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B00373	The publican becomming a penitent: or The picture of a penitent sinner. Deliuered in two sermons in the cittie of London: anno 1625. / By Robert Lovell, minister of Gods word, and curate of Allhallowes-Barking within the same cittie..	Lovell, Robert, curate of Allhallows, Barking.	1625 (1625)	STC 16858; ESTC S94040	23,376	42

If there be but a Graine of this Grace in thee know thou thy selfe wonderfully Graced for one Graine of what sort soeuer it bee is as truely Seed as a Bushel and one Grace is as verily Grace as if thou hadst them in that measure as they that haue them Pressed downe Shaken together and Running ouer As therefore the Spirit spake in Pauls Buffetings without and Fightings within My Grace is sufficient for thee Cor. 12.9 for my Power shall be made manifest by thy Weakenesse so I say to Thee that thou hast Grace oh glorie and reioyce in That as for the Measure let that alone till the Growing time for though the Winter be now yet assure thy selfe the Spring will come wherein the Sunne of Righteousnesse shall rise in thy Heart and vnthawe thy Frozen Soule sending out the Oyle that shall supple thy bruised conscience and pouring out the Wine that shall Lighten thy sorrowfull heart and make thee glad aboue all thy Fellowes yea aboue thy Condemners and Contemners nay aboue That Pharisee that points thee out for This so vilde a Publican Why therefore as though we were cast out should we be so much cast downe Oh let vs not feare for Aretius in 2 Cor. 12.9 Si non ex Toto exaudiamur exaudimur tamen Sic vt Consolationem habeamus ex ratione consilij Deie If we be not heard in All let vs not be dismayed as if we should not be heard at All for though hee heares vs not at our pleasure he will doe it at his leasure when as wee shall surely haue comfort enough as is well seene in the secret of his Counsell And therefore for That measure of sorrow which thou hast be therwith content and then God will adde to thy stature and make thee at the last euen To weepe bitterly with Peter and To wash thy Bed and water thy Couch with Dauid Math. 26.75 Psal 6.6 Psal 119.136 yea Gush out Riuers of water with which thou shalt so rinse thy Heart and cleanse thy Soule as thou shalt in the Purity thereof be so blessed as to See God Math. 5.8 and so happy as to say vnto him O God be mercifull vnto me a Sinner But I aske once more Vse 2 Is a sorrowfull Soule such a sweet Sacrifice Be not yee then deceiued who say We Repent and yet the time is to come that euer you truely sorrowed One saith wittily That some men deale with their sinnes as corrupt Courts doe with their Informers or as the Popes doe with their Stewes The one whereof because they bring Many Sackes to their Milles and the other because they bring Great reuenewes to their coffars likes them well enough tho they know them to be both Base and Beastly So doe the Vngodly and Impenitent deale with their sinnes which they will not leaue but rather loue and cherish till death doth them depart and all because they bring either Pleasure or Profit Honour or Exaltation Nay obserue some sinners and you shall finde them that when they are galled or grieued for their sins either by Checke of Conscience or by Plaine Reproofe out of the Word or by some Affliction or Iudgement yet will they not Leaue them off but as Beggars doc by their Soares so will they deale by their sinnes The former will not be Quite healed because with a Little smart they get some Ease and liue in Idlenesse yea and haue by it Almes to their Aduantage and therefore they cannot endure the Chirurgian that will quite recouer them So is it with these kinde of Sinners who cannot endure The Balme of Gilead nor yet the Physitian there because the one by his Skill the other by its Healing Power would make them whole euery whit But that is not for their Profit and therefore it the Physitian shall bring a Purging Pill of Reproofe to cleanse them it will not downe it cannot be endured Sweet words they thinke will rather heale their corrupt soares and if by any but by Them you striue to bring them to this degree of Sorrow as to make them to Smite their Breasts you shall perhaps be Smitten on your Backes if not so for feare of the Law I am sure you shall haue without loue to the Gospell Ieremiahs portion Ier. 18 18. Gal. 4.16 which was To be smitten with the Tongue The galled Galathians will repute you Enimies Gal. 4.16 The Amazed and Doubting Iewes will account you Full of New wine Acts 2.13.15 Acts. 2.13.15 and euery Talkatiue Tertullus though he be no Orator wil be telling it out that you are Pestilent Fellowes Mouers to Sedition Acts. 24.1.2.3.4.5.6 Acts 24.1.2.3.4.5.6 But oh I beseech you greeue not the Spirit by which yee are sealed and by whom we are sent to speake the Truth The whole Truth and nothing but the Truth as we shall answere at our masters appearing and if you doe otherwise yea the very contrary know you that all the Sorrow you shew either by deiected Countenances or by lifted vp eyes or by Holding vp the Hands or by Bowed Knees or Beating the Breast or Crying Lord haue mercy vpon vs all these things will not serue to make vp true Repentance such as will bring Remission and Forgiuenesse Come therefore I beseech you and learne with Humility and Patience what this Sorrowfull soule is which is so sweet a Sacrifice It is a Soule full of sence and feeling tender of euery spot of corruption that cleaues vnto it at which it quickely stirres and checkes and if it slippes through the frailty of Nature it grieues and laments wrings and woes as being wreched and miserable blinde and naked without Christ Iesus be his Deliuerer Get wee then such Hearts such Breasts as These and then feare nothing but that our comming shal be wel-commed our crying heard if we doe with my Publicans mouth and mind humbly confesse that we are in Misery and haue neede of Mercy and therefore cry O God be Mercifull c. Ecce vera Confessio Behold his true confession which is the fourth limbe of my Text of which in the next Sermon you shall by Gods grace haue the fruit The Picture of a Penitent SINNER The second Sermon LVKE 18.13 O God be Mercifull to me a Sinner THE things contained in the former words were 1. His Feare 2. His Shame 3. His Sorrow But now that Feare is past that Shame is discouered that Sorrow could not be hid but had I thought That all had beene so whole as that none of vs had needed the Physitian I would haue spared my paines and neuer called the Righteous but onely Sinners to repentance Yet let him that is without sinne cast the first stone at me and then will I leaue preaching to Them and onely pray for My Selfe Oh God be Mercifull to MEE a Sinner But sith it cannot be denyed That we are all sinners I heartily beseech you with patience to heed with your hearts what he

Oxen to S. Luke Mazarinus vbi supra fol. 126. the Pursse to S. Sythe Horses to S. Loy Teeth to S. Apolina Swine to S. Anthony the Throate to S. Basil Yes yes Benedicti fontis Secundum vsum Sarum fol. 15 16. an ● 604. Letania Rom. in Com. Suffrag fol. 85.86 it is euident and which is much more Lamentable euen their soules too to no lesse then to some scores of Saints as is apparant in their Romane Missals and common Suffrages with their Catechismes and bookes of Deuotion euery where to be seene euen in English But herein let them doe as it shall seeme good in thè eyes of His Holinesse of Rome but as for Vs and Our Children Oh come let vs Worship and fall downe and Kneele onely before the Lord our maker saying vnto him alone Oh God But againe if we must so doe Vse 2 I maruell not a little at those that being in any straight or distresse will presently runne to the Cunning woman of Endor with Saul 1 Sam. 28.7.8 2 King 1.2.3 or to Baal-zebub the God of Ekron with Ahaziah but take heed of such courses for feare lest Gods holy Angels Meete with your Messengers which shall assure you that you shall neuer either Prosper or Recouer Nay which is worse let him take heed That God doth not set his face against him Leuit. 20.7 and cut him off from his People Oh therefore take heede of going from the God of Israel to the Idol of Ekron from Samuel in Ramoth to the Witch of Endor from the Riuers of Samaria to the Waters of Damascus from God to the Diuell for surely for such an heynous sin God will bring an heauie Reuenge and therefore with my Publican rather cry O God But in the last place let me hence admonish you of that which is vtterly a fault among some that is Vse 3 That they will neuer fall to their Prayers vntill they fall into grieuous Extremities Some if Heauinesse possesse them they will get them into merry Company yea they will hang vp Care and drinke downe Sorrow All which when they haue done they shall finde it doing them as much good as cold water doth him that drinkes in the fit of his Burning Feauer yea euen as much comfort is there to the soule in such courses as was from Dauids sweete Harpe to Sauls vexing heart which Eased him for a while 1 Sam. 16.16.23 1 Sam. 31.4.5 but afterwards tormented him euen to Death These are but toyes and can bring no solace to a troubled soule for howsoeuer in time of our Security we labour to smother and quench the Burning fire of a wounded spirit by Externall delights yet as last Affection will be silenced and Conscience will pronounce sentence against vs and that with so shrill a voyce as that the Deafest Adder shall heare it and the merriest Companion shall say that there is no way for the allaying of this spirit but one euen by Going vnto the right Humbly and by Calling on his Name most Earnestly and saying Oh God be mercifull Oh but there is in me such Dulnesse of Flesh Ob. and Heauinesse of Spirit there is such Vanity and Vexation as that I am altogether vnfit for God both weakenesse and wickednesse hath so compassed me about and hembd mee in on euerie side as that I dare not looke vp vnto such an one as God is This is indeed an heauie temptation Sol. and such as out of it Sathan suckes no small aduantage for by it he would bring vs to An vtter disuse of prayer and so take from vs our best weapon that we haue in all our warfare This was Dauids case for a while Psal 77.3.4 who whilst he thought on God he was Troubled and when hee Prayed his Spirit was full of Heauinesse yea when hee awakened he was astonished and could not speake And why was Dauid so disquieted Franciscus de Puteo Aurea ●ate●a in loc Vel quia turbatus erat recordatione peccatorum proquibus pio dolore cruciatur saith Cassiodor Vel quia videns iram Dei per ea excitatam saith Lyra Vel quia non habuit audaciam aliquid petendi à Deo praeconfusione saith The Glosse He was so sore troubled either because of the remembrance of his sinnes for which he was euen crucified with a godly sorrow in his soule or because he saw the wrath of God kindled against him for them or because hee had not the face to looke God in the face because of the confusion that was before him yea but that he may be an ensample for vs to follow Vers 6. see what hee saith Verse 6. I called to my remembrance my song in the night c. c. Yea Vers 10. I remembred saith he the yeares of the Right hand of the most High Vers 10. v. 11. I remembred the workes of the Lord Vers 11. his Wonders of old 12. and deuised on his Acts v. 12. and out of this suckt he no small aduantage Cassiodorus in loc Quia in haec cogitatione nullum est taedium nulla satietas sed quantò qui plus hauserit tantò plus dulcia sensu perquirit saith Cassiodor for in such thoughts as these he found no irkesomenesse no tediousnesse but by how much the deeper hee drew by so much the more sweet hee found the comfort of it to his senses yea to his soule And therefore in the greatest of the aboundance of thy griefe poure out thy soule and what thou art not able to expresse in Words make it vp in Sighes and Groanes Lam. 2.18 and as Ieremiah hath it Let thine Heart cry it though with Hannah 1 Sam. 1.13 Thy Lippes onely are seene to moue Oh so doe and thou shalt see how it will moue the God of mercy euen to Pitty and Compassion doing vnto thee as thine heart desireth which is To be mercifull vnto thee Ecce Petitio Behold his Petition 2da. 4 tae Be Mercifull Oh verbum satis Breue sed vehementer Efficax Diez Lusitanus in Loc. Oh heere is a word wonderfull short but maruellous effectuall yea so effectuall as that our Sauiour himselfe puts to his Fiat vers 14. That he went away more iustified then the Pharisee Veritas dicit Deus dicit Iudex dicit Truth speakes it God saith it August in loc yea the ludge of all hath adiudged it and therefore it is most sure If a man should come into the Church and see these diuersities of behauiour in these two men The Pharisee crakeing and the Publican crying whereto might he liken them surely to nothing better then to the Corne in the Field Tho. de Trucille catena post in loc which the more Full it is the more it hangs Downeward but the Emptier it is the Higher it is Exalted euen so is it with these two men The Former like a light Eare stands vpright saying Oh God I thanke thee