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A26714	Instructions about heart-work what is to be done on Gods part, and ours, for the cure and keeping of the heart, that we may live in the exercise and growth of grace here, and have a comfortable assurance of glory to eternity / by that eminent Gospel-Minister Mr. Richard Allein, author of Vindiciæ pietatis.	R. A. (Richard Alleine), 1611-1681.	1681 (1681)	Wing A994; ESTC R19556	262,157	306

life of Christ begotten in them O what multitudes of lost souls are there among us if every soul be lost that makes light of sin What account dost thou make of it Thou sinnest dayly thou livest an idle and a careless and a sinful life thou art proud or covetous or a sensual flesh-pleaser and is not all this this sin Thou art a Liar a Promise-breaker a defrauder and is not this thy sin Thou art perverse and peevish and of a froward heart and is not this thy wickedness But what account dost thou make of all this Is it an heavy thing to thee to be thus sinful No not at all thou makest light of thy pride and light of thy covetousness and light of thy frowardness thou makest just nothing of them or at least but small matters Thou dost not feel them to be such a weight and burthen to thee but thou canst bear them and go out with them well enough Or if thou dost sometimes feel some smart or pain by them yet it is but such a light touch that what ever thou thinkest at present thou wilt quickly after them again at thy lying again at thy swearing again at thy froppish and froward carriages again It is such a deep sense of sin as will make us beware of it for the future that wil prove our recovery What shall we then think of them that make a mock of sin that make a sport of sin that take pleasure in iniquity Without all controversie these are lost souls and those that make but little reckoning of it that pass by their sins as small matters that are either not toucht at all or but lightly toucht for them so lightly that their sin hath still the power and dominion over them thou that art but such a one thou art a lost soul thy soul is lost and not recovered 4. Th s● that make light of Christ their recoverer Christ that is sent down as the Physitian of souls to seek and to save them that are lost hath ordinarily the same entertainment as the King in the Parable had amongst the Guests that he invited to his Feast Mat. 22.5 but they made light of it Here 1. There are some sinners that do make light of Christ Jesus Christ is worthy of all acceptation What is Jesus Christ He is the Son of God full of grace and truth Joh. 1. God equal with the Father the brightness of his Fathers glory the express image of his person and upholdeth all things by the word of his power Heb. 1.3 He is the Head of all Principalities and Powers the Prince of the Kings of the earth Rev. 1 5. What is Jesus Christ to sinners He is the everlasting Father the Prince of Peace Is 9.6 his name shall be wonderful What comes this Jesus into the world for To reconcile them to God to save them from their sins to die for the sins of the World and to wash them in his own bloud And to what end comes he to particular sinners wherefore is he preached to them wherefore is he offered to them To what end is it that sinners are so importunately invited to entertain and accept of him to be willing that he that was the Saviour might become their Saviour that he that was the Reconciler might become their Recoverer to recover them from the snare of the Devil and to bring them into the everlasting Kingdom This is that Jesus that by the Gospel is preached unto you Who could imagine that such a great and mighty and glorious one who is the everlasting King the God of all the earth who would think but he should be reverenced where-ever he come They will reverence my son said the King in the Parable Mat. 22.37 It might be well presumed they would however it proved in the issue Who could imagine that one that came upon such a gracious design to reconcile poor Rebels unto God to redeem poor Prisoners out of Prison to recover and raise the dead to life and ransom them from the Pit and give them an entrance into the everlasting kingdom who would think but Christ coming upon such a gracious and glorious design should have wonderful chearful entertainment Who would think but that the whole World should ring with acclamations of joy and praise at his appearing amongst them Who would think but when Christ comes to particular sinners and makes a free offer of himself to them to be theirs their Redeemer their Saviour but such an offer should be greedily catched at and readily embraced Doth the King of Glory come unto me Hast thou shed thy bloud and poured forth thy soul and laid down thy li●e and purchased pardon and an interest in Heaven for me And dost thou now come to give thy self and all that thou hast purchased to be mine What answer would any one think would be given by lost souls to such questions Wilt thou be mine Shall I be thine Art thou willing to be redeemed to be washed from thy sins to be healed of thy diseases Shall my bloud which is shed for the salvation of sinners shall my bloud be thine and the peace and reconciliation it hath made be thine Shall I come into that miserable soul of thine and dwell there and rule there and cast that Devil out that hath been thy destroyer and murderer Shall I love thee and delight in thee and bless thee with my salvation What answer would any one think that undone lost sinners should give to such questions What wilt thou come unto me love and bless me With all my soul Lord come in thou blessed Lord all that is within me shall rejoyce that thou wilt thus enter upon me and take me for thy possession and habitation This one would think should be the answer that sinners would give But behold such miserably foolish souls are sinners become that they make light of all this A cup of drink a carnal companion a lust a sensual pleasure is made more reckoning of than Christ and all his love As it is said of those Builders the Scribes and Pharisees Acts 4.11 It is true of all sinners this stone this pretious stone this corner stone this foundation stone upon which alone their hopes of salvation might be built this stone is set at nought by them Is 53.3 He was despised and rejected of men they made no account or reckoning of him but even tread under foot the Son of God And this is the general entertainment that Christ hath among the sinners of the earth so light do they make of him he comes to them but they will not receive him How often says he would I have gathered you Mat. 23.37 but you would not And what is the common case of sinners is it not thy case Art not thou one that makest light of Christ He hath been preached unto thee he hath come and tendered himself to thy soul That vile heart of thine sinner that dark hole where the Devil and Lust

there 's no Government of these but by keeping under and suppressing them they cannot be kept in order they are not subject to the Law of God nor can be Rom. 8.7 but must be rooted out and Crucified Those that are Christs must crucifie the flesh with the Affections and Lusts Gal. 5.24 Our business is not barely to moderate them but to kill them Moderate Pride or moderate Envy or moderate malice or moderate Covetousness is not that which should be intended in the Government of the heart nor is there any such thing possible the least degree of lust is immoderate As Christ determines the case about swearing whether it be little or greater Oaths Mat. 5.34 'T is not swear but a little or but seldom but swear not at all such must be the determination here be not Proud at all be not Envious or Malicious or Covetous at all to allow our selves to be moderately Proud or Covetous is all one as to allow men to be moderate Drunkards or moderate Adulterers this may be as well allowed as moderate lusts Moderate Lusts will cast into intolerable fire Possibly thy Hell may not be altogether as hot and scorching whose Lusts are more tame but yet it will be intolerable It is poor comfort for any one to think I shall have the easiest place in Hell He that is least in the Kingdom of God shall have his load of Everlasting Glory shall have as much joy and blessedness as his heart can hold shall be full of the goodness and Glory of the Lord and he that is least in the Kingdom of darkness shall have more then his load of the wrath of God his heart shall be brim full and running over the fury of the Lord shall break the Backs and the Bones and tear the Bowels inexpressible Torment shall be given to the least of the Damned Sinners Moderate lust if it be not mortified lust will cast into intolerable Wrath and Vengeance therefore these must not be suffered in the least degree but must be crucified and mortified But how may I suppress these Lusts 1. Never make your Flesh your Favourite If a Prince take a Rebel for a Friend and take him into his Bosom not only his Government but his Life is in danger How was it with Sampson when he took in Delilah into his Bosom She betrayed his strength from him She betrayed him into the hands of the Philistines If you befriend this Flesh it will betray you it will betray you into the hands of the Devil little do you think what mischief you are working to your selves whilst you favour your Flesh In nourishing your corrupt Flesh you nourish a Viper that will sting you to the Heart Know it for your Enemy and keep it off from you as your Enemy Do not gratifie and please and pamper your Flesh but starve it rather and crucifie it If we would be so wise as to count our lusts our Enemies and deal with them as our Enemies deal more hardly and more severely with them we should rid our selves of much of our danger and of our disturbance in the ordering our hearts 2. Never make the Flesh your Counsellour Gal. 1.16 When it pleased the Father to reveal his Son in me immediate●y I conferred n t that is consulted not with flesh and blood Let Flesh and Blood be none of your Favourites nor none of your Counsellours What Government is there like to be when the King is compassed about with wicked Counsellors Prov. 25.5 Take away the wicked from about the King and his Throne shall be Established by Righteousness Then there 's like to be an Holy Government within you when you have none but Holy Counsellours Your Flesh will be just such a Counsellour to you as Rehoboams young men were to him 1 Kings 12. their Counsel cost h●m the loss of the Kingdom Do not ask Counsel of your Flesh nor take its Counsel If you would know what you should eat or drink or to what measure do not ask your Appetites counsel that would say eat to the full spare not for cost eat what thou hast a mind to drink whilst thou listest Do not ask your Pride how shall I be cloathed what Garments shall I wear what Fashion shall I use If you ask your Pride what counsel do you think 't would give you Do not ask your Covetousness what alms shall I give what good shall I do with my Estate where shall I bestow what I have keep it to thy self keep it for thine own make thee great with what thou hast gotten build thee an House and build thee a Name in the Earth for a Rich and Wealthy man get what thou canst and then leave thy substance for thy Babes thy Children after thee that 's the Counsel that Covetousness would give Do not ask thy sloth what pains is needful to be taken for God or thy Soul whether industry and diligence in working out thy salvation be so necessary Sloth will counsel thee take thine ease do not make the way to Heaven harder or straighter then God hath made it favour thy self and do not expose thy self to too much hardness Christians you have Multitudes of Lusts that will be ready to give you counsel in every case but take heed take counsel of none of them Take counsel of God take counsel of the Scriptures take counsel of Conscience how would God have me to use my Estate What Almes would he have me to give What Bounty what Liberality doth he call me to How would God and Conscience have me to feed my self and cloath my self Doth God say as this Pride says On with thy Ornaments follow the Fashions deck thy self with that attire that will best please thee doth God say as thine Appetite says Eat whatever thine heart lusteth after drink as much and fit at it as long as thou hast a mind to Doth Conscience say as this sloth sayeth Favour thy self take thine ease be not too painful and industrious for thy Soul be not too strict or too precise nor expose thy self to the contempt and scorn of the World by thy zeal in Religion Take counsel of God Christians take counsel of Scripture and Conscience but do not make Flesh and Blood your Counsellors To make your Flesh your Counsellour is to take the Malefactor from the Barr to the Bench and there set it in Judgment in its own case your Lusts are the Malefactors that are to be consulted against to be condemned and crucified to the Barr with them let them have sentence against them but let them not be called up to the Bench to be consulted withal 3. Never look for any Government or safety till you have gotten this Flesh under Foot It will be in the Throne if it can while it lives it will be aspiring to the Government Deal with your Flesh as Herod and Pilate did with Christ when they feared he would take away the Kingdom Let it be Crucified or as Saul endeavoured to

do by David who he feared would be King in his roome He did all he could to rid the Country of him He persecuted him from City to City from hold to hold and raised Forces against him to slay David Look with the same evil Eye at Lust as Saul did on him prosecute it from hold to hold seek the Life of this Flesh which is every day undermining your Souls and taking the Government out of your hands O Friends that you were deeply sensible what a mischievous and mortal Enemy this carnal mind this carnal heart these Fleshly Lusts are to you say of these not only as Rebekah of the Daughters of Heth I am weary of my life but I am in danger of my life because of the Daughters of Heth. O it were a comfort might one hear Christians more heartily groaning under their Tyranny Wo is me because of this proud heart wo is me because of this froward pettish angry impatient Spirit O this envy O this Earthliness O this sluggishness wretched man that I am who shall deliver me It would be comfortable to hear you groaning I do not say complaining complaints often come not deep but sighing and groaning and mourning in secret before him who seeth in secret this hearty mourning and affliction under your Lusts is a degree of striving against them and hearty striving is a degree of victory over them When you are once come heartily to say I can never have ease and I will never have peace with this pride or Covetousness or any of my Lusts and if they abide in me they shall never abide in peace in me if I cannot utterly conquer them through the help of God I will never give over fighting against them if they remain in me I hope they shall never again reign in me I will resist them I will pray against them I will watch against them I hope I shall never again resign up to this Pride or this Covetousness but will withstand them in the Name of the Lord will I withstand them to him I resign up the Government of my Soul in hope that he will make my Foes my Foot-stoole Friends such a resolved and effectual striving against Lust is a fair degree of conquest and when your Enemies are thus put under your Feet you may then with the more ease have the Government of your selves upon your Shoulders But O beware of a Flesh favouring Heart beware of a Lust excusing heart The good party Grace must be excited and upheld Christians must hold an hard hand and a straight hand upon Lust upon every Lust there 's no good to be done whilst these are suffered and they must quicken and cherish and encourage every little spark of the Grace of God These are the good Subjects in the Kingdom which must be countenanced and upheld 2 Tim. 1.14 That good thing which is committed to thee keep by the Holy Ghost Whatever that good thing was that's there meant it is certain that the Grace of God is the great good thing that must be kept keep it safe that it be not lost keep it alive that it grow not to decay keep it in good likeing nourish and cherish the Grace of God Kings must be nursing Fathers Queens nursing Mothers to their good Subjects So must Christians be to the good in their hearts keep Grace in good plight and keep it in good order keep it in action Let your Faith be working Faith let your Love and your Holy desires be working Love and working desires There 's no way to keep Grace in Life without you keep it in action Holy action is both the end of keeping Grace in Life and the means to maintain its life O Christians keep your Graces in constant exercise be busily working for God and Glory do not let these precious Talents rust for want of use whilst Grace lies idle or asleep then Lust Lords it in the Soul If you keep it not in constant action to the crucifying of Lust Lust will be busie a crucifying of Grace VVhat Government will there be when Governours side with and take the part of evil ones and curb and discountenance or take part against them that are good If you would govern your hearts aright take part with the Grace that is in you and take up Arms against Lust Thou hast Pride in thy heart thou hast frowardness thou hast Covetousness but wilt thou take part with these VVilt thou be on the side of thy lusts Tread upon them be glad be thankful for every word for every Friend that will speak against the Pride and Covetousness of thy Heart Be not angry when thou art checked or reproved be thankful for any thing that speaks against them But take part with the good that is in you when the Spirit lusteth against the flesh when Grace rises and resists Corruption when the interest of Christ within thee crosseth and contradicteth the interest of the Flesh take part with Christ and his Grace We are too apt to take part with our Flesh when we do not think we do When the Flesh enticeth us to what we would have this liberty or that gain or pleasure we sometimes to do our Flesh a kindness will study arguments to prove it good and right which Flesh would have Though it be naught or pernicious yet because its pleasing to our Flesh we do what we can to prove it lawful and good This is a taking part with the flesh a siding with and strengthning this Rebel On the other side when Grace calls us to Duties that are contrary to the Flesh to hard and self-denying Duties to more strictness to more Severity then our flesh can bear then we often study Objections against it Christ is not so austere but while we thus take part with the flesh the evil that is in us and thereby take part against the good that is in us what Government is there like to be all the while in those hearts where the Rebels are sided with and the good Subjects discountenanced and opposed 5. In strengthning the sinews of Government Rewards and Punishments What are laws what Government can there be if there were no Rewards and Punishments Who would obey if there were no reward to obedience who would fear to rebel if men should suffer nothing for their rebellion Rewards and Punishments are the Sanction and strength of Laws Now for the strengthning of these sinews of Government consider 1. That there is an eternal World After we have made an end in this World there is another where we must have a being Man dyeth not as a beast dyeth as a Dog or a Swine as a Wiseman dieth not as a Fool dieth so neither do Wise men or Fools die as a Beast dieth there is not an end of us when we die as there is of the Beasts that perish we pass away out of this into another World Eccl. 12.7 Then shall the dust return to the earth and the spirit to God