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A09674	The triall of a Christians sincere loue vnto Christ. By Mr William Pinke, Mr of Arts late fellow of Magdalen Colledge in Oxford	Pinke, William, 1599?-1629.; Lyford, William, 1598-1653.; Pinke, William, 1599?-1629. Tryall of our sincere love to Christ. aut	1636 (1636)	STC 19944; ESTC S114275	71,570	262

of those who vnderstand what a wofull thing it is to bee a stranger vnto Christ to be yet vnreconciled vnto God by him is that they would with yerning bowels commiserate the lamentable condition of their poore ignorant brethren which they shall meet with every where especially in most country Villages I haue obserued vpon occasions much table merriment which hath beene made by tales which passe about of such absurd senselesse answers as silly Christians haue given being demanded a reason of their faith perhaps vpon their death-beds or at their comming to the Lords table Let such vnnaturall mirth be farre from those who are to striue to haue the same minde in them which was in Christ Iesus You who by the blessed change wrought in your soules haue passed from death vnto life consider with a thankefull reflexion vpon the Father of lights that had not he vouchsafed you a more ingenuous education fairer opportunities to grow acquainted with the mysteries of grace more distinct call of his fanctifying spirit and more illuminated apprehensions to discerne them you might haue groped and stumbled in a thicker mist of stupidity then now befooles your vnnurturd brethren you might haue dishonoured that blessed name by which you are called by as wild misco●●●its and horrid follies as any come from them and whatsoever is ridiculous in them might haue bin more prodigoius in you you know what price to set vpon your owne soules You know the soule of the meanest idiot is of equall value with yours and that it cost the redeemer of the World as many stripes and wounds as yours O then pitty thy brethren so likely to perish for whom Christ died yea the rather because they being stuffed with sottish conceipts will be ready to laugh at those who shall pitty them Take all opportunities to doe them some spirituall good as occasion shall be offered conferring with them and praying for them and let Christian sympathies bee the least you can afford them you know what you meane when you pray daily that Gods kingdome may come remember you pray not in earnest vnlesse you doe your faithfull endenuour to helpe it forward as in your owne hearts so in the hearts of your brethren with which at any time you converse Consider I beseech you what a dismall fogge of Popery doth yet darken this Iland Popery which few thinkes of I meane that blind absurd implicite faith of beleeuing as the Church beleeues For there is not a pin to choose betweene him that beleeues in grosse what the Church of England beleeues and him that beleeues as that synagogue of Satan the Church of Rome beleeues it neither knowes any thing explicitly what either Church beleeues Meditate on this and what zeale what conrage what indignation you feele in your breasts against the Antichristian impostures of Rome let them fly I beseech you vpon all occasions against this Protestant Popery But I see no hope but that the Colliars faith will haue the greatest number of professors whilst accurate Catechizing of all sorts of people which did so much good in the primitiue Church is in ours so generally neglected But I conclude bespeaking you in the words of S. Iude But yee beloued building vp your selues on your most holy faith praying in the holy Ghost Keepe your selues in the loue of God looking for the mercies of our Lord Iesus Christ vnto eternall life And of some haue compassion making a difference And others saue with feare pulling them out of the fire hating even the garment spotted by the flesh O thou father of mercies and God of all consolations looke downe from thy throne of eternity and take notice of vs thy poore servants who doe now desire to muster vp all the faculties which thou hast given vs and to employ thē in an acceptable thankesgiuing vnto thee O Lord wee desire to spend our best spirits even to exhale our dearest soules in thankefull ejaculations vnto thee for that most incomprehensibly admirable contrivance of our salvation by the death of the sonne of thy loue O Lord we desire to be transported with a holy amazement as often as wee thinke of this mystery of mysteries and even to empty our hearts of their secrets in halleluiahs and voices of exultation Most holy Lord wee praise thee for the marvelous light of thy Gospell which hath acquainsed vs with those wonders of mercy which thy Christ hath performed for our soules for those comfortable evidences of our justification by him with which our bruised consciences haue beene most gratiously revived Wee praise thee likewise for those wounders of a new creation which thy blessed spirit hath begunne in our hearts for that it hath begunne to weaken and wast the body of sinne to crucify those corruptiōs which heretofore hath beene most insolent in vs to weane vs frō those vanities which heretofore haue beene our chiefe comforts and to make vs more willing to bee kept within a holy compasse O Lord we desire wee desire with most enlarged hearts to blesse thy infinite goodnesse for all those ravishing irradiations and glorious Prefaces of our blessed immortality by which thy cōforting spirit hath so often encouraged vs to patient continuance in well doing Wee blesse thee for all the heavenly thoughts affections desires resolutions which thou hast put into vs at any time wee praise thee for that portiou of thy good word which thou hast afforded vs at this time O thou that delightest to pardon abundantly pardon all the errours imperfections which haue come either from me in delivering or any of thy people in entertaining thy message Let it not bee a savour of death vnto death vnto any mā who hath beene within the sound of it but let it some way or other bee beneficiall vnto him in respect of thy kingdome And now oh thou that dwellest in vnapprochable splendor quite out of the ken of mortality seeing thou hast suffered dust and ashes to approch so neere to thee in thy ordinances dismisse not any one of vs wee beseech thee without a blessing send not any one of vs without a comfortable beame of thy countenance shining into his heart Thou art the fountaine of holinesse send vs not therefore out of thy presence without some more cleerenesse in our apprehensions of thy saving mysteries and heavenlinesse in our affections vnto them Send vs not from thy throne of grace but with a heavenly calme in our soules or with such tempests of repentance as may prepare vs for an everlasting serenity O Lord send vs not away but either with that joy which passeth all vnderstanding or that godly sorrow which may prepare vs for it To thee O Father with thy beloued Sonne and blessed Spirit three most glorious Persons one infinite Deity be ascribed all Honour Power Praise Might Majestie and Dominion by vs poore sinners here militant on earth and all the glorified companies triumphant in Heaven from this time forth for evermore Amen Amen

dangerously in times of peace stand vpon thy gard against thy sinnes of daily incursion against such temptations as are incident to thy present condition in simplicity of heart resigne thy selfe vp vnto him that hath loued thee and given himselfe for thee and thou be confident that neither life nor death neither things present nor things to come shall ever be able to separate thee from him this being most certaine that he that does indeed liue by faith hath that in him which if need should be will enable him to die in it for it But what reason had I then at this time to trouble mens heads with such a thorny discourse of Martyrdome I answere 1. The habite of Martyrdome as I haue shewed is included in the most fundamentall principle of Christianity loue of Christ better then our selues selfe resignation or deniall and therefore they deserue no answere but silence who shall thinke a discourse of it at any time to bee harsh and vnseasonable 2. As the Prophet Ezechiel forewarned the Iewes Wee haue had mischiefe vpon mischiefe and rumor vpon rumor and if mischiefe and rumors continue and multiply vpon vs as fast as they haue done of late the daies may bee sooner vpon vs then wee are aware when there may be too much occasion to practise this point and no time to preach it The Lord open our eyes and change our hearts the Lord of his mercy order matters for vs above all that wee are able to aske or thinke contrary to the cry of our sinnes contrary to probabilities that the event may proue such discourses vnseasonable Here now should follow a large application of the maine doctrine branched into divers vses but that if God giue leaue shall ere long be the exercise of another houre FINIS * 1 King 18. * 1 Sam. 2. 30. * Deut. 33. 13. 6. * Ruth 4. 11. Virg. Aen. 9 The misery of those that professe Christ for outward carnall respects The interpretatiō of the words Anathema Maranatha The Iewish manner of excommunication is twofold A twofold Anathema The meaning of the Text. 2 Generall considerations premised for the confirmation of the point 1 All the curses of the Law are due vnto him that doth not really loue Christ Iesus The wofull estate of him to whom the Law shall be a Iudge Gods mercy excludes not his Iustice They can ●aue no ●enefit by Christ who prefer plea●ure or profit before him The lamētable condition of the sauage Indian A formall Christian is in as bad a case in respect of the world to come as the Silliest Indian It is a pure sincere loue of Christ that distinguisheth vs from Infidels An explanation of Psal 2. Kisse the Sonne c. 2 Consideration Great plagues remaine for those that doe not sincerely loue Christ but doe cōtemne the Gospell The contempt of the Gospell of Christ can neuer be remitted The wofull estate of those that deny the gratious proffers of Christ Iesus The reason of all this mischiefe that falls vpon the contemners of Christ● is because the contempt of the Gospell is a sinne against all Persons in the Trinity 1. Against the Wisdome of the Father God intended to get him more glory by the redemption then the creation of mankind 2. Against the goodnesse and mercy of the Father 2. Against the Sonne because his death and passion is vilified and cōtemned The bitternesse of Christs Passion Christ is more tormented by our ingratitude then hee was by his passion 3. Against the holy Ghost because his labour for loue to Christ is in vaine 1 The benefit of embracing Christ and his Gospel 2. The dāger of a meere outward profession of Christs Gospell It is dangerous to be confident in a customary loue to God The infallible notes of reall loue vnto Christ The summ and scope of Christianity Prayer the best armor of a Christian ●n this age ●uery one ●resumes 〈◊〉 shall be ●●ued onely ●ecause he ●hinkes himselfe to ●e a Chri●tian and ●ne that ●oues Christ The diuision is into three most considerable points of our loue vnto Christ The very Epicures felt often the gripes of conscience The necessity of a Religion According to the custom of the country so is our worship There is but one true religion by the which true happinesse is attained What true Religion is The motiues or reasons of our embracing of Christianity before all other Religions 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 To plead custome law of the countrey is rather an excuse then a reason of ones religion Obiect Answere Little difference betwixt a Christian a Turke if the former be so only vpon custome The Christians case is the better only by reason of the opportunities of correcting his errour The ignorant Christians assent vnto the Gospell the Turkes to the Alcoran proceed both vpon the same grounds A formall Christian is a Christian by educatiō only the custome of his country The benefit of our birth and education amongst Christians Phil. 1. v. 9. 10. 1. Cor. 12. 3. Vse 1. Is to examine your selues vvhether ye be come out of this customary loue vnto Christ into a spirituall or no. The backe sliding of others cannot seduce the sound Christian Vse 2. th●● those that are made partakers of the heavenly calling take two things to heart 1. The infinite dishonour that is done vnto Christ by the customary profession of his glorious name and Gospell 2 To commiserate the lamentable condition of their poore ignorant ●ethren The groūd of a Christians loue to Christ The ordinary translation corrected Faith may be sincere though mixed with Anxiety Constancy in a Christian course frequent tasts of Christs loue and the Testimony of the spirit assure vs of our Salvation The second part of the text There is not imprinted in our nature so much as the obscurest intimation of a Saviour or the necessity of one The curses of the law driue vs to Christ Gods justice must be satisfied ere we can obtaine his mercy There are Reall tasts of the benefits procured by Christ in the hearts of true beleeuers The sense of our owne misery makes vs in loue with Christ as a Saviour Whether our loue to Christ would not be more exact if we did consider the brightnesse of his glory Christ only considered as a Saviour moues vs to loue him Subtlety without the grace of conversion will not kindle the loue of Christ in our hearts Our loue to Christ must bee practicall The occasion of our loue to Ch. is our own salvation the end his glory Interrogatories to 〈◊〉 our sincerity That faith must be experimentall which is the original of sincere loue Cautions against Cozening semblance of Loue. Wee must not somuch consider the vehemency of our Affection as the cause of it Many passionate positions of our loue to Christ may bee the fruits of a bare Historicall faith ioined with common ingenuity The occasion of the words The expl●●cation of them We may part with what is deare vnto vs for the loue of Christ in ● respects The hatred required in Christs disciples is passiue more then actiue The Doctrine of the Text. The equity of the Doctrine demonstrate● by two reasons ●pirituall ●lessings ●re not so ●ommon ●s tempo●all God presently giues an everlasting assurance of salvation to all who loue Christ sincerely ●t is an possible to bee ●ustifyed without Christ as to performe ●ny thing which may deserue Christ There is a twofold worthines Acceptable and Meretorious It is not required by God that any creature should deserue his gifts The Redemption of man is the most admirable worke of God They who ●ill not ●●ke Christ ●n those ●earmes he 〈◊〉 offered ●hall never enioy him They offer ●he greatest affront to God who scorne his loue The secō● Reason It is all one ●ot to esteeme Christ at al and to preferre one though but one contentment before him Had the blessings procured by Christ beene infinitely lesse then they are they had bin inestimable Wee sh●● loue Chr●●● person mor●e en●●rely then● his benef●● 〈◊〉 is a mer●●nary loue 〈◊〉 loue Christ chie●●ly for our ●wn salvation So muc●● only we loue Ch●●●● as we lo●● him be●●● then any●● thing else If we lo●● any contentment 〈◊〉 equally with Chri●●●●ee loue Christ indeed farre lesse then that contentment The point 〈◊〉 vindica●ed from ●ome exce●tions Whether any can be saued but Martyrs

subdivided 1. Into Ordinary loue which proceeds from a weaker degree of that last act of faith and though sincere yet being imperfect is mixed with anxiety in the same proportion as that is with doubting And 2. into Heroicall loue which springeth from a more eminent and transcendent pitch of perswasion concerning our owne reconciliation in particular this is that perfect loue which S. Iohn saies casteth out all feare to wit of distruste bringing vs into a more intimate familiarity with God I call the first Ordinary because most Christians though effectually called doe ordinarily feele but such a timorous loue in themselues The second which I call Heroicall in that sense in which eminent vertues haue their Epithite is constantly only in such as either beside the evidence of the word and spirit haue had some speciall revelation to put them out of all doubt concerning their estate to Godward on such as by a constant close walking with God haue beene long exercised in a Christian course haue often entertained Christ Iesus at supper in their hearts and habituated themselues into a more familiar acquaintance with that holy spirit which brings all the good news from heauen to those diligent soules which carefully wait for it Thus haue I according to the skill that is giuen mee proued the originall of the syncere loue of a sinner vnto Christ Iesus blessed for ever to be a serious tender apprehension of his own extreame need of Christ and of Christs superabundant loue vnto him I haue likewise explained this truth and vindicated it from such exceptions as crossed my way I come now to discouer the demonstratiue reason of this truth and after I haue shewed that it is so to shew you now why it must be so Wee are all borne into the world 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 haters of God and while wee continue in that naturall stupid condition wherein we were borne wee are all strangers both vnto God and Christ yea enemies in our mindes through wicked workes as the Apostle speakes Col. 1. 21. We retaine indeed some obscure cloudy notions of a God but not the darkest intimations of a Saviour or least suspition of any need we haue of one In a word albeit wee are borne and bred within the shrillest sound of the Gospell yet as long as we continue 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 meere animall naturall men it will not sinke into our heads that we are in such miserable case as Preachers would make vs beleeue wee are how ill its like to goe with vs vnlesse we laboriously enquire after Christ and get to be reconciled vnto God by him Now what more effectuall method can we imagine to beate vs out of this naturall antipathy against our Creatour and Redeemer yea what other contrivance may there be to worke such peeuish wretches such froward rebels out of one extreame into another out of deadly hatred to sincere loue of the eternall Father and his only Sonne to pull downe their proud stomackes to make them crouch and craule vnto his throne of grace then to make them see in what a hell they are while they stand in this distance from him to awake their consciences against them and to make them a terrour vnto themselues to let the Law thunder and lighten into their soules vntill their wits and spirits beginne to faile them and then amidst all these amazing tempests to let the glorious Gospell of Christ shine vpon them to shew them Christ Iesus with his armes of mercy stretched out and vndertaking to free them out of all these confusions and to make their peace with his father if they will but come vnto him and trust their selues with him if they will but lay to heart and learne to esteeme admire those wonders of redemption which he hath compassed for them Had the prodigall sonnes stocke held out and hee lyen still afloate in the full-tide of his sinfull pleasures hee had set vp his staffe in that fa●●e country and quite forgot that hee ever had a father yea when the tide was gone and had left him vpon the sands when the revells were ended his bravery quite worne out into beggery and himselfe preferred to be an attendant of a company of hogs if he could but haue got his belly full of huskes he would hardly haue thought of returning home but when these were denyed him and hee could see nothing but death before him O now hee comes to himselfe and begins to thinke of a father hee had and resolues to goe vnto him though he might well suspect his entertainment Well whatsoever that may proue he is sure hee goes to a father and therefore on he goes and when hee was yet a farre off full of aboding feares and disconsolate mu●ings behold his father about his necke before he was a ware of him acting an over-joyned man hee hangs about him and kisses him trims him vp with a robe and a ring conducts him home in a kinde of triumph and welcomes him with the solemnity of a feast and musicke Here was a change for the prodigall enough to haue turned his braines as we say but sure it could not but turne his heart Had that beene of marble or adamant this could not but melt it into loue O what a swelling a thronging a wrastling did hee now feele in his bowels of tendrest passions impatient for want of expression O how did he now lay about him with teares of sorrow and teares of joy being much pulled whether it would best become to prosecute his joy most or his sorrow in briefe how mad is hee with himselfe that hee had beene such a sonne to such a Father I haue insisted the longer vpon the prodigals case because indeed it is our owne For ordinarily our heavenly father vseth the same method to fetch vs his prodigall children home vnto him and to bring vs in loue with his beloued sonne Iesus Christ We are all as soone as we are born gotten into a farre country where we mispend and misemploy all those faculties and endowments with which our Creator hath furnished vs in the revels of sinne and vanity walking on merrily and confidently 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as the Apostle speakes Ephes 2. 2. according to the course of this world professing indeed for fashion sake loue both vnto God and Christ but all the while denying and disclaiming them both in our hearts and conversations But God who is rich in mercy for his great loue wherewith hee hath loued vs. Ephes 2. 4. when hee hath let vs runne our selues even out of breath in these riotous courses and even tyred our selues in our journey to hell thinkes it sit to stop our progresse and first to make vs vnderstand our selues that we may the better esteeme of him and whom hee hath sent Iesus Christ First then hee inspires vs with so much spirituall life as may make vs feele our spirituall burden consisting of our sinnes and his curses