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A07286	Grieving of Gods spirit Contayning the summe of a sermon preached at Saint Maries in Oxford. The chiefe points intreated on are, Viz. I. Of grieuing of Gods Spirit. II. Of resisting of Gods Spirit. III. Of blaspheming of Gods Spirit, in the highest degree commonly called, the sinne against the Holy Ghost. By Radford Mauericke, minister in Devon. Reade iudiciously, but iudge charitably.	Mavericke, Radford, b. 1560 or 61.	1620 (1620)	STC 17681; ESTC S102313	17,741	30

of God in the bowels of Iesus Christ be offered vnto them neuer so freely let the windowes of Heauen be set wide open not fortie dayes but twice fortie yeeres and all the Blessings of God bee powred downe vpon them neuer so bountifully yet there will no remorse of conscience mooue them to consider as they ought of these innumerable benefits of God bestowed vpon them And what is the cause of all this deadnesse and dulnesse in them is it not the hardning of their hearts against the Word of God whereby they doe as much as in them lyeth resist the Holy Ghost in contemning and despising those good gifts and graces which he offereth vnto them Wherefore it may not vnfitly bee said vnto many of them as blessed Steuen said vnto the Iewes Ye haue alwayes resisted the Holy Ghost Acts 7.51 But take they heed this sinne as I said is a great sinne and if it bee continued in without Repentance a very fearefull sinne and such a sinne as from whence they may ascend or rather descend for in sinning wee rather descend then ascend vnto the highest degree of sinning which is the sinne against the Holy Ghost Of which sinne comming now to our last point or part that I may speake truly religiously and soundly I most humbly bessech the most holy and blessed Spirit of God to guide me with his grace THe sinne against the Holy Ghost The third part of this Sermon viz. of Blaspheming of Gods Spirit Matth. 12.31 Marke 3.28 Luke 12.10 is that kind of sinne or blasphemie whereof our Sauiour speaketh plainly in his Gospell and is recorded at large by three Euangelists Matthew brings in our Sauiour saying But I say you Euery sinne and and blasphemie shall bee forgiuen vnto men but the blasphemie against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiuen vnto men And whosoeuer shall speake a word against the Sonne ●f man it shall be forgiuen him but whosoeuer shall speake against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiuen neither in this World neither in the World to come that is as Saint Marke saith shall be culpable of eternall damnation Here then there are two things to be noted out of this Text and generally to be obserued in this Discourse Two Obseruations The first is that there are many kind of Blasphemies Secondly what is the greatest with the reason thereof That there are many sorts or kinds of Blasphemies appeareth plainly in that Christ saith Many kinds of Blasphemies Euery Sinne or Blasphemie so that in a generalitie wee may say there is Blasphemie against God and Blasphemie against men created after the Image of God Blasphemie against men as against Magistrates against Parents against good men and against the whole Church of Christ Magistrates and Parents are blasphemed not onely when they are not obeyed and honoured as they should but also rather when they are slandered cursed or euill spoken off It is written in the Law Thoushalt not speake euill of the Ruler of the people Exod. 22.28 Exod. 21.17 He that curseth Father or Mother shall dye the death Good men in particular or the whole Church in generall are blasphemed The whole Church in generall When shee is called the vngodly Syuagogue impious foolish seditious sacrilegious or the like The Saints either liuing or dead may bee blasphemed when they are called Seducers Disturbers Schismatikes Heretikes and such like Blasphemie against God may be Against the Father Against the Person of the Sonne Against the Holy Ghost God the Father is blasphemed many wayes When that which is due to the Creator is giuen to the Creature as dinine worship as well that which is called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 remission of sinnes and when false gods and Superstition is preferred before the true God and true Religion This was the sinne of the Pharisies and now of the Papists therefore that Beast of Rome is marked and branded in the Renelation Reuel 13.1 with the Name of Blasphemie Secondly God the Father is blasphemed when any shall doubt of his Power or suppose any impotencie to be in God or any inabilitie to performe any thing that pleaseth him or that he hath promised Shall God promise Numb 23.19 and not performe Hath hee spoken and shall he not accomplish it Is the arme of the Lord shortned Esay 59.1 that it cannot helpe This was the Israelites sinne in the Wildernesse Can God prouide flesh and bread for his people Psal 78.20 It was the sinne of that Noble man in Samaria Who said after the Prophet had prophesied of that plentie of Come Though the Lord would make windowes in the Heauens 2. King 7.2 could this thing come to passe Lastly God the Father may be blasphemed when any are brought into so great extremitie that they fall into Cursing and Blaspheming of the Name of God This was the sinne that the foolish Wife of Iob perswaded her Husband to commit 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Curse God and dye For though the word Curse in the originall doe signifie sometimes to blesse yet Iobs reproose of his Wife doth argue that she meant it in the worse sense So much for blaspheming against God the Father Next the Sonne of God was also oftentimes blasphemed when he was here on Earth by the Iewes but of many of them no doubt ignorantly not knowing that hee was the Sonne of God This Blasphemie against the Sonne of God is as if one should see the Kings eldest Sonne and Heire apparant to the Crowne clothed in poore and vile ragges and not knowing who hee is should call him beggerly Rogue or the like this is blasphemie against the Kings Sonne but is pardonable because it proceeded of ignorance So Paul or rather Saul was a Persecuter and a Blasphemer of Christ and his Church but found pardon for that hee did it ignorantly as himselfe coufesseth For this cause Christ prayed for some of his Persecutors Father forgiue them for they know not what they doe 1. Tim. 1.13 Therefore Saint Peter saith vnto some of the Iewes Luke 23.34 Acts 3.17 that crucified the Lord of life I know Brethren that through ignorance ye did it Now come wee to speake of Blasphemie against the Holy Ghost wherein wee must first obserue That euery sinne or Blasphemie against the Spirit of God is not that sinne against the Holy Ghost which shall neuer bee forgiuen As namely griouing quenching and resisting of the Hely Ghost whereof wee haue spoken though they are great sinnes and some of them farre greater then the other yet are they such sinnes as are and haue beene pardoned therefore none of them are that sinne which wee call The sinne against the Holy Ghost Moreouer there are greater sinnes then these as denying of God or his knowne Truth through feare or any other infirmitie Also persecuting of Gods Church and Children through ignorance yet neither of these is that sinne against the

other vnruly Ghests which were in that house before this good Ghest came thither the lusts and affections of the flesh I meane to beare rule and to keepe a stirre in that house to commit many shamefull and vngodly prankes by meanes whereof the good Ghest the good Spirit of God is not onely disquieted and troubled but letted and hindred from doing that good which he came to doe being woarie as it ware to tanie any longer in that House or Iune and therefore sometimes doth hide himselfe close in some corner of that House like fire couered in the Embers or ashes not making any comfortable meale with his Oast in many dayes and weekes together ● Sam. 11.12 And if the disorders be verie great such as the Adulterie and Murther of Dauid were he will hardly be found out in a whole yeere together so greatly is this good Ghest this holy Spirit of God offended and displeased with sinne or at least so odious and offensiue is sinne in his sight Nay which more is many times he will not be found out at all before euery corner of our hearts soules and consciences bee cleane washed with bitter teares of Repentance and these vnruly affections which made all the former disorders be in some sort tamed and subdued yea and vntill the Oast himselfe who suffered these parts to be played be seuerely punished in the House of GODS correction Psal 6.6 Luke 7.38 where hee must daily wash his wounds with the water of contrition As Dauid washed his Couch with teares as Mary Magdalene washed the feet of Christ Mat. 26.75 What it is to grieue the holy Spirit of God and as Peter went out and wept bitterly By this similitude so opened and explayned the verie simpliest I suppose may soone perceiue what it is to grieue the holy Spirit of God namely after that by the preaching of Gods Word wee haue receiued Faith and in some measure the sanctifying Spirit of God and haue entertained him with ioy and gladnesse yet notwithstanding many times and often through to too much securitie carelesnesse and negligence and sometimes through bold presumption and wilfull wickednesse we suffer the vnruly lusts of the flesh to sway and to beare rule in vs so long till as length we breake out into grosse sinnes and enormities whereby wee doe euen grieue the holy Spirit of God or as our Apostle seemes to expound himselfe in another place 1. Thes 5. ●● Wee doe quench the Spirit of God and as much as in vs lyeth labour to extinguish and cleane put one the fire of Gods Grace with the cold water of sinne and vngodlinesse which water of wickednesse if it bee not in time dryed vp againe by Faith and true Repentance as it is euermore in the elect Children of God it would needs drowne our soules in that bottomlesse pit of destruction The vse then that we should make hereof is this Vse That learning hereby the detestation that God hath against sinne we should alwaies feare to commit it and therefore should make a conscience of euery sinne such sinnes as we account common sinnes and the Papists call veniall sinnes neuer weighing sinne in the ballance of our sinfull conceit but with the true waights of the Lords Sanctuarie and according to the account that God makes of it assuring our selues that euery sinne in its owne nature though neuer so small in our sense being committed against an infinite God doth iustly deserue an infinite punishment the ignorance whereof causeth so little conscience of sinning and so great prophanenesse to be in common Christians as is now to bee seene euery-where by meanes whereof they doe as our Apostle saith Constritare spiritum Grieue the holy Spirit and as one well noteth vpon that place quasi ex suo hospitio eum eijcimus euen cast him out of his owne habitation Contrariwise wee are here taught Vse how sweete and pleasing a thing it is to the holy Spirit of God that dwelleth in vs and to his holy Angels that watch and ward round about vs to liue and leade a holy life and godly conuersation For if sinne and vngodlinesse doe so grieue and offend the Spirit of God as surely it doth though we cannot conceiue the manner how then doubtlesse vertuous and holy liuing are most pleasing to the same Spirit And as the holy Spirit of God will not dwell in a soule subiected to sin so hee dwelleth with great delight and content in that soule which is sanctified by grace Therefore it is well said of one Oportet nos operam dare vt spiritus sanctus libenter in nobis habitet vt in domicilio laeto ac iucundo nec vlla tristitiae materia illi detur That it behooueth all Christians to giue all diligence so to liue as the holy Spirit of God may take delight for to dwell and remaine in vs as in a most pleasant Pauilion and that no cause of griefe be giuen vnto him through our carelesnesse and continuall custome of sinning So should it come to passe that as God takes delight in vs so should we haue comfort in him he through our holy obedience and wee through peace of conscience to our endlesse ioy and consolation Thus we see what it is to grieue the holy Spirit of God in our selues or to quench the good gifts and graces of Gods holy Spirit within vs which sinne I take to bee proper to Gods Saints and Children and therefore thinke it good to distinguish the three sinnes before named that is Grieuing Resisting and Blaspheming of God Spirit in this manner First I say to grieue the holy Spirit of God or to quench the Spirit is a sinne of Gods Children who by the preaching of Gods Word and inward working of Gods Grace haue receiued Faith and in some measure the sanctifying Spirit of God before which Spirit of Sanctification is giuen to none in that manner or measure but only to Gods Elect nor neuer taken vtterly from any to whom it is once giuen For those whom God once loueth to the end he loueth them Iohn 13.1 Rom. 11.29 And the gifts and calling of God are without Repentance Therefore it is obserued in King Dauid after his fearefull falls That he prayes to haue this holy spirit renewed within him Psal 51.10 hauing layen still as it were a while without any comfortable motion but was neuer vtterly taken from him And this note I giue by the way the rather lest any of Gods Children that are to too much cast downe alreadie with the feeling of their sinnes shoul be ouer-whelmed with too much heauinesse as also to teach that they may bee daily renewed by Repentance for their daily relictions contrarie to that old Heresie of the Nouatians The Nouatian Heresie which held the contrarie For though to grieue the Spirit of God by sinning bee a great aggrauating of sinne yet being many times the sinne of Gods Elect Children it is pardoned and forgiuen in