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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03614	Three sermons I. The wrath of God against sinners, II. God's eternitie, and mans humanitie, III. The plantation of the righteous / by T.H.	Hooker, Thomas, 1586-1647.	1638 (1638)	STC 13739.7; ESTC S4071	32,486	158

Three Sermons I. The Wrath of GOD against Sinners II. GOD'S Eternitie and Mans Humanitie III. The Plantation of the Righteous By T. H. ROM 1.18 The wrath of God is revealed from Heaven against all ungodlinesse and unrighteousnesse of men who hold the truth in unrighteousnesse LONDON Printed by M.P. for Iohn Stafford dwelling in Black-Horse-Alley neere Fleetstreet 1638. THE VVRATH of God against SINNERS ROM 1.18 The wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodlinesse and unrighteousnesse of men who hold the truth in unrighteousnesse IN the fore going verses the holy Apostle by way of Preface prepareth way for 〈◊〉 truth that hee would deliver and the doctrine he purposed to dispence of and that all cavils might be removed and that the Word of God might take deeper root and better acceptance he●… uses these three particulars and first hee cleares the authority of his challenge hee came not before hee was sent of God and therefore being called it concerned him and was his duty to do good He discovers the tendernesse of his love and his marvellous readinesse to do them good in the 12 13 and 14 verses It was a de●… the Apostle ought the R●…●…ans therefore hee oug●… to pay it and now way b●…ing made he comes to 〈◊〉 ●…aine point that is That a ●…an is not justified by doing ●…ut by beleeving and this ●…e confirmeth first by the ●…estimony of Scripture that 〈◊〉 man is justified by faith and ●…ot by workes ye shall live ●…y faith Secondly by force of Argument and that after this ●…anner If all men by the ●…orkes of the Law cannot ●…unne the wrath of God ●…en a man cannot be saved ●…y the workes of the Law This hee propounds in the words of the Text and pro●…ecutes it in the Chapter following and affirmes that nei●…er of them can be saved by ●…e works of the Law First In the Text observe ●…ese two particulars first the dealing of wicked m●… with the truth of God th●… hold the truth of God in u●…righteousnesse Secondly Gods deali●… with them they dealt roug●…ly with the truth they la●… violent hands on it and G●… he deales as rigorously wi●… them And the reason w●… they hold downe the trut●… is because of some lust●… their soules that is belo●… of them Secondly The Apo●… shewes against whom G●… wrath commeth Thirdly The universal●… in these words All. G●… doth not deale partially 〈◊〉 all that misprison the tr●… in unrighteousnesse s●… have the wrath of God de●…ounced against them Fourthly The place from whence it shall come from ●…eaven First we are here to know what is meant by truth For ●…e better understanding of ●…e Text Truth carries two ●…ings with it First The rule of righteousnesse which is that ho●…age and obedience we owe ●…nto God and this rule of ●●ghteousnesse is the most ●…xcellent rule that is Secondly Truth carrieth 〈◊〉 it selfe the efficacy and ●…ower of truth and therefore ●…e Apostle Paul sharply ●…proves Peter Gal. 2.14 ●…rse that though he ob●…ved the Gospel in the maine yet he did not walke with a straight foot Secondly What is meant by holding the truth of God in unrighteousnesse To hold the truth of God in unrighteousnesse is by a kind of violence and strong hand to hinder the operation and passage of it that the Word cannot performe that worke which otherwise it would in the hearts of them to whom it is sent Thirdly What is mean●… by the word unrighteousnesse In some places it signifies●… sinne that is committed against the second Table onely but here in this place 〈◊〉 implies all sinful distempers and corruptions of heart an●… this word in unrighteousnesse It carries the cause and authority as when a man sayes stop such a man in my name 1 Doct. The truth of God is operative 2 Doct. That wicked men are enemies to the Word of God 3 Doct. That the corruptions of mens hearts is the cause of the hinderance of the word But I will draw them all into one Doct. That carnall and corrupt hearts hinder the power of the truth from working upon them or prevailing with them as much as in them lies It is true that truth is powerfull and will prevaile 〈◊〉 when he sends his truth to worke upon any corrupt●… heart he doth not stand to aske our wils whether we will receive or not but hee will make it effec●…uall hee will shake off all oppositions and he will drive all before him but let the Lord do what he will yet the carnall heart will resist and stand out and as much as in him lies labour to keep out the Word Rom. 2.14 15. Though Heathens be strangers from the life of God and from the Covenant of Grace yet this little remainder of the Law of God in their hearts which remaines will be a working in them so that murder and uncleannesse they will punish with death The truth is discovered ●…ree wayes First when a man is about 〈◊〉 commit any sinne as to ●…eale c. his conscience wil ●…mite him and so in other ●…innes Secondly the power and efficacy of God may be observed in the Creation yet ●…he darknesse of mens eyes ●…r the foggishnesse of their understandings do interpose themselves Thirdly by truth is meant the preaching of the Word when the truth is never so ●…pparant and prooffes never ●…o pregnant and arguments never so invincible yet their hearts will not yeeld nor ●…onsent when the light of ●…he Gospel is plainly dispensed and promulgated the●… must needs be a marveilo●… light and yet men will no●… yeeld to it as Paul and Barnabas the word they taught the Jewes put it away whe●… it gripes the heart and begins to worke effectually then they vomit it up againe●… Act. 7.57 Yee stiff-necked in heart yee doe alwayes resist the Holy Ghost as your Fathers did so doe yee Gen. 19.9 so the Sodomites did to Lot when the old and the young were gathered about th●… house and would have the●… out and when Lot said I pray you my brethren doe not so wickedly Stand back say they we will doe worse with the●… then with them As they did to Lot so you doe to Gods Ministers when Gods Messengers come and intreat you O brethren do not so wickedly profane the Sabbath and curse instead of praying be not so malicious against the wayes of God take heed of persecuting the servants of God Stand backe say they we will doe worse and thus they take up armes against the blessed truth of God when it comes to pull them off from their cursed practises c. For the discovery of the point give me leave to expresse three particulars First What is that worke which the truth would discover Secondly How wicked men hinder it Thirdly The reason why they doe so Quest 1. What is the power of the truth or what would it doe that wicked men oppose it Answ It appeares in foure particulars First it is a word of Information