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The fourth (and last) volume of discourses, or sermons, on several scriptures by Exekiel Hopkins ...
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Hopkins, Ezekiel, 1634-1690.
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any thing from the piercing discovery of his Eye He knows our Thoughts those Nimble and those Spiritual Things that are so quick in their flight that they cannot be seized upon by any Creature in the World God knows them the Devil cannot know them nor can an Angel know them yet God discerns our Thoughts more clearly than we can discern the Faces of one another he sees our Thoughts afar off as the Psalmist tells us he sees our Thoughts in their first Conception when they first begin to heave in our Breasts he knows the least Windings and Turnings of our Souls Now would not this compose us to an habitual and holy Awe of God to be continually thinking that whatsoever we do God's Eye is now upon us Let every one say within himself Where-ever I am or whatever I do I am in the Presence of the Holy God who takes notice of all my Carriages there is not a Glance of mine Eye but his Eye observes it there is not an irreverent or unseemly Gesture but he takes notice of it there is not a Thought of mine can escape but he knows that Thought and he knows my Down-lying and Vp-rising c. Let this Consideration season your Lives and Conversations be still pondering in your Minds That whatsoever you are doing his Eye is upon you and he is present with you Secondly Consider That God not only sees into all you do but he sees it to that very end that he may examine and search into it He doth not only behold you with a common and indifferent Look but with a searching watchful and inquisitive Eye he pries into the Reasons the Motives the Ends of all your Actions Psal 11.4 it is said The Lord's Throne is in Heaven his Eyes behold his Eye-lids try the Children of Men. Rev. 1.14 where Christ is described it is said His Eyes are as a Flame of Fire You know the Property of Fire is to search and make trial of those things that are exposed unto it and to separate the Dross from the pure Metal So God's Eye is like Fire to try and examine the Actions of Men he knows and discerns how much your very purest Duties have in them of mixture and base ends of Formality Hypocrisie Distractedness and Deadness he sees through all your Specious Pretences that which you cast as a Mist before the Eyes of Men when yet thou art but a Juggler in Religion all your Tricks and Sleights of Outward Profession all those things that you use to cozen and delude Men withal they cannot possibly impose upon him he is a God that can look through all those Fig-leaves of Outward Profession and discern the Nakedness of your Duties through them In the last place Thirdly God tries all your Cases and Actions in order to an Eternal Judgment and Sentence to be passed upon them This Consideration might damp the stoutest Sinner's Heart in the whole World Believe it Sirs God doth not only see your ways but he sees them so as to remember them against you another day though you have forgot what you have thought and what you have spoken and what you have done yet God for ever remembers them and at that day he will sadly recall all these things again to your remembrance Oh! that therefore this might prevail with you so to do every thing as being now already under the Eye of God and shortly must be under his Doom and Sentence Now if God should send an Angel to stand at our Backs and tell us whatever we are doing this Action of ours we must be judged for it should make us fearful of sinning as that Angel himself True we have no such Monitor but our Conscience performs to us the same Office Therefore charge it upon your Consciences that they still put you in mind of God that he sees you that he will judge you and that he always looks upon you and writes down in those Eternal Leaves of his Memorial-Book whatsoever proceeds from you either in Duties of Religion or the Actions of your Ordinary Course and Conversation Therefore because he is Omnipresent and sees all things stand in awe of his Omnisciency whereby he sees whatsoever we do and whereby he will try and judge us at the last day FINIS Books Printed for Jonathan Robinson ANnotations on the Holy Bible as also a Survey of the same by way of Supplement to the Annotations By S. Clarke M. A. A Brief Concordance to the Holy Bible of the most usual and useful Places which one may have occasion to seek for In a new Method By the same Author A Discourse concerning Natural and Revealed Religion evidencing the Truth and Certainty of both by Considerations for the most part not yet touched by any Recommended pursuant to the Design of Mr. Boyl's Lecture to the Consideration of Atheists Deists and Scepticks and useful to Confirm and Nourish the Faith and Piety of others By S. Nye A brief and plain Exposition and Paraphrase of the whole Book of the Revelations By S. Cradock B. D. An Exposition with practical Observations upon the Book of Ecclesiastes By A. Nisbett Minister of the Gospel Helps for Faith and Patience in Time of Affliction By J. B. Sermons preached on several Occasions By W. Bates D. D. Brief Directions for our more Devout Behaviour in time of Divine Service By H. C. The Country Curat 's Advice to his Parishioners In two Parts By the same Author The Minister's Last Advice to his People Being a Sermon preached at the Parish-Church of Almer in Dorset at the Author 's leaving that place By John Oliffe A brief Explanation of the Assembly's Catechism By S. Angier Books Printed for A. and J. Churchill A View of Universal History from the Creation to the Year of Christ 1695. wherein the most memorable Persons and Things in the known Kingdoms and Countries of the World are set down in several Columes by way of Synchronism according to their proper Centuries and Years By Francis Tallents sometime Fellow of Magdalen-College Cambridge The whole graven in 16 Copper-Plates each 15 Inches deep and 22 broad bound up into Books the Sheets lined A Work of great Exactness and Curiosity Price 16 s. The General History of the Air. By Robert Boyle Esq Quarto A Compleat Journal of the Votes Speeches and Debates both of the House of Lords and House of Commons throughout the whole Reign of Queen Elizabeth Collected by Sir Simonds Dewes Baronet and published by Paul Bowes of the Middle-Temple Esq The 2d Edition Fol. The Works of the famous Nicholas Machiavel Citizen and Secretary of Florence Written originally in Italian and from thence faithfully translated into English Fol. Mr. Lock 's Essay concerning Human Understanding The Third Edition with large Additions Fol. His Thoughts of Education Octavo The Fables of Aesop and other Mythologists made English by Sir Roger L'Estrange Kt. Fol. Two Treatises of Government The first An Answer to Filmer's Patriarcha The latter An Essay concerning the true Original Extent and End of Civil Government 8 vo Books Printed for John Taylor POol's Annotations in two Volumes Fol. the 3d Edition Mons Thevenot's Travels Folio Philips's Universal English Dictionary The 5th Edition Fol. Plutarch's Morals English'd by several Hands the 5th Vol. 8 vo Robinson's Cambridge-Phrases Osborn's Works Divine Moral Historical and Political Diogen Laertius Lives of the Philosophers 2 Vol. English'd by several Hands Dr. Eichard's Works 8 vo Ray's Nomenclator Classicus for the Use of Schools 8 vo Lord Shannon's Characters and Essays 8 vo Culpepper's School of Physick his Last Legacy Art of Distillation compleated Virgil. Not. Delph 8 vo Dr. Salmon's Medicina Practica his other Works Abadie's Vindication of the Christian Religion Couns Manner's Last Legacy Love's whole Art of Surveying his Curious Enquiries Boyle of Nature of Final Causes Experimenta Observationes Physicae Christian Virtuoso Theodora and Dydimus Seraphick Love Natural History Books Printed for John Wyat. FAmily Devotions for Sunday-Evenings in four Volumes each containing thirteen Practical Discourses with suitable Prayers for the Four Quarters of the Year A Familiar Guide to the right and profitable Receiving of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper Wherein also the Way and Method of our Salvation is briefly and plainly declared Consolations to a Friend upon the Death of his Excellent and Pious Consortâ— applicable also to a Resentment of the Loss of any other Relations and Friends The Honour due to the Civil Magistrate In a Sermon on the late Day of Thanksgiving All by Theophilus Dorrington The Excellent Woman described by her True Characters and their Opposites Being a just and instructive Representation of the Vertues and Vices of the Sex and illustrated with the most remarkable Instances in ancient and modern History Done out of French An Enquiry into several Remarkable Texts of the Old and New Testament which contain some Difficulty in them with a Probable Resolution of them in two Vol. 8 vo A Discourse concerning the Authority Stile and Perfection of the Books of the Old and New Testament with a continued Illustration of several difficult Texts throughout the whole Work In three Volumes 8 vo Some Thoughts concerning the several Causes and Occasions of Atheism especially in the Present Age with some brief Reflections on Socinianism and on a late Book entituled The Reasonableness of Christianity as deliver'd in the Scriptures 8vo
B P HOPKINS's Fourth and Last VOLUME OF Discourses and Sermons The Fourth and Last VOLUME OF DISCOURSES OR SERMONS ON Several Scriptures By EZEKIEL HOPKINS Late Lord Bishop of London-derry LONDON Printed by H. Clark for J. Robinson A. and J. Churchill J. Taylor and J. Wyat 1696. THE PREFACE GIVING An Account of these Discourses and of the Excellent Author thereof Christian Reader AN old Friend and Acquaintance of the very Reverend Author of the following Sermons and Discourses in honour of his Name and Memory though he accepteth no Man's Person neither can give flattering Titles saith upon the occasion of their being Printed and Published as followeth viz. That there have been Three Volumes of Sermons and Discourses sent forth into the Publick before these have appeared and not any one of them unprefaced to but in none of these Prefaces hath he met with any thing to convey down the just Character of this our great Man and his Manner and Ministry to Posterity He will make an Experiment therefore if any thing may be said he saith not aded for hitherto nothing hath been said to render the account of this Amiable Person and his Vseful Labours amongst us to after Ages besides the Testimony of his Gifts and Graces in his Books so familiar amongst us for by these though he be dead he yet speaketh his Works praise him in the Gates and his Remembrance shall be blessed Many will bear Witness the Name of our Author was not unknown but celebrated in this our great City in its Suburbs in our Lines of Communication and within our Bills of Mortality when he for several Years lived and laboured with great acceptance and success in these places Ask in the Town and Parish of Hackney how much Good was done by Mr. Hopkins's Lectures especially amongst the richer sort of Inhabitants and the younger sort at the Schools there and especially those that were descended from good Families If you believe me not ask from Jerusalem to Illyricum from Oxon to London from London to Exon if you please from one London to another even unto London-derry in Ireland where was his Top-preferment and I have been assured his last Works were more than the first So that we have found him that faithful and wise Servant his Lord had made Ruler over his Houshold to give them their Meat in due season Indeed by his exalted Name I ever took him to be none of our smaller Prophets nor of the Patres minorum Gentium In his first education and at his first appearance in the Grammar-School he soon signalized himself none of his Age and Stature being well able to keep pace with him at his coming unto the Vniversity it was by times taken notice of his Stock of Grammar and all good Learning especially in the learned Languages and his Studies and Manners were such that he rendred himself in the College both much a Scholar and much a Gentleman and was chosen out from amongst others to Instruction and Government therein and particularly the Instruction and Government of some of several Young Gentlemen and some descended from some of our Noble and most Honourable Families in our Kingdom and Nation In the Churches of Christ unto the Service whereof he was never slack when invited and called his very First-fruits were promising and his First-fruits being holy the Lump was also holy The Crouds in Hackney-Church in St. Mary Woolnoth Lombard-street at Exon at Dublin at Raphoe at London-derry and last at St. Mary Aldermanbury in our own City declare him a Master-workman the Preacher that was wise and that sought out acceptable words And his Words were as profitable as they were acceptable By the Subjects of the Four Volumes of Sermons you will be able to do more than make a Conjecture you will take some Measures of his Parts and the disposition of his Mind of his Studies and Ministerial Endeavours with the blessed Seals which were put thereunto I will only further as to my part here in his Honour commend to your perusal in special this Fourth Volume of his Sermons and Discourses The Contents will give you the Account of what Materials they consist and to what Vses and Improvements they were directed and applied But I further take liberty to say Here are in these Discourses now handled by him both the Commoda and the Accommoda things profitable in themselves and seasonable to our present Times and Debates Verba super Rotas some of the Author 's Golden Apples in Pictures of Silver They never knew our Author that knew him not to be as acute and solid in his Polemick Discourses as he was accurate and fervent in his Practical and Ordinary Sermons And let but the Christian Reader take the first Discourse in this Book on Phil. 2.12 13. and read but with due Caution and Observation and he will soon think there will not need more be said to stay and quiet the Minds of Men on the controverted Points of Liberty or the Power of Nature and the Interests of the Grace of God in our Salvation He hath also happily herein taken up the Question and proved Repentance and Faith are neither prejudicial to the free Grace of God and the Father nor in any-wise derogatory unto the Merits of Jesus his Son As also fully proved we are far from being justified as soon as elected or redeemed In the Second Part he hath happily added and proved that a temperament of the fear of a Just and Sin-revenging God is consistent with and necessary to be joined unto our highest Attainments in the joyful Sense of the Love and Favour of God and the fullest Assurances of Heaven and Salvation we have in this Life and hath herein cut the Sinews of the Antinomian Errour on the contrary part and without any Noise or Clamour In the Third Part you will find and be much pleased with and I hope equally benefited by his very Pious and Plain Treatise of the Nature and Offices of Conscience the rather because the Corruptions and Defilements of it being so distinctly opened and what it is and of what Importance to get and to keep a clear Conscience with many necessary Directions and Helps in order thereunto very proper to the Times wherein so many have made Shipwrack of Faith and of a Good Conscience The next Discourse is of Instancy and Constancy in Holy Prayer not only as a Negotium cum Deo but Heaven in ordinary and perfect Hearts-ease whil'st we are here upon Earth And the last is an elaborate though short Exercitation and Treatise of the Divine Omnipresence a Meditation prepared to render all the foregoing Parts of the Book more beneficial to us no Argument being in its own Nature more awakening and awful to an intelligent and diligent Reader The rest you are beholden to Providence and the Pen of a ready Writer for but what is written was unquestionably spoken and with a great 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by a very Reverend