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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

euery one that beleueth She had neuer more faithful subiectes and I dare vndertake shee neuer had more feruent Prayers for her prosperitie in gouernment constancie in Gods woorde And as vile sinners as they note vs to be we doubt not but God wil heare our Prayers in his good time And this I say to the confusion of all bloodthristie Massemungers that it was neuer sene yet but what rekoning so euer the wicked made the cōtrary followed Pharao thought him selfe sure of his pray vpon the Israelites when hee had them at the brinke of the red sea but the Sea swallowed him vp hoste and all What accounte made Achitophel of promotion and preferment when he conspired against his maister Dauid but when he sawe it would not be did hee not hang him selfe Those wicked Iudges which falsely accused that chaste matron Susanna litle thought that they should haue beene stoned to death them selues Haman made a paire of Gallowes and there was no way but poore Mardocheus must be trusted vppe but you knowe who had the first bansel Therefore let our aduersaries know that they cannot so lay their snares for vs but they may be taken therein them selues They cannot so digge their Pittes for vs but they may fall therein them selues The Roddes they make accounte shall beate our tayles maye scourge their owne And their Golden day their Dommes day And this the Lorde can doe for his Church yea this hee will doe if wee pray vnto him and repose our selues vppon him Therefore whiles our Aduersaryes harpe and hope vppon our destruction let them quake and tremble for feare of their owne For the Lorde is nigh vnto all those that call vppon him As for the sacrifice of the wicked hee will not haue it come in his presence And thus farre of Sacrifice The thirde aunswere I came not to call c. As if hee should say Why shoulde you mistyke because I eate with Publicanes and Sinners I tell you truely I came not too call such holy men as you are but miserable sinners as they bee to repentaunce An excellent saying and able too renewe and quicken any sinnefull soule how longe soeuer it hath beene deade in the graue of Sinne. All the world is not able to shew the like Mithridate and souerain preseruatiue against the bitter curse of the lawe Hel it selfe doth repine at this saying and murmure that euer man should haue so great an aduantage against her And I am verely perswaded that if the deuil had forecast that such an answer should be giuen to the Pharises he would rather haue caried them headlong into the sea and haue drowned thē as he did the heard of swine then they shoulde once haue mooued the question For why doth it not most liuely shew and set forth vnto vs the benefite of al benefits I meane our calling in christ which Paule tearmeth a holy calling for that it was not for our merits but of gods 2. Tim. 1. tēder loue There cannot be a greater encouragemēt to a Christiā man to animate him in doing good works thē to consider that Christ came to cal him therfore the Apostle telleth thē that they are called in Iesus Christ that is adopted in Christ Rom. 1. What a singular prerogatiue this benefit hath aboue al other as S. Paule Ro. 8. We Rom. 8. know saith Paule that al things work togither for the best vnto thē that loue God euen to them that are called of his purpose And what a mightie proofe doth he bring to assure and warrant the faythful that it is true which he hath spoken to their comfort For those which he fore knewe he also predestinate to bee made like to the Image of his son that he might be the first borne among many Moreouer whom he predestinate them also he called and whom he called them also he iustified and whome he iustified them also he glorified Therfore he that wil become strong inuincible against aduersitie let him bee mindful of his calling in Iesus Christ This soueraine benefit of our calling in Iesus Christ wil appeare in your sight to be the greater and more worthy benefit if you marke wel the circumstance wherwith our sauiour Christ doth set it foorth I come not to cal c. In which words we are to note the circumstances First the meanes of our calling which is Christ comming I come not c. Secondly the parties which are called that is sinners I come not to call the righteous but sinners Thirdly the end and purpose wherevnto he calleth To repantance The first circumstance The more often I call to mind the miserable plight of man through sinne and disobedience the lesse able do I finde my selfe to shewe and see foorth vnto you the infinite goodnesse of God our heauenly Father in appointing so worthy a mean to call vs out of the bottomlesse pit of destruction as his owne onely sonne who notwithstanding he was of the very substance and God eternall with him yet by the power of the holy Ghoste was made man to the end that both natures ioyned togither in one hee might in the fleshe take away the filthinesse of the fleshe and fulfill Gods lawe which man had so often broken and beare the wrath and heauie indignation of his Father against sinne whose comming was promised at the first by God himselfe hoped for by all the faithfull Patriarkes Figured foreshewed vnder the sacrifice of gods law often foretold and prophecied by all the Prophets at the length performed vnto our fathers and vs vpon whom the ends of the world are come and all to call vs to repentance and so to bring vs to euerlasting life And this hath he himselfe often beaten into our heads if we had the grace to consider of it This is the wil of Iohn 6. him that sent me that euery mā which seeth the sonne and beleeueth in him should haue euerlasting life Againe So Iohn 3. God loued the world c. Also I came to seeke to saue that which was lost Mat. 15. And I am not sent c. Nowe whether Christ by his comming doth cal vs to repentaunce yea or no searche diligently you shall easily finde His birth in suche base and vyle maner without harbour without necessarie furniture without reuerence or regarde without fourme or shape as Esay sayth and not without hatred and daunger of spightfull Herode doeth it not touche or mooue our haughtie stomacks doeth it not pull downe our Peacockes tayles doeth it not make vs sorrie and ashamed that our sinnes should make God to thrust his onely and beloued sonne out of his bosome to such beggerly state of reproch and miserie Then looke you vpon his life which as it began in such perfect humility so it cōtinued in true fasting dayly prayer often watching wreping sighing patience righteousnes innocēcie holines which because it is a liuely patterne for all christians to follow

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