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mercy_n	full_a	lord_n	psal_n	2,435	5	7.5110	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12509	Christs Last Supper or the doctrine of the Sacrament of Christs Supper, set forth in fiue sermons Wherein is taught the great necessitie of a godly preparation, before men come to the Sacrament. Wherein it doth consist: with the condemnation threatned against the vnvvorthy receiuer of the same. By Samuel Smith, minister of Gods word at Prittlewell, in Essex.; Christs Last Supper.	Smith, Samuel, 1588-1665.	1620 (1620)	STC 22837; ESTC S106152	104,748	388

sin couered before God to confesse and vncouer the same vnto him For he will iustifie vs if we condemne our selues Hee forgets our sinnes if we remember them and when we are vile in our owne eyes wee are most precious in the Lords and when we are lost in our selues wee are found of him 3 Condemnation The third degree of this iudging of our selues is Condemnation And that is a passing of Sentence against a mans selfe acknowledging that if the Lorde did bring vppon him swift damnation hee were most iust and righteous in his iudgementes Like the penitent theefe vpon the Crosse Psal 51.4 Psal 32.5 We are iustly punished And this was Dauids case in diuers places of his Psalmes saying I sayd or determined with my selfe I will confesse my sinne against my selfe And so Iob Iob. 4● 6 I abhor my selfe and repent in dust and ashes And indeed herein lyeth a principall part of this iudging of a mans selfe when a man comes so to see his sinnes and Gods heauy displeasure for the same as that he can subscribe vnto Gods iustice euen in his owne condemnation acknowledging that God is iust and that he himselfe deserues far more greater iudgment And neuer comes a man to bee truely humbled for sinne in himselfe till hee be brought to this passe to iudge and condemne himselfe And vnto the three former degrees of iudging a mans selfe 4 Execution there may be added a fourth and that is Execution 2. Cor. 7 11. and holy Reuenge And this is when we beat downe our bodies and mortifie our members denying them that sway and swinge in the wayes of vanity And the vndertaking of good dueties that the like occasions may bee preuented for the time to come By all which wee see that this iudging of our selues is no small matter nor easie thing which shold make vs so much the more carefull to performe the same aright And thus we haue seene what the iudging of our selues is a duty how necessary appears in the last clause of this verse We should not be iudged In which wordes the Apostle meaneth that wee should not be condemned and punished of the Lord and heerin giuing vs to vnderstand Doct. 5 That the onely way to turne away the Lords wrath is The onely way to turn away the Lords wrath is to iudge our selues Pro. 28. to iudg our selues as hath beene declared and might further be manifested by many testimonies as that of Salomon He that hides his sinnes shall not prosper but hee that confesseth and forsaketh them shall find mercy And how often doth the Lord by his Prophets tell the people that if they woulde turne from euill wayes that he would Repent him Ier. 26 3.13 Psal 78.34 c. and turne from his fierce wrath he had conceiued against them euident testimonies to cleare this truth And for this cause did the Lord call vpon his Prophets to meete the Lord before the Decree came forth and the Lords wrath was kindled against his people To kisse the Sonne least hee were angry Ionah 3.9 Psal 2.1 Esay 55.6 And to seeke the Lorde whilest he may be found c. And indeed the Scriptures affoord vs diuers examples of such as by iudging themselues haue turned away the Lords iudgement not only the godly but euen among the wicked themselues Exo. 9. as Pharao Ahab c. And not only of men but the same hath beene proued true of whole Cities and Countries as Niniueh and of the people of Israel and the like Vse This serueth for our instruction to perswade all men thus to iudge themselues since it is the onely way to escape the iudgement of God Which mercy and blessing none can sufficiently prize but such as haue felt what a fearefull thing it is to fall into the hands of the Almightie and and haue themselues felt his heauie hand And therefore in Gods name as we desire to escape the iudgement of God let vs make conscience of this remedy to enter into our owne heartes call our owne wayes to accompt that so iudgeing our selues vvee may not bee iudged of the Lord. ver 32. But when wee are iudged wee are chastened of the Lord that wee shoulde not bee condemned with the world In this verse the Apostle makes plaine his meaning and sets down the principal end why God correcteth his children viz. That they should not be condemned with the world Which the Apostle doeth to this end to answer a doubt that might arise and trouble the conscience of Gods Children to whom this comfort doth appertaine And that is this Obiect If God sent these strange iudgements amongst them for their sinne of vnworthy receiuing and that because they did not iudge themselues They might by and by gather that they were out of Gods fauour and therefore feare that these iudgements were tokens of his wrath and shoulde turne to their destruction Answ To this doubt of theirs the Apostle answereth in this verse that howsoeuer they had indeed deserued the Lordes ouerlasting wrath yet the Lorde in iudgeing them did not cast them off or like a rigorous Iudge in fury take vengeance vppon them But rather as a Father did chastise them and that to this ende that heereby they might bee brought to repentance and so deliuered from condemnation with the world We are chastened of the Lord that we might not be condemned with the World Out of these wordes wee may gather three conclusions First that the wicked worlde Three conclusions from the text or the world of wicked men shal assuredly be condemned Secondly that the godly shall not be condemned but certainly saued and Thirdly that one principall means that God doth vse to free his children from condemnation is correction Doct. 6 First that the world that is the wicked men of the world who are so called because of their multitud The wicked shall certainely bee condemned shal moe assuredly be condemned And the Lord will take vengeance vpon them at last There is nothing of more certaintie then the seueritie of Gods iustice vpon ●ose who are no way prouoked by the abundance riches of his mercy to repent Gen. 18. And hence is it that the Lord in the Scriptures is called a Iudge Psal 50.6 and a righteous Iudge to shew that the Lord in time will take vengeance vppon the wicked 2. Tim. 4.8 Iob. 21.20 And Iob speaking of the wicked saith His eyes shall see destruction Pro. 17.15 And Salomon saith that He that iustifieth the wicked and he which condemneth the iust are both an abhomination to the Lord. And by the Prophet Esay Esay 5.23 the Lord denounceth a heauy woe against those which iustifie the wicked Now if the Lorde doe hate it in others to acquite the inocent and to condemne the iust wee may be well assured it will bee far from the iudg of all the world to doe vniustly For he is

not respecter of mens persons Act. 10. But wil in the ende most certainely execute iudgement and vengeance vpon the wicked And if we would looke vpon some particular examples the Scriptures afford vs diuers as euident testimonies of the seueritie of Gods iudgement vpon the wicked Hee spared not the Angels saith Peter which kepte not their first estate 2. Pet. 2.4 Iude. 6. He suffered the old worlde long but at the last he cleared his iustice and brought a Flood of destruction vpon the wicked and so at last hee remembred the sins of the Sodomites And answered the cry of them with fire and Brimstone from heauen What though Pharaoh Saul Ahab and Iesabel flourish for a time it will be but for a time their Damnation doth not sleepe nay more to shew the certaintie of the condemnation of all wicked and vngodly men Iohn 3.18 our Sauiour saith that the wicked are condemned already First in the iustice of God who will punish th● transgressors of the law Gal. 3.10 Cursed is euery one that abideth not in all things c. Secondly in the court of a wicked mans conscience wherein God doth begin to execute the sentence of condemnation vpon them giuing them either a guiltie and an accusing conscience as it were the flashes of hell in this life or else hardnes of heart and blindnesse of minde which iudgement of God is no way inferiour to the former And thirdly in Gods decree and Gods accoumpt they are condemned already that is are as sure and certaine of condemnation As if they were already plunged into it Vse 1 This serues first of all to assure as that there is a day of iudgement comming when euery man shall receiue according to his workes 1. Cor. 5.10 Against all those blasphemies of the wicked who say where is the promise of his comming for since the beginning all things continue alike And thus the wicked that contemne religion scoffe at al pietie and godlinesse make but a scoffe of the iudgement day either that it shall not come at all or that the Lord will iustifie the wicked and the sinner in that day Oh how hath Sathan blinded the mindes of such I aske such why that day is called the day of the Lord. 2. Pet. 3.10 And the terrible day of the Lord shall come as a theefe c. Luk. 19.42 Rom. 2.5 And that it is called the day of the Declaration of the iust iudgement of God 1. Thes 1.5.8 But that the Lord will be exalted in iudgement in that day When hee will reuenge himselfe vpon his enemies and vpon all impenitent sinners Vse 2 Secondly this may serue for matter of terror vnto all wicked and impenitent sinners to consider in what a wofull and fearefull estate they are in they are as sure and certaine to be condemned without repentance as if they were plunged in hell already What though a traytor that is condemned haue the libertie of the Tower or Castle wherein he lyes and may follow his sports and pleasures there poore soule what ioy can hee haue to thinke that euen in the midst of them all the King may ●all him to the block Euen so what though the wicked abound ●n pleasure Iob. 21.9 what though their ●●uses are peaceable and without ●eare and the rod of God be not vp●n them Shall we say their estate ● happie Eccle. 8.11 when their sin lyeth ●t the dore As God tolde Cain And their condemnation doth ●ttend vpon them Oh but the day ●f iudgement is not come yet Gen. 4.7 ●t is true because iudgement deferred therefore the wicked waxe bold But know Oh know thou that liuest in thy sinne and puttest in this manner from thee the euill day that the sentence then to bee ratified is already pronounced and that which is then to bee executed is already begun thou art now as it were vpon the hurdle draging along to the place of execution the rop● is as it were about thy neck and nothing is wanting but the turning off the ladder Oh conside● this ye that forget God Psal 50. least I ta●● you in peeces and there be none to d●liuer Vse 3 Thirdly this may serue to reprooue that vaine conceipt o● many that thinke that God ● made all of mercy and one s● full of clemency as that whe● they will they can make the● peace with him and that a Lord haue mercy vppon mee will serue the turne though it bee but at the very houre of death But know O thou vaine man that strengthenest thy selfe in thy sinfull course vnder this hope that the LORD will shewe thee mercy at the last That thou mayest so farre abuse his mercy goodnesse and grace which should haue led thee to repentance as there will bee no place of repentance lefte for thee though with Esau thou seeke the same at Gods handes with teares Else Heb. 12.17 what meaneth that Prou. 1.24 25.26 where the Lord sayth Because I haue called and ye refused I haue stretched out my hand and none woulde regard But ye haue despised my councell and would none of my correction I will also laugh at your destruction and mocke when your feare commeth But to shew that the Lorde will not regarde the cries and moanes that the wicked shall make at the last that haue hardened their owne hearts against his gracious call and turned away their eares when he spake vnto them in his word Vse 4 And last of all this may teach vs not to enuie the felicitie of the wicked Poore soules they rather deserue pitty then enuie The reckoning that is behinde will make them pay full deare for these sweete pleasures for a time Note and in the middest of all their pleasures and height of all their pompe and glory they are but cursed and condemned creatures And novv for a short time and a little season what though the Worlde admire them and they haue many to stoope vnto them with cap and knee God hath already condemned them Psal 15.4.6 and they are despised in the eyes of all good men And thus much for the firste conclusion That we should not be condemned with the world Obserue hence in the second place what is Gods immutable counsell and decree touching the godly hee will that they shall not be condemned and to this ende doeth many times correct them in this worlde that so they may not bee condemned with the World So that our second Conclusion vvill be Doct. 7 That the godly shall not bee condemned The godly shall not be condemned but most certainely saued but certainely saued For Who hath resisted his will If the Lord will haue the Elect to be saued And amongst other the meanes he hath ordained and sanctified to the same purpose hee hath appoynted correction to bee one in this world to make his seruants escape the condemnation of the wicked in the Worlde to come