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A91476	Christian reformation: being an earnest perswasion to the speedy practise of it. Proposed to all, but especially designed for the serious consideration of my dear kindred and country-men of the county of Cork in Ireland, and the people of Reigat and Camerwell in the county of Surry. / By Richard Parr A.M. pastor of Camerwell in Surry.	Parr, Richard, 1617-1691.	1660 (1660)	Wing P545; Thomason E1749_2; ESTC R209662	151,065	320

any torments in Hell severe it is for the Hypocrites they shall have the greater damnation of Hell and when the Scripture would express an high degree of torments for the vilest sinners it saith they shall have their portion with Hypocrites Take heed therefore of this and remember I have warned thee from the Lord. § XVIII Apostasie If Hypocrisie be not repented of S. 109. and thou speedily reformed and changed from thy dissembling into a sincere honest devout heartiness in the belief and practice of godiness in the sight of God as well as outward appearance then it will not be long ere thou turn Apostate and become a Bankrupt as to all true religion and practise of Godliness after the will of God for the Hypocrites very form is quickly blown away with a breath of temptation worldly interest or false doctrine when the shew of religion will stand an Hypocrite in no stead for worldly advantage and a contrary opinion be of more easi attainment then the truth as it is in Jesus according to strict holiness inward and outward too then Hypocrisie will ease and empty it self into Apostasie for Apostasie is but Hypocrisie detected and brought forth The Apostle Paul to Timothy speaks of some that will fall away from the faith 1 Tim. 4.12 and give heed to seducing spirits and doctrine of devills and they are such as speak lies in Hypocrisie having their consciences seared first an Hypocrite and then a back-sliding Apostate When religion is not rooted in the heart S. 110. and bearts not fruit in the life of a professor all his flourish is but like the leaves of a tree in summer and his religion will fall as they doe in Autumn and come to dirt or nothing Mat. 13.21 it may dure for a time but because religion is not rooted and well grounded it dureth but for a while Luk. 8.13 for they fall away when temptation comes for a while they may believe and make profession but no longer will they then safely they may without prejudice to their outward safety worldly advantage and interest Now Apostasie is a cursed alienation of mind and affection from the truth and practice of godliness as it is in Christ S. 111. it is a departure from the truth in judgment or affection or conversation a leaving off to believe in Christ as thy Saviour and obeying and following Christ as thy Lord and example Apostasie is signified by the termes of turning away from the faith of the Gospel by falling away from the profession and practise of godliness by back-sliding and drawing back from a Christians former love and zeal for it and diligence in Religious performances after the rule and manner of the Gospel Isa 1.4 Jude v. 19. 1 Tim. 1.19 2 Tim. 2.18 Heb. 3.12 by forsaking and going away backward by separating from the Gospel Truth Rule and Order and making shipwreck of Faith and a good conscience erring from the Truth and departing from the Living God Apostasie taken any of these waies is a very great sin in whomsoever it be in the least degree S. 112. and if it be not speedily repented of and thy decaies and luke-warmeness amended and thou quickly make haste out of that indifferencie as to all or no Religion halting between God and Baal quickly will such an one fall into that state of Apostasie as is irrecoverable and dreadfull is that state God knows Heb. 6.4 5 6. It is impossible for those who were once enlightned and have tasted of the heavenly gift the good word of God if they fall away to renew them again to repentance seeing they crucifie to themselves the Son of God and put him to an open shame i. e. put the greatest indignity upon Christ and his Gospel as though he himself were an Impostor and his Gospel a lie And it is a sad Truth S. 113. that there are very many in these last daies who are come even to this pass even to this state and degree of Apostasie and of whom there is very little hope of recovery but a great deal of fear they will be Eternally damned for their Apostasie if God by his Almighty power and miracle of mercy doth not bring them to their right judgement mind will and affections again and so restore them Dreadfull is that sentence God shall send such as are declining from his Truth strong delusions S. 114. 2 Thes 2. v. 10.11 12. that they should believe a lie because they received not the love of the Truth that they might be saved they shall be damned who believe not the Truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness See how God nauseates and abhors the luke-warm professor in that Laodicean temper S. 115. which was a decaying of zeal and fervour in Religion and so but a lesser degree of Apostasie yet saith Christ I know thy works that thou hast a name that thou livest but art dead and that thou art neither cold nor hot because thou art neither cold nor hot I will spew thee out of my mouth Rev. 3. v. 1. cum v. 15 16 19. S. 116. be zealous therefore and repent And there is another remakable passage in the second Epistle of Peter 2 Pet. 2.20 21. which sets forth the nature and danger of Apostasie thus If after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledg of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ that is when a man hath embraced once the Truth of the Gospel and is in a way of reformation and amendment of Life according to the Rule of Faith and Life if such a man shall be entangled again and overcome that is look back and withdraw from Christs profession and practise of Religion and yield to the temptation to that cursed return to former infidelity and worldliness or any kind of vicious living again the latter end of them is worse then the beginning that is their sin is greater and their return by Repentance harder for it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness though this had been bad and damnable enough then after they have known it to turn from the holy Commandement delivered unto them Pro. 14.14 Pro. 1.30 31. For the backslider in heart he that is a fugitive from Wisdoms rules and godly conversation shall be filled with his own waies i. e. shall be requited accordingly they shall be answered in their own kind God will turn away his favour and love from them for God takes no pleasure in those that draw back from following after Truth Righteousness and Holiness Well then S. 117. be perswaded to look unto thy self in time art thou one that hast made some profession of Christianity and some progresse in Religion after Christ and art ingaged in Religious courses and hast tasted some sweetness in the waies of Godliness and resolved to frame thy faith and life according to the Scriptures Then take heed of

others with an unwilling mind and hast offered to him in Sacrifice the blind and maimed and hypocriticall heart cold and discomposed distracted prayers when thou hast prayed by thy self or with others Thou hast S. 14. it may be hated from the very Heart the strict wayes of holinesse in soul and life and turned from saving admonition as a detestable thing Thou hast slighted Gods invitation S. 15. resisted grace teaching refused Christ reigning reproched and scoffed at the Ministers of Christ earnestly perswading these things thou hast done and in all or some of these cursed courses thou hast continued so long that it is grown to a custom and as naturall to thee to sin in one kind or other every day as to breathe the aire to move eat or drink or sleep is it not And to make up thy measure full of wickedness S. 16. all this while thou hast abused the wonderfull patience mercy and long-suffering of the Lord thy God But we are sure that the judgement of God is according to truth against you that commit such things for that S. 17. they which have committed such things should repent and forsake them all yet do not but adding this to all Rom. 2. v. 4 5 6. that by despising the riches of Gods goodness forbearance and long-suffering not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee not to sin or continuance in sin but to repentance but by this thy hardness and impenitent heart treasu est up unto thy self wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgement of God who will render to every one according to his deeds O read and consider well this dreadfull place S. 18. and see doth it belong to thee art thou such an one as is herein condemned bethink thy self what thou hast been and what thou art what thou hast done consider thy ways and the frame and tendency of thy spirit It may be thou hast been guilty in all these wayes of sinning S. 19. and if thou wert t is pity thy life t is pity such a wretch such a monster should be nourished But alas if thou art in a state of sinning habitually though but in any one kind that were enough to destroy thee for ever and cut thee short of happiness yea although it were which I am past doubt it is not that thou hadst not been notoriously guilty of any of these sins which are the Issues of depraved nature and naturall product of the evill disposition in thee and which are necessarily brought forth in the outward man if not restrained yet if these be frequently in thy thoughts if they be nourished and allowed there t is all one to him who sees the inwards of the Soul and with what company it keeps the Lawes of God reach unto the heart Ps 50.21 Hos 7.2 they are spirituall and Christ rules the inward man as well as the outward dost thou not know that all thy sins where and when committed are upon Record before the Lord But if this make thee not yet know thy self then know farther S. 20. and let this be to thee as it is in it self and eternal Truth a decreed Law That except thou whoever thou art either notoriously bad or seemingly tolerable to thy self be converted reformed so as to leave off in heart and life all thy known sins and lay apart all thy ungodliness and lead an holy sober and righteous life and that to the end thou canst not be saved Before Conversion comes S. 21. before that gracious method of Regenerating souls pass upon thee and thou be reformed and brought out of the state of sinful nature into a state of holy reformation there is no hope for thee of thy salvation Nature and sin note thee a child of Adam Grace and conversion declare thee a child of God and an heir of a glorious Eternity Well then S. 22. thou art either unreformed in whole or reformed but in part to the one all is wanting to the other something is yet lacking to make thee a sound Christian each of you is the person to whom I address my present swasion And I hope thou so bad as thou hast been hitherto art not past all cure remediless S. 23. and I am sure thou art not unless thou still refuse and hardness hath taken up thy heart as a judgment from God I doubt not but through the grace of God in the use of these spiritual means thou mayst of a vile Barbarian become a sound Christian of a child of wrath an heir of glory of a foul sinner a fair Saint if thou be not resolved against thine own happy reformation Poor soul S. 24. thou hast so much to begin withall towards thy saving change thou hast Reason wilt thou let it but work and wilt thou yeeld to reason Thou hast Faith S. 25. some kind of faith wilt thou believe what God by his Word hath revealed of his mind concerning thee and every man in thy case and consent to Truth Thou hast Consideration S. 26. wilt thou be serious and consider wisely for thy self thy own soul how thou mayst become reformed that thou mayst become happy Consider wisely it is thy own concernment it is thy own soul must pay dearly for it if thou art not reformed soundly and speedily it is thy own soul shall reap richly by conversion if thou defer not to come in and give not out until it be completed Thou hast now an opportunity put into thy hand S. 27. thou art once again called to and perswaded to be reformed wilt thou follow this Call and yeeld ere it be too late Now again it is offered thee Christ is ready and grace is ready grace to assist thee Christ to receive thee the Word of God to guide thee and holy Spirit to convert thee and I thy hearty well-wisher to thy excellent soul do in the Name of Christ earnestly entreat thee Now 't is put to thy choice whether thou embrace it or no now is the acceptable time the day of grace To day therefore O thou that carest for thy soul after so long a time while it is to day for if night come if death come before thy work of conversion be finished thou must lie down in sorrow and possess an eternity of horrid darkness and woful misery Come Man S. 28. I think thou hast so much Reason so much Faith so much Consideration so much Experience as to understand and believe that thy eternal happiness lieth not here below in this terrestrial world but in Heaven with God above in glory and that thou wert made for some higher end than to live among visible creatures to eat drink work play and sleep sure thou art perswaded there are other things to be looked after by one of an immortal principle than to gather terrene riches and to taste bodily and sensual delights and honors in this present life Know