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A44819 A sermon preached on the first of January 1698 in the parish church of St. Nicholas Cole-Abby being a New-Years-gift to the society of Christians united there to worship God in a more solemn manner after the way of the Church of England / by Robert Howson. Howson, Robert. 1698 (1698) Wing H3198; ESTC R27121 9,554 34

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inward Comfort of Mind that the World knows nothing of and strangers do not meddle with whereby he receives much more good than he does In keeping of thy Commandments there is great reward Psal 19.11 Were there no such thing as a Heaven to reward good Men or a Hell to punish bad it were still worth while to live well and to do good to have the present comfort of it in this World for all the ways of Wisdom are Peace and her Paths are Pleasantness which all good Men do experience better than they can express it No Man can tell so well as he can tast how sweet Honey is therefore saith the Psalmist Thy Commandments are sweeter to me than the Honey and the Honey Comb Psal 19.10 Come tast and see how good the Lord is Truth leaves a Spiritual gust upon the Understanding which doth mightily influence and incline the Will to every thing that is good and as Truth is the Object of the one so Goodness is the Object of the other both which do most directly conduce to the Comfort and Happiness of a rational Being in this World as well as in that which is to come Hereby the Love of God is manifested to and perfected in this good Man Whoso keepeth my Word in him is the Love of God perfected that is he surely loveth God and is loved of God Hereby we know that we are in God For God is Love and he that dwelleth in Love dwelleth in God and God in him Hereby we dwell in light He that dwelleth in Love dwelleth in light 1 Joh. 2.5 10. He dwelleth in the light of God's Favour And in his Favour is Life Psal 30. And in another place 't is said That his Favour is better than Life and infinitely better than all the Blessings of the lower World There be many that say Who will shew us any good Lord lift thou up the Light of thy Countenance upon us Thou hast put Gladness in my Heart more than in the time when their Corn and their Wine increased Psal 4.6 7. This only fits the Soul for the heavenly Light Epaphras declaring the Love of the Spirit which was in the Church of Coloss Col. 1.7 8. Blessed be God saith St. Paul who hath made us meet to he partakers of the inheritance of the Saints in Light ver 12. Where the Soul is joyned to the Church of the first born to an in ●●●…rable company of Angels to the general Assembly of the Saints to the Souls of Just Men made perfect and to Jesus the Mediator All which are joyning in their uncessant and uninterrupted Songs of Praise Singing Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah to God and to the Lamb that sits upon the Throne and are fill'd with all the fullness of God and do for ever admire those Treasures of Light that are beyond them And as it fits the Soul for the Heavenly World so it fills it with Bowels of Love and Pity to our poor Brethren for if this be not in us the Love of God is not in us If any Man say he loveth God and hateth his Brother he is a Lyar For he that loveth not his Brother whom he hath seen How can he love God whom he hath not seen And this Commandment have we from him that he who loveth God love his Brother also 1. Joh. 4.21 22. How kindly doth our Blessed Saviour take what is done to his poor Members Matth. 25.34 Come ye Blessed of my Father inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the Foundation of the World For I was Hungry and you gave me Meat I was Thirsty and you gave me Drink c. Then shall the Righteous say Lord when saw we thee Hungry and fed thee Thirsty and gave thee Drink c. Then shall the King say unto them Verily I say unto you in as much as you have done it unto one of the least of these my Brethren you have done it unto me And therefore let me beseech you my Brethren to give to Him in his Members who gave Himself for you not his Name only nor his Body but his Soul too for that was made An Offering for Sin Isa 53.10 Which was the greatest Gift that God could give or the World could receive and who is now Praying for you at the Right hand of his Father to give you a Crown a Kingdom and a weight of Glory And if we act like Men possessed by true Charity suiting with the Spirit of Christianity our Hearts and Hands must be always open to our poor Brothers Necessities our Souls must take pleasure in doing Good and being Kind And if we are not able to redress their Grievances or relieve their Wants by our Wealth or Interest we must ease them by our Compassion comfort them by Holy Advice and Example and succour them by our Prayers These are the Treasures which good Men lay up in Heaven Where neither Moths nor Rust doth Corrupt nor Thieves break through nor Steal For this purpose saith our Saviour you have the Poor always with you and whatsoever you will you may do unto them and in so doing you will well and truly observe those Feasts of Charity St. Jude speaks of ver 12. Finally Brethren be all of one Mind having Compassion one of another Love as Brethren be Pitiful be Courteous be of good Comfort live in Peace And the God of Love and Peace shall be with you all Amen FINIS Advertisement WHereas there was lately Published an Erroneous Book by one Zachary Housell who being Christianly taken notice of and presented by the Grand Jury of Middlesex as an Author of a most detestable Doctrine And whereas the Author of this Sermon hath been most maliciously reported by many and may possibly be believed by some to be the same The Author hereof to cashier the said malicious and scandalous Report doth hereby declare That he is not the same Man neither did he ever believe any such Doctrine as is therein maintained nor any other either different from or contrary to The Articles of the Church of England as by Law Established Which said Articles the Author doth Weekly Explain to his Society to keep them steady in this giddy Age.