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A96864
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Divine poems being meditations upon several sermons, preached at Eckington in the county of Darbie / by Mr. S.G. And put into vers by William Wood of Eckington, Gent.
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Wood, William.; S. G.
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1655
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Wing W3414; Thomason E844_16; ESTC R210371
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say again rejoyce Let us lift up our heads hearts hands and voice Lord let it bee our Constant resolutions To land thy love for all thy distributions JOHN 1. 8. If wee say that wee have no sin wee deceive our selves and the truth is not in us IF wee or yee if all of us or any ' Mongst the unstable Crowd of Earth's ill many With arrogance dare say wee have no sin Hee sin 's and wretchedly offend's therein For at the best they are but self-deceivers Berest of truth deluded false beleevers The Saints illustrious vessels of perfection They do not brag nor boast of self-perfection But are of meekly garb amongst these wee Stand not on points of self-integritie But grant if that wee say wee have no sin Our selves wee cheat wee have no truth within Our saints in shew puft up with inspiration These finless sort disclaim all Condonation This Paradox is of so deep a die The best condemn 't they all adjudg't a lie A cloud of Penitents wee may recount Whose excellencies our best acts surmount And these by Invocation did not lin To supplicate God's mercie for their sin The best of saints their hands were oft unclean Even as a menstrous cloth defil'd obscene wee need not travel far to start the crew Of some that are as naught as they are new Who dare disturb the Pastor in 's devotions And in great Congregations cause commotions Affront the Magistrate even to his face Thwart him with tearms of overmuch disgrace By works and words the better wee may ken To segregate these Sects from sober men They 're heady giddy constant as the winde To every cavilling fallacie inclin'd Blasphemers boasters proud and insolent Despising order Civil Government By these and other spots they are well known To be a tribe that truth will never owne These thus perverted lately did begin To hold this tenet that they have no sin The Saints in virtue which did aye excel This hainous heresie condemn'd to hell The General Councils with considerate ire Adjudg'd these crimes to be calcin'd with fire Yee that so boast of spirit to be brim full Which say yee have no sin your selves yee gull Com all yee missed erring gross mistakers Vain glorious Ranters or censorious Quakers Bring all your tricks your toies and wrested sleights Let 's poise them by the Sanctuaries weights Lord if wee sin against thee and offend For who sin 's not that here his dayes doth spend Wash me O wash nee throughly from my sin Blood and pollution which I wallow'd in If sinfull I my self shall justifie My mouth condemn's mee giveth mee the lie Hee that 's nost just hath failings oft doth fall On Earth hee live's not that sin 's not at all Here may wee add these useful short digressions Two to the temple went to make Confessions Pride and Humilitie goe both to pray But differently the clean contrarie way The Pharisee the Publican despised His own good works and alms he highly prized The publican's low posture and Contrition Obtained grace when pride had no remission This is that sin hul'd Lucifer from heaven Which is most capital amongst the seaven This is the sin of Serpentines device Ejected Adam out of Paradise These Luciferian sons and heirs of Pride Are not at height till Demi-Deifi'd Now to close up as wee did first begin Wee with Saint Paul conclude all 's under Sin 1 JOHN 3. 9. Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin for his seed remaineth in him and hee cannot sin because he is born of God BEtwixt this present and precedent Text Many perverted are and much perplext The first is If wee say wee have no Sin Wee do deceive our selvs no truth 's within This He that 's born of God commit's no Sin Hee cannot sin his seed remain's within This is the substance of this twofold Text Though some words want others for feet's annext Some rash precipitants of late discover And give it out those texts do thwart each other Some overweeners sleight all sound direction Oppose all truth which soothe's not their affection Some rudely read wanting all sage sobriety Conclude that twixt these Texts there 's contrariety To carnal eyes though these seem opposite The spirit of truth doth friendly counite None ever yet that liv'd in Earth's vast round But Adam's spot within his flesh was found Hee that by natural birth is born of God Commit's no sin so need 's not dread his rod No there was none in all the Earth but one Which is our Saviour Jesus Christ alone Some few there are ' mongst every Tribe and Nation That mercy sealed by Regeneration Of such 't is said that they commit no sin Because they hate and loath to live therein Others averse to these that's neighbours nigh As those with solace work iniquity And these are they whose faculty and frame Do boast of ill whose glory is their shame These are enamour'd as Pigmation was One his stone statue lively limned lafs These make of sin their trade and occupation Their sport their pastime mirth and recreation Their business traffique and the sole affairs Live in 't and on 't and do abandon cares And in this sense 't is said hee cannot sin Unless consent conjoyn comply therein Many are missed many go awry The best do fail but fall not finally Hee cannot sin a Sin to condemnation That hath the earnest of his own Salvation Hee cannot sin to death in any case That is protected by preventing grace When hope seem'd helpless in the greatest need God hath reserv'd in his a holy seed On barren soils wee see few fruits are seen Ingrafted grace in God's time will grow green Though in the root no sap seem's visibly Yet grace all seeming wants can well supply The seed of grace at spring will fructifie Though with Sin 's storms it perish seeminglie 2 PET. 1. 9. Wee have also a more sure word of Prophecie whereunto yee do well that yee take heed as unto a light that shineth in a dark place untill the day dawn and the day stor arise in your hearts TH' Apostle for himself and 's fellow Jews Send 's to his Churches sure and certain news Debate 's the evidence of revelation Upon the case of Christ's transfiguration Hee stronglie back 's his Message and assertion Confirm's his babes begotten by Conversion What hee and others heard and saw with eye Hold's not so sure as word by prophesie Moses and all the Prophet were of old Their Laws are all in Court of heav'n inrol'd Their verity hath vauquish'd all denials Like purest gold sustain'd the fiery trials The scrupulous Jews do mutually consent Unto the truths in the old Testament The Maxime which doth credit this the most is the Dictator was the Holie Ghost The scope and drift of this asseveration doth ratifie Messia's Incarnation Next he commends their diligential heed Their practick part in that they hear or read And here forewarn's that superficially They do