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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A15836	A sermon preached at Great Yarmouth, vpon VVednesday, the 12. of September. 1599 by W. Yonger ... ; the argument whereof was chosen to minister instructions vnto the people, vpon occasion of those present troubles, which then were feared by the Spaniards.	Yonger, William.	1600 (1600)	STC 26097.5; ESTC S1754	32,517	88

or such like should bee rather of fashion then from the affection of the heart Ioel disclaimes from them as things which the Lord regardeth not if the puritie of the mind and sinceritie of the heart bee absent It is not outward sanctification outward holinesse outward behauiour that the Lord requires but the purifying and purging of the heart from sinne For God seeth not as man seeth 1. Sam. 16.7 Prou. 15.11 man looketh on the outward appearance but the Lord beholdeth the heart therefore Wash thy heart O Ierusalem I might here by the way take occasion to fight a battell with hypocrites Hypocrites whom we may compare to boat-men that look one way but row another or like to Mercuries Images that poynt the way to others but thēselues stand still and stirre not one foote or like to stage-players which for an houre or two seeme to be greatstates-men but the play being ended they are as base companions as they were before or like vnto the Carbuncle which hath a shew of fire but no true fire so they a shew of zeale but no true zeale Mat. 23.27 or as those paynted Sepulchers beautified to the eye but within full of rottennesse and corruption These will seeme religious amongst you though not refraine their tongues Iā 1.26 but deceiue their owne hearts whose religion by the iudgement of the Apostle is vaine But to leaue them because my purpose was but to take them by the lap of their garments at this time for a remembrance onely let vs that will bee Christians in deede and sinceritie bee warie that we play not the sophisters with our selues thinking that outward puritie and sinceritie stand for currant in the sight of God It is the purenesse and sanctimonie of the heart onely Our repentance must be nou corporis sed cordis Eiusdem capitis that the Lord requires we may pray with the Pharise Luke 18.11 and kisse Christ with Iudas Mat. 26.49 and offer sacrifice with Cain Gen. 4.3 and fast with Iesabel 1. Kin. 21.9 and humble our selues with Ahab vers 27. and present an Oblation with Ananias Acts 5.2 and lament with the teares of Esau Gen. 27.38 yet all these are nothing if the heart be not onely deuoted and consecrated vnto God Wash thine heart from wickednesse Second instructi ∣ on Secōdly in that he sayth Wash thine heart from wickednesse wee see howe lothsome a thing it is in the sight of God to haue a wicked heart an heart not sanctified and vpright before him An happie thing were it if wee could bethinke our selues what an enemie we carrie about with vs in our breasts when we haue wickednes in our hearts It is like death Malitia which hauing once seazed vpon the heart all the members of the body are immediatly captiued so let the heart bee wicked and the whole body is wicked for out of the aboundance of the heart the head deuiseth the hand executeth the tongue speaketh the eye seeth the foote walketh I. King 15.30 and euen as wicked Ieroboam made all Israel to sinne so the wicked heart makes the whole body to sinne Therefore should euerie one of vs pray with good King Dauid Psal 50. Create in mee O Lord a cleane heart and renew a right spirit within mee Wee must dislodge our hearts of this great euill and make them the wagons and chariots of the Spirit wherein hee may sit to guide our whole body and the priuiledge which hereby wee shall reape is singular Rō 8.14 for sayth Saint Paul So many as are led by the Spirit are the sonnes of God Now the Lord hath giuen vs our hearts and bodies to bee resting places for the holy Ghost and wherein he should take delight to seate himselfe But alas the Spirit sits in the streetes Iudg. 19 like the Leuit that came from Gybeah and no man receiues it into the house of his heart nay wee choose rather to make them dennes for the diuell store-houses of sinne and euen a Dagon of all iniquitie Should it be thus with Christians God forbid the Lord hath giuen thee a body to bee the temple of the holy Ghost shalt thou now take this body of thine and make it the body of an harlot God forbid the Lord hath giuen thee hands as organs to performe the necessarie actions belonging to thy welfare shalt thou now diuert them to an ill vse and make them instruments of murder violence rapine oppression God forbid the Lord hath giuē thee a tongue an excellent benefit of nature to conuey vnto thy brother the secret conceits of thy mind both for the prayse and glorie of God and for thy profit and benefit in thy trade of life shalt thou now make it a tongue of blasphemie vnchastitie cursing swearing and forswearing God forbid the Lord hath giuen thee eyes to behold his creatures vpō the face of the heauens the superficies of the earth to behold the admirable workes of the almighty in the frame of the world and they are as two lights for without them the whole body should be possessed with darknes now darest thou attempt to make them instrumēts to sollicite the heart with vncleannes or make them windowes of vanity by beholding the beauty of the strange woman nay rather let vs say with Iob Iob. 31.1 I haue made a couenant with mine eyes not with an vnchaste affectiō to behold a virgin Foedus pepigerā cum oculis meis c. Thus haue you heard that the Lord hath giuen vs an heart that we might as Solomons wisedome requires Pro. 23.26 giue it vnto the Lord againe hee hath giuen vs a body that wee might as Paul requires Rom. 12.1 offer it vp vnto him againe All powers and parts of both hath God giuen vnto vs that wee should dedicate them to him againe but alas wee bestow them vpon Satan sinne and the pleasures of the world Iehu vsed not the temple of Baal more basely then wee vse our hearts making them cabbins of vncleane spirits full of deadly sinnes whereas they should bee vessels of holinesse and honor vnto the Lord. 1. Thes 4.4 Let vs therefore in the Lords feare supplant this bitter roote of wickednesse in our hearts and plant in them the graces of the spirit that the heart may bee as a sweete garden furnished with vertues as with fragrant flowres that hee may say of it as elsewhere hee speakes of Sion Here will I dwell for I haue a delight herein so shal he which created it haue it he that gaue it receiue it againe and he which preserues it in this life may preserue it for euer Third instructiō Thirdly in that he sayth Wash thine heart from wickednesse it giues vs to vnderstand that sinne is a corruption for the word here which the Prophet vseth Laua Ablue is a borrowed speech taken from the maner of those which are wont to rinse or wash any thing