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A sermon preached before the King at White-Hal, Septem. the 26th, 1675 by John Standish ...
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Standish, John, d. 1686.
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Talent put into your hand and suffer his Holy Spirit to blow up those sparks of Grace ye have covered o're with ashes in your hearts O let not that Blessed Comforter depart finally from you for the World as he did from Saul for then an Evil Spirit will soon possess and vex and send you to Endor But if ye have neglected his Grace and fallen into sin as who can plead Not-guilty Who can tell how oft he offendeth implore his assistance heartily wait his approach humbly and attend his motions earnestly and he will raise you again to Newness of Life he will bring you fresh Auxiliaries from your glorified Saviour and in due time unite you so firmly unto Him that your sins shall be chargeable only upon Him His Merits put on your Accompt and sufficient Vertue shall go out of Him to cleanse you from all Unrighteousness 2. And lastly be their Address never so humble it runs in a more then Humane stile for We pray you in CHRIST'S stead and however you put us off till a a more convenient season Yet as the voice from Heaven said hear HIM HIM that once took the Curse of God upon him for you and is ever at his right hand interceding for his Blessings on you HIM to whom all power is committed both in Heaven and Earth who even as Son of Man is now Lord of Angels Lord of all The Requests of Kings have been used to go for Commands with dutiful Subjects And when the KING OF KINGS prays and begs but one thing of you can ye possibly deny Him Sure no Man can be so much a Monster no Gentleman so much a Jew We pray you in Christ's stead What shall I say more Yes not only the glorified Son of Man but GOD himself doth beseech you by us too Wonder not that he speaks to you by men of like-passions with your selves unless you wonder at his infinite Mercy For ye can neither see nor hear HIM and live one glimpse ye know even of CHRIST'S glorious Body struck Saul to the ground blind and half dead Speak Thou with us said Israel to Moses and let not GOD speak with us lest we Die. Besides it is GOD'S Prerogative alone to shew his own Strength by the most weak Instruments It was not a man of mean Person and Presence and then a Prisoner at the Bar too that made the stout Felix shake and tremble It was not Elijah's word a silly plain Prophet that fell like Thunder upon the great guilty Ahab and struck a Palsie into his Joynts and forc'd him to his Sackcloth and Ashes but the Word of the Living God which if as soft Fire it cannot melt like a strong Hammer oft breaks the Rocky Heart in pieces The same GOD doth not now thunder and threaten but pray and beseech you by us Hear O Heavens and give ear O Earth The Almighty Creator becomes as it were an humble Petitioner to his own Creature and to shew he is in good earnest because he could not swear by a greater he hath sworn by himself upon his own Life and Honour As I live saith the LORD I will not the death of a sinner Who can despise such ardent Love Who can spurn at such infinite tender Bowels Who can resist that still small Voyce the secret but piercing and importunate whispers of his Holy SPIRIT in your hearts which the Tongue of Men and Angels cannot express no nor all the powers of Men and Devils without your own consent render ineffectual And what doth the Lord thy God thus require nay request and beseech of thee O Man If he had bid thee do some great thing to cure thy natural Leprosie wouldst thou not have done it How much rather then when he saith unto thee only wash in the blood of the Covenant and he clean Only be reconciled be hearty friends with thy God make what returns thou canst of his wonderful Love Indeed the tinckling of three little Bells in a Country Steeple and the Peasants flocking to the Towns end and crying GOD SAVE THE KING adds not much to the Majesty of a Potent Monarch yet as that great Preacher and Prelate observes it is all they can do it shews their honest love and hearty affections and so sounds well and pleases the Royal ear Much more will your merciful God accept the will for the deed And let but men husband their proportion of Grace as well as they can let them but shew their integrity of heart and earnest desires and then do their faithful endeavours to serve love and honour Him and he asks no more being ready to supply all their defects and imperfections out of the inexhaustible Fountain of CHRISTS Righteousness This is all that God doth beseech you by us and if any man will deny him this he must needs confess his Damnation is just which GOD forbid and I have done For we are Ambassadors for CHRIST as though GOD the HOLY GHOST did beseech you by us We pray you in CHRIST GOD THE SON'S stead be ye reconciled to GOD THE FATHER To which Eternal TRINITY ONE GOD be the Eternal Kingdom Power and Glory AMEN FINIS A Catalogue of some Sermons c. printed for and sold by Henry Brome since the dreadful Fire of London to 1675. A Guide to Eternity by John Bona useful for Families and fit to be given at Funerals Dean W. Lloyd's Sermon before the King about Miracles 6 d. His Sermon at the Funeral of John Lord Bishop of Chester 6 d. His Sermon before the King in Lent 1673. 6 d. The Seasonable Discourse against Popery in quarto 6 d. The Defence of it quarto 6 d. The Difference betwixt the Church and Court of Rome in quarto 6 d. The Papists Apology to the Parliament answered 6 d. Mr. Naylor's Commemoration Sermon for the Honorable Col. Cavendish 6 d. Mr. Sayers Sermon at the Assizes at Reading 6 d. Mr. Tho. Tanner's Sermon to the scattered Members of the Church 6 d. Mr. Stanhop's four Sermons on several Occasions octavo bound 1 s. 6 d. Papal Tyranny as it was exercised over England for some Ages with two Sermons on the fifth 〈◊〉 November by Dr. Du Moulin in quarto 1 s. 6 d. His Sermon at the Funeral of Dr. Turner Dean of Canterbury 6 d. Bishop Lany's last Sermon preached before the King against Comprehension Principles and Duties of Natural Religion By John Wilkins late Lord Bishop of Chester Mr. Farindon's 130 Sermons in Folio