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A96622 Cor concussum & contritum: or, A present for Jehova; shewing the [brace] nature, excellency, acts, [brace] of a broken heart; [brace] and also the marks to know, and means to procure a broken and contrite heart. / by George Willington ... Willington, George. 1670 (1670) Wing W2801; ESTC R186605 15,028 33

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Heart and a contrite Spirit being the Sacrifices of God are most rare excellent and choyce Sacrifices From the Words thus considered this is the point of Instruction Doctrine 2 Of all Services and Sacrifices to be presented to God A broken and a contrite Heart is most pleasing and acceptable First God will graciously look upon such a Heart Demonst 1 To this purpose speaks Jehovah by the Evangelical Prophet Isa 66.2 Thus saith the Lord Heaven is my Throne and the Earth my Foot-stool Where is the House that ye build unto me And where is the place of my rest For all those things hath my hand made and all those things have been saith the Lord But to this man will I look even to him that is poor and of a contrite Spirit and that trembleth at my Words See how the Lord lifts up himself unto the highest Heavens Heaven is my Throne and the Earth is my Foot-stool Oh! How shall I come and Appear before so great a God a God of such terrible Majesty and mighty Powers Why Be not afraid poor Soul the Lord will cast a look of Love upon thee not only a look of Pity but also a look of Complacency To him will I looke sayes God even to him that is poor 1. Vile and base in his own eyes and 2d Of a contrite Spirit and that trembles at my Word q. d. I have more regard to this poor Trembler at my Word than I have to the great Temple that was built for my Worship Gen. 4.4 God had respect to Abel and to his Offering The Sacrifices of God are a broken Spirit a broken and contrite Heart O God thou wilt not dispise That 's the first reason of God's acceptance of a broken Heart because God will graciously look upon such a heart 2. Demonst 2 The Lord so delights in a broken and contrite Heart that he not only looks on him but also draws nigh unto him To this purpose the Psalmist very sweetly Psal 34.16 17. Psalm 34.17 18. The Righteous cry and the Lord heareth them and delivereth them out of their Troubles The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite Heart and will save such as are of an humble Spirit 'T is a great priviledge that we can draw nigh to God that God does hold out the golden Scepter of his Grace and allow us to come and touch the top of it We might have been in Hell long agoe roaring under an endless Damnation far enough from God had not he spared us Numb 16. vers 9. said Moses there to Korah and his complices Seemeth it a small thing unto you that the God of Israel had separated you from the Congregation of Israel to take you near to himself to do the Service of the Tabernacle Seemeth this a small thing unto you Oh! 't is a great priviledg that we can draw nigh unto God It is good for me to draw near to God saith the Psalmist with a Probatum est Psal 73. ult Now then if this be so great a priviledg for you to draw nigh to God Oh! What a transcendent unspeakable priviledg is it for God to draw nigh to you to delight in your Persons to delight in your Prayers to bottle your tears and to Register your groans And this he doth to broken and contrite Hearts the Lord is nigh unto all them that are of a contrite heart Nigh unto them in all that they call upon him for 3. Demonst 3 A broken and contrite Heart is pleasing and acceptable to God for he will come and dwell in that Soul Thus saith the Holy and Lofty One that inhabites Eternity whose Name is Holy I dwell in the High and Holy place with him also that is of a contrite and humble Spirit to revive the Spirit of the humble and to revive the Spirit of the contrite Ones God has two chief places of residence viz. The highest Heaven and the lowest Heart the one he fills with his glorious the other with his gracious Presence He dwells in the High and Holy place the Cherubins worship him though with covering their blushing Faces and Thousand thousands (n) Dan. 7.10 of Angels minister unto him yet he dwells and holds his Residence in a broken and contrite Heart he will not despise yea he delights to dwell there Demonst 4 Lastly A broken and contrite Heart is pleasing and acceptable to God for he heals a broken Heart To this purpose sweetly speaks Jehovah by his Evangelical Prophet Isa 57.15 For thus saith the High and Lofty One that Inhabiteth Eternity whose Name is Holy I dwell in the High and Holy place with ‖ Note this him also that is of a contrite and humble Spirit to revive the Spirit of the humble and to revive the Heart of the contrite Ones Vers 18. I have seen his Wayes and will heal him I will lead him also and restore Comfort unto him and to his * Mat. 5.4 Mourners He heals the broken in Heart and binds up their ‖ Heb. Griefs Isa 53.5 1 Pet. 2 24. Wounds Psal 147.3 Indeed sometimes the Lord hides his Face and with-draws (n) Isa 54. vers 7.8 the Light of his Countenance then David cries (o) Psal 6.3.2 Heal me O Lord for my Bones are vexed My Soul is also sore troubled but thou O Lord how long Then Job cries The terrors of God (p) Job 6 4. set themselves in Battle array against me the Poyson whereof drinks up my Spirits But then the Lord comes in in due season and he heals the broken in Heart and giveth Medicine to heal their Sickness and bindeth up their Wounds O happy those Sighs those Sobs which sin hath made in thy Soul when Christ himself shall come to bind them up Thus you see that of all services and sacrifices presented to God a broken and contrite Heart is most pleasing and acceptable The Reasons are chiefly two Reason 1 First Because it is a Spiritual sacrifice therefore an Acceptable Sacrifice It is not the Sacrifice of a dead Carkass 't is a living Sacrifice a broken Heart and a contrite Spirit The heart is the best of Man and a broken Heart is the best of Hearts I beseech you Brethren by the Mercies of God saith the Apostle That yee present your Bodies A LIVING Sacrifice Holy acceptable unto God which is your reasonable service Rom. 12.1 where the Apostle very pathetically useth an Obsecration an Obtestation a Compellation an Abjurgation and all to press this duty home upon their Conversations The duty is to present their bodies a living Sacrifice living without the Soul it cannot be For the body without the Spirit is dead John 6.69 James 2.26 Bodily exercise profits little if it be only bodily 1 Tim. 4.8 It is the Spirit that quickens the flesh profits nothing To offer this Spiritual Sacrifice the Apostle abjures them by the mercies of God I beseech you Brethren by the mercies of God The Apostle