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A76168 Englands warning-piece. To all sleepy secure sinners, Or, The true Christians subjection to Christ as their King and Saviour. Plainly and powerfully setting forth to the heart and conscience, of all careless secure sinners, their great folly and madness in refusing to submit to Jesus Christ as he is tendered in the Gospel. : With many cogent arguments and reasons to perswade all persons to come into Christ for salvation, now in the day of their visitation, before the fire of his wrath be kindled upon them, and the gates of Heaven be shut against them, and they perish for ever. : With some rules and directions how we may attain true happiness. / Gathered from the painful labours of Mr. Richard Baxter, being the substance of a sermon ; Lycensed and entred according to order. Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691. 1678 (1678) Wing B1258A; ESTC R172645 9,382 24

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not to renounce thy Saviour till thou hast found a better Master say as Peter whither shall we go Lord thou hast the words of Eternal Life 2ly These following considerations are drawn from the aggravation of the punishment and all from the words of my Text. 1. God will be angry if you kiss not his Son his wrath is as a fire and this neglect of Christ is the way to kindle it if thou art not a beleiver thou art condemned already but this will bring upon thee a double condemnation oh what will the Father say to such unworthy wretches must I send my Son from my bosome to suffer for thee must he groan and bleed when thou shouldst bleed and dye when thou shouldst dye and canst thou not be perswaded to imbrace and obey him must he have the naked title of thy Lord and Saviour while the fleshly pleasures and profits have thy heart what wrath can be too great and Hell too hot for such ungrateful wretches go seize upon him Justice let my wrath consume and hell devour thee seeing thou hast chosen death take it and as thou hast rejected Heaven thou shalt never see it but my wrath shall abide on thee for ever John 3. Chap. 36 ver Woe to thee sinner if this be once thy sentence thou hadst better have Heaven and Earth fall upon thee than one degree of God's displeasure O what a pittyful sight t is to see a man under the wrath of God and are these little sparks so intollerably hot what then do you think are the everlasting flames beloved hearers if God had not spoke this I durst not have spoke it the desire of my soul is that you may-not feell it I hope the foreknowing may help to prevent it Let me tell you from God as sure as Heaven is over your heads and the Earth under your feet except the Son of God be nearer thy heart and dearer to thy heart than Friends or goods or Pleasures or Life or any thing in the world this burning wrath will never be prevented when this wrath of God is throughly kindled then blessed are they that trust in him Luke 14. Matt. 10. 37. And now what is your resolution perhaps you have been Enemie to Christ under the name of Christians will you be so still have you not loathed this busie diligent serving of him and hated them that carefully seek him more than the vilest Drunkard or Blasphemer have not his word Service and Sabboth been a burden to you crying away with these precise Preachers they shall not controle us this precise Scripture shall be no Law to us and consequently this Christ shall not rule over us you may go on as far as Pharo if you will but if you be not losers in the latter end God hath not spoken by me 1 Kings Sirs I am loath to leave you till the bargain be made what say you are you willing that Christ shall be your Soveraign his word your Law his worship your Recreations his merits your Refuge his glory your end and himself the delight of your souls the Lord Jesus waiteth for your answer thou wilt very shortly wait on him for thy doom as ever thou wouldst have him speak life to thy soul do thou resolve upon the way of Life remember that thou art almost at Death and Judgement if thou didst but see what others suffer for neglecting of him that now offereth thee his grace what wouldst thou do when it comes to that then thou wilt cry away with the world away Pleasures nothing can comfort me but Christ why then will not you be of the same mind now Oh that it might stand with the Will of God that this Sermon might take effect upon your hearts and fasten upon your souls and pierce into your consciences as an Arrow drawn out of the Quiver of God it should follow thee home and bring thee down on thy Knees in secret and there lament they case and make thee cry out in the bitterness of thy spirit Lord I am a sinner that hath neglected thee and have tasted more sweetness in the world than in thy blood and taken more delight in my earthly labours and pleasures than in praying and meditating on thee and here it should make thee lye in tears and Prayers and follow Christ with cryes and complaints till he take thee up from the dust and assure thee of his pardon and change thy heart and close it with his own To conclude all with the words of my Text Oh kiss the Son least he be angry and you perish blessed are all they that trust in him FINIS Books Printed for Joshua Conyers at the black raven in duck lane with many others THe Young Mans guide in his way to Heaven or a cabinet of rich Jewels 2. An Awakening Call to unconverted sinners or the Jaylors Conversion 3 Gods Sword against Drunkards or a Timely warning to Drunkards Swearers and blasphemers of Gods holy name the first parr 4 The great and grievous sin of Pride Whoredome and Adultery Arraigned and condemned in abundance of examples the second part 5 A dreadful warning to all Impenitent sinners seting sorth the great danger of making light of Christ and salvation by Mr. Baxten 6 The Art of Divine contentment in all conditions a new peice 7 The Travels and Persecutions of our Saviour Christ and his 12 Apostles 8 The fiery Tryals of Martyrs that were burnt to death for the Protestant Religion 9. Seven forty examples upon persecutors
Englands Warning-piece 1 Cor. 6 chap. 19. 20. ver And ye are not your own for ye are bought with a price therefore glorify God in your body and in you spirit which are Gods Englands Warning-piece To all sleepy secure Sinners OR The true Christians Subjection to Christ as their King and Saviour Plainly and Powerfully setting forth to the Heart and Conscience of all Careless secure Sinners their great Folly and Madness in refusing to submit to Jesus Christ as he is tendered in the Gospel With many Cogent Arguments and Reasons to perswade all persons to come into Christ for Salvation now in the day of their Visitation before the fire of his wrath be kindled upon them and the Gates of Heaven be shut against them and they perish for ever With some Rules and Directions how we may attain true Happiness 2 Cor. 5 chap. 11 verse Knowing therefore the terrour of the Lord we perswade men Gathered from the painful labours of Mr. Richard Baxter being the substance of a Sermon Lycensed and Entred according to Order Printed for J. Conyers at the Black Raven in Duck-Lane 1678. The true Christians subjection to Christ the only way to Salvation Psalm 2. 11. and 12 Verses Serve the Lord with fear and rejoyce with trembling Kiss the Son least he be angry and ye perish from the way when his wrath is kindled but a little blessed are all they that put their trust in him THe chief scope of the Psalm is to foretel the Extent and prevalency of the Kingdome of Christ admonishing his Enemies to submit to his Government deriding the vanity of their opposing projects and fury and forewarning them of their ruine if they come not in I shall draw the scope of the Text into this one Doctrine No power or priviledge can save that man from the fearful sudden consuming wrath of God that doth not unfainedly love depend upon and subject himself unto the Lord Jesus Christ In handling of this point I shall observe ●… order First I will shew you what this Love Dependency and Subjection are Secondly what wrath it is that will thus kindle and consume them Thirdly why this Kissing the Son is the only way to escape it Fourthly why no power or priviledge else can procure their escape Fifthly Application First Subjection to Christ is the acknowledging of his absolute Soveraignty both as he is God Creatour and as a Redeemer over all the world and particularly our selves and a hearty consent to this his Soveraignty especially that he be our Lord and his Laws our Rule and a delivering our selves to be governed accordingly Secondly this Dependency on Christ is when we acknowledge the sufficiency of his satisfaction and his power and willingness to save all that receive him in his free universal offer in the Gospel we do heartily accept him for our only Saviour and accordingly renouncing all other do wait upon him beleivingly for the benefits of his Sufferings and Office and the performance of his ●●●…hful covenant to us in restoring us to all the ●●●…ings which we lost and advancing us to a far ●…ater everlasting glory Thirdly this Affection to Christ is when in the knowledge and sence of his love to us both common and especial and of his own excellency and the blessedness of enjoying of him and the Father and life by him our hearts do chuse him and the Father by him as our only happiness and accordingly love him above all things in the world These threefold descriptions containeth the summ of the Gospel so hath it nothing but what is of necessity to sound Christianity Secondly what wrath is it that will thus kindle and consume them as there are two Covenants so each hath his proper penalty for its breaking 1. Then till men do come in and submit to Christ they lye under the wrath of God for all their sins as they are against the Covenant of works or they are lyable to the curse of that Covenant Christ's death hath taken away the curse of the Covenant not absolutely from any man but conditionally which becomes absolute when the condition is performed the Elect themselves are not by nature under the Covenant of Grace but remain under the curse of the first Covenant till they come into Christ 2. Whosoever rejecteth or neglecteth this Grace and so finally breaketh the new Covenant must also bear the curse or the penalty thereof besides all the former which will be a greater curse even as the blessings of this Covenant are far greater than those of the first It was a heavy punishment to be cast out of Paradise from the presence of God and to be cursed by him and subject to Eternal death and all creatures below cursed for our sakes to bear all those curses and Plagues threatned in Duteronomy 27. ch 26. verse Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this Law to do them and all the people shall say Amen See Deut. 29. chap. 20 verse Heb. 10. Chap. 28. 29. verses He that despised Moses Law ayed without mercy c. Of how much sorer punishment shall he be thought worthy who hath troden under foot the Son of God and hath counted the blood of the Covenant wherewith he was sanctified an unholy thing and hath done despite unto the spirit of grace 3. Why this kissing the Son that is loving depending on and submitting to him is the only way to escape these curses I answer First the proper Reason that can be given is The will of the great Law giver who hath absolute power over us might dispose of us as he pleases and make us such Laws and conditions as seem best to his wisdome upon which our justification and salvation should depend he bath resolved that this shall be the only condition and way And that as no man shall be justified by a meer Christ or his death abstracted from Faith that is of Age or Reason so this Faith shall be the condition upon which they shall be justified or as a Christ neglected shall save no man so the accepting or receiving of him shall justify and save them as the condition of the Covenant performed under which notion it is that faith justifieth The Reasons from the former are 1. From the Equity it is but equal that he that hath bought us so dearly and from a stare so desperate and deplorable should be acknowledged and accepted for our Saviour and Lord. 1 Cor. 6. cha 19. 20. verses And yea are not your own for ye are bought with a price therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit which are Gods Rom. 14. chapter 9. verse For to this end Christ both dyed and rose again that he might rule over both quick and dead 2. As salvation by free grace through Christ is away most suitable to God's honour and to our own necessities as we could not have a more fitter way to the Father than by Christ so neither could there be a fitter