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A25200	A sermon preached at sea, before the Honourable Sir Robert Robinson, Knight, principal commander of His Majestie's squadron of ships, now riding at Spitt-Head, November the 24th, 1678 before the administration of the Holy Sacrament, and oaths of allegiance and supremacy to the several commanders and officers of that squadron, in obedience to the King's command / by George Alsop ...	Alsop, George, b. 1638.	1679 (1679)	Wing A2903; ESTC R5430	14,734	38

vos I know you not go ye Cursed into Everlasting fire prepared for the Devil and his Angels And now Beloved that we use and wear this Garment aright there are these two Offices to be performed First We must put off Secondly We must put on First Before we can put on we must put off we must put off all the filthy rags of our for●●r corruption our sinful nature our beast-like affections c. Men when they put on new Apparel pull off the old and throw them by so if you would be cloathed with the Righteousness of Christ you must cast off the filthy clouts of your Menstruous Conversation The Swearer must put off his swearing the Drunkard must put off his drunkenness the Unclean person must put off his filthiness the Covetous man his uncharitableness the Envious man his hatred the Traytor his Treason the Idolater his Superstition for let me tell you that you may as well perswade me that Heaven and Hell are reconciled together as that Christ and Sin dwell together in one man therefore if thou intend'st to be cloathed with Christ as with a Garment thou must put off as the Apostle saith in the Eph. 5.3 All uncleanness inordinate affections evil Concupiscence Wrath Malice Blasphemy filthy Communication lying one to another Secondly As you must put off so you must put on and the means to put on Christ is faith believing apprehending and appropriating Christ and his Merits to our selves we must believe all the promises of God in Christ Jesus made unto man and particularly apply the same unto our own selves which is only done by the Act of true Faith Faith is as it were the hand of the Soul which doth reach Christ unto us and put him on Would'st thou have Christ dwell in thy heart would'st thou put him on as a Garment believe Christ with thy mind and heart and thou hast him And now Beloved that I may leave nothing wanting of my part to put you in the right way for Eternal happiness you must know that it is not every Faith or bare Believing of Christ will put on Christ as a Garment No then the Devils may put him on for they believe all the Historical part of the Bible from the First of Genesis to the last of the Revelations Hypocrites believe in God and in Christ and yet for all that they are thrown to the hottest place of Hell Now that Faith that is saving Faith that like a Hand reacheth Christ and puts him on is an Operative and working Faith First Faith that 's saving as the Apostle saith Purifieth the Conscience so then if thy Faith be true it cleanseth thy Soul from sin it cleanseth thy Soul from Covetousness it cleanseth thy Soul from Lust it cleanseth thy Soul from Pride it cleanseth thy Soul from Revenge it cleanseth thy Soul from Drunkenness it cleanseth thy Soul from Hypocrisy it cleanseth thy Soul from Rebellion it cleanseth thy Soul from Treason it cleanseth thy Soul from Idolatry it cleanseth thy Soul from Faction it cleanseth thy Soul from all manner of Wickedness The Devils Believe but they cannot be cleansed from their black Abominations Hypocrites believe and profess and make a fair shew of outward Holiness but their hearts are not cleansed from Oppression Lust Murder Treason and Rebellions Our Saviour of old Compares them to Tombs now you know that Tombs are oft usually the most beautiful Ornaments of the Church but let a man digg within them and he shall find nothing but putrifaction stink and dead mens bones Never say then that thou Believest savingly or that thou hast more Faith than Devils Hypocrites while Sin and Wickedness governs thy Soul Secondly True Saving Faith works by Love So it produceth Works Shew me thy Faith by thy Works saith St. James Where there is true Faith in the Soul like the Centurion it saith to one Go and he goeth and to another Come and he comeeth it Commands all our Actions our Hand to Distribute to the Poor our Feet to Walk in the Commandments of God our Hearts to be Upright towards our God and towards our Neighbours our Tongue to Declare the Loving Kindness of the Lord. Faith in the Soul of Man is like Sap in a Tree that lies hid but Holy Works are like Fruit that shews it self where there is true Faith in a Man there will be Holy Works there will be Hope there will be Charity there will be Repentance there will be Godly Zeal The Apostle St. Paul tells us that the Just live by Faith That is they live the Life of Holyness they live the Life of Religion they live the Life of Sobriety they live the Life of Chastity they live the Life of Humility they live the Life of Godly Love They do not live the life of Prophaneness they do not live the life of Drunkenness they do not live the life of Lust they do not live the life of Pride they do not live the life of Revenge and Malice these are the Works of the Devil Labour therefore for a true Saving Faith A Faith that cleanseth thy Soul from Sin and worketh by Love If a man should come and tell a Person that 's Rich that all the Writings in his Chest that Assur'd him of his Possessions were Forged Counterfeit would it not make him start and go to his Chest take them out and have them read and considered on by the best and learned Council and shall not we look after our Faith to see whether that be Sound and Real which is an Evidence of our Eternal Inheritances Without the Garment of Christ's Righteousness to cover our Souls we shall never go to Heaven and there is no putting this Garment on without a true sanctified Faith Faith is the Hand of the Soul that puts on Christ I can't stand no longer upon this Point the time hath over-shot me I will conclude all with the Blessing that Jacob gave his Sons when they went into Egypt to carry Benjamin God Almighty Grant you favour in the eyes of the Great Man So the Lord Grant us all Favour in the Eyes of the Great God before whom we must appear this day at his Holy Table And that we may have Favour let us bring the Beloved Benjamin with us which is the Righteousness of Christ by Faith that this Blessed Feast we are Invited to may not be a savour of Death unto any but a savour of Life unto all that shall pertake of it c. Which God of his Infinite Mercy grant To whom be ascribed all Honour Power and Glory Adoration and Subjection from this time forth and for ever more And let all the People say Amen Let us Pray FINIS

A SERMON Preached at Sea Before the Honourable Sir ROBERT ROBINSON Knight Principal Commander of His MAJESTIE' 's Squadron of SHIPS now Riding at Spitt-Head November the 24 th 1678. Before the Administration of the Holy SACRAMENT and Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy to the several Commanders and Officers of that SQUADRON in Obedience to the KING's Command By GEORGE ALSOP M. A. Chaplain to Sir Robert Robinson By His Majestie 's Special Order London Printed for Langley Curtis in Goat-Court upon Ludgate-Hill 1679. To the Honourable Sir ROBERT ROBINSON Knight Principal Commander of His Majestie 's Squadron of Ships now Riding at Spitt-Head SIR WHen I Consider what you are by Place and then Consider what you are by Grace it makes me stand Amaz'd To see a Man whose Education springs from Noise and Tumults Wounds and Slaughters Religious Upon Grounds of holy Circumstance To see A Man whose Dealing is in Blood and Waves becalm'd with Pious Thoughts for Churches good To see A Man that fears not Devils if he meets them in a Fleet at Sea To lay his Roughness by and meekly fall upon his Knees to Invocate his GOD for King and Kingdoms good Bespeaks Religion in the Soul of War This is a Lesson you have Learn'd and Practic'd long That none with Courage brave can serve his King without he first with Pious Care Obey his God Can he be fit to Fight and Die that knowes his wicked life is such that when he leaves this World he must to Hell The Christian Cause though e're so good must sink if Christians Lives be bad Can he be trusted to subdue a Foe that cannot subdue his Sin and quarrel strength that is a Slave and Captive to his Lust Sir Your Life proclaims you Christian and your Courage Man And where I see these meet in one I may be bold to dedicate a Piece for Churches good to such a Man without a Frown or Scorn It was your Pious Faithful Care this Sermon should be Preached and so it was your Zealous Care to Acquaint His Majestie with what was done that so it might be made Publick And now I hope your Wishes will succeed that Heaven may be Honour'd more and Christians Better'd still when e're it comes abroad shall be the Prayers of him who with his Soul doth Love the King and Churche's Peace Your most Obedient Servant and Chaplain Geo. Alsop A SERMON Preach'd at SEA Matth. Chap. XXII Vers 11. And when the King came in to see his Guests he saw there a man which had not on a Wedding Garment DEarly beloved in the Lord Jesus Christ these words that I have read unto you are part of the Parable that our Saviour delivered concerning a King who Marrying his Son invited divers Guests unto the Wedding The King who invited the Guests is the Infinite and Eternal God above King of all Kings Lord of all Lords who hath Power and Mightiness in himself to do what he pleaseth in Heaven in Earth and in Hell the bottomless Pit of Eternal Vengeance beneath He is a King in Heaven by his Grandeur and Majestie in the World by his Grace tender Love and Goodness in Hell among the Damned by his Justice and Severity Now the Bridegroom is his Blessed Son Jesus Christ by Eternal generation the Lord and Saviour of us all The Bride that he Marrieth his Son to is his Pure Spotless Holy Catholick Church The time of the Marriage was at Christ's Incarnation when the Divinity and the Humanity were United for as we observe the best way to reconcile two Disagreeing Families is to make some Marriage between them Even so the Word became Flesh and dwelt amongst us in the World that he might hereby make our Peace Reconciling God to Man and Man to God The Banquet the Guests were invited to was no Ordinary Entertainment but Wonderful the Precious Blood of the Lamb of God slain from the Beginning of the World preached in hi● Word and presented in his holy Sacraments the next was Remission of Sins Everlasting Life Peace of Conscience Joy in the Holy Ghost oh Admirable Oh Sacred oh Comfortable Feast for poor Miserable Sinners to be invited to The persons appointed to invite the Guests were the Holy Patriarchs and Prophets in old time The Blessed Evangelists and Apostles in Christ's time The Divine Pastors and Preachers in our time These are Messengers of the great God who have done and still invite poor distressed penitent Sinners that are in the high-way to destruction to Come and Sup with him The Persons more particular that are Invited are both Jews and Gentiles for although the Jews were specially called these glad Tydings coming first unto them as being the Select Peculiar People of God yet when they refused and rejected the same one going to see his Farm and another to try his Oxen a third having married a Wife and so could not come God upon their Rude and Dis-ingenuous refusal rejects them and sends and invites the Gentiles Aliens from the Common-Wealth of Israel Go into the High-wayes c. And when these who were invited were come there was one intruding Guest found at the Table without a Wedding Garment And when the King came in to see his Guests he saw there a man which had not on a Wedding Garment Now these words will allow us these two Parts First The Author of the man's discovery and that was the King When the King came in c. Secondly The Fault he is Charged with is want of a Wedding Garment First The Author of the man's discovery and that was the King We read but of one among so many that was without this Wedding Garment the Messengers let him pass for currant but when the King came in he makes a second Survey and Scrutiny and finds out this one who had not on his Wedding Garment he discovers this Unworthy Guest which the Messengers could find no fault with Friend how camest thou in hither Beloved so true it is that our Eternal God that dwelleth in Light that no man can approach sees not as man sees We read in the 1 st of the Revelation and 14 Verse that the Eyes of the Lord are like a flame of fire they search into the secret Apartments of the Heart not a Corner nor part but the Lord sees and discovers it But alas poor short-sighted man reacheth no further than the outward appearance if that be regular and smooth to the eye his search is at an end he hath discovered as much as he can but the Eyes of God go down deeper into the very Soul and fathom the Bottom of the Reins View and Discover how all stands there We read in 1 Sam. Chap. 16. Vers 7. that the Lord Commanded Samuel not to look on his Countenance nor on the height of his Stature for the Lord seeth not as man seeth for man looketh on the outward appearance but the Lord looketh on the heart We may deceive men with our Countenance

cast out Devils and did many Wonders and yet Christ professeth he knows them not There must be Inward Holiness and Sincerity as well as outward Shew or else it comes to nothing Here then we see that the Collusion of the Church of Rome is blown away with the sound of this Doctrine for the Men of Rome say That outward works are available to Salvation though there be no Inward Conformity When as we see this Unworthy Guest made as Glorious a shew to the eyes of the World as the rest at the Table and yet was rejected by him that was the Searcher of Souls The Romanists say The very receiving the Bread only for the Priest drinks the Wine doth remit sins confer Grace and gives us a sure Title to the Kingdom of Heaven Contrary to the Doctrine of my Text and that of St. Paul who pronounceth the Unworthy Receiver Guilty of the Body and Blood of Jesus We see then let the Romanists say what they will 't is as much as our Souls are worth to come into the presence of God to eat and drink at his Table Unprepared you know what became of this Unworthy Guest in the Text. Should God make a strict search among us from the highest to the lowest can you think he would find but one Unworthy Guest but one Unworthy Officer among us I can charge none of you with Unworthiness but out of a tender regard to your Eternal good I beseech you as you value the Blood of Christ shed for you and the Salvation of your own Immortal Souls every man of you that is invited to this Blessed Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ strictly to Examin himself before he Eats of this Bread or Drinks of this Cup. And now to prevent the Danger which the want of this Wedding Garment may bring upon us First I will shew you what this Wedding Garment is Secondly The means how you may obtain it Thirdly How we must use it when we have obtain'd it First What this Wedding Garment is There is great difference among the Fathers what this Wedding Garment is One saith it is the New Man Another the observing the Commandements of Christ Another a Pure Conversation Another an Upright Heart Another Regeneration consisting in Faith and Repentance Another Faith Another Charity Another good Works Another Humility But St. Origen saith it is Christ and so undoubtedly it is because whoever will come unto God or partake of any Mystery of Salvation must be Cloathed with Christ as a Garment 1 Cor. 1.30 Who is made unto us the Faithful Wisdom Righteousness Sanctification and Redemption Christ as the Apostle saith covers all his as with a Garment We see plain enough that there are spots in the Moon but there are none in the Sun So in the best of our Graces and Worthiness there are stains and spots such as God would abhor to appear before him did not the Righteousness and Satisfaction of his Dear Son Jesus Christ cover us and appear for us Christ Jesus is the Wedding Garment that makes us acceptable to the Father without Christ what should we do t is his Righteousness that must cover our Unrighteousness 'T is his Humility that must cover our Pride 't is his Obedience that must cover our Disobedience 't is his Faith that must Cover our Diffidence 't is his Love that must Cover our Hatred 't is his Zeal that must Cover our Lukewarmness and then being Covered with Christ as with a Garment there can be no Condemnation unto us because as the Apostle saith we are in Christ Jesus for without the pretious Merits of Christ we are but Unworthy Guests Was ever Man or Woman sav'd by their own Works by their own Merits no not the Virgin Mary her self My Soul doth Magnifie the Lord and my Spirit Rejoyceth in God my Saviour these are Holy Mary's Words The Romanists will not allow of this Holy and Righteous Garment of Christ's Satisfaction to be sufficient but like David concerning Saul's Armour it is either too heavy or too long or too short and so they strut in a Popish Coat of their own Merit and Righteousness We read that Adam and Eve made unto themselves Coverings of Fig leaves to hide their Nakedness but God did dislike these and so made them Coats of Skins and Cloathed them therewith teaching us if we patch our own Satisfaction our own Works our own Dutys our own Merits together and cover our selves with them as with a Garment and rely upon them as having force and Efficacy to save and help us then are we no way fit to appear in the Presence of the Eternal God who accepts of no man but through the Merits Works and Satisfaction of his Son Jesus He that looks to be sav'd by his own merits will undoubtedly fall short of Heaven through his own presumption It is a saying of Job My own cloaths make me abhor'd so our own Works without Christ make us Loathsom in the Eyes of God Let us all then be persuaded to Cast off the menstruous Rags of our former Conversation Vse the old Man which is Corrupt according to the Deceitful Lusts and be renewed in the Spirit of our minds putting on the new man which after God is Created in Righteousness and true Holiness Labouring to be Uncloathed that we may be Cloathed upon that so we may be found in Christ not having our own Righteousness which is of the Law but of that which is through the Faith of Christ the Righteousness of God by Faith Phil. 3. ver 9. This is the Garment we must Labour for this is the Garment that we must strive and Endeavour to get for to cover our Poor Naked and Immortal Souls 2. Having shew'd you what this Garment is I will now shew you how it may be obtained A thing may be made ours by diverse means 1. We may buy it 2. We may earn it or deserve it 3. It may be given us 4. We may have it by way of Exchange And now that we may obtain this holy Garment of Christ's Righteousness t is the Counsel of Christ himself Rev. 3. ver 15. Buy of me gold tryed in the Fire that thou mayest be Rich and white Rayment that thou mayest be Cloathed that the shame of thy Nakedness do not appear But some will Object and say Object What must we buy Christ the Saviour of our Souls with Money as Judas sould him Buy him we must Answ though not as Judas sould him but as the Prophet speaks in Esa 55. ver 1. Without Money and without Price The reason of the Term Buying here mentioned is because there is a near resemblance between the Spiritual and the Material Buying 1. In the Buying of Material things wee see a want and need of them before we buy them 2. There is a Longing or Desire to be possessed of them 3. There is a Resorting to the place where they are to be had 4. There is a laying down of