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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

be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lords anger Zeph. 2. 1. 2. 3 2. The obseruatiō of good people of euery sort falleth vpon this necessitie and cryeth for a publicke humiliation The causes are so manifest and vveightie that anie who is not blinded may perceiue them vvhat is this else than a mutuall exhorting one of another Come let vs returne to the Lord For he hath spoiled and he will heale vs Hee hath wounded vs and hee will bind vs vp Hos. 3. 6. 1. Gods prouidence is a reall calling a commanding of vs to this Fast. Hee hath begun his Iudgements in other places we are vnder the same sinnes and hee is shaking that rod vpon vs. It vvas time for Dauid to pray for Ierusalem vvhen hee saw the Angell stretch his Sword ouer it Hee prayed and God made the Angell stay his hand 2. Sam. 24. Seeing then vvee are ladened with so many sinnes and compassed vvith so many troubles and God by his vvord and vvorkes and our Conscience calleth vs to Repentance Fasting vve may not neglect this Fast. For he who will not afflict his Soule in the day of expiation that Soule shall bee cut off from his people Leuit. 23. 29. And in that day sayeth the Lord I called to weeping mourning to baldnes girding with sackcloth And behold ioy gladnesse slaying Oxen and killing Sheepe eating flesh and drinking wine Let vs eate and drinke for tomorrow wee shall die And it was reuealed to mee by the Lord of Hostes Surelie this iniquitie shall not bee purged from you till you die sayeth the Lord. Isa. 22. 12. 13. 14. Neither let vs keepe the Fast of Hypocrites who disfigure their faces and looke sowrlie that they may bee knowne of men to fast Matth. 6. 16. They afflict their Soules for a day hing their heads as a bulrush and yet they finde pleasure and oppresse their Neighbour in the day of their Fast. Isa. 58. 5. Neither let vs keepe the Papists Fast who are Hypocrites in their externall shewe and Epicures in the dyet of their Fasting There can bee no afflicting of their bodie where for qualitie they haue libertie to eate bread Confections Conserues Fruits to drinke all sorts of Wine for quantitie to tak their satietie fill of them and yet in so doing they breake not their Ecclesiasticall Fast. This is a mocking of the Christian Fast a scorning of the VVorld the feeding of the flesh and a deceate of themselues in that wil-worship a Feasting for Fasting But let vs keep the Christian Fast in a simple abstinence frō all that may comfort the bodie in true and vnfained Repentance and forsaking of our euill wayes turning to the Lord our God with all our hearts that he may haue mercie on vs. If vvee seeke the Lord vvhen hee may bee found then vvee shall cry and hee will answere wee shall call hee shall say Behold heere I am if thou take away from the midst of thee the yocke of sinne Isa. 58. 9. And for this ende wee muste first inquire where these sinnes are that so grieuouslie offend God that not by prying in our Neighbours to lay all the blame on them and transferre it from our selues and so to foster a conceate of our owne innocencie in this common guiltinesse It is a deepe policie of Sathan to cousen men in this case to cleanse themselues and blame their Neighbours This is one olde lesson wee haue of our first Parents Adam layed the sinne vpon the Woman and the woman on the Serpent Wee are forward to commit sinne but are ashamed of it when it is committed and would father it on another Wee defile our selues reallie by the guiltinesse of it and labour to cleanse vs by a conceate But God will not bee so put off and that shifting is a doubling of our guiltinesse So after that Core and his complices were punished the people murmured against Moses and Aaron saying Yee haue killed the people of the Lord. Nu. 16. 41. The cause of Corahs punishment was not in Moses and Aaron but in Corahs sinnes who inuying their credite ambitiouslie affected the like and seditiouslie made a faction and drew the people after him against them whom God had set ouer them But the foolish people not considering his sinne nor their owne factious following of him layed all the blame vpon Moses and Aaron This is to harden our selfe in our sinne impenitencie and to freeze on our dregges Zeph. 1. 12. But euerie one of vs ought to examine first most our selues and wee shall finde seuen abominations in our hearts If we looke in the glasse of Gods Law we shall see our leprosie bee forced with the Lepers to cry out I am vncleane I am vncleane So Dauid albeit GOD beeing angrie at Israel suffered him to number the people said to the Lord I haue sinned and I haue done wickedlie but these sheepe what haue they done 2. Sam 24. 1. And Ieremie putteth himselfe in with the rest vvee haue sinned and thou hast not spared Lament 3. And Daniel Wee and our Fathers haue sinned Dan. 9. It is a token of true Grace in the censure of our selfe with the Apostle to count our selues the first of all sinners and a token of true Repentance 1. Tim. 1. 5. In the appearance of sin with Ionah to say I know that for my sake this storme is come vpon you Ionah 1. 12. Euerie one of vs hath broght his coale to this great fire of Gods wrath so let euery man come and take out the coale hee hath cast in it draw waters out of his brokē heart and powre out the teares of true Repentance to quench it withall Let vs search and try our vvayes and turne againe to the LORD Lament 3. 40. As on the one part wee ought not Pharisaicallie to lay all the fault on others so neither should weelazelie waite vpon the Repentance of other Euerie one ought indeede to stirre vp another to this holie Exercise But if other remaine in their hardnesse and will not bee stirred vp to seeke the Lord wee ought not to delay Repentance by their euill example Euerie one is bound to keepe his owne Soule If yee vvill not repent my Soule shall mourne in secrete for your pryde Ierem. 13. 17. As the multitude of the godly cannot secure an euill man from Gods justice hee found out Achan among the thousands of Israel and punished him So the multitude of impenitent Sinners shall not hyde one mourning Sinner from his mercie He sendeth not out his wrath till first hee marke them that sigh and cry for the abomination of Ierusalem Ezch. 9. And promiseth to Baruch his life for a prey Hee had the Arke readie to saue Noah and a Zoar to receiue Lot 2. Next for this holy Exercise let vs rent our hearts and that by a true and godlie sorrow for our