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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10617	Foure sermons viz. I. Sinnes contagion, or the sicknesse of the soule. II. The description of a Christian. III. The blindnesse of a wilfull sinner. IV. A race to heaven. Published by William Ressold, Master of Arts and minister of Gods Word at Debach in Suffolke.	Ressold, William, b. 1593.	1627 (1627)	STC 20894; ESTC S100603	96,549	145

loathsome puddles of terrene things to delight in the voyce of Iesus Christ gasping after the comforts thereof as the withered mountaines do after the showres of heaven How bewtifull are the verie feete of these to those for they as the true sheepe of Christ are in love with his blessed voyce and therefore become indeared to the very propounders of this message Wo then to the contemptible hearers of Christs voyce that heare it with disdainfull eares and loathing affections that seeme to say with wicked Pharao Who is the Lord Exod 5.2 that wee should heare his voyce Wo againe to the dull and drowsie creatures those dead-hearted hearers that slugge and sleepe when this sacred voyce is propounded Oh woe to these for they have no pleasure in this message t is not welcome to their soules but loathsome to their affections But let these know yea even all the unhallowed blood that have no taste nor rellish in the voyce of Christ let all these know that they are no sheepe of Christ nay that the verie enemies of Christ that were sent to take this blessed Saviour shall rise up in judgment against their for they in the hearing of Christs voyce were so farre affected that they openly divulged Ioh. 7 47. Never man spake like this man Let me therefore say to those that have yet anie compunction of soule with worthie Austine Discite non diligere ut discatis diligere Learne not to love that you may learne to love Aug. learne not to love the hardnesse of your hearts and the frowardnesse of your wayes that you may learne to love the blessed voyce of Iesus Christ Thus we see the sheep of Christ doe heare his voyce Delightfully Lastly they heare his voyce Obediently as desirous to doe whatsoever he enjoynes oh this t is the very sinew and strength of a Christian consolation not to reason the case with flesh and bloud not to dispute the case with God but obsequiously to obey that which he commands for as the Prophet Samuel doth cleerely witnesse obedience is better than sacrifice 1. Sam. 15.22 and to harken that is to the voyce of the Lord it is better than the fat of Rammes Oh this t is that which God doth deeply desire Oh saith hee that my people would have hearkned to my voyce Psal ●1 13 Oh that Israel would have walked in my wayes And in the fift of Deuteronomie we may see it cleer where God doth earnestly wish Deut. 5.29 Oh that there were such a heart in them to feare me and keepe my commandements alwayes Ezech. 33.11 And in Ezech. 33. to shew how specially he is affected to obedience hee doth seriously protest that as he lives hee doth nor desire the death of the wicked and therefore vehemently exhorts them Turne you turne you from your evill wayes Luke 19.42 for why will you perish O house of Israels But most cleere is this from our Saviours course with Ierusalem where he weeps over it where he cryes out concerning it Oh if thou hadst knowne at the least in this thy day those things that belong to thy peace Luke 19.42 Briefly how excellent a vertue is obedience it argueth not it repines not it murmurs not it distrusts not the providence of God but wholly resignes it selfe unto his will the Lord speakes and obedience obeyes how pleasing is obedience in the sight of God Gen. 22.2 Oh t was no small matter that God required at the hand of Abraham and Abraham if ever hee had survayed it with a carnall eye would soone have argued with God What shall I offer up my sonne what my only sonne the sonne of the covenant the promised seede in whom all nations should be blessed and am I old and not likely to generate and is Sara so aged she hath no hope to procreate what then shall become of this promise But all this past by the Lord commands and he obeyes which was so pleasing Gen. 22.16 17 that the Lord protests Because thou hast done this thing and hast not spared thine onely sonne therefore will I surely blesse thee and will greatly multiply thy seed as the starres of heaven and as the sands that is by the Sea shoare and thy seed shall possesse the gate of his enemies Oh then the worth of obedience Aug. Nil tam expedit homini quàm obedire sola obedientia tenet palmam what impression it makes in the presence of God! that Austine might well say there is nothing so expedient for a man as to obey for obedience onely gaines the victorie Oh a renowned victorie a crowne of immortall glory Psal 119.1 2. therefore saith David Blessed are those that walke in Law of the Lord blessed are they that keepe his testimonies and seeke him with their whole heart with a true and sincere obedience Oh blessed these for they as Saint Iohn saith Rev. 21.7 shall inherite all things all the joyes all the comforts of Gods eternall kingdome Therefore the sheepe of Christ are industrious to heare the voyce of Christ with true obedience with readie hearts to doe that which the Lord imposeth The sinnes of profits and the sinnes of pleasure the Lord calls them from them therefore they abandon them the workes of pietie and remorsefull charitie the Lord invites them unto them and they willingly obey his heavenly voyce esteeming nothing so dear as obedience to this blessed Saviour desiring to resigne themselves wholly to his good will and pleasure that as he saith unto them Seeke ye my face so their soules doe answer Psal 27.8 Thy face Lord will we seeke even in humble obedience all the dayes of our lives For those then who notwithstanding any voyce of Christ are pleased to make the world their God and pleasure to be their soules delight for those whom we may cleerly see by their base practices to be as alienate from Piety as prophane Esau to be as remorselesse as churlish Nabal to be as cruel as those wicked ones in the eighth of Amos that did long to have the new Moone past Amos. 8.5 6. and the Sabbath to bee gone that they might grinde the faces of the poore to sell the distressed for silver and the needy for shoe in a word for those who make religion a cloke for their private fraudes and cunning oppressions for those who content themselves with a meere verball profession without any sincere practice in conversation oh know wee that these are none of the sheepe of Christ for his sheepe doe heare his voyce obediently endevouring to doe whatsoever the Lord prescribes Nay know wee that the wrath of God is imminent over these for as obedience is a pleasing sacrifice so disobedience oh t is displeasing and deeply provokes the wrath of God Will Adam dare to disobey Gen. 3.23 oh no priviledge shall serve his turne God will presently throw him out of Paradise Gen. 19.24 Will