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A26339 A sermon preach'd at St. Clement-Danes, the 29th of Septemb. 1700 occasion'd by the recantation of Mr. Clement Joynes, (lately a Quaker) / by J. Adams ... Adams, John, 1662-1720. 1700 (1700) Wing A487; ESTC R21388 15,699 30

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A SERMON Preach'd at St. Clement-Danes the 29th of Septemb. 1700. Occasion'd by the Recantation of Mr. Clement Joynes lately a Quaker By J. ADAMS Chaplain in Ordinary to His MAJESTY Published at the Request of the Persons concerned and several others of that Parish LONDON Printed for D. Brown without Temple-Bar and Peter Buck in Fleetstreet 1700. THE RECANTATION OF Mr. CLEMENT JOYNES Read in the Parish Church of St. Clement Danes the 29th of Sept. 1700. Published by his Desire I Clement Joynes of this Parish upon mature Deliberation and full Conviction of the many and great Errours which I have faln into and zealously maintaind ' for near Seven Years past Declare and Acknowledge to this Congregation my hearty Repentance for the same humbly desiring to be Admitted again into the Communion of the Church of England establish'd by Law into which I was Baptiz'd and from which I have Rashly and Ignorantly departed I confess with Shame and Confusion that in the Year 1694 I was deluded by the Quakers and embrac'd with great fervency their Antichristian Heresies and Monstrous Principles till of late Examining 'em more carefully by the Assistance of God's Grace I discover'd their Falshood and Impiety and how directly contrary they were to the Holy Scriptures particularly in their Denying the LORD that Bought them by Disowning that Jesus who suffer'd on the Cross to be the Son of God Also for their Denying that his Human Body ascended into Heaven and throwing aside with scorn and contempt the Holy Sacraments of Baptism and the Lords Supper together with the Belief of the Resurrection of the Dead These with many Other Gross Errours which may be seen more at large in a late Book call'd The Quaker's Creed containing 13 Articles I acknowledge I did Embrace and Defend But do now utterly Detest Abhor and Renounce with all others inconsistent with the Doctrin of the Church of England whose 39 Articles I have carefully consider'd and do hereby Declare that I do own as the Summe and Substance of my Faith desiring to continue in the Communion of that Church while I Live and to Dye the Death of the faithful Members of it And whereas I did not only fall thus dread fully my self but labour'd with great dilligence to mislead several of my nearest Relations and Friends and did unhappily succeed in doing so I acknowledge with unfeigned sorrow this sad aggravation of my Crime promising solemnly in the Presence of God of which I desire you All to be Witnesses that I will faithfully endeavour to Reclaim every one of them and I bless my gracious God from the bottom of my heart that I have already Recover'd some who are now here present During my Doubts concerning the Quakers Doctrine I went to George Whitehead the Chief of them and Ask'd him with Respect and Humility to inform me upon what my Salvation did depend After some little Discourse but no Offence given or intended by me he spoke these Words with some Passion Repent speedily or else the Lord will confound thee Thou readest Enemies Books Young Man I caution thee not to take prejudice against any Friend for if thou dost the Lord will Confound thee and bring thee to nought And this is the Word of the Lord to thee But tho' I was thus Us'd and tho' I do heartily Abhor and Detest the aforesaid Errours yet I bless God that I have Charity for all those of my former Acquaintance among the Quakers and earnestly beg of You to join with me in my Prayers that it may please God to bring them into the Way of Truth and give them a right Knowledge of the only Redeemer Christ Jesus God and Man To Whom with the Father and Holy Spirit be all Honour and Glory both now and for evermore Amen A SERMON Preach'd at St. Clements Danes Psal 66.16 Come and Hear all ye that Fear God and I will declare what he hath done for my Soul THESE Words were the Choice of the Person whose Recantation you have heard in order to the setting forth farther the Sincerity of his Repentance and the greatness of the danger from which he has been deliver'd that others may be prepar'd to avoid the same and join with him in the praising of God accordingly Which design has so much of Justice and Goodness in it that as I am order'd to Comply with it by Authority so I willingly and gladly Obey And indeed the Words are very proper for this Purpose for not to insist upon the particular Occasion upon which the Psalmist might speak them they afford us a most excellent Example How any Person who has fall'n into great Errours either as to Faith or Practice and afterwards upon his sincere Repentance felt the Joys of Forgiveness and the blessed Transports of being restor'd to a good Conscience ought to behave himself both to his Neighbour and to his God This will appear if we consider them more particularly in this manner 1. The Persons whom the Psalmist appeals to All ye that fear God 2. The Publick Acknowledgments which he makes of God's mercy to him including also his own Unworthiness and his Earnestness with them to give him Attention Come and hear and I will declare 3. The Greatness of the Benefit which he had receiv'd under those Words What he hath done for my Soul Come and hear all Ye that fear God and I will declare what he hath done for my Soul 1. The first thing which deserves our consideration is the Persons to whom the Psalmist appeals All ye that fear God that is All of what Rank or Degree whatsoever that had a due Sense of Religion and Virtue that had a well-grounded and well-govern'd Zeal for God's Glory These were the Persons that were most likely to afford him Attention to be pleas'd with his being Reconcil'd to God and to join with him in his Praise and Thanksgiving As for those who do not fear God but are loose in their Belief and consequently loose in their Practice they wou'd have been so far from being pleas'd with any thing of this kind even in David himself that they wou'd rather have condemn'd or despis'd it For as such People know little what a good Conscience is so they cannot be much Concern'd at any others being restor'd to it and as they do not believe in God at all so what is it to them who is in the Right or the Wrong who persists in his Errours or who forsakes them Nay the latter is the more Offensive the more publickly 't is done Because when a Man acknowledges His Errours with Sorrow and Humility he seems to upbraid them for continuing obstinately in theirs If it be an Abomination to Fools as Solomon call those who are Impudent and Stubborn in their Wickedness to depart from Evil themselves 13 Prov. 19. Is it possible they shou'd be satisfy'd when others do so Or if such Wretches make a Mock of Sin will they not make a Mock of Repentance also