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An heavenly wonder, or, A Christian cloath'd with Christ purposely penned to comfort Christs sin-sick-spouse / by Sam. Moore, minister of the gospel of God sometimes at Brides in Fleetstreete, London.
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Moore, Samuel, b. 1617.
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transgression David fear'd Psal 19. 13. to coÌ„mit pray'd to be freed from Keepe backe thy servant from presumptuous sinnes Let them not have dominion over mee then shall I bee upright and I shall be innocent from the great transgression To sin this sin is to sin contuâ—â—aciously pertinaciously maliciously industriously with the highest hand on purpose as some will to affront Gods good motions of grace proudly I le give my opinion 't is a sin that looks like Hell it has no home but Hell Nifallor all sin seems to be the Devills Creature hee was the first that made sinne but this sinne seemes to have been that which made him Satan a Devill and to have transform'd him from an Angel of light into a Prince of darknesse This spot is not the Spouses But behold another draught of this sin 't is so to sin as that a man propounds pardon to himselfe before the act of sinning 't is to venture upon any sin any uncleanness on this ground because God has mercy to forgive it 't is to multiply sins because God can multiply pardons 't is to sin that grace may abound And shall wee sin that grace may abound said holy Paul what wee Christians wee on whom Christs Love has laid all obligations wee who sin'd immensely before wee knew him and yet found mercy with him O God forbid How can wee that are dead to sinne Rom. 6. 1 2 doe so wee cannot wee cannot q. d. that were unreasonable and to an ingenuous heart impossible To reason from grace to sin is the Logick of the old Serpent Satan To apply that saying in John That if 1 Joh. 2. 1. any man sinne wee have an Advocate with the Father who 's a propitiation for sins to apply it I say before the sin is committed and to venture on sin upon that very ground is exceeding dangerous but after to the remorsefull exceeding cordiall 'T is a certain Maxime that to have a pardoning Master and pittying Majestie is a comfort under the fruits of sin affliction but no incouragement to the works of sin rebellion The spot of presumptuous sin is not the Spouses SECT 4. 3. THe spot of the reigning sin is not the Spouses Sinne shall not have dominion over you for Rom. 6. 14. you are not under the Law viz. sins Law but under grace viz. the Lawes and Commands of grace neither sins power of damning nor domineering Destituitur peccatum potentia damnandi dominandi as they say Manet peccatum dejectum quidem sed non ejectum evulsum non expulsum tamen Bern. Psal 19. 10. ha's its throne there rebell it may but reigne it do's not it s in them but rules not over them they know no Lord but King Jesus sin is not in them King but tyrant Sin has a strong heart is put to death with much a doe yet done it is in them and to them it s kept under though not cast out irradicated though not wholly expeld It fares with sinne in Saints as with those Beasts in Daniel their dominion was taken from them yet their Dan. 7. 12. lives were prolong'd for a season and a time so God may suffer sins of Saints that have lost their dominion dominaâ—ion to survive he may let thee fall to try what 's in thy heart q. d. that thou mayst try and know it and thy want of his power to subdue it yet 't is but for a season and a time and then the King of Glory will come and fill all the corners of thy heart with light life liberty Sweet Lord shall thy Kingdome come into our hearts shall thy will be done in our vile hearts as 't is done in thy pure heavens What in ours O Spouse onely thy Husband ha's his dominium forte mightie rule his strong Lordship his Empire in thy soule sed suave but 't is a sweet one blessed art thou under his principalitie Germanicus reigned in the Romans hearts Tiberius but in the Provinces so 't is with Saints sin may reigne in their members externalls but Christ reignes in their mindes internalls sinne in Saints is dejected from its regencie though not ejected from its inherencie whilst they are here the spot of the reigning sin is not the Spouses SECT 5. 4. SHee do's not sinne longing wishing there were no Law forbidding sin no God to punish sin the fooles heart sayes there 's no God i. e. wishes it were so that he might sin unsmitten masterlesse Monsters send Messages after Christ saying Wee will not that this man reigne over us longing to live without Law lawlesse Some have as many Lords as lusts aut faciendum aut patiendum such as will not be his throne must be his footstoole it s a prison to sinners to be held in by Law but 't is a paradise to Saints a good man is thankfull for every curbe of corruption the smitings of the righteous Psal 141. 5. are kindnesses to him an excellent oile he dreads Ephraims case to be let alone sinning Lex Lux said Solomon the wise the Law 's a light and Lampe for manifestation of Pro. 6. 23. sin and manuduction of the soule to her Saviour Saints sinne not wishing there were no Law forbidding the evill thereof yea which is more they blesse God when crossed in an evill course Blessed be the Lord God of Israel which sent thee this day to meet mee and blessed be thy advice and blessed be thou which hast kept mee this day from coming to shed bloud from avenging my selfe with mine owne hand for indeed the Lord God lives which has kept mee from hurting of thee said David to Abigail he blesses God the advice the woman every thing that gave curb to his corruptions gracious spirits thinke it a mercy to have the course of sinne stopped love the meanes that effects it to be given up to hearts lusts is the greatest plague of all they long not that there were no Law but love it O how I love thy Law said the sensible Psal 119. 97. Prophet 't is my meditation all the day and I delight in the Law after the â—om 7. 22. inner man said holy Paul this is not the spot of Christs Spouse A gracious Spirit do's with great attention heare this Law-makeâ— as those in Luke who were so attentive to Luke 19. 48. his doctrine that the Rulers found not what to doe the people â—anged on him saith the Greeke word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 all Christians hange on Christs lips as the Bee doth on the flower the babe on the brest and the little bird on the bill of her dam that they may receive the Law from his Mal. 2. 7. mouth SECT 6. 5. THe spot of a beloved sin is not the spouses her sin is by her loathed but not beloved the evill I doe I hate saith the Apostle shee has as bad conceits of sin Rom. 7. 15. as ever she had