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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53271	Sincerity, or, The upright mans walk to heaven in two parts shewing I. that sincerity is the true way to happiness, II. that the keeping of our selves from our own iniquity is the true way to sincerity / delivered in several sermons in the parish church of St. Michael in Long-Stratton Norfolk by James Oldfield, late minister there.	Oldfield, James.	1687 (1687)	Wing O218; ESTC R28747	141,831	348

feel the poyson of it in thy bones the gnawings and gripings of it in thy Conscience be sure at one time or other it will meet with thee 't will never let thee go to thy grave in peace Brethren give me leave to rip open the belly of this Adder and you shall see what a venomous brood is in it 1. This sin the Dalilah that lies in thy bosom and in whose lap thou sleepest so securely hath scissors to cut of thy locks wherein all thy strength lies it makes a man like Reuben weak as water unable to resist the least temptation 49. Gen. 3 4. Reubens sin took away Reubens strength and excellency so this sin whoever maintains it shall never excell in any thing that is good what the disease of the Scurvy is to the Body that is this sin to the Soul O how faint and weak and weary are many in Holy Duties O how feeble when under temptations it makes a man unable to resist what is evil and to perform any thing that is good read that story 7. Josh 2 3 4 5. what was the reason of this you shall see verses 10 11 12 13. you see how that one Achan in the Camp of Israel made them all faint and loose all their strength O Christians when you find your selves weak in faith weak and faint in Holy Duties in serving God weak in opposing temptations and lusts why then look narrowly there is an Achan in your hearts and till that sin be out you can have no strength O Brethren what a sad thing is this If I speak in respect of the body you will understand me the better what a sad thing is it for a man that hath nothing but his labour to maintain himself and Family withal for this man to loose all his strength that he is not able to help himself O this weakness will bring poverty on apace upon him you will pity such a man O you will say he is a poor weak creature and deserves to be pittied pity your own Souls you are ready to drop into Hell and you cannot help your selves why sin hath weakned you you may say a Prayer but there is no strength in it you may keep Sabbaths and perform Holy Duties but there is no strength in them and no good comes to your poor Souls by them you may go to the Sacrament but you get no strength by it what fresh-water-Soldiers are you to oppose the vanities of the World or to look death in the face it makes you look paler than death it self After God had reckoned up all the sins of Jerusalem observe how he speaks to her 16. Ezek. 30. so may we say to many sinners O how weak are you grown what every lust too strong for you every temptation too hard for you what so weak that you cannot shut your Mouths against an Oath or a bad word so weak that you cannot stop your feet from going to the Alehouse what so faint that one Sabbath in a week one Sermon in a day quite tires you out O Brethren you may thank this your own sin it takes away all your strength from you Job will tell you the way to get strength 17. Job 9. purge out sin and you shall get strength 2. This sin will mix with all thy Holy things and so make even thy best things odious unto God when thou prayest this sin will mix with thy Prayers and make them an abomination to the Lord when thou hearest a Sermon this sin will be there with thee and if it do not stop thy ears yet 't will barricado up thy heart that thou shalt hear in vain or in hearing not hear when thou receivest the Sacrament 't will mix even there also 't will come to the Lords Table with thee and so thou shalt eat and drink there thine own damnation like Judas at the Passover the Sop and the Devil both went down his throat together so the Sacramental Bread and Wine and thy Sin all go together and what dost thou think Christ will say of such a receiving O sirs know this that God hates all such mixtures he hates such services 1. Isaiah 13 14 15 22. verses O saith God do not serve me so I cannot endure this either leave off thy sins or leave off thy sacrifices Gideon had Seventy Sons and but one Bastard and that one Bastard destroyed all the rest you may easily apply this to your selves you have performed many duties done many good works but this sin will bane them poyson them destroy them all 3. This sin 't will be to you like the worm at the root of Jonahs Gourd 't will make all your pleasures and delights to wither Alas People they love sin because they love pleasures they think if they part with their sins then they must say farewell pleasures farewell a merry and an happy life whereas sin like Summer frosts nips the very buds and blossoms of all our outward comforts and delights sin poysons all these fountains from whence stream forth all a man's comfort and delight 1. Sin takes away the cause of all comfort 2 Kings 5. 1. that took away all Naamans comfort in all his riches and greatness and honour so a man may have great riches great friends great honours but he is a covetous Wretch or but he is a terrible drunkard or but he is a filthy Whoremaster O these buts spoil all that man hath no cause to be merry to day that is to be hanged to morrow and thou sinner though thou hast money enough and estate enough to make thee merry O but thou hast a sin also for which thou may'st be damned before another day come 'T is madness for a man to laugh when he is going to Hell and as long as any of us do keep this sin we are going to Hell. 2. Sin takes away the sweetness and juice of all our comforts one of the Fathers compares all the pleasures of sinners to the bones that are flung to Dogs all the meat is pickt off and all the marrow suckt out sinners like the Prodigal have only the husks of pleasures sin makes these pleasures 1. Empty like thorns make a great crackling but give but a little heat like a nut that hath a maggot in the kernel like a glass of wine that hath a Spider in it what comfort can a man take in these they are like a bladder full of wind to an hungry man whereas cast out this sin and you may rejoyce heartily as Mary when Christ was in her Womb 1. Luke 46 47. 2. Dangerous like the Israelites Quailes so are all pleasures to sinners dainty but dangerous 78. Ps 30 31. 't is a dangerous thing for us to be taking our pleasures when the wrath and anger of God is gone out against us small comfort to have God to frown on us but cast out sin and then there is peace with thy pleasure 3. Prov. 17. it cannot be said so of the ways

sin many a year some Thirty some Forty or Fifty or Sixty or Eighty years nay more you come to these waters the Ordinances you lye at Bethesda under the means of grace as if you desired to be rid of sin yet still the Question is will you be made whole will you part with this Iniquity I know you will all answer yes you are willing to part with sin O but still the Question is will you be healed 1. Do you love the means are you willing to make use of such means as the Lord prescribes you in his word for the good of your Souls can your hearts answer to this Question whatever the Lord bids us do we will do it like setting Dogs that hunt eagerly to catch the fowls but will rather starve than eat any of them so many hunt after Sermons but not do them Do you endeavour to practise all the Sermons that you hear if you hear Sermons but do not practise them 't is a sign you are loath to part with your sins 2. Are you willing to forego whatever pleasure or profit or advantage sin brings in to you that you may be healed of it O can your hearts answer to this Question there be many that say they hate sin yet love the pleasure profit and wages of sin Brethren if you love not the meat why do you eat of the broth if men love not hanging why do they love stealing do as Zacheus did 19. Luk. 8. if you would turn sin out of doors turn all its lumber out of doors too 3. Have not custom in sin made you unwilling to part with sin have you not lived so long in sin that you do not know now how to live without it have you not forgot the price of Salvation and the worth of your Souls O you that have been sinners so many years you that are Swearers of Fourscore years standing are you willing to leave your Swearing you that are Drunkards of Threescore years standing are you willing to leave your drinking you that have been covetous worldly minded Persons griping Usurers biting Landlords that have used the trick of cozening many years will you be made whole can you part with your old companions can you come out of Sodom and never look back can you cross the Red-Sea and not smell the Garlikes and Onions of Egypt on the other side can you or are you willing for the love of your Souls to do whatever Christ bids you and forego what ever Christ would have you why Brethren if this be your resolution then hearken and I will lay you down such means be your sin what it will I 'll warrant you a thorough cure I have already in the doctrinal part laid down nine several remedies or receipts against this sin which if you would but make use of might work the cure but least you may have forgot them I will add a few more and lay them down before you as plainly and as practically as I can so that if after all this you still retain your own Iniquities and go to Hell you shall thank your selves for it 1. The first is a very plain and easie receipt and so shall all the rest be O sinner thou hast that within thee that will cure thee As we say to some sick Persons what need you send to the Apothecaries you have herbs enough in your own gardens to cure you so here I say sinners you have that which can cure you in your own breasts Quest But you will say I pray what is that I Answer thus Friends what do you think of Judas and what do you think of Herod and what do you think of Pontius Pilate I know what you will say you will say thus why if we had been in their cases we would not have done as they did if we had been in Judasses place we would not have betrayed Christ in Herods place we would not have mocked Christ in Pilates place we would not have condemned Christ well I ask you further what do you think of such and such Neighbours of yours why I know what you will say you wonder that such a one is such a Drunkard another such a Swearer c. you wonder that they do not leave their ill courses you wonder that they do not look after their Souls more and Eternity Again I ask you further what do you think of Sermons I know what you will say here also why if we did but practise what we hear we might do well well then is this your verdict is this your judgment this comes out of your own breasts do as you say and you may cure your selves you say were you in Judasses place you would not have done as he did why then have a care you do not as ill as Judas or worse than Judas you wonder at your neighbours that they are no better why wonder at your selves that you are no better you say all the good that comes by Sermons is practise why then if you would get good by hearing Sermons follow your own directions Do not give away all your counsel to others and take none your selves Our Saviour reproves this very thing in the Scribes and Pharisees 23. Mat. 29 30. so say you if we had lived in our Fore-fathers days we would have been better than they O be as good now as you think you would have been then you that are able to prescribe to others why do you not prescribe to your selves you that are such rare Physicians in other mens distempers take heed that you prove not very fools in your own case alas sinner all the World cannot do thee good if thou art an enemy to thy self well sinner here is thy case thou wouldst feign go to Heaven that 's thy desire thy very reason as 't is inlightned by the word tells thee then thou must leave thine own Iniquity now if thou wilt not follow the best counsel of thine own heart who can help thee thou speakest against others that live in sin and art angry with them because they will not reform O be not like to some Parents that will beat their Children for swearing and yet swear themselves or like some Magistrates that will punish drunkards and yet be drunk themselves so that this is the first means improve what thou hast in thine own breast of reason or counsel or judgment Many Persons can give such counsel to others that if they would but follow it themselves would prove rare Christians 2. A second means to help out with this sin our own Iniquity is this go to the Scriptures Gods Pharmacothoea his closet of receipts and see what particular receipt thou canst find there against thy particular sin the Scriptures doth not only give us general rules and directions for our whole lives but also particular directions in particular cases and peculiar remedies against particular sins to instance in a few is any man inclined to the sin of Fornication the Scripture hath a