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A49384 The Christian race a sermon preach'd before the Queen at Kensington on Sunday the 31th of July, 1692 / by Richard Lucas ... Lucas, Richard, 1648-1715. 1692 (1692) Wing L3394; ESTC R13000 14,824 32

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one as by the other How triumphant did then the Strength of Faith the Ardours of Zeal and the Tenderness of Charity appear 'T was as much difficulty then to restrain the Flights of Faith and Transports of Love within the Bounds of Christian Prudence as to enkindle them now to any degrees of Decency Then indeed the Just did live by Faith they acknowledged themselves to be Strangers and Pilgrims upon Earth and sought no Country but a Heavenly one then indeed they followed after Righteousness with that Resolution and Impetuosity which shewed that they did really believe they contended for a Crown and Kingdom But now alas our Love of this World vies with their Contempt of it and our Contempt of Heaven with their Passion for it Now carnal Prudence eats up our Zeal Faction consumes our Charity the Lust of the Eye and the Pride of Life deforms our Mortification dispirits our Devotion and every little blast of Opposition overthrows our Faith The Atheist digs up the Foundations and the Loose and Immoral demolish the Superstructures the one denies the Truth and the other the Power of our Christian Faith in one word we have degenerated to that degree that there needs as many Miracles to revive and restore the Life and Spirit of Religion among us as ever God has wrought to preserve the publick Profession of it and were there not a few Names among us dear to Heaven I perswade my self God could no more endure our Vices than we their Reformation and do you think now that in the Day of the Revelation of the righteous Judgment of God when he shall render to every Man according to his Works it will suffice to present him with Excuses instead of good Works to urge the Temptation of the World and the Frailties of Nature instead of conquering them to plead the Hypocrisie of Pretenders and the Immorality of this or that Ecclesiastick that is the Vices of the Bad instead of imitating the Vertues of the Good Alas a Cloud of Witnesses will be produced to baffle this Empty Sophestry and refute these poor Shifts and then those Examples which could not here enkindle and excite your Vertue will shame and reproach your Vice and what could not reform will then serve to condemn you But never may this prove the Portion of any one here but that Crown which is my second Motive Had there been any thing more dazling upon Earth then Royalty the Spirit of God would have described the Felicity of Heaven by it but since there is not he is content to call the Reward of Righteousness a Crown the State of the Glorified a Kingdom and themselves Kings and Priests to God for ever But let not this Metaphor serve to debase our Notion of that State This is no Kingdom of secret Fears and splendid Troubles of wakeful Cares and glittering Dangers No 't is a Kingdom of Philosophy and Love of Knowledge and Righteousness of Beauty and Perfection of Joy and Triumph of Tranquility and Rest not bred like that of the Ambitious sometimes either by Satiety Disappointments or an Increase of Years but resulting purely from Security and Extasie In one word As God is his own Heaven so next to that which results from the Injoyment of him every one of the Blessed will be a Kingdom to himself being an Image of God drawn in little And yet after all this how little is it of Heaven that we yet know It 's Joys for ought I know are as boundless as the Perfections of God from whence they flow Ages may run by while we each day survey new Scenes of Wonders and taste each day new Worlds of Pleasures Ah! I cannot wonder that such as were possessed with the Belief and Expectation of this State were willing to quit Mesopotamia or an Egypt for an Heaven Nets and Fisher-Boats for Crowns and Kingdoms Trifles for Treasure Moments for an Eternity Ah! did not Lust sully the Idea of Heaven did not some degree of Infidelity undermine our Belief of it what Dangers what Difficulties should we not defie in order to secure it Did doing Good expose us to as many Reproaches from without as doing Evil doth from within were the state of the Righteous as uneasie as that of the Wicked who are as the troubled Sea when it cannot rest yet what would not a Man do what would he not suffer were his Soul fired with the Belief and Hopes of such a Heaven How much more fearless and active would Zeal be than Ambition how much more wakeful and indefatigable Charity than Lust or Covetousness Revenge or Envy Ah! with what Transport would Man pour out his Time his Treasure his Strength on this one Design of Doing Good had he but a Heaven always in his Eye Let us then that we may neither shrink nor tire through any Difficulties or Hazards which may attend us in this Race of Doing Good look up daily unto Jesus till our Faith be turned into Vision and make Heaven our Meditation till God make it our Reward To whom be Glory for ever and ever Amen FINIS Several Books published by Dr. Lucas Vicar of St. Stephens Coleman-street and sold by Samuel Smith at the Prince 's Arms in St. Paul 's Church-yard 1692. PRactical Christianity Or an Account of the Holiness which the Gospel enjoyns with Motives to it and the Remedies it proposes against Temptations with a Prayer concluding each distinct Duty in Octavo 1685. Price 3 s. 6 d. Enquiry after Happiness in several Parts Vol. 1. in Octavo The Second Edition Corrected and Enlarged 1692. Price 3 s. 6 d. The true Notion of Humane Life or A Second Part of the Enquiry after Happiness In Octavo 1690. Price 2 s. 6 d. The Duty of Apprentices and Servants 1. The Parents Duty how to Educate their Children that they may be fit to be employed and trusted 2. What preparation is needful for such as enter into Service with some Rules to be observed by them how to make a wise and happy choice of a Service 3. Their Duty in Service towards God their Master and themselves with suitable Prayers to each Duty and some Directions peculiarly to Servants for the worthy receiving the Holy Sacrament Published for the Benefit of Families In Octavo Price 1 s. 6 d. A Sermon Preached at the Funeral of Mr. Thomas Lamb July 23. 1686. Price 6 d. A Sermon Preached at the Assizes held at Horsham in Sussex Aug. 23. 1691. Price 6 d. Christian Thoughts for every Day of the Month with a Prayer wherein is represented the Nature of Unfeigned Repentance and of perfect Love towards God In Twelves Price 1 s. Devotion and Charity In a Discourse before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor the Honourable the Court of Aldermen with the Governours of the Hospitals of London on Wednesday in the Easter-week at St. Bridget's Church being the 30th of March 1692. The Plain Man's Guide to Heaven containing first his Duty towards God secondly towards his Neighbour with proper Prayers Meditations and Ejaculations designed chiefly for the Country-man Trades-man Labourer c. In Twelves 1692. Price 1 s. Dr. Thomas Manningham's Sermon about Publick Worship Preached before the Queen on Wednesday the 23th of March 1691 2. The Wisdom of God manifested in the Works of the Creation In two Parts Viz. The Heavenly Bodies Elements Meteors Fossils Vegetables Animals Beasts Birds Fishes and Insects more particularly in the Body of the Earth its Figure Motion and Consistency and in the admirable Structure of the Bodies of Man and other Animals as also in their Generation c. By John Ray Fellow of the Royal Society In Octavo 1692.