Selected quad for the lemma: conscience_n

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conscience_n	die_v	fire_n	worm_n	1,088	5	9.7140	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14642	Ionahs sermon, and Ninivehs repentance A sermon preached at Pauls Crosse Jun. 20. 1602. and now thought fit to be published for our meditations in these times. By Ro. Wakeman Master of Arts and fellow of Balioll Colledge in Oxford.; Jonahs sermon, and Ninivehs repentance.	Wakeman, Robert, 1575 or 6-1629.	1606 (1606)	STC 24948; ESTC S104651	37,818	114

sentēce such is the vertue of Gods word such is the authority of his everlasting truth And is this even so Jsthe word of the spirite so mightye in operation hath it wrought so strange effects and brought forth such wonderful fruites in ignorāt people to whom the Lord sent but one Prophet and that in so shorte a space How great then shal our iudgment be of this land to whome the Lord in mercy hath sēt so many Prophets teachers these foure and forty yeares togither to instruct vs and to cal vs to repentance and yet we lie stil frozen in the dregges of our iniquities For if we doe but examine our selues by these Ninivits vve shall finde that our repentance cōmeth farre short of theirs Doe we in the first place imitate the Ninivits faith in beleeving of God I know that many doe God forbid there shoulde bee anye in a Christian commō-wealth either so wilfully ignorant as not to beleeue or so maliciously obstinate as not to confesse this truth and yet there are not vvanting amongst vs and they of great place also it is to bee feared that saie vvith the foole in the Psalme There is no God at all Thou damned Atheist whosoever thou art lifte vp thine eies vnto the heavens behold therein the sun the moone and the stars the wonderful works of God Cast down thine eies vpon the earth and behold therein trees plāts hearbs flowers beasts cattel in them cōfider not the power of nature as thou foolishlie callest it but of the God of nature which framed fashioned all Consider the ebbing flowing of the sea and the wonderfull workes of the highest in the deepe Looke into thy selfe a little worlde how art thou fashioned behinde and before within withe out hovv wonderfully art thou made vvith varietie of faculties distinction of members proportion of body to saie nothing of thy soule a heavenlie creature And if al this vvill not make thee confesse there is a God yet knovve this that the horrour of thy conscience for this thy so greate blasphemie shall make thee vvhether thou wilt or no acknowledge this truth Or if thy conscience bee seared with an hot yron in this world yet be thou well assured that the vvorme of conscience that never dyeth in the worlde to come shal torment thee in the lake that ever burneth and in the fire that neuer goeth out Do we in the secōd place with these Ninivites betake our selues to fasting for our sinnes What then is the cause that there are so many amongst vs who like those voluptuous Princes of Israell doe stretch themselues vpon their beds of ivory and cate the lambes of the flocke the calues out of the stal delighting them selues in the sound of the violl and other instruments of musicke that drinke wine in boles and annoint themselves vvith sweet ointments not remembring the afflictiō of poore Ioseph Amos 6.6 These are the Epicures of the world who wil rather feasT luxuriouslie with drūkē Holofernes then fast religiously with these godly Ninivites These are they whose God is their bellie vvhose glory is their shame whose only felicitie consisteth in delicate fare being of his minde in the history * Philoxenus apud A●●●ianum de vatia hist lib. 10. cap 9. who said of his meate that that was the sweetest which vvas the deerest But as the historian there very wel coūcelleth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 These examples must be remembred not that any should follow imitate them but that every one shoulde abhorre and detest them Thirdly do we imitate the Ninivites attire in clothing our selues in sackcloth and course garments Howe then commeth it to passe that the vgly and detestable monster pride hath so over-run our land that al estates and degrees amōgst vs are so tainted infected with this blemish Noble-men in the courte Gentlemen in the country serving men every where vpstart Swaggerers cutting Caveliers who when they haue no inward qualities to commend thē they must haue the ivy bush of long haire to hang over their shoulders not regarding St. Paules reproofe 1. Cor. 11.14 nor Absolons iudgement 2. Sam. 18.9 These are our inventors of newe fashioned garments our French our Turkish our Spanish our Italian English-men For a man may see a liuely resemblance of al these in their apparel as if the vanities of al nations vvere little enough to make vp the measure of an Englishmans pride Let them not thinke that want of other matter hath driven vs to tax these follies in thē It is rather want of grace in them that they will not amend For if we should not cry out against these their foul filthy sins they would on day cry out before the tribunal seate of God against them and vs. Good God that the sonns of Adam should so farre degenerate frō their father Adam He good man wos content with a garment of figg-tree leaues to hid bunakednes Gen. 3● But we wil scarce be pleased with the ratest and richest workmanhip that art or nature can affoord to cover our sinful bodies Nay as Plinie in his 5. lib. first chapter noted the riott and excelle of his time so may we iustly do the like of outs Because forrests are sought out farre and neere for iuory and citron trees and all the rocks of Gerulia are searched for sheifishes that yeeld the purple crimson colour to make our apparell shew glorious But ô folly and vanity of advanities saith the same another euer to think ōsidering our simple beginning that we were sent into the world to line in pride to adorne decke our carkesses in braverie that are nought but clay put refaction Finally do we with these Ninivites in the last circumstance generally turne vnto the Lord humble our selues before him frō the greatest vnto the least what thē is the cause that all of vs yong and old high and low haue so erred in our waies everyone turning into his own race as the horse rusheth into the battle to speake with the Prophet Ier. 8.6 What is the cause that in this bright sunnshine of the Gospel such palpable darkenesse of errour ignorance such reliques of superstitiō idolatry should remaine amongst vs What is the cause that so many of vs are meere temporizing newters luke warme professors neither hote nor colde like them Revel 3.15 halting betweene two opinions coldlie professing the Religion established but in hart imbracing Papistical false-hood What is the cause that the Iesūites and Seminaries finde such secret favour amōgst vs who like subtil deceavers are at open warre on with another but yet tyed to gither by the tasse like Sampsons Foxes with fire brandes to destroy our Church What is the cause that after the Gospel so long preached holines of life is so little practised that many come not at all to heare the worde of God or cōming with the dease adder they stop their eares at the