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A14642	Ionahs sermon, and Ninivehs repentance A sermon preached at Pauls Crosse Jun. 20. 1602. and now thought fit to be published for our meditations in these times. By Ro. Wakeman Master of Arts and fellow of Balioll Colledge in Oxford.; Jonahs sermon, and Ninivehs repentance.	Wakeman, Robert, 1575 or 6-1629.	1606 (1606)	STC 24948; ESTC S104651	37,818	114

honorable in the earth Nô was full of people and lay in the rivers and had the waters rounde about it whose ditch was the sea her wall was from the sea yet for her sins was shee caried away and went into captivity her young childrē were dashed in peeces at the head of the streets and they cast lots for her noble men and al her mighty men were boūd in chaines Nahum 3.10 Yea Babylon called a great citty as wel as Niniveh that said in her hart I sit as Queene I am no widdow shall see no mourning by reasō of her iniquities hath her iudgment pronouned by the angel It is fallen it is fallen is become the habitation of Divels and the hole of all foule spirites and the cage of every vncleane and hateful bird Revel 18.2 Nay Ierusaleus though the perfection of beauty and ioye of the whole earth Lament 2.15 Though shee were as deare vnto the LORDE as the signet on his right hand and the onely spowse of the greate king of heaven yet because shee became wanton and played the harlot and would not be reclaimed shee was made a spectacle of vengance iudgment to all the coasts of the earth natiōs of the world That sanctified city that chosen citty of the Lord that citty built in vnity the Queene Empresse of the Provinces was so defaced and leveled with the ground that not one stone was left standing vpon an other neither in their houses wals bulwarkes turrets nor in the altars sanctuary or temple the old the young the matrones the virgins the infantes the princes the priests the Prophets the Nazerites were al slaine famished fettered scattered abroad vtterly consumed For further knowledge of all which J referre you to Iosephus de bello Iudaico where these things are largely set downe and he that readeth that story with dry eies I wil say that his hart is harder then the hardest adamant and himselfe lesse compassionate then the most barbarous Scythian in the world Si sit in viridi quid fiet in arido If this be done in the greene tree what shal be done in the dry Luk. 23.31 If the Lord dealt so severelye with the Iewes that were the natural branches what will he doe vnto them that are but the wilde branches Rom. 11.21 And if he brought so heavy a destruction vpon his own city for sin then let not this famous citty of London flatter her selfe in her security but let her and all the citties of the world feare and tremble least committing the like sinnes the Lord bring vpō thē the like iudgmēts For as his mercy is comfortable so is his iudgment inevitable and they that wil not with Niniveh imbrace him in the on in accepting the time of 40 daies to their conversion shal vndoubtedly feele him in the other in receiuing a perpetual iudgment to their confusion And so much be spoken concerning this second circumstaunce of the first general parte which was Gods iudgment denouncing destruction against Niniveh if in the time allotted she would not amend And Niniveh shal be destroyed Now lett vs see what further vse applicatiō we may make of these things vnto our selves Jhad thought Right Honorable Application of the former doctrines right worshipfull dearly beloued in Christ Iesus when I first made choice of this text to haue applied this sermon of Ionas to this renowned city of London being the Metropolu of al England as Niniveh was of Assyria because in my simple iudgment this argument heere handled may very wel befit this place these times But considering with my selfe that many of this greate assembly are inhabitants of other places of this land I doe rather thinke it best to apply it to the people of England in general that what is spoken of them every man in particular may accompt as spokē vnto himselfe And here beloued to proceede according to our Prophets method If ever there were nation or kingdome vnder the cope of heauē to whō the Lord hath manifested himselfe to be a God of much patience long suffering surely ours is that nation ours is that kingdome How hath hee desired Englands salvation Gods mercies to England how hath he waited for her conversion how hath he sought to win and wooe her to contrition He hath sent her not one Ionas one time but many hundred Prophets and teachers daily and howrely to call her to repentance He hath giuen her not 40. daies as he did Niniveh but full forty yeares and more to bethinke her selfe vnder the peaceable governement of a most gracious soveraigne Neuer did any father so long indure the vntoward linesse of a wicked sonne neuer did anie Prince so long suffer the rebellions of a disloyall subiect neuer did any Lorde so long forbear the punishment of a negligent servant never did any husband so long sustaine the iniuries of a levvde-living wise as hee our gracious father hath done vs prodigal sonnes as he our heauenly king hath done vs vnnarural subiects as he our mightie Lorde hath done vs carelesse servants as he our loving husbande hath done vs faithlesse wines His mercie forbearance to the Israclits was nothing in respect of that he hath shewed to vs the people of England He hath delivered vs from the spiritual darknesse of Aegypt the palpable obscuritie of ignorance and superstitiō He hath appointed vs his laws and ordinances his statutes and his commandements He hath given vs Manna from heaues angels foode the bread of our souls the word of life wher with he hath fed vs these manie yeares But as the young hinds in Iob beeing once growne sat with corne goe from their dams and returne not to them againe Iob. 39.7 So wee being fatted and replenished vvith these and a thousand the like vnspeakeable benefites and blessings forget and forsake the Lord of heauen Witnes our vnthankefulnesse and disobedience our grudging and murmuring against our maker Witnes our cold zeale and luke-warmenes in our profession witnes our backsliding from the truth our neglect contempt of the word of God VVitnes the burden of innumerable sins vnder which our land groaneth enmity dissention fraud and dissimulation covetousnes and oppression pride ambition adusterie and fornication svvearing and forswearing lying and stealing the like al which had long since pulled downe the heavy wrath of God and his iust iudgements vpon vs had not his mercy and loving kindnesse hindred the same Let vs not my deare brethren to farre provoke this gracious and loving God vvhom wee haue already grieued more then 40. yeares by our iniquities You know that pride fulnes of bread aboundance of idlenes and no stretching forth of handes vnto the poore vvere the very capital and head sinnes which did even vvrest and wring from the Lorde his heavie and fearefull iudgment on Sodome and Gomor Ezech. 16.49 And yet who doeth not know that all these sinnes and infinite other doe

soūd therof or hearing it bring not forth the fruits of repētāce or repenting for a time returne at lēght with the dog to his vomit the swine vnto her filth Lastly what is the cause that our land is ful of adulterers and because of othes the land mourneth to vse the Prophets words Ier. 23.10 that vsurye hath corrupted the rich cormorant ambitiō the proud Prelate covetousnes the greedy lawyer disdaine the scornful courtier deceit the cunning artificer the like that all estates and degrees are knowen by their several sinnes as every gentleman by his several cognisance Is this our vniversall conversion vnto the Lord is this the fruite of the Gospel are these the badges of our repētance Are these the effects I say not of one sermō as Ionas his was to Niniveh but of so many thousand sermons delivered frō time to time vnto vs Never more preaching never lesse pra●●●ing Beloved in Christ Iesus I am verely perswaded that the immortal seede of Gods word was never more plentiful sowen since the Apostles time then it hath bin amongest vs these many yeares togitherithe Lord make vs thankfull for so great a blessing And yet as Lictantius said there vvas never lesse wisdome in Greece then in the time of the 7. wise men so I seare me it may be to truly said there was never lesse piety in England then in this long eontinuance of so many godly and zelous Pastors Sodome Gomer Tire Sidon shal rise vp at the last day and cōdemn vs for if halse so many lecturs and sermons exhortations instructions had bin preached among them as haue bin amonst vs They had surely repēted in sackcloth ashes The Queene of the South shall rise vp in iudgment against vs at the last day for she came frō the vttermost part of the earth to heare the wisdōe of Salomō Mat. 12.42 But many of vs refuse to step out of our dores to heare the heauēly wisdōe of the true Salomō Christ Iesus revealed in his heavēly word The Publicans and souldiers shal rise vp at the last day cōdemn vs for at the preaching of on Iohn Baptist they were moued in their minds Luk. 3.14 But let al the Ministers messengers of God cry out til they be hoarce against our sins yet our harts ar nothing pricked yet our affectiōs are nothing stirred vp Those wicked Iewes that crucified the Lord of life shal rise vp at the last day cōdemn vs for they at on sermō of St. Peter were cōverted to the number of three thousand Act. 2.41 But how many fermous shal a mā make amongst vs before he convert on sinfull soule before hee bring home one stray sheep to the sheepfold of Christ Iesus The Ninivits as you haue hard at one little sermō of a few words delivered by one Ionas repēted in sackcloth ashes from the greatest to the least but wee haue hard not in this place only but in al the corners quarters of our lād many hūdred Ionasses yea many thousand pastors prophets preachers of the word yet for al this where is our faith in beleeving God wher are the fasts we haue proclaimed wher is the sackcloth we haue put on wher are the superiors to designe where ar the inferiors to put in practise these holy exercises Lastly al the creaturs of God shal rise vp at the last day condēne vs for they in their several places do in their kind perform their duty to their creator are obedient to his word but we only as the most vnreasonable insēsible of al other cōtinue obstinat rebellious stil The heavēs declare the glory of God the lights obey him with fear the stars shin in their watch the moone keeps her appointed seasō the sū knows his going down the waters fly at hi rebuke the earth trembleth the moūtains shak The stork in the aier knoweth her appointed time the turtle and the crane and the swallowe obserue the time of their cōming the oxe knoweth his owner and the asse his maisters cribb but wee onely as the most vnreasonable and insensible of al creatures continue obstinate rebellious stil What should I saie more beloved in Christ lesus senselesse stones are more obediēt to Gods voice thē we are Beholde Moses with his rod stroke the rocke but twice and the vvaters gushed out abundantly Num. 20.11 but though the God of Moses strik our stony hatts twice twenty times with the hāmer of his word yet where is that penitent Peter amongst vs J say not that vveopeth bitterly but that sheddeth one teare in remembrance of his transgressions Behold the stony wals of Iericho after God had summoned them by his Priests soūding their trumpets thrice at the third found fell flatte vpon the ground Ios 6.20 But we haue resisted not the third or the fourth or the sift onely but more the fiue hundred solemne summons several sounds none of them could ever moue vs none of them coulde once awake vs. Isidore in his 12. lib. and 2. cap. de brutis animalibus reporteth of the yong Lions that after 3. daies they are raised and rowsed by the roaring of the olde but the Lion of the tribe of Iudah Christ Iesus by preaching of his word hath roared not 3. daies alone but more thē 43. yeares togither amōgst vs yet for al this we are not roused and yet for al this we are not awaked what is not Christ the same Christ still is not his Gospel as fruitful is not his doctrine as effectual is not his word as powerful now as ever it was yes my deare brethren But the fault is in vs. Our marble flinty harts will not be softened with the sweete shewers of Gods heavenlie word cōfortably falling down vpō thē our stiffe yronsinewed necks wil not bow with any yoke either the sweete easie voke of the Gospel Mat. 11.30 or the heavy vnsupportable yoke of the law Act. 15.10 our faces are like whores forheads that wil not blush Ier. 3.3 our ears are so deafe our eies so dry our senses so dul our wils so obstinat our affectiōs so barren our desires so cold that neither the infamy and shame of the world can moue vs nor al gētle admonitiōs allure vs nor the terrible threatnings of Gods iudgments feare vs nor the continuall preaching of al the creatures of God vnder heavē perswade vs vnto repentice Nay we are so soundly rocked and lulled a sleepe in the carelesse cradell of security that neither the goulden bells of Aaron nor the thundering trump of Esay nor the well tuned cymballs of Dauid nor the shril soūd of Gods word cōtinually ringing in our cares cā once awake vs. Being herein like to those beares of whō Selinus writeth in his 39. chap. qui tam gravi semno premūtur vt ne vulneribus quidem excitariqucant who are so farre opprest with a heavy sleepe that though they bee wounded yet can they not be wakened Or like those fishes of whō Aristotle in his 4. l. 10. c. de hist animaliū writeth that they sleep so soūdly that though they haue speares thrust into their sides yet they stir not at all so sense-lesse also are we in this our carnal security that though the Embassadours of the King of heavē as so many sons of thunder with Ionas in my text denoūce iudgment against vs out of that word which is sharper thē any two edged sword yet for al this we do not with these Ninivits yeeld cast down our selves before the Lord but rather like to the drūkard sleeping in the top of the mast Pro 23. whē we are thus strikē we feel it not whē we are thus beaten we awake not when we are thus admonished we amend not Wherfore most deare blessed brethrē beloued in the bowels of Christ lesus to conclud al in a word 〈…〉 as he said to the Angel of the church that is at Sardis so giue me leave I beseech yov to say the same to every on of you that heareth me this day Remēber how you haue receaved c. Rev. 33. Remēber that this day you haue hard of a message frō the Lord to a great citty of the conversion of a great citty vnto the Lord. Remēber in the one Gods patiēce to Niniveh in sparing it long Yet 40. daies And yet his severe iudgmēt of destructiō if she would not amend and Niniveh shal be destroyed Remēber in the other the Nini vits turning vnto the Lord begun with faith cōtinued with fasting declared in sackcloth performed of al frō the greatest vnto the least And remēber that the Lord hath sēt the same messag this day to England to Lōdon nay to vs all as he did to Niniveh giving vs yet time to repent if we wil accept him O then let vs loue him in his mercy threatning our o verthrow if we do neglect him ô thē let vs feare him in his iudgmēts let vs now repēt while we haue time least hereafter we would repent whē we shal haue no time Let vs now turn vnto the Lord in beleeving on him in pinching our bellies with fasting in clothing our backes with sackcloth and in a general humiliation of our selves before him that so he may turne away his wrath and heavie iudgmentes from vs from our lande Let vs now open our eares at the soūd of his word preached That being opened we may heare it carefully carefully hearing it wee may conceiue it rightly and rightly conceiving it wee may beleeue it faithfully and faithfully beleeving it we may discerne it fruitfully and fruitfully discerning it we may practise it effectually bring forth the fruits therof accordingly therby growing from strength to strength from vertue to vertue vntill at the last we become perfect men in Christ Iesus That so being nowe accepted as sonnes into the kingdome of grace in this world wee may heerafter bee receaved as heires into the kingdome of glory in the world to come Which the Lord of his infinit mercy graunt vnto vs all for his Deare Sonns sake Iesus Christ to whom with the Father and the Holy Ghost three Persons one eternall everliving and onely wise God bee rendered and ascribed all Honour and Glorie Povver and Praise Might and Maiestie Dignitie and Dominion now and for evermore Amen FJNIS