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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B03763	A godly sermon of Peter's repentance, after he had denyed his lord and master Jesus Christ, as it is in his repentance, he wept bitterly for his sins. / ... by a godly pastor.	Hart, John, D.D.	1666 (1666)	Wing H953AA5; ESTC R188198	7,628	18

A Godly Sermon OF PETERS Repentance ●fter he had denyed his Lord and Master Jesus Christ as it is in his Repentance he wept bitterly for his sins 〈◊〉 fourth Edition Corrected and enlarged and set forth for the good of all those that truly sear God By a godly Pastor Matthew 26.75 ●nd Peter remembred the words of Jesus which he said before the Cock crow thou shalt deny me thrice So he went out and wept bitterly Matthew 5.4 Blessed are ye that mourn for ye shall rejoyce London Printed by B.W. and are to be sold by Eliz. Andrews in Little Saint Bartholomews Court in West-Smithfield 1666. Mark 14.68 70. But he denied saying I know not neither understand I what thou sayest and he went out into the porch and the cock crew And he denied it again And a little after they that stood by said again to Peter surely thou art one of them for thou art a Galllean and thy speech agreeth thereto PEter is called Simon an obdient hearer he is also called Peter confident and strong in faith like a Rock unmoveable Thou art Peter and upon his Rock will I build my Church that the gates of hell shall not prevail against it Matth. 16.18 He was penitent the words now read unto you do prove the sins for after he had sinned he went out O that every Christian were qualified like Peter those that craves repentance and faith and obedience are better welcome to God then the thr●e presents given by the Wise men unto Christ Matth. 2.1 Precious about was not so much accepted a● Peters Repentance Gold Frankincence and Myrshe are not so precious as Peters Repentance to Godward for he wept bitterly for denying his Lord and master Jesus Christ Mark 14.71 But he began to curse and to swear saying I know not this man of whom ye speak So soon as he has learned to lye he had learned to swear they are inseparable companions and as I may say sworn brethren that alwayes meet together the sinful society We never read of Peters sweating any where else yet hereupon a sudden oathes and curses she wed themselves No sooner Ham spied Noahs nakedness Gen. 9.22 Cursed be Canaan a servant of servants shall he be So he went out This Text affords us thrée special Notes being very remarkable in Peters repentance 1. Remembrance of sin 2. Remorse of sin 3. Sorrow for sin All of which ought to accompany a godly and sincere Convert in turning from his evil wayes Thus having found out the mine let us now dig for the treasure So he went out He was careless till the Cock warned him thereby learning that the first step to repentance is the remembrance of sin and therefore David saith Psal 51.3 My sins are before me Moses charged the people to remember their sins and there he put them in remembrance how oft they provoked the Lord by that means calling them to repentance Deut. 9.7 He went out another step of Peters Repentance he first weighed his sin mark Noah and in the meditation thereof now onely naked and bare but he was wakened from his former drowsiness and slumber of sin He went out wherein observe the effectual operations of Gods Spirit in the Children of God after we have sinned spiritually the grace of God calleth us home again and suffereth us not to rest like the Dove that was sent out from Noah found no rest Gen. 8.9 Nor can Peter now finde any rest till he had found Christ by Repentance whom he had loss by Denial Peters sin was great is was no small bait that Satan laid in his way for great is the danger for what greater advantage could Satan else have wished then this had not the assisting hand of Gods mercies staid him up after his fall for his own glory and to the unspeakably comfort of the Godly who though they fall can never fall away for the promise of God standeth sure and hath this seal God knoweth who are his our Saviour Christ saith Of those whom thou hast given me I have lost none of them save the son of perdition John 17.12 He went out as Isaac went out into the fled to pray Gen. 24.63 so Peter went out to meditate and consider what he had done Luke 22.62 Peter went out and wept bitterly the faithful soul when it is desirous to enter into any holy consultation or conference covets to be alone like Christ in the desart Matth. 4.1 Jacob being alone wrestled with the Angel and prevailed for a Blessing Gen. 32.24 Jonah went out of the City Nineve to mourn over it as it is in Jonah 1.5 now Jonah preached in Nineve that within forty dayes it should be destroyed and they repented Moses was bid to pull of his shooes when he passed over the flaming Bush Exodus 3.5 so we must put off our shooes of carnality and go out from our selves as the Adder taketh his slough if we will tread upon holy ground and press to come where God is Peter so long as he staid in the High Priests Hall among the Enemies of Christ he became as one of them and had quite forgotten that Christ was his master or he was solitary and so denied him whom a little before he promised to are for O what have I done miserable man that I am how dangerously have I fallen in denying him the Lord of life and my Lord. I a rebellious sinner to deny him that framed me and by his truth redéemed me and was I in wicked if all the world were offended yet would not I be offended yea I was ready to lay down my life for Christ my Lord and yet before the Cock crew twice I had denied him three times Matth. 26.33 O perjured wretch that I am how heavy have I transgrest my faith by denying him that died for me I that thought my saith strong enought to encounter with the whole world most shamefully instored a woman and the weaker vessel to discountenance me Is not this to be offended And is this to give my life to my master Nay is not this to forsake him quite and to joyn with the wicked I denied him whome my soul loved best for which my name deserves to go with the brand upon it as that of Jereboam goes with his train Peter confesseth his train of sins and Jeroboam by name cannot onely be mentioned but his sins must be likewise here numbred Jeroboam goes with his train Jeroboam that made Israel to sin And Peter desir● u● to have his train too Peter that denied his master from henceforth Peter repented him of his hanious sins he committed in denying his Lord and Master Iesus Christ Let us all repent with Peter that God may give us the earnest of his grace in our hearts for ever St. Paul saith Heb. 6.6 He that sinneth crucifieth the Son of God again so did Peter by denying his Lord and Master Peters faith was wadering faith had not God looked again upon him with the eyes