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A12170	The brides longing for her bride-groomes second comming A sermon preached at the funerall of the right worshipfull, Sir Thomas Crevv, knight, sergeant at law to his maiestie. By the late learned and reverend divine, Rich. Sibs.	Sibbes, Richard, 1577-1635.; Hughes, George, 1603-1667, attributed name.	1638 (1638)	STC 22478B; ESTC S113744	32,385	162

THE BRIDES Longing for her BRIDE-GROOMES second comming A Sermon preached at the funerall of the right Worshipfull Sir THOMAS CREVV Knight Sergeant at Law to his MAIESTIE By The late learned and reverend Divine ' RICH. SIBS REV. 22. 17. The Spirit and the Bride say Come and let him that heareth say come LONDON Printed by E. P. for E. Langham in Bambury 1638. To the Reader Loving Readers LOe here the verifying of that ancient adage quod differtur non aufertur for long look't for comes at last That which before a Solemne and sad assembly was publikely preached and committed to the eares of some is now printed and committed to the eyes of all that have a minde to reade it which thing hath with a long and longing desire bin wished and waited for by sundry This Funeral sermon bespake your receiving and respecting of it in a double consideration each of which in my opinion hath an important rare and singular ponderation Behold first the Man secondly the matter The Man by whom and the man for whom it was made the one that worthy Divine Dr Sibs who in his life time intended and approoved it for the presse as it now comes forth the other that Worshipful Serjeant Sir Thomas Crew men of more then ordinary worth and goodnesse whom to name is enough to those that knew them for if I should enter into a particular discourse and discovery of their deserved worth I feare I should more dishonour my undertakings and wrong your expectation then in any proportion answer the excellency of two such worthy Theames Secondly for the matter as the occasion mens expectations were extraordinary so shal you finde his preparation Read then judge It sweetly and to the life sets forth the duty desire and disposition of the Church Spouse of Christ Ecchoing a faithful and prayerful Amen to all the truths of God especially to the precious promises and chiefly to that promise of promises Christs second comming which in cold bloud undauntedly to desire is an unfallible marke of a true and through cōvert which that we may doe wee must make sure our espousall to Christ here and get to be clad with the wedding garment of faith and repentance teaching us to ponder pray much and then admirable shall be our confident standing before God our rich hope our quietnesse and hearts ease our joy as if wee had one foot in heaven already Wee shall bee able with S. Paul to cast downe our gantlet and bid defiance to Divels to men to height to depth to things present and things to come If all the hearts in the world were one Heart it could not comprehend those rich blessings wherewith true Christians are richly indowed and those spirituall ioyes and comforts which shall rain upon them in sweet showers from heaven rich they are in hand but richer in hope rich in possession but richer in reversion For what ravishing Ioy what inexplicable sweetnesse shal then everlasting possesse our soules when as wee who have bin a long time contracted to our Lord husband shall see that blessed time come when we shall have that glorious marriage between him and us really and Royally solemnized in the presence of God and his holy Angels and shall have the fruition of him and all his happinesse and enioy such heavenly fellowship familiarity acquaintance with him transcendantly above all the sweetest relations here below I say with him who is The Prince of Peace the King of glory yea the very glory of Heaven and Earth the expresse image of his Fathers person in whom those things which are invisible are seene the brightnesse of everlasting light the undefiled mirrour of the Maiesty of God and the desire of all Nations Blessed are they which are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb Rev. 19. 9 Wherunto that you may be admitted as a welcome guest you must both know and practice what in this Treatise is contained To conclude I am bold therefore in the cause of Gods honour and your salvation to intreat you as ever you would have interest in Christs blood and bles sednesse sufferings and satisfactions as you meane to have any Fellowship or communion in Heaven with the Blessed Saints and Angels as you intend to have any part in that Kingdome which the Lord Iesus hath purchased with his owne bloud that you would up and bee doing that which the wife of the Lambe is said to have done Rev. 19. 7. make your s●lves ready which if you doe his speedy accesse shall bring to you speeding successe which that you may doe you shall not want his constant and instant prayers who is Your christian and cordiall wel-wisher G. H. The CONTENTS THe Churches happines consummate in Heaven page 2 Of the word Amen p. 9 Doct. 1. The hearts of Gods Children are plyable to all divine truths more to the promises above all to the promises of Christs second comming p. 12 Rea. 1. There is a sutablenesse betweene a sanctified heart and sanctified Truths p. ibid. Rea. 2. There is a spirituall taste infused to relish those truths 13 Rea. 3. The Churches will is not her owne but Christs 14 Rea. 4. There is a spirituall contract betweene Christ and the soule ibid. Rea. 5. It is a seale of effectuall calling 15 What effectuall calling is 16 Use 1. If wee find an unpliablenesse on our part to begge the performance of the Covenant of grace 17 Motives to give our Amen Mot. 1. God honours us in having our consent 19 Mot. 2. Wee honour God in sealing to his truth 20 Use 2. A reproofe of 2. sorts 1. Those which have no Amen for God 21 2. Those which have a false Amen 23 The desires of the Spirit the true Characters of a Christian. 28 Desires resembled to a Streame in sundry particulars 1. They come from a good Spring 29 2. They carry all before them 30 3. They swell by opposition ibid. 4. They are restlesse till they are emptied ibid. 5. They increase in running 31 6. They rest in their proper place 32 7. They constantly send up vapours 33 5. Observations making way to the main point 1. There will be a second coming of Christ more glorious then the former 34 2. A Christian that hath true Faith in the times to come will have answerable desires and prayers ibid. 3. Agracious heart turnes promises into desires and prayers 38 4. The more assured one is of any thing the more effectuall it makes him pray 40 5. Gods promises have graduall performances 43 The sixt and maine point 6 It is the duty and disposition of a gracious heart to desire the glorious comming of Christ and all his other commings in way and order to this as they make way for his last comming 48 Rea. 1. The Church is in want till then 49 Rea. 2. Our life is hid with Christ in God ibid Rea 3. Christ is in some sort imperfect till then 50 Rea. 4.

a man fight indeed Are you in any disconsolate condition If you be see what the Apostle Paul saith to the The ssalonians Wherefore comfort yee one another with these words With what words Why wee shall be ever with the Lord. Oh these words will comfort indeed Consider when you have lost your friends your estate or any thing it shall be all fully made up there Doe you as it were make it up before-hand with comforts of a higher nature They bee things that will comfort indeed And so when you finde your selves dull in doing the worke of the Lord thinke upon the second comming of Christ and that hee will not then come emptie-handed but hee will bring his reward with him Consider what Saint Paul said to Timothie I charge thee therefore before God and the Lord Iesus Christ who shall judge the quicke and dead at his appearing and his Kingdome c. The holy Apostle had no greater a conjuration to move Timothie to be diligent and to quicken him in his Ministerie then by the comming of our Lord Jesus So let us stirre up our selves and comfort our selves hereby Beloved the Soule is never in such a tune as when the thoughts of these glorious Times have raysed the Affections to the highest pitch and pegge then the Soule is never uncomfortable and so long as it is so affected it cannot sinne for wee loose our frame wee let downe the Soule in base desires wee let loose our thoughts from closing with Christ and with the time to come when wee sinne when wee let them loose then they sinke downe to earthly things and that is the cause of all sinne and of all discomfort So long then as wee keepe our hearts in a blessed frame of Faith and in a love of the appearing of Christ they are impregnable Satan cannot come betweene us and our Faith but hee labours to loosen our Faith and Love and to distract us with the businesses of the World that wee shall have very seldome thoughts of these things Alas that wee who are borne againe to an Inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that fadeth not away reserved in Heaven for us should have so little and so light thoughts of our Inheritance If a man were to goe a Journey by Sea a yeare hence hee would be thin king every day upon his Journey what hee should have to carry with him and what will doe him good when hee comes there Wee have all of us a long Journey to goe from Earth to Heaven and wee should be thinking of it every day in the yeare But wee have a companie of men in the World all whose happinesse is in putting off all thoughts in that kind in deferring the day of their death and putting the evill day farre away from them not thinking upon them that so they may drowne themselves in pleasure and voluptuousnesse Ah! what a pittifull case hath Satan and our owne sinfull dispositions brought us unto that wee should place our happinesse safetie and comfort in putting off the thoughts of death in going on presumptuously in sinne and never thinking upon that great Day Alas they cannot thinke of it but as Felix did who when hee heard Paul dispute and reason of Righteousnesse and Temperance and Iudgement to come trembled Why let Felix tremble and let the World tremble but let every Christian that hath made his peace with God rejoice Even as poore Birds doe sing when the Spring time is returned againe for it warmes them and puts life and spirit into them and they entertaine the light and heat of the Sunne with singing and melodie so let us in our thoughts entertaine Christs comming with joy and comfort having made our peace substantially and solidely with God Let us looke up and lift up our heads with joy for our Redemption draweth nigh Luke 21. 28. Now I come to the particular occasion IT is well knowne that the particular occasion of this Meeting is to celebrate and solemnize the Funerall of that worthy man Sir THOMAS CREW one of the Kings Serjeants in regard of whom I made choise of this Text. If I wanted matter to speake of him hee had many naturall excellent parts which did commend him I might speake of the quicknesse of his wit of the firmenesse of his memorie of the readinesse of his expressions of the clearenesse and soliditie of his judgement able to penetrate into the depth of things c. And for his abilitie in his particular calling I might say many things Hee was a man very eminent in his calling hee was one of the Oracles of the Law in his time one that had gathered very long and large experience and wonderfull great dexteritie in that Profession And surely Beloved these things are not to be neglected by us though to God-ward they are not much regarded For naturall parts the Devil excells and hath more then any man but yet to men-ward they are to be esteemed for they vindicate men from the reproach and obloquie of the World They will say Such a man was a religious man but hee had no skill in his calling a good man but unlearned Now then it takes away reproach and disgrace from Religion when it can be said This was an excellent man in his Profession and withall a very excellent good Christian It is the guise and fashion of prowd Prophanenesse to lay Religion as low as they can they will take away or diminish all parts from religious persons as neere as they can that Religion it selfe may seeme vile and contemptible For if Religion once should winne credit then their basenesse would appeare the more and that their pride will not endure Wherefore if these things be to be regarded in regard of men wee ought to thanke God for it when Grace is graced with excellent parts Therefore God sometimes vouchsafeth to men that are truly religious excellencie of parts otherwise Grace is lovely in it selfe But as a precious Stone and Pearle set in Gold is more precious and glorious so Religion set in the stemme of Nature and excellent parts hath more lustre and beautie and the larger improvement You have a companie of prophane wretches in the World even in these glorious Times of the Gospel that doe glory onely in their excellent parts that will seeke even to the Devill himselfe so they may out-bragge others and gaine to themselves a reputation of wit and some will vilely adventure upon sinne against their Conscience thinking that they should lose all reputation of wit and parts if they should become religious once But you see that God oftentimes adornes religious men with excellent parts of Nature Religion indeed cuts off the froth the exuberancie and redundancie of parts but it encreaseth the soliditie of parts and spiritualizeth them and directs them to their right end to the glorie of God and good of mankind Therefore they may stand well enough together Now in this worthy man there was