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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B08739	The doctrine of the Sacrament, with the right use therof catichistically handled by way of question and answer. / By Mr. Charles Chancy sometimes minister of Ware.	Chauncy, Charles, 1592-1672.	1642 (1642)	Wing C3737E; ESTC R173815	9,457	23

what growth hee hath gotten by the Sacrament in assurance of Gods favour in strength against corruptions in power to walke with God in obedience unto him and in all other graces of the Spirit and fruits of Christs death and if hee cannot finde these fruites in himselfe hee must humble himselfe for his owne sinnes and failings as the cause thereof b 1 Corin. 11.31 and though hee findes not that comfort and benefit yet if hee be truely humbled for the want of it hee may be comforted in this as a fruit of a worthy receiving c 2 Chron. 30.18 19 if hee shall finde upon examination the former benefits truely wrought in his heart hee is to give God the glory and to desire the continuance and increase of the same grace with all holy indeavours to that end d 1 Chron. 29.13 14 18. and as hee hath received Jesus Christ so hee is to walke in him e Col. 2.6 7. and to keepe the covenant that hee hath made with the Lord at the Sacrament and to increase in love and fellowship with Gods children f 1 Cor. 10.16 17. and out of the sence of the comfort and benefit of this Sacrament to resort the oftner and with more earnest desire unto it g 2 Chron. 30.21 23. Q What are the notes whereby we may discerne the Regenerate from the Reprobate A. There are these three notes First if the childe of God be inticed and drawne away from God hee grieveth for it and giveth not ready consent unto the temptation 2. If through frailty hee be over-carried to give consent yet it is not full content but doth it against his will and purpose for his purpose is not to sin 3. If he put his lusts in execution hee lyeth not in them hee will not walke after them but recovereth himselfe because ●ee is incorporated into Christ hee hath the roote of grace which shall not utterly dye in him the seede abideth in him which at last shall sprout up to Repentance and amendment of life Gallatians 3. v. 10. As many as are under the workes of the Law are under the curse Therfore we hence conclude contrary to the Doctrine of our Adversaries that if all men be condemned by the Law then is no man able to keep and performe the duties of the Law which it requireth Divers Markes and notes of an Hypocrite which we may observe out of the first book of Samuell and the 15. Chap. FIrst He is very forward in boasting of his obedience and to have a very high esteeme of himselfe by reason therof though it be nothing so as we may see in the 13. verse saith Saul there to Samuell after he was come from the slaughter of the Amalekites the very first word he utters to him I have performed the commandement of the Lord though it was nothing so as Samuell shewes there unto him for saith he to him What then meaneth this bleating of Sheep and this lowing of Oxen in my Ears For Gods commandment to him was to slay all man and woman young and old infant and suckling Oxe and Sheep Camell and Asse but these he had saved alive Secondly He makes Religion a cloake for to cover and hide his sin or at least to lessen it when it is discovered So Saul here when Samuell had begun to tell him of his sin why as if hee should say you have no cause to blame us for this for the people tooke of the best of the Sheepe and the Oxen to Sacrifice unto the Lord thy God c. Thirdly He is obstinate and obdurate in his sin and will not endure to be convinced of it though it be never so plaine and so we see here that when Samuell had showen Saul his sin in saving the Sheepe and Oxen alive the which God had commanded him for to destroy yet for all that he justifies himselfe and saith I have obeyed the voyce of the Lord and have gone the way the Lord sent me Fourthly The Hypocrite when he is told of his sin he will extenuate and lessen it and shift it off upon others so Saul here vers 21. The people tooke of the spoyle sheepe and oxen the chief of the things which should have bin destroyed to Sacrifice unto the Lord thy God in G●lgall as if hee should have said thou hast no reason to lay all the fault upon me it was the people that saved these alive Fifthly Hypocrites when they are convinced of their sins and they humble themselves for them and doe confesse and acknowledge them it is of constraint not because they are grieved for that they have offended God thereby but because they see some evill or judgement is like to befall them for the same as in the 23. and 24 verses Saul would never be brought to say I have sinned till such time as Samuell told him what would come of it saying Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord therefore he hath rejected thee from being King then he saith I have sinned for I have transgressed the Commandment of the Lord and thy words all the time before nothing could be gotten from him but this I have obeyed the voice of the Lord c. Sixthly and lastly Hypocrites when they see that their sin and hypocrisie is discov●red they doe not so much desire to get into Gods favour and to make their peace with God as to keepe it from the eyes of the world that it may not turne to be a reproach and a scandall upon them but that still the world may thinke well of them and may have them in high account and this was that which as may appeare in the 30. verse did most trouble Saul For Saul he had made a faire shew and had profest a great deale of love and obedience to God but now he was caught tardy and his hypocrisie discovered fearing this should turne to his shame in regard of his former great profession after a sleight confession that he makes of his sinne in generall saying I have sinned saith he honour me yet now I pray thee before the Elders of my people and before Israel whereby it appeares that this was the chiefe and maine thing that he stood upon his credit and reputation in the world FINIS