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A48505 A sermon preached before the Queen, at Whitehall, Jan. 24, 1690/1 by J. Lambe ... Lambe, John, 1648 or 9-1708. 1691 (1691) Wing L223; ESTC R3371 10,648 28

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encouragements which may perswade us to the practice of it And all those Arguments indeed which oblige us to believe and practise according to the directions of our Religion in general do as firmly bind us to such degrees of Faith and Vertue as shall adorn it For this is not a different duty it is but the same thing in its just and proper measures a more eminent Vertue a more perfect Faith a more excellent Life But I shall only consider those at present which appear more apposite and particular and they are these that follow 1. First To adorn the Doctrine of God our Saviour by such a Faith and such a practice as I have now describ'd is the most infallible assurance both to our selves and others that our Principle is sincere and perfect It cannot be denied but there are degrees of true Faith and true Vertue and that the Religion of our Saviour is urged upon us by a double Sanction by the joys of Heaven and by greater degrees of that Joy The former shall be the reward of sincere Obedience though in a lower measure the latter of a growing abounding perfect Faith and Life But however though we do not say it is impossible yet a staggering Faith a starv'd ungrowing Vertue is very seldom true For a Principle of true Religion is nothing less than a sense of the Divine Authority Beauty and Goodness of the Law it selt an immoveable hope in the Promises and a dread of the threatnings there delivered And whosoever is affected in earnest with a sense of these things will endeavour by a natural promptitude by a moral necessity to pass from one degree of Grace to another till he come to be perfect in Christ Jesus Where can he stop who sincerely believes there is a Heaven before him This then is the test of true Religion that we find our Faith grow stronger temptations weaker with a freedom and chearfulness in all Obedience to the will of God Whosoever hath this hope in him purifies himself even as he is pure says St. John 1 Epist 3.3 2. Secondly Let us consider that to live such a Life as shall cause our Religion to be esteem'd and honour'd in the World is the greatest Blessing as well to our selves as others that we can either imagine or desire For He that converteth a sinner from the evil of his way shall save a soul from death and shall hide a multitude of sins Jam. 5.19 20. What can more excite our Emulation than to stand in the place of the Apostles to subdue prejudices to mollifie hardned hearts to work Miracles to win Souls and inlarge the Kingdom of our Saviour That 's the second 3. The third encouragement to such a profession and practice of our Religion as shall adorn it are the particular Promises which are made to those who shall attain unto it The service is so eminent that God has been pleased to encourage it by special Promises He that confesses me says our Saviour him will I confess it a particular manner before my Father St. Mat. 10.32 And again When they reproach and persecute you Rejoice and be exceeding glad for great is your reward in Heaven St. Mat. 5.11 12. In a steddy Confession and a most Holy Life there is an assurance of Faith a Zeal an affection to the service of God that is not common even amongst those who are really good and therefore it will be particularly considered St. Paul departed from his Liberty for the sake of the Gospel and refused to accept of any maintenance from the people 1 Cor. 9. And doing this willingly says he that is without an express command I have a reward v. 17. I shall have a particular consideration for it But on the other hand a most dreadful wo is denounced against those who professing the Christian Religion scandalize it and cause it to be blasphemed by the unsteadiness of their Faith or the debauchery of their Lives Offences will come says our Saviour but wo unto those by whom they come It were better that a milstone were hanged about his neck and he were cast into the midst of the Sea Luk. 17.1 2. That is the third 4. The fourth and last encouragement to such a profession and practice of our Religion as shall recommend it in the World is the particular peace and satisfaction which will arise from such a Faith and Life All dejections and interruptions of our Peace are the Judgment of our Consciences against us that we have yielded to temptations that we have press'd upon our Vertue to preserve our Pleasures or our Interest But he that is grounded and setled in his Faith steady in his hope of the Promises habitual zealous and universal in the practice of his duty will find his Peace as constant as his Principle as inexpressible as his Love To relieve the distress'd with a bushel of wheat is but common humanity says Plutarch but what excess of joy did Phidias and Theophrastus find in those extraordinary actions of theirs when they delivered their Country from Tyranny and Oppression Lib. de Tranq The Testimony of our Consciences that in simplicity and godly sincerity we have had our Conversation in the World 2 Cor. 1.12 must needs be a Principle of great rejoicing What expectation of Divine Assistance What hope in difficulties What Confidence at the hour of Death will he certainly find who can truly say Oh Lord remember how I have serv'd thee with a perfect heart Thy Glory has been my principal aim and end and thy Law my business and delight And thus I have explained the Duty and considered the Motives which may excite us to the practice of it It now remains that we endeavour upon the force of all that has been said to subdue our own Self will and sensual Appetites and devote our selves to the Obedience of God to the service and honour of our most Holy Faith That we study the Beauty Worth and Perfection of our Religion the Goodness Power and Faithfulness of the God we serve that we may walk worthy of our Vocation Eph. 4.1 That we may have our Conversation as becomes the Gospel Phil. 1.27 That we may stand compleat and perfect in all the Will of God Col. 4.12 That your light may so shine before men that they may see your good Works and glorifie your Father which is in Heaven Mat. 5.16 That at the dreadful day of Judgment we may meet our Lord with Joy and give him such an account of the Talents he intrusted us withal as shall be received and passed with Well done good and faithful Servants ye have been faithful over a few things I will make you rulers over many things enter ye into the Joy of your Lord Mat. 25.21 Which God of his Mercy grant to every one of us for Jesus Christ his sake the Righteous to whom with the Father and the Holy Ghost be ascribed all Honour Glory Praise Dominion and Obedience now and for evermore Amen FINIS Books Printed for Walter Kettilby at the Bishop's-Head in St Paul 's Church-Yard BIshop Overall's Convocation Book MDCVI concerning the Government of God's Catholick Church and the Kingdoms of the whole World 4 to Dr Falkner's Libertas Ecclesiastica 8 vo 's Vindication of Liturgies 8 vo 's Christian Loyalty 8 vo Dr Scott's Christian Life In three Vol. 8 vo Dr Fowler 's Libertas Evangelica 8 vo Mr W. Allen's Tracts 8 vo Mr Raymond's Pattern of pure and undefiled Religion 8 vo 's Exposition of the Church Catechism Mr Hesketh's Piety the best Rule of Orthodoxy 8 vo 's Serious Exhortation to frequent Commanion 8 vo 's Case of eating and drinking unworthily 8 vo Faith and Practice of a Church of England Man 12. The Third Edition Mr Lamb's Dialogues between a Minister and his Parishioner about the Lord's Supper 8 vo 's Sermon before the King at Windsor 's Sermon before the Lord Mayor 's Liberty of humane Nature stated discussed and limited 's Sermon before the King and Queen Jan. 19. 1689. Dr Grove's Sermon before the King and Queen June 1. 1690. Mr Jeffery's Religion the Perfection of Man 8 vo Dr Worthington of Resignation 8 vo 's Christian Love 8 vo Dr Pelling's Sermon before the King and Queen Dec. 8. 1689. 's Vindication of those that have taken the Oath 4 to Dr Kidder's Christian Sufferer supported 8 vo Dr Sharp's Discourse concerning Conscience The first Part wherein an account is given of the Nature and Rule and Obligation of it And the case of those who separate from the Communion of the Church of England as by Law established upon this pretence that it is against their Conscience to join in it is stated and discussed 's Discourse of Conscience The second Part concerning a doubting Conscience 's Fast-Sermon before the House of Commons April 11. 1679. on Revel ii 5. 's Duty and Happiness of doing good in two Sermons the former Preached at the Yorkshire Feast Feb. 17. 1679. on Eccl. iii. 10. the other before the Lord Mayor at the Spittle Apr. 14. 1680. on 1 Tim. vi 17 18 19. 's Sermon at the Election of the Lord Mayor Sept. 29. 1680. on Psal cxii 4. 's Lent-Sermon at Whitehal March 20. 1684. on Luke xvi 31. 's Sermon before the Queen at Whitehall Apr. 11. 1690. on Gal. v. 13. 's Fast-Sermon before the Honourable House of Commons May 21. 1690. on Deut. v. 29. Reflections on a French Testament Printed at Bordeaux An. Dom. MDCLXXXVI Pretenced to be Translated out of the Latin into French by the Divines of Louvain By Richard Kidder D. D. and Dean of Peterborough Dr Hickman's Sermon before the Queen at Whitehall Oct. 26. 1690. 's Fast Sermon before the Honourable House of Commons Oct. 19. 1690. Polemo-Middinia Carmen Macaronicum Autore Gulielmo Drummundo Scoto-Britanno Accedit Jacobi id Nominis quinti Regis Scotorum Cantilena Rustica vuglò inscripta Christ's Kirk on the Green Recensuit notisque illustravit E.G.