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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10061	The laver of the heart; or Bath of sanctification Preached at Pauls Crosse the first of September last, 1615. By Gabriel Price, minister and preacher of Gods word.	Price, Gabriel.	1616 (1616)	STC 20306; ESTC S102929	54,546	178

haue abused life for sildome doth hee dye well that liueth euill O my soule come not in to their habitation woe be vnto them for they follow the way of Caine are cast away with the deceit of Balams wages And now I turne vnto you the seruants of the Lord that haue as great care to keepe sinne from their soules as sicknesse from your bodies I beseech you in the feare of God and in the waightie consideration of your own sinnes euen for the Lords sake for your poore soules sake and for Iesus Christes sake that was made sinne for vs 2 Cor. 5.20 hearken to the counsell of our Prophet crying aloud in the audience of you all O Ierusalem wash thy heart from wickednesse detest and abhorre thy former sinnes forsake thy old way walke in newnesse of life cast away the workes of darkenesse and put on the Armour of light Rom. 13.12 Prou. 24.16 Hate all sin past care to preuent sinne to come and entertaine it not offering it selfe againe For the iust falleth and riseth againe but the wicked fall into mischiefe And this endeauouring the blessed spirit will helpe our infirmities and our heauenly Father make vs white in the blood of the Lambe Apoc. 7.14 For this is not the worke of flesh and blood although man bee spoken vnto as though he had power to doe it but it is the action and worke of the whole Trinitie and yet it is commanded as it were our worke Ephes 1.10 because God worketh in vs not as in stockes and stones but as in reasonable creatures for wee by the worke of his grace worke together with him yet still so as that sanctification is still wholly from God For first 1. Thes 5.23 ●●t 3.5 Ephes 2.26 God the Father sanctifieth by giuing his Sonne God the Sonne sanctifieth by mortifying our sinnes by his blood and the holy Ghost sanctifieth by applying the vertue of Christs death and resurrection vnto vs. Ioh. 3.5 And we may be said to sanctifie our selues when we applie our will desire and endeauour in the vse of the meanes ordained of God And thus much bee said for the generall Now let vs in Gods feare fall vpon the particulars And first sanctification is an action teaching vs that true religion and vndefiled consisteth not in a speculatiue or contemplatiue profession but in an actiue and practiue conuersation in holinesse for knowledge without obedience encreaseth punishment Luk. 12 47. Mat. 7.22 24. Luk. 11.28 Iam. 1.23 25.27 For not euery one that saith Lord Lord shall enter into the kingdome but he that doth the will of the Father For pure religion and vndefiled before God the Father is this to visit the fatherlesse and widdowes in their aduersitie Mary and Martha will doe well so they be both in one house so will Christian profession and practise if they meet both in one soule Let a Christian take it a shame to bee like an Athenian that is to know what appertaineth vnto vertue but not to practise it And the God of heauen make vs all not only knowers speakers Preachers and professors of Gods word but doers thereof that we may be saued Doct. 2 Againe as it is a worke so it is a worke that may not be performed by an Atturney but by our selues in our owne persons for our selues must doe it for the commandement is Wash thy c. From whence the doctrine is that God requireth of euery Christian that hee performe the parts of Gods worship and the duties of charity actually himselfe vnto God and men before hee depart hence for himselfe and not by others for him Our learned aduersaries beare the world in hand that as we come to earthly Princes by mediators and solicitors so Christians ought to come to the Prince of Princes For they hold it presumption to prease into the presence of the King of heauen without the mediation of many If our God did feare the treasons of any or did not know or remember the wants of all his children himselfe or if hee could not heare all the sutes of all the world at one instant and if hee had not appointed his onely Sonne to be the onely meanes in whom wee haue promised accesse then their perswasion might haue passed for doctrine But the contrary on Gods part to vs is true Therefore let vs know that other mens good workes shall do no good for vs nor others prayers for vs without our owne workes and prayers for our selues For nothing more beloued brethren hath spoiled Church and Common-wealth then doing duties non per se sed per alium It hath brought ignorance into the Church and briberie into the Common-wealth which moued our renouned Soueralgue King Iames in his Basili●on Doro● l. 2. p. 35. to giue this charge to the Prince his Sonne that be spare not any paines in his owne person to see iustice executed giuing for instance his most worthie Grand-father of famous memory whose honour was to bee stiled and called the poore mans King And in the 55. page his Maiesty counselleth the Prince once a yeere to visit the principall parts of the kingdome not referring to Vice-royes but to heare the complaints himselfe and to decide the principall matter● in his owne person And here you see the exercises of religion and parts of Gods worship must bee done actually personally of euery one of the Lords seruants for themselues This you call for at our hands the Preacher must be resident say you and must preach for himselfe and must not the hearer heare for himselfe also why say you one to another go you to day to Church and serue God for me and I will serue God for you to morrow This conceit moueth certaine to prepare Bead-men to pray while they thēselues play But learne of our Prophet the parts of Gods worship must be performed of euery one of vs for our selues for anothers faith can not saue vs wee must pray for our selues for our requests are g●a●eed according to our owne faith Be is vnto thee as thou be le●●●st Therefore repent for thy selft confesse thine owne sinne rather then another shall declare it doe good workes for thy selfe for to giue blackes and large almes is good but one pennie with thine owne hand is a precious sacrifice in the eyes of God Remember the saying Gala●b 6.10 While we haue time ●●e vs we our selues d●● good vnto all men 1. The reason i● because the Prophet giueth it for doctrine Habac 2.4 For the iust shall liue by his owne faith marke the word his 2. Because wee may as well see by another mans eyes as goe to heauen by another mans workes 3. Because the question in the day of daies shall not be what other men haue done for vs but what wee haue done for our selues Mat. 35.42 that is whether with our owne hands wee haue giuen meate to the hungry drinke to the thirsty harbour to the stranger clothes to the

and repentance is an action pressed vpon vs and that from God For it is his cōmandement we must wash therefore we are vncleance Doct. 1 From whence the instruction is that there is not any thing in al this world that doth defile the soule and body in the sight of God as sin doth Proued here That which is not defiled need not to be washed But here man is commāded to wash himselfe therefore he is defiled Sinne is called rottennesse and corruption and is that which wee haue drawne either by propagation from our parents in originall sinne which hath defiled and corrupted the whole nature of man that he is blinded in vnderstanding froward in will and rebelling in all his actions against the will word of God or else it is the increase of this vncleannesse which wee haue greatly augmented by our owne euill practise and wicked conuersation and is that which the Apostle calleth old leauen to be purged 1. Cor. 5.7 that it may be a new lumpe This vncleannesse of sinne was prefigured in the ancient washings of Aaron and his sonnes with water at the doore of the Tabernacle Exodus 29.4 And in the typicall and signifying washings of the old Testament foreshewing the cleansing and purifying of our hearts in the Gospell Mat. 5.8 For Gods Altar and seruice must bee compassed with innocencie the Lord will be sanctified in those that come neere him Leu. 10 The purification of the soule and bodie is the fruite of sauing hope 1. Ioh. 3.3 For euery one that hath this hope in him purgeth himselfe as he is pure This vncleannes is deciphered in Ezek. 16.6 for the Lord vnto whose eyes all things are naked Heb. 13 4. seeth euerie one polluted in his own blood Luk. 10.30 It is the spirituall pitch that who so toucheth is defiled therewith Sin doth mortifie vs and maketh vs dead to grace and goodnesse And in the old Testament he that touched a dead cark●se was vncleane and might not come into the Sanctuarie till he was cleansed Vse 1 The first vse is to teach vs to labour with our owne hearts to hate and abhorre sinne in all but specially in our selues and that with a perfect hatred euen more then the diuell of hell for he cannot hurt vs till sinne doe staine vs. Sinne is that which much delighted the diuell and therefore it is the Tempters office and continual endeuour to prouoke vs to sinne Therefore he is called an Enemie Apocal. 12.10 an Accuser a Compasser Iob. 1.7 a Sister Luk. 22.31 a Deceiuer Gē 3.13 Wherfore I beseech you trust him not for hee hath a minde to get all the members of thy body and all the affections of thy soule from out of Gods seruice into his slauerie and subiection Sinne greatly displeaseth God and therefore he hath euery where in his word threatned fearefull punishments against the transgressors of his law Leuit. 26.15 Deu. 28.15 And there hath been none so deare nor is any so beloued vnto God in heauen Paradise nor in the earth but for sin the Lord hath punished The Angels that kept not their first estate Iude epist they are reserued in chaines of darknesse for euer to be punished Adam for sinne throwne out of Paradise The Canaanites with their sixe bordering nations disinherited and cast forth of their countrie The first world drowned Sodome and Gomer burned Kings vnthroaned Iudges Magistrates strooke downe from the bench and the Mightie cast from their seates Yea the Lord forsooke his own inheritance euen mount Sion which hee loued because they sinned against him that so the saying of his Prophet might be true Psalme 5.4 Thou art not a God that loueth wickednesse neither shall euell dwell with thee The foolish shall not stand in thy sight for thou hatest all them that worke iniquitie Isai 1.16 Wash you make you cleane put away the euill of your workes cease to doe euill learne to doe well and then come and let vs reason together For wee must wash our hands in innocencie before we may come to compasse the Lords Altar Vse 2 Here also it serueth to informe our iudgements concerning sin and wickednesse namely that euerie sinne defileth and subuerteth the worke of God it turneth good into euill faire into soule forme into deformitie and life into do●●● And this doth the holy Ghost teach vs Tit. 1.15 saying Vnto the clean● are all things cleane but vnto them that are defiled and vnbeleeuing Is nothing cleane but euen their minds and consciences are defiled Should not this deare Christians inforce vpon our consciences this doctrine of sanctification and cleansing of our flesh and spirits from wickednesse suh it defileth all things it commeth neere Let Gods word come to a sinful he are it is defiled as pure water in a foule vessell What is there in man or without man that sinne hath not defiled It hath made our tongues become Adders speares our lippes instruments of guile our hands to worke iniquitie and our feete to runne to euill and to shed blood But what speake I of the defilement of the members the Spirit saith sin defileth the very minds and consciences of men And how should it bee otherwise for if sin so abuse the naturall parts what will it doe with the minde It grieueth me to tell you but I will tell you that it may warne you It turneth prayers into cursing it vseth knowledge to beguile the Scriptures to couer prophanenesse it vseth their wittes to cauill which brings Lawyers much gold and siluer it vseth wealth to oppresse strength to steale to wine and to women It vseth naturall wisedome to maintaine vnnatural blasphemy It vseth hunger to gluttonie thirst to drunk ●●ues garments to pride honour to disdome marriage to lust offices to briberie the Minssterie to contention saw to delay It vseth the day to open euill and the night to secret shame Shall I cease here I weepe to speake it It either despiseth or wresteth damnably the holy and sacred word of God and the ordinances of God it prophaneth wickedly For haue we not in this our age to fill vp the measure of vncleannesse haue we not Ribaldrie as in Playes and the like committed to the presse to be commended in print lest posteritie should want patternes of impietie Whoredome with some is good physicke honestie is but foolerie knauerie is commoditie dissembling is discretion and idlenesse is gentrie If this bee not cleansed with the winde of the law or cut downe by your sword of iustice or purged with the Lords fanne to what height of sinne shall we grow vnto But the thing which I admire is this that God Almightie for all this doth suffer vs stil to liue It may be hee doth it that his long patience might leade vs to repentance or that wee should fulfill the measure of sin in defying the grace of God as wee haue defiled the nature of man that so at last we may abuse death as we