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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A93079	The saints iewell, shevving hovv to apply the promise In a sermon preached by Thomas Shepheard.	Shepard, Thomas, 1605-1649.	1642 (1642)	Wing S3115A; ESTC R232293	10,658	26

will give to him that thirsteth of the water of life freely Obiect But this is a hard matter I cannot say I truly desire Christ on such terms as I should Answ But is it a griefe to thy heart that thou canst not deny thy selfe and happines rather then be separated from Christ and to close with Christ even upon any termes it is thy burthen because thou canst not desire to beleeve as thou shouldest Then comfort thy selfe God will accept the will for the 2 Cor. 8. 12. the deed in this case Obiect But the soule objecteth and saith alas I am so farre from being grieved as I ought that I rather find a hard heart that will not grieve and mourne for sin I cannot finde breakings of heart for it Answ For thy comfort I will come one step lower to thee hast thou any will to it Marke this place if any place in the whole Scripture be for thee here it is in the last words of this verse And who soever will let him take of the water of life freely Rev 22. 17. But it may be the wicked will say I will have Christ but stay not every one that saith so shall have Christ but art thou willing to part with thy sinnes and it may be to part with health wealth liberty friends yea and your owne life also what say you Are you willing upon these termes Obiect But the poore soule saith againe I feare I shall never doe this but art thou willing that Christ should make thee willing and pitch thee upon a promise and should hold thee there If thou canst finde these things then comfort thy selfe for thou hast right unto Gods promises Vse 3 The third use is Seeing God hath made many promises unto his people this is terrour to the wicked Here are many in this congregation to whom I have not spoken one word in the last use of comfort now God sends other newes to you therefore put it not off from you if I prove not what I say by Scripture beleeve me not what I have said for the comfort of Gods people I must say the contrary unto you First as Gods children have their names written in Gods booke and you have your names written also but it is in the blacke booke of Gods wrath Secondly as Gods children have a marke set on their foreheads so there is a marke set on you but it is a woefull one for though I iudge you not yet I am perperswaded the devill hath set his blacke marke with a brand from hell one some of you yea a man may gather from your very faces almost what some of you are but the day of judgement will fully discover you all But in the meane time know this whosoever you are that are under your naturall condition you are under Gods curse as it is If any shall heare the words of Deu. 29. 19. 20 this curse and blesse himselfe in his heart saying I shall have peace though I walke in the immagination of my heart c Then the Lord will not spare him but the anger of the Lord and his jealousie shall smoake against that man and all the curses of this booke shall be upon him and the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven c. Also I will heape up mischiefe upon you and I will send mine arrowes upon you Oh what a heavy thing is Deut. 32. 23. this I pray you consider it sadly not to have right to Gods promises is the condition of a man that is cursed and miserable in his life at his death and after his death You rich gentlemen and gentlewomen give me leave to speake to you I pray you consider thus much if you have not right to Gods promises the curse of God is stamped upon every crosse and peny and upon every thing you have See but this place I have cursed your blessings saith the Lord as if he Mal. 2. 2. 3. should have said though I have given you plenty of corne and money and other things yet they are to you but as curses and is not this a very sad thing give mee leave to deale plainely it is as if a man had but two pence in all the world and he should goe and buy a halter with it to hang himselfe yea further all that thou hast in this conditon is but as if thou shouldest twist a cord together to hang thy soule in hell And to you of the poorer sort that have not a right to the promise you are in a miserable condition for you are both miserable here and hereafter also Israel hath not returned to him that smote them neither doe they seeke unto the Lord therefore Isai 9. 13. 14 the Lord will cut off from them both head and taile branch and rush in one day Againe whatsoever you doe in your calling is accursed unto you yea your praying reading hearing fasting and mourning all is sin for The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination Prov. 15. 8. unto the Lord. Object But if it be so may these wicked men say that our best duties are sin why should we performe any duties either praying hearing or the like Answ In answere to this know for certaine whiles thou art in this condition thou art in a bad condition for every thing you doe is sin Vnto the pure all things are pure but T it 1. 15. unto them that are defiled and unbeleeving nothing is pure but even their mindes and consciences are defiled So that to you to performe duty it is sin or not to performe duty is sin but yet omit not duty for though in performing duty thou sinnest yet not to performe duty is a double sin To performe duty whiles thou art in thy naturall condition is sin for the manner because though thou mayest doe the duty for substance as pray heare conferre or the like yet because thou doest want a principle of grace nothing is done aright and so wanteth acceptance but to neglect duty is a sinne in regard of matter and manner also for as it is sinfulnesse it selfe not to doe the duty so it is sin to have the heart not rightly disposed for the manner of performance it is with you as it was with the leapers they said among themselves thus Why sit wee here till we die If wee say we will enter into the city then the famine is in the city 2 King 7. 3. 4 and we shall die there and if we sit still here we die also Now therefore let us come and fall unto the host of the Syrians if they save us alive we shall live and if they kill us we shall but die So say thou with thy selfe If I doe duety I sin and if I doe not performe duty I commit a double sin but I will goe to duty if God will save me I shall live if not I can but perish and for thy comfort consider it may be God will