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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
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2 Secondly, as they have no right to have any thing; 1so neither have they any comfortable use thereof. There is no peace to the wicked, saith my God. But they are like the raging waves of the Sea, that cannot rest, but are still tossed too and fro; from one side to an other; and cast up filthy mire and dirt. And when they are most loud in their laughter, and seem to be most pleasant and merry, even then their mirth is full of hollowness, and discontentedness: for let them but have some apprehension of death, or of any sudden and extraordinary judgement likely to befall them: nay let them be but a little crossed, and disgraced by any of their companions, they will be suddenly distempered, and much daunted, and many times fall a trembling, every joint of them, 2as Belshazzar king of Babel did at the sight of the hand writing ⟨p. 106⟩on the wall. And if no such thing do betide them, yet they are still pursued by such enemies, as will suffer them to have no great quietness, nor comfort in the things of this present life which they do possess. If we should see a Buck hunted through a green pasture, where there is much pleasant grass, and many sweet and pleasant flowers, and springs of water, we would not think his case very happy, nor that he had any great inheritance there, when we perceived the hounds following close at his heels: yet such is the state of all sinners: they have a large and pleasant walk, perchance in this world, but they are still hunted with many noisome lusts, of covetousness, and pride, and filthiness, and the like: and Satan, and the world have them ever in chase, and shall pursue them still, till they have driven them into hell it self, if they alter not their profane, and wretched course of life.
2 Secondly, as they haue no right to haue any thing; 1so neither haue they any comfortable vse thereof. There is no peace to the wicked, saith my God. But they are like the raging waues of the Sea, that cannot rest, but are still tossed too and fro; from one side to an other; and cast vp filthy mire and durt. And when they are most loude in their laughter, and seeme to bee most pleasant and merry, euen then their mirth is full of hollownesse, and discontentednes: for let them but haue some apprehension of death, or of any sudden and extraordinarie iudgement likely to befall them: nay let them bee but a little crossed, and disgraced by any of their companions, they wil bee suddenly distempered, and much daunted, and many times fall a trembling, euery ioynt of them,