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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B04998	Mount Moriah, or A sermon preached at Carrick, by Mr. Riddale, August 5. 1679.	Riddale, Archibald.	1679 (1679)	Wing R1437; ESTC R182718	14,380	18

for you Justice says they must die wrath must be upon Carrick and wrath must be upon the professors of Scotland except the Son of God take a blow and wound on the behalf it is on this account he suffers and for your sake he takes it yee see now his Body one way and his Blood another and if yee had looked on him in the Garden when every drop of Sweat was like a drop of Blood think yee that he come easily by the bargain indeed yee have come easily by the bargain O professors of Carrick yee may Sing the Victory is purchased to your hand that the great King procured is brought to your hand and let me ask one question of you when yee saw your Mediator so wounded and in such a case what would ye think of them the day that would call you that yee will give him a wound the day to all that he has gotten and that yee will give him a wound that shall be sorer and be sadder to him then all the wounds he suffered he is content to be tattered for your sakes but he is not content to be tattered by you he is not content when he is pauncing his wounds for you that ye should give him a wound more do ye suffer in your hearts to crucifie him a fresh I confess ye may think on us as Fools and distracted Persons and say what need we present a cup of Wine and a peice of bread could it not be done in another way indeed if our Lord had not appointed it himself we had been in the dark and had carried as distracted persons woe to them that comes in with their Surpluse and corner Caps and Oil and Salt and all the rest of their Ceremonies and these things that Christ Jesus never warranted nor appointed but that yee may see and be convinced that those things is not our devices but the appointment of God himself we shall read the institution to you and let you see the warrant that he himself hath given that he hath set down in the Evangelists but we shall read that which is set down in the 1 Corinthians 11 chap. 2 ver For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered to you that the Lord Jesus in the same night wherein he was betrayed took bread After he had given thanks Now Sirs ye see that he can set apart what Elements he pleases and can make them indeed significant ceremonies and pleadges to purpose to be clear symptoms and remembrances of a bargain between him and us and to be the evidences that we shall not want what we stand in need of coming to him in the right manner Now then know ye when this was it was in the Night wherein he was Betrayed he cast a copy to us and according to that Pattern that he gave us that is the thing we have to do the day to take and distribute these Elements to you to be the Pledges Carrick is espoused to Christ and that it may be a Covenant that shall not be broken indeed there is a difference between Christs work and your work well could he handle it and well could he go about the work but we amble the business he could make it effectual by his own power we cannot do that but we must come as far benn as we can and we must put it over the Masters hand that he will give the Blessing and that he will fit us and that he will fit the work and O if you had one heart the day you would concur and wrestle for a Blessing on the Ordinance that it may be for our advantage the day let us go and seek the Lord. Tabe First Now Sirs are you right is there any thing yet to do he is ready for you his bowels yearns after you his arms are open the day ye have seen him we cannot tell what that sight has produced on your Souls O! have ye not bleed at the sight of such a one could ye not be content to have born some of the blows that were laid on him think ye not but ye could have given your cheek to the smiter when they took the hair of his cheek could ye not have been content to have taken a share of it that is not all it is not only a sight of Christ crying Behold me behold me but a sight that ye may come and see and here it is Eat O Friends drink ye drink abundantly O beloved only if ye be ready only if ye be ready tell us your answer are ye ready or not is there any that would rise from the Table and would spare a while yet if ye be not ready we cannot help it for he is ready In that Night that he was betrayed he took bread and brake it and gave his Disciples and said Take ye eat ye this is my Body which is broke for you do this in remembrance of me Now we give it you on your Peril and as ye shall answer to that God so carry in the business but in part we desire to be free of your Blood and we pronounce our being free of your Blood and he has dealt honestly with you see that ye deal not deceitfully and treacherously with him but it is not a dry morsel that he prepares there is more it is not meat that he entertains his Guests with but drink also in like manner after Supper he took the Cup and when he had given thanks he gave it to his Disciples and said Drink ye all of it and divide it among you c. Here here have your thoughts above and be taken up with Meditation ye must remember it is one qualification of Communicants and in the time that ye are about the work apprehend ye see him hanging on the Cross and ye keeping the Blood that drops from him that that Blood may wash away all your Iniquities that ye nay be cleansed Thirdly for there is no other way whereby ye can be presented spotless and blameless before the Lord there is vertue here to Cure all your distempers and to make you perfectly clean if thou were as filthy as Lazarus it is he that will do your turn now now ye have him among your hands see how ye will guide him once again think with your selves what is your opinion of your noble Husband now what think you of a Marriage day now what think ye of it to be shaking hands with such a Prince and with such a Captain or now would ye be content to quit your part of him before ye rise from the Table or will ye take your old Trade will the Drunkard go to the Ale-house will the Swearer Swear will the Unclean person continue Unclean will ye prefer the world to him what if a new Hoast of Highlanders should come in among you and should press you to take the Bond what would ye do know in that Night Peter took the Communion he bant and Swore he

to be partaker of the inheritance above many are called but few are chosen Now more particularly I serve an Inhibition this day against all Atheists that is here that owns another God besides the true God and against all Idolaters that turn the Worship of God into a superstitious form or takes another Saviour besides Christ or that worships God in away that he has never prescribed nor appointed I must serve inhibition against all Cursers and Swearers and such as take the name of God in vain in their months and all gross Oaths not only these that have horrid Curses and execrations or that will Curse the People of God and Work of God but they that come out with minch't Oaths were they never so small I serve an Inhibition upon all Sabbath breakers this day such as make not conscience of Sanctifing all Gods ordinances such as make not conscience of keeping Gods day that dare bourd with any work upon Gods day that Folk should only do on an ordinary day if it were but to look needlessly on the Cattel and Corn upon a Sabbath day Particularly I serve inhibition this day on the Table of our Lord against all the Men and Women in Scotland that wittingly and willingly are Enemies to the persecuted and distressed Cause and work of God this day what ever it be be it Prelacy be it Snpremacy or be it arbitrary Government be it any thing that the People of God are suffering for this day for it 's sad since the business is come to such a length in Scotland that their is a stated quarrel between Christs and Antichrists backing and that this controversie has come to that length we have so many Heads standing on Poles on the account of it in Air and in other places of Scotland when there are so many in Prison upon this account and the Enemies have imbrued their hands so dreadfully in the Blood of the Saints of God you must now side your selves you must List your selves either on Christs Side or the Devils now any of you that have complyed with the Enemy to strengthen their hands either by taking the Declaration or the Oath of Supremacy or any the black bands that have gone up and down the Land any that has been troublers of the People of God and complyers with the Prelates and Curates if ye resolve to go on longer in these courses go to their Camp and seek your Food and come not Enemies in heart to this persecuted Table of the Lord in the Wilderness In the name of the great God I discharge you as ye would not incurr the damnation of your Souls and as ye would not be crucifiers of the Son of God and bring that upon your selves which you cannot easily take off But now upon the other hand least that some poor thing should be kept back least they should hold back and that their should be a scaring of such that the Bowels of Christ are yearning on this day therefore we have this to say be who yee will that is here that desired this day to bid adue to your Lusts and will Sin no more that is grieved in your hearts for the Evils ye have done to Christ and that is resolving to live to him and to be for him hereafter that is resolving to espouse his cause and to bide by him upon all hazards over all difficulties be what you will we invite you here to be sharers of this Feast of Fat things and Wine on the Leas well refined if thy Fingers were reeking with the Blood of the Saints if that now be thy exercise if thou resolve to be so no more come away if thou had been a Witch and had made an actual Portion with the Devil and would break the bargain now with the Devil and would make a new bargain with our King Christ come away if thou hath been guilty of Theft and Murder and never so many abominations if now thou be reforming and if this be thy exercise this day woes me I have so long dwelt in Sin and sojourned in the Tents of wickedness our Lords Bowels yearns on you this day and in the name of our Lord we invite you all to come forward come away poor thing what ever has been thy sad miscarriage before come away and thy Burden on thy Back to the Table of the Lord that before witnesses thou may give up thy name to the Son of God and here we are to take thee as a bond-servant and to welcome thee in his name now dear Friends lay ye the business to heart and think not that you must come and Mock him think not that you must come and profane the Table of our blessed Lord Jesus Christ but let all your debates be at an end now O let all your confusions be at an end now but if thou should come with confusion in thy Spirit come as thou art only let this be between Christ and you that henceforth ye are rosolved to be the Lords for better and worse Look on him now tell me how would yee look on him if yee saw him the day would yee have a Sight of him O Men and Women then he took up a peice of Bread in the one hand and the Cup of Wine in the other and said come come Sirs see yee him now behold your King behold him that was dead and is alive behold him that died at Jerusalem behold him that is now up above the Clouds sitting at the thrown of grace pleading on your behalf there is a sight the greater ye will not get in the kind of it in the World yee will not get the like of it till yee come to Heaven and see him in another manner of way how see yee him the day his Body all peirced his Body in one place and his Blood in another when ye are sound in Limb and Lith he is all tattered and he is drawn a sunder and your Blood is in your Veins behold Christs Blood is one way and his Body another O! how comes it to pass that our Blessed Lord and Mediator was seen in such away it was not because enemies was able to Master him but it was that yee might get good of him the day and yee could not have fed on him except he had been wounded now now would ye know how this comes to pass that our blessed Lord has gotten such wounds and that his wounds appears in two places the day would ye know how he has gotten these two wounds the day Justice gave him one blow for the Sin of the Jews because they had sinned Justice says they must die Christ says rather give me a blow on the Cheek though it should ding all the Flesh from the Bones well says Justice must it be so then Justice gives him one wound know yee how he has gotten another wound he has gotten it for the Sin of the Gentiles and among the rest for the Communicants of Carrick this day it is