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A17514	Saint Paules agonie A sermon preached at Leicester, at the ordinary monthly lecture: specially touching the motions of sinne, remaining in the regenerate. By A. Cade, Bacheler in Diuinity, and of Bilsdon in Leycester-shire.	Cade, Anthony, 1564?-1641.	1618 (1618)	STC 4328; ESTC S107370	25,820	46

the City in perils in the wildernesse in perils in the Sea in perils amongst false brethren 27. In wearinesse and painefulnesse in watchings often in hunger and thirst in fastings often in cold and nakednesse 28. beside those things that are without that which commeth vpon me dayly the care of all Churches 29 Who is offended and I burne not 31. The God and Father of our Lord Iesus Christ which is blessed for euermore knoweth that I lie not What naturall man in the world would not these troubles deepely amaze and driue into a desperate sence and set him at his wits end to cry out of his wretchednesse and miserable mishappes that fall so thicke vpon him especially falling so vndeseruingly as they did vpon Saint Paul But what sayth S. Paul himselfe vnto them Behold the patterne of a true Regenerate man I count sayth he that the afflictions of this present time are not worthy of the glory which shall bee shewed vnto vs Rom. 8.18 and 2. Cor. 4 17. Our light affliction which is but for a moment causeth vnto vs a farre more excellent and an eternall waight of glory and therefore he sayth 2. Cor. 12.10 I take pleasure in infirmities in reproches in necessities in persecutions for Christs sake And Act. 21 13. He protesteth that hee is not onely ready to be bound but also to die for the name of the Lord Iesus His troubles though great and manifold seeme nothing in his eyes but when hee lookes vpon the least sinne that is possible to be in man euen the least motion of the flesh that stirreth against the Spirit it doth so grieue him and seeme so odious in his eyes that hee cryeth out in the agony of his soule O wretched man that I am who shall deliuer mee from this body of death Vse Excellent and diuine Apostle A comparison of our State with S. Paules In malis eulpae in malis paenae how farre doest thou out-goe vs on the one side in all holinesse and righteousnesse and on the other side in crosses and afflictions and yet passing ouer thy afflictions with ioy that are so great many onely cryest out of thy sins that are so few and small and we at euery light affliction are ready to murmur and rage with impaciency but for our sins whose magnitude and multitude cannot bee esteemed we grieue not at all but remayne insensible O well were we thinke the most men if wee could liue in wealth and ease and pleasure in this world without any crosse or affliction to disquiet our minds or hinder our delights how well could we fat our selues with pleasure and neuer think of our sinnes to moue vs to sorrow and melancholy But alasse deere brethren we should make this vse of Saint Paules example to omit other to search our owne harts and courses and come to the knowledge of our sins and of our wretchednesse by them and be hartily sorry for offending our God defiling our selues 1. Pet. 4.13 The ouerflowing of wickednesse in the world and drawing heauy plagues and punishments vppon vs knowing that if the Righteous scarcely bee saued where shall the wicked and vngodly appeare Alasse who can looke into the World but he shall finde in all Estates and in all degrees in all theyr courses that there is no whole party no found part but from head to foot all ouerrunne with this soule Leprosie of sinne Tit. 4. last They professe that they know GOD but by Workes they deny him are become abhominable and disobedient and to euery good Worke reprobate Iust like the Cretians Tit. 1.12 lyars to the Trueth Euill beastes slow bellyes slowe to doe good but to any euill quicke and forward Who can goe into the streetes but hee shall heare store of wicked blasphemous oathes vngodly raylinges filthy talking rotten speeches in euery corner theyr mouthes are as open Sepulchres breathing out corrupt and filthy stinkes from the rotten carrion of their hearts as if the sound of the Gospell had neuer rung in their eares neuer suncke into their hearts to season them What iust Lot would not continually vexe his righteous Soule by dwelling amongst them and seeing their wicked conuersation 2 Pet. 2 7.8 What good Dauids eyes would not gush out with tears to see Gods lawes so contemned Psal 119.53.158 Ierem. 9.1 Lament what good Ieremie would not melt away in Lamentations to see the wickednesse and to foresee the miseries of his people yea What good Christian can temper himselfe from crying out in theyr behalfe O Wretched men that wee are who shall deliuer vs from this body of death Alasse wretched men whether shall wee turne vs Little mortification whose liues are nothing but a continuall practise of sinne who very weakely and coldly resist these motions of sinne that stirre in our natures but suffer them to get the vpper hand ouer vs. What shall become of them that resist not at all Or none at all but rather fostering of sin full motions Iob. 20.12 but gladly and willingly entertaine them and like a man that hath gotten a sweet morsell in his mouth turneth it with his tongue and delights in the chewing it as Iob sayth that take pleasure and delight to thinke and muse and feed their corrupt fancies with ruminating and studying of their sin and wish time and oportunity to execute them and put them in practise so farre from resisting and mortifying that they are sorry for nothing so much as that they haue not strength enough by nature or liberty enough by law to glut their desires with the ful fruition of them the drunkard in his swinishnesse the Lecher in his gotishnesse the couetous in his rauenousnesse the malicious in his poysonousnesse and others in theyr seuerall wickednesse that labour not to bridle their lustes but more to kindle and enflame them to the vttermost of theyr power and if theyr owne weakenesse did not restraine them or the feare of humane Laws and punishments curbe them they would be yet more outragiously wicked and damnably sinfull Alasse wretched men who shall deliuer them from the body of this death whom could it not iustly astonish in this light of the Gospell Sinning contumaciously and ●●th a hie band to see such a stupid carelesnesse of sinne possessing all men such a deadnesse and vnmoueablenesse to any goodnesse notwithstanding all that euer can bee sayd or done Nay to behold a verie carefulnesse a desire and a forwardnesse to offend God and oppose our selues against his precepts that men account it their onely glory and valour to liue irregularly with contempt of all good fashions order gouernment yea with contempt of God and Man as for example when the Lord pronounceth a woe to them that are mighty to drinke Wine and strong to poure in strong drinke Esay 5.22 some that are not ashamed still to call themselues Christians count it a gallant matter and a great glory to drinke

his sinne and his wrong vnto the Innocent cast downe the Money but finding no comfort went and hanged himselfe But to his Children God sendeth a comfort in due season when it is truely and faithfully sought which is to them the welcomest and gladsommest thing in the world Therefore the Law was profitably giuen vt sit Pedagogus ad Christum Gal. 3.24 to be our Schoolmaster vnto CHRIST non vt sanet sed vt aegrotum te esse doceat not to heale thee but to shew thee thy sicknes and make thee seeke to the Physition for that makes vs finde what neede we haue of Christ A man neuer knowes the worth of Christ till hee see his owne vnworthinesse and danger neuer seekes for ease and comfort till hee feele the loade and burthen of his sinnes and is grieued at the loathsomnes of his corruptions and foresees the misery they bring vpon him But when his eyes are once opened to see this doubtlesse hee will seeke to be deliuered and the wiser hee is the sooner Vse 1 And therefore me thinks I may make this vse of this Doctrine To stirre vp men to seeke remedie for their sinne that hee that seekes not for deliuerie from this body of death eyther he feeles it not or is exceedingly besotted in loue with his owne sicknes eyther he is blinde and sees not his estate or seeing it is madde that seekes not to relieue it Choose all you impenitent sinners in whether of these ranks you wil be placed amongst blinde men or mad men that will not see or seeing will not seeke Deliuerance from this bodie of death For it is not possible that a man fallen into a pit should not desire to be helped out that a man dangerously sicke should not desire to recouer that a man grieuously wounded should not desire to be cured that a man in Prison and durance should not desire libertie at least if hee feele his euill and the danger of it eyther blindnesse or madnesse possesseth him But indeede no man can be so madde except he be first blinde blinded with the custome of sinne that makes vs vnsensible or with the prince of darkenesse that luls men a sleepe with the pleasures of sinne 2. Cor. 4 4. to forget their estate or blinded with some Pharisaicall opinion of their owne righteousnes like the Laodiceans that sayd they were rich and had need of nothing and knew not they were wretched and miserable Rev. 3.17 and poore and blind and naked for if they had the true eye-salue and that their eies were opened to see their wofull estate by sinne this should be the first thing they would goe about the greatest businesse they would intend to seeke some deliuery and to com to some comfortable assurance of Gods fauour Vse 2 Luk. 10.42 Matth 13.46 Phil. 3.8 This should be the vnum necessarium the pretious pearle that the Marchant would sell all that euer he had to purchase and they would with Saint Paul count all other things all honour wealth pleasure worldly contentments but losse and dung in respect of it Highly to esteeme of this Remedie So sweete and ioyfull would it bee vnto theyr soules Saint Paul seemes to insinuate so much by the very marshalling of his wordes and phrases in deliuering this doctrine When he looked vpon his sinnes though they were as small as possibly could bee in any man they seemed so foule in his eyes so grieuous to his conscience so contrary to his cleane desires that he counted himselfe wretched for them and passionately seeketh for deliuerance but finding no meanes in himselfe but a plaine impossibility by reason of his deplored imperfections hee goeth out of himselfe and asketh Who shall deliuer me and vpon asking the question presently giues the solution not in plaine termes for the fulnesse of his heart and the greatnes of his ioy would not let him but in a dutifull protestation of thankefulnesse I thanke God through Iesus Christ our Lord as if he should say It is the mercy of God that hath sent his sonne Iesus Christ to redeem vs by whome wee are deliuered from this body of death by him wee are iustified from our sinnes and sanctified by his Grace to represse sinne and though sinne still dwell in vs Yet there is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Iesus Rom. 8.1 that walke not after the flesh but after the Spirit that haue not the flesh but the Spirite for their guid and though they walke weakely and faintingly after it yet still they follow it as their desired guid as wel as the weakenesse of their nature will suffer This seemed so worthy a benefite in Saint Paules eyes vpon the thought of his sinnefull vncomfortable estate on the one side and that most gladdsome deliuerie on the other side that hee cannot without an eiaculation of thankefulnesse expresse it I thanke God through Iesus Christ our Lord. Which wordes I cannot stand vpon onely I note Saint Pauls Phraze teacheth vs that this worthy benefite of our deliuery of our Redemption and Saluation is neuer to be spoken of without thanksgiuing neuer to be thought of without a gratefull lifting vp of our hearts vnto God neuer to be named without great admiration and reuerence Conclusion with a recapitulation of the first Doctrine and vses And therefore wee thanke thee O Lord for this amongst all other benefites for this aboue all other benefites and we beseech thee to giue vs grace to looke into our selues light to see our sinnes and life to feele them that we may be humbled by them and seeke to mortifie them The second that we may know see feele what vnperfect state we liue in here in this flesh wherein thy dearest children feele these prickes in the flesh these Cananites and Iebusites as prickes and goades in theyr sides and thornes in theyr eyes these messengers of Sathan to buffet them that therby With the Vses we may bee out of conceyte with our own righteousnesse and all humane merites as not able to satisfie thy iustice and cleaue the more stedfastly to thy mercy and to the merites of thy sonne our Sauiour and yet be not cleane deiected as men vtterly secluded from thy fauour by means of our vnperfect sanctification since such thou wilt haue the state of thy children here vpon earth but that wee may labour to ouercome all temptations and be examples of all holy vertues to others walke before thee in feare and trembling euermore hungring and thirsting after that heauenly life wherein all those imperfections shall be done away Lord make vs sensible of all our wants corruptions that there be no sinne in vs which wee doe not see and feele by thy light and grace and labour to mortifie it and to hate it as the greatest euil in the world that it may bee as vnpleasant vnto vs as it is vnto thee and that we may heartily seeke a remedy and with all thankefulnesse embrace it and growe dayly in grace and all holy vertues till we become perfect men in Iesus Christ to the glory of thy great name the assurante of our adoption the adorning of our profession the good and comfort of others and the eternall comfort of our owne soules FINIS