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A87175	Christ's first sermon, or, The absolute necessity, gospel duty, and Christian practice of repentance, opened and applied, by a godly, able, and faithful minister of Jesus Christ. ; Wherein is discovered, what repentance is, as also the great necessity thereof to salvation: with the great folly and desperate madness of all those that delay and put off repentance unto a sick bed, or old age. ; Together with the great benefit, joy, and comfort that shall be to the souls of all those that timely and truly repent.	Hart, John, D.D.	1663 (1663)	Wing H937; ESTC R177838	21,802	46

disease with which most men are infected But let such men know that it is a hard matter to repent ans sin is very powerful and if they do not seek to get it subdued in the strength of their dayes it will be too hard for them at the last for although men grow weaker and weaker yet sin grows stronger and stronger and being as we say bred in the bone nursed up by us in our youthful dayes it will not easily be rooted out of the flesh Can the Blackmore change his skin or the Leopard his spots Jer. 15 23. No they cannot no more can they that are accustomed to do evil leave it when they list If repentance be a thing so easie how is it that many who sought after it could never obtain it How many are there that have reared and cried in the bitterness of their souls and in the horror of their consciences that they could not repent O that I could repent O that my hard heart would break in pieces This hath been the cries of many It is not in the power of man to repent when he pleases doth God give us space to repent now it may be he will not do it to morrow a man by nature as he cannot of himself so he hath no inclination of himself to repentance Repentance it s a heart-work a circumcising of the heart and casting of sin out of the soul which indeed will make the heart to bleed which thing no natural man is either willing or able to do Mortifie saith the Apostle Col. 3.5 your Members which are upon earth which thing suits not with a natural man Let no man then put off Repentance upon such foolish wicked thoughts as these that repentance is an easie work which a man may perform when he pleases such sinful thoughts as these will deceive you Thou that wilt not repent now thou mayest when thou wouldest it may be thou shalt not be permitted you that will not repent when God gives space how justly may he when thou wouldest deny it thee because when it was offered to thee thou refusedst Ezek. 24.13 Because I would have purged thee and thou wast not purged thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness saith the Lord. The longer men live in sin the stronger will sinne grow in them he that will not leave sin when he is yong will hardly leave it when he is old it is said of wicked men in Job 20.11 Their bones are full of the sins of their youth which lie down with them in the dust Not that mens sins are buried with them in their graves for then they might be happy but that they continue with them till death yea after death Many a time and often hath the Lord stood at the door of mens Consciences and knocked to come in Rev. 3.20 Behold I stand at the door and knock saith Christ O do not let God wait long he hath waited a long time already to be gracious unto thee Isa 30.18 Do not give the devil the prime and strength of your dayes and then think to serve God in your old age You do not leave sin in this but sin leaves you you have not the strength and power to sin then as you have had but still your hearts are as bad as ever they were then put not off your repentance till sickness comes Happy yea thrice happy is that man and blessed shall he be that in the time of his youth health furnishes his heart and soul with comforts against the evil day happy is that soul who when age and sickness comes is so sitted for death by repentance that when death comes he hath nothing else to do but to dye Be perswaded th●n to repent betimes before you go hence and be no more seen there is no time ours but the present time we do not know whether we shall live another day another night many that are in health one day are brought to their graves the next Our life saith St. James is but a vapour that appeareth for a little time Jam. 4.14 we are no sooner born but we begin to die Put not your souls off then from day to day he that 's unfit or unwilling to repent to day will be so to morrow therefore seek the Lord while he may be found Isa 55.6 There is a time when God will not be found Prov. 1.24 to ver 30. sath God Because I called and ye refused and set at naught all my counsel and would none of my reproof therefore will I laugh at your calamity and will mock when your fear cometh when distress and anguish cometh upon you then shall ye call on me but I will not answer they shall seek me early but shall not finde me For that they hated knowledge and did not chuse the fear of the Lord therefore shall they eat the fruit of their ways and be filled with their own devices There is a time when mercy may be had but if we neglect that time it will not be recovered again though it be sought for with tears there is a time when with the wise Vigins we may enter into the wedding but if we take not that time we may with the foolish ones have the door shut against us Mat. 25. Then may we knock and call yea cry Lord Lord open to us but the Lord shall say unto us I know you not The old world had a long time of Repentance a hundred and twenty years did Noah preach repentance to them and yet they repented not but the Ninivites they had but a short time given them but forty dayes and yet they repented they made the Day of Repentance whilst the Sun of Gods patience shined upon them God is not bound to wait mens leasure the Soul is but a tenant at will and may suddenly be turned out of doors and when you lie upon your sick beds the Lord may fill your hearts with such fears as may make your consciences altogether despair of mercy God sent you his servants early and late in season out of season to invite you to repent but you will repent you say hereafter you will if you can you hope God will work it in you What ground have you of this hope hath God made you any such promise Thou canst not draw out the thred of thy life one minute for ought thou knowest this may be thy last day the tenders of mercy and the offers of grace are at an end when thy life ends if not before you know that time and tide stayes no mans leasure every one is so wise as to take time and tide for worldly affairs will any man be so sottish as to defer the time of his sowing till harvest men will not be carrying out of dung when they should be fetching in of Corn no they will dispatch those things first which are of most necessity And is there any thing of more necessity then the salvation of your souls will your souls

shall little shew you what it is and that briefly Repentance is of two sorts either real or unfeigned or else séeming and hypocritical séeming repentance that 's common to wicked men and is altogether Legal arising from the accusations of their own consciences such a repentance as this was that of Judas and then there is a real and unfeigned repentance which doth properly belong to the godly and this is likewise of two sorts Legal and Evangelical Legal repentance that comes from the Law giving us the sight of our sins and our misery by sin the Law is our School-master to bring us to Christ Gal. 3.24 But Evangelical repentance that springs from faith in Christ and carries out the soul unto Christ in opposition to every sin and to a forsaking of every evil way repentance then I shall thus describe I say repentance is a gift of God by which a believing sinner being cast down in the sight and sense of his own sinnes doth utterly forsake and abhor all his former evil wayes and turns to the Lord with a perfect heart I say it is a gift of God that which comes from God and not from nature it s a flower never grew in natures garden neither birth nor bréeding neither art nor learning nor any other sublunarypower or qualification is able to beget repentance true repentance comes from above Every good and perfect gift saith St. James comes from above Jam. 1.17 Grace doth not grow here below but comes down from the father of lights The Apostles Acts 11.18 glorified God that to the Gentiles he had granted repentance unto life Repentance is the quickning of a dead soul and therefore must be the act of him who is the giver of all life We are all of us by nature dead in sins and trespasses Ephes the 2. and the 1. A man by nature is no more able to perform an act of true grace then a dead person in the grave is able to do an act of nature They that live in sin as St. Paul saith of the widow that lives in pleasure 1 Tim. 5.6 are dead while they live Repentance then is the gift of God Acts 11.18 God granted repentance unto life So in 1 Tim. 2.25 the Ministers of God are required to instruct those that oppose themselves with méekness if God peradventure wil give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth that they may recover themselves out of the snares of the devil It is said of Christ Acts 5.31 He is exalted to be a Prince and a Saviour to give repentance unto Israel Faith and repentance are supernatural works we may as wel create new heavens and a new earth as do these acts of our selves it is God alone that works them in our hearts by the efficacious operations of his Spirit 2 Cor. 3.5 We are not sufficient of our selves to think any thing as of our selves but it is God that worketh in us both to will and to do of his good pleasure Phil 2.13 Secondly repentance is a change first of the heart then of the whole man there must be a new heart and a new hand a new life and a new head all things must be new where repentance is If any man be in Christ saith the Apostle he is a new creature 1 Cor. 5.17 Repentance makes a man a new man and it is only in the power of God to renew our hearts neither Angels nor men are able to do it In Jer. 31.18 19. saith Ephraim Turn thou me and I shal be turned for thou art the Lord my God Surely after that I was turned I repented and after that I was instructed I smote upon my thigh I was ashamed yea even confounded because I did bear the reproach of my youth Here is the character of a true repentance it is the Lord that must change our hearts it is he only that must give us new hearts and take from us these hearts of stone it is the Lord that must pluck us out of the snares of the Devil and cast down the strong holds of sin in us if God do not turn us we shall never be turned After that I was turnned I repented saith Ephraim But I proceed in the description of repentance It s a gift of God I say whereby a believing sinner turns from all his sins unto God I say a believing sinner because faith must first precede and go before repentance for none can truly repent but he must first believe there may be in a sinner that which we call Legal repentance which may cause a sinner to fall out with his sins it may be to loath them with a kinde of detestation its possible a wicked man may repent that ever he knew what sin meant or that ever he had to do with sin all this may be and yet no true repentance because no true faith for true repentance causes a hatred of sin as it is displeasing to God aswell as hurtful to our selves yea he hates sin as hell yea worse then hell it self which cannot be in an unbelieving soul It cannot be denied but that repentance is a saving grace and if so then none can partake of this saving grace till he be first united unto Christ the fountain of all grace so then faith must needs be before repentance Secondly where true repentance is there is a change wrought in the whole man and a turning first to our selves secondly to God and thirdly to man An unrepentant sinner is out of himself and he is not onely out of his way but out of his wits In Luke 15.17 when the Prodigal came to himself he said Father I have sinned this is the first step to repentance self-returning Secondly repentance is a returning to God If thou wilt return O Israel saith the Lord return unto me Jer. 4.1 The grace of repentance is suitably expressed by this act of returning to God they who did not repent are said not to return to God In Amos. 4 1. God saith Notwithstanding I have given you cleanness of teeth and want of bread yet have you not returned notwithstanding I have with-holden the rain from you and smitten you with blastings and mildew and sent among you the Pestilence Notwithstanding I have slain your young men by the sword and overthrown some of you as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah by fire yet have you not returned unto me saith the Lord. Repentance is a turning from sin to God Sin turns men from God and draws the soul into the wayes of death Jam. 1.14 A man is drawn away of his own lusts and enticed drawn away from God and from the truth of God but when once Repentance comes he turns back again he changes his minde then and abhors himself for what he hath done Job 42.6 I abhor my self and repent saith Job in dust and ashes The prodigal was drawn away from his fathers house through his own lusts and yet at last he returned first to himself

of God and more acquaitance with the wayes of God more communion with God in Ordinances Seventhly true penitents are very zealous fo● God O how do I love thy law saith David 〈◊〉 the 119. Psalm A godly man cannot endure t● see God dishonoured as it is said of Lot in th● second of Peter 2.8 He vexed his righteous son● from day to day with their unlawful deeds An● then lastly where true repentance is wrought it will work a holy change in the soul an● whereas sin was formerly delighted in th● true Penitent hath it in indignation they will not onely turn sin out of doors but also are ready to cut it in pieces as it were true penitents have a feeling on their hearts for sin 〈◊〉 will loath themselvs for the evil of their ways It is a hard thing for a man to loath himself every man naturally loves himself but true penitents loath and abhor themselves as Job did A repentant eye sees matter enough in himself of self-abhorrency Repentance lets us see what black desiled creatures we are by nature Ezek. 20.43 You shall remember your wayes saith the Lord and shall loath your selves in your own sight And so much for the Evidences of repentance Is it so then that repentance is so absolutely necessary to salvation an that there is a great danger in putting it off from day to day and that a sick bed repentance is no repentance or at most but a sickly Repentance how highly then doth it concern every one of us even to day while it is called to day to begin our repentance and not onely to begin but to persevere in it to the end of our dayes Let the time past of our lives suffice us to have wrought our own wills and to have walked in our own wayes and ley us resolve for the time to come to live unto God and be not weary for in due season thou shalt reap if thou faint not Make repentance thy daily work that so thy peace may be made with God and when thou comest to dye thou mayest have nothing else to do but to dye He that labours not to kill sin by repentance in his life will be very unfit to die when death comes death is onely welcome to a gracious penitent soul they are not fit to die in whom sin is not killed by Repentance they have done nothing of that work which God sent them into the world to do that have not repented repentance sweetens our lives and takes away the bitterness of death and onely to penitent sinners is mercy promised Consider there is an absolute necessity of repentance we cannot be saved unless we repent Except ye repent saith Christ ye shall all likewise perish Luke 13.3 Consider also thy life is but short thou hast but a littlé time to live in the world thou hast need to bestir thy self then and to husband thy time to the best advantage thy soul thy precious and immortal soul w● be in danger of hell fire if thou repent not no repentance no salvation and if thou do not repent thee here of thy sins thou wilt surly to thy cost repent thee hereafter in hell f●● the neglect of repentance thou wilt then cur● the day wherein thou didst despise repentanc● then if there be any love in thée to thy precio●● soul whatever thou doest repent Consid●● also the end for which Christ came into t●● world Mat. 9.13 I came saith Christ to c●● sinners to repentance Be zealous therefore an repent and as John saith Mat. 3.8 Let us a labour to bring forth fruits meet for repentanc● Now the Lord work these truths upon you hearts and the Lord give every one of us repentance unto life repentance never to be repented of Which the Lord of hi infinite mercy grant unto us all To whom be glo●● and honour for ever Amen FINIS A short Motive to Repentance THe Glass doth run the Clock doth go Awake from sin why sleep you so In sin sleep not securely still Lest thou by sin thy soul doest kill While thou hast time do not delay Defer not off from day to day Thou art not sure to tarry here No not one quarter of a year No not one week nor yet one day One hour thou art not sure to stay Thou hast not space in thine own power To live one minute of an hour The present time see then thou take Thy peace with God in Christ to make Keep Faith and true Repentance still And then ley Death come when it will Thou art prepared for to dye And thou shalt live eternally FINIS Courteous Reader There is lately published an excellent an● profitable Sermon called The Christian blessed Choice Likewise Christs first Sermon Als● Christs last Sermon And the Christians best Garment Also Heavens Glory and Hells Horro●● And the School of Grace Also Awarning-piec● to the Sloathful Idle Careless Drunken and Secure Ones of these last and worst of times Ver● godly Books and are but three pence price Likewise 1. Englands Faithful Physician 2. Dooms-day at hand 3. The dreadful character of a drunkard 4. The Fathers last Blessing to his children 5. The sin of Pride arraigned and condemned 6. The Plain Mans Plain Path-way to Heaven 7. The Black Book of Conscience 8. Peters Sermon of Repentance 9. The Charitable Christian 10. Death Triumphant All very necessary for these licentious times and each of them being but of two pence price They are to be sold by Elizabeth Andrews at the White Lion near Pye-Corner