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A03641	Two sermons vpon the XII. chapter of the Epistle to the Hebrewes, the sixteenth and seuenteenth verses Preached in the citie of London the twelfth day of Iune, 1608. By Thomas Hopkins minister at Yeardley in the countie of Worcester.	Hopkins, Thomas, minister at Yeardley.	1609 (1609)	STC 13770; ESTC S116954	46,735	82

but a sauour of death vnto death to him Secondlie hee may goe farre in faith he may beleeue the word beleeue the promises of the Gospell beleeue Christ died for sinners yea and hope he is one of them that Christ died for yet profit him nothing Thirdlie he may goe farre in repentance for he may confesse his sinnes he may feele prickes in his conscience hee may haue a sorrow in his heart for them he may weepe and shed teares for them yea hee may promise to amend yea make some satisfaction for wrongs done yet bee farre from saluation Fourthly he may goe farre in outward shew of an holy life he may be a iust dealer an ordinarie goer to the Church a good pay-master a releeuer of the poore a bountifull housekeeper yet in the end for all these you may goe to hell Reason A reason of this doctrine that hypocrites can goe so farre in these is because it pleaseth him verie well to make a faire shew for that vsuallie they bee grounded vpon worldly causes that likes him well as praise of men or pleasure or profit and gaine and the diuell will be readie to flatter him perswading him hee must needes be saued for that there be many that hope of saluation that come short of his estate Vse 3 Now let vs see what vse we are to make of this duty And first it teacheth vs not to content our selues with outward shewes nor inward motions vnlesse they proceed from the spirit of sanctification And that this may bee the more profitable to vs I will handle two things The first to set some differences betweene such as may haue the foure former gifts yet not bee sanctified vnto them Secondly to set downe foure sanctified graces which no reprobate can attaine vnto For the first 1. You haue heard how hee may be called and what therein he may performe but here he failes hee cannot yeeld willing obedience to all the commandements of God his calling is not effectuall to worke in loue to all an obedience to all he will dispence with some Secondlie you heard how farre he may goe in faith But the elect goe not only so far but they goe further which hee wanteth and that is an assured perswasion in his heart that the promises of the Gospell speciallie doe belong to him and that Christ died for him and he applies him with all the benefits of his passion to him and to his saluation This is not tasting of Christ and his merits but it is feeding on them and so are nourished to saluation Thirdly you heard how farre they may goe in repentance but they want the pith and the marrow of true repentance and they faile speciallie in three things The first is in the ground of true repentance The reprobate he euer lookes vpon the shame and punishment his sinne will bring him vnto but the elect hee looks euer to the losse of Gods fauor and loue towards him The one lookes vpon himselfe distressed the other looketh on God offended The second is they faile in the purpose For the purpose and promise of amendment of the hypocrite is but in his tongue by which hee will promise much Psalm 78.34 As the Prophet saith You saied you would not transgresse but yet you offer to your idols and grieue me with your sinnes And the like the Prophet Dauid saith of the Israelites in the Psalmes When he slew them they sought him c. vers 36. But it followes presentlie But they flattered him with their mouth and dissembled with him with their tongue But the purpose of the other is not so much in his tongue as in his heart hee doth carrie an vnfained purpose in his heart to amend and hee doth endeuour in his life neuer to fall into the like sinnes which before hee did liue in The third is they faile in the time The time of an hypocrite is for a fit like a morning dew For when God remooues his punishment from them they presentlie remooue their repentance from him but the time of the other is daily and continueth yea euerie day they make it a day of repentance And as they doe renew their sinnes so doe they renew their repentance Fourthly you heard how farre the hypocrite might goe in outward shew of sanctitie and holinesse of life But the elect contents not himselfe with outward shewes to men but labours and striues that his secret actions may be aswell approoued vnto God as his outward actions with men And thereupon is as fearefull to commit sinne in secret as openlie yea as fearefull to commit sinne in his secret closet as in the open market place Now followes the second thing viz. To set you downe foure principall sanctified graces by the which euerie one of vs may iudge of his estate to saluation The first is hee will suffer no sinne to raigne and to domineere in him that is he will not liue with delight and willing consent in any one sinne whatsoeuer be it neuer so pleasurable or profitable to him And this is commonlie in euery man that is not regenerate They haue the seede of Gods spirit in them therefore they can commit no such sinne They may sinne of ignorance yea of knowledge and of presumption but yet it shall haue no dominion ouer them they lie not in it or delight in it but trauell and take no rest till they be at peace with God in their hearts by prayer and doe not giue ouer till they feele assurance of pardon The second is an holie combat and fight for theelect are partlie flesh and partly spirit and these two are as opposit as light and darkenesse still striuing and fighting in the regenerate to get the victorie I grant there is a kind of combat and strife in the vnregenerat man but that is betweene the heart and conscience vpon the committing some grosse sinne but the other is betweene the mind and the mind the will and the will the affection and the affections the regenerate part against the vnregenerate part and this daily vpon the temptation of any sinne And this is perceiued by their carriage both before the sinne in the temptation of it in the act of sinning and after the sin committed Before the sinne haled and pulled to it their wil partlie vnwilling and partly willing the mind partly set on it and partly set against it the affections partly liking of it and partlie hating it Now if the vnregenerate part get the victorie and they fall into the act of sinning they find a terror and feare and a very vnwillingnesse in it So the act being committed as you heard before they hasten out of it hee gets him into one corner or other he cries he weepes he sighes he grones that he hath offended so louing a father entreating God that he will aide him by his spirit so as hee neuer fall into the like againe The third is that vpon any correcting hand of God vpon them and

TWO SERMONS VPON THE XII CHAPTER OF THE EPISTLE TO the Hebrewes the sixteenth and seuenteenth verses PREACHED IN THE CITIE OF LONDON the twelfth day of Iune 1608. By THOMAS HOPKINS Minister at Yeardley in the Countie of Worcester HEBREVVES 13.4 Whoremongers and adulterers God will iudge COLOSS. 3.2 Set your affections on things which are aboue and not on things which are on the earth AT LONDON Imprinted for WILLIAM WELBY dwelling in Pauls Churchyard at the signe of the Greyhound 1609. TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFVLL WILLIAM HANCOCK MAYOR THE Worshipfull Iustices and Aldermen his brethren with my Christian countrimen of the Citie of Couentrie be all grace mercie and peace from God the Father and from our Lord Iesus Christ Amen RIght worshipfull and my louing Countrimen hauing some occasion this last summer to trauell vp to the Citie of London and being there I was entreated by a godlie friend to bestow my labours on a Sabbath day in preaching at the Parish Church in which hee dwelled to whom I willingly agreed Whereat there were some contrary to my knowledge or priuitie that tooke the paines to take the notes of the Sermons and before my departure out of the Citie made me acquainted therewithall and shewed them vnto mee and reading part of them I did greatly maruell thereat and worthie was the Author to be commended for his paines and skill hauing neuer seene the like so largely taken by any whatsoeuer for scarce could I finde any word of substance wherein hee failed Here upon certaine of my friends who were hearers thereof laboured with me to commit them to the Presse and in hope I would satisfie their earnest sute sent downe after mee their notes faire copied out to my house which after some paines taken in setting the same in order and some things though not much added for the more plaine opening of that which time preuented me in the preaching I haue sent it vp againe to them to vse at their pleasure The which hauing by Gods helpe finished I doe make bold to dedicate the same to your fauorable view The reasons moouing mee thereunto are speciallie these three The first is because of the experience I haue had of diuers of your godly zealous and sincere loue to the Gospell The second is being bound by nature to leaue it as a testimonie of my vnfained loue to my natiue Citie Thirdly in regard of the vndeserued kindnesse and beneuolences I haue often receiued from you In some liew whereof I thought it a part of my dutie to dedicate these my poore labours vnto you as thereby to manifest my humble thankefulnesse Now if any censorious disposition shall say that these Sermons are too meane to be put in print for this ripe and exquisit age I would wish them to consider that at the building of the Temple as well they were accepted that brought Goates haire and Rammes skinnes as they that brought Silke purple and skarlet But howeuer it be I doe more then hope you will both kindly accept of this from me and entertaine it as a testimonie of my louing affection to you all The God of all comfort multiplie his gratious blessings vpon you all and grant all peace and prosperitie to all those that vnfainedlie loue and seeke the peace of the Church and prosperitie of the Gospell From my house at Yeardly the 20. of December 1608. Your Worships in all Christian duties to be commanded Thomas Hopkins TO THE CHRISTIAN READER CHristian Reader the searcher of all hearts doth know that at the preaching of these Sermons it was farre frō any thought of mine they should euer haue been committed to the Presse to bee set out in print confessing my great inabilitie that way But forasmuch as some of the hearers tooke the paines to gather the notes thereof without either my knowledge or consent and thereupon seeming to haue some liking thereof were earnest with me for my consent to commit them to the print whose godly desire I perceiuing to proceed from a speciall willingnesse to make others partakers of that profit they seemed to haue receiued themselues gaue them my promise if they would copie them faire out and send them downe into the countrie to me I would take some paines in the viewing them ouer and setting them in order and so would send them vp to them againe to vse at their pleasure which they so did and accordingly by the Lords helpe I haue performed to them as my leasure in my charge would permit me Now then if these my simple labours shall bee thought worthie the view of the world I doe humblie entreate thee Christian Reader to beare with me which I know thou wouldest willinglie doe if either thou didst know my weakenes in gifts my small leasure for vndertaking any such worke or speciallie the marke and end I aime at I pray thee construe all in good part and what is amisse for want of skill correct it and if any thing haue ouershot me in ouerzealous carriage impute it to my infirmitie But if there happen any thing that shall worke to humbling for sinne either generall or particular for the land or for thy owne self giue all the praise to God and as I haue endeuoured to benefit thee and others which is the maine end of my labours so doe I entreate thee to assist me with thy prayers vnto God that hee will assist me with his blessed spirit in the worke of my Ministerie And thus hoping I may entreate for a friendlie acceptance at thy hands and to affoord me thy good word for my good will and a fauourable construction for my paines I doe commend it to the blessing of the Almightie and thee to his gratious protection wishing to thee as to myselfe viz. the mercie of God in Iesus Christ December 20. 1608. Thine in the Lord Iesus Thomas Hopkins TWO SERMONS VPON THE XII CHAP. OF THE AVTHOR TO THE HEbrewes the 16. and 17. verses thereof HEBREVVES 12.16.17 Let there bee no fornicator or prophane person as Esau which for one portion of meate sold his birthright For yee know how that afterward when he would haue inherited the blessing hee was reiected For he found no place to repentance though he sought that blessing with teares I Mind not beloued in Christ to stand vpon more circumstances then I take fitting for the opening of my Text. Although to haue shewed you my simple iudgemēt both as touching the occasion the Author the time and the argumēt of this Epistle could not but haue bin profitable for sundrie respects but then must I spend more ●…e then is allowed mee and I feare should abridge you of some things which I am willing to open vnto you Wherefore omitting all these Vers 5. know you that the Author of this Epistle hauing in the former part of this chapter encouraged them patiently to vndergoe the crosse of afflictions assuring them that they were no signes of Gods anger Vers 6. but rather