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A51605 Saving faith and pride of life inconsisent delivered in a sermon, preached before the then commissioners of the Common-wealth of England for the affairs of Ireland, at Christ-Church in Dublin / by John Murcot ... Murcot, John, 1625-1654. 1656 (1656) Wing M3082; ESTC R32107 17,348 32

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SAVING FAITH AND PRIDE Of LIFE INCONSISTENT Delivered in a SERMON preached before the then Commissioners of the Common-wealth of England for the Affairs of Ireland at Christ-Church in Dublin By John Murcot one of the Preachers in Ordinary to the Lord Deputy and Councel of Ireland HAB. 2.4 Behold his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him but the Just shall live by his Faith LONDON Printed by T. R. E. M. for Tho. Underhill at the signe of the Bible in Pauls Church-yard neere the little North-doore 1656. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE CHARLES FLEETWOOD Esq Lord Deputy General of the Dominion of IRELAND THE LORD HENRY CROMWELL Major General of the Army RICHARD PEPYS Lord chief Justice of the Upper Bench in IRELAND MILES CORBET Lord chief Baron of the EXCHEQVER ROBERT GOODWIN Esq MATTHEW TOMLINSON Esq Counsellours of State for the Affairs of IRELAND May it please your Honours THe Sermon we now present your Honours with as it was preached with the highest evidence and Power upon the Hearts and spirits of those that heard it so accordingly we beleeve it may continue the same effect now published in those whose fraile memories may have lost a great part of the sense of it and by an humble reading and meditation of it may do much more good to those that have altogether been unacquainted with it Of what value the Authour was both for his Conversation and Doctrine that honour and respect that all had to his words both in Publick and Private as to Jobs Job 29.21 22 23. together with that generall expression of sorrow from all persons high and low good and bad upon his death and at his Funerals is the most effectual Testimony We shall not therefore spend your Honours time in giving our commendations of him He being above them we also knowing that his Name and memory is still fresh and will continue precious upon your hearts For the Discourse the sutablenesse of the Argument to the Distempers of the Age and that heighth of spiritual zeale and prudence in managing of it speak it worth the publishing We therefore hearing that it was the earnest desire of many to have the sight of it it being by the consciencious care and labour of his Widow with several others of his Labours prepared for view we thought it our duties to commend it to your Honours as your due and to the Saints and all that make profession of the Name of our Lord Jesus as a most necessary piece of Christian knowledge in this day of pride and formality whereby all may examine themselves that call themselves Believers whether they be in the faith yea or no. We leave your Honours and this Sermon to the blessing of God and with our daily prayers that your Honours may be faithful and prosperous in the great work of your Generation the settlement of this poor Nation upon the sure Bases of Truth and Justice Your Honours Most humble and obedient servants in the Ministery of the Gospel SAM WINTER 〈…〉 OTTON ROBERT CHAMBRE SAVING FAITH AND PRIDE Of LIFE INCONSISTENT JOHN 5.44 How can ye beleeve which receive honour one of another and seek not the honour that cometh from God only NEver more cause to complaine Isa 53.1 Brethren then now Who hath beleeved our report and to whom hath the arme of the Lord been revealed It is applied to our Saviours own preaching whom very few received But there the obstruction lay altogether in the hearts of the people they were locked up against the Lord Jesus as by other things so especially by this their ambition and seeking honour one of another Our Saviour himselfe was not guilty No marvel if we have more cause now to complaine Brethren then he then for there is a double bar one in the hearts of the people and the other in the hearts of the Preachers this seeking honour one of another makes our chariot wheels drive so heavily the work of Christ go on so slowly I desire therefore this day to act the part of the Baptist to prepare the way of the Lord to endeavour to level one of the mountaines of our hearts and swellings of our spirits which is the great hindrance of beleeving as you have it plainly in the Text. Our Saviour being now come into the world added a new Article to their Creed that they must beleeve in Jesus already come Joh. 8.24 and that he was the Messiah That I am he except ye beleeve it you shall die in your sins The Jews could not receive him would not come unto him that they might have life Our Saviour at once reproveth them for their unbelief and layeth down several grounds wherefore they should beleeve Not only his own witnesse Ver. 35. but the witnesse of John whom they all took to be a Prophet sent of God and he owned him by sending unto him to know if he were the Messias Ver. 36. and they rejoyced in his light for a time As also the works he wrought testified of him Ver. 37. yea the Father himselfe did testifie to him partly by these works partly by the rejoycing of the Angels at his birth and partly at his Baptisme by that voice from heaven This is my beloved Sonne in whom I am well pleased This our Saviour spoke that they might be saved though he reproved them yet he tendred their poore soules But alas all would not do Life could not be conveyed to them from the Lord because the pipe was choaked up they could not beleeve they could not receive him ver 43. And he deales faithfully with them tells them what is the reason the root of their unbelief or the hinderance Because they sought honour and glory one of another and not the honour which is only from the Lord. As if our Saviour had said it is an impossible thing you should beleeve while it is thus with you The interrogation affirmative implies a strong negative as is most familiar in Scripture There is not much difficulty in the words They are in their nature our Saviours assignation of one of the grand causes of their unbelief in that they received honour one of another and not the glory only which is of God The word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a participle is taken causaliter as I could give you other instances in the new Testament seeing that you receive honour of one another Receiving of honour here Brethren is not simply to be understood of an admitting of honour and praise from others or the suffering of themselves to be well spoken of but it is meant of a catching at it by hunting after it a desire a hunger a thirst after such things as these are Therefore some read it captantes not accipientes and the antithesis cleareth it in this verse and seek not the praise or glory which is only from God Not seeking of the glory which is of God and seeking honour one of another usually go together If