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A03339	The doctrine of fasting and praier, and humiliation for sinne Delivered in sundry sermons at the fast appointed by publique authority, in the yeere 1625. By that late faithfull and worthy minister of Iesus Christ. Arth. Hildersam.	Hildersam, Arthur, 1563-1632.; Hildersam, Samuel, 1593 or 4-1674.	1633 (1633)	STC 13459; ESTC S104100	106,897	227

they lived The spirits of just men saith the Apostle Heb. 12. 23. when they are once separated from their bodies and translated to heaven and not before then are made perfect 3. And lastly their workes follow them Rev. 14. 13. Death puts them in possession of their eternall happinesse and of that blessednesse whereby God hath promised to reward their obedience and all that care they have had to please him Certainly the least thing that any child of God hath done in love and obedience unto him shall not be forgotten nor unrewarded of God no not the dutifulnesse and diligence and faithfulnesse of a poore servant to his master Knowing saith the Apostle to such Col. 3. 24. that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of inheritance for ye serve the Lord Christ. And whosoever saith our Saviour Mat. 10. 42. shall give to drinke unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water onely in the name of a Disciple verily I say unto you he shall in no wise lose his reward But this reward is many times not given to Gods servants in this life When the even is once come and we have done working then will the Lord of the vineyard as we read Mat. 20. 8. give unto all his labourers the wages he hath covenanted to give unto them Now because of this great advantage and benefit that in all these three respects comes to our Christian friends by their death we faile much in the love we pretend to have borne unto them if we mourne immoderately for their departure from us Old Barzillai was willing even out of his love to his sonne to part with him and forgo the great helpe and comfort he might have had from him in his age because of the great preferment he knew it would be to his sonne to leave him and live with David in his court 2 Sam. 19. 37. And what comparison is there betweene that preferment and this that every child of God is advanced unto by his death 3. And lastly out of respect unto ourselves we should moderate our griefe for the departure of our Christian friends because we have not quite lost them but we shal be sure to enjoy them againe with much more content and comfort in their society than ever we did here By this consideration David moderated his sorrow for the death of his child 2 Sam. 12. 23. I shall go to him but he shall not returne unto me For though we shall not know one another nor enjoy the society and company one of another in the life to come in that naturall and carnall manner as we did in this life yet shall we certainly rejoyce much more one in another than ever we did in this world And this comfort that the faithfull shall have in heaven in their mutuall society is oft mentioned in the holy Scripture as one part and degree of that unspeakable happinesse that they shall enjoy there They shall sit downe with Abraham Isaac and Iacob saith our Saviour Matthew 8. 11. in the kingdome of heaven They shall be admitted into the general assembly and church of the first-born which are written in heaven and to the spirits of just men made perfect And the Apostle saith of the Thessalonians who were won to God by his ministry and in whom he had taken great comfort in this life 1 Thess. 3. 19 20. that he knew well that in the life to come even in the presence of our Lord Iesus and at his comming they ●●ould be his glory and joy and crowne of rejoycing he should take farre more comfort in them then than ever he had done in this world And this may suffice for answer to all th●se foure things that have been objected and to settle your hearts in this truth that the man that lives a godly and fruitfull life may be sure to die happily and comfortably and none but he And thus much also shall serve to have been spoken at this time Let us now praise God for his mercy and commend this that we have heard to his blessing by humble and faithfull prayer FINIS TO HIS MOST WORTHY AND MVCH HONOVRED PAtrone Master William Cokayne Merchant at his house in Austine Fryers in London SIR I Hope the world will not blame me for increasing the crowd of Englishwriters with which it is so much troubled nor censure me of folly for thrusting this little Booke into the throng where it is like to be smoothered if I may be admitted to put in this plea. To the first that as a dutifull sonne in honour of my deare fathers Name and memory I strive for some place for this Monument which may be some meanes to perpetuate the same in Gods Church as a faithfull Executor I am carefull to discharge this part of his though but nuncupative will to endeavour the publishing of this and some other of his Workes which himselfe intended and had prepared for the presse To the latter I plead that though it be in it selfe but small yet will it finde in the throng a booke to which it is neerely allyed a childe of the same Authors braine and heart the Lectures on Saint Iohn 4. which having found free and speedy passage will make way for this and easily procure it welcome and entertainment where it selfe hath found the like and I presume elsewhere also for somuch as the company of this may be procured at a farre easier charge then the former and as it hath one already to lead the way so God willing ere long I hope it shall be seconded by another of later b●●th but greater growth It no way becometh me to commend this or any other worke of his let me rather strive to imitate him my selfe then to commend him or any thing of his to others his very name will commend them And least under that name the reader should suspect he may bee abused I heere solemnly promise that what is or shall be by me published under his name shall not be loose notes that have beene taken by some ignorant Scribe nor shall it be made up with additions and alterations of my owne bu● the Copies under his owne hand carefully transcribed And as for publishing these Sermons I have good reason so for dedicating them to your selfe The occasion of them was that heavy Visitation which was then upon your City the drift of one part of them was to moove his auditors to commiserate the then wofull estate of it to you therefore as a Citizen of no meane note have I directed them but principally to you as my Patrone I have not nor expect anything of mine owne worthy publique view this I owne not as Authour but as Heire to the Authour and it being in mine hands I thought it my duty being the first booke I had to dispose of to present it first into those hands which freely bestowed the Presentation to this Parsonage upon me I have beene for above these foure yeeres covetous of

as appeares by the next words but the righteous sing and rejoyce Ier. 2. 19. Thine owne wickednesse shall correct thee know therefore and see that it is an evill thing and bitter that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God and that my feare is not in thee Thy sinnes certainly will be bitter to thee one day sooner or later Take this for an undoubted truth thou must either temporally heere or eternally hereafter in hell lament and be waile and weepe for thy sinnes Luc. 13. 28. There shall be weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth when ye shall see Abraham and Isaac and Iacob and all the Prophets in the Kingdome of God and your selves thrust out How much more when they shall see and feele the torments that are prepared in hell for them Now when God as an angry judge strikes and afflicts the soule with sorrow for sinne even in this life ô that sorrow is terrible and intolerable when hee smites the heart he so sets it on as no man is able to abide it Heb. 10. 31. It is a fearefull thing to fall into the hands of the living God Prov. 18. 14. A wounded spirit that is which God in his anger hath wounded who can beare Nah. 1. 6. Who can stand before his indignation and who can abide in the fiercenesse of his anger his fury is powred out like fire and the rocks are throwne down by him And the best way to prevent the Lord from wounding and afflicting our soules is to smite and afflict our owne hearts for our sinnes the way to prevent those intollerable and everlasting sorrowes which God in his fury will bring upon wicked men is to worke our hearts to this godly sorrow our selves and to humble our owne soules this is plaine by that speach of the Apostle 1 Cor. 11. 31. If wee would judge our selves wee should not bee judged of the Lord hee meanes as appeares in the next verse O thinke of this thou merry Greeke that art all for mirth and pleasure thou drunkard and whoremaister that findest such joy and sweetnesse in thy sinne thou pleasant witted fellow that canst so wittily breake jests upon religion and the servants of God that thou canst set all the company on laughing the time will come when thy sinnes which thou canst not abide to thinke of shall be set in order before thine eyes that thou shalt not be able to looke of from them they shall never out of thy thought Psal. 50. 21. Thou that canst not abide to heare of thy sinnes nor to be told of them nor reproved for them by any of Gods servants who are as Elihu speakes Iob 33. 6 7 8. in Gods stead unto thee formed out of the clay aswell as thy selfe whose terror need not make thee affraid shalt one day heare the Lord himselfe reproving thee for them Psal. 50. 21. I will reprove thee saith he and that will be such a kind of reproving as is mentioned Psal. 2. 5. Then shall hee speake to them in his wrath and vex them in his sore displeasure better to have an hundred of Gods poore servants to reprove thee then to have the Lord doe it Thou that canst not abide to let any sadnesse or sorrow for sinne to come neare thy heart but hatest sorrow as the Devill and abandonest it from thee with all thy might doe what thou canst sooner or later it will seize upon thee When Gods servants that have beene much given to mourning for sinne shall sing for joy of heart thou shalt cry for sorrow of heart and howle for vexation of spirit Esay 65. 14. Luke 6. 25. Woe unto you that laugh now for ye shall mourne and weepe Yea 2. thinke of this all you that feare God were it not much better for you to take paines with your owne hearts to humble and afflict them then to leave it to God to doe it in his wrath You have heard hee will certainly doe it if you doe it not and the way to prevent him from doing it is to doe it your selves And these are the motives that may stir up in every one of us a desire to seeke for this grace of an humbled and broken heart It followeth now that I shew you the meanes whereby you may atteine it And these are of two sorts 1. Some such as wherein you must use the helpe of others 2. Some such as wherein you must be the agents your selves Of the first sort I will name to you but two The first is the ministery of the Word If thou wouldst have a soft heart able to mourne for sinne thou must conscionably frequent the faithfull ministery of the Word strive to live under a forcible ministery such as will search thy heart No meanes in the world have ever wrought so mightily to the saving humbling and afflicting of the soule as this hath done By this meanes they that had crucified Christ and were so hardned in their sin that when they saw that wonderfull miracle even the Apostles that were poore Galileans speake in all languages the wonderfull things of God they mocked them and said these men are full of wine Act. 2. 13. were so pricked and wounded in their hearts that they knew not what to doe till the same hand that wounded them had healed them againe as you may read Act. 2. 37 41. And what was it that brought David to such a saving sense of his sinne in numbring of the people that his heart smote him for it and he cryed I have sinned greatly in that I have done I have done very foolishly 2 Sam. 24. 10. Surely God had sent G●d the Prophet unto him as you may see in the next words verse 11. For when David was up in the morning the Word of the Lord came unto the Prophet G●d Davids Seer saying c. and though it be said of Manasses 2 Chron. 33. 12. that when he was in affliction he besought the Lord his God and humbled himselfe greatly before him yet if you looke into the 18. verse of that chap. you shall find he had a mightier and stronger meane to worke that humiliation in his heart then his affliction was the Lord had sent to him Seers and Prophets that spake unto him in the name of the Lord. His affliction was but a subordinate meanes to make him the better able to receive profit by the word the words and ministery of the seers was that that wrought this mighty work There is more force in the ministery of the Word to worke sound and saving humiliation then in all the afflictions in the world Psal. 94. 12. Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest O Lord and teachest him out of thy Law See a notable experiment of this in Rehoboam and the Princes of Iudah 2 Chron. 12. 2 6. When God had for their apostacy sent Shishak King of Egypt with a mighty and invincible army against them and brought them thereby into extreame perill and distresse