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A13082	Scotlands warning, or a treatise of fasting containing a declaration of the causes of the solemne fast, indyted to bee kept in all the Churches of Scotland, the third and fourth sundayes of this instant moneth of May Anno 1628.& the weeke dayes betwixt them, as they may be goodly keeped in Townes. Together with a direction how to proceed in the religious obseruation of any soleme fast. Written at the appointment of superiors by Mr. W. Struther, preacher of the Gospel at Edinburgh.	Struther, William, 1578-1633.	1628 (1628)	STC 23370; ESTC S120441	41,231	90

two but for all our lifetime thereafter The purposes vowes of obedience which we make in our Repentance must be practised and performed Though the act of Repentance indure not euer in it selfe yet the vertue of it remaineth constantlie in the godlie In Baptisme we are Sacramentallie changed and at the time of our effectuall calling wee feele that Sacramentall grace in justification and sanctification and all our following dayes vvee are bound to goe forward in them Since Repentance then is nothing but Sanctification contracted And sanctification all our life is nothing but Repentance inlarged and continued it will follow that if sanctification doe not kyth constant after our Fasting there hath beene no true Repentance in it Remission of sinne proueth the same For though Iustification and Sanctification be two seuerall graces in themselues and bring seuerall respects dispositions in vs yet they are inseparable for God neuer pardoneth the guilt of sin but iontlie therewith he slayeth sin originall As he washeth away the blot of all sinne so he woundeth deadlie the roote of sinning sin in vs And the cōscience of our washing in the blood of Christ doeth euer beget in vs a care to keepe these garments cleane which God hath cleansed Therefore if there be not after our Fastings a visible amendement of life neither haue wee repented nor God pardoned our sinne but we haue added greater and worse sinnes to the former and brought vpon vs a degree of judiciall induration and hardnesse of heart When Christ had healed the sicke man at the Poole of Bethesda hee commanded him Sinne no more lest a worse thing befall thee Ioh. 5. So when we are washed in the house of the Lords aboundantlie powred out mercie let vs keepe our selfe from sinne thereafter If God be with vs accept our Prayers then we may be sure of these following fruits 1. Of Remission of sinnes in Iesus Christ So when Dauid confessed his sinnes and said I haue sinned against the Lord hee was answered by Nathan The Lord hath also put away thine iniquitie he had a warrād more speedilie to absolue him thā he had to accuse him ● Sa. 12. And whē the Publicane knocked on his breast said The Lord haue mercy on me a sinner he went home justified Lu. 18. And whē the forlorne Son came in Repentance to his Father he receiued him in his fauour house againe Luk. 15 He seeth no sin in Iacob nor transgressiō in Israel Our God pardeneth iniquitie passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his Inheritance hee retaineth not his anger for euer because hee delighteth in mercie Hee will turne againe he will haue compassion on vs hee will subdue our iniquities and thou wilt cast all their sinnes in the bottome of the Sea Mica 7. 18. 2. He will accept of our persons vnder his shaddow nothing holdeth vs out of that secrete refuge but our sinne because hee is of purer Eyes than hee can beholde sine and he pursueth sinne in all and can no more protect an impenitent sinner than hee can denie his justice But when the heart is purged from euerie euill conscience thē his refuge is open to vs. 3. As for our Enemies wee should consider their estate better than themselues they are in Gods worke for our punishment but neither in his fauour nor of his disposition They are more foolish than Sathan hee durst not hurt Iob without a Cōmission of God but they think all possible lawfull to them And when he set on to execute that Commission though malice blinded his desire yet not his minde for hee did fore see a disappointing because hee knew Gods loue to Iob by so manie pledges and testimonies of his sinceritie in Grace But our enemies are not so wise as hee They goe on without Cōmission sought obtained they expound their preuailing as Gods sentence approuing their cause and see not that all their businesse is a prouyding of a Coffine and beare-trees to carrie them out of this combate with shame confusion God will pleade his cause against them Hee hath giuen them a hard but a just commission against vs for our sinnes Assur is the rodde of mine anger I will send him against an hypocriticall Nation against the people of mine anger will I giue him a charge to take the spoile But they passed the bounds of their commission and satisfied their owne wicked heart vpon the people of God For Assur meaneth not as God doeth but his heart is to destroy and cutte off Nations Isa. 10. They say Let vs defile Sion but they know not the thoughts of the Lord neither vnderstand his Counsell Micah 4 12. And when God suffereth them to preuaile for the humiliation of his owne they sacrifice to their owne net and impute all this successe to their owne Idols Habak 2. 11. When God hath humbled vs and pardoned our sinnes then their Commission expyreth and God will plague them in his furie for their own wickednesse in doing his work peruerslie And therefore he will turne him against them plead his cause saying I am verie sore displeased with the Heathen that are at ease For I was but a little displeased with my people the Enemies helped forward the affliction I was angrie with my people and polluted mine Inheritance and giuen them in thine hand But thou hast shewed them no mercie thou hast layed vpon the Auncient a verie heauie yocke Zach. 2. 16. Is. 47. 6. And in his due time hee will turne the rage of the enemie to his praise the remnant of their rage hee will restraine Psal. 76. Hee will stretch out his hand against the wrath of our enemies and his right hand shall saue vs. Psal. 138. 7. So that wee may iustlie say to them Reioyce not against mee O mine Enemie when I fall I shall rise when I sitte in darknesse the Lord shall bee a light vnto mee I will beare the indignation of the Lord because I haue sinned against him vntill hee pleade my cause and execute Iudgement for mee Hee will bring mee foorth to the Light and I shall behold his Righteousnesse Then shee that is mine Enemies shall see and shame shall couer her which said vnto mee Where is the Lord thy God Mine eyes shall behold her now shee shall bee troden downe as myre in the streete Mica 7. 8. 9. 10. They are nowe an instrument in his hand to execute his anger on vs but they shall be the Bute and marke of his greater anger 4. As for the Churches now desolate God will returne to them in mercie in his own time And this time is when they are purged from sinne and the sinnes and insolencie of the Enemie are come to an hight Then God will ryse and haue mercie vpon Sion For the time to saue her euen the sette time is come Psal. 102. 13. It is time for the Lord to worke when they haue made voyde his Law Psal.

bygone and present offences afflicting our Soules by a true contrition Ioel. 2. As wheate or corne is brayed betweene the nether and vpper milstones so is the penitent Soule bruised betweene the griefe for sinne and feare of wrath with an holie indignation at our selues for offending so good a God and taking an holie reuenge or sythment on our selues for that vylnesse 2. Cor. 7. That when wee remember our wayes and all our doings wherin wee haue beene defiled wee may loath our selues in our owne sight for all the euills that wee haue committed The reasons of this renting are 1. Our heart is the fountaine from which all proceedeth that defileth the man and ought to bee stopped 2. It is the forge-house wherein Sathan forgeth all iniquitie and must bee ruined 3. And the place of the conception of all our miseries therefore by an heart-breaking godlie sorrow it must be so disabled as it losse the power of conceiuing or bringing foorth of sinne as of before 4 It is the bellie of the Viper for conceiuing but it is not rent in the deliuerie of that venemous brood Therefore it ought to bee rent in remorse for it and with that renting wee must bring out the birth of a sincer confession of our sinne Let vs lift vp our heartes and our hands to heauen and say VVee haue sinned and haue rebelled and thou hast not spared Lament 3. 41. 42. 3. Thirdlie for the time to come we must purpose with our selfe and vow to God amendement of our life the studie and practise of new obedience These holie vowes will both bind our corruption that it breake not out at all occasions and stirre vp the grace of God to a life worthie of God True Repentance will so presse our corruption that it may finde for the present a weight to bow it downe and a knyfe to cutte the throate of it And it will strengthen Gods grace by remouing sinne which is the bane of it It is a repeating of our first conuersion and a notable promouing of Sanctification by so solemne a worke adding a sensible degree of killing the old Man the quickning the new This is the fruite of our wrestling with God euen to halt with Iacob Though wee haue preuailed our corruption will bee so disjoynted as it be not so strong therafter So God in mercie to his owne by true Repentance slayeth sin which Sathan augmented by our falling disappointing him of his end turneth his work of sinne in vs to a destruction of our sinne Fourthlie wee must strengthen our hearts with confidence on God that hee will haue mercie on vs We can neuer goe to him with boldnesse without this confidence in Iesus Christ but wee runne from him as a consuming fire For this end we ought first to fixe our mind vpon him as hee hath discryued himselfe 1. A God full of goodnesse for hee is gratious freelie to pittie vs not looking to our deseruing but beside aboue contrare to it to helpe vs bringing all the reasons of his goodnesse to vs from himselfe and respecting none other thing in vs than our miserie to cure it 2. Hee is Mercifull to pardon our sinnes and remoue all euill from vs whom gratiouslie hee accepteth and giueth vs euerie good thing that wee neede 3. And slow to anger because the best men are often falling in sinne and so giue matter of his provocation yet hee is not soone moued at their sinnes but waiteth on their Repentance 4. And of great Kindnesse that euen in the time of his just anger keepeth euer his Fatherlie loue and benignitie to them His anger can stand well with his loue though wee doe not well consider it Hee doeth not afflict vs willinglie Lament 3. 33. But in the midst of his wrath hee remembreth mercie in the change of his work and action from blessing to crossing his heart and affection is not changed vpon vs Hee is not hastie to anger and long in it but slow to it and soone from it Anger is in men according to their seuerall disposition It is in the Melancholian a vertue that hee is slow to anger but a vice that hee abydeth long in it And it is the Cholerians fault that hee is soone angrie but a vertue that hee is as soone from it Our good God speaking of himselfe according to man expresseth his anger by the vertues of them both With the first hee is slow to anger and with the second hee is soone appeased And this is to our great comfort 5. And he repenteth him of euill Although our sinnes force strokes out of his hand yet hee is grieued for vs vnder them and by his sudden relieuing of vs so soone as wee repent doeth testifie that hee hath neither pleasure in the death of sinners nor in the troubles of his owne In all their afflictions hee is afflicted Isa. 63. 9. And these diuine properties and their worke is not as his strange vvorke and strange Act but in those thinges hee delighted because mercie pleaseth him Isa. 28. 21. Ierem. 9. 24. Micah 7. And for our fuller confidence wee haue not simplie to consider this his goodnesse in himselfe but as it is presented and offered to vs in a Couenant which is confirmed by Christ. His goodnesse is in himselfe as a Fountaine superabounding but the Couenant is as a Chariot or Conduit conuoying it to vs. His goodnesse assumed our Nature in Christ to a personall vnioun with the Sonne to assure vs both of the grounds of that communication of his goodnesse and of our right to it and of the way how it is That beeing and belieuing in Christ our Brother wee may haue boldnesse and accesse by that way which his blood hath consecrate toward the Throne of Grace Heb. 10. When in our mourning for sinne our Faith looketh to Christ whome our sinnes haue pierced and intreate God to looke on the Sonne of his loue in whome hee is well pleased wee haue confidence to bee heard in that wee pray for Zachar. 13. No man can tryst and meete with God in Christ the great Peace-maker who is both the Prince and pryce of our peace but hee shall finde reconciliation in him Thirdlie our owne Experience may giue vs confidence When this Yland was invaded by that great Nauie that was called Invineible God made the Seas to burie our Enemies as it did the Aegyptians Anno 1588. Next when Sathan saw that our GOD vvas God of the Seas hee tooke him to fire and put it in the heartes of cruell Papists to attempt the blowing vp by Powder of the King the Parliament the Flower of all Estates of England But God discouered that hellish plot and brake their bow at the lowsing of their Arrow Anno 1605. When Mortalitie passed through all this Land and remoued many God vvas intreated by our Prayers and stayed it Anno. 1623. When hee brak in with a fearefull Pest among vs and