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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12360	Ionah the messenger of Ninevehs repentance Set forth in his calling, rebellion, and punishment. By H.S.; Sixe sermons. Selections	Smith, Henry, 1550?-1591.	1637 (1637)	STC 22677.5; ESTC S112129	35,429	236

have pronounced this turne from their wickednesse I will repent of the plague that I thought to bring upō them Let us then O beloved of the Lord whosoever love the Lord Iesus be carefull to fulfill the condition and then confident not doubting of the performance of the promise by so much the more by how much the fewer we be and by how much the longer and clearer the Lord hath threatned most terrible judgements Now for the terror of the ungodly as many of them as repent onely when Gods hand is upon them and then humble themselves outwardly onely and that but onely when the fiercenesse of his wrath appeareth or else after they have escaped the feared judgement fall to their wonted wickednesse againe let them bee sure the strong and just God that consumed Nineveh slidden backe will overtake them also in wrath and for ever turne them over to ceaselesse woe For the greatnesse the beauty the strength and riches of Nineveh could not withstand the hand of God or keepe it from destruction but rather furthered and hastened it For with the more excellent ornaments that it was adorned by the Lord the more hainous and grievous in his sight was the abuse of them Therfore the hugenesse or the strength of this or any other Cittie cannot save it from the judgement of God being sinnefull in his sight Great Sodome is destroyed Gen. 19. great Iericho is destroyed Iosh 6. great Nineveh is destroyed great Ierusalem is destroyed 1 King 24. 25. and great Rome Rev. 18. 2. the roome of all uncleane spirits stayeth for her destruction like a whore that stayeth for her punishment till shee bee delivered and these were and shall bee punished for unthankfullnesse and contempt of the Word of God Yet Nineveh Iericho Sodome nor Rome have had halfe the Preaching that we have had yet we are unthankfull too then what have wee to looke for but when Sodome was burned Zoar stood safe Gen. 19. 21. when Ierusalem was destroyed Bethlehem stood still Ier. 41. 17. So the Lord doth alwaies provide for his people though he make never so great a slaughter and destruction amongst his enemies For the Lord because of his covenant doth alwaies provide for his chosen although they be but a remnant like the gleaning after harvest or like a cluster of Grapes on the top of the vine after the vintage and though there be never so great calamity or ttouble as wee see in the Booke of Gen. 45. Chap. when there was a great time of dearth and scarcity to come upon the land where Iacob was the Lord had sent Ioseph to provide for his Father Iacob lest hee should want bread hee or any of his sonnes and folkes and so ordered the matter that Ioseph was Treasurer over all the Corne in Aegypt And so among the Turkes and Spaniards and Infidels the Lord will finde meanes to do them good which unfainedly love him and in the dungeon in prison and in bonds yea and in death the godly shall finde GOD. FINIS Morning Prayer O Eternall God and mercifull Father which art the light that no man can attaine unto and yet by thy marvailous lightnesse drivest away the darknesse of the night and shaddow of death and by thy grace enlightnest all those that being in darknesse come unto thee I thy unworthy servant doe blesse and praise thy most holy Name for all the mercies and gracious benefits that from time to time I have received from thee and most humbly thanke thee that thou hast vouchsafed me this favour to passe this night in so quiet and comfortable rest and hast brought me againe to see and enjoy the light of the Morning And now I beseech thee O Lord of thy infinite goodnesse and mercy by the merits of my blessed Saviour that thy mercifull compassion may this day be extended to me that being enlightened with thy grace I may not be carried away by the power of darkenesse to spend this day after the lust and pleasures of my owne corrupt mind but that I may with all care and conscience follow thy Fatherly will which thou hast revealed unto me in thy holy Word Increase in me O Lord all spirituall gifts and graces and beat downe in mee all carnall and corrupt affections enable me by thy blessed Spirit in some measure both to withstand that which is evill and to performe what is good and pleasing unto thee and that neither by my owne negligence nor the power of any temptation which either the World the Flesh or the Divell shall present unto mee I bee driven away from a true faith but may lay hold of those gracious promises that thou hast made unto mee in Jesus Christ my Saviour Disperse O Lord the thicke mists and clouds of my sinnes which corrupt my soule and darken my understanding and wash them away I most humbly beseech thee in the precious bloud of thy Sonnes Passion that so I may be acknowledged for one of thine Elect when I shall appeare before thy Iudgement seate Give mee a will carefully to follow my vocation and let thy blessing bee upon me in the same blesse me in my body in my soule and in whatsoever belongs unto mee lighten my minde and inflame my heart with a love of those things that are good and as my body by thy power is risen from sleepe so my soule may daily be raised from the slumber of sinne and the darknesse of this world and so both together may enjoy that everlasting light which thou hast provided for thy Saints and purchased with the bloud of thy deare Sonne our Saviour Iesus Christ to whom with thee O Father and the blessed Spirit be all honour and glory for evermore Amen Evening Prayer O Almighty and everlasting God the Father of mercy and God of all consolation that by thy mercifull Providence defendest all those that walke before thee and put their trust in thee I poore and miserable sinner unworthy of the least of thy favours doe yet presume in the name and mediation of Iesus Christ to present my selfe before thee and to offer up this poore sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving unto thee that thou hast nourished and preserved me by thy power and hast guided and governed me by thy Word and Spirit and as for all other thy blessings so for that mercy that hath this day accompanied me whereby I have both beene preserved from many sinnes that the wickednesse of my nature was inclined unto and also delivered from many punishments that the sinnes that I have committed have deserved I most humbly beseech thee in the merits of Christ Iesus to pardon and forgive mee all my sinnes which eith●● in thought word or deed I have this day or any time heretofore committed against thee whether they be the sins of my youth or of my age the sinnes of omission or commission whether wittingly or ignorantly committed good Lord pardon them unto me and let them not cause thee this night as justly thou maist doe to take vengeance of me but bee mercifull unto mee O Lord in forgiving the evill I have committed in supplying the good that I have omitted in restoring mee to that which I have lost in healing my sores in lightning my blindnesse in clensing my filthinesse and in altering the whole course of my corrupt minde that I may bee delivered from that which is evill and enabled to performe that which is agreeable to thy blessed Will and Word And Lord as thou hast this day preserved and kept mee in safety so I most humbly beseech thee to protect mee this night from all danger both bodily and ghostly and to give mee such quiet and comfortable rest as may enable mee to walke on in that vocation wherein thou hast placed me and that I may both bee delivered from the darkenesse of this present night and may also escape that everlasting darkenesse which thou hast provided for those that without Repentance continue in their sinnes from which good Lord deliver me and all those that belong unto thee and that for the merits of the death and passion of my blessed Saviour Iesus Christ in whose Name I continue my prayers for my selfe and thy whole Church saying as he hath taught us Our Father c. O Lord prepare our hearts to Prayer O Lord God our heavenly Father wee thy poore and wretched creatures give thee most humble and hearty thankes for our quiet and safe sleepe and for raising us up from the same We beseech thee for Jesus Christs sake to prosper us this day in our labour and travell that it may be to the discharging of our duty in our vocations principally to thy glory next to the profit of this Church and Common-weale and last of all to the benefit and content of our Masters Grant deare Father that wee may cheerefully and conscionably doe our businesse and labours not as men-pleasers but as serving thee our God knowing thee to bee the chiefe Master of us and that thou seest and beholdest us with thy Fatherly eyes who hast promised reward to them that faithfully and truely walke in their vocation and threatned everlasting death and damnation to them that deceitfully and wickedly doe their workes and labours Wee beseech thee O heavenly Father to give us the strength of thy Spirit that godly and gladly wee may overcome our labours and that the tediousnesse of that irkesome labour which thou for our sinnes hast powred upon all mankinde may seeme to us more delectable and sweet Fulfill now O Lord these our requests for thy Sonne our Saviours sake in whose Name wee pray as he himselfe hath taught us Our Father which art in Heaven c. FINIS Obs Obs Obs Obs Obs Obs Jonah 4. 1 Obs Mat. 7 3. Obs Obs

IONAH THE MESSENGER OF NINEVEHS Repentance Set forth in his Calling Rebellion and Punishment By H. S. LONDON Printed by G. M. for G E. and are to be sold at the Grey-hound in Pauls Church-yard 1637. GOD sends the Prophet Ionah to proclaime His wrath against the proud Affirian Dame Arm'd him with thundring threats the trembler sailes Soone towards Tharsis but the storme prevailes And wrests the barke whilest sleepy Ionah lies Secure the jarring Saylors doe advise Who caus'd the tempest 't was for Ionahs sin They cast him o're the seas grow calme agin When we cast off our sins how soone our God Will calme our waies and burne his angry rod The Whale receiv'd him thus did God contrive Then spu'd the three-daies prisoner our alive O Lord if by thy Spirit thou wilt dwell With us we shall be safe although in Hell Now to the great Metropolis he goes Proclaimes his message vents the dismall woes That should befall within twise twenty daies Yet all repent and so the judgement staies True contrite prayers and such hea'nly charmes Are ropes so strong to tie th' Almighties armes Now peevish Ionah frets and needs would die As if God sent him for to vent a lie His pettish tricks are chek'd and then the Lord Convinceth him of folly by his Gourd THE CALLING OF IONAH IONAH 1. 1 2. The word of the Lord came unto Ionah the Sonne of Amittai saying Arise go to Nineveh that great City and cry against it for their wickednesse is come up before me I Shall not need to shew the authority of Prophets but concerning their differences they were of three sorts 1. Such as prayed for the people and received an answer these were called Seers Such was Samuel 1 Sam. 10. 9. 2. Such as expounded the Law as Isaiah Ieremy and the rest 3. Such as were since Christs time as Agabus Acts 11. 28. Ionah was of the second sort I might well chuse this Story for besides the compendiousnesse and perspicuity it best suites the state of this sinnefull age Ionah lived in the time of wicked Ieroboam the Sonne of Ioash 2 King 14. 24. Yet kept his integrity His name Ionah a Dove teacheth Innocency and his Fathers name Amittai truth that truth should bee every Preachers Father This History containes First Gods great mercy 1. To the Ninevites in sending a Prophet to convert them that they might be spared 2. To Ionah in preserving him notwithstanding his disobedience 3. To the Mariners in preserving them that they were then and for ever saved Secondly Ionahs fall and rising againe In his fall observe 1. His sinne 2. His punishment 1. His sin in Flying from God Murmuring Iustifying himselfe 2. His Punishment Manifold feares Casting into the Sea Swallowed of a Whale Reproofe and conviction In his rising consider 1. His Repentance 2. His Preservation 3. His Faithfull discharge of his duty The word of the Lord came c. Ionah went not without a speciall call and Commission None should goe before they are sent they must have their warrant as Aaron had Heb. 5. 4. None may ascend to Moses chaire that have not Moses rod and Moses spirit Came. The Prophets had not alwaies the Word with them as Nathan spake of himselfe 2 Sam. 7. 1 Chron. 17. and Elishaes ignorance of the Shunamites griefe 2 King 4. and Dan. 2. 30. Arise God findes us all sleeping we had need bee wakened They that call on others should first arise themselves Luke 22. 30. Not like Taylors that deck others and goe bare themselves but they must say follow me Goe God would not have any people untaught Psal 19. 1 2 3. Rom. 1. 19. Therefore he sent Noah to the old world Lot to Sodome Moses to Israel and here Ionah to Nineveh To Nineveh They that greive the Spirit quench the Spirit The Word was in Samaria they refusing it it went to Nineveh The Gospell was at Ephesus it is now come to England and it may depart from England 1 Cor. 10. 12. The Prophets thus departing from Samaria to Nineveh was 1 To shake off the dust of his feet against them for their obstinacy 2 To shew them that Gentiles were more righteous then they for they repented at the voice of 1 Prophet and 1 Sermon 3 To prefigure their rejection and the Gentiles calling Great Citty Nineveh had 1500. towers and 120000. little children in it as is noted in the end of this Story but the greater the more ungodly Multitude being oftentimes a meanes of seducing one another And cry against it Every Prophet is a Cryer as the Lord bids Isaiah Isa 48. 1. Lift up his voice They must be plaine and bold as if they sate in judgement Iohn Baptist was not onely a voice but the voice of a Cryer Luke 3. therefore Acts 2. the Holy Ghost came downe in fiery tongues but this fire is now quenched and these tongues tied up but men though they cannot speake can see a benefice when it falls though it be an 100. miles off and Pharaoh had more care of his sheepe then they of soules If people were not deafe and dull of hearing Ministers need not cry but are not yee commanded to heare as well as we to cry The Cock crowes when men are asleepe Yea the Cocke crowes and Peter still denies his Master Mat. 26. 70 72 74. It is sinne and sinne onely that provokes God to cry against us Our sinnes doe buffet God on every side as the Iewes did Christ therefore hee will not leave till hee have by crying slaine either you or your sinnes When God therefore cryes we should weepe considering wherefore he cries Reproofe is the necessariest office yet most abhorred as if he hated us that reproves us Yet God saith Lev. 19. 7. Thou shalt not hate thy brother but reprove him So that to flatter any in sinne is a manifest signe of hatred what love soever wee pretend since it tends to the hurt of their soules and offence of God Yea if a Preacher reproove sinne hee is thought to do it of hatred or some particular grudge expecting hee should preach the Gospell and bid him keepe his Text as if no Text in Scripture did reprove sinne but let him preach darke mysteries odd conceits or brainesicke dreames he is well come Balaams asse never spake but once and then he reprooved then if Balaams asse reproved Balaam how much more ought Balaam to reproove asses But perswade your selves though we seeme angry wee preach the Law to bring you to the Gospell wee preach Iudgement that ye may finde Mercy we preach Hell to bring you to Heaven Thus wee have heard Ionahs charge to cry But what should he cry The Papists say it was for their neglect of traditions which they gather out of the New Testament Ioh. 16. 12. Ioh. 21. 25. Acts 1. 3. 1 Tim. 6. 20. 2 Tim. 1. 13. 22. But his charge is expressed Chap. 3. 2. O that none