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A88600	The watchmans watchword. A sermon preached at White-Hall upon the 30 of March last, being the fifth Wednesday in Lent, and the day of the monethly fast: by Richard Love D.D. Master of Corpus Christi Colledge in Cambridge, and chaplain in ordinary to his Majestie. Published by command.	Love, Richard, 1596-1661.	1642 (1642)	Wing L3193; Thomason E145_4; ESTC R19765	34,052	46

them but to loath them then thou Turnest nay then thou Returnest that is thou dost Turn homeward from whence thou wert strayed by sinne thou removest from sinne and drawest home to God-ward This is that Godly sorrow that worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of For behold this self-same thing that ye sorrowed after a godly sort what carefulnesse it wrought in you yea what clearing of your selves yea what indignation yea what fear yea what vehement desire yea what zeal yea what revenge 2 Cor. 7.11 Why what ado is here with these Corinthians could they not repent without so great a stirre O be not mistaken where true Repentance is it sets the whole man awork and so it had need for it rendreth him a clean other man new thoughts new desires new resolutions Ask not me ask your own hearts whether ye are returned or not Ask thy self what was the last thought that went to bed with thee last night and was up this day most early stirring in thy breast Was it of heaven or earth Was it a thought of vanity or of pietie Was it for the committing or the crucifying of some sinne Did it savour of worldly pleasure or godly sorrow Didst thou think of thy old sinnes as thy sworn enemies or as thy sweet companions which though now asunder for a Fast-day or so yet should meet ere long and be as merry as ever If you can think of your old sinnes with patience I dare not tell you what I think of you But if you be now truly grieved for them seriously resolved to abandon them Behold I come a messenger of good news good news unto thy soul good news to heaven Heus tu peccator bono animo sis vides ubi de tuo reditu gaudeatur Tertullian Tertull. de poen Heaven joyeth to see a returning sinner it is tripudium coeli The blessed Angels joy Lacrymae poenitentium sunt vinum Angelorum Bernard Serm. 30. in Cant. When thou returnest they in troups come forth to meet thee Nay the blessed Trinity doth joy God the Father joyes at thy return Why this saith he is my lost sonne my returning prodigall Tam pater nemo tam pius nemo Tertullian Tertull. ibidem God the Sonne rejoyceth Why this saith he is my lost sheep returning to the fold Vna pastoris ovicula sed grex unâ carior non est Idem ibidem God the Holy Ghost doth joy Why this saith he is my renewed temple returning to the beautie of its first erection And therefore God the Father he crieth Come God the Sonne he crieth Come and God the Holy Ghost he cryeth Come The Father he crieth Veni ad me Come unto me for I am the End The Sonne he crieth Veni per me Come by me for I am the Way The Holy Ghost crieth Veni cum me Come with me for I am the Guide All cry Come and all cry Welcome And therefore If you will Inquire Inquire Return Come Come This word onely remaineth of the Text onely one word of it and I have done Ye have heard that the penitent sinner now returning from his sinne every person of the Sacred Trinitie inviteth him God the Father thy Creatour he cryeth Come God the Sonne thy Redeemer he cryeth Come And God the Holy Ghost thy Sanctifier he cryeth Come Thy Almighty Creatcur calleth thee by the voice of Nature Therefore come in humilitie to so great a Majestie Thy gracious Redeemer calleth thee by the voyce of Scripture Therefore come in faith to so dear a Saviour Thy blessed Sanctifier calleth thee by his secret motion in thy heart Therefore come in holinesse and new obedience to thy holy guide Behold a convoy of three heavenly virtues Holinesse in life Humilitie in heart and Faith in Christ If thou comest to God thou must Come with these Take heed thou leavest not Holinesse behind Without Holinesse no man shall see the Lord. Heb. 11.6 Yet in no case forget Humilitie Blessed are the poore in spirit for theirs is the Kingdome of heaven Matth. 5. But above all bring Faith For without Faith it is impossible to please God and he that cometh to God must believe Heb. 11.6 These three Virgin-sister-Graces all joyn hand in hand and make a ring and so convey the Christian soul to heaven between them Holinesse taketh fast hold of Humilitie Humilitie takes hold of Faith and Faith again of Holinesse Be sure thou partest no hand if thou dost thou mayest fall out between them and they fall out between themselves Holinesse without Humilitie will soon be proud Humilitie without Faith will soon despair Faith without Holinesse without works is dead James 2.26 O let us labour for an humble Holinesse a faithfull Humilitie and a holy Faith Come with these to God and I dare be bold in his name to bid thee welcome Come with these this day and he will denie thee nothing These never are denied accesse to the King of Kings Holinesse that is a pure conscience within an unspotted life without it is the daughter of the King of heaven The Kings daughter is all glorious within her clothing is of wrought gold Psal 45.14 Shall she be denied accesse to her heavenly father No she shall be brought unto the King in raiment of needle-work 15. But shall she come alone No the virgins that be her fellows Humilitie and Faith shall bear her company and shall be brought unto thee With joy and gladnesse shall she be brought and enter into the Kings palace 16. Blessed soul that comest thus accompanied These are the Kings Daughters Thou art more thou art made his spouse his bride his wife Heare how he wooes thee My sister my love my dove my undefiled Cant. 5.2 When thou thus comest to God what is it but even the marriage of thy soul with Christ Let us be glad and rejoyce and give honour to the Lord for the marriage of the Lambe is come and his wife hath made her ready Revel 19.7 Made her ready how what hath she put on It followeth in the next verse She is arayed in fine linen clean and white for the fine linen is the righteousnesse of the Saints 8. Why then is the righteousnesse of the Saints so clean and white I thought with the Prophet That all our righteousnesse had been as a menstruous cloth Isaiah 64.6 Stillamus quotidie super telam justitiae nostrae saniem concupiscentiae nostrae Bernard How then is our righteousnesse clean and white Yes all is true Our holinesse and inherent righteousnesse is fine linen being the work of the Holy Ghost it must not be denied but God knows how much soyled and spotted by the flesh till it be made clean and white and therefore Humilitie must be ever at hand to scoure our righteousnesse and Faith to wash it Humilitie doth daily rince it in a stream of tears and makes it clean Faith doth wash it in the bloud of Christ and makes it white These are they that have washed their robes and made them white in the bloud of the Lamb. Revel 7.14 Christs bride hath made her ready she hath put on righteousnesse that is stolam sanctorum 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is the word the outward-garment the righteousnesse of good works But withall she must put on interulam humilitatis the inward garment of humilitie Be clothed with humilitie 1. Pet. 5.5 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is saith Beza be ye inwardly adorned estote intus ornati be ye clothed inwardly with humilitie Beza in locum And over both even in the sight of God to cover both she hath put on velum or peplum fidei the veil of faith whereby to Gods justice she presents Christs righteousnesse for hers That is fine linen indeed clean and white And to the bride it is granted 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is the word that she should be arayed in this When she comes covered with this veil she comes with boldnesse to the throne of grace With this veil of faith she passeth through the veil and hath boldnesse to enter into the holiest by the bloud of Jesus Heb. 10.19.20 The Spouse did once complain of the watchmen that they robbed her of her veil The watchmen that went about the citie found me they smote me they wounded me the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me Cant. 5.7 If we have any such Watchmen that would take away from the Church the veil of Christs imputed righteousnesse our righteousnesse by faith O let such Watchmen watch no more they smite they wound Christs Spouse so that she cannot do what the Watchman in the Text doth bid her she cannot come with confidence to God But so she must even Come with Holinesse Come with Humilitie and especially Come with Faith or else she will never come home As good not Come at all as not come thus and as good not Return as not Come and as good not Inquire as not Return Our Watchman therefore hath joyned all together Inquire if you will Inquire Return Come And now the Watchman hath said You have seen the Watchman and have heard the Watchword You have seen the Watchmans Charge and his Discharge You have heard the Watchword as it is Monitory and Directory As it is Monitory it tells us that the Morning cometh and also the Night The Morning of Life and Night of Death The Morning of Prosperitie and Gods mercie The Night of Adversitie and Gods judgements As it is Directory it calls upon us to Inquire Return and Come What remains but that we practice what we have heard and seen And that we may the better do it that we turn the Sermon into a prayer even to the Watchman of Israel That our Watchmen may stand where God hath set them That our Watchmen may say what God doth shew them That we all may be thankfull for our Morning and prepare for our Night That we may Inquire into our selves Return from our sinnes and Come home to God The Watchman said The Morning cometh and also the Night if ye will Inquire inquire Return Come FINIS

before they be withered Wisd 2 7,8 And take our fill of love Prov. 7.18 Shall I poyson the sweet flower of my youth with that bitter herb of grace Repentance No away Repentance Thou comest to torment me before my time By this time thou art become a man what sayest thou to Repentance yet Quin importuna abi poenitentia Unmannerly Repentance I never had more businesse in my life Horat. de art● Aetas animúsque virilis Quaerit opes amicitias inservit honori My head is wholly taken up with affairs of State I am raising a family I am contriving to get into some great Office either in Church or State When I have got that it may be I shall have more leisure but certainly more cause to repent Therefore good Repentance spare me for a while Go thy way for this time when I have a convenient season I will call for thee Come to me somewhat about my Old age Nay Old age it self will not be old enough Nemo tam senex saith the Oratour Age hopes for an Evening even after an Afternoon Thus we post off Repentance from day to day from Age to Age as if it were fit onely for our dotage Well I will not say that Repentance then is either impossible or unacceptable But this I 'le say he is stark mad that trusts to that O it is the most Incongruous most Difficult most Hazardous thing in all the world Most incongruous What sing matins to the devil and even-song to God Hast thou nothing for him but the fag end of a life the dregges of Age Most Difficult Dost thou think that thou wilt be fit to turn to God when thou canst scarcely turn thee in thy bed and that sinne and Satan the sole companions of thy life will shake hands with thee when thou art shaking hands with the world But above all it is most hazardous Fond men that we are we talk of a noon an afternoon yea and an evening too but my Text hath onely a morning and a night to teach us not onely the shortnesse but withall the uncertaintie of life Thou hast a Morning now how soon mayest thou be overtaken with a Stulte hâc nocte God hath not warranted thee a noon of life much lesse a noon of Grace O then take heed lest thou that neglectest this morning beest not surprised by night Be thy age what it will haec hora est tua Mart. this houre is thy morning Gallicinium When this Gospel sounds the cock doth crow the next houre for ought thou knowest may be Conticinium the dead of night and thou heare no other musick but the scrichowls note Lord teach us therefore so to number our dayes that we may apply our hearts to wisdome Psal 90.12 And our wisdome is not 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 but 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 it is not Providence but Repentance Let us therefore repent for our life passeth our death approacheth The Morning cometh and also the Night That is the first motive from the words taken Naturally Secondly Morally The Morning of Prosperitie and of Gods mercie that comes The Night of Adversitie and of Gods temporall judgements that comes Therefore Repent Per MANE praesentis vitae prosperit as designatur saith S. Gregorie Moral 16. cap. 27. In prosperis in adversis hoc est in die ac nocte Hieron in locum Every of Gods severall blessings which he bestows on any of us in this life as Health or Wealth or Peace or the enjoyment of his Word and Ordinances they are a kind of Morning to a Christian They bring light to his eyes heat to his heart they help to chear his spirits and to warm his bloud Heavinesse may endure for a night but joy cometh in the morning Psal 30.5 Yet the truth is there is none no not all of these are more then a Morning no blessing of this life can shine forth unto a perfect day their light is never full and often changing ever in danger of a night No the perfect day is onely the blisse of heaven Lux haec perpetua est sine nocte dies All the best dayes of this life put together make but a Christians morning Yet there is none of these morning rayes but should cause rorem matutinum a morning dew upon our souls Look how the lowly earth when the early sunne salutes it first sends forth her vapours and exhalations towards heaven as it were in a due acknowledgement of her own basenesse in her self and in a reall thankfulnesse for those rayes of light just so the humble soul when it considers the undeserved blessings and mercies of what kind soever that God vouchsafeth unto it cannot forbear to send forth some sighs and groans towards heaven Lord I am a sinfull and a wretched creature I was born in sinne and still live in it as thou hast added dayes unto my life so have I each day added sinnes to sinnes and yet behold thou still dost visit me even every morning with thy loving kindnesse O adde this blessing to all the rest give me an heart truly sensible of thy goodnesse and my own unworthinesse O let me spend my self in heavenly sighs and groans O let thy grace bedew my soul O let me melt into repentant tears O let me live no longer in the fog of my old sinnes The night is farre spent the day is come let us walk therefore as children of the light 1. Thess 5.5 God in this morning hath sent thee a ray of health thou hast an able bodie a firm and chearfull constitution take heed thou dost not abuse that health to riot and intemperance to surfeting and drunkennesse to lust and lasciviousnesse if thou dost thou cloudest thy morning God in this morning hath sent unto another a ray of wealth thou hast riches in abundance O then abuse not thy wealth to pride and vanitie to avarice or worldlinesse if thou dost thou cloudest thy morning God in this morning hath sent to others a ray of peace they sit with quiet under their own vine and figtree O then abuse not this peace to idlenesse and security be not senselesse of thy poore brethrens misery Wo be to them that lie upon their beds of Ivorie and stretch themselves upon their couches and eat the lambs out of the flock and the calves out of the midst of the stall That chaunt to the sound of the viol and invent to themselves instruments of musick That drink wine in bowls and anoint themselves with the chief ointments but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph Amos 6.4 What is this but to cloud thy morning Above all God sends unto us the sunshine of his Gospel the light of his heavenly truth O let us not shut our eyes against that light and turn our backs upon it O let us not loath our manna and look back to Egypt when light is come into the world