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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48949	The souls ascension in the state of separation Summarily delivered in a sermon preached at Shenly in the county of Hertford, the 21. of November, 1660. at the funeral solemnities of Mrs Mary Jessop, late wife of William Jessop esq; and since enlarged and publish'd for common benefit. By Isaac Loeffs. M.A.	Loeffs, Isaac, d. 1689.	1670 (1670)	Wing L2818; ESTC R222694	62,138	158

what a night may bring forth or whether thine eyes shall see the light of another day Compose a while thy wandring unsetled thoughts and if thou canst be serious at such a solemn assembly and sad occasion tell me if thou canst venture this night thy eternal condition to be determined upon thee by a sudden dissolution Art thou ready to be uncloathed and to lye down in the dust of death or dost thou not tremble at the thoughts of it as a poor sinful creature amazed distracted and confounded in thy self through the fear of death and hell that followes it Oh cast not away so precious a soul though thou hast hitherto made it a servant to sin and a drudge to Satan If thou knewest the worth of an immortal spirit thou wouldest not barter it away to the Devil for such short and empty pleasures nor expose it to the rapine of vain lusts to be defiled and deflowred but on the contrary by all means and unwearied paines seek the deliverance and salvation thereof from eternal misery and everlasting ruine which shall be inevitable without true and unfeigned repentance That I may now catch thee in thy fall and pull thee out of the fire and through compassion save a soul from death for knowing the terrour of the Lord we perswade men oh resist not the counsell of God to thy destruction but accept of direction from an unworthy labourer in the Lords vineyard who shall rejoyce to become an instrument of bringing thee in to God that thou mayest be translated from the power of darkness into the Kingdom of his dear Son First Search the Scriptures and make them the impartial judge of thy condition Examine thy heart and wayes by the infallible touchstone of the word of God and try the rectitude or declination of thy soul by this line and plummet The word of God is the true standard and exact ballance of the Sanctuary by which if thou wouldest not be deceived thou mayest know thy present and consequently thy future estate to eternity Therefore open this booke and in obedience to this present call of God unto thee take and read and judge thy self that thou mayest escape the final condemnation and judgement of God when this book with the rest of those bookes mentioned by Saint John in his Revelation shall be opened Rev. 20.12 And I saw the dead small and great stand before God and the bookes were opened and another booke was opened which is the book of life and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the bookes according to their workes Friend God will not judge thee by another law and rule then what he hath revealed unto thee for he is righteous in judgement And though the heathen that have not this law of God revealed unto them shall be judged without it even by the light of nature and the law of their own consciences whereby they are a law unto themselves yet they that have it shall be judged by it Rom. 2.12 13 14 15. For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law c. And think not to plead ignorance in that day for that will be but to plead guilty also where God hath afforded so much meanes of knowledge For God hath not cast thy lot and habitation in a land of darkness but of light and under the plain and powerful ministery of the Gospel under which thou canst not be ignorant unless thou shuttest thine eyes against the truth and lovest darkness rather theu light that thou mayest sin more securely Therefore supposing through charity that thou art not wholly ignorant and unacquainted with the mysteries of the Gospel and the rule of righteousness contained in the holy Scriptures let me engage thee to a self examination by them as being able to make thee wise unto salvation But give me leave however to put that question to thee which Paul put to King Agrippa Acts 26.27 King Agrippa beleivest thou the Prophets Beleivest thou the Scriptures if thou beleivest why tremblest thou not at the wrath of God proclaimed and his judgment denounced against sin and sinners But how canst thou beleive and still persevere in prophaneness and a wicked and licentious conversation Suppose thou shouldest see one of thy old acquaintance and companions in iniquity now in torments arise out of his grave and hear him relate with trembling and astonishment the miserable estate of the damned in hell and the unexpressible paines they endure there and withal falling prostrate at thy feet with cryes and teares beseech thee to repent and accept of the riches of mercy now offered unto thee in the Gospel that thou mightest not perish in the same condemnation and destruction would not this scare and affright thee or worke in thee a serious reflexion upon thy sinful condition Now hath not the eternal God and Jesus Christ the faithful and true witness declared the same unto thee by the word of truth which cannot be broken or changed and dost thou remain still secure and obstinate It is to be feared if thou beleivest not the report of God that thou wouldest not beleive the report of man though God should miraculously call up the dead to warne thee As Abraham told the rich man in hell intreating him to send Lazarus from the dead unto his Fathers house to his five brethren to testifie unto them least they should come to that place of torment Luke 16.29 31. They have Moses and the Prophets let them hear them and if they hear not Moses nor the Prophets neither will they be perswaded though one rose from the dead Hearken therefore not only to Moses and the Prophets but to a greater then Moses to Christ and his holy Apostles by whom the counsells of God and his good and perfect and acceptable will are sufficiently made known unto the Sons of men For the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty Angels in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God and obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ 2 Thessal 1.8 Let every soul then enquire after God and examine the evidences of his salvation the grounds of his hope the fruits of repentance the signes of regeneration and the Scripture markes and characters of a sound and saving faith in Christ Jesus For without faith it is impossible to please God without holiness no man shall see him and without repentance and regeneration no salvation Therefore be not deceived but search the Scriptures daily whether these things be so or no. Secondly set the fear of God and his wrath before your eyes continually Consider O ye Sons of men in whose presence ye are at all times yea when ye are most retired from the eyes of men who can strike you dead in the act of sin though never so secretly committed stand in awe therefore and