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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A76168	Englands warning-piece. To all sleepy secure sinners, Or, The true Christians subjection to Christ as their King and Saviour. Plainly and powerfully setting forth to the heart and conscience, of all careless secure sinners, their great folly and madness in refusing to submit to Jesus Christ as he is tendered in the Gospel. : With many cogent arguments and reasons to perswade all persons to come into Christ for salvation, now in the day of their visitation, before the fire of his wrath be kindled upon them, and the gates of Heaven be shut against them, and they perish for ever. : With some rules and directions how we may attain true happiness. / Gathered from the painful labours of Mr. Richard Baxter, being the substance of a sermon ; Lycensed and entred according to order.	Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.	1678 (1678)	Wing B1258A; ESTC R172645	9,382	24

way to Christ or means to partake of him than by Fatih it is this Faith or accep●ation of Christ for our Saviour and King which is here called kissing the Son applying and appropriating to our selves the person righteousness and benefits procured and offered but not the least honour of the work all we do is but to accept what Christ hath procured and that must be by the special assistance of his Holy Spirit 4. Why no priviledge or power in the word can save them that doth not kiss the Son it might here suffice that I have shew'd you God's determination to the contrary but further consider if any should hope to escape by their Friends Strength or other Endowments or Virtuous qualifications 1. The must resist the unresistable will of God they must do that which Heaven or Earth men or Devils were never able yet to do they have resisted his Laws and love but they could never resist his Power where dwelleth that man or what is his name that did neglect Christ and yet escaped damnation Job 9 chap. 4 verse who hath hardned himself against him and hath prospered 2. He that will save the soul that loveth not dependeth not and subjecteth not himself to Christ must first make false the word of God and make the faithful and true God a lyer for God hath given it under his hand for a truth that he that beleiveth not is condemned already Joh. 3. ch verse 18. that he shall not see life but the wrath of God abideth on him John 3 chap. ver 36. that those that are invited and make light of Christ shall never tast of his Supper that is shall be more easy for Sodom in the day of judgement than for that City which refuseth the offers of the Gospel Matt. 10. ver 15. Those that would not have Christ Reign over them shall be brought forth at last and destroyed before him as his Enemies Luke 19. That they shall all be damned that beleive not the Truth but have pleasure in unrightroussness 2. Thess 2. chap. 12. ver Hath the Almighty sayed thus and who dare say it shall not be Thus you see his task that will undertake to save one neglector of Christ. Vse 1. You hear by the Text how you are like to speed at the Bar of Christ who shall dye and who shall live the great Assize is near at hand the feet of the Judge is at the dore go thy way unbeleiving sinner when thou hast had all the pleasure that sin can afford thee the rousing voice will awake thee after thou hast lain in dust and flep a while and thine Eyes shall see that dreadful day oh blessed oh doleful day blessed to the Saints doleful to the wicked oh the triumphant shoutings of the joyful Saints the hideous roaring cryes of the damned when each man hath received his doom there is nothing but Eternal glory and eternal fire You must all of you shortly appear and hear what doom must pass upon you I hope you beleive it What would you now give to know for certain how it will then go with you why here is the book by which you must be judged and here is the summ of it in my Text and the grounds upon which the Judge will then proceed will you but go along with me and answer the questions I shall put to you you may know your doom And here you must know that it is the Kiss of the Heart and not of Lips which we must here inquire after the questions will not be at the great day of Doom who hath spake Christ fair or who hath called themselves Christians or who hath said the Creed or Lord's Prayer oftnest or cryed Lord Lord or come to Church or hath held this opinion or who that It would make a mans heart ake to think how Zealous men honour the shadow of Christ bow at his name reverence the Image of the Cross he dyed on and the Reliques and names of the Saints that dyed for him yet do utterly neglect the Lord himself and resist his spirit and cannot endure to be governed by him and hate them that really love him and yet believe themselves to be real Christians For God's sake sirs do not delude your immortal Souls as to think your Baptism and your outward Devotion and your good meanings as you call them and your righteous dealing with men will serve the turn to prove you Christians Alass this is but with Judas to kiss the mouth of Christ. And indeed to fetch your death from those blessed lips from whence the Saints did fetch their life I will shew you some surer signs than these 1. Let me a little inquire into your subjection to Christ do you remember the time when you were the servants of Sin and Satan and led captive at his will and all within you was in carnal peace do you remember when the spirit in the word came powerfully upon your hearts and bound Satan and cast him out and answered all your carnal wisdome and brought you out of darkness into light and from the power of Satan unto God Acts 26. chap. 18 vers Hath Christ the only Soveraignty in your Souls is his word thy Law which thou darst not pass doth it bind thy thoughts unto thy tongue and command all thou hast hast thou laid down all at the feet of Christ and resigned all to his will and devoted allto his dispose and service dost thou dayly and spiritually worship him in private and in thy Family and teach thy children and servants to fear the Lord I intreat you Sirs deal truly and faithfully in answering these questions for never man was saved by the bare title of a Christian if you are not subject to Christ you are not Christians no more then a picture or a carkass is a man and your Salvation will be such as your Christianity is Subjection is an undoubted part of thy faith and Obedience is its fruit In short then dost thou make him thy fear and tremble at his word and be willing to do or suffer any thing for his sake as the Sword Fire Nakedness Displeasure of friends Credit or Life art thou willing to submit to all that he revealeth dost thou say speak Lord for thy servant heareth Lord what wouldst thou have me to do I am ready to do thy will O God Beloved this is the frame of every servant of Christ and this is the acknowledging and accepting of him for your Lord. Dost thou take him for thy only Saviour and truly beleive this history of his Life and Passion the truth of his Divine and humane nature his Resurrection his Office and his approaching Judgement dost thou see that all thy supposed Righteousness is but Vanity and sin and that thou art not able to make the least satisfaction to the Law by thy works or sufferings and if his blood did not wash thee and his Righteousness justify thee thou must certainly be damned yet and

perish for ever do thou therefore cast thy self into his Arms and venter thy everlasting state upon him and trust him with thy Soul and fetch all thy help and healing from him dost thou so build upon his promise of an happiness hereafter that thou canst let all go here and drink of His cap and be Baptised with his Baptism and lose thy life upon his promise that thou shalt save it why this is kissing the hand of Christ Beloved I profess to you all in the name of the Lord that it is not your bold and confident affirming that you love Christ which will serve your turn when Christ shall judge he will search deep and judge according to truth in the inward parts How many thousand will perish then as his utter Enemies that verily thought themselves his friends How easily might they now find their mistake would they now examine themselves Oh try try Sirs before God try you judge your selves before Christ jugeth you it would grieve a mans heart that knows what it is to love Christ to beleive and be subject to him to see how rare these are in the world Vse the 2d It is time to turn my speech to Exhortation and oh that you would encourage me with a Resolution to obey my business is as a Herauld to proclaim the Lord Jesus your King and Saviour and to know whether you will acknowledge and take him to be so or not and to perswade you to kiss the Son least his wrath be kindled against you you will say this is a common Errand I know the name of Christ is common the Swearer doth swear by it the Begger begs by it the Charmer puts it into his Charms and the Jester in his Jests and many Papists and ignorant Protestants do mutter it oft-times over their Prayers but who trembleth at or triumpheth in it who maketh it his fear and joy and give up their souls to be governed by Christ I do hear solemnly proclaim to you that the Lord Jesus will not be put off with complements he cares not for your meer name of Christianity your Cap or Knee if your Heart be not set upon him thou art none of his you must depend on him alone for Soul and Body or never look for mercy at his hands He is the Author of Eternal salvation to them only that obey him Hebrews 5 chap. 9 ver What say you sirs in answer to my message what do you resolve upon shall Christ be your love and your Lord or not will you kiss the Son or will you slight him still methinks you should easily be resolved and say Away with Credit Plcasure Profits away with these bewitching Delights and vanities Christ has bought my heart and he shall have it he is my Lord and I will be ruled by him I perswade you not to Opinions or Factions but to be with all your heart for Christ as ever you look Christ should be for you to love him as he that hath bought you from everlasting wrath and dyed to save you from Eternal Burnings to lay hold of him with most earnest affectionate Apprehension as a man that is ready to be drowned would do upon a bough or the hand of his friend that would pull him to the shore to do nothing till thou hast asked counsel at his word these are the things I exhort you to these are things that Christ expects from you Think of what I say and weigh it if I speak not Truth and Reason reject it and spare not but if it be and thy Conscience tell thee so take heed then how thou dost neglect it or reject it least thou be found a fighter against the Spirit of God I will draw these considerations only from the Text. 1. Thou art else a Rebel against thy Soveraign Lord this I gather from the command in my Text and the whole Psalm God hath given thee into the hands of his Son and made him Lord and King of all and commanded all to submit to him and accept of him who can shew such right to rule thee as Christ can do he is thy maker and so is not Satan he dearly bought thee so did not the world 1 Pet. 1 ch v. 18. Thou wast not Redeemed with Silver and Gold and corruptible things from your vain conversations I make this challenge in the behalf of Christ let any thing in the world step forth and shew a better Title to thee to thy heart and to thy life than Christ can shew then let them take thy heart but I know thou canst not but confess it yet will thou not yield him thy Love and chiefest Obedience out of thy own mouth then art thou condemned as a wilful Rebel 2. To deny thy Love and Subjection to Christ is a most barbarous unkindness a sinner can be guilty of did he pitty thee in thy lost Estate and take thee up when thou wast wounded in the way and make thee a Plaister of the blood of his heart and is this thy requital did he come down from Heaven to Earth to seek thee when thou wast lost and take upon him all thy Debt and put himself into the Prison of the world and flesh and paid for thy folly born the wrath of God which thou must have suffered for ever and doth he not deserve to be entertained with most affectionate respect but with a few cold thoughts instead of hearty love and a few formal words instead of Worship Oh let the Heavens blush at such ingratitude Me thinks you should rather wonder with your selves that ever Christ should give you leave to love him and say Will the Lord eudure such a wretch to kiss him will he suffer himself to be embraced by those arms which hath been so often defiled by the imbracements of sin will he honour me so highly as to be his Subject and Servant to be guided by such a blessed and perfect Law and doth require no harder conditions then these for my Salvation Take then my Heart O Lord it is only thine and oh that it were better take it and make it better the Spear hath made a passage to thy heart O let thy spirit upon me make a passage to mine I dare challenge Earth and Hell and all the Enemies of Christ in both to shew the least hurt that ever he caused to the Soul of a beleiver or wrong to the soul of any and must he have such a stir to do thee good must he beseech thee to be happy and follow thee with intreaties and yet art thou like a stock that neither hears nor feels nay dost not thou murmur against him as if he would do thee a mischief Ah foolish Sinner it is sin would hurt thee and not thy Saviour why dost not thou strive against that it is the Divel that would destroy thee yet dost not grudge thy obedience to him be judge thy self whether this be equal dealing Sinner I beseech thee in behalf of thy poor Soul

not to renounce thy Saviour till thou hast found a better Master say as Peter whither shall we go Lord thou hast the words of Eternal Life 2ly These following considerations are drawn from the aggravation of the punishment and all from the words of my Text. 1. God will be angry if you kiss not his Son his wrath is as a fire and this neglect of Christ is the way to kindle it if thou art not a beleiver thou art condemned already but this will bring upon thee a double condemnation oh what will the Father say to such unworthy wretches must I send my Son from my bosome to suffer for thee must he groan and bleed when thou shouldst bleed and dye when thou shouldst dye and canst thou not be perswaded to imbrace and obey him must he have the naked title of thy Lord and Saviour while the fleshly pleasures and profits have thy heart what wrath can be too great and Hell too hot for such ungrateful wretches go seize upon him Justice let my wrath consume and hell devour thee seeing thou hast chosen death take it and as thou hast rejected Heaven thou shalt never see it but my wrath shall abide on thee for ever John 3. Chap. 36 ver Woe to thee sinner if this be once thy sentence thou hadst better have Heaven and Earth fall upon thee than one degree of God's displeasure O what a pittyful sight t is to see a man under the wrath of God and are these little sparks so intollerably hot what then do you think are the everlasting flames beloved hearers if God had not spoke this I durst not have spoke it the desire of my soul is that you may-not feell it I hope the foreknowing may help to prevent it Let me tell you from God as sure as Heaven is over your heads and the Earth under your feet except the Son of God be nearer thy heart and dearer to thy heart than Friends or goods or Pleasures or Life or any thing in the world this burning wrath will never be prevented when this wrath of God is throughly kindled then blessed are they that trust in him Luke 14. Matt. 10. 37. And now what is your resolution perhaps you have been Enemie to Christ under the name of Christians will you be so still have you not loathed this busie diligent serving of him and hated them that carefully seek him more than the vilest Drunkard or Blasphemer have not his word Service and Sabboth been a burden to you crying away with these precise Preachers they shall not controle us this precise Scripture shall be no Law to us and consequently this Christ shall not rule over us you may go on as far as Pharo if you will but if you be not losers in the latter end God hath not spoken by me 1 Kings Sirs I am loath to leave you till the bargain be made what say you are you willing that Christ shall be your Soveraign his word your Law his worship your Recreations his merits your Refuge his glory your end and himself the delight of your souls the Lord Jesus waiteth for your answer thou wilt very shortly wait on him for thy doom as ever thou wouldst have him speak life to thy soul do thou resolve upon the way of Life remember that thou art almost at Death and Judgement if thou didst but see what others suffer for neglecting of him that now offereth thee his grace what wouldst thou do when it comes to that then thou wilt cry away with the world away Pleasures nothing can comfort me but Christ why then will not you be of the same mind now Oh that it might stand with the Will of God that this Sermon might take effect upon your hearts and fasten upon your souls and pierce into your consciences as an Arrow drawn out of the Quiver of God it should follow thee home and bring thee down on thy Knees in secret and there lament they case and make thee cry out in the bitterness of thy spirit Lord I am a sinner that hath neglected thee and have tasted more sweetness in the world than in thy blood and taken more delight in my earthly labours and pleasures than in praying and meditating on thee and here it should make thee lye in tears and Prayers and follow Christ with cryes and complaints till he take thee up from the dust and assure thee of his pardon and change thy heart and close it with his own To conclude all with the words of my Text Oh kiss the Son least he be angry and you perish blessed are all they that trust in him FINIS Books Printed for Joshua Conyers at the black raven in duck lane with many others THe Young Mans guide in his way to Heaven or a cabinet of rich Jewels 2. An Awakening Call to unconverted sinners or the Jaylors Conversion 3 Gods Sword against Drunkards or a Timely warning to Drunkards Swearers and blasphemers of Gods holy name the first parr 4 The great and grievous sin of Pride Whoredome and Adultery Arraigned and condemned in abundance of examples the second part 5 A dreadful warning to all Impenitent sinners seting sorth the great danger of making light of Christ and salvation by Mr. Baxten 6 The Art of Divine contentment in all conditions a new peice 7 The Travels and Persecutions of our Saviour Christ and his 12 Apostles 8 The fiery Tryals of Martyrs that were burnt to death for the Protestant Religion 9. Seven forty examples upon persecutors