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A42017	Sermons of Christ, his last discovery of himself of [brace] the spirit and bride, the waters of life, and, his free invitation of sinners of come and drink of them : from Revel. 22. 16,17 / by William Greenhill ...	Greenhill, William, 1591-1671.	1656 (1656)	Wing G1858; ESTC R40034	141,801	259

coming do you purge out your Corruptions Do you mortifie your Lusts Do you renounce the World and the vanities thereof Do you trim and deck your selves with all Graces if you do it is an argument you desire Christ and your desires are right 3 Lastly Those that desire the coming of Christ in truth and sincerity they are glad when there are any appearances of the coming of Christ any signes any tokens of the coming of Christ Luke 21.25 And there shall be signs in the Sun and in the Moon and in the Stars and upon the earth distress of Nations with perplexity the Sea and the waves roaring mens hearts failing them for fear and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth and then shall they see the Son of Man coming in a Cloud with power and great glory and when these things begin to come to pass then look up and lift up your heads for your redemption draweth nigh When there is any appearance of Christs coming the Saints are glad and those are gracious are glad Is Christ a coming now they lift up their heads we shall bee freed from all our enemies without and within Christ shall be compleat now all the wicked Sathan and Antichrist shall bee judged now wee shall have that refreshing that never was before now wee shall enjoy the glorious liberty that we have waited for and lookt for now wee shall bee freed from sin now we shall have have more intimate communion with him now we shall be made like unto him this is that that makes the heart rejoyce at the apprehension of his coming therefore examine your selves whether you have such desires of his coming as here the Bride had 5 The last use of the point is this An exhortation to us to desire the coming of Christ and to say with the Bride here Come Lord come the Spirit saith come the Bride saith come either we are not indued with the Spirit of God or we are not the Bride of Christ if we will not say Come Besides these consider 1 It is an argument of love to Christ to desire his coming 2 Tim. 4.8 To all them that love his appearing If we do not desire his coming it argues little love to Christ A woman that doth not desire the coming of her Husband hath little love to her Husband 2 It will be a Marriage day to the Soul the day of his coming Revel 19.7 9. and Christ will rejoyce over his then as a man doth over his Bride Isa 62.5 therefore seeing the Spirit of God desires it and the Bride desires it let us also desire Christs coming manifest our love to Christ and long for the marriage day Quest But may some say What shall we do to have such desires begotten in us Ans 1. Consider your own sinfulness What we should do to have desires after Christs coming begotten in us are we not all Sinners full of sin and corruption Paul in Rom. 7. when he considered the Sin that was in him how carnal he was how he was carried away Captive how the sin in his members did warre against the Law of his minde what a wretched creature he was he longed for Christ Who shall deliver me I thank God through Jesus Christ well Christ is a coming ere long he will be here and then I shall be delivered 2 Consider the evils and confusions that are in fellow servants the Devil deceives the Nations Antichrist tyrannizeth great ones oppress one another much of Babylon is yet in S●on all her foundations and state foundations are out of course and what should the righteous and all do but long for the coming of Christ to set all in order the serious consideration hereof would quicken our desires that way 3 Consider the great good you shall have by Christs coming it will be a time of refreshing it will be a time of liberty a time of glory a time of making you like unto Jesus Christ it will be a time of the greatest good to the Church that ever was 4 Read this Book much of the Revelations that will beget such desires in you then Antichrist shall go down then the enemies of the Lord Christ shall be under then shall it bee well with them that fear the Lord. I shall now come to the next words And let him that heareth say Come Of Christ his coming REV. 22.17 And let him that heareth say Come SEeing the Spirit saith Come and the Bride saith Come let him that hears what the Bride saith and hears what the Spirit saith let him be of the same minde and fall in with the Bride and the Spirit and say Come The words in the Greek are The hearing man let the hearing man say come some refer this to the succeeding Ages after the Church that now was the Posterity that should be after that time let all the Ages and all the Saints that shall be hereafter let them be of the same minde with the Bride and the Spirit and say Come come Lord Jesus come quickly But more properly it takes in all Let him that heareth Let the hearing man let any man that hath an ear to hear these things let him say Come let all sorts of men that read this Book and hear the voyce of the Spirit and of the Bride say Come come Lord. Quest But a Question here may be moved upon what account is it the duty of a wicked man to desire the coming of Christ or whether may awicked man desire the coming of Christ Ans Though a wicked man can never cordially desire the coming of Christ yet it is the duty of every wicked man of all men in the world and upon this account 1 As they are the Creatures of God all men are Gods Creatures and being Gods Creatures it is their duty to desire Gods Will being revealed for to be fulfilled therefore all wicked men taking notice that this is Gods Will revealed that Christ must come it is their duty to desire the fulfilling of Gods Will and not their own will Hence is it that they pray often Thy Kingdom come thy will be done though they know not what they pray 2 As they are the Servants of God and have talents committed unto them every one that is the servant of another and hath something committed to his trust it is his duty to desire the coming of his Lord and Master the coming of him to whom he must give his account there is not a man in this World but hath some talent or other given unto him some interpret that place in John He is the Light of every man that cometh into the world to be meant of that understanding and reason every man hath every one therefore having his understanding and reason from Christ should desire his coming 3 It is the duty of all men to desire that God should be glorified now God will bee glorified therein and upon that account it is their duty to desire

hath life when men swear and lye and follow their lusts and courses of the world they are darkness and walk in darkness but that man that walks most conformable to the rule of Gods Word he is light he is a brother but if you have not love the Day-star is not risen in your hearts 4 Lastly If this Day-star be risen in you then you will follow the Lord Christ and the Light that he holds out unto you and others you will not follow I say you will follow Christ hee is Light saith Paul Be yee followers of me as I am of Christ and my Sheep know my voyce and they follow me but they know not the voyce of strangers and will not follow them Christs Sheep those that have light they will follow the light they will follow the Day-star you know that when they were in the Wilderness they had a Pillar of Fire went before them in the night and they followed that so now Christ is the Pillar of Fire he is the Star that goes before them and they will follow that Star the Wise men had a Star that went before them and they followed that Star and that led them to Christ but now we must not follow Stars nor follow Men but follow Christ the Star whom do you follow now your own wisdom your own counsel your own Iusts the examples of men and the like are these your Guides and Leaders you are undone the● you have not the Day-star risen in your hearts if it were you would follow this Guide which is an infallible light and an infallible Guide therefore try your selves by this 5 If Christ be the bright and morning Star then let us look and wait for the Day which this morning Star is a fore-runner of it will be a glorious and a great Day be it the Day of Judgement as some do conceive or the day of Restitution of all things as others conceive yet that day will come and it will be a remarkable day a glorious day a day of burning a day of fire a day to consume the wicked a day to advance and raise the godly and Paul doth beseech them in 2 Thess he lays the weight upon that very thing chap. 2. vers 1. Now we beseech you Brethren by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and by our gathering together unto him O the coming of Christ is a very weighty thing when he shall come in the glory of his Father and of the Angels to judge the World or to deliver the World it will bee a great day a separating day O therefore let us look for that day and prepare for it Oh the Saints at that day will have cause to lift up their heads their Redemption draweth nigh It will be the day wherein Christ as he saith in Mat. 26.29 I will not drink henceforth of the fruit of the Vine untill the day when I drink it new with you in my Fathers Kingdom It will be a day of rejoycing to the Saints but the wicked shall have a Cup of Vinegar to drink or mingled Cup with Wrath and they must drink it all off to their undoing well seeing the morning Star hath appeared and is up and that day will come O let us look and prepare for it 6 Lastly If Christ bee the bright morning Star then we should be encouraged here to serve the Lord Jesus Christ and not to be weary of his work of his way and though wee meet with difficulties and discouragements yet to go on and fight it out and upon what ground see in Revel 2.26 28. He that overcometh and keepeth my words unto the end to him will I give power over the Nations and I will give him the morning Star He that goes on in my service and overcomes World Devil Corruption and Sin saith Christ I will give him the morning Star I will make him glorious I will fill him with joy and comfort I will give him my self for I am the morning Star hee shall have fruition of me and possession of me so that here 's incouragement enough for any to go on in godliness in Christianity in the ways of holiness and to oppose the enemies of Christ why he shall have Christ himself the morning Star The Voyce of the Spirit and Bride REV. 22.17 And the Spirit and the Bridesay Come THE Lord Christ having declared many things concerning himself and his enemies and the state his Church should come unto in this Book here the Spirit and the Bride say Is it so come come seeing there is such Prophesies of thy self come seeing thine enemies shall meet with such things come seeing thou wilt bring the Church to such a state come The Spirit and the Bride say Come To speak a little to the words Some by a Figure called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 where two words are put for one do understand the words thus And the Spirit and the Bride that is the Bride by the Spirit saith come Or the Bride by instinct of the Spirit saith come or the Spiritual Bride the Bride sanctified by the Spirit saith come But you see they are put distinct and so some Expositors take them The Spirit saith come and the Bride saith come The Spirit that spake to the Churches in the second and third of the Revelation Here what the Spirit saith unto the Churches that Spirit here saith come And the Bride saith come by Bride both the Church ●●●umphant and Militant may bee understood those that are chosen called and faithful Revel 17.4 those that had the name of their Fathers written in their fore-head Revel 14.1 Those that had white Robes and Palms in their hands Revel 7. Those that made up the New Jerusalem that descended from Heaven Revel 21. Those who did keep the Commandements of God and do his Will Revel 22.14 Those that were the several assembly of the first born Heb. 12. these are the Bride Now the Church is called a Bride from the resemblances that it hath with a Bride 1 You know a Bride doth forget The re●emblance ●etween ●he Church ●nd a ●●ride and forsake her own people and her fathers house Psal 45. Forget thine own people and thy fathers house it is spoken there to the Bride so the Church forgets the World and the customs and fashions of the World her own people kindred and relations and forsakes them Thus doth the Church Ephes 5.32 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother and shall be joyned to his wife This is a great mystery but I speak concerning Christ and the Church the Church must leave Father and Mother leave outward relations Wee have forsaken all and followed thee said the Disciples 2 A Bride you know is betrothed and espoused unto a man she gives up her self unto a man so the Church 2 Cor. 11. For I have espoused you to one Huthand that I may present you as a chaste Virgin to Christ Christ calls her his Spouse in