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A73885	Divers select sermons on severall texts Viz. 1. Of quenchiug [sic] the spirit. I Thessalon. 5.16. 2. Of the sinners suite for pardon. 2 Sam. 24.10. 3. Of eating and digesting the Word. Ier. 15.16. 4. Of buying and keeping the truth. Prov. 23.23. Preached by that reverend and faithfull minister of the word, Ier. Dyke, late preacher of Epping in Essex. Finished by his owne pen in his life time, and now published by his sonne Dan. Dyke Master of Arts.	Dyke, Jeremiah, 1584-1639.; Dyke, Daniel, 1617-1688.; Dyke, Jeremiah, 1584-1639. Heart-smitten sinner's suite for pardon.; Dyke, Jeremiah, 1584-1639. Of quenching, and not quenching of the spirit.; Dyke, Jeremiah, 1584-1639. Purchase and possession of the truth.; Dyke, Jeremiah, 1584-1639. Right eating and digesting of the Word.	1640 (1640)	STC 7414; ESTC S124520	150,541	441

befalles him that 's threatned to him that curses Father and Mother Prov. 20.20 His lampe or his candle is put out in obsc●● darkenes His lamp go out and then f●lowes not only darkenesse but obsc●● darkenesse He not onely growes ig●●rant but sottishly grosely ignora●● But how come this candle this la● to bee quenched and to bee put ou● obscure darkenesse Hee hath pu● under a bed or under a bushell 〈◊〉 hath had more minde of his bed a● his bushell of his ease and profits th● of giving and communicating his lig● to others Sloth and coveteousnesse ha● made him neglect the use and exer●● of his gifts and so the bed and the 〈◊〉 shell have put out his lampe in obsc●● darkenesse these put out their can● and make them goe out like the snu●● of the candle with a stinke and an● savour A candle may bee put 〈◊〉 though it be not blowne out thou● water not cat cast into it by the p●ting of an extinguisher over it Negligence and slothfulnesse in not exc●cising the gifts of the spirit is an e●tinguisher put upon the candle a● flame of the spirit that quenches a● puts it out Zech. 11.17 Woe to the Idole shepheards And who is the Idole shepheard That leaves his flocke Therefore an Idle shepheard that doth not exercise his gifts with his flocke hee is an Idol shepheard And what is the woe that shall befall him A sword upon his Arme and upon his right eye Hee did not stretch out his arme all the day long to gather in his flocke therefore his arme shall bee withered He did not use his eye would not bee a seer to instruct his people therefore his right eye shall not be dimmed but utterly darkened The spirit should bee quenched in him Hee had made himselfe an Idle shepheard and therfore God makes him an Idoll shepheard Of Idols it is said Psalme 115. Mouthes they have and speake not eyes they have and see not Hee made himselfe an Idoll a mouth hee had and spake not gifts he had and used them not hee leaves his flocke and therefore God will make an Idoll of him too eyes he shall have and not see his right eye shall be utterly darkened He leaves his flocke and Gods gift● leave him So dangerous a quenche● of the Spirit is the not using of gifts whether by Ministers or others 2. Secondly in the gift and grace of faith The way to keepe faith in vigour in life to keepe it from quenching in the desire to make it grow and increase is to put faith to it to keepe it in action to keepe it in exercise and to make it put forth it selfe in frequent acts So long as faith is on the increasing hand so long no feare of its quenching or decaying so long as faith is acted and in exercise so long it is on the increasing hand every new and fresh act of faith adds growth and increase to it the use of faith increases faith and the more fresh acts of beleeving the more the habit of beleeving is increased Many acts strengthen and increase habits Marke how that man speakes Mark 9. Christ tells him if hee can beleeve hee can heale his childe Lord sayes he helpe my unbeliefe as if hee should say Lord I would faine beleeve I finde much unbeliefe helpe me to overcome it I but first sayes he Lord I beleeve helpe my unbeliefe That act of his in putting forth his faith to beleeve as he could was the way to overcome his unbeliefe and to come to beleeve as he would The way to have the faith we would have is to use and set on worke the faith we already have See John 1.48 49 50 51. as if he should say Since thou art so ready to beleeve upon so small a ground therefore thou shalt see greater things then these Great matters shall be revealed unto thee that shall set thy faith on worke in a great measure The way then to keepe faith in vigour and in life is to set faith frequently on worke and to have it ready and forward to beleeve Take the promises and set them before thee and put thy faith on worke upon them and stirre up thine heart to beleeve them strive to act thy faith in beleeving them and this will keepe thy faith lively and vigorous When faith is not exercised and set and kept to work it breeds a spiritual torpor in ou● faith and so quenches it that when w● may have most need of it it can doe u● no service nor comfort Lu. 24. O foole and slow of heart to beleeve God woul● have men quicke and ready forwar● to beleeve Now when faith is no● held to it and kept in action then is 〈◊〉 slow and backward to doe that worl● which God requires of it 3. Thirdly in the gift of praye● The gift of prayer when a man c●● powre out his heart to God it is a● excellent gift and grace of the spirit And a man once having obtained th● grace should have a care to keepe up and increase it and no better wa● to doe it then to be frequent in the ●●ercise of it and to be often in t●● worke Hezekiahs phrase to Isaiah 〈◊〉 that he should lift up a prayer Isa 3● 4. A man that would be good at li●ting must often use himselfe to liftin● and the oftner he lifts the easilier he● lifts Lift up a prayer sayes Hezekiah lift up mine heart or my soule un●● thee sayes David A man that do● not use to lift heavy burdens how hardly doth he lift what adoe hath he to get up an heavie burden when he comes to it But he that uses every day to be exercised in lifting it is an easie thing to him hee hath by his frequent use gotten a dexterity an handinesse at the worke To lift up a mans soule to God to lift up a mans heart so high as heaven is from the earth is an hard matter Oh how heavie a mans heart is by nature and how hard to lift it up to lift it up so high If a man be not practised and daily exercised in it a man will as soone lift up a mil-stone yea a mountaine unto Heaven But a man that is every day and upon every occasion at the worke he will finde the worke thereby facilitated and will get up his heart with much readinesse Prayer is a running to God A man that is to run must be in breath have his winde at command He that runs every day is every day the fitter to run yesterdayes running prepares for to day to dayes running for to morrow But put a man to run that hath not done for many yeeres he is so pursey and so presently out o● breath that hee is faine presently t● give out There is nothing so quenches th● Spirit of prayer as dis-use of the duty I cannot goe in these sayes David fo● I am not accustomed to them And s● want of accustoming and exercising o● themselves

Upon the condition of their repentance hee would give them the pardon of their sinnes And upon the same condition is the same promise Isa 55.7 Let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts and let him returne unto the Lord and hee will have mercy upon him and to our God for hee will abundantly pardon hee will multiply to pardon And wee finde that God upon such condition hath made good his promise Psal 32.5 I acknowledged my sinne unto thee and mine iniquity have I not hid I said I will confesse my transgressions unto the Lord and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sinne That is I did repent and humble my soule in the confession of my sinne and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sinne Not that repentance fetches in pardon by way of merit as monie buyes pardons at Rome nor yet that repentance layes hold on pardon which is the worke of faith alone But for two reasons pardon followes upon repentance First Because the faith that lookes on Christs blood lookes at the same time on its owne sinne and every beleeving sinner is at the same time a repenting sinner Zech. 12.10 They shall see him whom they have pierced and they shall mourne So that faith not onely sees Christ but sees him pierced pierced by its owne sinne They not onely see Christ pierced but Christ who they themselves have pierced They see him and mourne Faith lookes upon him with a mourning eye The faith that lookes upon Christ is a repenting faith and never repents and mournes more then when it lookes most on Christ So that repentance being so necessary attendant upon faith therefore the promise of remission is made to repentance Secondly the want of assurance of pardon doth no lesse disquiet the heart then the want of pardon it selfe Now suppose a man upon his faith have his pardon yet hee cannot bee assured of it till hee doe repent Upon repentance God gives the assurance and seales it to the conscience And therefore upon repentance it is that pardon is promised So then would wee have the pardon of sinne would wee have iniquity taken away See then what is to be done As thou wouldest have pardon so fall close to the taske of repentance So humble thy selfe for thy sinnes mourne and be in bitternesse of spirit judge thy selfe and turne from thy sinnes and God will then shew mercy to thee in thy pardon So long as thou livest and lyest in thy sinnes and goest on in thine impenitency and hardnesse of heart thou canst not have the pardon nor the hope of pardon of thy sinne You have many that hope their sins are pardoned and that God hath taken away their injquity and why so Why they thanke God they beleeve in Christ and that with all their hearts It is well if they doe so But yet they that will have pardon must repent as well as beleeve You thanke God you beleeve but in the meane time where is your repentance Though I had all faith so as I could remove mountaines and yet have not love I am nothing 1 Cor. 13.2 So in this case though thou hadst all faith so as thou couldest remove mountaines yet if you want repentance in this case thou art nothing thou hast not nor canst have any pardon at Gods hand Thou sayest thou beleevest and therefore thou hopest thou hast thy pardon I but the faith that helpes to pardon is a repenting and a mourning faith Thy faith is no such faith Thou sayest thou beleevest I but yet thou art a drunkard a swearer an uncleane a covetous person Thy faith is a swearing faith thy faith is a drunken faith thy faith is a whoring faith a covetous faith Now doest thou thinke that a whoring drunken swearing faith is a faith that will help thee to the pardon of thy sinne No such matter In that day a fountaine shall be opened for sinne Zech. 13.1 But in what day They shall see him whom they have pierced and they shall mourne and be in bitternesse Not simply in that day when they have a faith to see him but in that day when they shall see him and mourne for him the promise is not made to any faith but to a mourning faith to a repenting faith Doe but marke that passage Act. 8.13 Then Simon himselfe beleeved also yea and was baptized and continued and kept company with Philip. Here was a faith that Simon Magus had But see vers 22. Repent thee of this thy wickednesse if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee and vers 23. Therefore there is a faith that men may have and yet they may be guilty of wickednesse there is a faith that men may have and yet be in the gall of bitternesse yet be in the bonds of iniquity And such a faith will not serve for pardon but if men will have pardon they must repent of their wickednesse The faith that must helpe to the pardon of sinne must be a repenting faith And though thou talke of faith whilest thine heart akes yet if thy faith be not a mourning repenting faith thy sinnes are not pardoned thine iniquity is not taken away Apoc. 2.17 To him that overcomes I will give a white stone that is I will give him the pardon of his sinne as a white stone was a token of absolution and discharge to a man questioned for his life So long as men live in their sins they are all blacke and filthy they are Ethiopians in their blacke skins Doe you thinke that God will give the white stones to such as have blacke soules They must be white that will have the white stone How shall men become white Dan. 11.39 They shall be afflicted that they may bee brought to repentance and so be made white Repentance makes white and when men are made white by repentance then God gives them the white stone seales to them the pardon of their sinnes Therefore as ever wee desire to get the pardon of sinne so be wee humbled and repent for sinne Vse 2 Secondly if pardon of sinne bee a thing so much to be looked after and of such concernement then give thy soule no rest till thou hast gotten assurance of the pardon of sinne and till thou knowest that thy sinne is taken away For God doth not onely pardon sinne but God assures a sinner of his pardon not onely gives but seales a pardon and this is properly the white stone the seale and token of absolution and pardon What is a man the better for a pardon if he know it not A condemned Malefactor may have a pardon but so long as hee knowes it not he is in as much feare and perplexity of spirit as another Malefactour that hath none There is no difference betweene them in regard of quiet and peace of spirit Therefore the Lord not onely pardons sinners but when hee pardons them hee makes it known unto them and assures their consciences of it that so they

the world especially to matters of vanity it quenches not only the fire and heate but quenches the frame of heart so as it is not easie to bring it to such a frame againe it exceedingly indangers the quenching of the life of grace When a man hath bin at a Sermon and hath had his heart affected with it and hee presently goes from the Sermon and holds not his heart in any thoughts of it no nourishing of his spirituall heate by meditation prayer or conference but he falls instantly upon the world is instantly up to the eares in the businesse of the world it brings a mighty dampe upon the Spirit It is as if a man should fetch fire out of the Sanctuary and as soone as ever he comes at the doore should cast it into water Psal 5.3 I will direct my prayer unto thee and will looke up That when his heart had done praying yet his eyes were praying he was still looking up the bent of his heart still stood heaven-ward But when we pray and presently looke downe scarce up from off our knees but our tongues are running upon the world or our vanities when we heare wee are scarce out of the Church doores but sheepe and Oxen and such things take up our thoughts and discourses we doe take water and flash it upon the fire that was kindled in our hearts in holy duties Take heed therefore of such a chopping off from holy duties and keepe a bent of heart still to them for a time after we come from them 3. Point The danger of quenching the Spirit There is a great deale of danger in quenching the Spirit so great as may make any wise man fearefull how he doth it David being in battell with the Philistines and being in danger of being slaine by Ishbi-benob the Gyant was rescued by Abishai which danger being escaped The men of David sware unto him saying Thou shalt goe no more with us out to battell that thou quench not the light of Israel 2 Sam. 21.17 It had beene a sad and a dangerous thing to have had the light of Isfrael quenched and therefore they would provide wisely another time against that danger And it is no little danger that followes upon the quenching of the Spirit It is good therefore to know the danger of it that the danger of it being knowne we may take the greater heed thereof and feare the more to quench the Spirit The danger of quenching the Spirit in the motions and sollicitations of it that is two-fold First Quenching the Spirit deprives us of Gods help and assistance when a man quenches the Spirit in the motions of it either by not observing them or not obeying them that he doth not marke them and yeeld a present obedience to them hee then looses the helpe and assistance of the Spirit which he might have had in the doing of those things hee was moved to which helpe he might have had if he had then listned to the motions of the Spirit This is a sure truth that whensoever the Spirit of God moves a man to any good duty as to beleeve to repent to pray to heare to performe any difficult duty of obedience that whensoever he moves to such duties he also offers his helpe and assistance so as to enable us unto them and to carry us thorow them as if he should say Doe that which I move you to set upon it and goe about it now I call upon you to doe it and I that move you will also helpe you Hearken to my counsell and you shall have mine helpe to carry you thorow the work though it be an hard worke If you will close with me in my motion I will close with you in the action The motions of the Spirit are not bare motions but there is alwayes annext to them offers of helpe and the motions being hearkned to the helpe of the spirit goes along with them Motions of grace have offers of grace motions of the Spirit have the helpe of the Spirit offered with them The Spirit of God moves a man to beleeve repent to pray c. Now when he moves thee to doe these things at the same time he offers his helpe for the doing of them he offers his helpe and assistance to beleeve to repent to pray And a man that takes the advantage of the motions of the Spirit hath also his helpe and is enabled by him to doe these things As in that case Luk. 5.17 As he was teaching the power of God was present to heale them So it is in the motions of the Spirit as he is teaching urging pressing us to any duty the power of the Lord is just then present to helpe a man and the man that hearkens to the counsell of the Spirit shall be sure to have that helpe of the power of God that is then present As there in that case The power of the Lord was present then to heale them as he was teaching And see what followed upon it vers 18. And behold men brought in a bed a man taken with the palsey When did they bring him Just then when the power of God was present to heale They tooke the very inch of time And how sped they He that was brought in his bed walkes away with his bed and goes away whole So happy a thing it is to take the advantage of Gods helpe when his power is present to helpe Just so it is in the motions of the Spirit when he moves to repentance his power is present to help a man to repent And let a man then bestirre himselfe and though he have as little power to repent as the palsey man had to walke yet the power of God which is present at the motion made will doe as much for his soule as it did for that mans body See 1 Chr. 14.15.16 When David should heare a sound of going in the tops of the Mulberry Trees then he must goe out to battell for then God was present with his power to smite the Philistines Well David did so as God commanded him just when he heares the sound of goings hee goes out just then and what was the successe And they smote the Host of the Philistines Hee tooke the advantage of Gods presence and power that was then present to helpe him and so hee did the deede went thorow happily with the worke When we have motions from Gods Spirit to beleeve repent pray these be the sound of his goings why then set upon these duties But alas they be hard things alas I have no power to beleeve no power to pray to repent I but when thou hearest the sound of the goings of the spirit in his motions then is the Spirit of God going out before thee to helpe thee against thine hardnesse of heart to smite thine hard heart and to soften it and then is the time to set upon the worke of repentance prayer c. Doe therefore as the spirit of God moves thee

68.11 The Lord gave the Word great was the company of them that published it Wee have had preaching and Preachers and this spirituall food Gods plenty wisdome cryes out to men as Prov. 9.5 Come eate of my bread And Christ calls upon men as Cant. 5.1 Eate O friends and fall to and take your filles And yet men sit and looke on and regard neither this food nor these invitations but deale with the Lord as Salomon wishes men to deale with a churle Prov. 23.6 7. Eate not the bread of him that hath an evill eye neither desire his dainty meates eate and drinke saith he but his heart is not with thee Just so deale men with the Lord when he calls upon them to eate the Word as if God had an evill eye as if his heart were not with them whereas as the Word and food is good so also is his eye good and his heart is with us and it would be meate and drinke to him to see us fall to and eate heartily Such carriage at our Neighbours Tables would be construed a discurtesie and men would force themselves to eate against their stomackes rather then to give their discontent at his Table And yet wee stand not upon giving the Lord such grosse disgusts as not to eate when he layes and sets meate before us There is much preaching and yet but little eating Many instead of eating the Word could finde in their hearts to eat the Minister And what thinke we is the reason that men eate the word no more then they doe It is from these three causes First from fulnesse The full soule loathes the honey combe Prov. 27.7 When a mans belly is full hee hath not onely no minde to eate but hee loathes to eate and that not onely course and common foode but the daintiest and sweetest food hee treadeth under foot the honey combe The Word is honey and this honey is to be eaten when it is found Prov. 24.13 And yet when men finde it they eate it not but loath it and tread upon it And the reason is because they are already full Such a fulnesse as that Rom. 1.29 Being filled with all unrighteousnesse fornication wickednesse covetousnesse maliciousnesse full of envy murther debate deceit malignity wh●sperers Their hearts are cram'd full of their lusts And their hearts being already filled with carnall and worldly lusts they loath these honey combes Some feed so full upon that hony Pro. 5.3 The honey which drops from the lips of a strange woman that they tread this honey combe under foot There be a great many that eate as the Serpent doth Gen. 3.14 Dust shalt thou eate all the dayes of thy life All worldly hearts are of the Serpents dyet they eate dust and so fill themselves with the dust of the earth that they loath to eate the Word Because mens hearts are stuft with this baggage and base food therefore will not men eate this Angels food this bread of Heaven Secondly from lingring and hankring after some other food Such a disposition takes off the stomack from wholsome food The Israelites had Angels food the bread of Heaven and yet at last this food would not down with them nay they loathed their Manna And a man will not eate what hee loathes But what was the cause that they cared not to eate manna See Numb 11.4 They fell a lusting or they lusted a lust and said who shall give us flesh to eate and vers 5. fish to eate and they long after the garlicke and onyons of Egypt and therefore now this Manna will not downe with them So men when once they begin to lust a lust after novelties in doctrine the wholsome savoury truth of God they begin to loath they are weary of it quite cloyed with it then no wonder it is not eaten When once mens lippes hang after Egyptian food popish and corrupt doctrine then truth will not downe by any meanes Isa 44.20 He feedeth on ashes That is but strange food a mad dyet for a man to live and feed on ashes But what makes him feed so fondly A deceived heart hath turned him aside So with many deceived heart hath turned them aside and then they fall to eating of ashes and therefore like those that have the greene sicknesse their mindes hang after ashes and such trash and so no mind to the wholsome food of sound Doctrine See the case cleare 2 Tim. 4.3 4. They will not endure it therefore not eate it not indure it as a man cannot indure the meate he loathes But why not indure it They have itching eares that itch after novelties and therefore shall turn away their eares c. Thirdly from sicknesse or if yee will from deadnesse Sicke men forsake their meate and refuse their meat Men are spiritually sicke and have some diseases upon them that make them eate nothing at all or else they doe but piddle and trifle as good never a whit as never the better Nay men are dead void of the life of God and that 's a maine reason that they eat not Dead men cannot eate Secondly since it is a duty that must be done therefore let people examine themselves whether they doe it or not whether the Word be eaten by them or not Quest How may one know whether he eates the Word or not Answ By these things First By spirituall cheerefulnesse livelinesse and quickning When a man hath eaten it makes him cheerefull and lively Act. 14.17 He fills our heart with food and gladnesse A man when hee hath fasted and long forborne his meate his spirits waste and decay but when hee eates that repaires his spirits and renewes them and so makes a man come to himselfe and makes him fresh and lively See Jonathans case 1 Sam. 14.27 29 30. Hee was faint and his spirits spent so that his eyes began to grow dimme through faintnesse and want of spirit and he doth but eate a little honey and his spirits are refresht and repaired that his eyes were enlightned And if but a taste of the honey did so much How much more sayes Jonathan if the people had eaten freely had they beene cheered and repaired Wee finde a man 1 Sam. 30.12 that had eaten nothing in three dayes and three nights by reason of which his spirits were quite gone and hee was even a dead man But see vers 11. 12. And when he had eaten his spirit came againe unto him It was in a manner gone from him before but now hee had eaten hee was so refresht and cheered that hee was alive againe his spirit came againe So it is in this eating it fills the soule with cheerefulnesse and livelinesse A man that eates the Word indeed findes his heart finely cheered filled with spirits Thy words were found by me and I did eate them How did that appeare And it was unto me the joy and rejoycing of mine heart Oh how mine heart was cheered within mee oh how my spirit was refresht Prov. 24.