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Three sermons I. The wrath of God against sinners, II. God's eternitie, and mans humanitie, III. The plantation of the righteous / by T.H.
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Hooker, Thomas, 1586-1647.
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STC 13739.7; ESTC S4071
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God canst thou say in good earnest and uprightnesse before the Lord is there any more truthes and more good will of thine of thy worship good Lord let me know it that I may love it and practice it Brethren is it so take then this in you and answer it is ãâã Lord. Brethren if there ââ¦e a sight of God in heaven ââ¦nd thou doest truely subââ¦it to the word it is a true ââ¦gne that if any under heaven hath the worke of grace ââ¦ought in him thou hast it ââ¦hn 8. If any man love the ââ¦th and obey the Commandeââ¦ents the truth will make him ãâã Dost thou then love and obey the truth it will make thee free it will make thee a freeman of heaven hold this truth Heaven and earth shall passe but that work of grace cannot passe This was the joy of the Apostle Iohn 5.4 I have no greater joy in the world then that my children walke in the truth in the light comfort and power of it If the Apostle Iohn could have no greateâ⦠truth what great joy will it be to thy selfe no greateâ⦠joy have I saith some maâ⦠not that my sonne is ricâ⦠but that he is upright Hoâ⦠mayest thou joy then ãâã ever thou see the face ãâã God with comfort try ãâã thou beest upright if thâ⦠lovest the truth the Saint can see no greater joy then this Oh goe your wayes you blessed Saints ye walke after the truth you that have this can have no more God himselfe loveth truth in the inward parts hee is a spirit and will be worshipped in spirit and truth Dost thou love the truth of Christ then it will say as well of thee as of Demetrius Iohn â⦠12 Demetrius hath a good report of the truth So I say doth the truth report well of thee Doe not feare what the world thy friends enemies or adversaries say of thee that will bring thee comfort when all false witnesses shall lye aside but all you wicked of the world you are they that bend your selves against the Saints of God It is true the poore Saints of God as poore as they be they shall lift up their heads when you shall hang downe and turne aside because they have the truth for them when you shall see the poore dispised Saints of God poore Goodman such a one c. You that have made no care of Gods Commandements when yee shall see them ye shall wonder to see them lift up thither when the Divell shall say Lord how comes such a man to such a place he was a finner I Lord saith the poore soule I know I have many weaknesses Lord thou knowest that many a sad spirit I have carried about yet never a truth was made knowne but I entertained it never a sinne was made knowne but I entertained it never a sinne was made known but I loathed it then comes the blessed Truth I beare witnesse Lord he loved me and entertained mee though with many groanes and teares and persecutions hee would have me saith the truth hee is a blessed Saint of God You that are willing to receive every truth oh get you to heaven then you will be past the worst the Devill himselfe confesses and the damned spirits He is a holy and sincere hearted man Why Brethren who would not labour for the truth I say God and Christ ãâ¦ã good spirit shall ãâ¦ã such a soule God ãâ¦ã of truth Jesus Châ⦠ãâ¦ã Word of truth ãâ¦ã Ghost is a spirit of ãâ¦ã they will embrace ãâ¦ã God and Christ ãâ¦ã Spirit all bids you ãâ¦ã so you shall have ãâ¦ã pinesse the Lordâ⦠ãâ¦ã you to it and you ãâ¦ã it hereafter FINIS A GODLY AND PROFITABLE SERMON Of Gods Eternitie and Mans Humanitie OR The striving of the Lord with Sinners By T. H. LONDON Printed by M.P. for Iohn Stafford dwelling in Black-Horse-Alley neere Fleetstreet 1639. THE STRIVING of the LORD with SINNERS GEN. 6.3 My Spirit shall not alââ¦ayes strive with man for that ãâã also is flesh yet his dayes ââ¦all be an hundred and twenty yeares THe scope of this Chapter discovers it selfe in two parts first the divers conditions of them before the Floud Secondly the carriage of God towards thâ⦠in the second part of ãâã Chapter First the carriâ⦠of the people is double ãâã their wicked and sinfull liâ⦠from the first verse to ãâã end of the seventh Secondly the holy dâ⦠meanor of Noah in the 8 aâ⦠9 verses But Noah fouâ⦠grace in the eyes of the Loâ⦠Noah was a just man and pââ¦fect in his generation and wâ⦠ked with God Noah in thâ⦠wicked time in that wickâ⦠place and among those wiâ⦠ked people was a holy maâ⦠saith the Text. Secondly we have the ââ¦vers dealing of God wiâ⦠them First he threatens desââ¦lation to the wicked secondly he promises to preserve Noah and for the ââ¦guise of the wicked First consider the haiââ¦ousnesse of their sinnes that they broke all the Lawes of God and lust was their Law in the first ââ¦nd second verses the Text sayes When men began to multiply on the face of the ââ¦rth and daughters was borne unto them that the sonnes of God saw the danghters of men that they were faire and ââ¦ookt for wives of all that they ââ¦hose The sonnes of God the ââ¦eaning of that is they that professed the truth Secondââ¦y they saw the daughters of men they saw Caine and they that were of God did what they list and chosâ⦠crosse way and so caâ⦠strange generations as ãâã ants they were growne ãâã the height of sinne Secondly in the 3 6 aâ⦠7 verses is the sentence ãâã God against them hee sâ⦠they come to this and thâ⦠sets downe a sentence ãâã doombe as it were he sayâ⦠My Spirit shall not alwayâ⦠strive with man in that ãâã is but flesh yet his dayes shâ⦠be an hundred and tweâ⦠yeares The Lord wâ⦠strive no longer with theâ⦠from whence by the wâ⦠we may note Object That when theâ⦠is a mingling of diuers maââ¦riages it makes way to ãâã struction prooved in Solâ⦠mon when hee tooke him ââ¦ange wives then his ââ¦owne was taken from ãâã so this old World ââ¦en they gave themselves ââ¦strange marriages First In the sentence there ãâã two things first the ââ¦rds resolution second ãâã the reason of Gods deterââ¦nation First the resolution and ââ¦t is first generally hee ââ¦th strove but will strive no ââ¦re Secondly particularly he ââ¦l not strive and will strive ãâã hundred and twenty ââ¦res here is the resolutiâ⦠of God though he strive ãâã hee will not strive alââ¦yes Secondly the reason of Gods determination hee is also flesh In the Text two things are to be observed First what is meant by spirit secondly what it is to strive first Gods Spirit we may understand to be the holy Ghost the third person in Trinity hee is said to strive not miraculously but mediately by his meanes the Word of God Ministers he is said to strive with this generation by the Ministery oâ⦠the Word and Noah and Enock in that Ministery Gods Spirit strives