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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41140	XXIX sermons on severall texts of Scripture preached by William Fenner.	Fenner, William, 1600-1640.	1657 (1657)	Wing F710; ESTC R27369	363,835	406

confirm it with an oath that they should never enter into his rest And Saint Cyprian saith that the Lord hath shewed many miracles and declared many fearfull judgements upon the unworthy receivers of the Sacrament Judas who Ambrose thought received the Sacrament though Hilary and others that he did not but only that he did eat the Passeover and was coming to the Sacrament also but see his doom John 13. as soon as ever he received the sop the Devil entred into him and so it is with all such as come to the Communion in their sins without repentance and unfeigned resolution of walking ever after worthy the Sacrament I say unto all and every one of them that as soon as ever thou receivest the Bread and Wine into thy mouth thou receivest the devil together with it as soon as ever it goeth down into thy bodie the Devill goeth after it and taketh more full possession of thy heart and soul Now the reason why the Lord doth so severely punish both with temporall judgements and with spirituall curses the unworthy receivers of the Sacrament is in regard of the author of the Sacrament who is Christ and that not only as he was man as the Papists would make us beleeve but Christ as he was God did institute the same So saith the Apostle in the 23. verse The Lord Jesus Christ in the same night that he was betray'd took bread and brake it when he had given thanks and said Take ye and eat ye for this is my body which is broken for you Now if the Lord Jesus did institute it what an accursed thing is it for any to defile it and so sin against Christ it is a damnable thing to sin against God but to sin against God as he is God in Christ is damnably damnable The holy Ghost in the second Psalm exhorts to kisse the Son lest he be angry and so thou perish as if he should say Adore the Son Adore the Lo●d Jesus Christ and so come and eat of this bread and drink of this Cup for if he be angry thou wilt surely perish If thou sin against God and so go out of the way Christ upon thy repentance will set thee in again but if thou sinnest against God in Christ who is the Way the Life and the Truth thou shalt surely perish from the right way for there is no other way to bring thee in again Acts 4. 12. Therefore wofull is thy case and miserable is thy condition if thou sinnest against Christ prophaning his holy Ordinances which he himselfe hath instituted and abusest and despisest that blessed Spirit of his that comes to seal unto thee the redemption that he hath purchased by his bloud Better had it been for thee that thou hadst never been born for if he be wroth blessed only are all they that put their trust in him and come preparedly unto his holy Ordinance and that by faith imbrace the Lord Jesus Christ but woe unto all prophane persons that live in their sins if his wrath be but a little kindled then woe to all drunkards swearers and unclean persons but blessed is that man that is come out of his sins For if his wrath be so terrible when it is but a little kindled O how much more fearfull will it be when it is deeply incensed Therefore if thou comest unto this holy Sacrament in thy sins without due preparation and examination what doest thou but even set the wrath of God burning upon thy soul and body from the very bottom of hell When the Lord delivered the Law upon Mount Sinai he commanded the people to sanctifie themselves yea if a beast did but touch the mountain he must dye for the same even be stoned to death or thrust through with a dart Heb. 12. Much more then now when the Lord doth deliver the Gospel especially the ground-work and master-peece thereof the Lord Jesus Christ and that in the most blessed manner that ever God exhibited himselfe unto man how much more doth God require purity and holinesse that all such as come to receive the Lord Jesus Christ in the blessed Sacrament should be sanctified purging their hearts and cleansing their souls from all their sin and uncleannesse Should not a beast touch the mountain where God did appear and darest thou touch the body of Christ and drink his blessed bloud in thy sinnes The very angels of heaven will curse thee and the clouds of heaven will pour down showers of vengeance upon thee for God hath more severe punishments to inflict upon sinners under the Gospell than he used under the Law though then he struck them with more visible and sensible plagues and judgements than ordinarily he bringeth upon men now as Gehazi for his covetousnesse was strucken with leprosie Corah Dathan and Abiram the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up quick for their rebellion against the Lord Er and Onan were strucken dead for their wickednesse Jeroboam had his hand withered for stretching of it forth to strike the Lords Prophet And though the Lord bring not such sensible punishments now as he did then yet he knows how to punish the world a thousand times more than he did then at this time As a father hath other kinds of punishments for his son when he is grow● up than he had when he was in coats and but a child then a twig or two would serve the turn but if he come to mans estate and then rebell against his father it may be that he will disinherit him and cast him out of his family So in former time God did scourge and whip his people when they sinned against him but now he hath drawn out his Church to this age even to the age of the Gospel he hath severer strokes of plagues and curses wherewith to confound all prophane and impenitent sinners that dare to abuse that blessed Sacrament of the Lord Jesus Christ The second Reason is in regard of the matter of the Sacrament which is Christ also who as he was the efficient cause so in regard of Sacramental relation he is the matter of the Cummunion 1 Cor. 10. 16. The Cup of blessing which we blesse is it not the Communion of the bloud of Christ and the bread which we break is it not th● Communion of the body of Christ Now the better matter any thing is of the more heynous is the defilement of it A master will not be so angry for casting his earthen vessels into the mire as he will be for casting his rich jewels The Bread and Wine in the Sacrament are the blessed Communion of the precious body and bloud of Christ and darest thou defile them knowest thou not that thou dost greatly encrease the wrath of the Lord against thy soul thereby That soul whatever it was from Dan to Beersheba that came in his uncleannesse to partake of any of those holy things which the children of Israel hallowed to the Lord whether he were

to the riches of his grace turne to your joy and everlasting comfort When the Lord threatned the Captivity Jerem. 24. he compares them to two baskets ef figges whereof one one was good the other naught by the good figges he sets out those that should be reformed by their captivity verse 6. I will set mine eyes upon them for good and I will give them a heart to know me that I am the Lord and they shall be my people and I will be their God They shall be happy though under the power of them that hate both them and their profession they shall enjoy me for good saith the Lord because they have turned to me with all their hearts Will you see what heapes of comfort heape upon heape the Lord hath provided for them in reading that place Job 22. 22. to the end You know in what a case Job was his estate was wasted his Children killed his wife become a cold comforter Now mark 22. Receive I pray thee the Law of his mouth and lay up his words in thine heart 23. If thou returne to the Almighty thou shalt be built up and thou shalt put iniquity from thy tabernacle See further the restauration of his estate and the supply of his want so far as abundance may be for thy good thou shalt have it if under the rod thou returne 25. The Almighty shall be thy defence yea thou shalt have thy delight in the Almighty The reason why we have so little communion with God is because lusts ly unsubdued in our bosome we take delight in our riches and pleasure and this hinders us of the sweet joy we might have in Christ He goes on Thou shalt lift up thy face to God what is the reason a man runs and hides his head it is because he hath sinned he goes on Thou shalt make thy prayer to him and he shall heare thee he will so heare that he will grant thee thy requests and thou shalt have to pay thy vowes that thou hast promised thou shall decree a thing and he shall establish it unto thee thou shalt alway speed and prosper in thine undertakings and the light shall shine in thy wayes God himself shall direct thee when others are cast down then shalt thou say I am lifted up See what a company of comforts is here for them that will be reformed under the rod. What need I name particulars when as Jesus Christ in whom is all the promises of this life a better is made over to them that are careful to reforme both in their spirit and wayes in reference to that God that casts them down the redeemer shall come unto Zion and unto them that turne from iniquity in Jacob saith the Lord Isaiah 59. 20. Is not here strong arguments to move you therefore take the Place of the text and say we will beare chastisements we will not offend any more that which we see not teach thou us and if we have done iniquity we will doe it no more The third thing was what course we should take to be wrought upon to attain unto this frame of Spirit First Throuhly from scipture light informe your selves concerning the sinfulness and the uglinesse of this course in regard wherof you must reforme saith the Prophet After I was instructed I repented and smote upon my thigh and said what a thing is this that I have done that which I see not teach thou me may be I doe not see it if I doe see it may be not so ugly base and abominable as it is therefore oh teach me If men did but think what it is to be a naturall man for a man that hath an immortall soule to lye stinking in a puddle to goe to the trough with the Swine and under the table with the dogge there is noe man but would think this to be a very deformed and unseemly sight how much more to have your soules your immortall soules rooting in the dirt this is the condition of a naturall man Consider is it not a horrible thing to resist God to pluck God out of the chaire of state to pull him out of the throne of majesty to wring the Scepter out of Gods hand this is horrible treason indeed A proud man doth it he resists God he sets himself against God God against him if you did but consider this you would down with your proud hearts Again consider what it is to be an unbeliever to give God the lye as every unbeliever doth to let the greatest meities of God to fall into the channel rather then I will put out my hand to reach them this every unbeliever doth Now we should consider the danger of these sins and labour to avoyd them and we should strive to see the latitude and utmost extent of the bloudinesse and basenesse of our own hearts that so we may keep the better watch against them Sometimes when a Father would have his child ashamed of himself he fetcheth a glasse and shews him what a deformed face he makes himself Oh that you did but see the sinfulnesse and deformity of this course whereof God would have you to reforme you could not but be ashamed of it Secondly you must be deeply humbled for what ever it is that under the rod you doe discover to be out of order both in your heart your minde and actions the way of reformation is by weeping crosse I smote upon my thigh and was ashamed Rich Manasses who was a King humbled himself greatly before the Lord God of his fathers this indeed is repentance not to be repented of what feare what indignation what zeale have the saints of God shewed in their reforming under the rod saith God my people that are called by my name shall humble themselves and turne from their evill wayes noe turning aright without humiliation when a child once sees wherin he hath offended and the haynousnesse of his offence he falls down upon his knees and cryes out pardon pardon So must we labour to see the greatnesse of our sins and the hainousnesse of them that so we may be the deeper humbled for them and then the soule at the apprehension of sin growing upon the heart in regard of the root of originall sin that feeds it and in regard of the weaknesse of his own nature to withstand the world the flesh and the divill will seek after Christ get Christ hugge Christ then he will know the worth of a Saviour and will esteem of a Saviour for he knows that God hath set him apart that he may give repentance to Israel and forgivenesse of sins Acts 5. 31. To blesse you in turning every one of you from your iniquities as Acts 3. 26. he knhws that Christ hath power to bind the strong man cast out devils if he speak but the word the waves and winds shall all be quiet It was foretold Isa 11. 6. 7. that in gospel time the Wolfe shall dwell with the Lambe and the Leapard