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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53271	Sincerity, or, The upright mans walk to heaven in two parts shewing I. that sincerity is the true way to happiness, II. that the keeping of our selves from our own iniquity is the true way to sincerity / delivered in several sermons in the parish church of St. Michael in Long-Stratton Norfolk by James Oldfield, late minister there.	Oldfield, James.	1687 (1687)	Wing O218; ESTC R28747	141,831	348

the Devil was thy Father now thou mayst call God thy Father will not this make a man merry the Saints are described in Scripture with harps in their hands and singing 14. Rev. 2 3 4 5. to note the joy and comfort of that Soul that is freed from sin that day that Haman was hanged proved a joyfull day and a day of gladness to all the Jews O that day that any of us hath killed this sin will prove the most joyfull day that ever we had in our lives the upright are commanded to rejoyce 32. Psal 11. 2. Now is the match fully concluded between Christ and thy Soul now are the writings signed and sealed now O poor Soul art thou made the Spouse of Christ an Heir of Heaven and all that thou hast to be troubled for is only this as Austin said of himself Nimis serò te amavi Domine that thou hast stood out so long before thou wouldst yield to Christ know this that Christ is thine and Heaven shall be thine thou hast parted with a sin and thou hast found a Saviour formerly sin and you were all one now Christ and you are all one 17. John 20 21. Brethren this is both an unspeakable Mystery and also an unspeakable Mercy for a poor Soul to be united to Christ O if sinners knew this they would never keep a sin more in their hearts 3. Now can the Devil do you no more mischief the Devil may roar and tear and fret and fume but he can do that Soul no harm that is united to Christ O what an happiness is this to be freed from the power of the Devil when a man hath cast out his own Iniquity then is the Devils Castle demolisht and his main engine broken to pieces 10. Luk. 17 18. Obedience to the Gospel that curbs the power of the Devil obey Christ and the Devil can never hurt you After Paul had commended the Romans obedience to the Gospel 16. Rom. 19. he adds verse 20. the God of peace shall tread Satan under your feet shortly cast out this sin and you cast out the Devil trample upon this sin and you trample upon the very neck of the Devil 4. Now you may trample upon all the miseries and afflictions and troubles and crosses of this life such Nightingals may sing with thorns at their Breasts Upright Noah is safe and secure when all the World is in a deluge the Mariners found a calm Sea assoon as they cast Jonah over board the Army of Israel quickly routed the men of Ai after they had stoned Achan to death A pure Conscience like the Town Clerk of Ephesus quickly appeaseth a multitude of distractions and discontents in the Soul in the midst of outward dangers and calamities Assoon as Judas was gone out of their Company Christ and his Disciples sung an Hymn O poor Soul whoever thou art that hast bid thy sin farewell thou mayest then also bid all sorrow farewell 5. Job 19 20 21 22 23 24. as a Father takes out the sting out of a Snake or Adder and then gives it to his little Child to play with it so when sin is purged out then all the afflictions our Heavenly Father sends us are like Adders without sting or poyson he knows they will not nor cannot hurt us we may then play with them 9. Gen. 12 13 14. Observe it God makes a Bow the sign of his Covenant O but that is rather a sign of anger no 't is a Bow without an Arrow so are all the miseries of the People of God in this World like the Rain-bow 't is a Bow without an Arrow there is no anger nor wrath in God against them 5. Now are you fit for death and now may you triumph over death cast out this sin and then cry O Death where is thy sting This is the work and business that will chear up your spirits upon your Death-beds this will make you look merrily upon your Friends that come to you merrily upon the World you are leaving merrily upon Death with whom you are to wrestle and merrily upon Christ to whom you are going O will a Soul say then I would not have this sin in me now for a thousand Worlds though once I was loath to part with it and could be hardly persuaded to it When a man hath paid all his debts if the Serjeant or Officer come and knock at his door he will bid him come in and bid him welcome so a Saint whose bonds are all cancelled by the merits of Christ and whose sins are all purged out by the blood of Christ when Death comes and knocks at the door of his earthly Tabernacle come in Death saith he thou art welcome thou art very wellcome to me I desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ Now put these things together would you have Christ to embrace you the Devil to be afraid of you all afflictions to work good for you would you live merrily dye comfortably then cast out this your own Iniquity 8. Another Motive is this Consider how many loud calls you have to leave this sin I will be brief 1. The voice of the word 18. Jer. 31. 1 Cor. 5. 7. 12. Heb. 1. what should I add more 't is the voice of the whole Bible calling upon us to out with sin This is the whole design of God in the whole Bible it consists of four parts First precepts commanding us to leave sin Secondly presidents or examples to teach us to abhor sin Thirdly threatnings to affright us from sin Fourthly promises to allure us and persuade us from our sins if you leave not this sin you cross the whole design of God in the Scriptures so that Brethren either part with your sins or fling away your Bibles 2. The voice of the rod Mic. 6. 9. and what doth the rod say see verse 13. O Brethren remember all the judgments of God upon your Persons Families Relations Goods Names Estates remember this I say that every rod calls for Repentance cast out your Iniquities 36. Job 8 9 10. 3. The voice of the blood of Christ Christ's blood hath a voice 't is a speaking blood 12. Heb. 24. Abels blood that cryed for vengeance Christ's blood that calls for Repentance Methinks sinners you may hear the blood of Christ speaking thus to you O do not trample me under your feet O do not make me as water spilt upon the ground good for nothing O do not leave me as a witness against you at the last day if you sin against me you must needs perish if you reject me there is nothing else can help you Brethren this is the very Speech and Language of the blood of Christ to you 10. Heb. 26 29. Now put these things together and remember that God hath spoken to you you have been often enough called upon O do not sin against the word of God that 's a saving word O do not sin against the rod of God that

of sin her ways may seem to be pleasant but there is no peace in her paths 3. Very short that pleasure cannot last long where sin is gnawing at the root of it only the joy of the righteous is lasting 4. Phil. 4. a man may rejoyce in sin but not alway may rejoyce in the World but not alway but he that rejoyce in the Lord may rejoyce always no end of that joy 3. Sin many times damps the sinner in the midst of his pleasures it sends to Belsbazzar an hand to write on the wall in the midst of his cups and merriment and makes him tremble it smote Herod with lice even while he was honoured as a God suppose any of you at a great feast very merry and news is brought that your house is all on a fire what comfort can you take in that mirth you will leave dinner and friends and all O sinner while thou art merry in the midst of thy delights the fire of God's Wrath is burning against thee and Hell Fire is kindling for thy Soul. 4. Sin will make all our comforts to end in sorrow 2. Eccl. 2. A sinner knows no measure in his pleasures but he laughs even to madness Nabal though but a Country Farmer yet he makes a feast like the feast of a King 1 Sam. 25. 36. but how ends it see verse 37. A sinner's sun always sets in the darkest cloud he is all laughture in this World and therefore is all sorrow in the other World put these things together O what an enemy is this sin to us that will let us take pleasure in nothing or else if we do take pleasure like the Bee we are drowned in our own honey this is another sad effect of this sin no true comfort while we have it 4. This sin robs us of all our beauty I mean of all the beauty of our profession what saith Christ to his Spouse 4. Cantic 1. why Doves eyes O the Doves eye is most beautiful in this respect because 't is the emblem of chastity this is the beauty of Christianity to have the doves eye a chaste eye looking only to Christ Now sin that makes us cross eyed and to look a squint which is the greatest deformity that can be in the body I am sure 't is in the Soul God abhors a professor that keeps any sin in his heart that looks cross-eyed one eye to the World and the other eye to God 16. Ezek. 25. O Friends consider this cast out your sin whatever it is else all your prayers profession good words good works will come to nothing all your fair shews of being religious will come to nothing Christ will not own you for beautiful Christ will not have his spouse to wear black patches in her face I mean the black spots of sin Hear what Counsel is given to the Church 45. Psalm 10. i. e. forget and forsake for the sake of Christ all that is dear to thee in this World look only to Christ and the reason v. 11. this is another sad effect of this sin 't will make us ugly in the eyes of Christ 5. This sin will by degrees steal away our hearts from Christ as 't will take away our beauty that Christ will not love us so 't will take away our hearts from Christ that we shall not love him How can we love Christ and Sin both together the more we look towards sin the less we shall look towards Christ Judas loved sin and therefore betrayed Christ Pilate loved sin therefore condemned Christ the Thief on the Cross loved sin and therefore he scoffed at Christ there also and if any of us love any sin it will make us hate Christ as the Jews did and flye away from Christ and forsake him as his Disciples did O Brethren consider what a dreadfull thing 't is not to love Christ 1 Cor. 16. 22. all the curses in the Bible are comprehended under those two words therefore tremble at it to think what it is to love sin 't is a worthy speech of Akempis l. 2. c. 7. de imit Christi oportet dilectum pro dilecto relinquere quia Jesus vult solus super omnia amari He that will love Christ must have no beloved sin 6. This sin will at last fill the Soul with horror O sinner thou delightest in this sin now but one day it will prove a Devil to thee now it flatters thee then 't will affright thee now thou runnest after it one day thou shalt run from it and yet shall never be able to get rid of it Judas he first ran after his sin when he went to the High-Priests to betray Christ O but afterwards he would fain have run away from that sin but could not you sinners that cannot endure now to hear others cry out against your sins shall one day cry out against your sins your selves you that are angry with Ministers now for crying out O ye Drunkards upon your death beds you will cry out O my Drunkenness my Drunkenness you that are angry with Ministers now for crying out O ye Swearers upon your death beds you will cry out O my Swearing my Blaspheming of the Name of God you that are angry with Ministers now for crying out O ye covetous Worldly minded men upon your death beds will cry out O my covetousness O my Worldly mindedness you shall see what this sin will do to you at last 20. Job 11 12 13 14. v. O who would entertain a sin that will bring such an Hell into his Soul at last And now sinners consider these sad effects of this your own sin how it will take away all your strength make all your Religion odious to God poyson all your pleasures and comforts rob you of all your beauty steal away your hearts from Christ and bring Hell into your Souls at last and will you run all these hazards rather than part with it all that I can say more is sure you have a very great love to it A Seventh Motive is this 7. Consider the blessings and the benefits that will accrue to you upon the casting out of this sin these benefits are very many and very great I will only touch upon some 1. Now may you truly rejoyce and be merry and you had never cause before in all your life to be merry 15. Luk. 32. 't is meet to be merry before when sin lived in thee thy Soul was dead now sin is dead and thy Soul liveth nay more mark it 't is not the prodigal but his Father that saith so O poor Soul thou may'st be sad no more for God himself will come now and be merry with thee O what an harvest what a plentiful crop of joy shall that Soul reap that hath weeded out this sin out of his heart Assure thy self that there is a work of conversion wrought in thee when thou hast cast out this sin Now art thou the Child of God before while thou kept this sin