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A44168	A sermon preached in the parish church of St. Magnus the Martyr, by London-Bridge, on Sunday February 11th, 1699/700 at the baptizing of some persons of riper years, brought up by Quakers and anabaptists, but now conform'd to the Church of England / by Richard Holland ...	Holland, Richard, 1679-1706.	1700 (1700)	Wing H2436A; ESTC R804	17,510	35

he that seeth he that heareth in Secret will reward openly we shall not fail then of Pardon and Forgiveness if we add that that 's next to be Consider'd to make up our Repentance and that is 4. A Forsaking of all our Sins and an utter abhorrence of them for the future He that Confesseth and Forsaketh it is that shall find Mercy Would we then perfect our Repentance and be truly Welcome to our Lord and Saviour in His House and Family Thus we must do Confess and Forsake own our former Follies and resolve upon a new and better Life promise to our Lord more Faithful Obedience and then take Care to perform it resign up our selves intirely to the Will of God and then indeavour to walk with him all the Days of our Lives So shall we be truly Wellcome to our Lord now in this Sacrament and ever afterwards in his House so shall we Enjoy the Comfortable Presence of the blessed Spirit here and even the Lord of Life in that Spiritual Banquet the other Sacrament And when these Earthly Services and Mercies shall fail us we shall receive Eternal Comforts be possest of Blessings Unspeakable and full of Glory so shall none of our former sinful Actions ever rise against us to Accuse or Condemn us or our Consciences to affright us but in Peace and Quietness in a Sedate and Calm Composure of Spirit we shall at last resign our Souls into the hands of God in sure and certain hope of a joyful Resurrection I am now in the 4. Place to consider the several Duties we are Engaged in by our Baptism and these are exactly set down in our Catechism when we Vow and Promise 1. To Renounce the Devil and all his Works the Pomps and Vanities of this wicked World with all the Sinful Lusts of the Flesh This Vow is of three parts The 1. To Renounce the Devil and all his Works By this the Church generally understands Renouncing of all false Gods and false Worship The World at the coming of our Saviour was full of Idolatry and therefore it was very proper that all those that were willing to engage in and be happy by the benefits of the true Religion should be obliged to Renounce absolutely all the false And this not only in Tongue but in Heart also not only in Profession but in Action As we are not to believe in pay Devotion to an Idol so nor are we to act any of those bruitish Villanies which took up the Lives of those Idolatrous Heathens As we are not to consult Witches and Devils so nor must we have such low and mean apprehensions of God and His wise Providence as to sink our Hearts and suffer them to be betrayed to any base and unlawful Compliances And therefore more especially by the Works of the Devil here was meant those abominable Villanies the Apostle says not to be Named among Christians which was the usual practise of those Heathen Idolators and for which the greatest of Gods Judgments have formerly been brought upon the Earth even fire and Brimstone upon particular Cities famous for those Brutalities Nay even that Deluge of Water upon the whole Earth But besides those there are others that may properly be called the Works of the Devil being such he delights in and is very diligent in Tempting us to Amongst these is Pride that Usurping and Ambitious Desire that made the first Devil and Dethroned him from an Empire in Heaven to the infernal Abyss of Hell such also is Lying for he is called a Lyar and the Father of it St. John 8. 44. Such also is Slandering for he is famously also called the Accuser of the Brethren such also is Malice and Envy being hateful and hating one another These are the proper Practises of him whom the Scripture calls a Murderer from the Beginning And such also is all Pleasure Contentedness and Delight in Sin and Encouraging and Tempting others to commit it all these are truly and properly called the Works of the Devil The second part of the Vow is To Renounce the Pomps and Vanities of this wicked World By these were meant formerly some Villanous and Unlawful Sports of the Heathens which we now thanks be to God know nothing of and as it respects us may be understood by them mostly all undue and sinful Compliances with any of the things of the World whether they be Riches or Pleasures or Honours whether it be Meat or Drink or Apparel whether it be Rest or Sport or Imployment or indeed any inordinate Enjoyment of any of these Earthly things Now many of all these things as they are Blessings when well used so when abused they become Curses Pomps and Vanities of this World and to be Renounced The third part of the Vow is to Renounce all the Sinful Lusts of the Flesh that is all Vile Affections and Beastly Humours and Greedy Cravings the Conquering of which is true Self Denyal and Mortification the great Duty of the approaching Season which I have endeavour'd to inculcate to you and which you will have many opportunities of improving in the knowledge of during Lent And so I come to the Second part of the Vow and Promise which is To Believe all the Articles of our Christian Faith which consists not only in the being rightly inform'd in the Articles of our Faith in Learning Endeavouring to Vnderstand and giving full Consent unto them but which perfects and compleats our Faith in Living accordingly in doing those things that will prove and well Demonstrate our Faith And particularly to explain this in the Apostles Creed When I say I Believe in God the Father Almighty I must Honour and Reverence Him as my God Love and Obey Him as a tender Father Fear and Own Him as he is Almighty Maker off Heaven and Earth Here I must attribute the Glory of all the Works of the Creation to Him admire his great Love in Communicating Being to us and all his Creatures give him only the Honour and Glory of Preserving and Blessing us and Love Admire and Praise his Universal Providence over the World At the same rate we must reduce to Practise all the rest of the Articles of our Faith and so doing is truly Believing of them The third part of our Vow and Obligation in Baptism is That we Keep Gods Holy Will and Commands and walk in the same all the Days of our Lives By which is meant that we will make it our Business as much as in us lies to walk according to the Direction of Gods ways that we will use our best Endeavours to work his Righteousness and apply our selves with all Diligence and Care to the discharge of all the several Duties of our Lives That we will not Practise Holiness by Fits and Starts only allow time for Devotions and Holy Duties when we have nothing else to do as is too much the Practise of some But that our whole Life shall be one continued Act of Honesty and