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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25200	A sermon preached at sea, before the Honourable Sir Robert Robinson, Knight, principal commander of His Majestie's squadron of ships, now riding at Spitt-Head, November the 24th, 1678 before the administration of the Holy Sacrament, and oaths of allegiance and supremacy to the several commanders and officers of that squadron, in obedience to the King's command / by George Alsop ...	Alsop, George, b. 1638.	1679 (1679)	Wing A2903; ESTC R5430	14,734	38

vos I know you not go ye Cursed into Everlasting fire prepared for the Devil and his Angels And now Beloved that we use and wear this Garment aright there are these two Offices to be performed First We must put off Secondly We must put on First Before we can put on we must put off we must put off all the filthy rags of our for●●r corruption our sinful nature our beast-like affections c. Men when they put on new Apparel pull off the old and throw them by so if you would be cloathed with the Righteousness of Christ you must cast off the filthy clouts of your Menstruous Conversation The Swearer must put off his swearing the Drunkard must put off his drunkenness the Unclean person must put off his filthiness the Covetous man his uncharitableness the Envious man his hatred the Traytor his Treason the Idolater his Superstition for let me tell you that you may as well perswade me that Heaven and Hell are reconciled together as that Christ and Sin dwell together in one man therefore if thou intend'st to be cloathed with Christ as with a Garment thou must put off as the Apostle saith in the Eph. 5.3 All uncleanness inordinate affections evil Concupiscence Wrath Malice Blasphemy filthy Communication lying one to another Secondly As you must put off so you must put on and the means to put on Christ is faith believing apprehending and appropriating Christ and his Merits to our selves we must believe all the promises of God in Christ Jesus made unto man and particularly apply the same unto our own selves which is only done by the Act of true Faith Faith is as it were the hand of the Soul which doth reach Christ unto us and put him on Would'st thou have Christ dwell in thy heart would'st thou put him on as a Garment believe Christ with thy mind and heart and thou hast him And now Beloved that I may leave nothing wanting of my part to put you in the right way for Eternal happiness you must know that it is not every Faith or bare Believing of Christ will put on Christ as a Garment No then the Devils may put him on for they believe all the Historical part of the Bible from the First of Genesis to the last of the Revelations Hypocrites believe in God and in Christ and yet for all that they are thrown to the hottest place of Hell Now that Faith that is saving Faith that like a Hand reacheth Christ and puts him on is an Operative and working Faith First Faith that 's saving as the Apostle saith Purifieth the Conscience so then if thy Faith be true it cleanseth thy Soul from sin it cleanseth thy Soul from Covetousness it cleanseth thy Soul from Lust it cleanseth thy Soul from Pride it cleanseth thy Soul from Revenge it cleanseth thy Soul from Drunkenness it cleanseth thy Soul from Hypocrisy it cleanseth thy Soul from Rebellion it cleanseth thy Soul from Treason it cleanseth thy Soul from Idolatry it cleanseth thy Soul from Faction it cleanseth thy Soul from all manner of Wickedness The Devils Believe but they cannot be cleansed from their black Abominations Hypocrites believe and profess and make a fair shew of outward Holiness but their hearts are not cleansed from Oppression Lust Murder Treason and Rebellions Our Saviour of old Compares them to Tombs now you know that Tombs are oft usually the most beautiful Ornaments of the Church but let a man digg within them and he shall find nothing but putrifaction stink and dead mens bones Never say then that thou Believest savingly or that thou hast more Faith than Devils Hypocrites while Sin and Wickedness governs thy Soul Secondly True Saving Faith works by Love So it produceth Works Shew me thy Faith by thy Works saith St. James Where there is true Faith in the Soul like the Centurion it saith to one Go and he goeth and to another Come and he comeeth it Commands all our Actions our Hand to Distribute to the Poor our Feet to Walk in the Commandments of God our Hearts to be Upright towards our God and towards our Neighbours our Tongue to Declare the Loving Kindness of the Lord. Faith in the Soul of Man is like Sap in a Tree that lies hid but Holy Works are like Fruit that shews it self where there is true Faith in a Man there will be Holy Works there will be Hope there will be Charity there will be Repentance there will be Godly Zeal The Apostle St. Paul tells us that the Just live by Faith That is they live the Life of Holyness they live the Life of Religion they live the Life of Sobriety they live the Life of Chastity they live the Life of Humility they live the Life of Godly Love They do not live the life of Prophaneness they do not live the life of Drunkenness they do not live the life of Lust they do not live the life of Pride they do not live the life of Revenge and Malice these are the Works of the Devil Labour therefore for a true Saving Faith A Faith that cleanseth thy Soul from Sin and worketh by Love If a man should come and tell a Person that 's Rich that all the Writings in his Chest that Assur'd him of his Possessions were Forged Counterfeit would it not make him start and go to his Chest take them out and have them read and considered on by the best and learned Council and shall not we look after our Faith to see whether that be Sound and Real which is an Evidence of our Eternal Inheritances Without the Garment of Christ's Righteousness to cover our Souls we shall never go to Heaven and there is no putting this Garment on without a true sanctified Faith Faith is the Hand of the Soul that puts on Christ I can't stand no longer upon this Point the time hath over-shot me I will conclude all with the Blessing that Jacob gave his Sons when they went into Egypt to carry Benjamin God Almighty Grant you favour in the eyes of the Great Man So the Lord Grant us all Favour in the Eyes of the Great God before whom we must appear this day at his Holy Table And that we may have Favour let us bring the Beloved Benjamin with us which is the Righteousness of Christ by Faith that this Blessed Feast we are Invited to may not be a savour of Death unto any but a savour of Life unto all that shall pertake of it c. Which God of his Infinite Mercy grant To whom be ascribed all Honour Power and Glory Adoration and Subjection from this time forth and for ever more And let all the People say Amen Let us Pray FINIS