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A57938	Joshua's resolution to serve the Lord Containing the resolution of every true Christian, fully and wholly to cleave unto the Lord, and to dedicate himself to the Lord and his service. Wherein is shewed, what the resolution of a Christian is. And the reasons of the necessity of this resolution with a word of exhortation both to private, and family worship. To which is added, a prayer for a family. By Robert Russel in Sussex. Licensed according to order.	Russel, Robert, fl. 1692.	1694 (1694)	Wing R2347F; ESTC R221582	13,384	27

endeavours to be more and more humble more patient more meek more holy and more heavenly let the Devil tempt him with Riches Honour Long-li●● and all Earthly Happiness on condition that he 〈◊〉 back again into the ways of sin yet 〈◊〉 will not yield but resist him with all his might a●d strength nay though all the Powers of Hell seek their utmost endeavours to d●aw him back though the Flesh intice and the wicked World use all means to discourage him yet in spire of them all he is resolved to go on in his Holy Course for neither Death nor Life nor Principalities nor Powers nor Height nor Depth nor any Creature is able to Seperate him from the love of God which is in Iesus Christ our Lord Rom. 8. Thus a sincere returning Sinner is fully beat and resolved to give himself up Body and Soul to the Lord. And the whole frame and bent of his heart is towards Grace and Holyness That is the first thing Considerable that a Christians Resolution is a full Resolution Secondly It is a present Resolution he is not for delays and put offs but resolves presently to turn A Man you know that is fully bent and resolved to do a. thing his earnest desire is to be about it that it may be done he is not for putting it off from one time to another as if he did not care whether it were done or no. Even so a Christian that is fully bent and resolved after Grace and Holiness be longs and desires for the attainment of his Holy Ends the whole frame of his heart is set that way and therefore he presently sets about the Work without delay Indeed a Hypocrite has many purposes and resolutions to Repent and become a New Creature but he delays and puts off from one time to another being loath for ●…e present to part with sweet Sin with his Beloved Lust which shews that his resolution is not a firm and settle resolution his purposes are unsound and ●ipocritical There was one Luke 9.61 who made a kind of a resolution to follow Christ but this resolution was not for the present he begged liberty to go once more to his sinful Companions and take his leave of them Lord saith he I will follow thee but let me first go and bid them farewel which are at home at my house This shews that his purpose and resolution was not sincere he made a kind of a resolution to follow Christ But here lyes the case there was not a thorow change wrought in him he had not rooted out his Beloved sin the frame and bent of his heart was more towards the following of his Lust than it was to follow Christ therefore in setting his hand to the Plow by making a resolution to follow Christ and yet looking back with pleasure and delight upon his old sinful course of life he was not fit for the Kingdom of Heaven as our Saviour tells him verse 62. Lord saith he I will follow thee but let me first go and bid them farewel which are at home at my house Thus a Wicked Man when he is intreated and perswaded by a Minister of God's Word or by any of his Godly Relations to Repent and forsake his Evil Practices and to lead a New Life he perhaps under these Godly Admonitions makes fair promises and has some Purposes and Resolutions to Repent and become a 〈◊〉 Creature and yet notwithstanding these purposes and resolutions he has many delays and put offs because his heart remains still wedded to his 〈◊〉 the Drunkard ●e promises that he will return and follow Christ but he takes leave first to go once more to the Ale-house and take leave of his Drunken Companions and take one merry Cup more with them and then he will come and follow Christ He has friends at home at his House and he must first go and take his leave of them and make one merry meeting more among t em and enjoy a little more of their Iovial Company and then he will follow Christ The Covetous he must have ●…ave first to persue after a little more of this worlds Goods and then he will follow Christ The Valupteous he must have leave first to partake a little more of the Sweet of Sin he must enjoy a little more of his Beloved Pleasure he must down with one sweet Morsel more and then he will follow Christ Thus Sin is so sweet unto a Wicked Man the World and the Flesh is so bewitching that notwithstanding a Sinners fair promises and purposes to Repent and turn to God that by these he is hindred of putting any thing into practice but procraserates and puts off from one time to another until perhaps time is at an end before he has done any thing in order to his Eternal Salvation But a Christian that is fully and firmly resolved to dedicate himself to the Lord and his Service so that the whole frame of his heart is bent that way he is so far from delaying and putting off from ●ne time to another that he is even restless and ●an find no contentment in any thing he enjoys until he has got an intrest in Christ until he has got some assurance of the love of God and the pardon of his Sins it grieves him to the very heart to think that he should be so wild and follish as to wast so much of his precious time as he has done in fleshly Lust in abusing of God's Mercy Goodness and grieving his Spirit in that he has made a good and gracious God wait upon him so many years whilst he continued to run on in a Course of Rebellion against him And therefore he now resolves through the grace of God assisting him from the time forward to bid an everlasting farewel to his beloved sin he now fully resolves to continue no longer in his sinful course of life he is ready to cry out with St. Augustin How long shall I say to morrow to morrow why shall not this day be the day of my Convertion He therefore without delay sets about the Work of Convertion he now begins to beg labour and strive to work out his Salvation Thus a Christians Resolution is 〈◊〉 Present Resolution Thirdly and lastly a Christians resolution is a Settle and Deliberate Resolution He doth not as many do take up a suddain and inconsiderate resolution to follow Christ But he diligently considers first what it may cost him to be a thro' Christian the death of his beloved Sin that he knows it must cost him he knows he must part with every sin even with his most flesh-pleasing sin for Christ or else he can't be no true Christian But he considers that it may cost him the loss of his Credit and Good-name the loss of his liberty nay the loss of his life Now a Penitent Sinner considers diligently of all these things before he enters upon his Christian course lest aftar he has gone far with Christ Persecution

JOSHUA's Resolution TO Serve the Lord. CONTAINING The Resolution of every True Christian fully and wholly to Cleave unto the Lord and to Dedicate himself to the Lord and his Service Wherein is Shewed What the Resolution of a Christian is And the Reasons of the Necessity of this Resolution With a Word of Exhortation both to Private and Family Worship To which is Added A Prayer for a Family By Robert Russel in Sussex Jer 10.25 Pour out thy Fury upon the Heathen that know thee not and upon the Family that call not upon thy Name Licensed according to Order Printed for ● Blare at the D●●●…ing glass on London-Bridge 1694. Joshua's Resolution c. Joshua 24. part of vers 15. But as for me and my house we will serve the Lord. THese are the words of Joshua to the Tribes of Israel for ●●ving in this chapter declared unto them the many benefits which God of his mercy hath bestowed on them as particular in vers 15. in ●●at he hath given them a Land they laboured nor for and Cities which they bui●●●ot and Vineyards and Oliveyards to ●…at of wh●●… they planted not Joshua having thus laid before their 〈◊〉 God's benefits he in verse 14. Exhorts them to offer unto God a thankful and obedient heart for those benefits which he hath bestowed upon them Now therefore fear the Lord and serve him in sincerity and in truth And put away the gods which your Fathers served serve ye the Lord. And so I fall immediatly upon the 〈◊〉 of the Text wherein we have these two things conaderable First The freedom which Joshua seems to give the Tribes of Israel in case they refuse to serve the Lord that they should chuse who they will serve Secondly His Reselution concerning himself and his family As for me and my house we will serve the Lord. Now in this small Book I shall joyn these two together into this one Observation that is How ever the Men of this world live what ever they do what ways soever they follow a Child of God is fully bent and resolved to cleave to the Lord to cake care that his family and all under his charge walk in the ways of Holyness and Piety Now for my funderstandling of this Subject I shall praceed after this manner First I shall shew you what the Resolution of a Christian is Secondly the Reasons of this Resolution And lastly the Application First to shew you what the Resolution of a christian is First it is a full and firm Resolution Secondly it is a present resolution Thirdly it is a settle and deliberate revolution First the resolution of a Christian is a full and firm resolution the men of this world they naturally chuse Sin Death and Hell they chuse death and damnation before life and salvation they resolutely run on in the ways of Luxery Wantonness Drinking Gaming and all manner of lewd and loose Practices and tho' they are told and told again both by the Messengers of God's word and their godly friends whether these ungodly ways will lead them yet they will run on still and take their own course as if they were in love with their own ruin and destruction But a true Christian after all his Reproofs and Admonitions when he finds that they will not be reclaimed he as it were hids them take their course and chuse whom they will serve as Joshua did the people of Israel But for his part he resolved with full bent and purpose of heart to give himself up to the Lord and choose him for his portion and to yield up himself soul and body as instrument for his service Now the resolution of a christian is not a sick bed promise but a full bent and purpose of heart to lead a new life there are many that fa●●ly promise but few resolve every weak promise is not a full resolution Alas how many are there who under a sharp fit of sickness or under some judgment ready to ●efal them they will promise fair what a now Creature they will become what new lives they will lead how holy and how purely they will live but if it please God to spare them give them a time of respire then how soon are these vows and promises forgot thus the Children of Israel how fairly did they promise Deut. 5.27 All that the Lord our God shall speak we will hear and do But tho' they had a tongue to promise yet they had no heart to perform as you may see vers 29. O that then such an heart in them that they would fear me and keep my commandments that it may be well with them But as for a sincere returning sinner he not only promises but resolves to yield up himself body and soul to be the Lord's yea the whole frame of his heart is bent that way as an unconverted wicked sinner goes on in sin with a full purpose of heart even so a returning sinner who is a coming to Iesus Christ serves him with full Purpose and resolution of heart And as a wicked resolute sinner neither Mercies nor Iudgments neither Reproofs nor Admonitions neither Perswading nor Intreating by Ministers nor Friends will stop him in his sinful Course so on the other side a returning sinner that is resolved for Christ and Holiness will not be drawn back neither by promises nor threatnings neither by frowns nor flatteries let his sinful Companions ●ntice him by never so many orguments he will not consent but he is full ben● and resolved for Heaven and Happiness whatever it cost him and therefore seeing the weakness of his own flesh and his natural inclination to be overcome by the least temptation therefore he plys the chrone of Grace and there he pours out earnest prayers and supplications for the assistance of divine grace to streng then him in the inner man he daxes not trust to his own strength he considers how soon Peter was overcome notwithstanding his Resolution to stand saying If I should dye with thee I will not deny thee and yet because he was to consident of his own strength it pleased Bod for his tryal to leave him to himself how soon he denyed and forswore his Lord and Saviour he began to curse and swear that he knew him not Mat. 26. Now I say a returning sinner considering this he dares not resolve in his own strength but Labours and orders in the use of all means to get strength from Heaven and in the strength of Christ he strides and labours to go on towards the Heavenly mark he aims at he rests not in any certain attainments but truly resolves by the help of Divine Grace towards the mortification of the whole body of sin and for the attainment of Grace and Holiness unto perfection And after he had done his best yet still he feels Lust to be strong in him and grace weak therefore he is more and more outragious against his natural inclinations and his earnest de●●ce and