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heaven_n	earth_n	ghost_n	holy_a	9,062	5	4.8076	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68747	The poore mans teares opened in a sermon / preached by Henrie Smith. ; Treating of almes deeds, and releeuing the poore.	Smith, Henry, 1550?-1591.	1592 (1592)	STC 22683; ESTC S117534	41,436	133

they were the men which were marked like his seruaunts therefore who but they shall enter into Heauen Yet Christ saith I know you not there is their revvarde I know you not as if he should answer you weare not my Liuerie you beare not my Cognisance for all your shewes therefore depart from mee So hee put them off because they had not put him on For though they had seene his person and hearde of his vertues yet they had not faith to applie his mercies his merites his death and his righteousnesse vnto them without which no man can put on Christ nor weare him Faith is the hande which putteth him on Faith taketh first his righteousnes couereth her vnrighteousnes then shee taketh his obedience couereth her disobedience then she taketh his patience couereth her impatiency then she taketh his temperance couereth hir intemperancie then shee taketh his continency and couereth her incontinencie then she taketh his constancie and couereth her inconstancie then shee taketh his saith and couereth her diffidence then shee taketh his humilitie couereth her pride then shee taketh his loue and couereth her rancour And so taketh one roabe after another aud tricketh her selfe vntill shee haue put on Iesus Christ that is vntill shee appeare in the sight of God like Iesus Christe cloathed with his merits and graces that God hath no power to be angry with her because shee commeth so like his Son This is to put on Iesus Christ as you shall see more liuelie vvhen you haue taken a vievv of the garment for we are to speak of christ the Garment and of our putting it on There be many fashions of apparell but they are too light or too heauy or to sad or too course or to stale and all weare out At last the Apostle found a fashion that surpasseth them all it is neuer out of fashion meete for all seasons fitte for all persons and such a profitable weede that the more it is worne the fresher it is what fashion haue you seene comparable to this It is not like the clothes of Dauids Ambassadours which couered their vpper parts but not their lower partes not like Saules armour which tried Dauid when he shoulde fight with it Nor like the counterfait of Ieroboams wife which disguised her selfe to goe vnknowne nor like to the old rags of the Gibeonites whiche deceiued Iosua nor like the paultrie suite of Michah which he gaue once a yeare to his Leuite nor like the gluttons flaunt which ietted in purple euery daie nor like the light clothes whiche Christ saide are in kinges Courtes and make them lighter that weare them But it is like the Garmēt of the high Priest which had all the names of the Tribes of Israell written vpon his brest so all the names of the faithfull are written in the breast of Christ and registred in the booke of his merites it is like Elias Mantell which deuided the waters So hee deuideth our sinnes and punishmentes that they whiche are clothed with Christ are armed both against sinne and death It is like the Garments of the Israelites in the wildernesse which did not weare fortie yeeres together they wandered in the desart and yet saith Moyses their shooes were not worne but their apparell was as when they came out of Egypt So the righteousnesse of Christ doth last for euer and hys mercies are neuer worne out As Mardocheus shined in the kings robes before the people So and more glorious are the faithfull in the robes of Christ before God When Christ was transfigured vppon the Mount Mat. saith that his face shined like the sunne and his clothes were as white as the light So when we are transfigured into the image of Christ wee shall shine before other menne lyke lights and therefore Christes Disciles are ca●lled Lightes because they were clothed with light and shined to the world Salomon was not so glorious in all his royaltie nor the Lillies whiche are brauer then Salomon as he which is clothed with Christ because the apparell vppon him is better then all the worlde about him Therefore if Dauid saide Weepe yee daughters of Israell for Saule which clothed ye in purple I may say reioyce ye daughters of Israell for Christ which hath clothed you with righteousnesse as it were with a vesture before you come to the banquet This is the wedding Garment without whiche no manne can feast with the Lord. This Garment is called an Armour because it defendeth vs from all the assaultes of the deuill the flesh the world the heat of persecution the cold of defection This Garment is called Light because it is the beautie and glory of them which weare it This Garment is called a kingdom because none but kinges do weare it that is they are inthroned in the kingdom of christ made kings ouer the world the flesh and Sathan whiche weare this Garment like the hair of Sampson which while he wore he was like a king and all his ennemies had no power to hurt him This Garment Paule hath sent vnto you to go before the king of heauen and earth a holy Garment a roiall garment an immaculate garment an euerlasting garment a garment whereof euery hem is peace of conscience euery pleat is ioy in the holy ghost euerie stitch is the remission of some sin and saueth him which weareth it If he which touched the hem of Christes garment was healed hee which weareth the garment nay hee which weareth Christ himselfe shall not hee bee healed of all his sores though he wer wounded from head to foot You neede not cloath him now which saith VVhen I was naked ye did not cloath me nor cast your Garments in his way as they did when hee came to Ierusalem but take hys Garmentes and suffer your selues to be clothed as Noah did to couer your nakednesse As the good Samaritane put him vppon his owne beast which was spoiled with theeues and bound vp his sores when hee was wounded So Christ Iesus mounteth the faithfull vpon his righteousnesse healeth their sins as though he should couer them with his Garments whom the world the flesh the deuill haue robbed of their Garmentes that is the righteousnesse whiche they had in Paradice before the serpent came so if wee put on Christ we are clothed with his obedience whereby our wickednesse is couered we are clothed with his merits wherby our sinnes are forgiuen we are clothed with his death wherby our punishment is released we are clothed with his spirit whereby our hearts are mollified and sanctifikd renued till we resemble Christ himselfe This is the Apostles meaning to put on Christ as it is vnfolded in Col. 3. 12. Where he bringes forth all the robes of Christ sortes them saith put on mercie put on meeknes put on humility

bestow vppon the poore heere on earth You shal certainlie find the same againe both in heauen and on the earth Salomon in the 12. of the Prouerbs saith he that stoppeth his eare at the crie of the poore shall crie himselfe and not bee heard The bread of the poore is in the waies of the rich hee that keepeth it from them is a man of bloud S. Paule saith no man giueth but he that hath receiued And Iesus Syracke saith stretch foorth thy hand vnto the poore that thy mercie and blessing may be made perfect Basil an auncient father of the church dooth charge the rich with wast for vvhich they shall surelie answere Art thou not saith he a robber in keeping an other mans substance and to reckon it as thine owne It is the breade of the hungry which thou doest detain the coat dew to the naked thou lockest in thy wordrop the shooes that appertaines to the barefoot lies drying in thy house and the gold which should releeue the pore lies canckering in thy cofers which saying as it teacheth the liberalitie due vnto the poore so it blameth the careles rich that account all to be their owne and will part with nothing keeping to themselues more then is sufficient But to such saint Iames saith that at the latter daie the mite in the crums the moathes in the garments the rust in the golde shall fret them like canckers Ambrose saith it is no lesse sinne to take from him that rightlie possesseth thē being able not to giue to him that wanteth The right rich man that duelie deserueth that name is not knowen by his possession by his costly fare and costlie building by his sumptuous pallace by his plate Iewels and substance but by considering the poore and needie Whereof Austine sayth thus the rich are prooued by the pouertie of others so that still the scriptures and fathers prescribe not an indifferencie but a necessitie not at pleasure but vpon duty that the pore and needie shal be considered and releeued Where is the large liberallity be come that in time past was rooted in our forefathers they were content to be liberall though they applied it to euill purposes the successours of those which in time past gaue liberallie to maintain Abots Friers Monks Nunnes Masses Durges Trentals and all idolatrie seeing the abuses thereof may now bestow it to a better vse namely to foster and feed the pore members of Christ The worlde is as great as it hath beene the people now are more rich then they haue beene and more couetous then they haue beene yea they haue more knowledge then euer they hadde yet want the desire they haue had to become liberall and seeme therein most wilfull ignorant The extorcioner can spare nought vnto the poore for ioyning house to house and land to land though hee haue the poore mans curse for it the Prophet Esay saith the extortioner dooth no good to the poore but dailie seeketh to roote them foorth of doores the pride of apparell maketh vs forgette the patched of the pore Our costlie fare their extreame hounger and our soft lodging their miserable lying Oh howe liberall vvere people in times past to mainetaine superstition and nowe hovve harde hearted are they growen to keepe the poore from famine will ye make a skorne of the poore and needie The poore novve perisheeh by the Riche menne and noe manne considereth it This is not the right duetie of faithfull Christians this ought not to be the fruits of our profession nor this is not the mercy which we learne by the word Therefore towardes the reliefe of the pore I say giue and giue gladly for the bread that is giuen with a stony hart is called stony bread though necessarie to bee taken by the poore to slake hounger yea it is but sower bread such a giuer in mine opinion is next kinseman vnto Sathan for he gaue Christ stoans in stead of bread but this man giueth christians stonie bread The VViseman saith lay vppe thy almes in the hands of the poore and know that in the end what thou keepest thou shalt lose but that thou giuest to the poore shal bee as a purse about thy necke For as this life waxeth olde and our daies passe away so shal this vaine pelfe passe away from vs neither shall riches helpe in the day of vengeance but the corruption abideth which fretteth like a canker Then what shall it profite to get all the worlde and when the worlde forsaketh vs that shal be most against vs that best we loued while we were in the world Let euerie man therefore perswade himselfe that his soul is better then those subtill riches the possession wherof is variable and vncertaine for they passe from vs much more swiftlye then they came to vs. And albeit we haue the vse of them euen till the last day yet at length we must leaue them to others Then ere you die lay them forth for the profit of your poore bretheren learne to forsake the couerous world before it forsake you and learne counsaile of our Sauior Christ who aduiseth you to make friends of the wicked Mammon Wee see daily that euerie one is good to the poore as we commonlie say but they will giue thē nought but wordes then I say great boast smal roast makes vnsauerie mouthes yet if words will doe anie good the poore shall not want them For it doth cost nothing to say alasse good soule God helpe thee God comfort thee I would I were able to helpe thee and such commonlie will saie so that haue store of wealth lying by them Such still wish wel vnto themselues in wishing themselues able but of such wishing and for such wishers I saye as a beggar saide to a Bishop who made like answere that if such wishes were worth but one halfpenie to the poore I doubt they would not be so liberall I wish you good bretheren leaue wishing fall to some doing you locke vp and will not loose you gather together euen the deuill and all and why Because you would faine hatch the Cokatrise egge you nurse vp a canker for your selues yea keepe the packe that shall trouble your voyadge vnto God as Christ saith O how hard shall it bee for a rich man to be saued it shall bee easier for a Camell to goe through a needles eie This hee saith not because no rich man shal be preserued but because the mercilesse riche man shall be damned VVee are admonished to liberalitie by sundrie naturall examples the cloudes if they be full doe yeelde foorth their raine much raine is a burden to cloudes much riches are burthens to men It is sayd of Abraham in the 13. of Gene is that he was burdened with gold yet Abraham was a good man but it burdened his head to be busie vvith the cares of golde Againe to eat much to drinke muche and rest much is a burthen to the soule though it bee