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A65455 The trouble and cure of a wounded conscience set out in a sermon preached in St. Mary's church at Gates-head, in the County Palatine of Durham / by Richard Werge ... Werge, Richard, 1624 or 5-1687. 1685 (1685) Wing W1367; ESTC R8110 17,292 42

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to its own darkness and unbelief like Saul falls upon its own Sword and becomes its own Executioner The wicked fleeth when none pursueth The wicked in this respect are like Sheep of which it is said that when they run they are afraid of the sound of their own Feet Sin doth beget a dejection of Spirit and fearful Terrours After Herod had murdered John in the Prison he was perplext his mind was much about John for when he heard of the great Miracles that were wrought by Christ he cryed out That it was John Baptist risen from the dead Mat. 14. 1. Upon the commission of Sin there follows a Spirit of bondage unto Fear so that sinners are in a condition as if they were fettered and shut up in Prison They are full of anguish vexation and terrour they are afraid to come near God and afraid that God will never come near them in Mercy they are afraid to die and afraid of Gods wrath revealed from Heaven against their Sins they are afraid of what they have done against God and afraid of what God may do against them Nicephorus Phocas the Greek Emperour and Pausanius the Lacedemonian King having done foul facts were tired with a continual vexation of Spirit always afraid of Heavens vengeance These troubles of perplexed Souls are not Fabulous things and we have the Word of God for it There is no peace to the wicked saith my God in the Text. And these words are several times repeated in this Prophesie And Verba toties inculcata vera sunt viva sunt plana sunt sana sunt Words often repeated are true and lively sound and plain Fifthly Consider the happy estate of those who are at peace with God and at peace within themselves First They are related to God as to a Father they are related to a Wise Powerful and Merciful God they are assured of Gods care over them and of his providence and goodness toward them they have the light of Gods Countenance shining upon them they are sensible of Gods favour and of his loving kindness which is better than Life itself Secondly They have an interest in Christ who is the Brightness of his Fathers Glory they are ingrafted into Christ and incorporated into that Mystical Body whereof Christ is the Head they have an interest in the Merits of Christ and in all the Fruits and Effects of his Death and Bloodshed and in him they have a Spiritual Title to all the things of the World Thirdly They have a right to all the rich promises in Scripture both of Grace and Glory Fourthly They see all their Sins charged upon Christ laid upon his Shoulders and pardoned as to themselves they see all their Sins so remitted as that they are not afrighted neither by the magnitude nor multitude of their Sins besides all this they are not afraid of the Faces of men though rich honourable and powerful they fear not the Sons of Anak nor the Gammodims in the Towers they are not afraid of reproaches nor losses either of Goods Friends or Children they are not afraid of want either of Food or Raiment though there should be no Flocks nor Herds in the Fields or Stalls yet they can rejoyce in the God of their Salvation they are not afraid of Banishment into a Wilderness or into a strange Land they are not afraid of Imprisonment they can look upon a Prison as a Pallace and upon a Chain as an Ornament and upon Bondage itself as Liberty they are not afraid of Wars nor of Famine nor of Sickness nor Death itself the excellency of this Peace is such and the benefits and comforts of it are so many and great as they cannot be throughly known The peace of God passeth all understanding Now you will say We are convinced that it is our Duty to seek after a Peace of Conscience within our selves But how shall we obtain it The means are there First Resist the Devil Secondly Keep at a distance from Sin Thirdly Set about Repentance Fourthly Hearken diligently to the Gospel I. Resist the Devil Whose work it is to tempt to Sin and then to accuse for Sin and then to tempt to Desparation When Christ resisted the Devil he departed for a season Luke 4. 14. And do you resist the devil and he will flee from you James 4. 7. II. Keep at a distance from Sin Pliny 10. Lib. 67. Epistle writes thus of the Christians of the Primitive Times Stato die ante lucem convenire se Sacramento obstringere nè furta nè latrocinia ne adulteria committerent By break of the day they met together and bound themselves by an Oath against the Sins of Adultery Theft and Rapine Let your resolution be the same against all Sin as being that that hath made a variance between God and you and a disturbance in your Souls If iniquity be in thine hand put it far away then thou shalt be stedfast and shalt not fear Job 11. 14 15. III. Set about Repentance They who sow in tears shall reap in joy Broken hearts shall be bound up The spirits of the contrite shall be revived The weary and heavy laden shall rest There is a promise of comfort to penitential mourners Mat. 5. 4. That woman who was a notorious Sinner when she stood at Christs feet weeping and washing his feet with tears was forgiven and comforted Comfort doth not follow Repentance as a Natural effect Repentance doth not discharge us from the guilt of Sin as an Act of ours but as it is a work of Grace and as a means appointed by God for that end IV. Hearken diligently to the Gospel The Gospel is called Glad Tidings It is a gospel of peace Rom. 10. 15. A word of Reconciliation 2 Cor. 5. 19. Ministers of the Gospel are like Noah's Dove which brought him an Olive branch a Token of Peace Ministers are Ambassadours for Christ It is a term borrowed by the Apostle from Princes Courts and applyed to Ministers by a decent Analogie Ministers being as Ambassadours who are Messengers from Princes Courts to offer Peace The Scriptures which are the Subject and the Substance of Ministers Preaching are the Word of God who is a God of all Consolation and being fitly applyed are likely to revive and refresh fainting and fearful Spirits Here you will finde promises of comfort and examples of those who have found comfort Here you will find God merciful and gracious forgiving Iniquity Transgression and Sin Here you will find that Gods Mercies hold proportion with his Power and that they are not to be limited by the bounds of your weak understandings And know that as it is Blasphemy to limit Gods Power so it is Blasphemy to limit his Goodness The Scriptures will tell you that God is a Father of Mercies a God that revives the Spirits of the humble and the Heart of the contrite ones that he is nigh to them who are of a broken Heart and saveth such as be of a