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A10739	A sermon concerning the punishing of malefactors. Preached at Paules Crosse, the first of October, by Charles Richardson, preacher at Saint Katharines neere the Tower of London	Richardson, Charles, fl. 1612-1617.	1616 (1616)	STC 21018; ESTC S115967	37,754	48

Vrijah the Hittite But the wicked sinne continually they doe nothing but sinne it is their daily practise they make it their ordinary trade and occupation 1. King 21.25 As it is said of Ahab that he did sell himselfe to worke wickednesse in the fight of the Lord. Moreouer the godly sinne but it is with griefe and sorrow of heart they take no more pleasure nor delight in their sinne then the horse doth in his heauy loade or the prisoners in his irons and fetters And therefore the Apostle crieth out as if he were ouer tyred with the masse of sinne that was in his flesh Rom. 7.24 O wr●tched man that I am who shall deliuer me from the body of this death Prou. 2.14 4.16 But the wicked sinne with delight and ioy as Solomon saith They reioice in doing euill Nay they ca● not be merry they cannot sleepe quietly in their beds except they haue done euill Last of all the godly sinne with resistance They wrastle and striue against their sinnes by praier by fasting and all other good meanes Gal. 5.17 The spirit that is the generate part continually ●usteth and fighteth against the flesh And this the Apostle sheweth by his owne experience Rom. 7.15.19 I allow not saith he that which I doe And I doe not the good that I would but the euill which I would not 25. that I doe And againe I my selfe in my minde ●erue the law of God but in my flesh the law of sinne The godly then are in a continuall combate and co●flict against their sinnes Heb. 12.4 But the wicked are caried headlong to sinne with full sway with their whole endeauour and with all enforcements that may be Ier. 8.6 They turne to their sinfull courses with as great violence as the horse rusheth into the battell They worke all vncleanenesse euen with greedinesse Ephes 4.19 Neither did the hungry fish more eagerly and greedily follow after the baite then they doe pursue and hunt after the occasions of sinne Yea they striue euery one to excell other Their feete runne to euill Isa 59.7 1. Pet. 4 4 and they make hast to shed innocent blood And they runne into all excesse of riot Thirdly there is difference in their continuance in sinne The godly Prou. 24.16 though They fall seauen times a day as Solomon saith yet they rise againe they renew their acqu●●●tance as oft as they renue their sinnes That which the Apostle speaketh of anger in particular that a godly man will not suffer the sunne to goe downe vpon his wrath Ephes 4.26 that they practise in all sinne They will not sleepe in any sinne but continually breake of their sinnes by righteousnesse Dan. 4.24 as Daniel exhorted that proud King of Babylon But the wicked dwell and continue in their sinnes they he along yea they wallow and ●umble and welt●r themselues in them as the sow doth in the mire without any thought of rising againe Psal 1.1 Rom 2.5 Isa 5.18 30.1 They sit downe in the seate of the scornfull They haue brought such an hardnesse vpon their hearts by the custome and continuall vse of sinning as that they cannot repent They are so farre from breaking of the course of their sinnes as they draw iniquity with cordes of vanitie and sinne as it were with cartropes Yea they lay or heape sinne vpon sinne as the Prophet saith Deut. 29.19 adding drunkennesse to thirst And being by the iust iudgement of God giuen ouer and left to themselues Psal 65.27 they fall from one wickednesse to another Last of all they differ in the vse they make of their sinnes The godly are made more wary and more heedfull for the time to come and more carefull to auoid all occasions of sinne And this the Apostle affirmeth when speaking of the fruites of true repentance and godly sorrow he saith that it wrought in them great care great indignation great feare great desire c. We say in our common prouerbe 2. Cor. 7.10 11. The burnt childe dreadeth the fire So a man that hath beene burnt in the hand by his sinne that hath felt the displeasure of God and the horrour of conscience by reason thereof will take heede how he falleth any more into sinne while he liueth But the wicked the more they sinne the more bold and audacious they are to sinne againe Ier. 3.3 Ier. 8.12 They haue gotten an wheres forehead they cannot blush Were they ashamed when ●hey had committed su h abhominations saith the Prophet Ieremiah nay they were not ashamed neither could they haue any shame they were past shame Isa 3.9 The triall of their countenance doth testifie against them yea they declare their sinnes as Sodome they hide them not They care not who seeth them To this purpose Bernard hath a very excellent saying Bern. in Ps l. 91. serm 2. Ho. interest ●i●er pio●um et implorum c●●● ● c. There is this difference saith he betweene the fals of the godly and the wicked that a righteous man is vpholden by the Lord and therefore he riseth againe stronger then euer he was but when an vnrighteous man falleth he neuer riseth againe Nay he is so farre from rising that either hee falleth into hurtfull shame or else into flat impudency For either he excuseth that which he doth and that is a shame that maketh a man sinne more or else he hath an whores forehead so as he neither feareth God nor careth for man A righteous man hee falleth vpon Gods hand and after a maruellous manner euen his sinne is turned to his good according to that saying of the Apostle All things worke together to the best to those that loue God And saith he doth not that fall make for our good whereby we become both more humble and more wary This then doth serue to confute the fond opinion and conceit of them that thinke it is not lawfull either for the Minister or for any other Christian to iudge any man As our Sauiour Christ saith Iudge not condemne not It is true a man must not iudge rashly and vnaduisedly without good ground and sufficient reason Neither must any man iudge finally of another mans estate For that belongeth solely and onely to God Mat. 7.16 But as a man may iudge of the goodnesse or badnesse of the tree by the fruite that it beareth so by the conuersation of men we may iudge of their present estate If any man shall presume of another mans finall estate whether he shall be saued or damned he goeth further then he hath warrant for and taketh Gods office cut of his hand A iury by the euidence that is produced and by due examination of the cause may finde a man guilty but neither they nor any man els can say he shall be hanged because it is in the power of the king to pardon him In like manner when we see the wicked life and leaude