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A90691	The tempestuous soul calmed by Jesus Christ; being an extract of several sermons, / preached by Anthony Palmer, pastor of the church at Bourton on the Water in Gloucester-shire.	Palmer, Anthony, 1618?-1679.	1653 (1653)	Wing P219; Thomason E1496_3; ESTC R208632	45,978	112

perishing condition as I am to shew in the next Point To deny such preparations and qualifications not such I mean as of our selves but from the spirit is to reason against the method of the Spirit witnessed by Scripture and experience If the spirit of a sinner be naturally bound up in blindenesse hardness of heart insensiblenesse security peace then it will not make out for salvation by Christ till the Spirit of God comes upon that blindenesse c. and so causeth the Soul to discern its own condition and this as the rebellions of our hearts begin to be subdued by that spirit causeth a mutiny distemper some kinde of tempest in the whole inward man till the Spirit draweth vertue from Jesus Christ more and more to work some measure of serenity and composure upon it as we are to shew in the close 3. Say some This is a way to bring a Soul into bondage and tormenting fear No such matter 'T is the way to bring him out of it in order to the delivery from bondage that bondage must be first discovered to and owned by the captive which naturally he feels not as above To shew the captive his bondage in order to his suing for deliverance is the way for liberty this clear Rom. 8.17 Ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear but ye have received the spirit of Adoption implying ye are not now under the Law and so in bondage again as once you were intimating they were so and felt themselves to be so and that the Spirit did reveal it and so brought them out of it and wrought forth and witnessed Christ to them whereby they cried Abba Father 4. How long is a Soul to lie in his bondage humbling himself Till he cast up an eye to Jesus Christ to seek liberty in in him Certainly though a Soul is to renew his humblings under his bondage ye not so to lie under it but presently to make in to Jesus Christ to be freed from the guilt condemnation bondage service of sin pleading his own gracious pdrposes to him as expressed 1. Joh. 3.8 't was his purpose to destroy the works of the devill as I will pursue in the third point And thus briefly I have opened what I here mean by this tempest in a poor soul seeking Christ and life and peace in him the way and lowest measure of it If Jesus Christ by his Word and Spirit doth thus awaken enlighten convince raise some kinde of tempest in a poor soul before it truly seeks out for life and peace in him Let me in the first place speak to the secure peacefull soul that perswades it self it hath hope enough for heaven good interest enough in Jesus Christ and yet is not acquainted in any measure with such workings of the spirit as this coming in with an awakning voice upon the naturall blindenesse and security and bondage thou art bound up in Let me tell thee Soul Better were the fiercest tempest upon thy spirit then such a calm 'T is sitting with folded arms under the shadow of death 'T is sinne in its power bondage peace upon thy spirit the strong man Satan keeping peace that thou maiest sleep the sleep of Death But you will say What will you disturb the peace of my conscience that I have enjoyed all the daies of my life Ah Soul miserable peace miserable calm none of Christs making Spare me a little let me then freely bespeak thee Awake thou that sleepest and arise from the dead and Christ shall give thee light Eph. 5 Oh awake from thy deadly calm and peace Hear the voice of the Son of God and live Joh. 5. Sinner drowsie carelesse heartlesse sinner that hast been all thy life time subject to bondage Heb. 2.15 Hearken consider arise thy security safety and peace is the death of sin upon thy soul a captive in a dungeon of darknesse and with fetters about thee and seest it not this is thy temper thou hast been at ease from thy youth and setled on thy lees Jerem. 48.11 Thou hast heard the first work of the spirit is to awake to Christ and Heaven to hear the voice of God in thy Soul rushing in upon thy sinfull peace So Adam Gen. 3. when after his sinne he had thought to lie hid from God in peace covered with his fig-leaves he heard the voice of the Lord God in the Garden and then they were afraid and further saw their own nakednesse What voices of God were they Adam where art thou Hast thou eaten of the Tree I commanded thee not to eat of To the Woman What is this thou hast done v. 8 9 10. c. So the Lord speaks to a soul at first sometimes in an Ordinance sometimes in a sudden voice out of it Soul where art thou what is thy state and condition as to eternity what provision for heaven if thy soul should be now taken from thee What is this thou hast done so presumptuously and peaceably to sinne against thy God to side with the devil and the world against the peace of thy own soul What is this thou hast done to neglect the care of a desolate soul what will it profit thee to gain the whole world and lose thy own soul and to be a castaway a castaway from the holy blessed eternall rest of God into the company of devils in endlesse unredeemable torment What Soul what means thy eager pursuit of vanity and so heartlesse to the things of heaven and eternity With some such voices God speaks and then the soul is made awake for heaven and then it cries after God confesseth humbleth bemoaneth chargeth it self then the Lord directs that soul to means ordinarily whereby he will do it good and reveal the way of life in Christ unto it to destroy the power of sin in it and then though after back-slidings and much unsetlednesse and wavering many reasonings and temptations as shewd the soul settles in some good measure in the tastings of the power and love of Christ in it as I shall further shew Oh that such a voice or any of these might secretly glide in the soul of any poor creature that hath hitherto withstood it and might cause the deep thoughts of eternity to seize upon thee Let me reason with thee as in the counsel of God to raise a tempest in stead of that peace fear it not for I will shew thee a Christ to calm all to destroy sin to set at liberty to fill thy soul with joy and peace that shall never be taken away never fear to passe through such a tempest better go to harbour in a storm then perish becalmed in the sands Why then in thy most serious and retired thoughts be putting such Questions as I have mentioned to thy self if thou art moved and excited by these and such like then this is the voice of God in them if all that is within thee is stirred up to seek after Christ and our interest in