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B00991	A nicke for neuters. A most godly and fruitfull sermon, begun and preached at Paules Crosse, the 30. day of October last, and continued & finished in Paules Church, on New-yeeres day at night. / By Thomas Burt, Preacher of the Word.	Burt, Thomas, preacher of the word.	1604 (1604)	STC 4132; ESTC S126041	28,214	88

preferre the peruersnes of our owne wils before the Law of God which is the pleasure of his will lest hee make the law I say his reuealed will to be a trayne to the frowardnes of our owne will to bring vs by the consent of our froward will vnto destruction according to the iust purpose of his vvill And thus haue ye heard both the foulenesse of the cause and of the crime NOw followeth to bee expressed The greatnesse of the payne which is no lesse then to be vomited out of the Lords mouth Whereby if this were only meant that all Neuters for their hypocrisy and dissimulation should be cast out of fauor with the Sonne of God it were a most wofull and importable chastisement if we consider of his diuine nature rightly what the Sonne of God is that is the same God that is vnto vs the cause of all our being the fountayne of all life the founder of all ioy the mirrour of all goodnes for he is the Word eternall that is God almighty by whom all things are made in whō is life and of whose fulnesse we receyue whatsoeuer good we haue Whereby it must of necessity follovv that vvithout the fauour of this vniuersall cause vvhich is all in all vvee must needs be annihilated to nothing and being nothing yet remayne such a thing notvvithstāding as is vvithout him in death vvithout life subsisting without being desisting vvithout dying in life neuer ioying in death euer dying But now by this vomiting is meant more then a bare eiecting out of fauour for herein is expressed a fearefull and violent casting out in anger For in this Simile the Church is compared to the stomacke the luke-warme Neuter to the luke-warm water and their grieuous disturbance to noysome vomitings The Church is cōpared to the stomacke because as the stomacke by altering and concocting the nourishment receyued feedeth preserueth the parts of the body so the Church by concocting disgesting the food of life doth nourish and preserue the body of Christ euen in such sort as frō out of food in the stomack the liuer draweth bloud the hart spirit the brayn sence the sinewes strength the veynes nourishmēt the body life so out of the food of immortality which is the word of God that is in the Church to euery mēber of Christ doth the hart draw faith the wil obediēce the vnderstanding knowledge the conscience comfort the body immortality and the soule all felicity and that also after so rare and stupendious an order that euen as the stomake so doeth it quicken by killing reuiue by destroying grow wise by foolishnes obey by rebelling against its owne flesh obtayne life through death felicity through misery and eternity out of mortality The Neuters are compared vnto luke-warme water which to a tasting stomack being receiued is hurtfull whiles it remaineth is grief-ful being eiected is shamefull because all Neuters are euen such in the Church of God not only by hindring the worke of Gods Spirit in the Church but also by the vnquieting and disturbing of the same Their great and grieuous disturbings are compared to noysome vomitings because as that which breedeth vomiting is cast out with hatred for that it is enemy to nature with violence because it oppresseth the stomacke with shamefulnesse because the defilings thereof are laid open to the eye and finally so eiected as neuer agayne to be receyued So all incorrigible Neuters shall by the LORD himselfe be throwne out of the Church as filthy vomitings out of the stomacke that with hatred because they are enemies vnto Christ and with violence because they hurt and oppresse the Church and vvith shame because their hypocrisy shal be made knowne finally cast out of the Church neuer againe to be receyued because that while they were in the Church they could neuer bee amended where the hatred of eiection doeth shew the detestation of the crime the violence the mightinesse of the payne the shame the horror of confusion and the neuer receyuing the eternity of destruction Then if it be such a wofull thing as it hath bene declared for Neuters to be cast out of fauour with the Sonne of God what is it I pray you thus to endure the fiercenesse of his anger If it be so miserable to be depriued of the comfort of his goodnesse how importable to beare the heauy wrath of his greatnes who is to the wicked in terrour the God of vengeance in nature consuming fire in wrath burning ielousie his face lightning his voyce thunder his displeasure death his breath a riuer of brimstone his lippes a floud of indignation his tongue a deuouring flame as the Lord doeth witnesse of himselfe Deut. 4. 32. Es 30. where the mighty terrour of Gods eternall Maiesty is described to make it knowne that as the peruersnes of sinners is incorrigible so his wrath towards them is implacable and as Neuters faults are intolerable so their punishments are vnmeasureable that so there may be a proportion of iustice betweene their crime and his doome that euen as in this world they would neuer want sin so in the world to come they should neuer want payne Wherefore to conclude seeing that the wrath of God is in this fearefull maner reueyled from heauen against all vngodlines and vnrighteousnes of men how carefully are we here to consider of our selues how neere this reprehēsion may touch vs. All men by the censure of Christ are either hote in Religiō or of necessity cold or else only luke-warm so either Saints in piety miscreants in iniquity or Neuters for hypocrisy What may herein iustly be deemed of vs are we Saints I would to God we all were as no doubt but the Lord hath his Let euery man iudge himselfe if wee be Saints where is then our workes if miscreants where is then our comfort if Neuters where is then our conscience when the Sonne of God shall come in flaming fire rendring recompēce vnto them that doe not know God and which obey not the Gospell of our Lord Iesus Christ Are wee baptized with the spirit and with fire are we feruent in spirit lucent in life ardent in zeale shining in works burning in loue or in the middest of light remayning in darknes in the time of truth abiding in errour in these dayes of grace liue still in sinne nay are we not cold rather which euery where preferre pleasure before piety that we will take no payne no not to purchase ioy which esteeme of gayne so much aboue godlines that we wil take no losse no not to win heauen in whō all affections grow so cold in respect of Lady Money that for her loue men are brought euen vniuersally to be vniust to their owne neighbours vnfaithfull to their owne friends vnkinde to their owne kinne vnnaturall to their owne parents vntrusty to their owne Country vntrue to their owne Prince impious to their owne God mercilesse to all others most miserable

A Nicke for Neuters A most godly and fruitfull Sermon begun and preached at Paules Crosse the 30. day of October last and continued finished in Paules Church on New-yeeres day at night By Thomas Burt Preacher of the Word How long halt ye betweene two opinions if the Lord bee God follow him but if Baal bee God then follow after him 1. Kings 18.21 Seene and allowed AT LONDON Printed by Simon Stafford 1604. To the right Worshipfull Sir Iohn Grange Knight one of his Maiesties Iustices of the Peace and Quorum in the County of Middlesex and to that right vertuous the Lady Katherine his wife all earthly and heauenly true happinesse IN this dangerous time of Pestilence raging in this our Mother City and places adiacent it might be sayd as sometimes it was of Rome Paucorum virtus cuncta Romae patrauit Your Worship right worthy Knight being one of this paucity incumbēt on your office in these places euen alone Moses-like from the Morning to the Euening bearing the burthen of the people in hearing deciding ending their controuersies mayntayning the vertuous punishing the malefactors and like a broad Fig tree sustayning the weake and little shrubs making shaddow to the weary giuing fruite to the hungry and bearing your selfe strongly against all peruerse importune winds of contradictions and discouragements yea sowing vertue and reaping fame with griefe haue seene and well doe know that it might be sayd yet agayne notwithstanding Gods reuealed wrath and sharpe punishments as sometimes it was of Rome Moribus antiquis res stat Romana virisque Chrisostome fayeth If thou seest a tree doeth beare no fruit the cause is in the root The cause of the barren leaues of the peoples trees and their vayne words and abominable workes I take it to be want of Religion and Neutrality in Religion I haue therefore made choyce of this text Wherefore I entitle this booke A Nicke for Neuters because this our age hath brought forth many a prodigious Polypus and vayne ayre-full Camelions The diuine Angels of our Churches haue bene vilipended God hath bene offended and our City grieuously punished God auert his future further plagues turne his Iustice into mercy and giue vs grace by repentance to meet with his iudgements The Lord stirre vp the heart and blesse with all wisdome our prudent succeeding Salomon inspire with his spirit and giue fit ability cunning to Bezaleel Aholiab to promote the worke of the Tabernacle God rayse vp especially now trusty Chusa prouidēt Ioseph and iust Samuel bold Elias playne Iohn the Baptist instant Paul and feeding Peter and extirpate and explode wicked Achitophel couetous Iudas blind Elymas and paltry Magus and graunt that the Fig leaues of authority parentage selfe-loue flattery dessembling and fond fancies may be pulled off from Madam Psacentia● the noble Lady Verona may shew her liniaments in vninuested vnobscured nakednes so that with circumcised hearts and catechized soules we may euery one bring the Arke of God into our houses while we may that our houses may be blessed as those houses were where the Arke was and that this famous City with the Suburbs and adioyning Parishes now after their late sorrowfull sighing of that Hei mihi quanta de spe decidi may as it was sayd of Christ gustare post fella fauos to the glory of God the Church Common wealth and our priuate good And as by good desert induced it is my bounden duty I beseech the most Highest to stretch out his hand of protection defend receiue vnder the couerture of his wings and preserue your Worship and your vertuous Lady with those toward Imps your two gracious sonnes modest courteous daughters and to send with this my New-yeeres gift such as I haue to giue which I commend vnto you many new yeeres and continuall new and true ioyes benedictions and graces temporall corporall spirituall celestiall and eternall for his Christes sake Amen Your Worships in the Lord Thomas Burt Reu. 3. 14 And vnto the Angel of the Church of the Laodiceans write These things sayth Amen the faithfull and true witnesse that beginning of the creatures of God 15 I know thy works that thou art neyther cold nor hote I would thou werest cold or hote 16 Therefore because thou art luke-warme and neither cold nor hote it will come to passe that I shall spue thee out of my mouth 17 For thou sayest I am rich and increased with goods and haue neede of nothing and knowest not that thou art wretched and miserable and poore and blind and naked TO speake briefly of some and pretermit other circumstāces The Pen-man of this prophecy throughout the whole booke of the Reuelation is Iohn that diuine Eagle Eagle of diuinenesse one of the Lambes twelue Apostles The time when on the Lords day Apoc. 1.10 called the first day of the weeke 1. Cor. 6.2 The obseruation of this seuenth day is of diuine institution so hath bin from the beginning Acts 20.7 It is naturall morall and perpetuall God blessed the seuenth day and hallowed it The place in the I le of Pathmos lying in the Aegean sea whither Iohn was exiled by Domitian the Romane Emperour about the yere of our Lord 96. for the Words sake and for the testimony of Iesus Christ Apoc. 1.9 The Persons to whom are all the seruants of God Apoc. 1.1 Although but seuen Churches are mentioned yet vnder them all others are contayned The true end and vse of this booke is to publish to the world all things heerein cōtained as they must be orderly fulfilled euen to the end of the world Cap. 1.1 This Booke of the Reuelation may fitly be deuided into three visions as it were into three generall parts The first vision contained in the three first Chapters The second in the next eyght Chapters from the fourth to the twelfth And the last vision contayned in all the consequent Chapters from the twelfth to the end This Chapter then is part of the first vision containeth seuen Epistles written to the seuen Churches of Asia wherein the present estate of the Churches of Asia is most liuely described and in them the estate of all the Churches then militant on the face of the earth Foure things are contained in euery one of these Epistles First an Exordium or entrance into the matter Secondly a generall proposition Thirdly a narratiō Fourthly a conclusion The Exordium contayneth two things in euery Epistle First the person to whom Secondly the person from whom this Epistle is written The proposition and conclusion is in euery Epistle one and the same The narration put between them both consisteth of praise and disprayse admonitions reprehensions threates and promises This text then consisteth of three parts of this Epistle written to the Laodiceans the last of the seuen Churches First of Th'exordiū noting vnto whom it is written in these words And vnto the Angell of the Church of the Laodiceans write Secondly of the