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A69500	A sermon preached before Her Majesty the Queen Dowager in her chappel at Sommerset House, upon the second Sunday after Easter, April 10, 1687 / by F. James Ayray ... chaplain and preacher in ordinary to His Excellency the Spanish Ambassador.	Ayray, James.	1687 (1687)	Wing A4297B; ESTC R208680	13,322	35

or ill-advised as not to hearken to it let such prepare their Ears for another Sound for a Voice of Terror and Indignation Prov. 1.24 Vocavi renuistis ego quoque in interitu vestro ridebo I have call'd upon you and you were deaf to my Admonitions I have call'd upon you by my Secret Inspirations whereby I have so often toucht your Heart so often have discover'd unto you the Severities of my Judgments have made you sensible of those Tormenting Flames that you will infallibly feel if you fall-under my Hands renuistis and you have slighted all these But when Death shall seize upon you and make you tremble with his cold Approaches when your poor Heart shall be terrify'd with that Gastly Company which shall then surround your Couch when in your last and dying Agony you shall call upon your God your Maker Prov. 1. and Redeemer Ego in interitu vestro ridebo I will then laugh at all your Miseries O Christians These Threats are able to daunt the most fix't Courage and the Effects of them which frequently happen do often create Despair How many in the World whil'st living were often and copiously blest with Sacred Documents from Above yet at the Point of Death because deaf to their First Call did want the Grace of a true Repentance and so lay down crusht in Sin. The strange Example of Origen methinks should wonderfully raise Attention in Us and make us listen diligently to the Written Word of God which is his Second Voice St. Epiphanius relates the Story of him in his Second Book He saith That this unhappy Man after his shameful Fall in Alexandria where forc'd by a cruel Persecution raised against the Christians he offered Incense to the Deity of those Heathen Idols not being able to bear the constant Taunts and Jeers daily flung upon him by men scandalized to see a Person of his Wit and Learning commit so base a Crime he resolves to with-draw to retire into the Holy Land and there unknown and disregarded spend the poor Remains of his dayes But Vltrices manus pariter The revengeful Hand of God went still along with him for he was no sooner got to Hierusalem but the Report of his Learning arrived with him and he was immediately intreated by the Inhabitants of that City to honour them with some select Piece of his Gallant Wit which had already gained Renown with them though they had not as yet been so fortunate as to be acquainted with his Person Origen excused himself all he could alledging his great Indisposition by reason of his long Travels with many other specious Pretences but none would gain Acceptance with those earnest Supplicants who before-hand had resolved to admit of no Excuse and would not be said Nay In fine finding himself extreamly prest he condescended to their Importunity he mounts the Chair and takes the Bible along with him which is the Written Voice of God intending to make the first Text of Scripture that should occur the Subject of his Discourse and thereupon dilate himself as the Holy Ghost should suggest unto him He opens the Book and the very first glance of his Eye fell upon that Verse of the Royal Prophet in his 49th Psalm Psal 49.16 17. Peccatori dixit Deus Quare tu enarras Justitias meas assumis Testamentum meum per os tuum tu enim odisti disciplinam projecisti Sermones meos retrorsum To the Sinner God hath said Why doth thou declare my Justices and takest my Testimony by thy Mouth Thou hast hated Discipline and cast my Words behind thee Which in short is thus How dare you announce my Law and my Gospel to this People now that you have so basely and so unworthily transgrest them both Having read these Words in a languishing Tone with a pale and reserved Countenance he shut his Book he laid it by and like a Person struck from Heaven did lose both Sense and Speech The People who did thither flock in Crouds to hear him were astonished at this new way of Preaching In the mean while poor Origen's Heart was daunted and seeing himself condemned by his own Words he did yield up his Soul to Grief his Eyes to Tears his Mouth to Sighs and Groans My God! What a Sermon was here ' specially for Origen to whose Heart God did speak and speak so as to make him Wiser by his Fall. Whilst we wretched Sinners can brave the Inspirations of Heaven and what we read make no esteem of we have just reason to fear that while thus we stop our Ears while thus we block up all the Avenues to our ill-instructed Heart Almighty God seeks no other way of Entrance and he who slights a proffer'd Guide may find no other Way to Bliss The rich Man in the Gospel desired to be reviv'd and live again on Earth that by conversing with his Brothers and describing unto them the Horrors of that Place of Torments where he had so long been detained a Sufferer he might teach them how to avoid it But Answer was made him Luc. 16.29 Habent Moysen Prophetas audiant eos If they will neither hear Moyses nor the Prophets 't is to be feared they 'l not believe a damned Soul tho' come from Hell and so his Suit was rejected Who of all Us that hath not experienced both these No Heart so averse which God hath not strove to win no Sinner so depraved for whom the Almighty hath not still a Pardon in reserve His Voice hath been heard several times and we like drousie idle Sheep do never mind it He did speak with his tears as soon as he was born Primam similem nobis emisit vocem plorans and only a few poor Shepherds and three strange Kings did take notice of it Being able to write Man he did raise his Voice he did speak louder he preached almost daily and only a Samaritan a Zacheus a Centurion a Magdalen were awaked from the sleep of Sin at the Sound of it Jewry and Hierusalem were quite deaf He ascended the Pulpit of the Cross and did speak with so much Violence he did read his very Throat and sent forth his Soul at it and only one poor Thief did hear and was sensible of the Noise he made The Scribes and Pharisces Herod and all the Soldiers were at the very foot of the Chair and could not or would not hear one single Syllable When he rose from the Grave he did speak so earnestly he moved the very Stone from off him and yet the Watch remained fast a-sleep Dicite quia vobis dormientibus They were none of his Sheep they did not hear his Voice or if they did they wanted both Simplicity and Obedience which are two Qualities absolutely requisite for good Sheep as you will find by my Second Point POINT II. Vocem meam audient They will hear my Voice THE Prince of the Apostles called the Sheep of JESVS who are the true