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The hue and cry of conscience after secure sinners; or The alarm of conscience in order to the discovery of hidden guilt by John Ryther minister of the gospel
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Ryther, John, 1634?-1681.
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be the space of â—â—ny Repentance 4. Take heed of flattering your selves that your Sins will never come out all because they have been a long time hid You see to the contrary Many have come at last to condign Punishment for long hidden and concealed Iniquities It may be Sinner God's time is not yet come to make a discovery of thy Wickedness It may be thou art not ripe enough in Sin It may be the Loâ—â—â— is all this while letting theâ— alone to fill up thy Measure It may be thy impunity from Temporal Judgments is thâ—â— Spiritual Judgment God iâ—â— his wrath threatens some Thâ— he will not punish their 〈◊〉 and Daughters Hos 4.14 when they comâ—â— mit Adultery Sinners youâ— think it a brave thing foâ— God to let you alone in youâ— Sin and spare you And alas all this he may do in the hottest Wrath and Displeasure 5. Take heed of sinful excusing and covering your Sinâ—â— He that covereth his Sin shall not prosper Prov. 28.13 but he that confesseth and forsaketh his Sin shall find Mercy O! now Joseph's Brethren do not excuse and cover their Sin O! now conscience is awakned they â—ead guilty with one consent III. The next improveâ—ent of the Truth is this â— word of Counsel and Exâ—ortation Then let us all â—and clear of Sin if it leave Sting behind it O! then â—aâ—â—â— in awe and sin not O â—ay this with Joseph in the â—ase of his Mistress Gen. 39.9 How can â— do this great Wickedness and â—in against God 1. Stand clear of Sin it â—eaves that behind will torment you Alas poor Sinners they consult at present only the pleasure of Sin only the satisfaction of a present Lust and the profit of Sin but they do not consider the guilt of Sin Did the Thief consider O! but this sin will leave a Sting behind it and it will expose him to the danger of 〈◊〉 Law it will end in Tyburâ— O! how this would awe 〈◊〉 check him so did but S 〈◊〉 ners argue with themselvâ— O this wicked Trade of miâ—â— this sinful Course of miâ—â—â— what will it end in â—ill not end in Hell Doth not expose me to the wraâ—â— of a Righteous God 〈◊〉 would not such a considerâ—tion cool the boyling heâ— of many a Sinner's Lust is the misery of Sinners the look not to an afterwardâ— but only at present consuâ—â— either their Pleasure or the Profit 2. Stand clear of Sin fâ—â— it will be very terrible to yoâ—â— when it shall haunt youâ— Consciences There is 〈◊〉 such terrible Spectrum in thâ—◠〈◊〉 â—orld as the walking of â—pardoned Sin in the Conâ—ence O what horrour and â—azement did this Sin of Joâ—â—h's Brethren make in their â—onsciences And O what â—â—ad case was David in when 〈◊〉 said My Sin is ever beâ—â—re me As if he had seen â—â—me Spectrum or Apparitiâ—â— haunting him You would â—â—ot live in an haunted House â—â—nd yet how many Sinners â—â—ve with haunted Conscienâ—â—es They are Magor-missaâ—â—bs Terrours to themselves â—â—â—ea and to those that stand â—bout them O! how did Judas's guilt haunt him And Spira his guilt haunt him 3. Stand off from Sin for â—â—ne Sin will beget another Thus did the Sin of Joseph's Brethren they now must câ—â—â— ver it with his Coat they noâ—â— must lye to their aged Father and say an evil Beast hath dâ—â— voured him O! where wiâ—â— Sin have an end Sinners you know the beginning 〈◊〉 Sin but who knows the enâ—â— thereof Who knows wheâ—â— Sin will stop Sinners yoâ—â— know not what you do wheâ—â— you meddle with Sin Sin'â—â— chain hath many Links and they all depend one upon anâ— other And I must tell youâ— one Sin is so close linkt to another that they lead one to another Thieving leads to Lying Lying to Denying with Appeals to God and so on to Swearing and from Swearing on to Hardning 4. Stand clear of Sin forâ— God will visit your Sin upon â—ou sooner or later Though it â—as long first yet you see God punishes this Sin of Joâ—ph's Brethren now God â—as visiting for it O Sirs â—â—e visiting of God for Sin is terrible thing Do you not â—ear the Lord say Jer. 5.9 Shall I not â—isit for these things O poor â—inners though God let â—ou alone at present yet the â—ears of your Visitation shall â—ome 5. Stand clear of Sin there â—s a worse thing than all this follows it viz. Wrath to â—ome O may it not be said â—o any one of you nay to every one of you John 5.14 as was said to her Go your ways sin no more lest a worse thing come unto you A worse thing O what can that be Wrath to come Hell and eternal Torments the Worm thaâ— never dies the Fire that nâ—â—ver goes out Second Counsel is to stanâ—â— clear of secret Guilt the moâ—â— covert Guilt whatsoever This Sin of Joseph's Brethreâ—â— was a covered Sin for manâ—â— years together This is 〈◊〉 that tempts many a poor Soâ— to sin Who seeth it Whâ— knoweth it It shall neveâ— come to light All will bâ— wrapt up in clean Linneâ—â— and rest in darkness and 〈◊〉 lence all my days And uâ—on this very account manâ— poor Souls they fall into thâ—â— Snares because laid in thâ— dark and secret for them 1. Consider poor Sinnerâ— God looks on when you comâ— mit secret Sins there is noâ— thing hid from him He 〈◊〉 all Eye He is an Omniscient God O poor Sinner Didst but thou think God looks on O how would this startle thee in the act of Sin Shall the Eye of Men make Sinners afraid and shall not the Eye of God much more Would Joseph's Brethren thus secretly and perfidiously have sold their Brother if they had considered God saw them at the Bargain making if they had considered God looked on 2. Poor Sinners stand off from secret Sins for the eye of Conscience looks on and Conscience is a thousand witnesses Conscience in Joseph's Brethren could very well remember their Guilt O Sirs Conscience hath a strange Memory O if a Sinner did but solemnly debate the Matter with himself and say O but if I commiâ—â— this sin never so secretly my Conscience is Witness and will tell me of it another day and gripe me for it another day O how would these thoughts be an Impediment in the way of many Sinner 3. Poor sinners stand oâ— from secret sins for secreâ— sins have many times strangâ—ly come to light Eccles 10.20 A Bird the Air shall tell the Matteâ— says Solomon viz. Sin shaâ—â— be discovered by improbabâ— and unlikely means Wâ— reade of others that Heaveâ— shall reveal their Iniquity The Heaven shall reveal hâ—â— iniquity and the Earth shaâ—â— rise up against him Job 20.27 Rather than it shall be hid Heaven and Earth shall conspire to bring it to light God hath of late given us notable Instances in deceiving wicked Mens Plots and Projects against these poor Nations 4. Stand off from secret
prove a Remedy Will not this make the Wound to bleed so much the more To run into sinful Company when wounded in your Consciences will not this inflame the Reckoning Is not this to run so much the more upon the score with God O Sinners let me tell you all these Arrears must at the long run be reckoned for 2. Others they run to lawful Comforts and Enjoyments and so labour to stifle the Reflections of their guilty Consciences 3. Others they run to their lawful Employments as Cain did to build Cities so some go to their Trades to their Shops on purpose to drown the convictions of their own guilty Consciences 4. Others go to their sinful Recreations Carding and Dicing and Gaming 5. Others make Charms of their Duties and Forms as Papists go to their Pater Nosters and their Ave Marys nay may not this piece of refined Popery be in the Heart of such as call themselves Protestants But alas all these cannot bear down an awakened Conscience when God sets Guilt on The Third Use Is a word of Exhortation to poor guilty Sinners O! then yield an Ear to the Reflections of your own Consciences Many a Man's Conscience cannot be heard by him it checks him and chides him and reproves him but yet all this while the Sinner stops his Ear as the deaf Adder of which some write That she claps one Ear to the Earth and covers the other with her Tail O hear Sinners then what Conscience hath to say Hearken to the Preacher in your Bosoms Turn you about Sinners once before you die and listen to this Preacher 1. Sinners if you will not hear it now you must hear it whether you will or no hereafter And O how sad will it be to hear it there Where the Worm never dies and the Fire never goes out This Worm is the guilty Conscience which Sinners must hear in Hell if they will not hear it here Guilty Consciences preach in Hell and the Sermon is as long as Eternity it self Maak 9.44 and happy were the Damned if they could run away from these Sermons O Sinners you cannot stop your Ears in the other World against your guilty Consciences as you do in this 2. Sinners hearken to the Reflections of your own Consciences for your hearing them will be in order to the getting of your Sins pardoned Its Reflections are in order to your Repentance and your Repentance will be in order to your Remission They are both put together and preached in the Name of Christ together And would not you be glad to have your Sins pardoned Would not you be glad to have your Sins washed away in the Blood of Christ Would not you be glad to have this heavy and insupportable burden of Guilt removed off the back of your Consciences Are your Sins gone over your Heads as a Burden yea as too heavy a Burden for you to bear and would not you rejoyce to be led to Safety and Rest under all your Loads and Pressures 3. Be sure you attend to the Reflections of your Consciences for the Rod joyns issue with Conscience the Rod sets Conscience on work and they preach the same Doctrine Therefore we are called and strictly charged to hear the Rod. It may be Sinners Mic. 6.9 God hath tried other Preachers and they have done little good to make you sensible of your Guilt then God commissions these Preachers Conscience and the Rod. If a Man cannot come abroad and hear a Minister then Affliction shall preach to him at Home Now the Rod is assistant to Conscience Job 24.13 the Preacher in your Bosoms 4. Sinners be not deaf to the Reflections of your Consciences this is to sin against your Light nay to â—ebel against your Light And is not this sad and the guilt of this Rebellion you will be charged with another day 5. Poor Sinners Be not deaf to the Reflections of your own Consciences usually God follows such with his severest Judgments 1. Sometimes Temporal Many times God makes that threatning good upon such I will wound the hoary Scalp of every one that goes on in his Trespasses Psal 68.21 If Men will walk on in their Sins contrary to all checks and convictions of Conscience let them look for some severe blow of the Hand of God upon them sooner or later for tho the Sentence be not speedily executed it is not said it never shall Tho Execution day be for a while deferred yet it will come 2. Spiritual Judgments which are the worst and saddest of Judgments Many times Sinners deaf to their Consciences are given up to a seared Conscience to a reprobate Mind to vile Affection to their own Lusts to hardness of Heart And is not the judicially hardned Sinner the half-damned Sinner The Second Branch of Exhortation is To such as have Reflecting tender Consciences O then bless the Lord for such awakened Consciences It is a greater Mercy than you think of to have such a Monitor and Remembrancer in your Bosoms 1. Is it not a Mercy to be way-laid in a sinful Course To be prevented in Sin To be stopt in a Carreer and full Gallop for Hell This this is the end why God sets Conscience at work with a poor Sinner Had not many poor Sinners run headlong to utter Destruction and Damnation else May not many a poor Sinner say to Conscience as David did to Abigail Blessed be the God of Israel 1 Sam. 25.32 33. that sent thee this day to prevent me from shedding innocent Blood When thou hast had rebukes of Conscience hast thou not said Numb 22.34 as Balaam to the Angel in his way to stop him If my way be perverse before the Lord and displease thee I will get me back again And is not this a Mercy 2. Is it not a Mercy to be raised to Re entance after falling into Sin The Sinner's Sinning is his Fall the Sinner's Repentance is his Rising And are not all Conscience's Reflections when it is awakened in order to Repentance as hath been already hinted and is not this a Mercy to be pluckt as a Firebrand out of the midst of the burning O! how doth Conscience give many a pull at some Sinners to get them out of the Fire lest it should prove the Fire that never goes out 3. Is not this a Mercy to have thy Soul lie in the way of a Pardon Canst thou O poor Sinner expect Remission without Repentance Hast thou any Promise for it in all the Bible Produce it if thou canst O! whoever told thee so but Satan and thy own deluding Heart Do not all Offenders that receive Pardons from their Princes receive them upon their Knees Whither is it thy awakened guilty Conscience would send thee but to the King of Israel that Merciful King with Sackcloth upon thy Loins and an Halter about thy Neck in order to the receiving of thy Pardon Third Branch of the Exhortation O then bless the Lord for days of