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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60135	God's thoughts and ways above ours, especially in the forgiveness of sins in several sermons upon Isaiah LV. 7,8,9 / by John Shower.	Shower, John, 1657-1715.	1699 (1699)	Wing S3671; ESTC R38912	83,543	185

with what Bowels of Pity and Compassion should we consider the Case of such And treat them with the Spirit of Meekness and Gentleness Christ is the Saviour of Sinners but He is none of mine they say for I heard his Gospel Grace declared but did not accept it I outstood my Day of Grace and the Things of my Peace are hid from mine Eyes He call'd me but I would not come and 't is now too late O 't is now too late He knock'd and I would not open and now the Door is shut against me I am given up to a Hard Heart c. The very Thought of Heaven and the Happiness of the Saints doth but terrifie them because they think they have lost it and shall never come there As well as the Thoughts of Hell which they reckon their Deserved Portion and that e're long it will be so And that Word Everlasting Everlasting Destruction cuts them to the Heart And well it may if they believe it belongs to them and that they shall fall under the condemning Sentence of the Judge to pass into Everlasting Fire And in several such Cases the Devil strikes in and aggravates their Distress He insults over them What think ye now of Sin Where 's the Pleasure and Advantage of it now To what purpose hath been all your Praying Hearing attending on Ordinances Coming to the Lord's Table c. You are fit indeed to come to the Lord's Table you have come Vnworthily you have seal'd your Damnation by it you have eat and drank Judgment to your selves by it again and again And such is their Darkness and Perplexity they know not what to Answer but conclude They are lost and the Gospel hid from them that Christ is not their Freind and will not be their Saviour Some of them will tell you they are as sure of it as if they were in Hell already 'T is as true they say as if they had heard his Condemning Sentence He hath shut up his Bowels and his Tender Mercy for ever from them And there 's nothing remains but a fearful Looking for of Wrath and Judgment Tribulation and Anguish And that all their present Darkness is but the Forerunner of Eternal Darkness And what they feel now is nothing to what they fear And if they be in such Agonies now O what will it be to lye in the Flames of Hell Wretched Miserable Creatures they know not how to live and they dare not dye lest Death should open the Door to Eternal Damnation And these Fears are heighten'd when ever they meet with those Christians who have any Hopes of Heaven because they say Christ saveth Others but will not save them Do not such as these deserve our Compassion And there be many such in this City Though Natural Melancholy and Bodily Indisposition give some Occasion at least to heighten such Terrors and Distress in several yet the sense of past Guilt and the Temptations of Satan must not be overlookt What I have to say on the Third General of God's Thoughts not being as ours will be suitable to their Case But before I proceed to that let me mention something for the Tryal and Examination of our selves whether we are interested in this Forgiveness or no Would you know whether your Sins are forgiven whether you are interested in this Promise of multiply'd Pardon Consider in the General and Examine your Repentance towards God and Faith in our Lord Jesus Christ Acts II. 21. * See the Sermons of the Forgiveness of Sin by the Reverend Dr. Bates 8vo Where the whole Doctrine of Pardon is more accurately laid down The Essential Acts of Repentance are Godly Sorrow for all our known Sins and a sincere Purpose of Heart to turn from all Sin to God with Answerable Endeavours of Universal Holiness The three Acts of saving Faith in Christ are 1. An Assent of the Mind to Scripture-Revelation concerning Christ 2. The Consent of the Soul embracing and receiving him upon his own Terms 3. A Relyance and Trust on him for Pardon of Sin and Eternal Life More particularly I. You may Consider your Repentance and enquire how you stand affected to Sin Have you been under any deep Conviction of the Evil of Sin as to cause not only some Sorrow but Hatred and Detestation of it Have you seen your selves lost and undone by reason of Guilt so as absolutely to need pardoning Mercy Is the Heart of Stone taken away and a Heart of Flesh given What Humiliation for Sin and Self-abasement in the Apprehension of your Vileness have you ever had Have you been disquieted and burden'd under the Sense of Sin so as to condemn your selves and see that you are lost without the Free-Mercy of God in Christ Owning the Righteousness of God if he should cast you off and yet looking up to God through Jesus Christ with Hope 'T is true there is a great Difference in the Expressions of Sorrow and Humiliation for Sin which some make beyond others but all are made to see the Evil of Sin so as to be cur'd of the Love of it to humble themselves and acknowledge their Vileness Have you thereupon been brought to an Ingenuous Confession of Sin Psal XXXVIII 18. with Earnest Prayers to God for Forgiveness when you remember the peculiar Aggravations of many of your Crimes How long continued in against how many Helps and Warnings Calls and Counsels and Obligations to the contrary How small the Temptation how frequent the Repetition and yet how much Wilfulness notwithstanding the various Methods of God's Grace and Providence to reclaim you Such a Conviction cannot long be conceal'd and hid Enquire therfore what Effects it hath had to bring you into the Presence of God there to confess and bewail your Folly O what a Beast what a Fool what a Wretch have I been thus and thus have I sinn'd against Heaven How low should I abase my self in the Presence of God How unworthy am I to lift up mine Eyes to the Throne of his Glory How wonderful is his Patience that I am yet alive If you have a serious Sense of Sin you will not be able to keep Silence for that is contrary to the Confession of Sin mentioned Psal XXXII 5. I acknowledg'd my Sin unto thee and mine Iniquity have I not hid While he kept silence or did not confess his Sin his Bones were vex'd his Heart was disquieted But upon a free and full Confession to God his Spirit was calm'd and he could look through his Penitential Tears with Hope to God's Mercy-Seat God requires this Confession in order to Forgiveness Jer. III. 12 13. Return O backsliding Israel saith the Lord and I will not cause mine Anger to fall upon you for I am merciful saith the Lord only acknowledge thine Iniquity c. And if we confess our sin the Apostle tells us God is faithful and just to forgive them 1 John I. 9. And the more free and particular we are in our