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B02218 Christs impressions strong, sweet, and sensible on the hearts of believers, delivered in a sermon at Athelstonfoord, June 16, 1700. at the celebration of the sacred Eucharist. With some addition, / By I.C. M.D. Clark, James, 1660-1723. 1700 (1700) Wing C4461; ESTC R171372 19,519 48

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so that under these Astonishing Impressions he is made to Cry out Who am I O LORD and what is my Fathers House that thou hast brought me thither too 2 Sam 7 18. And also John 1 Eph 3 1. Behold what manner of Love the Father hath bestowed upon us that we should be called the Sons of GOD 2 Christ Rises the heart unto Impatient desires after Communion and Soul intercourses with himself so that the believer is never in his Right Element but when in Christs Company never at true Rest but when leaning on his bosome Christs left hand being under his head and his Right hand Embracing him He is never cheerfull but when Christ Smiles and when he frowns then all in the Dumps and when he withdraws O what lookings and longings till he Returne Or at least shew himself throught the Lattes and there are no words drop from his Mouth have such an Air and Accent as when his love sick Soul cryes O lett him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth Son 1 2. And whence all these so Fervent desires after Christs companie but from the Impressions and Resentiments of by gone sweet Enjoyments one kiss drawing on another and one visi●e prompting and pressing to court and cry for another or rather to have a constant tack of his presence Hence when Christ was Transfigured in the Mount and the Discipls in his company had a vision and display of the Excellent Glory they had ill will to flit thence and therfore Peter says Master it is good for us to be here here let us dwel Mat. 9 35. 3 Christ Raises the Heart to cheerfull Enlarged Praises O when the believer views his Diary to Extract an Account of his Received Mercies Christ Touching his Heart with feeling Resentments thereof how high doth he Raise his Notes in hearty and thankfull Sonnets of Praise Singing and saying Praise Endle Praise be to thee my Gracious and Bountifull LORD I Praise thee that ever I heard of thee with the hearing of the Ear I Praise thee for thy Word and Sacraments I Praise thee that ever I had heart to Repent and b●lieve I Praise thee for all thy Giftes and Graces I Praise thee for Health and Strength and Liberty I P●aise thee for Food and Raiment I Praiseing Praise thee for all thy mercies bodily and Spirituall and thus Procceds the Enlarged believer in the Magnifications of the GOD of all Grace and we may easily suppose that it is the Finger of Christ which tunes the harp of his heart to fit him for this Angelick Work it is Christ that fixes all the pines and Strings of his Soul so that he can say my heart is fixed my heart is fixed I will sing and give Praise awake up my Glorie awake Psalterie and harp 〈◊〉 my self will awake early Ps 57.7.8 The second thing wherein Christ makes great Impressions is upon the Conscience and that these 2 wayes 1. By awaking the Conscience when GOD Thunders Conscience Shakes when GOD Raises a Storme there O what Perplexing Impressions and Grievous Concussions the stoutest sinner will stoup when GOD opens his Eyes and sets his sins in order before his face and Raises strong Apprehensions in him of Divine Wrath and Vengeance Impendent over his head he feels then a wounded Spirit who can bear and that the Tortures of a Troubled Conscience are a piece of Hell before hand the Intollerable paines whereof have pressed them near to Dispair and Distraction The Tragick story of Francies Spire may help to prove what Tormentfull Impressions GOD can make on Consciences 2. Christ makes Impressions on Consciences to calme and quiet the Stormes therein he that by the Word of his Power made the Roaring and Soaring Surges of the Sea be still and as it were made horried Tempests to fall into a deep Sleep of silence Math 8 24.26.27 Can also break all the Clouds setle all the Stormes and allay all the raging Tumults of a Troubled Conscience after a Rough Storme he can send calm Halevon dayes to succeed for as the Poet says Nunc pluit claro nunc Jupiter aethers fulget And when this change of Weather is brought to pass by his Fatherlie Care Kindness and Indulgence with what quiet and Serenitie is the Soul p●ss●ssed Ps 30 5 Ps 126.5 What a Soul Storme had the Jailout yet within a while a profound calm of Joy Rejoicing Acts 16.29 30 34. And sometime it falleth out that they who have been sorrest harassed with severest stripes and strictures of Law-work in their Conscience have also had the sweetest and highest measures of Peace and Tranquilitie of mind when the Lord hath brought them out of the deeps of their Soul distresses The 3d thing wherein Christ makes great Impressions is in aff cting all the Senses which we would have understood in a Spiritual sense According to the Apostels meaning when he speaketh Heb. 5 14. Of having the Senses exercised to discern both Good and Evil. Now we will endeavour to demonstrate how Christ thus affecteth all the 5 Senses 1 Christ affects mightily the Sense of Hearing making the voice of his Word the Voice of his Providence the Voice of his Spirit and the Voice of our Consciences so to reach the cares of the Soul as that it is raised to advert and Listen to what he speaketh Son 5 2. though the Spouse was slumbring as it were betwixt Sleeping and Waking yet she understood it was the Voice of her beloved that Knocked saying Open to me my Love my Dove c. Yea so pierceing is his voice that he makes even the Dead to Hear it John 5 25 Never did the terrible rumbles of Lowdest Thunderings more forcibly beat the ears of Men than the fearful denunciations of his tremenduous threatnings the Souls of those he minds to awaken Acts 2.37 VVhen Peter is charging them home in his Sermon with the guilt of the Horrid Crimson crime of the Blood of Christ they were stricken into such a Consternation that it is said when they heard this they were pricked in their Hearts and from the painful Impression of this Divine thrust as ●he word in the Original will bear they cryed out as men strangely frighted Men and Bretheren what shall we do and says Habbakuk 3.2.16 O Lord I have heard thy Speech and was affraid When I heard my Bellie trembled my Cups quivered at the Voice Also never did the sweetest Consort of Musick more passionatly affect them that delight therein then ●he Melodious utterance of his Comfortable promises doth raise and ravish the Souls of Believers In the same Sermon of Peter Acts 2.39 where after the Commination of threatnings he changes his Tune to speak of the promises for the promise sayes he is to you and to your Children you may see the Effect thereof verse 46.47 They did eat their Meat with gladness and Singlenes of heart praising God their sighings were turned to Singings 2. Christ mightily Effects the Sense of seeing