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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61699	New-Englands true interest not to lie, or, A treatise declaring from the word of truth the terms on which we stand, and the tenure by which we hold our hitherto-continued precious and pleasant things shewing what the blessing God expecteth from his people, and what they may rationally look for from him / delivered in a sermon preached in Boston in New-England, April 29, 1668, being the day of election there, by Mr. W. Stoughton ...	Stoughton, William, 1632-1701.	1670 (1670)	Wing S5765; ESTC R9808	34,209	43

dispensers of the same Now then go on even this year also in this your might Being and Doing All for God And He that is indeed the great Shepherd and Stone of Israel shall be in the midst of you The mighty Counsellor The Prince of Peace upon whose shoulder the Government is and shall be Vse 4. Of Encouragement and Assurance ●o all the Lords people here in this Wi●der●ess Let us but prove Children that will not lie and we shall not want Salvation If we lie not the vision shall not he Nothing but our own Lie can shut us out from the Salvation of God Our great work lyes in this to keep from being lving children we may now confidently leave the work of saving us with God Yea out E●emies in this way shall be fou●d Deut. 33. 29. Liars unto us Achitophel shall die in Child-bed not being able to give life and birth to his mischievors Conceptions Balaam may set up his Altars and offer his Sacrifices ●nd seek Incha●t●●rts once and again ●ut withou● success when the Lord beholds ●ot this i●iquity in Jacob no● sees this perv●rse●●ss Numb 23 21. Exod. 19 4. 5 6 Isa 26. 1 2. in Israel If the Lord preserve un●● us a faithful Peopl● a faithful Mini●t●● a faithf●l Magistrace He will then App●●●t Salvati●n for Walls and B●●w●●ks to us I● is New-E●glands ●ie that must open the door unto New-●●glands R●ine which he Lord for ever preserve u● from and set a double Lo●k of faithfulness upon all our Souls that we may be both faithful to God and also fai●hful wi●h h●s Saints I will but briefly note unto you a few particulars out of Psal 125. and so shut up all ●irst We have a time a●d seaso● of sore trial and exercise suppos●d by reason of the building and blossoming ●f the Rod of wick●d men and its lyi●g ●pon the Lot of th● Ri●●teous for a ●ime v●r 3. Secondly We have the d●fferen● and con●rary behaviour of persons under su●h an hour of temp●ati●● Some are Children that will not li● they are good in such 〈◊〉 times they are upright in their hearts v. 4 and they trust in God v. 1. O●hers th●y p●●ve Liars they tur● aside into crook●d wayes they sh●ink and preva●l● are with God and wa●p off ●●om ●he straitness of the Rule and ●he up●●gh●n●ss ●f the Caus● of G●d v 5. Thi●●l● We have the 〈…〉 which the L●rd m●kes with these 〈◊〉 pers●●s 1. Those 〈…〉 asi●● into crook●d 〈◊〉 a●d s● prove Li●rs to God H● l●ads th●m forth with th● workers o● iniquity they are not men that do at the first openly pass over into the Tents of wickedness but in such a day of tri●l they are unsound with God and have their By-wayes of sinful latitude and compliance playing fast and loose with a good Cause under corrupt byasses and fair preterces such as these whoever they be even the best of them the Lord shall make them to go with workers of iniquity 1 Workers of iniquity are of a vile low esteem both with God and his Saints so these turners aside shall be cast out of the heart esteem of Christ and of his Saints if ever they had any repute they shall lose it 2 Workers of iniquity proceed on and grow worse and worse 2 Tim. 3 13. so it is the curse of Heb. 10. 38. God upon crooked wayes that they are ever headlong down-hill wayes Men think they will go but thus far or so far in treacherous false wayes and remain hid all the while under some fair cloak but they shall proceed untill they be known Prov. 10 4. 3 Workers of iniquity are ever cut short of their designs Psal 21. 11. so it shall be with these 4 Workers of iniquity stumble in and dash themselves against all the Righteous wayes of God and so shall ●hese warpers Hos 14 9. 5 Workers of iniquity are snared in their own way so shall these that so turn aside they shall be intangled and hang in the bushes and thickets of their own contrivances Psal 5. 9 10. Prov. 14. 14. 7. 14 15 16. 6 Workers of iniquity shall be turned into Hell and so shall those that choose crooked wayes Prov. 1. 32. The turning away of the simple shall slay them There are but two bundles at the last day that great Harvest-day the bundle of life and of the workers of iniquity D●vid prayes that he may not be sound in this bundle Psal 26. 9. but into this shall all that turn aside be gathered They shall go to their Companions in the issue whatever they would be thought to be here yet they shall inherit Hell and Damnation at the last under this very Title of Workers of iniquity Mat. 7. 23. But 2. with the Vpright and such as continue Trusting in God in the hour of Tempration the Lord deals after another manner unto these Chil●ren that will not lie he becomes a Saviour 1 They shall be as Mount Zion which cannot be moved but abideth for ever Ungodly ones like chaff are blown away but Mount Zion Abideth for ever ver 1. 2 The Lord will be Psal 1. 4. round about them for ever v. 2. they need not fear then the siege the encamping the assaults of enemies though they be Round about the Lord is both the Center and Circumference too in the safety and security of his upright ones for as here he is said to be round about them so Psal 46. ● He is said to be in the midst of them also 3 The Lord will do them good v. r. 4. The goodness of the Lord is a Cordial sufficient against all fa●n●ing Psal 27. 13. there is all Salvation contained in i● Zech. 9. 16 17. 4 The Lord will give them Peace ver ●ast Peace shall be upon Israel i. e. upon Israel walking uprightly According to Rule and not crookedly Gal. 6. 16. Those are the true and faithful sa●ings of God They are and ought to be for our encouragement that we through patient continua●●● in well-doing and the comfort of such Scriptures might have hope Let come what will come if we Answer what the Lord hath said of us That Surely we are his People Children that will not lie He will then most Assuredly and most Seasonably Become New-Englands Saviour Isa 51. 7 8. 26. 1 2. FINIS Errata p. 5. l. 3. for persons read reasons p. 31. l. 4 read Ordinances The rest are li●eral