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A67115 A sermon preached in London by a faithfvll minister of Christ, and perfected by him and now set forth to the publike view of all for the ivstification of the truth and clearing the innocencie of his long suffering for it. Walker, George, 1581?-1651. 1642 (1642) Wing W363; ESTC R27052 14,142 20

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penalties as trouble vexation imprisonment and losse of liberty or with hope of some preferment profit and gaine which they may reape by executing an unlawfull office they are ready to plead for themselves that they are excusable because they did take such oathes and doe execute such offices by command of Superiours and in obedience to authority and that otherwise they should forgoe a profitable office and trade which doth maintaine and enrich them and their Family and should be vexed troubled fined impoverished imprisoned and deprived of their libertie But let mee answer such in the words of Holy Iob chap. 27. 8. What is the hope of the Hypocrite that he hath gained when God taketh away his soule What will his gainefull office advantage him when God findeth and judgeth him guilty for profaning his holy Ordinance and taking his Name in vaine Yea our Saviour fully answereth such Hypocrites and discovereth the folly of such worldly Polititions in expresse words saying What is a man profited to gaine the whole World and lose his owne soule or what shall a man give in exchange for his soule Matth. 16. 26. All the liberty and freedome from bands and imprisonment all the worldly profits pleasures goods and wealth which men purchase and procure to themselves by their obsequious observing of great ones and obeying the authority and commandements of men in things contrary to the Word and Law of God will yeeld them no comfort at all but rather adde to their torment in that flaming fire wherein God will render vengeance to them and punish them with everlasting destruction from his presence and the glory of his power and shut them up with the Devill and damned spirits in the prison of blacknesse and darknesse for ever world without end Lastly whereas many who are wise in their owne conceit and most politicke for the world and in wordly matters when they are commanded as Doeg was by Saul his lawfull King to mangle murder and massacre the innocent servants of God and to oppresse and spoile them of goods lands and lives as the Nobles of Naboaths City were by Iezabels Letters written in Ahabs name and sealed with his Seale or to execute cruell and bloudy sentences given by Judges of unrighteousnesse under the name and colour of the Law by haling to prison torturing and punishing Christian people men and women as Saul did when he was a persecutor armed with Commission and Letters from the High Priests they perswade themselves and plead confidently that it is no sinne in them to doe such things though in themselves most unjust and contrary to the Law of God but that the sinne and guilt lyes wholly on their Superiours and on the Judges which by their authority and imperious commands doe impose upon them such executions and they the executioners shall never be called to account nor undergoe the punishment of just revenge from God Let all such be admonished by this Doctrine that this their plea and perswasion will never excuse them before God but as they have an hand in wicked workes and are executioners of cruell and ungodly sentences so they shall have their share in the just punishments of such heinous transgressions and the righteous and supreme Judge will cause just vengeance to be executed on them also It is true that seducors and perswaders of others to sinne and all they who by their power and authority feare and awe cause others to commit wickednes as they are cheife Authours there of next under the Divill the Father of all iniquity and the blood of those whome they haue seduced compelled and caused to transgresse Gods holy Commandements shall ly heavy upon them and God will certainly require it at their hands so shall they chiefly bear the curse and punishment But they who are seduced and led by them through blind obedience shall not escape but shall also fall with them into the pit of destruction And all they who are voluntarily instruments of cruell oppression violence or any wickednesse they shall undoubtedly dye and perish in those sinnes of which they are partakers with them who set them on worke to doe wickedly there is no way for them to escape Gods revenging curse but by godly griefe and sorrow to repentance and by seeking and finding pardon in Christ Wherefore behold your folly and wilfull madnesse yee worklly Polititions who are so wise to worke your owne ruine who by vaine excuses and subtile fallacies of fleshly reason doe blinde your owne eyes and hardon your hearts not to repent Alas what comfort will it be to you that your great Lords whom you feared and obeyed and the unrighteous Judges whose cruell sentences yee executed doe chiefely beare the curse and punishment of that cruelty injustice and iniquity which they acted by your hands what ease or mitigation of sorrow paine and griefe will it be to you that you see them leade the way and goe before you when you also follow them at the heeles and dance after them attendance unto Hell there to remaine for ever in the lake which burnes with fire and brimstone where the worme dyeth not and the fire never goeth out but burneth eternally and is unquenchable world without end From which wrath and eternall woe the Lord deliver us for his mercies sake and through the meritorious satisfaction of the Lord Jesus Christ our Redeemer and Saviour To whom with the Father and the blessed Spirit be all glory honour and praise now and for ever Amen ●INIS Doct. Reason Vse 1. Vse 2.