his only begotten sonne hanging him vpon the crosse Oh then where is our sorrowe why are we not ashamed to heape sinne vpon sinne and to nayle him to the crosse againe Thus is Christes cōming the meanes of our calling wherin are included other more special means as ye shal heare in the next circumstance The second circumstance Moreouer in these wordes we are giuen to vnderstande who they are which Christ came purposely to cal I come not to cal the righteus but sinners c Yea and this circumstance may stirre vs vp to magnifie the benefite of our calling as much as any For here we see plainly that he renounceth al those which think better of themselues then sinners as these Pharises who dreamed that their owne righteousnes was sufficient to fulfill the lawe without Christ But what is the matter that he doth so flatly deny that hee came to cal the righteous It is wel worth the noting For whom doth he cal righteous but those which trust onely in their owne righteousnes and make no account of the righteousnesse of Christ Nowe these he doth renounce First because it was the determinate wil purpose of his father which sent him that whosoeuer wil make himself righteous is his owne Christ his own Iesus shal lye stil in blindnes sleep in his own cōfusion An other cause may be that forsomuch as he came purposely to seeke to saue that which was lost the righteous imagin that they neu●r went astray therefore he lets them be as they are An other reason may yet be taken of the setting forth his fathers glory for that there shal be more ioy in heauen ouer one sinner that repenteth then ouer ninety and nine iust persons which need no repentance And no doubt if hee had offred to cal them he had but lost his labour For had he said to them as he did to Matthewe Come folow me they would haue answered by and by We folow Abraham our father we folow Moses our Prophete wee followe the lawe of God we haue ceremonies we haue traditions wee haue prescriptions wee haue our inuentions to followe we looke for another maner of Messias to followe then such a beggerly outcast as thou art Therefore go where thou wilt we will not follow thee Wherfore dearely beloued beware howe you stand vpon your owne righteousnes because of a few good workes surely you haue no more portion in Christ then the veriest Pharisie that euer was For if our Sauiour Iesus will be found faithfull in his Messiaship he must renoūce you and say I came not to call the righteous Not the righteous whom then sinners sinners Beholde dearely beloued if you thinke to reape the benefites of Christes comming you must humble your selues and become sinners But how or in what maner doeth he call sinners The callyng of Christ is of two sorts the one is cōmō wherwith we are in deed stirred vp after a sort but not effectually boūd brought to the purpose for that they are not pleased with the meanes as Gods worde the Sacraments Sermons c and this is common to the reprobate righteous as wel as to the elect sinners Now the other is a conuenient and a mightie calling wherby the minds of sinners are touched and thorowly charged For in this very manner hee doeth call sinners to repentance First hee soundeth in their eares by the voyce of his Lawe the greate daunger of death and dampnation wherein they stand because they haue so wilfully transgressed his cōmandements this striks them in such horror of their sinnes feare of his vengeance that they would be glad to be reconciled to God the father lest he shuld poure vpon them their deserued punishment Then he sends them the sweete comfort of the gospel which shews them that Iesus Christ is become their mediator aduocate if they beleeue in him they shal be safe sure whervpō he giues thē faith plants it so fast in thē that nothing can drawe them from Christ And lest this faith shuld be Idle frutlesse he sends them the holy ghost the spirit of adoptiō to work in their hearts according to their calling And thus you see how Iesus Christ calleth sinners to repentance If you should question farther with me enquire of the time when hee calleth sinners That is counsaile to vs. For there is no time excepted there is no time to be in this world Therefore let no man dispair For hee cannot bee called so late into the Lords vineyard but he shal haue his peny wel truely paide him Lastly if you yet question further with me and enquire the cause why he calleth sinners and not righteous I must either hold my peace or els with Paule exclaime saying O the deepnes of the riches both of the wisdome Rom. 11. knowledge of God How vnsearchable are his Iudgements and his wayes past finding out Who hath knowen the mind of the lord or who was his counsailor c. For dearly beloued be it knowen vnto you heauen earth shal beare me witnes that the Lord in his doings is neither vniust nor vnmerciful No he is most iust and most merciful Is not hee most iust which hath punished with extreme rigor the offences of al those sinners whom he calleth vpon his own dear son Iesus Christ yea and wil no vou●safe to receiue them into his glory vntill hee hath perfectly iustified and sanctified thē in Christ is he not most mercifull who hath elected and called those which had neither worke nor meat but onely a liuely faith in the blood of Christ which hee himself had giuen them Therefore let al sinners reioice in the Lord againe and againe for Christ came to cal them c. The third circumstance Lastly we see here to what end purpose we are called in Christ to repētance To call sinners to repentance is to work two things in them that is to make thē knowe