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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26339	A sermon preach'd at St. Clement-Danes, the 29th of Septemb. 1700 occasion'd by the recantation of Mr. Clement Joynes, (lately a Quaker) / by J. Adams ...	Adams, John, 1662-1720.	1700 (1700)	Wing A487; ESTC R21388	15,699	30

Therefore the Psalmist does not Appeal here to the mixt multitude of Jews much less to all Mankind but to those alone who fear'd God And these undoubtedly were transported with holy Joy at what he related to them How much more will they be so in the like Cases who believe truly in the Son of God For they who are always remembring the sweet Commands of Mercy and Love which the Gospel of Peace breaths out continually they who have always before their Eyes those Holy Examples of Goodness and Charity which our blessed Lord left us will also have a tender Concern upon them for the Good of their Neighbour especially in what relates to the Salvation of his Soul and therefore will rejoice to see him Recover'd from the very brink of Ruin to behold him turning back when just falling into Eternal Damnation 't is to these then alone that we Appeal at present in the Words of the Text Come and hear all ye that fear God c. 2. Let us consider the Publickness of that Acknowledgment which he design'd to make and his Earnestness with them to Attend to him Come and hear and I will declare unto you Tho' David was a very great Prince and the Sins which he fell into were very great both in their Nature and their Circumstances as being against much Knowledge and long Experience of God's Goodness and therefore the more Shameful yet He is always ready to make a Publick Confession of them as He does particularly in the 51 Psal upon the Matter of Uriah But Humane Nature generally is very Averse to this whither in Returning from Error to Truth or from Vice to Virtue With what strange Confidence do some Men Value themselves upon the foulest Vices With what Impudence do others Scoff at all Religion and Blaspheme the Son of God! With what Harden'd Obstinacy and sullen Bitterness do others again Break thro' all the Laws of Modesty and Charity to bear their Testimony to the Grossest Errors but if thro' the Mercy of God they become sensible of this and cool by Degrees from the Violent Heats of Debauchery or Enthusiasm and are Willing to Return again to themselves and to their God yet how full of Fear and Shame are they With what Caution and Privacy do they Proceed What care is taken to secure their Honour or cover their Reputation lest they should be Censur'd for want of Judgment or Levity and Inconstancy But how Unreasonable is this The want of Judgment surely was Discovered at first in the falling into Error nor in the Disclaiming it so the Levity and Inconstancy was Notorious in the Turning out of the Right way into every Dirty By-Lane and mistaking the Hot Vapours of a Distemper'd Brain for the Light of Revelation To persist in an Error for fear of being Censur'd by Weak and Wicked Men for leaving it is Obstinacy not Constancy 't is the Walking on steddily to Hell in Compliance to our Acquaintance for 't is not only making Reason Useless but doing despight to the Spirit of Grace denying the Holy Jesus while we pretend to profess Him and putting Him to Open Shame to secure ones own Reputation Whereas if Men considered things impartially if they reflected as they ought to do upon the Majesty of that God whom they have offended how much his Honour and Glory suffers by any Wickedness but especially by foul Apostacy and Enormous Crimes how the Saving Name of Jesus is expos'd to the Blasphemy of Atheists and Infidels while People Embrace such Doctrines as make Void his Cross and Render the Blood of the Covenant shed there a common or Contemptible thing If I say they wou'd be sensible of this then sure the least that they can do wou'd be to acknowledge publickly that they are so In Quarrels which happen between one another before Company To ask Forgiveness in Private is not look'd upon as sufficient Satisfaction but this must be as Publick at least as the Injury was Alas shall we proceed so nicely in the little mistakes between Brethren and Fellow Christians and yet Scruple to do any thing of this Nature after we have been Guilty of the Greatest Sins of Deserting or Rebelling against the most High and most Holy God The use of this is twofold 1. That since Men are so generally averse so very much asham'd to own their Errours and this still the more the greater those Errours are Where People Break thro' these Difficulties to own in the Face of the World Errors of the Grossest kind we ought to be satisfied of their Sincerity and Conclude with ourselves that they do that upon mature Deliberation and firm Resolution which they chuse to do before so many Witnesses 2. That what is so done and must be so acceptable to God ought to Raise our Value and esteem for such Persons and Restore them as well in Justice to themselves as for the Encouragement of others not only to our good Opinion but our Friendship and Affection for who is there that does really fear God himself that wou'd not Run forth in Holy Joy to meet any mistaken Christian Returning to His Duty that wou'd not Embrace him with the most tonder Compassion and Love and Praise and Magnify with him the Father of Mercies forasmuch as this their Brother was Dead but is alive again was lost but is sound This I am persuaded Every one wou'd Gladly do when they consider Attentively the Greatness of the Benefit Receiv'd which is our 3d. Point The most Important indeed of all included in these Words what He hath done for my Soul As this concerns the Psalmist the Benefit for which He Praises God was as may be seen by the Verses following God's Accepting of his Humiliation and Prayers and Restoring him to the Peace of a Good Conscience But to bring this directly to the Case in Hand Namely the Greatness of the Mercy which this Person hath Receiv'd together with these others his Friends and Acquaintance here Present and to move you to join with them in Praising of God accordingly it will be necessary to shew you the Greatness of that Danger which they have been in and the monstrous Errours which the People call'd Quakers with whom they lately joined are fallen into concerning the Fundamental Articles of our Faith This will be done most fairly and Impartially by Quoting to you their own Words in several Remarkable Passages taken out of such Books as were Written by their first or chief Teachers and are still own'd by them such I say as I have perus'd and Examin'd Diligently my self and most of them with others upon a Particular occasion Whereas then it is most plainly and positively affirm'd in the holy Scriptures That Jesus Christ the Son of God was Conceiv'd of the Holy Ghost made Flesh and Born of the Virgin Mary That he was put to Death upon the Cross That thro' his Blood-shed there we have Redemption That as he Died for our Sins so he Rose