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A90059	The sinners hope: as his priviledge, and duty, in his worst condition, stated, cleared, and improved. Tending as well to the startling and inviting of the wicked from his sinfull and wretched course, upon the conditionall hopes that are layd out for him; as the confirming and directing of the truly humble and weak Christian in his duty and comfort, in the severall cases of darkness, sin, and affliction. Being the substance of severall sermons, / preached by Henry Newcome, M.A. and one of the ministers of the Gospell, at Manchester, in the county palatine of Lancaster.	Newcome, Henry, 1627-1695.	1659 (1659)	Wing N899; Thomason E1764_2; ESTC R209655	106,234	225

either will serve his turn Alas you that are at a distance from God you patch up a content and satisfaction from the creatures one contributes one part and another another but now if one thing be away one string out of tune there is then no musick all the rest can not joyne together to make up the place of that one thing that is away Alas one sick child puts you all into hurries and imbitters all the other things which you enjoy and so it will be with you as long as you live as you do I cannot see how a carnall man can be sure of any content at al for he must have it out of so many things and a thousand to one some one thing or other is still away Now turn to God and you may have content you may be able to part with many things for your treasure is not in them though the ship be lost yet your adventure is not in that bottome you wil lesse matter your hart will be fixed Psal 112.7 trusting in the Lord so you will not be afraid of evill tidings if many casualties befall thee yet still thou hast God to delight in and he can soon give thee either in another thing or in himself in the light of his countenance much more than this is 2 Chro. 25.9 Secondly for advantages for the future if you would but come in 1. You should have joy in death and this when we come to dye indeed were worth creeping on our hands and knees all the days of our lives to have attained rather than to be without it in the time of need in the hour of trouble Wicked men Alas death feeds on them like sheep the first born of death will seize upon them but now they that are reconciled shall come famously off Psal 49.10 they are by Christ delivered from death and him that hath the power of death who is the Devill Heb. 2.14 15. and from that bondage which all their life-time they were subject unto through the fear of death turn to God and death shall comfort you 2. You shall have Heaven for your soul to them that believe eternall life the other same body is in Heaven already Joh. 3.15 you come at your conversion to an innumerable company of Angels Heb. 12. and spirits of just men made perfect these you are associated to already and you shall shortly be brought to be with them for ever to be with the Lord many turned proselites of the gate among the Jews Luke 14.15 because of the excellency of their religion above all other religions in the world for their religions promised nothing for eternity as this did sure the recompence of reward should fetch you in many that must never come there would yet count him blessed that might eat bread in the kingdom of God I am confident you count it happy to be in Heaven and will you not labour to get thither To them that by patient waiting and continuance in well doing seek for immortality honour and glory Mat. 19.19 Ro. 2.7 eternall life they that look for immortality and glory and seek it in such a way as by patient continuance in well-doing they shall have eternall life Now seriously think of these things which are offered and think what a deal it is you lose for want of turning what a world you must part from if you keep your bad heart Your condition so hopeful and all frustrated by a base heart is very sad This for the first consideration at large in respect of the hopes of and from reconciliation which might induce you to come in 2. Consider these hopes all have them not 2. Motive you have the hopes that many have not and if you be not the better for them your condition wil prove worse then theirs that never had them or are not in your present capacity As 1. The Divels never had any hopes afforded them they were proceeded against at their fall clapt under chains of darkness reserved in present to further torment when God expostulates the business with man for his fall and reasons it with him to draw him to repentance in token of a design of mercy towards him he proceeds to curse the serpent without any parley with him and in his absolute sentence and conclusion of judgment against him le ts fall a promise of the seed of the woman for mans recovery but delivers this in an absolute doom against him Christ took not on him the nature of Angels Heb. 2 16 Dr. Ham mond he took not hold of that nature to save it from sinking never tryed them with a conditional tender of mercy as he hath done the sons of men no doubt they would not stick to say if they had but the probability of reception to mercy which you have if they had but a saviour given amongst them as you have they would have been glad of him and many of them have closed with him with all their hearts on the worst terms immaginable much more on such as he is offered to you As some of the fathers have told us that the Devill on a time when this scripture was read et carro factus est the word was made flesh that he should smite some Christians saying why do ye not worship at this word for if he had taken on him our nature we would have worshiped The moral of it holds and certainly for you that have this hope to get besides it to be in the same condition that the damned Angels are in that never had any is very sad It is called the fire prepared for the Devil and his Angels Mat. 25.41 it was primarily ordained for them It is not fire prepared so properly for man for they had a mediator provided and upon fair terms might have escaped but for you to pertake of the Devils fire it is but good enough for you when you wilfully put your selves besides your better capacity and neglect your hopes which they never had 2. Many of the Heathens never had these hopes made known to them Ephe. 2.12 the heathen while such before the gospell came among them they were without Hope and so are they stil that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death what hope there is of a Gentiles salvation that never heard of the gospell I shall not here discourse of and I would be loath ours were no otherwise then theirs is yet must hold they shall not be proceeded with in the same manner as Christians shall Viz. 1. for the contempt and neglect of the gospel which they never had But certainly if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon in Sodom and Gomorrah in India and China and Tartary c. which have been done in England London Lancashire and Manchester they would have repented long ago they would embraced Christ and closed with him verily if you stand out and are never the better

the charges and on-set in their courses but if once they see hopes of life dawn they will not be so prodigall of their Souls because they think they may escape as well as another God hath for the same reason made you way enough to come off upon golden Bridges to retreat on which may put life into your resolutions for a sparing course in sin and to come off by repentance Thy repentance would strengthen thy Hopes thy Hopes draw on thy Repentance 4. R 4. Not to hope or to despaire though in these streights about sin is so purely fleshly and carnall savouring of that emnity that is naturally in our hearts against God as we would little think Rank flesh it is as can be 1. Thou hast sinned and thou knowest thou hast cause to think ill of thy self and thou art loath to think so well of God as that he is notwithstanding ready to pardon Among Men usually we see a want of Grace in men that do wrong and so as much want of Grace in others that they cannot suffer it and so the Party offending watches to cover his own vileness in affronting by the others fury and impatience upon the reception of it And so thou knowest thy self to have done basely and thou art loath to aggravate thy sin so far as to think thou hast sinned against a God that is ready to pardon Thou wouldst either trample upon patience or deny it Rom. 2.3 Not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance Oh! to see God so ready to forgive and thou so ready to sin thou so easily to forget him and he so hardly forgetting thee thou so treacherous and he so gracious Oh! how unlike are God and we how might it break thy heart to consider it But we are apt to study to disparage at least we would not honour the party we injure 2. Thou art hath to be so beholden to him as to think of hopes of pardon hope implies present need and poverty thou art loath to submit and standest rather on thy justification wouldst fain come off upon another score then that of a pardon on thy knees men are very loath to submit to free Grace no small matter to have that inward sense of wretchedness as readily to run out after salvation for Gods sake There is a carnall enmity in the heart against Christs soveraignty thou wouldst not be Conquered but stand for thy Native Priviledge truly loath to stoop so low as to take a pardon at his hands And is not this sin of an high nature Is this a temper to be indulged there is the highest pride in despair that looks so low 3. This dispair is pure Carnality for thou oft doubtest at the promise when in truth thou stumblest at the Condition thou hadst rather despair then repent thou thinkest God will not pardon because thou hast a mind still to sin thus wouldst thou make thy choice a necessity to delight thy self in thy course and cast the blame of it other-where Thou sayst there is no hope Jer. 2.25 when in truth thou hast no mind There is no hope and why no hope For I have followed after other Lovers and after them I will go I have no hope in this way because I am resolved another that 's the true reason of it Who is apt to think there is any hope in altering in a business he hath a mind to be as it is Obedience is the thing we stick at we have underneath a love to sin and so would cover it with this pretence that there is no hope if we should repent Men that would clear their sincerity in their troubles might do well to lay aside their sin in the first place and after to get hopes as they can but many times persons cry out of their hopeless condition when secretly they hug their sin still God sayes Turn yee Ezek. 18. turn yee why will yee die It is not answered again we must die therefore why should we turn No you are resolved to live in your sin and this despair must be your pretence for so doing of such a nature and savour many times is this our much dejection and consternation in the Soul such unthought of pride and carnality is cherished and indulged under the notion of self-humiliation but men should cherish their hopes for these reasons CAP. V. The Use of the Observation to the un-converted tending to the startling of Sinners out of their security WE shall endeavour to apply this Observation 1. To those that are un-converted and this under a threefold design 1. To rouse them from their security 2. To inform them of the truth of their estate 3. To perswade them from Impenitency 1. To rouse Sinners from their security Sinners should take notice of their hopes now carnall men are not yet come into a capacity of hoping they least question their estate of any they conclude their condition good at first do not question but it must go well with them to tell them there are hopes about them is to make them worse then they were to put a doubt in that wherein hitherto they have made none at all to tell you it is not impossible but you may go to Heaven there may be hopes c. it is uncouth to you you wonder we do not peremptorily conclude on the business like a man that is not sensible of his sickness and the Physitian tels him that he may happen recover you doubt your salvation least of all but let me tell you if there be hopes of you that is all we would by this Doctrine raise up some mens hopes so we must take down others confidence I would all that are above it were brought down to good hopes so be it all that are below it were but brought up so far And therefore to startle such as you are take notice that for that great and dreadfull case of your eternall Salvation hopes are all but there is a world of danger 1. If you knew but what is in you you would see that hope was fair for one in your condition Alas there is enough done if you never do more to make thee miserable at this very present if God do but open thine eyes poor Creature thou art busie healing thy self out to fin but God looks on thee all the while but if God let thee but see that he hath looked on how would thy present condition affright thee This witness would make thee Job 24.7 as in the terrour of the shadow of death If God did but take up thy lying swearing Sabbath-breaking the neglect of the last Duty and one of these sins set on by the Spirit of God would put thee into fear sufficient and it would be well if the fin that at present is too little to repent of be not presently too great in thy eyes to be forgiven when ever God sets thy sin in order Ps 50.21 there will fearfull matter enough

be found against thee to make thee stoop and be beholden dearly to a little hope Alas take carnall hearts in the wholes and there is nothing between them and the greatest terrour imaginable but a little blindness and ignorance of their miserable condition If you did but see your selves just as you are it is well if you could hope assure your selves the root of terrour and anguish is in you and that some are troubled it is not because their conditions are not so good as yours but their Consciences are more tender and they cannot swallow a bad and fearfull state as you can the matter of all terrour is ready with thee thou artready charged it is but Gods priming and putting fire to and thou needs not stir a foot to fetch in misery unutterable all thy mirth may be at an end there is enough done nothing but the dropping of a Scale from thine eye and thy Flames are ready about thee 2. Thou mayst be glad of the news of hope for at present I may blank thee thou art not in the way that thou canst possibly be saved in things are so far out with thee that there is not yet any shew of a foundation layd in thee for any hopes of thee thou dost not doubt at all of being saved and I say thou mayst be saved but let this startle thee towards a change this way thou art in will never do it men never went to Heaven this way it is a Road that will never lead thither there is nothing done yet that will secure thee from eternall ruine 1 Cor. 6.9 be not deceived what ever such as you may be so mad to think be it known to you you cannot inherit the Kingdome of God If you indulge your selves in known sin this way will put you besides all hopes Jo. 3.36 He that believeth not that is is not converted to believe he needs do no more for falling into wrath he is born to it already the wrath of God never removes from over that person his estate is of wrath The wrath of God abideth on him Rom. 1.18 the wrath of God is revealed from Heaven against all unrighteousness of men It is not confidence of your condition that will make it good sure that man hath no reason to sit still or to think he hath nothing to do when he hath yet nothing done towards his salvation and the way wherein he is will be his ruine thou hopest fairly for Heaven when thou art in the way that never any went to Heaven in 3. Thou mayst soon be at thy Journeys end and at thy reckoning to make use of all the hope thou hast there may be but a step for ought thou knowest between thee and death Alas 1 Sa. 20.3 it is but getting a Cold and falling sick and dying and then thou comst to tryall for all the things done in the flesh It may take thee with a diddering and shaking and thou mayst for any thing any body can tell begin to shake for Hell Oh! thou that art at peace and dwellest at ease how soon may thy misery come armed upon thee Thou despisest so low a rate as hope why Alas if God set but Death before thee thou wilt see thy self be-set as the Benjamites Thou knowest not that evill was neer thee Jud. 20.34 and behold thou art be-set on all sides an ill life behind thee and Hell before thee Oh! what will become of thee For the wicked man God hath whet his Sword he hath bent his Bow made all ready Psal 111. Thou mayst not yet be strucken The Bird yet alive but fire ready to strike Alas it is but Gods putting in any of the Creatures into the Writ to be his Officer to Arrest thee and to cast thee into prison and verily thou shalt not come out thence till thou hast payd the utmost Farthing and that will never be if you ever be so miserable as to make the Experiment of it therefore thou hast cause to startle thy death may be neer and thy Death may prove thy Hell 4. There is but one way in all the world for thee to come off upon and that a very narrow one you do not think your condition so dangerous that you are within one by many pleas for your salvation but so it is that if Conversion help not you are sure for escaping you are undone for ever thou art upon a narrow point if thou couldst see it It is Gods Record that he giveth eternall life 1 Jo. 5.11 12. and this life is in his Son No other way but by Christ to have eternall life Sure you must many of you either find many waies to Heaven and Happiness or else you must tremble to think your selves out of this way when there is none but this one Weigh these things well and see whether here be not cause for you to tremble and if that a message of hope would not do well CAP. VI. Further tending to enform severall sorts of Sinners especially of the dangerousness of their present station how little Hopes and upon what terms only there are any hopes of sundry sorts of Men. 2. THis may inform you of the truth about your Estate and Condition we may tell you 1. Of some Conditions that are very and much more dangerous then others 2. Of some that are very hopeless above others 3. What our hopes are of any of you 1. Of some Conditions that are very dangerous and less hopefull Oh! there is little hopes and therefore beware of these Sinners estates fly from the Tents of these men Num. 16.26 1. Of an old Sinner such are rarely converted sin rivetted and twice natured to them such as these are many times very ignorant and deeply conceited of their wisdome and their parts decayed and so out of a capacity of attaining saving knowledge old men are hardly turned rarely born again to take Nicodemus his doubt literally Can a man be born again when he is old Jo 3.4 God knows it seldome comes to pass Oh therefore look to it in your young time this is the sowing time this is the best season Prov. 10.5 little hopes of an old Sinner 2. Of a worldly Professor Oh much danger of such a one the world holds their heart from Christ and their Profession keeps convictions of their hearts the World steals the Soul for Hell and Profession keeps the Watch that the Theft is un-discovered till all be lost the World is enough to damn thee and thy Profession enough to secure thee in the way of damnation the World satisfies thy Lust and Profession thy Conscience and so thou art most certainly bound for destruction if God do not by strong hand fetch thee out Our Saviour saies Mat. 19.23 How hard is it for a rich man to enter into Heaven Easie for a rich man to profess Religion but hard for him savingly to be religious easie for him to do nothing so

God 1. Who made it 2. Who is the best workman 3. Hath alwaies mended it and knows the course of it and he is like of any to set it a going An heart that hath stood by thee a long time and hath not gone this glorious artist can set it a going againe make it as perfect and better then ever it was He can soone see what the matter is with it whether the fault be in the spring whether any wheele wanting whether any thing broken whatever it is he that made it can soone discover It is but his touching it and he can set it straight and put it into good order as ever it was and much better so may thy heart be ordered by God which thou so much complainest of There is hopes of getting the better of any of these sins for all this 7. Rom. 7.24 This is to make thee willing to dye Paul crys out to be rid of this body of death And so some sin will abide with thee while thou art here to make thee willing to leave this world to be rid of it And there is hope we shall one of these daies dye and then all this sin shall be parted with But in this labour of thine about thy sin thou mayest see there is yet ground for thy hope CAP. XII The Observation improved to the Godly in respect of their afflictions THe third and last improvement of the point to the Godly is In respect of their affliction The godly are apt to be discouraged and dejected about their outward afflictions We shall make use of the doctrine as to them that are in this estate Doe not sit down discontented about your state whatever it is there is yet hope in this thing whatever the trouble is instead of concluding it remedyles and letting down your heart about it 1. Humble your selves for the sin that you think brought this affliction on you The Lord doth not willingly afflict he doth not doe it out of his heart as the marg nath it out of his meer pleasure as the phrase elswhere signifies Neh. 6.8 when there is no ground for the thing doth not strike Heb. 12.9 because he will strike as sometimes our fathers of the flesh strike children in tyranny in passion when angry with other matters but he doth not strike us so he doth not usually do it out of a will though this were to be humbly submitted unto but he doth it out of some blessed design upon you search therefore thy heart for former sins as the Church did Lam. 3 40 Jer. 31.19 Ephraim is chastised and bears the reproach of his youth And so God may bring thy youthfull sin to thy remembrance or some other miscarriage and it is rather thy duty to search for this then to despair about thy affliction 2. Labour to part with any sin your affliction discovereth If it be not the sin yet part with that which comes next to hand make clean work as you go this is worth the finding and this is the way to find out the rest God may strike thee to have thee leave this sin though thou thinkest it is not the sin the Lord strikes at in thee Isa 27.9 This is the fruit unto Jacob to purge away all sin part with all you can find and then you may be sure you shal part with the right one If God strike at one he intends thou shouldst leave all thou findest If the chiefe be not yet light on deale with these thou meetest to be doing with 3. Do the dutyes your affliction requires at your hands You are willing it may be to think such a businesse helpless because you have no mind to be at the cost of using the meanes for it Concludest such a friend incurable because thou hast a mind to give over praying for him and dealing with him the Church crys there is no hope because she had another way to go had other businesse she minded more then deliverance this way Thou lettest this thing lye desperately because thou hast no mind to be importunate in prayer unwearied in thy endeavours about it unlesse it would come with ease it will not come at all as if nothing that is difficult were possible Come let this despair of thine save thee no labour take paines about this thing cry mightily to God in it leave it not off unlesse the Lord hath said to thee say no more to me of this mater many would have matters with ease and it will not be 4. Thou art not alone in thy trouble There is no temptation hath taken you but that which is common Many of the pretious servants of God have had their sore afflictions and all Gods servants still aile something this way If you be without chastisement whereof all are partakers then are ye Bastards and not Sons would you be priviledged as none of Gods children are Alas there are none but have their exercise some one way and some another every one must have somewhat to ballast an heart of vanity with whilest he sailes through this world The parable of the hares being hunted on every hand and in continuall feares in discontent they would goe together and drowne themselves but as they went to the bridge of the river the frogs at all adventure leap into the water before them whereupon they tooke courage that they were not the most miserable creatures in the world in that some were more affrighted then they And so no doubt some are determinately miserable in the very cases wherein you a little suspect your condition Doe not conclude any one child without affliction For many one may have secret afflictions which they speak not of nay afflictions about such secret things as is not fit for them to speak of thou knowest not what sorrow they sup in silence what they suffer and commit to God only no friend hath the knowledge of it And so this way those thou thinkest to be most free may have a greater burther then thine is because they have no ease by complaining as thou hast Do not say any one is free unlesse you hear any one complain for want of affliction These are rare but if such a one should be I would say to him it is time enough yet There is room for many afflictions to stand betweene this and his latter end and therefore this need not trouble he may meet with his childes part time enough yet Directions for peace p. Mr. Baxter hath communicated to us an experience concerning himself this way That he was sufficiently helped against such a temptation But conclude thou art not alone in thy trouble Socrates used to say if all mens loades were laid in a common heap each man would take up his own again Plutarch Pittacus when he had invited many strangers to dinner and his shrewd wife came among them and overthrew the dishes he said no man is without his crosse were it not for this one