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The plain mans plain path-way to heaven directing every man how he may be saved.
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Hart, John, D.D.
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repent of his own sins the sins of the Nation would soon be blotted out Yet forty dayeâ— and Nineve shall be bestroyed saith the Lord and yet upon their repentance the Lord pardoned them and if ever they would go to heaven it must he by faith and repentance for no repentance no salvation Except ye repent ye shall all likewise perish saith our Saviour Luke 13.3 Without holiness no man shall see the Lord Heb. 12.14 and without repentance there can be no holiness for holiness is the fruit of repentance if we be not holy here we shall never be happy hereafter God himself hath said so and he is no lyar The devil may perswade you otherwise but he is a lyar and the father of lyes John 8 8. he will perswade you so onely to delude your souls and draw you into hell he speaks you fair but it may be he will tell you another tale in hell He is like a great Bragadocio that promiseth great things but indeed hath nothing to pay but hell and damnation All this will I give thee if thou wilt fall down and worship me saith the devil to our Saviour Mat. 4. But I pray whose is the world Is not the earth the Lords and the fulness thereof Psal 24.1 The Devil hath nothing at all to do with it but as the Lord gives him leave Riches and honor worldly honour greatness are the devils baits to catch poor souls He lays these things before their eyes but it is the soul he aims at let him say what he will the end of his work is onely to delude and destroy poor souls the Devil promiseth much and hath nothing to pay but hell and damnation and yet how many believe him Let the Lord say here is my Christ take him much good may he do you here 's pardon of sin receive â—here is life and salvation heaven and happiness and who is there that dares to receive You will not come to me that you might have life saith Christ but let but the devil say you may go on in your sins take your pleasure in the world all â—hall be well with you it is time enough to repent hereaftrr how readily do men believe him But if men did but know and believe whither â—hey are going when they are going in the ways of sin they would go another way The way of â—in is the broad way to hell you go meâ—â—â—ly along it s down the hill you are running but take heed you will fall into hell at last It is just with men going to hell as it was with the man that was to go over a great River on a narrow Bridge â—he puts on his spectacles and so the bridge seem'd wider then it was and the poor man walks on â—ecurely and so falls beside the Bridge and is drowned wicked men they look on the world with the devils spectacles and so it seems very pleasant and delightful and they run on securely as we say without fear or wit not considering that every step they tread they are ready to fall into hell O sinners consider when you are sinning you are dancing about the mouth of hell if the Lord should but snap in sunder the slender thred of your lives you would presently fall into hell Men thing the pleasures of sin very sweet the Lord knows they are bitterness in the latter end the sweet meat of sin will have sowre sauce sin is the dearest commodity in the world you will repent your bargain at last though you sin at never so cheap a rate you will pay too dear for it you will say then the devil was to hard for you he cheated you you gave him too much Sin cost men their lives and their souls more precious then pearls or râ—â—ies and lose heaven too by the bargain The â—â—ges of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ Rom. 6.22 Strive therefore to enter in at the strait gate get to heaven though the way be hard yet strive you have the command of Christ his example the example of all the Prophets and Apostles and having such a cloud of witnesses be not discouraged but run with patience the race that is set before you suffer not Satan to deceive you it you do you will surely repent it when it is too late Consider by the example of Dives and Lazarus is it not better think you to be in heaven with Lazarus then to be in hell with Dives Dives he wanted nothing on 〈◊〉 had the world at will fared deliciously every day but is now in hell and wants a drop of water Lâ—â—â—â—â—â— he lived in great wants and miseries had not wherewithal to relieve his hungry body full of â—ores men they looked scornfully on him and did him not so much favour as the dogs they came and licked his soâ—es but Dives denied him the very crumbs that fell from his table to the Dogâ— What think you did not Lazarus endure much hardship to get to heaven he was here in much misery full of woes now in heaven hath rivers of pleasure joy unspeakable and full of glory O beloved it is better to beg our â—reâ—â— here with Lazarus for a little season on earth then to beg our water with Dives in hell to all eternity We should not fudge that worth much now in the time of our life which will be of no worth here after Riches saith Solomon make themselves wings and flee away they are uncertain here to day and gon to morrow as woful experience tells us and are worth just nothing in the day of Judgement in the life to come they are worthless things there will be an end of them But godliness hath the promise of the life that now is and the life to come 1 Tim. 4.8 When Dives was in his pontiffcalibus had his purple clothing and dainty fare every day who would not be Dives then almost every one But when we read of Dives in hell torments then who would be Dives certainly none at all Dives would now be content to be a begger in the estate of Lazarus â—en thousand years iâ— he might be released out of his torments â—o likewise when we read of poor Lazarus a beggar fâ—â—ll of sores wanting bread in great distress of body who would be Lazarus in that case certainly none at all But when 〈…〉 of Lazarus in Abrahams bosome Lazarus in heaven then who would not be Lazarus if he might But if we would be Lazarus in heaven we must be Lazarus on earth if we would dye the death of the righteous we must live the life of the righteous If we would sit down in the Kingdom of Heaven with Abraham Isaac and Jacob and all the Prophets Apostles and Saints of God we must tread in their steps they have beaten the way they have made it plain for us if we will their path is clearly to bée seen we must walk as they walked soberly live as
they lived holy and righteously all our dayes endure hardship as they did as you may sée in the word of God What did the Prophets and Apostles of our blessed Lord and Saviour undergo St. Paul tells us in his book of Martyrs Heb. 11. They were persecuted stoned imprisoned sawn asunder mocked scourged despised by men wandred about in sheep-skins and goat-skins And other Apostles and Saints we read of some torn in pieces by wilde beasts others put in scalding oyl some â—ad their Skins stayed off alive dragged about with horses and our Smithfield is a good witness â—f the sufferings of the Martyrs and besides we â—eard of laâ—e the sad tydings of the sufferings of â—ur Brethren in Savoy which may make every â—ood Christians heart bléed to hear what cruel â—loody tortures those faithful Christians did enâ—ure for the sake of Christ how they were â—â—orcht by fire dasht in pieces against the rocks â—ot pittying nor sparing even tender sucking â—nfants but destroying all The Lord make us â—ensible of his saving mercies towards us that â—â—e are not delivered into the hands of such blooâ—y wretches therefore as St. Paul saith Let us run â—ith patience the race that is set before us It is but â—or a little while and in due time we shall receive â—ur reward if we faint not Heb. 12.2 Let us then â—bour not for the meat that perisheth but for that â—hich endureth to eternal life So demeaning of â—ur selves here as those that look for the comâ—ng of our Lord Iesus who shall render to every â—ne according to their works And know that alâ—hough the righteous meet with hard fare in the â—orld yet their end shall be joy and peace Peace â—at passeth all understanding When the wicked â—en although they are crowned with rose-buds â—nd hath their paths washed in Butter and â—â—ve an hundred years in pleasure yet they shall â—â—e accursed for there will certainly come a day â—hen all mankinde high and low rich and poor noble and ignoble shall appear naâ—â—â— before the great Tribunal of the Lord. And then what will become of riches and honour beauty and pleasure Then the Crowns of Kings and the rags of Beggars shall all be laid aside and all without respect of persons receive sentence according to their deeds done in the flesh Then pride and luxury swearing and drunkenness swaggering complemental oaths and all other vile and lascivious courtings and adorations of beauty the so much admired and studied sins of the Gallants of the world shall be pronounced out of the mouth of God himself to be nothing else but glittering abominations then the adulteraring wares light and double weights and false measures now almost woven into the very art of trading shall be pronounced to be nothing else but mysteries of iniquity and self-deceivings and shall be rewarded with eternal fire and then the poor despised profession and professours of the power of godliness who tremble at the word of God make conscience of their wayes and forbear not onely vain and wicked oaths but also idle words whose hearts bléed for the abomination of the times and the wickedness of those among whom they live who walk humbly and mournfully before the Lord in an exaâ— holy conversation in the midst of a crooked anâ— perverse generation shall in good earnest be pronounced from the mouth of God himself tâ— have walked in that true and narrow way that â—eadeth to eternal life then the wicked and ungodly who mocked at the word of God when it is too late shall be forced to confess and say O what fools were we We accounted their lives madness and judged their end to be without honour How are they now reckoned among the Saints and have their portion in Heaven sitting down with Abraham Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of their God and we who lived in pleasure and walked in this broad easie and smooth way are tumbled down to hell there to receive the just reward of our ungodly sayings and doings eternal torments for ever and ever Now to conclude all in a word let every one of us take the good counsel of Solomon to remember our Creator in the dayes of our Youth Rejoyce O young man in thy youth and let thy heart chear thee But know for all this thou must come to judgement Remember there is both a heaven and a hell a heaven to reward thée if thou dost well a hell to torment thée if thou dost ill Labour then to be of the number of those to whom the Lord shall say at the last and great day of iudgement Come ye blessed of my Father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the begining of the world Mat. 25 24. Unto which Kingdom the Lord of his mercy bring us all Now the God of peace which brought again from the dead the Lord Jesus Christ that great shepheard of his sheep through the blood of the everlasting Covenant make us perfect in every good worâ— and work to do his will working in us that which iâ— well pleasing in his sight through Jesus Christ ouâ— Lord To whom be glory and honour now and for ever Amen FINIS Licensed and Entered according to Order THese godly Books are sold by E. Andrews at the white Lion neer Pye-Corner Christs first Sermon Christs last Sermon Thâ— Christians Blessed Choice The Christians best Garment Heavens Happiness and Hells horrour Thâ— School of Grace Likewise 1. Englands Faithful Physician 2. The dreadful character of a drunkard 3. Dooms-day at hand 4. The Fathers last Blessing to his children 5. The sin of Pride arraigned and condemned 6. The Black Book of Conscience 7. Peters Sermon of Repentance 8. The Plain Mins Plain Path-way to Heaven 9. Death Triumphant 10. The Charitable Christian Read them over carefully and practise them constantly and resh assuredly thou wilt finde much comfort in them to thy own soul