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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45532	A sermon preach'd before the Society for Reformation of Manners; on Easter-Tuesday, at Kingston upon Thames, 1700. By Gideon Harding, M.A. vicar of Kingston upon Thames	Hardinge, G. (Gideon), d. 1713.; Societies for the Reformation of Manners.	1700 (1700)	Wing H699B; ESTC R215876	13,066	43

A SERMON Preach'd before the SOCIETY FOR Reformation of Manners ON Easter-Tuesday at Kingston upon Thames 1700. By Gideon Harding M. A. Vicar of Kingston upon Thames London Printed for Tho. Parkhurst at the Bible and Three Crowns near Mercers-Chappel in Cheapside 1700. TO THE READER AS this Sermon was Preach'd so now it is Printed at the Request of a Society of Men who do not as far as I have been able to inform my self behave themselves superciliously nor invade the Office of the Lord 's Anointed considered either in a Sacred or Civil sense and who by consequence are not possess'd of such Principles as are apt to hurry others on to Enthusiasm No they are Men of peaceable and sober Lives who seem heartily concern'd at the unbridled violation of the Laws of God and of the good and wholesom Statutes of their Country and they wish I dare say with all their Souls that the Zeal of all Magistrates was such as that they might be excus'd from the Prosecution of Prophane and Immoral Men for their Vices And if such Men as these shall be accounted enemies to their Neighbour-hood there 's no such thing as true friendship in our little World but the Devil and his Agents may act as they list till they have made us all ripe for Vengeance All that I shall say more before I dismiss Thee is that I have endeavoured in this Discourse to fortifie these Men for whose good Success I shall ever Pray against all those Insinuations which are design'd to discourage their Proceedings and to encourage both them and all others that are or shall hereafter be engag'd in the same useful Vndertakings to go on with their Work as long as the Day lasteth And if I have contributed even in a lesser degree towards any of these ends Bless God for it and reckon me if thou pleasest the meanest Servant at His Altar Gideon Harding A SERMON PREACHED Before the Society for Reformation of Manners c. 2 Tim. 2.8 Remember that Jesus Christ of the Seed of David was raised from the Dead THE Occasion of these Words was this St. Paul had very lately Consecrated his beloved Timothy a Bishop and sent him as such to preside over the Church of Ephesus And foreseeing what Afflictions and Persecutions ' he would there meet with by a faithful Discharge of his Pastoral Office he very prudently fortifies him against them by re-minding him of Christ's Resurrection and very properly joins with that Memento that part of the Messiah's History which declares him to be of the Seed of David For by this the Apostle inculcates that if David from whom Christ according to the flesh descended did undergo so many Afflictions by the frequent Persecutions of Saul tho' he had both merited to be his Son-in-Law and was also actually anointed King over Israel by the express Command of God and that if Jesus Christ who was King of Peace and Glory over spiritual Israel did meet with so many Indignites from those his own Country-men the Jews whom in the highest Charity He came to save Then might Timothy in all reason patiently endure his expected rough treatment as remembring that David did at last peaceably enjoy Saul's Crown and that Jesus Christ after all His Sufferings and Death did triumphantly Rise from the Dead and Ascended into Heaven where He now sits in the Throne of his Glory having made His Enemies His Footstool Thus much being premis'd touching the occasion of the Words of my Text before I enter upon the ensuing Discourse I shall take the liberty to say That being desir'd to preach to the Society for Reformation of Manners lately set up in this Town I thought I could not fix upon a more seasonable or suitable Subject than the Text will afford For this being Easter week The Resurrection of Christ ought not I concluded to be pass'd over in silence And the Text which re-minds Timothy of that Grand Article of our Faith supposing him in a state of Affliction and Persecution thro' a vigorous and courageous performance of his Duty I saw no reason why I might not directly apply the Apostle's Words to you For now that you are engag'd tho' in diffeing circumstances from Timothy yet in the same commendable Design of beating down the strong-holds of Satan the faithful discharge of which will often expose you to danger and hazard I see not as I said before any reason why you should not with Timothy Remember that Jesus Christ of the Seed of David was rais'd from the Dead In speaking to which Words I shall do these two things I. Shew that a state of Afflictions and Persecutions is highly consistent with a state of Christianity II. Prove That a frequent Remembrance of and a serious Meditation upon the Resurrection of our Blessed Saviour is the best preservative against the prevalency of Afflictions and the most effectual Method to prevent our sinking and desponding under their weight First I shall shew That a state of Afflictions and Persecutions is highly consistent with a state of Christianity For the full clearing of which Point it will be very sufficient if I can shew that Christianity or a faithful Adherence to the Rules of the Gospel has ever yet been and by parity of Reason will ever be attended with Sufferings And this will abundantly appear 1. From the Holy Scriptures 2. From the Examples of such as have suffered 3. From the Reason and Nature of the Thing And First The Holy Scriptures of the New Testament assure us that Christianity will always be attended with Sufferings and Afflictions When our Blessed Saviour St. Mark 10.29 30. promis'd His Rewards to them that forsook any thing for His sake and the Gospels He assures them indeed that they should receive an Hundred-fold but that they should not be exempted from Persecutions So again St. Mark 13.9 13. He tells some of the Apostles plainly that if they adher'd to his Doctrine they should be delivered up to Councils be beaten in the Synagogues be brought before Rulers and Kings and be hated of all wicked unchristian Men. The same thing is recorded tho' in a different Case yet in almost the same Words St. Matth. 10.17 18. And that Christ might effectually prepare His Disciples to undergo those Persecutions with Courage which he knew would befall them after his Departure He directs a great part of His dying Discourse to them this way St. Joh. 14.15 16. Chapters that they should be evry severely dealt with on His Account and be in almost constant Tribulation And all along the Apostolical Epistles Christians are frequently warn'd to be upon their guard against their Enemies Assaults All which Instances with many more that might be easily produc'd do abundantly prove that the state of Christianity must be a state of Suffering Secondly This will be farther evidenc'd by the Examples of Christ and his Apostles as well as of others who have lived since Christ A Man cannot but see tho'