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A01837	Deliuerance from the graue A sermon preached at Saint Maries Spittle in London, on Wednesday in Easter weeke last, March 28. 1627. By Tho. Goffe, Batchelor of Diuinitie, lately student of Christ-Church in Oxford.	Goffe, Thomas, 1591-1629.	1627 (1627)	STC 11978; ESTC S103197	26,929	56

nasty Sculs his maine Author Christ Iesus lockt vp a while after his crucifying in the Archiuis in the closest and most secret roome of the Graue out of whom he meant to exscribe those Prophecies foretold those Types prefigur'd those Amazements of Heauen those Terrours of Earth and aboue all one Note that transcends all the rest without which his Preaching had beene vaine his Epistles nothing worth That onely makes all his Epistles now to be Gospell That Christ is risen from the dead and become the first fruits of them that sleepe That as by a Man came Death so by a Man came also the Resurrection of the Dead And that alone makes vs his people know that he is the Lord now he hath opened our Graues c. Our Sauiour himselfe whil'st he was vpon Earth was a frequent Guest to the House next adioyning in sad neighbourhood to the Graue the Bed of sicknesse from which he scarce euer departed till he had made them with their Beds able to walke and depart from him so in that Bed he made the first way to shew what power hee would afterwards haue ouer the Bed of Dust the Graue From sicknes and languishing he rais'd the diseased Creante non medicante manu not with the hand of a Physician but of a Creator Quam posuit cùm formaret ex nihilo imposuit iterum vt reformaret ex perdito That hand which first fram'd vs of lesse then Earth is euer ready to preserue vs when wee are going to the Earth He turneth Man to destruction and againe he saith Come againe ye children of men But if wee roue into the wonders of ancient dayes or looke into the Gospell to see what Graues Christ open'd these Miracles seeme a farre off and so they lesse affect vs. These daies of ours will change vs from Auditors into Spectators when we talke of Graues Ipsa lectio quaedam facta erit visio The discourse will no longer become the obiect of our eares but of our eyes The Doores of this House of Death you all know when they were first open'd when you shall not see GOD more busie in one Chapter to take Man out of the ground then in the next Chapter he was resolu'd to open the ground that it might take Man in againe In puluerem reuerteris To dust thou shalt returne An heauy doome from the mouth of the Almightie and all vnlookt for yet by our vnhappy Father who though he onely had deseru'd it in Act yet the force of that Edict stay'd not alone at him but as in crowds if the foremost fall the whole pressing multitude commonly followes the posse non mori Innocencie that might haue kept vs from the Graue we had lost and a non posse non mori the ineuitable Arrest of Death hath seiz'd vpon vs from which we can neuer bee so totally bayl'd but we must appeare at his Summons and present our Bodies to his Prison the Graue We are all but like so many wearied and breathlesse Hares before the Hounds which euery step lookes to be a prey to their sporting crueltie May wee not All come to Saint Pauls mournfull Quaere 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 O wretched men that we are who shall deliuer vs from the Bodie of this Death or from the Death of this Body The words of this Text I neuer meant to vnderstand as directly to proue the opening of Graues at the Resurrection Saint Hierome tels vs Scimus multa robustiora Testimonia in Scripturis sanctis reperiri The Scripture is not so barren as to stand in need of an Allegorie to demonstrate such confirm'd Diuinitie Euery Chapter in some Prophets euery Period of some Chapters of the Euangelists are literall witnesses of opening those Graues at the latter Day And to them may these words be added as holding proportion with that vniuersall Deliuerance for nunquam poneretur similitudo God would neuer haue taken a similitude from the Graue to illustrate Israels redemption from Captiuitie nisi staret ipsa resurrectio but that he who meant immediately to doe the one was resolu'd afterwards in his good time to performe the other And Fidei cognitio sola visione beata inferior est claritate aequalis certitudine Faith doth as certainely apprehend things that are to be done as God himselfe knowes that he will doe them saith Pineda No Captiuity beyond the Graue and no word in this Chapter to set out this Captiuitie but is translated from a Graue Shew me O sonne of Man the value of dead and drie Bones Sinewes and Flesh brought vpon these Bones Breath fetcht from the foure Winds to animate these Bones Ossa haec vniuersa domus Israel est These Bones are the whole House of Israel nay the whole House of the whole world must become as these Bones Dry and Marrowlesse diuested of Flesh and Sinewes and lay'd for a time in such a lasting Sleepe where they shall not so much as dreame of this their Lord. But euen then that Eye of his which neither slumbers nor sleepes will keepe a watch ouer them And those that vpon the heauie wings of Death goe to the vttermost parts of the Earth shall there finde him and his power in opening of Graues God speakes in this Prophet hypothetically if or when But this is to vs a Truth already past And the wide mouth of the Graue hath sufficiently beene its owne Commentarie to make the Text most plainly vnderstood Would you willingly forget O you his people how lately he shew'd you that out-stretched Arme of his in opening your Graues The Graue neuer brought foorth any thing but confusion and therfore if you find it in my words it may more fairely be interpreted yet esteeme it not for penurie of matter or that we could not hold out with the Glasse vnlesse we inch't out our Periods by ripping vp of dangers long since past Past indeed is that sad time and past O Lord let it be like the word that is spoken and can neuer bee recal'd past let the Infection of the Disease be But neuer let Salus Iehouae neuer let the Saluation of the Lord passe from your memories let the right hand of Gods Messengers forget their cunning and their tongues cleaue for euer to the roofe of their mouths who will not remember those cryes that then his people made to him and the speedy haste he made to helpe them Open your hearts deepe as the Graue and waken your eyes that they sleepe not the sleepe of Death those eyes to which we present a thousand alluring spectacles turne them from vanitie to looke into the house of mourning turne them vpon those affrighting Glasses and see the Lord the Lord himselfe first opening the Graue to the Head afterwards to the body first to the King afterwards to the Kingdome thousands following to attend his Funerall with a mournfull Pompe Did not Fathers and Sonnes then goe to this Graue

Hieroms complaint in his time Sola Ars Scripturarum Ars est omnium In no other Profession can any man set vp before he haue seru'd a set number of yeeres but in the knowing of the Lord euery man will bee a Doctor of the Chaire before euer he saw the Diuinity-Schoole We ought I confesse all to wish as Moses did Would God that all the Lords people were Prophets and that the Lord would put his Spirit vpon them but let them bee enricht with Moses gifts too who was skilfull in all the learning of the Egyptians for otherwise although it were Moses charity to wish such a generall blessing 't was Gods wisdome not to grant it It is indeed true That to know the Lord and his saluation the Scripture affords light enough and Diuinity needs not to adde to her immortall beauty by any borrowed painting yet you shall see that when Saint Paul vndertooke to make the Corinthians know who was the Lord hee profest a wealthy variety of much other knowledge besides the Scripture and thankes God for it that hee spake with Tongues 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 more then all they did and able he was to cite their owne Poets among the then learned Athenians and to apply a Satyricall Verse out of Epimenides to reprehend the lying gluttonous and bestiall manners of the Cretians His powerfull language so rauish't the Lystrians in the 14. of the Acts that hee gain'd the repute of Mercury amongst them and questionlesse the sitting so long at the feet of Gamaliel made him vas electionis a vessell fit to hold that diuine Treasure which the Holy Ghost powr'd into him not that he or any other Messenger of God did euer vse to thrust themselues into a Wildernesse of Diuinity amongst Thornes and Bushes suffering euery Bramble to teare off part of that Golden Fleece which can neuer safely bee carried out of such Thickets Therefore the Psalmist tooke a direct Method in learning to know this Lord hee lookes vpon the booke of Experience which was the onely volume God himselfe open'd in Paradise written like the Booke in the Reuelation within and on the backside The Heauens declare the Glorie of God and the Firmament sheweth his handy workes and so out of euery Star could he take notes by which he might learne who was this Lord. Opus fecit quod opificem visibilitate sui manefestauit saith the Master out of St. Ambrose The inuisible workman may be known by his visible worke The beauty of Heauen The Glorie of the Starres an Ornament giuing light in the highest places of the Lord at the commandement of the Holy one they will stand in their order and neuer faint in their watches Thus the Sonne of Sirach would make the Vniuerse our Vniuersitie where we might perfect our soules in experimentall knowledge sufficient to vnderstand the power of Him that made all this All first of nothing Accedat quaecunque vis creatura et faciat tale Coelum et Terram dicam quia Deus est if these helps will not make vp our obseruation full Iob will direct vs to plainer Masters Interroga iumenta docebunt te Aske now the Beasts and they shall teach thee and the Fowles of the ayre and they shall tell thee or speake to the Earth and it shall teach thee and the Fishes of the Sea shall declare vnto thee Who knoweth not all these things that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this By the perpetuity of these creatures wee may know the eternitie of their Creator by their immensity his omnipotency by the ordering of them the wisdome of him Yet hath the Deuill so fascinated the eyes of many that in stead of knowing GOD by these his workes they haue mistaken many of his workes for their gods How commonly haue some esteem'd the strong man in the Firmament the Sun for the Sunnes Creator who could he haue spoken would haue answer'd them like the Angell in the Reuelation 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 see thou doe it not for I am thy fellow-seruant and of thy Brethren Thus the willing yet impiously-deuout Heathen made their vnhappy Piety rather to be a crime then such blinded adoration to be esteem'd knowledge of this Lord. Where was that immortall Soule that Image of the sacred Trinity Where all the Faculties of that Soule Apprehension Iudgement and Discourse Nay where are they yet in the greatest and most parts of the world I desire not to dwell vpon so vnnecessarie a point as many may thinke the knowledge of God to be in this Sun-shine of the Gospell yet some I am sure that this day heare mee haue beene in parts and amongst people who can no more see this Lord then a blind man is able to discerne the Sunne at noone where amongst obseruing many Monsters in their Trauels the greatest Monster Sea or Earth affords is the ignorance of this Lord not yet knowne to the mightiest Monarkes vpon earth Let me beseech you who-euer you are that dedicate your selues to treade the vntrackt paths of the Sea and negotiate with remote Kingdomes either for the Gold of Ophir or the Spices of Arabia to carry with you along for Exchange if it be possible but not to forgoe it your selues this Merchandise sold at so low a rate now with vs The knowledge of this Lord. Let euery one of your liues be a Taper to the darkned vnderstandings of the Heathen by which they may at least see that you know the Lord for to you to you only doth he beare this loue of you onely hee hath this fatherly care that hee would bee knowne to bee the Lord of you his people for you shall know that I am the Lord O my people you are the persons to whom he would be knowne his people Did euer Father in more faire termes entertain the dearest Treasures of his bloud then God doth here his people A people who in the Chapter 〈◊〉 had awaken'd his vnwilling wrath himselfe saies of them When the house of Israel dwelt in their owne Land they defiled it by their owne wayes and by their doings wherefore I powred forth my fury vpon them And who would not haue still lookt for burning from his lips and Coales of fire from his nostrils yet he presently forgets to be angry scattered they were but they shall not straggle long as sheep without a Shepheard for he will againe be their Lord and they shall be his people His people by order of Creation all people are many blessings and benefits doe all Nations Kingdomes and people receiue from him But saith Bernard tanquam proprium eum habent singuli Electorum where he beares a selected and neere affection there he stiles himselfe and them by a more deare and peculiar Title O my people He spoke to them before in termes of strangenesse They defiled their own way effudi eos in Gentes I haue scatter'd them among