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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30567	The difference between the spots of the godly and of the wicked preached by Mr. Jeremiah Burroughs at Cripple Gate.	Burroughs, Jeremiah, 1599-1646.	1668 (1668)	Wing B6061; ESTC R20303	59,310	123

and worship him When we are to go to his Table at the Lords Supper we had need then prepare by looking into that Glass and by being humbled for our sins and labouring to cleanse Though you care act so much for spots upon your face and clothes when you are at home yet when you are to go before your Betters then what looking is there in the Glass to be trim and to have clothes that are clean washt Remember now that every time thou art to go to worship God thou art to set thy self as in his immediate presence to have to deal with that infinite holy God whose pure eyes cannot indure to beholde least iniquity that God that is so Holy that the very Angels cover their faces as not being able to behold him thou art to go before this God and wilt thou go bespotted and be● smeared and never look into the glass o● the Law to see how thou art there that tho● mayest labour to cleanse thy soul wilt tho● come into Gods presence in thy filth O● bold sinner that know'st not what it is to dea 〈…〉 with the Infinite Holy God Those that kno● what God is what his Infinite Holiness means when they come into Gods presence they make it the great part of their work i● preparing their hearts before they come and indeed the spiritual part of Godliness doth a● much consist in this one thing as in any i● the preparation of the heart for the presence of God in Holy dutyes and that man or woman that is careful and conscionable in this thing may have good comfort to them selves that they are acquainted with the spiritual part of Godliness that wherein the power of i● consists But for such that can go into Gods presence and no such sear and reverence o● God is in their hearts certainly these neither know God nor have any thing of the power of Godliness in their hearts Now no matter my Brethren what we endure in this World● so be it we may get our souls cleansed from the filth and the spots that are upon them that when there shall be a farther Presence of God which we shall have than that we have now in Holy Duties that then we may stand before him without spot so saith the Apostle in 2 Pet. 3. 14. Wherefore Beloved seeing ye look for such things be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace without spot and blameless You look for new Heavens and new Earth when all the world shall be on fire about your ears and the Elements melting with servent heat and the Heavens departing like a Screwl and the like do you look for such things do you look for the appearing of the Holy God and dare you stand in the Presence of that Holy God when he comes to pass the Sentence of your Eternal Estate upon your ●ouls dare you stand before him with such defiled stained souls as you have Oh no! Saith the Apostle Wherefore Beloved seeing ye look for such things be diligent that you may be found of him in peace without spot and blameness If those spots that are upon many of your Spirits shall abide upon you at that say Wo be to you that ever you were born you cannot be found in peace before God except you be found without spot and blameness Yet let me say farther Wo to that soul ●hat shall have one spot upon it at that day If this should be means of the Great Day of Judgment as many Divines take it though there may be some doubt about some other time But suppose that it be meant of that day as it is ordinarily taken Then wo to that man or woman that ever they have been that shall have but one spot upon them For then we must be delivered from every spot or otherwise our souls will perish for ever But ye may be without spot and blameless before him Thus much for that point 2. Doct. The Second Point is That God● Children have their spots the best of all have their spots The Church is compared to the Moon Christ he is the Sun of Righteousness but he Church in Rev. 12 is compared to the Moon and the Moon hath her spots the Sun none No godly man or woman in regard o● their souls is like Absalom as he was in regard of his body his body was without any ble● mith from the crown of the head to the sol● of the foot but it can be said of no bodie 's sou● so you re clean but not all The best Garde● hath its worms and the best Soul hath i● spots for while we live here there is that Corruption remaining that will breed defilement of it self But considering that we liv● in a wicked world here and converse with wicked men it is as impossible to live in the world and to converse with men without an● spots as for a company of people to ride together in soul way in the midst of Winter and to keep their Garments so that none should have a spot The Condition of this world is such as indeed it is not fit to have a Saint in it without sp●ts God hath reserved the time of full-●●●●nsing of his people to another world Christ could cleanse his people presently from all their spots I but because they are to live 〈◊〉 this world Christ sees it is not so suitable for this vile world This world is not worthy of the Saints take them with all their infirmities but it is not for the world to have the Saints live without spot and if the world be offended at it let them be offended let them be stumbling-blocks unto them and I make no question but it is so to many souls The world they rejoice when they behold the sins that are in the Saints but thou hast little cause to rejoice in the sins of others if thou knewest all for it may be intended for thy ruin I know no greater stumbling-block to wicked men than the sins of those that do profess Godliness ●ut wo to those by whom offences come The Lord by continuing of spots in his own people doth exercise Faith and Humility and ●atience and other Graces in such a way as ●e takes pleasure and delight to see the exercise of them But this is not the Point that I do intend Yet O thou godly heart thou knowest this to be a truth That there are spots in thee yea sometimes those that are Godly think there 's nothing else but spots in them but be of good comfort in this though thy Condition be sad in this world so long as thou art spotted yet be of good comfort here Jesus Christ is without any spots Christ thy Saviour hath no spots Heb. 9. 14. How much more shall the Blood of Christ who through the Eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God cleanse your Conscience from dead works to serve the Living God Christ offered himself without spot and this is the comfort

thou contractest filthiness from the blood of Christ and from the grace of God in the Gospel O this is the most dreadful spot of all spots whatsoever the Lord rebuke thy wicked and cursed heart that shalt contract wickedness from hearing the Doctrine of free grace Is there not reason of speaking these things for do not you see some that speak more of free grace then ever they did and yet more loose then ever they were before O these are spots in our Feasts indeed and in our converse and communion they are spots to a Christian profession such men and women as these are for thy spots do not onely defile the own soul but the name of God and profession of Jesus Christ Thou dost what in the lyest to defile the very blood of Christ and to defile the Covenant of grace in the Epistle of Jude 4. They were afore of old ordained to this condemnation saith the Text Ungodly men turning the grace of our God into Lasciviousness There are two black brands of a reprobate We have indeed no absolute notes and signs of a reprobate but these are the two blackest One is God gives a man up to his hearts desire in wicked wayes And the other is to turn the grace of God into wantoness How vile are those spots likewise that men come now through the knowledg that they say they have of the Covenant of grace to have no kind of work of conscience upon them fortheir sin Now their Consciences do not at all trouble them for their sin there 's no kind of sense at all upon them upon that account and all because of grace as they say Well that spot must needs be an irrecoverable spot that there 's no sense at all of And if it come to that now thou canst take liberty to sin freely and hast no conscience at all of this thy sin I say thy spot is a most dreadful spot and 't is to be fear'd an irrecoverable spot all the mercy of God that serves to help to ease others when they have committed their sins doth but plead against thee to aggravate thy sin I 'le conclude all with that one Text that we have in Jer. 23. that shews the difference of the sins of those that are nearer to God in way of profession is they be wicked and ungodly v. 13. 14. 〈◊〉 have seen folly saith the Prophet in the Prophets of Samaria they prophesied in Baal and caused my people Israel to sin In v. 14. I have seen also in the Prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing That that is but folly in the Prophets of Samaria in the Prophets of Jerusalem is an horrible thing The more near we are to God in the way of our profession the more horrible are our sins if we make Religion to be a colour of our wickedness if we seek to cover our wickedness by profession of Religion that that is but folly in others comes to be horrible in them Consider what hath been said and the Lord give you understanding FINIS Books to be sold by Thomas Parkhust at the Golden Bible on London-bridg MR. Sedgewick's Bowels of Mercy fol. Tho. Taylor 's Works the 1st vol. fol. 2. An Exposition of Temptation on Matthew 4. v. 1 to the end of the Eleventh 3. A Commentary on Titus 4. Davia's Learning a Comment upon Psalm 32. 5. The Parable of the Sower and of the Seed upon Luke 8. and 4. Divine Characters in two Parts ●istinguishing the Hypocrite in his ●est dress by Sam. Crook B. D. A Learned Commentary or Expo●●ion on the first Chapter of the second Epistle to the Corinthians by ●ichard Sibbs D. D. fol. A Commentary on the whole E●●stle of St. Paul to the Ephesians by ●r Paul Baine fol. A Practical Exposition on the third Chapter of the first Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians with the Godly Man's Choice on Psalm the 4th ver 6. 7 8. by Anthony Burgess fol. The dead Saint speaking to Saints and sinners living in several treatises The first on 2 Samuel 24. 10. The second on Canticles 4. 9. The third on John 1. 50. The fourth on Isaiah 58. 2. The Fifth on Exodus 15. 11. by Samuel Bolton D. D. fol. Coloquia Mensalia or Dr. Martin Luthers Divine Discourses at his Table with Melancton and several others Translated by Henry Bell. fol. The view of the Holy Scriptures by Hugh Broughton fol. The English Gentleman and the English Gentlewoman Directing every Gentleman and Woman of selecter ranck and quality how to demea● themselves by R. Brathwait Esq fo●● Christianographie or a Description of the multitude and sundry sorts o● Christians in the World not subject to the Pope by Eph. Pagitt fol. These six Treatises next following are written by Mr. George Swinnock 1. The Christian Man's Calling or a Treatise of making Religion one's business in Religious Duties Natural Actions his Particular Vocation his Family Directions and his own Recreation to be read in Families for their Instruction and Edification The first part 2. Likewise a second part wherein Christians are directed to perform their duties as Husbands and Wives Parents and Children Masters and Servants in the conditions of prosperity and adversity 3. The third and last part of the Christian Man's Calling wherein the Christian is directed how to make Religion his business in his dealings with all Men in the choice of his Companions in his carriage in good company in bad company in solitariness or when he is alone on a week-day from morning to night in visiting the sick on a dying-Bed as also the means how a Christian may do this and some motives to it 4. The Door of Salvation opened by the Key of Regeneration 5. Heaven and Hell Epitomized and the True Christian Characterized 6. The Fading of the Flesh and the flourishing of Faith or One cast for Eternity with the only way to throw it well all these by George Swinnock M. A. Large Octavo's A Learned Commentary on the Fourth Chapter of the Second Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians to which is added First a conference between Christ and Mary Second the spiritual Man's Aime Third Emanuel or Miracle of Miracles by Richard Sibbs D. D. quarto An Exposition on the Five first Chapters of Ezekiel with useful observations thereupon by William Greenhill quarto The Gospel-Covenant or the Covenant of Grace opened Preached in New-England by Peter Bulkeley quarto Gods Holy Mind touching Matters Moral which himself uttered in Ten words or Ten Commandements also an Exposition on the Lords Prayer by Edward Elton B. D. quarto A Plain and familiar Exposition of the ten Commandements by John Dod. quarto Horologiographia Oplica Dialing Universal and Particular Speculative and Practical together with the Description of the Court of Arts by a new Method by Sylvanus Morgan quarto Praxis Medicinae or the Physicians Practice wherein are contained all inward diseases from the head to the foot by Walter Bruell Regimen Sanitatis Salerni or the School of Salerns Regiment of Health containing directions and Instructions for the guide and government of Mans Life quarto 7. A Wedding-Ring fit for the Finger together with the Non-such Professor by W. Secker Christ and the Covenant the work and way of Meditation Delivered in Ten Sermons L. Octavo's By Wil. Bridge late of Great Yarmouth Heart-treasure or a Treatise tending to fill and furnish the head and heart of every Christian with a soul-inriching treasure of truths graces experiences and comforts to help him in Meditation Conference Religious Performances Spiritual Actions Enduring Afflictions and to fit him for all conditions that he may live Holily dye Happily and go to Heaven Triumphantly by O. H. with an Epistle Prefixed by John Chestter Large Octavo's Books in Small Octavo The burning of London in the year 1666 in 110. Meditations in 4. Parts 1. The Sins procuring that Judgment 2. The natural causes of Fire 3. The most remarkable passage of that dreadful Fire 4. Comfort and counsel to such a are sufferers by the said Judgment by Sam. Rolle A Glimpse of Eternity by A. Caley A Practical Discourse of Prayer wherein is handled the Nature and Duty of Prayer by Tho. Cobbet Of Quenching the Spirit the evil of it in respect both of its causes and effects discovered by Theophilus Polwheile The greatest Loss upon Matth. 16. 26. by James Livesey Small Octavo's Moses unvailed by William Guild The Protestants Triumph being an exact answer to all the sophistical Arguments of Papists by Charles Drelincourt A Defence against the fear of Death by Z. Crofton God's Sovereignty Displayed by W. Geering A sober Discourse concerning the Interest of words in Prayer Joh. Am. Comenii schola Ludus scu Encuclo paedia viva i. e. Januae Linguarum praxis Comica The Godly Man's Ark or City of refuge in the day of his distress in five Sermons with Mris. M●ores Evidences for Heaven by Ed. Calamy The Almost Christian discovered or the false Professor tryed and cast by M. Mead. Spiritual Wisdom improved against temptation by M. Mead. A divine Cordial A Word of comfort for the Church of God A Plea for Alms in a Sermon at the Spirtle The godly Man's Picture drawn with a Scripture-pencil These four lastt were written by Tho. Watson The True Bounds of Christian freedom or a Discourse shewing the extents and restraints of Christian liberty wherein the truth is setled many errors confuted out of John 8. ver 36. A Treatise of the Sacrament shewing a Christians Priviledg in approaching to God in Ordinances duty in his Sacramental approaches danger if he do not sanctifie God in them both by Sam. Bolton D. D. The Lords Day enlivened or a Treatise of the Sabbath by Philip Goodwin The Sinfulness of Sin and the Fulness of Christ two Sermons by W. Bridge A Serious Exhortation to a Holy Life by Tho. Wadsworth A Relation of the fearful Estate of F. Spira Ovids Metamorphosis Translated Grammatically by J. 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