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A55344 A sermon preach'd to young people January the first, 1697. And now publish'd at their request. By Samuel Pomfret. Pomfret, Samuel, d. 1722. 1698 (1698) Wing P2798A; ESTC R217924 45,878 51

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a Christian The Phrase 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 imports within a very little thou perswadest me So there are such in our Times in whom there are hopeful Appearances of their being perswaded to come under the Yoke not only rouzed awakened in their Consciences but their Affections moved yea their Wills stirred up to Resolutions that they will never live as they have done under the cruel Yoke and Slavery of their Youthful Lusts but will repair to Christ and submit their Necks to his Yoke of Service And yet after all this return to their vomit with the Dog 2 Pet. 2. 20 21 22. are intangled with their Youthful Vanities again and through the Inchantments and Allurements of evil Companions and their own Hearts Lusts all their Convictions and Resolutions are choaked and perished like an imperfect Embryo and nothing comes to Perfection This is a common but woful Case But now in this Subjection of the Will to the Yoke of Christ there is an abiding stedfastness the Will saith when through Grace it is set right let Titles of Honour Treasures of Gold and Silver c. sink or swim go which way they will a Christ I must and will have he and he alone shall rule in me and raign over me his Interest shall prevail with me over all other Interests let the World come vailed over with the most glorious and glittering Allurements let Satan come with an All these will I give thee if thou wilt quit the Service of Christ let Sin present it self with its Decoys of Gain and Pleasure c. all these would be scorned as too mean and poor a Bribe to draw off the Will of one of Christ's Loyal Subjects from his gracious Yoke You have a lively Instance of this in Paul after his Conversion and coming under the Yoke Acts 20. 22. tho he knew that nothing but Bonds and Imprisonments waited for him in every City yet saith he None of these things move me And when the good People would have perswaded him not to venture himself among the Enemies of Christ at Jerusalem he bravely and boldly rejoins Why weep ye and break my Heart I am not only ready to be bound but to die at Jerusalem for the Name of Christ No Disswasions Difficulties Dangers could either divert or stop his Loyalty and Obedience to Christ when called to suffer Hypocrites indeed call Christ Lord but it 's no more than an empty Title as is evident in an Hour of Temptation and Trial when Christ and the World come in Competition then it appeareth who is their Lord according to that known Scripture Rom. 6. 16. Know you not that to whom ye yield your selves Servants to obey his Servants ye are whom ye obey whether of Sin unto Death or Obedience unto Righteousness Ah my Brethren it is a sure and certain Truth that no Man can serve two Masters Math. 6. 24. If thy Will be subdued to the Kingly Office of Christ thou wilt be glad to find every Thought and Imagination in thy Soul brought into Subjection to him and none of his Commands will be grievous but joyous and it will be grievous to thee to find any thing remaining in thee that savoureth of Rebellion against his Soveraignty So it is likewise with respect to his Priestly Office A Will Subject to him herein renounceth all its own Righteousness desireth to be found alone in Christ's Righteousness stands fully assured in this that no Prayers Tears Duties Services of our own could ever have availed any thing with an impartially jealous and righteous God unless Christ by his own Blood had made Atonement c. Hence its constant Language is In the Lord alone have I righteousness and strength And here it ventureth the eternal weight of the Soul alone upon the Merits and Mediation of Christ saying If I perish I perish 3. Coming under and bearing Christ's Yoke containeth in it A Subjection of our Lives to Christ in the Duties of Obedience or as the Apostle phraseth it 1 Tim. 4. 7. Exercising our selves unto Godliness and in Acts 24. 16. the same Apostle saith Herein do I exercise my self to have always a Conscience void of offence toward God And towards Men Again Rom. 2. 7. it is called a patient continuance in well-doing seeking for Glory c. It standeth not only in Principles of Knowledg and Faith but also in Matters of Practice and keeping his Commandments 1 John 2. 4. He that saith I know him and keepeth not his Commandments is a Liar and the Truth is not in him A Scripture which if duly considered is enough to discover many Professors to be Liars that have got so much Notional Knowledg as is sufficient to set their Tongues a moving but not to set their Hands a working or their Shoulders a bearing the Yoke of Christ And of these the Scripture speaketh in the last Times 2 Tim. 3. 5. that They have a Form of Godliness but deny the Power of it And in Titus 1. 16. they profess they know God but in Works deny him I could wish it were not the prevailing Plague and Distemper of our Times My Beloved bearing Christ's Yoke is not hugging of a Darling Opinion or spinning the Cobweb of a sine Profession but it consists in the living Spirit of Christ dwelling in us within as the Principle and in a Spiritual and Holy living to Christ extant without us as the Genuine Improvement thereof The Kingdom of God as the Apostle speaketh consisteth not in Word but in Life and Power Hence we have it in Titus 2. 11 12. The Grace of God that bringeth Salvation hath therefore appeared that it might teach us to deny all Vngodliness and worldly Lusts and that we should live Soberly Righteously and Godly in this present World and in ver 14. Christ gave himself that he might redeem us from all Iniquity and purify unto himself a peculiar People zealous of good Works Pray how doth our Saviour describe his Sheep but by their following of him or that Fleece of Holiness which they wear So here by bearing his Yoke wherein I might shew you how it includes both the exercise of those several Graces of a Christian as Repentance Faith Love Thankfulness c. and also the performance of all those Duties of Christianity as Hearing Praying Receiving and Sanctifying the Sabbath doing justly and shewing Mercy c. But that it would exceed the Limits of a single Sermon Wherefore I shall pass on to the second general Head which according to my Method laid down is II. To clear it up to you that to come under and bear the Yoke of Christ in the time of Youth is the summary of all that is truly good Now for the clearing up of this I shall sum the proof of it up in these two things 1. That it is so if you consider it absolutely and in its own Nature 2. That it is so if you consider it relatively in respect to its Effects and Consequences 1.