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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14642	Ionahs sermon, and Ninivehs repentance A sermon preached at Pauls Crosse Jun. 20. 1602. and now thought fit to be published for our meditations in these times. By Ro. Wakeman Master of Arts and fellow of Balioll Colledge in Oxford.; Jonahs sermon, and Ninivehs repentance.	Wakeman, Robert, 1575 or 6-1629.	1606 (1606)	STC 24948; ESTC S104651	37,818	114

those tenne daies he gaue them to the end they should profit themselus by his clemēcy before they should make proofe of his power But as far as light excelleth darkenes truth error heaven earth so farre in pitty mercy and compassion doth the Creator of all excell the best of all his creatures Never was there any so pittifull as he the God of pitty Never any so merciful as he the God of mercy Never any so compassionate as he the God of al compassion O how often doth he perswade by promises how often doth he allure hy rewards how often doth he intreate by favours how often doth he assay al faire meanes to convert a sinful soule before he drawe out his sword of vengance against him O when did hee spoile any country once before he had spared it often Whē did he overthrow any natiō in one day which he had not most louingly wooed before many a day When did yet any place feele the iudgmēts of his fury that had not long before tasted the sweetnesse of his mercy For this was the rule of Gods owne law this was the decree of his heavenly will that no citie should be destroyed before peace were offered vnto the same as we read Deut. 20.10 And in the Gospel it was our Saviours cōmandemēt to his disciples that into what house soever they did enter they should begin the exordiū of their message with a pax vobis saying peace be vnto this house Luk. 10.5 and it is wel worth our observing that vertues and miracles were first wrought in Corazin and Beth saida before their woe was pronounced against them Matth. 11.20 Yea the fig tree in the Gospell although the Lord when he came and sought it found no fruit therō shall not be presently cut downe but shall hane a yeare a yeare a yeare to that shal be digged dunged before it be destroyed Luk. 13.7.8 This also did the Lord of mercy do in the time of olde He sent Noah to the men of the olde world a preacher of righteousnes 2. Pet. 2.5 We sent Lot to those wicked Sodomites in the spirit of meekenes to beseech them not to do so wickedly Gen. 19.7 He sent Moses Aarō to the Aegyptian Exod. 5.1 He sent Prophets from time to time to the childrē of Jsrael He sent Iohn Baptist and our blessed Saviour the holy Apostles besides signes in the host of heavē tokens in the elemēts to the people of Ierusalem before they were destroied And although that citty were growen to a full measure of iniquity to the very height of al manner of impiety so that both the servants sonne of God were slaine by thē the Sabaoth of the Lord polluted the sanctuary of the Lord prophaned the lawe of the Lorde despised the testimony of the Lord neglected yet see the infinite mercy patience of a louing Lord behold for a warning ful forty yeares were allotted vnto her before God sent vp Vespasian Titus to sack-it As Eusebius in the 3. lib. 8 cap. of his Ecclesiastical history reporteth Before which time how did the Saviour of the world call on her to repent how did he weepe for her how did he wooe her as the brid grome his spouse to turne vnto him to forsake her evil waies how did he manifest his loue affection towards her O Ierusalem Ierusalem thou that killest the Prophets and stonest them that are sent vnto thee how often would I haue gathered thee togither as the hengathereth her chikens vnder her winges thou wouldest not Mat. 23.37 J will not trouble you with many testimonies and examples out of the word of God to confirme the truth of this doctrine being a point so manifest Looke but into the 9. chap. of the booke of Nehemiah and the most obstinate shall be constrained wil he nil he to confesse that God is a God of much patience and long suffering The whole chapter is spent in this argument setting downe in order the great benefits and blessings which the Lord in his mercy had bestowed vpō the children of Israel in times past their vnthankfulnes vnto the Lord for the same and yet the exceeding patience mercy of the Almighty extended towards them For first as we there may reade Vid Nehem 9. reade the whole chapter he considered their aflictions in Aegypt and hard their crie by the red sea he saved thē in the deepe and drowned their enemies in the mighty waters He ledde thē in the day with the pillar of a cloud and in the night with a pillar of fire to giue them light He came downe vpon mount Sinai spake vnto them from heaven gaue them right iudgments true lawes good commaundements He gaue them bread from heaven for their hunger and water out of the rock for their thirst he fed them forty yeares in the wildernesse they lacked nothing their clothes waxed not olde and their feete swelled not He gaue them kingdomes and people hee multiplied their children as the starres of heauen and brought them into a good land where they possessed houses ful of goods and did eare and were filled became fat and lived in pleasure through the Lords goodnes But behold this people whom the Lord had thus extraordinarily blessed aboue al the nation in the world became rebellious behaued themselues prowdly and hardned their neckes so that they harkened not to his commandements nor remēbred the marvelous workes which he had done for them yet for al this the Lorde forsooke them not They made them a molten calfe said this is thy God that brought thee out of the land of Aegypt and cōmitted great blasphemies yet for al this the Lord forsooke them not They were disobedient and rebelled against him and cast his law behind their backes slue his Prophets sent to convert them and yet for al this the Lord forsooke them not They did evil before him sinned against his iudgments and pulled away their shoulders and were stiffnecked would not heare and yet for al this the Lord forsooke thē not yet for all this did he not consume thē but forbare thē many yeares togither O what a God of pittie O what a Lord of mercy is this abundant in goodnes gracious full of cōpassion of long suffering slow to anger and of great kindnes Ioel. 2.13 Reserving mercy for thousands forgiuing iniquity transgression and sin Exod. 34.7 How truly might he say of this people All the day long haue I stretched forth my hīd to a rebellious people to a disobediēt gaine saying vnbeleening people Rom 10.21 How truly might he say that they had a long time grieued him yet he had waited that he might haue mercy on thē Es 30.18 How truly might be professe of himselfe I desire not the death of a sinner but that the vvicked turne from his way and liue turne you turne you frō your evill waies