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Holy zeal against sin, shewn to be an acceptable and seasonable duty : in a sermon preached at Lyme Regis, in the County of Dorset, Sept. 4th. 1700. At a quarterly lecture appointed for the promoting the Reformation of Manners. / By J. E. Minister of the Gospel.
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Holy Zeal against Sin SHEWN To be an Acceptable And Seasonable Duty IN A SERMON PREACHED At Lyme Regis IN THE County of DORSET Sept. 4th 1700. At a Quarterly Lecture appointed for the promoting the Reformation of Manners By J. E. Minister of the Gospel Gal. 4.8 It is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing LONDON Printed by J. H. for the Author 1700. Num. XXV 12 13. part Behold I give unto him my Covenâ⦠Peace and he shall have it and his after him even the Covenant of an eââ¦sting Priesthood because he was zeâ⦠for his God IT is the observation of wise men that ãâã Age has some special duty belonging ãâã For the most part every Age brings with new turn of affairs and hence arise new Dâ⦠I shall not go back to the days of old and enâ⦠what was the special duty of our Forefathâ⦠their time let it suffice to tell you that thâ⦠sent duty of this generation and which Gâ⦠his Providence calls us to seems to be the Refââ¦tion of Manners You need not be informed that vice is gâ⦠rampant that prophaness and immorality â⦠overrun our Land that swearing and sabâ⦠breaking drunkenness and whoredom dâ⦠much abound and walk in our Streets in somââ¦ces at noon-day it is too evident to be unobseâ⦠So that we stand in great need of a Reformatioâ⦠And we have a very fair opportunity for it â⦠command and countenance both of King Parliament We have been told that in general Reforââ¦ons we should wait the Magistrates motionâ⦠concurrence I will not dispute that now âââ¦ther it be universally true It is sufficient tâ⦠will answer the present case we have thâ⦠pream Magistrate's concurrence in this matteââ⦠ââ¦he Honourable House of Commons the great ââ¦esentative body of the Nation have made a â⦠pious Address to his Majesty desiring him ââ¦e out his Royal Proclamation commanding all ââ¦es Justices of the Peace and other Magistrates ââ¦t in speedy execution those good Laws that are ââ¦in force against Prophaness and Immorality ãâã to give due incouragement to all such as do ãâã duty therein ââ¦nd accordingly the King Our Gracious ââ¦reign whom God long preserve has issued ãâã his Proclamation wherein he strictly charâ⦠all persons Judges Mayors Justices of the ââ¦e and all other Officers and Ministers both ââ¦esiastical and Civil and all other his Subjects ââ¦n it may concern to be very vigilant and strict ââ¦he discovery and prosecution of all persons who ãâã be guilty of Excessive drinking Blasphemy ãâã hane Swearing and Cursing Lewdness Prophaâ⦠on of the Lord's day or other dissolute immoral ââ¦isorderly practices as they will answer it to ââ¦ighty God and upon pain of the King 's highest ââ¦easure ãâã that now we have a loud call in the proââ¦nce of God to apply our selves to this work Reformation Now is a time for the Pious ãâã Sober for all that are on God's side to shew ââ¦r Zeal against Vice to shew themselves Zealous ââ¦heir God ââ¦hat I might incourage so good a work and ãâã note the Reformation already begun in many ââ¦s of this Kingdom I thought it not amiss ââ¦ropose to your consideration the above Text. ââ¦ich shews how acceptable to Almighty God ãâã Zeal of Phinehas was in executing judgment on Zimri and Cosbi two debaucht persons â⦠tells him that as a reward of his Zeal he shâ⦠have confirm'd to him an everlasting Priesthâ⦠Behold I give unto him my Covenant of Peace â⦠That you may see the Occasion and Scopâ⦠these words I shall give you in brief the hiâ⦠of the matter The Israelites being comâ⦠their wilderness march to the plains of Mâ⦠Balak King of Moab sent to Balaam a ãâã Soothsayer in those parts to come and curse tâ⦠But Balaam being able to do nothing agâ⦠Israel with all his Enchantments whilst Israelâ⦠faithful unto his God whilst God beheld no iniâ⦠in Jacob as Balaam expresseth it Num. 23.21 This wicked Prophet therefore advised Balaâ⦠insnare them into Sin well knowing that sin wâ⦠provoke the displeasure of the Almighty agâ⦠them who was their protection and so wâ⦠make them fall an easy prey unto their Enemiâ⦠By the way note That nothing tends moââ⦠rob a people or nation of its strength and glory ãâã to expose them to contempt and ruine than Sin ãâã Therefore those that are Zealous in the worâ⦠Reformation are some of the Nation 's best frieâ⦠It is the Interest of Princes to incourage such ãâã sons It is some of the best state-policy in ãâã world to give check to growing Impiety anâ⦠encourage the Vertuous For Righteousness exâ⦠eth a Nation but Sin is a reproach unto any peâ⦠Prov. 20.14 34. This was the Observation Solomon the wisest of Men and the greatesâ⦠Kings But this by the bye Balaam that crafty Diviner and Prophet well skill'd in these Politicks And therefore Moses takes notice of it Num. 31.15 16. hâ⦠Balak to insnare Israel by their Women And were insnared first to Whoredom and ââ¦o Idolatry as you read in the two first Verses ââ¦e Chapter of my Text. Num. 25.1 2. And abode in Shittim and the people begun to commit âââ¦dom with the daughters of Moab And they ãâã the people unto the Sacrifices of their Gods ââ¦he people did eat and bowed down to their Gods ââ¦ow God was so displeased with these abominaââ¦ractices that he sent a destructive plague aââ¦g them which swept away many thousands âââ¦em And he commanded Moses to execute ââââ¦ent upon the transgressors v. 3 4. Moses having received this commandement ãâã the Lord gave order to the Judges the ââ¦nty that were chosen to assist him in the Goââ¦ment to slay every one his men those unââ¦charge as many of them as were guilty v. 5. ââ¦ow in the interim before this command was ââ¦n Execution comes one of the Israelites named âââ¦ri and brings unto his Brethren a Midianitish âââ¦han in the sight of Moses and the Congregatiââ⦠so bold and impudent was he in his sin v. 6. âââ¦ereupon Phinehas in a holy Zeal takes a âââ¦elin in his hand goes to their Tent and thrusts ââ¦n both through the Man of Israel and the âââ¦man through her belly and so the plague was âââ¦ed v. 7 8. ââ¦hether Phinehas did this in the person of a âââ¦gistrate and as one of those Judges that were ââââ¦ered by Moses to slay these transgressors v. 5. ãâã whether he did as a Private person being moved âââ¦reto by some Speical direction and motion of âââ¦d's spirit and so there was something extraorââââ¦ary in the action It is not material at present to determine For either way it is no warrant fââ⦠private persons in ordinary cases to take upoâ⦠them the Execution of Justice That which at present I would note to you ãâã Phinehas his zeal and fervour against Sin which ãâã manifested by that action Which zeal of ãâã was so pleasing to God that he testified his higâ⦠approbation of it not only by