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A11454	Ten sermons preached I. Ad clerum. 3. II. Ad magistratum. 3. III. Ad populum. 4. By Robert Saunderson Bachellor in Diuinitie, sometimes fellow of Lincolne Colledge in Oxford.; Sermons. Selected sermons	Sanderson, Robert, 1587-1663.	1627 (1627)	STC 21705; ESTC S116623	297,067	482

them another while vpon his mercy Consider not only what hee threateneth but consider withall why hee threatneth it is that you may repent and withall how hee threatneth it is vnlesse you repent Hee threatneth to cast downe indeed but vnto humiliation not into despaire Hee shooteth out his arrowes euen bitter words but as b 1 Sam. 20.20.21 Ionathans arrowes for warning not for destruction Thinke not hee aymeth so much at thy punishment when he threatneth alas if that were the thing he sought hee could lay on loade enough c 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Chrysost. in Gen. hom 25. Nemo punire desiderans quod facturus est comminatur Hieronym in Ion. 3. without words No it is thy amendment hee aimeth at and seeketh therein and hee therefore holdeth not his tongue that if thou wilt take it for a warning hee may hold his hand If the Father doe but threaten the childe when the rod lyeth by him it is very likely hee meaneth not to correct him for that time but only to make him the more carefull to obey and the more fearefull to offend for the time to come Canst thou thus gather hope from the chiding of thy earthly father and wilt thou finde no comfort in the chidings and threatnings of thy heauenly Father whose bowels of tender compassion to vs-ward are so much larger than any earthly Parents can be by how much himselfe the d Heb. 12.9 Father of spirits is greater than those fathers of our flesh Yea but who am I will some disconsolate soule say that I should make Gods threatnings voide or what my repentance that it should cancell the Oracles of Truth or reuerse the sentence of the eternall Iudge Poore distressed soule that thus disputest against thine owne peace but seest not the while the vnfathomed depth of Gods mercy and the wonderfull dispensations of his Truth Know that his threatnings are not made voide or of none effect when thou by thy repentance stayest the execution of them yea rather then are they of all other times most effectuall for then doe they most of all accomplish their proper end and the thing for which they were intended in thy amendment Neither let his truth make thee despaire but remember that the tenor of all his most peremptory threatnings runneth with an implicite reseruation and conditionall exception of Repentance which condition if thou on thy part faithfully performe the iudgement shall bee turned away and yet Gods Truth no whit impaired This for the Distressed §. 15. 2. of Terrour to the secure Now for the Secure Moses in Deut. 29. speaketh of a certaine a Deut. 29.18.19 roote that beareth gall and wormewood that blesseth it selfe when God curseth and standeth vnmoued when God threatneth Here is an Axe for that roote to hew it in pieces and vnlesse it b Math. 7.19 bring forth better fruite to cleane it out for the fire If there be any spriggs or spurnes of that roote here let them also consider what hath beene said and tremble Consider this I say and tremble all you that make a mocke at God and at his word and imagine that all his threatnings are but Bruta fulmina empty cracks and Powder without shot because sundry of them haue fallen to the ground and not done the hurt they made shew of But know who so euer thou art that thus abusest the Mercy and despisest the Truth of God that as his Mercy neuer did so his Truth shall neuer faile Thou saiest some of his threatnings haue done no harme I say as much too and his mercy be blessed for it but what is that to secure thee If any where Gods threatnings did no harme and wrought no destruction it was there only where they did good and wrought repentance If they haue turned thee from thy sinnes as they haue done some others there is hope thou maist turne them away from thee as some others haue done But if they haue done no good vpon thee in working thy repentance certainly they hang ouer thee to doe thee harme and to worke thy destruction Gods threatnings are in this respect as all other his words are sure and stedfast and such as c Esay 55.11 shall neuer returne voide but accomplish that for which they were sent if not the one way then without all doubt the other If they doe not humble thee they must ouerwhelme thee if they worke not thy conuersion they will thy ruine As some strong Physicke that either mendeth or endeth the Patient so are these And therefore when iudgements are denounced resolue quickly off or on Here is all the choyce that is left thee either Repent or Suffer There is a generation of men that as Moses complaineth d Deut. 29.19 when they heare the words of Gods curse blesse themselues in their hearts and say they shall haue peace though they walke in the imagination of their owne hearts that as S. Paul complaineth e Rom. 2.4 despise the riches of his goodnesse and forbearance and long-suffering not taking knowledge that the goodnesse of God would lead them to repentance that as S. Peter complaineth f 2 Pet. 3.3.4 walke after their owne lusts and scoffingly iest at Gods iudgements saying where is the promise of his comming But let such secure and carnall scoffers bee assured that howsoeuer others speed they shall neuer goe vnpunished Whatsoeuer becommeth of Gods threatnings against others certainely they shall fall heauy vpon them They that haue taught vs their conditions Moses and Paul and Peter haue taught vs also their punishments Moses telleth such a one how euer others are dealt with that yet g Deut. 29.20 the Lord will not spare him but the anger of the Lord and his iealousie shall smoake against that man and all the curses that are written in Gods booke shall light vpon him and the Lord shall blot out his name from vnder heauen S. Paul telleth such men that by despising the riches of his goodnesse and forbearance they doe but h Rom. 2.5 treasure vp vnto themselues wrath against the great day of wrath and of the reuelation of the righteous iudgement of God S. Peter telleth them howsoeuer they not only sleep but euen snort in deep security that yet i 2 Pet. 2.3 their iudgement of long time sleepeth not and their damnation 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 not so much as slumbereth Doe thou then take heed whosoeuer thou art whatsoeuer thou dost that thou abuse not the Mercy of God and to diuorce it from his Truth is to abuse it If when God threatneth thou layest aside his Truth presumest on his bare Mercy when he punisheth take heed he doe not cry quittance with thee by laying aside his Mercy and manifesting his bare Truth God is k Psal. 145.8 patient and mercifull Patience will beare much Mercy forbeare much but being scorned and prouoked dared l Furor sit laese saepius patientia Patience it selfe