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A20229	A sermon of repentaunce a very godly and profitable sermon preached at Lee in Essex / by Arthur Dent ...	Dent, Arthur, d. 1607.	1582 (1582)	STC 6649.7; ESTC S4601	24,399	66

shuttle which glideth away swiftly Euen so the daies of man passe away no man knoweth how Man is of short continuaunce saith Iob full of trouble Experience teacheth that to day a man to morowe none Hence away we must al here is no abiding place for vs how soone we know not Therefore let vs repent Sixtly the small number of those which shal be saued ought to thrust vs forward to repentance Striue to enter in at the narrow gate for many I say vnto you will séeke to enter in and shal not be able saith Christe Luke 13. 24. And in an other place he saith the gate is straight and the way narrowe that leadeth vnto life and fewe there be that finde it If men would consider of this it would make them looke better about them and trie with them selues whether they be of that small number or no. Seuenthly Death threatneth vs who is very terrible to the flesh and the remembraunce of it very bitter to a man that is soused and soked in the pleasures of this worlde It flattereth no man it regardeth not persons it weigheth not friendship it careth not for rewardes it is very grim vglie and cruel and killeth downe right where it hitteth Therefore let vs repent Eightly the day of iudgement and seconde appearing of the Sonne of man ought to quicken vs. The day of the Lord will come as a Théefe in the night in the whiche the heauens shal passe away with a noyse and the Elements shall melt with heate and the earth with the workes that are therein shal be burnt vp séeing therefore that all these things must be dissolue● what manner of persons ought ye to be in holy conuersation and Godlines saith S. Pet. 2. 3. The Lorde Iesus shall shewe himselfe from heauen with his mighty angelles in flaming fire rendering vengeaunce vnto them that know not God and obeye not vnto the Gospell of our Lorde Iesus Christ saith the Apostle 2. Thes 1. I sawe saieth Saint Iohn Apoc. 20. A great white Throne and one that sate on it from whose face fledde away both the earth and the heauen and their place was no more founde And I sawe the deade both great and small stand before GOD and the bookes were opened and another booke was opened which is the booke of life and the dead were iudged of those thinges which were written in the bookes according to their woorkes And the Sea gaue vp her deade whiche were in her and death and hell deliuered vp the deade which were in them and they were iudged euery man according to his woorkes In these places we sée both the sodainnesse the fearefulnesse and glory of Christs comming For he shall not come poorely and contemptuously as in his first visitation but he shall come very princely royally and triumphantly to the great terrour of all his enemies when a consuming fire shall goe before him and ten thousand thousands of Angels waite vpon him at what time the Kinges of the earth the great men and the rich men and the chiefe Captaines and the mightie men and euery bondman and euery fréeman shall hyde themselues in dennes and amongest the rockes of the mountaines and say to the rockes and mountaines fall on vs hide vs from the presence of him that sitteth on the throne and from the wrath of the Lambe for the great day of his wrath is come and who can stand Apoc 6. Therfore let vs repent The last thing is Hell tormentes then the which nothing is more vntollerable Therefore saith Christe Marke 9. If thine hand cause thee to offende cut it off It is better for thee to enter into life maymed then hauing two handes to goe into Hell into the fire that neuer shall bee quenched where the worme dieth not and the fire neuer goeth out The Scripture speaketh very terribly to our senses concerning the estate of the damned persons calling it hel fire damnation the lake that burneth with fire brimstone for euer In 30. cha of the prophesie of Esai it is called Tropheth and it is euen prepared of old it is euen prepared for y e king he hath made déepe large y e burning therof is fire and much wood the breath of the Lorde like a Riuer of Brimstone doeth kindle it these spéeches are terrible to our senses may maruellously amaze vs. But if I had the tongue of an hundred men nay of an hundred Angels yet were I not able to vtter them as some shall one day féele them much lesse were you able to conceiue thē If al the tortures and cruel torments that can be deuised by the wit of man were executed vpon some one yet were it nothing to this We poore wretches thinke there is no paine to a Collike or a cruell Ague But if all Collikes Agues and all other strange diseases could possibly light vpon one man yet were it but a fleabiting to that which is to come The pain is endlesse easelesse and remedilesse The daies of their hellish torments shal neuer weare ●ut nor their yeares come to an ende the longer they continue the lesse hope haue they When as many yeres are expired as there be men in the world starres in the heauens when as many thousand yeares are ended as there be stones and sands by the Sea shore yet still there be ten hūdred thousande times so many moe to come Those that wil not now be moued in hearing shall then be crushed to péeces in féeling Al dronkards swearers whoremongers vsurers extortioners liers mockers contemners secure persons iolly felowes roisting ruffians lustie bloudes the braue laddes of this world and all other vnbeleuers shal one day be apprehended and arraigned before the barre of Gods tribunal seate where the Maiesty of GOD shall stand aboue them with a naked sworde of vengeance and a scepter of Iustice The Deuil that olde Satanas shal stand on the one side to accuse them and their own conscience on the other side to condemne thē and the gasping gulfe of Hell vnderneath them ready to swallow them vp for euermore Then shall the dreadfull sentence of eternall woe and damnation procéede against them Go ye cursed into hel fire c. There they shall drinke as a iuste recompence for their iniquitie the bitter cup of Gods eternall wrath and indignation in the kingdom of darknes and in the fearefull presence of Sathan all the cursed enemies of Gods grace where the dolefull Droome of Gods anger shall euer sounde through their eares where shalbe wéeping gnashing of téeth where shall bée confusion woe and endles lamentation Their gripes shall bée so greate their groanes so déepe and their garboiles so vntollerable that they shall grinne like a Dog in their infernall conu●lsions and with howling and yelling crie out woe alas that euer I was borne Oh that I had neuer béene borne or that my mother had borne mee a Tode For then should my condition haue bin better

Dauid who whē he was couertly reproued by the prophet Nathan and his sinnes laid before his eyes did not stubbornly defende them and so iustle against God nor yet secretlie excuse them and daube them ouer but cryed out in the bitternesse of his hearte I haue sinned and thervpon made the 51. Psalm A Psalme indéed full of dolour and heauines Wherein the Prophet bewayleth his falles lamenteth his sinnes and praieth euen for a newe hearte and a newe spirite newe thoughtes newe affections newe purposes of amendment of life So that in Dauid wée maie sée an inward sorrowing a lasting griefe as the booke of Psalmes doeth euerie where declare whiche layeth him out as it were in an Anotamie yea and greate reformation both in inwarde outward sinnes Héere therefore beholde what is Repentaunce Likewise S. Peter through infirmity hauing denied his Lord and Mayster Christ and béeing punched of his owne conscience wakened with the alaram of a poore Cockes crowing wente out of the Courte of Pilate with a heauie heart wéeping bitterlie euer after stoutlie professing Christe euen vnto the death Sée then what is Repentaunce The Prophetes in the olde Testament exhortinge y e rebellious Iewes vnto Repentance vse commonly an Hebrew verbe which signifieth turne ye or returne yee come backe again by the which Metaphore is meant that like as a man that is strayed farre out of his way must turne quite backe againe the contrary way So those y t haue strayed from the wayes of Godlinesse to the way of sinne must come backe againe as fast as euer they went forwarde altogether change the course of their life so that Repentaunce is an earnest turninge vnto God with all our hearte soule and minde Saint Iohn Baptist and the Apostles in the Newe Testament exhorting vnto Repentaunce vse a Gréeke woorde which signifieth a chaunging of the minde afterwarde or afterwitte so that those whiche through their follie want of former wit haue slipped into the déepe pit and daungerous gulfe of sinne when they come to themselues haue recouered their wits will bée wise afterward take héede they neuer come there againe according to the Proneth The burnt childe will take heed of the Fire By this time I hope you see what is repentaunce It is not euery sorrowe but sorrowe for sinne not for some sinne but for all sinne not for an houre but for euer not for a day but continually not for a week but as longe as we liue Some thinke euerie sorrow is repentance but so should worldlinges repent Some thinke euery litle pante for sinne is repentaunce so should Pharaoh repente Some thinke all weeping and lamenting for sinne is repentaunce so should Esau Iudas Caine repent Some thinke euery litle humbling of our selues is repentaunce but so should Achab repent Some think y t good woords and good purposes is Repentaunce but so shoulde euerie sicke man repent Some thinke y e reformation of words and deeds is Repentaunce but so shoulde ciuill men repent Some thinke that crye God mercie is repentaunce and so shoulde euerie foole repent You see therfore hows many are deceiued in repentaunce but if you will see what it is indeede looke backe to y t which hath beene said afore For hee that will repent in good earnest must not hang down his head like a Bulrushe for a daye onely and so haue doone nor crie from the teeth outwarde Lord haue mercie on me and so away but he must make a back reckoning with diligente consideration of his former life As did the Prophet Dauid Psal 119. ver 59. I haue considered my wayes and turned my feete vnto thy testimonyes So must euerie one that meaneth to repēt sinke aside into some corner or out place that there hee may haue roome enough to beate his owne conscience to make his heart smart for his sinnes by aggrauation thereof weighing all the circumstances as in the 9. of Daniel The Church of God confesseth her sinne not lightlye but with woonderfull great exaggeration and heaping of one thinge to another So that it is not enough to say I haue sinned but to say I haue most traitrously sinned I haue most obstinatly carelesly and rebelliously sinned I haue mōstrously offended in such a place in such a houre in such companie in such a day In suche a corner in the darke I committed adulterie closly when I thought none had seene mee In suche a Chamber I defiled my neighbours wife mine owne conscience doeth accuse me of it In suche and such companie I haue bene dronke I haue spoken and railed against Gods worde I haue mocked the preachers I haue spared no othes nor filthy spéech and now O Lorde Lorde what an vgley monster and wretched villaine am I. Here I stand before thy presence all naked blinde wounded poore wretched and miserable hauing deserued a thousand damnations if thou shouldest enter into iudgement and trie the lawe with me Therefore I beséeche thée shewe pitie and compassion vpon me Ancient my woundes with the oyle of mercy restore mee my sight cloath my nakednes enrich me that am poore strengthen me that am weake helpe mee that am fallen oh bid me not farewell The infant ouercōmeth his mother with crying the child his father with wéeping the seruant his master by entreaty wilt not y u be intreated O Lord Thus I say if euerie man would speak in his conscience to God thus narrowly or more narrowly examine himself vndoubtedly he were in the way of repentaunce But alas it is a worlde to sée how the blinde Bussards and crooked cancrewormes of this worlde go awrye from this rule deceiuing themselues with the bare title and naked name of repentance Many in déede can talke of it but few walke it it Many speake of it but fewe féele it Many describe it but fewe know it It is hidde and locked vp from the worlde and reuealed onely to Gods children Many think they haue caught it when they haue but the shadow of it It is so high that few can reache it It is so déepe that few can come to the bottome of it It is so narrow that fewe can pearce into it So wide that few can comprehend it So slippery that fewe can holde it So scerete that few can finde it Therefore my deare brethren I beséech you let vs pray vnto our God that hee woulde reueale vnto vs this mystery which is hid from the world that we may truly sée it and know it find it féele it to our endles comfort through Christ Iesus which grace he graunt vs. But now to the seconde point concerning the qualities and fruites of repentance One speciall qualitie of repentance is alwayes to bringe with it remission sinnes for where true repentance 〈◊〉 before there remission of sinnes muste ●●cessarily followe after not that repentance deserueth remission of sinne but because where God worket● repentance there hee pardoneth sin because of his promisse At