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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A97001	The sermon of Henry Walker, ironmonger: having beene twice apprehended, for writing seditious pamphlets. Being both times rescued out of the hands of the officers. And now preacheth up and downe the City.	Walker, Henry, Ironmonger.	1642 (1642)	Wing W384; Thomason E141_14; ESTC R212741	3,812	8

The Sermon of HENRY WALKER IRONMONGER Having beene twice Apprehended for Writing seditious Pamphlets Being both times rescued out of the Hands of the Officers And now preacheth up and downe the City Matthew cap. 7. ver 13.14 Enter yee in at the strait Gate for wide is the Gate and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction and many there be which goe in thereat Because strait is the Gate and narrow is the Way which leadeth unto life and few there be that finde it LONDON Printed for I. C. 1642. Luk. 13.24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate for many I say unto you will seeke to enter in and shall not be able THe Question formerly examined being conceived as by some of judgement it is to be not onely needlessely curious but also impiously carping and captious herein as in a cleare mirror we may behold discovered the humours that have ever been in all ages amongst the people of the World and in speciall how This great and highest point of truth touching the matter and means of salvation is entertained eith with carping impiety or with dangerous curiosity For so to shew that this caviller and his question be not without fellowes as it is most certain that no elder age of the World hath wanted them who in the pride of their rebellious and unbelieving hearts have been bold to make a mocke and to move cavill against the Sacred truth of God in his Word revealed which easily might be instanced even from the daies of Adam downward untill Christ so that we may not thinke such cavillers by Christs comming to be together with the Heathen Oracles quite put to silence Saint Peter hath not spared to forewarne us of the comming in the last dayes of such mockers who walking after their own lusts shall aske where is the promise of the comming and be ready to bring reason against it as if there were no such matter to be looked for And accordingly how easie alas is it now adaies to finde and that amongst such as professe themselves worshippers of the true God in Christ many every where of captious and contradicting spirits who not onely live the life but speak also the very language of Atheisme bewraying by rheir tongues their spite and deepe dislike against the truth of Christ revealed in his Word specially in this very point of points touching Mans salvation Who if they be called upon according to the tenour of the Baptist our Saviour and his Apostles Doctrine to repent and beleeve the Gospel to walke circumspectly as by a line abandoning the fashions and courses of this present World and taking heed unto their waies according to the Word that so they may be saved what shall you heare from them streight but questionings and reasonings such as this in our Text uttering the foolishnesse of their ignorantly prophane hearts For to give instance in some few of their cursed speakings Then belike will they reply there can none be saved but such as follow Sermons which commonly are not the most and some of them as bad as proud covetous and malicious as any whosoever Or what if none can be saued but such as will be so pure forsooth and holy as your Preachers would have them then God be mercifull unto us for sure but a few of many should be saved And then What then why By this reckoning you would make God not to be so strong as the Devill Or how can that be true that God would have all men saved For though we be sinners yet did not Christ die for all Or Is not God mercifull yea his mercy above all his works Or may we thinke that God made so many to condemne them Yea and what Predestinated them of old unto it ere they were borne Indeed saith the Papisticall Atheist Sir I have heard Preachers preach of Predestination but me thinks it is a very dangerous Doctrine able to drive men to despaire Or What can they tell who shall be saved and who shall be damned Doe they know Gods secrets When I marvell were they in Heaven to speak with God Or be not they men as well as others And good many of them no longer then whiles they are in the Pulpit Well we be sinners all God amend us and then we shall I doubt not all at length come to Heaven I appeale herein to the judgement of so many as are able to discerne and have had experience of any thing whether these be not the questions and reasonings touching this maine point of salvation and damnation of many of all sorts no better herein then very Atheists who believing neither God nor his revealed Truth would faine flatter themselves in a vaine deluding hope that Live how they list and doe what they please Yet God is mercifull and whensoever a sinner shall repent c. and Christ dyed for all and so for them and therefore they doubt nothing but they shall be saved as soon as the best Or say they be bad yet they be not the worst in the World there be as bad as they and if the worst thereof befall them that they doe goe to Hell yet they shall have fellowes and trust to make as good shift for themselves as shall some others But to leave these wretches and their humours for a while may we not note also another sort not so impious but of a more indifferent temper who yet through idle curiosity are dangerously transported from embracing the means and way of salvation prescribed to make question how many or what others shall be saved Yes verily but who herein shew themselves to be what Saint Peter would not have Christians to be busie bodies or or as the word originally importeth as Bishops in anothers Diocesse As yet once the same Saint Peter seeme to have been when our Saviour saying to him Follow me He replyed streight upon the sight of Iohn with Lord what shall this man doe Right like to whom in humour may the most part of men be found more curious in enquiring what they need not whether or how many others shall be saved then faithfully carefull to do what God requireth that themselves may atttain salvation Nay herein how many are there that agree in humour with that Persian Prince who when by the French men 〈…〉 government of Charles Martell about the yeare of Christ 730. the Phrysians were compelled to embrace the Christian faith coming to be baptised and having one foot in the water is recorded to have turned about to the Bishop desiring first to be resolved whether more already departed were in hell or more in heaven but receiving answer that the greater number were in hell whither all must that would not be baptised and become Christians refused thereupon to receive the Sacrament pulling his foot out of the water and professing that he would follow where the most were gone before This you will perhaps say was the desperate humour of an Infidell that knew not God