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A41945 The great sin and chief guiltines of Scotland in the contempt of the Gospel as it was branched out in particulars by the Commission of the Generall Assembly in the year 1650 ; now re-printed at the desire of the Synod of Lothian, for the fast appointed by them in the year 1654. Church of Scotland. General Assembly. Commission. 1654 (1654) Wing G1753; ESTC R8653 7,365 16

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THE GREAT SIN AND CHIEF GUILTINES OF SCOTLAND In the contempt of the GOSPEL As it was branched out in particulars by the Commission of the Generall Assembly in the Year 1650. Now Re-printed at the desire of the Synod of Lothian for the Fast appointed by them in the Year 1654. Printed Anno Dom. 1654. At Edinburgh the seventh Day of May 1654. THe Synod of Lothian and Tweddail considering the continuing evidences and effects of Gods wrath and his Hand still stretched out against the Land Do find it their duty to stirre up themselves and these under their charge to accept the punishment of our iniquities and to turn to him that smites us And therefore do seriously recommend to the severall Presbyteries within their bounds that from time to time as they shall have occasion they appoint and keep Solemn Fasts for stirring up the people to be humbled in the sense of their iniquities and to repent for the same And specially for the contempt of the Glorious Gospel of the Son of GOD and not imploying of Him in His Mediation and Offices for reconciliation and amendment Which as it is the chief cause of the LORDS controversie against us so unlesse this be reformed we cannot expect that our other iniquities shall be amended or that the LORD will turn from the fiercenesse of his anger against us And albeit this hath been recommended in many former Causes of Humiliation and particularly insisted on in a Printed Paper of the Commission 1650. Yet their is cause to fear that the people do either little understand or lay to heart the hainousnesse of this sin And therefore the Synod seriously recommends that Ministers be the more carefull in their Doctrine to lay it out before them Extracted SINS Relating to the GOSPEL-ORDINANCES FIrst To the Word Neglecting to come and attend on the Preaching of the Word both on the LORDS Day and on week dayes in these places where such exercises are on these dayes 2. Not coming to the Preaching of the Word for the right end viz. to find communion with Christ and a taste of his goodnesse and excellency and to be built up in the most holy faith but either out of custome or to eschew censures or to satisfie and hold off the challenges of a naturall conscience or some by-respect And not preparing the heart before hand in secret to come with Godly fear and reverence humility spirituall hungring and thirsting after the Kingdom of God and the righteousnesse thereof and desiring as new born babes the sincere milk of the Word to grow thereby 3. That when the people are at the Preaching of the Word besides great carelesnesse overlinesse sleeping wandring of the heart and in advertency to what is Preached the Word is not heard as an Ordinance and mean appointed of God to work upon and carry in grace and comfort unto the heart but is only regarded as other discourses proceeding from mens ability and parts and is accordingly esteemed by the most part or at most is only made use of as a mean of informing the judgement 4. That in the Preaching of the Word neither do Ministers speak the same as the Oracles of God not remembring themselves to be the ambassadours of Christ speaking in Gods stead nor do the people present themselves in so immediat a way before God himself as to receive the Word not as the word of man but as the true Word of God Whence it cometh to passe that there is litle trembling at the Word and so litle rejoicing in it 5. That people in the hearing of the Word content themselves with mans teaching and do not in the conviction of their own blindnesse and utter inability of themselves to perceive the things of the Spirit and of the insufficiency of the outward means without Gods immediat work therewith upon the heart imploy himself to teach them inwardly by his Spirit joining with the outward means according to the promise of the Covenant They shall be all taught of God Whence it cometh to passe that there is so much Preaching and so little profiting so much learning and so little speed coming in the knowledge of God 6. The not mixing of the Word Preached with faith while as in the hearing thereof even these who seem to give most heed thereunto do for the most part rather imploy the judgement to consider and judge of the pertinency coherence the way of uttering of the Doctrine delivered or in a meer speculative way to apprehend the matter and truth of what is spoken than they do labour with the heart to close with imbrace and apply to themselves the truth Preached 7. No care to lay up and hide the Words of Christ in the heart to remember the same for use making But letting them slip and run thorow which the Apostle accounteth a neglecting of the great Salvation of God Heb. 2.1.3 Nor imploying the Spirit to bring the Word that hath been heard but forgotten to remembrance Not making conscience to confer on the Word Preached and to whet it one upon another Not taking pains nor delighting in it in privat to read and meditate on it 2. IN relation to the Sacraments And first in generall and common Not making use of them as Seals of the Covenant of Grace and promises thereof made to us in Christ but laying all the weight of confidence upon themselves and being content with the deed done which was the ordinary sin of the Jews in the use of Circumcision and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Law so often charged upon them in Scripture Then particularly In Baptism I. In Parents bringing their Children thereunto either out of meer fashion and custom as meerly to have a difference put between them and unchristned people or in effect as unto a meer Ceremony and not from any sense that they are unclean from unclean born dead in sins and children of wrath of themselves defiled with Originall guilt and corruption nor from a desire that they may be spiritually regenerated incorporated unto Christ to be made partakers of the vertue of His Death and Resurrection to be washed from their filthinesse in the blood of Christ and to get interest in the Covenant of Grace and promises thereof sealed up unto them 2. Not setting themselves in the Administration of this Sacrament to consider and prize the free love and grace of God which hath prevented us and our seed in providing such a fountain for sin and uncleannesse in Christ making such a Covenant with us so well ordered in all things and sure preventing us and our seed with the Seal thereof nor to apply the Covenant and the promises thereof for our selves and our seed and this Sacrament as the Seal of the same 3. The great and evident slighting of the Administration of the Sacrament while as few in the Congregation joineth therein either for their own edification or to hold up the baptized to God that he might blesse his own Ordinance