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A41881 Great Britain's warning-piece: or, Christ's tears over Jerusalem 1689 (1689) Wing G1670A; ESTC R215550 6,901 24

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Sin that made God repent that he had mad Man and to grieve him at the very heart to a degree of destroying all but Noah and his Family by bringing a universal Deluge on the Face of the Earth 't was Sin that made him drive out the Canaanites from the Land 't was Sin that made the Prophet Jeremiah cry out O that my head was water and my eyes a Fountain of tears that he might weep day and night for the Sins of his People and it was the Sins of the Jews and their blinded Obstinacy which made our blessed Saviour mourn over Jerusalem in the words of the Text and for which they were soon after rooted out and scattered to the four Winds of Heaven Nor have these Nations been insensible of the Divine displeasure in the many Judgments that have fallen heavy upon it even in our days brought down from Heaven by the cry of those Sins that have pierced the Clouds and enter the Ears of the Almighty and yet that Monster which has caused so much Mischief in the World is still courted embraced and continued under guilded and disguised names of momentary Pleasure and Profit What then remains but that if we continue in Sin and go on in the ways of Iniquity but we may justly expect the wrath of an Angry God to fall heavy on us before whose Anger all the Sons of Men are but a stubble before the devouring flame Take heed then to your selves that your Hearts be not made heavy with eating and drinking and the cares of this Life and that day come upon you unawares but whilst it is to day hear his voice that calls upon you wooes and invites you to repent and turn from the evil of your ways and think it time with the Prodigal Son to return from your wanderings in the paths of wickedness and by an unfeigned Repentance move your Heavenly Father to take compassion on you who is easie to be intreated and hath sworn by himself saying I will not the death of a Sinner but I desire he be converted and live Yield then to the good motions of his holy Spirit and grieve him not by sinning till the day of Grace be over-past by saying it is not yet easie not yet convenient to leave your Sins your darling Lusts but you will doe it hereafter when you know not that your Life may be prolonged another day and then as Death leaves you Judgment will find you for look what a Man soweth that shall he reap he that soweth in the flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption he that soweth of the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap everlasting Life Gal. 6.8 and as the wise Man says Though the way of Sinners is paved with stones at the end thereof is Hell Darkness and Pains Eccl. 12.10 and holy David affirmeth that God rewardeth every Man according to hi● Works Psal 61.12 and if the Righteous scarcely be saved where then shall the Sinner and ungodly appear Oh that Men would then be wise and consider their latter end and not with the foolish Virgins want Oyl in their Lamps when the Bridegroom is entering into his Chamber but always be provided least they be everlastingly shut out from Bliss and from beholding the Face of him in whose presence is fulness of Joy and Pleasures for euermore Oh take the wise man's Counsel while it is to day viz. Make no tarrying to turn unto the Lord and put not off from day to day for suddenly shall his wrath break forth and in thy security shalt thou be destroy'd Eccl. 5.7 Let us then take hold of the acceptable day and turn to him before it be too late that he may turn away the fierceness of his Anger and shine upon us with the light of his Countenance and be mercifull to us in turning our hearts from the power of Satan to him the living God that however we are afflicted in this World we may be happy in that which is to come through the Merits of Jesus Christ Amen THE PRAYER O Lord God most Holy Glorious Righteous and Everlasting King who shewest Mercy unto thousands and though thou hast declared thou wilt by no means spare the Guilty yet the broken and contrite Heart thou wilt not despise nor in any wise cast out poor Sinners that flye to thee for Succour and Relief Pardon us and have mercy upon us that with shame and confusion of Face prostrate our Souls and Bodies before thee imploring thy divine assistance to enable and enlighten us that having a true sight and thorough sense of our Sins that we may abhor and detest them making it our endeavour to walk in the Paths of Truth and Uprightness that we may turn away thy anger and escape the heavy Judgments that we have most justly deserved for all the Sins which we have committed against thy divine Majesty O spare this sinfull Nation and People for thy mercies sake that we may ever have cause to adore and magnifie thy Goodness World without end Amen FINIS Books Printed for and Sold by William Thackeray at the Angel in Duck-lane near West-smithfield These three are Three pence a piece CHristian 's Comfort Dives and Lazarus Danger of deferring Repentance These are Two pence a piece Godly Man 's Gain Great Assize Short and Sure way Sinners Sobs Swearers and Drunkards Doom A Serious Call to the Unconverted The Touchstone of a Christian The ready way to get Riches Every man 's Duty and the Godly man's Practice A Posey of Prayers The Young man's Alarum Englands Golden Watch-bell Great Britain's Warning-piece These are very good and usefull Books of Divinity for these licentious Times and may be all had at the aforesaid Place FINIS