peruerting her way Ier. 3.21 Iudg. 3 7. of doing wickedly in the sight of the Lord c. And now speake by way of reproofe to any one that hath done amisse Why Sir why did you sweare prophane the Lords Sabbaoth deale iniuriously commit that act of vncleannes speake vainely and idly c. Did you not heare the Minister reproue these the other day His answere will bee Surely I had quite forgotten and neuer remembred Thus you see forgetfulnesse is the cause of many great sinnes Secondly as this sinne is grieuous so the punishment of it is fearefull 1. Isa 49.14 They that forget God shall be forgotten of God that is Lam. 5.20 hee will withdraw his loue from them 2. They shall be vexed with barrennesse Hos 4.6 and death 3. With desolation and destruction of their cities Isa 17.10 4. With bondage Hos 8.14 and subiection vnder Tyrants 1. Sam. 12.9 5. The Lord will scatter thē as the stuble that passeth by the wind of the wildernesse 6. Ier. 13.24.25 Ier. 18.17 They shal be ouerthrown in the day of battell 7. They shal beare their lewdnes and their iniquity Eze. 23.35 which is a burthen intollerable 8. Lastly they shall be punished with the torments of hel The wicked shall be turned into hell Psal 9.17 and all the nations that forget God hell death and eternall destruction shal be their portion Now therefore that we may auoide the grieuous and fearefull punishments inflicted vpon this sinne let vs euer set our selues in Gods presence As the Lords eie is in euery place to behold the euill and the good Pro. 15.3 so let the eie of our minds be stedfastly fixed on him this is a matter of especiall behoofe to be well thought vpon Secondly when we go about sin let vs remember Christ how it was our sinnes that caused him to shed his most precious blood let vs apply him to our hearts by faith For Reas 1 1. This remembrance of Christ will keepe and preserue vs from sinne lest we crucifie againe to our selues by our sins the Lord of life Reas 2 2. It will recouer vs out of sinne being fallen into it Peter when hee once remembred Christ Mat. 26.75 and his words what did he then surely the text sayth He went out and wept bitterly and so became penitent euen so if we haue sinned and cal to mind the great loue of Christ who came downe from heauen to die for our sinnes to rise for our righteousnesse it will make vs if there be any spark of grace in vs weepe mourne for our sins that we may become penitēt reformed 3. It wil helpe to strēgthen our faith to increase our loue towards him Reas 3 as when one friend calles to mind such and such tokens another friend gaue him is set further in loue vpon the remembrance to him that did bestow them So it may be with vs the oftner we remēber Christ in this Sacrament the deeper impression of loue it will worke in vs. Ob. But my memory is short will some man say Ob. and I cannot remember Christ as I ought Sol. But tell me this one thing I pray you Sel. as short as your memory is did you euer forget where you laid your treasure No I warrant you that will alwayes be remembred though you layd it vp many dayes ago But shall I tel you how it comes to passe that so seldome Christ is remembred The fault is not in thy memory but in the will thou wantest a good will and a loue vnto Christ a man will neuer forget that thing hee loueth best he will hide it in his heart as Dauid did Gods word Psa 119.11 If therefore thou hadst a delight loue vnto Christ thou wouldest vse all meanes to rectifie thy memory that he might not be forgotten Vers 25. After the same manner also he tooke the Cup when hee had supped saying This Cup is the new Testament in my blood c. Hitherto wee haue spoken of both seruices at this Table viz. The bread and the Cup and also of all circumstances and actions touching them both yet somewhat remaineth behind in this verse to be spoken of that concerneth the second part of this Sacrament After hee had supped he tooke the Cup The Apostle seemes to expresse and note some difference of time betweene the giuing of the bread and the giuing of the Cup and the Euangelists agree with him therein fierienim potest c. as Maister Caluin sayth It may be that in the Interim betweene the deliuery of the bread In locum and the wine Christ preached or prayed he was not idle nor ill occupied quia nihil agebat extraneum à mysterio Because hee neither did any thing nor spake any word diuerse from or contrary to this holy mysterie The Ministers calling is no idle calling Doct. 1. but a calling of labour and great emploiments when hee hath dispatched one worke he must beginne another and when they are both ended he must set afresh on them againe When our Sauiour hath administred the bread he then prayeth or preacheth after that he deliuereth the wine c. He was alwayes employed The ministers taske is endles 1. Thes 5.12 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 1. Tim. 5.17 They must labour among you in word and doctrine The word there vsed doeth fignifie to labour vnto wearines And in another place Paul describing the office of a faithfull Minister 1. Tim. 3.1 saith If any man desire the office of a Bishop he desireth a worthy worke whereupon one sayd well Episcopatus nomen est operis nonhonoris August the office of a Bishop is a name of labour not of honour The names that are giuen to them in Scripture Eze. 3.17 Mat. 9.38.12.2 1. Cor. 3.9 2.5.20 Ioh. 10.2 Luk. 5.10 betoken labour and diligence they are called Watchmen Labourers Husbandmen Seedsmen Embassadours Shepheards Fishers c. Though their calling bee an high and an honourable calling yet it is a calling of labour not of case they go out of one Loome into another sometimes they are employed in prinate study first they learne by study what is fit to be taught 1. Tim. 3.2 sometimes they are imployed in priuate prayer for their people like Samuel God forbid saith he that I should sin against Lord 1. Sam. 12.23 and ceasse praying for you here hee promised neuer to giue ouer this duty for his people Sometimes they are employed in visiting the sicke in godly conference in Christian and heauenly admonitions and reproofes sometimes againe they are employed in painefull and diligent preaching of the Word in administring the Sacraments and many other holy ordinances and exercises so as we see they cannot bee idle but instant in season out of season 1 This Doctrine serueth to reproue those people 2. Tim. 4.2 Vse who account the Ministers calling a
Text if I be not much mistaken is truely and faithfully embowelled and withall so thorowly applied that Gods Church and people may thence reape much benefit Whatsoeuer it is I thought good to publish it and â—id many respects me mouing to commend the protection of it to your Ladiship 1. In respect of your zeale and loue to the truth therein imitating that patterne of piety the vertuous godly and holy Gentlewoman Mistris Mary Pemberton your husbands mother whom the whole countrey as I haue beene tolde hath highly esteemed for the soundnesse of true religion and for her coÌ„stant perseuerance therein 2. In respect of your conuersation which I speake to Gods glory is such as may be accounted a mirror of vertue for to your greatnesse you ioyne goodnesse to your worthinesse good workes to your knowledge Christian kindnesse and benignity c. Besides your care to bring vp your sweet children the Lords blessings and his rich inheritance in the awe of the Lord is so great and continuall that no day ouer-slips you to sanctifie them Other godly and heauenly carriages wherby you haue adorned your holy profession and wherein you haue excelled many daughters that haue done vertuously shall praise you in the gates 3. In respect of your singular loue to al Gods Messengers welcoming them like Angells though but strangers into your house hereby a good euidence is ministred to your owne heart that you are translated from death to life 4. Lastly in regard of your countenance good will and fauour to mee which on my part is euery way vndeserued I must needes confesse that I am so deepely obliged vnto your Ladiship that the signification of my thankefulnesse doth in equity belong vnto you These are the motiues that drewe on this my presumption to dedicate this my poore labour to your Ladiship In publishing it I am sure to meete with the censures of carping readers who will taxe me much of rashnesse Yet let such consider that at the making of the first Tabernacle not only such as brought blew silk and purple and scarlet but euen the poorest sort that brought Goates haire and Rammes skinnes were accepted How meane soeuer it be if it may any way benefit Gods Church especially if it may be any small meanes to further you to the right vnderstanding of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper to build you vp towards the Kingdome of heauen I shall gaine that I most desire Thus crauing pardon for my boldnesse I commend your Ladiship to the Grace of God who protract your dayes and yeares according to his graces bestowed on you and prosper and finish the good work that he hath begunne by adding that which is yet lacking to your faith and graces till he haue fitted you vnto and filled you with glory and immortality Amen Your Ladiships in all Christian duty to be commanded RICH. PRESTON Rushden March 19. 1621. The Epistle to the Reader CHristian Reader although I make little doubt but thou hast often either from thy owne experience beene brought to consider or by the mouthes of Gods Ministers hast bin instructed how wise wee are in casting for our temporall commodities and how carelesse on the other hand in the matters appertaining to God and our owne peace Yet suffer thy selfe once againe to be admonished of this point which may so beneficially be thought vpon A motiue whereunto I will not fetch any farther then from what thy eies looke vpon and thy hands handle Here is a Treatise the very title whereof doth draw thy respect to it as dealing in a Theme so weighty and needfull as is the meditation of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper This somewhat affecteth thee yet neuerthelesse thou are not ouer willing to part with thy siluer to purchase it vnlesse thou maist haue some good ground to buy a good penny-worth Well I discommend not thy temporary warinesse but wish thee sutable circumspection in spirituall businesses Sticke not gentle Reader to bestow two or three groates vpon a booke bandling so worthy a subiect as this present Tractate doth Let no preiudicate opinion fore-possesse thee when cursorily ouer-looking it as buyers vse to do thou findest not the margent and bottom of the leaues taken vp with quotations of old and new writers as if forsooth therefore it were of no worth Euery laced and garded robe is not the substantiallest neither is euery booke be painted with allegations most sound materiall The Author is farre hence as I am informed and wanteth opportunity to contriue his Epistle to the Reader My selfe requested by the booke seller according to the truth of my apprehension will say a little of the booke Thou shalt therefore Christian Reader if I bee not much deceiued finde a portion of Scripture familiarly and soundly opened by way of doctrine backed with reasons pressed on the conscience with applications able to moue affections if the fault bee not thy owne Thou shalt find a great aime according to the seuerall matters on seuerall occasions to build thee vp in holinesse and to plucke thee off from yeelding to such corruptions as thy own euil heart or the wicked times may too much incline thee to In a word thou shalt meete with signes of some graces and directions to other Christian practises and which I would not forget euery where where occasioÌ„ is offered thou shalt perceiue a true Protestant spirit breathing as if the times too much charitablenes toward Popery had by a certaine antiperistasis inkindled the godly Authors deuotion against it so much the more The numbers of men of which temper the Lord increase granting for one such tenne and for tenne an hundred that many hands pluckking aâ— and shaking the lofty Tower of Babylon at length it may fall downe 〈◊〉 deserued ruines and desolations Thus not making any greater preface to no great booke I recommend thee and al thy waies to our Lord Gods mercifull blessing in Iesus Christ Thine in the Lord Ez. Ch. March the 19. 1621. A Table of the principall Doctrines contained in this booke DOct. 1. Things amisse either in Church or in the course of our liues may be redressed and amended by the word of God page 2. Doct. 2. Gods Ministers receiue their orders from the Lord. page 24. Doct. 3. God alone is the Author of the Sacraments page 36. Doct. 4. Ministers are Gods stewards page 37. Doct. 5. People are to receiue that which is taught them as from God p. 46. Doct. 6. God is careful that the Sacraments should continue in his Church page 65. Doct. 7. Treason is an odious sinne page 71. Doct. 8. It is the property of wicked men to obserue secret times for their wicked practises page 78. Doct. 9. A Sacrament is an outward signe representing an inward grace page 85. Doct. 10. Christ is the bread of life page 92. Doct. 11. Christ is a full Redeemer page 98. Doct. 12. Christ is full and perfect nourishment page 104. Doct. 13. The outward
saith Pro. 9.2.3.5 and hath giuen vs a kinde inuitation saying Come eate of my bread and drinke of my wine Therefore we ought to examine our selues wherein wee haue offended the Lord of this feast that we may repent of our sins done against him and so we shall come prepared to this royall Banquet Vse 3 3 This may let vs see and acknowledge Gods great loue in that hee hath not onely giuen his Word which were sufficient hee being a God of truth but also for the strengthning of Faith hath added his great seales the Sacraments His creatures in them shall let vs see so much of his goodnesse as shall leaue vs without all excuse if wee receiue them not worthily but otherwise vpon our worthy partaking of them all the benefits of Christs death and suffering shall be ours Fourthly Paule goes forward and saith I haue deliuered that is I haue done my Lords will reuealed his counsell or I haue rightly disposed and deliuered that to you all which my master gaue mee in charge I haue not kept any good back Hence we learne That Ministers are Gods stewards Doct. 4. Luk. 12.42 the Lord hath made them Rulers ouer his house that they may distribute his meate and allowance according to his minde In euery steward there is required two things 1. Wisedome 2. Faithfulnesse 1 Wisedome to prouide things necessary before hand for after times a wise steward stayes not for the morrow to see what it will bring forth but while it is said to day he takes the time 2. A wise steward hath a forecasting head for he is euer plotting and contriuing how hee may put forth his masters goods to the best aduantage 3. Lastly a wife steward prouideth not dishes all alike but of sundry sorts courses meates for seruants then for sonnes milke for weaklings and infants in Christ and strong meate for those that are grown vp in Christ This was the practise of Paule for hee saith Hee gaue the Corinthians milke to drinke and not meate 1 Cor. 3.2 because they were not able to beare it One and the same meate agreeth not to all men Bread that strengthneth the life of strong men killeth little children and honey that nourisheth olde persons breedeth gripings in the belly and knaweth the bowels of smal infants 2 Faithfulnesse is required in a Steward 1. To distribute his maisters meate according as his master pleaseth that is the pure word of God without any mingling Hee must deliuer wholesome foode not poysonfull infectious or hereticall traditions of Popish Friers Poets or Philosophers He must not giue stones for bread nor serpents for fishes but as a good dispenser of Gods Mysteries if he speake he must do it as the words of God 1. Pet. 4.11 if he minister he must doe it as of the ability which God ministreth and if he receiue a gift he must minister the same as a good disposer This was the practise of Raule 2. Cor. 4.5 We preach not our selues but the Lord Iesus and our selues your seruants for Iesus sake 2. Hee must deliuer all his masters allowance else hee is an vniust steward hee must keepe nothing backe but deliuer the whole counsell of God as S. Paule did then if any one dye the fault is not in the steward who faithfully gaue him his portion but in himselfe through neglect Vse 1 1 This serueth to reprooue diuers sorts of stewards First all those that prouide strange meates the chaffe and inuentions of men too many improuident stewards had rather bee trading in humane wits as the writings of Councells Monkes Postillars Poets and Philosophers or else in anciēt Fathers then in the wholesome word of God Secondly all those that prouide meates which are hard to digest as vaine eloquence bombasted and strange new coyned words which amaze their hearers these men shew their small desire to conuert soules to God Affected eloquence as meate sweet at first in the mouth may for a time tickle and delight the care but afterward it will goe downe like sharpe grauell into the belly or else suddainly vanish away like the sound of musicke without fruite Thirdly all those that prouide vnprofitable meates that deliuer Doctrine neither wholesome nor tending to edification Many take great paines to answer foolish questions that they haue made to shew their wit to whom a man may say when they come down from the Pulpit as once Phauorinus the Philosopher said to a proud arrogant Grammarian Sir you haue wearied your selfe and others with an idle discourse Lastly all those that prouide good and wholesome doctrine but doe not distribute it nor apply it to mens consciences Doctrine application should not be separated for it is to take the life from the body Application is the very life of Doctrine Hence it was that the Apostle made this the principal end of preaching the word of God namely to speake to Edifying 1. Cor. 14.3 to Exhortation and to Comfort And hee exhorteth Timothy to giue attendance as well to Exhortation 1. Tim. 4. as to Doctrine Vse 2 2 This may informe vs of the great worke and weight of businesse that lyes vpon the shoulders of Gods stewards for if they must be wise to forecast and prouide all things pertinent and necessary to Gods houshold and when they haue prouided them must giue euery one in the houshold his portion in due sort season and after a good order Then not euery lame and maimed son of Gentlemen whom they preferre to this seruice nor hee that can ride and runne and make the greatest means to get a Church liuing nor he that is a riotous master of the Churches patrimony is a steward sufficient for these things but hee that is sent by the Lord as his labourer into his haruest and watcheth in all things to doe the worke of an Euangelist 2. Tim. 4.5 well gifted and well qualified and called of the Lord is the Lords Minister and fit for his stewardship Vse 3 3 This point serueth to stir vp euery steward of the Lord to a faithfull performance of his duty It is not enough to set the meate the word of God before the people but by diuiding it a right he must fitly apply it to seuerall places times and persons and whether he teach exhort rebuke or comfort yet stil hee must labour to pierce into the hearts of men and to speake to their soules and consciences Vse 4 4 This may teach Hearers their duty as namely first to esteeme of Ministers as Gods stewards Secondly 1. Cor. 4.1 to waite and depend on them for their meate and nourishment euen the word of God the foode of their soules as the Egyptians did waite on Ioseph in the time of famine for the opening of the Kings Granary that they might haue reliefe and as the naked bird waiteth the comming of her damme that shee might receiue foode from her mouth So let all Gods people waite vpon his
came to apprehend him although they see his power in casting them all to the ground yet he resisted not but offered himselfe vnto them saying v. 3.4.5 Whom seeke yee who made him this answere Iesus of Nazareth and he replied I am hee 4. When hee was brought before the Iudge he denied no part of the truth but as one willing to yeeld his life into their hands witnessed a good confession before Pontius Pilate 1. Tim. 6.13 5. Lastly when hee was brought to the place of execution it is sayd of him that hee sent out his soule and gaue vp his spirit All these testifie this truth That Christs passion was a free and an acceptable sacrifice as God gaue him willingly so as willingly did he bestow himselfe Vse 1 1. As this may serue to ouerthrow the idoll sacrifice of the Masse so it may iustly confute the Masse mongers and sacrificing Priests who are drawne to the Altar as the swine to the stie Christ gaue himselfe freely but they will not giue their breaden God except they be hyred They will neither say Masse nor sacrifice for any man without money according to the prouerbe No penie no Pater noster Quid non Regina pecunia donat The soules in Purgatory that imaginary fire wherein conceitedly they are tormented and endure shaddowed paines cannot be released without mony if that bee present all things shal be current if that be wanting their sacrifice of the Masse will do no good Vse 2 2. This may serue to commend vnto vs the exceeding loue of our Sauiour Christ greater loue then this hath no man then when a man bestoweth his life for his friends Ioh. 15.13 No man is able to expresse this loue of our Sauior that so willingly he would lay downe his life for vs yea for vs that were his enemies Rom. 5.8 We reade of certaine men that through their loue to particular places and people haue layd down their liues as of M. Curtius that cast himselfe into a dangerous lake for his Countries sake as of Codrus the King of the Athenians who offered himselfe to the swords of his enemies for the preseruation of his Kingdome As of Decius the consull that deuoted himselfe to death for the Romane armie These testimonies are something yet nothing in comparison of Christ they died for a few people he for the whole world they dyed not meerely out of loue but for vaine glory he willingly and louingly without al respect of ambition they died for their Country and friends he for his aduersaries and foes they died men full of sinne he without any sin of his owne Oh then admire this vnspeakeable loue of Christ the like we neuer heard of that a man out of his tendet loue to his friends yea to his enemies should shed the best blood in his heart which here Christ hath done for vs. 3 The consideration of this loue of Christ should teach vs in token of thankfulnesse to loue him againe by offering vp vnto him our bodies and soules as acceptable seruices This was Paules practise Gal. 2.20 In that that I now liue in the flesh I liue by the faith in the Sonne of God who hath loued mee and giuen himselfe for mee Therby giuing vs to vnderstand that the greatest and strongest reason why wee should liue to the Son of God is this because he hath loued vs and giuen himselfe for vs yea we should hereby learne to giue reliefe to the poore and help them that stand in neede of vs. Thus much of Christs actions Take eate drinke c. Now follow the words of our Sauior Christ to his Disciples In which obserue the actions of receiuers and the persons whom Christ admitted to receiue The Actions Take c. The persons Yee Take and eate From the manner of Christs speech vsed in this place we learne That It is not left a thing indifferent to come vnto this holy Table Doct. so as wee may at our owne pleasure come and at our owne pleasure againe absent our selues from communicating at this holy feast with Gods Saints Reas 1 1 For it is commanded Take yee c. Now euery commandement of the moral Law binds the conscience to obedience euen so this commandement of our Sauiour Christ which is indeede a speciall part of Gods worship included in the second and fourth commandement of the morall Law is to bee obeyed vnlesse a man bee preuented by sicknesse or bee depriued of fit opportunity by reason of persecution or imprisonment c. Reas 2 2 As it is necessary in regard of Christs commandement so also in respect of the great fruite and profit it brings to the Cōmunicants for this Supper as in part we haue heard was ordained for these two reasons 1. As a mother hauing brought forth a little infant doth not forsake it but nurseth and bringeth it vp so Christ hauing initiated vs and brought vs into the Church by baptisme a pledge of our spirituall newe birth and initiation and entrance into his Kingdome doth not leaue vs there but hath instituted his holy Supper to the end that wee by participation in his body and blood might be the more strengthened in this assurance that Christ is ours with all his benefits And although Christ be well presented vnto vs by the preaching of his Gospell yet there are notable points in this Supper especially to be obserued 1. In the Ministery of the Word God speaketh generally to all Repent and beleeue and so bee saued But in this Sacrament hee speaketh in particular directeth his promise as it were by name to euery Communicant This is my body to thee as thou tastest the bread and wine so assuredly thou shalt taste and receiue Christ by faith in him 2. God is not herewith contented but furthermore with this his promise for the further confirmation of their faith he giueth them the outward Elements of bread and wine to bee visible pledges of the ratification of his promise saying to euery Communicant Take thou eate thou c. 2 By receiuing this Sacrament and presenting our selues thereunto we make as it were a publike protestation that wee haue no fellowship with Idolatours Heretiques Atheists prophane and vngodly persons of this world but that wee take our selues to bee the children of God and haue fellowship with Christ vnity loue and friendship one with another Vse 1 This may serue to confute the Papists that hold and say Easter is the time when the common people should come flocking together to receiue the Sacrament Pope Zepherinus institution and command or to speake in their owne phrase to take their Hushell or to receiue their Maker The Priest hee perswades the simple people that it is neither necessary nor fit for them to receiue often and all that he might fill his owne panch Iude 12. and glut himselfe This is contrary to Christs institution and the practise of the Primitiue Church
the eating of so blessed a banquet as the Lords Supper is Herein the Papists haue much slandered our Church as that we should giue allowance for obseruation of this time after the Imitation of Christ and should make this Supper of the Lord Iesus a nightly feast of good cheere But the practise of our Church wil shew how vniust this stander is and how wrongfully they accuse vs. The same night that he was betrayed he tooke c. When Christ was ready to yeeld himselfe to the death hee institutes and ordaynes a Sacrament Hence learne That God hath had a speciall care Doct. 1. that as his Word so also his SacrameÌ„ts might froÌ„ time to time be continued in his Church Before the fall in Paradise God was so carefull for the good of man that he gaue him 2 Sacraments 1. Gen. 2.9 The Tree of Life and 2. The Tree of Knowledge of good and euill Afterward in the time of the old Testament he did institute the Circumcision and Paschall Lambe Gen. 17.10 Exod. 12.3 Mat. 3. 28.26 and now in our time vnder the Gospell we haue Baptisme the Lords Supper Now God is thus carefull that his Sacraments might bee continued in the Church both that they might strengthen our faith and bee notes and badges of our Profession whereby the members of his Church may be distinguished Exod. 12.43 and discerned from all Infidels and Heathens The Passeouer did belong to Gods people they might eate it but strangers might not and Circumcision was of the Iewes for they were called circumcised but not of the Gentiles for they were called the vncircumcised Vse 1 1. If God then bee thus carefull for our good for the strengthening of our faith and to make vs his peculiar people by setting his badge vpon our shoulders let vs for shame bee true vnto our Lord and Master let vs aduenture our selues in his campe against all his enemies and fight his battailes The word Sacrament hath his name from the vse and practise of souldiers in warre For looke as in ancient time the souldier did binde himselfe by an oath solenni sacramento with his sword girded vnder his arme to fight his Captaines battailes So wee being partakers of the holy Sacrament doe receiue the Lords badge and binde our selues for euer to fight his battailes let vs not then for shame carrie his badge vpon our sleeues and take part with his enemie the Deuill by continuing any longer in our sinnes but let vs arme our selues and take vnto vs the sword of the spitit and manfully stand out in the Lords cause that wee may bring glory 〈◊〉 God and comfort to our selueâ— Vse 2 2. This may teach vs to make high account of the Lords Supper and to receiue it reuerently because Christ did institute it and left it vnto vs as his last legacie a little before his death Wee see that what a man doth when he is toady to yeeld vp the Ghost is of speciall moment Christ when hee was to depart this life to leaue his Church commends this Sacrament to his Disciples and in them to vs as his last legaciez therefore it must hee had in singular respect and in no fort profaned and contemned Now followeth the treason that befell our Sauiour Christ and was plotted against him that night hee did ordayne his last Supper which may bee set downe both by the qualitie of it and also by the time when it was plotted the qualitie of it is plaine in these few things It was high treason against the King of heauen and earth conspired vnder showes of friendship and loue for the damnable traytor could speake Christ faire in the face Mat. 26.49 God saue thee Master A sinne most haynons if we marke the circumstances of it for first who was the actor of this treason It was Iudas a seruant of Christ an Apostle Christs steward for hee bate the bagge Secondly against whom was it committed Against Christ the sonne of the liuing God Mat. 16.16 his Master whom hee had followed whose Sermons he had heard whose kindnesse hee had receiued whom twice together hee resused and neglected when his Master a little before the treason was put in practise spake in a wonderfull milde manner vnto him Friend saith hee wherefore art thou come Mat. 29.50 And againe when he came neere to him to kisse him Iudas saith he betrayest thou the Sonne Luk. 22.45 of Manwith a kisse These wordâ— might haue broken an heart of brasse yet they neuer mooued him Thirdly by what meanes was it wrought secretly for a little after supper he went from his Master and compacted with the Iewes who forthwith tooke the aduantage of the time it being darke when Christ could not see to goe abroade and of the place being so neere them that hee could not flee from them Fourthly for what end did hee treacherously seeke his Masters death To enrich himselfe and yet he obtayned but a â—tifle euen thirty peeces of siluer if he could haue obtayned any honour or great possession or any great and high office by this treachery it had beene something but all that he got was a little filthy lucre the wages of iniquitie and the price of innocent bloud What should I vrge this treason any more in the circumstances of it when the Scriptures handle it plainely all men know it readily The truth is Doctr. 2 that it is an odious sinne worthy all mens hatred Haman though neuer so secretly contriued mischiefe against the good Iewes yet his proper portion for his intended mischiefe was detestation and so it was with Nabuch adnezzars treacherous seruants that conspired against the three Children when all would not worke wel as they looked for then they found their great Lords loue turned to absolute hatred It is not likely that any wise maÌ„ caÌ„ either speake well or wish wel to a traytor that intendeth mischief Treason is odious in respect of the authors of it Reas 1. they are bloud-thirstie men such as cast off all pitty and put off all humanity naturall affections and the bowels of compassion they are fierce and cruell furious full of rage and alwayes their out crie against Gods Church is Downe with it downe with it euen to the ground Psal 137. â— 2 In respect of the effects Reason which are many sword and slaughter spoyle and robery It spareth neither life nor goods but killes and rifles all before it Vse 1 1. Who can think or speake well of the treacheries of Papists or of their bloody Religion that maintaines all treasons that holds vp violence and gunpouder plots by the chinne that sets vp all subtilties and euersions of king and kingdomes We haue had so long experience of their notable villainies that reason hath taught vs to cast off all loue of them whether they speake faire or foule and to flye all communion and company with them
then any people c. but because he loued vs. Vse 1 1. This may teach vs to labour that wee may bee affected with this so immeasurable infinite and incomparable loue of God the Father Ps 103.13 Isai 49.15 farre excelling the loue of naturall Parents What father would take his son and giue him as a possession to his chiefest friend But to take his son his heire and eldest son nay his onely Son and giue him to his enemy yea to giue him to death for his enemy this is a loue beyond all loues and may astonish all Angells and men Great was the loue of Abraham towards God that so commanded his naturall affections as to offer vp his sonne Isaac at the commandement of the Lord vnto death hauing but one son giuen him by a speciall fauour to comfort his age and him whom he loued being vertuous and religious when hee had no hope to haue any more sonnes and this beeing the sonne of the promise in whom both himselfe and the whole world should be saued that this child should not be banished from him but put to death and killed not before his face but with his owne hands this was a great loue for flesh and blood to fall into But yet farre greater is the loue of God towards vs who louing Christ a thousand times more then Abraham could loue Isaac because betweene heauenly and earthly things there is no comparison that God I say should deliuer him vp not to the whip but to the gibbet not by commandement as Abraham did but of his meer and voluntary loue not into the hands of them that sorrowed to see him afflicted but into the hands of butchers that cared not how cruelly they dealt with him and this not for his friends as Abraham did who was called the friend of God but for traytors that wold haue pulled the Lord out of his owne seate This doth wonderfully set forth the loue of God the fulnesse of it and depth of it being not to be comprehended of all the hearts of men ioyned in one though euery one of thē were wiser then Solomon Let this loue beget loue in vs again that there may bee a reflection of our loue in some measure we cannot but requite loue for loue Vse 2 2 Seeing God was content to take his Sonne to giue him yea to marke and seale him to become our Sauiour This must teach vs to be content to suffer our selues to be marked and sealed for his glory and the good of his Church God set apart and sealed his owne Sonne for our glory that wee might be redeemed from shame and bee glorified in the heauens Now he asketh nothing at our hands for this his great fauour and loue but that wee would suffer our selues to bee sealed and marked with the seale and marke of Christianity and so answerably glorifie him and doe good to his Church In this respect Paule exhorteth vs yea entreateth and beseecheth vs to giue vp our bodies as holy Rom. 12. and liuing sacrifices acceptable to God But notwithstanding all this it is farre otherwise with most of vs Gods seale and marke is wome out wee beare but onely the name of Christians suffering our selues to bee marked sealed with the markes and seals of the Diuell we abound in most sinnes in pride Gal. 5.19.20.21.22 in vanity of our minde in selfe-loue couetousnesse drunkennesse ignorance whoredome prophanation of the Sabbath lying swearing c. These are the markes of the Diuell and by them will hee marke vs as his owne for euer if we doe not repent Oh therefore if wee would auoyd his snares and the eternal torments in hell if wee would bee sealed of God vnto glory let vs take heed of these markes and seales of the Diuell and receiue Gods seales of an holy and godly life Vse 3 3 Seeing God the Father hath taken and bestowed his onely Sonne vpon vs to be our Mediatour and redeemer Here then is comfort to those that are redeemed of Christ notwithstanding al their afflictions and their tortures for sins God hath giuen his Sonne to the death that they might liue so as when they offer Christ to him hee cannot but haue pitty on them As Pilate presented Christ whipped to the Iewes with his Behold the man to moue compassion so must they presēt Christ crucified to the Lord to moue his compassion to thē Behold what thine owne hand hath done to thine own son and say It is enough 2 Action v. 24. He gaue thankes In the Euangelists it is said He blessed the bread wine not that Christ thereby through a secret vertue in himselfe did consecrate and transsubstantiate the bread and wine into his body and blood but rather the word Blesse 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 doth signifie a praier made by Christ to his Father for the sanctifying blessing the significant Creatures that hee had in his hand and his thankesgiuing for them so doth Erasmus turne the words Mat. 26.27 Luk. 22.17 The other Euangelists Mathew and Luke and so Paule in this place make the words Blessing and Giuing of thankes to signifie the same thing Much deceiued are the Papists the enemies to sound and sauing doctrine that ground their consecration and meanes of transsubstantiation vpon this action of Christ He gaue thankes To giue thankes or to blesse God was a commendable custome of the ancient Iewes they gaue thankes before and after meate which custome our Sauiour followeth in his Gospell He tooke bread and gaue thankes It is also the vse and custome of the neotericall and later Iewes Rab. Kim to call vpon God for a blessing vpon their Passeouer and of all Christians to desire God to blesse the table and the meare thereon not that any thing is vncleane in it owne nature as the Manichees held or that the euill spirits are mingled among the creatures Orientales et Itali as they of the Easterne Countrey imagine which defend the sprinkling of holy water for the creature of God is good because all which God made is good but it is our own corruption sin which defileth the creature Prayer therefore before the receiuing thereof is necessary that it may be sanctified and made wholesome for our vse and that wee may vse them soberly and moderately Hence we learne first that Doct. It is the duty of Christians to supplicate and make requests to God for a blessing vpon the Sacrament or any creature they are about to receiue and taste Our Sauiour would not venture vpon his Supper till such time as he had desired of God a blessing vpon it for that vse he instituted it And it may be gathered from Paules words The Cup of Blessing which wee blesse 1. Cor. 10.16 c. that the Apostle made requests to God for the sanctifying of the Sacrament to this end that it might be a Communion And in all things wee must call vpon God for a
kind of punishments that the wicked Tyrants and instruments of the diuell could lay vpon them some of the godly had trialls of mockings He. 11.35.36 c. scornings bonds and imprisonment others were stoned others sawne asunder others slaine with the sword c. Yet they remained patient in all these for Christs sake and were boldened through him to say with Ignatius Come fire crosse wilde beasts Euseb hist Eccle. lib. 8. Chap. 7. slaughter tearing of bones dismembring the parts of my body yea let all the torments of the diuell rush vpon me so I may enioy Christ better for me to be a Martyr then a Monarch my loue is crucified Vse 1 1. This may confute the Papists that hold Christs passion of small worth without their owne sufferings merits and satisfactions they say it serueth onely to take away originall sin but as for other sinnes they must bee put away by the sacrifice of the masse their merits and sufferings Oh blasphemie intollerable and most derogatorie from the merits of Christs passion Ob. Did not Paul say of himselfe Ob. I reioyce in my sufferings for you Col. 1.24 and fulfill the rest of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his bodies sake which is the Church Here the Apostle suffered for the Church Sol. Such sense Sol. and meaning cannot bee gathered from this place as they haue deuised soâ— first if it should be sayd that the Apostle Paul fulfilled all the rest of Christ his afflictions as if some part of them had not bin fulfilled in Christ then this would follow That something was wanting in Christs passion and so the price of our Redemption was not fully payd This is an absurditie the meaning is rather this Hee fulfilled the rest of Christs afflictions That is he suffered with Christ not equally nor as Christ did nor yet to adde anything to Christ his afflictions Phil. 3.10 but to shew the fellowship of his afflictions Copula ponitur vice causalis Cal. And that in all his troubles and sufferings he had Christ as a companion to beare a part with him this is that the Apostle saith in diuerse places Rom. 8.17 If wee suffer with him we shall be glorified with him Whatsoeuer our sufferings are wee doe not suffer alone but Christ suffereth with vs And in another place 2. Cor. 1.5 The sufferings of Christ abound in vs. Our sufferings are not ours alone but they are Christs as well as ours By this that hath beene spoken wee see that the sufferings of massing Papists are of no value And albeit they may brag of their superabundance of merits and sufferings which are not layd vpon them by others Flagellarij but by themselues in their scourgings whippings beatings c. yet they shal do them no good Rom. 8.18 I account the afflictions of this present time are not worthy of the glory which shall bee shewed vnto vs. Let vs therefore cast off this cursed doctrine of the enemies of God and relie vpon Christs passion and sufferings acknowledging with the blessed Martyr None but Christ Martyr Lambert none but Christ Vse 2 Vse 2. This ought to breake and bruise all our harts with godly sorrow for our sinnes If Christ was grieued and broken for mans cause being free from sin himselfe much more ought we to be greeued and broken in heart for our sinnes which were the cause of his suffering of the breaking of his body and of the shedding of his blood Men must not take pleasure in sinne make a spott and pastime of sinne but mourne and lament for sinne The Prophet Zacharie tels vs that the Church shall mourne for Christ Zac. 12.10.12 They shall looke vppon him whom they haue pierced and lament for him as a father for his first borne and mourning shall be in Ierusalem like that of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddo not for feare of punishment hell and destruction but for sinnes whereby wee haue pierced and wounded our most blessed Sauiour At his passion the Sun Moone and earth seemed to relent how can we then to whom all the benefits of his passion redounded bee so hardened in heart like brasse but be touched with compunction Oh then let it pricke vs at the very heart to see him lie groueling on the ground in a bloody sweat and let our hearts rise vp within vs at the committing of the least sin whatsoeuer which hath cast him into so strange an Agonie and paine Vse 3 Vse 3. This must teach vs to endure many hardshipps willingly and readily for his sake if we will be Christs disciples Mat. 10.38 Luk. 9.23 we must take vp our crosse and follow him If the Author and Prince of our saluation was consecrated by afflictions Luk. 24.26 ought not Christ to suffer these things and so to enter into his glory Then ought not wee to thinke strange of sufferings as if some new thing hapned to vs 1. Pet. 4.12 but wee must submit our selues to the whippe and scourge as the Lords appointment and so enter into fellowship of Christs kingdom our Sauiour hath drunke to vs in the cup of his passion Mat. 20.22 as he sayd to the two sonnes of Zebedeus and we must pledge him when occasion is offered For vnto vs it is giuen Phil. 1.29 that not onely wee should beleeue in him but also suffer for his sake 4. Action he gaue the bread and wine intimated and gathered from hence that hee sayd Take Hee gaue the bread and wine and kept them not backe as the Papists do whose Priests stand all alone at the Altar and â—ate and deuoure all alone by themselues And that which he did giue it was willingly and with a free heart no constraint egging and constraining him thereto And in that Christ did thus willingly giue himselfe wee may obserue Doct. That Christs suffering was a free will offering Isay 53.10 He made his soule an offering for sin and himselfe of no reputation Phil. 2.7.8 in that he humbled himselfe and became obedient vnto the death of the Crosse And hee testifieth of himselfe No man taketh my life from mee but I lay it downe of my selfe Ioh. 10.18 This willing Sacrifice may bee so noted by these circumstances 1. When the time was at hand that hee should suffer he tells his Disciples that he must go to IerusaleÌ„ many things must be layd to his charge which he must suffer there Peter wished him neuer to suffer any thing but to fauor himselfe for which labour hee called Peter Sathan Get thee behind me Sathan 2. When hee was at Ierusalem he neuer went about to withdraw himselfe from the Iewes as hee had formerly done nor to seeke starting hoses to hide his head in but hee went to his accustomed place of prayer a little beyond the brooke Cedron Ioh. 18.1.2 which place Iudas knew well 3. When Iudas and al his route
diseases Againe the word all may be restrained to beleeuers as where it is sayd Christ tasted of death for all the meaning is Heb. 2.10 he died for sons that must be ledde vnto glory for his brethren and such children as are giuen of God vnto him Vse 1 1. This serueth for the reproofe of them that thinke all shall be saued the reprobate as wel as the elect Iudas as well as Iohn Saul as well as Paul The diuell hath deluded so many men with this cōceite of Christ his death for all men that they commit sinne with gredinesse are growne carelesse of their owne saluation But let all such know that they shall finde the contrary to their woe vnlesse they preuent Gods wrath to come with hearty Repentance And certainely there be many in the world to whom it may bee sayd as Simon Peter sayd to Simon Magus Act. 8.21 They haue neither part nor fellowship in this busines being pre-ordained of God vnto condemnation Iude 4. Iude v. 4. Ob. But I know Christ died for all men and I am a Christian as well as another man and therefore I am sure Christ died for me Sol. If a woman that had two children should sweare she were a maide or hee that had the plague should say and face mee downe he were sound or one reeling in the chanell that hee were sober would they not bee spectacles of shame to all that saw and heard them And for an vnseemely and filthy liuer to challenge this honour to be carried in Christs bosome to bee remembred to his Father in his prayers and apportion part of Christs death to himselfe is as absurd as the other his fained hope in the last day will deceiue him Thou sinfull wretch brag as much as thou wilt of thy portion in Christ his death I tell thee from the Lord thou hast no part in him nor in his death and sufferings but the markes of Gods vengeance are yet vpon thee and thou venturest thy saluation peremptorily by deferring thy repentance It is therefore an intollerable absurditie for thee being a slaue to sinne as prophane as Esau Heb. 12.16 to vaunt of thyselfe as the seruant of God to claime a birthright there where thou hast no more interest then the dogs in the bread of Children Mat. 15.26 Vse 2 2 In that Christ dyed for vs and not for himselfe this may informe vs of his innocency as the Prophet Isay sayth Isay 53.9 Hee had done no wickednesse neither was deceite in his mouth the iust suffered for the vniust Heb. 9.14 He offered himselfe without spot vnto God and as the Apostle saith 2. Cor. 5.21 He knew no sin The diuell set his wits on tenter hookes to prouoake Christ to sinne yet neuer preuailed as our Sauiour testifieth of himselfe The prince of this world commeth Ioh. 14.30 and hath nought in me 2. This may also informe vs and let vs see the haynousnesse and grieuousnesse of our sinnes that caused such an immaculate and vnspotted Lambe to suffer a most shamefull death for vs needs must those wounds be deepe that could not bee cured but by the wounds of the sonne of God Behold holinesse is scourged by vngodlinesse wisedome is mocked at for foolishnesse righteousnesse condemned for wickednesse truth murdered for lyers and harmelessenesse is slaine for most mischieuous and haynous sinners Our sinnes were the cause of his death Oh therefore let vs breake off our sins by a righteous course and neuer tread vnder foote the precious bloud of Christ Heb. 10.29 nor count it an vnholy thing Acknowledge ô man thy value and thy debt and seeing so great a pride is payd for thy freedome and redemption be ashamed of sinne which is thy thraldome and bee carefully heedfull that the deuil wound not that which God hath healed lest by the content of thine heart and transgression of thy body thou bee bound to performe that seruice to thine enemie which thou owest to the Lord. Vse 3 3. If Christ haue giuen himselfe for vs then we must in way of thankfulnesse giue our selues vnto him Taylor on Titus he gaue his body his soule his glory and all for vs we must not then thinke much to part with our body goods name liberty or life it selfe for his sake when he calleth vs vnto it The law of thankfulnesse requireth that wee should part with such things as in comparison are but trifles for him who thinketh not his dearest things to good for vs and the rather because when we haue done all we can we can neuer be sufficiently thankfull for this greatest gift that euer was giuen to the sonnes of men wee can neuer speake sufficiently of it nor euer wade deepe enough into the Ocean of that loue that presenteth vs with such a gift as this is Howsoeuer therefore the sight of the blood of Bulls and Goates wold more affect many then this most precious blood which they tread vnder their feete yet let those that looke for part in it vnto saluation account this precious yea and their glory and reioyce that the wisedom of God hath left them meanes by the word and Sacraments wherein Christ is daily crucified before their eies to reuoake it into their memories Let them conscionably vse this meanes vnto this end that this gift running euer in their minds they may bethinke them what they may acceptably returne for so great receits and when they heare their harts called for they may giue heart and hand head and feete will and affections vp to the seruice of so good a benefactor Vse 4 4. This may teach vs a lesson of triall to trie and examine our selues and see whether wee bee those for whom Christ suffered But how may this bee done Wouldest thou know how this may be done then looke to thy conuersation in this world If thou followest excesse of riot and vaine conuersation thou hast nothing in Christ to whom soeuer Christ is a redeemer by merit procuring the pardon of sinne to him he is a Sauiour by efficacy also by turning his hart from sinne to God if then thou wouldest know whether Christ suffered for thee or no and by his passion tooke away the guilt and punishment of sin then see whether thou art purged from the silthinesse of sinne If thou art purged from sin then thou art redeemed by Christ This do in remembrance of me In these words are included a commandement of our Sauiour Christ to his Disciples commanding them to celebrate this Sacrament after his manner and the end of that commandement In so doing they remember him and the wonderfull workes that he hath done The commandement is in these words this do he bids his Disciples imitate him in administring this Sacrament that hee hath instituted Obserue generally those things that Christ commanded Doct. are carefully to be performed therefore his Disciples were carefull in administring this blessed supper euery
turne not vp their eyes to behold him whom they pierced neither doe they consider how he will come with glory and great power if they did then they would acknowledge him the great and powerfull Messiah But let not vs as they doe fixe both our eies vppon the basenesse of his first cōming but let vs with one eie beholde the glory of his second comming which shall abundantly counteruaile the humility of the first Thirdly false teachers that say the body of Christ is not in heauen only but in earth also in euery kingdome in euery citty in euery parish in euery loafe in euery piece of bread and cup of wine where the Sacrament is receiued But this is to destroy the nature of a true body which cannot bee in diuerse places at once Let vs therefore take heed of such deceiuers giue no place to their errour and trust perfectly that Christ sitteth at the right hand of the throne of Maiesty in heauen hauing no corporall presence elsewhere and that from thence he shal come at the last day to render vongeance vnto the wicked and to be glorified in his Saints Lastly godlesse mockers of Christs second comming whō Saint Peter speakes of 2. Pet. 3.3.4.5 to 10. who in regard of so long delay of his comming grow to deride and scoffe at the promise But herein how much do they forget themselues measuring the daies of Gods eternity by the scantling of our time Secondly how little do they consider the ends and reasons of the delay which are not the Lords forgetfulnesse or change of his purpose but his patience towards vs in walting for our repētance and the accomplishment of that number that he hath chosen to life of whom perhaps there are many as yet vnborne Vse 2 Secondly this second comming of Christ may bee a terrour to all the vngodly that haue put farre from them the euill day and despised the humilitie of Christ and his still voyce in the Ministerie of his Gospell they will not tremble now at his word to name their liues thereafter therefore they shall tremble to dust at the sight of his second appearance and not be able to stand Those that are now ashamed of him shall then be ashamed of themselues Luk. 9 26 when hee shall bee ashamed of them and as for those that daylie pierce him with the speares and nailes of their sinnes they shall bee sure to see him whom they haue pierced when themselues shall bee pierced with shame and sorrow to their endlesse confusion Oh consider this yee that forget Christs comming and speake peace to your soules why do you abuse his patience Why will you treasure vp wrath for your selues against the day of wrath Why will you fit your selues as fewell for the fire of that day when the Lord Iesus shall come from heauen 2. Thos 1.8 inflaming fire to render vengeance against all them which know not God nor obey the Gospell of our Lord Iesus Well if you will not be warned but you wil go on in sin know it that the party wonged by your sin is he who must come from heauen to bee your Iudge and to passe sentence of condemnation vpon you Vse 3 Thirdly do we looke that our Sauiour will come the second time from heauen Great reason then that wee should haue our conuersation in heauen and that in affection soule heart thought loue and desires wee should ascend thither Herein wee may learne a lesson of the children of this world Where is the Vsurers mind but where his siluer and gold is Where is the Husbandmans mind but on his tillage pastures barnes and where hee lookes for the fruite of his labours Where are the affections of the voluptuous and ambitious man but where the things are which his soule desireth And where should our hearts and soules conuersation be but in heauen from whence shal come our Sauiour euen the Lord Iesus Christ Oh let vs sayle ouer Iordan into the land of promise let vs go into heauenly Canaan and be Citizens there If wee count that our treasure is in heauen let our hearts also be in heauen there Christ is and thence we looke for him 2 Christ will not only come from heauen but hee will also come as man hee will visibly shew himselfe in his manhood that all eies may behold him This is plaine God hath appointed a day Act. 17.31 in the which hee will iudge the world in righteousnesse by that man whom hee hath ordained Againe in that Sermon of Peter before Cornelius Act. 10.42 the Apostle teacheth vs how that the man Iesus was ordained of God to be Iudge of quicke and dead In another place Mat. 16.27.25.31.26.64 The Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father Paul enioyned Timothy to fulfill his charge vntill the time of the appearing of our Lord Iesus Christ 1. Tim. 6.14.15 which he shall shew Now the wisedome of God thought fit that Christ should visibly appeare and come as man Reas 1 1 Because Christ hauing in his manhood accomplished mans redemption and in it had bene iudged of the world It is meete that he should now manifest the glory of his manhood exalted aboue all Creatures shining in such brightnesse of glory as is fit for such a body as is vnited to the diuine nature Hence it is that we often reade this second comming opposed to his former wherein he pleased to couer and veile his glory which now he will reueale and make most splendent and beautifull Reas 2 2 It is certaine there shall be a day of iudgement and that the visible act of iudging shall bee ascribed to Christ as man because neither Father nor holy Ghost can assume visible formes being incorporeal and spiritual substances Neither could they make themselues of small reputation as Christ God-man did and their sides hauing neither bodie nor formes of bodies could not be pierced and therfore it is Christ alone whose body was broken and sides wounded for our sinnes that shal visibly in the forme of man appeare that mortall eyes may behold him Reas 3 3 Christ wil appeare as man in regard of his sheepe and selected children who as they are iustified by his first appearing in humility so shal they be glorified by his second appearing in his glorified body 4 Lastly hereby he shal shew his neare affinity vnto man in that he shall in his humanity be seene visibly descending in a Cloud as he was seene visibly ascending by a Cloud Vse 1 Vse Belike then Christ is resident in heauen and so shall be in respect of his humanity till the time of consummation when we may expect his second bodily appearance Is it not strange then men shold dreame of his humane presence perpetually vpon earth and that his humanity as well as his deity fills both heauen and earth What then is become of that which he spake in the daies of his flesh Mat. 26.11 Me shall ye not alwayes haue and It is expedient for you that I go away Ioh. 16.7 How is it that the Scripture bids vs feeke his body in heauen and thence to expect him Let vs content our selues with the simplicity of Scriptures and the truth thereof Vse 2 Vse 2. This may serue to terrifie the wicked there is a generation of Anaks house left still who go about to lay Pelion vpon Ossa who thinke because Christ at the last day will come to iudge the world in his manhood to be as good as he and to throw him out of the throne of Iudgement He is but the Carpenters sonne and shall he rule ouer vs But alas when that day comes they shall tune another song they shall quake and tremble and not be able to answere one word for a thousand Now like Iosephs brethren they stalke and strout it out in their brauery in their vaine power Shall he haue dominion ouer vs Come Gen. 37.8.20 let vs kill him but then they shall be troubled at his presence Gen. 45.3.50.15.16.17 and feare shall come vpon them they shall not be able to behold the glory of his face but shall fall downe before him and desire the hills to couer them His first comming was so base and himselfe so despised that euery one did ouertop him He was then in the forme of a Seruant Phil. 2.7.8 and cast off of euery man which our hellish Anakims and prophane Esaus take hold of and thinke him still the same But to their sorrow and confusion the Lord hath exalted him appointed him their Iudge and he wil as sure as the coate is vppon their backes come with thousands of his Saints to conuince them of all their vngodly Iud. 14.15 deedes and proud speeches that they in an vngodly maner haue spoken against him and will they nill they they shall bee slaine before him Luk. 19.27 Vse 3 Vse 3. Here is comfort for the godly who haue followed Christ in their regeneration who haue bene his brethren and sisters to do the will of his Father Hee will acquite them of all due and debt set them free from sinne and the rusty fetters of all their hard affliction As he was their elder brother in sanctification so hee will be for their saluation Now hee is for them to his Father an Intercessor Mediator Aduocate but then in his owne person manlike appearance he will bee a totall Redeemer Oh let vs comfort our selues and waite for the day of our redemption let vs lift vp our heads for ioy The regions are white to the haruest and the day commeth on wherein our Head shal shew forth both his owne and our glory who are his members and when it is come then the least among vs shall be knowne to bee the Kings Sonne FINIS