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B02982	Holy zeal against sin, shewn to be an acceptable and seasonable duty : in a sermon preached at Lyme Regis, in the County of Dorset, Sept. 4th. 1700. At a quarterly lecture appointed for the promoting the Reformation of Manners. / By J. E. Minister of the Gospel.	J. E.	1700 (1700)	Wing E14B; ESTC R174804	21,249	41

Plague 〈◊〉 stayed t is farther added v. 10 11. And the L●… spake unto Moses saying Phinehas the Son of E●…azar the Son of Aaron the Priest hath turned a●… my wrath from the Children of Israel whilst he 〈◊〉 zealous for my sake among them that I consumed 〈◊〉 the Children of Israel in my jealousie 2. God's bestowing an everlasting Priesthood 〈◊〉 Phinehas as a reward of his zeal is another ma●…fest indication of his being greatly well plea●… with it This evidence we have in the words●… my Text Behold I give unto him my covenant●… peace c. Behold God calls upon others 〈◊〉 take notice of it for their incouragement 〈◊〉 God will reward others as well as Phinehas 〈◊〉 they shew themselves zealous in his Cause 〈◊〉 give unto him my Covenant of Peace i. e. the 〈◊〉 venant of Priesthood as it is expressed v. 13. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 here the Covenant of Peace partly with re●…ct to the happy effect of this heroical action of 〈◊〉 whereby he made peace between God and the ●…ple but chiefly in regard to the principal end 〈◊〉 use of the Priestly Office which was to medi●… between God and Men and to make atonement 〈◊〉 offering up Sacrifice Incense and Prayers ●…nd he shall have it His zeal was so pleasing to mighty God that he doubles the promise to ●…e him the greater assurance of it And his ●…d after him The promised blessing the reward 〈◊〉 his zeal extends likewise unto his posterity 〈◊〉 God sometimes visiteth the sins of Parents up●… their Children so he ofttimes blesseth the ●…d of the righteous for the Parents sake Phi●…has his zeal brought a blessing on his Children ●…ven the Covenant of an Everlasting Priesthood ●…e word Everlasting in the Old Testament does ●…ually signify 'till Christ's coming And so the ●…port of the promise is this that if Phinehas ●…s posterity did not forfeit it by some remarkable 〈◊〉 they should have the Priesthood continued to ●…em as long as the Law and Commonwealth of ●…e Jews lasted i. e. till the coming of the Mes●…h at which time the Aaronical Priesthood was 〈◊〉 give place to that of Christ Heb. 7.11 Be●…use he was zealous for his God Here 's the reason 〈◊〉 all rendred why God shewed such favour to ●…hinehas because he appeared boldly for God ●…ainst sin So that 't is evident from that reward ●…hich was annexed to Phinehas his zeal that God 〈◊〉 as highly well pleased with it And hence we may gather that to be zealous for ●…od at any time is also a duty well-pleasing to the ●…lmighty because the reason of the duty is the same still the same now as it was then Et 〈◊〉 milibus idem est judicium of like things we 〈◊〉 pass a like judgment I come Thirdly to shew Who be the persons that sh●… exercise this zeal Whether Phinehas in that action of execu●… judgment may be considered as a Magistrate 〈◊〉 some think or as a Priest or Private person●… matters not for it is the duty of all persons●… their respective places whether Magistrates 〈◊〉 nisters or private Christians to shew themse●… zealous for God against sin 1. Magistrates ought to be zealous for God●… to this particular These have not only the c●…mon obligations of all Christians but some pe●…liar bonds and ties whereby they are oblige●… this duty above others It is one great end of the Magistrate's Office 〈◊〉 be a terrour to evil-doers and to execute wrath●… them that do evil and this by the appointm●… and constitution of God Ro. 13.3 4. For Ru●… are not a terrour to good works but to the evil 〈◊〉 thou then not be afraid of the power Do t●… which is good and thou shalt have praise of the sa●… For he is the Minister of God to thee for good 〈◊〉 if thou do that which is evil be afraid for he be●…eth not the sword in vain for he is the Minister●… God a Revenger to execute wrath on him that d●… evil Magistrates are God's Ministers of his 〈◊〉 pointment And they bear not the Sword in va●… the meaning is they should not do it 'T is co●…mon in Scripture to speak of things as alrea●… done that ought to be done Because every p●…son in the judgment of charity unless somew●… appears to the contrary is supposed to act acc●… ●…g to his duty But if Magistrates bear with evil●…rs and suffer vice to go unpunished they do ●…great measure bear the Sword in vain and so 〈◊〉 not answer the end of their Office the great ●…gn whereof is to restrain vice and disorder 〈◊〉 to punish evil-doers Besides Magistrates are under the peculiar tye 〈◊〉 a sacred Oath whereby they oblige themselves 〈◊〉 be faithfull to that trust committed to their ●…arge and in all articles of the King's Commission ●…hem directed to do legal right to the poor and to 〈◊〉 rich after their cunning wit and power accord●… to the known Laws and Statutes of the Realm ●…d consequently by oath they are obliged to pu●…h offenders without respect of persons and 〈◊〉 put the Laws in execution against vice when ●…e informations are brought to them If they 〈◊〉 of performing their duty in this respect they 〈◊〉 in danger of incurring the guilt of perjury Furthermore Magistrates are the Representatives 〈◊〉 God And accordingly in Scripture they are ●…gnified with his Name Psal 82.6 I have said ye ●…e Gods and all of you the children of the most high ●…d therefore considering whose Representatives ●…d Vicegerents they are they should shew a zeal ●…ainst vice because nothing is so abominable to ●…e holy God as sin is The Scripture tells us 〈◊〉 is of purer eyes than to behold iniquity Hab. 1.13 ●…ot that God does not see and behold all the ●…ckedness done under the Sun even that com●…tted in secret places for he is Omniscient ●…t the meaning is he cannot behold sin so as to ●…prove it And therefore those Magistrates that ●…untenance vice they are not like God not●…thstanding by Office they bear his Image Last of all though Magistrates are little G●… upon earth with respect to the people yet in 〈◊〉 gard of the great God who is higher than 〈◊〉 highest they are but Stewards and must be 〈◊〉 countable for their Stewardship However dig●…fied among Men yet they are Servants of the m●… high and have a great trust as well as honou●…ble committed to their charge and God will o●… day call them to account concerning this trust co●…mitted to them He will hereafter call on the●… in such language as that Luke 16.2 Come give 〈◊〉 account of thy Stewardship for thou maist be no lo●…ger Steward The time of their Stewardship w●… come to an end and they must be accountable f●… what they have done And therefore if Mag●… strates Gallio-like are very indifferent in Go●… cause have no heart to punish vice but in th●… respect bear the Sword in vain they will be ab●… to give but a sorry account unto their great

Sin And was it in the Sinner's power as it is in his will Psal 14.1 there should be no God to punish him for his sin Now this being the nature and tendency of Sin who that hath any concern for God's glory who that hath any true zeal for God can chuse but have an abhorrence of it By Sin God's glory is eclipsed and sullied his very being and government are opposed and slighted those persons therefore that are zealous for God must needs have a holy indignation against Sin 3. It imports a diligent endeavour to suppress Sin Activity and Zeal go always together The active Christian and the zealous Christian are never separated Zeal in Scripture is opposed to laziness indifferency lukewarmness Rev. 3.16 20. It is of the nature of Zeal to be fervent and to make persons vigorous and active wherever it is Jehu being zealous was very active in his way And so was Phinehas the Instance of my Text he was very active in suppressing vice and executing ●●…dgment upon the Sinners And where the is true zeal for God against Sin it will make persons in their respective places to appear against it and endeavour to suppress it This briefly for the first general what it is to be zealous for God and what it imports I come Secondly to prove that it is a duty very pleasing unto God That it is a duty is plain from Scripture Precept and Precedent both lay an obligation on 〈◊〉 to be zealous for God 1. Scripture-Precept Unless we break God●●… bands asunder and cast away his cords from us and so act like those wicked ones Psal 2.3 we must resolve to comply with this duty because by Precept we are injoyned to be zealous for God against Sin The Scripture requires us to be zealously affected in a good thing Gal. 4.18 And what better thing can a person be imployed in than i●… endeavouring to suppress vice whereby God i●… dishonoured in the world Without compliant with this duty we cannot answer one great end 〈◊〉 Christ's Redemption who gave himself for us the he might redeem us from all iniquity and purifie 〈◊〉 himself a peculiar people zealous of good works T●●… 2.14 It is one end of Christ's Redemption th●… we might be zealous of good works and amo●●… good works this of Reformation the reforming of Sinners is none of the least It is a foul blot in Laodicea's character that 〈◊〉 had no heart to restrain evil-doers 'T is mentioned to the praise of the Church of Ephesus th●… he could not bear with them that were evil Rev. 2. ●… But as for Laodicea she was lukewarm neither not nor cold very indifferent as to this matter and therefore God threatens to spue her out of his mouth Rev. 3.15 16. and to prevent this judgment calls on her to be zealous and repent v. 19. If therefore God's call his command and injunction have any weight with us it is our duty to shew our selves zealous against sin We are obliged thereto by Precept 2. Scripture-Precedent does oblige to it We are bid to follow the footsteps of the flock Can. 1.8 And to be followers of the Saints wherein they are followers of God Phil. 3.17 Eph. 5.1 Now 't is recorded to the everlasting praise and commendation of the Saints many of them how eminently zealous they were in their days for God against vice This was the commendation of David Jehoshaphat Hezekiah and Josiah Kings of Judah that they set themselves against vice and zealously promoted a Reformation This was that which good Nehemiah took such comfort in when he had been reforming and cleansing the people and manifesting his zeal against the prophanation of the Sabbath said he Remember me O my God concerning this also and spare me according to the great●…ess of thy mercy Neh. 13.15 22. Elijah also pleased his zeal before God 1 Kin. 19.10 14. I have ●…een very jealous or zealous for the Lord God of ●…osts for the children of Israel have forsaken thy Covenant c. And to mention no more it was this ●…hat made Phinehas so famous to posterity and ●…ained him the Covenant of an everlasting Priesthood because he was zealous for his God because ●…e appeared boldly for God against sin and executed judgment on those presumptuous sinners ●…imri and Cosbi without having respect to their ●…ality and greatness notwithstanding Zimri was 〈◊〉 Son of a Prince and Cosbi was the Daughter of a chief House in Midian Num. 25.8 14 15. Thus if we look back to the Saints of old w●… find many instances recorded in Scripture of pesons zealous for God against vice It is therefo●●… our duty to be so too that we may be like th●… people of God in old time That it is a duty very pleasing unto God m●… be demonstrated from divers particulars but 〈◊〉 present I shall keep to the instance of my Tex●… and thence make it appear to be an acceptable ●●…ty That Phinehas his zeal was very pleasing 〈◊〉 to God will evidently appear from the consider●… on of these two particulars both mentioned in 〈◊〉 Text and Context One is God's removing 〈◊〉 Plague from the Israelites thereupon The oth●●… his bestowing an everlasting Priesthood on Phin●… 1. God's removing the Plague from the Israel●●… upon Phinehas his performing this duty is a pl●●… indication how acceptable his zeal was unto G●… The Israelites having greatly corrupted themsel●… by whoredom and idolatry God sent amo●… them a sweeping Plague which took away no●… than twenty four thousand Num. 25.9 Times of general debauchery are usually 〈◊〉 forerunners of some sore judgment Whate●… pretences men make to Loyalty to the Templ●… the Lord to the Church and the like yet if th●… are debaucht persons they are some of the N●…on's worst enemies These were the persons 〈◊〉 brought wrath upon Israel and caused God●… send the Plague among them Now when God's judgments are abroad in 〈◊〉 earth the Inhabitants thereof should learn Rig●…teousness It should be so but what shall we say The wicked will do wickedly still Mercies 〈◊〉 Judgments they are all one to them they w●… be reclaimed Thus 't is in our days and 〈◊〉 't was in the days of old An instance whereof 〈◊〉 have in Zimri and Cosbi who notwithstand●●●… that dreadful judgment God sent on the pe●… for their great wickedness went on still boldly●… the same debaucht practices not being afraid●… commit lewdness in the face of the Sun But ●…nehas on the other hand was no less bold in G●… cause in executing judgment for in a holy z●… he went forthwith to them and thrust them b●… through Which action of his was so pleasing 〈◊〉 to God that hereupon he stayed the Plague 〈◊〉 And he went to the man of Israel into the tent 〈◊〉 thrust them both through the man of Israel and 〈◊〉 woman through her belly and the plague was stay●… And if any should doubt whether 't was on the 〈◊〉 count of Phinehas his zeal that the