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A22452	The Christians race teaching vs all so worthily, and so wisely both to beginne, continue, and to end, this our most short and momentanie [sic] course in this mortall life: that in the day of our death wee may for euer enjoy that inestimable crowne of eternall blisse in the life to come. Being a sermon preached in the Parish Church of North Parrott in Somerset, by Iohn Atkins Master of Arts, and preacher of the sacred Word of God, and pastor there.	Atkins, John, Rector of North Parrott.	1624 (1624)	STC 887; ESTC S115377	29,584	48

militant and conuersant vpon Earth But first he did Runne and then after that Obtayne first hee did Fight and then he did Conquer first he did Suffer and then after that hee did enter into his Glorie Luk. 24.26 So then my welbeloued in the best beloued this being the Militant estate heere vpon Earth of Christ himselfe our head this also must bee the Lot Estate and Condition of all and euery one of vs that are his members For that as in Math. 10.25 wee may runne and read from the mouth of our Master Christ himselfe It is enough for the Disciple to be as his Master and the Seruant as his Lord. And no maruel for as a learned Father saith Our God hath these three distinct or seueral houses Earth Hell and Heauen Earth for labour Hell for torment and Heauen for pleasure Earth for labour in this present life whereof that holy man Iob speaketh thus in Iob 5.7 Man is borne to labour as the sparkes to flie vpward Hell for torment to all the Damned in the life to come whereof Abraham spake thus to damned Diues in Luk. 16.25 Sonne remember that thou in thy life time receiuedst thy pleasures and contrariwise Lazarus endured paines but now hee is comforted and thou art tormented And Heauen for pleasure to all the Elect of God whereof our blessed Apostle Saint Paul writeth thus in 1. Cor. 2.9 That no Eye euer saw no Eare euer heard no Heart euer conceiued the joyes which God hath prepared in Coelo Empiraeo for them that loue him So then if heere wee haue no fighting striuing running encountring and conquering in this present life we can neuer then looke for any Coelestiall blessing immortall Crowning and most happie rewarding in the Life to come And therefore of force I must thus conclude à decreto Dei immutabili from Gods vnchangeable Decree the truth of this my proposed Doctrine raised a personis from the persons which are heere exhorted by the Holy Ghost for to runne this Christian race that if euer wee doe expect indeed that rich reward of Glorie in the day of our Death wee must labour now with might and maine for to bee Cursores Spirituall runners of this Religious race heere in this present life The vse of this Doctrine a Personis from the Persons serues to reprooue to checke and sharpely to rebuke many thousands amongst vs in these our dayes and times who being yet but Talpae in Diuinis blind Moales in Heauenly matters doe ignorantly and most absurdly thinke to goe to Heauen as it were vpon beds of Downe and that all other matters and businesses in this world this one thing is the easiest matter of all for a man to enter into Eternall life in his day of Death and in this Life to bee spiritually rich towards God with a Lord haue mercy vpon them at the last Whereas lumine Naturae by Natures light they can all confesse and say that a man cannot possibly bee rich to this slipperie world first beginning euen ex nihilo but of a slender Stocke without rising vp early going to bed late and taking of euery opportunitie offered for that end and purpose and yet alas these Naturalists doe thinke being yet but flesh and bloud which as our Apostle plainly tels vs from the Lord in 1. Cor. 15. vers 50. cannot possibly enter into the Kingdome of God to be spirituall rich to God-ward in their soules and suddenly in ipso articulo mortis at the very last gaspe to enjoy CHRIST with all his Merits Graces and Blessings which is mans best and chiefest gaine because the most true and perfect gaine though heere they doe stand still in the way of sinners or sit downe in the seate of the scornfull neuer running as we are here exhorted in this Religious Race nor yet strugling or striuing as Christians ought to doe either against Satans fiery suggestions or against this Worlds most dangerous hallucinations or against their owne carnall lusts and most filthy corruptions but that only one Miserere mei Deus at the last will suffice their turne To all which blind Moales in heauenly matters I must be a ghostly Remembrancer this day from the Lord of Heauen and Earth with this my present Doctrine raised à personis from the parties which must runne this our Christians Race That if euer they doe expect indeed that most rich reward of glory in the day of death they must labour now then to bee cursores spirituall runners of this Religious Race here in this present life Remembring still that as a godly Father sayth Nunc pugnandum tibi est fortiter nunc currendum viriliter vt tandem in die mortis triumphes suauiter Now wee must fight couragiously now wee must runne manfully if euer wee looke in our day of death to triumph most ioyfully And so I come à personis ad rem from the parties that must runne this Religious Race to their practice in running and finishing of the same which is To runne with patience the Race that is set before vs looking to Iesus In which two generall parts of this my proposed Text may it please you methodically to note these three particular points First A word of Exhortation in that first word Run Secondly A most worthy direction how in these next words with patience the Race that is set before vs. And thirdly and lastly An illustration of this most worthy direction by a demonstration drawne ab exemplo Christi in these last words looking to Iesus Of these by the helpe of God in their order And first of the word of Exhortation Runne Running as wee all know is a violent exercise and therefore most painfull and laborious And so likewise is the militant present estate of euery man and woman amongst vs that will runne this Christians Race full of affliction miserie and of trouble insomuch that Sicut fluctus fluctum insequitur sic afflictio afflictionem as one waue followeth vpon the Seas in the necke of another so doe tryals and afflictions here pursue Gods deare Saints one after another And therefore Eccles counsell is this in his second Chapter and first Verse My Sonne if thou wilt come to serue the Lord prepare thy soule for temptations Moreouer in running which as afore I haue taught you is actio laboriosa a violent painfull and laborious exercise of the bodie mens bodies are still in motu progressu in action and in progresse vntill they doe come at length vnto the Goale And euen so likewise my welbeloued in the best beloued both in our speculatiue and practicall part of true Christian Pietie our whole man flesh and spirit must still be in motu progressu vntill we doe attayne to that wished Palace of felicitie And hence from this first word of Exhortation Run There ariseth this remarkable Instruction or Lesson for our learning that all such as doe now professe indeed true Christian Pietie and Religion must neither stand still nor

out their hundreds of yeeres but Man dyeth when his sunne is yet but risen before his Eye can be satisfied with seeing or his Eare with hearing or his Heart with lusting Death knocks at the very doore of his heart and will not suffer him to studie for an excuse before hee must appeare to giue an account of his Stewardship for he can bee no longer steward Luk. 16.2 3. And euen thus Ab experientia quotidiana by experience I proue also the truth of this my former Doctrine raised from the word Race That the lasting and continuance of our life here vpon earth it is exceeding short c. A third reason for further proofe confirmation of this Doctrine is drawne à Comparatis from Comparisons taken out of the pure fountain it selfe of Gods blessed Booke In that this present life of ours is compared by the Holy Ghost in Scripture sometimes to a Pilgrimage in which is vncertaintie as in Gen. 47.9 The dayes of my Pilgrimage are an hundred and thirtie yeeres Sometimes to Grasse and Flowers in which is mutabilitie as in Esay 40.7 Sometimes to a Smoake in which is vanitie as in Psal 102.3 Sometimes to a house of Clay in which there is miserie Iob. 4.19 Sometimes to a Weauers shittle in which is volubilitie as in Iob. 7.6 Somtimes to a Shepherds Tent in which is varietie as in Esa 38.12 Sometimes to a Ship vpon the Seas or to a Post vpon the Land in which is great celeritie as in Wisdom 5.9.10 Somtimes to a Race as in 1. Cor. 9.24 And so likewise heere in this my Text. Sometimes to a Dreame whereof wee haue many in one night as in Iob 20.8 Sometimes to Vanitie which is nothing in it selfe as in Psal 39.5 And sometimes to nothing or a thing of nought which hath no being in this world as in the selfe same Psalme and Verse By all which comparisons taken out of the written Word of God I proue the truth of this my former Doctrine as by a third reason that the lasting and continuance of our liues here vpon Earth it is exceeding short passeth very swiftly And no maruel for that the holy Ghost resembleth Mans present estate besides all those transitorie things which afore I haue mentioned sometimes to a Shadow which is as nothing to the body as in Iob 8.9 And sometimes to a vapour which quickly vanisheth as in Iam. 4.14 Now then all these things of so short a continuance what else doe they intimate vnto vs all but a serious consideration with our selues of our most short vnconstant and variable estate The chiefest of mans glory heere vpon Earth being resembled as before I shewed you but to a Flower and a Flower as in Summer wee doe see is a thing of no long continuance for that the cold nips it the heate withers it and lastly the sithe will quickly cut it downe And euen so is our life in length but as a spanne yea a very nothing in respect of Eternitie Psal 144.4 The vse of this my former Doctrine raised from our Apostles metaphoricall word Race is of admonition to warne vs all that sith this present life of ours is so exceeding short as I haue most euidently prooued vnto you by three most pregnant and powerfull reasons So that in truth in comparison of that which followeth it is but Punctum temporis quod hîc viuimus imò puncto minus But a very moment of time that heere wee all doe liue And yet as Saint Austen truely sayth Hoc est momentum vnde pendet Aeternitas This is that onely moment whereupon dependeth Eternitie For that if this time bee well spent then of our liuing in euerlasting Felicitie but if this bee mispent then of our liuing in eternall Miserie That therefore we bee now mindfull and carefull euery day for to spend it well and to make good vse indeed of this so short a moment of our time in running of this our Christian race aright by liuing Religiously towards God Soberly towards our selues and justly and squarely one towards another taking especiall heed of all carnall securitie Considering that which way soeuer we cast our eyes we haue great cause of vigilancy but none at all of securitie For if wee looke vpward let vs thinke vpon God whom by our sinnes wee haue most justly displeased if downeward vpon Hell which wee haue all of vs deserued if backward vpon our Sinnes which we haue formerly committed if forward vpon our Death and Iudgement which cannot bee auoyded if inward vpon our owne Consciences which wee haue defiled if outward vpon this wicked World which to too much wee haue loued Let vs all now consider whence first we came and blush where wee are and sigh whither we are going and tremble and lastly how short this our life is and prepare And now to this end that wee may all of vs the more directly runne in this our Religious race as we ought to doe without standing sitting fainting flinching or looking backe Two speciall rules must bee well learned of vs to wit First a due Preparation before and secondly a right Disposition of our selues in running of this Religious race aright as wee ought to doe For the first rule Our due Preparation before doth chiefely consist in these two principall points First in dyeting of our selues afore-hand from forbearing the pleasing and delightsome practice of all our old and wonted sinnes euen as earthly Runners in a corporall Race doe keepe themselues to a bodily dyet before their Running day Secondly in the stripping and shifting cleane of our selues from the filthy rotten ragges of our owne supposed righteousnesse which is all but like to a menstruous Cloath as in Esay 64.6 euen as earthly Runners strip and shift themselues of their daily wearing Cloathes before they doe set forth And as for our second and last former rule viz. Our right Disposition in running it consisteth in these three principall things First in our beginning well for that as the Poet sayd of old Dimidium facti qui bene caepit habet Hee that hath made a good beginning hath therein halfe finished this his Running being guided herein by the Word of God and Prayer Secondly in going on well not in the wry way of Paganisme nor in the by-way of Papisme but only in that old way which is the good and right way of Christianisme That is In semita Dei statutorum onely in the path of Gods Commandements Thirdly and last of all In ending well For that wee vsually say and not vntruely if the End bee well then all is well As our Sauiour himselfe doth teach vs in Math. 24.13 Qui perseuerat vsque ad finem saluus erit He alone which continueth vnto the end shall bee saued For that sola perseuerantia Coronatur onely our perseuerance in this Race will enrich vs with the Crowne And in deed and truth as a godly Father sayth Incassum in hoc stadio curritur si