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truth_n	ghost_n	holy_a	son_n	6,613	5	5.5143	4	true

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12705	A sermon preached at Cheanies the 14. of September, 1585, at the buriall of the right honorable the earle of Bedforde, By Thomas Sparke Doctor of Divinitie	Sparke, Thomas, 1548-1616.	1594 (1594)	STC 23023; ESTC S114843	60,544	120

Lorde The blessed state of them that dy in the lord is permaneÌ„t they may hereby learne that not onely immediatly after their death they shal rest from their labours and enter vppon their rewarde and so bee blessed but that also this their state is certaine without any falling backe from it and therefore still their reward is called life euerlasting in the scriptures And surely if this be their state immediatly thenceforth without euer any daÌ„ger of falling backe to worse then of the contrary it must needs follow that quite contrary immediatly after their death shal be the state and condition of al that die not in the Lord and that there is no hope for euer for them to attaine vnto a better What neede there then a general iudgement will some say I answere for two causes that the bodies theÌ„ may be restored to their soules againe that both the ioies of the faithful paines of the faithles to the ful manifestatioÌ„ both of gods mercy iustice may be coÌ„summate and ful that so god theÌ„ may outwardly solemnly iustify before al the world his former particular iudgemeÌ„t which imediatly before at euery maÌ„s death he had laid vpon them Lastly we are not to passe ouer or forget how our aduersaries the Papistes abuse this last clause of the text For they hearing that workes follow such thereupon inferre that works merit eternal blisse The abuse of this place therby to prooue that workes merite confuted Indeed hereupon it followeth as I haue noted before that none haue a right faith in Christ but those that haue also good works to accompany them whensoeuer they dye in the Lord which I would not haue forgotten But hereupon to gather that our workes merite heauen we may not For then they should go before our being in the Lord be a cause therof whereas here it is only sayde that they follow and accompany such Which it should seeme that Augustine had obserued li. de Fide operibus ca. 14. when he said that good workes goe not before iustification but they follow a man iustified Let them therefore followe in Gods name as a fruit of a man in the Lorde but let them not step before as a cause of his being in the fauor of the Lord. And vnderstaÌ„d that this argument is stark naught good workes shal be rewarded with heaueÌ„ly blisse therefore they merite it Is no man rewarded but he which hath merited and deserued it first The heire when he commeth to his fathers lands is then wel rewarded for his paines he took in his fathers time yet hee hath not his inheritance for those his paines for then rather some seruant oftentimes should haue the inheritance but for that he was his fathers son heire before Euen so it is in this case we are born the sons of God by faith in Christ Ioh. 1.12 13. so coheires with him of heauen Rom. 8.17 thereby first and then follow good workes in vs not as a cause why we shal haue this inheritance but as a fruit effect flowing froÌ„ our thankful mindes to our heauenly father for this notable inheritance thus freely prepared for vs. And yet when we come to the inheritance because it coÌ„meth after these our works after a sort we may say that eueÌ„ there by our paines in working are rewarded yet we haue not that reward for our workes but for that we working so were the sons heires of God But for the better loosing of al such popish knots vnderstaÌ„d that it is not al one to say good works shal be rewarded and to say good works haue merited that rewarde For there are rewards giuen of mercy and so is this as well as of debt and duty Rom. 4.4 Againe there is great ods betwixt these two questions who shal bee saued and why man shal bee saued To the former we answere the well worker to the latter only for Christs sake apprehended by faith And therfore take this for the conclusion we shal be iudged SecunduÌ„ operum indicium non propter operum merituÌ„ according to the testimony y our workes giue of vs not for the merit of our workes For it is writen Ephe. 2.8.9 We are saued by grace through faith that not of our selues it is the gift of God not of works lest any man should boast himself And yet this doctrine neither letteth nor staieth at al froÌ„ good works but is yâ— only fountain indeed from wheÌ„ce al true works do spring flow And therfore yâ— Apo. Paul as you may obserue throughout al his epistles first laboreth to set down this doctrine then thereupon after buildeth exhortation to godlines of life the like course tooke Peter as you may see in his first epistle And yet these knewe how to prouoke to good works and in no case may be counted teachers of a doctrine enemy to good works Yea there is none indeed that hath grace to imbrace this doctrine effectually but therby he feeleth by experience his hart so enflamed with loue towardes God for his infinite mercy hereby displaied vnto him both in sauing him froÌ„ perishing and in thus freely preparing heaueÌ„ for him that froÌ„ that loue of his there floweth riuers flouds of al thankfulnes in al true obedience to his God wherin he walketh chearfully coÌ„fortably But the Papists being bastards no lawful children of the Lorde beeing not assured of this full and free fauor of his towards theÌ„ of a slauish feare with a seruile mind to earn heaueÌ„ at his hands doe the good which they do Which indeed in matter maner of doing is such that though it carrye the shew of godlines yet it is not so indeede For the matter of good works they wil not fetch warraÌ„t only froÌ„ gods reuealed wil in his word but matter good inough with theÌ„ For a good worke is any thing for the which they can alleage a traditioÌ„ of the elders or their own good intent Which kinde of works the Lord reiecteth as stincking in his sight Isa 29.13 Mat. 15.9 Co. 2.20 c. And as for their maner of doing it is like the Pharises ioyned with a conceit that therefore they may despise others trust to be heard at Gods hands for the merite of their works Which kinde of doing Christ hath coÌ„deÌ„ned Mat. 6.1 Luk. 18.9 c. in forbidding vs to do our workes as the Pharisees did in sending home the proude Pharisee vniustified And therfore in very deed as they are without all true christian faith so are they without al true good works And therefore whosoeuer hath any thing to comfort himself by this place it is none of theÌ„ No doubt of it this noble maÌ„ whose body lieth here amongst vs to be encoÌ„bed though euen in outwarde shew of almes giuing other good works he ouermatched most merit mongers yet seeing he trusted only to the meries of Christ and neuer to his owne workes but did them only of loue and thankefulnesse towas his God is among those of whome it is here said Their workes accompany them and therfore now is in ioyful fruition of the reward thereof Whose example as wee that bee of the same faith are to followe that so with him we may bee in euerlasting remembrance both with God and good men as no doubt hee shall so it is an example to stoppe the mouths of the aduersaries that lyingly crye out that they that bee of our religion haue no good woorkes following them The secoÌ„d conclusioÌ„ Thus at last right honorable and dearely beloued we haue runne thorow this portioÌ„ of scrpture and considered both the generall and particular vse thereof And so first we haue heard how strongly it is warranted to conteine nothing but souÌ„d truth namely that not whosoeuer knoweth or coÌ„meth ny but whosoeuer is by a true a liuely faith vnited vnto Christ dieth in him which is neither a miraculous historicall temporarie dead or popish faith but a faith seeking and apprehending saluation onely in Christ Iesus shal theÌ„ceforth be blessed immediatly in resting from all woe in body and soule and in entring vppon possession of their euerlasting rewarde and then thereby more particularly we haue obserued that therefore the body riseth againe and that the soule is neither mortall nor sleepeth that there is no popish purgatory nor any thing that can be done by others for soules departed that can doe them any good to ease or better their estate and finally that though here bee offered vs great encouragement to good workes yet here is nothing to proue that woorkes merite any thing at Gods hand All which doctrine and lessons our honourable friend here departed as I haue from point to point shewed you hath already found true by experience God of his mercy giue vs all grace so to set his example before vs that wee may so followe him that we may euery one of vs one day also to Gods glory and our own euerlasting comfort feele and finde the trueth thereof in our selues This O Lorde we beseech thee to grant vs all for thy onely sonne Iesus Christes sake to whome with thee and the holy Ghost three persons and one euerliuing God be all power honour might and maiestie nowe and for euer Amen September 22. An. Do. 1594. The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ the loue of God the Father and the most comfortable fellowship of the holy Ghost be with vs all now and euer to direct sanctifie and gouerne vs in all our waies works thoughts Amen FINIS

inforced our Rhemists vpon this place though they plainly shew that they would very gladly haue the words restrained only to Martyrs that so easily they might shifte off the place when it is alleadged against their purgatory to confesse that yet it may be takeÌ„ as spoken generally of all that departe in the state of grace Wherefore seeing this general sense most fully and strongly answereth the circumstances of the text best agreeth with the letter therof offereth more generall comfort to Gods children accordeth best with the vse of the same and other the like phrases in other places of the Scripture in so much that our very aduersaries against whom most that sensr maketh haue in print confessed that that may be the sense we may safelye conclude that they which are here spoken of are all generally that depart this life in Christ Iesus our Lorde whether they liued or dyed before Christ or since or shall hereafter and children dying within Gods election and couenaunt The necessitie of perseuerance This thus concluded determined it is worthy to bee marked that it is saide which die in the Lord. For therby we learne that vnlesse we perseuere vnto our end in refusing the beasts marke both in forehead hand that is any way to be fauorers of the abhominatioÌ„s and superstitions of Antichrist what meanes soeuer he vse to seduce vs and continue also in a constaÌ„t and sincere profession of Christs truth vnto our death that here is no comfort at all offered vnto vs but our portion is set downe before by the voice of the 3. Angell to drinke of the cup of Gods wrath and to be tormented euermore Wherfore let euery one of vs not only take warning by the light of the gospell shining nowe amongest vs to seperate our selues quite from Antichrist and his religioÌ„ and to be no fauorers of him or his opinions either secretly or openly but let vs also imbrace the sincere religion of Iesus Christ offered vnto vs by the gospel and perseuere in the zealous profession therof what means soeuer fraudulent or violent he shal vse to shake vs and so doing wee may bee sure we are of the nuÌ„ber here spokeÌ„ of els not For it is writeÌ„ He that perseuereth to the end shal be saued Mat. 10.22 Be faithful vnto the ende I wil giue thee the crown of life Apo. 2.10 on the other side No maÌ„ that putteth his hande to the plough looketh hack is meete for the kingdoÌ„ of God Luk. 9.62 most fearfully is the iudgmeÌ„t of God denouÌ„ced against al apostataes and reuolters froÌ„ a known truth Heb. 6.4.5.6 10.26.27 and in the 2. epistle of Pet. 2.20.21.22 By this therfore that wee haue heard already we see that neither Turkes Iewes Pagans nor Atheistes can be of the number heare spoken of that dye in the Lorde because they doe not acknowledge Iesus Christ so much as to bee a Lord yea and that it is not enough for a time neuer so well to acknowledge him to be Lorde and king and professe faith in him vnlesse wee perseuere in our so doing vnto our death let antichrist do what he can against vs therfore and that so al backsliders from the sincere religion of Iesus Christ are also shut out from this number of theÌ„ that dye in the Lord. The necessitie of spiritual vnion with Christ Further yet we are to weigh the force of this phrase in the lord for it is of great importance in that euidently thereby is taught vs that there is a very nigh coniunction and vnion necessarily required to bee betwixt the Lorde and them that euer woulde bee of the number of them that die in the Lorde It is not enough therefore for such to knowe the Lorde what hee is in nature and what hee is in office and to be able and willing to vtter their knowledge vnlesse therewithall they proceede euen to be in the Lord. For the former is but to come nigh him which is nothing except wee get into him The necessitie of this vnion betwixt vs and our Lord and Sauiour Iesus or else wee cannot bee saued ariseth of this that wheras our saluation lyeth in an attonement and vnion betwixt god and vs and there is no other meanes in the wisedome of God found out and appointed to vs men hauing by our sinnes made a diuision betwixt him and vs to recouer this vnion againe with God but by becomming one with Christ Iesus our Lord in whose person for our sakes God-head and maÌ„hoode bee vnited so that thereupon it must needs thus stand with vs that vntill wee bee in Christ and so one with him wee remaine still deade in our sinnes and trespasses at enmitye with God and indeede without life before him But when it is once come to passe that wee are in him ingrafted and growing in him then our heauenly father being well pleased in him becommeth to be so also in vs for his sake Whereuppon it must needes bee that our sinnes are forgiuen and that we are at one againe with God and liue in deede in his sight in that Christ liueth in vs and wee in him So that as necessary as the vnion of the soule and body of man be to cause this temporall life so needefull is the vnion of Christ spiritually to euery man to cause him to liue before God For as the body is dead when the soul is sundred from it so whole man though otherwise in respect of this common life he be neuer so liuely is starke dead spiritually whiles Christ and hee be seuered For as we read 1. Ioh. 5.11 that this is a most certain truth that God hath giuen vnto vs eternal life so this is as certaine as it there followeth that this life is in his sonne Wherupon as he saith in the next verse thus the case staÌ„deth that he that hath the sonne hath life and he that hath not the son hath not life For confirmation of this doctrine of the necessitye of our spirituall and mysticall vnion with Christ it serueth that he is called the head and all that shall be saued his Church and body Colos 1.18 Eph. 1.22.23 and that he is compared by himself Ioh. 15.5 to a vine whereinto his heauenly father so ingrafteth al those as branches that shall be saued that they grow in him and that also Ioh. 6.55 where he compareth his flesh to meat indeede and his blood to drinke indeede in the eating and drinking whereof lyeth saluation and in the not eating and drinking whereof lyeth damnation as there hee sayeth expreslye verse 53.54 For by these metaphors it is euident especiallye seeing the grounde of them is the similitude betweene the metaphor and the thing metaphorised euen in this pointe that as the bodye receiueth life from the heade and is dead without it as the branch though it bee neuer so neere the vine stock yet if it abide not in it and growe not in it hath no

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