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lord_n	concern_v	zeal_n	zealous_a	42	3	9.2603	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64470	Two sermons preach'd against immorality and profaneness The first, on January 13. 1698/9. The second, on May 3. 1700. By John Thane, M.A. and one of the prebendaries of Chester.	Thane, John, 1653 or 4-1727.	1700 (1700)	Wing T834A; ESTC R201131	27,921	65

of God revil'd in his Person or ridicul'd and evil spoken of in his Laws and Doctrine if we are silent and passive on such an occasion he may not then justly reckon us as asham'd of him and of his Words The Sum of all is this If we will own Christ for our Master we must then serve him to the utmost of our Power we must espouse his Interest and maintain his Cause against all Opposers whatsoever against the Theist and the Unitarian the Blasphemer and the profane Person against the Common Swearer the Drunkard and the Lascivious All which are one way or other either in Principle or in Practice the avowed Adversaries of Christ and of the true Christian Faith and Religion This if we consider is as little as any of us can do so long as we profess our selves Servants to the Blessed Jesus all whose Commands ought to be dearer to us than our very Lives And since Christ our Lord hath strictly charg'd all Men of all sorts and degrees without Exception to shun the Ways of Sin and the Paths of Iniquity let us contest this Matter with our selves and with all our might strive against the force and bent of our evil Inclinations and Passions Whatever Difficulty there may be in the Attempt still Duty and Obligation ought to take place here Let us not take upon us to dispute or cavil at any of his Commands but let us readily comply with them all whatever they be and be thoroughly satisfied that it is our Interest as well as Duty to fulfil and obey them Let us not think any thing too hard or too dear to part with for his Sake who hath shew'd himself the best Friend and the greatest Benefactor to Mankind that ever was And so much the rather because in return to those manifold unspeakable Advantages which he hath procured to us all that he expects or requires from us is that we constantly maintain and practice his excellent Religion whatever Contempt or Hardship we may meet with from the World In a word Tho' Vice and Profaneness have got many powerful Advocates on their side yet let not that be any discouragement to us while we have Christ on ours The Cause which we undertake is in it self highly honourable and at this Juncture the most necessary of all other The things that we contend for are Truth Virtue and Religion the best the most valuable in themselves and the most deserving of our Zeal and Concern Christ is our Master and Lord and as his Servants we appear we strive we oppose Letus be found true to his Service just to his Interest and zealous for his Honour and then that God who hath said them that honour me I will honour shall translate us into his own most Glorious Kingdom and shall actually Reward and Honour us to all Eternity Almighty and Merciful God of whose only Gift it cometh that thy faithful People do unto thee true and laudable Service Grant we beseech thee that we may so faithfully serve thee in this Life that we fail not finally to attain thy heavenly Promises through the Merits of Jesus Christ our Lord. AMEN A SECOND SERMON Preach'd against Immorality and Profaneness DEUT. xxxii 6. Do ye thus requite the Lord O Foolish People and Vnwise THese Words are part of that Prophetick Song which Moses composed and which he tells us he spake in the Ears of all the Congregation of Israel Here in a kind of Poetical Strain he sets forth the Goodness of God and the Perverseness and Disobedience of the People And being shortly to leave the World he Summons them together and rehearses this Song for a Testimony against them if so be they should hereafter turn aside and forget their God as he foresaw they would Alas so very deceitful is the Heart of Man so prone to Evil and so averse from Good that the wisest and best Instructions can make but little Impression upon it Tho' Moses here saith my Doctrine shall drop as the Rain my Spirit shall distil as the Dew yet from so corrupt a Root so cold and barren a Soil scarce any fruit or increase was to be hop'd for such was the unhappy Temper of that People so weak their Judgment and so perverse their Will that the Prophet seems to give them up for lost They are says he a Nation void of Counsel neither is there any Understanding them ver 28. And indeed what Wisdom or Understanding or Counsel can any People or Nation be said to have when once they have cast off God and Religion and are sunk into all manner of Wickedness and Vice That is a sad and deplorable Case indeed and which will bring swift inevitable Ruin upon us if we do not bethink our selves in time and return to a wiser and better Mind Which is the best thing that we can do and the only certain way for us to escape the Danger Whereas while we are thus Unmindful of the Rock that begat us and do thus forget God that form'd us we have reason to expect that he will rub up our Memories and will to our cost make us feel the weight of that Displeasure which we refused to stand in awe of I say we have all just cause to fear that because as this kind of behaviour is the worst sort of Ingratitude so it is moreover a very high Dishonour to God and a downright Contempt of his Majesty and Laws And do ye thus requite the Lord O Foolish People and Unwise In discoursing upon which Words I shall endeavour to make out these Four things I. The Baseness and Ingratitude of a Sinful and Irreligious Course of Life II. The gross Absurdity and Unaccountable Folly of such a Course III. The evil Consequences which attend it with respect to Men's private Interests and Concerns IVly and Lastly As it is Destructive of the Welfare and Prosperity of any Nation or People I. The Baseness and Ingratitude of a Sinful and Irreligious Course of Life The Obligations we lye under to God are Certain and Unquestionable whether we take the light of Nature or the brighter Discoveries of Revelation for our Rule and Guide Either of which doth plainly shew Impiety to be Baseness and Disobedience the utmost Ingratitude Thus several of the Heathens tho' they had only the dim light of Reason to direct them could nevertheless discover the necessity of Obedience to the Will of God Which made one of them to say Virtue Philosophy and Justice are but the sound of empty Words 't is only a good Life that can make Men Happy Sen. Ep. 123. But then as for Revelation that indeed hath made our Duty and the several Obligations of it so plain that Men must be utter Infidels if they reject it So that upon either of these Accounts no pretence of Ignorance whatsoever can excuse Men for their Disobedience or Unbelief For as Moses saith in the Words immediately after the Text Is not he thy Father that