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A64955	The conversion of a sinner explained and applied from Ezek. 33. 11 ... part whereof was preached some while since at Saviours Southwark : The day of grace, discoursed of from Luke 19. 41,42 ... / by Nathaneal Vincent.	Vincent, Nathanael, 1639?-1697.	1669 (1669)	Wing V402; ESTC R39737	47,380	118

these lines make a stop without delay lest sudden death sudden destruction sudden damnation come upon you and there be no possibility of escaping 1 Thes 5. 3. 1. Let not the profit of these wayes blind you Riches are deceitful they appear what they are not and while we are eagerly pursuing these we are gulled and cheated of far truer riches we miss of that treasure in heaven that will never fail Luk. 12. 33. Be not deluded by the unrighteous Mammon satisfaction ease contentment may be promised but you will be paid in trouble and vexation Riches are likened by our Lord to Thorns partly because they cho●k the good seed of the Word and partly because they pierce those that do at upon them with many sorrows Take the ballances of the sanctuary and weigh the gain that you get by walking in your evil wayes with the loss that you both do and will sustain and then 't will be apparent that Satan's and the heart's plea of profit is very unreasonable You gain earth but you lose grace you gain gold but you lose God you gain a little of the world which you can keep but a very little while but you lose your souls and an whole eternity of glory 2. Let n●t the pleasure of these evil wayes ensnare you the pleasures of sin usually delight only the more bruitish part of man and how much does one that has a reasonable soul act below himself in minding those pleasures that are commune even to the beasts themselves Solomon had an abundance of them Whatever his eyes desired he kept not from them neither with-held he from his heart any joy but he found them so mean so low so unsuitable that in the midst of them he cryes out All is vanity and vaxation of spirit Eccles 2. 10 11. Pleasures are delightful dreams but how short are they how soon does affliction death if not Hell awaken us They that are lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God how inconsiderate are they what they chuse or what they refuse Pleasures are the baits which cover sin and make it swallowed down with eagerness they are the fatal potion which stupifie the soul and makes it lye senceless and helpless in extream danger they are the finer and yet most strong cords whereby Satan draws men down to the chambers of death nay they are the fewel that heat the burning lake Rev. 18. 7. By how much she hath glorified her self and lived deliciously so much torment and sorrow give her Oh how will the voluptuous one day smart for all their pleasures 3. Let not the multitude of those who walk in these evil wayes confirm and harden you Lot walked alone in the way of righteousness though Sod●m was generally defiled by an ungodly conversation he would not follow a multitude to do evil He that said Strait is the gate and narrow is the way which leadeth unto life and few there be that find it Mat. 7. surely never intended his Disciples should go in the beaten path of the world Sinner deceive not thy self with this Thou dost what others do and thou shalt shift as well as they Thou and they will fare alike indeed that is be turned into hell for your wickedness 'T will be no comfort there to have companions in thy misery but rather among the damned there will be a torturing grief and indignation at the sight one of another to consider what incarnate devils they were to one anothers souls and helped forwards one anothers condemnation Upon this score it might be that the rich man Luk. 16. was so unwilling his brethren should come to the place of torment because if damned for those sins which he in his life-time had been accessary to their company with him in Hell would have but added to his woe We use to say here The more the merrier but there 't will be The more the sadder When God has all his enemies in one place together and none of his people mingled with them then all his wrath will be stirred up and all the vials of his fury poured down upon them I have done with that first Doctrine That evil wayes are the wayes of death Doct. 2. The second Doctrine is this The great reason why men die die for ever is because they will They will be the servants of sin though death be all the wages they shall certainly have for all their toylsom and laborious service Sinners will not be purged Jer. 13. ult Wo unto thee O Jerusalem wilt thou not be made clean when shall it once be They will not be gathered under the wing of Christ though there only be the place of refuge both from the rage of Satan and from the wrath of God Mat. 23. 37. O Jerusalem Jerusalem thou that killest the Prophets and stonest them that are sent unto thee how often would I have gathered thy children together as an Hen gathereth her brood under her wings and ye would n●t Nay the wills of many who have often slighted the admonitions and calls of Moses and the Prophets are so desperately bent to sin that though themselves should see the flames and torments it makes others suffer yet they would not be perswaded to forsake it Luk. 16. 30 31. Nay Father Abraham but if one went to them from the dead they will repent and he said unto him If they hear not Moses and the Prophets neither will they be perswaded though one rose from the dead My work in the opening of this Doctrine will be first to demonstrate the truth of it That men die because they will Secondly to evidence that mens inability to what is good so often spoken of in Scripture does not at all contradict this doctrine The Arguments to demonstrate that mens own wills are the great cause of their death and perdition are these 1. One Argument shall be drawn from the natural corruption and depravation of the will of man And wherein does this corruption lye but in the wills declining from God the fountain of life and peace and inclining to what is evil Though the sinner wo unto him does call that evil good and imagins that to be sweet which will prove as bitter and poysonous as the very gall of asps unto him Pe●agians may liken the will of man unto a pure Virgin which in the first Apostacy did escape deflouring but certain it is both from Scripture and experience that in the will original sin does most of all shew it self He that does not understand his heart to ●e desperately wicked Jer. 17. 9. 'T is a sign his heart deceives him and with his heart he is utterly unacquainted What unbelief what pride what alienation from the life of God what enmity against the command which is holy just and good Rom. 7. is there in the will of a natural man The will then being so deeply corrupted and bearing such sway as indeed it does must needs hinder conversion to God and holiness which it

evils come upon them which will never be removed their torments begin which will never know an end So long as God is God to have God their enemy so long as God is happy to lye in extreamest misery What tongue can utter or heart imagine the horror of this An angry sin-revenging Lord will lay load upon thee and yet keep thee from sinking into nothing he will uphold thee in thy being that thou mayest be for ever plagued He will shew his mighty power in holding thee up with one hand that he may lash thee with the other unto all eternity Use III. Of Consolation You who have obeyed the Call of God to turn I am commanded to speak peace and comfort to you Isa 40. 1. Comfort ye comfort ye my people saith your God The unconverted are not more accursed than you are blessed I have several things to tell you which are enough to make your hearts leap for joy 1. God hath had thoughts of love towards you before the foundation of the world was laid He did predestinate and chuse you unto the adoption of children Eph. 1. long before you were From everlasting he did design to make you his Heirs and joint-heirs with Christ unto that Kingdom and Glory with which the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared And since the love of God towards you is from everlasting is co-eternal with himself surely it can never in time be changed 2. God hath justified you freely by his grace through the redemption of Jesus Christ Rom. 3. 24. As far as the East is from the West so far are your iniquities removed from you Psal 103. 12. and surely that 's as far as you can desire They are cast into the depth of the Sea which argues when they come to be sought for they shall not be found just as those things which are cast into the depth of the Sea we despair that ever they should be recovered Christ has been wounded for your transgressions he has been bruised for your iniquities Isa 53. 5. And as the Imputation of your sins to Christ did cause him to undergo real sufferings so the imputation of his righteousness to you will cause a real exemption from that wrath and punishment which by sin you have justly merited Be of good cheer Converts your sins are forgiven and consequently the curse of afflictions and also the sting of death is taken away 3. You that are Converts it won't be long e're you are all glorified Rom. 8. 30. Moreover whom he did predestinate them he also called and whom he called them he also justified and whom he justified them he also glorified The Lord has promised that those who overcome shall sit with him on his Throne You shall not only overcome but be more than conquerors through him that has loved you Mansions are already prepared for you and when you are prepared for those Mansions you shall be received into them Then neither the fury nor the favour of the world will be a temptation Satans fiery darts will not be able to reach you when once you are gotten into the third Heaven When you are just entring into the new Jerusalem you will shake hands both with sin and misery at the door and neither of these will be able to follow Tears will be wiped away and all cause of sorrow will be gone there will be a clear view of God without the least cloud the Sun of righteousness will shine for ever without any eclipse there will be intire joy without grief perfect peace without any trouble compleat holiness without the least remainder of corruption a full blessedness without period Use IV. Of Exhortation And who would not now become a Convert Have you any thing to say against a pardon or against that glory which has been revealed Shall it be made a question whether pleasures for evermore or eternal torments are to be preferred Oh that you would come to your selves and then I am sure you would come to God immediately The Arguments to perswade you to Conversion are divers 1. If you turn not you cannot answer the end of your Creation You must not think God gave you a being and sent you into the world to please your selves to satisfie your inordinate and corrupt desires and to live carelesly and rebelliously against him but thus you will do till you are converted Did the Lord give you an understanding faculty and not design that he should be understood and known by you Did he give you a memory and not intend that he should be remembred Did he give you an heart to love and to desire and not design himself to be the chief object of both Did he give you affections that you should give them away to sin and vanity Oh cross not any longer the end for which you were made lest you cause the Lord to repent and be grieved at the heart he made you Gen. 6. 6. and so resolve to destroy the workmanship of his own hands If you continue obstinate and without understanding He that made you will not save you or have mercy on you he that formed you will shew you no favour Isa 27. 11. 2. Unless you turn you cannot answer the end of the death of Christ and the Redemption wrought thereby Our Lord died not only to expiate offences but also to purifie unto himself a peculiar people zealous of good works and that in the body of his flesh through death he might present them holy and unblameable Col. 1. 22. Through the eternal Spirit he offered up himself without spot to God that by his blood he might purge our consciences from dead works to serve the living God Heb. 9. 14. From these and and such like places it evidently follows that not only our pardon but our purity was designed by the Lord Jesus But how can we be pure unless we turn to God from sin which does defile us Christ knew what a sickness and debasement of our nature sin is therefore he himself was slain that sin might be killed And will you dare to live in sin Hark to the Apostle 1 Pet. 2. 24. Who his own self bare our sins in his body on the tree that we being dead to sins should live unto righteousness by whose stripes ye were healed And as the death of Christ is an argument to perswade to turn from sin so from this death vertue and power is to be derived whereby sin may be subdued 3. You are further obliged to turn because of Gods condescension in giving you leave to do it If the gulph had been fixed upon the very first transgression if the turning of fallen man had been as impossible as the turning of the fallen Angels the Lord could not have been charged with the least injustice But although you have departed he calls after you Without any detriment or prejudice to his justice he has found out a way to shew you mercy The Devils were never called to