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A sermon on Acts xxviii, 22 shewing, that the Christian religion is not a sect, and yet that it is every where spoken against / by Matthew Henry ...
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Henry, Matthew, 1662-1714.
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for the Faith and striving against Sin now it is desirable to know which of these contesting Interests will be victorious and we may be assur'd that the cause of God and Religion will certainly carry the day Contradicted Truths will be effectually clear'd and vindicated Despised Holiness will be honour'd Mistakes rectify'd Reproaches roll'd away and every thing set in a true Light Then you shall return and discern between Truth and Falshood Right and Wrong which now it is not always easie to do The Day of the Lord is said to be in the Valley of Decision Joel 3.14 Because then and there will this great Cause be decided which has been so long depending and a definitive Sentence given from which there will ly no Appeal and against which there will be no Exception Our God will then come and will not Keep Silence whoever now Speak against Religion he will then speak for it and will undoubtedly be justified when he speaks and clear when he judgeth Particular Parties and Interests as such will wither and come to nothing But Catholick Christianity that is Denying Vngodliness and Worldly Lusts and living Soberly Righteously and Godly in this present World in expectation of the Blessed Hope This is Good and the Goodness of it being founded on the unchangeable Will of the Eternal Mind it is Eternally Good and no doubt will be Eternally Glorious whatever is said against it This this is that Gold and Silver and those Precious Stones which will stand the Test of the Fire that shall try every Mans Work 1 Cor. 3.12 13. and will be found unto Praise and Honour and Glory at the Appearing of Jesus Christ Assure your selves Christians there is a Day of Recompences for the Controversy of Sion coming and it is at Hand Behold the Judge standeth before the Door Then Vice and Wickedness which now appear so daring so threatning will be effectually and irrecoverable crush'd and such a fatal and incurable Blow given to the Serpents Head that he shall never hiss shall never spit his Venom any more Then shall the Vpright have the Dominion Psal 49.14 and all the faithful Souldiers of the Lord Jesus shall be call'd to set their Feet upon the Necks of Principalities and Powers Then Atheists and Blasphemers the Debauchees and prophane Scoffers of the Age will have their Mouths stopt with an irresistable Conviction will have all their vile Calumnies visibly confuted their Hearts fill'd with unspeakable Horror and their Faces with everlasting Shame Their Refuge of Lies will then be swept away and Rocks and Mountains call'd upon in vain to shelter them Then shall the Righteous who are now trampled upon and despised shine as the Sun in the Firmament of their Father Wisdom and her Children shall be first justified and then glorified before all the World And they that through Grace have gotten the Victory over the Beast and over his Image shall solace themselves and praise their Redeemer with everlasting Songs of Triumph The Dirt that is now unjustly thrown upon them will not only be wiped off but will add to their Glory and every Reproach for the Testimony of Jesus will be a Pearl in their Crown The Righteous Judge of Heaven and Earth will shortly render to every Man according to his Work To them who by patient continuance in Well-doing seek for Glory and Honour and Immortality in the other World and in pursuit of that patiently bear Disgrace and Contempt in this to them he will render Eternal Life which will make them as Happy as they can desire far more Happy than they can now conceive But to them that are Contentious and do not obey the Truth but contradict it and rebel against the Light and Laws of it being resolv'd to obey Vnrighteousness to them he will render with a just and Almighty Hand Indignation and Wrath the effect of which will be such Tribulation and Anguish to the Soul as will make them feel eternally what now they will not be perswaded to believe that it is a fearful thing to fall into the Hands of the living God for never any hardned their Hearts against him and prosper'd Brethren These are the true Sayings of God on the certainty of which we may venture our Immortal Souls They who speak and act so much against Religion design to run it down and extirpate it that the Name of it may be no more in remembrance and perhaps you hear them sometimes boast of their success herein If they can but handsomly as they think ridicule the sacred Text or Banter any of the Divine Mysteries or Hector over a good Man they are ready to triumph as if they had run down Religion Run down Religion In the Name of my great Master I defy all the Powers of Hell and Earth to run it down They may sooner run down the flowing Tide or the Sun when he goes forth in his strength than run down the least of the Dictates of Eternal Truth not one iota or tittle of which shall fall to the Ground Dagon will certainly fall before the Ark of the Lord and the Rod of Aaron will Swallow up the Rods of the Magicians Do they talk of running down Religion and the Scriptures and the Ordinances of Christ The Virgin the Daughter of Sion hath despised them and laughed them to scorn the Daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her Head at them and hath therefore put them to shame because God hath despised them as it is said Psal 53.5 He that sets in the Heavens enjoying himself and rides upon the Heavens for the Help of his People derides their Attempts against the Kingdom of his Son as vain and fruitless The Lord shall laugh at them for he sees that his Day is coming They have their Day now it is their Hour and the Power of Darkness But God will have his Day shortly and a Glorious Day it will be when our Lord Jesus shall appear in all the Power and Grandeur of the Vpper World to the everlasting Terror and Confusion of all his Adversaries and the everlasting Joy and Honour of all his faithful Servants and Soldiers With the believing Hopes and Prospects of which Day let all those who heartily espouse and plead Religion's righteous Cause Comfort themselves and one another FINIS Jam. 1.27 1 Tim. 1.15 1 Thes 2.15 16. †Tertullian confidently asserts Primum Neronem in hanc Sectam tum maxime Romae orientem Caesariano gladio terocisse Apol. cap. 5 Inquisitione agnitione neglecta Nomen detinetur Nomen expugnatur Vox sola praedamnat Tert. Ap. c. 3. Acts 17.11 John 1.46 Prov. 18.13 John 7.51 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Electio optio An Opinion not forced upon us by the Evidences of Truth but chosen by us with some forreign Design 2 Cor. 5.19 Luke 2.14 Joh. 1.29.3.16 1 John 2.2 Secta dicitur à Secando Eph. 2.14 15 16. John 11.52 Luk 9.56 Luke 10.36 37. Phil. 2.8 Heb. 3.1 2 Cor. 1.12 Rom. 14.17 18. Luke 12.1 1 Cor. 1.2 Jam. 3.17 1 Pet. 2.15 1 Cor. 4.3 4. Doct. Rev. 12.17 Psal 118.22 Isa 53.2 3. Mat 27.39 Luke 23.11 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Eph. 1.20.21 Phil. 2.6 Cant. 5.9 Jude 15. Gen. 3.4 Ps 10.13 Jer. 12.2 Deut. 28.58 Jude 16. Isa 8.21 Psal 73.9 * Trident Concil Sess 4th Ps 137.3 Dan. 5.2 3. Zach. 3.8 See this at large represented by Caecilius in Minucius Felix 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Theatre they plaid upon cui septima quaeque fuit lux Ignava Juvenal sat 5. Dicimur sceleratissimi de Sacramento infanticidij pabulo inde post convivium incesto c. Tertull. Apol. cap. 7. 1 Pet. 1.18 Acts 17.18 19. See Dr. Cave's Primitive Christianity lib. 1. ch 1. Greg. Nazian Invectiv in Julian Orat 1. p. mihi 42. Lollards from Lolium Tares so my Ld. Cook from Mr. Fox Rev. 13.17 Rev. 13.17 Isa 5.20 1 Pet. 4.3 4 Psal 12.8 Isa 59.15 Eph. 4.21 compar'd with Tit. 1.1 Acts 3.15 17. Luke 23.34 Job 21.14 John 4.10 Cant. 5.9.6.1 Psal 83.3 Col. 3.3 Prov. 15.24 Psa 105. Quid iniquiusquà m ut oderin◠homines quod ignorant Tunc enim meretur quando cognoscitur an mereatur Tert. Apol. cap. 1. Antè nos incipiunt odisse quam nosse ne cognitos aut imitari possint aut damnare non possint Min. Fel. p. mihi 30. Rom. 8.7 1 Joh. 3.13 Job 15.25 Psa 12.4 Mat. 21.45 John 7.7 Gen. 37.2 1 Ki. 22.8.21.20 Rev. 11.10 Mat. 24.14 Naturale est odisse quem times quem metueris infestare si possis Min. Felix Isa 29.21 Isa 58.1 Gal. 1.8 9. Gal. 1.10 Heb. 11.7 Prov. 29.10 1 John 3.12 Eccl. 8.11 Ps 50.12 2 Pet. 3.3 4. 2 Pet. 3.9 Rom. 1.18 Psal 50.3 Jude 14.15 Mat. 22.12 Mat. 26.63 Joh. 19.9 Heb. 10.13 2 Sam. 16.10.4 1 Pet. 2.23 Ps 83 3 4. Acts 5.38 See this excellently enlarged upon by the learned Grotius de v. R. C. l. 2. Acts 19.20 2 Kin. 18.34 Exod. 3.3 4. Rev. 6.2 Acts 28.3 Mat. 16.18 See the learned Dr. Humfrey Prideaux's excellent History of the Life of Mahomet lately published Rev. 12.10 11. Isa 52.5 Psa 69 10. Mat. 25.45 Psa 64.8 Gal. 6.7 Hos 14.9 2 Pet. 3.16 Zach. 12.3 1 Pet. 2.8 Isa 28.13 2 Tim. 2.17 2 Pet. 2.2 Act. 13.7.8 9 10. Isa 8.11 12. Psal 1.1 Cic. de Nat. Deor. lib. 2. ad Fin. Luk. 9.55 Ro. 2.24 2 Pet. 2 2. Jude 12. The foulest Reproaches of the Primitive Christians took rise from the vile practises of the Gnosticks and other Pseudochristians Of which Vid. Euseb Eccl. Hist l. 4. c. 7. Col. 4.5 Luk. 7.35 Prov. 14.8 Ec. 10.10 Jam. 1.5 2 Cor. 6.3 1 Tim. 6.1 Col. 1.10 Tit. 2.10 Mat. 5.14 2 Thes 5.12 1 Pet. 2.12 v. 15. Psal 38.33 Eccl. 3.7 Luk. 12.9 2 Tim. 2.12 Prov. 25.23 Luke 1.4 1 Pet. 3.15 2 Cor. 6.7 Col. 2.2 Psal 8.2 Isa 30.21 Isa 51.7.8 12. 2 Thes 3.2 Eccl. 10.3 Arch Bp. Tillotson's Serm. on 2 Pet. 2 3. Job 5.1 Deut. 32.7 Job 28.28 Prov. 3.17 Mal. 3.18 Psal 50.3 Psal 51.4 1 Pet. 1.7 Isa 34.8 Jam. 5.9 Jos 10.24 Isa 28.17 Rev. 6.16 Ma. 13.43 Rev. 15.2 Mat. 5.11 12. Rom. 2.6 7 8 9. Heb. 10.31 Rev. 19.9 Psa 83.4 Magna est Veritas praevalebit Mat. 5.18 Ex. 7.12 Isa 37.22 Psal 2.4 Deut. 33.26 Psa 37.13