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A10929	The true conuert. Or An exposition vpon the vvhole parable of the prodigall. Luke. 15. 11.12. &c. Wherein is manifestly shewed; 1. Mans miserable estate by forsaking of God. 2. Mans happie estate by returning to God. Deliuered in sundry sermons, by Nehemiah Rogers, preacher of Gods Word, at St Margarets Fish-street. And now by him published, intending the farther benefit of so many as then heard it; and the profit of so many as shall please to read it.	Rogers, Nehemiah, 1593-1660.	1620 (1620)	STC 21201; ESTC S116104	291,820	402

it is impossible to recouer yet as Christs omnipotent voyce brought him forth bound hand and foote and brake his bands asunder and set him at libertie So is it able to bring thee forth out of the graue of thy sins and to knocke off those gyues and fetters of Satan wherewith thou art so fast bound and to restore thee to the liberty of the sonnes of God Be not then discouraged from following the meanes for though thou hast a long time lyen a rotting in thy sinnes yet in Gods good time thou maist be raised to newnesse of life by his powerful voice vttered in the ministery of the Gospel A third vse of this poynt is for Exhortation to all such Vse 3 as do liue this life of grace that they would make much of it and cherish it striue to confirme it and strengthen it in themselues I confesse indeed it is true which Christ saith Hee that hath tasted of this life shall neuer see death but yet let vs know hee may feele sicknesse and such sicknesse as is nigh vnto death and be so sicke as that he may thinke there is no way but death and all for want of nourishing this new life which is begotten in him See then you preserue your life and that you grow vp in soundnesse of grace and spirituall strength be content to vse all good meanes for this end and purpose Fiue helpes for the preseruation of life spirituall and in speciall th●se fiue First Food Secondly Recreation Thirdly Exercise Fourthly Sleepe Fiftly Physicke You all know what great good helpes these are and how needfull for the preseruation of life corporalle assuredly they are as good for the preseruation of life spirituall 1 Meanes is Food and as necessarie As for Food wee all know if it be wanting the bodie cannot long be strong nor last it must needes famish So is it with the soule if it want it sustenance and due meales it must needs pine away It is requisite therefore that wee bee frequent in hearing of the word read 1. Pet. 2.2 and preached as formerly I haue said As also in comming to the Sacrament there to eat and drinke the flesh and bloud of Christ spiritually by faith Iohn 6.35.48 50 51 53 54 55. for Hee is that bread of life and whosoeuer eateth of this bread shall liue for euer his flesh is meate indeed his bloud is drinke indeed 2 Helpe is Recreation The second helpe is Recreation How auaileable this is for the health of the bodie we are not ignorant of It is a great meanes for the preseruation of life it maketh the bodie more able and the mind more cheerefull for any worke of our callings Thus spirituall Recreation is a notable preseruer of the life of grace and therefore must be vsed of euery Christian Recreate thy selfe then in singing of Psalmes Iam. 5.13 to which St Iames doth exhort vs And when thou art a wearie of some one exercise thou art about as that we shall soone bee such is our corruption then betake thy selfe vnto another Fall from reading to singing from singing to praying let this be thy recreation and vse it often 3 Meanes is Exercise The third is Exercise Without this the body grows diseased full of aches and paines as experience proues And so doth the soule grow diseased and weake yea many times deadly sicke for want of it Exercise thy selfe therefore daily in holy dueties as in Prayer mortification Good workes And with the godly man Psal 1.2 exercise thy selfe continually in the Law of God The fourth is Sleepe 4 Helpe is Sleepe Ros naturae which is most necessarie for the entertainment of bodily health It is the dew of nature and as necessarie for the bodie as meat and drinke is To this is meditation of Gods word compared it is as sleepe and rest to a Christian soule which doth refresh and reuiue it euen as sleepe doth the bodie Thou maist not forget to giue thy soule this rest Fiftly 5 Meanes or helpe is Physicke Physicke is an excellent helpe as to keepe the bodie in good order so to keepe the soule likewise in good temper With the potion of Repentance we must daily purge our hearts and with the vomit of confession rid sin from off our consciences And bee content withall to accept of that physicke which God himselfe shall prepare for vs His crosses are his medicines afflictions are good proper recuring recouering physick for diseased affections Admit then without grudging of this potion which is prepared for thee by the hand of thy maker It may happily be vnpleasant what then wilt thou be displeased with the relish when thy sicke heart is thereby eased of her paines hee is worthie to dye who will rather chuse a wilfull sicknesse then a harsh remedie And yet here is not all for good dyet is also necessarie vnto physicke In vaine doth the potion worke our recouerie if our euill behauiour afterwards bring a relapse See therefore that after you haue purged your hearts by repentance you obserue the strict dyet of obedience Refraine from those corrupt meats whereon your soules haue formerly surfetted Let all sinne be carefully auoyded Come not in euill company follow no euill example hearken to no euill counsell and then your soules shall liue Isay 55.3 And these are the meanes which whosoeuer would grow strong in grace and preserue the health of his soule must vse If then thou desire to haue thy soule thriue and be in good liking see thou practise them and that constantly and conscionably as in Gods presence So shalt thou find the benefit of it in the end to be exceeding great Vse 4 Lastly is this so that he onely liues which liues the life of grace Then here is matter of exceeding great ioy and reioycing to all such as vpon examination of themselues by the former notes haue some assurance that they liue this life Better saith Solomon is a liuing dogge then a dead Lyon Better it is to be a liuing soule though neuer so poore then to be a dead corp● though neuer so well be-stucke with flowres What though many in the world haue thousands of pounds great lands large reuenewes yet if they haue not grace they are but stinking carkases Farre better is thy estate though thou hast neuer a groat for thou art a liuing soule borne anew and an heyre of heauen Blesse God then more for this then if be had giuen thee a kingdome reioyce in thy new estate and happie condition It hath beene an ancient custome for men to celebrate their birth-day Math. 14.6 as wee see in Herod who vpon that day that hee was borne made a banquet to his Princes and Captains and chiefe estates of Galylee How much more ought a Christian to remember if he can the day of his new birth and make that a day of ioy and gladnesse a day of feasting and reioycing to the

bodie Answer We receiue not Christs body in the Sacrament as he lay in the manger or as he is in heauen but as he was nayled on the Crosse and his bloud not as it is in the veines but dropping from his heart and therefore in the Institution it is said This is my bodie broken for you and this is my bloud shed for you And further if this reason be good why doe they then drinke for what reason can they bring why they may not receiue the bloud in the veines as well as the people Secondly they say the Wine is in danger of spilling but there is lesse danger of the bread If this be not a silly reason what is or can be for shall Reason 2 we breake the Institution of Christ because such an inconuenience may follow Answere Christs institution may not be broken for some inconuenience that may follow Ob. The Wine that is spilt is no part of the Sacrament Sol. 1. Cor. 10.4 And admit that some were spilt it were no such heynous crime True it is that it is a fault against that holy comelinesse which ought to be regarded but no such fearefull sinne as they make it But is not the Wine that is spilt a part of the Sacrament how then can this be so small a sinne as you make it I answer Onely so much is consecrated as we receiue and no more is the Sacramentall signe for to proue this That water that the people of Irael drunke was sacramentall water And that only and no more I hope none will say that that which the cattle drunke was such also Reason 3 A third reason they bring is this Christ gaue it only to his Disciples and so doe they vnto the Ministers after his example Answ By this reason they may depriue the people of both for the bread was giuen to them Answ The people may aswell be denied the bread as the wine Marke 14.24 and onely vnto them but I would they would consider better of Christs words then would the controuersie soone bee ended This is my bloud c. which is shed for you and many Now who were those many Were they not such as should euer after belieue in him From whence wee reason To those for whom the bloud of Christ was shed the Cup must be administred But the bloud of Christ was shed for the people aswell as for the Minister and therefore it ought to be administred to the one as well as to the other In the fourth place they say there ought to be a difference Reason 4 betwixt the Cleargie and the Laity therefore the Ministers receiue both signes and the people but one as is fitting that difference might be made I graunt the Ministers calling is aboue the peoples Answ The Laity haue as great a part in Christs Passion as the Clergie Gal. 3.28 and so there is difference But if we regard their persons the people haue as great a part in Christ and his Passion as any of the Clergie Outward differences there are but in Christ there are none as our Apostle teacheth vs There is neither Iew nor Greeke there is neither bond nor free there is neither male nor female for you are all one in Christ Iesus And thus haue we seene their wicked and sacriledgious dealing with the Church of God in keeping from Gods houshold that large portion which God hath afforded for which they must one day giue a fearefull account vnlesse the Lord please to open their eyes and giue them repentance But now to our selues For are there not many amongst vs also who being set in the place of Stewards allowe to Gods houshold a thinner dyet then God himselfe doth affoord Oh that there were not such amongst vs who feede their sheepe in short pastures and lead their flockes by the still waters I speake it in another sence then Dauid did feeding them quarterly or monthly Psal 25. but scarce weekely can their voyce be heard cleane forgetting the rule of the Apostle 2 Tim. 3.2 preach in season and out of season Hence it commeth to passe that the sheepe belonging to their charge are like Pharaohs Kine so leane and euill fauoured and so weake as euery bush is able to entangle euery ditch ready to drowne euery blast of vaine doctrine able to blow away Oh that wee did consider that charge the Apostle giueth to him 2 Tim. 3. in him to vs that we would remember that woe that belongeth vnto vs for not preaching the Gospell Art thou a Steward art thou an Ambassadour why then doest thou not deliuer thy message why doest thou not distribute Gods food vnto his people how wilt thou be able to looke him in the face at whose barre one day all flesh must stand There be good iniunctions for the comely ceremonies of the Church saith one so likewise many good orders for the reuerent administring of the Sacraments Doct. ●oys and diligent preaching of the word let not the one bee true Canons while the other are made onely pot-guns And thus much for the first sort that come vnder the reprehension of this vse 2. Sort reprooued Now for the second and they are such as will not feed on Gods delicates It is Gods good pleasure to haue them well fed but they can be content with a sparer dyet they are affraid of growing too fat at the heart quarterly preaching is well and monthly preaching very sufficient but if it be once a day it is more then needes they can heare more in an houre then they can practise all their liues and I belieue them And as for the Sacrament to receiue that at Easter or at euery good time is enough in conscience But consider you vnwise amongst the people and you fooles when will you bee wise doth the Lord deale thus gratiously with thee and art thou so vnthankefull Doth the Lord prouide such plentie and darest thou call it wast Oh times Oh manners how heart-sicke are wee growne of peace and plentie What a surfet haue we taken of Gods good blessings a happie and a blessed cure were it to restore vs to our former daies of health but alas our disease is grown so desperate that Gods physitians know not which way to turne their hands or heads to helpe vs. It i● therefore to be feared that God himselfe will take the cure into his hand and as physitians prescribe abstinence when a surfet's taken so the Lord will dyet vs and bring vs againe to our former appetite by with-holding of the meanes as he long since threatned to his people Amo. 8 11 12.13 Be you therefore warned esteeme more highly of the Lords fauours lest you be depriued of them and those dayes come wherein you say for loe they will come without repentance surely there hath beene a Prophet amongst vs. EZ●k 33.33 And now for a second vse is this so that God prouideth Vse 2 so liberally for his