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A07450	The Christian mans assuring house. And a sinners conuersion Two sermons; the former, preached, before the Prince his Highnesse at St. Iames: the other to his Maiesties houshold at White-hall, on Sunday the 6. of February by George Meriton Doctor of Diuinitie, and Deane of Peterborough.	Meriton, George, d. 1624.	1614 (1614)	STC 17837; ESTC S112663	30,464	58

10.5 And thus much of that part of your inward euidence which respecteth sinne That which concerneth Gods mercies in Christ is twofold 1 An earnest desire of reconciliation with God 2 And ardent loue to Christ and his righteousnes For the first when as man feeleth himselfe distressed with the burthen of his finnes when hee apprehendeth the heauy displeasure of God in his conscience for them if then conceiuing his great neede of a Sauiour hee doth heartily desire yea hunger and thirst to bee at peace with God in the meritas of Christ no perill being so fearefull vnto him as to bee out of Gods fauour no blessing so chearefull as to bee at vnity with him vnto such a one hath Christ made most comfortable promises which can appertaine to none but the Elect vnto him shall bee giuen of the Well of the water of life freely Revel 21.6 And this water shall bee in him as a Well of water springing vp vnto euerlasting li●e Iohn 4.14 For the second hee that can so highly esteeme of Christ and his righteousnes as that hee accouneth with Saint Paul Philip 3. the most pretious things that are to be but doung in comparison He that can proferre Christ and his loue before father and mo●her wife and children He that hath so strong an affection wrought in his heart as that if his young childe should hang about his necke his mother shew her breasts which gaue him sucke his Father lye in the dore to stay him from Christ hee could cast away his childe contemne his Mother tread vpon his Father renounce all et volare ad vexillum Chrisli as Hierome speaketh flye to the Banner of his Christ like Aene as in the Poet who when Troye was won carried away neither kithe nor kinne sed Deos ciuitatis but the Gods of the citie Certainly such a one is marked out to saluation hee hath the seale of God vpon him and as Iohn saith 1. Ioh. 3.19 he may assure his hart before him Euery man will say of himselfe that hee is thus afected vnto Christ when as indeede most men had rather haue Esaus broth then Iacobs blessing Wherfore least we be deceiued wee must trye our loue vnto Christ by these two tokens First he that doth rightly esteem of Christ doth in like manner esteem of those which are his members Tustis et Amor Celari non possunt as the Cough cannot be couered no more can loue it will breake out to others Hee that receiueth a Prophet in the name of a Prophet shal receiue a Prophets reward He that receiueth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receiue the reward of the righteous Math. 10 It is hee that loueth Christ and shall dwell in his Tabernacle who maketh much of him that feareth God Psal 15. And heereby doe wee know that wee are raised from death to life because wee loue the Brethren that is such as are the members of Christ euen because they are so 1. Ioh. 3.14 Secondly it is a token of our loue to Christ if we loue his comming that we may haue full participation and fellowship with him The carnall man careth little he hath no sense nor sight of his comming but as the Oxe is fatted in the pasture and the Birde singeth sweetlie and feedeth without feare yet sodainly one is carried to the slaughter the other is taken in the snare so are worldlings drowned in security and seldome thinke of much lesse wish for the comming of Christ Others who are strong in sinne and which force the wrath of God against them doe tremble and quake at the remembrance of his comming They wish it might eyther neuer bee or euer be deferred Oh it is most terrible vnto them once to thinke that a day will come when all of them shall be cited before Gods Iudgement seat when as all their workes their words their thoughts shall be reuealed when as a heauy doome of damnation shall be pronounced against them when to lye hidden wil be impossible for them and to appear will bee intollerable to them The consideration of these terrors of the Lord dooth affright them so as if the Diuell were at their dores But the children of God who loue Christ crye Lord Iesu come quickly Now they are as wardes then shall they come to their owne Now are they in the skirmish then shall they bee in the victorie Now are they in the tempestuous Sea then shall they bee in the quiet Hauen Now in the heat of the day then in the rest of the Euening Now are they absent from Christ Then shall they follow him wheresoeuer he goeth And why should they not be ioyfull at his comming to iudge them who came to be iudged for them A louing Spouse desires to bee in the bosome of her husband and such is the longing of the Church after Christ for if being absent from him he doth so enrich vs with grace and tokens of his loue Lorde how will he hugge vs and embrace vs when we are present with him Si sie es bonus sequentibus te qualis futurus es consequentibus saith Saint Bernard The very desire then we haue wholy to enioy the fellowshippe of our Christ makes vs to lift vp our heades and to loue his comming which is another Argument vnto vs that wee shall be saued because a Crowne of Righteousnesse is laide vp for them that loue his appearing as S. Paul doth tell vs. 2. Tim. 4.8 There remaineth now the last and outward euidence of our calling and Election that is new obedience our endeauour by good works to obey Gods commandements for hereby are we sure we know him if wee keepe his commandements 1 Iohn 2.3 we neede not to wring or wrest a good deed out of a good man as one would wring veriuice out of a Crab. He is a tree that hath euer some figges vpon him But least here againe wee should chance to deceiue our selues The obedience which is the infallible marke of Gods childe must not bee a halfe but a whole obedience of the whole man To the whole law of God In the whole course of our liues First it must bee obedience of the whole man in Body in Soule in Spirit 1. Thes 3.13 Wee must summon all our parts and powers together like a Cryer to pe●forme a seruice vnto our God Secondly it must bee obedience To the whole law for the condition of the Law is meerely Copulatiue All the parts of it are linked one to another He that 's bound to One is bound to All Hee that makes no Conscience to keepe One when Occasion is offered will breake any Herod gaue Iohn Baptist the hearing in many things but would not leaue his Brothers Wife Iudas followed Christ and preathed the Gospell but would in no case forsake his Couetousnes Saul was content to slay some of the Amalekites but left Agag aliue But this peece meale

obedience is nothing worth He that faileth in One is guilty of All. For howsoeuer the rigour of the law is abated vnto vs in Christ who accepteth of him that doth what hee can doe as if he were one that did what he should doe yet may not the Israelites hault between two opinions Mongrells in Religion were deuoured by Lyons But I shall nor be confounded saith Dauid Psal 119.6 when I haue respect to All thy commandements Vpright Obedience then doth enlarge it selfe to euery precept Thirdly it must bee Obedience in the whole course of our liues One Swallow makes not a summer wee may not iudge of a man by an action or two but by the whole tenor of his life Such as the course of a manslife is such is the Man though through corruption of nature he faile in this or that particular yet doth not Gods child dwell in sinne but renues his repentance for his seuerall slippes Indeed Terrigina fratres the earth-borne broode they are like to the Grashoppers which sometimes leape a little vpwards but presently fall to the ground againe So these haue some light and short motions to goodnesse but they quicklie returne to their olde affections againe They loue vanity more then truth drosse more then golde the earth more then heauen the world more then him that made and redeemed the world Fowles that feed grossely neuer flie high and they that fill their hearts with things below cannot bee but earthly minded but the true sonnes of God through in Infirmity without perfection yet in sincerity without dissimulation haue their conuersation as Citizens of new Ierusalem which is aboue The workes of darkenesse are wearisome vnto them because they are the children of Light The fruites of the flesh are loathsome vnto them because they are renued by the Spirrt of God They are In the world but not Of the world They vse the world as though they vsed it not They esteeme their houses as Innes to rest in not as mansions to dwell in for euer All their worldly honours pleasures profites preferments they vse as staues in their hands the better to bring them to their iourneyes end Thus doe the Sonnes of God walke in a whole obedience of the whole man in their whole life which giueth an euidence vnto them of their Calling and election Now my beloued Hic specimen specitur hic certamen cernitur here is now the main point the totall summe the whole duety of a Christiau Wilt thou bee sure thou shalt bee saued beware of an idle speculation of faith Giue all diligence to haue the testimony of Gods Spirit rightly formed in thee Giue all diligence to haue it truely discerned by thee Pray vnto thy God earnestly obey him louingly mourne for sinnes past heartily striue with sinnes present stoutely prenent sinnes to come carefully Giue all diligence to seek after reconcilement with thy God with a thirst vnto it value Christ and his righteousnesse at the highest price expresse thy mind herein by loue to his Members by desire of his comming holde not heauen with thy two singers but with thy whole hand and study to yeeld obedience to all the lawes of God at all times in body in soule in spirit beginne quickly increase dayly continue in thy obedience constantly without hipocrisie Giue rather diligence that is before all things in the prime of thy youth in the beginning of thy dayes Giue rather diligence that is Aboue all things aboue a Dukedome aPrincedom● a Kingdome to make thy calling and election sure I haue read a story of an Abbot who beholding what cost a woman had bestowed in attiring of her selfe fell a weeping Oh said hee what a misery is this that a woman should bestow more labour vpon the dressing of her body then wee haue done in the adorning of our soules That she should put more ornaments vpon her head then wee haue beene carefull to put into our hearts And truely beloued this is a common calamity wee wish for heauen but contend for the earth Maries part is better but Marthaes the greater Let vs therefore giue the rather diligence to make our Calling and Election sure What if the world sets on good wine at the first it will afterwards bring that which is worse What if it entertaine with mirth it concludes with mourning It is like a Candle shining brightly but ending in a stinking smoake What doth the Fles● afforde but sinne What the Diuel but torments what the worlde but trouble Make therefore thy calling and election sure and then hast thou righteousnesse and ioy and peace in the holie Ghost Righteousnesse against sinne Ioy against Torture Peace against trouble Oh seeke not death in the error of your soules saith Wisdome and destroy not your selues in the works of your owne hands Make haste to make saluation sure A foole will desire to doe that in the end when hee commeth to had I wist which hee that is wise will doe in the beginning Doe people commend thee for a good and a iust man I but what if thine owne heart condemneth thee Are all men friendly to thee I but what if God bee thine enemy Surely if thine assistance were an hoast of armed Souldiers if thy friends were the Princes and Monarkes of the earth if thy possessions were as large as from East to west if thy me ate were as Manna from heauen and thy apparrell as costly as the Ephod of Aaron if euery day were as glorious vnto thee as the day was to Christ when he arose from his graue 1. Ioh. 8.18 yet who dares meete with the anger of the Lord of hoasts who can put to silence the voice of Desperation who can make a Couenant with hell to spare thee or an agreement with the Diuell to lay no claim vnto thee Wherefore giue all diligence to make thy calling and Election sure It is a greater toyle I confesse but profite will make men labour hard Will carry our desires very farre The dangers of the Sea are made delightsome by the expectation of gaine The tediousnesse of Phisicke is mitigated by the hope of health Nullus labo●r dur●us videri debet saieth Hierome quo gloria aternitatis acquiritur Let vs not giue ouer wee shall bee rewarded according to our labours It is a diligence I confesse that is subiect to much disgrace to many a scoffe and floute amongst wicked men Sed durate vosmet rebus seruate secundis but bee not dismayed the labour is for life Saluation lyeth at the stake Hath Mutius patiently endured burning Socrates poyson Cato death Haue heathen men been constant for so small are compence as a popular applause and prayse in the world How much rather ought Christians for the Kingdom of God Wherfore my Brethren if heauen be our Country if Christ bee our treasure if Glory bee our hope let vs giue all diligence to make our Calling and Election sure which grace God grant vnto vs for his mercies sake