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A present for such as have been sick and are recovered, or, A discourse concerning the good which comes out of the evil of affliction being several sermons preached after his being raised from a bed of languishing / by Nathanael Vincent.
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Vincent, Nathanael, 1639?-1697.
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not at all taken notice of if his anger is not at all minded nor any course or care taken to appease it it will be blown up to the greater fierceness and this fire may quickly devour consume and having begun with thee make a speedy and utter end of thee 3. It concerns you to fear Him under whose Power you are and who is able to destroy both the Body and the Soul likewise Luk. 12. 4 5. And I say unto you my Friends Be not afraid of them that kill the Body and after that have no more that they can do But I will forewarn you whom you shall fear fear him who after he hath killed hath Power to cast into Hell yea I say unto you fear him His hands did make that Earthly House of your Tabernacle and he can bring it to the dust again Your Souls he can require when be pleases and if you dye in your Sins your Souls will be doom'd to the place where other damned Spirits are and they are lost beyond all hopes and possibility of recovery Oh! sanctifie the Lord of Hosts in whose hand you are under whose hand you groan by making him your fear and dread he can command both first and second death to seize on you Rev. 6. 8. And I looked and behold a Pale Horse and his Name that sate on him was Death and Hell followed with him Death is the King of Terrors but Hell is ten thousand times more terrible Oh! be afraid of that mighty hand which with one blow can both kill and damn you together You cannot secure your selves by Hiding by Flight or by Resistance for Gods Eye is all-seeing his Power and Hand is irresistible and extends it self all Heaven and Earth and Hell over therefore humbling your selves and Submission would be the best and wisest way that you can take 4. In this ill Case in which you are remember now your evil ways and your doings that have not been good Ezek. 36. 31. Then shall ye remember your evil ways and your doings that were not good and shall loath your selves in your own sight for your Iniquities and Abominations Your remembring of your Transgressions is one way to have God forget them loath your selves and he will not loath you condemning your selves is the way not to be condemned by him Humble your selves in the sight of the Lord and he will lift you up Jam. 4. 10. Oh smite upon your thighs and say What have we done How manifold are our Transgressions How mighty are our Sins What guilt have we incurr'd How monstrously black and foul are our Defilements What wrath have we provoked How hot and low a place in Hell have we deserved Innumerable Evils compass us about our Iniquities have taken hold upon us so that we are not able to look up they are more than the Hairs of our Heads therefore our Hearts fail us Psal 40. 12. See how deceitful polluting and damnable the Nature of Sin is call your selves by the right Name Fools foes to your selves Self-murtherers and Self-destroyers in giving way to Iniquity Be utterly displeased with your selves for sinning against God and wronging your own Souls and fall out with all sin for ever 5. Be Inquisitive what you must do to be saved You that are outwardly afflicted and also prickt in the Heart and wounded in your Consciences should very seriously inquire whether the door of Hope be not yet open to you and what course you must take to be saved from Sin and Wrath and to have your Peace with God made Indeed the Lord speaks confoundingly and terribly to wicked men in their Calamity Prov. 1. 26 27 28 29. I will laugh at your Calamity and will mock when your fear cometh when your fear cometh as Desolation and Destruction as a Whirlwind when Distress and Anguish cometh upon you then shall they call upon me but I will not Answer They shall seek me early but they shall not find me for that they hated Knowledg and did not chuse the fear of the Lord. And do you acknowledge that the Lord might justly speak such Language to you but withal know that these distressed Sinners had these cries extorted from them meerly by Calamity but had no desire to be turned from their Iniquities Therefore you that are brought very low by Affliction do not only cry to God to deliver you from your trouble but that he would also purge away your Sins for his Name sake Psal 79. 9. And let not your Disconsolate Spirits doubt for there is hope in Israel concerning you Psal 130. 7 8. Let Israel hope in the Lord for with the Lord there is Mercy and with him is plenteous Redemption and he will redeem Israel from all his Iniquities 6. Look upon God as accessible and reconcileable in a Mediator who is his beloved Son the Lord Jesus Christ has suffered once for Sins the just for the unjust that he might bring men to God 1 Pet. 3. 18. And God is in Christ reconciling the World to himself not imputing their Trespasses to them 2 Cor. 5. 19. Now then saith the Apostle We are Ambassadors for Christ as though God did beseech you by us we pray you in Christs stead be ye reconciled to God God is more forward to be at Peace with you then you are aware He intreats you to accept of that Pardon which you desire and so much need but fear you shall not obtain and if you value his favour in Christ and intreat it with your whole Heart you shall not die under his Displeasure Psal 119. 58. I intreated thy favour with my whole Heart be merciful to me according to thy Word Are you willing upon any terms to have the breach made up between God and you Do you consent to be any thing to do any thing to part with any thing which he would have you so you may be but His and He Yours a God in Covenant with you and a Father to you Then let your drooping Hearts revive for there is an Advocate with the Father Jesus Christ the Righteous who is the Propitiation for the Sins of the whole World 1 Joh. 2. 1 2. His Blood speaks better things than that of Abel cries louder for Mercy than your Sin can cry for Vengeance Here you may safely venture your Faith for Christs Blood is the Blood of him who is God as well as man and he is able to reconcile God and Men together and those men who have been never so much alienated and Enemies in their Minds by Reason of wicked Works Col. 1. 21. In your Affliction be sensible of Gods anger and readily grant the justness of it but do not look upon if as not to be appeased If you come to him by Jesus Christ you will find his Fury all gone Isa 27. 4 5. Fury is not in me let him take hold of my Strength that he may make Peace with me and he shall make Peace with me 7. Pray to be turned
learned the Word who does not believe it to be indeed the Word of God who cannot lie 2 Tim. 3. 16. All Scripture is given by Inspiration of God Mens Contradictions to the Word are audacious and damnable falshoods And if Angels from Heaven should speak contrary to it they must not have our Assent but our Anathema Gal. 1. 8. But though we or an Angel from Heaven preach any other Gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you let him be accursed They who have learned the Word of God perceive the Harmony of all its parts and believe the whole and are influenced by that belief for the certain Truth of the Word makes it most Encouraging and Comfortable to the Saints and with what Sweet Security do they rest upon it And the same Truth should make it very Terrible to all impenitent Sinners 2. Learning the Word implies an observing the Scope and Design of the Word of God now the Design and Scope of it is the Glory of God and Mans Happiness and Salvation God cannot have an higher end in what he does than Himself for he is above all therefore he has made and does all things for Himself and truly since of him and through him are all things he is worthy that all things should be referred to him and that in all things he should always be glorified Rom. 11. 36. For of him and through him and to him are all things to whom be Glory for ever Amen In Subordination to his own Glory the Lord designs mans wellfare Luk. 2. 14. Glory be to God in the Highest on Earth Peace good will towards men When the Word of God is truly learned great notice is taken of its design and the Learners aim is accordingly directed The Glory of God and mans truest good are inseparably conjoined So that this is past doubt when man most Minds Gods Honour he Minds most his own Interest and Happiness 3. Learning the Word implies taking due notice of the Purity and Holiness of the Word of God Psal 12. 6. The Words of the Lord are pure Words as Silver tried in a Furnace of Earth purified seven times The Psalmist saw this Purity and did not take offence at it but very much liked it and loved the Word the better for it Psal 119. 140. Thy Word is very pure therefore thy Servant loveth it God the Author of this Word is of Purer Eyes than to behold Iniquity no wonder that the Word is purer than to allow of any Iniquity The Word will not permit Sin in the Tabernacle Job 11. 14. If Iniquity be in thy Hand put it far away and let not wickedness dwell in thy Tabernacle The Word prohibits our contentedly Suffering Sin to ly upon our Brother Levit. 19. 17. Thou shalt not hate thy Brother in thy Heart thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy Neighbour and not suffer Sin upon him The hands must be cleansed and so must especially the Heart Jam. 4. 8. Draw nigh to God and he will draw nigh to you cleanse your Hands ye Sinners purifie your Hearts ye double minded If Sin commands the Tongue Religion is but vain if Sin be regarded in the Heart Prayer is to no purpose How excellent and pure is this Word of God! and those that learn it see both the Necessity and Excellency of Purity and Holiness and they hunger and thirst and follow after Righteousness and true Holiness 4. Learning the Word implies beholding wondrous things in the Word of God Psal 119. 18. Open thou my Eyes that I may behold wondrous things out of thy Law And V. 129. Thy Testimonies are wonderful therefore doeth my Soul keep them The Light which shines forth from hence is marvellous 1 Pet. 2. 2. That ye should shew forth the Praises of him who hath called you out of Darkness into marvellous Light The Mercy is amazing which saves from so much Sin prevents no less than endless Misery and brings those to Eternal Life who deserved to die the Eternal Death Jud. v. 21. Keep your selves in the Love of God looking for the Mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto Eternal Life That Wisdom which appears in the contrivance of Mans Redemption by Christ the Mediator is the Admiration of the elect Principalities and Powers Eph. 3. 10. To the intent that now unto thee Principalities and Powers in the Heavenly Places might be known by the Church the manifold Wisdom of God And the Love of God in Christ is most sweetly astonishing 'T is without Motive without Measure without Alteration its height and length and depth and breadth are past our reach and finding out And how highly are those who are interested in this Love advanced 1 Joh. 3. 1. Behold what manner of Love the Father hath bestowed upon us that we should be called the Sons of God! and all his Sons are heirs of Everlasting Glory 5. Learning the Word implies knowing the Truth as it is in Jesus Eph. 4. 20 21. But ye have not so learned Christ if so be that ye have heard him and been taught by him as the Truth is in Jesus To know the Truth as it is in Jesus is to know Christ himself and all Divine Truths with respect to Christ He is the Center in which all the Lines in Scripture meet If God be lookt upon without respect to this Mediator the remembrance of the Holy and Righteous and Almighty Jehovah must needs be terrible and confounding to guilty and defiled Sinners But the Knowledge of God in Christ is beneficial and reviving for in Christ he is accessible and a God in Covenant and how encouraging is the Knowledg of Duty when we look to Jesus because in Christ we have assisting Grace to do it sincerely and when 't is thus done in Him we have acceptance 1 Pet. 2. 5. Ye also as lively stones are built up a Spiritual House an Holy Priesthood to offer up Spiritual Sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ Though the House be Spiritual though the Priesthood be Holy though the Sacrifice be Spiritual yet 't is not upon their own but upon the account of Jesus Christ that they are acceptable Looking to Jesus we may look upon Sin and Misery without dismay nay with thankful Hearts for He saves from both and through him an abundant entrance is administred into the Everlasting Kingdom He has not learned the Word to any purpose who does not know that Christ is all in all and fills all in all 6. Learning the Word of God implies feeling the Power and Efficacy of this Word till the Spirit accompanies it and sets it home upon the Heart and there is an experience of its Power the Word is not aright learned 1 Thess 1. 5. Our Gospel came to you not in Word onely but in Power also and in the Holy Ghost and in much Assurance The Holy Ghost made you sensible of the Gospels Efficacy and its Efficacy assured you of its Divinity So 1 Thess 2. 13. Ye