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ground_n	bring_v	good_a	tree_n	2,634	5	8.6907	4	true

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A15524	Christs farevvell to Jerusalem, and last prophesie A sermon preached in the quier of the cathedrall church of Canterburie, at the funerall of that reuerend and worthy man, Mr. Doctor Colfe, Vice-Deane of the said church. Octob. 12. 1613. By Thomas Wilson, minister of Gods word.	Wilson, Thomas, 1563-1622.	1614 (1614)	STC 25790; ESTC S101806	26,045	78

the truth of Christ his predictions that as his promises so his threatnings of temporall and eternall woes they are all yea and Amen As himselfe is so be his words all faithfull and true His wisedome is such so vncontroulable as cannot be deceiued touching the euents foretold his power so inuincible as cannot be resisted and his truth so infallible as it is neuer falsified and altered Shall he speake and not doe threaten and not execute heauen and earth may sooner passe then one iot or tittle of his word should fall to ground God is not as men that hee should lye or as the sonnes of men that he should repent Let all men therefore fully assure themselues of the most certaine and vndoubted effects of Christs words to be such as is foreshewed Which on the one side must make the godly euen shout for ioy out of assurance to inioy their present happinesse to wit all good in this life as farre as shall be expedient for their saluation and all those good things promised in heauen as the sight and the presence of God in glory the company of innumerable Angels and blessed Spirits of iust men that their bodyes shall shine as the Sunne their soules be replenished vvith perfect knowledge and fulnesse of pleasure that new name that Paradise of GOD that tree of life that crowne of immortalitie that vvhite stone c. euen all that blessednesse which the word speakes of Also on the other side the vvicked which turne not and with whom there is no changes as the Psalmist speakes with feare and dread may expect and looke for that euerlasting fire blacke darknesse gnashing of teeth weeping of the eyes wringing of hands wayling of heart that euer-gnawing worme that neuer-ending torment that fellowship of the Diuell and his Angels c. wherof the Scripture makes mention for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it Verse 31. For if this be done in the greene tree what shall be done in the dry THis is the AEtiologia or confirmation prouing that the Iewes cannot alwayes stand and prosper but must come downe by an argument à minori ad mains from the lesse to the more thus It is lesse likely that righteous persons which be fruitfull in good workes like greene Trees should be punished then the wicked and impenitent which be as dry and rotten wood Therefore if heauy afflictions were inflicted on Christ who was full of grace as good iuyce or sappe which burst out into fruit ripe and good much more shall miseries fall vpon barraine and vnfruitfull Iewes When the Husbandman spares not the greene wood but burneth it how vvill hee spare the dry which is farre fitter for the fire Here in the Greeke by a Sinechdoche Wood is put for Tree as Gen. 2. Wood of life and Wood of knowledge of good and euill for Tree c. And that word by a Metonimie of the effect is translated greene which in the originall is as much as moist opposed vnto dry The whole sentence for meaning is like that in Peter 1 Epist. Chap 4 v. 17. 18. If the righteous scarcely be saued where shall the ungodly and Sinner appeare And if Iudgement beginne at the house of God what shall be the end of them which obey not the Gospell Out of this our Sentence I obserue for our instruction the condition both of the righteous and of the vvicked Touching the righteous their condition is like the estate of CHRIST their head Christ being full of grace hauing the Spirit aboue measure did liue most innocently bearing plenty of good fruit teaching the people and doing good by his strange workes as well as by sound doctrine like vnto a greene tree and yet was hated in the world and sore afflicted likewise the Elect which be his members must be conformed vnto him both in holinesse and in suffering Rom. 8. 29. God hath predestined vs to be made like vnto his Sonne Hence it is that as Christ is compared vnto a greene tree so the faithfull are by the Prophet Esay Chap. 6. 1. called Trees of righteousnesse And in the first Psalme ver 3. in respect of their regeneration whereby they are ingrafted into Christ and of the grace of sanctification whereby they are inabled to beare fruit much and seasonable they are likened to a tree planted by the riuers of water which bringeth forth fruit in her due time In another Psalme the righteous man is compared to a greene Oliue which is greene and fructifies all the yeere long so the godly are holy not by starts and fits but all their life long Herein being contrary to the nature of all vvorldly trees that the longer they are the more greene they vvaxe and the more fruit they bring forth as it is written Psalm 92. 13. 14. Such as are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the Courts of our God they shall still bring forth fruit in their age they shall be fat and flourishing vvhereas other trees the longer they stand the lesse fruitfull they be The fruits of this our Christian tree be rehearsed by the Apostle Galat. 5. ver 22. 23. The fruit of the Spirit is Loue Ioy Peace Long-suffering Gentlenesse Goodnesse Faith Meekenesse Temperance Also in the Ephes. 5. vers 9. 2 Pet. 1. ver 5. 6. 7. From this first condition there is offered vnto the righteous matter both of admonition and of comfort They are hereby warned aboue all things to take heede of barrennesse in their profession and to studie how to be fruitfull and profitable continually carefully doing the workes both of their generall and particular Callings out of a sincere desire to glorifie God and to benefit their neighbours As earthly Husbandmen which haue planted their grounds with trees after they haue dunged vvatered trimmed and pruned them they expect that they should bring forth fruit as they may by good right and reason if they misse of their hope and their trees proue barren after all their cost and labour bestowed they cut them downe and cast them into the fire as did that man mentioned in the Gospell Luk. 13. ver 6. 7. who comming to his vineyard and finding his Fig-tree empty tooke order with the dresser to haue it hewen downe so God that heauenly husbandman which hath grafted you as Trees in the Orchard of his Church vvill proceede against you in all rigour and seueritie when hee commeth to visit you and to looke for fruit he shall finde your branches eyther emptie and bare or with a few clusters vpon them after all his paines and charge after so many gracious instructions and benefits both bodily and spirituall which ought to haue preuailed so greatly vvith you as to haue made you thinke not onely of bringing forth fruit but of increasing and abounding in fruit as the Apostle prayeth for the Colossiaus Chap. 1 v. 10. And as he exhorteth the Thessalonians that they