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A77703	Repentance and prayer or, the two fundamental pillars of the nation. Being the substance of four sermons preached at St. Peters Poor, London. By that famous and reverend divine Ralph Brownrigge, formerly vice-chancelour of Cambridge, and lately Lord Bishop of Exeter.	Brownrig, Ralph, 1592-1659.	1660 (1660)	Wing B5208; ESTC R229484	54,943	157

Heathen shall be all turned into Hell but the Damnation shall be more easie Socrates lesse punish'd than Cato Lastly a man that lives according to the rules of nature keeps within the compass of these principles though not able to reach at Salvation yet their Conversion is more easie it 's more possible to gain him to grace this stock of nature is fit to graff grace and religion on more kindly yet at the best it cannot fructifie and bring forth fruit to eternal life but grace being graffed it will fructifie to Salvation A man within the sphere of morality that lives peaceable sober just and of an humble mind there is more hope of salvation in that man he is not so far from the Kingdom of God as those that sin against nature evil and wicked men have some principles of knowledge ye are evil and yet ye know some good things The third truth is Ye that are evil among the decayes ruines and rubbish of nature yet this truth is preserved ye are tender affected Parents and seek the good of your Children God hath placed this forcible instinct as the bowels of most unnatural men is natural love to their Children In the first original God did create us all one flesh and one blood men were not created apart as Angels one independant from another but all one blood one root and the sap of all this is natural affection it 's this that glues and holds all the world together it keeps the world in being without which all would fall asunder this tender and kindly affection of parents to Children it 's the Conveyance of all nurture Thus Wisdom in the Proverbs takes upon it the place of a Father O my son keep the instructions of thy father and what my son c. How forcible are these perswasions to piety and vertue Thirdly this is a spur to labour and industry what 's that that keeps the world in action not all for the belly but keep something for the Babes it 's that that quickens industry this is the plummet that turns the great Wheel of all the world that makes perpetual motion of labour to leave something behind for Children Fourthly the sweetness as that it takes off the harshness of all the toyl and care incident to parents the care in bringing forth the care in bringing up they account it no labour or a labour much sweetned by this tender affection St. Austin saith that the labour of loving and tender parents to their Children is either no labour or sweet labour Lastly this tender affection is a provocation to piety Salvin urgeth it Dost thou love thy Children be religious and pious those that are pious claim a blessing to their Children and the want of this affection is a sign of a reprobate mind Want of this natural affection Rom. 1. also Tim. 2. you may see what it is if natural affection be wanting it signifies some great mischief And so much for the first Now I come to the second and that 's the use and improvement that Christ makes of it he cloaths himself with this affection this similitude of a loving Father to Children he useth this language of love to us conveyes these thoughts in the sweetest expressions that we may feel the sweetness of the love of God in the sweetest expressions Take it in three manifestations First as to himself the most careful resemblance compares himself to a watchman he that watcheth over Israel neither sleepeth nor slumbereth Wouldest thou conceive his Care to feed and provide for thee he compares himself to a Sheepherd that feeds his Sheep Wouldest thou conceive his Tenderness he presents himself as a Hen that gathers her chickens under her wings Mat. 23. And as a Hen bears up her wings c. Deut. 32. or as the Eagle St. Bernard saith all of these are sweet resemblances of his tender Care Secondly as he takes to himself the sweetest resemblances so the most loving relations a friend is a sweet relation a brother a sweet relation Abraham believed and he was accounted a friend of God a father is a tender relation I will be thy Father a husband is a sweet relation I have married thee to my self And because all these relations fall short he joyns all together he that doth the will of my Father is my Father my Mother my Brother c. and in the Canticles Open unto me my love my dove my undefiled Thirdly he cloaths himself with the tender affection of love as in St. John Pity that is a tender and melting affection the Lord is exceeding pitiful as in S. James he hath a fellow-feeling of our sorrows as in the Prophet Esay he assumes that he is void of passion nay he hath bowels of Compassion there 's the rowling and turning and yearning of his bowels So we have seen the first main particular of the text Ye that are evil and sinfull I come now to the second the Conclusion drawn from this Argument Your heavenly father knows how to give the holy spirit to them that ask him Fathers upon earth provide gifts and portions for their Children but here 's the gift of the holy spirit Here are three particulars Considerable First the Donor your heavenly Father Secondly the gift the holy Spirit Thirdly the qualification of those that receive it they must ask First your heavenly father he is the Donor look upon it as a hint of incouragement heavenly father here 's but three words in all First a father it 's a word of much kindness and affection it argues his forwardness and propensity to help us Secondly heavenly father it argues his allsufficiency God father of heaven Lord of heaven and earth he 's abundantly able to supply our necessity Thirdly your heavenly father it s a word of ingagement Ye may believe your father this word gives us our right and portion that in humble confidence we may lay Claim to his goodness here 's alinck of love father heavenly father your heavenly father these three put together prevents three doubts that faith may object when a Christian is to pray First the doubt of the poor Leper Matt. 8. Lord if thou wilt thou canst make me clean O never question his willingness for he is a father and what will not a loving father do for his Child The second doubt that faith may object is the doubt of the poor man for his son Lord if thou canst c. He needs not question his power he is a heavenly father he hath al-sufficiency The third doubt is that in Mark 4. Lord dost thou not care if we perish c. never question that for he is your heavenly father this it is that makes up a full comfort without these infidelity would be ready to cast off all hope and give over all prayer to God as thinking God will neither do good nor can or else objects there 's no ingagement Put these three together he 's a father and is willing a

in it he would not have it polluted or defiled defile not the Land which ye shall inhabit wherein I dwell for I the Lord dwell amongst the Children of Israel Num. 35.34 2 Jerusalem it is called an holy City because it was the city of the great King God dwelt in her palaces therefore it was accounted a sacred and a holy City the Temple because his name dwelt there 2 Chron. 7.16 I have sanctified this house that my name may be there for ever All other Nations because God was estranged from them were an uncleane people every other Land a polluted Land here is one great excellency a Nation gaines by retaining of God amongst them they were more to God then all other Nations in the world a kingdome of Preists and an holy Nation thus we see God promises to dwell in the midst of Sion Zech. 2.10 And then he tells them in the 12th verse that he will inherit Judah his portion in in the holy Land for this cause the uncleane were to be put out of the Campe of Israel Num. 5.3 That they defile not their Campe in the midst whereof God did dwell while we retain his presence amongst us we are unholy people but if we cause him to depart we are as the uncircumcised and a prophane people 2. A second advantage of Gods presence is that it is the glory of a Nation it is the high dignity and renown and honour of a people that God abides with them as St Paul speaks Rom. 3.1 What advantage then hath the Jew what is this dignity in having God so near them much every way thus Moses sets out the dignity of the Jews from the near reference 'twixt God and them Deut. 26.18 God hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people to make thee high above all Nations which he hath made in praise and in name and in honour this nearness of his presence he compares in the 13. of Jeremy the 11. verse to a girdle cleaving to his loins as a girdle cleaves to the loins of a man so have I caused thee to cleave unto me that they might be unto me for a people for a name and for a praise for a glory So likewise Isa 43.4 Since thou wast precious in my sight thou hast been honourable and I have loved thee when God reckons up the dignities of his people this is the main of Sion it shall be said that he was born in her thus Moses reminds the Israelites wherein their dignity consisted Deut. 10.21 He is thy praise and he is thy God many titles of honour amongst men but this is the truly honourable title that we have a God near to us Deut. 4.7 What Nation is there so great who hath God so nigh unto them as the Lord our God is to us while he vouchsafed his presence to them how renowned were they when he withdrew himself and cast them off then were they a vile people the hatred and scorn and hissing of all Nations A third advantage that Gods presence brings it is the strength and safety of a Nation Psalm 46.5 God is in the midst of her therefore shall she not be moved Balaam could not fasten a curse upon Israel while God was amongst them and this incouraged the people of Israel against the Canaanites Numb 14.9 Their defence is departed from them and the Lord is with us fear them not though Giants and Cities walled up to heaven yet fear them not So Moses incourages them Deut. 4.21 Thou shalt not be affrighted at them for the Lord thy God is among you a mighty God and terrible And so on the contrary when the people would needs go up to fight against the Canaanites Numb 14.42 Moses disswaded them God had then withdrawn himself Go not up for the Lord is not among you Sampson wist not that God was departed from him Moses laments when God said he would not go with them so the Psalmist Thou goest not forth with our Armies his presence is our Palladium our shield and rock the shields of the earth belong unto God well then if such good comes from Gods presence amongst us it is worth the iniquity wherein doth this presence of God consist how is he said and known to dwell in a Nation Go● hath a manifold presence First his substantial presence so he 〈◊〉 present in all places he fills heaven an● earth Jer. 23.24 The heaven of he●●vens cannot contain him saith Solomon Stand in aw of him he is in all places Secondly he hath a glorious presenc● there where his glory and Majesty mos● appears that 's in the heavens I wil● dwell in the high and holy place Heaven i● his Throne Thirdly he hath a powerfull presence when he manifest● himself by any remarkable work thus the Israelites questioned his presence when they were in want is the Lord among us yea or no Jacobs vision made him say God was in this place Fourthly he hath a gratiou presence by which he dwells amongst us I that gratious and mercifull and beneficiall presence is that we speake of there where he dwells First God dwells in a Nation which he chuses to be his peculiar people th● people of his Covenant and Worship a● David said the Lord hath chosen Jacob to be his inheritance thus Hosea calls the Nation and Countrey of the Jews Hosea 9.3 the Lords Land and the world is his by dominion but by special purchase and possession so the Church is his that 's like the Lords Demeans Secondly the place of Gods delight that 's the residence of his presence delight fixes a man to his abode when we are such a people that God takes pleasure in us Here will I dwell for I have a delight in it Psalm 132.23 14. The Lord hath chosen Sion he hath desired it for his habitation here will I dwell Thirdly there we are to reckon of Gods presence where he settles his family that 's the usual place of presence and abode where we see God gathers to himself a Church is dayly collecting to himself a people to know him and worship him there we may conclude that God vouchsafes his presence Christ is thus described to walk amongst the seven golden Candlesticks Rev. 1.13 where it may be said of a people or place as God said of Corinth Acts 18.10 I have much people in this City many names amongst you there resolve that God is present when they grow thinner and thinner God is removing Fourthly There we conclude is a place of presence and abode where a man bestows most cost a Lord will keep up all his possessions so doth God the world but his choicest care is for his Mansion-house do we see a people inriched with his choicest blessings his eyes are over them continually no favour too dear for them sure God dwells amongst such a people Fifthly a man is said to dwell where his abode is most constantly Sometimes God makes in his progress some