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A03308	Three sermons 1. The good fight. Preached at the funerall of Henry Sommaster of Pens-ford in the country of Deuon, Esquire. Ian. 1606. 2. The worth of the water of life. 3. Dauids longing, and Dauids loue. By Sam. Hieron.	Hieron, Samuel, 1576?-1617.	1607 (1607)	STC 13426; ESTC S116031	56,277	76

sea o Act. 27.31 yet the marriners must abide in the shippe els yee cannot be safe saith Paul The Lord could haue done all these things otherwise but he was not so pleased and his power must not be ventured vpon when his will by appointing an honest and easie meanes is apparant to the contrary Now that Gods word is the ordinary and appointed outward meanes of saluation I hope we doubt it not If it were not why should it be called as it is p Ioh. 6.68 The word of life q Act. 20.32 the word of grace r Rom. 10.8 The word of Faith ſ 1. Pet. 1.23 The seed of Immortality The t Luc. 11.52 key of knowledge v Ps 119.105 the Lanterne of Gods people * Gal. 3.24 the schoole-master of man kind the x Iam. 1.25 Glasse of our life y Ps 2.9 the Scepter of Christs kingdome z Is 11.4 the Kingdome of Heauen the a Math 13. Conuerter of the soule the b Ps 19.7.8 Enlightener of the Eies c 2. Tim. 3.15 the maker of men wise vnto Saluation I commend yow to God saith Paul d Act. 20.32 in his fare well to those of Ephesus and to the word of his grace he puttes both together e 1. Th. 5.19.20 Quench not the spirit despise not prophecying there is the meanes f 2. Th. ● 15 standfast and keepe the instructions that is the way to stand g Ioh. 15.20 Christ directing his disciples how to preserue their owne comfort when he was gone from them layeth this speciall charge vpon them Remember the word that I said to yow No word no comfort O h Ps 119. ●● saith Dauid take not the word of truth vtterly out of my mouth This is an excellent point The vse worthy to be taken notice of because it discouereth to vs the cunning and sophistry of the diuell which is this In good things he seuereth the meanes from the End and in euill things he separateth the End from the meanes As for example in euill things he beareth men in hand that they may safely adventure to vse the meanes of damnation and goe the way that leadeth to Hell and yet for all that they shall not be damned He maketh a young man beleeue that he may reioyce in his youth and walke in the waies of his heart and yet for all that escape that which i Eccl. 11. ● Salomon saith must needes come after namely that for all these things God will bring him to iudgement And yet the Lord hath so ioyned these togither that neither the subtilty of youth nor any wit of man nor all the diuells in hell can not seuer them to wit the Pleasures of sinne and the Iudgements of God Thus the Diuell beguiled our first parents God hath coupled these two Eating and dying with an Adamant chaine he which did the one must needes haue the other k Gen. 3.4 yet he brought them into this conceipt that they might Eate and yet not Dy. Oh the world of soules which Sathan at this day deceiueth with this subtilty Well as in Euill he cutteth the End from the Meanes he telleth thee thou maist runne on in sinne and yet be saued so in good things he cutteth the meanes from the End He perswadeth men that they may be saints in heauē though they be deuils on earth that they may haue the L. saluation yet neuer delight in the L. lawe that they may be citizens of the newe Ierusalem and yet be no newe creatures that they may for euer dwell with God though his word doe neuer dwell with them Hence is it that many will professe to seeke Gods kingdome but care not for the righteousnesse of his kingdome will cry with Balaam l Num. 23.10 Let me die the death of the righteous but neuer say with Dauid m Ps 119.5 Oh that my waies were directed to keepe thy statutes I beseech you let not the Deuill cozen vs any longer if he haue thus hitherto deluded vs. Let vs not thinke to be saued by other meanes then Dauid was his way to saluation was Gods lawe if thou leaue this way thou shalt neuer come to that marke If the word of God be not sweete vnto thee if it be not to thee as Ieremie saith n Ier 15.16 it was to him the ioy and reioycing of thy Heart thou exercising thy soule therein and framing thy heart and life thereto know it for a certaintie it is a matter of meere impossibilitie for thee to be saued o Eph. 4.18 Strangers from the life of God through Ignorance saith the Apostle Art thou a stranger to the word thou art a straunger to God Heauen cannot be thy portion except thou claime the word as an Heritage That I may presse this point further and with the p Ier. 23 29. Hammer of Gods blessed word driue home the naile of this exhortation euen to the Head Paul saith that q 2. Tim. 3.13 euill men waxe worse and worse deceiuing and being deceiued Therefore least we should as in deede without very great care we will deceiue and beguile our selues thinking that we doe both long to be saued and also loue the word of saluation giue me leaue to teach yow that which the word of God hath taught me namely how and by what signes it shall appeare that we do indeed loue the Word and that the Law is our delight There is no body almost but if he be asked for shame he will say he loueth Gods word and that he were a very wretch if he should not But come to the vndeceiuable markes and vnseparable signes of this loue The markes of Loue to the word of God it will then appeare that Gods word hath but a very few friends The first signe of loue to the word of God is loue to the publique Ministry thereof in Gods church The 1. marke the reason is plaine He which loueth the word vnfainedly must needs loue the meanes by which the word shall become most profitable vnto him It is an idle thing for a man to say he loueth the word and yet not to care to vnderstand it not to desire to know it not to make conscience to apply it The word of God is called a r Mat. 13.44 Treasure of which if it be kept together in a Hord there is no vse If thou feede thee cloth thee minister to others with thy treasure then it is vsed as it should be take away this from it what difference is betwixt it setting aside the opinion of a wordly man and a thing of nothing If thou then doe loue the treasure of the word thou wilt loue the dispensing of it the right diuiding of it the sharing it out by Gods steward to euery mans necessitie Thou dost heare Dauid here say the Law is his delight in another place thou shalt heare him say ſ

earthly house of this Tabernacle shall be destroyed thou maist be receiued into euerlasting habitations How saist thou Are these things strangers to thy thoughts or doe they take vp a cheife roome in thy Affections Are they deepely apprehended or are they but slightly and cursorily entertained Are thy meditations touching these setled and such as hold thee long or are they but like flying motions which are as soone vanished as perceiued Though thy tongue if thou shouldst nowe speake for thy selfe happily would dissemble yet I am sure that if thou talke earnestly with thy conscience that will not fllatter thee Howsoeuer it be this I must tell thee that such as thy desires are herein such is thy estate dost thou long with Dauid thou shalt be saued with Dauid Is saluation If thou wilt speake the Truth lest in thy longing then stand forth and heare thy Iudgment thou shalt be called the lost in the Kingdome of God The longing soule shal be filled the carelesse and full gorged spirits shal be sent empty away This is the true vse of this doctrine Howbeit this be the generall vse of this point yet because p Ier. 17.9 the heart of man is deceitfull aboue all things and there is a q Ps 32.2 spirituall Guile which cleaueth close vnto vs so that thou mayest both make me beleeue by protestations and thy selfe thinke by idle perswasions that thou truly longest for saluation when there is no such matter therefore I pray thee to pardon my feare and suffer me to be iealous euer with a godly iealousie and to tell thee which art so readie vpon the first hearing of this point to answer for thy selfe to tell thee I say that I do much doubt it is not so well with thee as thou dost suppose If thou askest a reason of me why I should be so hard of beleefe as not to credit thee when thou sayest and protestest that thou longest for saluation I aunswer thee that I am suspicious that the ground of true longing is altogether wanting in thee I will tell thee what that is and so leaue thee to be thine owne iudge It is this a liuely feeling of thine owne wretchednesse and miserie through sinne This is the thing which will make a man long to be saued which wil make the message of the Gospell to be glad tidings the feeling of sinne cannot chuse but bring forth a desire to haue the pardon of sinne And indeed in reason it must needes be so For as a man which hath offended the law and is appointed to death ordinarily except he be a man desperate would rather haue a pardon then any thing in the world besides because without it he knowes he can haue ioy in nothing so he which hath offended God and findeth himselfe in the rigour of Gods iustice to be the child of death cannot chuse but more highly prize the fauour of God in the remission of his sinnes then all the treasures and riches vnder heauen When men are secure and without feeling of sin though the grace of God in Christ be neuer so plentifully offered vnto them yet they esteeme it not it seemeth to them as a base thing they regard it not but if once a man feele the sting of sinne then he would giue the world for one litle drop of Gods mercie The prodigall sonne when he liued at home with his father and had meate and drinke enough and knew no want then he was weary of his abundance and would needes aduenture further to try a better fortune but when he had felt the smart of hunger he would haue bene in the state of one of his fathers hired seruants r Luc. 15.19 Make me as one of thy hired seruants Dauid being well humbled would take it in good worth to be a ſ Psal 84.10 doore keeper in the house of the Lord and the poore Canaanitish woman when our Sauiour had well schooled her was content euen with t mat 15.27 Crummes of mercie u Pro. 27.7 The person that is full despiseth an hony combe saith Salomon but vnto the hungry soule euery bitter thing is sweet Though a man haue formerly bene obstinate and stubborne and * Psa 50.17 hating to be reformed hauing x Is 48.4 a necke as an iron sinew and a brow as brasse yet if he be once brought to see himselfe as it were at the brinke and hell gaping to receiue him and the eternall waight of Gods displeasure readie to ceaze vpon him then you shall find him tractable mourning like Ephraim y Ier. 31.18 O Lord conuert me and I shall be conuerted yeelding meekely with Paule z Act. 9.6 Lord what wilt thou that I do running to the Minister like the people to Samuel a 1. Sam. 12.19 O pray to the Lord thy God that I dye not And they which now count euery Sermon to be the burden of the Lord and are readie to say to the Seers See not and to Prophets prophecy not vnto vs would then run about vs and hang vpon vs as they did of old vpon Moses when they saw the glory of Gods maiesty talke b Exod. 20.10 thou with vs and we will heare they would importune vs and call vpon vs as the rulers of the Sinagogue did vpon Paul and Barnabas c Act. 13.15 that if we haue any word of exhortation we would say on These would be the fruites of this feeling and all shewes of longing are but shewes which fetch not their first beginning from this deepe apprehension of the wofull and distressed estate of a mans own soule So then now thou seest there is some cause that I should be suspicious of thy pretended longing For if when I looke into thee if when I conferre with thee if when I obserue thy course I see thee to be such an one as the greatest part a man d Zeph. 1.12 Frozen in the dregs one that e Deu. 29.19 blessest thy selfe in thy heart one that knowest not how thou art poore and f Ro● 3.17 wretched and miserable blind and naked one who standest in no awe of Gods iustice one whose g Ps 119.120 flesh trembleth not for feare of God neither art afraid of his iudgement one that yet vnderstandest not what it is to be a sinner and how h Heb. 10.31 ● fearefull a thing it is to fall into the hands of the liuing God one that i Mal. 3.14 deemest it vaine to serue God and a meere folly to be so religious as some would be in a word one k 2. Tim. 3.5 who contentest thy selfe with a shew of godlinesse without any power of religion How should I suppose it possible for thee to long to be saued when thou canst not tell out of thine owne feeling what it is to need saluation Shall I thinke he longeth to be cured who though it may be he is sicke yet feeleth it not Shall I