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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03276	The Christians liue-loode Laid forth in a sermon vpon Math. 6. 33. By Samuel Hieron.	Hieron, Samuel, 1576?-1617.	1617 (1617)	STC 13394; ESTC S117032	25,168	90

and deep thought about matters of an heauenly nature we haue euen thousands about these three worldly specialties mentioned by Saint Iohn z 1 Epist 2.16 The lust of the flesh the lust of the eyes and the pride of life Not a man among many but would rather omit an oportunity for his soule then not embrace an occasion falling in at the same time for the improuement of his commoditie for the tickling and feeding of his delight for the vpholding of that which hee termes his reputation among men It is a rare thing when an earthly businesse especially when it carrieth an appearance and a probable shew of some quicke and sensible aduantage is made to giue place that so a meanes of good and edifying to the soule may be entertained but it is an ordinarie thing to see spirituall occurrences in which God offereth his kingdome and his righteousnesse vnto vs iustled aside and made to stand by for the sake of a present contentment to the outward man In one word matters of the soule are so followed with that sleightnesse with that seldomnes with that remissenes as if they were only of the By and matters of the world are plyed with that egernesse with that industry with that intention both of minde and body as if they were the maine or as if God had made man onely to that end to haue a portion in this life and to graspe in as much of the world as it is possible Doth not this deserue reproofe If in any thing a Preacher should make his words like goads a Eccl. 12.11 it may wel be in this Folly is too gentle a terme to call it by madnesse in the highest degree is not so foule a name as it deserues a man to bestirre himselfe with the strength of his whole endeuours for that which cannot adde so much as a dram me to his happinesse nay which may quickly hazard him in the principall and in the meane time to put that to an aduenture which concernes the eternall good of his soule and body can wee deuise what one name to giue it which may serue to expresse the grossenesse of it as it is vnderstand yee vnwise among the people and ye fooles when will you be wise with what charme might a man deuise to coniure out this retch-lesse and vnworthy spirit which makes Hell to enlarge it selfe by daily carrying headlong into it such a world of soules Let me entreat you to doe your selues euery one that right as to consider your selues concerning this to see whether this bee not your very fault that you faile in care for the things that concerne the Kingdome of God and that in you a base hungry care for terrene commodities doth euen eate vp and deuoure the care of heauenly things euen as the leane Kine in Pharaohs dreame swallowed vp the fat b Gen. 41.20 and if it be so then say not to me as Ahab to Eliah hast thou found mee ô mine enemie but rather as Dauid did to Abigail Blessed bee the Lord God of Israel which hath sent thee this day to reproue me c 1 Sam. 25 32. Behold I am here present before God to heare whatsoeuer thou hast to say vnto me from God for the speedy reforming of this great neglect And so I come to the second thing in my Vse the Exhortation And here I could wish that I had some speciall gift and power to perswade and that some such law of grace were in my lips that I might be among you this day as was Barnabas at Antioch d Act 11.23 vpon whose words of exhortation much people ioyned themselues vnto the Lord. And yet is it not strange and pittifull that in such a case as this is a man should so much neede a perswasiue facultie It were wonderful if there needed much Rhetorique to worke a sicke man to be willing to haue health a poore man to bee willing to be made rich a condemned man to bee willing to receiue a pardon And yet such an auersnes is in our nature vnto good and so senselesse are we of the best things that a Preacher in his meditations is in no one thing driuen to so great a straite as to find out arguments and motiues such as may bee forcible inough to worke vs to this that we would bee saued and that we would embrace the offer of a kingdome If thou knewest said Christ to the woman at the well the gift of God e Ioh 4.10 and so if wee were aware of the worth of that which is tendred to vs and how much the happinesse of the soule exceedeth all things else a few words should perswade vs Preachers should haue small neede to importune vs and call to vs as Paul to them at Listra O men why do ye these things f Act. 14 15. O yee house of Israel why will ye die g Ezek. 18.31 nay we would neuer leaue pressing and vrging the ministers of God with that question of the perplexed Iaylor Sirs what must we do to be saued h Act. 16.30 Let vs therefore bee stirred vp I beseech you on all hands concerning this you that haue bin vtterly carelesse herein haue scarse bestowed one earnest thought vpon the things that concerne your soules beginne now at the last to be more aduised do not any longer leaue this businesse to an hazard as if it were a matter of nothing to bee damned Betwixt the not finding of this Kingdome and the falling irrecouerablie into the Kingdome of eternall darknes with the Deuill and his Angels there is no third And you that haue bestowed some care this way be perswaded to be ielous ouer your care that it hath not beene so earnest so constant so intentiue as it ought to be learn now from hence foorth to double your care and know that vnlesse you be well acquainted with this what a deale of businesse what inquiry what striuing doth accompany religion you are yet farre from the kingdome of God He that cannot say out of personall experience what an hard laborious taske it is to be a Christian hee shall neuer make me belieue that he hath any thing in him saue a forme of godlinesse Seeking requires a care and an endeuour more then ordinary Redeeme we as much time as possibly we may for this one thing let vs abridge our selues rather in our outward profits and the pursuit of them let vs rather want opportunities for our sports let all other things go to wrack rather then this one businesse should not be forwarded Fie vpon it that so base a spirit should possesse men that they should haue more minde to be slaues to the world and seruants to vile affections then to bee Heires of a kingdome And thus is the second thing in my Vse the exhortation of which because I conceiue some hope in the mercy of God that it shall not vtterly bee in vaine therefore I now come to the third