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A01379	Fiue sermons preached vpon sundry especiall occasions Viz. 1 The sinners mourning habit: in Whitehall, March 29. being the first Tuesday after the departure of King Iames into blessednesse. 2 A visitation sermon: in Christs Church, at the trienniall visitation of the right reuerend father in God the lord bishop of London. 3 The holy choice: in the chappell by Guildhall, at the solemne election of the right honorable the lord maior of London. 4 The barren tree: at Pauls-Crosse, Octob. 26. 5 The temple: at Pauls-Crosse. August 5. By Tho: Adams.	Adams, Thomas, fl. 1612-1653.; Adams, Thomas, fl. 1612-1653. Barren tree. aut; Adams, Thomas, fl. 11612-1653. Temple. aut	1626 (1626)	STC 115; ESTC S115603	103,732	219

that the Planter may haue a taste It is too defectiue when Non florebit ficus the Tree doth not flourish but Quando non erit Vua in vitibus non ficus in ficulneis when there shall not bee a Grape on the Vine nor a Figge on the Tree this is a miserable sterilitie Some thing hath some sauour but None is good for nothing Indeede all Trees are not equally loaden there is the measure of a hundred of ●ixtie of thirtie an Omer and an Ephah but the Sacred deawes of Heauen the graces of the Gospell blesse vs from hauing None I find● none None Peraduenture none such as hee lookes for no Fruites delicate enough for the Almighties taste Indeed our best fruits are neuer perfect and kindly ripened still they rellish sowre and earthly and sauour of the Stocke from which they were taken They are heauenly Plants but growe in a foraigne and colde Climate not well concocted nor worthy the charges and care bestowed vpon vs. Set Orenge or Figge-trees in this our cold Countrey the fruit will not quit the cost of the planting and maintaining But the complaint is not here of the imperfection or paucitie of fruites but of the nullitie None Some reading that Text with idle eyes that after all our fruites wee are still vnprofitable Trees because they can finde no validitie of merite in their workes throwe the Plough in the hedge and make holyday But shall not the Seruant doe his Masters businesse because hee cannot earne his Masters Inheritance Shall the Mason say I will share with my Soueraigne in his Kingdome or I will not lay a stone in his building Yet good fruits haue their reward though not by the merit of the doer yet by the mercy of the accepter Sowre they bee of themselues but in Christ they haue their sweetning and the meanest fruite which that great Angell of the Couenant shall present to his Father with the addition of his owne precious Incense are both receiued and rewarded In their owne nature they may bee corrupt but being dyed in the bloud of Christ they are made pleasing to God Yea also profitable to the Church and vsefull to men seeme they neuer so poore Euen a troubled Spring doth often quench a distressed Souldi●rs thirst a smal Candle doth good where the greater Lights bee absent and the meanest fruite of holy Charity euen a cuppe though it be not of the iuyce of the grapes out of the Vineyard but of cold water out of the tankard in the name of Christ shall haue the recompence But heere the complaint is not of the meannes or fewnesse but of the Barennesse None at all None Euery Tree is knowne by the fruits it is Christs euerlasting rule Howsoeuer the tree liues by the sappe and not by the fruits yet it is knowne to liue by the fruits and not by the sappe for this is hidden The iust man liues by his faith not by his workes but he is knowne to liue by his works not by his inuisible faith Neither doth the fruit make good the tree but the tree makes good the fruit Opera bona non faciunt iust●m Iustus facit bona opera Good works make not a man righteous but the righteous man doth good works Our persons are iustified before our actions as of necessitie the tree must be good before it can beare good fruit But how shall that tree be discerned that hath no fruit I finde none None Why this to vs Why such a Text in such a time Wee abound with fruites which way can you looke and not haue your eye full of our workes They before in such places haue successiuely commended our fruits Bee it so yet Euripides being question'd why he alwaies made women bad in his Playes whereas Sophocles euer made them good in his answered Sophocles makes them such as they ought to bee but I make them such as indeed they are Their former commendation haue told vs what we should be but this Embleme I feare tels vs truely what wee are Not all of vs God forbid here is but one Fig-tree in a whole Vineyard thus taxed and farre be it from vs to taxe a whole Vineyard for one barren Fig-tree None Yes enough of some fruites but the Prophet calls them Ficos valde malos so bad that they cannot be eaten As the fruite o the Vine is commended for Quicknesse the fruit of the Oliue for Fatnesse so the fruit of the Fig-tree for Sweetnesse in Iothams Parable But if it beare not Fructum natiuitatis suae the fruit of the owne kinde but bitter figges here had better be none at all What an vncomfortable sight is this to Him whose heart is set on his Orchard after the cost of so deare bloud to purchase it after such indulgent care to cheerish it and the charges of so many workemen to dresse it yea after so much patience to expect it say the Fig-tree does not beare so soone as it is planted in our infancie we can doe nothing in our minoritie we will doe little in Gods seruice but now it is growne fructifiable I am non gustare fructus not to haue so much as a taste Yea were this all did barrennesse onely vsurpe it but there is worse then a meere orbitie or absence of goodnesse a position of bitter fruits Quaesiui Vuas inve●io Labrascas I find wild Grapes luxurient fruits Instead of the hearty effects which Wine produceth l am answered with the melancholy preuarications of malice Behold the wonder and spectacle of vnthankefulnesse among all Gods Creatures Man and among men the barren Christian. Though Israel play the Harlot yet let not Iudah transgresse What may be expected from the wild Forrest of Paganisme when the Garden of Eden yeelds such fruites The sweet fruit of the Spirituall Fig-tree is mercie our God is the God of Loue our Sauiour is the Prince of Loue the Church is knit together in Loue our Roote is Loue our Sappe is Loue our Ligaments Loue now if we shall sucke the bloud one of another violate the relations of peace concoct all our moysture into malice here is worse then Invenio fructum nullum I finde none for Invenio fructum malum I finde cursed fruits Wee are growne vnnaturall the hand scratcheth the eye the mouth biteth the hand thornes and bryers entwine and embrace one another while against all nature Fig-trees denoure one another Lord thou didst sow good seed in thy field whence then hath it Tares Here is more fruit then God would haue but for that he expects I finde none When wee are filled with his blessings Christ lookes for our prayses when wee haue eaten and are fat that wee should worship him What fruit finds he We sit downe to eat and drinke and rise vp to play for praying playing When wee are scourged hee looks for our humiliation and penance Sure in their affliction they will seeke me

Stiles be communicable the termes are not convertible for euery Bishop is a Priest but euery Priest is not a Bishop As this therefore no way diminisheth their authoritie for Episcopus est sacerdotum Princeps saith Ignatius so it commendeth their humilitie to call vs Brethren If wee offend Paterna agant let them correct vs as their children while wee doe well Fraterna teneant let them encourage vs as their Brethren God is not tyed to meanes for illumination of the mind hee often lights a great Lampe of the Sanctuary at a little wax Taper as he did Paul by Ananias And for mouing of affections often with a puffe of winde hee stirres vp the waues of the great Ocean Deus non est parvus in paru● not straitned according to the smalnesse of the Organ On the one side loue and grauitie on the other side obedience and sinceritie on all sides holinesse and humilitie becomes the Ministers of Iesus Christ. The Exercise or due practise of this office Let vs goe againe Let vs goe that is goe personally Let vs goe againe that is goe frequently 1. Let vs goe not send our Deputie but go our selues He that sends sees by anothers eyes and takes the state of things vpon trust If wee goe wee see by our owne and our owne eyes be our best informers How is he Episcopus that neuer ouerlooks So Saint Ierome in his Epistle to Nepotian nitatur esse quod dicitur Hee is an ill Shepheard that does not know Vultum pecoris Know the state of thy flockes and the face of thy herds Desire to see them quomodo Moses voluit videre Deum 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 face to face In the Prouerb Domini oculus pascit equū vestigia eius pinguefaciunt agrum The Masters eye feeds the horse the presence of the Bishop like the Northwind dispels infection It was Pauls continuall feare some preuarication in his absence I feare I shall not find you such as I would and that I shall be found to you such as you would not Saint Peters Shadow wrought miracles but now the Bishops shadow will work no miracles This is one speciall thing to be visited and examined the residence of Pastors in their Charges It is an vnhappy thing for a man to be a stranger at home Damasus compares such to wanton women which no sooner beare children but presently put them forth to nurse that with lesse trouble they may returne to their old pleasure● Peraldus a Popish writer is so bitter against those that feed their flocks by Deputies that hee sayes It is as if a man should marry a wife and suffer another to get children by her ●ludque Clictovaei magis salsum quam falsum Vicariam quidem salutem personalem verò perniciem talisbusmanere I know there is a Residence Persona●l and Pastorall and hee that is a stranger to the Pulpit though he straggle not out of the bounds of his Parish is the greatest Non-resident And I grant that in some cases a dispensation is requisite Cedat minus maiori yet it is no hurt to pray God perswade them all to dwell in their owne Tents But it is not well for a Preacher to bee like a doore when it is once oyled then to leaue creaking It was a Friers conceit vpon Gen. 6. when the Clergie those sonnes of God began to doat vpon the daughters of men to be enamoured on temporall preferments then by such mariages monsters were begot in the Church and the Sanctuary of God was filled with Gyants far from the shape of Christians It is pitie but the Bishop should forbid the Bannes and if any such Marriage be it is more then time to make it a nullitie by diuorcing them from Idlenesse couetousnesse and ambition The faithfull Steward is hee that giues the houshold their portion of meate in due season 1. Hee must giue them all meat young and olde rich and poore weake and strong 2. In due season that is when their appetites call for it nay hee must not alwayes stay till they desire it 3. Proprijs manibus he must do it with his owne hands hee is but a deputie and therefore is not euermore allowed a deputy Let vs go our selues 2. Let vs goe againe The building of the Church goes slowly forward though there bee many labourers there be more hinderers God neuer had so many friends as enemies If the Ouerseers looke not well to the businesse too many will make church-Church-worke of it for such loytering is now fallen into a Prouerbe Men are fickle as were the Galatians and Churches of Asia if they be not often visited they will soone be corrupted Luther said in Wittenberge that a few fanaticall fellowes had pulled downe more in a short space then all they could build vp againe in twentie yeares The deuill is alwayes busie and it is no small labour to earth that Fox The plant which we would haue thriue must be often watered The Apostles did visite to confirme and comfort because that was a time of persecution Our mischiefe is intestine Pax a paganis pax ab haereticis nulla pax a falsis filijs Let but Moses turne his back and ascend the mount to bee Israels Lieger with God the people presently speake of making a Calfe Hee went but on their Ambassage to their Maker yet as if they had seene him take his heeles and run into the wildernesse he is no sooner vanished out of their sight then out of their mind and they fall to Idolatry Our Churches are not like Irish timber if they bee not continually swept there will bee spiders and cobwebs If the seruants sleepe the Masters field is not priuiledged from Tares Therefore to preuent dangers and to heale diseases frequent visitation is necessary for the Church of Christ. The Moderation or seasonablenes of it After certaine dayes Ex assiduitate vilitas that which is too common b●comes cheape and loseth credit Due respirations are requisite in the holiest actes God is so fauourable to his creatures that he requires them not to bee ouertoyled in the workes of his owne seruice When the Temple was a preparing the thirtie thousand workmen wrought not continuedly but with intermission One moneth they were in Lebanon and two at home so their labour was more generous lesse burthensome Euer ten thousand did work while twentie thousand breathed The mind that is ouerlaid with businesse growes dull and heauy ouer lauish expence of spirits leaues it heart-lesse The best horse will tire soonest if the reines lye loose on his necke Perfection comes by leasure and no excellent thing is done at once The Gourd which came vp in a night withered in a day but the plants that liue long rise slowly It is the rising and setting of many Sunnes that ripens the businesse both of nature and arte Who would not rather chuse many competent meales then buy the gluttony of one day with the