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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65466	A sermon concerning reformation of manners preach'd at St. Jame's Church, Westminster, Feb. 13, and afterwards at St. Brides, to one of the religious societies / by Samuel Wesley ...	Wesley, Samuel, 1662-1735.	1698 (1698)	Wing W1377; ESTC R14620	17,055	50

hates and which hates him and would if possible Dethrone him Lest otherwise they be dealt with as Saul was for sparing the Amelekites when he ought to have obey'd the Commandment of the Lord and to have utterly destroy'd them But we have yet a further Relation to the Almighty which obliges us to be valiant in his Cause and to fight his Battels We are his Servants as well as his Children and his Subjects he sav'd us from our Enemies he sav'd us when Rebels he rescu'd us from the Devil he ransom'd us by the Blood of his Son he has therefore by all imaginable Titles the Right of Dominion over us we are not our own but are bought with a Price and are therefore to glorifie God with our Bodies and Souls which are his and can by no means be accounted either grateful or faithful Servants if we desert the Interest of our Master if we refuse to engage in his Cause or are patient while he is Dishonoured Now if these Obligations and to which many others might be added did really cross our true Interest there might be some Pretence for our not pursuing them but if instead of that it shall appear that the Publick opposing of Vice does highly conduce to our Private our Civil our Temporal and Spiritual and Eternal Happiness what excuse can we make for our Negligence in this matter As for our Civil Happiness we are all born Members of a Community and consequently must desire the Good of the Whole unless we can hate our selves who are Parts of it Now 't is hard to say whether has done greater Mischief to the Publick either Ill Principles which have taken Men off from that Passionate Regard to their Country which was so remarkable and so glorious among the antient Heathens or else a Bad Life and a Dissolution of Manners which from a complication of many unhappy Circumstances has of late so visibly broken in upon us both of which have so plain an Influence upon each other Thus much is however certain that whoever truely loves his Country will heartily endeavour to make it better which cannot be expected considering the Disingenuity of the Bulk of Mankind without the due exercise of Discipline and the Punishment of those that do Evil. But this is an Article which has been so often toucht and so much exhausted that I shall insist no longer on it only leaving it to the Consideration of every prudent Person whether there would be so much Baseness so much Falshood Treason Bribery and Injustice so much Unrighteousness and Strife every where were Persons generally influenc'd with the Principles of Probity and Virtue nay had they not on the contrary abandoned themselves to the Stream of Vice and Lewdness which therefore 't is the concern of every Good Man to oppose with all his Might to prevent if possible that threatning Deluge which is likely to break in upon us and cover the Face of our Land Nor is the Opposition of Vice in order to the suppressing or at least the restraining of it less conducive to domestick Happiness than 't is to that of the Publick it being evident that the want of Discipline is the Ruine of Families and that the restoration thereof would make better Servants better Children better Masters and render all Relations much more useful and comfortable and happy But Vice is further injurious to every Mans personal Happiness to his Profit as well as Reputation to his Body as well as his Mind by innumerable Inconveniences it brings upon him Of how base a Spirit therefore he must be who yields to that Sin which as it first brought Death into the World so it continues daily to slay its Thousands brings the Judgments of God upon us emaculates Mankind taints and poisons the very first Threads of Life projects its Mischief beyond the present Age and loads Posterity with a feeble and a miserable Offspring Let us next reflect on what passes in our own Minds and the necessity there is if we consult their Happiness to oppose Vice in others as well as in our selves because its Contagion is so very spreading and dangerous Mistaken Men may call the Proud happy and so of other Sinners but 't is impossible they should be so and they know the contrary themselves for what more severe Tormentor can a Man have in his own Breast than any uncontroul'd Vice or sinful Habit. There are few Men who are altogether lost to the sense of Virtue and to that natural Tast of Goodness at first imprinted on the Mind and consequently Vice must needs be a Torment to the Mind as well as to the Body since 't is so contrary to our true Nature and a Man must be as uneasie under it as a wounded Person with an Arrow sticking fast in his Body It s true an Ill Man makes as good a Show as he can and thinks he bears it well out but 't is all Paint and Vernish he has something within that denies him Ease all his Triumphs are but like the miserable Ravings of one in a Fever who perhaps looks as fresh as ever and tells you he feels no pain when 't is but an unnatural flushing he 's still sick at Heart all within is disorder'd and he 's not far from his End Nor is the eternal Interest of every Man less concern'd in these matters than the present quiet of his Mind For unless we oppose Wickedness 't will as certainly gain ground upon us and hurry us away in the stream as the Sea will break in upon a Level if there be no Beach or Banks to resist it We know that the Wages of Sin is Death both temporal and eternal we know 't is an acceptable Service to God to oppose and resist it that he himself has told us Those who Honour him he will Honour and that our blessed Saviour has assured us That those who confess him before Men he will also confess them before his Father which is in Heaven II. I proceed to the second thing That as good Men are oblig'd to oppose Vice and Wickedness so they are to do this with united Councils and Endeavours What is a single Persons Duty in this matter cannot alter its nature when it falls into the Hands of Communities or Bodies of Men but may be much more hopefully and successfully attempted by them for the Offenders may sometimes be such Sons of Zerviah that they 'll prove too hard for any single Person Their Numbers may be so great that there will need one somewhat proportionable to oppose them since Miracles are generally ceas'd and tho Sampson and others of old could slay their Heaps upon Heaps yet 't is not now for single Persons to attack whole Armies nor will a greater Number of undisciplined Men who fight loose and stragling gain equal Advantages on the Enemy with a much smaller Body who engage with Discipline and Order It s true that the Kingdom of Darkness is likewise the Kingdom of