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A69130	The Christian mans walke with the most regardable and remarkable steppes thereof, the true rule according to which, and manner how we must walke: shewing the infallible properties of the children of light. Newly published by the author Nathanael Cole, Preacher at S. Leonards Bromley in Middlesex, on the backside of Stratford-Bow neere London.	Cole, Nathaniel, 1584 or 5-1626.	1624 (1624)	STC 5534; ESTC S115975	148,624	710

step out of it returne speedily into it again The iust man fals often and riseth againe Prou. 24. 16. And be sure to perseuere and hold on constant in this walke vnto the end The way of the vpright is to depart from euill hee that keepeth his way preserueth his soule Prou. 16. 17. Righteousnesse keepeth him that is vpright in the way Prou. 13. 6. The righteous holdeth his way Iob 23. 11. And the Prophet Hosea speakes it in the future time signifying perseuerance The waies of the Lord are right and the iust shall walke in them Hos 14. 9. and so saith the Text They walke that is they continue walking liuing all their daies without fainting in Gods waies Now because it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps as I haue shewed Ier. 10. 23. Therefore wee must pray earnestly vnto Almighty God to teach vs his way and to direct our steps and to guide our feete into the way of peace Let Dauids vsuall practise herein bee our example Shew mee thy wayes O Lord teach me thy statutes c. Psal 25. 4. Teach mee O Lord the way of thy statutes and I shall keepe it vnto the end Psal 119. 33. O that my waies were directed to keepe thy statutes verse 5. Make me to vnderstand the way of thy precepts verse 27. Make me to goe in the path of thy commandements verse 35. Let my heart be sound in thy statutes verse 80. Hold thou me vp and I shall be safe and I will haue respect vnto thy statutes continually verse 117. Order my steps in thy word and let not any iniquity haue dominion ouer me verse 133. And especially pray earnestly for the good spirit of God to guide and leade vs. Let thy good spirit leade me into the land of righteousnesse Psal 143. 10. For Gods way is a way of truth Psal 119. 30. And the spirit of God will guide vs into all truth Iohn 16. 13. And thus much for the generall description of this walke which I haue penned onely as an ocular Sermon it being a fit Introduction to the matter following Blessed are the vndefiled in the way who walke in the Law of the Lord But cursed are all they that doe erre from his commandements Psal 119. 1. and 21. THE CHRISTIAN MANS WALKE THE FIRST STEPPE AND FIRST SERMON Text. Proouing what is acceptable or pleasing to the Lord. Ephes 5. 10. THe Apostle hauing in the end of the former Chapter exhorted the Ephesians to placability in forgiuing one another their wrongs doth in the beginning of this present Chapter conclude the said exhortation enforcing it by a two-fold argument The first drawne from the example of GOD himselfe who for Christs sake hath forgiuen vs freely all our sinnes Be ye therefore followers of God namely in forgiuing and forgetting of wrongs Vers 1. The second is taken from the example of Christ teaching vs to imitate him in his loue for as forgiuenesse of wrongs is neither easily obtained nor of any account in Gods sight vnlesse it proceeds from loue therefore hee ioynes this to the former And walke in loue as Christ hath loued vs. Vers 2. Secondly the Apostle proceedes by way of Dehortation disswading them from three most pernitious vices and hainous sinnes viz. Fornication all Vncleannesse and Couetousnesse which were either not acknowledged to bee sinnes at all or at least much extenuated or excused as also from three sinnes of the tongue viz. filthinesse foolish talking and iesting all which hee dehorteth from by foure most weighty reasons First because they become not Saints Vers 3. Secondly because they are not conuenient Vers 4. Thirdly because they exclude vs out of Gods Kingdome Vers 5. Fourthly because for such things sake the wrath of God commeth vpon the children of disobedience Verse 6. And whereas many are ready to obiect and say that they are no sinnes at all or at least not so hainous as they are made neither is there any such danger in them as is set downe by Saint Paul in the aforesaid reasons He therefore giueth vs an Item and a speciall Caueat teaching vs that all such obiections and allegations contrary to his doctrine are but idle and vaine speeches whereby men goe about to deceiue and seduce vs and so shall all finde that trust to them Let no man therefore deceiue you with vaine words for most certainely the heauy wrath of God shall fall vpon them that commit such sinnes Bee not yee therefore companions with such as ye would be loth to partake of their iudgements Vers 6 7. Thirdly he sets downe a generall exhortation for the well-ordering of our liues that is not to liue any longer in the former darkenesse of our sinnes but to walke as children of the light drawing his Argument from the diuersitie of their estate partly from their estate before conuersion Yee were once darkenesse partly from their estate after conuersion but now yee are light in the Lord walke therefore as children of the light ver 8. that is liue and leade the whole course of your liues answerable to your new estate condition wherunto ye are called for euen your calling out of the state of darkenesse vnto light requires it Hoc tempus alios mores postulat This time requires another manner of life than before when you were in darknesse And whereas it might be demaunded how we should so liue and wherein this walke consisteth the Apostle sheweth plainely that this walke consists of three steps 1. to prooue or approoue what is pleasing to the Lord that so wee may compose and frame our liues according to Gods will Vers 10. 2. not to communicate with other men in their vnfruitfull workes of darkenesse 3. but euen to reprooue them rather not only in words but by the light of an holy life and good example Vers 11. And thus much for the Coherence according to the obserued rule of the Rabbins Qui non aduertit quid supra quid infra sit scriptum is planè peruertit per sanctum Dei verbum He that marks not both what goes before what followes after his text peruerts the order of holy Scripture Now to the Text. Proouing what is acceptable to the Lord. These words are a continued speech as the word proouing imports hauing dependance on and relation to the 8. verse And they containe the First Steppe of the Christian mans walke alluding to the Sunne whose propertie is by communication of her light to display and lay open things in secret to search and trie the nature of things alwayes walking in her course and neuer resting So ought euery man who is the childe of light through the whole course of his life diligently to search trie and prooue what is pleasing to God what displeasing dayly increasing in the knowledge of Gods will and obedience therof that wee may prooue what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God Rom. 12. 2. In the wordes I obserue foure

sound in faith loue patience c. verse 2. yea this is sound speech that cannot be condemned vers 8. Vse 2 Is it so that the doing of Gods will consists in the practise of Faith Repentance obedience and in the soundnes of them This then condemnes all those that liue in the sinnes of vnbeleefe impenitencie and disobedience as rebels against God and transgressours of his holy will All such people must know their case is most fearefull and damnable for as all such as liue in the former graces shall bee saued being doers of Gods will Matth. 7. 21. So al such as liue in these fore-named sinnes shall most certainely bee damned Hee that beleeueth not shall be damned Mark 16. 16. All those shall bee damned that beleeue not the trueth but haue pleasure in vnrighteousnesse as 2. Thess 2. 12. The vnbeleeuing shall haue their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone which is the second death Reuel 21. 8. and they cannot enter into the heauenly rest because of vnbeleefe Hebr. 3. 19. So for impenitency Except yee repent yee shall all perish Luk. 13. 3. 5. If the wicked turne not from his wickednesse nor from his wicked way he shall die in his iniquitie Ezech. 3. 19. So for disobedience The Apostle hauing reckoned vp diuers sinnes from which hee dehorts enforceth all his speech by an argument drawne from the terrible iudgement of God vpon all such saying For these things sake or because of these things commeth the wrath of God vpon the children of disobedience Ephes 5. 3 4 5 6. Christ shall come in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God and that obey not the Gospell of our Lord Iesus Christ who shall bee punished with euerlasting perdition c. 2. Thess 1. 7 8 9. All which should mooue vs to hasten out of these sinnes and not to flatter our selues in them as the wicked doe and thinke all is well when they are running the broad way to destruction and indeede if we liue in these sinnes and yet crie peace and safety then shall sudden destruction come vpon vs as trauaile vpon a woman with childe and wee shall not escape 1. Thes 5. 3. Vse 3 If the will of God consist in the practise and soundnes of the former graces Then this sheweth that all ciuil honesty and all outward shewes are nothing in the matter of saluation many thinke because they liue a ciuill hone● life doe no man wrong follow their calling and the like that all is well but wee must know that these are but broken staues to trust vnto they are good things in their kind but not sufficient to saluation These things had Caine and Iudas and many an hypocrite in the world who yet came short of saluation because they wanted faith and repentance ioyned with an holy life by vertue whereof a man goes beyond all hypocrites in matters that concerne saluation Indeed the ciuill honest life before men is commenda●le but this without faith and repentance will neuer commend vs before God Vse 4 Seeing no grace is pleasing to God but that which is sound this must teach vs aboue all things to looke to our hearts that they be sound and right for the heart is the seate of all grace and a good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth foorth good things and so on the contrary Math. 12. 35. Salomon counselleth vs to keepe our hearts with all diligence for out of it are the issues of life Prou. 4. 23. Many good things may be done good in themselues but not good in the doer because the heart is wanting or is vnsound Marke what the Psalmist saith shewing how farre men may goe and yet be hypocrites When God flew them they then sought him and they returned and inquired early after God And they remembred that God was their rocke and the high God their Redeemer Loe here how many excellent good things were in these A man would haue thought nothing had beene wanting but marke what followes Neuerthelesse they did but flatter him with their mouth and they lyed vnto him with their tongues Now see what was the cause of all this that for all the former good things they were lyars and dissemblers Because their heart was not right and sound with God neither were they fiedfast in his couenant Psal 78. 34. 35. 36. 37. Vse 5 If the doing of Gods will and the pleasing of him consists in the former graces this is an Item for common drunkards whore-mongers swearers lyars and the like that liue and trade in these sinnes delighting sporting themselues in them as Fooles make but a s●ort of sinne Prou. 10. 23. Let all such know that howsoeuer they perswade themselues in their owne conceit I say they haue no faith nor any sauing-grace whereby they can belieue or hope to be saued For if those that haue had many good things rare and excellent gifts may liue and dye in a perswasion in their owne conceit to be saued and yet be damned Matth. 7 22. 23. how much more these customary sinners that liue and dye in these sinnes whose liues are nothing but a continuall disobeying of Gods will and his word What shall be the end of them that obey not the Gospell of God 1 Pet. 4. 17. Where shall these vngodly and sinners appeare Verse 18. They haue neither faith nor hope nor any other sauing-grace whereby to doe Gods will For hee that belieueth abideth not in such darkenesse of sinne Iohn 12. 46 He that hopeth to be saued purgeth himselfe from these sinnes as God is pure 1 Iohn 3. 3. Their end therefore is damnation c. Philip. 3. 19. Reade 2 Pet. 2. 2. 3. Heb. 6. 8. Vse 6 Lastly if the doing of Gods will be the pleasing of God and consisteth in the former graces of faith and repentance This then shewes plainely that all shall not be saued for all haue not the grace of saith and repentance neither can haue They are the gifts of God which hee bestoweth vpon whom hee listeth For hee hath mercy on whom he will haue mercy and whom hee will hee hardeneth Rom 9. 18. Therefore saith the Apostle All men haue not faith 2 Thes 3. 2. meaning the wicked of whom hee there makes mention Again it is impossible that the wicked falling away should be renued againe to repentance Heb. 6. 6. Esau found no place of repentance though he sought it carefully with teares Heb. 12. 17. Many after their haranesse and heart that cannot repent treasure vp vnto themselues wrath against the day of wrath Rom. 2. 5. In all which it is more then manifest that all haue not grace to do Gods will so al cannot be saued All which should moue our hearts with feare and trembling and rouze vs vp out of the dea● sleepe of sinne and neuer t● be at quiet till wee haue gotten some good measure o● faith and repentance whereby we may please God