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Three sermons I. The wrath of God against sinners, II. God's eternitie, and mans humanitie, III. The plantation of the righteous / by T.H.
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Hooker, Thomas, 1586-1647.
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this generation by the Ministery oâ⦠the Word and Noah and Enock in that Ministery Gods Spirit strives with wicked men they spake noâ⦠in their owne words but iâ⦠the 2 Pet. 2. holy men spakâ⦠Gods Word as they doe the Lord doth put his hand to ââ¦he worke the meaning is I ââ¦ave sent Noah and Enock ââ¦hey spake not their owne ââ¦ords onely but yee have ââ¦ven against my good ââ¦pirit what it is to strive ââ¦e Lord will not strive alââ¦ayes the meaning is not ãâã judgement Eccles 6.10 ââ¦he Lord he deales with ââ¦oore sinners after their naââ¦re as a reasonable creaââ¦re he enters to reasons ââ¦nd goes to Law and makes ââ¦ite to draw them home to ââ¦im for this I take to be the ââ¦eaning his Ministers came ââ¦metimes to exhort someââ¦mes to comfort and someââ¦mes to reprove and so wee ââ¦e to Law with God aââ¦aine From whence observeâ⦠foure points Doct. 1. The Spirit oâ⦠God doth ever accompany the Word and the Ministeâ⦠thereof Here he ascribâ⦠it My spirit shall not alwayâ⦠strive Doct. 2. That the Loâ⦠strives with rebellious sinners for their good who as they strive against tâ⦠power of the Spirit aâ⦠their owne good Noâ⦠strove to draw them homâ⦠and they strove and wouâ⦠not come Doct. 3. When men dâ⦠abuse the Word long Gâ⦠will cease to strive in the ãâã of the meanes he will striâ⦠no more as he said here Aâ⦠ãâã Lord said I will not alââ¦ayes c. Doct. 4. Though the ââ¦ord will strive no more ââ¦t he strives long hee gives ââ¦ng time of repentance as ãâã did to the old world an ââ¦dred and twenty yeares Doct. 5. That Gods Spiâ⦠doth ever accompany the ââ¦ord and the Ministery ââ¦ereof by the Spirit of ââ¦od I meane the eternall ââ¦pirit the Holy Ghost doth ââ¦speciall manner accompaâ⦠the Word know that ââ¦od is every where and ââ¦oweth all things but in a ââ¦eciall manner hee is with ââ¦is with the Word Come ââ¦ecomes with the Word ââ¦rbid he forbids Rom. 1. ãâã Gospel is the power of the Lord to the salvationâ⦠man Quest But how doâ⦠this appeare to be so Answ I answer it aâ⦠peareth in two things ãâã God doth please to set tâ⦠worke apart to save and saââ¦ctifie our soules which ãâã the learning in the woâ⦠cannot doe Secondly the Lord by ãâã power of his Spirit doâ⦠constantly and continuaâ⦠accompany this worke asâ⦠thinkes good to be a conâ⦠tation to the wicked anâ⦠consolation to the godâ⦠2 Cor. 2. the two last verââ¦to the one it is a favour death to the other it is a ãâã vour of life it either ãâã the soule or saves the soâ⦠though it ever accompanies ââ¦e Word yet this worke ãâã the Spirit is a voluntary ââ¦orke Thirdly It doth alwayes company the Word but ââ¦oth not alwayes worke ââ¦or some after twenty or ââ¦irty yeares are converted ãâã that it doth not alwayes ââ¦orke Looke as the brazen ââ¦erpent was lift up in the Wildernesse that whoever ââ¦oked on it that was stung ââ¦ith the fiery Serpents ââ¦ould be healed there was healing vertue in it he set it part for that purpose for ââ¦at had no vertue of it selfe ãâã because God would ââ¦orke by it so that whosoeââ¦r looked on it might bee ââ¦aled so it is with the Word of God for they aâ⦠no more able to conveâ⦠then others but because Goâ⦠hath promised to accompany them in dispensation of iâ⦠Reas 1. First taken from tâ⦠fruit and effect of his Woâ⦠that it is able to doe ãâã things in the beginning ãâã is able to doe that whiâ⦠Men and Angels cannot doâ⦠Hebr. 4.12 The Word ãâã God is quicke and powerfâ⦠and sharper then any two ãâã god sword piercing even to ãâã dividing asunder of the soâ⦠and spirit and a discovery ãâã the thoughts of the heâ⦠It is Gods faithfull workâ⦠the reason why carnall ãâã fall out with the Ministerâ⦠the Word and say you spâ⦠against men I know yâ⦠ââ¦eane me No no wee ââ¦now not your hearts but God doth and the Word of God knowes them Iohn 5. The dead shall heare the voyce ââ¦f the Sonne of God the meaââ¦ing is they that are dead ãâã sinnes for by nature every ââ¦an is dead in sinne It must ââ¦e more then all men can do ãâã our Saviour said to Lazaus when men stood weeââ¦ing by but Christ said Lazarus come out It must be Gods Word that must raise ãâã from the death of sinne ãâã the life of righteousââ¦esse Vse First of instruction ãâã take heed of taking up of ââ¦mes against the Spirit of God we see the haynous ââ¦nne of them that despise the Ministery of the Goâ⦠pell men may thinke it nââ¦thing but alas you knoâ⦠not what it is for the Woâ⦠of God and the Spirit ãâã God goeth together as ãâã blessed Martyr Steven saâ⦠in the 7 of the Actes Yâ⦠stiffenecked and uncircumâ⦠sed in heart and eares yâ⦠have ever resisted the gâ⦠Spirit of God as did your ãâã thers so do you therefore taâ⦠heed You are neere to ãâã sin against the Holy Ghoâ⦠for it is not the Word ãâã Man but the Word of Goâ⦠it is the Spirit that thâ⦠shouldest be saved by thâ⦠thou hast opposed you gâ⦠away with the contempt ãâã the Gospel and make thâ⦠nothing thou hast sinnâ⦠ââ¦gainst God and his Spirit ââ¦at accompanies the Word Counsel one another say do ââ¦ou know what you do It ãâã Gods Spirit must not that ââ¦mfort you must not that ââ¦ve you It is that that you ââ¦ppose take heed for this ãâã above Incestuous sinnes ââ¦ke 3.20.21 Herod was an ââ¦cestuous sinner but above ââ¦his fins he added this that ââ¦put Iohn in prison he was a ââ¦cestuous adulterer yet putââ¦g Iohn in prison was ââ¦ove all Matth. 11. It shall ãâã easier for Sodome and Goââ¦rah in the day of judgeââ¦ut then for you that oppose ãâã Word of the Lord. So ââ¦ch for the first point Doct. 2. The Lord strives ââ¦ith poore sinners for their good when as they striâ⦠against the power of the Sâ⦠rit and their owne gooâ⦠God enters into Law with sinner Sin and Sathan saiâ⦠the soul is theirs God entâ⦠into Law and saith it is hâ⦠and he made it every mâ⦠by nature takes paine that ãâã might have no good frâ⦠God he goes to Law to gâ⦠to hell as it were Matth. 2â⦠37. Oh Ierusalem thou tâ⦠killest the Prophets and stoâ⦠them that were sent to thâ⦠There is the thing marâ⦠How often would I have gâ⦠thered thy children togethâ⦠as a Henne her Chickens ãâã yee would not Here is a cuâ⦠tention the Lord wouâ⦠have revealed his wiâ⦠his Spirit would have ãâã ââ¦ed you home but you would ââ¦ot yee resisted his good Spirit yee take hold of wicââ¦ednesse as the Prophet ââ¦ere sayes and Iohn 5.4 You will not come to me that ãâã may be saved saith our ââ¦aviour to the Pharisees ââ¦any perish and shal
Three Sermons I. The Wrath of GOD against Sinners II. GOD'S Eternitie and Mans Humanitie III. The Plantation of the Righteous By T. H. ROM 1.18 The wrath of God is revealed from Heaven against all ungodlinesse and unrighteousnesse of men who hold the truth in unrighteousnesse LONDON Printed by M.P. for Iohn Stafford dwelling in Black-Horse-Alley neere Fleetstreet 1638. THE VVRATH of God against SINNERS ROM 1.18 The wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodlinesse and unrighteousnesse of men who hold the truth in unrighteousnesse IN the fore going verses the holy Apostle by way of Preface prepareth way for ãâã truth that hee would deliver and the doctrine he purposed to dispence of and that all cavils might be removed and that the Word of God might take deeper root and better acceptance heâ⦠uses these three particulars and first hee cleares the authority of his challenge hee came not before hee was sent of God and therefore being called it concerned him and was his duty to do good He discovers the tendernesse of his love and his marvellous readinesse to do them good in the 12 13 and 14 verses It was a deâ⦠the Apostle ought the Rââ¦ââ¦ans therefore hee ougâ⦠to pay it and now way bââ¦ing made he comes to ãâã ââ¦aine point that is That a ââ¦an is not justified by doing ââ¦ut by beleeving and this ââ¦e confirmeth first by the ââ¦estimony of Scripture that ãâã man is justified by faith and ââ¦ot by workes ye shall live ââ¦y faith Secondly by force of Argument and that after this ââ¦anner If all men by the ââ¦orkes of the Law cannot ââ¦unne the wrath of God ââ¦en a man cannot be saved ââ¦y the workes of the Law This hee propounds in the words of the Text and proââ¦ecutes it in the Chapter following and affirmes that neiââ¦er of them can be saved by ââ¦e works of the Law First In the Text observe ââ¦ese two particulars first the dealing of wicked mâ⦠with the truth of God thâ⦠hold the truth of God in uââ¦righteousnesse Secondly Gods dealiâ⦠with them they dealt rougââ¦ly with the truth they laâ⦠violent hands on it and Gâ⦠he deales as rigorously wiâ⦠them And the reason wâ⦠they hold downe the trutâ⦠is because of some lustâ⦠their soules that is beloâ⦠of them Secondly The Apoâ⦠shewes against whom Gâ⦠wrath commeth Thirdly The universalâ⦠in these words All. Gâ⦠doth not deale partially ãâã all that misprison the trâ⦠in unrighteousnesse sâ⦠have the wrath of God deââ¦ounced against them Fourthly The place from whence it shall come from ââ¦eaven First we are here to know what is meant by truth For ââ¦e better understanding of ââ¦e Text Truth carries two ââ¦ings with it First The rule of righteousnesse which is that hoââ¦age and obedience we owe ââ¦nto God and this rule of ââghteousnesse is the most ââ¦xcellent rule that is Secondly Truth carrieth ãâã it selfe the efficacy and ââ¦ower of truth and therefore ââ¦e Apostle Paul sharply ââ¦proves Peter Gal. 2.14 ââ¦rse that though he obââ¦ved the Gospel in the maine yet he did not walke with a straight foot Secondly What is meant by holding the truth of God in unrighteousnesse To hold the truth of God in unrighteousnesse is by a kind of violence and strong hand to hinder the operation and passage of it that the Word cannot performe that worke which otherwise it would in the hearts of them to whom it is sent Thirdly What is meanâ⦠by the word unrighteousnesse In some places it signifiesâ⦠sinne that is committed against the second Table onely but here in this place ãâã implies all sinful distempers and corruptions of heart anâ⦠this word in unrighteousnesse It carries the cause and authority as when a man sayes stop such a man in my name 1 Doct. The truth of God is operative 2 Doct. That wicked men are enemies to the Word of God 3 Doct. That the corruptions of mens hearts is the cause of the hinderance of the word But I will draw them all into one Doct. That carnall and corrupt hearts hinder the power of the truth from working upon them or prevailing with them as much as in them lies It is true that truth is powerfull and will prevaile ãâã when he sends his truth to worke upon any corruptâ⦠heart he doth not stand to aske our wils whether we will receive or not but hee will make it effecââ¦uall hee will shake off all oppositions and he will drive all before him but let the Lord do what he will yet the carnall heart will resist and stand out and as much as in him lies labour to keep out the Word Rom. 2.14 15. Though Heathens be strangers from the life of God and from the Covenant of Grace yet this little remainder of the Law of God in their hearts which remaines will be a working in them so that murder and uncleannesse they will punish with death The truth is discovered ââ¦ree wayes First when a man is about ãâã commit any sinne as to ââ¦eale c. his conscience wil ââ¦mite him and so in other ââ¦innes Secondly the power and efficacy of God may be observed in the Creation yet ââ¦he darknesse of mens eyes ââ¦r the foggishnesse of their understandings do interpose themselves Thirdly by truth is meant the preaching of the Word when the truth is never so ââ¦pparant and prooffes never ââ¦o pregnant and arguments never so invincible yet their hearts will not yeeld nor ââ¦onsent when the light of ââ¦he Gospel is plainly dispensed and promulgated theâ⦠must needs be a marveiloâ⦠light and yet men will noâ⦠yeeld to it as Paul and Barnabas the word they taught the Jewes put it away wheâ⦠it gripes the heart and begins to worke effectually then they vomit it up againeâ⦠Act. 7.57 Yee stiff-necked in heart yee doe alwayes resist the Holy Ghost as your Fathers did so doe yee Gen. 19.9 so the Sodomites did to Lot when the old and the young were gathered about thâ⦠house and would have theâ⦠out and when Lot said I pray you my brethren doe not so wickedly Stand back say they we will doe worse with theâ⦠then with them As they did to Lot so you doe to Gods Ministers when Gods Messengers come and intreat you O brethren do not so wickedly profane the Sabbath and curse instead of praying be not so malicious against the wayes of God take heed of persecuting the servants of God Stand backe say they we will doe worse and thus they take up armes against the blessed truth of God when it comes to pull them off from their cursed practises c. For the discovery of the point give me leave to expresse three particulars First What is that worke which the truth would discover Secondly How wicked men hinder it Thirdly The reason why they doe so Quest 1. What is the power of the truth or what would it doe that wicked men oppose it Answ It appeares in foure particulars First it is a word of Information