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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A03614	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.	Hooker, Thomas, 1586-1647.	1638 (1638)	STC 13739.7; ESTC S4071	32,486	158

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 〈◊〉 Lord. Brethren if there ●…e a sight of God in heaven ●…nd thou doest truely sub●…it to the word it is a true ●…gne that if any under heaven hath the worke of grace ●…ought in him thou hast it ●…hn 8. If any man love the ●…th and obey the Commande●…ents the truth will make him 〈◊〉 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 greate●… truth what great joy will it be to thy selfe no greate●… joy have I saith some ma●… not that my sonne is ric●… but that he is upright Ho●… mayest thou joy then 〈◊〉 ever thou see the face 〈◊〉 God with comfort try 〈◊〉 thou beest upright if th●… 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 ●… 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 〈…〉 good spirit shall 〈…〉 such a soule God 〈…〉 of truth Jesus Ch●… 〈…〉 Word of truth 〈…〉 Ghost is a spirit of 〈…〉 they will embrace 〈…〉 God and Christ 〈…〉 Spirit all bids you 〈…〉 so you shall have 〈…〉 pinesse the Lord●… 〈…〉 you to it and you 〈…〉 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 al●…ayes strive with man for that 〈◊〉 also is flesh yet his dayes ●…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 th●… in the second part of 〈◊〉 Chapter First the carri●… of the people is double 〈◊〉 their wicked and sinfull li●… from the first verse to 〈◊〉 end of the seventh Secondly the holy d●… meanor of Noah in the 8 a●… 9 verses But Noah fou●… grace in the eyes of the Lo●… Noah was a just man and p●…fect in his generation and w●… ked with God Noah in th●… wicked time in that wick●… place and among those wi●… ked people was a holy ma●… saith the Text. Secondly we have the ●…vers dealing of God wi●… them First he threatens des●…lation to the wicked secondly he promises to preserve Noah and for the ●…guise of the wicked First consider the hai●…ousnesse of their sinnes that they broke all the Lawes of God and lust was their Law in the first ●…nd second verses the Text sayes When men began to multiply on the face of the ●…rth and daughters was borne unto them that the sonnes of God saw the danghters of men that they were faire and ●…ookt for wives of all that they ●…hose The sonnes of God the ●…eaning of that is they that professed the truth Second●…y they saw the daughters of men they saw Caine and they that were of God did what they list and chos●… crosse way and so ca●… strange generations as 〈◊〉 ants they were growne 〈◊〉 the height of sinne Secondly in the 3 6 a●… 7 verses is the sentence 〈◊〉 God against them hee s●… they come to this and th●… sets downe a sentence 〈◊〉 doombe as it were he say●… My Spirit shall not alway●… strive with man in that 〈◊〉 is but flesh yet his dayes sh●… be an hundred and twe●… yeares The Lord w●… strive no longer with the●… from whence by the w●… we may note Object That when the●… is a mingling of diuers ma●…riages it makes way to 〈◊〉 struction prooved in Sol●… mon when hee tooke him ●…ange wives then his ●…owne was taken from 〈◊〉 so this old World ●…en they gave themselves ●…strange marriages First In the sentence there 〈◊〉 two things first the ●…rds resolution second 〈◊〉 the reason of Gods deter●…nation First the resolution and ●…t is first generally hee ●…th strove but will strive no ●…re Secondly particularly he ●…l not strive and will strive 〈◊〉 hundred and twenty ●…res here is the resoluti●… of God though he strive 〈◊〉 hee will not strive al●…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 o●… the Word and Noah and Enock in that Ministery Gods Spirit strives with wicked men they spake no●… in their owne words but i●… the 2 Pet. 2. holy men spak●… Gods Word as they doe the Lord doth put his hand to ●…he worke the meaning is I ●…ave sent Noah and Enock ●…hey spake not their owne ●…ords onely but yee have ●…ven against my good ●…pirit what it is to strive ●…e Lord will not strive al●…ayes the meaning is not 〈◊〉 judgement Eccles 6.10 ●…he Lord he deales with ●…oore sinners after their na●…re as a reasonable crea●…re he enters to reasons ●…nd goes to Law and makes ●…ite to draw them home to ●…im for this I take to be the ●…eaning his Ministers came ●…metimes to exhort some●…mes to comfort and some●…mes to reprove and so wee ●…e to Law with God a●…aine From whence observe●… foure points Doct. 1. The Spirit o●… God doth ever accompany the Word and the Ministe●… thereof Here he ascrib●… it My spirit shall not alway●… strive Doct. 2. That the Lo●… strives with rebellious sinners for their good who as they strive against t●… power of the Spirit a●… their owne good No●… strove to draw them hom●… and they strove and wou●… not come Doct. 3. When men d●… abuse the Word long G●… will cease to strive in the 〈◊〉 of the meanes he will stri●… no more as he said here A●… 〈◊〉 Lord said I will not al●…ayes c. Doct. 4. Though the ●…ord will strive no more ●…t he strives long hee gives ●…ng time of repentance as 〈◊〉 did to the old world an ●…dred and twenty yeares Doct. 5. That Gods Spi●… doth ever accompany the ●…ord and the Ministery ●…ereof by the Spirit of ●…od I meane the eternall ●…pirit the Holy Ghost doth ●…speciall manner accompa●… the Word know that ●…od is every where and ●…oweth all things but in a ●…eciall manner hee is with ●…is with the Word Come ●…ecomes with the Word ●…rbid he forbids Rom. 1. 〈◊〉 Gospel is the power of the Lord to the salvation●… man Quest But how do●… this appeare to be so Answ I answer it a●… peareth in two things 〈◊〉 God doth please to set t●… worke apart to save and sa●…ctifie our soules which 〈◊〉 the learning in the wo●… cannot doe Secondly the Lord by 〈◊〉 power of his Spirit do●… constantly and continua●… accompany this worke as●… thinkes good to be a con●… tation to the wicked an●… consolation to the god●… 2 Cor. 2. the two last ver●…to the one it is a favour death to the other it is a 〈◊〉 vour of life it either 〈◊〉 the soule or saves the so●… though it ever accompanies ●…e Word yet this worke 〈◊〉 the Spirit is a voluntary ●…orke Thirdly It doth alwayes company the Word but ●…oth not alwayes worke ●…or some after twenty or ●…irty yeares are converted 〈◊〉 that it doth not alwayes ●…orke Looke as the brazen ●…erpent was lift up in the Wildernesse that whoever ●…oked on it that was stung ●…ith the fiery Serpents ●…ould be healed there was healing vertue in it he set it part for that purpose for ●…at had no vertue of it selfe 〈◊〉 because God would ●…orke by it so that whosoe●…r looked on it might bee ●…aled so it is with the Word of God for they a●… no more able to conve●… then others but because Go●… hath promised to accompany them in dispensation of i●… Reas 1. First taken from t●… fruit and effect of his Wo●… that it is able to doe 〈◊〉 things in the beginning 〈◊〉 is able to doe that whi●… Men and Angels cannot do●… Hebr. 4.12 The Word 〈◊〉 God is quicke and powerf●… and sharper then any two 〈◊〉 god sword piercing even to 〈◊〉 dividing asunder of the so●… and spirit and a discovery 〈◊〉 the thoughts of the he●… It is Gods faithfull work●… the reason why carnall 〈◊〉 fall out with the Minister●… the Word and say you sp●… against men I know y●… ●…eane me No no wee ●…now not your hearts but God doth and the Word of God knowes them Iohn 5. The dead shall heare the voyce ●…f the Sonne of God the mea●…ing is they that are dead 〈◊〉 sinnes for by nature every ●…an is dead in sinne It must ●…e more then all men can do 〈◊〉 our Saviour said to Lazaus when men stood wee●…ing by but Christ said Lazarus come out It must be Gods Word that must raise 〈◊〉 from the death of sinne 〈◊〉 the life of righteous●…esse Vse First of instruction 〈◊〉 take heed of taking up of ●…mes against the Spirit of God we see the haynous ●…nne of them that despise the Ministery of the Go●… pell men may thinke it n●…thing but alas you kno●… not what it is for the Wo●… of God and the Spirit 〈◊〉 God goeth together as 〈◊〉 blessed Martyr Steven sa●… in the 7 of the Actes Y●… stiffenecked and uncircum●… sed in heart and eares y●… have ever resisted the g●… Spirit of God as did your 〈◊〉 thers so do you therefore ta●… heed You are neere to 〈◊〉 sin against the Holy Gho●… for it is not the Word 〈◊〉 Man but the Word of Go●… it is the Spirit that th●… shouldest be saved by th●… thou hast opposed you g●… away with the contempt 〈◊〉 the Gospel and make th●… nothing thou hast sinn●… ●…gainst God and his Spirit ●…at accompanies the Word Counsel one another say do ●…ou know what you do It 〈◊〉 Gods Spirit must not that ●…mfort you must not that ●…ve you It is that that you ●…ppose take heed for this 〈◊〉 above Incestuous sinnes ●…ke 3.20.21 Herod was an ●…cestuous sinner but above ●…his fins he added this that ●…put Iohn in prison he was a ●…cestuous adulterer yet put●…g Iohn in prison was ●…ove all Matth. 11. It shall 〈◊〉 easier for Sodome and Go●…rah in the day of judge●…ut then for you that oppose 〈◊〉 Word of the Lord. So ●…ch for the first point Doct. 2. The Lord strives ●…ith poore sinners for their good when as they stri●… against the power of the S●… rit and their owne goo●… God enters into Law with sinner Sin and Sathan sai●… the soul is theirs God ent●… into Law and saith it is h●… and he made it every m●… by nature takes paine that 〈◊〉 might have no good fr●… God he goes to Law to g●… to hell as it were Matth. 2●… 37. Oh Ierusalem thou t●… killest the Prophets and sto●… them that were sent to th●… There is the thing mar●… How often would I have g●… thered thy children togeth●… as a Henne her Chickens 〈◊〉 yee would not Here is a cu●… tention the Lord wou●… have revealed his wi●… his Spirit would have 〈◊〉 ●…ed you home but you would ●…ot yee resisted his good Spirit yee take hold of wic●…ednesse as the Prophet ●…ere sayes and Iohn 5.4 You will not come to me that 〈◊〉 may be saved saith our ●…aviour to the Pharisees ●…any perish and shal