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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03614	Three sermons I. The wrath of God against sinners, II. God's eternitie, and mans humanitie, III. The plantation of the righteous / by T.H.	Hooker, Thomas, 1586-1647.	1638 (1638)	STC 13739.7; ESTC S4071	32,486	158

this generation by the Ministery o●… the Word and Noah and Enock in that Ministery Gods Spirit strives with wicked men they spake no●… in their owne words but i●… the 2 Pet. 2. holy men spak●… Gods Word as they doe the Lord doth put his hand to ●…he worke the meaning is I ●…ave sent Noah and Enock ●…hey spake not their owne ●…ords onely but yee have ●…ven against my good ●…pirit what it is to strive ●…e Lord will not strive al●…ayes the meaning is not 〈◊〉 judgement Eccles 6.10 ●…he Lord he deales with ●…oore sinners after their na●…re as a reasonable crea●…re he enters to reasons ●…nd goes to Law and makes ●…ite to draw them home to ●…im for this I take to be the ●…eaning his Ministers came ●…metimes to exhort some●…mes to comfort and some●…mes to reprove and so wee ●…e to Law with God a●…aine From whence observe●… foure points Doct. 1. The Spirit o●… God doth ever accompany the Word and the Ministe●… thereof Here he ascrib●… it My spirit shall not alway●… strive Doct. 2. That the Lo●… strives with rebellious sinners for their good who as they strive against t●… power of the Spirit a●… their owne good No●… strove to draw them hom●… and they strove and wou●… not come Doct. 3. When men d●… abuse the Word long G●… will cease to strive in the 〈◊〉 of the meanes he will stri●… no more as he said here A●… 〈◊〉 Lord said I will not al●…ayes c. Doct. 4. Though the ●…ord will strive no more ●…t he strives long hee gives ●…ng time of repentance as 〈◊〉 did to the old world an ●…dred and twenty yeares Doct. 5. That Gods Spi●… doth ever accompany the ●…ord and the Ministery ●…ereof by the Spirit of ●…od I meane the eternall ●…pirit the Holy Ghost doth ●…speciall manner accompa●… the Word know that ●…od is every where and ●…oweth all things but in a ●…eciall manner hee is with ●…is with the Word Come ●…ecomes with the Word ●…rbid he forbids Rom. 1. 〈◊〉 Gospel is the power of the Lord to the salvation●… man Quest But how do●… this appeare to be so Answ I answer it a●… peareth in two things 〈◊〉 God doth please to set t●… worke apart to save and sa●…ctifie our soules which 〈◊〉 the learning in the wo●… cannot doe Secondly the Lord by 〈◊〉 power of his Spirit do●… constantly and continua●… accompany this worke as●… thinkes good to be a con●… tation to the wicked an●… consolation to the god●… 2 Cor. 2. the two last ver●…to the one it is a favour death to the other it is a 〈◊〉 vour of life it either 〈◊〉 the soule or saves the so●… though it ever accompanies ●…e Word yet this worke 〈◊〉 the Spirit is a voluntary ●…orke Thirdly It doth alwayes company the Word but ●…oth not alwayes worke ●…or some after twenty or ●…irty yeares are converted 〈◊〉 that it doth not alwayes ●…orke Looke as the brazen ●…erpent was lift up in the Wildernesse that whoever ●…oked on it that was stung ●…ith the fiery Serpents ●…ould be healed there was healing vertue in it he set it part for that purpose for ●…at had no vertue of it selfe 〈◊〉 because God would ●…orke by it so that whosoe●…r looked on it might bee ●…aled so it is with the Word of God for they a●… no more able to conve●… then others but because Go●… hath promised to accompany them in dispensation of i●… Reas 1. First taken from t●… fruit and effect of his Wo●… that it is able to doe 〈◊〉 things in the beginning 〈◊〉 is able to doe that whi●… Men and Angels cannot do●… Hebr. 4.12 The Word 〈◊〉 God is quicke and powerf●… and sharper then any two 〈◊〉 god sword piercing even to 〈◊〉 dividing asunder of the so●… and spirit and a discovery 〈◊〉 the thoughts of the he●… It is Gods faithfull work●… the reason why carnall 〈◊〉 fall out with the Minister●… the Word and say you sp●… against men I know y●… ●…eane me No no wee ●…now not your hearts but God doth and the Word of God knowes them Iohn 5. The dead shall heare the voyce ●…f the Sonne of God the mea●…ing is they that are dead 〈◊〉 sinnes for by nature every ●…an is dead in sinne It must ●…e more then all men can do 〈◊〉 our Saviour said to Lazaus when men stood wee●…ing by but Christ said Lazarus come out It must be Gods Word that must raise 〈◊〉 from the death of sinne 〈◊〉 the life of righteous●…esse Vse First of instruction 〈◊〉 take heed of taking up of ●…mes against the Spirit of God we see the haynous ●…nne of them that despise the Ministery of the Go●… pell men may thinke it n●…thing but alas you kno●… not what it is for the Wo●… of God and the Spirit 〈◊〉 God goeth together as 〈◊〉 blessed Martyr Steven sa●… in the 7 of the Actes Y●… stiffenecked and uncircum●… sed in heart and eares y●… have ever resisted the g●… Spirit of God as did your 〈◊〉 thers so do you therefore ta●… heed You are neere to 〈◊〉 sin against the Holy Gho●… for it is not the Word 〈◊〉 Man but the Word of Go●… it is the Spirit that th●… shouldest be saved by th●… thou hast opposed you g●… away with the contempt 〈◊〉 the Gospel and make th●… nothing thou hast sinn●… ●…gainst God and his Spirit ●…at accompanies the Word Counsel one another say do ●…ou know what you do It 〈◊〉 Gods Spirit must not that ●…mfort you must not that ●…ve you It is that that you ●…ppose take heed for this 〈◊〉 above Incestuous sinnes ●…ke 3.20.21 Herod was an ●…cestuous sinner but above ●…his fins he added this that ●…put Iohn in prison he was a ●…cestuous adulterer yet put●…g Iohn in prison was ●…ove all Matth. 11. It shall 〈◊〉 easier for Sodome and Go●…rah in the day of judge●…ut then for you that oppose 〈◊〉 Word of the Lord. So ●…ch for the first point Doct. 2. The Lord strives ●…ith poore sinners for their good when as they stri●… against the power of the S●… rit and their owne goo●… God enters into Law with sinner Sin and Sathan sai●… the soul is theirs God ent●… into Law and saith it is h●… and he made it every m●… by nature takes paine that 〈◊〉 might have no good fr●… God he goes to Law to g●… to hell as it were Matth. 2●… 37. Oh Ierusalem thou t●… killest the Prophets and sto●… them that were sent to th●… There is the thing mar●… How often would I have g●… thered thy children togeth●… as a Henne her Chickens 〈◊〉 yee would not Here is a cu●… tention the Lord wou●… have revealed his wi●… his Spirit would have 〈◊〉 ●…ed you home but you would ●…ot yee resisted his good Spirit yee take hold of wic●…ednesse as the Prophet ●…ere sayes and Iohn 5.4 You will not come to me that 〈◊〉 may be saved saith our ●…aviour to the Pharisees ●…any perish and shal

that is the first worke to discover all things to us in their proper colours Prov. 6.23 the Text tels us the Commandement is a Lam●● and the Law is Light and the reproofes of instruction are the way of life as a Lamp in he night so the way may be discovered so it is with the power of the Word of Truth and he that hath a minde carefully to attend may be able to judge and see right from wrong a man cannot miscarry so long as he is directed by the light of truth as the Sunne shewes all the Moates in the house and the blemishes so this is like the Sunne to discover and shew every moate and blemish and to discover every privie and corrupt corner Ephes 5.14 All things that are reproved are made manifest by the light for whatsoever doth make manifest is light Thou canst not enquire to doe any thing but that will advise thee Secondly As it is of Information so it is of quick●…ing a word of power that not onely telleth the way but enableth us to walke in it it puts vertue and ability to walke on chearefully It is not onely as the Sun to shew us the way but as a streame to carry us in that way God would have u●… walke Luke 24.22 there is not a light in the shining Sun Christ but is a warning to make nimble ou●… benumbed joynts 1 Tim 6.3 He cals it the wholesom●… word of Truth whereo●… Saint Paul speakes Tim●…thy was nourished up with Psalme 119 I will nev●… forget thy Commandement●… because that thereby then h●… quickned me Thirdly In the third pla●… it is a coard though thou 〈◊〉 dull it will plucke thee o●… So in the fourth place it is a word of conviction with power to overthrow all the gaine-sayings of a man it meetes with every cavill it stoppes all the base trickes and devises of our sinfull mindes Luke 21.10 when the Disciples should bee brought before Magistrates saith Christ take no care what you shall speake in the 15 verse For I will give you a mouth and wisedome which all your Adversaries shall not be able to gainesay nor resist And in Acts 7. the Adversaries of Steven were not able to gainesay the wisedome of Steven the Word will convince thy minde though a cavilling and distempered mind 1 Cor. 5.25 Better speak one word in a knowne language then a thousand in unknowne And therefore said Saint Paul I was made manifest to your consciences Iob 36.10 He opens their care to discipline and commandeth that they returne from iniquitie though stubborne hee makes them give way to truth Fourthly In the fourth worke of truth there is a soveraigne supreame authority the word hath it bea●…es downe all and carries all and makes all to yeeld obedience when the Lord pleases to accompany it therefore there is such a power that i●… is not carnall but mighty through God to cast downe●… strong holds because hee takes place onely so this is the fourth worke it carries on a man and commands the soule 2 Cor. 10.4 The weapons of our warfare are not carnall feeble and weake but mighty through God to the pulling downe of strong holds His Commandements are mighty and what will yee doe when you set up strong mountaines of pride and bulwarkes of resolutions when yee are resolved yee will have your sinnes as drunkennesse covetousnesse c. though yee perish for it So that the truth of God carries the heart and eye and foot A mighty operation The Apostle 2 Cor. 13.8 said Wee can doe nothing against the truth so that when God will make good his truth wee can doe nothing against Gods truth Company comes provocations comes friends wife though life comes his resolution stands firme hee sides with the truth thus you see that truth will worke Secondly for the second particular And that is how a carnall man doth hinder this worke●… of the Word that it may no●… prevaile the soule would have the sinnes and the word would have the soule now a corrupt heart opposes the truth in foure particulars First A carnall heart is marvellous unwilling to listen to the truth of God so as to be informed and instructed in those things that would be too tedious first it is not willing to know what it should doe lest it should doe what it would not therefore it keepes a loofe off he is a stranger to the truth of God nay if it be brought home to their doores and God set open his mercies the truth is they will not so much as take notice of his mercies To examine every thing what need a man thus tediously trouble himselfe thus they hinder the first worke of the truth it is a Schoolemaster but they stop their eares Car●…all hearts when they see it comming towards them comming to tie them to obedience if he heares the Word comming hee slides away he is loth to heare the cause and loth to be perswaded he will not be at home on that day Esay 30.10 The people say to the Seers see not and to the Prophets prophesie not right things speake to us smoothe things prophesie deceits Get yee out of the way turne aside out of the path cause the holy One of Israel to cease from before us They say to the Seers see not to the Prophets prophesy not right things Doe not speake that they cannot heare but speak faire and smooth things Iob 21.14 Therefore they say unto God Depart from us for we desire not the knowledge of thy wayes The covetous oppressors cannot endure to heare of the gringding of the faces of the poore Actes 28.27 They stop their eares and winke with their eyes least they should see with their eyes and heare with their eares and understand with their heart and should be converted and I should heale them I beseech you observe it as carnall men that are loth to know the truth but if they search they seeke after the Word ●…s a Coward doth after his enemy with a hope he shall not finde him and a feare lest he should finde him So a carnall man is loth to finde and feares to know and if ●…e doe know and search hee will search no more the●… shall serve his turne hee will not suffer truth to have the whole sway as a prisoner in chaines so carnall hearts keepe truth in Chaines and no more then he doth know he would know Luke 4.42 And when it was day he●… went into a desart place a●… the people sought him an●… came unto him and staye●… him that he should not depa●… from them Hee made 〈◊〉 though hee would goe further but they stayed him b●… a morrall kinde of perswa●… on so carnall men doe th●… truth of God they stop a●… stay truth Rom. 12.1 2 v●… ses Fashion not your selv●… after the world and in t●… Law Ye shall not take t●… name of an idoll in your mouth The meaning is ye should not give honour to them but