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A48847 A sermon preached before the King at White-Hall, March 6, 1673/4 by William Lloyd ... Lloyd, William, 1627-1717. 1674 (1674) Wing L2708; ESTC R20362 14,668 37

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Righteousness and Holiness Our Spirit being thus quickned and renewed becomes Active and hath its work upon all the inferiour Faculties it bestirs it self to fill the room of those Lusts which God has chas'd out of our Hearts it changes the Work of every Part to an unspeakable Advantage it never rests till it has the whole Body to offer up as a living Sacrifice holy and acceptable to God But its chief Work is on the Affections which while they were Servants to the Flesh commanded under it and were the Instruments of its Tyranny over the whole Man when God has set them at liberty they are as able to fight on his side and to make them as willing that is the work of the Spirit Between God and the World St. John shews you the opposition 1 John ii 15 c. All that is in the World says the Apostle is the Lust of the Flesh the Lust of the Eye and the Pride of Life As 't is the business of our Lusts to engage our Affections to the World so those Lusts being mortified as you have heard 't is the work of a renewed Spirit to convert all those Affections to God What is the Pride of Life but an Affection to worldly Honour and Greatness The Affection being mortify'd to that the New Creature exalts to true Honour and Greatness No such Honour no such Greatness as this to be the Child of God and to bear the Image of God To which Image Sin is so contrary that it is only Reproachful only worthy of our Scorn and our Disdain The Child of God aims at no other Glory but that of God which we advance and that from God which we are sure to receive by Well-doing The Lust of the Flesh is the Affection irregularly set on worldly and carnal Mirth and Pleasure The Affection being mortifi'd to that is for Mirth and Pleasure still but only such as is worthy of a good Man and of a true Child of God If this Affection ever hated Melancholy before 't is more freed from it than ever when converted to God 'T is entertain'd with the continual Feast of a good Conscience a Feast that consists not of Meat and Drink but of Righteousness and Peace and Joy in the Holy Ghost It has the Love of God which is infinitely above the Love of Women It has within it self the matter of eternal Thanksgivings and some Tastings of those Joys of the Blessed whose work it is to Praise God for Evermore The Lust of the Eyes is an Affection set either on Revenge or on Covetousness 'T is the business of Revenge to see ones Will upon his Enemies The Affection being mortify'd to that has its exercise still though it has no Enemies For as Tertullian says A Christian is no Mans Enemy But he hates and declares against the Enemies of God that is not against Persons but Sins against Atheism and Profaness and whatsoever it be that dishonours God that affronts his Name that disgraces his Worship that defaces his Image Truth and Holiness the best Image of God amongst Men. And what is Covetousness but an Affection irregularly set upon worldly Goods still craving and saving for an uncertain Future The Affection being mortify'd to that the renewed Spirit sets before it a certain Future a lasting Future that is and will be the same to Eternity the Affection cannot be too intent upon that no Provision can be excessive for that no Care can be too great to preserve it nor Watchfulness against him that would rob us of it There is but one that can rob us of it that is Sin the Affection cannot be too watchful against Sin There is but one Provision will do us good that is Good Works the Affection cannot be too intent upon Good Works O wise and happy Covetousness of that true Riches which will neither be lost nor left behind but will follow us and be with us for ever This then is True Mortification of the Deeds of the Flesh When a Sinner being Convinc'd of the Evil of his VVay reflecting on his Guilt and apprehending his Danger seeing the Jaws of Destruction open before him applies himself humbly to the Methods of God abstains from his Sin takes all that God prescribes waits on God for the Effect in Supplication and Prayer God is pleased to give him the Conquest of his Lusts sets him free from the Bonds of Death creates in him a New Heart and a New Spirit which being purged from its Filth finds a New Current for its Affections sets them wholly on things Spiritual and Eternal The Whole Man being thus transformed to the Image of God in Goodness and Holiness and Truth He whose Eternal Delight is in these Lineaments of Himself delights and dwells in that Man whom he has thus consecrated to Himself by his Spirit What remains but that it should be our Care for the future not to Grieve that Good Spirit of God but to Rejoyce him with Good Works that we also may Rejoyce with him and in him Enjoying that Blessed Estate of Spiritual Life here Preparing and Waiting for the full Possession of Eternal Life hereafter FINIS Some Books Printed for Henry Brome since the Dreadful Fire in London DR William Lloyd ' s Sermon before the King against the Papists His Sermon at the Funeral of John Lord Bishop of Chester A Seasonable Discourse against Popery A Reasonable Defence of the Seasonable Discourse The Difference between the Church and Court of Rome considered The Papists ●●●t Or Their Way to gain Proselytes Answered by Ch. Gataker Dr. Heylin on the Creed Folio A Sermon at the Assizes at Reading By Joi Sayer M. A. Mr. Stanhopp ' s Four Sermons on several Occasions Mr. Hampton ' s Assize-Sermon Mr. Tho. Tanner ' s Sermon to the divided and scattered Members of the Church A Sermon at the Funeral of Dr. Turner Dean of Canterbury By Dr. Du Moulin Education and Governing of Children of all Conditions By Dr. Du Moulin The Controversial Letters or Grand Controversie concerning the pretended Authority of Papists over the Whole Earth Popery Manifested Or the Papist Incognito made Known Toleration discussed The Second Edition Enlarged By R. L'Estrange Esq. The Vindication of the Clergy Manudictio ad Coelum or a Guide to Eternity Extracted out of the Writings of the Holy Fathers and Antient Philosophers Written originally in Latin by John Bona.