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A caveat against covetousness occasioned by some scandalous and pernicious fruit of it, in one amongst us, whose heart went after it / written for admonition to others, by Charles Phelpes.
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Phelpes, Charles.
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they turn not at his reproofs he will still and further smite with his hand or order great testimonies of displeasure and that in laying afflictions upon men yea and upon nations for being given to and serving this iniquity and still it is more provoking in his peculiar people his pleasant plant that they should defile themselves herewith hence believers are admonished with such an one as is called a brother and is covetous not to eat and yet they might eat with a covetous one of this world 1 Cor. 5. 10 11. on such still his wrath comes in laying afflictions upon their loyns and even withdrawing or withholding his manifested nighness and the light of his countenance from them and so ordering still and further to them wrath with their sickness Eccl. 5. 17. and so he hides him and is wroth and this is a great aggravation of mens afflictions of theirs especially who know how satisfying and reviving the light of his countenance is Isa 57. 17. Psal 10. 1. Yea by continuing herein he may be provok't to order and send furious rebukes upon those nations on whom his name is called such as sword famine pestilence c. so the Prophet saith I am full of the fury of the Lord I am weary with holding it in I will poure it upon the children abroad c. and their houses shall be turned to others with their fields c. For I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land saith the Lord Why so for from the least of them even to the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness Jer. 6. 11-13 c. and 8. 10-13 He would recompense their way upon their heads in those judgements As they had been keeping all for themselves so he would give it all into the hand of their enemies and as they had not served the Lord in the abundance of all things so now they should serve their enemies in the want of all things Deut. 28. 47 48. Yea for this and the direct fruits of it he permits and orders them to be oppressed by those that are over them Mica 2. 1-4 and 3. 1-4 Yea for this he may be provok't and will take away his Prophets righteous and merciful ones and turn the songs of the Temple into howlings send a famine even of hearing the words of the Lord and though men fast and pray not hear but cover himself with a cloud that their prayer should not pass through Isa 57. 1 17. with c. 58. 3 4. c. and 59. 1 2 3. Ezek. 33. 31-33 Amos. 8 3-12 Mica 2. 1 2-6 and therein write mens sin upon their punishment that as they have not dealt their bread to the hungry nor given drink to the thirsty so he will withhold the bread of life from them the fair Virgins yong men shall faint for thirst Am. 8. 11-13 Yea in following after this he may permit some to fall into such fruits of it as to be cut off untimely and be punished by the Judges and dye shameful deaths in the open sight of others for their admonition Josh 7. 21-25 and yet be so punished in this world as to have all their punishment here that they may not be condemned hereafter Yea his wrath may so come upon men for persisting herein against the light and admonitions of his grace as to give them up to a reprobate mind to do those things that are not convenient because they have been filled with all unrighteousness covetousness Rom. 1. 28 29. to worship the beast who opens his mouth in blasphemies against God Rev. 13. 8. to finish iniquity and so fall into desperation Act. 1. 18. And however the day of the Lord shall come on all them that dwell on the earth as a snare eitheir in particularly taking them away by death as it did upon this man who assured himself of much rest happiness and that he was laid in many years thou fool saith God this night shall thy soul be taken from thee Luk. 12. 20-21 or however generally when God shall send us Jesus again to destroy them that destroy the Earth then the inhabiters of the Earth shall be taken in the snare and they shall not escape Isa 24. 17 18. Luk. 21. 34 35. 1 Thes 5. 3. 3. And further and for ever the wrath of God shall come and cometh upon such as abide herein and are not washed in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the spirit of our God no covetous man who is an idolater â—ath any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and of God Eph. 5. 5. no such an one as such and unless his name be changed in Heaven shall inherit the Kingdom of Heaven 1 Cor. 6. 10. But they drink of the wrath of God which will be poured out without mixture into the Cup of his Indignation and shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the Holy Angels and of the Lamb Rev. 14. 6-11 they are now numbred with and reckon'd amongst Idolaters Adulterers effeminate c. yea covetousness is the root of these as is in part shewn and they shall have their portion with them in Hell fire where their worm dyeth not and their fire is not quenched Oh that we may not deceive our selves but know that now God abhorres the covetous Psal 10. 3. and will hereafter in flaming fire take vengeance on them that know not God and that obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus now consider this ye that forget God lest he tear you in pieces and there be none to deliver Having thus according to my weakness spoken to the instruction I shall adde somewhat by way of usefulness And so 1 From what hath been said in shewing the evil and deceitfull nature and bitter fruit of this iniquity I have in some measure been made sensible of my need of crying to God with the Prophet who after he had said O Lord the hope of Israel all that forsake thee shall perish and they that depart from me shall be written in the Earth where their hearts have been because they have forsaken the Lord the Fountaine of living waters adds Heal me O Lord and I shall be healed c. Jer. 17. 13 14. it may seem he was made sensible of his own miscarriage and that he needed Gods mercy in forgiving and cleansing him or otherwise he might have been reputed guilty of the like transgression which procures such wrath or as the Prophet David when he had been imprecating and prophesying that such should be ashamed which transgress without cause cryes out to God Remember O Lord thy tender mercies c. remember not the sins of my youth nor my transgressions but according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness sake Psal 25 3-7 as signifying that if God had markt iniquities against him he could not stand as justified before him so may I say also For thy names sake pardon mine iniquity of this nature
2. 11 12. and otherwise we cannot flee from what is reproved for we have no sufficiency of our selves as of our selves to think any thing that is good We shall therefore together shew that those that hear the word may take heed of this iniquity and by what means in general we say the Gospel of Christ is the power of God to salvation to every one that believes Rom. 1. 16. the law opens no door of repentance but saith cursed is every one that continues not in all things written in the book of the law to do them Gal. 3. 10. But now Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the Law Gal. 3. 13. and the declaration hereof is the great instrument God makes use of for delivering us from every path of the destroyer Psal 17. 4. and 119. 9. The Law of the Lord of or concerning him who is Lord of all is perfect compleat entire converting the soul both at first and so continually it is converting the soul whether men are converted by it or no Psal 19. 7. with this the Apostle was sent to open mens eyes and to turn them from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God Act. 26. 17. 18-22 23. There are in this Gospel contained great and glorious arguments that we may be delivered from this present evil world and these are powerful to this end because Christ by his spirit is present therewith even to the end of the world and so with his servants in their faithful declaring it without hidden things of dishonesty so that while Paul plants and Apollo waters God sails not to give increase whether mâ—n receive it or no 1 Cor. 3. 5-7 and they that receive this testimony of Jesus with the heart and keep it in believing remembrance shall prove it to be the power of God hence the Apostle saith to the Corinthians who were some of them covetous ye are washed c. in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the spirit of our God 1 Cor. 6. 10 11. 2 Pet. 2. 20. and 1. 1. 18 19. Now then to this end that we may take heed and beware of covetousness and to shew we may do so we shall a little particularly consider what is contained in this testimony of Jesus in each of the three branches for our helpfulness viz. in what he hath done and is become in what he is now doing and in what he will do hereafter 1. In this Testimony of Jesus in what he hath done and is become is shewed to us that Jesus Christ the Word who was with God and was God was made flesh for sinful mankind and laid hold of the seed of Abraham and Adam in that body which the Father prepared for him whereby his ear was opened and he fitted to do the will of God in being further abased for us and doing what was needful to our being brought back to God in order whereto he had the trespasses of the world even the guilt of all those trespasses which occasioned the first breath and enmity between God and mankind imputed to him For God made him who knew no sin to be sin for us 2. Cor. 5. 19-21 He bare our sins in his own body to and on the tree and God therefore went to law with him He was wounded for our transgressions bruised for our iniquites he by the grace of God tasted death for every man Heb. 2. 9. He was delivered for our offences and is raised again for our justification and such the vertuousness and preciousness of his personal abasement and sufferings in the vertues whereof he is taken from prison and judgement that he hath redeemed us in himself from the curse of the law purged away our sins from before the presence of God slain the enmity that was between God and us taken out of the way all that was contrary to us abolished our death and spoiled principalities and powers and made a shew of them openly triumphing over them in himself and so hath made peace for us by the blood of his Cross Gal. 3. 13. Isa 53. 5 6. Eph. 2. 14-16 Col. 2. 14 15. 2 Tim. 1. 9 10. And hath recovered restored and brought back our loss into himself so that there is compleatness for us in him he hath not onely taken away and removed the guilt of our first sin and sinfulness from before the presence of God but having offered himself a spotless sacrifice to the Father throug the eternal Spirit hath obtained power to make reconciliation for the sins of the people which are condemnable according to the rule of the glorious Gospel Heb. 7. 27. and 2. 17. through this man is preached to us the forgiveness of sins Act. 13. 37 38. and he hath restored our nature in himself to perfect innocency integrity and righteousness and is filled with all the fulness of grace and truth Joh. 1. 14-17 and hath obtain'd eternal redemption for us Heb. 9. 12. and confirmed a new Testament of great and precious promises of all things that pertain to life and godliness and an everlasting covenant 2 Cor. 1. 20. Heb. 13. 20. So that he is become a rich and full fountain in which there is pardon peace righteousness spirit promises eternal life 1 Joh. 5. 10 11. Yea all things are delivered to him of the Father Math. 11. 27. all things are here ready a feast of fat things prepared for all people Isa 25. 6. All things that the Father hath is his Joh. 16. 15. and he in our nature and for us is glorifyed with the Fathers own self with the glory he had with him before the world was Joh. 17. 5. The Father hath so loved the Son because he laid down his life that he might take it up again that he hath given all things into his hand Joh. 3. 35 with chap. 10. 17 18. made him both Lord and Christ the last Adam the quickning spirit the Lord the fountaine of living waters wisedome righteousness sanctification and redemption he is beautiful and glorious excellent and comely for our escaping he is the foundation God hath laid in Zion the fountaine of forgiveness grace and spirit God hath given him glory that our faith and hope might be in God and this perfection is in him for every man and it was the work of the Apostles and is of those that so walk as they have them for an ensample to warn every man and teach every man in all wisdom that they may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus that they may shew all men where compleatness is prepared for them even durable riches and righteousness that they may not be at a loss or put upon it to seek bread rest peace and feeding in desolate places but may know assuredly by the light of this Testimony that he is the rest for the weary and he the refreshing 1 Cor. 15. 45. Isa 4. 2. Col. 1. 28 29. Isa 28. 12-16 Now then in this first great and fundamental branch