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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A05342	A sermon preached before his Maiesty at Windsore, the 19. of Iuly. 1625. By Henrie Leslie, one of his Maiesties chaplaines in ordinary	Leslie, Henry, 1580-1661.	1625 (1625)	STC 15494; ESTC S108502	20,921	41

A SERMON PREACHED BEFORE HIS MAIESTY at Windsore the 19. of Iuly 1625. By HENRIE LESLIE one of his MAIESTIES Chaplaines in Ordinary ●●●V 28.14 〈…〉 his heart shall fall into Euill IER 45.4 Thus saith the Lord Behold that which I haue built will I breake downe and that which I haue planted will I plucke vp euen this whole land and seekest thou great things for thy selfe OXFORD Printed by I. L. and W. T. for WILLIAM TVRNER Anno Dom. 1625. TO THE RIGHT HONOVRABLE IAMES EARLE OF CARLILE 〈◊〉 OF DONCASTER BARON OF SALEY one of his Majesties most honorable Privy Councell Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter RIght Honourable and my singular good Lord when I preached this Sermon I applyed my selfe to this time of affliction studying more to profite then please yet it did receiue a greater approbation from all than any thing could deserue that proceeded from my weakenesse And your Honour was pleased to demaund a Copie of it which I here humbly present vnto You in a poore and plaine stile as it was preached beseeching your Lordship to take in good part this small offering from him who shall alwayes pray for Your Honours prosperitie in this life and happines hereafter Your Honours in all dutie Henrie Leslie A Table of the Contents The Text diuided 1 the Euil hardnesse of heart which signifies 1 The drynesse of the Soule 2 The stiffenesse of the VVill. 3 the senslesnesse of 1 the mind 1 Not vnderstanding the word 2 Vnderstanding the word but not being moued thereby 3 Being moued but not effectually 4 Being prouoked to doe the contrary 2 the cōscience being 1 The broad conscience 2 The sleeping conscience 3 The slumbring conscience 4 The benūmed conscience 3 of the affections which is 1 Carnall securitie 2 Senselesse indolencie 3 Worldly sorrow 2 the cause of this euil diuers according to the diuerse hardening 1 Naturall from our first Parents 2 Iudiciary from God hardening 1 Privatiuely 1 Forsaking them 2 Permitting them 3 Not punishing them 2 Actiuely 1 By outward obiects 2 By themselues 3 By Satan 4 By his invisible power 3 Voluntary from our selues men hardening their hearts by a custome of sinne 3. The Remedies against this Euill which are set downe Eight in number A SERMON PREACHED BEFORE HIS MAIESTY HEB. 3.8 Harden not your hearts THis Apostle was inspired by the Holy Ghost 2 Cor. 7.40 yet here that his words might haue the more authoritie he alleageth the saying of the Holy Ghost Wherefore as the Holy Ghost saith To day if ye will heare his voice harden not your hearts This saying of the Holy Ghost is by the mouth of Dauid Psal 95.7 So that the author of this exhortation makes it fit for this place it being the meditation of a King the repetition of it makes it fit for this time time for was such a caveat needfull not only in Davids time but also afterwards in the Apostle's time is it not much more necessary at this time when God by his judgments doth call vs to weeping and to mourning Isa 22.12 and to baldnesse and to girding with sackcloth Giue me leaue therefore to redouble this exhortation vnto you Harden not your hearts Wherein we may consider these three particulars 1 The euill to be auoided and that is hardnesse of heart 2. The cause of this euill which my text seemeth to ascribe vnto our selues saying Harden not your hearts 3 The remedies to be vsed against this euill that our hearts may not be hardened The first will serue for conviction the second for information the third for direction As for the first the euill to be auoided is called hardnesse of hearts And what this is is not easie to be vnderstood For besides that the phrase is metaphoricall this euill is of that nature that it taketh away the sense and knowledge of sinne Eph. 4.18 it is said of the Gentiles their vnderstanding was darkened and why because of the hardnesse of their hearts So that this point of hardening is not vnderstood because our owne hearts are hardened But if we take and weigh it in the ballance of the Sanctuary there we shall finde many equivalent phrases which will helpe vs to finde out the nature and the weight of this euill In Scripture it is called the brasen brow Isa 48.4 The iron sinew ibid. the spirit of perversenesse Isa 19.14 The spirit of slumber or the Spirit of compunction Isa 29.10 The Wine of giddines Psal 60.3 Spirituall drunkennesse Isa 29.9 the seared Conscience 1. Tim. 4.2 the hard necke 2 King 17.14 the stiffenecke Deut. 31.27 the vncircumcised heart and eare Act. 7.58 the face harder then a stone Ier. 5.3 the fatte and grosse heart Isa 6.10 blinded eyes Ioh. 12.40 Dull or heauy eares Isa 6.20 The reprobate mind Rom. 1.28 The stonie heart Ezech. 11.19 The heart of Adamant Zach. 7.12 and finally stubbornesse of heart Ier. 13.10 Now compare we hardnes of heart with these the like phrases and we shall find that a hard heart is nothing else but a soule that is confirmed in sinfull courses But that we may better vnderstand the seuerall kinds and degrees hereof let vs examine from whence this speach is borrowed The heart when it is said to be hard is taken sometimes for the whole soule sometimes for the mind sometimes for the will sometimes for the conscience other whiles for the affections according to the seuerall acceptions of the word hardnes which is the quality ascribed to the heart and that not properly but metaphorically The metaphore is taken either from a stone as the Scripture seemes to imply calling our hearts not only hard but also stonie for the hardnes of a stone is accompanied with great drynesse also the hardnesse of it makes it stiffe and inflexible not apt to bow or bend In all which it greatly resembleth the corruption of the heart Or els the Metaphore is from that Callum or hard thicke skin which couereth the hand of the labourer and the heele of the traveller For as that is void of all sense and feeling so is the heart in this state of corruption And that this is the allusion may appeare by the Phrase must commonly vsed in the New Testament to signifie hardnesse of heart It is called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifieth the thicke skin that couereth the palmes of the hands and the feete or the hardnes that is in the ioynts and the small bones that are the instruments of motion making thē stiffe senselesse and benummed Hence those members that are thus obdured are called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 but it matters not whence the Metaphore is taken for certainly it is from things corporall whereof onely hardnesse is an affection And wheresoeuer it is it hath these three properties 1. Drynesse that which is hard is dry not hauing any moisture to soften it 2. Stiffenesse and inflexiblenesse for saith the Philosopher