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A61222 Practical discourses on sundry texts of Scripture wherein is shewed and made known the absolute necessity for all people to turn immediately unto the Lord their God / by Richard Stafford ... Stafford, Richard, 1663-1703. 1695 (1695) Wing S5129; ESTC R34590 179,430 348

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and Knowledge of him to refrain from Transgression If we did see after the Manner of Men from the Example of an enraged Prince who hath the Power to be revenged on ungrateful Rebels and is constant to what he swears or saith God is angry with the wicked every day if he turn not he will whet his Sword he hath bent his Bow and made it ready Psal 7. 11 12. He is more and more displeased day by day and as the Creature continually provokes him God only forbears to execute his Vengeance to see whether he will turn or not The longer man puts it off it will be worse for him How grievous and abominable is it to stand as it were at defiance and opposition with God For a worm to contest with and to wriggle against its Maker for a Potsherd to strive with the Lord of the World He justly declares himself to be an Enemy to such wicked doers Ah! I will ease me of mine Adversaries and avenge me of mine Enemies Isa 1. 24. He only sends out his Word to give notice thereof to see if they will submit He sends out the Son of his Love with an Offer of Reconciliation to prove whether they will receive his Message and Counsel who saith Agree with thine Adversary quickly least the Adversary deliver thee to the Judge and the Judge deliver thee to the Officer and thou be cast into Prison Verily thou shalt not come out thence till thou hast paid the utmost Farthing Mat. 5. 25 26. The more quickly thou agreest with thine Adversary the more sure thou art to be reconciled unto him Thou must be reconciled to him first or last or thou wilt be eternally miserable The longer thou standest off thou dost the more provoke and enrage him And wouldst thou resist him in the mean while whom thou must at length submit unto Nay when thou art willing to be at Peace with him Even those who are now reconciled and were once afar off are vexed within themselves that ever they should have the least Enmity against so gracious and so good a God The Adversaries of the Lord shall be ashamed And if thy self dost come to be agreed with him thou wilt not only repent and be grieved for all thy former Ignorance strange Imaginations but even for this Opposition and Doubting whether thou shouldst presently come over unto thy God Consider he is stronger and mightier than thou He is all-wise and jealous of his Honour and also he will be glorified in his Creatures And shall they offend him now because they hope hereafter to please and pacifie him Or will they take Advantage over him also as some do over his Servants to affront them the more because they know beforehand such will forgive Is it good that God should search you out or as one man mocketh another do ye so mock him Job 13. 9. Thine hand shall find out all thine Enemies thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee Psal 21. 8. That is find them out to punish them and therefore God certainly knows them with the measure and degree of Hatred they conceive against him The sin is against him and also the pardon belongs to him and also he is the God to whom Vengeance belongeth Now what is the Reason why he doth spare some and punish others He will do according to what he hath said He shall Judge the World with Righteousness and the People with his Truth Psal 96. 13. And by that Truth he takes an estimate of People even now God who knows the hearts will put a difference between Infirmity and Perverseness between unavoidable and willing Ignorance what is to be allowed to the temptation and what is their own fault He doth apprehend all the meaning of his own Law and Word and also all the doings of all the Sons of Men every motion and thought of their Soul and all that is within them The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked who can know it I the Lord search the heart and try the reins even to give to every man according to his ways and according to the fruit of his doings Jer. 17. 9 10. He takes exact account and cognizance of all things and here it is said that it is in order to give to every Man according to the fruit of his doings so that certainly it must be the better way to submit instantly For the present refusal and neglect doth provoke him in the mean while those strugglings and contests do displease him when he exhorts and admonishes if they rebel and vex his holy Spirit he will turn to be their enemy Isa 63. 10. and fight against them We know not when this will be and therefore People should be exceeding cautious how they do in the least displease him When the Scripture speaks of God being angry the same Word invites again to Reconciliation with him Can two walk together except they be agreed Amos 3. 3. Now God is continually with us though many are not sensible thereof for he is with us in our going out and coming in and he is with us in all our ways and this would be a continued fear and trouble to the mind unless we are at peace with him and then it is a comfort and an assurance And therefore those who are afar off do not think of God but forget him not knowing that they might have the thoughts of God and the remembrance of his Name be as familiar yea and as delightful as now they go on in their own darkness and imaginations for here is danger and continued doubt They might come to live under the continued sense of God with the same yea and more exceeding comfort than others do with the thoughts of any thing as the Bridegroom rejoyces over the Bride so shall thy God rejoyce over thee Isa 62. 3. And reciprocally his people may live comfortably and rejoyce in the Lord their God He is a shadow from the Heat as a great Rock in a weary Land a shelter ●rom the Storm an house of Defence or strong Habitation whereunto we may continually resort Psal 71. 3. And many such like expressions the Holy Ghost makes use of As a woman takes care of her sucking Child and a Hen gathereth her Chickens under her wings so is the Lord God to his People to assure them of his continued Preservation Love and Familiarity towards them And any one may come over to be amongst his People as they that were not of his People do come to be of them so we do warn testifie and exhort all men every where of every age or condition of life whatever their past sins be and of whatever nature or multitude their present temptation and circumstances are yet still they are invited to partake of the loving kindness of the Lord. What hinders Let the thought imaginanation or excuse be what it will we could speak and give a sufficient answer unto it from the Grace and Truth of