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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41124	The riches of grace a treatise shewing the value and excellency of a gracious spirit by comparing it with the nature and spirits of wicked and ungodly men, which desire not the wayes of the Lord Jesus / by that reverend and faithfull minister of Gods word, William Fenner ...	Fenner, William, 1600-1640.	1641 (1641)	Wing F697; ESTC R6526	27,782	148

workes the vanity and pompe of this world say Wee forsake them all Now let the Devill but tempt them to pride malice drunkennesse revenge and the like presently they yeeld to it they say they forsake them all but they doe but lye So aske them Doe you desire grace Yes that is my desire saith one and I desire it saith another but they desire not to cut off their sinnes or if they doe it is as Saul cut off the witches hee cut them off with one hand and enquired of them with the other when he was in a straight So men can be content to cut off their sinnes till a pinch come to draw them to them againe they can lay a side their covetousnesse till a baite bee offered them to revenge againe to drunkennesse againe and so to gaming whoredome and the like that these men doe not desire grace is evident They that truely desire grace desire the meanes of grace men that desire a crop of corne they will bee at the cost charges and paines for ploughing harrowing and sowing of their ground and all other requisites but notwithstanding their desires of grace they are both to be at the cost and paines to heare the Word of God and keepe it Paul and Barnabas going to Paphos Paulus Sergus hearing of it presently desireth to heare him Preach no sooner can a faithfull people come to a town but the godly Christians will be at him to preach to them No sooner did the Eunuch espye Philip but hee presently calls him into his Chariot to expound the Scriptures to him But thou mayst heare the Word every Sabbath day but it may be thou wilt sit at home or in the Ale-house or if thou hearest it is but with a slight care Christ hath commanded thee to pray for labourers how many prayers hast thou put up to God for faithfull Ministers such as may breake to every one his portion in due season I feare there are many thousands amongst us to whom these things are as Riddles men doe not desire the breath of grace I know there are many talkers but few doers talkers by the ell but doers by the inch men must first be doers and then talkers some are onely great speakers of Religion and holinesse and now you all sit in your Pewes I know not which is the best Christian among you you all heare and looke upon the Minister but the triall is anon when the Church doores are shut and you gone home to your houses by your meditations repetitions prayer and the like duties to engrave it into your hearts and that your lives may be guided by it Many hearers are like ale-houses with faire inscriptions engraven at the entry or walls of the house as love God feare God honour the King pray continually be watchfull and the like yet there is nothing but drunkennesse and cursing swearing and all hellish ungodlinesse within So it is with men that make faire motions faire shewes like Ezcchiels hearers they will heare well enough but they doe not as talking without doing is nothing so there can be no doing without talking a man that hath true grace he desires to bee speaking of it we beleeve and therefore we speak if a man have grace in his inward soule it will cast forth a savour into his lippes it will season his speech the voluptuous man talkes of his hounds and Hawkes the Drunkard of his cuppes the worldling of his plough and cart and cowes the trades man of his wares and the women of their housholdstuffe this or that matter but scarce a word of God or the worke of grace 7. Men desire not the companions of grace like to like and as the Proverb is birds of a featherwill flye together Where shall we have the drunkard but at the Ale-bench the Whore-master but at the drabs house the gamester but at the gaming house the worldling but with worldly men They cannot indure the society of the Saints for they cannot rip up an oath but some James will rebuke them saying My brethren sweare not at all they cannot tell a lye but some John will tell them of hell that they shall be cast into the Lake that burneth with fire and brimstone they cannot drinke a pot or two and be a little merry but some Paul will tell them that drunkards shall not inherit the Kingdome of heaven they cannot play the wantons but some one or other that takes Christs part will checke them and tell them that hell openeth her mouth wide to receive them I never read in any history sacred or prophane that ever any of the governours of Sodome did visite Lot but when they would have done him mischiefe And againe when they desire not the workes of grace grace bids men live in love and amity and forgive wrongs now where men conceive malice and revenge and receive 6. 10. 20. Sacraments and swallow up wrath and hatred and spend 1000. shillings in revenge these desire grace no more than the devill nay grace will teach a man to deny his lusts and sinfull pleasures and corrupt desires I know many think they desire grace O they would have it faine but they will not have it in Gods sense There was a fool sent to fetch wood from the stacke hee would not goe up to the top of it but stood pulling at the bottome and had got but a few stickes which if hee had gone to the top he might have had a great many more in lesse time but whiles he was pulling at the bottome at last the whole stacke fell upon him and killed him Just so it is with all men all the world hath a stacke of sinne lying upon their backes and consciences now they must take away the whole stacke before they can be converted True it is men pray O Lord convert me O Lord give mee thy grace but they cast not away all their sinnes they may bee a pulling at this or that but retaine others they live in their deadnes and lukewarmenes in Gods worship and in carnall performance of Gods duties at last the whole pile of their sinnes falls upon them and damnes them body and soule in hell for ever And lastly it is an evident signe that men have not true desire of grace for when grace is offered then they will not accept of it nor take it Can a man desire an hundred pound and yet when it lyeth at his feete and offered him will not take it up God offers thee grace hee calls by his ministers How long will ye love foolishnesse forsake your wayes ye foolish and ye shall live and walke in the way of understanding Prov. 8. But now men will not they cast grace from them I tell thee hereafter thou mayst desire grace when grace will not be found You shall seeke me but you shall not finde me saith Christ Now I bid you repent but you will not beleeve and receive the Gospell but the time shall come that you