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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04627	The true inquisition or The sad soules search Preached at Newport, May 29. 1632 in the primary visitation of the worshipfull Mr. Edvvard Burbye, Archdeacon of Winton. dBy W. Iones, B. of D. preacher to the Isle of Wight, and Vicar of Arreton.	Jones, William, b. 1581 or 2.	1633 (1633)	STC 14748; ESTC S119450	13,625	31

THE TRVE INQVISITION OR THE SAD SOVLES SEARCH Preached at Newport May 29. 1632. in the Primary Visitation of the Worshipfull Mr. EDVVARD BVRBYE Arch-Deacon of Winton By W. IONES B. of D. Preacher to the Isle of Wight and Vicar of Arreton Let every man prove his owne worke Gal. 6. 4 LONDON Printed by William Jones dwelling in Red-crosse-streete 1633. TO THE VVORSHIPFVLL MASTER EDVVARD BVRBYE Arch-Deacon of Winton Sir VPON your word this sermon was made and preached And though the importunity of some drew it to the presse beyond my intent yet it is desirous to returne unto you againe that under the wings of your protection it may remaine as a faithfull witnesse of my unfeined desire of the reformation of the whole Deanery of the Isle of Wight To which if you according to your place shal put your helping hand and deale couragiously the Lord shall be with you and we shall not cease praying that you may bee an ancient and honorable Father in Israel From my studie at Arreton June 1. 1632. Your VVorships at command in the Lord Iesus WILLIAM IONES THE TRVE INQVISITION OR THE SAD SOVLES SEARCH LAMENTATIONS 3. 40. Let us search and try our wayes and turne againe to the Lord. T IS Very probable that when the Iewes were going into captivity as t is threatned Ierm 25. then Ieremie made this booke of Lamentations wherein he first sets downe the greatnesse of Gods judgements Secondly the heinousnesse of their sinnes Thirdly he exhorts the people to repentance Fourthly he invites them to lay hold on Gods mercy by faith The words of my Text are the summe of the whole booke which may bee thus rendred in a few more words Yee see my deere Countrymen how the Lord hath afflicted us and doubtlesse the cause is our sinnes It shall therefore be our wisedome to examine our selves narrowly wherein wee have transgressed and then to returne into the path of Gods Commandements that hee may have mercy upon us and remove his judgements from us Now behold the judgements of God have long hovered over our land Wherefore as Ieremy then called the Iews to search their waies so is it seasonable for every Minister of the Gospell among us to call his people to examination of their wayes that the feirce wrath of God may be turned from us And for my part at this time I am called to make a visitation Sermon yee see the Visitors are come to inquire concerning all our wayes What fitter exhortation then can I make than this of the wise Prophet Let us search and try our wayes and turne againe to the Lord. In this exhortation I observe two parts the first stands in searching and trying our wayes the second in turning againe to the Lord. Concerning the former part in those words Let us search and try our wayes I note three particulars First who be the persons summoned in the particle us Secondly the act which is twofold search and try Thirdly the object to bee searched and tryed our wayes Touching the first the persons summoned in the particle us No question but Ieremie speakes to the body of the Iewes including himselfe For though he was a righteous man yet he knew as David saith Psal 143. 2. That in Gods sight no man living is justified To the whole Congregation of Israel therefore doth Ieremy speake including himselfe when he saith Let us search c. In like manner at this time doe I direct my speech to the whole Deanery of the Isle of Wight not excluding my selfe or any of my brethren of the Ministery Nay more including you also right Worshipfull that are come to visite us and all your officers from the highest to the lowest yea and all that have any hand in this daies visitation as Church-wardens and sidemen Plainetiffes Defendants and witnesses all that prove Wills or take upon them the administration of other mens goods in a word to you all that heare me this day as also to my selfe doe I say in the word of the Lord Let us search and try our wayes For though perhaps some among us are not such heinous sinners as others yet we cannot but confesse if wee will speake the truth that in many things we sinne all and therefore have just cause every one to search and try our wayes wherefore I say againe and againe Let us all and every one of us search and try our wayes I doe not deny but it is the part of the Magistrate and the duty of the Minister and Church-wardens and all swornemen to search and try the wayes of all that are committed to their charge and woe be unto them if they doe not But yet it is laid as a burden upon every particular person to search himselfe according to that 1 Cor. 11. 28. Let a man i. every man examine him selfe and againe Let every man prove his owne worke Gal. 6. 4. Neither shall we thinke it strange that every man is called to the strict examination of himselfe if we marke the reason For first they to whom the care of others is committed many times are carelesse Secondly no man can take notice of all anothers wandrings The heart is deceit full above measure who can search it Ier. 17 9. Thirdly Every one of us shall give account to God of himselfe Rom. 14 12. Every man shall beare his owne burden Gal. 6. 5. T is true if the Magistrate and Minister and other overseers warne not the wicked whom they espie but let them goe on in sinne God will require their blood at their hands but yet they shall dye in their sinnes and beare their owne punishment Ezec. 33. 8. Which being so every one that is wise will ponder his owne paths Every one that hath understanding will search and try his owne wayes So ye have the first particular every man high or low rich or poore learned or unlearned bond or free must search and try his owne wayes The second particular to bee considered is the Act which is twofold search and try By searching wee must understand a narrow looking into our courses by taking speciall view of them all David expresses the meaning when hee sayes Psal 119. 59. I considered my wayes that is as other translations have it I thougt on my wayes or I called all my wayes to my remembrance So then being in my text commanded to search our wayes t is as if we had beene enjoyned to ponder all our wayes or to call to our remembrance as much as wee can all our by-past thoughts words and deeds Moreover when we have searched or taken speciall notice of all our wayes we are commanded in the second place to try them that is to weigh them in the ballance of the Sanctuary and prove them by the touch-stone of Gods word whether they be good and current or not Behold then thy Duty whosoever thou art Thou must often enter into serious examination and consideration of all thy wayes thou must every day