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A13082	Scotlands warning, or a treatise of fasting containing a declaration of the causes of the solemne fast, indyted to bee kept in all the Churches of Scotland, the third and fourth sundayes of this instant moneth of May Anno 1628.& the weeke dayes betwixt them, as they may be goodly keeped in Townes. Together with a direction how to proceed in the religious obseruation of any soleme fast. Written at the appointment of superiors by Mr. W. Struther, preacher of the Gospel at Edinburgh.	Struther, William, 1578-1633.	1628 (1628)	STC 23370; ESTC S120441	41,231	90

and Veluets out-cryeth the groanes of their Spirits The sorrowfull Iewes rent their garments and cast dust on their heades Dolour in the heart biddeth the bodie hing out sorrowfull ensignes and these in blacke or base clothing But in a busked bodie there is not no such dulefull ensigne and therefore no sorrow in the heart These painted Puppies seeme to bee sent of Sathan to Congregations to bee blots in them and scoffers of God in his Face The Primitiue Church enjoyned their Penitents to come before the Congregation in sackcloth and cast themselues on the ground so that oft-times their teares moystening the dust defiled their faces with clay A face so ouerlaide is more beautifull in the sight of God than Iezabells fairding They seeme to read Silke for Sacke in the Prophets exhortations to Fasting at least they put on Silke in stead of Sacke To heare Doctrine of Humiliation and to bee richlie ●led doe not agree To pretend griefe in heart and bee sumptuouslie arrayed is abomination in the sight of God and a uisible Solecisme in the eyes of Man 2. The second thing to bee joyned with Fasting Is a large offering for the support of the Poore It is our tyme of supplication to God for his grace whereof wee both desire and expect a large measure VVhy should vve not thē bee liberall to the Poore As vvee vvould haue him open handed to fill our hearts with grace VVee should be free to helpe their necessities Beside the measure of our daylie offering to them wee are bound to conuert the charges of our house to their comfort that vvhat wee spare on our selues in Fasting may bee lent to God and giuen to the poore Vnlesse this way wee helpe them vvee offer to God but a lame sacrifice and turne his seruice to our owne worldlie gaine because that vvhich we spare on our selues remaineth vvith vs To be large in Deuotiō niggard in our contributiō to the poore is to proue that we count more of our moneyes than of Deuotion And to moue God to respect it as little as wee doe This hath also beene a great fault in our former Fastings Wee ought therefore to giue our dinner to them that are hungrie that Christ hungring in the poore may receiue that which the fasting Christian doth abate And so our Fastes may bee filled and fatted with Almous deedes and wee may reioyce that our Fasting hath made another to eate 3. Thirdlie wee must also joyne heerewith all requisite godlie Exercises to bring our hearts to that holie Disposition that God requireth as 1. The reading and hearing of the Law of GOD that vvee may see our dittay in the Commands that wee haue broken and our Doome in the threatned wrath vvherevnto vvee are lyable by these breaks So Iosiahs heart melted when hee heard it read because hee saw great sinne in Iudah and heauie wrath hinging ouer their heads 2. The hearing of Pastours apply that Law to vs and lance our Conscience by their Doctrine So Peters Sermon pierced the Iewes hearts vvhen their sins vvere layed to their charge they were forced to seeke ease to their wounded Conscience Act. 2. And when the Leuits did expound the Law the people mourned before the Lord. Nehem. 8. That piercing sharpnesse of the worde chaseth them that are wounded to God The heart pierced with conscience of sinne can find no rest but in him 3. The reading of Bookes of deuotion which among other good ends are vvritten by godlie men to stirre vp the heart to a tendernesse and affectuousnesse in the worshippe of God 4. Conference with Pastours and other well affected Christians For the mutuall stirring vp of our hearts to that holie Exercife As coales joyned to coales augment the heate so godlie conference increaseth both zeale affectiō 5. Heerewith must be joyned holie Meditation All worldlie thoughts must bee put out of our Soule and the thoughts of God onelie keeped in it Our heartes are hard and not soone moued wee must labour on them painefullie and hold them on the ben●sell of spirituall disposition Hard stones are dissolued by strong waters and Vineger and the hardest heart will be softned by laying it in the strong water of Contrition that piercing Vineger of bitter remorse all which things are furdered by constant meditation 6. And aboue all feruent prayers to God and singing Psalmes of Repentance that our desires be not a sound and multitude of words but a powring out of our verie heartes as water before him We must wrestle with him as Iacob in power of his owne grace and not suffer him to depart till hee blisse vs with the remission of our sins It is not enough that one sort of people fast but all of euery sort and state For all haue sinned and are impannelled at the barre of Gods Iustice Gather the people sanctifie the Congregation assemble the Elders gather the Children and these that sucke the brests Ioel. 2. 16. And the King of Ninivie did fast made all his seruants to fast also Ionah 3. 1. Pastours haue their part in this worke To informe the people of their sin and danger of wrath and waken vp their conscience by the terrours of the Law that being priked in their hearts they may cry out Men and Brethren what shall wee doe Act. 2. 2. And not that onelie but also in example to goe before them Let the Priestes the Lordes Ministers weepe betweene the Porch the Altar Ioel. 2. That thereby they may shew to the people that they themselues belieue the things which they speake of sinne and death and that the worke of Humiliation is good when they practise it affectuouslie 3. To interceede with God for their people that hee would pardoun and spare them Spare thy people O Lord and giue not thine Inheritance to reproach Ioel. 2. Moses was so zealouslie carefull of the peoples safetie that hee wished his name to bee rased out of the Booke of Life rather than they were destroyed And Phineas seeing the plague breake into the Campe made atonement for them This is to stand in the gappe and make vp the breach from staying the proceeding of Gods anger Ezech. 22. 30. And the bearing of the names of the Tribes of Israel on the Breast-plate of our heart in a Pastorall loue and on the two Shoulders of an earnest care and assiduous labour Presenting them and their necessities daylie to God Our tyme is like the tyme of Ieremiah and Ezechiel God hath now presented the roule of his Booke vnto vs and it is all written within and without Lamentation mourning and woe Ezech. 2. 10. Our duetie is as Noah to fore-warne the world of the Floode As Ionah to denounce destruction against Niniuie And as men that stand in the counsell of God to discouer the iniquitie of the people to turne them from their sinne and turne away their captiuitie Ierem. 23. Now the Shippe of Gods Church is tossed and