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A sermon preached on the 28th of June, at St. Andrew's Holborn by John Moore ...
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Moore, John, 1646-1714.
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endeavours and pains will all prove fruitless in the Conclusion for you will reap nothing but Corruption the Candle of the Wicked shall be put out and all his Greatness Glory and Pleasure shall end in outer Darkness and eternal Death Moreover you cannot hope for better usage than your dear Lord found upon earth but you must expect as he did before you by Afflictions by the Cross and by Death to go Heaven for the condition of Servants ought not to be better than that of their Master If sometimes the thoughts of death are terrible and your faith grows cold and staggers so as you begin to suspect your own sincerity and to fear you have not any true interest in the metcies of God call then to mind the agony of your precious Saviour the drops of blood that trickled down his cheeks and the earnest prayers he made that the bitter Cup might pass from him I verily believe the Providence of God did order him to drink so deep of it to support the spirits of all good people under the sorest distresses and that he might be an Example for the encouragement of all desponding Christians who heartily love and fear God Lastly Having determined your choice to the service of God and made some progress in a holy life permit nothing in the world to stop you or to put you out of your way or to make you look back for if you make the shortest stay or turn never so little on one side your cares and tears and good resolutions will prove to have been in vain you will lose the benefit of your past labours and prayers and perplex your Soul with a multitude of troubles We have many a time concluded that nothing deserves our hearts but God and that true happiness is no where to be found but in Heaven and that therefore we would dedicate our selves and all our powers unto his service but unhappy creatures we have been unconstant to our selves the World has regained our affections and we have doted again upon vanity and wretchedly forgot our God and our own eternal advantage May therefore our blessed Lord who has conquer'd Sin and vanquisht Death by pulling out its sting and disarming it of its terrors so assist us with his Spirit so guide us in our duty and so comfort and uphold us in our sorrows that we may never again depart from him and return to our Evil ways May we imitate him in his Humility his Love and his Purity and may we never decline any sufferings by which we shall promote the Glory of God and serve the Interests of Religion and preserve the Peace of our own Consciences May we ever tread in his steps who is the way and the Truth and the Life it self May we ever thirst after him who is the Fountain of Living Waters and may all other things appear vile and despicable to us in comparison of his Love and Favour And may a God of Infinite Bowels of Compassion who is ever ready to cherish and refresh all afflicted and disconsolate Souls have pity on us and safely conduct us thorough this Vale of Troubles and Tears unto a State of endless Rest and Peace and Joy FINIS Books lately Printed for W. Rogers SErmons and Discourses some of which never before printed the Third Vol. 80. A Sermon Preach'd at Lincolns-Inn Chappel on the 31st of January 1688. Being the Day appointed for a Publick Thanksgiving to Almighty God for having made His Highness the Prince of Orange the Glorious Instrument of the Great Deliverance of this Kingdom from Popery and Arbitrary Power 40. A Sermon Preach'd before the Queen at White-hall March 8. 89. 40. A Sermon Preach'd before the King and Queen at Hampton-Court April 14. 1689. 40. A Sermon Preach'd before the Queen at White-hall March 7. 90. 40. A Sermon Preach'd before the Honourable House of Commons on Wednesday the 16. of April a Day appointed by Their Majesties for a Solemn Monthly Fast 40. A Sermon Preach'd at St. Mary Le Bow before the Lord Mayor Court of Aldermen and Citizens of London on Wednesday the 18. of June A Day appointed by Their Majesties for a Solemn Monthly Fast 40. A Sermon Preach'd before the Queen at White-hall February the 27. 1690. These all by the Most Reverend Father in God the Archbishop of Canterbury Of the Wisdom and Goodness of God's Providence Two Sermons Preach'd before the Queen at White-hall on August 17. and 24. 1690. By the Right Reverend Father in God the Lord Bishop of Norwich A Sermon Preached before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London at Guild-hall Chappel on Sunday November 4. 1688. A Practical Discourse concerning Death the Fifth Edition 80. A Sermon Preached at White-hall before the Queen on the 17. of June 1691. being the Fast Day These Three by the Reverend Dr. Sherlock Dean of St. Pauls Master of the Temple and Chaplain in Ordinary to Their Majesties Sermons and Discourses on several Occasions 80. A Sermon Preach'd before the Queen at White-hall April 2. 1690. being the 5. Wednesday in Lent 40. A Sermon Preach'd before the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen at St. Sepulchers Church on Wednesday in Easter Week 1690. 40. A Sermon Preach'd before the King and Queen at White-hall May 4. 1690. 40. These Four by the Reverend Dr. Wake Chaplain in Ordinary to Their Majesties and Preacher to the Honourable Society of Gray's-Inn A Sermon Preach'd before the King and Queen at Hampton-Court May 12. 1690. By Robert Brograve M. A. Chaplain in Ordinary to Their Majesties 40. Religion and Loyalty inseparable a Sermon Preach'd at the Assizes held at Nottingham September 5. 1690. By Clement Elis M. A. Rector of Kirkby in the County of Nottingham The Political Anatomy of Ireland with the Establishment for that Kingdom when the late Duke of Ormond was Lord Lieutenant taken from the Records To which is added Verbum Sapienti or an Account of the Wealth and Expences of England and the Method of Raising Taxes in the most equal manner shewing also that the Nation can bear the Charge of Four Millions per Annum when the Occasions of the Government require it By Sir William Perry late Fellow of the Royal Society and Surveyor General of the Kingdom of Ireland 80. Eph. 4. 24. Tit. 2. 12. Eph. 4. 〈…〉 6. Rom. 16. 7. Cor. 1. â—…0 Phil. 2. 1 2. Eccles 29. 8. 13.
retinue of Consequences would look vile and odious doth appear comely and desirable So a gratification of the most beastly Lusts is accounted rational and manly Pleasure Drunkenness goes for a free use of God's Creatures Whoredom is but a just satisfaction of the Appetites of Nature the squeezing a poor man when got within our clutches till we break him and his Fortunes to pieces is but to maintain our own rights and to preserve our Children and Posterity from beggary for the slightest Provocation coolly to spill the Blood of our Brother is to behave our selves like Men of Honour and to keep our Persons from falling into Contempt and being trampled upon Thus those things which are in themselves most loathsome and detestable neither consistent with true Peace of Conscience nor the Favour of God pass for Instances of the highest wisdom and honour and are reputed actions most worthy of men And a little present gain empty honour or sensual pleasure which dies as soon as it is tasted must be preferr'd before everlasting happiness and the fruition of the Almighty and Infinitely Glorious God to all Eternity O that those sordid and mean sensualities which sink us into a level with the brutes should be the things upon which we have set our hearts and unto which we make all our Courtship and Address O that we should be in love with those fetters with which we are dragged unto the gates of death and be so sottish as to admire the chains that confine us to the regions of darkness and will hold us fast till the terrible day of Judgment as the marks of our honour and as the true accomplishments of our Nature 4. Men make themselves a little easie in an ill course of life by hearing endless Rewards and Punishments often spoke of without applying them to their own condition They can hear Heaven discoursed of as a State of infinite Peace and Delight without being much moved therewith and they can hear Hell represented as a dismal place void of all ease and comfort and be but little troubled at it and the reason is because these things pass thorough their ears like Romances in which they do not imagine themselves to be concern'd For when a man shall hear a lively description of the Joys of Heaven will not his heart be transported and even lifted up within him if he have so loved and obeyed God in the several stages of his life as to hope he has sure ground to claim a right in them And when likewise the Terrors of the Lord are Preached unto the wicked and displayed in their true colours and they are plainly inform'd how insupportable and dreadful the condition of all those will be who shall be banished from the Presence of God the Fountain of Light and Good unto everlasting darkness certainly they must be filled with amazement and horror if they do but reflect that it is most likely that they shall be condemned for ever to dwell in that dark and doleful habitation Therefore when ever the consideration of our own title to that Glorious place doth enter into the meditations we have of Heaven it will warm the heart and enliven all our affections And as often as the poor Sinner does entertain thoughts of Hell with respect of the great danger of his going thither it will confound him and take down all his confidence and presumption For when a man once comes to reflect that the dreadful things he hears of Death and Judgment do closely and nearly concern his most precious Soul he will be ready to say with himself O my Soul Thou art in the Company of them that do foolishly and who forget God thy Happiness in another World does wholly depend upon thy behaviour in this Life this Life is very short the business thou hast to do therein is great and when a period shall be put to thy days is most uncertain wherefore if thou shouldest be surprised by a sudden Death before thy Sins are broken off by sincere Repentance thou wouldest be the most miserable of all creatures and must as unavoidably go down into the bottomless Pit there to dwell with enraged and merciless devils as ever any unrelenting Sinner has done before thee Such considerations as these will make bad men apprehensive of the vast hazard unto which they expose their immortal Souls and timely to remember their Creator lest he tear them in pieces and there be none to deliver Thus I have discovered by what arts men speak false peace unto their Souls and so far delude themselves as to fancy they shall find God Merciful at the last though they do not put away their Sins and notwithstanding they sow to the Flesh to presume they shall of the Spirit reap everlasting Life But being now to take my Leave of you and to return my Thanks for the Favours I have received from you which as they are so many and so great that I cannot duly here acknowledge them without making you uneasie by trespassing upon your Modesty so during my whole Life I shall never forget them But by my constant and hearty Prayers for your Present and Future Happiness and by embracing all opportunities of doing you Real Service I shall endeavour to shew That your Kindnesses were not misplaced This being I say the last time I am to appear among you in the capacity of your Minister I shall take the liberty now with more arguments to urge the necessity of holy living and more particularly to lay down such directions and advice as may be of most general and lasting benefit It is a noble argument we have before us to shew that the crop a man shall reap will answer the nature and qualities of the seed which he now doth sow Wherefore it will not be in my power to do you a greater good than to endeavour to increase and strengthen your belief of this important truth That they who live Wickedly shall reap corruption i. e. shall have all their labour perish and come to nothing and that they who give up themselves to the conduct of the Holy Spirit shall through its Assistance and Intercession attain Everlasting Life That therefore you may not be seduced by any of the deceitful artifices and Frauds now mentioned nor by any other wiles of Satan to depend upon the Favour of God before you have parted with every known Sin let me advise you to consider 1. That it is inconsistent both with God's Nature and your own for you to partake of the happiness of Heaven before you are cleansed from the filth of your Iniquities Goodness and Wisdom and Justice and Truth and Purity are the inseperable Attributes of the Divine Nature which stand in such a direct opposition to all wickedness that God cannot but abhor it Nothing being evil in its own nature but from the unagreeableness it hath to the Essence of God And for this reason he is said to be of purer eyes than to