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A85403	Mercy in her exaltation. Or, A soveraigne antidote against fear of the second death. In a sermon preached at the funeral of Daniel Taylor Esq; in Stephens Colemanstreet London, on the twentieth day of April, an. 1655.	Goodwin, John, 1594?-1665.	1655 (1655)	Wing G1181; Thomason E848_24; ESTC R202308	41,452	68

of Conscience in the main may be reprised by a worthy and fruitfull conversation so on the other hand there is no Form or Opinion so conform to the Scriptures or rich in Truth but that an empty and fruitless conversation under them will in time render them unto men as vessels wherein there is no pleasure yea and make them the disdain and contempt of the soul Mercy under any form of Christian Discipline or Worship under any Tenents in Religion will rejo●ce against Judgement and where the Conscience enjoys it self upon these terms is blest with such a priviledge as this there will be no disposition towards a change but only upon grounds and motives very weighty and pregnant indeed Fourthly Take we yet further knowledge from the Doctrine by way of Instruction how and by what means all or the greatest part of the ataxies disorders and male-deportments of men in the world might be prevented and so the condition of humane affairs reduced unto terms of a thousand times more comfort and peace to the inhabitants of the earth then now it standeth at or is like for the future to be reduced unto in any other way unless it be by an high hand of heaven and by turning this present world into that which is to come Mercy exalted by the generality of men would bring this great this so unspeakably desirable a thing to pass and this by filling their hearts and consciences with joy and peace For the root of all the bitterness that is tasted in the lives and conversations of men by reason of the great unworthiness and wickedness that ruleth in them is the want of such company in their heart and soul which would highly satisfie and content them Now there is no such company to take please and fill the hearts and souls of men as the native fruits the genuine and clear results of such Mercy as the Doctrine commendeth Which as the Doctrine likewise importeth are peace of Conscience towards God and well-grounded exultations in the soul against judgement and fears of condemnation What is it that occasioneth or secretly tempteth men to break out into any way of sin or wickedness whatsoever ●●…an it be any thing else but only want of satisfaction and desired contentment at home The soul that is full saith Solomon loatheth or as the Original hath it treadeth under foot i. neglecteth or despiseth an honey-combe a And Job demandeth Doth the wilde Ass bray when he hath grass or loweth the Ox over his fodder b When the heart of a man is full of the peace of God and reigns in an heavenly security the honey-combe of sin whether issuing the sweetness of pleasure or of profit or of the greatness of this world becomes but a superfluity and lothsome impertinency to the soul Nor would men complain of God unto the Divel as being hard and strait handed towards them as all they who seek to ease or better their condition by sinning do if he did answer the joy of their hearts which most assuredly he would do were they merciful as he is merciful or delighted in mercy as he delighteth Saul did not enquire after a familiar spirit until God refused to answer him either by Dreams or by Urim or by Prophets c and questionless he would still have answered him in one or other of these ways and so have kept him from the temptation of being beholding unto the Divel had not Saul by his disobedience and great unworthiness destroyed his own capacity of such a Grace and Favour from him Nor would God suffer the soul of any person man or woman to be so barren and empty of spiritual provision and accommodations as to need the benevolence of Sathan or any contribution whatsoever from Sin were their hearts and their hands jointly exercised with mercy as he hath commanded them The pleasures and profits and all the advantages of sin are onely sweet to necessitous souls drunkenness uncleanness covetousness oppression deceit pride anger impatiency with the rest of the troublers of the world and disturbers of the peace and comforts of men would all hide their faces in the dust and not be once named amongst men did mercy exercise that soveraignty and command over the hearts and Consciences of men which of right appertain unto her Fifthly and lastly for instruction observe wee by the light of the Doctrine delivered the strange and uncouth folly yea madnesse of a generation of men in the world who notwithstanding please themselves in their way as if they were the first born sons of wisdome and sound understanding The persons of the Character now mentioned and meant are the great layers up of treasure for themselveson earth men that have silver and gold heap upon heaps and desire to heap up still that have joined house to house and field to field and are intent upon joyning still forgetting in the mean time to offer the sacrifices wherewith God as the Apostle saith is so well pleased to distribute and communicate unto those that stand in need and SHUTTING up their Compassion from their brethren who are destitute of dayly food as if they were afraid that if these were at any time left open their great Estates would presently run out by them and return unto them no more Whereas the truth is that did rich men give a Christian vent and breathing that way to their great and unweldy Estates it were the most prudential and promising way under heaven to keep them from Consumptions and to make them long-liv'd even to many generations There is a sore evil saith the wise man which I have seen under the Sun viz. riches kept for or by the owners thereof to their hurt a Yea most certain it is that there is no great Estate or wealth whatsoever but if it be kept too close and too intire will in the end be found to have been kept to the great hurt and invaluable damage of the owner And whereas it is an excellent and high strein of wisdome for men to make themselves such friends of the Mammon of unrighteousnesse who when they fail here may and will receive them into everlasting habitations b so is it on the other hand the exaltation of folly for men to make as it were of the same material such enemies whose displeasure may cause them both to fail the sooner here and wil most certainly exclude them out of those everlasting habitations of rest and joy and peace into which otherwise they might and should have been received For men shall be sent to Hell as well for the want of Charity and of Mercy as for the want of Justice neither is it much material whether a man or woman be sent thither upon the one account or the other We have now done with the use of instruction The Doctrine is further profitable unto us for reproof For if mercy in the sence and upon the terms declared hath this priviledge from God to