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A sermon of repentance. Preached by George Meriton Doctor of Diuinity, and one of his Maiesties chaplaines in ordinary
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Meriton, George, d. 1624.
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fashion doth shee now make serue in steed of a napkin her precious ointment that was her wonted perfume she now powred vpon CHRISTS feete which her eyes had watered her hayre had wiped her mouth had kissed The Philistins being plagued with Emrodes offered Emrodes vnto the Arke 1. Sam. 6. The Isralites being stong with Serpents erected a serpent in the wildernes serpens momordit serpens curauit Num. 21. a Serpent did bite a serpent did heale Those that gaue their Iewels to the making of a Calfe did afterwards Ex. 35. bestow them vpon the Lords Tabernacle And this was Maries practise so many sinnes so many sacrifices such sinnes such sacrifices her eyes her lippes her hayre her ointment all the instruments of her death were turned at her conuersion into the means of life Notable examples to teach all their duties Haue you delighted in pride of attire put on sackcloth haue you offended in surfetting drankennes fast and drinke water hath your mirth beene immoderate weepe strangle that sinne with the streame of teares haue you robbed or wronged your brethren make restitution no restitution no attonement Exo. 6. 7. Nay further reuenge that sinne vpon your selues by giuing some-what of your own haue you beene vncleane fleshly liuers chastise your bodies with Paul demete aliquid de hordeo as it is in the Poet keepe 1. Cor. 9. 27. before his couenant as Amend and Enter but Nis◠vnlesse you amend Regnum amittitur the Kingdome is lost ye shall surely perish Repentance is as Necessary a condition to life as a Shippe is needefull to him that will sayle ouer the Sea or as a medicine is necessary saith S. Ambrose vnto a wounded body Neither is it necessary to some but to all All shall perish vnlesse there be amendment The whole race of Adam stand bound to this strict condition Not Moyses Not Abraham Not Dauid not the Patriarches not the Apostles of CHRIST Not any who may challenge vnto them-selues eyther by Birth or bringing vp the greatest prerogatiues in the world can plead exemption from this Condition Hast thou fayled in thy faith and repented behold GODS mercy towards repenting Peter Hast thou robbed thy Neighbour and repented behold GODS mercy to the repenting Theefe Hast thou couetously gained and repented behold GODS mercy to repenting Zachy restored Zachie Hast thou burned in vncleane lust and repented behold GODS mercy to repenting Magdalen Hast thou committed Adultery and repented behold GODS mercy to repenting Dauid But hast thou done these and many more and not repented take heede to thy selfe if the condition bee still broken thou shalt surely be damned GOD accepteth of no mans person he feareth no mans power hee is deceiued by no policie he is corrupted with no money he is allured by no flatterie Who would not haue thought but that the Pharisies should haue beene saued which made a shewe of a precise life or that Esau should not haue beene respected who lift vp his voice and wept bitterly Or that Ahab had not bin Heb. 12. in good case who humbled him-selfe exceedingly Or that Herod should not haue gon to Heauen who 2. King 21 heard Iohn Baptist gladly But wo vnto the Pharesies Mar. 6. 20. said CHRIST Esau did GOD hate Achab was a Luk. 11. 42 counterfeit Herod was a cruell Tyrant Will not a Mal. 1. 3. seeming precise life out-ward humility crying for 2 Kin. 21. Luk. 3. 19. 20. a blessing hearing of GODS word with some gladnesse serue our turnes No verily I may say of this condition as S. Paul speaketh of Charity Though 1. Cor 13 wee spake with the tongues of men and Angells though we had the gift of Prophesiyng and knew all secrets though we had faith to remoue mountaines though we should feed the poore with all our goods though we should giue our bodies to be burned and want Repentance all would be nothing worth but like the Golden Apples of Caligula which might please the sight of his Ghests saith Plutarch but not slake their hunger or like the gold on the out-side of the Tēple which as Origen writeth was neuer sanctified Say what wee can beleeue what wee can doe what wee can suffer what wee can vnlesse we repent wee shall surely perish As CHRIST IESVS is a Lambe full of mercy Ioh. 1. meeknesse so is he a Lyon full of wrath fiercenes Apo. 5. Vnto the repenting person he giueth a soft heart for his mercy indureth for euer he sendeth the comfort of his spirit for his mercy indureth for euer hee giueth peace of conscience for his mercy indureth for euer and bestoweth on them the ioyes of Heauen for his mercy indureth for euer But as for the impenitent hee giueth them ouer vnto hardnesse of heart for his iustice indureth for euer Hee leaueth them in a Reprobate sense for his iustice indureth for euer Hee sendeth into them the horror of Conscience for his iustice indureth for euer And cafteth them at last into the torments of Hell for his iustice indureth for Jud. 6. euer Did not GOD spare his Angells but reserued Gen. 7. Num. 14. them in Chaynes vnder darkenesse did hee not spare the olde World but drowned it with a flood did hee not spare his owne people but destroyed them in the Wildernesse And will hee spare vs without our conuersion Is there nowe an other waye to Heauen or a newe tricke to escape danger Let no Man flatter him-selfe there is no Atheist no Drunken swil-tubbe no Couetous wreatch no doting Dreamer who despiseth gouernment and speaketh euill of those that are in Authoritie no Swearer no For-swearer no Theefe no Adulterer In one word no kind of sinner without Repentance shall escape GODS vengeance CHRIST IESVS hath spoken it the Life that fayleth not the Way that misleadeth not the trueth that deceiueth not Vnlesse yee amend your liues yee shall all likewise perish Thus much of the necessity of this duty 3. The time is prescribed Amend instātly cōtinually In omnibus obligationibus in quibus dies non ponitur presente die debetur In all Obligations sayth the Lawyer where no time is specified the Condition is presently to bee performed Vppon this Theame the Holy-Men of GOD spent many of their Sermons Looke into Esay Ieremy and the rest and you shall finde that they euer beate vppon the present time Now turne vnto the Lord. Now Efa 55. whilest it is called to day to day if you will heare his Ier. 35. Heb. 3. voice this is the acceptable time c. What were Psal 95. they so barren headed as that penurie constrayned Heb. 4. them to harpe alwayes vpon the same string GOD forbid wee should thinke so But iniquity did then abound as now it doth and procrastination was euer dangerous and therefore they iudged no Doctrine so fit as oftentimes to vrge repentance without all delay GOD will