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A20536	Ten sermons tending chiefely to the fitting of men for the worthy receiuing of the Lords Supper VVherein amongst many other holy instructions: the doctrines of sound repentance and humiliation, and of Gods speciall fauours vnto penitent sinners, and worthy communicants are largely and effectually handled. The six first, by I. Dod. The foure last, by R. Cleauer. Whereunto is annexed, a plaine and learned metaphrase on the epistle to the Collossians, written by a godly and iudicious preacher. There is also set before the sermons, a short dialogue of preparation: containing the chiefe points that concerne the worthy receiuing of the Lords Supper, taken for the most part, out of the sermons following: and collected into a method for the benefit and ease of those that desire direction in this matter.	Dod, John, 1549?-1645.; Cleaver, Robert, 1561 or 2-ca. 1625. aut; Winston, John, fl. 1614-1634.	1610 (1610)	STC 6945; ESTC S114601	221,900	292

helpfull it maketh vs blessed in this present life and in the life to come it bringeth with it the comfort of the spirit the feeling of gods loue and fauour and the comfortable vse of all outward good things We are not likely at least not certaine to continue here many daies and what an vnspeakeable comfort then is it to be assured that when we goe from men we shall goe to God and when we leaue the earth wee shall inherit heauen that we shall haue peace at our death and glory after our death If the pestilence enter into our houses or take hold of our owne persons when none dare come vnto vs then God will be with vs though our bodies be insected yet our soules can neuer be so infected if we haue grace in our hearts but that God dareth to enter into our houses to visite vs and when our soules shall be parted from our bodies he wil not thinke it too much to giue them a place of rest with himselfe in his owne kingdome at length vnite them to our bodies againe that they may enioy euerlasting blisse together as they haue bene imployed in Gods seruice together Seeing then Vse 1 that the benefit of labouring for grace is so great this serueth to reproue those that are slothfull in the things of God slothfull in repairing to the Word and in mingling the same with faith in their hearts slothfull in trauelling with their owne soules in examining their hearts and laying the edge of gods threatenings to their corruptions for the cutting off of the same These men thinke that grace will grow as weedes doe without any plowing manuring or sowing of the ground though they neuer pray earnestly nor heare carefully nor be at any paines for the reforming of their hearts or of their liues yet they thinke they shall haue goodnes enough by an ordinary course and conclude that heauen shall be cast vpon them whether they will or not as if God could not chuse but saue their soules But these foolish men doe altogether deceiue themselues and they shall find by woful experience that except they set their minds hearts tongues hands and all the powers and parts of soule and body on worke they shall neuer attaine vnto any godlinesse at all and therefore of necessity be depriued of euerlasting life But we like of the Word Obiect and loue the preaching and preachers thereof Answ But what measure of faith and of other graces of Gods spirit haue you gotten thereby if you be distitute of those it is sure you haue not laboured as you should for the same for whosoeuer seeketh findeth Talking of gold siluer the like and declaring to others how much we affect them wil not keepe vs from penury we must so labour for them as that we get them if we would be rich men A sluggard may desire to get the victory but he must fight for it that will haue it and the like holds in spirituall things those that would be partakers of them must vse the meanes that God hath appointed for the accomplishing of their desire And therefore this rebuke lights vpon the heads of all such sluggards as will not bestir them in this weighty matter nor liue in the field of grace nay whē the crop of grace is brought home vnto their houses they wil not open their dores to receiue it they wil not so much as giue attention to the word but are like the high way side that doth not so much as receiue the seede that is cast vpon it but lette the Diuell catch away all from them Secondly Vse 2 this may be an Apologie for those that are faithfull and painefull in seeking for the Word if it be a thing so exceeding necessary then are not they to be blamed that are content to vndergo any toile for the obtaining of it it is no precisenesse nor needles labour neither are such to be checked and reprehended but rather to be cōmended and encouraged for this is it that is foretold in Daniel Dan. 12.4 Many shall run to and fro and knowledge shall abound If men haue a dangerous sicknes they seeke help from the Phisition though far off none findes fault with them nor makes question why they should seek to be healed If householders want prouisiō at home they wil repaire to the market none cries out vpon them What wretched men are these that cannot keepe them from the market haue they not oxen and sheep at home for though they haue men are so wise as to consider that they are not made ready for their turn Now if they are not blamed nor indeed blame worthy that do thus seeke for corporall Phisicke and sood then why should they be blamed by Papists and such as are Popishly affected that seeke for that which is spirituall Se the 2. Sermon one Mark 14. Doct 6. it being far more requisite and necessary Which the sonne of man shall giue c. Doct. The efficacie of the Word Doct. 5 The efficacie of the word and Sacrament of Christ and Sacrament is from Christs owne hand Whosoeuer would haue grace must receiue it from Christ himselfe hence is that promise made vnto the Israelites The Lord thy Gods will circumcise thy heart and the heart of thy seed that thou malest loue the Lord thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soule that thou maiest liue They to whom it did belong to circumcise their bodies could goe no further then the outward circūcision it was God only that could cut off the corruption of their hearts and frame them vnto obedience that which is spoken concerning that one Sacrament holdeth as true in all the rest man can giue only the externall signes God must giue the inward vertue And the reasons why it pertains vnto Christ is a work of the Godhead only are diuers First Reasons 1 one is taken out of the text where it said Him hath the Father sealed it is Christ his office vnto which the Father hath ordained him he alone hath commission and warrant to deale in it and whosoeuer else doth arrogate that vnto himselfe is an intruder and shall be punished for that he goeth about to thrust Christ out of his chaire Secondly as it belongs to him so he alone is of ability to doe it none besides him can deale with the heart wherein this worke doth principally consist He onely knowes it and he alone can cure it as the first Adam did kill vs 1 Cor 15.45 so the second Adam must quicken vs. No man can giue natural life vnto another no not that which brutish creatures doe enioy nay nor so much as that which plants doe liue by much lesse can any one giue spirituall life vnto another Paul may plant and Apolos may water but God alone giueth the increase Thirdly experience will confirme vs in this point for who be the mē vpon whom the ordinances of God

TEN SERMONS tending chiefely to the fitting of men for the worthy receiuing of the Lords Supper Wherein amongst many other holy instructions the Doctrines of sound repentance and humiliation and of Gods speciall fauours vnto penitent sinners and worthy Communicants are largely and effectually handled The six first by I. Dod. The foure last by R. Cleauer Whereunto is annexed a plaine and learned metaphrase on the Epistle to the COLLOSSIANS written by a godly and iudicious Preacher There is also set before the Sermons a short Dialogue of Preparation containing the chiefe points that concerne the worthy receiuing of the Lords Supper taken for the most part out of the Sermons following and collected into a method for the benefit and ease of those that desire direction in this matter LONDON Printed by William Hall for Roger Iackson and are to bee sold at his shop neere the Conduit in Fleet-street 1610. TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFVL THE LADIE ANNE COPE WIFE TO SIR ANTHONY COPE of Hanwell and to her vertuous daughter the Lady ELIZABETH COPE wife to Sir WILLIAM COPE of Hardwicke increase of grace and all true happinesse c. IT is a thing better knowne then well considered of that in the mysticall body of Christ Iesus euery member hath his seuerall office whereon it must attend the weakest as well as the strongest and in the familie of the great Ruler of heauen and earth each seruant hath his seuerall talent which hee must imploy the meanest as well as the worthiest To deny my selfe to bee a member of that body a seruant of that family I cannot without iniurie to God and myselfe To professe to bee such a one in word and in deed to denie it were no lesse dishonourable to my head to my master then discomfortable to my selfe What then is to bee done I bethought my selfe for the auoiding of these rockes what seruice I might performe and in thinking this which J haue now done was offered to my consideration whereby as an vnderling in Gods houshold for want of greater abilitie I haue done my best endeauour to put foorth to the best aduantage others talents which else to the griefe of many would haue beene hidden at least if not vtterly lost For the doing whereof I had rather vndergoe the censures of such as are curious and carnally disposed then depriue those of a benefit that are religious and spiritually minded Let it not bee offensiue vnto your Ladiships that I haue presumed to offer these Sermons vnto publike view sheltered as it were vnder your names for I had sundry motiues which euē enforced me thus to do First in regard of the matter therein contained much of it being deliuered in your hearing and all of it suting vnto your affections whose religious care for the preparing both of your selues and of those that depend vpon you for the worthy receiuing of the holie Sacrament is well knowne vnto those that are acquainted with your conuersation in Christ Iesus Secondly in regard of the Authors whose affection I perswade my selfe is such towards you in sundry both Ciuill and Religious respects that they would most willinglie consecrate themselues and their labours to your further building vp in Christ Iesus Lastly in regard of my selfe who for many speciall fauours receiued doe acknowledge my selfe vnrequiteablie indepted and indissolublie bound vnto your Ladiships And hauing nothing of mine owne of any worth whereby to testifie my vnfained thankefulnesse I haue borrowed of others for this purpose and withall annexed my hand-writing that if my ingratitude should heereafter appeare I might by a publike censure bee condemned and made ashamed for the same Thus hoping for pardon of my boldnesse and for fauourable acceptance of my good meaning in this behalfe I humbly take my leaue recommending your Ladiships to the Lord and to the word of his grace who is able to perfect that good worke which hee hath begunne in you both Your Ladiships much bounden and in all Christian duties to bee commanded IOHN WINSTON To the Christian Reader LOOke not good reader to find in these Sermons an absolute discourse of this subiect of preparation to the Sacrament for that was not intended by the authors but onely the excitement of their present auditors as they saw occasion whereby yet I doubt not but a Christian heart shall finde great furtherance in that worke of preparation Furthermore let it please the Reader to bee aduertised that the texts handled in this booke haue neither so many doctrines gathered from them as the authors could haue done nor so many vses enforced vpon the doctrines but onlie such as were thought most meete for their present auditorie In this which I haue done I had as the approbation so also the helpe of those that preached these Sermons following for the reuising and perfecting of diuers things yet so as their leasure could afford and therefore what defects soeuer shall be found in the maner of penning let them bee imputed to mee if the Printer bee not faultie not vnto them who were content to put a finger but not their whole hand to this worke Iohn Winston A SVMMARIE COLLECTION OF THE HEADS OF Doctrine handled in the Sermons following The Doctrines of the first Sermon on PROV 28.13 1 HIding of sinne hindreth all true prosperitie 2 Hee that would haue pardon for his offences must bring before God an acknowledgement of the same 3 Hee that would bee assured of Gods fauour must ioine reformation with his confession 4 Whosoeuer confesseth his faults and endeauours to amend them shall finde mercy from God how sinfull soeuer hee hath beene in former times The doctrines of the second and third Sermons on ISA. 1.16 1 Whosoeuer would haue God to wash him with the blood of his sonne must wash himselfe by godly sorrow 2 Christians must haue regard to the manner of their good works as well as to the matter 3 All penitent persons must learne to doe well 4 Euery one must haue a principall care of the duties that pertaine vnto him in his owne place 5 Workes of mercy are very acceptable vnto the Lord. 6 In matters of Religion men must hearken vnto God and not vnto flesh and blood 7 If wee become truely penitent neither the greatnesse nor multitude of of our sinnes shall hinder our saluation 8 God looketh for truth not for perfection at the hands of his children 9 Those that haue soundly repented shall not onely haue spirituall graces but also corporall blessings bestowed vpon them The Doctrines of the fourth Sermon on 2. CRON 30.18 1 IT is the dutie of all gouernours to pray for them that belong vnto their charge 2 Whosoeuer would receiue mercy from God in the Sacrament must come with a sincere heart thereunto 3 So long as wee labour to keepe the substance of Gods worship willinglly though wee faile in some circumstances vnwillingly God will bee mercifull vnto vs. 4 God doth accept and will fulfill euery faithfull praier that is

Nehemiah and in those of his time O Lord I beseech thee let thine eare now harken to the praier of thy seruant and to the praier of thy seruants who desire to feare thy name Hee could not say that they did so feare his name as they should but this they could say that they desired to doe it better which desire was a fruite of the grace it selfe This should instruct and incourage vs still to bee doing in the seruices and workes of God Vse Oh but wee finde many imperfections Obiecti and many wants and weakenesses in our selues What of that If we aime at perfection Answ and haue respect to euery commandement of God and come as neere the marke as we can the Lord will accept vs according to that wee haue and not reiect vs for that we haue not If wee could obey perfectly to what end were Christ his obedience and if God should looke after none but those that can fully please him in all things hee should bee a Lord and a master without subiects and seruants Psalm 130.3 If thou O Lord saith Dauid shouldest marke what is done amisse who should stand Therefore though wee cannot pray with that feeling heare and read with that profit sing Psalmes with that ioyfulnesse and cheerefulnesse of heart as wee should though wee cannot forgiue our enemies long for Christ his comming haue such a tender feeling of the afflictions of the Saints nor attaine to such heauenly meditations night or day as wee doe desire and as God doth command yet let vs not bee discouraged if we striue to bring our wicked flesh to the performance of these duties and though we haue much adoe with it yet if wee draw it as a Beare to the stake vnto Gods worship and to the performance of Gods duties in publike and priuate and when we feele most backwardnesse and vntowardnesse in our nature yet wee consent in our very soules that the Law of God is holy and good and iust and that our wils and affections are indeede very corrupt and rebellious but we would rather then all the world that things went otherwise with vs that sinne might bee subdued and grace planted in steede thereof and it is our continuall griefe that God should bee so gracious and kind and liberall to vs and we can be no more obedient and loyall and seruiceable vnto him if I say wee find such a heart within vs we need not be dismaied but may cheerefully goe on with full perswasion and vndoubted resolution that the Lord will be mercifull vnto vs and take our obedience in good worth Onely that wee may not deceiue our selues let vs bee euermore carefull to vse the meanes whereby wee may grow better and auoid the meanes whereby wee may bee made worse As was more largely taught in the former Sermon in the end of the 3. Doctrine For if one say that hee desireth heauen and yet will neuer frequent Sermons nor good companie where hee may bee instructed nor vse any priuate or publike exercises of religion whereby hee may bee edified he is no more to bee regarded then a sluggard that pretendeth that hee meanes to haue a good crop and yet will neither manure nor plow nor sowe his ground but when others are labouring hee is sleeping or loytering as no man will euer looke that the one should haue a plentifull haruest of Corne so will no wise man beleeue that the other shall obtaine a plentifull crop either of grace heere or of glory hereafter Yee shall eat the good things of the Land Before hath beene shewed that all repentant sinners shall haue the blood of Christ to wash and clense their soules now in these words is declared that they shall not onely haue spirituall grace but also right vnto and the right vse of all the benefits of this life Whence this doctrine may be gathered that Obedience to Gods commandements Doct. 10 though it be not perfect True obedience brings outward presperity Deut. 28.1.2 c. brings the blessing of God vpon vs for outward things as well as for inward This is promised in Deuteronomie where Moses speaketh thus vnto the people of Israel If thou shalt obey diligently the voice of the Lord thy God and obserue and doe all his commandements which I command thee this day then the Lord thy God will set thee on high aboue all the nations of the earth And all these blessings shall come on thee c. Blessed shalt thou bee in the Citie and blessed also in the field c. and so he goes on shewing that true and faithfull obedience is that which bringeth all maner of blessings for body and soule for name and estate yea and for seed and prosperitie also 1 Tim. 6. 4.8 And therefore the Apostle telteth Timothy that goodlinesse is great gaine and that it hath the promises of this life and of the life to come in which regard Dauid saith I haue beene yong and now am old Psal 37.25 yet I saw neuer the righteous for saken nor his seed begging their bread Hee had seene and so may wee that children of great men haue broken forth into many horrible sins and so haue beene brought to a strange and miserable and violent death and to many wofull straites and extremities before their death but hee neuer saw neither shall wee see the godly seed of godly men forsaken of God and men and left as vagabonds to beg their bread but God hath euer had and still will haue a speciall care of them and euer made al necessarie prouision for them either hee himselfe by a more particular prouidence of his casteth sufficiently of these outward things vpon them or blesseth their labours so that they are made a meanes of maintenance vnto them or if they faile that way hee moueth the hearts of some or other of his seruants to pitie them and to supply their wants so that whatsoeuer their necessities be they are freed from that curse that is denounced against the seed of the wicked to wit Psal 109. ●0 that they should wander vp and downe as vagrants begging their bread and making a trade of that vile and wretched course of life And there is cause why we should rest fully resolued of this point Reason that none of Gods houshold shall euer want necessarie reliefe Because all will yeeld that hee is the gouernour of heauen and earth and the disposer of all things in them both and then they must grant further that those that are best and doe best shall speed best because God loueth them most and how then can we make question whether or no the Lord will bestow vpon them a competent measure and a comfortable vse of these earthly blessings seeing all is in his hand and hee wisheth so well vnto his owne people especially seeing hee hath straightly charged vs not to care what wee shall eat Math. 6.25 or drinke or what wee shall put on but first

senslesnesse of heart as afterwards it fell out in their children the Scribes and Pharisees to whom all things that Christ Iesus spake seemed parables so that they knew not the mysteries of the kingdome of heauen but had eies and saw not eares and heard not hearts and minds and vnderstood not the things that were taught them And as God doth lay iudgements vpon the soules of men which are the most grieuous so doth he also on their bodies euen for their defects and wants as we see in the Corinthians In their bodies amongst whom many were sicke many weake and many smitten with the stroake of death because they came negligently and vnpreparedly vnto the Lords table and so doth his heauy hand lye vpon many now adaies being strucke with the pestilence and such like plagues of God for coming profanely irreligiously and hy pocritically to the word and Sacrament not in outward appearance for ought that we can see but before the Lords eyes who searcheth the heart and reines and layeth his corrections according to the measure of mens inward prophane and lewd disposition Now this he would not do vnlesse he could proue thē guilty but indeed he is able to indight them to produce witnesses against them that these these haue bene their secret sins such and such vile thoughts they had at such a Sermon at such a Sacrament and their hearts were wandring about their pleasures and profits they were ful of malicious and reuengfull imaginations and intents nothing regarding Gods presence nothing affecting nor reuerencing his ordinances and these things he can make their owne consciences to testify against them therefore doth iustly plague thē for the same And as in this life so at that great assises at the last day the Lord will lighten things that be hid in darknesse As in this life so in that which is to come and make the counsell of mans heart manifest and bring euery secret thing to iudgement whether good or euil that al may receiue according to their works If then all shall be at that time iudged and rewarded according to their thoughts most sure it is that God well obserued the same while they liued vpon the face of the earth and kept the same in his booke of records Vse 1 Since the Lord marketh Sincerity in Gods seruices whether men come in loue and in sincerity or for fashion and in hypocrisie let this teach vs to present our soules before the Lord and to serue him soundly and religiously not onely behauing our selues in as orderly a manner as others doe but in as holy a manner as we can Diuers there are that will repaire to Gods house as often as the best and make a colourable shew of reuerence in Gods worship sitting modestly in the view of the congregation not gazing hither and thither nor expressing any vnseemly behauiour yet neuerthelesse except God see their hearts well exercised all that men behold and take notice of is nothing worth Isaiah 58.2 They seemed to be very forward of whom the Prophet Isaiah maketh mention they would inquire after the ordinances of iudgement and iustice and seeke the Lord and not by fits and starts but daily they would be at euery lecture of the Prophets and obserue euery Saboth marke what was deliuered make repetition of the same and if there were any thing that they vnderstood not they would aske direction and search out the meaning of it and yet the Prophet is bid to cry out against them with full mouth Cry aloud saith GOD lift vp thy voyce like a trumpet and shew my people their transgression and to the house of Iacob their sinnes And that because they came with hollow and hypocritical hearts as their vnholy and vnrighteous behauiour afterwards did witnesse to their faces And therefore that must be looked vnto that we satisfy Gods eyes as well as mens and to that end search out and cast forth all the leauen of hypocrisie that is in our hearts for if we doe not find it out God will and if we spare our selues God will not spare vs. Well we may delude our owne soules but God is not mocked outward seruing of him may make the Minister thinke vs vpright cause our neighbors to esteeme vs good Christians but except God approue of our hearts we are neuer the better for the good opinion that men conceiue of vs. This is for the exceeding comfort of such as are true-hearted and that in a double respect 1 In regard of that approbation which the Lord will giue vs if he be a witnesse of our sincerity and faithfulnesse Vse 2 Consol in regard of 1. Discouragement If we come to the Sermon in obedience to Gods ordinance with a desire to get grace thereby if wee come to the Saerament that we may haue communion with our head Christ Iesus and that the new Testament or couenant of God may be sealed and cōfirmed vnto vs if we see our weakenesse and labour to get strength against it if we bewaile our corruption and striue to get victory ouer it if we perceiue the imbecillity of our faith and would haue it increased or want of repentance and would haue it renewed or defect of loue and would haue it augmented and so come to Gods holy feast with an hungry appetite we may comfortably partake of his heauenly mysteries and whatsoeuer we imagine of our selues God wil reward vs according to that integrity which hee seeth in vs. Well was it for Nathaniel that his heart was knowne vnto Christ for otherwise he had lost the praise of his vprightnesse And so is it with many Christians if one should demaund of them whether they had faithfull hearts or not the answere of many would be I hope well but in truth I dare not say so much and therfore this is not the least part of their happines that god discerneth the truth of their hearts better than they themselues do and whereas there is some deceitfulnesse in the most sincere and plaine heart that is if there be any endeauor to shake it off the Lord will certainly pardon and remoue the same 2 Secondly 2. Of slanders here is matter of consolation to those that are sound hearted in regard of the clamors and slanders that are raised against them they are vsually charged to be all hypocrits troublers of the places where they liue and such as altogether serue their owne turnes in that profession of religion which they make and here is their comfort the Lord knoweth their hearts and he will cleare the innocent and make their righteousnesse shine forth as the noone day as he will iudgeand condemne all hypocrites so will he manifest the faithfulnesse of his owne seruants Iob 16.19 and this was Iobs comfort when his friends accounted him a dissembler My wit nesse is in the heanens saith he and my record is on high Labour not for the meat that perisheth but for