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A46638	Rebellio debellata et Scotia rediviva, or, The downfall of rebellion and Scotlands resurrection, as it was represented in two sermons the one at Eccles last of May, the other preached at Jedburgh June 27, 1660, being both dayes set apart for solemn rejoycing and publike thanksgiving for the happy restauration of the king's most excellent Majesty to the exereise [sic] of his royall power / by Jo. Jameson minister at Eccles.	Jameson, John, minister of Eccles.	1661 (1661)	Wing J442; ESTC R31158	40,896	102

holinesse so Herod must take Johns life because of his oath an oath being an act of Religion he wrappeth up this his cruelty in the specious pretention of piety Vse 1. Is hypocrisie so deceiving a sin The counterfeit of Vertue The Ape of Religion Then hypocrits they must be counterfeit Saints the Apes of Holy-men yet they do not resemble them so much but a discerning eye may rid the marches betwixt them by these following marks First The hypocrite mustereth out all his good deeds to vain ostentation Matth. 6.1 like the Ape ever carrying her young in her armes to make the world believe he is near to the border of perfection when indeed his life is a Folio Book of Errataes or Errours but the Godly man walketh humbly and modestly all his dayes thinking with Paul he is to be reckoned among the least of Saints Secondly The hypocrite is alwayes prying into the faults and escapes of his neighbour and as Vlisses lifted up the Plough over the childe thrown in before him they make their observation passe their own follies and failings Matths 7.3 Luk. 18.11 but the Godly mans discoveries are most at home he knoweth there is within himself a terra incognita an unknown land and thither he taketh frequent voyages that he may not alwayes be unacquainted with himself Thirdly His conscience is very touchy and tender as to the mint and anise of some civil questions although the word of God doth most clearly determine them but as to harder mettalled matters his conscience is nothing inferiour to the stomack of the Ostrich he can swallow rebellion without any scruple so being this piece of iron be guilded whereas the Godly and orderly Christian starts not debates in civil concernments nor can he endure but his conscience should be in an exact parallel to the Scriptures and so classeth rebellion with the sin of witchcraft Fourthly The hypocrite though he pretends he valueth not the world but that Christ is all in all to him yet he is so great an Idolizer thereof that he seemeth to be of the opinion of old Hermes that the visible world is the Image of the invisible and it is upon this account he payeth his adoration thereto but the Godly man is like the Church in the Revel with the Moon the Embleme of the world under his feet trading on it as the most unconstant of vanities Lastly Hypocrites are cruel Psal 35.16 both in their judgment and in their practice as they condemn all that are not of their judgement so if it lay in their power with one stroak they would cut off the heads of them all and yet though they be Nero's they must be called Cato's Falsis veri imaginibus cuncta evertere moliuntur but the Godly is merciful and lendeth measuring his affairs with justice and is far from their blasphemy to think Christ was in a mistake when he prohibited us to judge according to the outward appearance Vse 2. Blesse God who in his just Providence is apulling off the vizard of hypocrisie from mens faces and all these disguises of Religion In which the rough horns of their private designs was wrapped up Men of late were only valued to be of worth and parts according to their dissimulation or hypocrisie had a man any favour to the Usurpers and therewith a show of Godlinesse according to his profession Civil Sacred or Military he was fit for any Trust these two would have qualified him sufficiently Learning Judgement Ingenuity Loyal-courage were esteemed scandalous If any flash of wit had escaped a man he had been in hazard of loosing his reputation Have we not reason then to blesse God for freeing us from such a miserable thraldom Having spoke to the thing purged out sin and hypocrisie We shall next enter upon the manner how it is done First In regard of God and these two things will fall to be examined 1. By what he doth it Next In what extent he doth it By what It is by fire for as I have said the word Tsaraph is a word proper to Gold-smiths signifying melting and this cannot be without fire and so the Nown is included in the Verb. Now fire here as it relateth to sin and hypocrisie can be no other but the energie and efficacious working of Gods own Spirit He will baptize you with the holy Ghost and with fire Matth. 3.11 His Spirit is called the spirit of burning Isa 4.4 The Spirit of God working in us hath a great resemblance with the operation of fire and therefore it discovereth the various and manifold effects of His Spirit in our Renovation which is the Christians spiritual refining from his drosse and tinne Secondly In what extent doth he it He doth it in a full extent All thy tinne Which All supposeth another All for if all our tinne be to be purged then all our drosse also Gods Spirit will not be pleased though all our hypocrisie be removed if grosse and palpable sins be permitted to remain unmortified and this is done in the progresse of our Sanctification 2. The manner in regard of man is couched in the word purge or melt and that hint●●h at its difficulty as to him that it is not easily performed but as hard as to have drosse separate by fire from the mettal And here I present you these three Observations First There is an universal removing of sin in our Renovation and Sanctification Secondly There be various and manifold effects shown by Gods Spirit in his removal of sin Thirdly This removing of sin in our Renovation and Sanctification is not an easie but a difficult work 1. There is an universal removing of sin in our Sanctification and Renovation not only of the grosser sins but of our most spiritual sins not only of sins in our life but sins in our heart not only of prophanity but hypocrisie and not only one branch but every branch both of profanity and hypocrisie are removed First As to there blot and stain Ezek. 36.25 1 Cor. 6.11 Secondly As to our delight unto them Psal 1.2 Thirdly As to their dominion over us Psal 19. ver last and Rom. 6.12 Yet this removal is not so universal as to remove sin according to its being that remaineth and will so long as we are upon earth Vse Let us follow this way for our personal reformation labouring to be renued in the spirit of the mind and to become holy as our Lord is holy in all manner of conversation for there is no pesonal Reformation acceptable without personal Renovation this is only true and sincere And it is such a Reformation that these happy times calleth for at our hands Is God reforming all outwardly that hath been out of order in these Kingdoms Let us Answer this by setting a work Spiritual Reformation in our selves who offereth a false personal reformation to God understandeth not the nature of that benefit God actually bestoweth on us These many years by gone we have had a false Head of

the body politick Bloody Usurpers There hath been a false Representative of these Kingdoms contrary to Law and Reason a Juncto of all the three Kingdoms gathered together There hath been a false Bench of Justice as to the Constitution thereof And in some sense there hath been a false dispensation of Gospel Ordinances by Souldiers and other Laymen who were not called as was Aaron and of such Stuff as had not God for its Author There was also a false Reformation of peoples lives by a pretended Holinesse these were all like the Time a degenerate Time and degenerate Customes Now we have got the true Head of the Body politick our Dear and Dread Soveraign the Kings Sacred Majesty hopes of a true Representative a Parliament according to the Laws of the Land and of a true and upright Bench of Justice the true way of dispensing Gospel-Ordinances liberate from Usurpation Let then our Personal Reformation be true also by being truely Reformed which can be no other wayes than by being renewed in the spirit of the mind and walking in new obedience and holinesse before God Doct. 2. Manifold are the effects of Gods Spirit in our Renovation fire hath not more several effects than hath the Spirit of God in this work Bernard reduceth them to three saith he Datur Spiritus ut doceat moveat moneat The Spirit is given to teach to move our hearts and to admonish By which three the Christians soul is made to share of three notable benefits First He receiveth thereby splendorem that is the light of Divine Knowledge for as fire bringeth outward light so this bringeth inward Secondly Fervorem the quikening of his dead affections to a holy zeal for God for as fire is accompanied with heat so is the Spirit of God in its operation Thirdly Timorem Many times fire produceeth this affect of fear through peoples inadvertancy But that holy fear the Christian partaketh of is a genuine proper effect of the work of Gods Spirit by which he standeth in awe to sin against God Psal 4.4 If we should follow out the effects hereof according to its similitude unto fire we would find many more besides these as Preparation for as fire prepareth meat for our bodies so the Spirit prepareth the Word to the nourishment of our souls Secondly Purging as fire of mettal so this purgeth out the dross of sin Thirdly Assimulation turning to its own nature man as fire to the nature thereof things conbustible Fourthly Comfort beingias refreshing to our souls in adversity as fire is to our bodies when the season through cold is most unpleasant but we shall not insist in persuing this point any further but break off therefrom in this following use Vse Let us seek the Spirit of Grace to dwell unto us that we may share of these happy effects for as there is no beginning of Renovation without him Joh. 3.5 nor progresse Rom. 8.14 neither consummation Rom. 8.11 so there is no acceptable gratulation and rejoycing in God If we do go about this duty and in a right manner it must be in his strength this is the fire that must kindle the sacrifice of our praises as Vesta's sire when it was extinguished behoved to be kindled from heaven by the assistance and help of a Beam from the Sun so must the fire of our gratulatory devotion this day by a beam from the Spirit of Sanctification be blown up unto a holy and religious flame Doct. 3. This removing of sin in our Sanctification and Renovation is not an easie but a very difficult work therefore Christ calleth it a plucking out of the eyes and cutting off the hand These following Considerations will make the Doctrine evident First There is against it Armies of opposition nature in its strength doth stand in the way thereof mustering up mans inclinations Gen. 6.5 mans will Joh. 5.40 his affections 1 Pet. 1.13 the devil is against it who is a roaring lyon seeking whom he may devoure 1 Pet. 5.8 the world also marching out with flying colours against the same In the lust of the eye the lust of the flesh and the pride of life Secondly It cannot but be difficult in regard of the exact conformity required to the Patern which is the Image of God no garb of Holinesse being approven in the Court of Heaven but looked upon as an Antick dresse and quite out of fashion that answereth not to this Eph. 4.23 24. Thirdly The greatnesse and large extent of this work asserteth the difficulty not to be small for it is no lesse than the turning upside down of a whole world even the Microcosme and little world of man And if the greater World as to the turning upside down of the Worship thereinto created such pains to the Apostles no question this change in the trampling under foot our lusts and vile affections which hath commanded over our heads cannot but be attended with some share of trouble Vse Though it be difficult this work of Renovation and Sanctification yet we must not despond and through overwhelming thoughts of discouragement give it over but more seriously set our selves to work thereinto What is difficult to man is easie to God humane difficulties yea impossibilities are conquerable by Omnipotency we will not give over a worldly businesse for difficulties and shall we be so base as to lay aside an heavenly upon this score It is a heavenly violence that taketh heaven a violent and painful combate with our corruptions a violent and constant wrestling by prayer in the Mediator Christ with our Creator The necessity of it Heb. 12.14 The honour of it Eph. 4.24 The effects of it First self-denial Luk. 9.23 Secondly Shunning of sin Rom. 6.13 The happy reward thereof Eph. 5.27 2 Cor. 3.18 are all encouragements very great and singular which joyntly pondered will weigh down the discouragement of the works difficulty There is great necessity for the earnest urging of this for what will outward prosperity outward joy and rejoycing the Resurrection of your civil Interests avail without this Will your immunities and priviledges or freedom afford you contentment in proportion to your expectation if you be not Gods freemen If your souls be yet in bonds what will the stopping of the carrear of usurping domination and the dashing of these hell-hatched designs do If the Usurper sin exercise domination and command in your souls giving the designs of Satan still a freedome Let this be pondered by you in the Ballance of the Sanctuary least your laughter and joy tend to and end in bitter mourning let the yoke of the internal usurper with that of the external be broke in pieces The Lord give us strength so to do Amen FINIS SCOTIA REDIVIVA OR SCOTLANDS Resurrection SERMON II. Psal 30.11 Thou hast turned my mourning unto joy thou hast loosed my sack and girded me with gladnesse Vers 12. Therefore shall my tongue praise thee and not cease O Lord my God I will give thanks unto