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A43844	Two sermons preached before the judges of assize 1. At Reading, on Cant: 7.4, 2. At Abingdon, on Ps. 82.1 : with two other sermons preached at St. Maries on Oxford, 1. On I Cor. 15.10, 2. On Psalm 58.11 / by John Hinckley ...	Hinckley, John, 1617?-1695.	1657 (1657)	Wing H2049; ESTC R37864	133,129	357

of Gods spirit diffused and shed abroad into the soule whereby the ruines of gods image imprinted in it at the first are in some measure repaired all our faculties innobled and elevated above their naturall picth reason refin'd our understandings inlightened to see what is good our wills and affections inabled to imbrace and love it and the whole man to practise it where there is this sweet Harmony sure there is the grace of God This is called by diverse names in scripture as light life wisedome love obedience as it do's exercise its vertue upon the understanding will memory affections the inward or outward man now that we may see that this grace is all in all with a Christian and makes us all in all with God lets first take a view of our state and Condition what we are without grace then we shall better discerne how all our spirituall excellencies in thoughts and actions inward and outward do flow from this spring and principle of grace 1. Negatively There is an utter a vid. Doctor Field on the ch● in his Appendix to the third book pag. 252. indisposition and disability in our naturall estate to think or do any thing that is truly good and acceptable to God I say in our naturall estate for the power of mans will varies according to the severall states Epoche's and circumstances of time wherein it is considered 10. There was a time when man had power and liberty not to have sinned but this lasted not long no longer then Adam stay'd in innocency which by all Computation was not long this was a state of integrity 20. There shall be a time when we shall be so strong that we shall not be able to sin our wills shall no way be inclined to evill we shall be beyond the Gun-shot of Satan His flouds of temptations shall not reach us nay were this bold intruder admitted againe into Paradise He should find nothing in us no tinder or Gunpowder to catch the sparkes of his fiery darts This shall be a state of glory or glorious state 30. There is a time when man is partly inclined to evill partly to good as the spirit drawes him one way and the flesh dragges him another When there is a Civill warre a motion of trepidation within us the regenerate part mounts towards heaven sed trahit ●invitum nova vis but our indwelling corruption like Anselmes boy or the plummets of a Cork pull us downe againe to the earth this is a state of regeneration 40. There is a time when mans will is wholly inclin'd to what is evill and that continually before our 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 our new birth before Christ come into our soules by grace seasoning and taking possession of them to himselfe by breaking the barres and locks of our native opposition and subduing that enmity which is in us against his Kingdome and Scepter mellowing and melting our hearts into a willingnesse to receive him as our Lord and King by submitting to his yoke and rules of government Now whil'st the Amorites of sinne are in their ruffe of pride within us unbroken and unconquer'd and we at their beck and Command this is a state of corruption wherein a man can neither think or do what is spiritually good For this we have the authority of Christs owne word without me ye can do nothing Jo. 15.5 except we are ingrafted and incorporated into him by faith and so drawing Sappe Life and vertue from him Alas we are impotent helplesse Creatures stark lame not able to move one foot or go one steppe towards Heaven unlesse he take us in his armes we are blind untill he open our eyes deafe untill he peirce our eares with an Ephat a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 vid. Mr. Sam. Ward de usu magne●is of power nay dead in trespasses and sins untill he raise us up untill he overshadow us put his mouth on our mouth and his eyes on our eyes as Elisha on the Shunamites child 2 King 4. 34. that as the iron do's not point towards the North untill it be toucht with the loadstone from whence say some there flowes some spirituall Emanations which seizing on the iron turnes it about So are we acted and moved by the spirit of God at our conversion there went vertue out of Christ to cure the Woman of her bloudy issue and if we are the living members of Christ and not onely nominall and aequivocall as so many wooden leggs contiguously fastened and patcht unto him I say if we are true members we receive vitall spirits through the arteries of faith from him our head That as the Philosophers say of sublunary bodies that they could not move were it not for the motions of the Heavens if they should stand-still so we could have no tendency to what is good but by vertue of that influence and cherishing warmth of grace which we derive from the God of heaven did not he renew right spirits in us and put his feare into our hearts for a D. Tho. Taylor on the parable of the sower p. 215. no ground so stony as our hearts no soyle so full of thornes as they no such Antipathy and aversness in one creature towards another as there is in us against the power of religion our hearts nauseat it they rise and swell and startle at it as much as at a toade or the sudden pranseing of an enemies horses though our mouthes may draw neere unto God yet our hearts are farre from him No man can say that Jesus is the Lord but by the spirit Jo. 3.6 we can neither confesse praise him pray unto his name or obey him by faith without the speciall gift of grace We are all evill trees now an evill tree cannot bring forth good Fruite it will bring forth sower wildings to the worlds end unlesse the property be altered and the naturall sappe sweetened and changed by letting into it some buds or grafts from a better stocke so it is wi●h us we are un savory and crabbish like trees of the Forrest untill we be transplanted and inoculated into the root of Jesse into the Branch Jesus Christ and be watered with the comfortable dewes and moysture of his spirit even as Egypt was made fruitfull by the inundation of Nilus untill then we shall bring forth sowre grapes the grapes of Sodome I meane brattes like our selves deformed loathsome the pictures of death Moses took away the bitternesse of the waters of Marah by casting in a y Exod. 15.25 tree into them and Elisha healed the unwholsome x 2 King 4.41 waters of Jericho by casting in z 2 King 2.21 salt into the spring head He cast meale also into the pot and took the poyson out of it this grace of God in the text is as the tree or this salt and meale to take away the bitternesse poyson and brackishnesse of our soules that is the aversenesse and stubbornesse which is upon our

number to note the mystery of the persons in the unity of the divine nature like creavit dii Gen. 1.1 3. This God do's not neglect the affaires of the world but though Heaven be his throne yet he do's providentially dispense equity and justice among the sons of men He keeps his sessions and rids his circuits here below He Judge sin the earth But before we speak of these parts in the body of the text there is something worth noting from their connexion with the context and is implyed in the first word so that which joynes this verse with the former parts of the Psalm and shewes this to be an illation from them what did God so suddenly as with a whirlewind overthrow those wicked Judges who Lorded it over his people did He make those Lions melt like snailes did he confirme the joynts of his people which were a little before trembling and smiting one against another as if they had been so many forlorne wretches expos'd and cast forth and no eye to pitty them as if they had been floating with Moses upon the sea in a basket of bulrushes without any pilot to guide them and even ready to cry out with the disciples Master carest thou not that we perish did he then command a calme and bring them to the haven where they would be did he turne their howling like dragons and chattering like cranes under the whipps and sawes of tyrannicall task-masters into a song of joy and triumph did he dismantle himselfe of that cloud wherein for a time he had so inveloped himselfe that he seemed not to behold the pressures of his people did he I say then step in to his peoples rescue by breaking their yokes as in the day of Madian and Kissing them with the Kisses of his mouth So that a man shall say verily there is a reward for the righteous doubtlesse there is a God that judgeth in the earth Obs Though the passages of Gods providence may seeme so rugged and uncouth as if they were destructive to his Church and likely to put out the eye of his owne glory yet our God will so dispose of them in the close that they shall have an advantagious tendency to the setting forth of his Honour and our good What could seeme of more dangerous consequence to the world then the fall of Adam the death of Christ and the commission of sinne yet Adams fall made way for Christ who was the Saviour of the world and put us into a better a more certaine condition then we were in the first Adam When Satan had thought to have Cut off this Saviour and prevented him that he should not accomplish the work of our redemption by combining the Jewes against him and putting it into the heart of Judas to betray him yet herein they did but a Non fiunt praeter dei volunta tem quae contra ejus voluntatem siunt Cal. Insti lib. 1. cap. 18. further the work of our Salvation and fulfill the determinate Councell of God concerning the same Act. 2.23 In shedding his blood they did but Compound a plaister for our wounds for by his stripes we were Healed Nay God can so order and dispose of sinne it selfe that thereby also he will get b Dei consiliis militant qui ejus consiliis repugnant Honour to his justice and the manifestarion of Gods Justice in the exercise of his severe judgments may make way for the declaration of his mercy not only unto others Rom 11.11 as through the fall of the Jewes salvation came unto the Gentils the Rebellion of Absolom tended to the stablishment of Davids throne as Seneca sayes of the sturdy oakes the more they are tossed with the winde the more firmely the are tooted in the earth and the destruction of i the foure great Empirs of the world the Lion the Beare the Leopard the dreadfull beast with iron teeth terrible Horns Dan. 7.4 5 6 7. c. was to this end that thereby a way might be made for the Ancient of dayes that out of their rubbish a stone might be brought forth without hands and therefore t is observable that the revolutions and tumblinges downe of those mountanous kingdomes were not casual but directed and ordered by the providence of God even those wheeles were full of eyes round about Eze. 10.12 Moreover Gods Crosse providences bring forth peace and comfort to the same persons Joseph k Negotiatio est aliquid amittere ut majora lucretis Tert. pag. 136. Galli faces Romae intulerunt Sed civit as non deleta nec obruta sed expiata sed lustrata videatur Flor. lib. 1. cap. 13. had not been raised to that preferment in Egypt had he not been solde to the Midianitish Merchants Ruth had not been married to Boaz had there not been a famine in her own country periissem nisi periissem If I had not been undone I had been undone indeed may many a man truly say All my fiery trialls have served to refine me and make me the more glorious and resplendent Awake O North-winde and come thou south blow upon my garden that the spices thereof may flow out Cant 4.16 was the prayer of the Church not only the l warme Southerne gales of prosperity D. Sibbs in locum conduce to the welfare of the Church but even the nipping bo●sterous blastes from a contrary Coast from the North doe often make the graces of Gods people more fragrant and vigorous 1 Vse Let 's admire the wisdome and power of God wh●se wayes are thus past finding out who can bring health out of sicknesse and life out of death who is such an excellent Physitian as can m D. Renolds on Psal 110. v. 1. p. 126. Let us deny our owne wisdome and give glory to God acknowledging that there is wiser counsel in every thing we suffer then we can attaine M. Paul Bayne on Eph. 1.11 Rev. 19.6 Ps 46.2 temper the most poysonous herbes make the most unlikely means and instruments to worke forth most glorious ends though nothing but gall and wormewood be in the premises yet the conclusion shall be sweer and comfortable though the Assyrian Sennacherib breath forth nothing but rage and tumult against the Lord and his people yet he shall feele a booke in his nose and a bridle in his lippes and be turned backe by the way by which he came Esa 37.29 The Lord reignes though the earth be never so unquiet the multitude shall cry Alleluja for the Lord omnipotent reigneth therfore will we not fear though the earth be moved and though the mountaines be cast into the midst of the Sea The Church can never be in a desperate and deplorable condition which has such a Chymist alwaies at hand who can bring gold out of drosse Although the n Habak 3.17 18. Fig-tree shall not blossome neither shall fruit be in the vines yet I rejoyce in the Lord I will joy in the

monstrous births nor was I ever vext with those Furies the passage I am now steering hath been troden by worthy Divines both Ancient and Modern Nay the great Doctor of the Jews himself leads the way and in several Epistles lays down instructions how those that are married ought to carry themselves But would you know yet more why I undertook this task Thus Originally we breath'd almost the same air besides most men delight in the prosperity of their own handy-works therefore this being one of the most memorable Acts of all my days that I joyned such a gallant Couple as your selves into one I thought your happiness would be an addition to mine This put me upon doing what I never did to chalk out such lines and set forth such Meres which if observed will make every day as pleasant as your Wedding day So your chaste flames shall like the Vestals glow And with fresh Springs of joy your hearts shall flow Thus every day ●'th year shall be to you The last of February fifty two Purblinds Astrologers ●●go●clem your eyes And then confess you could not read the skies All the Conjunctions which you understood This year were fatal spelling War and blood Come see this Couple breathing nought but joyes And damn your pedling Arts for forgeries First If you would have a calm passage of Comfort here and arrive at the Haven of eternal Reft hereafter you must sail by the Card and Compass of Religion As God is the fountain of love nay love it self so he must be the principal object of our affections If He be that third and common person in whom we meet we shall soon agree amongst our selves Then we shall derive from him as by reflection continual supplies of love Your love to each other will be fresh every morning when the Springs thereof are in and from him when t is bottom'd upon conscience to Gods Ordinance and flows from the Ocean of his Love Religion signifies a bond because by it we are bound to God and this doth also binde us one to another without this Cement we shall soon shatter and like so much sand fall asunder even as the members of our bodies are loosened and disjoynted when they are not compacted and held together by nerves coming from the Head Such flames of love which were never kindled by any sparks from Gods Altar are like those of crackling thorns quickly out like those flashing Meteors in the ayr which are as soon vanisht as seen or if you will like untimely blossoms soon blasted When Beauty proves the only motive and cord of love if sickness draw her pale Mantle over those Rosie Cheeks or Age make surrows in those faces Alas that cord will crack then Beauty and Love will be cancel'd and expire together If riches raise our affections if our hearts are intoxicated with a Love potion of molten gold and our Livers smitten with the darts of Dowry when these slippery companions shall make themselves wings and flie away such love will go for company but those that marry in Domino in the Lord in all changes their love will be unchangeable and like the righteous themselvs Psal 92.14 shal bring forth most fruit of love in old age There was good reason why St. Paul Col. 3. did in the former part of the chapter teach men their duty to God before he instructs them concerning their several Relations because he knew that husbands and wives fathers and children could not discharge their devoir and duty one to another without being first initiated and principled in the fear and service of God Give me a Servant that is truly Religious and I dare warrant him a true Israelite and become bound for his sidelity How can such Courtiers be faithful to me said the Emperour who are faithless to their Maker If Abraham command his houshold after him and teach the members thereof to keep the way of the Lord we may well expect to hear of an humble obedient Sarah a dutifull Isaac a wise and faithful Eleezar When I see the Scepter of Religion lifted up in any Family O what a lustre doth it put upon it that 's more glorious then all the buildings and better furniture then the richest Tapestry I cannot forbear to say Either peace to that house or else How beautifull are thy Tents O Jacob and thy gates O Israel when I shall see Reformation enter at this door and begin at private families then and not till then shall I hope to see a blessed Church and a flourishing State Take this advise therefore from your unworthy Servant set up the Standard of Piety in your Chambers Closets and Heart Let all the houses of your abode be so many Oratories consecrated to Heaven and persumed with the incense of daily prayers Choose all your Servants by this Shibboleth let them speak this dialect and wear this Livery that as Laban prospered the better for Jacobs sake so may you for theirs Profane Attendants will demolish the strongest walls and loosen the firmest rafters and bring the greatest houses to ruine Season the tender years of your children when God shall send you those sweet pledges of his love with gratious indowments that so they may grow up as the young plants and be as the polisht corners of the Temple Let your resolution be that of Joshuahs We and our housholà will serve the Lord. So shall your names and memories be imbalmed in the succeeding generations of posterity better then with all the spices of Arabia and your family shall be built upon so sure foundations that like Mount Sion it shall never be moved Though our houses were as lofty as the Pyramids and we could build our nests in the clouds yet sin will undermine them and bring them tumbling down even as the worm did the gourd of Jonah or the Beetle the eggs of the Eagle though laid in the lap of Jupiter But if you honour God God will honour you He shall set you beyond the Gun-shot of men and devils all the Furies in Hell shall not be able to imbitter your joys nor eclipse the Sun of your comforts Stand in this posture towards the Deity How twixt your selves lets in the next place see Secondly Study each others temper and strive to comply with the bent of one anothers minds This will create a sweet harmony and sympathie of Affections for there are several complexions of the minde as well as of the body Account it the greatest victory to overcome your own passions and the most generous magnanimity to yield to and conceal one anothers infirmities Where iron meets with iron there is clashing but if iron fall upon a pack of wool there is no noise at all so controversies die when they meet with soft answers and are not banded up and down by indiscretion on both sides It was well said of him that professed he would beat his Servant had he not been angry and it was as well done of another that