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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20229	A sermon of repentaunce a very godly and profitable sermon preached at Lee in Essex / by Arthur Dent ...	Dent, Arthur, d. 1607.	1582 (1582)	STC 6649.7; ESTC S4601	24,399	66

full of olde festered woundes you muste haue Corasiue Salues for that is the beste for you and the speediest way to recouer your healthe and for as muche as you bée rough Horses you muste haue a rough rider And harde knobbie timber must haue harde wedges and hard strokes with a béetle We preach the Lawe to driue you to Christe Wee preach Iudgementes to make you séeke Mercie Wée preach damnation to bring you to saluation But to preache Mercie and forgiuenesse before men see their sinnes or knowe their miseries by the preaching of the Lawe is to preach the Gospell vnprofitably For he that is ignorant of the Lawe knoweth not what misery is in himselfe nor what mercie is in God What father is there who if his childe should play the stubborne boy and disobey him in euery thing he commanded would stroke his heade and say hee were a good boy and not rather seuerely correcte him and whippe him with a rodde What master will commende his seruant for doing what he list and not what he commaundeth him euen so wee may not disobey and do euill and looke to he flattered too and not rather chidden Let vs know then that although God vse searing launcing corzing and searching of the bones and other violent remedies yet in the meane while hee procureth our health by them And let vs further vnderstand that forasmuche as there is none other meanes to drawe vs vnto saluation but by cleansing of al our vices and the same cleansing can not be done but by violence when we be warned by the doctrine of the Lawe so as our owne consciences accuse vs. Although we like well to be nowe and then flattered and soothed yet let vs séeke to be spoken vnto earnestly and to haue our faultes tolde vs and to be made ashamed of them and to haue our vnhonesty discouered not desire to be pleased For it were the next way to make vs rotte in our own filthines if we should holde it so in secret it would cost vs deare the setting on if wee shoulde be so flattered by men and in the meane season the heauenly Iudge shall thunder downe vppon vs. Therefore when anie man commeth to a Sermon let him first and formost make his reckoning to be rebuked as méete is and let him vnderstande that it is for his profit that he is not soothed And if he haue itching eares let him laye them awaye from him assuring himselfe that else he is foreclosed so as hée shall neuer receiue the doctrine to his profite and instruction And let him be content to haue his soares rubbed and bewraied that he may be brought to that which is for his welfare If a man please a sicke bodie what shall become of him shall hee giue him drinke euerie minute of an houre Shall he giue him wine whereas he should giue him water Shall hee giue him Sallets It were the nexte way to poyson him To bée shorte it is certayne that a man doeth alwayes seeke his owne death when hée would haue men to sooth him But nowe which is better eyther that hée whiche hath the ordering of a sicke man should yéelde to all his desires or that hée should bridle him notwithstanding that hee chafe and gnashe his teeth because he may not haue his owne will in his desires You see therefore how daungerous a thing it is to flatter and rayse vp men with the preaching of mercie before they haue bin cast downe with the sense of Gods Iudgements Cease therefore to open your mouthes to make hue and crie ouer the Countrey saying they preach nothing but the Law the Lawe damnation damnation vnlesse yée will take in Christ too and make him one of the number and accuse him of wante of wisedome because he preacheth cryeth out that whosoeuer repenteth not shalbe condemned For my part I preache the Gospell to whome the Gospell belongeth and the Law to whom the Lawe belongeth I preache Mercie to whom Mercie belongeth and Iudgement to whome Iudgement appertayneth And therefore holde your peace and be content to bee ruled by the wisedome of God But nowe let vs procéede to the third generall point which is the time when we shoulde Repent The holie Ghoste in the Scriptures pointeth vs to the present time and exhorteth vs to make that the time of our Repentaunce as Ioell 2. 12. Therefore also nowe the Lord sayeth turne you vnto mée with al your heart with fasting with weying and with mourning Likewise in the 3. Chap. to the Hebrues exhorte one another while it is called to daie leaste anie of you bée hardned through the deceiptfulnesse of sin And in the same Chapiter To day if you will heare his voice harden not your harts as in the prouocation So that now euen now euē now is y e time of our Repentaunce Nowe whilest hée calleth now whilest he speaketh now whilest hee knocketh let vs now therefore heare let vs now therefore obey Let vs now therefore redeeme this daie this present Wednesday whiche haue foreslowed so manye dayes whiche haue so longe hardened our heartes which haue let so many good thinges run out and spill besides Let vs take vp this daie and make it the day of our repentaunce Although we coulde neuer bée moued with any Sermon hitherto yet let vs now be moued once at last Let vs now say this shall bee my day of Repentaunce I wil deferre it no longer But now wil I turne vnto my God and forsake all my former wicked waies and mine own imaginations I will now chaunge the course of my life and beginne all newe againe I will be acquainted with Gods woord and take counsell there how to doe and how to behaue my selfe in euery action I will not onely reforme my selfe but also my whole houshold Wife Children and Seruauntes according vnto the same Thus my deare Brethren I beséeche you purpose in your heartes without anye further delaye and bée not like to Epicures and sla●ckgraces whiche say youth will bee youthfull and youth will haue his course what should we make it so holy when we are young tushe there needs but a sigh an houre before death let vs be merrie nowe we shall neuer bee younger wée will Repent when wee are olde As though poore soules they had repentance in their sléeue and at their commandement and that they could repent when they liste No no these fellowes shall paye for their presumption For God will giue them ouer to hardenes of hearte and impenitencie because they tooke so muche vppon them and made so long delaies that in the mean season they might enioye the profites and pleasures of sinne Therefore good brethren let vs not put it off from day to day but let vs nowe séeke the Lord whilest hée maie bée found and cal vppon him whilest hée is néere let vs take time while time is for time and tyde tarrieth for no man Let vs knowe this to bée the time of our

in Ezech. 1827. When the wicked turneth awaye from his wickednesse that hee hath committed and doeth that which is lawfull and righte he shall saue his soule aliue And againe Esay 55. 7. Let the wicked forsake his wayes and the vnrighteous his owne imaginations and returne vnto the Lorde and hee will haue mercy vppon him So here we see to whom forgiuenesse of sinnes and the mercies of God belongeth Namely to the penitent sinners to those that leaue sinne and imbrace Godlines to those that forsake his owne waies and imaginations turne vnto the Lord. And as for such as walk on in their owne wayes and follow y e delightes of sin without any sorrow or purpose to leaue them they haue nothing to doe with the mercie of God though Iesus Christe had ●●●●red an hundred deathes which could not bee yet shal no vnpenitent sinner haue remission of his sinnes by his death nor any other benefites of his Passion for they belong onely to his Churche and chosen people here vpon the earth He therefore that is not of the Church he that is not grafted into Christ by fayth he that is not a member of his mystical hody can inioy nothing by Christes death If any man abide not in me he is east foorth as a braunch and withereth and men gather them and caste them into the fire and they burne Iohn 15. 9. We reade in the 29. of Deuteronomie Howe God barreth all stubburne sinners from his mercie and doeth most terrible shoote out against them Hee that heareth the wordes of this curse and blesseth him selfe in his heart saying I shal haue peace although I walke according to the stubburnnes of our owne heart thus adding dronkennesse to thirste the Lord will not be mercifull vnto him but then the wrath of the Lorde and his iealousie shall smoke against that manne and euery curse that is written in this booke shal light vppon him So that God saith playnely hee hath no mercie for such as walke in the vayne delights of sinne and in the stubbornes of their owne heart adding drunkennesse to thirst that is one horrible sin to another Yet for all this it is a wonder to sée how y e blind wormes of this earth deceiue thē selues For they thinke whatsoeuer they say whatsoeuer they doe be it good be it euill whether they repēt or not repent yet they shalbe saued by christs death as thogh they would make it a baud to their sinnes so worke that villany against Christ I hope to be saued by Christs death aswell as the best of them all sayth some But where is thy repentaunce thou miserable wretche Doest thou thinke that Gods mercy is common to all and Christs death a baude for thy sinnes No no when it conuneth to the vpshotte thou shalt stoppe shorte For it will proue farre otherwise for thou shalt finde Gods mercye turned into Iustice and Christes death into Wormwood because thou hatedst knowledge and choosedst not the feare of the Lorde Thus you sée my deare brethren that Repentaunce must néedes go before forgiuenesse of sinnes where it leadeth not the way there the gates of Gods mercie are shutte vp and this is the first qualitie of repentance It hath also another condition and that is to alter and chaunge men from that they were before not in the substance and proportion of the body but in the qualities conditions of the minde For whosoeuer hath truely repented you shall by and by sée a moste marueilous and wonderfull chaunge in him so that he will not doe as he hath done nor speake as he hath spokē nor companie as he hath companied nor play the good fellowe as they terme it as he was wont to do nor runne to the same excesse of riot he was wont And this is it that amazeth the world and causeth them to bristle and fome at the mouth like wild Bores and to speake euil of them that are turned vnto God For the worlde loueth his owne and cannot abide that GOD should plucke one feather frō his Wings But repentaunce doth violently pull men out of the clawes of Sathan and chaunge them from the conditions of the world for it maketh of proude humble of hurtefull harmelesse of cruell méeke of Wolues Lambes of Lions Sheepe of adulterers Chaste liuers of Drunkardes sober men of Swearers reuerent speakers of Haters Louers of Despisers Imbracers of Scoffers Followers of Earthly Heauenly of Deuils Sainctes All this worketh Repentance Paul trauelled towards Damascus a Woolfe a Persecuter a bloodsucker an hater a despiser but ere he came there he was quite chaunged and cleane of an other mind So mighty was he that met him by the way When Iesus Christ sent downe the holy Ghost vpon his Disciples according to his promise there were some scoffers at Hierusalem which mocked and said they are ful of new wine But the same men cryed out by and by after men and brethren what shal we doe to be saued Here was a moste wonderfull and sodaine chaunge See then the force of Repentaunce when God striketh it into the heart of man and driueth the nayle to the head as they say It effecteth that which all the wisedome and policie of man is not able to bring to passe no when they haue prolled he●her and thether and ●●ide their heades together and sought al the corners of their wits yet can they not tell which way to turne their hande or where to begin to chaunge the hearte of a man and to conuerte him to God Therefore Repentaunce is stronger then all the whole worlde and woorketh that whiche all men with their naturall wittes 〈◊〉 heades and deepe deuises can not compasse for the conuersion of a Sinner is a woorke supernaturall Here then we haue a glasse to beholde our selues in whethereuer we haue Repented or no. For if wee find not this change and alteration in vs we haue not repented and so consequently remaine vnder Damnation Therefore let euerie man looke vnto himselfe for marke how muche he is chaunged and altred from his former euill wayes so much hath he repented And he that is the same man he was three foure eight nay thictie yeares agoe surely surely hee hath not repented and therefore abideth in damnation I maruell then howe those menne which neuer felt anie change or alteration wrought in them nay whose consciences tell them that they are not chaunged ne knowe what it meaneth can have any hope of saluation Vnlesse peraduenture they beléeue not this doctrine or think it to be false But I will sende ouer these men to suche as haue bene in the like case they nowe are and yet thought they might doe well enough for all that although both blinde in Iudgement and corrupt in conuersation I haue knowen and doe knowe men which before their conuersion and inward chaunge were counted as honeste men as euer brake breade and as substantiall men as any coulde bée as true dealers vpright liuers