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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91855	A broken spirit, God's sacrifices. Or, The gratefulnesse of a broken spirit unto God. Represented in a sermon, before the right Honourable House of Peeres, in K. Henry the Seventh's chappell in the Abbey Westminster, upon Wednesday Decemb. 9. 1646. Being a day of publike humiliation for removing of the great judgment of rain and waters then upon the kingdome, &c. / By Fran. Roberts M. A. Minister of Christ, at Austins, London.	Roberts, Francis, 1609-1675.	1646 (1646)	Wing R1580; Thomason E365_14; ESTC R201252	39,320	48

A broken Spirit GOD's Sacrifices OR THE GRATE FULNESSE OF A Broken Spirit unto GOD Represented in A SERMON BEFORE The right Honourable House of Peeres IN K. HENRY the Seventh's Chappell in the Abbey Westminster upon Wednesday Decemb. 9. 1646. Being a Day of publike Humiliation for removing of the great judgment of Rain and Waters then upon the KINGDOME c. By FRAN. ROBERTS M. A. Minister of Christ at Austins London Ioel 2. 12 13. Turn yeeven to me with all your heart and with sasting and with weeping and with mourning And rend your heart and not your garments and turn to the Lord your God For he is gracious and mercifull slow to anger and of great kindnesse and repenteth him of the evill Psal. 147. 3. He healeth the broken in heart and bindeth up their wounds August in Soliloq Inanis est poenitentia quam sequens culpa coinquin at nihil prosunt lamenta si replicentur peccata nihil valet à malis veniam poscere mala de novo iterare LONDON Printed for George Calvert of Austins Parish in the Old-Change at the signe of the Golden Fleece 1647. Die Jovis 10. Decembris 1646. ORdered by the LORDS in Parliament assembled That this House gives thankes to Mr. Roberts for his great pains taken in his Sermon preached yesterday before their Lordships in King Henry the Seventh's Chappell in the Abby Westminster it being a day of publique Humiliation for the removing of the great Judgement of Rayne and Waters now upon the Kingdome and for the preventing the sad Consequences thereupon And he is hereby desired to print and publish the same which is to be printed onely by Authority under his own Hand Jo Browne Cler. Parliamentorum I appoint George Calvert of Austins Parish to print my Sermon Preached Decemb. 9. 1646. Fran Roberts TO THE Right Honourable THE HOUSE OF PEERS Assembled in PARLIAMENT Right Honourable THe wrath of God so variously and dreadfully revealed from heaven of late against this Nation and all the ungodlinesse and unrighttousnesse of men therein for which Gods wrath hath been so revealed do call and cry aloud to all the Kingdom for mature and true Repentance To the making up of true Repentance that holy change of the sinners person and conversation these Four necessary and eminent ingredients seem principally required viz. 1. Conviction of sin Joh. 16. 8 9 2. Contrition for sin Psal. 51. 17. Acts 2. 36 37. 2 Cor. 710. 〈◊〉 Avorsion or turning away from sin both in inward Principles and outward Practices Isai. 1. 16. and 55. 7. Ezek. 18 30 31 32 And 4. Conversion to God in Christ both in hear● and life Isai. 557. and 1. 17. Hos. 14. 12. Jerem. 4 1. Joel 2. 12 13. For till the Conscience be convinced of sin how shall the heart be contrite for sin till the heart be contrite and kindly broken for sin how shall it forsake and turn away from sin Till the bea rt truely turn away from sin how should it acceptably convert or return to God And till the sinner do return even unto God how can he be said compleatly and truely to repent 1. In Conviction of sin these things seem specially implied viz. 1. A sin-guiltinesse wherewith the sinner may be charged All have sinned Rom. 5. 12. and Christ alone was holy harmlesse undefiled separate from sinners Heb. 7. 26. and none could convince him of sin Joh. 8. 46. 2. Clear and evident Manifestation of that sin-guiltinesse to the soul by the divine light of the Word and Spirit of God Psal. 50. 21. Joh. 3. 1920. Ephes. 5. 13. 3. Reflection and the turning in of the soul upon it self to take a deliberate view of sin manifested If they shall bethink themselves † Heb. If they shall return unto their heart or If they shall bring back unto their bea rt 1 Kings 8. 47. 4. And finally a self-sentencing upon this self-reflection as clearly guilty of such sin or sinfulnesse as 2 Sam. 12. 13. with Psal. 51. 4. 2. In Contrition for sin these things seem peculiarly to be contained viz. 1. The souls deep apprehensivenesse of the hatefulnesse abominablenesse and sinfulnesse of sin wherewith it is convinced seriously laying it to heart as being most lively and clearly sensible thereof Psal. 51. 3. My sin is ever before me 2. The hearts hating detesting and abominating of these iniquities with indignation so deeply apprehended as the greatest burdens diseases deformities evils or enemies in the world 2 Cor. 7. 11. 3. The spirits inward relenting melting and mourning bitterly for sin thus detested and abhorred Zech. 12 10 11 12. 2 Cor. 7. 10. 2 Chron. 34 27. 4. The sinners deep debasing humbling loathing and abhorring themselves for their iniquities so abominated and lamented 2 Chron. 33. 12. Ezek. 6. 9 and 20 43. and 36. 31. Job 42. 6 Now these inward acts of Contrition oft-times have been of old represented by * outward discoveries and expressions of 1. Fasting as counting themselves unworthy of all food Joel 1. 14. 2. Rending of garments denoting the renting of the heart Joel 2. 13. 3. Tears which are as the blood of a wounded spirit Matth. 26. ult. Luke 7. 38. 4. Lying on the ground in self-debasement 2 Sam. 12. 16. 5. Covering their ●eads with ashes as counting themselves more vile then dust and ashes Nehem. 9. 1. Job 42. 6. Luke 10. 13. 6. Sackcloth coursest garments Esth. 43. Jonah 34. 7. Smiting upon the thigh through inward anguish and anxiety * as a travelling woman in extremity of pangs Jer. 31. 19. 8. Beating of the brests as deeply discontented at themselves So the prodigal smote his brest Luke 18. 13. Sometimes these external expressions are without the inward acts of Contrition and then they are but as Crocodiles tears but meer hypocritical paintings When outward expressions and inward Contrition go together they are melody delectable even to heaven it self 3. In Aversion from sin are remarkable 1. A new and secret antipathy in the soul against sin from an oppsite principle of grace infused Gal. 517. These two are contrary one to another 2. Ceasing to do evil both in the elicite and imperate acts of heart and life Isai. 1. 16. called denying ungodlinesse and worldly lusts Tit. 2. 11. putting away all filthinesse and superfluity of naughtinesse Jam. 1. 21. putting off of the old man Col. 3. 9. casting away of abominations as a menstruous cloth saying to it Get thee hence Isai. 30. 22. c. 3. Breaking off the occasions inlets inducements and temptations to evil for time to come Psal. 119. 115. as Peter fled from the high-priests hall where he was tempted Matth. 26. ult. 4. Maintaining a constant intestine combat against sin that it may be mortified killed extirpated at last out of the soul Gal. 5. 17. the spirit lusteth against the flesh See Rom. 8. 13. 4. Finally in conversion or turning to God in Christ are considerable 1. The Motives inclining and alluring