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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07496	The sinne vnto death. Or an ample discouery of that fearefull sinne, the sinne against the holy Ghost together with the signes, degrees and preservatiues thereof. In a sermon preached at Pauls Crosse. August 26. 1621. By Tho: Bedford ...	Bedford, Thomas, d. 1653.	1621 (1621)	STC 1788; ESTC S101417	81,812	112

any certainty concerning this matter and thereupon shunne and reiect all meditation vpon this point and Argument as vaine and vncertaine I am not worthy neyther will I take vpon me to censure great and learned men but let it be seriously considered how much and how often mention is made in Gods word of this fearefull fall and direfull plight that men are brought into thereby and we may easily guesse that the Lord would not haue vs vtterly ignorant of it And let vs weigh and obserue the fruit and great benefit which Gods people by a sober and wise meditation hereof may reape and it may be iudged that their labour is commendable who warily and with iudgement write and preach to that purpose For as Mariners cannot easily shunne the gulfe nor rock except they know or at lest can guesse whereabouts the daunger is No more is it likely that a Christian professor should liue absolutely without the perill or feare of this so fearefull a sinne in some probable sort vnlesse he be warned thereof by such as doe study the point of purpose It is more then manifest that the danger of such a relapse is very great and that our vigilancy and care of auoiding it ought to be no lesse and lastly considering the drowsie securitie of this age the present decay of zeale the vtter neglect of the meanes to quicken it that no argument is of more necessary and profitable vse to be preached or published then this at this time wherein many hanging as it were in suspence and expectation are ready whatsoeuer shall ensue with Demas to embrace the present world and so politickly in the meane while doe carry themselues that which way soeuer they shall hereafter thinke good to incline yet they shall not be deemed Apostataes But let them for all that as it were vpon this publique warning examine themselues whether their hearts and Consciences bee not plainely and euidently euinced of the truth of the Gospell against Atheisme Papisme Turcisme Iudaisme or whatsoeuer Gentilisme or other sect and if so then consider whether the reuolt from the knowne truth will not prooue as haynous a fault in Gods sight for all their couert carriage as heauy a clogge to their Consciences as deepe a downefall from Grace and as wilfull a losse of the tast of the power of the world to come as if they had professed it in the forwardest manner or rather let them feare lest whilst they in worldly wisedome vsing cautelous circumspection to prouide for a change doe not palpably bewray that they receiue not the loue of the truth together with the knowledge thereof and so declare plainly that they are of the number of those vpon whom God in his iust iudgement will send strong delusion to beleeue lies The Scribes and Pharisees neuer vndertooke the profession of Christ as of the promised Messias yet because they were euidently conuinced by his word and workes that he it was that was to come Christ spareth not to call their wilfull reluctation and opposition against him blasphemie against the Spirit And I could wish that such wary walkers in neutralitie would vouchsafe to peruse this short treatise which tendeth to admonish them at least that they outstand not the time of Grace but rather feare least being forsaken and lest in a Reprobate sence when they would they shall not bee able to embrace and apply to themselues what they once knew and had learned and so fall to despight both God and good men This let all men know and take notice of that no time nor age since the dayes of the Apostles hath beene more likely to bring forth plentie of peccants in this kinde then this we liue in First knowledge did neuer so abound not onlie amongst the learned but euen amongst the lay-vulgar by the cleere light and plentifull preaching of the Gospell Secondly this knowledge hath begotten an vniuersall profession and forme of outward Godlines wherby men giue consent to the Truth preached and manifested vnto them Thirdly this generall consent hath bred a forwardnesse in many shewing in probabilitie their hearts affected with that which they professe and to haue attained a taste of the heauenly gift as the Apostle speaketh From such a degree and measure of knowledge and Grace if any should fall as if greater heede be not taken it may be feared s●me will especially if that should come to passe which those Politicians before spoken of doe prepare for and want of zeale in others doth deserue How deepe should they sinke into this Dungeon and how neere might we iudge them vnto this sinne Cast your eyes back a little and looke vnto the Histories of former times and for want of other bookes concerning more ancient ages of the primitiue Church take notice only of the defection after King Edwards daies How many seeming forward professors during the liberty of the Gospell in a moment almost not only forsooke their sinceritie but also became violent persecutors of that themselues professed whose desperate ends in that their wilfull Apostasie without any remorse at all pronouncing damnation vpon themselues with horrible blasphemies and he●lish despight against God declare manifestly that their fall was scarefull and their sinne vnpa●donable Now although we haue none other cause blessed bee God giuen to vs to feare or suspect any such defection or change but only our owne sinnes deseruing such a plague yet are not their labours vaine and to no purpose which giue warning before that men looke to their standing and take heede that they fall not Sathan is subtle and mens hearts are deceiptfull out of measure and some without any such cause giuen may be taken with a sudden spirituall Apoplexie and fall headlong at once not only into the loue and practise of sensualitie but also into the hatred of that grace of God which teacheth them to deny all vngodlinesse and worldly lusts and to liue Godly righteously and soberly in this present world And some others though they fall not at once like a man that flingeth himselfe downe headlong from the top of a Rocke or steeple may be so carelesse of their estate as by insensible back sliding through the deceiptfulnesse of sinne they may depart away from the liuing God and being once gone fall into Saul his case the sonne of Cis who quite berest of the spirit of Grace had an euill spirit sent to terment him Or become like the Apothecaries Gl●sse or Gally pet which being emptied by now and then a little of some precious or speciall Cordiall is sitted to receiue venome or poyson And if any doe stand and be preserued out of such temptations these and such like ende●uours that exhort admonish and rebuke before hand may truely be said to be the Antidotes and blessed meanes of preuention and they that desire to stand and not to fall ought to vse them reuerently and with thankes to God who of his infinite mercies vseth mens ministeries vnto the preseruation