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fire_n	bring_v	fruit_n	tree_n	11,470	5	9.5299	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11077	The onely remedy that can cure a people, when all other remedies faile. By F. Rous.	Rous, Francis, 1579-1659.	1627 (1627)	STC 21346; ESTC S106124	62,668	256

the rootes of the Trees none but the tree that beares good fruite shall escape hewing downe and casting into the fire But the righteousnesse of outward workes is neither true nor lasting without a seed and nature of Righteousnesse Therefore to make the fruite truely and continually good the tree must be made good For the good tree only beareth good fruit and ceaseth not to beare it Wherefore as the roote of sinfulnesse must be pulled vp so a roote of Righteousnesse must bee planted As the old man must be put off the new man must be put on Eph. 4. 22. 23. This New man is borne of the spirit as the old man is borne of the flesh Joh. 3. 6. For that which is borne of the flesh is flesh and that which is borne of the spirit is spirit And if that which is borne of the spirit be in vs then haue wee in vs a roote of Righteousnesse For the fruite of the spirit is in all goodnesse Eph. 5. 6. and righteousnesse and truth This is the roote of the tree planted by the riuer side Psal. 1. 3. that bringeth forth his fruite in his season his leafe also shall not wither but whatsoeuer he doth shall prosper This is the seed that falls into good ground yea it makes the ground good into which it falls Heb. 6. 7. so that it bringeth forth hearbs meet for them by whom it is dressed and receiueth blessing from God And indeed no wonder if it receiue blessing from God and turn away the curses of God for when the hart of man is thus made good ground fruitfull earth and a good tree by the vertue of Gods spirit the heart of Man is according to the Heart of God And from this harmonie agreement issue all blessings and blessednesse There is friendship betweene God and man when face answereth to face the face of mans soule to the face of God to whose Image it was first created and after the fall it must bee renewed Prov. 27. 19. Then will God delight to dwell among vs hee will walke with vs hee will bee a Father to vs 2 Cor. 6. 17. and wee shall bee his sonnes and daughters saith the Lord Almighty Deut. 28. 12. 13. The Lord shall open to thee his good treasure the heauen to giue the raine vnto thy land in his season and to blesse all the worke of thine hand And thou shalt lend vnto many Nations and shalt not borrow And the Lord shall make thee the head and not the taile and thou shalt bee aboue only and not beneath if that thou hearken to the Commandements of the Lord thy God to obserue and doe them Infinite is the blessednesse and infinite are the blessings which follow this new creature and Image of God And places of Scripture are almost endlesse that expresse them Briefly and for a summe Godlinesse is profitable vnto all things 1 Tim. 4. 8. hauing promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come Now what shall I inferre hereupon yea let God himselfe make the inference by his blessed Apostle Hauing therefore these promises 2 Cor. 7. 1. dearely beloued let vs cleanse our selues from all filthinesse of the flesh and spirit perfecting holinesse in the feare of God Let vs put on the New Creature and walke by that rule for as many as walke by that Gal. 6. 1●● rule peace shall be vpon them Peace betweene God and vs peace betweene vs and our owne soules and peace betweene vs and the Creatures 10. Hauing thus put on The Crown of repentance is a Couenant with God the glorious and blessed Image of God in our repentance from dead workes and the body of sinne let vs crown and consummate this happy worke with a Couenant For thus did the ancient Conuerts they bound vp their Repentance in a Couenant that entring into a Couenant with God God might enter into a Couenant with them and so the knot of Happinesse Loue might bee knit and made sure betweene God and Man The heart of man is very deceitfull and backsliding and it is not enough to put it into the way of agreement with God but being there it must be bound by strong resolutions yea those resolutions haue beene bound with an oath And thus our will binding it selfe to the will of God by a settled resolution and vow it continues the closer and more vnseparable since as soone as temptation commeth it dasheth it selfe in pieces against the Rocke of this Couenant The heart being as it were hardned and steeled with Resolution is in vaine assaulted and the Billow of temptation flying against it non frangit sed frangitur the Billow is broken but the house or the heart falls not because it is become rocky being firmely built on the Rocke Christ Iesus Yea Sathan seeing the soule settled and resolued to resist him flyes away and remoues his engines to places and persons of lesse resistance But on the other side God seeing the heart bent and resolued and bound to a constant seruice of God hee meetes it with a constant loue and the kisse of perfect peace is betweene them I might bring forth diuers examples of Couenants There was a Couenant vnder Moses Deut. 20. 12. vnder Ioshua vnder Iosiah Iosh. 24. vnder Ezra Ezra 10. but I especially propose the Couenant of 2 King 23. 3. Asa because it was the patterne of a perfect Couenant and a happy successe And because I wish the later I propose the former This Couenant is thus described There came a Prophet and spake vnto Asa 2 Chron. 15 and all Iudah and Beniamin Hee told them of the miseries of those which were without the true God a teaching Priest and without law That forsaking God they were forsaken of God And in those times there was no peace to him that went out nor to him that came in but great vexations were vpon all the Inhabitants of the Countries And Nation was destroyed of Nation and Citie of Citie for God did vexe them with all aduersitie On the other side The Lord is with them while they bee with him and if they seeke him hee will bee found of them Yea being vexed for their sinnes when in their trouble they did turne vnto the Lord God of Israel and sought him hee was found of them Thereupon the Prophet inferreth Bee yee strong therefore and let not your hands bee weake for your worke shall be rewarded And Asa indeed grew strong for the Scripture saith Hee tooke courage and put away the abhominable Idols out of Iudah and Beniamin he renewed the Altar of the Lord and offered a great sacrifice to God And to binde vp this new obedience and to make it sure by setting a seale to it They entred into a Couenant to seeke the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soule This Couenant they binde with a high

remouing of all curses And indeed why should wee not leaue sinne what is there in it or with it that we should not leaue it and loathe it Surely if wee looke neerely and cleerely vpon sinne wee shall see all the reason that may bee to cast it from vs and vtterly to abhorre it Among others let vs consider the deformity of it mentioned before the vanity of it and the miserie of it The deformity of it should especially bee looked on as that whereby God is offended and the offence of God should chiefly bee regarded Surely sinne is an ill-fauoured thing and it cannot bee otherwise for it is contrary to the most absolute purenesse beauty and glorie of the Deity it crosseth the will of God the Rule of righteousnesse it crosseth and opposeth God who is light because it is darknesse it is a blot and spot vpon the Image of God and it cannot but bee a thing odious and hatefull to God to see his Image and superscription blotted defaced it turnes men into a generation of Vipers it makes them rauening Wolues it makes them like the Horse and Mule which haue no vnderstanding Yea it makes them worse than the beasts that perish Esay 1. 3. For the Oxe knoweth his owner and the Asse his Masters cribbe but Man by sinne casts off his owner and Master euen the high Lord and Master of the whole Creation because the sole and whole Creator of it And what doe we now to saue this sinne from death and destruction which makes vs fit for nothing but the wrath of God the plagues that attend it And if we behold the vanity of sinne that may make vs weary of it and willing to forsake it For the maine cause of keeping our sinnes are certaine pleasures with which the diuell hath bayted them and wee so loue this bayte that wee take downe the hooke with it and by taking it we are taken And indeed if we could see sinne stripped of this pleasure that is the hooke without the baite wee should both feare and hate it And of this men haue some sight in the end of pleasures and in the day of sicknesse and death But looke vpon them now in the very time of thy health if thou canst but bring thy flesh a little on sleepe while thy soule is waking For if thy flesh would be quiet while thy soule is in this contemplation thou mightest answer out of thy owne knowledge vnto this question of the holy Ghost What fruite haue yee of those Rom. 6. 21. things whereof yee are now ashamed Take all the pleasures that are past squeese them with all thy might and see what drop of fruite thou canst wring of them They are past and gone and there remaines no one iot of them but they are perished with the vsing Coloss. 2. 22 And as these haue dealt with thee that are past so shall they serue thee that are to come There is nothing left of the former neither shall there be of the latter but they shall be all swallowed vp of one emptinesse and nothing But in stead of the pleasure of sinne which is vanished thou maist haue a sting of sinne that will not easily vanish and this meere naturall reason hath told vs. Habet omnis hoc voluptas Boeth Stimulis agit fruentes Apiumque par volantum Vbi grata mella fudit Fugit nimis tenaci Ferit icta corda morsis And if the pleasure of sinne vanisheth and the sting remaineth how much better is the labour of righteousnesse whose labour vanisheth but the comfort and reward of righteousnesse for euer abideth But if nothing else yet let the miseries of sinnes which are so many blowes of an offended God beate vs from sinne When wee see it attended with Plague Famine and Sword with Sicknesse Death and Hell with vnsuccesfulnes in Armies Nauies with terrours within and without at home and abroad yea with all the euills of soule body and estate then let vs hate it if not for it selfe yet for the fearefull consequences and followers of it Yea let vs hasten from it as Lot was hastened out of Sodom for to hasten out of sinne is to make haste from fire and brimstone and from all the torments that may be inflicted by an omnipotent wrath 9. But if we meane throughly to leaue sinne To leaue sinne throughly we must roote vp sinfulnes wee must leaue sinfulnesse wee must not plucke off the branches but plucke vp the rootes of it Wee must not heale sinne downeward but vpward we must goe to the bottome of it and begin to purge and heale it at the bottome and so come forward to make it whole at the top If wee pull vp the roote of it the branches will die but if we do but breake off the branches of it the root will bud againe and bring forth both branches and fruit The tree of knowledge of good and euill that brought-in lust to be the law of our hearts which is a contrariety to the law of God must bee pulled vp by the rootes And why should it not For when this is done a man is in no worse case by it than Adam was in his perfection euen when hee was happy and before his vnhappinesse Yea thou shalt hereby free thy selfe from a most miserable bondage and so let thy libertie as well as the excellencie of this estate moue thee Thou art now a slaue to thy lust euen an Egyptians bond-slaue if it bid thee goe thou must goe if it bid thee come thou must come and wouldst thou not rather choose to be free from so blinde and base and imperious a master to serue the highest and most glorious Creator euen the true and liuing God True it is that sinfulnesse is rooted somewhat strongly in thy nature but there is a mighty power that is able to roote it out euen the same power that first created Nature and that can raise the dead yea which raised Iesus Christ. Eph. 1. 19. 20. This mighty power and outstretched Arme is that which helpeth soules in their passage from Egypt and giues them safe conduct into the glorious liberty of the sonnes of God Wherefore feare not to incounter the power of sinne and to cast off the yoke of it for thou hast a mightier power to make good thy freedome euen a power against which Pharaoh his hostes 1 Ioh. 4. 4. the diuell sinne and the gates of hell shall not bee able to preuaile The Lord in his mercy Exo. 15. 13. leades forth the people whom hee hath redeemed and guideth them in his strength vnto his holy habitation 10. Neither must we only put off sinne When sin is put off righteousnesse must be put on Mat. 3. 10. but wee must put on righteousnesse There are certaine fruits which are worthy or sutable to amendment of life and these must bee brought forth For when the Axe of Gods iudgements is laid to