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A44416 A sermon preached before the Queen at Whitehall on Sunday, Jan. 25, 1690/1 by George Hooper ... Hooper, George, 1640-1727. 1691 (1691) Wing H2707; ESTC R4458 11,295 30

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Fathers by Moses and the Prophets has laid open to us the World to come and given the free prospect of Heaven and Hell declar'd more of the Future State in this single Parable than was to be read in all those Writings to which Abraham refers What too is said here to be denied he did effect and rais'd one Lazarus from the Grave And when by that rescue of another from Death he had only hastned his own His very Disciples not so well perswaded by that and so many other Miracles as not to forsake nay to deny him he was pleas'd himself to rise from the Dead finally to instruct and to warn Men. This Gospel he Commission'd chosen Men to publish and impower'd them to confirm it with Signs and Wonders Multitudes of his Servants continually declaring by the zeal of the Lives and the constancy of their Death the truth of their Master's Resurrection and their assurance of their own By such evident Testimonies the World found it self oblig'd to admit and to confess his Doctrine but neither is it so perswaded It hears and pretends to believe but goes on still in its old course and lives after the Unchristian manner sometimes it wants a sign or an infallible Proponent or a scientifick demonstration glad to know how to except and object and resolv'd not to obey not to be fully perswaded it seems should all the Dead arise or the whole Host of Heaven come down So true has this Affirmation of Abraham's since prov'd and so little Faith has our Saviour found At his Death he left not much and he makes it a question after whether at his return he shall find any any proportionable to the clearness of the Message and to the Greatness and Dignity of the Reporter The Event he has not only intimated in the Parable but foretold expresly neither is the Revelation he has made disparag'd but verified by it We are not surpriz'd to find that there are such who neglect or contradict These are those of whom we have been warn'd those that will not be perswaded neither should any give themselves the vain pleasure to think that they can disgrace the Gospel or disappoint its Author His word will certainly serve to the purpose to which it was ordain'd and his honour is as secure as his Happiness It is the Unbeliever only who will suffer The Notice we have is so plain and evident that reasonably and in duty we cannot demand more however more will not be granted If the sign of Jonas has not had any effect no other shall be given nor any more rise from the Dead till we our selves do to Judgment The Book is seal'd as the Gulph below is fix'd and those that will not be prevail'd with by this method they will not they shall not by any other If they will not hear Moses and the Prophets the Son of God and his Apostles there will be no further endeavour to perswade them If the Gospel be hid it is hid to those that are lost Make we use therefore of the last and only Help a greater than which we cannot we must not hope for Take we heed how we despise the Admonition of him that is Risen from the Dead and now speaks from Heaven who will once more shake not the Earth only our Maker our Redeemer and our Judge This Life is the time to hear the Directions of God and to comply with his design for our Salvation hereafter we shall be only call'd to hear his Sentence and to confess its Justice And then a knowing Age will be the most improper to plead Ignorance nor will a Christian of this Country dare to say that he wanted Notice The Assertion of the Parable concerning the Unbelief of Men we see how true and exact it is as really fullfill'd will the Narrative part be concerning its Consequence and Issue The perswaded and the unperswaded will then have their different Portions and be set at a wide distance And we shall all hereafter be in the condition of this Unhappy Person or of that Lazarus either Comforted or Tormented God grant that according to that other Parable our Improvement may be in proportion to the number of our multiplied Talents and that we may so hear all our other warnings and this present Admonition that we may be found with Faithful Abraham in the Joy of our Master To whom with the Holy Ghost be all Honour and Glory now and for Ever FINIS