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A75711	Religious covenanting directed, and covenant-keeping perswaded: presented, in a sermon preached before the Right Honourable Thomas Adams Lord Major, and the right worshipfull the sheriffs, and aldermen his brethren, and the rest of the Common-Councel of the famous City of London, January 14. 1645. Upon which day the solemne League and Covenant was renewed by them and their officers, with prayer and fasting, at Michael Basing-shaw, London. / By Simeon Ash minister of the Gospel.	Ashe, Simeon, d. 1662.	1646 (1646)	Wing A3965; Thomason E327_5; ESTC R200647	18,380	27

state by delayes your own guilt will be multiplied and greatened your hopes of reformation will be enfeebled and the whole Kingdom endangered Businesses of necessity call for quick dispatch and is there any worke of greater concernment then the worke of your God in endeavouring your own reformation and the reformation of his Church according to his word which is the matter of your Covenant I remember the words of Moses to Aaron Go quickly to the Congregation for there is wrath gone out from the Lord the plague is begun Num. 16. 46. And it is said that Aaron did run Blame me not but bear with me I beseech you if I appear warme in perswading your speed in acting according to your Covenant for I speak for the safety of a sinking Kingdom Are we not all on a flame which way can you cast your eyes but you shall see the sparkes of unbrotherly contentions rising as out of a furnace Alas alas we shall burne into ashes and from confusions fall into a ruinous heape if through Gods blessing upon Covenant-keeping-endeavours our misery be not prevented Pay your vows boldly with so much opennesse that the witnesse of your bonds may be witnesses likewise of your faithfullnesse Rule 3. in discharging them The resolution of David is herein imitable which he expresseth once and again in the same Psalme I will pay my vows unto the Lord in the presence of all his people in the presence of all his people yea in the midst of thee O Jerusalem Psal 116. 14 18 19. Is it any shame for a man to be honest and to pay his debts Wherefore then should men be loth to appear in the pursuance of their Covenants Act so publikely so couragiously for a full reformation according to the word of God and against Malignancy Sedition Heresie together with all other things destructive to the welfare of the three Kingdoms that both City and Countrey may understand your undaunted resolutions to keep Covenant with your God And if in this way of zeal and faithfullnesse you should meet with checks and affronts make ye that answer unto your opposers which brave-spirited David made unto mocking Michal If this be to be vile I will yet be more vile 2 Sam. 6. Keep Covenant with the Lord conscientiously Have respect unto God in paying as in making vows My text holds forth this Rule 4. openly as many other parallel Scriptures which I have formerly made use of Whatsoever we do which is materially comprehended in our Covenant we should do it because of the oath of God Eccles 8. 2. Do not only intend man-pleasing or selfe-seeking in the pursuance of your Covenant be not popular and vain-glorious but sincere and single-hearted in this service As in other acts of obedience so in this of Covenant-keeping have an eye unto your heavenly father who sees in secreet and he will reward you openly God forbid God forbid that any one of you should act against your brethren with an envious or malicious spirit under pretence of making good your Covenant O take heed unto your selves that you disgrace not this holy ordinance nor open the mouths of them who maligne our Covenant and would upon such like observations reproachfully asperse both you and it I will conclude this rule with the caution given by worthy Nehemiah Ought ye not to walke in the fear of our God because of the reproach of our enemies Neh. 5. 9. Be vigorous in the payment of your vows The command of Rule 5. God given unto Moses for the guiding of this businesse is here very considerable Le● 22. 21. Whosoever offereth a sacrifice to accomplish his vow it shall be perfect to be accepted there shall be no blemish in it When you pay your debts to God bring your best coyn put not off your light gold to God imploy and improve your very best for your God give him the flower of your wisedom strength authority and interests sit down and consider where your chiefest ability lyes and resolve with that to pay your vows Say thus unto your own souls seriously in secret I will beat mine own brains by study I will stir up my best friends by importunity and I will industriously take all courses within the compasse of my generall and particular calling that my selfe and my family that this Church and Common-wealth may be reformed and that unity betwixt England and Scotland may be preserved according to the solemne League and Covenant to quicken your care in this kinde remember those smart words Mal. 1. 14. Cursed be the deceiver who hath a male in his flock and voweth and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing for I am a great King saith the Lord of hosts and my Name is dreadfull among the heathen Look to it therefore I beseech you thinke not to put God off with supine superficiall sleightnesse in Covenant-keeping If you have male-consolations male-affections male-endeavours male-adventures for other things God will not accept your female your cold faint feeble actings for him in the payment of your vows Therefore if you have any talent better then ordinary trade that for your God in the pursuance of your Covenant Keep Covenant with the Lord constantly I will sing praises Rule 6. to thy Name for ever saith David that I may daily performe my vows Psal 61. 8. you must not be like those Tenants who bring in their rents readily and misse not a day for the first year but grow carelesse afterward in making paiment according to their compacts and agreements The same heat which is in your hearts to day this day of your Covenant-renewing for reformation according to Gods word and against the hindrances and hinderers thereof must be kept burning in your bosomes so long as you shall live It is to be bewailed with tears of blood that the tract of time takes off the fervency of mens spirits for God in the worke of vowed-reformation How have we lost our first love How is our zeal for good and against evil of late abated The time was when our Covenant was much in our thoughts much in our mouthes when we moved others and provoked our selves to make conscience to keep it but now I am ashamed to speake it our Covenant is forgotten our Covenant is laid aside yea O that I had not occasion to add many repent their taking of the Covenant and some are not afraid to plead against it I heartily wish that the true causes of this great change were well enquired after My beloved Is Church-reformation according to Scripture grown lesse desireable Are pure ordinances lesse lovely in our eyes Is there now lesse danger of our undoing by malignancy popery divisions and heresie then heretofore Remember I pray you from whence you are fallen and do your first works in reference to your Covenant the obligation whereof continues upon your consciences Our God keeps Covenant to a thousand generations Deut. 7. 9. Let his example in