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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A17916	Lachrimæ: or lamentations over the dead wherin is described the earnest zeale of the godly, in mourning for the sins of the people, who are dead in trespasses and sinnes. By Nathanael Cannon, minister and preacher of the word at Hurley, in Berkshire.	Cannon, Nathanael, 1581 or 2-1664.	1616 (1616)	STC 4577; ESTC S113390	19,337	64

was drawne from the former doctrine I called Reprehension and it tooke hold especially of three sorts 1. Of Nullifidians 2. Of Semi-christians 3. Of Profest wicked ones 1. The first of these are our godlesse Atheists these men must needs bee far from God when they will acknowledge no God at all These men saith the Apostle cannot please God Hebr. 11. neither are they displeased at any thing that shall be displeasing to his Maiesty This vse therefore of reprehension first ceazeth vpon them The very oxe and Asse know their master and their masters cribbe Esa 1. But these men know not God The heauens declare his glory and the firmament setteth forth his handie work but these earth-wormes wil declare nothing but their reseruation vnto the day of vengeance 2. The second sort iustly to bee reproued from this doctrine are the indifferent men whom I call Semi-christians These men with Agrippa Act. 26. are almost perswaded to bee Christians and a little thing will disswade them to the contrary These men haue no teares in their eyes for God and though they should stand by and behold Christ vpon the Crosse with all the despitefull vsage they vsed against him yet these men would both hold their tongues their eies their hands and bee so farre from taking part with Iesus that with Peter in his weakenesse they would follow him a farre off Matth. 26. These men out of a luke-warme obseruation will venture the spewing out of Gods mouth Reuel chap. 3. Lord how hot and earnest these mē wil be in a reuenging course against the man that shal impaire their credit but they can stand by whilest their Christ is raild vpon whiles the blasphemer doth diue into his precious wounds and it neuer troubles thē this shewes their loue is little or nothing to God for where the Lord hath gained the heart there hee commands the heart there the eyes shead riuers of teares there the tongue pleades and the groanes of greefe and sorrowfull sighs are as often vttered as God is offended Know then thou halfe-Christian that thou art but almost the child of God and shalt neuer attaine vnto it altogether vntill thou haue Dauids heart and zealous affection and that is to bee grieued in a case of sinne because it is done against the Maiesty of God 3. The third person reprehended is the professed and habituated sinner he that sold himselfe to commit sinne hee that with Ieroboam makes Israel to sinne O drawes others to hell and gallops himselfe thither lest he should not haue time enough to runne to destruction Doe these men take it to heart when God is offended no verily but they reioyce and make it the very ioy of their hearts and the sole delight of their eyes when they can draw others to be partakers of vngodlinesse Thus Ieroboam makes Israel sinne and claps his hands at the fall of the righteous it is their sport and as the Philistims did make themselues merry with Samson vntill the house was pluckt ouer their eares so they who with Ahab haue sold themselues to commit sinne will neuer giue ouer their hellish delights vntill God pay them their wages with his heauie vengeance These are they that the Apostle speakes of in the first chapter to the Romans the one and thirtieth verse which men do not onely commit things worthie of death but also fauour and delight in them that doe the like If I should bee required to amplifie this part of the reprehension with some instance Is it not seene my brethren that there are those who spend their time and their estate in this kind are not those in many places nay in most places that lay plots to discouer their brothers nakednesse O these are cursed Chams that will make them naked and then discouer their nakednesse these men are strong to drinke but woe vnto them Esa chap. 5. vers 22. O you Ieremies of this land weepe for this sinne O you Dauids men after Gods owne heart shead riuers of teares to see how these vngodly ones will run vp and downe to ouertake a weake braine at length will so inure them to that sinne that they will also hunt after wickednesse in the same kinde These damnable imps doe count it a greate glory to make their poore brethren in such a sinfull taking as that with drunkennes they strip them out of their reason wit memory sense and feeling and when a man is thus transformed into a beast by their wickednes then this is their glory But shall I shew them what will bee the end of this glory the Prophet tels them Habak 2.15 Woe vnto him that giueth his neighbour drinke thou ioynest thine heate and makest him drunken also that thou mayest see their priuities but the cup of the Lords right hand shall bee powred vpon thee and shamefull spewing shall be for thy glory Loe what thy glory is nothing but ignominie and reproch like vnto the alteration that the daughters of Iuda finde Esa 3. Their beauty is turned to baldnesse their perfumes to stenches their musicke and blithe-full melodie to anguish and extreame misery Looke then vpon your portions you vngodly ones although you may sing to the Violl and harpe for a time yet there will bee a blacke and gloomie day but as for the righteous who haue shead teares great shall their ioy bee for they haue their blessing from Christs owne mouth Mat. 5. Blessed are they that mourne now they shall reioyce hereafter and they that sow in teares shall reape in ioy O blessed haruest glorious triumph O happy teares to gaine such immortall ioyes O triumphant state and condition for the elect who haue bin so accustomed to a course of mortificatiō as that they haue bin true mourners indeed They shal hereafter be clothed in white they shall wait vpon the Lamb they shal see God they shall inherit with Christ they haue suffered with him they shall raign with him Finally they shal haue fellowship with God his holy Angels loe thus shall the men be honoured that honour God thus shall it be vnto thē who are heires of saluation elected in Iesus Christ Vnto whō with the Father and the most blessed Spirit one Eternall immortall inuisible and God only wise be ascribed all honour praise might maiesty glory dominion for euer and euer Amen Amen FINIS