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end_n	law_n	people_n	safety_n	1,280	5	9.1725	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85791	The heads of some sermons preached at Finnick, the 17 of August. 1662 By Mr William Guthry upon Matth. 14: 24, 25, 26.	Guthrie, William, 1620-1665.	1680 (1680)	Wing G2275B; ESTC R228467	46,400	69

as God's blessing and he holds it as God's curse he shall never have power again by his life to committ a good deed all the actions again proceeding from that life shall be cursed cursed in his in-going in his outgoing in his basket in his store and in every thing he doth he may build houses and buy land after that but all shall be accursed all the actions proceeding from that cursed life shall be cursed live they long or live he short the curse of God shall fall upon him though he should live to be the sinner of an hundred years old he shall be accursed his life cursed his actions cursed all that he doth shall be but fuel to the curse of God that shall light broad flaught upon him he shall eat and drink and wear in the curse of God he shall feed and live upon the curse of God and the curse of God shall feed and live upon him he shall hold bed and boord on the curse of God and the curse of God shall hold bed and boord on him that way they shall lose their life they shall lose it as God's blessing Thirdly The man that goes thus preposterously about to save his life he shall lose his life so as within alittle he shall lose the comfort of his life within alittle he shall be full of Hells sorrow hells terror shall seize upon him the worm that never dyes shall begin an inward gnawing at his heart the worm of an ill conscience rugging at his heart and intrals of him like a canker-worm drawing at his leaver an inward flame like the fire of hell ready to burn him up within ere ever death come to take-away the cursed carcase of him the gnawing worm that never dyeth shall ever draw at the conscience of him like a greedy glade riving at a gushorn ay as if the Devil were within going to rive out the Soul at his broad side and to run away to hell with it God will kindle the fire of hell in the heart of him wherein he shall find that hungry worm like the Devil drawing at the heart of him drawing-out the soul and intrals of him like a few hungry glades riving at a gushorn thou shalt never have rest henceforth but an inward gnawing and rugging at the heart till thou be fully possest in everlasting flames Gang thy way man if thou hast wronged the Cause of Christ for fear of thy life I would not have an hour of thy life for all the gold of Gawry Fourthly This man loseth his life another way more formally as God upon this account for the man's seeking to save his life garres his life gang upon a miserable account and that many times or long as the just reward of his sin he dyes in the midst of his dayes God garres him make some tykes testament he doth not dye properly he is cut-off in the midst of his dayes he disownes God and betrayes the cause for fear of his life ere ever he wit God clieks him off He had an honourable opportunity to have let his life go but he would not let it go so God garres him let it go upon a more miserable account and very readily God garres his life gang by that self same mean that he took to save his life it 's like their eyes are open now that will see the like of that yet now will ever we see that day that the Declaration and the Service-book and keeping dayes of mens invention will be the high-way to garr some folk lose their life Will ye have patience a little Ye shall either see that day or ye shall say I had no skill of preaching or of the mind of God ye will see this that those folks that have betrayed the People of God have most of all betrayed their own life they think they have gotten a safe-gate for their life now as ever man had for they have made the King Head of the Church and they shall be of any Religion that ever he likes to bring through the Land that they may save their life Goodsooth that will not workyet all that will not bide you that will even but bring you the sooner to the gallows that will garr your bones whistle in the wind some day Will the taking of the Declaration do your turn think ye God will garr the taking of that Declaration that many a man thinks to be the safety of his life that way of the safety of his life will garr his head weigh his tail yet and his bones whistle in the wind All those shifts will but the sooner bring them to the gallows ye must come to the gallows for these shifts that ye take against the Light of your own Conscience Ye will to the gallows for all the plots that ye plot against the People of God Wicked Haman must to the gallows for all the plot that he plots so deep against the People Ye think that these lawes that ye make against the People of God will only bring them to distress sorrow and bonds Yea but they will garr your bones whistle in the wind for all that The readyest way to bring folk to a miserable hinder-hinder-end is that wicked Declaration What would ye think of such a cast of kindness from God's hand as that to make your mischief turn upon your own head Wicked Haman's plots and contriving cruelty against the People of God most haste to help him to haste him to the gallows Haman may make many decrees but he must to the gallows ere he see them put to execution What would ye think if those lawes that they are making against the People of God to bring them to ruin bring their own carcases to the gallows These their Acts and Lawes that they are making against the People of God is the way in all the world to hasten themselves to a miserable hinder-hinder-end The sinfull way that a man takes for the safety of his life proves the very mean and way of his overthrow and so will come of them yet Now what is the reason of this that he that seeks to save his life shall come to a miserable hinder-end that way that he seeks to save it Answ The reason is the righteousness of God God is a Righteous God that is even the reason of it God is a Righteous God he will make it known to all the world that he is an Upright God and that there is no unrighteousness in him He is righteous in this to rain snares on such wicked Soules that lay snares before the consciences of his People The Righteous God loveth Righteousness as ye heard in the morning upon the hinder-end of that Psalme that we lectur'd on the way that the man went to save his life when God called him to lay it down he is a Righteous God to garr his life gang by that way which he looks to save it the man that before Heaven and Earth Sun and Moon

evidence something of joy for the success and prosperity of the wicked at lest to profess joy in that case for fear of hazard or inconveniencies once being there they will not stand much to speak proudly and testifie against the People of God in affliction and to blame them thus that it is all justly come upon them they were all so proud that they could not stand indeed when once they be at this to reproach the People of God thus without all debate when they see their gear going for the Covenant and Cause and Work of Reformation if they get opportunity of any thing that is ado they will even find in their heart to take a clat of it Indeed when once they be at that with it they will take a clat of an honest mans gear when it is going for the honest Cause without debate they will not spare to stand in the cross-way to cut-off those of his that doth remain Wo them I nothing doubt if they be cuting-off any thing of the Work of God that remaines but they will discover any that they know hidd that they think will come into the calk for that work If they do all the rest doubtless when they come to their own companions and have taken a rant they will drink to the confusion of the Covenant and all the Phanatiks Now ye see there are many ways of joining interests and issues with the Enemies of God and gang from less to more from one degree unto another till God in his righteous judgment lay-on the last stone as their plague it may be ye are but standing on the other side to day yet and if ye be speaking nothing for the People of God ye are speaking as little against them Wel are ye standing on the other side else in God's righteous judgment ere some few years gang about ye will be drinking to the confusion of the Covenant and all that will adhere to it Fourthly There is a way that men prefer their natural life to the Cause and interests of Christ by doing that which is positively sinfull and that by giving obedience to sinfull Acts and Laws for fear of personal hazard is such a thing as I know to be iniquous and sinfull but there comes out such a Law from the Supream Magistrat that such a thing must be done or then be liable to such and such hazard and for fear of that hazard I give obedience to that iniquous Law and that way seek to save my life with prejudice to Christ and his Cause This was the case of the three children that were put to it at Babylon but they did not obey there came out a wicked Law against them that whenever they heard all the bagg-pipes blow they should without any more fall down and worship the idol that Nebuchadnezzar had set up or then take it upon their peril to be cast into the firy fornace O! but the three children made a fair and honest choise Be it known to you all Gentiles quoth they if the bagg-pipes should blow till they burst again we will not fall down and worship the Idol that Nebuchadnezzar has set-up if our God please he can deliver us but whether he will deliver us or not we will not bow down to your glecks O! but they made a fair choice There are many Folks now in our days I think if the King would command the most iniquous Law that ever was commanded in a church I doubt not but they would give obedience thereunto for fear of inconveniencies that they fear would come upon them for their disobedience they have given a great proof of this already and a greater proof than this can not be given for they have sworn that his Majestys will shall be the rule according to which they shall level all their actions I hope it is clear to you all that these Lowns have taken a sinfull way to save their life with prejudice to Christ and his Cause as ever was taken I am sure their lives must be in hazard The next I proposed to speak to was What pretences have men to say for their own defence for this unhappy way of complyance What shaddow or pretext have they for this Have they nothing to say for themselves for taking of such an uncanny gate as this Yes that they have it is an ill deed but they 'l alwayes get some excuse for it and so they have much to say for their evil deeds too they have many pretences and reasons for their own defence here though I hope ye are all clear that no pretext or reasons formable can be given without a ragg about the foot of them No formable reason can be given why men seek to save their lives with prejudice to Christ and his Cause but such as they are they have enough of them and ye shall judge them for I shall give you an instance of some few of them Now let every man lay his hand to his heart and be judge here The first pretext that we shall name which many have for their compliance is this LAW and AUTHORITY there is Law and Authority for the thing When we say what meant ye to comply and take that unhappy course by the end they chuse this goodly pretence there is Law and Authority for it in this they fortifie themselves in all their abominable courses there is Law and Authority for such things Wilt thou tell me O man if thou hast any spunk of ingenuity remaining in thee whether or not was there not Law and authority at Babylon for the three children to fall down and worship the graven image that Nebuchadnezzar the King set-up Though this Law and Authority came from the King yet it was not a lawfull authority therefore they behoved to say to the King in this we will neither obey Law nor Authority Or wilt thou tell me man of all the Martyrs that ever thou heardst of martyred for the Cause of Christ if ever any of them was martyred without a shaddow of Law and Authority save some that have been killed secretly Any that were brought to any publick hearing there was alwayes some shaddow of Law and authority laid against them Was it not so from the beginning All the cruelty that ever was done to Christ his Church and his Cause since the beginning it was still sent-out with some shaddow of Law and authority it was still so since the beginning I think man if thou wert a man and not a beast thou shouldst resolve not to make thy conscien●● subject to all the iniquous Laws that may come through a Land I mean'd one that has rational understanding above a beast should know that he should not make his Conscience subject to all the iniquous Laws that come through the world I had thoughts that thou that art a man baptized into the name of Father Son and holy Ghost there is some spunk of ingenuity left within thee that thou shouldst know this