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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54354	A spiritual looking-glass wherein is briefly discoursed the excellency and the necessity of saving faith and likewise how it may be known whether we have this faith or no : being the substance of two sermons / preached in London July the 23, 1671 by Sam. Pack.	Pack, Samuel.	1671 (1671)	Wing P152; ESTC R30079	19,268	44

to him from whom they have received it as the gift of God 2. To let nothing be wanting for the nourishing and for the strengthening of it by the Application of former experiences of Gods goodness also to be careful that they wound not not weaken their Faith by running themselves into those streights and ex●g●ncies which they have not a clear and special call unto either upon a civil or religious account but I must pass by those things because my time is already passed by and conclude with one Use of Exhortation or rather of invitation to those which are yet out of Christ and oh that God would be pleased to put some word into my mouth which might beget in thee an earnest desire and panting after an interest in Jesus Christ the glorious object of our faith oh that I could hear some of you crying our with the poor Goaler what shall I do to be sav'd in the time of sickness who will not cry out what shall I do to be restored to my health the want of outward mercies are quickly felt but how few are sensible of their want in spirituals beware likewise that the Devil ensnare you into desparation by perswading t●ee that thou hast no faith and therefore art a reprobate for there is not a Saint on earth nor an Angel in Heaven to whom Gods final reprobation is revealed touching any particular person yet in this life who hath not sinned the sin against he Holy Ghost be not therefore by these wiles of Sathan discouraged from waiting on the Ordinances or make thee say I have no hope I have loved strangers and after them I will go but remember this that as great sinners as thou have attained to this Faith and are now in glory with the Lord but on the other hand let not presumption ceise your heart for of these two snares of the Devil I may justly say what was said of Saul and David in another case Saul hath slain his thousands and David his ten thousands so I may likewise say that dispair hath slain his thousands but presumption hath ten thousands oh my Friends take heed of presumptions prôcrastination in the great concerns of your pretious souls 't is the present time that God calls for 't is to day if you will hear his voyce harden not your heart Psal 95. acquaint now thy self with him and be at peace thereby good shall come unto thee Job 22.21 you that are in the prime strength and flower of your years forget not that momento to remember thy Creator in the days of thy Youth Eccles 12.1 Agree with thine Adversary quickly whilst thou art in the way with him Mat. 5.25 Now is the accep●ed time and now is the day of salvation 2 Cor. 6.3 On poor soul whilst thou flatterest thy self with future Repentance thou wouldest do well to consider both the shortness and uncertainty of thy life thou mayst resolve to repent tomorrow and before tomorrow thou mayst be in Hell therefore poor soul I do beseech thee as if God did beseech thee by me slip no present opportunity of thy hearing the word preached where it is preached in the power and purity of it for there mayst thou expect the presence of God with it and his blessing upon it and though thou shouldest come there with the Devil of unbelief in thy heart thou knowest not but there God may cast him out and if it shall be thus with thee in thy waiting on Gods Ordinances that there shall be any stirrings on thy heart and the word fe● home upon thee Take heed the pleasures or cares of the world do not choak it but follow home with serious meditation and beg of God to confirm it with his power and thou knowest not how soon God may be pleased to set it home with such power as may make thee cry out what shall I do to be saved and though the work may be somwhat strange to thy corrupt nature yet if God be pleased to undertake the work it shall prevail and then what reason hast thou poor soul to bless the Lord for his unspeakable mercy to thee-wards to bring thee from darkness unto light from the power of Sathan unto God and it will not be long e're thou shalt be for ever adoreing the riches of Gods free grace towards thee in Jesus Christ to whom with the Father the highest and ultimate object of our Faith and the holy spirit be all honour and glory and praise Amen FINIS ERRATA PAge 29. line 18. for he 'l suffer read he have suffered p. 48. l. ● 10. for make the ears thin and empty r. make thin the ears of thy holy Conversation p. 11. l. 4 5. are misplaced p. 111. l. 19. for living read loving l. 20. for 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 l. 21. l. 21. for Lamasebachthani read Lama-gnazabtanie p. 13. l. 12. for 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 read 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 l. 21. for 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 read 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉

is usually defective and the Corner stone will be sure to fall nay he is the top-stone too as you may see in Zachary Now Christ being all these in the spiritual superstructure it must be that Jesus Christ must fall himself whensoever a true believer doth finally sall off from God Again we shewed likewise it doth arise from the influence that the blessed Spirit of God hath on the hearts of those that are believers as in the 1 Joh. 2. v. 20. But you have an Unction from the Holy One and you know all things he had been shewing before what a sight of Antichrists and Apostates there were but saith he you have received an Unction from the Holy One you have that which they want they had only an outside profession but they wanted the inward teachings of the spirit as in the 26 and 27th ver Isa 59.19 You may there see how God doth keep a soul in a persevering frame So shall they fear the Name of the Lord from the West his glory from the Rising of the Sun when the enemy shall come in like a Flood the spirit of the Lord shall lift up a Standard against him The words are very emphatical whether they do point at the Devil or at the corruptions of our own hearts which are the greatest persecutors of the godly 't is a military expression taken from Souldiers when they lift up their Ensigns in defiance of their Enemies and as Christ saith upon this Rock have I built my Church that the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it so saith the Spirit here when the Enemy breaks in like a Flood then shall the Spirit of the Lord lift up his Standard against them Isa 30. v. 21. You may see how the spirit doth proceed in hi work to keep the Soul in a persevering frame whensoever the poor Soul is ready to turn to the Right hand or to the Left then he doth whisper a sweet word in their ear this is the way walk in it and truly that is a notable word Isa 61. v. 8. And I will direct their work in truth 't is God by the influence of his spirit directing of our works in truth that doth keep us from falling away from God I hope my Friends these are enough to confirm this fourth truth that true believers cannot fall off from God Fifthly It may inform us of the vast difference that is between the state of true Believers and the state of Unbelievers for if you look in those Scriptures wk mentioned Mark 16. v. 16. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved but he that believeth not shall be damned and so likewise in John 3. there you may see the difference set down He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life and he that believeth not on the Son shall not see life but the Wrath of God abideth on him The true believer is said to have everlasting life that is he hath the assurance of it sooner or later he hath it in this life in its incoation though not in its consummation I pray my Friends if you remember no more carry away this that if Heaven and Eternal life is not within you while you are in this world you shall never enter into Heavenly or Eternal life when you shall leave this world Now herein appears the vast difference that is between the state of a Believer and an Unbeliever as a believer hath the Heaven of Spiritual Light from God and the same spiritual love to God the same spiritual joy in God and the same spiritual Communion with God now in this life as they shall have in the life to come in respect of the nature and quality thereof though not in respect of the quantity so likewise a wicked man hath the same spiritu●l darkness in his understanding and the same irregularality in his affection and the same contumacy in his will now as he will have in Hell in respect of the nature and quality thereof though not in respect of the degree and quantity now hellish Drunkards make themselves Drunk with Wine and strong bear and in Hell God will make them pledg the Devil at a full Cup of his wrath which being powered into the Cup of his Indignation will make them Drunk for ever and ever the Hellish Adulterer burns in his Lust here and God will make him burn in Hell for it hereafter As heavenly Saints love God and propound his glory as their ultimate end in all their duties so heillish Sinners hate God and propound their own glory as their ultimate end in duties as believers are daily more and more compleat in vertue so unbelievers are daily more and more repleat with Vice and thus we see the vast difference that is between believers and unbelievers in this life and look upon them at the hour of death and see what a vast difference there will be then between them as in Prov. 14.32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness but the Righteous hath hope on his death and look upon them at the Resurrection and see what a vast difference there is between them as in Dan. 12. v. 2. And many of them that sleep in the dust of the Earth shall awake some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting contempt and look upon them at the denunciation of that dreadful sentence and see the vast difference that is between them as in Mat. 25.33 34. where the Righteous the believer is set on his right hand and the unbeliever on the left Then shall the King say to them on his right hand come ye blessed of my Father come poor soul thou hast called me to come to thee many a time in cuty then come thou now to me the world looked upon thee to be a cursed Creature but I pronounce thee blessed it may be whilst thou wert in the world the Foxes had a priviledg above thee they had holes to hide their heads in But now there is a Kingdom prepared for thee but now see what will become of unbelievers as in the 41. v. here is a dreadful sentence past against them Depart from me here is a separation from all joy and happiness you said to me in your life-time depart from 〈◊〉 for we desire not the knowledg of the wars now depart from me ye Cursed into everlasting fire there is the extremity of pain and torment thou wast one that did burn in thy lusts here and thou wast one that was inflamed with thy lusts or with wine and strong drink or with hatred against me now go into everlasting fire it was the Devil whose voice thou wouldest obey and whose work thou wouldest do and now thou shalt have enough of him now here you may see the vast difference between the state of all true believers and unbelievers Now believers thy shall cease from all their mourning and all their sorrow she ll be ●●●●ed into joy then thou shalt have joy without