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A80759	Light in darknesse: discovered in a sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons, November 24. 1647. being the day of their publick fast. / By William Carter, minister of the Gospel. Published by order from that House.	Carter, William, 1605-1658.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.	1648 (1648)	Wing C680; Thomason E416_29; ESTC R204499	20,093	37

each other by any good successe which God hath given us great things the Lord hath done for us against our enemies from hence we take a libertie and boldnesse to despise hate persecute and envie one another take heed of this that God who answereth by terrible things who makes darknes his secret place his pavilion round about him dark waters Psal 18. 11. and thick clouds of the skies may cause for ought you know these liftings up to be but for a season and occasions of a greater fall who then may dare from what the Lord hath done to take a libertie to despise or set himself against his brother You have not had your answer yet God hath more to say ere he hath done his answer may be quite another thing than you imagine something he hath to say to your sinnes as well as unto you as you have heard among the rest to such divisions strife and bitternesse amongst his children when we were low we loved better then was no such noise of our contentions and invectives one against another which now fils our eares and what follows the best gifts for want of love are uselesse men of good abilities are made unprofitable like sounding brasse or tinkling Cymbals making a noise in the 1 Cor 13. 1. world to no purpose God sees all this certainly will not be silent in it He forgave to us a debt of ten Math. 18. 27 28. thousand talents in all his great deliverāces wrought amongst us had he taken advantage at our sins he had destroy'd us utterly now if we take our fellow-servants by the throat for a few pence will he not have somewhat to say to this then feare thus to provoke that God who answereth his Saints by terrible things You heard before what cause from hence you have to work out your salvation with feare and trembling give me leave here to renew that exhortation the rather because one main thing intended by the Apostle in that his counsell Phil. 2. 12. is that in their working out salvation they should travaile so in the way to life as not to fall out by the way He speaks to Saints he calls them so chap. 1. 1. sayes it was meat for him to think so of them all therefore by working out salvation he meaneth not so much their labour after their first entrance into Christ but after those enjoyments of God which beleevers in his service in this life obtain which is the work and busines of a Christian in this world salvation beginneth here therefore the Church is called Heaven So Psal 132. 16. I Matth. 13. 31 Matth. 16. 19. will cloath her Priests with salvation which must be meant of something in this life Now because he that in pursuance of a Christians work shall persecute his brother worketh not with feare but is insolent bold and proud therefore the Apostle in opposition unto all such strife among brethren bids them work out their salvation with feare trembling see what he sayes both before and after you 'l find that is his scope be ye like minded sayes he v. 2. that is one towards another Rom. 15. 5. having the same love being of one accord of one mind let nothing be done through strife and vainglory but in lowlinesse of mind let each esteem others better than themselves thus did Christ sayes he and lost not by it by humbling himselfe he was exalted wherefore sayes he work out your salvation with feare and trembling he brings it in with a wherefore upon what he had said before of brotherly love and mutuall forbearance and in the words following pursues the same subject doe all things without murmurings and disputings so as I say this feare and trembling in working out salvation he opposes as to a common carelesse spirit in religion as was shewed before so to that liberty and boldnesse which they took in despising hating and striving with each other the truth is these two go still together commonnesse or profanesse of spirit in a Christians work and pride or bitternesse one against another The Apostle puts them again together Heb. 12. 14. Follow peace with all men that is oppos'd to bitternes holines that 's opposed to profanesse therefore it followes looking diligently lest any root of bitternesse springing up trouble you and lest there be a profane person like Esau that man was eminently guilty in them both A bitter spirit is alwayes Jam. 3. 14 15. 1 Tim. 6. 20. 2 Tim. 2. 16. 1 Cor. 3. 3. in the same degree a common and profane spirit in religion what ever zeale and forwardnesse may seem to be there is much profession of religion not so much of the feare of God that is the cause of so much gall wormwood now-a-dayes Look in what degree the true feare of God and holinesse prevails so far they will not suffer it in any soule The Apostles reason also which he addes is most remarkable For sayes he it is God that worketh in you both to will and to doe of his good pleasure intimating that it was their pride and selfe-confidence that was the cause of all their strife forgetting who it was that made any of them to excell as if he should have said Have any of you gifts or graces any strength or joy God can cause those gifts to wither he can withdraw and take away your joy and comfort he worketh in you both to will and to doe and that of his good pleasure therefore feare and tremble to despise each one his brother What we doe in all such bitternesse and strife we think is in pursuance of the work of God in the way to life Joh. 16. 2. they shall think they doe God service sayes our Saviour but if he be our Master and we work for him where is his feare Malac. 1. Rom. 14. if we despise or judge our fellow-servants Be zealous for God and so as not to be bitter one against another zeale if not right will turn into bitternesse and bitternesse will soon kindle a false zeale To conclude if therefore now the Lord hath wrought for us deliverance we take incouragement to sinne that way besides what other dreadfull things we may expect from him loe this is one profanenesse commonnesse of spirit will grow upon us and as the Apostle sayes our religion will be in vain James 1. 26. God shall withdraw himselfe and we be short of our enjoyments of him work we may but no salvation will be wrought out by us 1 Iohn 3. 14 15. he that loveth not his brother abideth in death and whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer and we know that no murderer hath eternall life abiding in him FINIS Die Jovis 25. Novembris 1647. ORdered by the Commons in Parliament assembled That Mr. Wheeler doe from this House give thankes to Mr Carter for the great pains he took in his Sermon preached yesterday at Margarets Westminster before the House of Commons it being a day of publick Humiliation and that he desire him to print his Sermon wherein he is to have the like priviledge in printing of it as others in the like kinde usually have had Henry Elsinge Cler. Parl. Dom Com. I appoint Gites Calvert to print my Sermon W. Carter