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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A73885	Divers select sermons on severall texts Viz. 1. Of quenchiug [sic] the spirit. I Thessalon. 5.16. 2. Of the sinners suite for pardon. 2 Sam. 24.10. 3. Of eating and digesting the Word. Ier. 15.16. 4. Of buying and keeping the truth. Prov. 23.23. Preached by that reverend and faithfull minister of the word, Ier. Dyke, late preacher of Epping in Essex. Finished by his owne pen in his life time, and now published by his sonne Dan. Dyke Master of Arts.	Dyke, Jeremiah, 1584-1639.; Dyke, Daniel, 1617-1688.; Dyke, Jeremiah, 1584-1639. Heart-smitten sinner's suite for pardon.; Dyke, Jeremiah, 1584-1639. Of quenching, and not quenching of the spirit.; Dyke, Jeremiah, 1584-1639. Purchase and possession of the truth.; Dyke, Jeremiah, 1584-1639. Right eating and digesting of the Word.	1640 (1640)	STC 7414; ESTC S124520	150,541	441

with a great deale of anguish And what will a man doe in such a case The first thing hee will doe for his ease is to plucke out the sting the Hornet hath left behinde For if a man apply medicines for ease yet if the sting be still sticking in his flesh medicines are in vaine So when the conscience is stung and throbs and rages the way is first to plucke out the sting out of the conscience Nothing can take away the sting out of the conscience but pardon Pardoning grace onely can fetch that out therefore when thy conscience is stung and doth paine and vex thee let that be the first thing and let is bee done speedily too to seeke to God for the pardon and remission of thy sinne That will take out the sting and when the sting is out there will follow present ease Secondly marke what Davids suite Doct. 2 to God is Take away I beseech thee take away the iniquity of thy servant Learne then what is a maine thing that concernes every sinner to looke after and labour for A maine thing that above all others a sinner should looke after and take thought and care for is the pardon and remission of his sinnes Our Saviour in the forme of prayer by him prescribed teaches us to pray but sixe petitions and amongst those sixe the fift is forgive us our trespasses and observe with what petition it is coupled Give us this day our daily bread And forgive us Two things may be there observed 1. First hee subjoynes petition for pardon to petition for bread 2. Secondly hee couples and conjoynes them In the three first petitions one petition is subjoyned to another but not conjoyned to the other Hallowed be thy Name thy Kingdome come c. hee saith not And thy Kingdome come And thy will be done But here these are coupled Give us c And forgive us And this to teach us that there is as great necessity of pardon for eternall life as of bread for temporall That we stand in as much need of a forgiving God for our soules as of a giving God for our bodies So also that wee should bee no lesse thoughtfull and carefull for pardon of sinne than men are for bread That wee should beg as hard and toyle as hard for the pardon of sinne as for bread to maintaine life The Lord Hos 24.2 prescribes his people a prayer and that hath but two petitions and this is not onely one of them but the first of them Take away all iniquity and give us good Agur put up but two petitions to God and these were the petitions that he meant to put up to his dying day Prov. 30.7 Two things have I required of thee deny them mee not before I dye that is two things I have beg'd and will not leave begging to my dying day and one of these two and the first of these two things that he would beg to his dying day was the pardon of his sinnes v. 8. Remove farre from me vanity and lyes As if he should say Lord be mercifull unto mee in the pardon of my sinnes So that there is no thought nor care that should take up a mans time and paines all his life long as this how to get the pardon of our sinnes It is the greatest mercy that can be showne us It is true that wee live wholly upon mercy that we have a being it is mercy that wee have any comfortable being it is mercy mercy that we have food to put into our bellies mercy that wee have clothes to put upon our backs mercy that we are freed frō many sorrowes sadnesse and heavy crosses that others lye under all is mercy but yet lay all together and they are nothing to the mercy that is in pardon of sinne that is the greatest mercy that can be shewed Psal 51.1 According to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions See then that it is mercy that must blot out transgressions nay it is tender mercy nay it is a multitude of tender mercies that blots out and forgives sinne And therefore it being so great a mercy our cares should be suitable and proportionable to it The greater the mercy is the greater should a mans care be to get a share in that mercy Vse 1 First if pardon of sinne be a thing of such concernement the maine thing that a sinner should looke after then let us make it our great care and the great endeavour of our lives to get the pardon of our sinnes It is wofull to see our negligence and security in this point What is there in all the world that concernes men to looke after more and yet what is there that men looke after lesse than the pardon of their sinnes No care no thought no time no paines too much or enough for getting goods riches and the necessaries of this life but how rare and infrequent are mens cares thoughst for the pardon of sin All our cares are wasted and expended upon these trifles but for this one thing that is necessary scarce one serious thought in the whole yeere Who will shew us any good that string men harpe upon But who will shew us the way to get the pardon of our sinnes that 's a question rarely asked It is too true that men have not that care for their soules they have for their bruit beasts for their very Hogs and Dogges Luc. 14.5 Which of you shall have an Asse or an Oxe fallen into a pit and will not straight way pull him out Nay if it were a Swine nay if a Dogge hee should be pul'd out and pull'd out straight way Such care and such compassions would wee with haste shew unto these vile and base creatures But how often doe mens soules fall into the pit even into the pit of Hell and Death by their sinnes and yet no care nor compassion to pull them out much lesse to pull them out straightway But for any care or conscience is taken there their poore soules may lye and rot in the pit A miserable thing that a man should shew more care and pitie to his Swine than to his soule It being therefore the maine thing a sinner should labour for to get his sinne taken away be we exhorted in Gods fear to make this our maine care Spend lesse time and care upon the world upon your profits and your pleasures squander not out your cares time and paines upon these vanities these nothings Spend some time spend some care some paines upon your poore soules in getting their sinnes pardoned Let Job's thoughts be ours Job 7.20 21. So say wee Alas I have sinned and am a guilty person before God What shall I doe unto God What course shall I take that my sinne may be pardoned Oh Lord that I had an heart to seeke out for my pardon Sayes Job And why doest thou not pardon my transgressions and take away mine iniquity Hee speakes as if hee had beene

her iniquity is pardoned As if hee should say I will take away your iniquities and so make way to that mercy your sinnes shall be pardoned and so shall be no hindrance to you And so when the palsey man came to bee healed what was it that made the way to that mercy So soone as Christ sees him hee sayes not Sonne be of good comfort thy palsey is cured but Be of good comfort thy sinnes are forgiven thee and then when that is done then Arise take up thy bed and walke The pardon of sinne made way for the cure of his palsey And so David makes that the in-let of his bodily health Psal 103.3 Who forgives all thine iniquities who heales all thy diseases Davids diseases were healed and what made way for the healing of them who forgives all thine iniquities Pardon of sinne makes way for this blessing See Isa 38.17 where King Hezekiah confesseth it had made way for the same to him Behold saith hee for peace I had great bitternesse but thou hast in love to my soule delivered it from the pit of corruption for thou hast cast all my sinnes behinde thy backe Nay for health to an whole Land Isa 33.24 The inhabitant of the Land shall not say I am sicke The Land shall be free from contagious infectious pestilentiall epidemicall diseases That 's a great blessing but what shall make way for such a mercy The people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity And therefore when David sets himselfe to praise God for being a God that heard prayer hee makes this the ground of it Psal 65.2 Blessed be thy name that hast heard my prayer Oh how could God heare thy prayer when thou hadst many sinnes which covered God with a cloud that thy prayer should not passe thorow as Lam. 3.44 Answ It is true vers 3. Mine iniquities had prevailed against mee and they had kept good things from mee and brought evill things upon mee but yet for all that God heard my prayer and to make way for hearing my prayer As for our transgressions thou shalt purge them away and so make way for hearing prayer and doing mee good This should be a strong motive to us to get our sinnes taken away and pardoned Wee stand in need of good to be given us daily To have the Gospel and peace continued it is a wonderfull great good and happinesse to have the land healed and the plague removed and stayed from rising and spreading it is a good wee begge of God and faine would have it There is a way to have it and to have God give us this good but men doe not will not take the course to get this good If our sinnes were pardoned God would give this good of the continuance of the Gospell and peace If our sinnes were pardoned God would give this good of good and seasonable weather would give this good of healing the Land and staying the plague Now then as we would have God doe these things for us so let us get the pardon of our sinnes We pray for these mercies if wee would have them let us take heed that our iniquities prevaile not against us And as wee would not have our iniquities prevaile against our prayers so let our first care be to have them purged away and pardoned Wee may pray for such mercies as wee neede wee may pray for the staying and removing of the plague till our hearts ake and we shall never prevaile so long as our iniquities prevaile against us And they will prevaile against us to bring on the plague and other judgements if wee doe not get them pardoned So long as the people of the Land have not their iniquities forgiven them wee cannot looke for it that the inhabitants of of the Land of the Citie should not say we are sicke But so long as wee get not sinne pardoned so long as that reignes untaken away so long we shall say wee are sicke that our Townes and Cities are sicke of the plague of pestilence Behold I will bring it heatlh and cure and I will cure them and will reveale unto them the abundance of peace and truth And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity whereby they have sinned against mee and I will pardon all their iniquities whereby they have sinned and whereby they have transgressed against me Jer. 33.6.8 That 's the way to get health and cure Thirdly it is that which seasons and sweetens all other mercies comforts and contentments wee enjoy which makes all mercies sweet which makes all comforts savoury The want of pardon imbitters all comforts and makes a mans soule abhorre them all Looke upon a man that is in distresse of conscience under the sense of Gods anger and in feare of condemnation what joy and contentment takes that man in any thing hee hath wife children houses lands wealth riches what comfort takes hee in them all It is with a man in this case as it was with that of Haman Esth 5.11 12 13. And Haman told them of the glory of his riches and the multitude of his children and all the things wherein the King had promoted him and how hee had advanced him above the Princes and servants of the King Haman said moreover Yea Esther the Queene did let no man come in with the King unto the banquet that shee had prepared but my selfe and to morrow am I invited unto her also with the King Yet all this availeth mee nothing so long as I see Mordecai the Iew sitting at the Kings gate All gave him no content so long as Mordecai sate at the Kings gate So here though a man have all these comforts and be up to the chin in them all yet will a mans conscience that wants pardon be working and speaking thus if it be awakened I have such and such comforts yet all this availes me not so long as sinne lyes before the doore so long as my sinne lyes unpardoned I stand in a state of guilt and wrath and what know I but I shall goe to Hell and bee damned and so long as my condition is such what am I the better for house land wife children what tell you me of riches and wealth and these trifles when Gods curse and vengeance hangs over my head and is ready for ought I know to fall upon mine head every moment and to arrest me and drag me to hell there to be in torment for ever But then mercies are mercies indeed then they are sweet indeed when they come swimming to us in the streame of Christs blood when they come with a pardon in their hand Behold sayes David to Ziba Thine are all that pertained to Mephibosheth Take thou all his lands and see how hee answers 2 Sam. 16.4 I humbly beseech thee that I may finde favour in thy sight c. As if hee should say I had rather have the Kings favour than the Lands what good will the Lands doe mee unlesse I may have the

A man is never fit for duty till hee be such an one as may be accepted and can never be accepted till his sinnes be pardoned When a man comes to God in any holy duty and comes in his guilt in his sinnes Satan is presently ready to put in a barre against him and to lay his sinnes in his dish that God may not regard him Lord here is a man prayes heares receives Lord respect not his service let him have no acceptance nor answer from thee I but why Satan Lord hee is a swearer a drunkard uncleane covetous hee hath committed such and such sinnes and the guilt of them yet lyes upon his soule And wilt thou have communion with guilty sinners Art not thou a God of purer eyes then to behold iniquity And this is a strong plea and will carry meate in the mouth of it so long as sinne is unpardoned There is no way to enervate Satans pleas but by getting sinne pardoned that is it alone which will take off the edge of all his accusations Our prayers will never be of force so long as his accusations be of force His accusations will be of force and will enfeeble the prevailing of our prayers so long as sinne is unpardoned But when once sinne is pardoned then God hath to answer Satan with all It is true Satan that this man that now prayes c. hath committed such sins as thou accusest him and those sinnes of his deserve that hee should be rejected but yet those sinnes of his shall not prejudice his prayers nor be any stopping to my blessing for I have pardoned all those sinnes of his they are all taken away and forgiven Doe but consider that place Zech. 3.1 There is Joshua standing before the Angel of the Lord that is before Christ standing that is ministring in and executing his office offering up sacrifices and prayers for the people And at the very same time Satan is standing there also and standing at his right hand to resist him to be an adversary to him that is hee was there ready to hinder and frustrate his prayers by putting in accusations against him What was the ground of his accusations Wherein lay their strength That appeares vers 3 4. Now Ioshua was cloathed with filthy garments That is he was guilty of divers sinnes as vers 4. opens it And hee answered and spake unto those that stood before him saying Take away the filthy garments from him And unto him he said Behold I have caused thine iniquity to passe from thee and I will cloath thee with change of raiment Now Christ is willing to accept Ioshua and to regard him in his service I but Lord sayes Satan hee is in his filthy garments hee is defiled with the guilt of his sinne Therefore that Christ may make way for the prevalencie of Ioshua's prayer see how hee answers Take away his filthy garments And hee sayes unto Ioshua I have caused thine iniquity to passe frō thee c. Ioshua thy sins are pardoned and so thy prayers shall speed and shall prevaile against all Satans resistance and accusations Out of which passage wee may observe these particulars First that whenever man comes to pray to God and performe that duty Satan will stand at his right hand to resist him Joshua cannot stand before Christ but Satan will stand at his right hand Secondly that the ●●ine strength of Satans accusations lyes in the guilt of our sinnes Sinne unpardoned is that which puts validity into his resistances Thirdly that when sinne is pardoned and filthy garments taken away then a mans prayer prevailes findes acceptance and proves too strong for Satans resistances A pardoned sinners prayers are too strong for all the devils in hell with their accusations So that all this considered what a motive should it be to make us get our pardon As wee would not have all our duties to be turned into sinnes as wee would have communion with God in them all as wee would get good by and in them all as wee would have our duties accepted and prevalent as wee would bee fit to pray c. so get the pardon of our sinnes What a sad thing is it to lose all our endeavours to lose our prayers hearing and receiving all is lost and is lost labour if wee come unfitted to them Every man that is unpardoned is unprepared every unprepared man doth but lose his labour in all his duties and performances Fifthly it is that which exceedingly fits a man to suffer and to beare the crosse It is that which every one must reckon upon that will be Christs to take up the Crosse It is but a delicacy that men dreame of to divide Christ and his Crosse A man cannot take one but hee must resolve to take up the other Now no man can suffer unlesse hee be fit for it and well prepared for the service It is not an easie thing to suffer there is a great deale of patience of courage of resolution and Christian magnanimity of Spirit required in him that will suffer for Christ and the Gospell A man that is fearefull a coward will never suffer Hee that will suffer must be free from cowardise of spirit Now there is nothing so cowes a mans spirit as the feare of Hell and damnation Many a man could looke death in the face that dares not looke Hell in the face Many a man that shrinkes not at dying yet shrinkes at damning that quailes the stoutest courage in the world And there is nothing that puts a man more in the feare of Hell than guilt the want of the pardon of sinne And nothing that makes a man feare Death more then when through death hee sees Hell when hee sees the gates of death open into Hell and then a man sees Hell through death when hee apprehends his sinne unpardoned and seeing Hell through death hee is so affrighted at the sight of Hell that if hee can shift it hee will not dye but will redeeme himselfe from death upon any termes Hee will doe any thing yeeld to any thing be of any Religion of any faith rather than suffer death for the true Religion because if hee dye his sinnes being unpardoned hee knowes there is no way but Hell for him Thus doth sinne unpardoned unfit a man to dye for Christ an unpardoned sinner dreads the fire because it may but prepare him for a worse fire in Hell But now when a mans sinne is pardoned and his conscience discharged of the guilt his heart is quit of all feare of Hell and damnation Hee sees the gates of death open into Heaven into happinesse And Death is not dreadfull nor terrible at all when the doore opens that way There is nothing so animates a man so sills his heart with courage and resolution as pardon of sinne doth That is it which alone makes a Christian Souldier valorous that takes palenesse out of the cheekes whitenesse out of his Liver cowardise out of his heart such