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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04157	Dauids pastorall poeme: or sheepeheards song Seuen sermons, on the 23. Psalme of Dauid, whereof the last was preached at Ashford in Kent, the day whereon our gracious King was there proclaimed. By Thomas Iackson preacher of Gods word at Wie in Kent.	Jackson, Thomas, d. 1646.; Swan, John, student in divinity.	1603 (1603)	STC 14299; ESTC S107441	134,253	302

care ouer his sheepe both by the ministrie of his word and spirit to keepe them from going astray that they can no sooner turne aside to the right hand or the left but they shall heare a voice behind them saying This is the way walke ye in it g Esay 30. 21. and also to defend them from the tooth of the Lion woolfe and dog that they doe not catch or scatter them being a wall of fire round about them as speaketh the Prophet h Zac. 2. 5. 4 Fourthly and lastly that I may not be tedious by insisting vpon euerie particular a louing and carefull Shepheard if any of his flock be gone astray into the wildernesse he will take paines to seeke it and exceedingly reioyce in the finding thereof as Christ noted in the parable of the lost sheep i Mat. 18. 12. if any be diseased to set to his hand dresse theÌ„ if their disease be contagious to remooue them from the fold flock til they be cured least others bee infected if any be weake and feeble to carrie them in his armes Euen so our Lord that louing and carefull Shepheard is come into the wildernesse of this world to seeke and to saue that which was lost k Luk. 19. 10. If he find any faultie he will launce them with the sword of his spirit and addresse himselfe to their amendment annointing their soares with the soueraigne salue of his mercie but if their liues be lasciuious and the disease grow infectious then by discipline and excommunication hee will separate them from the flocke remooue them from the fold and deliuer them vnto Sathan for the destruction of the flesh l 1. Cor. 5. 5 Lastly his yong and weake ones his tender lambes he will nourish and cherish in his bosome m Esay 40. 11 as speaketh the Prophet not breaking the brused reede nor quenching the smoaking flaxe n Mat. 12. 20. nor suffering them to bee tempted aboue that they are able but will euen giue the issue with the temptation as sayth the Apostle o 1. Cor. 10 13. And thus vnder the duties of a good Shepheard we haue noted the great care and mercifull prouidence of God towards his Church and Saints now on the other side let vs briefely looke into the nature properties and condition of the sheepe that thence we may also learne to know our selues and our duties towards Christ againe 1 For the nature of the sheepe The sheepes nature it is first recorded by all those that haue written thereof and by experience we find it true she is foolish and simple proane to goe astray euen when there is plentie of pasture at home yea being once gone aside she hath not the wit to returne but the further she goeth the further from her fold and wheras other beasts can shelter themselues in dens caues and calme places against stormie and tempestuous weather yet will she expose her selfe to dangers remedilesse vnlesse she be preuented by the care and prouident foresight of her Shepheard And surely so we are naturally foolish and vnwise not perceiuing the thinges of the spirit but running with greedinesse in the wandring pathes of death as the Prophet confesseth all vve like sheepe haue gone astray we haue turned euerie one to his owne way p Esay 53. 6. So Christ witnesseth of the prodigall Sonne that as long as he followed his ryotous sinfull course he was as besides himselfe not knowing what hee did nor whether hee went q Luk. 15. 17. And the Apostle also hath said of the Gentiles that they walked in their owne wayes r Act. 14. 16 2 Though she haue many enemies yet hath she neither courage to resist swiftnes to flie or wisedome to hide her selfe but rather will wander into desolate places where shee doth the more dangerously expose her selfe to her deuouring foes the subtill Foxe greedie dog rauenous wolfe and deuouring Lion so that of all creatures she staÌ„deth in greatest need of a guide defender EueÌ„ so man of himself is vtterly vnable to giue check-mate vnto sin and temptations thereunto which like a subtil fox lieth lurking fawning at euery corner to pray vpon a Christian soule or to withstand Sathan which like a rauenous wolfe or roaring Lion goeth about seeking whom he may deuoure as speaketh the Apostle Å¿ 1. Pet. 5. 8 So that most miserable we were if it were not for the continuall watchful and prouident care of our louing shepheard Christ Iesus But now as her nature is such The sheepes properties so as if she were priuie to her owne foolishnesse and weaknesse hath she speciall good properties whereby natures infirmities are well reformed and our dueties shadowed out first she knoweth heareth and obeyeth her Shepheards voice or whistle euen so the faithfull doe know heare and obey the voice of Christ wherein they find such comfort and full contentation that they desire to heare his voice yea his name is as svveete as an ointment powred out t Cant. 1. 2. Yea the voice of a stranger they vvill not heare u Ioh. 10. 5 but hold him accursed that preacheth another doctrine though an Angell from heauen or his charm neuer so sweet w Gal. 1. 8. If then we will approue our selues the true sheepe of Christs fold wee must first labour for knowledge and the spirit of discretion that vve bee not carried avvay vvith euerie puffe of doctrine x Eph. 4. 14 but that wee trie the spirits vvhether they be of God or no y 1. Io. 4. 1. and discerne the voice of Christ from the voice of strangers secondly that knowing his voice we cheerefully and speedily run with Dauid whether we are called in the vvaies of Gods commaund z Psa 119. 32. for otherwise if we heare and doe not vve doe but deceiue our ovvne soules a Iam. 1. 22 and Christ Iesus will renounce vs as he did the Iewes hee that is of God heareth Gods vvords yee therefore heare them not because ye are not of God b Ioh. 8. 47 2 Secondly the sheepe is profitable yea to her verie enemies with her skinne and wooll shee cloathed them so saith Iob the loynes of the poore blessed him vvhich had beene vvarmed with the fleeces of his sheepe c Iob. 31. 20. with her flesh and milke she feedeth vs so saith God reckoning vp the blessings of his people butter of Kyne and milke of Sheepe with fat of the lambes and Rams fed in Bashan d Deu. 32. 14. so the sheepe of Gods pasture doe good to all but specially to them of the houshould of faith e Gal. 6. 10. with their riches they helpe the needie feed the hungrie cloath the naked releeue the destitute and their gifts of grace they communicate vnto others instructing the ignorant strengthening the weake comforting the feeble minded admonishing the vnruly yea thus beneficiall they are not only to their friends but

also to their enemies louing those that hate them blessing those that curse them praying for those that persecute them striuing to be perfect in loue as their heauenly father is f Mat. 5. 48 3 She is patient contented quietly to receiue many and great wronges euen to be laid vpon the stall to the losse of fleece and life so that by a more excellent simile the holy ghost could not possibly expresse the admirable patience of Christ than this he was led as a sheepe to the slaughter and as a lambe dumbe before his shearer so opened hee not his mouth g Esay 53. 7 euen so Gods sheepe are taught being smitten on one cheeke to turne the other h Mat. 5. 39 not to auenge themselues by rendring euill for euill but rather to giue place vnto wrath and ouercome euill with goodnesse i Rom. 12. 17 21. c. yea for the Gospels sake cheerefully to suffer reproaches spoile of goods and losse of life Wherefore to stand no longer on this point by these properties and duties we may trie and examime our selues whether we be any of Gods sheepe entred into the sheepe-fold and receiued into the societie of Gods saints or no and if we find them in vs in any true measure we may boldly proclaime with Dauid The Lord is my Shepheard and then marke what condition we must looke for The sheepe The sheepes condition though she be a creature so simple harmelesse profitable and patient yet hath she many enemies as wee haue heard which doe continually seeke to bite kill deuoure and pray vppon her as Dauid witnessed who keeping his Fathers sheepe there came a Lion and a beare and caught a sheepe but hee rescued her and slew them both k 1. Sa. 17. 34. Euen so the sheepe of the Lords fold though they bee neuer so innocent and harmelesse yet must looke to haue many enemies euen Sathan and all his Angels with al the childreÌ„ of this wicked world of whom they must look to be continually reproched persecuted slandered and killed And thus we haue vnfolded the mysterie of this most sweet comfortable Metaphor wherein on the one side we haue viewed the singular care prouidence of God towards his people and on the other side what duties he requireth of them againe Let vs now consider the doctrine for instruction That Dauid being so great and mightie a king Doctrine and one that was placed as a Shepheard to feede Gods people as it is said in the Psalmes l Ps 78. 71 yet not trusting in the multitude of his riches nor strength prowes of his worthies but especially glorieth in this that the Lord is his Shepheard it teacheth vs that the onely safetie happinesse and felicitie of man though otherwise neuer so noble wealthy or honorable coÌ„sisteth in this that they are the Lordes sheep shrowded vnder the wings of Gods diuine prouideÌ„ce c. For all flesh is grasse and the glorie thereof as the flovver of the field m Esa 40. 6 Kings and Princes though they be Gods on the earth yet they die like men and see corruption and so all their thoughts perish n Psal 82. 7 Wherefore Dauid giueth most religious counsell Trust not in Princes nor in the sonne of man for there is none helpe in him his breath departeth and he returneth to his earth o Psa 146. 3 Yea the Lord hath pronounced the man accursed that trusteth in man making flesh his arme and withdrawing his heart from the Lord p Iere. 17. 5 As for riches and pompe they are vncertaine and therefore wee may not trust in them q 1. Tim. 6 17 for when death commeth they will take their leaue r Psal 49 yea as the wise man saith they bebetake themselues to their wings as an Eagle and flie into heauen Å¿ Pro. 23. 5 but blessed is the man that hath the God of Iacob for his refuge and whose hope is in the Lorde his God t Psa 146. 5 for though Princes die and riches flie away yet hee will be with vs for euer though wee passe through floudes of water and flames of fire u Esa 43. 2 yea though wee goe through the valley of the shadow of death wee neede to feare none euill for hee will bewith vs his rod and staffe shall comfort vs. Oh then let not our eies be dazled with the vaine glittering shew of the world Vse or any thing therein but seeke in assurance of faith to pronounce with Dauid The Lord is my shepheard and therein let vs glorie as in mans onely felicitie Q. But vnto whom is the Lord a Shepheard A. Surely vnto none but such who in the true acknowledgement of their owne weakenesse and straying nature do submit themselues to his tuition he is a shepheard but onely for such sheepe as are lost x Ma. 15. 24 and more reioyseth in the conuersion of one sinner then in ninetie and nine iust men that neede no amendment of life y Luk. 15. 7 hee is a Sauiour but onely of sinners this is a true saying Christ Iesus came into the world to saue sinners z 1. Tim. 1. 15 He is a Phisition but onely to them that are sicke as he hath said The whole neede not a Physition but they that are sicke a Mat. 9. 12 He is a Surgeon but onely to make them see that are blinde for so he hath sayd in the Gospell Mat. 9. 37 I am come vnto iudgement into this worlde that they which see not might see and that they which see might bee made blind b Ioh. 1. 7. 8 Hee is the light of the world as Iohn Baptist hath witnessed but onely to them that sit in darkenesse and shadow of death c Mat. 4. 16 yea lastly he is the bread and water of life but onely to the hungrie and thristie as Marie saith in her song Hee filleth the hungrie with good things and the rich hee sendeth away emptie Luke 1. 53. And therfore to conclude this point when once God giueth vs the true sight of our vanitie and vnfained repentance humbly to confesse and heartily to pray with Dauid I haue gone astray like a lost sheepe oh seeke thy seruant d Psal 119. 176 then let vs bee assured hee will seeke and find vs wee shall become fold-mates with Dauid sing as he did The Lord is my shepeheard So much for the Proposition let vs now see what he inferreth thereon in these words I shall not want The sheepe of her selfe is subiect to many wants and of herselfe not able in any measure to supplie them euen so euery Christian is compassed about and pressed downe with innumerable wants both in regarde of the soule and bodie neither is he able to minister to his necessities Onely this is his comfort The Al-sufficient God being his shepheard he shall not want * HabentiÌ„ dominum

God I am pure from the blood of all men I haue coueted no mans siluer gold or apparell u Act. 20. 20 26 27 Let euerie ruler that would haue a comfortable death so carrie himselfe in this life that he may be able to say with Samuel Beare record of me before the Lord whose Oxe haue I taken or whose Asse haue I taken or whom haue I done wrong to or whom haue I hurt or of whose hands haue I receiued any bribe to blind mine eies withal w 1. Sa. 12 3. Yea let euery one striue to keepe a good conscience before God and al men that on their death beds they may say with Iob Let God weigh me in the inst ballance and he shall know mine vprightnesse mine heart hath not beene deceyued by a woman neither haue I laid wait at the doore of my neighbour I haue not restrained the poore of their desire nor caused the eyes of the widow to faile I haue not eaten my morsels alone but the fatherlesse haue eaten therof I haue seene none to perish for want of clothing but the loynes of the poore may blesse me which haue beene couered with the fleeces of my flocke x Iob 31. 6 9. 16. qualis vita finis ita yea doth not dayly experience confirme Iren. that as the life is so is the death What a comfortable thing is it to bee present at the deathes of the godly What notable confessions of faith testimonies of repentance patience in their paines feruencie of the spirit zeale in prayer ioy in the holy Ghost power in exhortation and comfort in their farewell Is there to bee seene and heard if by violence of the disease they be not hindered whereby it appeareth true that Dauid witnesseth that towalke in the wayes of gods coÌ„maundements bringeth peace at the last on the other side most miserable and comfortlesse are the sicknesses and deathes of the wicked who for the most part die like sottes as Naball whose heart was as dead as a stone y 1. Sam. 25. 37. or desperate like Caine z Gen. 4. 13 their consciences awaking as a mad dog out of sleepe and tormenting them for their sins most extreamely Well then we must liue the life of the righteous if euer wee looke to die the death of the righteous and if with the Apostle we will haue death our aduauntage a Phil. 1. 21 We must first with the Apostle serue God with all good conscience b Act. 24. 16 Late repentance is seldome sound wee reade but of one that became righteous at his last end of one that none may despaire for their long led sinfull life and but of one that none may presume to continue in sinne The safest way is to begin betime and euen this day c Psa 9â— 7. Heb. 3. 7. 13. to turne to the Lord. For though somtime a good death may follow an euill life yet an euill death can neuer follow a good life and therefore correct and reforme thine euill life and feare not an euil death for he can not die ill that liueth well * Corrige male viuere et nâ—li timere non potest male mori qui bene vexerit Aug. de discip Christ cap. 3. So much for the third speciall meanes which do procure a bold and comfortable death the fourth and last remaineth which is the greatest of all and must giue life to all the rest as without which they are but dead and nothing worth A true and liuely faith The fourth and most effectuall meanes for the procuring of a comfortable death is a stedfast faith For a man may consider the euils of this present life and the happinesse of the other yea and lead a life for ciuill duties vnrebukeable and yet not his death bee comfortable vnto him but rather he hath great cause to fear much euill therein but when to the consideration of freedome from miserie the fruition of happinesse and an honest and vpright life there is lastly ioyned a true and liuely faith whereby wee are assured of Gods fauour * Fides ambiguum non habet aut si habet fides non est sed opinio Bern. and the remission of sins and that through the obedience and passion of Christ we shall bee receiued into Gods kingdome these togither doe bring a most ioyfull comfortable and blessed death When death seazeth vpon a carnal man wanting faith who can see no further then by the light of blind naturall reason and seeth that he must leaue al his honour riches pleasures friends and families that his body which hath beene so daintily fed costly clothed and much made of must now be laid in the dust and become meate for the wormes and see corruption and when hee seeth that his soule must go to iudgement to render account for those sinnes which he hath vngodly committed oh how doth this torment and massacre him oh death how bitter is thy remembraÌ„ce to such an one but to the spirituall man that by the eye of faith looketh further then to the present corruptible estate of his body namely to that glorious estate wherein it shall be raysed by the power of God at the last day and by the eye of faith beholdeth the brazen Serpent Christ Iesus lifted vp vpon the pole of the crosse by which one sacrifice once offered God is well pleased oh how little doth such an one feare any euill in death so that by faith wee liue and faith is our stay when we doe die let vs then with all diligence heare the word of God and pray continually * Imo demus operam vt moreamur â—n precatione Aug. for the begetting and increase hereof that wee may in some measure triumph ouer death and say with Dauid I wil feare no euill to go through the valley of the shadow of death It followeth THE SIXT SERMON vpon the 23. Psalme For thou Lord art with me thy rodde and staffe c. IN this third circumstance The third Circumstance declaring the true cause and ground of a Christians courage in passing thorough the valley of death is layd downe the ground of a Christians boldnesse and courage which is not desperat madnesse rashnes wherby many a Swash-buckler casteth himself headlong into the danger of death as though he feared no euill therin but it is the assurance of Gods presence and fauour that is the ground of a true Christians boldnesse A point most necessarie to be considered least otherwise we may imagine that Dauids boldnesse is appropriate to himselfe and grounded vpon some speciall promise and assurance not communicable vnto any other and so it should be great presumption in any other to say as hee did I will feare no euill in death c. Vnlesse he had the same warant that hee had I say to preuent this surmise heere Dauid layeth downe the ground of his speach that if wee haue promise of the same aswell

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