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Ten sermons tending chiefly to the fitting of men for the worthy receiving of…Ten sermons tending chiefely to the fitting of men for the worthy receiuing of…
Ten sermons tending chiefly to the fitting of men for the worthy receiving of the Lords Supper Wherein amongst many other holy instructions: the doctrines of sound repentance and humiliation, and of Gods special favours unto penitent sinners, and worthy communicants are largely and effectually handled. The six first, by I. Dod. The four last, by R. Cleaver. Whereunto is annexed, a plain and learned metaphrase on the epistle to the Colossians, written by a godly and judicious preacher. There is also set before the sermons, a short dialogue of preparation: containing the chief points that concern the worthy receiving of the Lords Supper, taken for the most part, out of the sermons following: and collected into a method for the benefit and ease of those that desire direction in this matter.Ten sermons tending chiefely to the fitting of men for the worthy receiuing of the Lords Supper VVherein amongst many other holy instructions: the doctrines of sound repentance and humiliation, and of Gods speciall fauours vnto penitent sinners, and worthy communicants are largely and effectually handled. The six first, by I. Dod. The foure last, by R. Cleauer. Whereunto is annexed, a plaine and learned metaphrase on the epistle to the Collossians, written by a godly and iudicious preacher. There is also set before the sermons, a short dialogue of preparation: containing the chiefe points that concerne the worthy receiuing of the Lords Supper, taken for the most part, out of the sermons following: and collected into a method for the benefit and ease of those that desire direction in this matter.
London: printed by William Hall for Roger Jackson, 1610London: printed by William Hall for Roger Iackson, 1610
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Wheresoever sin hath entertainment in the heart, sound happiness is as far from that party, as he himself is from uprightness and goodness: God never castes away his kindness upon them that endeavour not to cast all sin out of their souls. 1This point is made clear unto us in the Psalm, where the Prophet describing a righteous man, and showing that he, & he alone is a blessed man, sets him out by this, that in his spirit there is no guile: 2Thereby implying, that guilefulness and blessedness never go together. He that with a false heart favours himself in any sin, hath obtained pardon for no sin; neither is he purged from any sin, what shows soever he may make to deceive himself and others. And therefore all his iniquities shall be charged upon him, the least of which is sufficient to make him accursed: and then how far such a one is from happiness and true prosperity, any one may judge that hath the spirit of discerning: and this point David in that Psalm makes plain by giving an instance in his own person. He was no hypocrite indeed, yet had hypocrisy at that time a great place in his heart, and thereupon he begins to hide his sin, and to invent shifts and devises to cover the same: 3but what followed hereupon? When I held my tongue (saith he) (to wit from confessing my sin, as afterwards by his contrary practise it is apparent) my bones consumed, &c. There he shows in many words what perplexity he was in, when he was negligent in searching out his corruptions, and his heart had made a kind of confederacy with sin: that howsoever he was not utterly excluded from right to Gods favour and true felicity, yet for that time, he could have no sound feeling nor comfort of it, till he betook him to true and hearty confession; but then all was helped and remedied, as in that Psalm it followeth, Then I acknowledged my sin unto thee, 4neither hid I mine iniquity: for I thought I will confess against my self my wickedness unto the Lord, and thou for gavest the punishment of my sin.
Wheresoeuer sinne hath intertainment in the heart, sound happinesse is as farre from that partie, as hee himselfe is from vprightnesse and goodnes: God neuer castes away his kindnesse vpon them that endeauour not to cast all sinne out of their soules.