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A00733	A watch-word, or, The allarme, or, A good take heed A sermon preached at White-Hall in the open preaching place the last Lent before King Charles. By the R.R. Father in God T.F. the then bishop of Landaffe, now of S. Dauids.	Field, Theophilus, 1574-1636.	1628 (1628)	STC 10863; ESTC S118351	18,022	64

in both Ama viues loue and liue If thou followest the many by-waies thereof thou goest in infinitum and there is Error immensus an endlesse wandring and the end of that error is horror and endlesse confusion But giue thou thy heart vnto God the preseruer of soules Commit thy waies Psal 37. 5. to Christ who is both 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the true way and a true guide for he is the truth Et ipse est via ipse est patria he Iohn 14. 6. is thy way he is thy dwelling Citie If thou walkest in this way which is but one in this truth which is but one there 's aliquis terminꝰ some end thou art sure to come at last to thy wayes end Rest and Peace he is the God of both he will bring thee home to himselfe and as he said to Abraham Ipse erit tibi merces magna nimis hee Gen. 15. 1. will be thy exceeding great reward Meane while in this our present warfare though his pleasure be not that we should fight at our owne cost and charge yet his charge here is vt quisque attendat sibi ipsi that euery man should stand vpon his own guard serue in his owne person and his own furniture Attēde tibi ipsi I haue heard of an abuse in Country Musters that diuers shew borrowed Armes looke into their houses ye shall finde them naked and vnprouided for the enemy I would to God the case were not alike in our spirituall armour Many in good dayes can discourse of Abrahams faith Iobs patience Iosephs care to preserue his soule and in so doing they do but shew other mens armour For when they are pressed themselues and put to the stresse in the day of tentation when it is their turne to watch they giue no euidence of their own care faith or patience No borrowing no substitution will serue the turne here Attende tibi ipsi looke to thy selfe thou canst not looke to thy selfe by a Proxie or Deputie The good Kings Dauid Asah and Iehosaphat did not serue God by their Chapleines in the dayes of their danger their owne prayers are for euer Chronicled And it is a high point of Piety worthy to be chronicled that our Moses Summus loco summus exemplo our good King who is first in place hath also been formost in example is the Coryphaeus the first proclaimer and in his own person keeper of solemne Fasts most frequent at prayers a royall praecentor in Gods house and seruice Then doe men on earth liue like those glorious Courtiers Angels in Heauen when they most diligently waite vpon God It should be amongst men as it is amongst the Elements the higher the purer the neerer to the Starres the more conformable to heauenly motions yea the great Rulers among the Starres whom God made to gouern Gen. 1. 16. day and night do giue this light and example to great Rulers amongst men that they should euer be watchfull euer in motion for the good of inferiors and regulated by the prime Motor so doing these great lights shall neuer be eclipsed Thinke not that Stellae nebulosae the lesser starres onely borrow light but remember the greater starres receiue the greater light And if there be not a faire aspect from and to the Sun of Righteousnesse they suffer the greater eclipses God is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 an vniuersall Bishop ouerseer out of his high watch-tower whence he beholdeth all our wayes It is therefore meet that we in all our wayes should set him before our eyes he giueth saith the Apostle 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 life and breath vnto all To the Ant as well as to the Elephant If we liue in God rather than in our selues we must endeuour to liue rather to God than to our selues If God doe bestow breath vpon vs oh let vs bestow the best of our breath vpon God Attende deo waite vpon God that hath made thee the master-peece of Nature and redeemed thee ' the prime obiect of Grace and sanctified thee to be an heire of Glory Oh Luke 1. 37. let thy soule be a deuout Anna diuorced from the world and wedded to the Temple yea let thy zealous soule speake of this mantle of flesh and mount vp in a fiery chariot 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2 Kigs 2. 11. 1. Oh my soule looke vpward be not glued to this base earth grouell not in this Cabul a land of durt in Hyrams 1 Kigs 7. 13. map stoope not to euery to any base Lure The proper motion of the soule is an ascension vnto God not by the phylosophers scale for Saint Austin confesseth that this ladder per exteriora by outward meanes is too short to reach to heauen there must be a Iacobs ladder to reach home The pile of creatures is but the Mount vnder our feet The illuminated vnderstanding and the sanctified will are the two Seraphicall wings that carry vs vp before the throne of Grace The life of the deuoute man is a kinde of a continuall extasie their soules doe wait vpon God in the Galleries of heauen euen while their mortified bodies doe walke towards their graues and like drowzy watchmen are ready to drop into this slymie gutter I haue kept you too long waiting vpon this watch to draw towards the discharging therof for this time Dearely beloued in our Lord ctc. Be we excited euery one of vs diligently to keepe this watch that we may walke on in the power of God and the strength of our prayers It is not a moate of the Sea or a wall of Cliffs nor our owne armes that can defend vs except God fight for vs except our Land bee compassed with the Ocean of Gods mercies and fortified by the rock Christ Iesus Be first at peace at home within your selues Loue brotherly loue which is the Ephes 4. 3. bond of peace then looke to your inbred foes your bosome traytors your enemies at home and ye shall be the safer frō your enemies abroad It doth cost other nations much effusion of their owne bloud and others to defend them selues and keepe back their enemies shall we sit at home with our thumbs vnder our girdles couetously with our naked throats cowwardly expecting the sword of our enemies choose rather to loose our liues than lend our monyes to the supply of our good King and the defence of his our three Kingdomes At least shall we not spend our breath or rather the groanes of the spirit in our owne defence in the defence of our wiues and children lands and liberties against so proud and cruell an enemie Oh peirce the heauens with your vollies of prayers for the safety of the state your owne welfare and the welfare of your soules that our Pathmos this Iland may still be Gremium pacis the lap and bosome of peace euen to strangers and that our selues euen euery one of vs may enioy the peace of our owne bosomes We are incompassed with whole seas of danger it will be our onely wisdome and safety to anchor our selues vpon God to saile by the compasse of his word and to haue an eye to that Pharos that guides vs to the land of promise to the land of the liuing so shall that of Tertullian be verified Sperando timebimus timendo cauebimus cauendo salui erimus In hoping wee shall feare in fearing take heede and by taking heede be saued If wee keepe our bodies as the temples of God and Psal 18. 1. our soules as his pauilion he wil make his owne name our tower of defence Thus much for the discharge of my conscience and duty at this time but yet I may not quite discharge and breake vp this watch we must at all times stand vpon this watch and neuer lay downe our armour till wee shall lay downe our liues and be translated to that kingdome where there is no enemy nor danger To the which he bring vs who hath so dearly bought vs Christ Iesus by the conduct of his holy spirit To whom with the Father c. three persons one true euer liuing God wee desire to ascribe as his due and our duty all praise power honour glory and thanksgiuing this day and euermore Amen FINIS

A Watch-Word OR The Allarme OR A good Take Heed A SERMON Preached at White-Hall in the open Preaching place the last Lent before King CHARLES By the R. R. Father in God T. F. the then Bishop of Landaffe now of S. Dauids LONDON Printed by Tho. Harper for Nath. Field 1628. TO HIS SACRED MAIESTIE DREAD SOVERAIGNE Though it pleased your Maiestie to translate me into the number of those Magi who giue gold for New-yeares gifts for which the great Bishop of our soules blesse you yet J cannot suddenly leaue my Custome for these many yeares payed to your blessed Father and Selfe of presenting Paper withall to wrap it in This more precious than gold For for want of Good take heed Men run the hazard and fall into danger of Body Soule and Estate The times are dangerous our Enemies many and cruell no man free Here 's a Good take heed for all It is vsefull for the lowest of your Subiects as for your Highest Selfe but most needfull for You since your Sacred MAIESTIE is worth 2 Sam. 18. 3. Lament 4. 20. ten thousand of vs yea you are the breath of our Nostrils and on your safety depends all ours Vouchsafe to turne a gracious Eye as you lent a patient Eare to Your MAIESTIES faithfull seruant T. M. A VVATCH-WORD TO WAKEN VS DEVT. 4. 9. Attende tibi Take heed to thy selfe GOod Counsell short and pithy These words like REVBEN are strong full of life though few in number Deuter. 33. 6. Here is as S. Basil speakes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the full weight of few words Virtus maxima in mole minimâ very very much in a little Ilias in Nuce Homers Iliads in a Nut-shell 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 In searching the veines of the earth saith Clemens Alexandrinus we finde a little gold in a great deale of Ore But in searching the Mynes of holy Scriptures within the compasse of a little ground we finde a great deale of gold They are the words of a great Commander Moyses the Law giuer Though as hee excused himselfe he was slow of speech yet was he Exod. 4. 10. deepe in knowledge well seene in all the learning of the Aegyptians and Acts 7. 22. better learning then theirs He was 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 weighty in his sentences And here is Imperatoria breuitas a Lord-like breuity the more authority the word he giues carries with it He speakes ex Cathedrâ his word is a law 'T is short for feare mans brittle memory should come short of it and to avoide obscurity it is expounded and re-inforced in the words following Et custodi c. And keepe thy soule diligently lest being short and darke it might be slippery too and slip the sooner out of minde and memory Duo verba duo luminaria Gen. 1. 16. These two words like the two great lights in heauen serue to direct vs all in all our wayes As celestiall lights they looke vpon all that looke vpon them and cast their beames vpon euery head that heareth mee this day They compasse this great assembly euen euery one within their spheare yea all the men of the world There is no sonne of man that 's out of the compasse of this Text. Now God giue Grace that euery heart here present may hence borrow some influence light and motion Haue ye not seene the great lights of Heauen mounting aboue the Horizon how they first shine vpon the Hills and high Cedars and after vpon the vallies and lower shrubs Euen so This and such like lights or Caueats Imprimis Primos doe most eminently direct men in eminency and not skipping ouer medios those of the middle sort in due order descend ad infimos to them of the lower forme call vpon all Gods people as it were by the poll euen from Him that sitteth vpon the Exod. 11. 5 Throne to him that grindeth at the Mill. See this graduall descent Psal 72. 3. The mountaines shall bring forth peace and the little hils righteousnesse vnto the people Gods Grace is like the deaw of Hermon like the pretious oyntment which was powred Psal 133. 2. vpon Aarons head descended on his beard and to the vtmost skirts of his garments Behold heere is a Beacon set on fire on the holy Mount It behoues euery one of vs to looke to himselfe Some great sudden danger there 's towards from within and from without too Homo homini Lupus A man is a perilous beast to himselfe who should be custos a keeper who should be Deus a God Cain lost himselfe when hee refused to be Gen. 4. 9. his Brothers keeper which euery man should be much more his owne Alter Scneca alteri Theatrum sumus we are all Theaters one to another wherein wee may obserue what 's well acted what 's amisse Yea euery man is a Citie a Common-wealth a World within himselfe Ye are not prest to any forraigne seruice Euery man is both Custos and Castrum the Watch and the Cittadell when the Beacon is fired when this Alarme Attende tibi sounds in our eares he that doth not gird vp his loynes hee that doth not stand vpon his guard is a traytor to his owne soule I come not into this Presence with an Attende mihi a suit for my selfe nor Attende gregi Take heed to thy Acts 20. 28 flocke But like the poore Italian Beggar with an Attende tibi For Gods sake be mercifull be charitable to thine owne soule If euer precept came home to the heart it is this if euer a charge was reasonable and easie it is this Attende tibi be thine owne Guard and Guardian Ouerseer and Keeper I may tearme it a Writ of Ne exeat to confine euery rouing eye and euery stragling ranging thought Looke not thinke not on 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 things without you nor on 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 on the outward appearance of things the iugling shewes of the world Non alijs non alienis non tuis sed Attende tibi looke not at other persons other matters thinke not on thine owne businesse Let not thy soule gad abroad with Dinab Gen. 34. 1. Psal 4. 4. but commune with thine owne heart retire to thy best Fort and arme thy selfe against the subtile stratagems of Sathan Here is periculum animae thy soule lyes at the stake thy soule lyes a bleeding 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Time and Place are powerfull perswaders These be the perilous Times in S. Pauls Prognostickes 1 Tim. 3. 1. This world is the wildernesse of Sinne Exod. 16. 1. the very Region of Death Vnder euery stone there is a Scorpion and in euery bush a fiery Serpent In auro S. Hierom. S. Bernard in cibo laquei There are snares in our Coffers and snares in our dishes there is death in the pot Mors in 2 Kin. 4. 40 ollâ mors in ollis carnium etiam in sinu nostro Synones Our bosome is a Troian Horse and within it

without commission Attende tibi non alijs non alienis looke to thy selfe not to other men or matters thou hast worke enough at home Occupa te in proprijs vitijs Pull out the beame that 's in Luk. 6. 42. thine own eye first First sweepe before thine owne doore before thou beatest thy neighbor with the broomsticke Be thine owne examiner one halfe of the day and then wilt thou haue little leisure I suppose the other halfe to sit as Iudge vpon others Rigid censurers and hypocrites who cry out of sinnes in others and dispense with their owne are like cunning Robbers who first raise the Hue and Cry that whiles they pursue others as seeming honest Officers themselues may escape who were the offenders Doth Security 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that poyson in a golden cup cast vs into a deepe sleepe Attende tibi ipsi Friends cry and fall Foes come on Simon dormis Iudas non dormit Doth Peter sleepe when Iudas wakes The Deuill like Dalilah will not suffer a man to see his danger till it be too late Vp Sampson the Philistims are Iudg. 16. 12. vpon thee And if Sampson will not vse his eyes in time hee shall loose them What is a State without vigilancy but a Polyphemus a vast body without eyes running headlong to it own ruine And an eye to our selues will not make all sure without an eye to Heauen Thither our soule which came thence and thither will will teach vs to looke Sibi maximè attendit Act 17. 28. qui maximè attendit Deo Hee best lookes to himselfe that best looks towards God In him we liue we moue and haue our being 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 with him and by him and through him we are and can doe all things without him we not onely can doe nothing but are nothing And thus am I come to the third watch which is the last Custodia Templi the watch about the temple Saint Gregorie vpon the fourth of Ezech. doth well note that Custodes Templi the warders of the mysticall Temple do betoken the deuout soules that frequent the church and by a holy kinde of of violence keepe possession of Gods house In humane Policy Feare is but a bad and vnsafe keeper not like long to hold out a iaylor rather then a guardian but in christianity the Feare of God is the best dore-keeper of the Temple And Nazianzen Nazian in the praise of Hieron doth praise Piety 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 for the greatest and safest guard of mans life The greatest haue greatest need of this guard and the poorest are not so poore but they may be thus guarded in all perils For euery good soule hath a train'd band of faculties euer ready summon'd to waite vpon God And to such as wait on him God will send aid from Heauen In vaine doth Ioshua lift vp his hand to fight against Amalech except Moses lift vp his hands to pray for Ioshua when wee haue done all wee can to keepe our Exo. 17. 13 selues we must fly for protectiō to the great keeper of Israel who neuer sleepeth nor slumbreth or els we haue lost Psal 121. 4 shall loose our labour our selues Our best Armory is in the Temple not in the Tower Waite vpon God and he will appoint a guard of Angels Psal 91. 11 to wait vpon thee yea God doth wonderfully order his thoughts towards men when men doe least order their thoghts towards God God doth marshall Psal 40. 6. the meanes for our safety when we do not know the lists and order of the troops that guard vs Lord what is man that thou art mindfull of him or Psal 8 4. the sonne of man that thou so regardest him yea Lord what is man that he is so vnmindfull of thee or the sonne of man that he so little regards thee And yet from on high thou regardest the lowest euen the refuse the off-skowring and rubbish of men A word of comfort to the least lowest here What though the vnpreferd and vnprouided for Courtier be compared to a Blackamore In ortu solis positus habet colorem noctis He liues where the Sunne riseth euery day in his eies and yet his face looks like night Disconsolate man who euer thou be if thou waitest vpon God know that his eyes are vpon thee for good and that a roab 2 Tim. 4. 8 and a crowne is laid vp for thee Thou hast not here glittering seruants to attend thee yet hast thou the Sun and Moone to run before thee with their glorious torches both day and night Yea God hath giuen his Angels charge Psal 91. 11 Heb. 1. 14. concerning thee They are ministring spirits sent forth for thy sake thou art an hopefull heire of saluation Ob. Some hurrying Iehu may demand what need haue wee to looke euery man to himselfe If God doe muster his Angels to looke to euery one of vs So. Know that the prime cause doth rather include than exclude subordinate meanes God can but doth not ordinarily worke without them He hath made Starres to direct the Pylot but he made not Starres to steere the ship O culus ad Coelum manus ad clauum there must be an eye to Heauen and a hand to the Helme when we worke with God God will worke for vs. Did the Easterne wise-men neglect the vse Matth. 2. 2. of tongues and feet because they had a Starre to guide them A glorious band of Angels shall be your conuoy in all your waies In vijs non in praecipitijs in your waies chalked out by the line of the law and the rule of the Word not in your headlong courses and desperate downfalls And that you may know your way Attende Legi looke to the Law how readest thou there 's the old way the law of Moses Looke in Malachy there you are bid to remēber it vpon the going Malac. 4. 4 out of it in the last of the Prophets to Christ prefigured in Eliah the fulfiller of the law who is the new way Attende verbo look to Gods word there 's the pillar of fire that goes before all true Israelites in the way The way of the Gospell hath many beaten pathes Keepe these with thy heart and they well kept will keepe thy Prou. 4. 4. heart so that it shall liue for euer The Heart is an vnskilfull guilefull guide it had need to be guided and kept Keepe thy heart with all diligence Prou. 4. 23 for out of it are the issues of life Therefore follow not the wayes of thine owne heart in which there be so many windings and turnings that Anselme compares it to a Mill that 's euer grinding still setting vs on worke with more commandemēts then euer God gaue vs. He gaue vs but one in the Law Fac viues doe this and liue One in the Gospell Crede viues beleeue and thou shalt liue or rather one