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A50548 A sermon preached at White-Hall in Lent, March the 16, 1682/3 by Richard Meggott ... Meggott, Richard, d. 1692. 1683 (1683) Wing M1627; ESTC R17024 12,299 42

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Athenians for what they said against him than what they did The one he looked upon as more excusable being in their own Defence but the other he would make no Construction of but that it was merely spiteful Something like it may be said in this case what Men do against the Honour of God admitteth comparatively of some Pity and Extenuation from our Frailties and strong Temptations This is Humane Nature but to speak against it and teach Men so to do where no Sensitive Appetite is gratified this is such a Platonick Love of Wickedness as looketh merely malicious and Diabolical Now these sorts of Sins which this Age hath so abounded in it is a more proper Remedy for than any It is an excellent Medicine for any Sin to mitigate 〈…〉 maketh 〈…〉 For however 〈…〉 upon the Point of this Sword 〈◊〉 they see nothing and with Balaam look upon it as the Restiness or Cowardise of the Asse to make any Bo●●ing at it when once with his their Eyes are opened they acknowledge their Error and are astonished at the Danger Who will dispute against Providence that owneth a Future State Who droll upon the Scriptures that thinketh in them he hath Eternal Life Who make a Mock at Sin that believeth there is a Worm that dieth not Who disobey them that rule over them in the Lord that considereth they watch for their Souls Such an effectual Stop would it give to the Sins of Men of all Kinds to be sensible of this Important Truth That the Spirit of Man goeth upward though the Spirit of the Beast goeth downward to the Earth 〈…〉 leave to exp●●● 〈…〉 I must not suppo●● 〈…〉 to to be of them that 〈…〉 Complaint do not you 〈…〉 Spirit of Man goeth upward 〈…〉 you do acknowledge it an● 〈…〉 that miserable Riddles of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 we are How very little is there of any of these Fruits This Man saith he maketh no doubt of it and yet liveth in Rioting and Drunkenness in Chambering and Wantonness and many other Vices of which it is expresly said that they who do such things shall not inherit the Kingdom of God Another pretendeth he doth believe it and yet is covetous and proud unjust and hard hearted and maketh no better use of the Mammon of Vnrighteousness than those uncharitable ones that were to depart accursed into Everlasting Burnings A Third professeth he is convinced of it but yet a little sleep yet a little slumber and worketh not while the Day is though the Night is coming when no man can work And is this our Kindness to our better Part What Augustus is said to have replied when told how Herod had killed all the Males from two years old and under and among the rest his own That it was better being his Hog than his Son This precious Heavenly Guest within us may too wish it had been any thing but what it is How do we give it cause to lament its own Dignity and be troubled at its Prerogative to be frighted to think it hath no End and repine that it was not a Lamb or Worm How may it sigh with Sadness Oh that I had been thy Body then thou would'st have fed and cloathed me Oh that I had been thy Friend then thou wouldst have been faithful and true to me Oh that I had been thy Child then thou would'st have laid up and provided for me Now Wretch that I am I can have no Regard but am daily exposed to Everlasting Hazards for Humors Toys and Follies To stop all such too just Reproaches for the time to come let us in this Solemn Season for the judging of our selves take their Case into better Consideration Use them so while they are in the Body as we shall wish we had done when they are going forth of it Let us not for the sake of any thing that is Temporal make a Forfeiture of that which is Eternal Nor to please that part of us which goeth downward to the Earth lose that which goeth upward FINIS Sermons Printed for Walter Kettilby at the Bishops Head in St. Paul's Church-Yard DR Hick's Sermon at the Act at Oxford 40 before the Lord Mayor Peculium Dei 40 Notion of Persecution 40 before the L. Mayor Jan. 30. at Bow Church 1682. Sermon of Temptations before the Lord Mayor 40 Moral Shechinah or a Discourse of God's Glory in a Sermon at the York-shire Feast Jan. 11. 1682. Dr Sharpe's Sermon before the Lord Mayor 40 at the Spittle and York-shire Feast 40 before the House of Commons April 11. 1679. at the Election of the Lord Mayor 1680. 40 Dr. Smith's two Assize Sermons 80 two Sermons on the 3d of May and 29th of May. 40 one Lent Sermon 40 Dr. Thorpe's Sermon before the Lord Mayor 40 Dr. Woodrof his Sermon before the Lord Mayor 40 Mr. William's Sermon before the Lord Mayor 40 Mr. Lynford's Sermons 40 Mr. Bryan Turner's Sermon Testimonium Jesu 40 Mr. John Turner's Sermon of Transubstantiation 40 Mr. Lamb's Sermon before the King at Windsor 40 Sermon before the Lord Mayor Febr. 5th 1682. Mr. Brown's Visitation Sermon 40 Dr. Fowler 's Sermon at the Assizes at Gloucester 40 Mr. Cutlove's 2 Assize Sermons at St. Edmund-Bury 40 Mr. Inett's Sermon at the Assizes at Warwick 40 Mr. Edward Sermon 's Sermon before the Lord Mayor 40 Mr. Resbury's Sermon before the Charter-house Schollers 40 Sermon at the Funeral of Sir Allen Broderick Mr. Needham's 6 Sermons at Cambridge 80 Mr. Thomas Smith's Sermon concerning the Doctrine Unity and Profession of the Christian Faith Preached before the University of Oxford with an Appendix concerning the Apostles Creed 1682. Dr. John More 's Sermon ●ore the Lord Mayor 40 Dr. Callamy's Sermon preached before the Lord Mayor at Bow Church on the 29th of May. 1682. Prosecution no Persecution Or the Difference between suffering for Disobedience and Faction in a Sermon preached at St. Edmund-Bury in Suffolk on the 22d of March 1681. by Nath. Bisbie D.D. Dr. Bisbie's Modern Pharisees a Sermon on the 23d of Matth. 15th ver shewing the Principles of the present Jesuits and Puritans to be of the same evil Influence 40 Mr. Payne's Sermon preached June 29. 1682. at the Brentwood Schollers Feast 40 Mr. Wraye's Sermon The Rebellious City destroy'd being an Anniuersary Sermon in Memory of the Dreadful Fire of London Preached in St. Olave Hartstreet Sept. 2d 1682. Mr. Wraye's Sermon on the fifth of November 1682. Mr. Evan's Sermon before the Lord Mayor Moderation stated Octob. 22d 1682. Mr. Kidder's Sermon before the Lord Mayor July 16. 2682. Mr. Richardson's Sermon before the Lord Mayor Septem 17. 1682. Mr. Milbourn's Sermon The Original of Rebellion Or the Ends of Separation preached on the 30th of January in the Parish Church of Great Yearmouth Mr. Gipps's three Sermons Preached in Lent and Summer Assizeslast at Lancaster and one on the Lord's Day in the late Guild of Preston Mr. Gaskarths Sermon preached upon the first occasion after the Death of his Grace John Duke of Lauderdale 40 Mr. Young's Sermon before the Lord Mayor Febr. 4th 1682. Dr. Butler's Sermon before the King at Windsor