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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15836	A sermon preached at Great Yarmouth, vpon VVednesday, the 12. of September. 1599 by W. Yonger ... ; the argument whereof was chosen to minister instructions vnto the people, vpon occasion of those present troubles, which then were feared by the Spaniards.	Yonger, William.	1600 (1600)	STC 26097.5; ESTC S1754	32,517	88

his Prophets hath vsed exhortations euen without number to disswade them from the cause of Gods iudgements that is from sinne disobedience and transgression Especially from the beginning of this Prophesie Ieremie hath beene very earnest as in the third Chapter the Lord condemneth Israel for an harlot Lift vp thine eyes Oh Israel vnto the high places see and behold if thou hast not playd the harlot c. Thou hast sitten wayting for them in the wayes as the Arabian in the wildernesse yea the land is polluted with thy whoredomes and abominations yet when Israel had done all this God sayde Turne vnto mee notwithstanding shee returned not as her rebellious sister Iudah saw Againe in the fourteenth verse O ye disobedient children turne vnto me and I will take you one of a Citie and 2. of a tribe and wil bring you into Sion and I will giue you pastors according to mine owne heart that shall feed you with wisedome and vnderstanding The like in the 22. verse and in many other places the Lord seemes to bee mooued with a pitifull compassion and commiseration ouer his owne people their case was pitifull in his sight and their carelesse regard wrought sorrow in his heart when he saw that howsoeuer he was prouident for their saluation yet were they verie forward in their owne destruction and the more carefull he he was for their conuersion the lesse respect had they to his admonition Indeede true it is an auncient father sayth The wicked alacrius currunt ad mortem quÃ m nos ad vitam they runne farre faster in the way to condemnation then the godly doe in the way to saluation as the Psalmist notes them for their haste when hee describes the vngodly as if they had wings on their heeles Their feete are swift to shed bloud Ps 145. Yet the Lord who as Dauid sayth is merciful gracious long-suffering and of great goodnes laboureth to draw them home his heart breakes within him and his bowels yearne with griefe when he sees Ierusalem that is to say his own people how wilful they are in their owne destruction As I liue sayth the Lord I will not the death of a sinner As if he should say The fault is not mine when sinners drinke the dregges of iniquitie when the scourge of my iudgements fasten vpon them for I haue no pleasure to see the workmanship of mine owne hands perish in confusion As I liue as I liue sayth the Lord I will not the death of a sinner Marcellus Valerius after his souldiers had conquered Syracusa not without the great slaughter of many was so coÌ„passionate ouer them that he went vp to the highest towre in the Castle and with teares lameÌ„ted the ruine ouerthrow therof Plutarch speaks of one Pollio a Romane who hauing inuited the Emperor Augustus to a feast would haue thrown his seruaÌ„t into a deep poole in his rage for a smal matter The Emperor beholding his angrie spirit controlde him with these words Homo cuiuscunque conditionis c. A man of what state or condition soeuer he bee if there were no other cause but because hee is a man is more to bee valued and esteemed then all the gold and siluer in the world Well whatsoeuer may bee sayd of Marcellus for his clemencie ouer those whom hee had slain or of the milde and humane spirit of the Emperour Augustus iudging it to be very noble and honourable yet is there no comparison to bee made betwixt him and the Emperour of heauen and earth euen the God of the whole world who as the Prophet sayth is mercifull gracious long-suffering and of great goodnes For if Mercie were not before him and Grace behind him if long-suffering stood not at his right hand and great goodnes at his left if these Peacemakers as I may cal them being qualities in his nature did not mightily preuaile with him why so great is our sinne that the world could not stand but had long ere this time perished like Sodome and had beene destroyed as was Gomorrah Therefore would you know what vpholds the frame and structure of the world why it is Mercy would you know what vpholds the good estate of Israel of our land His Mercy would you know what continues the dayes of our ancient mother in Israel our gracious Soueraigne that as yet we cannot say of her as was sayd of Moses Deut. 34.7 that her eyes haue waxed dimme in her head or her natural force abated but stil flourisheth as the Palme tree and groweth vp as a Cedar in Lebanon t is Mercy In a word you know the cause of the Gospels continuance amongst vs that yet with freedome we may heare the sound of it in our Temples and with peace behold the open faces of Gods Prophets which bring vnto vs the gladde tidings of saluation why wee enioy other blessings and benefits in the land and are not taken away from vs by the violence and rapine of forraine strangers it is his Mercy his Grace his long suffering his great goodnes that hee bare to thee O Ierusalem euen to vs his owne people Mat. 23 37. our Sauior Christ doth there challenge Ierusalem for great crueltie that hee had sent Prophets but she had slaine them and Apostles but she had stoned them O Ierusalem Ierusalem thou that killest the Prophets and stonest them which haue beene sent vnto thee how often would I haue gathered thee together euen as the hen gathereth her chickens vnder her wings but yee would not The hen was not more tender ouer her yong ones theÌ„ I was ouer you sayth the Lord and my loue and kindnes and louing kindnes was not once or twice but often Neither would I haue committed the trust of you to any other but my selfe would haue gathered you together What loue and kindnesse could I more shew but you would not I would O Ierusalem but thou wouldst not How often beloued hath the Lord wooed vs on this maner how ofteÌ„ hath the heauenly trumpet of his mercie sounded in our eares howe often hath the sweete showres of his mercie fallen vpon our heads euen as aboundantly as the Quailes vpon the Israelites If you should denie it I would aske the starres in the heauens the beasts of the earth the foules of the ayre and the fishes of the sea and all these would witnesse with me How often hath the Lord cried vnto you in effect Yarmouth Yarmouth thou that swellest in the vanitie of thy conceit that sayst with Laodicea Reu. 3. I am rich increased with goods and haue neede of nothing and therefore pride and enuie striue which shall get the vpper hand as the vnruly waues of the sea encouÌ„ter one another wickednesse walkes vp and downe among you without controlment and iniquitie runs full sea in the channels of thy streets and the course thereof cannot be stayed Sodome and Gomorrah lie not in the dust for greater abominations then are daily committed thou Yarmouth

vpon sinne wickednes vpon iniquitie rebellion vpon wickednes and transgression vpon rebellion and nothing els but an heauing and heaping vp of confusion vpon confusion Gen. 11.2 as if Nimrod were amongst vs Babel againe to be built the towers wherof might reach vp vnto the starres Well beloued let vs lay the foundation of sinne as low as wee will and build as strongly thereupon as we can as if wee were assured that the hand of Gods iudgements should neuer rase it vp yet no doubt we shall find that it is nowe high time for vs to leaue our sinnes seeing wee see the Lord begins to leaue vs for our sinnes It is nowe high time for vs not to wash our hands with Pilate but our hearts with Ierusalem to chaunge our Morian skinnes to put off our stained and defiled garmentes to entertaine repentance into our soules seeing that euen nowe wee feare the rewarde of our impieties and the portion of iniquitie to bee shared out for vs. If euer before it was needfull surely nowe much more necessitie enforceth and time it is for Abigal if she respect her owne safetie to arise and meete Dauid with a present to appease his wrath 1. Sam. 25. for it seemes hee is now at hand with his sword girded vpon his thigh though not to lade our Asses as she did with two bottles of wine with frailes of raisins and a sheepe readie dressed or such like prouision but to lade our bodies and sinfull carkasses which wee haue vsed as Asses to beare the huge burthen of our sinnes with sackcloth and ashes Saceus ieiunium sunt arma poenitentiae with fasting mourning which are the armour of repentance to withstand his iudgemeÌ„ts Let our eyes be as 2. bottles of wine to cary with vs the teares wherof we may drinke to comfort vs in the assurance of Gods mercies our broken contrite harts as presents which the Lord wil haue respect vnto and receiue kindly at our hands Verse 35. lay his sword downe which he hath taken vp against vs. and bidde vs returne in peace vnto our houses Oh that I could possibly preuaile thus farre with you to possesse your soules with the consideration of this point Though this sodaine oportunitie of repentance were not offred vs yet let vs examine our estate and we shall finde that alas we are not sinners of yesterday we are not newly entred into Satans schole but we are of a great standing for in sinne our mothers conceyued vs in iniquitie they brought vs foorth and wee drewe corruption from their breasts all which as wee haue growne with them so they haue growne with vs. We haue long and ouerlong traced the footesteps of wickednesse and troden the paths of iniustice wee haue tyerd our selues and surfeted our selues with the workes of abomination we are not fallen of ignorance alas as our forefathers which knewe not the Gospell but willingly wilfully haue we brought our selues into the habite of sinne into the nature of sinne into the custome of sin and within the compasse of Gods most fearefull iudgements to seaze vpon soule and body vnto condemnation and not vpon our selues onely but such is the corruption thereof that it hath ouerspred the face of the heauens of the earth and ouerunne all the creatures that euen they for our sin must one day come to iudgement O then how needfull is it that with Ierusalem wee shoulde wash our wicked heartes from this corruption with the teares of repentance that shee might sit in thy heart and with her strong sighes and grones breake the heauens which are hardned against thee and draw downe the Lords louing fauour to thy soule If the infant in the cradle cries for milke if the Lion in the forrest cries for food because they want it how should it moue vs my brethreÌ„ to send vp our cries for the fauour of God because we haue it not The teares of our eyes being shed in true contrition for our sinnes will bee as little messengers to the great and angrie God of heauen and earth to entreate a truce betwixt him and vs his creatures and as gunshotte will batter downe the partition walles of our sinnes and cause his louing countenance to shine vpon our soules Let vs therefore in the feare of God make experience of this and though for the time it may seeme bitter as Aloes vnto the flesh yet is it wholesome and medicinable vnto the soule And looke as it was the manner of ancient times when trouble or heauines befell to any they presently called for women and others who were tender harted and skilful in mourning to cause them mourne the better so we which would faine learne to repent and lament for our sinnes and know not rightly how let vs haue recourse vnto the booke of God and there may we behold the teares standing in Ierusalems eyes and in the eyes of Marie Magdalene 1. Sam. 1 of Anna the wife of Elkanah that their weeping might procure our weeping their griefe prouoke our griefe their passions moue our affections with the like lamentation and sorrow for our sinnes QuorsuÌ„ So much for the thing required being the second point Wash thine heart from wickednes End Now followes the third which is the End That thou mayest besaued J Doubt not Vt salua sis Verses 5.6.7.8 but the trumpet blowne in the land and the crie which said vnto them of Iudah Assemble your selues together get you into stroÌ„g cities and the standard set vp in Sion and the plague threatened to be brought from the North Interfector Gentium and the Lion that should come from his den and the Drie wind in the high places of the wildernesse and that suddenly for it should be as a tempest and swift for his horses are lighter then Eagles might easily perswade them of imminent and present danger except they had the hearts of the Leuiathan as strong as stones or as hard as the nether milstone not to receiue any impression or their ioynts tough as Elephants that nothing could bend them Therefore their danger threatning such extremitie it was more then time to take some course for their owne safetie The Poet notably describes the feare that Aeneas and they of Troy were in Aenci. 3 and the great speed they made to escape the danger of the Cyclops Praecipites metus acer agit quocunque rudentes Excutere ve t is intendere vela secuÌ„dis When they saw the companie of giants clustring vpon the shore Aetnâ—â—s fratres resembling the strength and fortitude of mightie Okes or loftie Cypresse trees that their verie looks threatned destruction it was no time for them of stay but speedily to hoysse vp their sailes Parebiazonto nimbly to betake them to their oares rather then the giants should offer violence to them they offer violence to the sea and hasten away The only course that Icrusalem hath to

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