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A counter-plea to an apostataes [sic] pardon A sermon preached at Paules Crosse vpon Shroue-Sunday, February 15. 1617. By Robert Sibthorpe, preacher of the Word of God at Waterstratforde in Buckingamshire.
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Sybthorpe, Robert, d. 1662.
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By troupes Impudency Custome hauing confirmed them so shamelesse in sinning as that they not onely proclaime theyr impiety in the eares of theyr Abettors and a They were as fed horses c. ver 8. beastlike communicate their contamination with their Associates but euen publish their impuritie to the eyes of the offended obseruers declaring their sinnes as Sodeme and hide it not Isay 3.9 But like Zimri and Cosby in the very doore of theyr Tents when Israel wept before the Taberuacle Numb 25.6 Or like Absolon that pitcht his tents vpon the very roofe of the Pallace to demonstrate in the eyes of Israel his corrupting of his Fathers Fathers Concubines 2. Sam. 16.22 So they not onely in the Euening or at Twilight or in the blacke and darke of the night when they may flatter themfelues that none doe see them Like Solomons Foole with his Female Prou. 7.9 to 1. But euen then that I may not say now when the Congregations are assembled to sorrow for this sinne doe not onely b Ezech. 33. stand single by the Walles of the streetes and in the doores of theyr Houses but euen by troupes haunt Harlots Houses Adeo qui cum periit semel redire nescit periit pudor So farre hath shame which being lost can seldome be regayned forsaken them so fast flock they by troupes vnto those Houses Where shamelesse is the Sewer Whos 's vnparralelde Impudency not once to be vnapparelled for the vgly apparitioÌ„ lest it should enforce me to breake the bounds of modesty in ripping vp those deunes of darkenesse I will onely Mathematically describe vnto you a threefold situation of such sinckes of sinne that so you may the speedilier addresse an Inquisition for the suppressing of them if any there be as many there were in Iudah and Ierusalem 1. The first Iosh 2.1.15 Vpon the towne wall where they had their secret passage through Windowes 2. The second Iudg. 16.4 In a Valley by a Brooke side where they might haue entercourse without obseruing 3. The third 1. Reg. 3.16 A couple of Victualers in the City where vnder pretente of Repast they might repose more freely And so by troupes assemble them selues in Harlots Houses Assembled Here Pertinacity Is the last circumstance which aggrauates this sin which is Pertinacity For as woe shall be vnto those which haue lost a Greg. Mag mort in Iob. lib. 1 super his verbis Sic faciebat Iob assi â—ue Perseuerantian Theyr Perseuerance is good Eccles 2.14 So no lesse wee shall bee vnto those who will not leaue Pertinaciam their Pertinacity in euill Whereas Looke how without Perseuerance no Vertue is auayleable vpon reuolting So without Pertinacitie no sinne is vnpardonable vpon Repenting And therefore if any haue fallen b The Kinges Bible reades ouertaken in a fault c. vpon occasion as the Apostle calles it Gal. 6.1 That is to say Through c Heming in loc Luther in Gal Infirmity into any of these sinnes Let him take heede how hee haunt them that is to say continue obstinately a Gen. 9.21 Noah b Gen 19.33 to 36. Loth c Gen. 38.15.16 Iudath d 2. Sam. 11.4 15 11.13 Dauid e Math. 26.70 to 75. Peter They all fell but they haunted them not And peraduenture as Isidore affirmes Vtile sit arrogantibus deseri à Deo quatenus suae infirmitatis conscii ad humilitatem redeant vt humiles post lapsum existant God may see it sometimes profitable for the proud to bee forsaken of him for a season to the end that experimentally vnderstanding theyr owne inability they may after theyr fall humble themselues with the greater feruencie But let them take heede That they draw not iniquity with coardes of vanity and sinne as it were with Cartroapes Isai 5.18 That they haunt not that by which they haue harmde For then Woe shall bee vnto them Whereas otherwise if they forsake their sinne conuert and cry for merey f Let no Nouatian or Puritane say as it was obiected against S. Augustine That wee giue a gappe to sinne when wee offer a hauen of safety to euery repentant sinner for to those that deny it we reply with Constantine to Acestus Erege tibi scalum Acest adcoelum solus afcende Erect a Stayre Atesius for thy selfe and climbe to Heauen alone without a slippe So Meridith Hanmir translates 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Euseb Hist Eccles l. 6. c. 42. vide Epiphan Tom. 1. Hares 59. Socrat lib. 4 c. 7. 2. Aug. Hâ—m 27. Ecclesia nunquam claudet gremium redeunti And Christ came not to call the Righteous but sinners to Repentance Math 9.13 Yea he will admit Repenting Publicanes and Harlots into the kingdom of heauen before self-Iustifying Scribes and Pharisees Math. 21.31 Where else had Tamar stoode in the g Math. 1.3 Line of Christ for all her h Gen. 38.25 Tokens What i Iosh 2.18.21 redde list could haue rescued Rahab k Iosh 6.17.20 when the Walles of Ierico fell downe flat to giue the enemies entrance What l Luc. 7.38 Riuers of teares might haue wasted Mary Magdalen from m Ioh. 8 4. to 12. the cape of condemation so neare vnto the hauen of Heauen As be to the first that beheld a Ioh. 20 15.16 our SAVIOVRS Resurrection Yea what b 1. Reg. 5.10.11 Abanah Pharphar or Iordan could haue purified all the Fornicators Idolaters Adulterers effeminate Persons Abusers of themselues with mankind Theeues Couetous Persons Drunkards Raylors and Extortioners which without Repentance were not capable of the Kingdome of Heauen yea and to bee bolde in the Apostles wordes to conuerted Christians Euen some of you which somtime were such but that after RepentaÌ„ce you are now washed and sanctified and iustified in the Name of the LORD IESVS CHRIST and by the Spirit of our GOD 1. Cor. 6.9.10.11 Oh therfore whosoeuer you be that haue c Wisd 5.7 wearied your selues in the way of these wickednesses and destruction and haue not hitherto knowne the way of the Lord Cast away from you all your transgressions whereby yee haue transgressed and make you a new heart and a new spirite â—or why will yee dye O house of Israel sith I haue no pleasure in the death of him that dyeth sayeth the Lord Wherefore turne your selues and liue yee Ezech. 18.31 Returne Returne d Sunâ—rites quippe captiuae interpretatue c. Que infidelitatis iugo a Daemembus captiuatur c. Greg. Mag. in Cant O Shunamite Returne returne that he may looke vpon thee Cant. 6.13 Euen with that eye of Compassion by which when none other pitties thee yet hee may say vnto thee Liue Ezech. 16.5.6 And whilest thou leauest thy old haunts e Leuit. 19.30 frequentest his house forsakest thy swearing and f Psal 42.4 reuorencest his Sanctuary turnest thy Troupes that haunted Harlots Houses g Psal 42. vbi su into multitudes that keepe his Holy day thy sloath into his seruice thy wantonnesse to warmnesse thy disobedience to dutifulnesse thy a Ioel. 27.19 Idolatry to deuotion thy prophane speeches to prayses thy Periury to Prayers thy b Luc. 21 34. Mark 13.33 drunkennesse to watch for the day of Doome and thy c Greg Mag. homan Aug. sinnes to sacrifices He will finde a meanes How to pardon thee for this Which God graunt of his mercies for his Sonnes Merites through the powerfull Operation of the Holy Ghost which only prepares man to Repentance To which Trinity in Vnity and Vnity in Trinity be ascribed d Apoc. 4.11 5.12.13 al glory power prayse might and Maiestie by the conuerts in this Church vpon Earth as there is e Luk. 15.10 Reioising at their Conuersion by the Angels in that Church in Heauen from this time forth for euermore Amen FINIS