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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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

visitation Our Sauiour Christe wepte ouer Ierusalem because they knew not the time of their visitation Hée reproueth the Iewes because they coulde discerne the face of the Skye but could not discerne the signes of the times And surely in the ende it will turne to our destruction if wée will not knowe this to bee the daie of mercie the time of Grace wherein God stretcheth foorth his hande vnto vs and wisedome crieth out in the stréetes Therefore nowe whilest wée haue the light let vs walke as children of the light the nighte commeth when no manne can woorke It shall be too late to call for mercie after this life when the gates of mercy are shut vp and Repentaunce will bée too late Oh deare christians let vs remember the fiue foolishe Virgins whiche because they forslowed the time had heauen gates barred vp against them Let vs also remēber the fearefull dolefull example of the riche Glutton which beeing in Hell torments yelled and yelped for the least ease and help that might be and could not haue it An hundred thousande times therefore better it is for vs to leaue our sinnes now to mourne for them now and now to Repente then hereafter alas when it shall be too late Better nowe a great deale to take some paine to strayne our selues to leaue our sinnes and to make our hearte smarte for them then to bee condemned for euer and to cry in the bottome of Hell we haue wearied our selues in the way of wickednesse and Destruction and wee haue gone through daungerous waies But we haue not knowen the way of the Lorde What hath pride profited vs Or what profite hath the Pompe of riches brought vs All these thinges are possed awaie like a shadowe and as a Paste that passeth by We haue set our selues against the children of God we had them in derision and in a parable of reproch Wée fooles thought their life madnesse and their ende without honour but loe they are counted emongst the children of God and their portion is emonge the Sainctes Therefore let vs knowe the tyme of our calling and let vs not be worse thē the foules of the ayre the Storke knoweth her appointed tyme the Turtle the Crane and the Swallowe obserue the time of their comming The Husbandman taketh his times The Mariner watcheth his tide Therefore let vs also take the time turne vnto the Lorde whilest it is saide to day which grace God graunt vs. Nowe let vs returne vnto the fourth pointe concerning the causes which may moue vs vnto Repentance Herein I haue obserued nine especiall thinges First the great mercie of God leadeth vs vnto Repentaunce As Rom. 2. The bountifulnesse of God leadeth vs vnto Repentance sayth the Apostle God doth continually followe vs with his mercies and benefites both concerning our soules bodies wée haue no good thinge which wee haue not receyued at his hands we hold all that we haue of him and to him wee are beholding for all Great is his mercie towarde our bodies but much greater towardes our soules and euerie mercie and benefit eyther towarde soule or body calleth vs to repenaunce Hée giueth vs meate drinke and clothing these call vs to repentaunce Hée kéepeth vs at his owne costes and charges here below this calleth vs to Repentance the Sunne the Moone and the Starres calleth vs to Repentance The birdes of the ayre the fishes of the Sea the fruites of the yearth crie out vpon vs both loude and shrill Repent repent All creatures mooue vs to Repentaunce Our creation calleth our redemption crieth our sanctification knocketh and our Election mooueth to Repentaunce What could God do more for his vineyard y ● he hath not done Therefore let vs repent Secondly the iudgements of God moue vs vnto repentance for al y e thunderbolts plagues and punishments which God hath throwen downe vppon obstinate sinners from the beginning of y e world are so manie warning péeces vnto vs to awake vs out of the dead sléepe of sinne to prick vs to Repentaunce As in the 1. Cor. 10. When the Apostle hath cited diuers greate iudgementes of God against the olde Israelites for diuers sinnes he concludeth now all these things came vnto them for examples and were writtē to admonishe vs vppon whome the endes of the worlde are come So that all the Iudgementes wee reade of in the Scriptures are so many admonitions and as it were carteropes to drawe vs to Repentaunce All the iudgementes we haue read of heard of do sée and heare of euery day knocke with mayn strokes beate downe right vpon our consciences to repentance The vgly monsters straunge byrthes fiery constellations vnknowen Cometes sodaine deathes marueilous droughtes vnwonted snowes horrible inundations forraine wonders straunge apparitions threatning of heauen aboue w e streaming and shooting fire trembling of the earth vnder our féete and our houses ouer our heades as of late dayes What are al these but as it were great Cranes with beams and Cable Ropes to drawe vs vp to the Lord by Repentance Thirdly the word of God haleth vs to repentance For as God in olde time sent his Prophets both early and late to call the rebellious Iewes to Repentaunce so he sendeth abroad his preachers and messengers in those daies to sounde vp the trumpe of his word to ring the swéet bel of Aaron emongst thē to awake thē to repentance but alas how lightly are they regarded Who heareth their voice But surely this is the last remedie y t God hath apointed if this wil not moue vs to repentance if this wil not cure vs then are we altogether vncurable Fourthly the infinite number of sinnes we haue committed ought to be so manie spurres in our sides to pricke vs to repentaunce It is sufficient saith Saint Peter that we haue spēt the time past of our life after the lustes of the Gentiles walking in wantonnesse lustres drunkennes gluttonie drinkinges and abominable Idolatries Therfore it is time now to repent Oh that men would looke backe to themselues and consider themselues as they were fortie thirtie twentie or ten yeares ago Oh that they would call to mind theyr open secret sins me thinketh it should make their heart bléed within their belly to thinke vpon them Oh y t they would consider how much time they haue mispent how many good things they haue neglected and altogether omitted Fiftly the shortnesse of our life calleth earnestly vpon vs to repent The time of our life is sixtie yeares ten if they bee of strength eightie yeeres yet the strength is but labour and sorrowe so it is cut off quickly and we flie away saith the Prophet Dauid we haue spent our yeres as a thought Therefore he addeth Teach vs to number our dayes that wee may apply our heartes vnto wisdome Our life for the shortnesse and inconstancie of it in the scripture is compared to grasse to a vapour to smoke and to a Weauers

A Sermon of repentaunce A very godly and profitable Sermon preached at Lee in Essex by Arthur Deut Minister of Gods word And published at the request of sundrie Godly and vvell disposed persons 1581. the 7. of March Ionah chap. 2. ver 8. They that waite vpon lying vanities Forsake their owne mercie Imprinted at London for John Harison and are to bee solde at the white Greihound in Paules Church-yard 1582. To the Reader ALthough I was moste vnwilling that this poore Talent and trauaile of myne should euer haue bene broched abroade and come to light both because it maye seeme as a Candle lighted at no one day as also because many other mennes doinges might more worthely a great deale haue ben published and committed vnto letters Yet because diuers which heard it preached with a liuely voice were very instant yea and more then importunate with mee to haue it published vsing suche reasons as I coulde not well gainesay I did at the last yeelde to their request and so this vntimely fruite is come abroade to be solde in open markettes Let no man be offended that I haue not strained my selfe to flye an high pitch to fome out the froth of mans wisdome and to make a great shew of learning by blowing the bladder of vanity till it burst with swelling For that is not my vse I seeke especiall the saluation of the simple and ignorant and therefore stoupe downe to their reach and capacitie Therefore I beseeche thee gentle Reader accepte my good meaning Reade this without preiudice like it as thou profitest so shalte thou haue praise of God comforte in thy conscience A. D. The Text. Luke 13. 5. I tell you nay but except you repent you shall likewise perish THE occasion of these wordes of our Lorde and Sauiour Iesus Christe was bicause there were certayne that shewed him of the Galileans whose bloud Pilate had mingled with their owne Sacrifices That is murthered them as they were sacrificing and so their bloude was mingled with the bloud of the beastes whiche were sacrificed Those men therefore though that these Galileans were greater sinners then all other Galileans because they had suffered suche thinges And that those xviii also vppon whome the Tower in Siloam fell and slue them were sinners aboue all men that dwelte in Hierusalem Wherein they did vtter a secret corruptiō naturally ingendred in all men that is verie sharply to see into the sinnes of others seuerely to censure thē but in the meane while to flatter themselues to bée blindfold in séeing their owne sinnes For these men thought because the like iudgmentes did not fall vpon them therfore they were safe inough they were not so great sinners but rather highly in the fauour of GOD. According as many doe falsly suppose that those are alwayes the worst sort of people whome God doeth moste strike and presse with his punishing hande hauinge forgotten that God doeth not kéepe an ordinarie rate here belowe to punishe euery man as he is worst or to fauour and cocker him as he is best but onely taketh some examples as he thinketh good for the instruction and aduertisement of all others and to be as it were looking glasses wherein euerie man may sée his owne face yea and his owne cause handeled that God is a seuers reuenger of sin that all men maie learne by the example of some to tremble beware least peraduenture they bée worthily constrayned to kéepe their owne turnes and to knowe what they haue deserued These men whiche broughte these newes to our Sauiour Christ had not taken foorth this lesson wherevpon our Sauiour in iustlye occasioned to correcte their erroneous and sinister Iudgement and to teach them that they must not reioice at the iuste punishement of others but rather to bée instructed thereby to repentance And further to signifie that God doeth not alwayes most punishe the moste notorious offenders as Murtherers Théeues Robbers Whoremaisters Blasphemers Quarrellers Scoffers and suche like but reserueth them vnto the iudgement of the greate daie and as it wéere fatteth them against the daie of slaughter and therefore he answereth them negatiuely and sayeth nay or not so but excepte you repente you shal all likewise perish as if he should say are you of this opinion indéede that onelie monstruous Sinners are punished in this worlde others let alone or that the Galileans and these eightéene vppon whome the Tower in Siloā fel were greater sinners then all others Or doe you thinke because the same Iudgementes haue not light vpon you therefore you shal steale away in the darke escape the Iudgement of God No no you are deceyued For I saie vnto you that except you mourne and lament for your sinnes and fall to some agreement with God in time you I say euen you whiche are so readie to condemne others and iustifie your selues shall not onely perish with the like iudgementes in this presente worlde but be euerlastingly condemned in the world to come So that our Sauiour in so saying doeth thunder downe a moste dreadfull sentence vpon all our heades for he concludeth and setteth it downe that all men liuing vpō the face of the earth whether they bee highe or lowe rich or poore young or olde noble or vnnoble learned or vnlearned simple or polyticke of what estate degree and condition soeuer they bee liuing and dying without repentaunce shall perish and bee damned in hell fire for euer The Scriptures are full of suche Thunderboltes Iohn 3. 18. Hee that beleeueth not is damned alreadie And 2. Cor. 13. verse 5. Prooue your selues whether you are in the Fayth examine your selues Knowe yee not your owne selues that Iesus Christ is in you except yee bee reprobates Where the Apostle flatlie setteth downe that all those whiche haue not Christ dwelling in their harts by faith which is the houshold sister of repentance are no better then reprobates castawayes and condemned persons But because the most people in those dayes are groslye deceiued in repentaunce both concerning what it is what it meaneth what it woorketh what bee the qualities conditions of it which be the causes and which be the lets and hinderances and also why when and wherefore we should repent Therfore I haue in presēt infent to teach first what is repentaunce Secondly which bee his qualities and effectes Thirdly when wee should repense Fourthly wherefore wee should repent And last of all what letteth vs from Repentaunce whiche order and methode of teaching although some maye mislike as indeede with me it is not ordinary yet considering the matter I haue in hand I thinke it not inconuenient But the matter Repentance is an inward sorrowing and continuall mourninge of the heart and conscience for sinne ioyned with fayth and both inwarde and outwarde amendement Inward I say in chaunging the thoughtes and affections of the hearte and outwarde in chaunging the woordes and woorkes from euill to good This repentaunce no doubte was in