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A03339	The doctrine of fasting and praier, and humiliation for sinne Delivered in sundry sermons at the fast appointed by publique authority, in the yeere 1625. By that late faithfull and worthy minister of Iesus Christ. Arth. Hildersam.	Hildersam, Arthur, 1563-1632.; Hildersam, Samuel, 1593 or 4-1674.	1633 (1633)	STC 13459; ESTC S104100	106,897	227

you complaine or have just cause to complaine you thrive not in any saving grace you are like Pharaohs kine though you live in never so good pasture yet are you still as ill favoured and leane as ever you were Gen. 41. 19. 21. 2. Many of you are extreamely ignorant and unsetled in your religion unstable soules as the Apostle speakes 2 Pet. 3. 16. 3. Many of you complaine you cannot overcome nor get power over any corruption you cry with the Apostle though not with that successe that hee did Rom. 7. 15. That which I doe I allow not for what I would that I doe not but what I hate that doe I. Learne to know the true cause of all this you were never yet rightly humbled for sinne If thou couldst be humbled and learne to mourne for thy sinne God would give thee more grace Thirdly The Lord hath promised his speciall protection assistance and mercy in the evill day the day of his wrath and judgements unto such as are rightly humbled and can mourne for their sinnes Psal. 18. 27. Thou wilt save the afflicted people and 34. 18. He saveth such as be of a contrite spirit Iob 22. 29. When men are cast downe then thou shalt say there is a lifting up he shall save the humble person And this promise God hath been wont to make good one of these three wayes 1. Either by turning away the judgment that he had threatned as 2 Chron. 32. 26. Hezechia humbled himselfe for the pride of his heart both he and the inhabitants of Ierusalem so that the wrath of the Lord came not upon them in the dayes of Hezechia Yea to shew what sound humiliation is able to doe the very counterfait of it hath beene very effectuall this way for the turning away of judgements 2 Chron. 12. 12 When Rehoboam humbled himselfe the wrath of the Lord turned from him so that he would not destroy him altogether and also in Iudah things went well The like we may see in the example of a worse man then hee 1 King 21. 29. Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himselfe before me therefore I will not bring the evill in his dayes Or 2. by hiding his servants from the judgement and providing for their safety in the common calamity as he did Iust Lot that was vexed with the filthy conversation of the Sodomites 2 Pet. 2. 7. This our God can doe verse 9. The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of tentations For to him belong the issues of death Psal. 68. 20. Or 3. if he see it not good to do either of the former by sealing them setting his mark upon them giving them by his spirit further assurance of his favour and strength of grace to indure the calamity for that is Gods seale and marke Ep. 1. 13. and so did the Lord with those humbled soules that went into captivity Ezek. 9. 4. Goe through the midst of the City through the midst of Ierusalem and set a marke upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abhominations that be done in the midst thereof Consider well of this benefit I pray you 1. We live now in an evill time The plague hath devoured many thousands already and we all may see cause enough to feare it may come neerer to every one of us then yet it hath done 2. The Lord doth also threaten us with the sword You have heard of the intentions of our enemies abroad 3. All mens hearts are disquieted with feare few have any inward peace and security in their minds Learne therefore to know how wee might remedy this Certainly if we could learne to afflict our selves and mourne for our sinnes we need not feare either the plague or the papists God would be a refuge for us a refuge in times of trouble Psal. 9. 9. O that Gods people throughout the land could humble themselves more for sin for the sinnes of the land and for their owne sinnes O that we could doe it that are here now Remember what is said Prov. 14. 26. In the feare of the Lord is strong confidence and his children shall have a place of refuge Fourthly The Lord hath promised that the prayers of such shall prevaile mightily with him both for themselves and others You know what is said of Iacob Hos. 12. 4. He had power over the Angel and prevailed he wept and made supplications unto him And of Hezechiah Esa. 38. 5. I have heard thy prayers I have seene thy teares behold I will adde unto thy dayes 15. yeeres And what need we more examples when we have the Lords expresse Word and promise for this Psal. 10. 17. Lord thou hast heard the desire of the humble thou wilt prepare their heart thou wilt cause thine eare to heare Psal 34. 17. When the Prophet had said The righteous cry and the Lord heareth them he giveth this for the reason verse 18. The Lord is nigh to them that are of a broken heart 2 Chron. 7. 14. If my people that are called by my name shall humble themselves and pray then will I heare from Heaven Yea for others also God will heare them Iob 42. 8. My servant Iob shall pray for you for him will I accept 1. Wee all complaine and not without cause as Iob did Iob 30. 20. I cry unto thee and thou dost not heare me I stand up and thou regardest me not 2. And we account it if we be as we should be the cheif priviledge and comfort we have in this life to have audience and respect with God in our prayers 1 Iohn 5. 14. This is the confidence that wee have in him that if wee aske any thing according to his will he heareth us 3. Take notice of a cheif cause thereof and as thou desirest God should have more respect to thy prayers labour thou to be more humbled for thy sinnes SERMON VI. Novemb. 9. 1625. FOlloweth now the third and last motive that this is the best way to prevent the Lord from afflicting and humbling our soules with his owne hand when we have learned to humble and afflict our owne soules For this is a certaine truth sinne will bring sorrow sooner or later that cannot bee avoided Sinne is therefore called sorrow because sorrow is an inevitable effect and consequent of it Eccl. 11. When he had said verse 9. Rejoyce O young man in thy youth and let thy heart cheere thee in the daies of thy youth and walke in the waies of thine heart and in the sight of thine eyes but know thou that for all these things God will bring thee into judgement he addes verse 10. Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart and put away evill from thy flesh When sinne hath gone before sorrow even sorrow and affliction of soule for sinne will follow Prov. 29. 6. In the transgression of a wicked man there is a snare that is that that will fill their hearts with deadly sorrow and heavinesse

very extreamity of griefe sometimes so oppresseth and overwhelmeth mens hearts as David complaineth of himselfe Psal. 143. 4. My spirit is overwhelmed within me my heart within mee 〈◊〉 desolate as they cannot ease themselves either by words or teares Gods people have beene oft in that extreamity of griefe as they could not pray I meane not expresse in words the desires of their heart but with sighes and groanings Rom. 8. 26. In extreamity of sorrow some men cannot weepe It is said of David and his company 1 Sam. 30. 4. they had no more power to weepe So that I may say to thee that if thou canst by the signes that I shall by and by give thee approve that thou art able soundly to mourne and bee humbled for thy sinnes though thou canst not weepe for them thou mayst be in the state of grace for all that But secondly I answer That if the constitution of thy body will serve thee to weep for other things and yet thou couldst never weep for thy sinnes surely thy case is fearefull As to the man that can remember other things well enough a tale a play but a sermon a chapter of the Bible he cannot remember and excuseth the matter thus my memory is naught I may say it is naught indeed with a witnes it is sinfully it is damnably naught so to thee that canst weepe for other things but not for sinne I may say flatter not thy selfe but strive to bee able to doe as thou hearest other the good servants of God have done and that God hath beene so highly pleased with them for strive to bee able to weepe for thy sinnes The second motive to persuade you to seeke for this grace is the consideration of the manifold promises God hath made in his word to them that can afflict their soules and be rightly humbled for sinnes and the great benefite that this grace will bring with it First This sorrow shall not be everlasting Rev. 7. 17. but it shall end in comfort Iohn 16. 20. Yee shall be sorrowfull but your sorrow shall be turned into joy Psal. 126. 5. They that sow in teares shall reap in joy It is appointed unto them that mourne in Zion that they shall have the ●ile of joy given them for their mourning the garment of praise for the spirit of heavines Esa. 61. 3. The Lord who is the father of mercies God of all consolation is cald a God that comforteth al those that are cast downe 2 Cor. 7. 6. Never found Gods people that cōfort in Gods mercy in the assurance of the pardō of their sins as when they have beene most humbled and able to weep most for their sinnes Esa. 29. 19. The meeke shall increase their joy in the Lord and the poore among men shall rejoyce in the holy one of Israel The day of humiliation when Gods people afflict their soules before him is called a day of attonement Levit. 23. 27. For so is Gods promise Zac. 13. 1. In that day there shall be a fountaine opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Ierusalem for sinne and for uncleannesse First No man need feare hee shall bring himselfe to desperation if he give way to this tendernesse of heart and sorrowing for sinne For there is no such medicine in the world to free thy heart from legall and desperate feares and sorrowes and to bring thy heart to sweet peace and comfort in God as this is if thou couldst rightly mourne and be humbled for thy sinne When those poore wretches that had crucified Christ and were pricked in their hearts with intollerable feares and sorrowes and anguish of soule for it and cried out to the Apostles what shall we doe Act. 2. 37. Marke what remedy Peter prescribes them verse 38. Repent saith he Why Did they not repent already of that they had done Yes with legall repentance for endaungering themselves but his meaning is repent and mourne that you have offended God And indeed so is Gods promise Esay 57. 15. I will dwell with him that is of a contrite and humble spirit to revive the spirit of the humble and to revive the heart of the contrite ones He may be sure to have his heart revived and comforted that can be humbled enough Secondly Yea there is no such remedy against wordly sorrow as this if when we feele our hearts dejected with any sorrow for any worldly crosse we would labour to turne our heart from the consideration of the crosse to the consideration of our sinne that hath beene the cause of it And this remedy you shall finde prescribed Lam. 3. 39. Wherefore doth a living man complaine chafe and fret and disquiet himselfe a man for the punishment of his sinnes let us search and try our wayes I beseech you lay this second Motive to your hearts every one of you 1. Many of you never yet had any comfort in God in the assurance of the pardon of your sinnes never found sweetnesse in Christ nor in Gods promises 2. Many of you are much disquieted with legall and desperate feares 3. Many of you are alwayes heavy hearted somtimes by reason of crosses you meet with and sometimes you know not why And what is the true cause of all this You were never yet rightly humbled for your sinnes Why will you continue in this uncomfortable estate Learne to mourne and weepe for thy sinnes and that will help all The second promise made unto it and benefit this sorrow will bring is that it will make us capable of and able to thrive in every saving grace This benefit you shall find pressed as a motive unto this 1 Pet. 5. 5 6. God giveth grace to the humble humble your selves therefore saith the Apostle under the mighty hand of God Iam. 4. 6 7 9. God giveth grace to the humble submit your selves therefore to God bee afflicted and mourne and weep Men use not to come to the rock to be well grounded and setled in grace till they have digged deep Luk. 6. 48. Such shall attaine to a cleare and certaine and sanctified knowledge of the truth Psal. 25. 9. The humble he will teach his way Such shall get power over their corruptions 2 Cor. 7. 10. Godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation not to be repented of Eccle. 7. 3. Sorrow is better then laughter for by the sadnesse of the countenance the heart is made better These teares are of a purging and cleansing nature no sope no nitre is so effectuall to get the spots and staines out of cloth as these are to wash out the spots of thy soule That which Salomon saith of a slanderer Prov. 25. 23. An angry countenance will drive him away may be said of this if sinne be not cockerd and made much of if we would shew our selves discontented sad and heavy while it tarrieth with us this would drive it away Take this also to heart I pray you 1 Many of