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A02762	The burning bush not consumed wherein (either vnder all deepe sense of wrath; or hardnesse of heart, one may iudge, whether he be the childe of God, or not, &c. Chiefly receyuing satisfaction concerning the sinne against the Holy Ghost. Perused by I.D. and diuers other diuines.	Hart, John, D.D.; Dyke, Jeremiah, 1584-1639, attributed name.	1616 (1616)	STC 12891; ESTC S103842	61,708	194

from the bottome of his heart God will put away all his iniquities out of his sight And further that since hee himselfe the Law-maker in the Gospell hath commanded vs to forgiue our brother not onely seauen times but also seauenty times a day not to doubt seeing hee is the perfect patterne and fountaine of mercie but that hee will put in practise his owne commaundement Further we must obserue whether the falling into sinne bringeth with it a new and more mortall hatred vnto the same sinne with new exercises of faith so that looke how fast and often sinne assaileth vs we be as busie labouring and thinking of new engines with which wee may resist destroy and expell the same resoluing by the grace of God neuer to giue ouer vntill wee obtaine victory ouer it with a resolution to fight constantly against it though GOD should humble vs with such a crosse vntill our last breath heere trying whether yet in this extreame sorrowfull estate we haue a secret hope with heauie low drowned stollen sighes that God will one day in his owne good time releeue vs we in the meane time retaining a holy humble iealousie ouer our selues altogether relying vpon GOD and mourning as oft as wee are able for strength against it chiefely then when we imagine all peace the power and rage therof being quite subdued Then also we must marke if our loue vnto God maketh also our loue vnto Christ Iesus to grow bold and violent so that we run vnto him with all our might laying hold of him and his righteousnes for our life with a vehement loue grounded vpon his nature which will not be put backe with whatsoeuer euer checkes thus crying vnto him continually for a sense and feeling of the remission of our sinnes for those vnto whom much is forgiuen they loue much it being vnto vs a most sure token of forgiuenesse when our soules are bound vp with a secret sweete loue vnto Christ Iesus Lastly we must take heede and be sure that we haue this disposition in vs that because we haue so often found God so exceeding good and mercifull in forgiuing vs againe and againe that if it were possible although there were no hell yet for the loue of God onely we would abstaine from sinne and the occasions thereof Schol. What should we looke to in the nature of God Min. That he is mercy and loue it selfe and through loue hath sent Christ to redeeme vs and that hee looketh not vnto our vnworthinesse but vnto his owne mercies That as the pittifull Parents tender the good of their children in all chastisements so doth God in all these crosses procure the good of his Saints That there be more mercies in God then sinnes in vs. That as he is able to forgiue vs one sinne so is he able to forgiue vs many hundred thousand sinnes euen so often as he giueth vnto vs faith and repentance For the Lord neuer bestoweth these graces vpon any whom hee also therewith forgiueth not Schol. What should we haue regard vnto in the examples of the Saints Minist First looke how they haue fallen after grace obtained 2. Consider how God hath freely forgiuen them 3. Consider that they not onely obtained mercy for themselues but that they also might be the examples of the mercy of God vnto others Paul he obtained mercie that Iesus Christ might shewe vpon him all long-suffering for an example vnto all such who should in time to come beleeue vnto eternall life And Abraham his faith was counted vnto him for righteousnes it is written not for him onely but also for vs who beleeue in him who raised vp Iesus our Lord from the dead FINIS A Prayer for the Distressed O Most mighty most glorious eternall iust holy omnipotent all-seeing and euer-liuing God who art full of terrible Maiestie in all thy workes iust in all thy iudgements yet most of all wonderfull in thy Christ Since now it hath beene thy blessed will to send vnto thy poore distressed seruants this weake helpe how to know shunne and iudge of thy wrath Be graciously pleased also by the bowels of all thy tender mercies in thy Christ to giue a blessing vnto the same accompanying it with the powerfull working of thy meruailous Spirit that thereby it may bee able to minister a word in due time to their wearie soules effecting that for which thou hast sent it And for the glory of thy Names sake so remoue thou the darkenesse blindnesse ignorance obstinacie and terrours of their minde eyes vnderstanding will and conscience that the abused powers of their soules may no more bee stayed by any deluding fancies from effecting their proper functions To effect which O be pleased thou boundlesse bottomlesse Ocean of mercie for Iesus sake to remoue from before them that vaile which is drawne before and spread ouer all flesh that they may see and iudge of things inuisible thus attaining to haue a good conceite of thee their most gracious and louing God O since all Nations are as nothing before thee and in that they are it is because thou callest things that are not as though they were thus causing them to be therfore but cal thou them which in their owne eyes and feeling are not and they shall presently be somewhat for so long as their abused fancies present thee vnto them as their enemie perswading themselues not to belong vnto thy decree what can they doe but runne away from thee Therefore for thy mercies sake in redemption passe thou by all their transgressions onely looking through the all-sufficient merits of thy well-beloued Sonne vpon them that thus their sins may not stay thy mercies And giue them willing hearts to come vnto the place where thy honor dwelleth that in thy good time the means may so soften their hard hearts by thy mighty assisting power that they may attaine vnto the Spirit of mourning and compassion thus teaching them to lay hold vpon Christ that Altar of refuge for their life And since Faith and Repentance are thy gift giue vnto them these graces for thy Christs sake that so confessing their sinnes they may call vnto thee for mercie thy mercie by repentance thus giuing them assurance of remission of sinnes that so remission of sinnes may giue them assurance of saluation And for those who lye now as thunder-beaten vnder the terrour of thy wrath O looke vpon them also in the multitude of tender compassion heare them now speedily when their spirit faileth put their teares in thy bottle and secretly comfort them with thy choice consolations giuing them a liuely hope in expectation of their ioyfull deliuerance In the meane time perswade their soules that they are thine that furie is not in thee that all these things shall worke together for the best vnto them And good Lord so temper thou the seueritie of thy iustice and terrors of their consciences that as thou castest them

vnto repentance that he came for the sicke and not for the whole that he biddeth all laden and weary sinners come vnto him yea and all such who are a thirst to come vnto the waters and drinke freely assuring them that though their sinnes were red as scarlet yet that hee will make them white as the Snow as also he himselfe hath sworne that as he liueth hee desires not the death of a sinner but rather that hee should turne from his wickednesse and liue promising that he will neither breake the bruised reed nor quench the smoking flaxe but will bind vp that which is broken with the comforts of his Spirit will make whole that which is wounded with the plaister of his precious blood and bring home the lost sheepe reioycing also at the returne of the forlorne sonne His loue also couers both the multitude of sinnes and the sinner with his owne shining righteousnesse he also quickneth and raiseth vp the dead soule that is stinking in the graue of sinne And to be short he saith He who beleeueth shall neuer be ashamed but shall be raised in that great day with a glorious body like vnto the most beautifull body of Christ Iesus and shall neuer be condemned but haue euerlasting life This is the rocke I spake of and on this rocke must the soule anchor when it is tossed betwixt the strong winds and deepe waues of sinne and euerlasting wrath For blessed is he who beleeueth though he neuer saw Iesus with his eyes Yea suppose one neuer had any feeling of him still waiting in hope and languor and resting vpon the loue and mercy of Christ Iesus reuealed in the word this is a sure ground to rely vpon that as God is trueth it selfe so he will most certainly performe all his promises in his owne good time being both mercifull and powerfull to performe whatsoeuer he promiseth Scholler Yet why may not one who doubteth of his Election reply It is certaine God is mercifull true and powerfull but what is that vnto me seeing that I cannot perceiue in particular that hee hath made a promise vnto me Minist First I would haue such a party to assure himselfe that this is but a iugling deluding Sophistrie of the diuell to make any to prie into the decree of God to see whether his name be written there or not before he vse the meanes for then this followeth that because I cannot see Gods decree therefore I will vse no meanes all are in vaine which temptation if the Deuill can once settle keeping such parties from the meanes then he knoweth they be sure his owne Next I would wish them to remember that the Lord is so aboundantly mercifull in making of his promises that hee excludeth no sorts of persons neither Iewe nor Grecian bonde or free high nor low rich or poore but the righteousnesse of God through Iesus Christ is in all and vpon all who beleeue That there is no exception of persons for all haue sinned and are depriued of the glory of God and are iustified freely by his grace through the redemption made in Christ Iesus yea that Christ Iesus came into the world to saue sinners whosoeuer they bee excluding no sort nor degree from laying holde on life much lesse any particular person Rather then must one gather the quite contrary arguments against the Deuill and carnall reason And thus returne their arguments All Gods children for the most part who in former times haue beene called and enlightned when they were dead in sinnes and trespasses at their departure from Sodom were not so curious as at first to prie into Gods decree to knowe whether their names were written in the booke of life before they would vse the meanes but they reiecting sense and carnall reason did by degrees vse the meanes to their power and so by the constant vse of the same and Gods blessing therewith by little and little at length found their eyes opened their hearts softned the whole man in part sanctified so attaining vnto the knowledge of his decree therefore I will also vse the meanes rather obeying God then the diuell which though by and by they proue not effectually yet I will waite Gods good time who knoweth but at length I may speed as well as others And so againe though I find not my name in the free Couenant of mercy yet since it excludeth none by name I will hope still though I bee most sinfull yet Christ he came into the world to saue sinners he iustifieth all those who beleeue in him how miserable soeuer they be yet his righteousnes apprehended couers all their infirmities But so it is I am a vile sinner laden and burdened with iniquities Therefore I will beleeue and my Lord will iustifie me and I will draw neere vnto God and he will ease me I will apprehend and cleaue close vnto his righteousnesse how vile and naked soeuer I be of my selfe and thus I shall escape in the middest of all tempests For God if I be penitent is more powerfull to foregiue and heale my rebellions then I am able to prouoke his anger Now the ground of this consolation is the reuealed trueth of God which is as sure as if we did see him in an extraordinary manner both feeling and hearing him speake vnto the heart and eare or rauishing vs in visions as he did to Adam Abraham Isaack Iaacob Moses the Prophets and Apostles or as vnto Paul out of heauen for heauen and earth shall passe away before any title of his word shall fall vnto the ground And hee who resteth vpon this word out and beyond his feeling he resteth vpon the arme of God and as God is true shall vndoubtedly find deliuerance but he who measures the promises of God by his feeling and thinkes that hee beleeueth not but when he feeleth he sinneth grieuously for hee compareth all vndoubted veritie grounded vpon God which shall be performed in Gods good time as certainly as God is truth it selfe with an vncertaine and vanishing feeling which may faile vs but the promises of God cannot Hee therefore who measureth his faith by his feeling deceiueth himselfe because neither is it permanent neither haue we any warrant of the measure time or continuance thereof seeing the Lord commeth when hee will and as he will as he seeth to be most for his glory and our good euen in our most need And as for the chiefe grounds of faith there is no neede to goe vp vnto heauen to seeke for them neither to digge downe vnto hell to find them out for as Moses speaketh the word of truth is neere into vs our eyes see it continually our hands handle it our eyes see it our eares haue the same read and preached vnto vs. And hee that beleeueth in his heart as the Scripture speaketh that Iesus Christ is dead