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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25827	Sermons preached upon several occasions by Timothy Armitage.	Armitage, Timothy, d. 1655.	1678 (1678)	Wing A3702; ESTC R25891	316,267	489

hath revealed that there is such a change to be and that all his people might take in the comfort of it before-hand God hath in all Ages given warning as if it might be in that very Age that his people might before-hand take in the comfort of it the Apostle Paul declares that he and the rest of the Saints were more desirous to live to this time than to be dissolved by death 2 Cor. 5. 2. We groan earnestly desiring to be cloathed upon with our house which is from Heaven we would not be uncloathed saies he there is a kind of reluctancy in Nature to be uncloathed to put off from the body we had rather be cloathed upon with our house which is from Heaven we had rather if the Lord please that a change of raiment might be given out that shall endure for ever that Mortality might be swallowed up of life and that this corruptible body might put on incorruption Now I say it being so desirable and the Saints had rather and are very desirous to see this change God therefore in all Ages will not conceal it but make it known as not impossible it might come in that very Age in which they live that so possibly they may take in the comfort of it before-hand at least the Saints though they don't see to this day you shall not be any losers you may die in the Faith of it and take in the sweetness of this promise you shall be no losers you shall not be prevented they shall not be in Heaven before you with Christ before you but even you that lie in the Grave shall be first raised and then those that are alive shall be changed The Lord would also have you be instructed by this mysterie he sees it needful to be declared that his people his Saints might live in a continual expectation of this change this great change that shall be when Christ shall come again and therefore the time was concealed that the Saints might live in a continual expectation of it and the Apostle speaks it as to his age Even we that are alive shall be changed because the Lord would have his people in every Age to live as those that do expect the coming of Jesus Christ when this great and wonderful change shall be you had need alwaies stand upon your watch you know not when your Lord will come at what hour he will return from the Wedding and therefore we had need be alwaies prepared and stand with our loyns girt and Lamps trimmed for there is some dread for a moment at least to the Saints when Christ shall come it will be worse if you shall be found slumbering and sleeping in carnal security it will be a great amazement when Christ shall come and thousand of thousands of Angels shall come with him and proclaim his glory when there shall be a great cry at midnight The Bridegroom is come certainly it will be a great amazement even to the Saints themselves that shall be in carnal security therefore it concerns us every moment to be upon our Watch-Tower You see wherefore it was that God took Enoch away in an extraordinary way that he should not see death there is one Question yet behind Quest Why did God take Enoch away at this time The main Answer which I shall give is this Answ The Lord when he takes his people away doth thereby give warning by taking Enoch away That there was a deluge of wrath coming upon the old World the Lord would put them upon it to consider what his event should be in this providence that so if possible they might prevent that deluge of wrath that Flood of water that came and swept them away When the Lord doth suddenly take away those that are found faithful in their Generation it is a warning of wrath to come I say when God doth suddenly snatch away those that are found faithful in their Generation it doth often presage some great wrath to come you have an express Scripture for it in Isa 57. 1. The righteous perisheth and no may layeth it to heart and merciful men are taken away none considering that the righteous are taken from the evil to come When God takes away righteous and merciful men and those that are left behind do not lay it to heart if they don't consider it and make use of it it is a certain sign of evil that is to come upon them God took away Enoch in his Generation and he took away all the rest of the Patriarchs that are spoken of in this Chapter they were all taken away before the Flood of waters came upon the world Methusalah he that was Enoch's son lived the longest and it is thought he was taken away either that very year or the year before the Flood came upon the old World God swept away them all even those that were remarkable in their Generation and then wrath comes upon the world O that thou wouldst hide me in the Grave saies Job in Job 14. 13. O that thou wouldst hide me in the Grave and keep me secret until thy wrath be past God hath some hiding places or other for his people and sometimes the Grave is a hiding place though sometimes Job doth not bespeak the Grave yet here sometimes God hideth in the Grave till such time as wrath be over Such as walk with God in their Generation they are Christs Flock though they be Pilgrims and Strangers upon the earth Sojourners Travellers yet they are Christs Flock here they rest and many times Christ will Fold his Flock before a Storm comes the Shepherd gathers his Flock together When a great Storm of Hail and Fire came upon the Egyptians the Israelites that were in Goshen gathered all their Flocks together and then they were safe Christ shrouds the most of his Flock the chief of his Flock from some approaching wrath that draws near 2. Secondly They are the Lords Houshold-stuff I say his people are his choice Houshold-stuff they are my Jewels In the day that I make up my Jewels When a man removes away all his best Houshold-stuff and carries away his Jewels you may guess that man doth not intend to be robb'd and so when the Lord doth remove his Jewels his choice Houshold-stuff it is a sure sign of his departure at least God gives warning to that people and if they won't take warning and cry unto the Lord as they did O why goest thou away and stayest for a night And if God depart from a place what follows your place is left to you desolate and woe be to you What a woe doth he threaten by the Prophet Hosea Hos 9. 12. Woe also to them when I depart from them Woe desolation and ruine certainly comes upon a people when God departs from them 3. Thirdly Again The righteous they are the Pillars of the place such as walk with God in their Generation they are the Pillars of Families the Pillars of Cities and

that walks thus with God in evil times It requires much strength to swimm against the stream a great stream there are times of great opposition the servants of God meet with much opposition from Satan and the World then then to walk with God when all the world almost goes contrary to bear up with God then doth discover the strength of the soul which God is exceedingly delighted with 3. Thirdly Again To walk with God in evil times is an Argument of Sincerity to do for God out of sincerity Job was sincere and still retained his Integrity notwithstanding all the opposition that he met with it doth discover that the soul hath a better principle that soul that bears up with God in evil times it hath a better principle than the men of the world that he doth not walk by the Examples and Commands of men it 's not multitudes of men this carries on false hearts which oft fall in evil times and therefore when God notwithstanding general corruptions carries on the hearts of Gods people to stick close to him it 's an Argument of much sincerity and sincerity is that which God is exceedingly delighted in And therefore I shall conclude with a word or two of Application 1. Vse First of all It lets us see how contrary the wicked are to the righteous It 's not a good time will make the wicked man good as it 's not wicked time that will make the righteous man evil it 's neither the time place nor company that can change the nature of the wicked man Saul retains his evil heart when he is in the midst of the Prophets though he be amongst the Prophets and Prophesie amongst them his heart is as evil as ever but on the contrary David retains a sweet enjoyment and breathings after God when his soul was amongst the Heathen in the Tents of Kedar the wicked man will not learn righteousness in a Land of uprightness let favour be shown to him though he be in a Land of uprightness he will not learn righteousness on the contrary a gracious heart will not learn perverseness though he be in a Land of wickedness For why there 's the seed of God in them the seed of God shall preserve them and therefore Oh what cause have wicked men to see and bewail their condition it's not time place nor company can make them better in a Land of uprightness they 'l be evil Oh that the Lord would cause them to bewail their sinful natures and so come unto Jesus Christ that so he may make their crooked natures straight And let the Saints be thankful unto God for that principle of God that is in them Oh what cause have you to rejoice in it and to be thankful for it that God hath put such a seed of himself into you that he hath made you partakers of his own divine nature which all the corruption that is in the world cannot alter All the salt water that is in the Sea can't make the live Fish salt still it retains its freshness and all the wickedness that is in wicked men can't make the gracious heart wicked I say improve this that is of God in you take heed that you be not carried down with the stream of corrupt times but know the worse that the times are so much the better should you that are the people of God be you are set up as Lights in the night you are as the stars in the Firmament so shall the righteous shine one day and you as the stars should ●ine brightest in the darkest night God hath set you up for this very end that so you may be as witnesses in the world that you may bear up his name in the world that you may witness against the general corruption of the times in which you live God doth therefore set you up as Pillars of Brass on which he hath set his name and his sons name and you are to bear it in the world he hath set you to bear up his name and he hath set you to bear up the earth if it were not for the few that did walk with God in corrupt times the earth would fall remember then that God hath set you up for this very end therefore don't suffer the name of God to fall through your loose walking with God and through your giving way to the evil of the times it 's special service God hath for you to do you are set here for this very end to bear up his name it 's the work the service in your Generation and therefore know that God calls for it at your hands Oh know he expects that you should embrace the truth of the times that are most opposed persecuted and cast out that you should practise the contrary graces unto the wickedness of the times that you should strengthen and encourage one another in the way and work of the Lord that you should rest upon the Promises that seem to bear up and clear the Providences of God against the blasphemies of the wicked this God expects from you in evil times and know that if you don't walk closely with God it goes to his very heart I say you that are his people it grieves the very heart of God when you go astray from him saies Christ of the twelve Disciples in Joh. 6. 67. Will ye also go away from me It 's said that there were many at that time that left Christ well he turns unto his Disciples and saies to them Will ye also go away from me But Peter said To whom should we go Thou hast the words of eternal life What will you if you should go away that would be a greater grief than all the rest you that have walked with me so long what will you turn aside It was the great commendation of Judah that she was faithful with God and he bids her so continue Oh let not Judah turn aside in Hos 4. 15. Though Israel play the Harlot yet let not Judah offend Though they play the Harlot yet you that are my people that have so long walked with me and that have kept in my truth Oh have you a care that you walk not with the multitude to do evil and that you be not extravagant it goes to the heart of God your Father if you should walk loose and keep ill orders this goes to the heart of God it 's more than if twenty strangers should do it if you in the least should turn aside this is a wound from a Child and the wound of such goes to the heart of the Father But on the contrary know that the Lord is exceedingly delighted with your close walking with him you heard before in Mal. 3. 16. how God is delighted with the close walking of the Saints it 's kindness that God will never forget he will remember it to the last in Luk. 22. 28. to name no more saies Christ You are they that have continued with me in my